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
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 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