One of many episodes mentioning Dr. Phil. This time attributing Dr. Phil characteristics to Tony. Of course Michael Weatherly now plays Bull (2016) on CBS. Bull is based on Dr. Phil when he was running a trial science company.
This is the first time that both Susanna Thompson, Lt. Col. Hollis Mann, and Scottie Thompson, Dr. Jeanne Benoit, will both appear in NCIS (2003). They would be in 3 more of the same episodes, although never in the same scene.
Despite sharing a surname and a similarity in appearance, stars Scottie Thompson and Susanna Thompson are not related to one another.