S2·E15 Caught on Tape

Episode recap

In the fifteenth episode of the second season of NCIS, titled Caught on Tape, the investigative team is tasked with solving the death of a Marine. The case begins when the victim is found dead after falling from a cliff. Crucially, the Marine managed to record his own death as the incident occurred, providing the investigators with unique evidence to begin their inquiry.

The investigation focuses on two primary suspects: the victim's wife and his best friend. The team learns that the victim had been with both of these individuals for a picnic at the camp shortly before his death. As Gibbs and his team delve deeper into the circumstances surrounding the picnic and the subsequent fall, they uncover a hidden relationship between the wife and the best friend. It is revealed that the two suspects had been engaged in an affair behind the victim's back, a discovery that shifts the focus of the investigation toward the possibility of foul play motivated by their secret involvement. The team must determine if this betrayal led to the Marine's fatal fall.