NCIS (Season 1)

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NCIS (season 1)
NCIS Season 1 DVD
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	23
Broadcast
Original channel	Shane Brennan Donald P. Bellisario Chas. Floyd Johnson Gary Glasberg Mark Horowitz Mark Harmon Frank Cardea George Schenck
Original run	David Bellisario Avery C. Drewe
Home video release
Original channel	CBS
Season chronology
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This is a list of episodes for the first season of the police procedural drama NCIS. Originally broadcast between September 23, 2003 and May 25, 2004, the first season essentially dealt with introducing the characters and their strengths, skills and weaknesses. It also introduced the main foe for the first two seasons, Ari Haswari, two recurring characters in the form of Timothy McGee and Jimmy Palmer after Gerald Jackson, Ducky's assistant, was shot, and Special Agent Caitlin Todd as Special Agent Vivian Blackadder's replacement.

Cast

Character	Portrayed by	Main cast	Recurring cast
Leroy Jethro Gibbs	Mark Harmon	entire season	n/a
Caitlin Todd	Sasha Alexander	entire season	n/a
Anthony DiNozzo	Michael Weatherly	entire season	n/a
Abby Sciuto	Pauley Perrette	entire season	n/a
Donald 'Ducky' Mallard	David McCallum	entire season	n/a
Gerald Jackson	Pancho Demmings	n/a	until episode 16
Timothy McGee	Sean Murray	n/a	episode 7 onwards
Jimmy Palmer	Brian Dietzen	n/a	episode 21 onwards

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Production code	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	1	"Yankee White"	Donald P. Bellisario	Teleplay by: Donald P. Bellisario Story by: Donald P. Bellisario & Don McGill	September 23, 2003	101	13.04
While on Air Force One, a Navy commander, Ray Trapp (Gerald Downey) who was tasked with carrying the "football" dies under mysterious circumstances, forcing an emergency landing in Wichita, Kansas but while his death is originally thought to be a tragic accident, NCIS eventually uncovers evidence suggesting the commander was in fact murdered and that it might be connected to a possible assassination attempt on the President.
2	2	"Hung out to Dry"	Alan J. Levi	Don McGill	September 30, 2003	102	12.08
A Marine (Brian Patrick Wade) dies during a night-time training jump. The culprit seems to be a faulty parachute, but the standard investigation reveals that the death might not have been an accident after all. Gibbs begins to believe that the supposed accident which resulted in the Marine's death might actually be murder after all and he and Tony, along with new recruit Kate Todd, set out to find out who tampered with the dead Marine's faulty parachute and eventually sent him to his death. Note: This is the first crossover with JAG in this series, with the appearance of Lt. Bud Roberts Jr. (Patrick Labyorteaux).