Well, thats another layer of the Gibbs onion that we peeled tonight, isnt it?
And just like an onion layer, it had the potential to bring a few tears.
Why do you want us all to dislike Torres, show?
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Also, who doesnt at least recognize the words Star and Wars?
A slightly less silver (but still foxy!)
Gibbs works on the bones of his boat as ZNN reports Ellens death in the attack.
While hes never exactly sunny, this level of anger seems disproportionate.
Amy says Ellen seemed distracted and had a complicated relationship with her ex-fiance.
You cant see it, but my hand is waving like Hermione Granger.)
Bishop and Kasie, meanwhile, search through bins of Ellens belongings looking for clues.
Kasie says the old floppy disks make her as happy as Dr. Grant spotting his first Brachiosaurus.
(Bishop tries toJurassic Park-splain the quote, but Kasies having none of it.)
Then they find a photo of Ellen and her mysterious ex-fiance.
Wait, is that Gibbs?
Thats right, friends.
Hot Gibbs had a secret fiancee were just learning about.
The team watches old footage of Ellen on ZNN and wonder why Gibbs didnt tell them.
Well, most of them do; Torres tries to wrap his mind around Gibbs being married four times.
They agree to leave it alone for now, which is … weird.
Solicit a verbal response.
In the lab, Kasie matches the blood on Ellens uniform to, you guessed it, Gibbs.
Yeah, this is why he needs to recuse himself.
Do, uh, suspects get to take huge knives into questioning?
The team, watching through the two-way mirror, argue about who has to take on the questioning.
Sloane finally agrees to do it.
A flashback shows Ellen wiping Gibbss cut hand on her uniform when he injures it working on his boat.
Go home, Gibbs.
Itsawesomeand clearly immensely difficult for Tim.
On the contrary, Sloane says, this case is personal.
Would he have left if hedidnttrust you?
Aww, Sloanes role was small this week, but it was important.
This, of course, rules out Gibbs.
Yeah, but I could justbuyone, so… Taylor points out.
Anyway, McGee says everyone knows why he keeps them at a distance (ouch!)
and hammers the importance of learning what Ellen said during that phone call.
I almost typed voicemail, but of course, its an answering machine.
She begs him to pick up, but he just looks pained as she finally hangs up.
Eighteen years later, he still blames himself for not answering to help her.
But he remembers Ellen; they were working together on an investigation into a 1998 attack in Kosovo.
Rebel soldiers were blamed for the deaths of multiple civilians, but an eyewitness said it was U.S. forces.
And the Marine in command in Kosovo?
Once theyre alone, James says he heard the rumor about Kosovo and asked Ellen to investigate.
Gibbs agrees and explains that he cut and run because I loved her.
And that never ends well.
Five minutes later, hes confessed everything.
Oh, and Palmers friends with aStan Leerelative who hooked him up with six all-access passes to Comic-Con.
Finally, Ellen is laid to rest at Arlington.
I was trying to do the right thing for her, Gibbs says.
But she still ended up here.
I regret that choice.
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