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NOTE TO EDITORS: The following episode of NCIS has been substituted for the one previously scheduled for Dec. 26.) -- THE NCIS TEAM INVESTIGATES A CASE OF IDENTITY THEFT WHEN A PETTY OFFICER IS GUNNED DOWN IN HIS CAR, ON A REBROADCAST OF "NCIS," TUESDAY, DEC. 26, 8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT

            "Switch" -- The NCIS team is called in when a Petty Officer is brutally gunned down on the freeway, on a rebroadcast of NCIS, Tuesday, Dec. 26 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.  Tom Wright directed the episode from a script by Gil Grant.  (Originally broadcast 10/18/05)

            As the investigation unfolds, Gibbs and the team discover that the Petty Officer had been living a double life and had switched identities with a former colleague whose job of illegal transporting gives the team their first lead to the murderer.   But the break in the case is short-lived when Abby uncovers a message the Petty Officer left before dying that leads them in an entirely different direction.


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 Agent Timothy

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

Ziva David................................. Cote de Pablo

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

Wendy Smith............................. Merritt Wever

P.O. John Kirby.............................. Wil Bethel

P.O. Jerry Smith.............. Andrew Caple-Shaw

Navy Cmdr. Robert

Morris................................... Geoffrey Lower

Police Lt. Jody Hampton...... Richard F. Whiten

Young Woman......................... Maria Bertrand

Nervous Man................................. Vern Urich

DRAMA, CRIME, MYSTERY, MILITARY

RATING:  TV-14-V

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