"Driven" -- The NCIS team investigates the death of a Navy Lieutenant who was working on a high level project for the Department of Defense, on NCIS, Tuesday, Dec. 12 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.  Dennis Smith directed the episode from a teleplay by Nell Scovell and John C. Kelley from a story by Ric Arthur and John C. Kelley.

            When a highly classified robotic vehicle called "Otto" causes the death of a Navy Lieutenant, Gibbs and the team initially think the cause of death is suicide.  But when Otto apparently malfunctions and puts Abby's life at risk, the team realizes that the vehicle had been sabotaged and the Lieutenant was murdered.   Meanwhile, Ziva is concerned by Tony's secretive trips to the hospital.

SERIES REGULARS:

NCIS Special Agent

  Leroy Jethro Gibbs.................. Mark Harmon

NCIS Special Agent

  Anthony DiNozzo............. Michael Weatherly

Dr. Donald "Ducky"

  Mallard................................ David McCallum

Abby Sciuto............................. Pauley Perrette

NCIS Special Agent

  Timothy McGee......................... Sean Murray

Ziva David,

  Mossad Liaison....................... Cote de Pablo

NCIS Director Jenny

  Shepard..................................... Lauren Holly

RECURRING CAST:

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

Jeanne Benoit....................... Scottie Thompson

GUEST CAST:

Dr. Russell Pike ............... Lawrence Pressman

Jaime Jones............................ Kevin Alejandro

Torsten Engler................................. Peter Giles

Tracy Taylor.............................. Deidrie Henry

Martin Quinn.................................. Corey Stoll

Trent Kort......................... David Dayan Fisher

Regine Smidt ............................... Sandra Hess

Parviz Najar.................................. Ajay Mehta

Navy Lt. Roni Seabrook........... Jennifer Lynne

  Wetzel

GENRE:  DRAMA, CRIME, MYSTERY

RATING:  To Be Announced

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