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Previously on "NCIS..."
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Is he hurt?
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She's been shot.
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Is that a kennel?
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Good Lord.
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Your neighbor wasn't
fishing with his dogs.
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He was drowning them.
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Who the hell are you?
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Gibbs, Gibbs, let go.
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- Not like this. Not like this.
- Let go.
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Tell me you regret what you did.
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- Can't do that.
- In that case,
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I have no choice but to suspend you.
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Indefinitely.
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I believe in America.
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I believe in the working man.
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The tired single parent
and part-time volleyball coach.
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And I believe in his right
to take a break from all of that
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and drive 300 miles
to see his favorite musician.
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The Boss.
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Who we both know is about
to play an acoustic set
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to a very small group of VIPs.
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And I deserve to be one of them.
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Please.
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Let me in.
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No.
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I didn't want to play this card, but...
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I have his face tattooed on my...
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Sir, if you drop trou,
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I will use my stun gun.
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Uh, joke's on you, pal.
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After the third time,
it didn't even hurt.
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Hello, Washington, D.C.
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Are you ready?
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We've got an awesome show
for you tonight.
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- With no further ado...
- Boss.
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I'm coming.
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I give you, the live tour,
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the Emperor of E Street,
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I give you The Boss.
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Aah!
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Oh...
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That's not my blood.
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Aah!
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Synced & corrected by -robtor-
www.addic7ed.com
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Director, I have
Secretary of Defense McClane
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for you.
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On what line, Pamela?
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He's not on the phone, sir.
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Director Vance.
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Mr. Secretary.
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- Welcome.
- My apologies for the surprise.
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I'm, um,
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I'm squeezing in face time
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with agency heads when and where I can.
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Lieutenant, give us a minute, please?
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Plus, I just wanted to see
if what they tell me is true.
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That Leon Vance has gained ten pounds
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and lost his right hook.
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You son of a bitch.
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Come on, I'll show you.
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Come here.
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It's more like 20 pounds.
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Yeah, right? Right, it's
good to see you, man.
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- It's good to see you, too.
- Yeah. Surprised?
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What, that Congress approved your waiver
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or that the Senate
actually confirmed you
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to be the secretary?
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Seriously, congratulations, Moses.
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- Thanks, Leon.
- You also have my sympathies.
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That job is one tough hill to climb.
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Oh, well, I like those.
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It's why the Marine Corps
gave me four stars.
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And why my doctor
just gave me new stress meds.
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You always go for the knockout.
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Oh, you better believe it.
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Starting with...
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hosting the Yemeni
foreign affairs minister
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at my house later this week.
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Forget the knockout, Mose,
you going for the title belt.
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The Yemenis agreed to sit down?
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Which brings me
to why I'm really here, Leon.
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Now, I understand one of your agents
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was recently been suspended for,
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shall we say, conduct unbecoming?
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Gibbs. I didn't realize that
that incident
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made its way so far up the ladder.
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Well, normally, it wouldn't,
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but a reporter's been calling,
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asking for DoD comment,
and the timing isn't ideal.
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And any negative press
could spook the Yemenis.
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Yeah, which is exactly why
I'm not returning those calls.
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And why I'm asking NCIS not to comment.
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Now, I appreciate the
reporter's position.
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We don't need
the court of public opinion
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to readjudicate that case.
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The matter has been handled,
Mr. Secretary.
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But I understand.
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Ah.
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And...
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what about Agent Gibbs?
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Gibbs doesn't talk to reporters.
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And neither will his team.
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They are skating on thin ice as it is.
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Thanks, Leon.
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Listen, politics aside,
Yemen is in crisis.
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So this summit has
humanitarian implications.
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Is there anything else
NCIS can do for you?
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Well, now that you mention it,
there is one small thing.
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Oh, thanks, Todd.
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Todd seem weird to you?
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Todd is not judging us, Bishop.
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But you saw him, right?
I mean, he clearly knows.
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Everyone at NCIS knows.
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That Gibbs got suspended indefinitely
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or that we got caught
trying to protect him?
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All of it.
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Something we can help you with, Sawyer?
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Justice, McGee.
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That is our job
as special agents, right?
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To make sure those who break the rules
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face the consequences of their actions.
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Even the cool kids.
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Look, Sawyer,
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we messed up and we know it,
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and we will face
the consequences of our actions.
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Except there haven't been
any consequences.
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I mean, Gibbs took it on the chin,
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but his disciples
barely got a reprimand.
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Why?
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Hey, Sawyer.
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Go home.
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The night shift is over.
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Oh, I think it's just beginning.
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- What is he talking about?
- Okay, forget it, Nick.
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Let's just keep our heads down
and solve the next case
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that comes along.
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Well, not mine.
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NCIS Special Agent Veronica Tyler.
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Yep.
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On our way.
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Let's go. We got a body.
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Hey, Ronnie, you guys
are working the day shift now?
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Told you.
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A new day is dawning.
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Sawyer, stop being a dick
and grab your gear.
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Did we just get passed over?
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You're being reassigned.
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Uh, Director?
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Are we being punished, sir?
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Well, it depends on what
you consider punishment.
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The new Secretary of Defense
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is hosting an event
at his home in three days,
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and I'm assigning your team
to the detail.
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- Oh, well, then, we're on it.
- Hmm.
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Fancy event? Can't be that bad.
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Yeah, dress up a little bit.
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I'm sorry, I-I didn't make myself clear.
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I'm not assigning your team
to a security detail.
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You won't be attending the event.
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Uh, what kind of detail is this, sir?
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COVID detail.
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The three of you are gonna be
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our new health compliance officers.
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I trust you can handle this assignment
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without further embarrassing me,
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the agency or yourselves in any way?
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Your jobs depend on it.
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Okay, yeah. We're on it.
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- Uh, yes, sir.
- Yes, sir, absolutely.
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Good.
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Yeah, we're being punished.
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Mm, usually take your coffee to go.
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How come you've been
drinking at the counter lately?
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- You kicking me out, Elaine?
- No, no, no.
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Just wondering if maybe you retired.
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Hey, hon.
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- Hi.
- What can I get for you?
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Well...
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According to online reviews,
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I understand your specialties are the...
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the chicken-fried steak
and the fresh-baked apple pie.
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Oh, you did your homework.
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I always do.
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But that being said,
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we know we can't always trust
what's on the Internet.
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So I prefer to ask regular, real people.
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You look like real people.
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So what should I do?
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The steak or the pie?
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Coffee.
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Coffee.
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And a piece of pie, please.
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Okay.
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I'm Marcie, by the way.
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Gibbs.
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So, you got a funky little place
here, Gibbs.
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I bet there's lots
of stories that go along
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with those plates of bacon and eggs.
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You would know.
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How's that?
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So, what... You don't like my picture?
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Oh, you don't like my writing.
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I don't like being ambushed.
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Look,
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your bosses are refusing
to return my calls,
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so thought I'd go straight
to the source.
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Everything okay?
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Should have ordered the steak.
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75% alcohol. Wow, this
is the good stuff.
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Do you hear yourself, McGee?
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We are trained federal agents.
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Trained federal agents
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who are lucky enough
to still have a job.
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You don't put peacocks in cages.
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All right? They need
to show their feathers,
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they need to fly away.
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Peacocks don't really fly.
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They take, like, several
small leaps and a final hop.
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Okay, the point is that we messed up.
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But we don't give up. This
is where we prove ourselves.
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Now, Sawyer was right.
We are the cool kids.
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Mm, were the cool kids. Past tense.
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It could be worse,
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So let's do what Vance says
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and stick to these assignments.
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Right. Which is why
I've taken the liberty
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of dividing up our pre-event
health and safety duties.
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Including site evaluation,
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sanitizer placement,
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and test and vaccine verification
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for everyone on the guest list.
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Team Gibbs is down with PPE?
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Sexy.
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Although not quite as sexy
as being down with...
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Springsteen.
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- What?
- Bruce?
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And Gaga. And Bono.
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Y-You did not meet those people.
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I had to rule them out as suspects.
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Don't worry, Tyler and I
have plenty of other leads.
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Such as?
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Sorry, that info is for the A team only.
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Enjoy your stickers.
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My desk.
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- Hey, Jimmy.
- Hey, Nick.
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- I'm still working.
- Oh, no problem.
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But I can give you what I have so far.
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Oh, okay.
250
00:11:29,075 --> 00:11:30,993
The victim is ID'd as, uh,
251
00:11:31,036 --> 00:11:32,821
Marine Lance Corporal Jesse Flint.
252
00:11:32,864 --> 00:11:34,605
- You already knew that. Duh.
- Duh.
253
00:11:34,649 --> 00:11:36,520
Uh, time of death was 10:30 last night,
254
00:11:36,564 --> 00:11:37,956
so just before he was
found in the dumpster.
255
00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:40,437
And I confirmed that the
cause of death was in fact
256
00:11:40,481 --> 00:11:42,744
three gunshot wounds,
including the one to the head.
257
00:11:42,787 --> 00:11:44,267
Mm. Overkill.
258
00:11:44,310 --> 00:11:45,790
Funny. That's actually
what Agent Sawyer said
259
00:11:45,834 --> 00:11:47,269
at the crime...
260
00:11:48,796 --> 00:11:50,534
Wait a minute, this isn't your case.
261
00:11:50,578 --> 00:11:51,753
And you're not here for an update.
262
00:11:51,796 --> 00:11:54,218
What is this on his hand and arm?
263
00:11:55,713 --> 00:11:57,019
Nick, you...
264
00:11:57,062 --> 00:11:59,181
Purple paint... that's weird.
265
00:12:01,809 --> 00:12:04,592
Okay, Jimmy, I'm here for a rapid test.
266
00:12:04,635 --> 00:12:07,203
Just couldn't help yourself, could you?
267
00:12:07,246 --> 00:12:09,118
I get it, I do.
268
00:12:09,161 --> 00:12:11,773
A murder case is way more interesting.
269
00:12:11,816 --> 00:12:14,602
Yeah, than a lame COVID
assignment? Hell yeah.
270
00:12:15,156 --> 00:12:17,605
Nick, health and safety
protocols might not be fun,
271
00:12:17,648 --> 00:12:20,828
but the consequences
of not enforcing them...
272
00:12:21,434 --> 00:12:22,827
can be tragic.
273
00:12:22,871 --> 00:12:24,220
Breena. Of course.
274
00:12:24,623 --> 00:12:27,049
You're right, Jimmy. I'm sorry.
275
00:12:27,877 --> 00:12:30,052
Honestly, Team Gibbs should know better.
276
00:12:30,095 --> 00:12:32,402
They made their bed, and now
they have to lie in it.
277
00:12:32,445 --> 00:12:34,665
Yeah, I know. Still,
I feel kind of guilty.
278
00:12:34,709 --> 00:12:37,189
I mean, they just look so... sad.
279
00:12:37,233 --> 00:12:40,105
Uh, hello? Sitting right here.
280
00:12:40,149 --> 00:12:44,327
Oh, we know, but this lab
is a designated NPZ:
281
00:12:44,370 --> 00:12:46,285
- No-pity zone.
- I'm not here for pity.
282
00:12:46,329 --> 00:12:47,678
I'm here because you have
283
00:12:47,722 --> 00:12:49,724
the only working labeler
in the building.
284
00:12:52,291 --> 00:12:54,598
Looks like the paint
on your victim's body
285
00:12:54,642 --> 00:12:57,036
was number 7863.
286
00:12:57,083 --> 00:12:58,341
Blushing Eggplant.
287
00:12:58,384 --> 00:13:00,343
I hear that color is very in.
288
00:13:01,160 --> 00:13:04,216
Sorry. Not my case. I'll be quiet.
289
00:13:04,914 --> 00:13:08,090
Well, I doubt our Marine was
up on the latest color trends.
290
00:13:08,133 --> 00:13:10,658
He was more of the, uh,
black and blue type.
291
00:13:10,701 --> 00:13:12,657
Lance Corporal Flint was in the middle
292
00:13:12,704 --> 00:13:14,575
of a dishonorable discharge for fighting
293
00:13:14,618 --> 00:13:16,489
and domestic abuse
against his girlfriend.
294
00:13:16,533 --> 00:13:18,187
Interesting.
You know, when you talk to her,
295
00:13:18,230 --> 00:13:19,318
you should, um...
296
00:13:22,265 --> 00:13:23,658
Sorry.
297
00:13:34,246 --> 00:13:36,379
Uh-uh. You can't put that there.
298
00:13:36,422 --> 00:13:37,598
Oh, no, no, no, no.
299
00:13:37,641 --> 00:13:40,123
I-I measured. This is optimum distance
300
00:13:40,169 --> 00:13:41,906
between the wet bar and the restrooms.
301
00:13:41,950 --> 00:13:44,082
It's also where the secretary of defense
302
00:13:44,126 --> 00:13:46,911
is going to toast the Yemeni
foreign affairs minister,
303
00:13:46,955 --> 00:13:49,566
and the cheap plastic clashes
with the party decor.
304
00:13:50,065 --> 00:13:51,612
And, uh, you are?
305
00:13:51,655 --> 00:13:53,831
Miles Thatcher.
306
00:13:53,875 --> 00:13:55,441
One of SECDEF's personal aides.
307
00:13:55,485 --> 00:13:57,879
I was also aide to his
civilian predecessor.
308
00:13:57,922 --> 00:13:59,632
He would have noticed my design choices.
309
00:13:59,656 --> 00:14:00,757
Where?
310
00:14:00,798 --> 00:14:02,840
Well, the whole patio. We...
311
00:14:03,180 --> 00:14:05,669
are redecorating everything
for this event.
312
00:14:05,713 --> 00:14:07,410
No, no, no. Uh, where do you want me
313
00:14:07,453 --> 00:14:08,541
to put the hand sanitizer?
314
00:14:08,585 --> 00:14:10,456
Figure it out.
315
00:14:10,500 --> 00:14:12,284
I'm sure it doesn't take
an advanced degree.
316
00:14:12,328 --> 00:14:14,025
Actually, I have two of those.
317
00:14:14,069 --> 00:14:16,332
Ah. Funny guy.
318
00:14:20,684 --> 00:14:23,165
NCIS was not on the security list.
319
00:14:23,208 --> 00:14:25,254
Uh, I'm actually here
as a COVID officer,
320
00:14:25,297 --> 00:14:27,952
Mr. Al-Kamal, and I hate to bother you,
321
00:14:27,996 --> 00:14:30,825
but your embassy has yet
to hand over test data
322
00:14:30,868 --> 00:14:34,002
- and vaccine certifications.
- Yes.
323
00:14:34,045 --> 00:14:37,135
All guests need to file
paperwork with us
324
00:14:37,179 --> 00:14:39,616
- before the event.
- Forgive me, but,
325
00:14:39,660 --> 00:14:42,837
you understand our reluctance
to trust sensitive medical data
326
00:14:42,880 --> 00:14:44,273
to the American health care system.
327
00:14:44,316 --> 00:14:46,710
I do, I do. It is not perfect.
328
00:14:46,754 --> 00:14:48,407
My co-pays are a fortune.
329
00:14:48,451 --> 00:14:51,715
Universal health care is
promised in our constitution.
330
00:14:51,759 --> 00:14:54,718
Yes, and I imagine it's hard
to deliver on that promise
331
00:14:54,762 --> 00:14:57,112
in the middle of a deadly civil war.
332
00:14:57,568 --> 00:14:59,810
I lost my parents two years ago,
333
00:14:59,854 --> 00:15:01,943
and my brother last month.
334
00:15:02,489 --> 00:15:04,380
This summit is important.
335
00:15:04,423 --> 00:15:07,078
My apologies, Agent Bishop.
336
00:15:07,122 --> 00:15:08,662
I'll get you whatever you need.
337
00:15:11,889 --> 00:15:16,677
_
338
00:15:17,915 --> 00:15:19,874
"Kamal" means perfection, right?
339
00:15:19,917 --> 00:15:23,486
Uh,
sorry. Old habits from boarding school.
340
00:15:23,529 --> 00:15:24,966
You should hear what happened to kids
341
00:15:25,009 --> 00:15:26,402
who left wrinkles in their bedsheets.
342
00:15:26,445 --> 00:15:28,143
- Ah.
- You speak Arabic.
343
00:15:28,186 --> 00:15:29,753
Not bad for a COVID officer.
344
00:15:32,811 --> 00:15:35,606
And peacocks can fly.
345
00:15:36,455 --> 00:15:38,936
And according to this,
they don't fly far,
346
00:15:38,980 --> 00:15:42,635
but they can reach ten miles per hour.
347
00:15:42,679 --> 00:15:44,463
Uh, if you say so.
348
00:15:54,822 --> 00:15:56,780
See, you're an artist.
349
00:15:58,095 --> 00:16:00,489
You feel my pain.
You can't just turn off talent.
350
00:16:00,653 --> 00:16:02,612
Hey, I'd much rather be at a jazz club
351
00:16:02,655 --> 00:16:05,441
playing some Art Tatum, but here I am,
352
00:16:05,484 --> 00:16:08,139
practicing John Tesh covers for the Man.
353
00:16:08,183 --> 00:16:10,312
You know, sometimes
peacocks get put in cages.
354
00:16:10,336 --> 00:16:11,403
Yeah, you're telling me.
355
00:16:11,447 --> 00:16:12,970
And after having spent
the last year out of work,
356
00:16:13,546 --> 00:16:15,538
I'm just happy
for a paying gig, brother.
357
00:16:15,938 --> 00:16:17,583
Thanks for listening.
358
00:16:17,627 --> 00:16:19,324
Oh, I appreciate that, man.
359
00:16:19,368 --> 00:16:21,830
- Hey, you know what. Take a demo CD.
- What?
360
00:16:21,875 --> 00:16:23,676
Yeah, uh, the first track is called
361
00:16:23,720 --> 00:16:25,864
- "I'm Locked in a Cage, Let Me Out."
- No.
362
00:16:25,909 --> 00:16:28,551
It's about taking mushrooms
on a airplane.
363
00:16:28,594 --> 00:16:30,292
But, uh, it works for your thing, too.
364
00:16:30,335 --> 00:16:31,815
Yeah.
365
00:16:33,251 --> 00:16:37,006
3.9 GPA from Johns Hopkins and MIT,
366
00:16:37,050 --> 00:16:39,388
all to put down stickers.
367
00:16:39,431 --> 00:16:40,781
Yeah, well, at least you didn't insult
368
00:16:40,824 --> 00:16:42,293
the foreign minister's attaché.
369
00:16:42,317 --> 00:16:46,145
- And all I got was a bad jazz trip.
- Hm.
370
00:16:46,198 --> 00:16:48,266
You know, I know I said
this assignment could be worse,
371
00:16:48,310 --> 00:16:49,702
but I don't see how.
372
00:16:50,514 --> 00:16:52,662
You got something on your jacket.
373
00:16:52,933 --> 00:16:55,404
Oh, man. It's paint.
374
00:16:55,447 --> 00:16:58,363
- What is that, purple?
- No, that's not purple, that's...
375
00:16:58,407 --> 00:16:59,712
Blushing Eggplant.
376
00:16:59,756 --> 00:17:00,888
Wait, that was the same
377
00:17:00,931 --> 00:17:02,150
color paint as the one
378
00:17:02,193 --> 00:17:04,021
that was on the body in autopsy.
379
00:17:04,065 --> 00:17:07,590
Same as our murder victim?
That's quite the coincidence.
380
00:17:07,633 --> 00:17:10,114
Yeah. It's probably nothing.
381
00:17:10,158 --> 00:17:14,989
Unless he was at SECDEF's
house before he was killed.
382
00:17:15,032 --> 00:17:17,905
- Right.
- Because then we'd have to assume
383
00:17:17,948 --> 00:17:20,298
it was connected to his death.
384
00:17:20,342 --> 00:17:21,494
Right.
385
00:17:21,537 --> 00:17:23,824
And we'd have to...
386
00:17:24,214 --> 00:17:25,782
investigate.
387
00:17:26,091 --> 00:17:28,829
This is not our case. We can't do that.
388
00:17:32,556 --> 00:17:34,095
Right?
389
00:17:38,621 --> 00:17:41,668
Our victim is
Lance Corporal Jesse Flint,
390
00:17:41,711 --> 00:17:43,888
and was soon to be
a former lance corporal
391
00:17:43,931 --> 00:17:45,498
thanks to his history of violence.
392
00:17:45,541 --> 00:17:46,934
Bad Marine, bad dude.
393
00:17:46,978 --> 00:17:49,763
Yeah. So what was he doing
at SECDEF's house?
394
00:17:49,807 --> 00:17:51,852
Look, we don't know
if he was there for sure.
395
00:17:51,896 --> 00:17:54,855
He's not our victim
because it's not our case.
396
00:17:54,899 --> 00:17:56,248
It is now.
397
00:17:56,291 --> 00:17:57,902
Why, because we found
a little paint on him?
398
00:17:57,945 --> 00:17:58,859
- Shh!
- Shh!
399
00:17:58,903 --> 00:18:00,730
You know sound carries in here.
400
00:18:00,774 --> 00:18:01,862
But don't worry,
401
00:18:01,906 --> 00:18:03,864
the paint is not a priority.
402
00:18:03,908 --> 00:18:06,780
The victim worked
as a handyman on the side.
403
00:18:06,824 --> 00:18:08,086
How did you get a clicker?
404
00:18:08,129 --> 00:18:10,392
By following Vance's orders.
405
00:18:11,567 --> 00:18:13,526
Like I was saying, Lance Corporal Flint
406
00:18:13,569 --> 00:18:15,441
painted houses all over town.
407
00:18:15,484 --> 00:18:16,703
It's a coincidence.
408
00:18:17,965 --> 00:18:19,575
Agent Tyler and I
409
00:18:19,619 --> 00:18:21,186
already have a lead on the killer.
410
00:18:21,229 --> 00:18:23,841
Seems the victim's
girlfriend skipped town.
411
00:18:23,884 --> 00:18:25,886
Seems suspicious, right?
412
00:18:25,930 --> 00:18:27,888
So stay the hell out of our case,
413
00:18:27,932 --> 00:18:29,411
or I'm going to Vance.
414
00:18:34,895 --> 00:18:37,289
All right, I know we want to get
involved, but we got to drop it.
415
00:18:37,332 --> 00:18:39,117
You don't drop a gut feeling, McGee.
416
00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:41,293
Last time, our gut got us in trouble.
417
00:18:41,709 --> 00:18:44,277
Then we make sure we get it right.
418
00:18:47,429 --> 00:18:49,083
Was this man one of the painters?
419
00:18:49,127 --> 00:18:50,563
Did you hire him?
420
00:18:50,606 --> 00:18:52,913
What does this have to do with
health protocols?
421
00:18:52,957 --> 00:18:56,482
Look, you need us to sign off
on the safety of this event,
422
00:18:56,525 --> 00:18:59,659
so... we need answers.
423
00:19:00,634 --> 00:19:01,689
Yes.
424
00:19:01,883 --> 00:19:03,837
He was handing out leaflets
in front of the PX,
425
00:19:03,881 --> 00:19:05,578
and he begged me for a job.
426
00:19:05,621 --> 00:19:07,710
But, like everybody who steps
foot on the property,
427
00:19:07,754 --> 00:19:09,495
I verified that he was vaccinated.
428
00:19:10,153 --> 00:19:12,846
I only wish I'd verified his references.
429
00:19:12,890 --> 00:19:15,196
- So there was a problem, or...
- No.
430
00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:18,112
But painting requires an eye for detail.
431
00:19:18,156 --> 00:19:20,462
This guy might as well be blind.
432
00:19:20,506 --> 00:19:22,551
- Mm.
- You fired him?
433
00:19:22,595 --> 00:19:24,118
I didn't have to.
434
00:19:24,162 --> 00:19:26,294
Two hours into the job
he took a cell phone call
435
00:19:26,338 --> 00:19:27,774
and walked away.
436
00:19:27,817 --> 00:19:29,297
I never heard from him again.
437
00:19:30,342 --> 00:19:32,213
Ah, damn piano player.
438
00:19:33,867 --> 00:19:35,303
Excuse me.
439
00:19:37,001 --> 00:19:39,655
Hmm. Do you still think
we should drop it?
440
00:19:40,142 --> 00:19:41,309
Yeah.
441
00:19:41,353 --> 00:19:44,486
Our dead painter may have
been acting strange,
442
00:19:44,530 --> 00:19:46,140
but it still doesn't prove anything.
443
00:19:46,773 --> 00:19:48,534
I say we go check out his work van
444
00:19:48,577 --> 00:19:49,622
and see what he was up to.
445
00:19:49,665 --> 00:19:50,971
This is not our job.
446
00:19:52,070 --> 00:19:53,931
Not yet.
447
00:19:56,199 --> 00:19:57,456
Hey, guys.
448
00:19:57,499 --> 00:19:59,066
How's it going?
449
00:19:59,110 --> 00:20:00,502
Got an update, Palmer?
450
00:20:00,546 --> 00:20:01,764
Uh, no, no, no, no.
451
00:20:01,808 --> 00:20:03,505
So what are you doing here?
452
00:20:03,549 --> 00:20:06,608
Oh, that's right, yes.
I have a few questions for you.
453
00:20:06,655 --> 00:20:09,772
Uh, did you find
the victim's girlfriend?
454
00:20:09,816 --> 00:20:12,415
Did you find anything unusual
in his apartment or vehicle?
455
00:20:12,466 --> 00:20:15,236
And did you find
a computer or cell phone?
456
00:20:15,276 --> 00:20:17,262
You're not even
trying to hide it, are you?
457
00:20:21,308 --> 00:20:22,532
Team Gibbs sent you.
458
00:20:22,561 --> 00:20:24,915
Of course they did.
I'm trying to confirm
459
00:20:24,968 --> 00:20:26,459
the victim's COVID contact tracing.
460
00:20:26,489 --> 00:20:28,055
Did the body test positive?
461
00:20:28,082 --> 00:20:30,620
Uh, no, no, but as you said, uh,
462
00:20:30,663 --> 00:20:33,348
"He was painting houses all over town."
463
00:20:33,391 --> 00:20:35,964
Yes. Why?
464
00:20:35,989 --> 00:20:38,165
Well, then, despite
a negative COVID test,
465
00:20:38,208 --> 00:20:40,200
his close relations and/or possessions
466
00:20:40,281 --> 00:20:41,472
could have been exposed.
467
00:20:41,516 --> 00:20:44,345
What? Uh... How?
468
00:20:44,388 --> 00:20:46,260
That's for the compliance
officer to determine.
469
00:20:46,303 --> 00:20:48,001
But in my medical opinion,
470
00:20:48,044 --> 00:20:50,612
we should just test all
the evidence. You know, just...
471
00:20:50,656 --> 00:20:52,483
- just in case.
- This is absurd.
472
00:20:52,527 --> 00:20:54,224
Team Gibbs is just using you
473
00:20:54,268 --> 00:20:55,661
to nose into this case.
474
00:20:55,704 --> 00:20:58,395
Agent Sawyer, our job
is to help the team.
475
00:20:58,458 --> 00:21:01,231
Now, do your job.
476
00:21:10,937 --> 00:21:12,317
Gibbs.
477
00:21:12,678 --> 00:21:15,332
Yeah, I-I'm glad to get your call.
478
00:21:15,376 --> 00:21:17,073
I spoke with the IG.
479
00:21:17,117 --> 00:21:19,380
I think it's time we talk next steps.
480
00:21:19,423 --> 00:21:21,425
I'm not calling about that, Director.
481
00:21:21,469 --> 00:21:22,871
A reporter came to see me.
482
00:21:22,912 --> 00:21:25,168
I heard, uh, someone's
been asking questions.
483
00:21:25,212 --> 00:21:27,374
I hear someone's not answering them.
484
00:21:30,669 --> 00:21:33,873
NCIS has been asked not
to comment on the story, Gibbs.
485
00:21:33,916 --> 00:21:36,440
There is no story. Just truth.
486
00:21:36,925 --> 00:21:39,922
I agree. But the matter
has already been handled,
487
00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:41,886
internally and appropriately.
488
00:21:41,930 --> 00:21:43,801
Then tell them that.
489
00:21:43,845 --> 00:21:47,491
I refuse to publicly throw
one of my agents under the bus.
490
00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:49,633
I don't want protection.
491
00:21:49,677 --> 00:21:52,288
Yeah, you've made that perfectly clear.
492
00:21:52,332 --> 00:21:55,161
Between beating a man half to
death and refusing to apologize,
493
00:21:55,204 --> 00:21:57,990
I seem to be the only one
saving you from yourself.
494
00:21:58,033 --> 00:21:59,730
And quite frankly, Gibbs,
495
00:21:59,774 --> 00:22:01,036
I'm getting tired of it.
496
00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:02,472
Yeah? Then stop.
497
00:22:06,389 --> 00:22:09,088
Hey, Luce? Come on.
498
00:22:09,131 --> 00:22:10,524
Lunch.
499
00:22:17,139 --> 00:22:19,750
Well, that's everything.
500
00:22:20,177 --> 00:22:24,668
No evidence in the murder case,
and no damn COVID.
501
00:22:25,018 --> 00:22:26,672
- Happy now?
- Mm.
502
00:22:31,284 --> 00:22:32,459
Yeah, Tyler.
503
00:22:35,201 --> 00:22:36,637
On my way.
504
00:22:38,616 --> 00:22:40,380
We found the missing girlfriend.
505
00:22:40,423 --> 00:22:42,643
I'll make sure to get
her contact tracing history.
506
00:22:44,775 --> 00:22:46,417
You didn't answer his question.
507
00:22:46,474 --> 00:22:48,431
- Are you happy now?
- No.
508
00:22:48,475 --> 00:22:50,172
- And why not?
- For starters,
509
00:22:50,216 --> 00:22:54,002
what was our handyman
doing with hypodermic needles
510
00:22:54,046 --> 00:22:55,786
in his work van, hmm?
511
00:22:55,830 --> 00:22:58,273
Don't know. Mixing paint colors?
512
00:22:58,298 --> 00:23:00,897
You know, that was Sawyer's
theory, but our dead guy
513
00:23:00,922 --> 00:23:02,402
was not a paint wizard.
514
00:23:02,445 --> 00:23:05,850
So, can you please
run the needles, Kase?
515
00:23:05,902 --> 00:23:08,959
Of course. I'll have the results
to you by the end of the week.
516
00:23:08,983 --> 00:23:09,972
That long?
517
00:23:10,009 --> 00:23:11,587
My plate is full.
518
00:23:11,631 --> 00:23:12,806
When you aren't the lead agents,
519
00:23:12,850 --> 00:23:14,895
your stuff
goes to the bottom of the pile.
520
00:23:14,939 --> 00:23:17,811
There are other agents in this building.
521
00:23:17,855 --> 00:23:21,380
And as annoying as some
of those agents may be...
522
00:23:21,655 --> 00:23:23,034
we're a team.
523
00:23:23,077 --> 00:23:26,080
Which is why you should look at this.
524
00:23:29,996 --> 00:23:31,564
Somebody wrote down a paint code.
525
00:23:31,607 --> 00:23:33,305
9949.
526
00:23:33,348 --> 00:23:34,872
Jade Garden?
527
00:23:34,915 --> 00:23:38,223
It's not in any
of these paint catalogues.
528
00:23:38,266 --> 00:23:39,354
Custom color?
529
00:23:39,398 --> 00:23:41,139
Or a street address?
530
00:23:41,182 --> 00:23:45,099
Garden could be a street suffix,
like court or lane.
531
00:23:45,143 --> 00:23:47,145
Which would mean the lead agents
missed a clue.
532
00:23:47,188 --> 00:23:48,799
Mm. That's what I'm saying.
533
00:23:49,266 --> 00:23:52,759
Okay, but your stuff still goes
to the bottom of the pile.
534
00:23:53,891 --> 00:23:56,816
Are you sure this is 9949 Jade Garden?
535
00:23:56,841 --> 00:23:58,059
Yep.
536
00:23:58,942 --> 00:24:00,898
Federal agents. Hello?
537
00:24:04,111 --> 00:24:05,357
No power.
538
00:24:05,382 --> 00:24:07,819
Ah. Yes there is.
539
00:24:11,413 --> 00:24:12,866
I am completely
540
00:24:12,910 --> 00:24:14,912
flashing back to my days
doing musical theatre.
541
00:24:14,955 --> 00:24:16,565
- Ooh.
- Godspell.
542
00:24:16,609 --> 00:24:18,393
Please sing.
543
00:24:18,765 --> 00:24:20,755
- Forgot the words.
- Ah.
544
00:24:21,396 --> 00:24:22,876
Wonder what our, uh, handyman was doing
545
00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:24,312
with the address of this place.
546
00:24:24,356 --> 00:24:27,185
Mm, maybe another side job?
547
00:24:27,637 --> 00:24:29,448
What did, uh, Agent Tyler think?
548
00:24:29,491 --> 00:24:31,580
Are they meeting us here, or...
549
00:24:31,766 --> 00:24:33,278
Uh...
550
00:24:33,602 --> 00:24:35,382
Are you s... Really?
You didn't call them?
551
00:24:35,453 --> 00:24:38,805
Okay, McGee, we were waiting
to find something more relevant.
552
00:24:39,195 --> 00:24:40,221
Hey, yo.
553
00:24:40,955 --> 00:24:42,444
I think we just did.
554
00:24:50,186 --> 00:24:51,912
What is all this?
555
00:24:53,385 --> 00:24:55,779
I recognize this place.
556
00:24:55,822 --> 00:24:57,563
All these photos
are from SECDEF's house.
557
00:24:57,606 --> 00:25:00,000
Yeah,
the handyman wasn't painting the house.
558
00:25:00,044 --> 00:25:01,480
He was casing the joint.
559
00:25:01,523 --> 00:25:02,829
For what?
560
00:25:03,340 --> 00:25:05,527
Something he wanted to keep secret.
561
00:25:07,481 --> 00:25:08,988
Nobody move.
562
00:25:20,194 --> 00:25:22,196
This place is wired to blow.
563
00:25:28,935 --> 00:25:30,936
- Director.
- Gentlemen.
564
00:25:33,406 --> 00:25:35,103
Well, you've been busy.
565
00:25:35,147 --> 00:25:38,063
How'd the COVID officers
end up defusing bombs?
566
00:25:38,106 --> 00:25:40,973
Well, sir, during the, uh,
course of our assignment,
567
00:25:41,031 --> 00:25:43,227
we discovered
that SECDEF McClane's house
568
00:25:43,266 --> 00:25:45,287
had recently been painted
by our murder victim.
569
00:25:45,331 --> 00:25:48,378
A bad color to match a bad guy.
570
00:25:48,421 --> 00:25:50,031
Yes, I read the file.
571
00:25:50,075 --> 00:25:52,599
Lance Corporal Flint
had a history of violence.
572
00:25:52,643 --> 00:25:54,403
And we wanted to make sure his murder
573
00:25:54,469 --> 00:25:56,290
didn't pose a security threat
to the summit.
574
00:25:56,318 --> 00:25:57,985
- Hmm.
- So we investigated.
575
00:25:58,024 --> 00:26:00,521
And? Does it pose a threat?
576
00:26:00,546 --> 00:26:01,895
Oh, more than we knew.
577
00:26:01,939 --> 00:26:04,115
We-we found weapons, phony IDs,
578
00:26:04,158 --> 00:26:06,651
even, uh, an offshore bank
account with $100,000 in it.
579
00:26:06,681 --> 00:26:08,011
We also
580
00:26:08,068 --> 00:26:11,905
found, uh, surveillance photos,
all of SECDEF McClane.
581
00:26:11,949 --> 00:26:15,735
We believe the murder victim
was also a hit man.
582
00:26:15,779 --> 00:26:18,564
And SECDEF was his next target.
583
00:26:18,607 --> 00:26:21,001
Thankfully, they were never
at the house at the same time.
584
00:26:21,045 --> 00:26:22,742
So who hired this hit man?
585
00:26:23,044 --> 00:26:24,744
And is the hit still active?
586
00:26:24,788 --> 00:26:26,267
Well, we don't know yet.
587
00:26:26,311 --> 00:26:27,878
But we are on it, Director.
588
00:26:27,921 --> 00:26:29,793
No, you're not.
589
00:26:29,836 --> 00:26:33,057
As much as I appreciate your
carefully-worded explanation,
590
00:26:33,100 --> 00:26:37,235
this team has once again
overstepped bounds.
591
00:26:37,278 --> 00:26:39,411
- Where are Agents Tyler and Sawyer?
- We were planning
592
00:26:39,454 --> 00:26:41,500
on sharing everything
that we found with them, sir.
593
00:26:41,543 --> 00:26:44,851
Yes. You're also going to follow
their orders from here on out.
594
00:26:44,895 --> 00:26:47,201
They still have lead.
595
00:26:47,471 --> 00:26:48,602
Understood?
596
00:26:52,859 --> 00:26:54,252
We found the victim's girlfriend.
597
00:26:54,295 --> 00:26:57,124
Turns out she has an alibi,
so... not our killer.
598
00:26:57,168 --> 00:27:00,127
But we did get into Flint's
encrypted email account.
599
00:27:01,172 --> 00:27:02,434
He exchanged messages
600
00:27:02,477 --> 00:27:04,349
with whoever hired him to kill SECDEF.
601
00:27:04,392 --> 00:27:06,394
Still nothing to identify that person,
602
00:27:06,438 --> 00:27:09,267
but the emails show Flint
was blackmailing his employer.
603
00:27:09,310 --> 00:27:12,661
"If you want to stay anonymous,
I want more money."
604
00:27:12,705 --> 00:27:13,967
Could be motive for murder.
605
00:27:14,011 --> 00:27:15,534
So you think whoever hired the hit man
606
00:27:15,577 --> 00:27:16,796
also killed him.
607
00:27:16,840 --> 00:27:18,015
That makes sense.
608
00:27:18,349 --> 00:27:19,843
What we really need is a list
609
00:27:19,886 --> 00:27:21,453
of who wants SECDEF dead.
610
00:27:21,496 --> 00:27:24,064
You know, background stuff.
611
00:27:24,439 --> 00:27:25,849
Computer stuff.
612
00:27:25,892 --> 00:27:26,850
Nerd stuff.
613
00:27:26,893 --> 00:27:28,634
- You got a problem with that?
- Yes.
614
00:27:28,677 --> 00:27:30,679
SECDEF's life is in danger
and you're playing petty games.
615
00:27:30,723 --> 00:27:32,507
Oh, I'm not playing games.
616
00:27:32,551 --> 00:27:34,509
I simply don't trust you.
617
00:27:35,075 --> 00:27:36,598
What the hell do you want from us?
618
00:27:36,642 --> 00:27:39,036
- I want you to stop screwing up.
- Whoa. Sawyer.
619
00:27:40,194 --> 00:27:42,126
NCIS is a team.
620
00:27:42,169 --> 00:27:45,956
And when you screw up,
it makes us all look bad.
621
00:27:56,654 --> 00:27:58,656
Lucy, stay.
622
00:28:09,153 --> 00:28:10,850
I come bearing gifts.
623
00:28:10,894 --> 00:28:12,460
A peace offering.
624
00:28:12,937 --> 00:28:14,531
It's a steak.
625
00:28:15,550 --> 00:28:17,204
Maybe.
626
00:28:17,581 --> 00:28:19,496
No, it's not.
627
00:28:20,251 --> 00:28:22,122
I was never given the opportunity
628
00:28:22,166 --> 00:28:25,038
to explain myself
at the diner the other day.
629
00:28:25,082 --> 00:28:27,214
First, that was not an act.
630
00:28:27,258 --> 00:28:29,456
And it certainly was not an ambush.
631
00:28:29,495 --> 00:28:31,088
That's not who I am.
632
00:28:31,131 --> 00:28:35,048
I was merely trying
to work my way up into a...
633
00:28:35,092 --> 00:28:38,747
a very nice introduction
by use of a little small talk.
634
00:28:38,791 --> 00:28:41,300
But by then, it was too late, so...
635
00:28:41,761 --> 00:28:43,589
here I am.
636
00:28:45,645 --> 00:28:46,843
Why?
637
00:28:46,886 --> 00:28:48,322
Because I want to give you something
638
00:28:48,366 --> 00:28:50,498
more than just this steak.
639
00:28:55,555 --> 00:28:58,115
Ignore the loquacious patron
from the diner and just...
640
00:28:58,158 --> 00:29:00,639
just read my work.
641
00:29:00,682 --> 00:29:04,338
There are newspaper articles
and magazine columns.
642
00:29:04,382 --> 00:29:07,298
But what I am most proud of
is my investigative work.
643
00:29:07,341 --> 00:29:08,995
Which is about exposing the truth.
644
00:29:09,039 --> 00:29:11,737
And I know you know something
about the truth,
645
00:29:11,780 --> 00:29:13,913
and I want to be the one
to write about it.
646
00:29:15,328 --> 00:29:17,722
Because that's who I am.
647
00:29:27,753 --> 00:29:30,321
In that case, I, uh...
648
00:29:30,364 --> 00:29:32,366
I thank you for your time.
649
00:29:32,410 --> 00:29:35,456
Enjoy the... whatever that is,
650
00:29:36,237 --> 00:29:38,024
and good luck on your boat engine.
651
00:29:38,274 --> 00:29:40,363
Wait, wait. My what?
652
00:29:40,575 --> 00:29:41,898
Your boat...
653
00:29:41,941 --> 00:29:45,075
That's a carburetor
for a Graymarine Phantom, right?
654
00:29:48,153 --> 00:29:50,710
I hear they're a pain in the ass.
655
00:29:58,001 --> 00:29:59,959
Are you waiting
to see Secretary McClane?
656
00:30:00,003 --> 00:30:03,223
Yes. He's inside, uh, meeting
with his security detail.
657
00:30:03,267 --> 00:30:06,357
My embassy was informed
of the threat on his life.
658
00:30:06,684 --> 00:30:08,794
I'm afraid the summit must be cancelled.
659
00:30:08,837 --> 00:30:10,665
Maybe it can happen another time?
660
00:30:12,015 --> 00:30:13,973
A foreign minister meeting on U.S. soil
661
00:30:14,017 --> 00:30:16,497
has already caused outcry back home.
662
00:30:16,541 --> 00:30:19,631
The chances of it
happening again are very small.
663
00:30:19,674 --> 00:30:20,949
I'm sorry.
664
00:30:21,459 --> 00:30:23,417
So am I, Agent Bishop.
665
00:30:24,331 --> 00:30:26,072
With my would-be assassin dead,
666
00:30:26,116 --> 00:30:28,683
I was hoping that the threat
had been neutralized.
667
00:30:28,727 --> 00:30:30,076
We still have to find
whoever hired him, sir.
668
00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:31,295
That's why I'm here.
669
00:30:31,338 --> 00:30:33,514
What, to ask me about my enemies?
670
00:30:34,646 --> 00:30:36,169
That could take a while.
671
00:30:36,213 --> 00:30:37,605
Would you excuse us, please?
672
00:30:37,649 --> 00:30:39,999
I understand. Mr. Secretary.
673
00:30:40,301 --> 00:30:41,827
Thank you.
674
00:30:42,799 --> 00:30:44,655
- Please.
- Ah. Thank you.
675
00:30:45,965 --> 00:30:47,528
Well...
676
00:30:47,572 --> 00:30:50,705
there goes any chance of real progress.
677
00:30:55,400 --> 00:30:57,495
They're kidney meds, Agent Bishop.
678
00:30:57,538 --> 00:31:00,662
Damn stress will probably kill
me long before any assassin.
679
00:31:06,634 --> 00:31:09,948
Vital foreign policy decisions
should not be determined
680
00:31:09,997 --> 00:31:12,597
by a bunch of damn Internet crazies.
681
00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:15,078
Sounds like you know who's behind this.
682
00:31:15,121 --> 00:31:17,254
No. No, I...
683
00:31:17,297 --> 00:31:20,083
Look, just forget I said anything.
684
00:31:20,385 --> 00:31:22,953
Even if it means a chance
at saving your summit?
685
00:31:28,933 --> 00:31:31,544
I made a bad call ten years ago.
686
00:31:32,834 --> 00:31:34,619
It was a mistake
687
00:31:35,106 --> 00:31:37,233
that I deeply regret.
688
00:31:37,578 --> 00:31:39,754
SECDEF wasn't
kidding. This was a bad call.
689
00:31:39,798 --> 00:31:41,539
There was, uh, an Al-Qaeda standoff
690
00:31:41,582 --> 00:31:43,932
near an Iraqi oil refinery.
691
00:31:43,976 --> 00:31:46,413
And rather than try and negotiate,
692
00:31:46,457 --> 00:31:49,721
General McClane
took a different approach.
693
00:31:49,764 --> 00:31:51,201
All hell broke loose and the refinery
694
00:31:51,244 --> 00:31:53,072
burned to the ground.
695
00:31:53,116 --> 00:31:54,465
Do people want him dead for this?
696
00:31:54,508 --> 00:31:56,032
There's this online
community that thinks
697
00:31:56,075 --> 00:31:57,859
the incident is some kind of
698
00:31:57,903 --> 00:31:59,687
massive conspiracy.
699
00:31:59,731 --> 00:32:02,125
SECDEF "purposely destroyed the refinery
700
00:32:02,168 --> 00:32:05,041
to cover up his secret
ties to oil barons."
701
00:32:05,084 --> 00:32:08,305
Radical user groups
have been posting death threats.
702
00:32:08,348 --> 00:32:09,828
Gives us a lot of suspects.
703
00:32:10,224 --> 00:32:12,048
Oh, I think I can help with that.
704
00:32:12,393 --> 00:32:14,963
You listened to
the piano player's demo CD?
705
00:32:15,007 --> 00:32:17,488
I did more than listen.
Check your email.
706
00:32:17,531 --> 00:32:19,185
Hmm.
707
00:32:19,229 --> 00:32:21,622
Security records for the summit.
708
00:32:21,666 --> 00:32:24,408
You reran the entire guest list.
709
00:32:24,451 --> 00:32:26,888
- I was looking for red flags.
- You find any?
710
00:32:26,932 --> 00:32:28,499
Yeah. The last name on this CD
711
00:32:28,542 --> 00:32:29,978
doesn't match the one on the list.
712
00:32:32,242 --> 00:32:35,854
Kendle Spotnitz is actually
Kendle Radcliffe.
713
00:32:35,897 --> 00:32:37,334
Why would he use a phony ID?
714
00:32:37,377 --> 00:32:39,205
Because the piano player
715
00:32:39,249 --> 00:32:41,120
has a rap sheet for drug possession.
716
00:32:41,164 --> 00:32:42,469
He would have failed
the background check.
717
00:32:42,513 --> 00:32:43,688
Nice catch.
718
00:32:43,731 --> 00:32:44,993
You did all this on your own?
719
00:32:45,037 --> 00:32:47,518
Oh, hell no.
I practically begged the, uh...
720
00:32:47,970 --> 00:32:49,650
cyber crime unit.
721
00:32:49,694 --> 00:32:51,130
Damn, you nerded hard.
722
00:32:51,174 --> 00:32:52,610
I nerded real hard.
723
00:32:52,653 --> 00:32:54,699
Okay, hang on. Check this out.
724
00:32:54,742 --> 00:32:57,789
Piano player talked to
our Internet crazies.
725
00:32:57,832 --> 00:33:00,008
And he seemed to hate the Man.
726
00:33:00,052 --> 00:33:01,575
I think that's motive.
727
00:33:01,619 --> 00:33:03,011
Well, let's ask him.
728
00:33:03,055 --> 00:33:04,839
Okay, okay.
729
00:33:04,883 --> 00:33:08,016
Now, we can't go anywhere until
we talk to Tyler and Sawyer.
730
00:33:08,060 --> 00:33:09,801
Hold on, hold on.
731
00:33:14,110 --> 00:33:15,328
No answer.
732
00:33:17,156 --> 00:33:18,940
We should call Agent Tyler again
just in case.
733
00:33:18,984 --> 00:33:21,073
Don't bother. We can
handle a jazz musician.
734
00:33:21,117 --> 00:33:22,509
Okay.
735
00:33:25,512 --> 00:33:27,514
Federal agents.
736
00:33:29,960 --> 00:33:31,048
NCIS!
737
00:33:31,866 --> 00:33:33,172
Whoa!
738
00:33:33,216 --> 00:33:34,565
Easy.
739
00:33:35,248 --> 00:33:36,728
It's just us.
740
00:33:38,187 --> 00:33:39,744
Didn't you see the cop outside?
741
00:33:39,787 --> 00:33:41,441
No, there was no cop outside.
742
00:33:41,485 --> 00:33:42,964
We heard a crash.
743
00:33:43,008 --> 00:33:44,531
I dropped a dish.
744
00:33:44,575 --> 00:33:46,403
- Where's Kendle?
- Relax.
745
00:33:46,446 --> 00:33:48,361
He's not going anywhere.
746
00:33:56,456 --> 00:33:58,197
He was dead when we found him.
747
00:33:58,624 --> 00:34:00,068
What happened?
748
00:34:00,112 --> 00:34:01,766
I have a better question.
749
00:34:02,767 --> 00:34:04,638
What the hell are you two
even doing here?
750
00:34:11,045 --> 00:34:13,221
We traced the earlier emails
to an IP address
751
00:34:13,265 --> 00:34:14,875
at the piano player's apartment.
752
00:34:14,918 --> 00:34:16,703
That's how we beat you there.
753
00:34:17,791 --> 00:34:18,966
Sorry.
754
00:34:19,009 --> 00:34:20,806
When we arrived,
we found Kendle Radcliffe
755
00:34:20,868 --> 00:34:23,579
dead in his bathtub,
single intraoral gunshot wound.
756
00:34:23,623 --> 00:34:25,625
GSR on his hand says suicide.
757
00:34:25,668 --> 00:34:27,409
We then found a laptop containing
758
00:34:27,453 --> 00:34:29,803
the same blackmail messages
from our hitman.
759
00:34:29,846 --> 00:34:32,371
So the piano player hired the hitman,
760
00:34:32,414 --> 00:34:34,547
killed the hitman,
and then killed himself.
761
00:34:34,590 --> 00:34:36,375
The Glock used in the suicide
was a match
762
00:34:36,418 --> 00:34:37,767
to the murder weapon.
763
00:34:37,811 --> 00:34:40,727
Which means the dead
piano player is our killer.
764
00:34:41,375 --> 00:34:42,503
Case closed.
765
00:34:42,794 --> 00:34:45,318
SECDEF's event is back on for tonight.
766
00:34:49,083 --> 00:34:52,086
This is the part
where you congratulate us.
767
00:34:52,129 --> 00:34:53,609
Where do you think the piano player
768
00:34:53,653 --> 00:34:55,263
got the money to hire a hitman?
769
00:34:55,307 --> 00:34:57,309
He hasn't worked for a year.
770
00:34:57,352 --> 00:34:59,398
And why kill himself?
771
00:34:59,441 --> 00:35:03,315
You said the guy used a fake ID
to get the gig at SECDEF's.
772
00:35:03,358 --> 00:35:06,448
He knew it was only a matter
of time until we found out.
773
00:35:06,492 --> 00:35:07,493
And what about the money?
774
00:35:07,536 --> 00:35:09,364
We suspect he crowdsourced it
775
00:35:09,408 --> 00:35:11,540
from his fellow Internet crazies.
776
00:35:11,584 --> 00:35:13,977
I don't know. Seems kind of convenient.
777
00:35:14,021 --> 00:35:15,501
Yeah, a little too convenient.
778
00:35:15,544 --> 00:35:16,632
I don't believe this.
779
00:35:16,676 --> 00:35:17,720
There is no evidence
780
00:35:17,764 --> 00:35:18,852
that the hit is still active
781
00:35:18,895 --> 00:35:20,810
and everyone involved is dead.
782
00:35:21,499 --> 00:35:22,769
What more do you want?
783
00:35:22,812 --> 00:35:25,685
It just feels like
we're missing something.
784
00:35:25,728 --> 00:35:28,253
Do you have anything to prove that?
785
00:35:28,965 --> 00:35:30,907
Other than some gut feeling?
786
00:35:34,041 --> 00:35:35,172
Then it's over.
787
00:35:37,479 --> 00:35:38,785
Well, unless...
788
00:35:39,873 --> 00:35:42,528
Unless your feeling's
strong enough to call Vance.
789
00:35:49,274 --> 00:35:51,711
No. Congrats on the win.
790
00:35:54,191 --> 00:35:56,324
Guys, we did the right thing.
791
00:35:56,368 --> 00:35:58,283
Then why does it feel so wrong?
792
00:35:58,326 --> 00:36:00,674
Thought I said this was a no-pity zone.
793
00:36:00,714 --> 00:36:02,199
What are y'all doing in here?
794
00:36:02,243 --> 00:36:03,375
We have a gut feeling.
795
00:36:03,418 --> 00:36:04,680
You mean the feeling
796
00:36:04,724 --> 00:36:06,029
that something doesn't add up
797
00:36:06,073 --> 00:36:08,205
and the answer
is staring us in the face?
798
00:36:08,249 --> 00:36:09,294
Yeah, how'd you know?
799
00:36:09,337 --> 00:36:11,165
Because I have the same feeling.
800
00:36:11,208 --> 00:36:14,168
I've been processing evidence
from the suicide scene.
801
00:36:14,211 --> 00:36:15,387
Please tell us you got something.
802
00:36:15,430 --> 00:36:17,345
Like last-minute evidence
803
00:36:17,389 --> 00:36:19,347
that could crack this case wide open?
804
00:36:19,391 --> 00:36:20,522
- Uh, yeah.
- Yes, no,
805
00:36:20,566 --> 00:36:21,436
Yes, yes. You got something like that?
806
00:36:21,480 --> 00:36:22,959
Well, I don't.
807
00:36:23,003 --> 00:36:25,788
Everything so far points
to murder, then suicide.
808
00:36:25,832 --> 00:36:27,341
Sorry.
809
00:36:29,444 --> 00:36:31,403
What's that, Kase... a break?
810
00:36:31,446 --> 00:36:32,969
Cork and potassium.
811
00:36:33,013 --> 00:36:34,319
And what is that?
812
00:36:34,362 --> 00:36:36,103
I was finally able to process
813
00:36:36,146 --> 00:36:38,018
the syringes from the hit man van,
814
00:36:38,061 --> 00:36:39,411
but the results only show
815
00:36:39,454 --> 00:36:42,109
compressed cork and liquid potassium.
816
00:36:42,152 --> 00:36:43,328
Not exactly helpful.
817
00:36:43,371 --> 00:36:44,744
Cork is used in everything
818
00:36:44,799 --> 00:36:47,114
from bulletin boards to wine bottles.
819
00:36:47,157 --> 00:36:49,116
And liquid potassium is harmless.
820
00:36:49,159 --> 00:36:50,465
Well, it was a nice try.
821
00:36:50,509 --> 00:36:53,468
Unless you have a kidney condition.
822
00:36:53,512 --> 00:36:54,687
What's that?
823
00:36:54,730 --> 00:36:57,385
Potassium is harmless
824
00:36:57,429 --> 00:36:58,952
unless you have a kidney condition,
825
00:36:58,995 --> 00:37:02,129
and SECDEF McClane takes kidney meds.
826
00:37:02,172 --> 00:37:05,350
Then these levels of potassium
would send his system into shock
827
00:37:05,393 --> 00:37:07,177
and he'd be dead within minutes.
828
00:37:07,221 --> 00:37:09,223
Did the hit man plan to inject him?
829
00:37:09,266 --> 00:37:11,704
But that doesn't explain the cork.
830
00:37:11,747 --> 00:37:14,315
Unless the hit man
injected something else.
831
00:37:21,087 --> 00:37:24,020
Uh, if I could have
everyone's attention, please.
832
00:37:25,717 --> 00:37:26,980
Thank you.
833
00:37:27,023 --> 00:37:29,112
In a time of great distancing...
834
00:37:29,156 --> 00:37:31,898
Both physically and politically...
835
00:37:32,880 --> 00:37:35,205
It's important that we come together now
836
00:37:35,249 --> 00:37:36,206
more than ever,
837
00:37:36,250 --> 00:37:38,034
both as friends
838
00:37:38,078 --> 00:37:39,514
and allies.
839
00:37:46,739 --> 00:37:48,828
- Did you stop the toast?
- Hang on, slow down.
840
00:37:48,871 --> 00:37:50,003
We checked every bottle of champagne.
841
00:37:50,046 --> 00:37:51,047
There were no signs of tampering.
842
00:37:51,091 --> 00:37:52,571
Yeah, we told you there wouldn't be.
843
00:37:52,614 --> 00:37:54,094
A tiny needle prick.
844
00:37:54,485 --> 00:37:55,878
This is crazy.
845
00:37:55,922 --> 00:37:57,445
You're just the COVID officers.
846
00:37:57,489 --> 00:37:58,816
We're federal agents.
847
00:37:58,846 --> 00:38:01,406
So please join me in raising a glass
848
00:38:01,449 --> 00:38:02,885
to our renewed partnership
849
00:38:03,302 --> 00:38:04,782
and to peace.
850
00:38:05,540 --> 00:38:07,020
NCIS! Do not move!
851
00:38:07,063 --> 00:38:08,630
Everybody put your glasses down.
852
00:38:08,674 --> 00:38:10,292
Mister Secretary, do not drink that!
853
00:38:18,510 --> 00:38:20,512
Please, Minister, wait.
854
00:38:21,011 --> 00:38:23,384
I assure you this is
all a misunderstanding.
855
00:38:26,757 --> 00:38:28,757
_
856
00:38:29,395 --> 00:38:30,783
Thank you.
857
00:38:30,826 --> 00:38:32,088
I sure hope you have a
good explanation for this,
858
00:38:32,132 --> 00:38:33,133
Agent McGee.
859
00:38:33,176 --> 00:38:35,527
So do I, sir.
860
00:38:35,570 --> 00:38:38,094
Now, if we're right, the strip
should turn bright red.
861
00:38:38,138 --> 00:38:40,401
- Right about what?
- Potassium.
862
00:38:40,698 --> 00:38:44,100
Deadly to someone
with a chronic kidney condition.
863
00:38:52,890 --> 00:38:54,674
I'll be damned.
864
00:38:55,416 --> 00:38:58,201
How the hell's a piano player
know my medical history?
865
00:38:58,245 --> 00:38:59,246
He didn't.
866
00:38:59,289 --> 00:39:01,074
Someone else was behind this.
867
00:39:01,117 --> 00:39:04,556
Someone who had access
to security records.
868
00:39:06,383 --> 00:39:08,342
Is this some sort of joke, Agent Bishop?
869
00:39:08,385 --> 00:39:10,126
You have some explaining to do.
870
00:39:10,708 --> 00:39:12,708
_
871
00:39:14,039 --> 00:39:16,039
_
872
00:39:20,920 --> 00:39:24,010
Nasser Al-Kamal
hired a hit man to kill SECDEF,
873
00:39:24,053 --> 00:39:26,099
but not for what happened in the past.
874
00:39:26,142 --> 00:39:28,101
For what was about to happen.
875
00:39:28,144 --> 00:39:31,104
Mm-hmm. A U.S. alliance
with his country.
876
00:39:31,147 --> 00:39:32,235
As it turns out,
877
00:39:32,279 --> 00:39:33,802
Mister Al-Kamal was part of a Yemeni
878
00:39:33,846 --> 00:39:35,630
nationalist group online.
879
00:39:36,712 --> 00:39:38,415
They have Internet crazies, too.
880
00:39:38,459 --> 00:39:40,853
But when the hit man
threatened to expose Kamal,
881
00:39:40,896 --> 00:39:42,635
Kamal killed him.
882
00:39:43,072 --> 00:39:45,805
Then set up the piano player
to take the fall.
883
00:39:46,162 --> 00:39:48,077
Hardly seems worth the trouble.
884
00:39:48,121 --> 00:39:50,602
I mean, why not just
try to kill me himself?
885
00:39:50,645 --> 00:39:52,299
Plausible deniability, sir.
886
00:39:53,343 --> 00:39:56,999
Well, it's a good thing NCIS
had their top team on the case.
887
00:39:58,435 --> 00:39:59,567
So...
888
00:39:59,611 --> 00:40:00,786
how'd you crack it?
889
00:40:00,829 --> 00:40:02,744
When we found the piano player dead,
890
00:40:02,788 --> 00:40:04,529
his apartment was a mess.
891
00:40:06,095 --> 00:40:08,184
All except for the towels.
892
00:40:08,228 --> 00:40:10,317
We learned that Mr. Al-Kamal is very OCD
893
00:40:10,360 --> 00:40:11,927
with wrinkles.
894
00:40:11,971 --> 00:40:15,278
And you ran the towels for touch DNA.
895
00:40:15,322 --> 00:40:17,019
So you confirmed all this
896
00:40:17,063 --> 00:40:19,195
before you sent the other team
to crash the party?
897
00:40:19,239 --> 00:40:21,197
Not exactly, Director.
898
00:40:21,241 --> 00:40:23,092
It was more of a gut feeling.
899
00:40:23,834 --> 00:40:25,444
Whose gut feeling?
900
00:40:30,642 --> 00:40:32,252
Ah, thanks, Todd.
901
00:40:34,353 --> 00:40:35,647
You think Todd knows?
902
00:40:35,690 --> 00:40:37,126
What, that we saved SECDEF
903
00:40:37,170 --> 00:40:39,041
or that we let Tyler and Sawyer
take the credit?
904
00:40:39,085 --> 00:40:40,608
All of it.
905
00:40:41,696 --> 00:40:43,219
But...
906
00:40:43,263 --> 00:40:45,221
we are a team, right?
907
00:40:47,572 --> 00:40:48,877
Thanks, Ronnie.
908
00:40:48,921 --> 00:40:50,966
No, thank you.
909
00:40:51,010 --> 00:40:52,838
And also...
910
00:40:52,881 --> 00:40:54,491
we're sorry.
911
00:40:54,535 --> 00:40:56,668
Vance mentioned this morning's news.
912
00:40:57,021 --> 00:40:58,234
We read the article.
913
00:40:58,571 --> 00:41:00,094
What article?
914
00:41:00,972 --> 00:41:03,278
Paper ran a story on Gibbs.
915
00:41:04,980 --> 00:41:06,460
What about him?
916
00:41:06,927 --> 00:41:08,767
Well, your team is not mentioned,
917
00:41:08,810 --> 00:41:10,507
but everything else is.
918
00:41:10,551 --> 00:41:12,727
The attack, the investigation,
919
00:41:12,771 --> 00:41:14,033
his confession.
920
00:41:15,686 --> 00:41:17,471
How bad is it, McGee?
921
00:41:17,514 --> 00:41:18,777
You know what, it's really accurate.
922
00:41:18,820 --> 00:41:21,214
Everything Gibbs said and-and did is...
923
00:41:21,257 --> 00:41:23,085
is in here almost word-for-word.
924
00:41:23,129 --> 00:41:25,087
There's no way a reporter
would know all of this.
925
00:41:25,131 --> 00:41:26,915
Unless...
926
00:41:26,959 --> 00:41:29,135
someone talked.
927
00:41:31,267 --> 00:41:32,791
Don't look at me.
928
00:41:39,639 --> 00:41:41,162
Director.
929
00:41:42,160 --> 00:41:43,639
Want a drink?
930
00:41:44,803 --> 00:41:46,848
I won't be here that long.
931
00:41:47,525 --> 00:41:49,570
You talked to the reporter.
932
00:41:50,765 --> 00:41:52,680
I only told the truth.
933
00:41:52,724 --> 00:41:53,768
Yes.
934
00:41:54,058 --> 00:41:55,851
That's not why I'm here.
935
00:41:56,727 --> 00:41:59,208
I came here to tell you, face-to-face...
936
00:42:01,428 --> 00:42:03,691
...whatever comes of this story,
937
00:42:04,208 --> 00:42:06,906
whatever happens next, Gibbs...
938
00:42:07,477 --> 00:42:09,131
...I can't save you.
939
00:42:11,608 --> 00:42:13,088
I know.
66431