S15 E7
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Mondays 8:00 PM on CBS

Season 15  "Burden of Proof"  15x7

Aired 6 years ago - Nov 07, 2017

After a convicted felon swears the NCIS agency framed him for murder a decade ago, Gibbs begins his own investigation, starting with a new autopsy by Ducky. Also, Senior FBI Agent Fornell joins the team, since he was the lead investigator in the original joint FBI and NCIS case.

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Recap of NCIS Season 15 Episode 7 (S15E07) - 1
to prevent any kind of physical imperfection.
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He served ten years on death row for a crime he didn't commit.
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a second-string M.E.
Recap of NCIS Season 15 Episode 7 (S15E07) - 4
Let's get started.
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Now that I see the decomposition of the outer layers,
Recap of NCIS Season 15 Episode 7 (S15E07) - 6
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Makes sense.
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Evidence?
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They're like my ugly work babies.
Recap of NCIS Season 15 Episode 7 (S15E07) - 10
Everything you had was circumstantial.
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I don't know-- she's already started in on you and Bishop.
Recap of NCIS Season 15 Episode 7 (S15E07) - 12
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the license got behind the sign in the first place.
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Recap of NCIS Season 15 Episode 7 (S15E07) - 15
Oh, God, please...
Recap of NCIS Season 15 Episode 7 (S15E07) - 16
Gentlemen, gentlemen, might I remind you
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I don't know how to interrupt without getting analyzed.
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And what were you doing while Ducky was doing all the work?
Recap of NCIS Season 15 Episode 7 (S15E07) - 19
Actually, Hicks requested it.
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Mm-hmm. Well, did Torres tell you what she said
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on the outside of two of the three bags.
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It's a paint store that's been open for 40 years.
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A liar.
Recap of NCIS Season 15 Episode 7 (S15E07) - 24
What about now?
Recap of NCIS Season 15 Episode 7 (S15E07) - 25
He'd order two scoops of vanilla, and...
Recap of NCIS Season 15 Episode 7 (S15E07) - 26
Right.
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now and then to his aunt, who sold fruit.
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They got a history now.
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Ah, I went there a couple times.
Recap of NCIS Season 15 Episode 7 (S15E07) - 31
Pops is still paying me like it's 1950.
Recap of NCIS Season 15 Episode 7 (S15E07) - 32
Uh, Bishop, Sloane never said anything about you at all.
Recap of NCIS Season 15 Episode 7 (S15E07) - 33
The cabin was just one of the places I stopped along the way.
Recap of NCIS Season 15 Episode 7 (S15E07) - 34
and you strike him so hard that it caves in his head.
Recap of NCIS Season 15 Episode 7 (S15E07) - 35
We tracked her current location
Recap of NCIS Season 15 Episode 7 (S15E07) - 36
I had a few oranges left,
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I figured he didn't believe me
Recap of NCIS Season 15 Episode 7 (S15E07) - 38
We got an eyewitness saying it wasn't him!
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It ends me.
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Hypocrite doesn't look good on you.
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I asked you a question.
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Or should we start talking Brady violation?
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You're the only one with a connection to her,
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Nobody won.
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you could be re-sentencing an innocent man to death.
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But he was so busy trying to woo her
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It's our response to...
Recap of NCIS Season 15 Episode 7 (S15E07) - 48
Was Mary Smith able to describe the man in the blue van?
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To whom did Mary Smith give her statement 11 years ago?
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I tipped off the lawyer about Witness X.

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He served ten years on death row for a crime he didn't commit.
#2
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a second-string M.E.
#3
Recap of NCIS Season 15 Episode 7 (S15E07) - 4
Let's get started.
#4
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Now that I see the decomposition of the outer layers,
#5
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Makes sense.
#7
Recap of NCIS Season 15 Episode 7 (S15E07) - 8
Evidence?
#8
Recap of NCIS Season 15 Episode 7 (S15E07) - 9
They're like my ugly work babies.
#9
Recap of NCIS Season 15 Episode 7 (S15E07) - 10
Everything you had was circumstantial.
#10
Recap of NCIS Season 15 Episode 7 (S15E07) - 11
I don't know-- she's already started in on you and Bishop.
#11
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the license got behind the sign in the first place.
#13
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Oh, God, please...
#15
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Gentlemen, gentlemen, might I remind you
#16
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I don't know how to interrupt without getting analyzed.
#17
Recap of NCIS Season 15 Episode 7 (S15E07) - 18
And what were you doing while Ducky was doing all the work?
#18
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Actually, Hicks requested it.
#19
Recap of NCIS Season 15 Episode 7 (S15E07) - 20
Mm-hmm. Well, did Torres tell you what she said
#20
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on the outside of two of the three bags.
#21
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It's a paint store that's been open for 40 years.
#22
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A liar.
#23
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What about now?
#24
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He'd order two scoops of vanilla, and...
#25
Recap of NCIS Season 15 Episode 7 (S15E07) - 26
Right.
#26
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now and then to his aunt, who sold fruit.
#27
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They got a history now.
#29
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Ah, I went there a couple times.
#30
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Pops is still paying me like it's 1950.
#31
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Uh, Bishop, Sloane never said anything about you at all.
#32
Recap of NCIS Season 15 Episode 7 (S15E07) - 33
The cabin was just one of the places I stopped along the way.
#33
Recap of NCIS Season 15 Episode 7 (S15E07) - 34
and you strike him so hard that it caves in his head.
#34
Recap of NCIS Season 15 Episode 7 (S15E07) - 35
We tracked her current location
#35
Recap of NCIS Season 15 Episode 7 (S15E07) - 36
I had a few oranges left,
#36
Recap of NCIS Season 15 Episode 7 (S15E07) - 37
I figured he didn't believe me
#37
Recap of NCIS Season 15 Episode 7 (S15E07) - 38
We got an eyewitness saying it wasn't him!
#38
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It ends me.
#39
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Hypocrite doesn't look good on you.
#40
Recap of NCIS Season 15 Episode 7 (S15E07) - 41
I asked you a question.
#41
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Or should we start talking Brady violation?
#42
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You're the only one with a connection to her,
#43
Recap of NCIS Season 15 Episode 7 (S15E07) - 44
Nobody won.
#44
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you could be re-sentencing an innocent man to death.
#45
Recap of NCIS Season 15 Episode 7 (S15E07) - 46
But he was so busy trying to woo her
#46
Recap of NCIS Season 15 Episode 7 (S15E07) - 47
It's our response to...
#47
Recap of NCIS Season 15 Episode 7 (S15E07) - 48
Was Mary Smith able to describe the man in the blue van?
#48
Recap of NCIS Season 15 Episode 7 (S15E07) - 49
To whom did Mary Smith give her statement 11 years ago?
#49
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I tipped off the lawyer about Witness X.
#50