Playing With Fire

"Playing with Fire" is the 22nd episode of the ninth season of the American police procedural drama NCIS, and the 208th episode overall. It aired on CBS in the United States on May 1, 2012. The episode was written by George Schenck and Frank Cardea and directed by Dennis Smith, and was seen by 17.58 million viewers. Plot In the aftermath of the arson attack aboard the USS Brewer, the NCIS team discovers evidence of it being caused by the same arson explosive from earlier. The explosive went off prematurely, causing only minor damage to the ship and two casualties, including the bomber. They also discover that a similar explosive was found on the USS Benjamin Franklin stationed in Naples, Italy. Ziva and DiNozzo team up with NCIS Agent Stan Burley to apprehend the arsonist who they manage to capture, though Burley is injured in the process. Through a transmission, Gibbs interrogates the arsonist Andre Fullerton and threatens to have him sent to a special section at GITMO's detention camp if he doesn't give him the identity of the person who hired him. Gibbs discovers that the mastermind of the bombings is an investment fund CEO named Harper Dearing. After finding out that Dearing has been missing for over a year, Gibbs declares to a room full of NCIS personnel, including Abby, Ducky and McGee as well as Tony, Burley and Ziva, that Dearing is now NCIS's most wanted fugitive, putting his picture up over that of the deceased Osama bin Laden. Meanwhile, Ducky admits to Gibbs that he is in a moral dilemma since he inherited a large sum of money from his deceased mother, but does not know what to do with it. Ultimately, he decides to make Gibbs the executor of his will, and intends to donate much of his newfound wealth to a charity meant to provide scholarships to the children of US Marines. Production