ARI: Is it an emergency stairwell? AUTOPSY ROOM - DAY
(DUCKY ZIPS THE BODY BAG)
DUCKY: (WHISPERS) Kate, no! DUCKY: She didn't shoot him. GERALD: They said he was a Royal Navy Commander. GERALD: Well, the EMT only said that the Embassy told them to bring him to NCIS for autopsy. GIBBS: Where are the other hostages? GIBBS: Your lab and autopsy. Gibbs. He wants you to try. He'd want to kill Israelis. KATE: With the Director. MORROW: The FBI Hostage Rescue Team will be onsite in seven minutes. Soon they'll be calling to negotiate your release. TONY: Yeah. Team one. Why on earth would the Israeli Embassy send us a foreign naval officer? Zoom in!
Plan: A: an emergency call; Q: What does Ducky respond to? A: a Royal Navy officer; Q: What was the Israeli Embassy sending to NCIS for autopsy? A: a gunman; Q: What does Ducky find in the body bag? A: later episodes; Q: When is the gunman revealed to be Ari Haswari? A: to be recurring antagonist Ari Haswari; Q: Who is the gunman? A: Kate; Q: Who hesitates to kill her captor? A: the autopsy lab; Q: Where are Ducky, Gerald, and Kate held hostage? A: an FBI strike team; Q: Who does the director and Gibbs coordinate with to negotiate the release of Ducky, Gerald, and Kate? A: the hostage rescue team; Q: Who does Gibbs and Tony assist? Summary: Ducky responds to an emergency call when the Israeli Embassy sends a Royal Navy officer to NCIS for autopsy, only to find a gunman (revealed in later episodes to be recurring antagonist Ari Haswari ) inside the body bag. As Ducky, Gerald and eventually Kate are held hostage in the autopsy lab, the director and Gibbs coordinate with an FBI strike team to negotiate their release. Meanwhile, Kate questions herself after she hesitates when presented with an opportunity to kill her captor, while Gibbs and Tony assist with the hostage rescue team. Haswari asks for Gibbs in the autopsy lab and challenges him to try and shoot him.