It then shows several more clips of Gibbs either by himself or with the NCIS team from various episodes, eventually slowing down before it snaps back to show Gibbs is still standing there, holding his SIG-Sauer yet the bullet itself is hanging in mid-air, having seemingly frozen in time.Ĭaught off-guard, Gibbs lowers his SIG and then glances around.
It then cuts to endless flashbacks of Gibbs's life consisting of him leaving Stillwater, joining the Marines, meeting Joan Matteson, meeting Shannon, his soon-to-be wife, the birth of their daughter, Kelly, Gibbs saying goodbye as he leaves for the Gulf, Kelly telling her father that she'll miss him, scenes of him fighting in Desert Storm, a Marine informing Gibbs that Shannon and Kelly are dead with Gibbs screaming "NO!", Gibbs meeting NIS agent Mike Franks who informs him that his wife and daughter died in the attack, Gibbs later exacting his revenge by shooting Pedro Hernandez in the head, Franks officially helping Gibbs become an NIS agent, the NCIS Headquarters, Gibbs and Vance meeting each other for the first time, NCIS Special Agent Caitlin Todd being shot dead as Gibbs and NCIS Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo look on, horrified, Ari Haswari, the man who killed Kate later being shot dead, Gibbs and Mossad Officer Ziva David confronting each other, Gibbs with NCIS Director Jennifer Shepard in the past as a couple and Gibbs as the agent and Jenny as the director, Tony helping bring Gibbs to the surface, Gibbs in a coma, Gibbs's colleague, Agent Christopher Pacci dead at the crime scene and then on a slab in the morgue, DiNozzo and McGee, Gibbs with Abby and then saying goodbye to her as he retires, Gibbs arriving at Franks's beach house in Mexico, Franks's coffin, Gibbs in the street holding Franks's body and the marine guard of honor at Franks's funeral. Gibbs then draws his SIG, quickly identifying himself as a federal agent and that the person should put down the weapon, only for the individual to fire.įor a few seconds, there's a flash and everything goes completely white. Meanwhile, a masked individual rises from a seat and approaches Gibbs, his presence catching both Gibbs and Elaine's attention. "You're too good to me, Elaine", Gibbs remarks.Įlaine remarks that she's just waiting on a proposal, that's all.Īs she heads back to the kitchen, Gibbs just laughs before taking a sip from his coffee. Gibbs refuses, stating that it's just coffee.Įlaine tells him to finish that and that she'll brew him fresh to go.
Holding the cup, Gibbs nods, stating at least the driver is alive.Īs Gibbs takes a sip, Elaine wonders if it's eggs easy. Inside the diner which resembles a diner from the 1950s, Gibbs and the waitress, Elaine exchange greetings.Įlaine tells him that he misses one Hell of an accident.Įlaine agrees, stating that the driver fell asleep and beat up his rig pretty bad. With the couple running off to quickly find some shelter due to the rain, Gibbs heads into the diner.
As such, Gibbs finds himself trapped in a life-or-death situation which forces him to question all the choices he has made during his life while flashbacks show the NCIS team working on their recent case: a dead Navy officer and a civilian on board a decommissioned Navy ship as well as a man who may be guilty of treason.Īs Hank Williams's "I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive" plays in the background, the camera pans down under a bridge, revealing a diner underneath the bridge as a white truck pulls in.Īs the truck's engine switches off, the driver gets out, revealing that it's none other than NCIS Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs who then greets Gladys and a Colonel as they leave the diner with Gibbs telling them to stay warm. During his traditional morning routine which consists of him having coffee at his local diner before heading into work, Gibbs finds himself later locked in a stand-off with someone.