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Thirty Days NCIS Meme. Day #29 - The First Scene That Comes To Mind

I saw this quite some time ago on dinozzoitis's journal and finally got around to doing it.



Day 01 – Favourite season
Day 02 – Least favourite season
Day 03 – Favourite episode
Day 04 – Least favourite episode
Day 05 – Favourite male character
Day 06 – Favourite female character
Day 07 – Least favourite character
Day 08 – Favourite villain
Day 09 - Best story arc
Day 10 – Favourite rule
Day 11 – Favourite DiNozzo movie reference
Day 12 – Favourite Ziva-ism
Day 13 – Your OTP (one true pairing)
Day 14 – Favourite quote
Day 15 – Favourite case
Day 16 – An episode you’ve seen more than three times
Day 17 – Best kiss
Day 18 – Saddest moment
Day 19 – Funniest moment
Day 20 – Two characters you wish had met properly
Day 21 – Something you wish you could go back and change
Day 22 – Saddest character death
Day 23 – An episode you wish you could have been in
Day 24 – Favourite friendship
Day 25 – An ‘OMFG did that just happen?’ moment
Day 26 – Most shocking/unexpected season finale
Day 27 – Episode you shed the most tears in
Day 28 – Favourite cast member
Day 29 – First scene that comes to mind
Day 30 – Anything NCIS related



Day 29 – First scene that comes to mind

This is easy:

The hat brim scene in Season Two's 'Lt. Jane Doe'.

I know for a lot of Gibbs/Ducky fans this is one of the pivotal scenes that really supports G/D as pairing. Indeed, for some it was the moment they saw Gibbs/Ducky rather than Gibbs & Ducky. Indeed for me, it certainly was the scene that made me stop 'denying' this show was a fandom and I had got another pairing and start admitting it to myself.

It takes place in the squad room in front of the team and is when Ducky comes back from a little bit of 'investigation' and has to face Gibbs.

GIBBS: You’ve been holding out on me, Doctor.   
DUCKY: Yes, Agent Gibbs. I have.   

And then Gibbs tilts the brim of Ducky's hat back so he can see his face and more importantly his eyes. Because whilst Ducky is very vocal verbally, his eyes are even more vocal. And nothing else is said; instead Ducky turns and walks away going down to Autopsy and after a moment of two, a clearly very concerned Gibbs follows.

It just struck me so hard as 'wow, that just isn't something one man does to another no matter how old and close the friendship is'. It's a very intimate thing to do.

There are zillions of scenes that stand out and that I remember easily (and not just Gibbs/Ducky ones), but this will always be the first one that comes to mind when I think about the show.