NCIS IS ASSIGNED TO A JOINT TERRORISM TASK FORCE BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY AFTER A GIFTED NAVAL RESEARCH SCIENTIST IS MURDERED, ON "NCIS," TUESDAY, OCT. 14

Stephanie Jacobsen Guest Stars as FBI Agent Leia Pendergast

"Choke Hold" - The Secretary of the Navy assigns the NCIS team to a joint terrorism task force after a Naval research scientist is murdered and the lead suspect is wanted by the Russian government. In order to get a jump on the case, Gibbs has DiNozzo run interference with the leader of the task force, FBI Agent Leia Pendergast, on NCIS, Tuesday, Oct. 14 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT), on the CBS Television Network. Stephanie Jacobsen guest stars as FBI Agent Leia Pendergast.

REGULAR CAST:

Mark Harmon (NCIS Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs)
Michael Weatherly (NCIS Special Agent Anthony "Tony" DiNozzo)
David McCallum (Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard)
Pauley Perrette (Abby Sciuto)
Sean Murray (NCIS Special Agent Timothy McGee)
Rocky Carroll (NCIS Director Leon Vance)
Brian Dietzen (Jimmy Palmer)
Emily Wickersham (Probationary NCIS Agent Eleanor "Ellie" Bishop)

GUEST CAST:

Leslie Hope (Secretary of the Navy Sarah Porter)
Lev Gorn (Russian Counselor Anton Pavlenko)
Stephanie Jacobsen (FBI Agent Leia Pendergast)
Victoria Barabas (Nelly Benin)
Michael Ensign (Doctor Ishmael Havana)
Corey Mendell Parker (Metro Police Officer Bilik)
Zoran Korach (Metro Police Officer Verma)
Mette Holt Tamara Belous (Renata Atal)
(Sofia Glazman)

WRITTEN BY: Christopher J. Waild

DIRECTED BY: Terrence O'Hara