Most of theNCISteam hasn’t seen the 1997 animated classicAnastasia, and it shows.
But no matter; it was a pleasure watching them piece together the puzzle over an hour.
Meanwhile, the team’s still hoping to turn spy Evelyn (Juliette Goglia).
Wilmer Valderrama as Special Agent Nicholas “Nick” Torres.Sonja Flemming/CBS
Not great for Torres' long-term health!
Sure enough, Yuri rolls up to accuse Torres of being the rat.
His lawyer, of course, is Parker (Gary Cole), there to pull Torres out.
Instead, Torres hands him the serial code to Yuri’s burner phone and insists on staying put.
He says goodbye with the ol’Spock hand-on-window move, telling Parker he’s a good attorney.
Later, Torres is kicking back withThe Art of War(double ha!)
Pretty sure that’s more thorough than my last employment background check.
Barnaby’s in Miami.
You know, the reform school.
She explains that it was placeholder text, leading to an incredible Palmer line delivery: “Troubled.
The word istroubled.”
But Kasie’s on it, answering the call and identifying herself as Sister Kasie in an Irish-adjacent accent.
Can we give these two a quick round of applause?
Weeks and weeks with no phones or internet.
Interrupted food supply chains.
No access to theSuccessionfinale.
So it’s up to Torres.
Torres’s expression says that he doesn’t either.
On the cams, Kasie sees Boris approach with a shiv.
Didn’t see that coming!
This earns Torres and Lev a one-way trip to NCIS HQ.
You know who I’m talking about.
The bastard’s still alive.
And he’s still doing it."
That’s another pin!
We’ll get back to this.
Uh guys, can I introduce you to my friend Miranda?
What a bold way to reinvent the show in season 21!
Let’s doJericho 2.0!
This prompts Torres to recall Yuri complaining about his previously unknown sister.
And what Russian woman do we know who can handle complex computer viruses?
Dang, that’s as cold as a Russian winter.
The hit on Evelyn born Viktoria Valkov was staged to get her in a position to unleash the virus.
Too bad for Princess Viki, McGee and a team of white-hat hackers get the power back on post-haste.
As the team heads out to celebrate, Knight shoots Torres a text checking in.
The man calls him Nicky and says he thinks about Torres and his family often.
And that’s how you do a season-ending cliffhanger.
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