8.06 Cracked **SPOILERS**

[Nici]

THE TEAM BEGINS TO WORRY ABOUT ABBY WHEN HER CONNECTION TO A VICTIM RUNS TOO DEEP, ON "NCIS," TUESDAY, OCT. 26

Meredith Monroe ("Criminal Minds, "Dawson's Creek") Guest Stars as April Ferris, An Engineer At Gen-1 Biotech Inc.

Brennan Elliott ("Strong Medicine") Guest Stars as Martin Stillwell, The CEO Of Gen-1 Biotech Inc.

"Cracked" - Delving into the mind of a brilliant Naval Scientist, Abby becomes fixated on solving her murder, while DiNozzo's latest fling leads to an interesting Halloween, on NCIS, Tuesday, Oct. 26 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

SERIES REGULARS

NCIS Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs.................. Mark Harmon
NCIS Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo............. Michael Weatherly
Probationary Special Agent Ziva David..................... Cote de Pablo
Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard................................ David McCallum
Abby Sciuto............................. Pauley Perrette
NCIS Special Agent Timothy McGee......................... Sean Murray
NCIS Director Leon Vance....... Rocky Carroll

RECURRING CAST

Jimmy Palmer.............................. Brian Dietzen

GUEST CAST

April Ferris........................... Meredith Monroe
Martin Stillwell........................... Brennan Elliott
Lorrain Thorson................ Robin Pearson Rose
Rupert Kritzer......................... Raphael Sbarge
Professor Daniel Redner........ Steven Anderson
Navy Lieutenant Clea Thorson.......................... Erica Piccininni

DIRECTED BY: Tony Wharmby

WRITTEN BY: Nicole Mirante-Matthews

RATING: To Be Announced

[pitomba1]

YYYPPEEE the Halloween eps!
And I think this will be the Abby eps that I hear about it.

Marcia

[lunariven]

An interesting Halloween? Who did he have a fling with this time?

[mbnyc]

I hope it's more than a fling this time.

[Nici]

Promotional photos have been posted:
www.spoilertv.com/2010/10/ncis-episode-806-cracked-promotional.html

[Mikki]

30 second promo, looks real good from my perspective.

[dijas]

Liked this one a lot! But Abby annyed me
Tony as Tony PMSL!
I knew it was the other chick the second I saw her.

[FateLove]

The episode was okay did fast forward some scenes did like the ending with Tony..... LOL....

[Tim]

Wasn't really a good episode. I found it pretty boring and Abby was acting more than strange. I'm really annoyed with her "baby" attitude, especially the scene with Gibbs when she tells him that he never rose his voice with her. I was hoping that she would have acted a little bit more mature.
I know that she is always portrayed as different and a little bit eccentric but this episode was a little too much.
It's a shame that the Abby focused episode turned out this way.

I think they focused a little bit too much on the science part and how Abby tried to solve the mystery, I was missing the drama and suspense and action in this episode.

The Travolta thing was just plain stupid and idiotic. I absolutely hated that part. It totally didn't fit Tony's character, he was never a fan of Halloween and even hated that holiday. I found it pretty out of character to show him in his costume at the office.

[dijas]

^^Well, Ethel is special LOL
I'm already used to Abby's acting like a baby. It annoyed me, but eh, that's Abby. She'll never grow up.

[Lelu]

Oct 27, 2010 10:53:29 GMT -5 Tim said:

Wasn't really a good episode. I found it pretty boring and Abby was acting more than strange. I'm really annoyed with her "baby" attitude, especially the scene with Gibbs when she tells him that he never rose his voice with her. I was hoping that she would have acted a little bit more mature.
I know that she is always portrayed as different and a little bit eccentric but this episode was a little too much.
It's a shame that the Abby focused episode turned out this way.

I think they focused a little bit too much on the science part and how Abby tried to solve the mystery, I was missing the drama and suspense and action in this episode.

The Travolta thing was just plain stupid and idiotic. I absolutely hated that part. It totally didn't fit Tony's character, he was never a fan of Halloween and even hated that holiday. I found it pretty out of character to show him in his costume at the office.

I totally agree Abby is 40 at least and they still won't allow the character to grow up. The only other character similar to her on TV is Criminal Minds' Garcia, who is a total eccentric, but a total adult. I actually think she is the only female character on TV I like

If they wanted to do something for Halloween go something original... oh wait I know lets make Tony the butt of another stupid joke.
the John Traveled costume awful, embarrassing totally IEEE

[SpecialAgentBigD]

I think it was more of Tony wanting to get laid than him enjoying Halloween, IMO.

[navyresgirl]

I guess I stand alone yet again. I didn't at all see Abby behaving like a baby in Cracked. She and the woman who portrays her were wonderful and made me love the episode. I can easily see myself watching this one multiple times.

In case you don't go to the polling thread, here's what I wrote over there:

I found Abby more wonderful than ever. In no way did I find her babyish. She was frightened that what happened to Clea could happen to her - a brilliant woman who had a psychotic break. She was overwhelmed by the similarities and lost her objectivity for a while.
Once she had it back - due in large part to the talk with Clea's mom she was able to see and think more clearly and provide the team with crucial information that led to Tim finding the canister that had slowly driven her into her psychotic break.

Her relationship with Gibbs and Gibbs reaction to her was just beautiful - even when he raised his voice to her, ESPECIALLY because he raised his voice to her.
Last season the knight got knocked off his white horse. This season we're seeing Abby seeing Gibbs clearly for the 1st time ever. He's no longer her hero, he's a flesh and blood man with flaws just like the rest of the human population.
And also for the 1st time, I can see them as something other than father/daughter or big brother/little sister.

[keruben]

I liked this episode, too. But I suspect the problem is the new writer forgot to add humour. I hope she'll find some for next time, because it's a little bit flat without the fun.

[drakeissix]

Hmmm is it me or have all the NCIS fans left this site and only haters of the show live here now ? . Any how I like this episode we saw abby's best and worst sides in this episode. The tenacious stubborn solve a mystery at all cost scientist and the moody, bratty women child side of her personality that comes out when she loses her objectivity or too closely identifies with the victim. Abbys brilliance comes at a price she can be a real pain at times and in most ways is way more immature than fellow science nerd Timmy who as had to grow up (sometimes force) due to his field agent status. I give the episode a B+ .....I cant wait for RJ's return in the next episode and in the following episode featuring the return of Ziva's dad ...sparks should fly in that episode ;D