Till Death Do Us Part (NCIS)

After picking him up, the team finds another message with a horse jaw that leads them to a retired NCIS agent who handled a case that sent Dearing's son to the destroyer that claimed his life.

However, Dearing blows up the agent's house and leaves them a videotaped message, soon confronting Pentagon profiler Dr. Samantha Ryan by threatening her son and forcing her to flee when he buys out a judge to release her ex-husband on a technicality.

Gibbs decides to recruit convicted former officer Jonathan Cole based on Ryan's profiling of Dearing to lure him into a trap.

"[4] Also Dr. Ryan (Jamie Lee Curtis) became affected by Dearing and fled to protect her son, making her further appearance on the show unknown.

"[3] A lot of characters are recurring in the episode: Brian Dietzen (as Jimmy Palmer), Jamie Lee Curtis (as Dr. Samantha Ryan), Richard Schiff (as Harper Dearing), Michelle Pierce (as Breena Slater), and Scott Wolf (as Jonathan Cole).

[6] Steve Marsi from TV Fanatic gave the episode 4.5 (out of 5) and stated that "this may not have been the best NCIS season finale, but its ending will surely go down as one of the most talked about.

"Til Death Do Us Part" had some flaws, but the entire season-ending arc was first-rate, with terrific performances by the cast members tonight in particular and a cliffhanger that left us on the edge of our collective seat and with much to discuss in the months ahead as we await the start of Season 10".