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NCIS Season 20 Episode 9 Recap “Higher Education”

Don’t miss Celebrity Myxer’s recap of the Mid-Season Finale of NCIS Season 20 Episode 9 “Higher Education.” NCIS investigates the death of a college student who was killed while running across the street and had connections to McGee’s wife, Delilah. Here’s what you missed!

Air Date & Time: Monday, December 5, 2022, at 9 pm ET, 8 pm CT, and 6 pm PT on CBS.

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Watch the Mid-Season Finale of NCIS Season 20 Episode 9 “Higher Education”

Previously on NCIS Season 20 Episode 8, after an unknown shooter causes chaos at an annual Thanksgiving 5K, time is of the essence for the NCIS team to find the culprit. Also, Kasie joins Knight for Thanksgiving lunch at Knight’s sister’s house.

Warning… Spoilers below!

On the Mid-Season Finale of NCIS Season 20 Episode 9 “Higher Education”, two women witness a man strip off his clothing and run into the street, only to be hit by a vehicle and die. 

Delilah

McGee has written a novel under the pen name Thom E. Gemcity with the lead character named Agent Tibbs. The team gets called to investigate the man hit by the vehicle, Midshipman William Watson. William should have been at NROTC, but was suffering from heat stroke in the middle of winter. McGee has a fanboy moment when he spots William’s Louis Vuitton Trainers in his favorite color. 

While watching a surveillance video of an alleyway where William was spotted earlier in the day, McGee watches his wife, Delilah, have a clandestine meeting with William. McGee is shocked and concerned and begins calling Delilah, who doesn’t answer. Delilah is busy teaching a class at the same school that William went to. 

Parker and McGee head to the university to ask Delilah some questions about William. When McGee tells Delilah that William passed away after being poisoned with MDMA, Delilah is determined to help answer any questions involving William’s death. 

Undercover

Torres and Knight head to the fraternity that Will was pledging into. Torres searches Will’s room and finds a hidden laptop inside his mattress. Hines investigates the contents of Will’s laptop and finds that he developed a powerful Cipher. Will has developed a digital skeleton key that can bypass any government-encrypted security program.

 Everyone around the office is very nervous that Delilah was involved. Delilah and McGee start bickering because of all the tension and suspicion. Hines explains that William made a copy of the key and downloaded it on a flash drive. Will’s keys that have the flash drive on them were wiped down clean with bleach and the copy is missing.

Knight and Torres question one of the frat brothers whose shirt is covered in bleach, He claims to be innocent and tells them that they need to look at Jared. The team stakes out the frat house looking for Jared. When Jared spots the NCIS Agents, he takes off running down the street. A van marked Molly’s Mobile Grooming pulls up next to Jared and lets him in before they escape down the street. Parker recognizes the van and knows it is used for FBI undercover operations. Jared is an undercover FBI Agent!

The FBI tells Director Vance that Will was recruited by Belarus and is part of a spy ring. The team figures out that Delilah’s TA, Evelyn, was William’s handler but didn’t kill him. Evelyn has an airtight alibi because she was in the library at the time when William was poisoned. Delilah remembers that Logan, one of Will’s frat brothers, took her class but dropped right out. Logan admits he stole the flash drive to change his grades.

Check out the photo preview of this episode…

NCIS Crossover Event!

The NCIS Crossover Event with NCIS, NCIS Hawai'i, and NCIS: Los Angeles airs on Monday, January 2, 2023!

The NCIS Crossover Event with NCIS, NCIS Hawai’i, and NCIS: Los Angeles airs on Monday, January 2, 2023!

The NCIS Crossover Event with all three NCIS shows will air on Monday, Jan. 9, 2023, from 8 pm to 11 pm ET on CBS!

NCIS at 8:00 “Too Many Cooks”
NCIS: Hawaii at 9:00 “Deep Fake”
NCIS: LA at 10:00 “A Long Time Coming”

What did you think of NCIS Season 20 Episode 9? Let’s talk about NCIS in the comments below!

NCIS Cast

  • Gary Cole as NCIS Special Agent Alden Parker
  • Sean Murray as NCIS Special Agent Timothy McGee
  • Wilmer Valderrama as NCIS Special Agent Nicholas “Nick” Torres
  • Brian Dietzen as Medical Examiner Jimmy Palmer
  • Diona Reasonover as Forensic Scientist Kasie Hines
  • Katrina Law as NCIS Special Agent Jessica Knight
  • Rocky Carroll as NCIS Director Leon Vance
  • David McCallum as Dr. Donald “Ducky” Mallard

Guest Starring

  • Margo Harshman as Delilah Fielding (McGee)
  • Jacyln Aimee as Esme
  • Juliette Goglia as Evelyn Shaw
  • Patrick Luwis as Mike
  • Claire Gillies as Christine
  • Jess Conrad as William Watson
  • Adam Cooper as Jared Clarkson
  • Zachary S. Williams as Logan Kennedy

WRITTEN BY: Katherine Beattie

DIRECTED BY: Claudia Yarmy

Catch a new episode each week on CBS, check out the listings of the episode dates below. Stay right here and stay myxed in for NCIS Season 20 Episode 10, it’s the NCIS crossover event! Drop your email to get insights into your inbox…

NCIS Season 20 Episode Guide

Season Episode Title Air Date
20 22 “Black Sky” NCIS Season 20 Season Finale May 22, 2023
20 21 “Kompromat” May 15, 2023
20 20 “Second Opinion” May 8, 2023
20 19 In the Spotlight May 1, 2023
20 18 Head Games April 10, 2023
20 17 Stranger in a Strange Land March 20, 2023
20 16 Butterfly Effect March 13, 2023
20 15 “Unusual Suspects” February 27, 2023
20 14 Old Wounds February 13, 2023
20 13 Evil Eye February 6, 2023
20 12 Big Rig January 23, 2023
20 11 Bridges January 16, 2023
20 10 Too Many Cooks” NCIS Crossover Event! January 9, 2023
20 9 Higher Education” Mid-season Finale December 5, 2022
20 8 Turkey Trot November 21, 2022
20 7 Love Lost November 14, 2022
20 6 The Good Fighter October 24, 2022
20 5 Guardian October 17, 2022
20 4 Leave No Trace October 10, 2022
20 3 Unearth October 3, 2022
20 2 Daddy Issues September 26, 2022
20 1 A Family Matter” NCIS Season 20 Episode Premiere (Crossover event with NCIS: Hawai'i) September 19, 2022

Photo Credit: CBS Broadcasting Inc.

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