Kill Ari

"**Kill Ari**"
"Kill Ari"
NCIS episodes
	Tony and Ziva's first meeting, set shortly after she arrives at NCIS headquarters
Episode nos.	Season 3; Episodes 1 and 2
Directed by	Dennis Smith (Part I); James Whitmore, Jr. (Part II)
Written by	Donald P. Bellisario
Original air dates	September 20, 2005 (Part I); September 27, 2005 (Part II)
Guest appearances
	Sasha Alexander as Special Agent Kate Todd; Lauren Holly as NCIS Director Jenny Shepard; Cote de Pablo as Mossad Agent Ziva David; Pancho Demmings as Gerald Jackson; Rudolf Martin as Ari Haswari; Alan Dale as NCIS Director Tom Morrow (Part I only); Sasha Maxime as Virginia State Police Officer (Part I only); AJ Tannen as Mossad Agent (Part I only); Joe Spano as Senior FBI Agent Tobias C. Fornell (Part II only); Gloria Votsis as Dana (Part II only);
Episode chronology
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	NCIS season 3
	List of episodes

"Kill Ari (Part I)" and "Kill Ari (Part II)" are the first two episodes of the third season of the American police procedural drama NCIS, and the 47th and 48th episodes overall. They originally aired on CBS in the United States on September 20 and 27, 2005. Both episodes are written by Donald Bellisario, the show's creator and executive producer at the time. Part I, directed by Dennis Smith, was seen live by 15.48 million viewers,^[1] while Part II, directed by James Whitmore, Jr., was seen live by 15.09 million viewers.^[2]

The "Kill Ari" story arc centers on Gibbs' hunt for Ari Haswari, who shot and killed Special Agent Kate Todd in the second-season finale of NCIS. It also introduces two new main characters to the show—Mossad Officer Ziva David^[3]^[4] and NCIS Director Jenny Shepard.^[4] Due to these changes in the cast, Bellisario labeled the third season as "the season of change".^[4]

^ "CBS BEGINS THE 2005–2006 SEASON THE WAY IT ENDED LAST YEAR: IN FIRST". CBS PressExpress. September 27, 2005. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
^ "CBS IS AMERICA'S MOST WATCHED NETWORK FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE WEEK OF THE NEW SEASON". CBS PressExpress. October 4, 2005. Retrieved March 24, 2013.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Winslow, Jacqueline. "'NCIS' Rocks Out Amazing 22.9 Million Viewers". Yahoo!. Retrieved March 24, 2013.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ ^a ^b ^c Dewitt, David. "Outstanding episodes from NCIS Season 2". Helium.com. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)

[CBS1-1] "CBS BEGINS THE 2005–2006 SEASON THE WAY IT ENDED LAST YEAR: IN FIRST". CBS PressExpress. September 27, 2005. Retrieved March 24, 2013.

[CBS2-2] "CBS IS AMERICA'S MOST WATCHED NETWORK FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE WEEK OF THE NEW SEASON". CBS PressExpress. October 4, 2005. Retrieved March 24, 2013.^{[permanent dead link]}

[Yahoo!-3] Winslow, Jacqueline. "'NCIS' Rocks Out Amazing 22.9 Million Viewers". Yahoo!. Retrieved March 24, 2013.^{[permanent dead link]}

[Helium-4] Dewitt, David. "Outstanding episodes from NCIS Season 2". Helium.com. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)

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