NCIS season 9 explained

Season Number:	9
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Num Episodes:	24
Network:	CBS
Episode List:	List of NCIS episodes

The ninth season of NCIS, an American police procedural drama, originally aired on CBS from September 20, 2011, through May 15, 2012.

Cast and characters

Main

• Mark Harmon as Leroy Jethro Gibbs, NCIS Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) of the Major Case Response Team (MCRT) assigned to Washington's Navy Yard
• Michael Weatherly as Anthony DiNozzo, NCIS Senior Special Agent, second in command of MCRT
• Cote de Pablo as Ziva David, NCIS Junior Special Agent
• Pauley Perrette as Abby Sciuto, Forensic Specialist for NCIS
• Sean Murray as Timothy McGee, NCIS Special Agent
• Rocky Carroll as Leon Vance, NCIS Director
• David McCallum as Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard, Chief Medical Examiner for NCIS

Also starring

• Brian Dietzen as Jimmy Palmer, Assistant Medical Examiner for NCIS

Recurring

• Philip Casnoff as Sean Latham, NCIS target
• Wendy Makkena as Dr. Rachel Cranston, a psychiatrist and Caitlin Todd's sister
• Sarah Jane Morris as E.J. Barrett, NCIS Senior Special Agent
• Matt Willig as Simon Cade, NCIS Special Agent
• Matt Craven as Clayton Jarvis, Secretary of the Navy
• Scott Wolf as Casey Stratton,^[1] NCIS target
• Jack Conley as Danny Sportelli, Metro P.D. Detective
• Diane Neal as Abigail Borin, CGIS Special Agent in Charge
• Daniel Louis Rivas as Kyle Davis, Abby's brother
• Joe Spano as Tobias Fornell, FBI Senior Special Agent
• Melinda McGraw as Diane Sterling, Gibbs' and Fornell's ex-wife
• John Finn as Gen. Charles T. Ellison, retired Commandant of the Marine Corps
• Meredith Eaton as Carol Wilson, immunologist and a friend of Abby Sciuto
• Matt L. Jones as Ned Dorneget, NCIS Probationary Special Agent
• Robert Wagner as Anthony DiNozzo, Sr., Tony's father
• Enrique Murciano as Ray Cruz, rogue CIA Agent
• Michelle Pierce as Breena Slater, Jimmy Palmer's fiancée
• Larry Miller as Ed Slater, Breena's father and Palmer's soon-to-be father-in-law
• Darby Stanchfield as Shannon Gibbs, Gibbs' deceased wife
• Sam Schuder as Kelly Gibbs, Gibbs' deceased daughter
• Michael O'Neill as Riley McCallister, retired Senior Special Agent for NCIS
• Ralph Waite as Jackson Gibbs, Gibbs' father
• Jamie Lee Curtis as Dr. Samantha Ryan,^[2] head of DoD PsyOps Division
• Tamer Hassan as Agah Bayar, NCIS target
• Paula Newsome as Jackie Vance, Leon Vance's wife
• Akinsola Aribo as Jared Vance, Leon Vance's son
• Kiara Muhammad as Kayla Vance, Leon Vance's daughter
• Richard Schiff as Harper Dearing, NCIS target
• Joel Gretsch as Stan Burley, NCIS Special Agent Afloat on the and former member of Gibbs' team

Guests

• Lily Tomlin as Penelope Langston,^[3] McGee's grandmother
• Sasha Alexander as Caitlin Todd, deceased NCIS Special Agent who was killed by Ari Haswari
• Tim Kelleher as Chris Pacci, deceased NCIS Special Agent
• Rudolf Martin as Ari Haswari, deceased rogue Mossad Agent who killed Caitlin Todd
• Muse Watson as Mike Franks, deceased retired Senior Special Agent for NCIS and Gibbs' former boss
• Lauren Holly as Jenny Shepard, deceased NCIS Director
• Michael Kelly as Jim Porter, NCIS Special Agent, second in command in San Diego
• Cheryl Ladd as Dr. Mary Courtney

Episodes

See also: List of NCIS episodes.

Production

Development

NCIS was renewed for a ninth season on February 2, 2011.^[4]

Reception

NCIS ranked #3 with a total of 19.49 million viewers for the 2011–12 U.S. television season.^[5]

Ratings

References

General references

• Web site: shows A-Z : NCIS on CBS. The Futon Critic. July 6, 2019. April 12, 2013. https://archive.today/20130412003022/http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch/ncis/listings. live.
• Web site: NCIS Season 9 episodes. TV Guide. July 6, 2019. May 20, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180520084129/http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/ncis/episodes-season-9/100320/. live.

Notes and References

1. Web site: NCIS Exclusive: Scott Wolf G-Mans Up! Plus Scoop on the Season Premiere's Big 'Bang'. Matt Webb. Mitovich. TVLine. August 9, 2011. July 6, 2019. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20120321135707/https://tvline.com/2011/08/09/ncis-scott-wolf-season-9-premiere/. March 21, 2012.
2. NCIS: Jamie Lee Curtis will reunite with Mark Harmon. Mandi. Bierly. Entertainment Weekly. August 25, 2011. July 6, 2019. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150823000238/https://ew.com/article/2011/08/25/ncis-jamie-lee-curtis/. August 23, 2015.
3. Web site: NCIS Scoop: Lily Tomlin Reveals that McGee's Grandmother Is a [Spoiler]!]. Matt Webb. Mitovich. TVLine. August 4, 2011. July 6, 2019. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20120321082417/https://tvline.com/2011/08/04/ncis-lily-tomlin-preview-mcgee-grandmother/. March 21, 2012.
4. Web site: NCIS Renewed By CBS For A Ninth Season. Gorman. Bill. TV by the Numbers. February 2, 2011. July 6, 2019. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110205085711/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/02/02/ncis-renewed-by-cbs-for-a-ninth-season/81331. February 5, 2011.
5. Web site: Complete List Of 2011–12 Season TV Show Viewership: Sunday Night Football Tops, Followed By American Idol, NCIS & Dancing With The Stars. TV by the Numbers. Gormam. Bill. May 24, 2012. July 6, 2019. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140209104211/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/05/24/complete-list-of-2011-12-season-tv-show-viewership-sunday-night-football-tops-followed-by-american-idol-ncis-dancing-with-the-stars/135785/. February 9, 2014. mdy-all.