[s6e13] Broken Bird ✨

: Ducky learns that Jerek never actually intended to kill Javid; the boy only died because of Ducky’s misguided mercy killing. Ducky realizes that if he had simply left the camp as Jerek wanted, Javid might have survived. Episode Details "NCIS" Broken Bird (TV Episode 2009) - IMDb

is the 13th episode of the sixth season of the CBS crime drama NCIS , and the 126th episode of the series overall. Originally airing on January 13, 2009 , it serves as a deeply personal character study for the team's Chief Medical Examiner, Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard . Plot Summary [S6E13] Broken Bird

: During a confrontation at the Afghan Embassy, Jerek reveals he deliberately tortured Javid to "break" Ducky, whose presence as a compassionate doctor was giving the prisoners hope and making them harder to interrogate. : Ducky learns that Jerek never actually intended

: The team identifies "Mr. Pain" as Marcin Jerek , a former CIA interrogator. Originally airing on January 13, 2009 , it

The episode begins with a routine investigation into the murder of , who was stabbed by his ex-fiancée. While processing the scene, Ducky is suddenly attacked by a bystander, an Afghan immigrant named Mosuma Daoub , who stabs him through the hand with the murder weapon while shouting that he killed her brother.