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S9.E22
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Playing with Fire

  • Episode aired May 1, 2012
  • TV-PG
  • 41m
IMDb RATING
8.1/10
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Gibbs and company continue to investigate an explosion and a fire; Tony, McGee, and Ziva work aboard aircraft carriers; Ducky and Abby provide much support. Tony and Ziva nab a bad guy, who ... Read allGibbs and company continue to investigate an explosion and a fire; Tony, McGee, and Ziva work aboard aircraft carriers; Ducky and Abby provide much support. Tony and Ziva nab a bad guy, who tells who hired him and why. [Continued.]Gibbs and company continue to investigate an explosion and a fire; Tony, McGee, and Ziva work aboard aircraft carriers; Ducky and Abby provide much support. Tony and Ziva nab a bad guy, who tells who hired him and why. [Continued.]

  • Director
    • Dennis Smith
  • Writers
    • Donald P. Bellisario
    • Don McGill
    • Frank Cardea
  • Stars
    • Mark Harmon
    • Michael Weatherly
    • Cote de Pablo
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.1/10
    744
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Dennis Smith
    • Writers
      • Donald P. Bellisario
      • Don McGill
      • Frank Cardea
    • Stars
      • Mark Harmon
      • Michael Weatherly
      • Cote de Pablo
    • 1User review
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    Mark Harmon
    Mark Harmon
    • Leroy Jethro Gibbs
    Michael Weatherly
    Michael Weatherly
    • Anthony DiNozzo
    Cote de Pablo
    Cote de Pablo
    • Ziva David
    Pauley Perrette
    Pauley Perrette
    • Abby Sciuto
    Sean Murray
    Sean Murray
    • Timothy McGee
    Rocky Carroll
    Rocky Carroll
    • Leon Vance
    • (credit only)
    David McCallum
    David McCallum
    • Donald Mallard
    Joel Gretsch
    Joel Gretsch
    • NCIS Special Agent Stan Burley
    Nigel Gibbs
    Nigel Gibbs
    • Admiral Theodore Tully
    Elizabeth Ho
    Elizabeth Ho
    • NCIS Analyst Emma Park
    Karina Logue
    Karina Logue
    • Mrs. Johnson
    Rick Peters
    Rick Peters
    • Vincent Maple
    James Harvey Ward
    James Harvey Ward
    • Andre Fullerton
    Dan Martin
    Dan Martin
    • Mail Carrier
    Rob Nagle
    Rob Nagle
    • Wayne Usher
    Patrick Faucette
    Patrick Faucette
    • Security Guard
    Maggie Gwin
    Maggie Gwin
    • Female Seaman Apprentice
    • (as Maggie Henry)
    Tony Nowicki
    Tony Nowicki
    • Seaman
    • (as Tony Christopher)
    • Director
      • Dennis Smith
    • Writers
      • Donald P. Bellisario
      • Don McGill
      • Frank Cardea
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    • Trivia
      The bikini photos of Ziva that Tony threatens to show to McGee are the ones Tony took way back in #5.18, Judgment Day: Part 1.
    • Goofs
      "The explosion created a vacuum and it sucked out all the oxygen and extinguished the fire," Abby explains. Burning thermite cannot be extinguished by oxygen deprivation because the oxygen is contained in the thermite mix itself (in the form of iron oxide). Thermite can therefore even be ignited under water and under sand.
    • Quotes

      Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo: Who were you talking to?

      Ziva David: None of your business.

      Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo: Where were you gonna go?

      Ziva David: You don't have the need to know, agent DiNosy.

    • Connections
      References Hellfighters (1968)
    • Soundtracks
      NCIS Theme
      Performed by Numeriklab

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 1, 2012 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Santa Clarita, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Jerry Bruckheimer Television
      • CBS Television Studios
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    • Runtime
      • 41m
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 16:9 HD

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