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Figured World: The figured world of NCIS involves murdered and kidnapped navy officials. NCIS are the
federal cops that go out and find the killer and put them behind bars. NCIS is a government building that
takes care of the navy officials. All kinds of people come in and out of NCIS. The kind of people to walk
through are Terrorist, Federal officers, Government officials, Suspects and Victims, victims families and
so much more. There are a wide variety of people who walk through that door. The rules and
conventions for this show is a little different than the everyday world we know. Its normal for crazy
people to kidnap you, its normal if you get shot at, its also normal if you get slapped in the back of the
head by the team leader Leroy Jethro Gibbs, known as the Gibbs slap. Its acceptable to flirt with
coworkers but not ok to be with them. This is all according to Gibbs rules he has set up as well. Gibbs
has a set of rules and conventions that must be followed to the tee. Sarcasm is a highly accepted way of
communication on this Tv show but not knowing where the lead suspect is, is not. Walking into Abbys
lab and having your ears blown off by loud electronic music is also acceptable and expected at all times
as well as unexpected hugs. The sort of behavior that is inappropriate are going against a direct order,
ignoring the rules set by Gibbs, and putting a team mate at risk.
Actors: A person who plays an important role/roles in a figure world.
Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Wears many hats. He is the team leader, protagonist, father figure, best friend and a
marine. Gibbs is always the man to go to advice for when things get tough. He never leaves anyone
behind and protects those around him. Gibbs is very willing to risk his life for those around him and
seems very comfortable under very stressful and dangerous situations. He has a strict set of rules that
must always be followed to a tee when a part of his team. Gibbs has a widely known reputation for
being the man to go to if you need the job done. Gibbs is one of those characters who seem to have very
little feelings for those around him, tough love as some may put it. You never really know if Gibbs likes
someone because he never leaves any hints to follow. Maybe that is why he has had three divorces.

Commented [EM1]: I think your description of him

personality wise was well thought out and put together. I
think you should be a little more descriptive on how he
looks. For example just give a brief description of how he
looks on the outside... I thought he was Black...
-Courtney Lebby
Commented [EM2]: This sentence is very confusing to
read. I am unsure of what it is saying. I think it needs to be
reworded. Ex: When a part of his team, you must follow a
strict set of rules.
-Baylee Stroup

Anthony DiNozzo: A member of Gibbs team. He likes to think of himself as the teams senior field agent
and flaunts his status regularly putting a sense of cockiness to those around him to prove that he is
superior. DiNozzo reputation is for being as the teams lover boy. He has the charm and the looks that all
women want but then he opens his mouth. He likes to itemize women but once you see the true side of
DiNozzo you see the sweet heart he really is. Though he has his weaknesses when it comes to
relationships, DiNozzo is actually the strongest team member. He is very oblivious to others feelings and
usually thinks of himself before others. He is tough on the outside and very soft on the inside. His feeling
can be very easily hurt. DiNozzo is known to be very smart and suspicious of everything. To him it is
always the spouse.
Artifacts: An item or items that has emotional value or physical importance to a person or the figured
world.
Mass Spectrometer: As most government agencies would, NCISs forensic lab has a Mass Spectrometer
in it which allows them to pull DNA from materials and find either where they came from or who they
belong to. Without the Mass Spectrometer NCIS would not have been able to match the blood sample
found at the scene of the crime with the victims and they would have never of known that there was
another person there because the blood type didnt match. Abby has a very big emotional attachment
to her Mass Spectrometer because of its importance to the solving of the case. Gibbs does not like to be
kept waiting and the last thing Abby needs is Gibbs on her tail. If anyone ever tries to touch it or ever

Commented [EM3]: I like how detailed this is. It helps me

get a better understanding of how Abby feels about the
spectrometer and what it is. This also gives me an
understanding of how important it is to NCIS.
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does touch it they get threatened to be killed and no one will ever know because she can kill them and
not leave a single trace that they ever existed.
Crime Scene: Without a Crime Scene there is no crime. To solve a case it is very important that the
investigators have all of these things. Evidence, and Murder weapon, the body and the Crime scene
where everything took place. Without those key things the investigators would have a hard time getting
it passed through court causing it to become a cold case because of the lacking of evidence. NCIS needs
their crime scene to prove how and whether or not the husband was killed at his house or somewhere
else. At the crime scene there was an overthrown couch, shattered coffee table and blood all over the
couch. The house was left with the back door wide open.
Finger: The finger found at the scene of the crime shows much significance to the wife and himself as
well as the NCIS team looking for him. The finger that was removed from his hand was his ring finger
that his wedding ring use to be on. With this finger being cut off the NCIS team has reason to believe
that maybe they had an unhappy marriage and this lead to DiNozzo going on about how it is always the
spouse. In China, the ringer finger was very important because the vain that runs through the ring
winger leads straight to the heart known as the vain of love.

Domain: The subject that the community has developed a passion for and uses to come together to
invent a new meaning behind that subject.
Disappearance of the Husband: The NCIS team has become surrounded with this domain of finding the
husband of the Lieutenant. The Lieutenant is very worried that they will not find her husband in time to
save him and she has become very worried about him. So the NCIS team and the Lieutenant have come
together to find her husband alive and well.
Zivas father being murdered: Zivas father being murdered has sent Ziva out on a revenge seeking rage.
She will not stop at anything until the murderer of her father is taken down. So, Ziva has recruited
McGee to work with her to find the man who killed her father and the where bouts of the killer. Later on
DiNozzo joins the team of finding the killer because he is so tired of Ziva not coming to him for help and
going to McGee first. He feels that she doesnt trust him and that hurts him a lot.
Communities of practice: A group of people who find passion and joy of a specific domain to work
together towards a specific goal. Its a group of people who seem to have shared the same life and can
create well together because of their similar backgrounds.
Gibbs Posse: Also known as the NCIS team that consists of Abigail Scuito, Dr. Mallard(Ducky), Jimmy
Palmer, Timothy McGee, Ziva David, Anthony DiNozzo and Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs. This team
comes together to find the victims and to put those who kill behind bars. Their goal are to protect the
Navy Officers and their families no matter the cost. Though they all come from different backgrounds
they all strive to be the best investigators they can be and protect those they love and those who need
them.
Antagonists: The Antagonists are the restaurant owner, a man who just recently got out of jail and the
lieutenants husband. They had the same goal to take all of the husbands inheritance from his
grandfather and move to another country and start over with a new women (Restaurant owner) and

Commented [EM4]: Repetition

-Baylee Stroup
Commented [EM5]: I am not sure who Ziva is or who she
is to the show. It would be nice if you could describe her
some in the actor's section. I would like to have some
information on her that way when I am ready this I know
who she is.
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never have to deal with anyone again. They killed the Man who just recently got out of jail and they
tried to make it look like suicide.
Practices of the Community: That is when the people who have this shared Joy and Passion come
together and work to fulfill a certain goal. They have to have similar experiences and stories to their
lives.
Finding the suspects: One of the practices within the community is finding the suspects behind the
crime. Using the evidence they have collected through phone records and from the crime scene they are
now able to eliminate the possible suspects down to a smaller list based on those who have had contact
with the victim over the given time and are known to have given the victim problems.
Using evidence to explain the unknown: Another practice of the community is using evidence to explain
the unknown. The NCIS team felt that something was wrong so Abby Decided to analyze the photos
deeper and found that the scene of the crime had been staged due to the uncertainties within the
evidence they collected. The couples marriage photo that was hanging on the wall would have fallen 6
feet to the floor and there was not a single dint or scratch on the picture frame or the floor and the
couch was way too heavy to be knocked over based on its oak frame. It would have to have been turned
over by multiple people. These observations lead the NCIS team to find the true suspects.
Literacy Practices: The way of communication either through verbal, nonverbal and written.
Phone calls: A main way that the team communicates with each other and other people are through
phone calls. Ziva receives a phone call while talking to the restaurant owner about the husbands where
bouts and DiNozzo notices she is speaking another language which means she is talking to a contact
about the possible where bouts of her fathers killer. DiNozzo is worried about her and wants her to
open up to him but she refuses and continues to keep her secrets from him.
BOLOs: BOLOs are a way for the police and the rest of the country to keep an eye out for the suspects
and the vehicles they may be in. BOLOs are a very good way for NCIS to keep up with the suspects and
to let others know that they are looking for them so they do not get very far and hopefully not leave the
country. This a helpful way of communication because it gives the team leads on where to find those
they are looking for with the help of the public.
Observations:
4:08 Minutes- Ziva is five minutes late for work and DiNozzo is freaking out because its not like Ziva to
be late. Meanwhile, he is clicking a pin obsessively annoying McGee in the process. When Ziva finally
gets to work DiNozzo starts being all nosey like the federal agent he is and tries to figure out where she
has been. Ziva has been out looking for the man who killed her father. Next, the Director of the agency,
Director Vance, calls the lead Federal Agent over, Agent Gibbs, and tells him that Ziva has been sticking
her nose where it doesnt belong and she needs to back off. Right at that moment they get the news
that a Navy Lieutenants husband has been kidnapped and it looked to be as if there had been a struggle.
While searching the house McGee finds a severed finger in the trash can. It was the ring finger. Ziva asks
the victims wife if she had noticed anything suspicious about her husband actions but she states she
just got home from an assignment an hour before they got there to find the house in shambles. Palmer
aka Autopsy Gremlin becomes angry with Doctor Mallard because he wont let him do a psychological

Commented [EM6]: I have never watched this TV series.

You did a very good job in describing the episodes in detail.
I feel like I was actually watching the episode while reading
your observation.
-Courtney Lebby

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Autopsy because hes not ready/out of his reach. So, Doctor Mallard tells Palmer that he can help if he
so desperately desires but if hes going to he needs to shut up and sit down.
10 Minutes- They start looking at suspects and find that they have been married for ten years so
DiNozzo makes the smart ass remark that it was just long enough for them to start hating each other.
DiNozzo thinks the wife did it. Hes the Agent that always assumes it is the spouse. Because of his
remark Gibbs gives him the ole Gibbs Smack to the back of the head shutting DiNozzo up. While the rest
of the team searches for answers Gibbs goes down to the lab to visit Abby and finds out that the
severed finger was done by a pro because of how clean cut it is. Right at the joint. But as pro as the killer
is they had to of cut themselves because Abby found another blood type at the crime scene. Because of
the find Abby gets a kiss on the cheek by Gibbs. Gibbs treats Abby like his own daughter. Gibbs then
goes back up to the Bull Pit and to find Ziva and DiNozzo with the wife, Lieutenant Daniels. They
question her some more and ask her about her relationship with her husband. She seems sad and angry
and wants to know why this is happening and why they havent found him yet.
15 Minutes- They go back to the Bull Pit with Lieutenant Daniels and they are talking about her
husbands inheritance from his grandfather when she gets a phone call from an unknown number.
McGee patches into her phone and works on tracing the call as she talks on the phone. It turns out to be
her husband calling to let her know he is ok. While on the phone the Kidnapper says she needs to come
meet them at a certain location and her husband screams No its a trap! and then you hear 3 gunshots
and the phone hangs up. McGee gets the location of the call and the team, minus Ziva who stays with
the Lieutenant, goes to see if they can find the husband. When they get there they find an old faded
green car. DiNozzo opens the car door to find nothing but a bunch of dried blood. They trace the tag on
the vehicle and find the owner of the car. During interrogation he says he had nothing to with it and
Gibbs tells DiNozzo to cuff him and take him to jail. He screams Wait! and says he gave his brother his
car to use a few days ago but there is no way he did it because he wanted to stay out of the big house
meaning he had been in jail before making him the main suspect. When Gibbs gets back to the squad
room the wife is there and she is pissed because Gibbs didnt bring her husband home. She throws a lot
of mean words at Gibbs and the rest of the team just stood back and let her fire. Gibbs told her to calm
down and that they are working as hard as they can. She is much stressed. The director decides to get
involved and gets the FBI involved as well. DiNozzo is still being nosey and is trying to get Ziva to open
up about what she has been doing.
23 Minutes- Ziva and DiNozzo travel to a local bar where the husband and the main suspect had been
around the same time. While they are there Ziva gets a personal phone call and instead of focusing on
the owner of the bar he listens to Zivas phone call. Now DiNozzo is concerned that she is going to get
hurt. The director meets with the director of Homeland who knows the where about of the killer of
Zivas fatherand he tells the director again that Ziva need to keep her nose out of things. Ziva is very
stressed out and pissed because of her fathers death. They them found more evidence against the
suspect, the suspect had an accomplice. They are now trying to find a possible accomplice and they get a
tip on the where abouts of the suspect who they found dead in a hotel room. They believe it is suicide
until Ducky got ahold of the body and finds it was murder so now they think that the accomplice killed
him and ran away with the money. DiNozzo starts acting very sarcastic towards McGee because of his
answers to Gibbs questions when Abby runs upstairs and tells Gibbs to look at the pictures again from
the crime scene and shows that the crime scene was set up. They search who called in the tip of the
where abouts of the suspect and they find it was the owner of the bar.

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Actors: A person who plays an important role/roles in a figure world.

Eli Bogner: Eli Bogner is the bad man who killed Zivas father. Bogner was Zivas fathers friend as well as
being the assistant director to Mussaud. Bogner wore many hats that no one should ever wear. He wore
the hat of a murderer, a bad friend and a blood diamond smuggler. Bogner is a smart man. He used the
strengths of the NCIS team to fool them and send them on a wild goose chase.
Ziva David: Ziva David is one of the most bad ass girls you could ever work with. Trained assassin, a
government agent, a Mussaud operative and above all a young girl who never wanted to be any of that.
Ziva is a skilled mind. Shes hard to trick and knows when youre lying. Ziva had many strengths and
hunting down a suspect for revenge was definitely one of them.
Artifacts: An item that has emotional value or physical importance to a person or the figured world.
DiNozzos Car: At the very beginning of the episode you see DiNozzos car being tee-boned and the first
order of business when he wakes is the appearance of his car. DiNozzo is his car, very easy to damage.
DiNozzo picks out cars based on how he feels as a person when it comes to his confidence level.
Throughout the episode there is a focus on how DiNozzo feels about his car being hit and shows the true
bond between his car and himself. Now his insurance policy is going to be cancelled due to is many
accidents.
Diamonds: The reason behind the car crash and then hunt for Bogner is due to the fact that not only is
he the murderer of her father but he is alss smuggling diamonds from Africa around the world making
billions because they are untraceable. These diamonds are also known as blood diamonds. These
diamonds bring great importance to the finding of Bogner because he has major connections with other
FBI and Homelands most wanted criminals.
Domain: The subject that the community has developed a passion for and uses to come together to
invent a new meaning behind that subject.
Finding Bogner: After the death of Zivas father, Ziva decided that she was going to find Bogner. Ziva had
it set in her mind since the beginning that the only way to feel better about the death of her father
would be to get revenge on the man who killed him. Without Ziva finding Bogner who knows where
things would have went. All we know is we better be thankful she did.
Finding the diamonds: While Ziva is trying to find Bogner the rest of the team is also trying to find the
uncut blood diamonds that were stolen from DiNozzos car when they were hit by the other car. The
diamonds are important to find because that would give them a lead on where Bogner might possibly be
based on where Diamonds can easily be sold to buyers at a very expensive price making him a rich man.
They cant prove one hundred percent that Bogner killed Zivas father so if they could get him and the
diamonds then they could put him away for good.

Commented [EM7]: I would like to know more about

what is going on with Bogner. I understand that he killed
Ziva's father but why. The last two sentences of this
paragraph are very confusing. I'm not sure what you meant.
Try adding more detail about why he was killed.
-Baylee Stroup

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Communities of practice: A group of people who find passion and joy of a specific domain to work
together towards a specific goal. Its a group of people who seem to have shared the same life and can
create well together because of their similar backgrounds.
The Directors: The Director of NCIS (Vance) and the Director of homeland(Tom) make their own
community of practice. Together they are trying to do what is best for their agencies and to do what is
best for them and the country. Tom has told Director Vance that Homeland needs to take over this case
because it is out of NCISs derestriction. After many calls and arguments Tom becomes very angry that
NCIS has not removed their involvement in the findings of Bogner.
Practices of the Community: That is when the people who have this shared Joy and Passion come
together and work to fulfill a certain goal. They have to have similar experiences and stories to their
lives.
Using a translator to find Bogner: On one of the bodies found there was a piece of paper that had three
things written on it that no one knew what it meant so DiNozzo, after a check with Ducky, decided that
it was possibly another language and when they corrected it to English they were able to find the exact
location of the boat.
Literacy Practices: The way of communication either through verbal, nonverbal and written.
BOLO: A BOLO is a way for the police and the rest of the country to keep an eye out for the suspects and
the vehicles they may be in. A BOLO is a very good way for NCIS to keep up with the suspects and to let
others know that they are looking for them so they do not get very far and hopefully not leave the
country. This a helpful way of communication because it gives the team leads on where to find those
they are looking for with the help of the public. With the eyes of the public they will be able to find
exactly who they are looking for and catch them.
Observations:
0:00 Minutes- Ziva and Tony just had a heart to heart and she was about to tell Tony how she felt about
him when Bogner(the Man who killed Zivas father) tee-boned the car they were in knocking DiNozzo
out and putting them in the hospital until a doctor okays that they can leave. They both snuck out of
the hospital with minor injuries. Gibbs and McGee search down the getaway car and go with a S.W.A.T.
team to raid the house. They find the getaway driver inside the house. After a gun fight they went inside
to find the driver dead and no Bogner, who they went in search after to begin with. Back at work
DiNozzo and Ziva are questioning Abby on whether or not she knows where Gibbs and McGee are
because they arent answering their phones. Abby is a terrible liar so after a few questions they get it
out of her and they travel to the scene of the incident and find Gibbs and Ducky talking about the dead
driver inside who is now a John Doe because he has no finger prints and a fake ID. McGee came back
saying that the drivers motorcycle had been taken by Bogner. So he sent a Bolo out to the police to keep
an eye out for it.
10:00 Minutes- Ducky tries to make Ziva feel better by saying there are multiple ways to ID a body. The
director of homeland is pissed because NCIS isnt including them. The Director of Homeland tells Vance
(NCIS Director) that if NCIS doesnt back down then NCIS could be compromised. While in the squad
room, DiNozzo gets a phone call from his auto insurance agency telling him that they are cancelling his
insurance and DiNozzo tells McGee that he will be picking him up in the morning and taking him home

Commented [EM8]: I have not seen this episode and this

is a very detailed observation. I enjoyed reading it. I felt like
I had actually watched the episode.
-Baylee Stroup

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that night. Ducky then tells Gibbs that he will try to find out who the John Ode is but he has had more
plastic surgery then Joan Rivers and Sher combined. Everything about this John Doe has been changed.
Gibbs travels to Abbys lab where she tells him that Bogner has at least been there about two months on
a mug because there was mold in the bottom of the mug and it takes two months to grow which means
he has been there a while. She also found another finger print which matched to a body found in the
trunk in Bogners car which tells her that they were working together.
17:00 Minutes- Ziva is trying to work the pain out of her shoulder from the car accident by boxing with a
punching bag. About 5 punches in she bends over in great pain. You can see half way through that she is
taking her anger out about her fathers death. McGee gave DiNozzo a ride and DiNozzo started
complaining about his car and how all he wanted was coffee. So, McGee told him to find another ride to
work and walked away. So DiNozzo asks Ziva and she laughs and said Start my mornings with you?
which you can tell is sarcasm. She offers DiNozzo her car because she wants to start jogging to work.
When she Gives DiNozzo her keys you can see her bruised knuckles and DiNozzo asks her what
happened being concerned for her well-being. She lies and says its nothing. Gibbs joins them in the
squad room where McGee tells the group that the motorcycle has been found and now Ziva is worried
that Bogner is trying to leave the country.
20:00 Minutes- Palmer (Autopsy Gremlin) says he cant believe how fast time flies and how his one year
anniversary is coming up and he doesnt know what to get her. He asks Doctor Mallard (Ducky) for
advice. He said that because he has never been married he has no idea what to do. Gibbs walks in and is
told that the jaw has been replaced and Abby found where it came from and they found the Doctor who
did the plastic surgery. DiNozzo grabs one of the silicon inserts and starts playing with it. The doctor
shows a photo of the John Doe before his plastic surgery and now the team has a lead on who he may
really be. Going back to the squad room, Ziva receives a video call for Bogner and Gibbs is having her
record it. He tells her he is glad that she isnt too hurt from the car accident. She laughs and says you
only care about yourself. Knowing each other since they were small, Bogner said that hurt him. He then
says her father had to be stopped because he was going to hurt their home country Israel. He then tells
them that NCIS should know that he didnt kill Kasmy, Her fathers Iranian friend.
25:00 minutes- Gibs heads to Abbys lab with a Caff-Poww where Abby tells him that she earned this
Caff-Poww by finding the John Doe. He turns out to be a blood diamond thief in South Africa. He
disappeared a few years ago so the African government pronounced him as dead. Abby is mad because
the Diamonds are in her lab because men, women and children die every day trying to mind them. She
gives Gibbs a kiss on the cheek and leaves a lipstick print on his cheek. They use the video to find
Bogner, and find out that he was is New York. Vance tells Homeland about their suspicions and Vance is
mad because NCIS wont be taking Bogner down. Gibbs sends them home for the night but McGee
decides to stay. For no reason, DiNozzo brings Gibbs his plunger back after two years. DiNozzo is worried
Ziva is getting too deep. Gibbs has suspicions that DiNozzo and Ziva did more than they are telling him.
McGee messed up and found out that the background was staged and now they are having to tell
Homeland they sent them on a wild goose chase.
Summary to the end- Ziva is still favoring her wounded arm. They think they find where Bogner is by
using a translation app and they find him getting on a freight in Baltimore. While McGee and DiNozzo go
to tell Gibbs and the Director, Ziva takes her car and leaves to go get him before they do. Ziva catches a
dumpster on fire to get on board the freight liner. She searches the ship to find Bogner. With the news

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the director just got from Homeland that put NCIS in the hot seat. Ziva gets there and find Bogner where
there is another fight where Bogner. The rest of the team arrived the moment Bogner fell from the ship
above them only to see Ziva looking overboard as he fell. Ziva finally got her revenge.
Actors: A person who plays an important role/roles in a figure world.
Timothy McGee: McGee is the man to go to for all your electronical needs. Being a graduate from MIT
he knows everything there is to know about computers and electronics. He has always been the one to
be ahead of everyone else when it comes to having the newest edition of things. McGee is the man that
solves the problem using his fingers. Typing up everything, putting out BOLOs, tracing phone calls. You
need it, he can do it.
Abby Scuito: Is the girl who is loved by everyone. She is very loving and cares for everyone. She is the
girl that every guy finds attractive but loves her way too much like a sister to ever do anything. Abby is
the forensics scientist. She is very smart and can figure out almost anything. There hasnt been a time
she has failed. When something doesnt add up she looks deeper into the problem and finds the answer.
She is like Gibbs daughter too. Gibbs and Abby have a father daughter relationship but there is no blood
relation at all. With the hard work Abby does, Gibbs gives her very little wiggle room when it comes to
getting things done but she can do it. Abby is one of the strongest people on the team. She puts up with
the most but still comes out on top.

Commented [EM9]: I really enjoyed reading about Abby.

This description shows how hardworking and caring she is. I
like that you talked about her and Gibbs relationship
considering that seems like a big role in this show.
-Baylee Stroup

Artifacts: An item or items that has emotional value or physical importance to a person or the figured
world.
Zivas Necklace: To the world everyone knows that Ziva David is Jewish so she would wear the Star of
David around her neck. In this episode her necklace not only shows religion but it also sends DiNozzo to
where she is but is also a reminder for DiNozzo how strong her love is for him and how she will never let
go. Zivas necklace shows the importance of DiNozzo to her and how much he really means to her.
I Will: This list was made when Ziva was a young child. What they would do is right down everything
they want to do and then they would bury it in the ground for good luck. This is important to the
episode and Ziva because this list is what causes Ziva to stay home instead of coming back to be with
DiNozzo for the rest of her life. To fix the past Ziva uses the I Will that she used from a child to start a
new To-do list.
Domain: The subject that the community has developed a passion for and uses to come together to
invent a new meaning behind that subject.
Find Ziva: The goal for DiNozzo is to find Ziva. He wants to find her so desperately bad that ne is asking
people he doesnt trust to help him.

Communities of practice: A group of people who find passion and joy of a specific domain to work
together towards a specific goal. Its a group of people who seem to have shared the same life and can
create well together because of their similar backgrounds.

Commented [EM10]: I think you should be more

descriptive in your definitions. As in give more details of the
word itself so it's easier to draw conclusions. I think they
should at least be five sentences to give more information.
-Courtney Lebby

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Tiva: During this episode, and ever since Ziva and DiNozzo have worked together they have been known
to the world as Tiva. Through their body language you could always tell they were attracted towards
each other. Well, in this episode DiNozzo traveled to Israel to just be with her and tell her how much he
really cared about her. The only hint of Tiva we will ever see is at the end when they have a long kiss and
then sadly part ways forever.

Practices of the Community: That is when the people who have this shared Joy and Passion come
together and work to fulfill a certain goal. They have to have similar experiences and stories to their
lives.
Where are you now? : The NCIS team is focused on finding two people in this episode. They are trying
desperately hard to find Ziva David and a man called Bynum Parsa. Bynum Parsa is the leader of the
terrorist group from the Middle East who has tried to find and kill DiNozzo, Ziva and Gibbs. They are
currently still trying to find him and are worried that they may not. With Ziva, they have DiNozzo on her
tail and they eventually do find her. The thing is, is that the rest of the team minus Gibbs never knows
that DiNozzo found her. He then learns that DiNozzo and Ziva had much more than a partner
relationship and Gibbs becomes angry with DiNozzo because that goes against his famous rule number
12. Never date a co-worker.
Literacy Practices: The way of communication either through verbal, nonverbal and written.
Video Call: To talk to DiNozzo on his where bouts and if he has found Ziva or not, McGee would contact
DiNozzo through video call in MTAC. They would communicate about whats going back in D.C. and
whats going in Israel with DiNozzo. They also used video call to give DiNozzo information on the where
bouts of Ziva David.
Body language: The body language between Ziva and DiNozzo was very strong when it came to each
other. You could easily tell what they were feeling based on how they reacted to on another. With this
episode, it was very obvious that DiNozzo was so hurt when Ziva said she wouldnt be coming back to
D.C. with him and that she needed to be alone. DiNozzo tried to make jokes and turn it around to be
about other people but everything she said you could easily tell was meant for him. You could tell that
DiNozzo really loved Ziva and that this is the hardest thing he has ever done in his life.
Observations:
Summary: After the Death of Bogner, Ziva went back to her own country to bury her father and
DiNozzos apartment was shot up. Ziva hasnt had contact with the rest of the NCIS team in a few weeks
except for DiNozzo. So, DiNozzo decides it would be best for him to go try to find her.
5:00 minutes- DiNozzo arrives in Israel and the Mussaud team meets him at the airport. They take him
back to their headquarters where they have possible leads on the where bouts of Ziva. They found a
house where Ziva and her siblings grew up as kids. The Mussaud director sent DiNozzo to an apartment
where Ziva also lived as a child. DiNozzo feels he is being shuffled around. They meet Zivas old friend
from when they were children. They speak to her and she tells them everything about Ziva when they
were children. DiNozzo is thankful for the information they have given him and he wants to know if it is
ok for him to go look for her now, alone. DiNozzo still feels iffy about Mussaud and feels like they are

Commented [EM11]: What is the hardest thing he has

ever done? Was it loving Ziva or leaving her? I was confused
on what you meant with this. After reading the paragraph, I
couldn't fully understand what this part of the sentence was
saying. Try changing this to what was actually the hardest
thing.
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watching him. McGee traces the photo that Ziva sent to DiNozzo of her and her brother. He was able to
get a location and it was at a local coffee shop. Back at home, Gibbs has a visit with Abby and find how
the shooter tried to kill DiNozzo in his apartment. He was across the street. So they pull a list of the
attendants in the complex to find that one women didnt answer her door when Homeland investigated
the shooting. Gibbs and McGee go to the complex to find the women dead for several days.
10:00 minutes- Ducky found that there was a struggle before her death. The killer was a pro and gouged
out her eyes so Ducky thinks they can get finger prints off of her contacts. Gibbs meets with one of the
FBI agents who is looking after a man in protective custody. He is complaining about how he is a walking
target because he hangs around rich and famous people in the political world all the time. Hes so
stressed out, he orders extra extra bacon to go with his Banana pancakes. Gibbs tells the waitress that
his food is on him. Jokingly Fornell (FBI) says are you trying to buy me? And as Gibbs walks out he says
well, its working. As we go back to DiNozzo in Israel, we see him searching camera recording facing
the Coffee shop where McGee found Ziva to have been when she sent DiNozzo that photo but he isnt
finding her. The Director of Mussaud walks in asks DiNozzo how everything is going and with the no luck
he is having he comes back with a sarcastic remark showing how stressed he is about finding her. The
director gives DiNozzo an idea when she says that maybe Ziva was sitting over near the hospital. That is
when DiNozzo realizes that the night before she sent the photo is when she was attacked by a group of
men paid to kill her, so maybe she was seeking medical attention. They pan over to the hospital around
the time it was sent to find Ziva talking to her childhood friend that DiNozzo had talked to earlier that
day.
18:00 minutes- Angry that she lied, He left to go back to talk to Zivas friend. Back at home, Abby is
angry that she cant find all of the bad guys that are in the terrorist group that is threatening the teams
lives. She feels that she is letting everyone down and Gibbs reassures her that everything is alright and
that she doesnt need to worry that they will get them and he knows she is doing everything the best
she can. DiNozzo goes to Zivas friends place of work and asked why she had lied to him. She blames
Zivas father for the way her brother is. She said because Ziva killed her brother, who threatened Gibbs
life a few years back, and felt that if she couldnt have the man she loved then why should Ziva get
DiNozzo. DiNozzo now understands how Ziva feels and so he went back to Mussaud. They all believe
that her disappearance is voluntary so they have decided to just give everything they have to DiNozzo.
Gibbs keeps trying to get in contact with DiNozzo, when he finally answers he tells him that he feels like
he has almost found her and Gibbs laughs and says you said that two months ago which shows you how
motivated he is to find her. Gibbs says that DiNozzo should respect her space and just let her be and
come home. DiNozzo says he will be going off the grid and when they hang up it shows that DiNozzo
actually found Ziva. Ziva wants to know why DiNozzo is here and she tells him that he shouldnt have
come, Ziva angrily walks out of the room. Back in D.C. Gibbs tells the Secretary of the Navy that she
expected that Gibbs would have taken care of this by now and she is disappointed. Gibbs asks her for
help and she does.
25:00 Minutes- DiNozzo goes into the room where Ziva is and gives him her necklace which shows her
religion which is Jewish. He tells her that he kept trying to guess he next move when he realized that she
was looking back in the past. Ziva is living with grief from her past. She feels that everyones pain is her
fault. She says she never wanted to be this person when DiNozzo pulls out the paper that said she
wanted to be a ballerina. She still blames herself and DiNozzo tells her that being in the house she was
born that this is the best place to start over new. So DiNozzo helps Ziva make a new list and helps her

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bury it in the back yard. There DiNozzo tells her that shes not alone and that he is here for her. DiNozzo
asks her to come live with him in D.C. and he says that they will change together and he kisses he hand
ever so gently and she stares in his eyes and acts as if she is going to kiss him
30:00 Minutes- Gibbs goes to meet up with a contact where a hit man comes up behind him and attacks
him. Gibbs knocks him out and arrests him and took him back to NCIS. McGee connects the man who is
under protective custody with the FBI and tells Gibbs that Walters (guy in protective custody) is the man
behind it all. Gibbs finds out where it is taking place and goes to find his contact bleeding to death. Gibbs
gets behind the sniper gun and when his phone starts ringing Gibbs shoots killing Walters and shooting
Fornell in the ass. Vance shows up at the scene and Fornell gets mad because Gibbs shot him in the butt.
Summary: Ziva and DiNozzo are at the airport and DiNozzo asks what she should tell everyone and when
she says tell them she needs to move on and she tells DiNozzo that she has to do this alone, that if she
doesnt let go of everyone then she will just get pulled back to where she was. She tells DiNozzo that he
is so loved and then DiNozzo kissed her as she cried. He tells her that this is not easy for him to do and
she says I know. As he walks away he says this is going to be the hardest 180 in my life. As he walks on
the plane he looks back at her once more and she smiles as she tries to hold back the tears. Once he is
on the plane and is watching the clouds travel by the reached in his pocket to get his phone when he
pulls out Zivas Necklace.

Interview question:
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5.
6.

Why did you decide to start watching NCIS? Have you watched since the beginning?
Who is your favorite character and why?
Are you upset that Tiva was never a thing?
If you could be any member of the team who would it be and why?
Are you currently following NCIS? What do you think of the newest team member, Bishop?
How do you think Gibbs got the boat out of his basement?

1) I started watching NCIS because my parents liked it so I wanted to watch it too. I started
watching from the pilot
2) I love Abby because she is so happy and always knows how to solve a problem
3) YES I AM VERY MAD IT WASNT A THING!!! RULE 12 kills me in the heart
4) I would be probably be Bishop, I really like her character and the way they have her written
5) Sadly I am not following it now because it is during the same time of some of my other fave
shows
I really like Bishop, I took to her faster than I did Ziva honestly
6) I think he cuts in half and then takes it out but honestly he probably just gave it the Gibbs stare
and it ran out of the basement

Commented [EM12]: I think your questions were decent,

but I think there could be more added. I also think the person
that answered your questions should have been more
descriptive. They could have been more detailed in the
answers and given more feedback.
-Courtney Stroup