Tonight on CBS NCIS returns with an all-new Monday, April 14, 2025, season 22 episode 18 called, “After the Storm,” and we have your weekly NCIS recap below.
In tonight’s NCIS season 22 episode 18 called “After the Storm,” as per the CBS synopsis, “When a trio of combat vets are found murdered in a D.C. motel room, NCIS tracks down a suspect who refuses to talk to anyone but Sam Hanna (LL COOL J).”
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In tonight’s NCIS episode, someone was reporting a noise complaint to their hotel when he had enough. He was tired of the noise. He was tired being told the motel couldn’t do anything. He started banging on the wall and threatened to call the cops. Unfortunately, what he got in return were several bullets.
Willie Loman was a travelling salesman and he didn’t know that he wasn’t talking to his noisy neighbors anymore. The three people from the room next door had been murdered. The killer was making his escape when he heard what poor Willie said. And shot him up through the wall from next door.
There was a suspect found nearby that was covered in blood. When apprehended, he spouted off a badge number. It was NCIS Special Agent Sam Hana’s badge number.
The guy wouldn’t say anything else than that badge number. He wouldn’t even give his name. He wasn’t talking and so NCIS reached out to Sam. Sam was no longer an NCIS Agent anymore. He took time after his Elite team was killed. He now works as an expert for the senate defense committee. He wears suits now and tries to save the world with a laser pointer.
The job was safe. His kids were safe. He didn’t have to worry about burying anyone else. The only issue was when the senators shoot down a plan that could save thousands because it doesn’t look good for their upcoming elections. Sam was struggling with that part when NCIS reached out to him.
They believe that they had Mark Davis in custody for the four murders. They just didn’t know who he was. Sam had to tell them. Mark was Special Forces. He did a lot of Covert Ops and so neither his name nor his photo was in their system. Sam explained that it got deliberately scrubbed as a means of protecting Mark in the field.
Sam knew Mark. Mark saved his life a few times. He knew that Mark was as solid as it comes. He wouldn’t be involved in four murders stateside and the man they had in custody was not Mark.
Sam confronted the guy. He explained he was Sam Hana. Only once he knew it was safe that the other guy admitted who he was. Sam was right he wasn’t Mark. He was Mark’s brother, Roger. Roger and Mark haven’t really spoken in years. His brother didn’t come back from war in the best place. The two of them look alike. They just had two different life experiences.
