NCIS set up its crossover with NCIS: New Orleans with Abby’s (Pauley Perrette) getting way too comfortable in her role as mock terrorist, and taking the fall for a huge terrorist plot.
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Earl, of course, could explain everything expect for one small detail: he turns up apparently murdered, deepening the mystery.
Abby is pretty reluctant, having turned him down some 20 times, but is overruled when Vance (Rocky Carroll) made it a direct order.