7cb1d79195 Workers find a body at a retrofitting site at a Navy facility; Gibbs and company investigate. Palmer finds evidence, which promptly disappears, and he briefly sees a fleeing person, who takes a shot at him. Vance, the assistant director, continues to use management by intimidation, which does not work on Gibbs. Ducky says that the victim died not from the blow to his head but rather from the injuries resulting from his fall from the third story; Ducky shows Gibbs some curious evidence. The victim's home disappears, and Abby uses hypnosis on Palmer. The team find a second body inside a concrete column, and they figure out everything; Palmer sees the bad guy again and stops him. A man dies at a retrofitting site at a Navy facility; Gibbs and company investigate. Palmer sees a fleeing person, who takes a shot at him; a second body turns up. This is a great episode. They've been consistently excellent throughout the series even with a new director. It's good that Jimmy Palmer (Brian Dietzen) got an episode that was 'his own' because he's always been slightly overlooked. He and David McCallum are great together how they always argue because they get lost on their way to the crime scene. I guess what I don't get about this episode is why NCIS got the case in the first place because there seems to be no navy link. NCIS only deals with cases related to the navy but the victim was just a normal guy so surely the regular cops should work the case? I watched the episode over again and there seems to be no mention of why the case was given to NCIS. It's the only bad thing about this episode. One of the best of season five. Palmer is much more entertaining than Gerald. Whether you like Jimmy Palmer or not this episode really shows us Brian Dietzen is a great actor. Dietzen really brings Jimmy Palmer, the awkward assistant medical examiner to life. His character reminds me of the awkward CIA operative Mike in American Ultra. His frustration is understandable in this episode. Jimmy has to identify a suspect that he didn't see correctly. The case is pretty good but since the episode is centered around Palmer, you really miss that McGee, Ziva, Tony dialogue even though there is a funny scene at the beginning. Overall this isn't a ground breaking episode but it was worth reviewing because of two scenes in particular: When Gibbs, the experienced former marine who has lost his wife and child, been exploded, worked and solved many many cases and killed tons of terrorists in gun fights gives advice to Jimmy, the inexperienced awkward medical examiner who's shaken up because a terrorist took a shot at him. It's quite a scene. The ending, I won't say it for spoiler's sake but it's pretty hilarious.
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