{"id":1018,"date":"2024-12-14T18:20:18","date_gmt":"2024-12-14T18:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/?p=1018"},"modified":"2024-12-14T18:20:18","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T18:20:18","slug":"celebrate-sean-murrays-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/?p=1018","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate Sean Murray\u2019s Birthday!!!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><main id=\"content\" class=\"content\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"hu-pad group\">\n<article class=\"post-16871 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized\">\n<div class=\"post-inner group\">\n<div class=\"entry themeform\">\n<div class=\"entry-inner\">\n<p>Sean Murray, who stars as Special Agent Timothy McGee on \u2018NCIS\u2019 is celebrating his birthday today and then later this week, his 20th anniversary on the CBS series.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1019\" src=\"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot_20241214_191803_Facebook-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot_20241214_191803_Facebook-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot_20241214_191803_Facebook-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot_20241214_191803_Facebook-768x765.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot_20241214_191803_Facebook.jpg 1004w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"756679514b512d05ed20a729a7a6baef\" data-index=\"3\">\n<div id=\"M922294ScriptRootC1546355_06335\">\n<div id=\"AdskeeperComposite1546355_06335\">\n<div class=\"mgbox card-media\">\n<div class=\"mgline teaser-21615168 type-w\" data-i=\"t5cZCwfLfG7RtrXF3cRa5wagDOMphwMZt30HJr59S7AlxXziwSqL6p1G4heDXglJbvUKILy4SBuIeUzbcsf_pyppJghRPPaIkUOVGpRXH6k*\" data-observing-start=\"1734200247418\" data-observing-time=\"1411\" data-showed=\"1\">\n<div class=\"mgline-inner\">\n<div class=\"image-with-text\">\n<div class=\"mcimg mgimg-block\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h1 class=\"m-detail-header--title\">Celebrate Sean Murray\u2019s Birthday and His 20th \u2018NCIS\u2019 Anniversary With His Most Memorable 5 Episodes<\/h1>\n<div class=\"m-detail-header--dek\">Sean Murray, who stars as Special Agent Timothy McGee on \u2018NCIS\u2019 is celebrating his birthday today and then later this week, his 20th anniversary on the CBS series.<\/div>\n<div class=\"m-detail-header--flexbox\">\n<div class=\"m-detail-header--meta\">\n<div class=\"m-description--list\">\n<ul class=\"m-detail-header--horizontal-list\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"m-detail-header--date m-detail-header--updated-date-definition m-description--details mm-detail-header--meta\"><time title=\"Nov 15, 2023\" datetime=\"2023-11-15T10:17:00-05:00\"><time title=\"Nov 15, 2023\" datetime=\"2023-11-15T10:17:00-05:00\"><time title=\"Nov 15, 2023\" datetime=\"2023-11-15T10:17:00-05:00\">Nov 15, 2023<\/time><\/time><\/time><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/1191003\/paulettecohn\/mark-harmon-wife-pam-dawber\/\">Mark Harmon<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0may not have made 20 years on\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/tv\/ncis-season-21-spoilers\">NCIS<\/a>\u2014<\/em>he left in season 19\u2014but\u00a0<strong>Sean Murray<\/strong>, who stars as Special Agent Tim McGee, is celebrating his 20<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/1219463\/marynliles\/happy-anniversary-wishes\/\">anniversary<\/a>\u00a0on the hit naval investigative drama on Nov. 18. In fact, the whole week is special for Murray as today is his\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/1035465\/marynliles\/birthday-quotes\/\">birthday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While we may not have new episodes of the hit series currently\u2014<em>NCIS\u00a0<\/em>is scheduled to return to work in the next few weeks to begin filming season 21, which will premiere Feb. 12, but as fans of Murray\u2019s work, we couldn\u2019t let this occasion go by without a mention of how much we appreciate him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s wild that what was originally a guest-starring role turned into 20+ years of working with people who have become a second\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/1045384\/marynliles\/family-quotes\/\">family<\/a>\u00a0to me,\u201d Murray exclusively tells\u00a0<em>Parade<\/em>. \u201cI\u2019ve been very fortunate, and I will always be grateful and proud of what we\u2019ve accomplished together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So, to mark the remarkable occasion, here are our picks of the best Tim McGee episodes of\u00a0<em>NCIS.\u00a0<\/em>Viewing party anyone?<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"sean-murray-s-best-ncis-episodes\">Sean Murray\u2019s Best\u00a0<em>NCIS<\/em>\u00a0Episodes<\/h2>\n<h3 id=\"twisted-sister-season-4-episode-9\">\u201cTwisted Sister\u201d Season 4, Episode 9<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Troian Bellisario<\/strong>, who is Murray\u2019s half-<a href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/938637\/parade\/sister-quotes\/\">sister<\/a>\u00a0in real\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/937586\/parade\/life-quotes\/\">life<\/a>\u2014Troian\u2019s father and\u00a0<em>NCIS\u00a0<\/em>creator\u00a0<strong>Don Bellisario<\/strong>\u00a0married Sean\u2019s mother\u00a0<strong>Vivienne Murray<\/strong>\u00a0(n\u00e9e Lee), on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/living\/november-holidays-observances\">November<\/a>\u00a027, 1998\u2014first appeared on\u00a0<em>NCIS\u00a0<\/em>in a small role in the season 2 episode 20 episode \u201cRed Cell.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But her memorable guest starring role was in \u201cTwisted Sister\u201d when Sarah McGee shows up at Tim\u2019s apartment covered in blood at 2:30 a.m., saying, \u201cI think I killed someone, Tim.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Caring brother that he is, Tim emails in sick, determined to prove Sarah\u2019s innocence, and begins to investigate the crime until he is busted when Gibbs and the team are called in to solve the death of a Navy seaman, from USS Enterprise, on the campus of Waverly College, the same university where Sarah is enrolled. The two investigations collide and, while there\u2019s a moment where Sarah looks guilty, in the end, a crucial discovery by Abby (<strong>Pauley Perrette<\/strong>) helps the team solve the crime and arrest the real killer.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/tv\/ncis-wilmer-valderrama-torres-season-20-finale-spoilers\">Related: Did Nick Torres Go Rogue on the Season 20\u00a0<em>NCIS<\/em>\u00a0Finale Or Is He Undercover?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"cover-story-season-4-episode-20\">\u201cCover Story\u201d Season 4, Episode 20<\/h3>\n<p>In the episode \u201cDead Man Talking\u201d (season 1, episode 19), it was revealed that McGee writes mystery\/crime stories. And in \u201cCover Story,\u201d we learn that he has released a successful novel in what will become a\u00a0<em>Deep Six\u00a0<\/em>series of novels under the pseudonym Thom E. Gemcity, and the next one is about to be released but so far, only his editor has read it.<\/p>\n<p>But while the NCIS team is investigating a crime scene at the rented home of a Navy petty officer named Cove in Norfolk, Virginia, McGee realizes that it is a copycat of a murder from his unpublished second novel. As the team turns to the novels for clues, the bodies pile up, so they also investigate how someone got ahold of his pages.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, they realize that the killer was reading McGee\u2019s novel off of his typewriter ribbon and they were able to find the murderer.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"the-penelope-papers-season-9-episode-3\">\u201cThe Penelope Papers\u201d Season 9, Episode 3<\/h3>\n<p>Acting legend\u00a0<strong>Lily Tomlin<\/strong>\u00a0played McGee\u2019s eccentric\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/1145663\/marynliles\/grandmother-names\/\">grandmother<\/a>, Penelope Langston, in this episode, which reveals a lot more about Tim\u2019s backstory as it was his grandmother who helped Tim find himself when his father, Navy Admiral John McGee (<strong>Jamey Sheridan<\/strong>), didn\u2019t understand him.<\/p>\n<p>The case begins with the murder of a Naval Reserve lieutenant in mufti in a public park in Washington, D.C., and the case takes a surprising turn when it\u2019s discovered that he has a business card with Tim McGee\u2019s name on it.<\/p>\n<p>A little investigating reveals that McGee\u2019s paternal grandmother Penny had a relationship with the lieutenant, who taught math and worked for a think tank, which is where the tie to Penny comes in.<\/p>\n<p>Penny has quite the history as a former analyst for the Tellis Naval group and a former\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/1303881\/michelleparkerton\/peace-quotes\/\">peace<\/a>\u00a0activist. It was her work at the Tellis Naval group on a project known as the Anax Principle that is now putting her life in jeopardy. She survives three attempts before the NCIS team figures out that the project, which would have devastating consequences if reactivated, was the cause.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"house-rules-season-12-episode-10\">\u201cHouse Rules\u201d Season 12, Episode 10<\/h3>\n<p>It\u2019s no secret that McGee has always had a contentious relationship with his father Navy Admiral John McGee, so it\u2019s interesting in the \u201cHouse Rules\u201d episode that McGee is writing a Christmas letter to his father in which he describes the details of a case where the team investigates hackers who may be responsible for the Internet going down in the D.C. area and where he\u2019s put in charge. It\u2019s as if he\u2019s reaching out to try to heal the rift by showing his father his worth.<\/p>\n<p>We had learned in the season 10 episode 19 episode \u201cSquall\u201d that the admiral had been diagnosed with stage four cancer, so at the end of this episode when it\u2019s revealed that McGee\u2019s dad had died, it isn\u2019t a surprise, and that the purpose of the letter was so that McGee could place it in his father\u2019s casket.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-16872 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curiousjourney.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ncis.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.curiousjourney.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ncis.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.curiousjourney.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ncis-300x207.jpg 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"484\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"m-detail--body-item m-detail--body-item-inline\">\n<figure class=\"l-inline tml-image m-detail--tml-image--inline\"><figcaption>\n<p class=\"tml-image--caption\">Brian Dietzen, Sean Murray, Emily Wickersham, Margo Harshman, Duane Henry, David McCallum<\/p>\n<p class=\"tml-image--attribution\">Photo: Sonja Flemming\/CBS<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h3 id=\"something-blue-season-14-episode-23\">\u201cSomething Blue\u201d Season 14, Episode 23<\/h3>\n<p>It was something borrowed and something blue for McGee and Delilah\u2019s (<strong>Margo Harshman<\/strong>) wedding on\u00a0<em>NCIS.\u00a0<\/em>As the two prepare for their nuptials, which are two months away, Delilah discovers that McGee is behind on his wedding assignments, including tux shopping. Then the two get in a tiff over mailing out the invitations. Vance (<strong>Rocky Carroll<\/strong>) advises McGee to appreciate what he has, and McGee plans to do that and make amends with Delilah, but when he gets home, she\u2019s asleep. She wakes up, but then passes out and is rushed to the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>It turns out Delilah is anemic, nothing more serious, but the cause of her anemia is she\u2019s pregnant. Abby walks in on them and learns the news, but they swear her to secrecy.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, Abby isn\u2019t able to keep the secret, and when McGee and Delilah invite everyone over to their apartment, they all assume it\u2019s to break the baby news, but it\u2019s really a surprise wedding. They get married \u201cright here in Tony\u2019s creepy old apartment,\u201d Delilah says.<\/p>\n<p>Palmer got ordained that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/936820\/parade\/good-morning-quotes\/\">morning<\/a>, so he could conduct the ceremony. Abby was the best man, Ducky gave Delilah away, and Gibbs acted as her man of honor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/main><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sean Murray, who stars as Special Agent Timothy McGee on \u2018NCIS\u2019 is celebrating his birthday today and then later this week, his 20th anniversary on the CBS&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1018"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1021,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1018\/revisions\/1021"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}