NCIS

Season 7

Truth or Consequences

1. The Israeli children's song that Abby and McGee sing, "Chad Gadya," is real, originally in Aramaic and is sung at the end of Passover seders. The story is literally of a goat that was eaten by a cat which was bitten by a dog which was hit by a stick which was burned by fire which was extinguished by water which was drunk by an ox which was slaughtered by a Shohet (slaughterer) who was killed by the Angel of Death who was was killed by God.
2. One of the candidates to replace Ziva who was supposed to be Israeli (as liaison agent between Mossad and NCIS) is DEA Agent Claire Connell, played by Noa Tishby, who is Israeli. In contrast, Cote de Pablo, who plays Ziva, is actually Chilean.
3. Most of Abbey's tattoos are Pauley Perrette's real tattoos. Only the spider web on her neck and the cross on her back are fake. The cross tattoo is only seen in the first 6 seasons. Later on, Perrette gets a flower tattoo on her back. This is first seen on Abbey on this episode.
4. 'Truth or Consequences' is the name of a city in New Mexico. It was named after a TV game show The New Truth and Consequences (1950).
5. Michael Weatherly stated upon his departure from the series at the end of Season 13 that this was his favorite episode.
6. Gibbs and DiNozzo leave Vance's office, DiNozzo volunteers himself and McGee for the recon mission before asking Gibbs what he is going to do, Gibbs replies "You don't wanna know". Having been a Marine, and knowing the likelihood that when captured (as part of the plan) DiNozzo will be chemically interrogated, Gibbs is aware just how important Operational Security (OPSEC) will be. The production's subtle tip of the hat is that most of their discussion takes place in front of a giant OPSEC poster.

The Inside Man

1. The company that made the profit was McAllister Industries. McCallister Industries was mentioned in Season 2's NCIS: Black Water (2005), when Brian McCallister was suspected in his brother's death.

Code of Conduct

1. It is the second time that finishes with highlighting the teeth of one of the team members. The first one is in NCIS: Escaped (2006), where McGee shows his bright white teeth when Gibbs returns.
2. Tony says, " Once is a tragedy, twice is coincidence, third time is a pattern." It's a reference to "Goldfinger".
3. The deceased had traces of "turpentine, acetone, and benzene" in his body. Those are the same ingredients in "the dip" in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988).

Child's Play

1. The NCIS agent soundly beaten at checkers by Angela Kelp was played by Ray Mabus, who as of February 2011 is the U.S. Secretary of the Navy. Actually Ray Mabus was sworn in as SecNav on May 19. 2009. Since that was prior to the airing of this episode (Nov. 24, 2009), it adds even more humor to Ray's telling Gibbs, "This kids a ringer. Watch her" when he was the true ringer. It ranks right up with Gibbs answering Kate's question of 'what Ducky looked like when he was younger' with "Illya Kuryakin".
2. The poem, that is written in code by Angela Karp, reads like this: "He Wanted To Kill Her, But She Fought Him Well; Held Her Under The Water, Until Her Body Was Still; He Wanted To Love Her, So Why Did He Kill?"
3. Ducky tells Gibbs that his first pet was a guinea pig called Huncamunca. In the play "Tom Thumb" there was a character called Princess Huncamunca. Beatrix Potter wrote a story called "The Tale of Two Bad Mice". The two mice were called Tom Thumb and Hunca Munca after Fielding's play.
4. Eddie belongs to a gang named P. C.'s, the actor Francis Capra played a character on Veronica Mars (2004), that belonged to a motorcycle gang called the PCHers.
5. The music playing at Ducky's Thanksgiving was Vivaldi's Spring Concerto from The Four Seasons. Autumn would have been more appropriate for the occasion.
6. When Gibbs and DiNozzo go to talk to the girl, Angela Kelp, she is seen analyzing troop movements in a video game. The sequence being displayed is the first mission from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 after the player's character dismounts from the convoy to battle insurgents in a school.
7. This is Carlease Burke's second appearance as D'Arcy McKinna. Both times Gibbs has brought her an orange soda, to which she says "You remembered!" Yet the first time these two met has not been explained as to why she is memorable for Gibbs.

Flesh and Blood

1. Anthony DiNozzo Sr. is played by Robert Wagner. Michael Weatherly played Robert Wagner in The Mystery of Natalie Wood (2004), based on the true story of the life and mysterious death of actress Natalie Wood, Wagner's wife.
2. Rule no. 18: It's better to seek forgiveness than ask permission.
3. Gibbs' Rule no. 6: Never say you're sorry.
4. Early in the episode Gibbs orders the team to grab their gear for a trip to Naval Air Station Patuxent River. McGee responds "Pax River? Weren't we just there?" This is an inside joke referring to show's previous episode NCIS: Ignition (2010), which also had scenes based at NAS Pax River.
5. The aircraft the Prince took his Check Flight in is a T-45A Goshawk 2 seater trainer based on the British BAE Systems Hawk. The T-45A is used by the USN as an aircraft carrier capable trainer.
6. David McCallum (Donald Mallard) and Robert Wagner (Anthony DiNozzo, Sr.) previously co-starred in Colditz (1972). They played Flight Lt. Simon Carter and Flight Lt. Phil Carrington respectively.
7. Robert Wagner (Anthony DiNozzo, Sr.) and David McCallum (Donald Mallard) both appeared in films about the sinking of the RMS Titanic in April 1912: Wagner in Titanic (1953) and McCallum in A Night to Remember (1958).

Jet Lag

1. Gibbs' rule no. 12: Never date a coworker.
2. Nora tells Ziva and Tony she wants to "put right what once went wrong" before the plane takes off for Washington, the catch phrase used on another Donald P. Bellisario show, Quantum Leap (1989).
3. The name of the flight captain is 'Demerest'. This is the name of the pilot who was featured in the movie Airport (1970) played by Dean Martin.
4. The name of the Flight Attendant is Tiffany Chase, which is very close to Tiffany Case the Bond girl in Diamonds Are Forever (1971) played by Jill St. John.
5. The knitting needle used to stab the Air Marshall during the flight is a US # 8 (5 mm) Susan Bates single-point aluminum needle.

Masquerade

1. Mark Harmon has broken his shoulder a couple of times in his career. Once while filming a Coors commercial in the early 1980's & the 2nd time during the filming of Summer School (1987). This is just another example of his character, Gibbs, shadowing his real life, as he hurts his shoulder at the end in the last episode NCIS: Jet Lag (2010).

Jack-Knife

1. Gibbs' rule no. 27: There are 2 ways to follow - 1st way they never notice you, 2nd way they only notice you.
2. When the team has the 3rd bad guy in the evidence garage looking at his car, a '71 Hemi 'Cuda convertible, Fornell states that there were 18 built. Most sources claim only 11 of these cars were ever produced by Chrysler. 3 of the 11 were 4 speed manual making them very rare.
3. The two tractor trucks in this episode are Freightliner FLBs; Damon and Ziva "drive" one without nameplates (with nameplates removed from the grille and the skirts).
4. McGee comments on the new locks on Gibbs door. In the previous episode Gibbs told Lawyer Margaret Hart that he would be locking his doors after finding her in his house.
5. This is Paul Telfer's last appearance, as of 2019, as Damon Werth.

Mother's Day

Jurisdiction

1. When Tony and Palmer are talking on the beach the dorsal fin of a bottle nosed dolphin can be seen as it swims by.
2. The theme of this episode, a team that resembles the members of the NCIS team, was also done in the episode NCIS: Doppelgänger (2005).
3. This episode with a (sort of) pirate theme was first aired in Germany on September 19th 2010 - Talk-Like-A-Pirate-Day.
4. The music right at the end as Tony and Ziva settle down to watch "The Black Pirate" will be hauntingly familiar to many viewers. It is by Edvard Grieg, the first movement of his Holberg Suite, Op. 40.

Guilty Pleasure

1. When McGee and DiNozzo are arguing, Ziva says they are going through a 'Seven Year Bitch' Instead of Seven Year Itch. Seven Year Bitch was the name of a mid 90-s all female alternative band.
2. In the hospital scene the PA says "Dr. John Gardner to Radiology". John Gardner is really an American novelist best known for his novel Grendel.