"Spiral" -- While Callen is undercover in the mail room of an office building to investigate an arms dealer, it is over taken by terrorists and Callen becomes a hostage. When the team arrives to help, they discover the entire building is wired with explosives, on NCIS: LOS ANGELES, Monday, Jan. 5 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT)
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In crew's terms this is known as 609-131
Cast
SERIES REGULARS:
Chris O’Donnell (NCIS Special Agent G. Callen)
LL COOL J (NCIS Special Agent Sam Hanna)
Linda Hunt (Henrietta "Hetty” Lange)
Daniela Ruah (NCIS Special Agent Kensi Blye)
Eric Christian Olsen (LAPD Detective Marty Deeks)
Barrett Foa (Tech Operator Eric Beale)
Renée Felice Smith (NCIS Intelligence Analyst Nell Jones)
Miguel Ferrer (NCIS Assistant Director Owen Granger)
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Episode
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6x12 - Spiral
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Spiral is the name of a Bio-Weapon that is accidentally developed through a vaccine experiment gone wrong by Gamma Pharmaceuticals, a company adjacent to Blanchard Investments, whose owner Blanchard tries to sell the Bio-Weapon to Celtic Militia Group (formed from expelled radicals of the IRA) through a hosted drama in order to steal Spiral.
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Writer
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Dave Kalstein
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Action Thriller with Emotional element added through risking Callen’s life. Yes, Callen almost dies with exposure to the deadly vaccine.
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Director
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Larry Teng
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Action Packed Episode
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Editor
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Eric Wilson
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Good Editing
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Episode Summary
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Hostage Drama
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The Drama has lot of surprises. Question is whether it would be good for me to jot down them here, or I should not write about them and keep the thrill afresh as ever. I decide not to expose any surprises here. This way I can watch the episode anytime.
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NCIS Personnel Highlights/OSP fun
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A balanced episode with all 4 pairs having equal distribution of work about the episode. I enjoyed the teamwork. Perfect tuning and trusting each other through their trust in training.
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Ops Manager/s
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OPs Manager Hetty Lange
Asst Director Owen Granger
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Granger is back. And Hetty flies back from luncheon in Nicaragua, which she had ruled once for few hours at the time of coup. :)
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Partnership 1-
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G Callen & Sam Hanna
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Another Callen episode and we love it. Only thing we feel bad is, he did not suspect that woman of any possible wrong doing. That’s something present with Callen, where he is always respectful of women!
Callen in the hospital bed in that dress. Perhaps it is first for us. And thats what Callen talks about as the episode ends. How I wished Joell to be there when Callen wakes up after two weeks. Alas! that did not happen!
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Partnership -2
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Marty Deeks - LAPD Liaison Officer
Kensi Blye -Special Agent
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Plenty of good action within the partnership shared with Sam and later, fun with Eric and Nell.
The much talked about Stunt, leaning on to the 19th floor window, for Deeks is there. We remember the whole action sequence from 3x10-The Debt. Coz its almost the repeat from the same character and the writer. We love it even if it is a repeat, because there is emotional change. Deeks is not joking, so it means he is not nervous at all about the feat.
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Ops Room Partnership
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Eric Beale- Tech Operator
Nell Jones - Intelligence Analyst
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There’s that funny scene with Eric discovering where does Nell buy her lingerie from! Haha.
And otherwise too, loved watching them.
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Guest Characters
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Others/GK
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Celtic Militia and IRA back on action stories dealing with terrorism.
And Jehad being used as cover by other militant outfits too!
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In crew's terms this is known as 609-131
The Production Crew has different numbers than what later becomes the air sequence. Season 5&6 Production Schedule had extra episodes shot for consecutive seasons. This changes the order of produced Episode and Telecasted Episode. 609-131 - Spiral realistically becomes 611-131 for Viewers.
Production Planning and Rollout - Prepping - 7 Business days days | Shooting -7 Business days | Post Production - 7 Business days | Promotions - 2 weeks before Air date
Story writing/Script : by 21st October 2014
Prepping - 22nd October to 31st October
Press Release : Storyline - ** |Photos - 4th December 2014
http://www.cbspressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/shows/ncis-los-angeles/photos
Promotions: CBS
CBS2 Air Date : Jan 5th 2015.
CBS2 Rating :
Credits
Writer : Dave Kalstein
Director : Larry Teng
1st Assistant Director : Eric Pot
2nd Asst Director: Hillary Cohen
Co Producer: Christopher J Molnar, Chad W Murray
Producer : Eric Whitmyre, David Bellisario, Rick Tunell, Jordana Lewis Jaffe
Consulting Producer : Joe Sachs, Gil Grant
Story Editing: Andrew Bartels
Supervising Producer : Joseph C Wilson, Kyle Harimoto
Co-Executive Producer : Dave Kalstein, Frank Military
Executive Producer : John Peter Kousakis, R Scott Jemmill
Assistants to Executive Producer : Chad Mazero , Samantha Chasse and Sarah K Mosse
Production Designer: Thomas Fichter
Director of Photography : Victor Hammer
Editing : Eric Wilson
Music : Jay Ferguson
Unit Production Manager : Rick Tunell
Casting : Suzanne Bluestein. CSA|Jason Kennedy CSA
Casting Associates : Meredith Forney and Krysty Baxter
Costume Designer: Darry Levine
Art Director : Anthony Parrillo
Set Decorator : Michele Poulik
Property Master : Steven B Melton
Make-up Artist : Chris Burgoyne
Hair Stylist : Brooks Stenstrom
Production Coordinator : Laura P Napoli
Assistant Prod Coordinator : Adam Rex
Set Production Assistant : Jimmy Ramirez
Production Accountant : Mathew Klipper
1st Production Accountant : Dana Micahaelsen
Art Department Coordinator :
Location Manager : Jason Savage
Stunt Coordinator : Troy Brown
Special Effects Supervisor : Don Frazee
Production Sounds Mixer : David M Schneider
Construction Coordinator: Mike Brooks
Construction Assistant : Krista Schoenbaum
Transportation Coordinator : Dave Bassett
Script Supervisor : Elisa Forni
Script Coordinator : Jimmy Donchey
A Camera Operator : Russell McEllhatton
B Camera Operator : Terence Nightingall
Gaffer : David B Jarell
Key Grip : Jeryll L Marshall
Assistant Editor : John McKnight
Post Production Supervisor : Dillom Gemmill
Sound Supervisor: Wilson Dyer MPSE
Post Production : Digital Film Tree
Post Production Sound : Larsen Studios
Re recording Mixer : Chris Haire CAS, Alexey Mohr
Online editor : Jacob Tillman
VFX Supervisor : Dylan Chudzynski
Colorists : Patrick Woodard
Music Supervisor : Mark Wiki
ADR Supervisor : Jay Keiser
Sound Effects Editor : Kevin Fischer
Theme by : James S Levine
Technical Advisor : Osama Shofani USMC (ret)
Multi Media Coordination : Justin Maradiegue
Specialized Imagery, Software and Promotional Consideration : Furnished by Lockheed and Pictometry International Corporation
Sponsored by Microsoft Corporation
Production Planning and Rollout - Prepping - 7 Business days days | Shooting -7 Business days | Post Production - 7 Business days | Promotions - 2 weeks before Air date
Story writing/Script : by 21st October 2014
Prepping - 22nd October to 31st October
- Concept Meeting -
- Departmental Meetings : Video Effects Meeting, Stunts and Special Effects Meeting, Casting, Costumes
- Location/Tech Scouting :
- Table Read : End of Prepping and before shooting starts
Shoot Schedule : 3rd November to 12th November
Post Production : 13th November to 1st December
Press Release : Storyline - ** |Photos - 4th December 2014
Promotions: CBS
CBS2 Air Date : Jan 5th 2015.
CBS2 Rating :
Credits
Writer : Dave Kalstein
Director : Larry Teng
1st Assistant Director : Eric Pot
2nd Asst Director: Hillary Cohen
Co Producer: Christopher J Molnar, Chad W Murray
Producer : Eric Whitmyre, David Bellisario, Rick Tunell, Jordana Lewis Jaffe
Consulting Producer : Joe Sachs, Gil Grant
Story Editing: Andrew Bartels
Supervising Producer : Joseph C Wilson, Kyle Harimoto
Co-Executive Producer : Dave Kalstein, Frank Military
Executive Producer : John Peter Kousakis, R Scott Jemmill
Assistants to Executive Producer : Chad Mazero , Samantha Chasse and Sarah K Mosse
Production Designer: Thomas Fichter
Director of Photography : Victor Hammer
Editing : Eric Wilson
Music : Jay Ferguson
Unit Production Manager : Rick Tunell
Casting : Suzanne Bluestein. CSA|Jason Kennedy CSA
Casting Associates : Meredith Forney and Krysty Baxter
Costume Designer: Darry Levine
Art Director : Anthony Parrillo
Set Decorator : Michele Poulik
Property Master : Steven B Melton
Make-up Artist : Chris Burgoyne
Hair Stylist : Brooks Stenstrom
Production Coordinator : Laura P Napoli
Assistant Prod Coordinator : Adam Rex
Set Production Assistant : Jimmy Ramirez
Production Accountant : Mathew Klipper
1st Production Accountant : Dana Micahaelsen
Art Department Coordinator :
Location Manager : Jason Savage
Stunt Coordinator : Troy Brown
Special Effects Supervisor : Don Frazee
Production Sounds Mixer : David M Schneider
Construction Coordinator: Mike Brooks
Construction Assistant : Krista Schoenbaum
Transportation Coordinator : Dave Bassett
Script Supervisor : Elisa Forni
Script Coordinator : Jimmy Donchey
A Camera Operator : Russell McEllhatton
B Camera Operator : Terence Nightingall
Gaffer : David B Jarell
Key Grip : Jeryll L Marshall
Assistant Editor : John McKnight
Post Production Supervisor : Dillom Gemmill
Sound Supervisor: Wilson Dyer MPSE
Post Production : Digital Film Tree
Post Production Sound : Larsen Studios
Re recording Mixer : Chris Haire CAS, Alexey Mohr
Online editor : Jacob Tillman
VFX Supervisor : Dylan Chudzynski
Colorists : Patrick Woodard
Music Supervisor : Mark Wiki
ADR Supervisor : Jay Keiser
Sound Effects Editor : Kevin Fischer
Theme by : James S Levine
Technical Advisor : Osama Shofani USMC (ret)
Multi Media Coordination : Justin Maradiegue
Specialized Imagery, Software and Promotional Consideration : Furnished by Lockheed and Pictometry International Corporation
Sponsored by Microsoft Corporation
SERIES REGULARS:
Chris O’Donnell (NCIS Special Agent G. Callen)
LL COOL J (NCIS Special Agent Sam Hanna)
Linda Hunt (Henrietta "Hetty” Lange)
Daniela Ruah (NCIS Special Agent Kensi Blye)
Eric Christian Olsen (LAPD Detective Marty Deeks)
Barrett Foa (Tech Operator Eric Beale)
Renée Felice Smith (NCIS Intelligence Analyst Nell Jones)
Miguel Ferrer (NCIS Assistant Director Owen Granger)
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Every day I have the honor of sharing a scene with Linda Hunt is a great day.
Larry Teng @larryteng Nov 10
Good season for Granger. No big dedicated ep's, but character coming into focus every week in a subtle way like never before. Interesting.
Deeks being The Man... 16 stories high with all of #CAA looking on. @ericcolsen #ncisla http://instagram.com/p/vGtiNuD7cn/
If by men u mean man, and by Man U mean Deeks, and by above u mean 16 floors of death...then yes;… http://instagram.com/p/vGtiRctuFG/
Crushing #Bulletproof Coffee on NCISLA set w/director @larryteng & Terrence Nightingall. Cheers @bulletproofexec!
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Early Birds. #ncisla
Good morning from Century City. #ncisla http://instagram.com/p/vBUxwuj7eW/
And my whole crew is loungin' #ncisla @ericcolsen @reneefsmith danielaruah @barretfoa http://instagram.com/p/u9YBxOD7TG/
laura napoli @lnapoli06 Oct 30
A beautiful day for a scout! #NCISLA
The phones never stop. Keeping it all together on the tech scout Ep#609. Hillary Cohen & @lnapoli06 #ncisla
Dave Kalstein @davekalstein Oct 30
NCISLA Behind The Scenes: the Tech Scout. Photo by Eric Pot. @larryteng @jpkouz
John Peter Kousakis @jpkouz Oct 30
Tech scout today for E609. @larryteng is at the helm. @davekalstein is architectural master. This ep. Is going to blow you away#NCISLA
Scout continues for Ep.609. @larryteng @davekalstein are charging forward to bring you thrills and suspense. #NCISLA #Mondayat10pmCBS 2night
Writer's inner sanctum. Late night researching Filipino headhunters. Art: @AlexPrager. Pic: @ashleyisstupid.
Rooftop scouting. #NCISLA jpkous http://instagram.com/p/ugty-ij7ex/
Larry Teng @larryteng Oct 22
Back in LA. On to the next: #NCISLA 609 starts today. @davekalstein @reneefsmith @ericcolsen @llcoolj @chrisodonnell
Fun Friday Fact #2: Today I turned in the screenplay for my 20th episode of NCIS: LOS ANGELES. #gratitude #NCISLA #fans
Fun Friday Fact: The University of Pennsylvania rejected me from their fancy invite-only "Screenwriting" class each time I applied.
Happy sock day. Waiting for my buddy @larryteng to show me what he's got! Looking forward to EP 609 #ncisla
