This was, unfortunately, not a good episode. The basic plot, was interesting, at least on the surface. A marine, Leland Wiley, is about to be charged with drug violations, and he wants to trade some important information to reduce his sentence. However, before that can happen, he dies. His pacemaker, for his natural slow heartbeat, was forced to speed up his heart, causing him to die of a heart attack. Thus, an investigation is begun.
It leads Gibbs (a great Mark Harmon) to one nasty arms dealer, and his current girlfriend, the attractive Ava, whom Tony develops a crush on from afar. Needless to say, she must be found and questioned. Tim McGee (Sean Murray) and a new probie, who adds little to the show, go after her, lose her, but get away with it, as everything was all a sting, performed by the DIA, without NCIS even knowing about the whole thing. Everything was a set-up, the murderer is found, but other than that, no one is punished. Wiley was killed by remote control, from someone hired to kill him.
Other than the crappy plot, the show didn't have much else going for it. The new guy, Ned Dorneget, added little to show, other than the fact that he was homosexual, but didn't show that well, unable to keep his eyes off the beautiful Ava. Ziva also had to speak to a bunch of high schoolers about working at NCIS, and was horribly worried about it, because public speaking is not her specialty, but it went well, and she volunteered to do it again next year. Overall, a bad episode and it is not worth a second viewing. Grade: C+
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