Judyann Elder

Susan goes to the therapist and realises she must choose between Ian and Mike, and Travers is having a birthday party which only spells trouble for Mrs McCluskey.

Gibbs is forced to come back out of his retirement to help Fornell and his daughter Emily, who are being threatened by a convict who has escaped from prison. Gibbs and the NCIS team reopen the convict's old robbery case and question a retired sailor, who is the only person to have contacted the convict after he was sent to prison. The investigation then leads the NCIS team to a surprising discovery.

Data becomes a proud father when he creates an android using his own neural programming. Picard, however, is apprehensive about Starfleet's reaction to the unauthorised newcomer.

The team search for a serial bomber whose latest pipe bomb maimed the wrong target and whose three previous bombings in 1999, 2001 and 2003, collectively blinded a man and killed two others.

Jill (Patricia Richardson) makes embarrassing comments about Tim while being interviewed on a local talk show. Joan Lunden guest stars.