Nick Torres (Wilmer Valderrama), Ellie Bishop (Emily Wickersham), and Timothy McGee (Sean Murray) will be dealing with a particular case in NCIS season 18 episode 8. The three of them work together in order to find a person who's responsible for sending messages to the Taliban.

In one of the preview photos of NCIS season 18 episode 8, Torres, Bishop, and McGee can be seen shocked and confused about something. According to the synopsis, they need to track down a hacker who's emailing compromised information to the Taliban.

This is going to be a difficult task for them, especially since they're dealing with a person who has knowledge about hacking. Based on the photo, Torres, Bishop, and McGee were inside the office and it looks like they're waiting for a result of something -- potentially related to the case.

Torres' crossed his fingers, while Bishop and McGee seem to be shocked. Yet, there's also a possibility that the photo isn't related to the case that they're dealing with. They might be looking at something that's not connected to the hacker and the Taliban.

Meanwhile, Torres and Bishop's potential relationship might also be explored in NCIS season 18 episode 8. Since the two will be working together again, their conversation in episode 6 could be revisited. There have been hints that they'll end up together. However, they don't talk about their real status.

Torres and Bishop went through a lot in the sixth episode, though they had a conversation about their feelings. They were locked up together and were about to admit what they feel towards each other. But then, they were interrupted by the people who took them.

Their conversation wasn't revisited in episode 7 due to the time-jump. Now, co-showrunner Steven D. Binder has something to say on whether fans will learn more about Torres and Bishop's status in the future. When asked on Twitter regarding this matter, he answered: "Confusing times ... but yes."

As for what else is coming, previous reports suggest that Jack Sloane (Maria Bello) is set to go on her last mission in NCIS season 18 episode 8. There is no confirmation that this is going to be the final one for the character, but there were speculations that she's departing after this one.

She and Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Mark Harmon) go on a mission together. They discovered her name in an abandoned bus with a dead driver in Afghanistan. There is a mystery why Sloane's name was on it, but this prompted her to find the group of girls who were kidnapped from the bus.

NCIS season 18 episode 8 is set to air on Tuesday, March 2, on CBS.