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"DRIVEN"
airdate: December 12, 2006
written by:
John C. Kelley, Nell Scovell, Richard C. Arthur
directed by: Dennis Smith

SYNOPSIS
When a robotic vehicle named "Otto," a part of a high level project of the Department of Defense, causes a death of a Navy Lieutenant, and then later almost kills Abby, the NCIS team must find out who sabotaged the vehicle and murdered the Navy Lieutenant. Meanwhile, Ziva realizes that Tony keeps on visiting the hospital. What is he doing there?
FUNNY MOMENTS

  • After Gibbs grabs Abby out of "Otto" the killer car that nearly killed her she says "Permission to hug" referring to the sexual harassment class they had earlier.

  • Ziva licking Tony's ear.

  • Tony and Ziva's commentary at the start of the Sexual Harassment Seminar. The theme of harassment has many comic references in the episode.

  • Ziva getting stuck on top of McGee and Tony taking photos of it.

  • McGee coming up from under "Otto" with his hair all messed up

  • Tony's undercover song.

  • Tony getting a phone call from the hospital and when Ziva asks if the test results are in. He responds "I'm pregnant, McGee is going to be very proud."

  • Palmer's question in the sexual harassment seminar.

  • Abby's line: I'm hugging you all, in my mind!

  • In the harassment seminar.the woman asking Palmer "Why are you touching dead naked people!"
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DEVELOPMENT/INSIGHTS


  • On the character development front, the ever-removed Ziva is finally closing in on the fact that Tony has a love interest that is not her, though she is not quite there yet. Despite her always talking a good game, the viewer may now suspect her of being disingenuous about her feelings for Tony.

  • Jeanne is becoming more and more common in each episode.

  • McGee and Abby still seem to have some type of relationship. She almost gets gassed by Otto while Tim sits only a few feet away. Later on she hugs him just for comfort and they both seem to need the physical contact to be sure she really is OK.

  • It shows how close Abby and McGee are when she says she never has to ask for permission to hug Tim

EPISODE TRIVIA
  • In the scene where Tony is undercover as a street singer he is wearing a stocking cap that has five buttons pinned to it. They read:
    • "Make Love, Not War"
    • "Sex is for the birds!"
    • "You're Telling Me!"
    • "I'm not deaf, I'm ignoring you!"
    • "Are you stoned or just stupid?"
    • Michael composed and sang the cue for "Tony sings in the Street."
  • This is the first time that Gibbs shows a basic understanding of computers. He gets the SD card from his camera (It is 512 mb, not bad for those days!). Also, this is the first time that Gibbs tries to pretend like he knows what Abby and McGee are talking about. He says things like "I figured that."

  • When looking closely at the program that Abby and McGee display to Gibbs, you can see a couple of commands such as "clinch seat belt".

BURNING QUESTIONS

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NEXT ON NCIS
  • 4.12 Suspicion When a high-level Marine intelligence officer is found murdered in a small town motel room, the NCIS team must find the person who murdered her. After discovering that the person was dead for already three days, and that the town authorities already "investigated" the crime, Gibbs is determined to solve the case, which could be related to a terrorist cell, and not let the town authorities get in his way.
EPISODE VIDEO


GUEST STARRING

  • Jennifer Lynne Wetzel (Navy Lt. Roni Seabrook)
  • Sandra Hess (Regine Smidt)
  • Ajay MEhta (Parviz Najar)
  • Corey Stoll (Martin Quinn)
  • Deidrie Henry (Tracy Taylor)
  • Kevin Alejandro (Jaime Jones)
  • Peter Giles (Torsten Engler)
  • Lawrence Pressman (Dr. Russell Pike)

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EPISODE PHOTOS
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"I have to ask permission to hug?"

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Wake up, Tony!

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McGee strikes back
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McGee, Ziva

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Abby's locked in

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The fumes are getting to her
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Thanks, McGee
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Undercover Tony

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VivaLaTiva Seeing Double! 1 Dec 21 2010, 12:58 AM EST by bellswebster
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Is it just me or did the bad guy in this episode (the old man) is the same guy from Season 3x11 "Model Behavior" ??? I swear they're the same guy!
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firesing Allusion to House MD 5 Nov 30 2010, 6:26 PM EST by Willow22
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From the scene with Jeanne in which she mentions a "Dr. House", we can conclude that Jeanne works at or near Princeton. She says that it only takes Dr. House 10 minutes to get his results back, and we can also assume that she gets annoyed with House and doesn't work with him. This is either a coincidence or a smart allusion to House MD hidden in the small talk of this NCIS episode.
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