‘NCIS’ Preview: A Case Reunites Torres With His Estranged Father (PHOTOS)

NCIS Season 18 Episode 12 Torres Father Miguel
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Special Agent Nick Torres (Wilmer Valderrama) is in for a shock in the April 20 episode of NCIS: a face-to-face with his father, Miguel (Steven Bauer).

The case in “Sangre,” the stabbing of a Marine Sergeant, leads Torres to his dad, who left him when he was a child. And as the promo (below) shows, it all stems from a strand of hair found at the scene. When forensic scientist Kasie Hines (Diona Reasonover) runs it, she gets a familial match to Torres.

Also glimpsed in the preview below is Special Agent Timothy McGee (Sean Murray) fighting with a man as Torres arrives at the scene.

But in the photos below, it looks like Torres may have to put any hurt he’s feeling from his father leaving him aside for the case. Something’s going to be happening in the woods and at a cabin, and Torres may have to rely on the man he couldn’t before. Or should he be wondering if he can even trust him?

Plus, what will Gibbs (Mark Harmon), currently suspended from NCIS, think of Torres’ dad? Will Torres open up over some steak?

Scroll down for a look at the photos from this episode — they include Lucy, the dog Gibbs has taken in!

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Mark Harmon as NCIS Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs, Sean Murray as NCIS Special Agent Timothy McGee in NCIS - Season 18, Episode 12
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Gibbs (Mark Harmon) and McGee (Sean Murray)

Sean Murray as NCIS Special Agent Timothy McGee, Emily Wickersham as NCIS Special Agent Eleanor
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McGee, Bishop (Emily Wickersham), and Torres (Wilmer Valderrama)

Wilmer Valderrama as NCIS Special Agent Nicholas “Nick” Torres, Emily Wickersham as NCIS Special Agent Eleanor
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Torres and Bishop

Wilmer Valderrama as NCIS Special Agent Nicholas Nick Torres and Steven Bauer as Miguel Torres Miguel outside a cabin in NCIS - Season 18, Episode 12 - 'Sangre'
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Who’s inside?

Steven Bauer as Miguel in NCIS - Season 18 Episode 12 - 'Sangre'
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Steven Bauer as Miguel

Steven Bauer as Miguel Torres Miguel and Wilmer Valderrama as NCIS Special Agent Nicholas Nick Torres with an injured man in NCIS - Season 18, Episode 12 - 'Sangre'
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What happened to this guy?

Mark Harmon as NCIS Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs with Lucy in NCIS - Season 18 Episode 12 - 'Sangre'
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Gibbs and Lucy

Wilmer Valderrama as NCIS Special Agent Nicholas “Nick” Torres, Mark Harmon as NCIS Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs in NCIS - Season 18, Episode 12 - 'Sangre'
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The Gibbs tradition of steak when one of his agents’ fathers comes to town