Tonight’s episode of NCIS (Naval Criminal Investigation Service) featured Leroy Gibbs (Mark Harmon) having someone pass on a message to a friend. The message: ‘Rule Fourty-Four’.
What are Gibb’s rules?

Here they are:

Rule #1 Never screw over your partner. [4×14 Blowback]
Rule #1 Never let suspects stay together. [1×1 Yankee White]
Rule #2 Always wear gloves at a crime scene. [1×1 Yankee White]
Rule #3 Don’t believe what you’re told. Double check. [1×1 Yankee White]
Rule #3 Never be unreachable. [3×13 Deception]
Rule #4 Best way to keep a secret – keep it to yourself. Second best – tell one other person, if you must. There is no third best. [4×14 Blowback]
Rule #6 Never say you’re sorry. [7×12 Flesh and Blood]
Rule #7 Always be specific when you lie. [1x 23 Reveille]
Rule #8 Never take anything for granted. [3×10 Probie]
Rule #9 Never go anywhere without a knife. [1×13 One Shot, One Kill
Rule #10 Never get personally involved on a case. [7×21 Obsession]
Rule #11 When the job is done, walk away. [6×24 Semper Fidelis]
Rule #12 Never date a coworker. [1×15 Enigma]
Rule #13 Never, ever involve lawyers. [6×7 Collateral Damage]
Rule #15 Always work as a team. [5×5 Leap of Faith]
Rule #18 It is better to seek forgiveness than ask permission. [3×4 Silver War]
Rule #22 Never, ever bother Gibbs in interrogation. [4×10 Smoked]
Rule #23 Never mess with a Marine’s coffee if you want to live. [2×9 Forced Entry]
Rule #27 Two ways to follow – first way, they never notice you. Second way, they only notice you. [7×15 Jack Knife]
Rule #38 Your case, your lead. [6×16 Bounce]
Rule #40 If it seems like someone’s out to get you, they are. [7×22 Borderland]
Rule #44 First things first – hide the women and children. [7×24 Rule Fifty-One]
Rule #45 Clean up your messes. [7×24 Rule Fifty-One]
Rule #51 Sometimes you’re wrong. [7×24 Rule Fifty-One]

The title of next week’s season finale (probably cliffhanger) episode? Rule Fifty-One.

From NCIS Fansite.

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