Yankee White

Yankee White

Season

Episode

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Production number

101

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Running time

44 minutes

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Original airdate

September 23, 2003

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Nielsen rating

18-49 rating: 2.6 Viewers (million): 13.03

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Written by

Donald P. Bellisario and Don McGill

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Directed by

Donald P. Bellisario

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Gallery

"Yankee White" is the first episode of the first season of NCIS.

Summary

While on Air Force One, a Navy commander, Ray Trapp who was tasked with carrying the "football" dies under mysterious circumstances, forcing an emergency landing in Wichita, Kansas but while his death is originally thought to be a tragic accident, NCIS eventually uncovers evidence suggesting the commander was murdered and that it might be connected to a possible assassination attempt on the President.

Cast

Starring

• Mark Harmon as Leroy Jethro Gibbs
• Sasha Alexander as Caitlin Todd
• Michael Weatherly as Anthony DiNozzo, Jr.
• Pauley Perrette as Abigail Sciuto
• and David McCallum as Donald Mallard

Guest Starring

• Gerry Becker as Secret Service Agent William Baer
• Joe Spano as Tobias Fornell
• Gary Grubbs as Coroner Elmo Poke
• Lawrence Pressman as Secret Service Director
• Gregory Itzin as FBI Director
• Dane Northcutt as Major Timothy Kerry
• Gerald Downey as Commander Ray Trapp
• Robert Bagnell as Leonard Rish
• Gerald McCullouch as FBI Agent
• Pancho Demmings as Gerald Jackson
• Michael Adler as Captain Burger
• Steve Bridges as President George W. Bush
• with Alan Dale as N.C.I.S. Director Tom Morrow

Co-Starring

• Michael Maize as Security Guard
• Richard Anthony Crenna as Chief Steward
• Asante Jones as Homicide Detective Andy Kochofis
• Jeremy Overstreet as Agent Bowman
• Dwayne Macopson as Marine Major Carl Pritchard
• Doris E. McMillon as News Anchor

Appearances

By type 

Characters	Creatures	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

George W. Bush Bill Clinton (mentioned only) Anthony DiNozzo, Jr. Harrison Ford (mentioned only) Tobias Fornell (first appearance) Leroy Jethro Gibbs J. Edgar Hoover (mentioned only) Timothy Kerry (first appearance) Abraham Lincoln (statue(s) only) Donald Mallard Thomas Morrow Elmo Poke (first appearance) Abby Sciuto Caitlin Todd (first appearance) Ray Trapp (first appearance)

Locations

Earth United States California (mentioned only) Los Angeles (mentioned only) Kansas Wichita Louisiana (mentioned only) New Orleans (mentioned only) Texas (mentioned only) Dallas (mentioned only) San Antonio (mentioned only) Virginia Arlington County Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Georgetown Washington, D.C. Lincoln Memorial (portrait only) Washington Monument

Organizations and titles

Central Intelligence Agency (mentioned only) Drug Enforcement Administration (mentioned only) Federal Bureau of Investigation Naval Criminal Investigative Service New York Police Department (mentioned only) President of the United States United States Armed Forces United States Marine Corps United States Navy United States Secret Service

Sentient species

Human

Vehicles and vessels

Air Force One USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) (mentioned only)

Miscellanea

Films Air Force One (mentioned only) Rules Rule 1: Never let suspects stay together. Rule 2: Always wear gloves at a crime scene. Rule 3: Don't believe what you're told. Double check.

NCIS Season 1 (2003 – 2004)
101. "Yankee White" 102. "Hung Out to Dry" 103. "Seadog" 104. "The Immortals" 105. "The Curse" 106. "High Seas" 107. "Sub Rosa" 108. "Minimum Security"	109. "Marine Down" 110. "Left for Dead" 111. "Eye Spy" 112. "My Other Left Foot" 113. "One Shot, One Kill" 114. "The Good Samaritan" 115. "Enigma" 116. "Bête Noire"	117. "The Truth is Out There" 118. "UnSEALeD" 119. "Dead Man Talking" 120. "Missing" 121. "Split Decision" 122. "A Weak Link" 123. "Reveille"
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See also: S1 • S2 • S3 • S4 • S5 • S6 • S7 • S8 • S9 • S10• S11 • S12 • S13 • S14 • S15 • S16 • S17 • S18 • S19 • S20 • S21 • S22