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[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for NCIS Season 22 Episode 17 “Killer Instinct.”]
In a recent episode of NCIS, McGee, portrayed by Sean Murray, gains a troubling insight into the character of Laroche, played by Seamus Dever, after a dramatic encounter involving a hitman.
McGee’s unease grows when he sees his wife, Delilah (Margo Harshman), emerging from the elevator with Laroche, suggesting they are on friendly terms. Delilah calls him Gabe, and while she finds Laroche charming, McGee expresses his concerns about Laroche’s motives, presenting evidence that he believes shows Laroche has been surveilling him. Rather than viewing this as mere jealousy over professional competition, McGee suspects Laroche is engaging in deceptive practices that potentially jeopardize their work at NCIS.
The tension escalates when the NCIS team captures a hitman known as The Poet, who later dies by suicide, introducing further complications to the case when Laroche unexpectedly becomes involved. His inquiry about a dinner with their spouses raises McGee’s suspicions—conflating their social lives with deeper conspiracies at play. Vance (Rocky Carroll) encourages the gathering as an opportunity for the team to discuss case developments.
As the plot unfolds, Torres (Wilmer Valderrama) goes undercover to investigate and traces the hitman’s involvement back to a diamond district broker named Gemma, who has ties to a criminal figure, Carla Marino. The motives behind the hits on naval officers hint at a larger conspiracy, given the nexus to sensitive military assets on the Atlas train route.
Meanwhile, McGee and Delilah attend a dinner with Laroche and his wife, who discusses advanced technology in medical devices, hinting at personal insights about professional ethics. Laroche’s suggestion that manipulating information can be a necessary evil irks McGee, especially as he learns more about the dire threats surrounding their colleague. It becomes evident that Laroche’s status on the board governing the Atlas train security protocols places him in the crosshairs of lethal ambitions.
In a twist of fate, Laroche’s reluctance to accept protection from NCIS after the hitman’s death raises alarms for the team. Their investigation leads to revelations about Laroche’s hidden connections and complicates McGee’s trust towards him. An opportunity arises when McGee crafts a diversion, asserting his ability to think strategically under pressure as he poses as the hitman to trap a new foe targeting Laroche.
Despite evading this immediate threat, questions linger regarding who orchestrated the hits and their connections to the Nexus cartel. The impact of this episode reveals a clandestine government informant who has ties to Laroche, suggesting a deeper and more complex conspiracy lurking beneath the surface.
As both McGee and Laroche navigate the treacherous waters of deceit and danger, the storyline delves into themes of trust, betrayal, and the moral complexities faced by those in the field of law enforcement.
NCIS, Mondays, 9/8c, CBS
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