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!!Under Covers
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* RetiredMonster: What the Reyniers were planning on being.

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* RetiredMonster: RetiredOutlaw: What the Reyniers were planning on being.
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* HeroicSacrifice: When Tony and Ziva are being held at gunpoint until one of them talks, Tony quickly comes up with a plan: Ziva will offer to show their captors what they're looking for, by luring them up to their hotel room where [=McGee=] is waiting.
-->'''Ziva''': Good plan, with one minor drawback.\\
'''Tony''': What?\\
'''Ziva''': When I leave, they'll most likely put a bullet through your head.\\
'''Tony''': Oh. [[FaceDeathWithDignity Well, I didn't say it was a perfect plan]].
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* HiddenInPlainSight: PlayedWith. The Reyniers kept a file with their clients' names and accounts on a tiny microchip, when Sophie had implanted onto the surface of her eyeball. It's so tiny that Ducky didn't find it until the third or fourth time he went over the body.

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* HiddenInPlainSight: PlayedWith. The Reyniers kept a file with their clients' names and accounts on a tiny microchip, when which Sophie had implanted onto the surface of her eyeball. It's so tiny that Ducky didn't find it until the third or fourth time he went over the body.
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* ActuallyAGoodIdea: While Abby is trying to see which of the guests in the hotel could be the Reyniers' client in disguise, Chip insists on running background checks on the hotel staff as well; Abby initially ridicules the idea, but then agrees it is smart to be thorough. This pays off when one of the bellboys turns out to be an ex-Navy fugitive who's wanted for murder, and a henchman of the killer hired to assassinate the Reyniers.
* AssassinOutclassin: The Reyniers thought they were being hired for one last job, but it turns out they were being lured to their deaths by another contract killer. Said killer is himself outclassed when Gibbs flattens him with one punch.

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* ActuallyAGoodIdea: While Abby is trying to see which of the guests in the hotel could be the Reyniers' client in disguise, Chip insists on running background checks on the hotel staff as well; Abby initially ridicules the idea, but then agrees it is smart to be thorough. This pays off when one of the bellboys turns out to be an ex-Navy fugitive who's wanted for murder, and a henchman of the killer hired to assassinate the Reyniers.
* AssassinOutclassin: The Reyniers thought they were being hired for one last job, OneLastJob, but it turns out they were being lured to their deaths by another contract killer. killer. Said killer is himself outclassed when Gibbs flattens him with one punch.



* BatmanGambit: The Reyniers thought they were being hired for one last assassination job, before they retired to live happily ever after. Turns out their former clients were setting them up to be killed.

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* BatmanGambit: The Reyniers thought they were being hired for one last assassination job, OneLastJob, before they retired to live happily ever after. Turns out their former clients were setting them up to be killed.



* DeadPersonImpersonation: The Reyniers were hired to kill someone at the Marine Corps Ball, but died in a car crash before they reached D.C. Tony and Ziva go undergover as them to discover the identities of the target and the person(s) who hired them.

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* DeadPersonImpersonation: The Reyniers were hired to kill someone at the Marine Corps Ball, but died in a car crash before they reached D.C. Tony and Ziva go undergover as them to discover the identities of the target and the person(s) who hired them.



** [[spoiler: Tony and Ziva discuss having children. Fastforward 10 years later, Tony finds out that he fathered a child with Ziva]].

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** [[spoiler: Tony and Ziva discuss having children. Fastforward Fast-forward to 10 years later, Tony finds out that he fathered a child with Ziva]].



* MamaBear: Discussed by Tony and Ziva. If Sophie Reynier knew she was pregnant, why would she accept one last contract and put her unborn child at risk?

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* MamaBear: Discussed by Tony and Ziva. If Sophie Reynier knew she was pregnant, why would she accept one last contract OneLastJob and put her unborn child at risk?



* OneLastJob: What the Reyniers thought they were signing up for. Turns out it was a ploy to kill them.

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* OneLastJob: What the Reyniers thought they were signing up being hired for. Turns out it was a ploy to kill them.
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* OneLastJob: What the Reyniers thought they were signing up for. Turns out it was a ploy to kill them.
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* HiddenInPlainSight: PlayedWith. The Reyniers kept a file with their clients' names and accounts on a tiny microchip, when Sophie had implanted onto the surface of her eyeball. It's so tiny

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* HiddenInPlainSight: PlayedWith. The Reyniers kept a file with their clients' names and accounts on a tiny microchip, when Sophie had implanted onto the surface of her eyeball. It's so tiny that Ducky didn't find it until the third or fourth time he went over the body.
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* DeadPersonImpersonation: The Reyniers were hired to kill someone at the Marine Corps Ball, but died in a car crash before they reached D.C. Tony and Ziva go undergover as them to discover the identities of the target and the person(s) who hired them.
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* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Siazon demonstrates the keenness of his Filipino knife by casually slicing his own finger.

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* ActuallyAGoodIdea: While Abby is trying to see which of the guests in the hotel could be the Reyniers' client in disguise, Chip insists on running background checks on the hotel staff as well; Abby initially ridicules the idea, but then agrees it is smart to be thorough. This pays off when one of the bellboys turns out to be an ex-Navy fugitive who's wanted for murder, and a henchman of the killer hired to assassinate the Reyniers.
* AssassinOutclassin: The Reyniers thought they were being hired for one last job, but it turns out they were being lured to their deaths by another contract killer. Said killer is himself outclassed when Gibbs flattens him with one punch.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Jean-Paul and Sophie Reynier were assassins for hire, but everything Ducky finds indicates that they were HappilyMarried, including matching infinity loop tattoos (signifying that they were together forever), and the miniscule chip that Sophie Reynier concealed on her with their "insurance policy" was shaped like a heart.



* HiddenInPlainSight: PlayedWith. The Reyniers kept a file with their clients' names and accounts on a tiny microchip, when Sophie had implanted onto the surface of her eyeball. It's so tiny



* RetiredMonster: What the Reyniers were planning on being.



* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: Seeing Sophie Reynier's body in Autopsy, Ducky's first reaction is to remark what a beautiful woman she was. Gibbs informs Ducky that Sophie was a contract killer with a very long list of victims.

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* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse:
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Seeing Sophie Reynier's body in Autopsy, Ducky's first reaction is to remark what a beautiful woman she was. Gibbs informs Ducky that Sophie was a contract killer with a very long list of victims.victims.
** Marcos Siazon, the Filipino killer hired to take out the Reyniers, mentions that he'd much rather be home, celebrating his daughter's sixth birthday.

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* BatmanGambit: The Reyniers thought they were being hired for one last assassination job, before they retired to live happily ever after. Turns out their former clients were setting them up to be killed.
* BlackmailBackfire: The Reyniers thought that threatening their clients to leave them alone would allow them to retire peacefully. Instead these clients pooled their resources to have them killed.



* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler: Tony and Ziva discuss having children. Fastforward 10 years later, Tony finds out that he fathered a child with Ziva]].

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[[spoiler: Tony and Ziva discuss having children. Fastforward 10 years later, Tony finds out that he fathered a child with Ziva]]. Ziva]].
** At the end, Gibbs looks at a flask engraved with his wife and daughter's names, and whispers, ''"I miss you guys."'' It is not until "Hiatus" that the audience learns what happened to his family.
* JurisdictionFriction: Hijinks ensue when it turns out that NCIS and the FBI are on the same stakeout, without telling each other about it.
** Averted when Gibbs and Fornell quickly and easily hammer out an agreement to let NCIS continue the surveillance, but hand over the credit to FBI when they're done, allowing both agencies to save face.
* LoudSleeperGag: For such a seemingly elegant woman, Ziva snores like a freight train.
* MamaBear: Discussed by Tony and Ziva. If Sophie Reynier knew she was pregnant, why would she accept one last contract and put her unborn child at risk?
-->'''Ziva''': Maybe we needed the money.\\
'''Tony''': Kids are expensive...\\
'''Ziva''': And bullets are cheap.
* TemptingFate: Playing the part of Ziva's husband to the hilt, Tony asks his beloved for a nice, relaxing massage:
-->'''Tony''': Wow... and to think my mother said I was too good for you.\\
''[Ziva pinches his nerve, hard.]''\\
'''Tony''': ''[muffling a scream]'' Ow... ow!
* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: Seeing Sophie Reynier's body in Autopsy, Ducky's first reaction is to remark what a beautiful woman she was. Gibbs informs Ducky that Sophie was a contract killer with a very long list of victims.
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Directed by Creator/AaronLipstadt

Written by Creator/LeeDavidZlotoff, Creator/LaurenceWalsh, & Creator/ChristopherSilber
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* UndercoverAsLovers: Tony and Ziva go undercover as a married assassin couple.

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* UndercoverAsLovers: Tony and Ziva go undercover as a married assassin couple.couple.
* WaterWakeUp: Ziva pours a small stream of bottled water onto Tony. He wakes up, thinking Gibbs needs his help.
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When the bodies of two assassins are delivered to NCIS from overseas, Tony and Ziva go under cover to find the intended targets.

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!! Tropes in this episode:
* {{Fanservice}}: Both ways in this episode. Tony and Ziva pretend to have sex, and Tony has a nice ShirtlessScene.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler: Tony and Ziva discuss having children. Fastforward 10 years later, Tony finds out that he fathered a child with Ziva]].
* UndercoverAsLovers: Tony and Ziva go undercover as a married assassin couple.

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