Need to Know (NCIS)

When Chief Petty Officer Wiley is murdered before he can divulge information about infamous arms dealer Agah Bayar, Special agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs is immediately on the case.

Gibbs and Director Leon Vance then deduce that the entire case was a DIA plot, using Wiley as the patsy to leak faulty information to the Russians in order to sabotage their stealth communication research.

The plan began to go awry when Wiley was busted for drug possession and tried to leverage a plea bargain by providing information on Bayar, forcing the Russians to kill him to save their operation.

Schenck and Cardea were given the task of revisiting NCIS agent Ned Dorneget (Matt L. Jones), as the new "probie", by showrunner Gary Glasberg.

The crime under investigation was both serious enough to keep you interested and detest the bad guy(s) but not so serious that the team couldn't let loose at times", and "overall, an excellent episode from start to finish, blending just the right portions of all the things we've grown to love about the show.