NCIS: Origins - Monsoon
While dealing with the murder of a Vietnam vet, Franks' (Kyle Schmid) taking a homeless vet under his wing brings back painful memories of aimless time between his service and finding NIS. The episode works as a companion piece to "Flight of Icarus" in exploring Franks' backstory. The flashbacks of the episode include his first encounter with Tish (Tonantzin Carmelo) which also ties into his current obsession of finding the man who assaulted her. The two pieces fit together nicely when his confession of what he's been up to, despite previously promising he would drop the case, causes the abrupt end of their relationship.
The case of the week is pretty much boilerplate NCIS with a foreseeable twist that would also cause the most harm to Franks. The episode also features Josh Kelly as a local police detective who makes the women in the office swoon and provides an initial suspect to the crime, who it turns out is guilty for the assault of another homeless man but not the murder the team is investigating. Quite a big deal is made out of his appearance, making me wonder if we'll see him pop up again as a recurring character.
- Title: NCIS: Origins - Monsoon
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