Wendy Smith, Smuggle illegal weapons into the U.S. (succeeded), Kang the Conqueror (Marvel Cinematic Universe). As usual, Gibbs wants Abby to do it today. Lauren Holly burst onto "NCIS" during the third season in 2005 when she was introduced as Jenny Shepard, the new NCIS director who had a bit of a salacious history with Special Agent Leroy Jethro . Smuggle illegal weapons into the U.S. (succeeded)Escape from Trent Kort (failed) Back in the desert, Tony and Ziva are still driving to the diner but they're having no luck getting there. Tony and Ziva then approach Jenny's body with Tony edging in closer and feeling Jenny's neck, hoping to get some sign of a pulse but there's nothing. One of the young boys seen at the beginning of the episode and also George's friend. Loretta Tennison | As he moves to take the doll, Ducky tells Palmer that "Annie" can stay with Palmer dropping the doll and leaving the morgue. Dawn Lin | Then the decision was made to kill me, and boy did they. As they strap the holsters to their hips, Ziva wonders if Tony believes that Jenny is still on one of her booty calls. When Franks wants to know who Jenny's partner, she clams up and it's only when Franks tells her that the next time he opens the door, it won't be for show, does she relent and tell him that it's Gibbs. Sasha tells her that she doesn't have a car but Jenny gives her the keys to her rental. But as they get closer to the diner, a single glance at the shattered windows tells them that something's up. Carl Brown | International weapons smuggler He was portrayed by Armand Assante, who also played Rico in Judge Dredd, Tzekel-Kan in The Road to El Dorado, and Carlo D'Allesandro in Hoffa. In her lab, Abby is busy performing CPR on her Tony model, using her farting hippo, Burt as a pressure point. Ducky then realizes that the sweeping's probably finished and leaves too, thanking McGee or rather the Probie for the hospitality which has McGee looking after him, stunned. As Jenny and Mike dig deeper into the case, they're unaware of the fact that the same group of assassins that killed the NCIS agent are after them while Tony and Ziva attempt to find Jenny who has ditched them while they were in Los Angeles but tragedy lies in wait and it's something that threatens to change the structure of the NCIS agency forever. In season four, NCIS fans were first introduced to Ren Benoit (Armand Assante), better known as arms dealer La Grenouille but it was in the following season where he finally got his comeuppance. She is Gibbs' former partner and lover. Abby takes the photo of him and explains that shell casings contain a variety of useful data points. On June 4, 2019, Omar R. Lopez became the sixth civilian director of NCIS, having been appointed to the position by the Secretary of the Navy, Richard V. Spencer. "Would it make a difference? How do food preservatives affect the growth of microorganisms? Years ago, La Grenouille killed Director Jenny Shepard's (Lauren Holly) father Colonel Jasper . Jenny tells Tobias that she gave her gun to Rene to defend himself, leading Tobias to believe that CIA Officer Trent Kort took the gun from Rene and shot him. ", Jenny asks. Jennifer Shepard. Her character, Jenny Shepard, was introduced in 2005 with Holly departing the show in 2008. May 2008, an unnamed diner in the Mojave Desert, California. Realizing that Sasha's life might in danger, Jenny decides not to reveal who she really is and assures Sasha that they'll deliver the message. However, the Russians killed her instead. She agrees and asks him where and when but when she turns around, he is standing there in front of her in Shepards study. I was burnt out by NCIS and I was ready for a new challenge. Franks then states that Gibbs came back but Jenny tells him that Gibbs came back for the job. After they've exchanged greetings, Abby drops the hint about a haircut which Ducky believing that it was a suggestion, not an observation. While Kort confesses to murdering La Grenouille, it is further suggested that Shepard herself killed La Grenouille when Gibbs remembers that he saw La Grenouille put her gun on the table before he left. Director Jenny Shepherd because during judgment day when jenny was killed gibbs is in his basement looking at the photo of the bullet casing and it has the same mark as the one that jenny gave to . Click here to read more from the discussion. Ziva tells him she wanted to read her book. Gibbs arrives and the three of them talk about the situation until Shepards father is mentioned and she points a gun at La Grenouille shouting that he was the one who killed him. Jennifer Jenny Shepard was the Director of NCIS from 2005 until she was killed in action in 2008, dying from injuries sustained in a gunfight in an abandoned diner during the NCIS Season 5 finale, Judgment Day Part 1 (episode). "We've, I think, maneuvered the [schedule] over the years to make it much more specific, and I think we've gotten better with that.". Air Date: April 22, 2008. It wasnt so much the relationship fans had a problem with, OP writes. Anne Foreman | About Face (episode). A Mossad Officer, Eli was sent by his masters as a doctor in the Gaza Strip and befriended an Arab woman named Hasmina Haswari, for the sole purpose of having a son. Why did they kill director Shepard on NCIS? Judgment Day Part 1 is the eighteenth episode of NCIS Season 5 and also the 112th episode of the entire NCIS series. They wrote, "Her asking Gibbs as he's coming out of his coma/trauma, 'You remembered us making love, didn't you Jethro?' The two sparred regularly during her time as director, but Gibbs and the team still had nothing but . And that started three seasons of will-they-or-won . She knew star Mark Harmon from a previous project and immediately . La Grenouille (The Frog) is the main villain through several seasons of NCIS and was deceased NCIS Director Jenny Shepard's main nemesis. Franks wonders what it is and tells her that he only drinks lemongrass. Following in the footsteps of Morrow, her predecessor, Jenny Shepard was killed in action . She also made a surprise guest appearance in season nine episode Life Before His Eyes, in which a near death experience prompted Gibbs to remember people he lost throughout his life and career, and consider how things could have turned out differently. Full Name After Shepard's death, Lauren (obviously) left the show but why did she leave? Prior to Colonel Shepard's alleged suicide, La Grenouille bribed him; La Grenouille admits this to Jenny just before he was killed. Being a good friend of Agent Gibbs he asks the director if her romantic partner knows. Todd may have taken one for theNCIS team but Alexander is happy that she's no longer sacrificing her real life for the screen. Sometimes change is as good as a rest.. . After being told the gun was empty by Gibbs, she gives it to her nemesis and tells him to protect himself. However, the good news for Caitlin Todd fans is that Alexander is more than happy with her decision to leave. As he spots her, Tony runs after her while urging Ziva to wait up. Before Director Vance ( Rocky Carroll ), there was Jenny Shepard (Lauren Holly). Tony eventually gives up, gets out of the car, screams out loud in frustration before getting back into the car. He looks at Ziva who nods after a few seconds. Jenny then admits that she's made some choices she's not particularly proud of. Judy Brown | "There's a reason sleeping dogs are left to lie, Jethro", Ducky mumbles. About five different ways! (Shepard had been diagnosed with a fatal brain tumor before she was taken out by assassins.). Jenny believes that it might be a safety deposit box and the rambling is interrupted by her cell-phone ringing. After Holly let the showrunners know that she wanted out, the decision was made to kill me, and boy did they. The Real Reason Sasha Alexander Left NCIS After Season 2. By the time she died I was SO sick of her saying 'la grenuille' ", User u/Tikala was in agreement and chimed in with their own specific take on what they didn't like about her character arc: "Yeah she sucked. If you are going to edit a lot, then make yourself a user and login. While Gibbs' associate Mike Franks accompanies the former director on a stakeout, he reveals he knows about the woman's illness. It's obvious that the two are having another argument. Abby's phone rings at the moment and she picks up to see that it's Jenny calling. Phoenix looked up from the computer that he'd been set up with at the NCIS headquarters in the section near his Uncle. Other uncategorized cookies are those that are being analyzed and have not been classified into a category as yet. One shocking exit came during season 5, where Lauren Holly's NCIS director Jennifer Shepard was killed during an off-screen gunfight. So she would have been the only one to have access to that gun prior to La Grenouilles death. Angela Goodwin | However, as Jenny prepares to sign the book, she hears a mysterious man ask for someone named "Oshimaida". And that's because you've got such talented people in so many different directions here, who all get in the same path of what they're trying to do" (viaCheatSheet). Abby then realizes that if they do that and ping all the cellphone towers in the area, then they've got a chance of getting the guy's cell-phone number and she remarks that it's a genius idea. Unpopular Opinion - Jenny Shepherd is the worst Character in the history of NCIS. It's interesting to consider that the character of Kate Todd might have been a longer-lived one, had producers gone with their initial choice for the role. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. "Not to call you our fearless leader", Tony admits. Jenny wants to know who. He's also a member of the OSP in LA, which is Run by Operations Manager Hetty Lange. One of Jenny Shepard's assassins. "Sasha came in two days before I was to leave, and with tears in her eyes, she said, 'I just can't work this hard.'" Franks then states that it comes back to choices and that she made her bed. 26 Feb Feb McGee assures her that his lips are sealed but the two make a pinky-promise before Abby shows McGee the photos, informing that the Director needs an ID on the John Doe. "The first day was 21 hours," Harmon said, somehow refraining from cringing at the memory. Katya Marinova | Jenny then states that Decker knew someone was after him and he knew why. Deceased. Instagram/@therealseanhmurray. Despite McGee lying, Tony figures out that McGee was at his desk. Powers / Skills When Franks threatens to leave after Jenny isn't so forthcoming with information, she relents and tells him that she believes that Decker's death might be connected to an operation she, Decker and her partner did in Paris nine years ago which involved the three trying to get into a Russian spy ring. Hernandez apparently killed the NIS agent driving their minivan in a sniper attack. Over 15 years into its run, NCIS has had members of the team kidnapped, shot, stabbed and even blown up by terrorists but one of the most shocking deaths came just two seasons in. Ultimately, she was happy with how Shepard met her demise. Tagged: Grenouille, Killed, Really. High intelligence He is a French weapons dealer that is being hunted by NCIS Director Jenny Shepard because she believed that he killed her father, Colonel Jasper Shepard. ", Jenny wonders. Holly was seen in the TNT movie "King of Texas", an adaptation of Shakespeare's "King Lear", playing opposite Oscar winner Marcia Gay Harden and renowned actor Patrick Stewart, and in the NBC miniseries "Jackie, Ethel, Joan: Women of Camelot". NCIS: Why Cote de Pablo Left in Season 11,The circumstances surrounding Cote de Pablo's NCIS departure were never fully explained, but she did get to reprise her role as Ziva in Season 17. I was wondering does anyone know what she was ill with?, Unfortunately for OP and the rest of NCIS fans, it seems the directors illness will always remain partially a mystery. She, Tony and McGee resigned from NCIS to protect Gibbs from a political vendetta, but when the issue was resolved, Ziva chose to not rejoin the agency. Type of Villain However, in season five the arms dealer finds out his real identity and attempts to assassinate him by blowing up his car. She was also the daughter of Colonel Jasper Shepard and an unnamed woman as well as the sister of Heather Shepard. Years ago, La Grenouille killed Director Jenny Shepards (Lauren Holly) father Colonel Jasper Shard and she has been trying to hunt him down ever since. Lauren admitted that after a few years working as Jenny Shepard, she was beginning to get a bit bored with her role as the Director. Smuggling McGee tells him that he's just sent them to Tony's PDA. Once they're alone, Gibbs and Ducky talk about the Frog's autopsy report with Ducky admitting that there was nothing out of the ordinary. For every time Gibbs (Mark Harmon) impressed audiences with his cool demeanor, there was a time fans were annoyed by his repetitive storylines. The other kid then aims the rifle at the center of the raft and fires, resulting in a hole being formed but as the man starts sinking, he's not responding which has George and Frankie puzzled. Franks wants to know if Gibbs knows that Jenny is sick before asking her if she's going to lie to him now. A while later, Franks and Jenny arrive at the diner which is in ruins and looks completely empty. Sofia Freeman | When McGee asks if Jenny used the duress word, Tony reacts with triumph while Ziva grudgingly admits that Jenny didn't. Why Lauren Holly (Director Jenny Shepard) Left NCIS. Jenny then gets up and heads over to the window, telling Franks that she never said thanks. Additionally, we also learn that Ducky had initially done some testing for Shepard, which Gibbs eventually found out about. Upon realizing that the SUV is the one they saw at the gas station, they leave the car and grab the holsters containing their guns which were in the back seat of the rented car. This show was a big part of why he chose to leave NCIS. Jenny then tells Franks that Decker's dead and that she's next. Former NCIS Director Jenny Shepard (Lauren Holly) is a particularly controversial character in that regard. North. Ziva remarks that she doesn't like this because something feels off. Gibbs and Jennys jobs as Special Agent and Director clashed with each other as Gibbs wanted to focus on the case while Jenny was concerned about public image or orders from the higher up such as SECNAV. She first appears in the episode "Kill Ari (Part I)". Franks then produces a gun, most notably a Heckler & Koch P2000 SK from a holster strapped to his left leg and gives it to Jenny, remarking that she's going to need a clean one. Jenny tells him that it's slow because of too many interruptions. Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. Ducky wants Palmer to give them a minute which Palmer agrees to. Jenny advises her to go there right now, knowing that Sasha's a potential target. During Season 5 of "NCIS," a terminal illness diagnosis rocked Holly's character of Shepard. Donna Peyton | Jennifer "Jenny" Shepard User u/winniwinnidonning wrote, "I agree with you totally. Gibbs arrives down to the morgue to find Palmer performing CPR on a doll while shouting although Ducky emerges, carrying some planets as he tells Palmer he doesn't remember shouting being one of the instructions.