[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

: The team identifies "Mr. Pain" as Marcin Jerek , a former CIA interrogator. : Ducky learns that Jerek never actually intended

: 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. 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.

As Ducky recovers in the hospital, he reveals a dark secret from his past: 30 years prior, while serving in the in Afghanistan, he performed a mercy killing on a young Afghan man named Javid—Mosuma's brother. Ducky had believed the young man was beyond saving after being brutally tortured by an interrogator nicknamed "Mr. Pain" . Key Revelations