Lynn Simons (Jennifer Dundas) is the secondary villainess from "Conspiracy Theory," episode 2.19 of NCIS (airdate April 12, 2005). She is a Petty Officer and the lover of Catherine Reynolds.
Both Lynn and Catherine (the latter a patient at a military psychiatric hospital) served as friends of another patient, Petty Officer Jessica Smith, who was revealed as the illicit lover of Navy Captain Ross Vetter. Jessica informed Lynn that Vetter had $800,000 in kickback money, which was planned for the couple following Vetter's divorce from his wife Audrey. Lynn later informed Catherine about what Jessica told them, and it was after this that Catherine devised a scheme to acquire the money, with Lynn turning heel and becoming her lover's partner in villainy.
The villainous couple murdered Jessica in her room by suffocating her with a pillow, and later set up the death as a suicide. Later on. the evil Lynn fired shots at Leroy Jethro Gibbs and Kate Todd following their arrival at Jessica's home, where they uncovered a radio receiver and a broadcast speaker--revealing that Lynn had used the tools to make it appear that Jessica was hearing voices, as Jessica stated that monsters were coming after her. Lynn's reveal came when she was spotted leaving with the money, which was locked in a gym locker. She then drove to meet Catherine, leading to a make-out session before Catherine suddenly pulled a gun on her lover, as she planned to kill Lynn and take the money for herself.
Lynn expressed shock over her lover's betrayal, but it was at that moment that Tony DiNozzo arrived with Kate, with both of them holding the couple at gunpoint. Lynn shouted at Tony not to shoot, as Catherine's gun wasn't loaded, and afterwards, Lynn was arrested along with Catherine.
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- Jennifer Dundas previously appeared on Law & Order: SVU as villainess Jamie McKenna.