NCIS: Legend is a is the twenty-second and the twenty-third episodes in NCIS Season 6 and also the 135th and 136th episodes in the entire NCIS series. In the crossover film episode, The team heads to LA to work with another NCIS team on a murder investigation, which soon turns into something bigger. Meanwhile, Tony begins snooping into Ziva's private life.
Like the JAG Season 8 episodes, Ice Queen (episode) and Meltdown (episode) which introduced the original NCIS team, this episode and Legend Part 2 (episode) both served as the first part of the two part back door pilot for a proposed spin-off series and also introduced the cast who with the exception of Lara Macy (Louise Lombard) would later go on to appear as main characters in the first ever NCIS spin-off series, NCIS: Los Angeles.
Synopsis
Part 1
The NCIS team investigate when a Marine is found dead at a building site in downtown Washington D.C. with the case not going anywhere but when McGee uncovers a nationwide BOLO for the victim courtesy of the NCIS Office of Special Projects in Los Angeles, both Gibbs and McGee head to Los Angeles, the City of Angels to work alongside their counterparts in OSP. The two teams soon learn that the killing is much bigger than previously thought and that it may involve members of an inactive terrorist cell located somewhere in downtown Los Angeles.
Part 2
In Los Angeles, Gibbs and McGee along with the NCIS Office of Special Projects continue their search for a terrorist cell that is located somewhere in downtown L.A. but they face a battle on their hands and a race against the clock as Mossad Officer Michael Rivkin is searching for the same cell while back in Washington D.C., Tony, fearing Ziva's loyalty may not be towards NCIS begins conducting a top-secret investigation into Ziva's activities, one that could ultimately jeopardize their partnership.
Plot
Part 1
Gibbs and McGee fly to Los Angeles to work with the NCIS Office of Special Projects — Los Angeles team to solve the murder of a Marine, eventually discovering that the killing is linked to members of a terrorist sleeper cell residing in Los Angeles. The episode ends with OSP agent G. Callen (Chris O'Donnell) confronting a man who is revealed to be Michael Rivkin, Ziva's boyfriend and a fellow officer of the Israeli Mossad.
Part 2
Having found that Rivkin is in Los Angeles searching for the same terrorist cell, the NCIS team redouble their efforts to stop Rivkin while attempting to arrest a live member of the cell. Unfortunately, Rivkin complicates things by putting the terrorists to sleep (killing them) before NCIS can catch up to them. Back in D.C., Tony is forced to question Ziva's loyalty to NCIS in the aftermath of Rivkin's appearance in LA.
Cast
Main characters (NCIS)
- Leroy Jethro Gibbs (by Mark Harmon); NCIS Supervisory Special Agent, Leader of NCIS special agents
- Anthony "Tony" DiNozzo (by Michael Weatherly); NCIS special agent, NCIS Senior Field Agent
- Timothy "Tim" McGee (by Sean Murray); NCIS special agents, NCIS Senior Field Agent, Tony DiNozzo's sidekick and best buddy.
- Ziva David (by Cote de Pablo); NCIS special agent, Mossad/NCIS Liaison Officer and Tony DiNozzo's wife.
- Abby Sciuto (by Pauley Perrette); NCIS female forensic specialist, Neogoth queen and a friend to any NCIS special agents.
- Jimmy Palmer (by Brian Dietzen); NCIS medical examiner and Dr. Mallard's wacky medical student-in-training.
- Donald "Ducky" Mallard (by David McCallum); NCIS medical examiner and
- Director Leon Vance (by Rocky Carroll); NCIS Director (ever since Season 5).
Main characters (NCIS: Los Angeles)
- G. Callen (by Chris O'Donnell); NCIS Special Agent In Charge of the Office Of Special Projects
- Sam Hanna (by LL Cool J); NCIS Senior Field Agent and Second in command of the Office Of Special Projects.
- Kensi Blye (by Daniela Ruah); NCIS Special Agent attached to the Office Of Special Projects.
- Eric Beale (by Barrett Foa); the team's Technical Operator and resident geek. He was not an undercover operative like his teammates until season seven, so was not firearms-trained until then. Beale is incredibly comfortable in the OSP much to the chagrin of his teammates who often become annoyed by his quirks such as leaving his surf board by their cars. He is partnered and in a romantic relationship with Nell.
Reoccurring characters
- Eli David (by Michael Nouri); Director of Mossad and Ziva's father. Archive footage. Uncredited role.
- Michael Rivkin (by Merik Tadros): Mossad officer. Appears in the last few seconds of this episode, using the alias, "Nick Quaderi".
Part 1 only
- Young Russian Woman (by Liisa Evastina); A young Russian woman who is actually G. Callen's former foster sister.
- Max Talia (by Michael Peter Bolus); Contact between the terrorist cell and Liam Coyle.
- Benji Kass (by Brian Burnett); Friend of Liam Coyle.
- Stephano Kass (by Jhon Doria); Benji Kass's brother.
- Liam Patrick Coyle (by Bryan Friday); Arms dealer. Uncredited role.
- Nick Chandler (by Christopher Bradley); Private First Class in the United States Marine Corps and an NCIS informant whose murder started the case. Uncredited role.
- Tourist (by Michael A. Templeton); Uncredited role.
Part 2 only
- Shakira Zayid (by Dilshad Vadsaria); A young woman whose brother, Rafi was a member of a terrorist cell with Rafi later being killed by Mossad operative, Michael Rivkin.
- Haziq Khaleel (by Nick E. Tarabay); Owner of the auto-body shop. Is captured in a raid on the shop by OSP and taken into custody.
- Jumah (by Joseph Eid); A man who works at the auto-body shop. Dies when OSP raid the shop to capture the remaining terrorists before Mossad agent Michael Rivkin can get to them.
- MTAC Tech (by Jill Czarnowski); Unnamed female Technician in MTAC who informs Ziva of an incoming video conference call from OSP in Los Angeles.
- Hood 1 (by Emiliano Torres); Gangster.
- Hood 2 (by Patrick Wolff); Gangster. Uncredited role.
- Hood 3 (by Chris Trouble Delfosse); Gangster. Uncredited role.
Notes
- The episode introduces the team of the NCIS spin-off titled NCIS: Los Angeles.
- The episode's production code is 622 and 623
Trivia
- The two-part NCIS episode "Legend" serves as the backdoor pilot of NCIS: Los Angeles.
- "Legend" introduces Chris O'Donnell as G. Callen, LL Cool J as Sam Hanna, Daniela Ruah as Kensi Blye, and Barrett Foa as Eric Beale.
- Rocky Carroll recurs on NCIS: Los Angeles as his NCIS character Director Leon Vance, while Pauley Perrette has appeared twice as Abby, and Michael Weatherly has appeared once as Anthony DiNozzo. NCIS guest stars reprising roles between series include David Dayan Fisher as CIA Officer Trent Kort, in the season finale of NCIS: Los Angeles; Kelly Hu as Lee Wuan Kai in NCIS: Los Angeles and later in an episode of NCIS.
- John M. Jackson has appeared on NCIS: Los Angeles as his JAG character Admiral A. J. Chegwidden, while this series has also crossed over with Hawaii Five-0 and Scorpion.
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