TEXT: EXT. DOCK - NIGHT GIBBS: (V.O.) Previously on NCIS.(BEGIN FLASHBACK SCENES) (SCENE CUT) GIBBS: Galib, has Abu infiltrated SeaLift? GALIB: They're about to. A radioman, Pinpin Pula is Abu Sayyaf. GIBBS: He plans to blow the Capefear. This will be as bad as Nine Eleven. (SFX: HUGE EXPLOSION) (SCENE CUT) GELFAND: So you didn't know him when he was wounded in Desert Storm? SHEPARD: No. GELFAND: He seems to be repeating that drama, the coma that he doesn't want to wake up from. (SCENE CUT) STEVENS: (ON MONITOR) If Galib had intel on Abu's plans, did he have time to tell Gibbs? TONY: Maybe. They were together when the bomb went off. STEVENS: (ON MONITOR) Let's hope Gibbs comes out of this coma in time. (SCENE CUT) DUCKY: Well, Jethro doesn't talk much about the past. I know very little about his life before we met. (INTERCUT MONGATE OF FLASHBACK SCENES OF GIBBS/ FAMILY/ KILLING) DUCKY: Welcome back, Jethro. GELFAND: You were in an explosion. GIBBS: I remember. I don't know him. (MUSIC UP AND OUT) (THEME MUSIC UP OVER OPENING TITLE/SCENES/ CREDITS AND OUT) [SCENE_BREAK] INT. ICU ROOM - DAY GELFAND: You don't know Doctor Mallard? DUCKY: Ducky. GELFAND: Ducky. Do you know Ducky? DUCKY: I'm disappointed, Jethro. The last time someone forgot me I was a baby. My mother left me on the ferry from Orkney to John O
SUMMARY:
Gibbs wakes up believing it's 1991 and he was wounded in Kuwait, with no memory of the last 15 years. Director Shepard contacts Gibbs' NCIS mentor and partner, Mike Franks in hopes of helping an amnesiac Gibbs regain his memory as only he knows the details to an impending terrorist attack, and he remembers up until 1996 when Franks retired after his warnings about the impending attack on the Khobar Towers were ignored. She also delves into Gibbs' past and shares with Ducky about his murdered wife and daughter. The team discover the agent was dead before the bomb, and realise Pinpin Pula killed and impersonated the agent, then used his credentials to board another ship. Meanwhile, Tony and the team discover Pinpin Pula wants to blow up the ship Cape Fear . Ziva, who had appeared nonchalant about Gibbs' situation, visits Gibbs in a desperate and emotional attempt to revive his memory by telling him about their shared connection with Ari. Gibbs recovers his memory and is taken back to NCIS headquarters. The director in charge of the frigate's shipment refuses to heed warnings from Gibbs, Jenny and other Navy officers leading to disastrous consequences. Finally, Gibbs hands his badge to Tony and resigns before heading to Mexico to stay at Franks's house.