NCIS returns on Monday, January 27, with an atypical case that doesn’t look like associated to what the group normally investigates. Issues take a private when the proprietor of Parker’s (Gary Cole) favourite bakery is blackmailed, and the group steps in to assist her in NCIS Season 22, Episode 9, “Baker’s Man.” Viewers will lastly be taught the place Parker will get all of the pastries he is gotten the group hooked on. “We’ll lastly get to see Parker purchase some pastries. We’ll see the place a few of them come from. I’ve all the time been of the thoughts that half of them come from some expat who owns a fuel station and occurs to promote these mom nation pastries. However this one he truly goes to purchase from a legit pastry store,” showrunner Steven D. Binder beforehand informed TV Line.

CBS launched the official logline and pictures from the midseason premiere episode. The logline beneath previews two main arcs to be explored whereas the photographs take us deep into the episode because the group tries to unravel this blackmail thriller. “After NCIS learns that the proprietor of Parker’s favourite bakery (visitor star Melina Kanakaredes) is being blackmailed, they hatch a plan to avoid wasting her from the perpetrators. Additionally, tensions heighten when Torres’ (Wilmer Valderrama) secret romance is found,” reads the official episode description.

A Bakery Blackmail and a Secret Romance in NCIS Season 22, Episode 9

The pictures above present scenes from the episode, which closely explores the bakery investigation. Kostakis Bakery is Parker’s favourite bakery, and there may be one thing extra between Parker and the proprietor. “She’s a ton of enjoyable. Parker, I feel, has just a little crush on his baker,” mentioned Binder of this arc. Nevertheless, nothing is because it presents since she’s put in an investigation room, hinting that she won’t be as harmless as one would assume. “She won’t be an excellent man,” Binder teased.

In the meantime, Torres’ secret date is lastly revealed, and all events don’t obtain the information nicely. “We’ll meet this individual this season, and it’s somebody we now have met earlier than.” In actual fact, “another person within the squad room will probably be very irritated,” Binder teased the id of Torres’ secret “babe.” It’s unclear who will probably be irritated or why they are going to be irritated, but when Torres’ date is somebody from one other company, inter-agency rivalries may be rekindled.

“Baker’s Man” airs on CBS on Monday, January 27, at 8 pm earlier than a brand new episode of NCIS: Origins. Watch the episode written by Andrew Bartles and directed by NCIS star Rocky Carroll, who performs Director Vance. You can even meet up with previous episodes on Paramount+ earlier than new ones return in three weeks.

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