Diandra Lyle

Picking up after the explosive fall finale, Hodgins is eight weeks into his rehabilitation for his paralysis and forced to navigate life in a wheelchair. Meanwhile, Brennan and Booth investigate the death of a public defender who had multiple defendants from previous cases with motives to kill her.

The 126 are called on the scene to a hoarder's rat-infested house, then are trapped in an elevator as a woman goes into labor; Tommy and Trevor host his ex-wife Cassandra for dinner which goes awry.

Vance returns to field duty -- with Gibbs as his partner -- when a murder investigation has a connection to a former NCIS agent incarcerated for stealing evidence.

McGee and Torres visit the home of a high school student who witnessed a hit and run; Vance's daughter is arrested for shoplifting.