NCIS
The Inside Man
TV Flash files “The Inside Man” as hour 141 of 508 in the TV Flash guide — NCIS (2003–present) on CBS, season 7, episode 3, aired 2009-10-06, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S07E03: listed hour 141 of 508 in the NCIS guide, hour 3 of 24 in season 7. It aired 2009-10-06 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Reunion” (S07E02). Next is “Good Cop, Bad Cop” (S07E04). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
The team must take a second look into the death of a lieutenant after the blogger who accused them of a cover-up ends up dead on NCIS.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Inside Man sit in the NCIS guide?
S07E03 is listed hour 141 of 508 — hour 3 of 24 in season 7, season 7 episode 3.
When did NCIS S07E03 air?
The Inside Man aired 2009-10-06 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Do I need JAG before NCIS?
It launched via backdoor pilot episodes on JAG, but the mothership plays as its own squad-room ritual. Start with Gibbs's team, not a homework assignment.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Naval Criminal Investigative Service agents solve military-linked crimes with found-family banter and Gibbs's rules. Mark Harmon became a quiet ratings titan; the squad room is the serialized story. Sturdy CBS comfort that outlived fashion and multiplied into a carrier group of spinoffs.
Gibbs's rules, a squad room that is a second home, and a fandom that will fight you if you call it uncool — welcome to the quiet ratings titan the group chat pretends not to respect until someone dies in the bullpen. (Spoiler fence: mild. The team can bleed.) Donald P. Bellisario and Don McGill's CBS series premiered September 23, 2003, after a *JAG* backdoor pilot, and became a flagship with well over twenty seasons. Mark Harmon as Leroy Jethro Gibbs for many years; Michael Weatherly's DiNozzo, Pauley Perrette's…
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