NCIS

A sailor's corpse is discovered in a disused restaurant, and the initial investigation attributes his death to an accidental drug overdose. Yet Abby, reviewing the case, finds new evidence that strongly suggests the sailor was actually murdered in fact as a homicide.

Friends & Lovers is a television programme that is presented as a single episode. The listing categorises it simply as a programme, with its genre recorded as an episode. Though brief, the title alone – Friends & Lovers – signals the focus of the piece, and the format indicates that the story unfolds within the confines of one self‑contained installment. Viewers can expect it’s a compact narrative that fits within the standard runtime of an episode, without any additional series context provided. The central storyline follows the grim discovery of a sailor’s corpse inside a long‑abandoned restaurant. At first, investigators attribute his demise to an accidental drug overdose, treating the scene as a tragic mishap. However, the character Abby steps in and uncovers evidence that challenges this initial conclusion, pointing instead toward the possibility that the sailor was deliberately killed. The shift from an overdose to a murder suspicion drives the tension of the episode. The setting’s stark backdrop in a disused restaurant emphasises the isolation of the scene. Abby’s findings suggest that the original assessment of an accidental overdose may have overlooked crucial clues, prompting a re‑examination of the circumstances surrounding the sailor’s death. This contrast between the presumed cause and the emerging murder theory makes it the crux of the episode’s narrative, leaving the outcome uncertain until further evidence is revealed.