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* AbsenteeActor: When Abby gets shot, it's obvious that Tony is going to be affected by this even though his character's actor left the show in Season 13 to go star in ''Series/{{Bull}}'' in the timeslot neighboring ''NCIS''. Tim mentions Tony was talking with him in a phone call after being informed of the incident, but Tony doesn't personally appear.
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Directed by Creator/MichaelZinberg

Written by Creator/JenniferCorbett
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* LikeBrotherAndSister: Ellie admits that Clay was like a brother to her, and she never told him.
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* TrailersAlwaysLie: The previews for the episode are ''very'' guilty of this offense. They painted it as though Abby was going to die, and ran blipvert during other CBS network programming emblazoned "ABBY'S FINAL GOODBYE", when in the episode proper, it's actually Clayton who dies, and Abby explicitly says, "This isn't good-bye for good, it's just good-bye for now."

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* TrailersAlwaysLie: The previews for the episode are ''very'' guilty of this offense. They painted it as though Abby was going to die, and ran a blipvert during other CBS network programming emblazoned "ABBY'S FINAL GOODBYE", when in the episode proper, it's actually Clayton who dies, and Abby explicitly says, "This isn't good-bye for good, it's just good-bye for now."
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* AbsenteeActor: When Abby gets shot, it's obvious that Tony is going to be affected by this even though his character's actor left the show in Season 13 to go star in ''Series/{{Bull}}'' in the timeslot neighboring ''NCIS''. Tim mentions Tony was talking with him in a phone call after being informed of the incident, but Tony doesn't personally appear.



* ObligatoryCameo: Downplayed. When Abby gets shot, it's obvious that Tony is going to be affected by this even though his character's actor left the show to go star in ''Series/{{Bull}}'' in the timeslot neighboring ''NCIS''. Tim mentions Tony was talking with him in a phone call after being informed of the incident, but Tony doesn't personally appear.
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* ObligatoryCameo: Downplayed. When Abby gets shot, it's obvious that Tony is going to be affected by this even though his character's actor left the show to go star in ''Series/{{Bull}}'' in the timeslot neighboring ''NCIS''. Tim mentions Tony was talking with him in a phone call after being informed of the incident, but Tony doesn't personally appear.
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* IOweYouMyLife: Abby decides to leave NCIS and begin a charity in honor of Clayton’s mother because she knew how much he wanted to do that.

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* IOweYouMyLife: Clayton dies saving Abby from the hitman. After Robert King is caught, she decides to leave NCIS and begin a the charity that Clayton wanted to begin in honor of Clayton’s his mother because she knew how much he wanted to do that.repay him.
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* IOweYouMyLife: Abby decides to leave NCIS and begin a charity in honor of Clayton’s mother because she knew how much he wanted to do that.
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* ContinuityCavalcade: Team Gibbs go through several of Abby's past cases to see who ordered the hit. Spooner (from way back in Season 3) and Alejandro make encore appearances. There are also numerous {{Flashback}}s thrown in.

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* ContinuityCavalcade: Team Gibbs go through several of Abby's past cases to see who ordered the hit. Spooner (from way back in Season 3) and Alejandro make encore appearances. There are also numerous {{Flashback}}s thrown in. And for an added bonus, the café where Abby confronts King is the same one where Team Gibbs busted him nine years ago.
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* WhamShot: After Abby is seen in the hospital in critical condition, half of Team Gibbs is in autopsy, tearfully gathered around a body bag. Ducky and Palmer open the bag...and it's ''Clay''. With all the hype surrounding Abby's departure, it's doubtful that ''anybody'' saw this coming.
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* TrailersAlwaysLie: The previews for the episode are ''very'' guilty of this offense. They painted it as though Abby was going to die, and ran blipvert during other CBS network programming emblazoned "ABBY'S FINAL GOODBYE", when in the episode proper, it's actually Clayton who dies, and Abby explicitly says, "This isn't good-bye for good, it's just good-bye for now."

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* TrailersAlwaysLie: The previews for the episode are ''very'' guilty of this offense. They painted it as though Abby was going to die, and ran blipvert during other CBS network programming emblazoned "ABBY'S FINAL GOODBYE", when in the episode proper, it's actually Clayton who dies, and Abby explicitly says, "This isn't good-bye for good, it's just good-bye for now.""
* YouCalledMeXItMustBeSerious: When Tony gets informed that Abby had been shot, he starts regularly calling [=McGee=] for updates from his new home in Paris. After one call, Tim tells the still unconscious Abby that he could tell how worried [=DiNozzo=] was about her by the fact that he hadn't addressed him by a single [=McNickname=].
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* ContinuityCavalcade: Team Gibbs go through several of Abby's past cases to see who ordered the hit. Spooner and Alejandro make encore appearances.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Tony calls [=McGee=] to see how Abby's doing, and he doesn't even use any "[=McNickname=]'s".

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* ContinuityCavalcade: Team Gibbs go through several of Abby's past cases to see who ordered the hit. Spooner (from way back in Season 3) and Alejandro make encore appearances.
appearances. There are also numerous {{Flashback}}s thrown in.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Tony calls [=McGee=] to see how Abby's doing, and he doesn't even use any "[=McNickname=]'s"."[=McNicknames=]".
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* AssassinsAreAlwaysBetrayed: The hitman who killed Clay and injured Abby is found dead, courtesy of his handler.


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* ContinuityCavalcade: Team Gibbs go through several of Abby's past cases to see who ordered the hit. Spooner and Alejandro make encore appearances.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Tony calls [=McGee=] to see how Abby's doing, and he doesn't even use any "[=McNickname=]'s".
* PoisonAndCureGambit: Abby pulls this on King, telling him that she spiked his coffee with cyanide. As he starts feeling ill (with a little SequentialSymptomSyndrome thrown in), Abby uses the promise of a cure to make him confess to hiring the hitman. And then it's {{Subverted}} when it turns out that Abby didn't use cyanide -- just a harmless crushed Caf-POW pill.
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* BrutalHonesty: After being assured of all the times the team has offered others a chance to find time to live while looking back, Abby balefully replies this doesn't apply to Clay. Abby notes that Clay is gone and no one can fix that.
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A petty theft gives way to a vicious shooting that leaves Abigail Scuito fighting for her life and Clayton Reeves in the morgue. Enraged and hurt by the devastating event, the team rallies to find the shooter, only to discover him dead as well, and evidence of an even bigger plan to assassinate Abby. The search leads to a vicious and calculating old foe who wants to settle a score with Abby. Abby later awakens to a slow recovery and the news of Clay's death, and it wounds her all the way to her core. Angry unlike ever before, Abby finds herself pressed to avenge him and make a life-altering decision.

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A petty theft gives way to a vicious shooting that leaves Abigail Scuito fighting for her life and Clayton Reeves in the morgue. Enraged and hurt by the devastating event, the team rallies to find the shooter, only to discover him dead as well, and evidence of an even bigger plan to assassinate Abby. The search leads to a vicious and calculating old foe who wants to settle a score with Abby. Abby later awakens to a slow recovery and the news of Clay's death, and it wounds her all the way to her core. Angry unlike ever before, Abby finds herself pressed to avenge him and make a life-altering decision.decision that will permanently affect her and her friends.
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A petty theft gives way to a vicious shooting that leaves Abigail Scuito fighting for her life and Clayton Reeves in the morgue. Enraged and hurt by the devastating event, the team rallies to find the shooter, only to discover him dead as well, and evidence of an even bigger plan to assassinate Abby. The search leads to a vicious and calculating old foe who wants to settle a score with Abby. Abby finds herself distraught and pressed to avenge him and make a life-altering decision.

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A petty theft gives way to a vicious shooting that leaves Abigail Scuito fighting for her life and Clayton Reeves in the morgue. Enraged and hurt by the devastating event, the team rallies to find the shooter, only to discover him dead as well, and evidence of an even bigger plan to assassinate Abby. The search leads to a vicious and calculating old foe who wants to settle a score with Abby. Abby later awakens to a slow recovery and the news of Clay's death, and it wounds her all the way to her core. Angry unlike ever before, Abby finds herself distraught and pressed to avenge him and make a life-altering decision.
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* ShootTheShaggyDog: Clay dies after having a hard life as a homeless orphan who lost his mother at three, after claiming he planned to start a charity in her name.
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* SenselessCarnage: Subverted. This is what the circumstances of Clay's murder first appear to be. The team is outraged that Clayton was killed over sixty dollars after having such a rough life and believe he deserved better. It turns out this was only the half of it.

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* SenselessCarnage: SenselessSacrifice: Subverted. This is what the circumstances of Clay's murder first appear to be. The team is outraged that Clayton was killed over sixty dollars after having such a rough life and believe he deserved better. It turns out this was only the half of it.
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* SenselessDeath: Subverted. This is what the circumstances of Clay's murder first appear to be. The team is outraged that Clayton was killed over sixty dollars after having such a rough life and believe he deserved better. It turns out this was only the half of it.

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* SenselessDeath: SenselessCarnage: Subverted. This is what the circumstances of Clay's murder first appear to be. The team is outraged that Clayton was killed over sixty dollars after having such a rough life and believe he deserved better. It turns out this was only the half of it.
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A petty theft gives way to a vicious shooting that leaves Abigail Scuito fighting for her life and Clayton Reeves in the morgue. Enraged and hurt by the devastating event, the team rallies to find the shooter, only to discover him dead as well, and evidence of an even bigger plan to assassinate Abby. The search leads to a vicious and calculating old foe who wants to settle a score with Abby. Abby finds herself distraught and pressed to avenge him and make a life-altering decision.


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* SenselessDeath: Subverted. This is what the circumstances of Clay's murder first appear to be. The team is outraged that Clayton was killed over sixty dollars after having such a rough life and believe he deserved better. It turns out this was only the half of it.
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* TonightSomeoneDies: The previews and ads for this episode were very insistent that Abby would be killed off. Instead, the major twist is that this is a total RedHerring: ''Clayton'' gets killed off.

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* TonightSomeoneDies: The previews and ads for this episode were very insistent that Abby would be killed off. Instead, the major twist is that this is a total RedHerring: ''Clayton'' gets killed off.off.
* TrailersAlwaysLie: The previews for the episode are ''very'' guilty of this offense. They painted it as though Abby was going to die, and ran blipvert during other CBS network programming emblazoned "ABBY'S FINAL GOODBYE", when in the episode proper, it's actually Clayton who dies, and Abby explicitly says, "This isn't good-bye for good, it's just good-bye for now."
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* TonightSomeoneDies: The previews and ads for this episode were very insistent that Abby would be killed off. Instead, the major twist is that this is a total RedHerring: ''Clayton'' gets killed off.

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