The team investigates the disappearance of a U.S. Naval engineer on NCIS: Sydney Season 2 Episode 3, “Back in the USSR.”
The promo video suggests that the NCIS-AFP task force is called in once the body of the long-missing person is discovered buried in concrete. The photos posit that a construction team uncovered the body by accident.
Before all of that, though, it seems like this NCIS: Sydneywill give the team new NCIS jackets — and one canary yellow vest that JD proudly claims.
“Back in the USSR” – L-R: Tuuli Narkle as AFP Liaison Officer Constable Evie Cooper, William McInnes as Forensic Pathologist Dr. Roy Penrose and Sean Sagar as Special Agent DeShawn Jackson in episode 3, season 2 of NCIS: Sydney streaming on Paramount+, 2025. Photo Credit: Daniel Asher Smith/Paramount+
He wears the very bright vest as the team’s investigation takes them to a cemetery, a train station, and Doc Roy’s old friend.
The promo video for “Back in the USSR” doesn’t show who the friend is, but the photos show Anne Tenney’s Diana Parkinson looking through a box of presumed mementos with Mackey and JD. Of course, Diana can be a loved one of the person who died, Doc’s friend, or none of the above.
Assumedly, NCIS: Sydneywill answer all those questions — and probably ask a few new ones — when the episode airs on Friday, February 21, on CBS.
Check out the photos and promo video below for a preview!
Episode description:
Written by: James Cripps
Story by: James Cripps & Clare Sladden Directed by: Catherine Millar
“Back in the USSR” – L-R: Tuuli Narkle as AFP Liaison Officer Constable Evie Cooper, William McInnes as Forensic Pathologist Dr. Roy Penrose and Sean Sagar as Special Agent DeShawn Jackson in episode 3, season 2 of NCIS: Sydney streaming on Paramount+, 2025. Photo Credit: Daniel Asher Smith/Paramount+“Back in the USSR” – L-R: Tuuli Narkle as AFP Liaison Officer Constable Evie Cooper and Sean Sagar as Special Agent DeShawn Jackson in episode 3, season 2 of NCIS: Sydney streaming on Paramount+, 2025. Photo Credit: Daniel Asher Smith/Paramount+“Back in the USSR” – L-R: Todd Lasance as AFP Liaison Officer Sergeant Jim ‘JD’ Dempsey, Tuuli Narkle as AFP Liaison Officer Constable Evie Cooper, Olivia Swann as NCIS Special Agent Captain Michelle Mackey, and Sean Sagar as Special Agent DeShawn Jackson in episode 3, season 2 of NCIS: Sydney streaming on Paramount+, 2025. Photo Credit: Daniel Asher Smith/Paramount+“Back in the USSR” – L-R: Tuuli Narkle as AFP Liaison Officer Constable Evie Cooper, Sean Sagar as Special Agent DeShawn Jackson, Olivia Swann as NCIS Special Agent Captain Michelle Mackey, and Todd Lasance as AFP Liaison Officer Sergeant Jim ‘JD’ Dempsey in episode 3, season 2 of NCIS: Sydney streaming on Paramount+, 2025. Photo Credit: Daniel Asher Smith/Paramount+“Back in the USSR” – L-R: Todd Lasance as AFP Liaison Officer Sergeant Jim ‘JD’ Dempsey, Olivia Swann as NCIS Special Agent Captain Michelle Mackey and Anne Tenney as Diana Parkinson in episode 3, season 2 of NCIS: Sydney streaming on Paramount+, 2025. Photo Credit: Daniel Asher Smith/Paramount+“Back in the USSR” – L-R: William McInnes as Forensic Pathologist Dr. Roy Penrose, Tuuli Narkle as AFP Liaison Officer Constable Evie Cooper, Olivia Swann as NCIS Special Agent Captain Michelle Mackey, Sean Sagar as Special Agent DeShawn Jackson and Todd Lasance as AFP Liaison Officer Sergeant Jim ‘JD’ Dempsey in NCIS: Sydney streaming on Paramount+, 2025. Photo Credit: Daniel Asher Smith/Paramount+“Back in the USSR” – L-R: Olivia Swann as NCIS Special Agent Captain Michelle Mackey and Todd Lasance as AFP Liaison Officer Sergeant Jim ‘JD’ Dempsey in episode 3, season 2 of NCIS: Sydney streaming on Paramount+, 2025. Photo Credit: Daniel Asher Smith/Paramount+“Back in the USSR” – L-R: Todd Lasance as AFP Liaison Officer Sergeant Jim ‘JD’ Dempsey and Olivia Swann as NCIS Special Agent Captain Michelle Mackey in episode 3, season 2 of NCIS: Sydney streaming on Paramount+, 2025. Photo Credit: Daniel Asher Smith/Paramount+“Back in the USSR” – Todd Lasance as AFP Liaison Officer Sergeant Jim ‘JD’ Dempsey in episode 3, season 2 of NCIS: Sydney streaming on Paramount+, 2025. Photo Credit: Daniel Asher Smith/Paramount+“Back in the USSR” – L-R: Todd Lasance as AFP Liaison Officer Sergeant Jim ‘JD’ Dempsey, Olivia Swann as NCIS Special Agent Captain Michelle Mackey, Tuuli Narkle as AFP Liaison Officer Constable Evie Cooper, and Sean Sagar as Special Agent DeShawn Jackson in episode 3, season 2 of NCIS: Sydney streaming on Paramount+, 2025. Photo Credit: Daniel Asher Smith/Paramount+
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