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Timothy McGee and Delilah Fielding face the challenges of compromise as they prepare to move in together. Meanwhile, Ellie Bishop deals with personal anxiety regarding her husband, Jake, after he narrowly avoids a terrorist blast in Dubai. Production and Context

The team discovers that the victim, Petty Officer Adam Meyers, was not actually a victim of the serial killer. Instead, they find he took a $15,000 payoff from a man named Peter Woodruff to take the fall for a previous crime to pay for his sister's legal fees. Woodruff eventually murdered Meyers to keep him quiet. [S13E6] Viral

The NCIS team investigates the murder of a Navy Petty Officer whose death appears to mimic the M.O. of a notorious local serial killer known as the . The investigation focuses on determining whether the victim is the sniper's latest target or the work of a copycat killer. Key Storylines Timothy McGee and Delilah Fielding face the challenges

The "Tri-State Sniper" fictional serial killer featured in the episode is heavily based on the real-life D.C. Sniper cases. Instead, they find he took a $15,000 payoff

is the sixth episode of the 13th season of the long-running police procedural series NCIS . It originally aired on October 27, 2015 , on CBS. Plot Overview

Woodruff’s crimes were driven by his resentment toward women in the military being promoted over him.