- Title: NCIS: Hawai’i – Nurture
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A mauled body in the jungle leads NCIS into a Fish & Wildlife case involving a shipwreck full of exotic animals including an apex predator now loose on the island along with a smuggler’s (Bronson Pinchot) missing crew and a taxedermist looking to collect the escaped animals including one in particular. Alisa Allapach and Charley Koontz guest-star as agents from Fish & Wildlife, one of whom catches Kai‘s (Alex Tarrant) eye. The episode’s B-story involves a sports-related injury to Tennant‘s (Vanessa Lachey) son Alex happening at the same time her ex-husband’s new wife gives birth to their first child.
Pinchot is fun in his limited role as the “Hawaiian Tiger King,” but the case takes a more ominous turn with the discovery of the missing deer which was used to smuggle Anthrax onto the island. Looking further into the taxidermist uncovers the existence of hate group planning to target the nearby convention center hosting a thousand guests from all over the world leading to a public takedown and opportunity for Tennant to release some of her pent up fear and anger.
