DUCKY QUESTIONS CHOICES HE MADE 37 YEARS AGO AFTER EVIDENCE IN A MURDER CASE IS LINKED TO HIS DECEASED MOTHER, ON "NCIS," TUESDAY, DEC. 13

Joe Spano Returns as Senior FBI Agent T.C. Fornell and Adam Campbell Returns as Young Ducky

"The Tie That Binds" - After the NCIS team tracks evidence from the murder of a Navy captain to Ducky's deceased mother, Ducky looks back and questions a pivotal life choice he made 37 years ago. Also, the team exchanges holiday gifts, and Gibbs spends Christmas dinner with Fornell, on NCIS, Tuesday, Dec. 13 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT), on the CBS Television Network. Adam Campbell guest stars as Young Ducky.

REGULAR CAST:

Mark Harmon (NCIS Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs)
Pauley Perrette (Forensic Specialist Abby Scuito)
Sean Murray (NCIS Special Agent Timothy McGee)
Wilmer Valderrama (NCIS Special Agent Nicholas "Nick" Torres)
Jennifer Esposito (NCIS Special Agent Alexandra "Alex" Quinn)
Brian Dietzen (Jimmy Palmer)
Emily Wickersham (Probationary Agent Eleanor "Ellie" Bishop)
Duane Henry (MI6 Officer Clayton Reeves)
Rocky Carroll (NCIS Director Leon Vance)
David McCallum (Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard)

GUEST CAST:

Joe Spano (Senior FBI Agent T.C. Fornell)
Juliette Angelo (Emily Fornell)
Adam Campbell (Young Ducky)
Adam Croasdell (Young Angus Clarke)
Caroline Lagerfelt (Mrs. Victoria Mallard)
Charles Shaughnessy (Balthazar Kilmeany)
Clyde Kusatsu (Mister Takumi Rin)
T.J. Linnard (Logan Chase)
Hannah Barefoot (Haley Chase)
Brent Anderson (Navy Captain Mason Green)
Scott Subiono (Louis Lancaster)
Amanda Jaros (Peg)
Mikie Beatty (Anton Vlastefin A.K.A. Driver)

WRITTEN BY: Steven D. Binder

DIRECTED BY: Arvin Brown