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Kill Ari (1) is the first episode of the third season of NCIS, and the forty-seventh episode overall.

Guest Stars: Sasha Alexander (Special Agent Caitlin "Kate" Todd), Pancho Demmings (Gerald Jackson), Rudolf Martin (Ari Haswari), Cote de Pablo (Special Agent Ziva David), Alan Dale (NCIS Director Tom Morrow), Lauren Holly (NCIS Director Jenny Shepard), Sasha Maxime (Virginia State Police Officer), AJ Tannen (Mossad Agent)

Contents 1 Plot Overview 2 Notes 3 Arc Advancement 3.1 Happenings 3.1.1 NCIS 3.2 Characters 3.3 Referbacks 4 Trivia 4.1 The Show 4.2 Behind the Scenes 4.3 Allusions and References 4.4 Memorable Moments 5 Quotes 6 Reviews

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Following the death of Kate, the remaining NCIS crew attempts to piece together the mystery of her murder. However, throughout the episode, the team has trauma-induced hallucinations of Kate. Meanwhile, the NCIS director announces that he's accepted a promotion to a deputy directorship at Homeland Security and is replaced with former NCIS Special Agent Jenny Shepard, a woman Gibbs has had romantic relations with in the past. Questions are raised as to whether or not Ari really killed Agent Caitlin Todd, and the Mossad sends Agent Ziva David, Ari's conrol officer, with the intention of stopping Gibbs from killing him.

Haswari takes Gerald (Ducky's former autopsy lab assistant, whom he shot in Season One) hostage against Ducky, claiming that he wants to show Dr. Mallard evidence that he didn't kill Agent Todd. Ducky exchanges himself for Gerald, and the last shot of the episode is Ducky walking down the street towards Haswari's car framed in a sniper's scope.

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• Director Thomas Morrow (recurring throughout seasons 1 and 2) leaves NCIS to take a deputy directorship job at Homeland Security, and Special Agent Jenny Shepard is promoted to replace him. Shepard and Gibbs had a romantic relationship while they were working together as field agents.

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• First Appearance: Lauren Holly makes her first appearance on the series in her recurring role as Jenny Shepard.
• First Appearance: This episode marks the first appearance of Cote de Pablo as Special Agent Ziva David.

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