Line #8 Recap/NCISS09E14

Context Recap / NCISS09E14

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1	Directed by Creator/TonyWharmby
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3	Written by Creator/GaryGlasberg
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5	Gibbs questions the choices he has made during the course of his life when a man pulls a gun on him at a diner.
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7	!!Tropes in this episode:
8	* AlternateTimeLine / [[AlternateUniverse Universe]]: Gibbs has a near-death experience and while in limbo he's shown glimpses of alternate time lines where:
9	** he saw Ari in time and prevented him from shooting Kate, causing her to marry [=DiNozzo=] and have kids, as do Abby and [=McGee=], but Ziva remains hostile and antisocial);
10	** he didn't shoot Pedro Hernandez, but being unable to get revenge eventually turns him into a bitter alcoholic; and
11	** Shannon didn't testify against the drug dealers, so she and Kelly live but Gibbs is killed shortly thereafter during a tour of duty.
12	* TheBusCameBack: Dead characters like Mike Franks, Kate Todd, Jenny Shepard, Riley [=McCallister=] and Ari Haswari come back.
13	* BabiesEverAfter: Tony and Kate have a baby, and so does Abby and [=McGee=].
14	* DeathNotification: If Shannon hadn't testified against Pedro Hernandez, she and Kelly would have lived. And then a cadre of Marines would have shown up at their door...
15	* DramaticDrop: In the alternate timeline where Shannon and Kelly live, she sees two Marines at her door and, knowing that they've come to tell her her husband is dead, drops a plate to the floor.
16	* FondMemoriesThatCouldHaveBeen: Gibbs sees his younger self kissing the female recruit he had a crush on, clearly wondering what would have happened had he acted on his feelings for her.
17	* JerkassHasAPoint: Riley [=McAllister=] who was exposed and killed for trying to assassinate Vance in "Enemies Domestic", tells Gibbs that sometimes revenge is necessary to keep balance in your own head, and Gibbs was right to kill Pedro Hernandez, the man who murdered Gibbs's wife and daughter. Franks, of course, hearing that [=McAllister=] was in the diner (Gibbs's head), dismisses him as an ''"opinionated jackass."''
18	* MilestoneCelebration: The 200th episode of NCIS.

Context Recap / NCISS09E14