[1] During a briefing in the Multiple Threat Assessment Center (MTAC) by the Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV), network security detects an unauthorized electronic signal being broadcast, and the room is placed in lock down.
Gibbs and DiNozzo visit the National Security Operations Center where they meet analyst Eleanor "Ellie" Bishop, the paper's author.
Abby's forensics work on the bug from the pen leads to a license plate number for the suspected extortionist.
Gibbs, DiNozzo and Bishop apprehend him and interrogate him to find he was working with someone else who extorted the government and killed the NSA agent.
[2] Bishop was described as a "twenty something female[;] bright, educated, athletic, attractive, fresh-faced, focused and somewhat socially awkward".
[4][5] Executive producer Gary Glasberg explained the reason behind choosing Wickersham to be because "We were seeing [...] moments and scenes and a connection with our characters that we all really responded to".
Douglas Wolfe from TV Fanatic gave the episode 4.8/5 and stated that "The NCIS writers knocked this one out of the ball park, thanks to a story that introduced us to NSA Agent Eleanor "Ellie" Bishop.