The team stood up for Gibbs and offered huge sacrifices to keep his career safe, while Gibbs took an offer of an unusual assignment to keep Parsons at bay. Check out the best quotes from the NCIS season 10 finale, “Damned If You Do.”


#24 “Is Agent Gibbs so valuable, that you would allow this to happen?”

Parsons

"Is Agent Gibbs so valuable, that you would allow this to happen?"


#23 “I have never depended on happy endings.”

Tony: “You may not like how this ends.” Ziva: “I have never depended on happy endings.”

 


#22 “What’s the catch?”

Gibbs: “What’s the catch?” Vance: “It might kill you.” Gibbs: “So could bad clams.”

 


#21 “I hate Parsons, I just want to kick him in his delicate place.”

Abby

 


#20 “Since when did it become illegal to catch bad people and do good things?”

Abby

 


#19 “You’re preaching to the symphony, Tony.”

Ziva: “You’re preaching to the symphony, Tony.” Tony: “Choir.”

 


#18 “All I ever wanted to be was a good Marine. A good husband.”

Gibbs “All I ever wanted to be was a good Marine. A good husband.” Franks “And you have.”

 


#17 “No sense in hiding when all you’re running from is the truth.”

Franks

 


#16 “Hey, nothing’s awkward between friends.”

Tony

 


#15 “It is not about my job, this is about my family!”

Gibbs: “Hey, it is not your job!” Ziva: “It is not about my job, this is about my family!”

 


#14 “Why is McGee’s evil doppelganger getting all the good stuff?”

Tony

 


#13 “Oh, I’ve seen this expression before. McSnoop Dogg! Are you getting jiggy with some highly classified DoD beauty?”

Tony

 


#12 “Where I come from a radiated and tortured head in a box usually means ‘back off.'”

Abby

 


#11 “I’m looking for a woman with curves like a country road and lips soft as velvet.”

Gibbs: “Are you gonna tell me what we’re looking for?” Franks: “I’m looking for a woman with curves like a country road and lips soft as velvet.”

 


#10 “I already gave them a heads-up.”

McGee: “I already gave them a heads-up.” (Tony stares) McGee: “Oh, God.”

 


#9 “You know him?”

Tony “Kevin Spacey.” Ziva “You know him?”

 


#8 “I’m not sure Ziva’s ready for the full-on Mel Brooks Blazing Saddles experience.”

Tony

 


#7 “Yes, I just don’t nature when it’s all over my shoes.”

Ziva: “Are you enjoying nature, Tony?” Tony: “Yes, I just don’t nature when it’s all over my shoes.”

 


#6 “I’m going to vote for bi-weekly elevator meetings.”

Abby

 


#5 “Guys, if you’re interested, McGee files all his naked anime pictures under “N.”

Tony

 


#4 “Where’s my cup of tea, son?”

Chegwidden

 


#3 “I’m a widower who needed closure.”

Vance

 


#2 “Geez, you think you got him there, Mike?”

Gibbs

"Geez, you think you got him there, Mike?"


#1 “Some people would rather die fighting than get caught.”

Franks

 

Michelle Carlbert

Contributing Writer, BuddyTV