Marc Jablon

When a woman's burned body is found in a car with signs that her child was kidnapped, Brennan and Booth suspect the father, Carl Decker. But things get complicated when Decker turns out to be in the witness protection program. In two days he is scheduled to testify before a grand jury that his company has been sending defective body armor to Iraq.

While stationed on an aircraft carrier, DiNozzo finds that a Navy Lieutenant's apparent suicide may be connected to a larger, deadly scheme.

When a teenage wrestler comes into the emergency room with severe vomiting, Pratt quickly tries to solve the problem, but he finds out that the cause is much more serious. While working in the intensive care unit, Gates attempts to help a young kid with a deadly disease. Meanwhile, Abby and Morris jump in to save two volunteer cops brought in with gunshot wounds.

When Moretti (recurring guest star Stanley Tucci) brings in a new attending physician, Skye Wexler (recurring guest star Kari Matchett), to help with the workload, Morris and Pratt find the time to cram for their medical board examinations. Meanwhile, Sam and Abby treat an attention-hungry young woman who comes into the emergency room with elusive symptoms. And an intern, Harold (recurring guest star Steven Christopher Parker), tries to get tips from Neela on how to please the ladies.

Sam and Morris are caught off guard when a photographer, Diana Moore (recurring guest star Annabella Sciorra - "The Sopranos"), comes into the emergency room taking photographs alongside a terminally ill patient. Meanwhile, Neela continues to feel upstaged by the new surgical intern, who seems to be Dr. Dubenko's (recurring guest star Leland Orser) new favorite. Also, on her birthday, Sam can only think about her son, who is away at school.