airdate: May 18, 2010
written by: Gary Glasberg
directed by: Dennis Smith

• McGee asking Ziva about the 5th amendment.
  
• Abby locking down the lab so she and Gibbs could talk.
• Jews and Italians have something in common - a love of food.
• Gibbs, Tony and the cookie "Swallow"
• Tony (to McGee): "What kind of boy scout are you?"
• Tony (to McGee): "Who are you, Bobby Flay?"
• Tony (to Ziva on what she is graduating from): "English as a 10th Language."
• Tony (to McGee): "Zip up Webelos. Your inner geek is showing"
• Gibbs asking DiNozzo what the eighth letter of the alphabet is. "G," Tony answers. "H for homicide," Gibbs replies.
  

• Colonel Bell is dead, Mike Franks is missing and Special Agent Macy is dead - all done by Former Army Ranger Jason Paul Dean.
• M. Allison Hart was aware of Bell digging into Gibbs' background, but in the end, it looks like she cares more for Gibbs then Bell.
• Ziva seems to be relating to the rape of Kaylen Burrows; which leads us to wonder if she was raped as well when she was tortured.
• Special Agent Lara Macy was the one who ruled Gibbs' shooting of Pedro Hernandez justifiable. She did not include any evidence in the case file to contradict that.
• Gibbs loses his temper in interrogation with the father and son who raped Petty Officer Burrows and smashes the fathers head against the glass shattering it with Vance watching.
• Gibbs informs Camila to tell Mike Rule #44, which is to hide the women and children.
  

• Penultimate episode of Season 7.
  
• Marco Sánchez reprises his role as Alejandro Rivera, a Mexican justice department official.
  
• Richard Burgi ("Harper's Island") guest stars as Randall Hammond, a suspect's father.
• Dylan Bruno ("Numb3rs") guest stars as Jason Paul Dean, a disgraced ex-Army Ranger.
• Rena Sofer ("24") reprises her role as attorney Margaret Allison Hart.
• Courtney Ford (Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Kaylen Burrows) is married to Brandon Routh (Superman Returns).
• Bobby Flay is a culinary chef, who is well known; has TV Shows and owns restaurants.
• The song that is playing when Gibbs is riding on the beach where Mike lives is "Aint No Grave" by Johnny Cash.
  

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• 7.24 Rule Fifty-One Gibbs heads to Mexico to face his demons and make a startling decision.

• Rena Sofer (Margaret Allison Hart)
• Marco Sanchez (Alejandro Rivera)
• Richard Burgi (Randall Hammond)
• Dylan Bruno (Jason Paul Dean)
• Courtney Ford (Navy P.O. 2nd Class Kaylen Burrows)
• Susan Santiago (Camila Charo)
• Sterling Sulieman (NCIS Special Agent Emil Mineoux)
• Jeffrey Doornbos (Marshall Tomko)
• Joseph Williamson (Navy Ensign Philip Bosch)
• Ryan Caltagirone (Navy Seaman Karl Wachter)
• Nick Niven (Tyler Hammond)
  

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• McGee indicates he is a Webelos.
• United Stats Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland
• Ducky quotes English author, AA Milne.
• Fan Blog Review of "Patriot Down"
• Blog Entry - Patriot Down
  

• Tony references the Jimi Hendrix song "Purple Haze"
  
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