AS THE REYNOSA CARTEL'S VENDETTA AGAINST GIBBS REACHES A BOILING POINT, THE TEAM FINDS THEMSELVES BECOMING TARGETS � IN THE CONCLUSION OF LAST SEASON'S CLIFFHANGER, ON THE EIGHTH SEASON PREMIERE OF "NCIS," TUESDAY, SEPT. 21

Ralph Waite ("The Waltons") Reprises His Role as Gibbs' Father, Jackson

Muse Watson ("Prison Break") Reprises His Role as Gibbs' Mentor, Mike Franks

Marco Sanchez ("Walker, Texas Ranger") Reprises His Role as Alejandro Rivera, a Mexican Justice Department Official

Jacqueline Obradors ("N.Y.P.D. Blue") Reprises Her Role as Paloma Reynosa, the Head of the Reynosa Drug Cartel

"Spider and the Fly" - With Paloma Reynosa still on the loose, Gibbs must take desperate measures to protect the ones he loves in the eighth season premiere of NCIS, Tuesday, Sept. 21 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

SERIES REGULARS

NCIS Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Mark Harmon
NCIS Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo: Michael Weatherly
Probationary Special Agent Ziva David: Cote de Pablo
Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard: David McCallum
Abby Sciuto: Pauley Perrette
NCIS Special Agent Timothy McGee: Sean Murray
NCIS Director Leon Vance: Rocky Carroll

RECURRING CAST

Jimmy Palmer: Brian Dietzen

GUEST CAST

Jackson Gibbs: Ralph Wait
e Mike Franks: Muse Watson
Alejandro Rivera: Marco Sanchez
Paloma Reynosa: Jacqueline Obradors
West Virginia State Trooper Sergeant Paul Westgard: Andrew Thacher
Estaban Lopez: Burton Perez

DIRECTED BY: Dennis Smith

WRITTEN BY: Gary Glasberg

RATING: To Be Announced