The highly popular police procedural drama television series, "NCIS," is still on its three-week hiatus, which has made fans of the show anxious for the return of its brand new episodes. While the show isn't set to return just yet, new reports have revealed some of the plot summaries for the next few episodes and it looks like the show's short absences may be worth the wait.

The team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service will get right into the action when the show returns in season 14, episode 9. According to the recently released plot overview, the team will be assigned to investigate the growing threats against a U.S. congresswoman.

The next episode will be guest starring actress Mary Stuart Masterson, who will be playing the role of congresswoman Jenna Flemming. Assigned to the take over the state leader's temporary protection detail will be Leon Vance, played by Rocky Caroll. The team must endeavor to get to the bottom of the threats before it gets out of hand. With the congresswoman's life at stake, the team has to move fast to prevent the threats from becoming a reality.

The plot summary for the episode after that, episode 10, was also revealed and it seems like it will showcase a contrast of happy moments and of hurtful pasts. The episode will apparently be showing the past life of Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard, played by David McCallum. A new investigation into the murder of a Navy Captain will reportedly be uncovering some evidences that link to Mallard's deceased mother. Mallard will then look back and question some of the choices he made 37 years ago.On the other hand, the NCIS team starts to get into the holiday spirit as they all exchange gifts with each other.

"NCIS" season 14 episode 9 titled "Pay to Play" is set to air on Tuesday, Dec. 6, at 8 p.m. EST on CBS. It will then be followed by episode 10 titled "The Ties That Binds" on Dec. 13.