THE TEAM TURNS TO THE FBI FOR ANSWERS WHEN A FEMALE BOMB TECH IS LINKED TO A HOMICIDE, ON "NCIS," TUESDAY, OCT. 5

Joe Spano ("NYPD Blue") Reprises His Role as Senior FBI Agent T.C. Fornell

Abby Brammell ("The Unit") Guest Stars as Marine Sergeant Heather Dempsey, a Bomb Tech

"Short Fuse" - When the motives behind an attack on a female bomb tech link her to a murder, the NCIS team investigates her very guarded personal life, on NCIS, Tuesday, Oct. 5 (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

Senior FBI Agent T.C. Fornell......... Joe Spano
Marine Sergeant Heather Dempsey.................. Abby Brammell
Gary Tolin....................... Robert Curtis Brown
Public Affairs Office Ron Sands.............................. Benjamin King
NCIS Special Agent Larry Krone............................. David Sullivan
Kathy Tolin............................. Jacqueline Hahn
Judd Dempsey......................... Zach Weinstein
Master Gunnery Sergeant Jason Kelly................. Larry Herron
Gene Abbott....................... Lorenzo Callender
Mary Roberts............................ Rayna Tharani

DIRECTED BY: Leslie Libman

WRITTEN BY: George Schenck & Frank Cardea

RATING: To Be Announced