Yankee White (NCIS)
"Yankee White" is the first episode in the first season of the American crime drama television series NCIS. It first aired on CBS in the United States on September 23, 2003. The episode is written by Donald P. Bellisario & Don McGill and directed by Donald P. Bellisario, and was seen by 13.04 million viewers.
While on Air Force One, a Navy Commander tasked with carrying the "football" dies under mysterious circumstances, forcing an emergency landing in Wichita, Kansas but while his death is originally thought be to a tragic accident, NCIS eventually uncovers evidence suggesting the Commander was murdered and that it might be connected to a possible assassination attempt on the President.
The episode introduces Caitlin "Kate" Todd as a replacement for NCIS agent Vivian "Viv" Blackadder. The rest of the team were all introduced in a double episode of JAG season 8, "Ice Queen" and "Meltdown".
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