NCIS: Los Angeles creator and executive producer Shane Brennan recently predicted that the second episode of the new season, airing Tuesday, October 2, “will instantly go on to everyone’s favorite list!”

The episode will reveal what the gang did during their time off.

Clearly, that's ripe with possibility given this cast of characters. Case in point? Here's a photo, first published on TV Line, of what Marty Deeks (Eric Christian Olsen) was up to ...

Think Kensi was there? Or was it just Deeks and his camel companion?

In any case, "Recruit" will also feature a drone strike on a bomb-making compound in Afghanistan that reveals the body of a recently retired Marine, whose return to that country will be investigated by the team.

NCIS: LA Season 4 begins next Tuesday night, right after NCIS. In that episode, "Endgame," we pick up in the aftermath of Callen's shocking shooting of the Chameleon, with G. suspended and Hetty retired.

For now.

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