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 | ||
| ← Previous — | Next → Season 2 | |
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. in series | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Yankee White" | Donald Bellisario | Donald Bellisario and Don McGill | September 23, 2003 | |
| While on Air Force One, a Navy Commander tasked with carrying the "football" dies under mysterious circumstances, forcing an emergency landing in Wichita, Kansas but while his death is originally thought be to a tragic accident, NCIS eventually uncovers evidence suggesting the Commander was murdered and that it might be connected to a possible assassination attempt on the President.
Recurring characters: Alan Dale as Director Tom Morrow, Joe Spano as FBI Agent Fornell and Pancho Demmings as Gerald Jackson First appearance of: Kate Todd, TC Fornell and Gerald Jackson. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | Hung out to Dry | Alan Levi | Don McGill | September 30, 2003 | |
| A Marine 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 may actually be murder and he, Tony and Kate set out to find out who tampered with the dead Marine's faulty parachute and eventually sent him unknowingly to his death.
Recurring characters: Pancho Demmings as Gerald Jackson and Patrick Labyorteaux as LT Bud Roberts |
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