"NCIS" Life Before His Eyes (TV Episode 2012) Poster

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(2012)

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9/10
It's A Wonderful NCIS Life!
TondaCoolwal11 June 2021
Gibbs is getting his coffee fix in a diner when he is confronted by a gunman. In the next moment he finds himself sitting in a mystical sunlit version of the same diner, surrounded by people he knows, some of whom are dead. Gibbs then experiences flashbacks concerning decisions he has taken, particularly the shooting of his family's killer.

There is more than a touch of It's A Wonderful Life about this episode, as his former mentor, Mike Franks, and others, guide him through a series of alternative realities and what-might-have-beens. Is Gibbs dead? Or, is he reflecting on his life in the moment before the gunman shoots him? Whimsical, but an interesting opportunity to see confused, angry and vulnerable sides to the usually self-confident Gibbs.
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9/10
When Bellisario worlds collide
london_refugee1 October 2023
NCIS often refers to other Bellisario shows, but this episode seems inspired by the final episode of Quantum Leap, right down to the diner and people gathering from Gibbs life. Even the line, will I get to go home could be an echo of Sam Beckett in his plea. As it's starting point it uses the life flashing before your eyes premise as Gibbs confronts potential death when he is shot at. His mentor makes an appearance, think bar tender to Sam in QL so that is Mike and Gibbs here. From there we travel 3 worlds, the one in which Gibbs is suspended, the one that shows and ongoing investigation and the one that might have been had Gibbs not made the decisions he did. Incidentally for a series that has lasted so long there are instances of out of sync backstories, particularly those around Gibbs, Ducky and Shannon. I fondly blame Sam Beckett for these as his leaps changed history as both series says. Ripples that do more than just affect those immediately concerned.
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10/10
200
goddancredmond27 October 2012
This is one of my favorite series. The character build-up has been slow at times, but steady. I've dreaded the lose of some of them, as they seem to become family. Kate was one of those.

This episode has one of my favorite characters, Mike Franks, in a returning role. His was perhaps the best semi-regular.

The show is really about the epilogue of a current case that plays in flashbacks through this episode. As a milestone for the series, thus the "200" subject line, it ranks as one of the best. What did amaze me was that I missed the first airing. I'm quite glad I caught it as a re-run.

Most poignant was the sequence with Gibbs and his wife.
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10/10
Astonishing all I can say ...
cadoguuhoboj22 August 2021
Amazing story line and his past rights and wrongs besides all of them leading into great episode ending . An absolute masterpiece ...
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