The Namesake (NCIS)

The episode is written by George Schenck and Frank Cardea and directed by Arvin Brown, and was seen by 18.83 million viewers.

The gun used in the murder is traced to a local pawn shop, where Gibbs and Tony are surprised to see a Congressional Medal of Honor on display.

The pawnbroker says she bought it from an elderly World War II veteran who needed the money badly, despite the fact that buying or selling a Medal of Honor is illegal.

Additional investigation reveals that the deceased Petty Officer worked part-time as a valet, and "borrowed" the sports car for a joyride.

His true target was the car's actual owner, a billionaire entrepreneur who he believed stole his idea for a filesharing network, and the Petty Officer was killed in a case of mistaken identity.

Gibbs installs a vintage Shopsmith Model 10ER combination machine that he purchased from the pawn shop in his basement, and is pleased to see that his father successfully mended a coffee mug of Gibbs's that he smashed earlier in anger at Moore - an apt metaphor for how the two old veterans have mended their friendship.

It had been established in the "Heartland" episode in Season Six that Gibbs was named after his father's boyhood friend and business partner.

"[3] The picture of Billy Dee Williams and president Clinton shown in the episode is real, and the producers only needed to "matte the medal around his neck" to use it.