airdate: February 7, 2012
written by: Gary Glasberg
directed by: Tony Wharmby

• The menu handed to Gibbs in the Diner only listed "Steak, Coffee and Whiskey."
  
• Tony walking into the delivery room telling Kate she looked 'smaller' after she gave birth.
  
  
• Tony referring to Ziva as "Riva, Visa, Tiva". "Ziva, the icy Israeli."
  
• When Gibbs walked in on Abby 'rolfing' Palmer in her lab.
  
  
• Tony teasing McGee about having a sex change and calling him "McShe."
  

• Ann Gibbs is Gibbs' mother ~ she told him how proud she was of the man she knew and the man he'd become.
  
  
• McGee is offered a promotion - head of the cyber division unit in Okinawa, Japan, which he turns down as he feels there is so much more he can do at NCIS.
  
  
• In Gibbs' flashbacks to what his life and those around him would be like if he'd made different decisions: Kate wasn't shot by Ari and she married Tony and they had a daughter named Kelly. Abby and McGee were living together. If Kelly and Shannon had lived, Gibbs would have been killed while in the Marines.
  
• Ari playing chess with Director Vance in the diner. This scene depicts the game of chance and manoeuvres done by Ari with NCIS.
  
  
• The final episode, the team offers to cover the crime scene because Gibbs had had a very traumatic day the day before. Gibbs tells them it's his decision and he wouldn't have it any other way.
  

• This is episode number 200.
  
• The scenes shown with Lauren Holly (Director Jenny Shephard) and Sasha Alexander (NCIS Special Agent Caitlin "Kate" Todd) were done with flashbacks/scenes from when they were on the show. The actresses did not return for this episode.
  
• Gibbs joined NIS after Kelly and Shannon were killed (now NCIS).
• Gibbs drives a silver Ford pickup truck.
• Gibbs often has 'eggs over easy' for breakfast.
• Gibbs gives McAllister a quarter to play a song on the jukebox. He punches in E-7, which is the enlisted rank of Gunnery Sergeant that Gibbs held as a Marine.
  

• Chat about the 200th episode 9.14 Life Before His Eyes
  
  
• ADD DISCUSSION THREAD

• 9.15 Secrets: When a Navy captain is found dead with an unusual costume hidden under his uniform, NCIS uncovers a secret society of real-life super heroes and must track down the villain.

• Clare Carey (Ann Gibbs)
• Jordan Garrett (Stephen Rose)
• Mackenzie Astin (Michael Rose)
• Tim Kelleher (NCIS Special Agent Christopher Pacci)
• Jeff Williams (Doctor)
• Connie Jackson (Elaine)
• Thomas Rosales Jr. (Pedro Hernandez)

• Brian Dietzen (Jimmy Palmer)
• Muse Watson (Mike Franks)
• Ralph Waite (Jackson Gibbs)
• Joe Spano (Senior FBI Agent T.C. Fornell)
• Darby Stanchfield (Shannon Gibbs)
• Michael O’Neill (Former NCIS Special Agent Riley McCallister)
• Rudolf Martin (Ari Haswari)
• Sean Harmon (Young Leroy Jethro Gibbs)
• Jeananne Goossen (Marine Private Joan Matteson)
• Sam Schuder (Kelly Gibbs)

• NCIS Episode 200 Explores Alt Realities: Who Comes Back? Who Is a Hellcat? Who Has a Kid?
  
  
• Quiet Series Celebrates a Milestone Few Others Reach
  
  
• NCIS’s 200th Episode: Michael Weatherly’s Top 10 Moments
  
  
• 'NCIS' Hits 200 Episodes: Michael Weatherly Reflects on Favorite Episodes, Guest Stars and Moments to Come

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