Hereafter (NCIS)
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Episode 15
| "Hereafter" | |
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| NCIS episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 10 Episode 15 |
| Directed by | Tony Wharmby |
| Written by | Nicole Mirante-Matthews |
| Original air date | February 19, 2013 |
| Guest appearances | |
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"Hereafter" is the fifteenth episode of the tenth season of the American police procedural drama NCIS, and the 225th episode overall. It originally aired on CBS in the United States on February 19, 2013. The episode is written by Nicole Mirante-Matthews and directed by Tony Wharmby, and was seen by 21.08 million viewers.[1]
In the episode, a marine is found dead at a Navy Base. Soon it's discovered he was involved on an illegal fight club.
The team is called to investigate the death of a Marine private during training and discovers he had suffered a number of wounds from repeated beatings and stabbings. They initially believe the injuries were received due to his participation in an underground fighting ring, but he had not been in a fight in months. The death of another Marine private who shows similar wounds leads the team to the privates' commanding officer. They discover that the CO's brother was tortured and killed in Iraq, and he was trying to "toughen" up his men in preparation for what they might face in battle.
Meanwhile Director Vance, still on an administrative leave of absence following the murder of his wife Jackie, discovers that she had secretly set up her own bank account and hired a lawyer to draft a Separation of Property letter. Worried about the implications, Vance returns to NCIS, assisting in the case on an investigatory level, rather than immediately resuming his role as director. Vance consults Gibbs, who tells him that Jackie was most likely afraid that Vance would die in the line of duty, and prepared accordingly, since Shannon did the same thing when he was in the Marine Corps. Vance is still unsure of what to do with his life without Jackie, though Gibbs reminds him that he still has his two children to take care of, giving him a purpose.
