Gibbs' Worst Moment In NCIS Season 13

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Gibbs gives DiNozzo the brush-off after his shooting

In the aftermath of Agent DiNozzo seeing Gibbs get shot by teen terrorist Luke (Daniel Zolghadri), Gibbs is unnecessarily harsh towards Tony once he has recovered and is back to active duty. DiNozzo usually gets the most discipline from Gibbs regardless, but when he tries to talk to his boss and mentor about what happened, Gibbs' only response is, "About what?" This is especially cold after Tony tracked down the organization responsible, The Calling, and avenged Gibbs' injuries by killing the leader.

One Redditor, u/terrybyte73, replied to a thread on the "NCIS" subreddit and pointed out that this makes sense for Gibbs, as the agent felt vulnerable and "is (at this point, at least) constitutionally unable to translate emotions (guilt, fear, shame, regret) into anything other than anger, so that's what Tony gets." This doesn't excuse his harsh behavior with a team member who's become like a surrogate son to him, however.

Gibbs even tells Ducky later that he believes DiNozzo wants to move on and is trying to push him out the door. But Ducky tells him, to no avail, that a conversation would be more productive. Hopefully, the agent learned something about better communication in therapy.