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* FakingTheDead: Phil Brooks does this by ''accident''; he escaped someone trying to kill him on his boat and hid out in his bomb shelter, and sent Gibbs a message to meet up with him. Unfortunately, the message was picked up by Reeves, who died before he could pass it on. As such, Gibbs doesn't find out about any of this until he goes to attend Phil's funeral.

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* FakingTheDead: Phil Brooks does this by ''accident''; he escaped someone trying to kill him on his boat and hid out in his bomb shelter, and sent Gibbs a message to meet up with him. Unfortunately, the message was picked up by Reeves, who died before he could pass it on. As such, Gibbs doesn't find out about any of this until he goes to attend Phil's funeral.funeral and accidently stumbles upon his hiding place.
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* FakingTheDead: Phil Brooks does this by ''accident''; he escaped someone trying to kill him on his boat and hid out in his bomb shelter, and sent Gibbs a message to meet up with him... unfortunately, the message was picked up by Reeves, who died before he could pass on the message. As such, Gibbs doesn't find out about any of this until he goes to attend Phil's funeral.

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* FakingTheDead: Phil Brooks does this by ''accident''; he escaped someone trying to kill him on his boat and hid out in his bomb shelter, and sent Gibbs a message to meet up with him... unfortunately, him. Unfortunately, the message was picked up by Reeves, who died before he could pass on the message.it on. As such, Gibbs doesn't find out about any of this until he goes to attend Phil's funeral.
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* FakingTheDead: Phil Brooks does this by ''accident''; he escaped someone trying to kill him on his boat and hid out in his bomb shelter, and sent Gibbs a message to meet up with him... unfortunately, the message was picked up by Reeves, who died before he could pass on the message. As such, Gibbs doesn't find out about any of this until he goes to attend Phil's funeral.
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Your Cheating Heart is an index, not a trope.


** Almost happens again when Palmer says that he needs to run some evidence up to...Kasey.
* YourCheatingHeart:
** It looks like this when Ellie discovers photos of Phil Brooks with a woman half his age who is definitely not his wife. Brooks claims that they're fake, and Kasey confirms it.
** On the other hand, Brooks' wife ''has'' been sleeping with one of the investors that wanted him dead. And according to Gibbs, ''those'' pictures are real.

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** Almost happens again when Palmer says that he needs to run some evidence up to...Kasey.
* YourCheatingHeart:
** It looks like this when Ellie discovers photos of Phil Brooks with a woman half his age who is definitely not his wife. Brooks claims that they're fake, and Kasey confirms it.
** On the other hand, Brooks' wife ''has'' been sleeping with one of the investors that wanted him dead. And according to Gibbs, ''those'' pictures are real.
Kasey.
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Directed by Creator/TerrenceOHara

Written by Creator/ChristopherJWaild & Creator/DavidJNorth
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* UnPerson: Ellie is pissed that MI6 has removed everything of Clay's from NCIS, essentially making him this.

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* UnPerson: Ellie is pissed that MI6 [=MI6=] has removed everything of Clay's from NCIS, essentially making him this.
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Gibbs finds himself with a few problems to solve: the morale of the team following Abby's resignation, a replacement forensic tech, and solving the murder of a friend who, it turns out, has been hiding out from his assassin in a fallout shelter underneath his house.

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Gibbs finds himself with a few problems to solve: the morale of the team following Clay’s murder and Abby's resignation, finding a replacement forensic tech, and solving the murder of a friend who, it turns out, has been hiding out from his assassin in a fallout shelter underneath his house.

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* YourCheatingHeart: It looks like this when Ellie discovers photos of Phil Brooks with a woman half his age who is definitely not his wife. Brooks claims that they're fake, and Kasey confirms it.

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* YourCheatingHeart: YourCheatingHeart:
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It looks like this when Ellie discovers photos of Phil Brooks with a woman half his age who is definitely not his wife. Brooks claims that they're fake, and Kasey confirms it.it.
** On the other hand, Brooks' wife ''has'' been sleeping with one of the investors that wanted him dead. And according to Gibbs, ''those'' pictures are real.
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* TheUnPerson: Ellie is pissed that MI6 has removed everything of Clay's from NCIS, essentially making him this.

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* TheUnPerson: UnPerson: Ellie is pissed that MI6 has removed everything of Clay's from NCIS, essentially making him this.

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* WrongNameOutburst: [=McGee=] congratulates Kasey's work by saying "Good work, Abbs" before catching himself and apologizing.

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* WrongNameOutburst: TheUnPerson: Ellie is pissed that MI6 has removed everything of Clay's from NCIS, essentially making him this.
* WrongNameOutburst:
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[=McGee=] congratulates Kasey's work by saying "Good work, Abbs" before catching himself and apologizing.apologizing.
** Almost happens again when Palmer says that he needs to run some evidence up to...Kasey.
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* CallBack: Sloane is a fan of [=McGee=]'s (or, rather, Thom E. Gemcity's) ''Deep Six'' novels.
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* BrainBleach: Antonia is very disturbed by the doctored pictures of her with Phil Brooks.
* OhCrap: Antonia smashes a headlight on Gibbs' car, thinking he's a creepy investor here to harass her, and then he shows her his badge.
--> '''Antonia:''' Oh, damn.
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* WrongNameOutburst: [=McGee=] congratulates Kasey's work by saying "Good work, Abbs" before catching himself and apologizing.
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--> '''Gibbs:''' PHIL! What the hell?

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--> '''Gibbs:''' PHIL! What the hell?hell?
* YourCheatingHeart: It looks like this when Ellie discovers photos of Phil Brooks with a woman half his age who is definitely not his wife. Brooks claims that they're fake, and Kasey confirms it.
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Gibbs finds himself with a few problems to solve: the morale of the team following Abby's resignation, a replacement forensic tech, and solving the murder of a friend who, it turns out, has been hiding out from his assassin in a fallout shelter underneath his house.

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Gibbs finds himself with a few problems to solve: the morale of the team following Abby's resignation, a replacement forensic tech, and solving the murder of a friend who, it turns out, has been hiding out from his assassin in a fallout shelter underneath his house.house.

!Tropes in this episode include:
* SayMyName: Gibbs, when he discovers that his deceased friend is actually FakingTheDead and hiding in a bomb shelter. (His voice even goes up a couple octaves in surprise.)
--> '''Gibbs:''' PHIL! What the hell?
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Gibbs finds himself with a few problems to solve: the morale of the team following Abby's resignation, a replacement forensic tech, and solving the murder of a friend who, it turns out, has been hiding out from his assassin in a fallout shelter underneath his house.

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