NCIS investigates the murder of a Navy officer who was killed while driving home a recently released inmate; Gibbs helps Palmer deal with a personal trauma.
Tropes in this episode
- 20 Minutes into the Past: Averted. The episode jumps to present day after the previous episodes mostly sets in late 2019-late pre-lockdown 2020. Since this episode aired in February 2021, it can be assumed it also sets in that same month, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic is pretty evident in this episode.
- Dropped a Bridge on Her / Killed Off for Real / Lost Lenore /: It's revealed Jimmy's wife Breena died from COVID during the time jump. Jimmy focuses his work too much to distract himself from his wife's passing.
- Real Life Writes the Plot: Now that it jumped to present day, the show actually deals with the COVID pandemic.
