NCIS- Gibbs' Rules

[donutsweeper]

Rule #1: Never let suspects stay together. (Ep 101 "Yankee White") (Confirmed as #1 in Ep 811 "Ships in the Night" although the fact there were two #1s was mentioned)

Rule #1: Never screw over your partner. (Ep 414 "Blowback") (Confirmed by McGee as #1 in Ep 917 "Need to Know")

Rule #2: Always wear gloves at a crime scene. (Ep 101 "Yankee White")

Rule #3: Don't believe what you're told. Double check. (Ep 101 "Yankee White")(Confirmed as #3 in Ep 901 "Nature of the Beast")

Rule #3: Never be unreachable. (Ep 313 "Deception")

Rule #4: The best way to keep a secret? Keep it to yourself. Second best? Tell one other person - if you must. There is no third best. (Ep 414 "Blowback")

Rule #5 You don't waste good (Ep 822 "Baltimore" and Ep 901 "Nature of the Beast")

Rule #6: Never say you're sorry (Ep 711 "Flesh and Bone" also mentioned, but without a number, in Ep 313 "Deception" also said in Ep 902 "Restless")

Rule #7: Always be specific when you lie. (Ep 123 "Reveille")

Rule #8: Never take anything for granted. (Ep 310 "Probie") Mentioned in Ep 921 "Rekindled", but as never assume? (also in Ep 1012 "Shiva")

Rule #9: Never go anywhere without a knife. (Ep 113 "One Shot, One Kill" and Ep 120 "Missing")

Rule #10: Never get personally involved in a case (Ep 721 "Obsession") (Confirmed by McGee as #10 in Ep 917 "Need to Know") "Never get involved personally on (in?) a case"

Rule #11: When the job is done, walk away. (Ep 624 "Semper Fidelis")

Rule #12: Never date a coworker. (Ep 115 "Enigma")

Rule #13- Never ever involve lawyers, things are bound to turn nasty. (Ep 607 Collateral Damage)

Rule #15: Always work as a team. (Ep 505 "Leap of Faith")

Rule #16: If someone thinks they have the upper hand, break it (Ep 824 "Pyramid")

Rule #18: It's better to seek forgiveness than ask permission. (Ep 304 "Silver War", also Ep 711 "Ignition")

Rule #22: Never, ever bother Gibbs in interrogation. (Ep 410 "Smoked", also mentioned in Ep 919 "The Good Son")

Rule #23: Never mess with a Marine's coffee if you want to live. (Ep 209 "Forced Entry")

Rule #27: (When following a suspect) There are two ways. First way they never notice you, second way is they always notice you. (Ep 715 "Jack Knife")

Rule #35: Always watch the watchers (Ep 822 "Baltimore")

Rule #36: If you feel like you're being played you probably are. (Ep 901 "Nature of the Beast")

Rule #38: Your Case, Your Lead (Ep 616 "Bounce" and Ep 10.03 "Phoenix")

Rule #40: If it seems like someone is out to get you, they are. (Ep 722 "Borderland" and Ep 724 "Rule 51")

Rule #42: Never accept an apology from someone who's just sucker punched you. (Ep 916 - "Psych Out")

Rule #44: First things first, hide the women and children (Ep 724 "Rule 51")

Rule #45- sort of- Gibbs said he would be cleaning up the mess he made and Tony leans over and whispers to Ziva "That's rule 45. Sort of (Ep 724 "Rule 51")

Rule #51: Sometimes- You're wrong (Ep 724 "Rule 51")

Rule #69: Never trust a woman who doesn't trust her man. (Ep 907 "Devil's Triangle")

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Mentioned as rules, but with no number given
-'no eating in autopsy.' (Tony mentions to McGee after correcting himself that it isn't 'no eating in the truck' as he first claimed)

eta- see the comments for a vid someone put together about many of Gibbs' rules.

eta- According to Tony in "Collateral Damage" seven of Gibbs' rules involve lawyers, but #13 is the most important one.

eta- apparently all of the rules in the 40s are the serious/bad ones.

Final eta- I stopped watching NCIS early in S10 so if there have been any rules given or changed since then this list won't include them unless someone comments/messages me with them.

Comments

[nakeisha.livejournal.com]

I can't expand on those from the lists I've got *g*

[xanthe.livejournal.com]

Yay! I'll bookmark *g*. But really - perhaps you should email it to the show's writers judging by the doubling up *ggg*. makes me wonder if Gibbs doesn't just make it all up as he goes along....!

[cyad.livejournal.com]

rule 14: Never screw your partner over.
To which Jenny (in 3 X 01 I think) replies "I never screwed you over Jethro. And I'm not your partner anymore. I'm your *boss*.

Funny, I keep a list of those rules, too and update each time one slips out on the show. How crazize can I get? *g*

[snufflesdbear.livejournal.com]

I'll post a link to here on my MCIS slash list. Okay?

[chatona.livejournal.com]

[dhae_knight_1]

Brilliant! *bookmarks for further reference*

Personally, I handwave numbers 1-3 from the Yankee White with a "oh, that's not the real number... just the ones Kate needed to know, in the order she needed to know them, during that case."

Makes my life so much simpler. ;-)

Also... kinda makes sense with the whole #3/#8 double-up. Kinda. The way the NCIS timeline makes sense if you hang upside down from the ceiling and look at it in a mirror. :-D

[mad-jaks.livejournal.com]

HEE! I has the list of rules again - I can't find my old bookmarked version...

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

I get the feeling you got bored.

[debc.livejournal.com]

Awesome! I was just looking for a list of the Rules. Thank you so much for posting these!

[little-ozzo.livejournal.com]

Just used these for reference, thank you very much, they're so useful! :-)

[midnightmurdina.livejournal.com]

i've only just started watching NCIS
cheers for the list, now i know what their going on about

[musicofyourname.livejournal.com]

I'm waiting for rule #51...

[mad-jaks.livejournal.com]

We finally got a new episode!!!!! *falls over*

[xcpb.livejournal.com]

Actually, the rule you listed as #24 is really rule #44. In "Patriot Down" Gibbs left a message for Mike Franks with the bartender. "Tell him rule 44".

Tony said that all the 40-rules are bad in "Rule 51"