Joe Spano ("NYPD Blue") Reprises His Role as Senior FBI Agent T.C. Fornell

Abby Brammell ("The Unit") Guest Stars as Marine Sergeant

Heather Dempsey, a Bomb Tech

"Short Fuse" - When the motives behind an attack on a female bomb tech link her to a murder, the NCIS team investigates her very guarded personal life, on NCIS, Tuesday, Oct. 5 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

SERIES REGULARS

NCIS Special Agent

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

NCIS Special Agent

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

Probationary Special

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

Dr. Donald "Ducky"

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

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

NCIS Special Agent

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

NCIS Director

  Leon Vance............................. Rocky Carroll

RECURRING CAST

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

GUEST CAST

Senior FBI Agent T.C. Fornell......... Joe Spano

Marine Sergeant

  Heather Dempsey.................. Abby Brammell

Gary Tolin....................... Robert Curtis Brown

Public Affairs Office

  Ron Sands.............................. Benjamin King

NCIS Special Agent

  Larry Krone............................. David Sullivan

Kathy Tolin............................. Jacqueline Hahn

Judd Dempsey......................... Zach Weinstein

Master Gunnery

  Sergeant Jason Kelly................. Larry Herron

Gene Abbott....................... Lorenzo Callender

Mary Roberts............................ Rayna Tharani

DIRECTED BY:  Leslie Libman

WRITTEN BY:  George Schenck & Frank Cardea

GENRE:  DRAMA, CRIME, MYSTERY

RATING:  To Be Announced

On the Web:  http://www.cbs.com/primetime/ncis/

Photos are available at http://www.cbspressexpress.com/.

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