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[in Vietnamese] Quick.
And you, do your job faster.

Nam Ha, what kind of sewing
are you doing? That bad?

I have already tried my best.

I'll beat you if you dare
talking back. Do it quickly.

[in English] Second floor, go!

Let's go, let's go!

[metallic clattering]

[door bangs open]

INS! Don't move!

[in Vietnamese]
Run! Run, girls! Run! Quick!

[in English] Go, go, go!

[panicked shouting]

[man 1] INS!

Stop or I'll shoot!

[man 2] All right, all right,
don't, don't shoot.

Don't make me.

You want to show me
your green card, Pal?

My ID's in my left coat pocket.

I'm Lieutenant Bao Hien.
United States Marine Corps.

Well, Semper Fi, Lieutenant.
You're under arrest.

[theme music playing]

[Chegwidden] Last night
the INS raided a warehouse
in Baltimore.

The building was vacant,
except for the teenage girls
sewing.

A, uh, sweatshop was uncovered,

third one
in the last six months.

Sixteen undocumented aliens
from Vietnam were detained,

along with one
Marine Lieutenant Bao Hien.

INS doesn't figure him
as a ringleader,

so they kicked him back to us,
uh, for an investigation

in possible people smuggling.

Lieutenant Hien
was a decorated aviator.

He was a helicopter crew chief
and a gunner in the Gulf War.

He completed the enlisted
commissioning program,
he went to flight school

and flew humanitarian missions
as a pilot in Somalia.

Not to mention
being a Marine Corps poster boy

for pulling yourself up
by the bootstraps.

Lieutenant Hien
was on one of the last helos
out of Saigon in '75.

He started his life in America
as a child refugee.

Inspired to become a Marine
by the Marines who rescued him.

What does the Lieutenant say
he was doing in that warehouse,
sir?

"Looking for something
to steal."

Maybe choosing the lesser
of two evils.

Commercial Burglary
carries a lighter penalty
than people smuggling.

You know, a guy like this
just doesn't wake up one day
and decide to be a criminal.

Well, what he's already admitted
to is an Article 130 violation
and conduct unbecoming.

Obviously, the Marines
are watching this closely.

That's why I want both of you
on it.

Lieutenant Hien's stationed
in Pax River.

He's, uh, grounded
pending the outcome.

And take Petty Officer Coates
with you.

I want her
to get some field experience.

-That'll be all.
-Yes, sir.

Oh, and, uh, let's get
to the bottom of this quickly.

Uh, with Mac on the bench,

we're kind of short of lawyers
around here.

-Understood, sir.
-Yes, sir.

-[knocking]
-Enter!

Excuse me, Admiral.
SECNAV is here, sir.

[SECNAV] Hello, gentlemen.
Good to see you.

I want to thank you
for your fine work
in the friendly fire case.

And yours
in that Empty Quiver matter.

Thank you, Commanders.

-Thank you, sir.
-Appreciate that, sir.

-Admiral.
-Secretary.

Um,

I came here myself,
because I wanted to make sure

that you didn't read about this
in some memo

and draw the wrong conclusions.

Read what, sir?

Well, this business with you

ejecting out of an F-14.

The Washington Post
wants to know

what a two-star Admiral is doing

tooling
around the friendly skies

with a lawyer at the helm.

This kind of thing
gives CHINFO a bad rash.

Commander Rabb had taken me up
to demonstrate a flaw

in the heads-up display
in the plane.

It was JAG business, sir.

I assumed that
there was a good explanation.

And it won't take long
to clear the matter.

Beyond that,
there's just some housekeeping

that bears examination.

So, you want
to send an investigator?

Just to pacify the powers
that be.

I have full confidence
in your ability

to stand up to scrutiny, A.J.

[man] Prints from several
of the girls we have in custody
were matched to this container.

I've seen these babies
with plumbing, air conditioning.

-Sounds like
a real pleasure cruise.
-What are we supposed to do?

Give out tickets at the border?
"Free show, standing room only."

Have you found anything
to directly tie Lieutenant Hien
to these crates?

[man] Not yet. We're still
combing the warehouse.

We figure the Lieutenant was
just there picking up
his percentage of the profits.

You arrested the Lieutenant

based solely on the fact
that he was there that night.

There was no evidence
of a payoff.

Ah, if it walks like a duck.

Hardly a legal argument.

Well, I'm hardly a lawyer.

That's why I gave the Lieutenant
to you.

The fact is, Commanders,
there is nothing worth stealing

in that warehouse.

Your Lieutenant's
either a bad thief
or a good liar.

[Rabb] You've noticed
nothing suspicious, Mrs. Hien?

Nothing to suggest
your husband was involved

in the smuggling
of foreign nationals?

No, nothing.

You know he's admitted
to breaking and entering.

And I can't explain to that.

Ah, it's just not like Bao.

Not at all.

How long have you been married?

For over one year.

Mrs. Hien, has your husband
ever lied to you?

If my husband lied to me,
Commander,

I never find out about it.

I thought the Navy here
was to help my husband.

You two sound like you're out
for some blood.

We're just trying
to discover the truth,
Mrs. Hien.

I'm done?

For now.

Thank you.

[Chegwidden] Enter.

[Tiner] Excuse me, Admiral.
You have a visitor, sir.

From the SECNAV's office.

Send him in.

Do you know who the SECNAV sent,
sir?

Just send him in, Tiner.

Aye, sir.

Commander.

Admiral.

Commander Lindsey.

That'll be all, Tiner.

Aye, aye, sir.

I wasn't told that you'd be
conducting our audit.

Well, who better, sir? I mean,

I have spent some time here
at JAG.

Well, let's get to it.

What specifically
are the complaints
against our office?

Misallocation of personnel.

Lawyers traveling as tour groups
when one would do.

Sleight of hand
with TAD requests.

Misappropriation
of government property.

-Misappropriation?
-A recent example,

commander Rabb's
commandeering of a Humvee

in the George Washington
National Forest.

He was assisting
Search and Rescue.

A search for and rescue of you,
sir,

making disciplining him
difficult.

By the way, how's your back?

Fine, thank you.

Do what you have to do.

You can use the conference room.

Just steer clear
of all JAG business, Commander.

Aye, aye, sir.

Uh, sir?

I don't want you
to worry about that business

with the promotion board
you headed.

Passing me over for Captain?

[Coates] This is Suong Khoi, 15,
Ly Truong, 14.

Ask them who brought them here.

[in Vietnamese]
Who brought you two to America?

[in English] Was it this man?

[in Vietnamese] Is this man
the one brought you here?

Will they deport us
back to Vietnam?

[in English] They want to know
if they will be deported.

In all probability, yes.

[in Vietnamese]
Most likely, yes.

[in English] Then...

we do not have reason to tell.

You tell them that I wish
there was a way for them
to stay here.

-[in Vietnamese]
He said he wished...
-[in English] Please!

Make a way.

Then we tell.

[Rabb] Lieutenant Hien?

I'm Commander Rabb.

I'm with the JAG Corps.

Commander. You're an aviator.

Well, not today, Lieutenant.

Well, I guess that's me too.

Grounded as Safety Officer
until further notified.

Take a walk, Lieutenant.

Okay.

I've read your service record.

It's impressive.

You received an air medal
as a door gunner

in the Gulf War.

Yes, sir.

You held off enemy ground fire

while your helo
rescued the survivors
of a downed Black Hawk.

Those men were going
to get picked off one by one,
sir.

We didn't see any option
to our actions.

Well, you got your wings,

you received
an Aerial Achievement Citation

and a Purple Heart all
on your first combat mission.

Srebrenica, sir.
Transporting civilian wounded.

You took shrapnel
and you kept flying, Lieutenant.

You're a brave man.

Not to mention your rapid rise
through the enlisted ranks.

You got your commission
and now you're a Lieutenant.

That is certainly a record
to be proud of.

I'm proud to be a Marine, sir.

Well, let me ask you this,
Lieutenant.

Since you've waived
your Article 31 rights.

Why the hell
would you jeopardize
such an exemplary career

to break into a warehouse?

[sighs]

I don't know how to say it
in a way that, um,

you could understand, Commander.

Lieutenant, I want to believe

there's an explanation
for what happened that night.

Why, Commander?

Why do you want to believe
that I'm anything but a thief?

I guess I want to believe,
Lieutenant,

that your life experiences
made a difference.

April 29th, 1975.

Fall of Saigon.

I was four years old.

My mother was a secretary
at the embassy.

The sound of the helos
over our heads were...

steady as a heartbeat.

Marine guards were shouting.

I didn't even
understand English
at that time, but...

I knew what they were saying
was bad.

That we weren't safe.

I was fortunate.

Others weren't so lucky,
Commander.

That's why
I had to do something.

So you didn't break
into the warehouse

to steal something.

Not to steal anything, sir.

To save something
that was already stolen.

I thought I could just
get them out of there.

Why didn't you tell all this
to the INS?

Because I didn't think
they'd believe me, sir.

But why should I believe you?

I'm guilty either way,
Commander.
I don't expect leniency.

[Rabb] The guy should be
getting a medal
for trying to free those girls,

not facing
a court-martial charge.

The Lieutenant's record
speaks for itself.
He's based his career

on coming to the aid of people
in need.

The Lieutenant acted
with blatant disregard
for the law,

and then lied to the authorities
about it.

You don't have enough
to recommend court-martial

based
on a people-smuggling charge.

And you don't have enough
to recommend against one.

Petty Officer Coates
is pulling invoices
from the cargo company.

Let's find out
who paid for the containers

that brought the girls in,
and then we can decide.

What is your stake
in sending this thing
to court-martial any way?

I don't have one.
No personal feelings at all.

Something about this guy
has touched you.

So, you want off this case,
Commander?

No, no, sir.
I was just wondering
why you gave it to me.

Do you mean, did I consider
Lieutenant Hien's experience
in Vietnam

before I got you involved?

Yes, I did.

I just want to believe

it doesn't make a difference
to me.

And, uh, now it does?

I don't know, Admiral.
The case seems black and white
to me.

But then it does
to Commander Turner, too.

Well, do the best you can.

Yes, sir.

How'd your meeting
with SECNAV go?

Well, Commander,
we're being audited,

and the investigator he sent
to do the job doesn't like me.

I find that hard
to believe, sir.

[chuckles] It's Lindsey.

-Commander Lindsey?
-Mmm.

Lieutenant, Lieutenant.
Please, let me get that for you.

There you go.

Thank you, Commander.

It's been a long time.

Uh, Christmas last year,
I believe.

How's Lieutenant Sims?

She's great, sir.

How's your family?

Lieutenant, I have found
that one's family
can be of great comfort

during times
of career disappointment.

I was very sorry
to hear of your injury.

But you look as fit for duty
as ever.

As fit as ever, sir?

Oh, I bet
the Seahawk misses you.

You've turned out to
be quite a lawyer, Lieutenant.

Thank you, sir.

Seahawk has competent
legal counsel, I can assure you.

Lieutenant Singer, isn't it?

Uh, no, sir. Not anymore. She...

uh, became physically unable

to serve aboard ship, sir.

Well, not another land mine,
I hope.

No, nothing like that, sir.

[sighs] Lieutenant, Sims...

Nice lady.

-I've always thought so, sir.
-I just wonder

how the Inspector General
manages without her.

Sir?

Admiral Chegwidden
has permanently,

temporarily assigned her
to this office indefinitely.

Is there a problem with that,
sir?

Only that
it stretches the definition

of temporary additional duty.

That will be all.

[Turner]
Still waiting for manifests
from the cargo company.

In these days
of dummy corporations
and credit card fraud

we don't consider
that reliable evidence.

The UCMJ gives us slightly
more latitude on that subject.

Tell me, what do you know
about this Lieutenant Hien

that we don't?

Well,
the prelim background check

came back as clean as a whistle.

The guy's a Boy Scout.

Did meet his wife
in a mail-order service though.

Sunshine Brides right here
in Baltimore.

You'd think a Marine pilot
would be fighting them off.

[laughs]
You want to run me off a copy
of your file on the Hiens?

Yeah. Have it tomorrow.

So, how long before you all
wrap up shop here?

Well, there's no end in sight.
Unfortunately,

we can't get a handle
on who's responsible
for this mess

and how they're
covering their tracks.

Look, don't get me wrong.

I'm not anti-immigration.

I'm anti-illegal immigration.

That makes two of us.

My grandparents
got out of Poland
one step ahead of the SS.

Thank God
they had someplace to go.

What's your deal?
People come over
on the Mayflower?

About a year prior to that
actually.

Jamestown colony.
They were indentured servants.

My mother's side came later.

During the height of slavery.
Suffice it to say,

under conditions even worse
than that packing crate
over there.

You probably got the same speech
I did.

American first, minority second.

I didn't need that lesson.

My face tells the story
of who my forefathers were.

The uniform on my back
speaks to the level
of patriotism I was taught.

I'm trying to find out
if that's equally true
of Lieutenant Hien.

Cargo company manifests,
Commander.

Four of the cargo containers

pegged as alien transports
by the INS

were paid for
with Lieutenant Hien's
credit card.

He wasn't trying
to free anybody.
He put them there himself.

Ah, Sturgis.

-Harm.
-Right on time.

Seems I'm on my way back
up Pax River to prove you right.

Lieutenant Hien paid for some
of those containers himself.

Luckily, I'm not one to gloat.

Can you tell me
who this Commander Lindsey is?

He's left me three messages
today.

Oh, Commander Theodore Lindsey.

He was Admiral Brovo's aide
when I first came here.

He then became acting JAG TAD.

He, uh, moved into the SECNAV's
administration.

He seems to have wormed his way
into the new one
under Sheffield,

and now he's out to get us.

Can't wait
to make his acquaintance.

In the interim,
I have a little field assignment
for you,

Petty Officer Coates.

One for which
you are uniquely qualified.

Thank you, sir.

[woman] Can I help you?

Investigator Jennifer Coates
of the Immigration

and Naturalization Service.

I'd like to see your records.

This is just a dating service,
okay?

We find wives for lonely guys.
It's all legal.

Well,
I know lots of lonely guys.

They're INS investigators, too.

I can have them here
in 15 minutes.

Look, I'm just a hired gun here.

Please, don't do that.
Okay, okay.

I'll show you the files
in the computer.

But I don't want to go back.

If you cooperate,
I'll put in a good word for you.

Thank you. Thank you for that.

In the file called "clients..."

-Please hurry.
-How do I get online?

It's DSL.
You're already connected.

Pretty high-tech for a business
that deals in arranged marriage.

-[door opening]
-[in Vietnamese] Go get the mop.
Clean the toilet first.

[in English] This lady, she...

Is your tech support rep
from Zell Computers.

You shouldn't have
any more problems
with those peripherals.

You ladies have a nice day.

[in Vietnamese] Go get the mop.
Clean the toilet first.

Come here. Don't you ever
let anyone touch that computer!
Do you understand?

But it was broken!

Never!

[Rabb, in English]
Lieutenant Hien,
you have abused my trust.

I guess, I wanted you
to be a good guy,

because I respected your record.

But your recent past
has erased all that, Lieutenant.

You paid
for some of the containers

that brought those girls
over here.

I have a good reason, Commander.

I don't want to hear it,
Lieutenant.

What I do want to hear
is who do you work for?

Who runs this organization?

People with no names,
and a post office box.

Commander,
you've seen my credit cards.
You've seen the bills.

You know how much in debt
I am over this.

I have never made a profit.

I swear to you.

Then why'd you do it?

Do you remember
what I said before about Saigon?

I left something out.

We didn't make it
to the rooftop

until nearly the end
of the evacuation.

All right, that's it. No more.

There's no more room.
We can't take you.

[Hien] There wasn't room
for the two of us.

Please! You have to take us!
Please!

-Do not leave us behind!
-[Hien]
My mother had to make...

the hardest decision
of her life.

Take my son! Take him!

[in Vietnamese]
Remember me, son... Be nice...

[Hien, in English]
I never saw her again.

Once we got out over the city,

the Master Sergeant said to me
that I was free.

I didn't feel free then,
and I don't feel free now.

So this is how you're
making it up to your mother?

Serving other mother's children
up as cheap labor?

Commander, what they left behind
is worse.

I've been to Vietnam,
Lieutenant.

No, not the part
where these girls are from, sir.

These girls are orphans,
the castoffs.

They live in the streets
until they're old enough
for the brothels.

They wait on lists for years
for a better life, sir.

A life, a life here in America.

A life like the one
you're throwing away,
Lieutenant?

[Lindsey]
Colonel, let me carry that.

Oh, I can handle it, Commander.

Why are you here?

I know what the SECNAV said,
but why you?

Apparently, the SECNAV
has more faith in me
than some people.

Ah, you mean the Admiral.
You're still sore
about not making captain?

No, not at all. I do find it odd
how your career has flourished

despite the taints of scandal.

The, uh, dead husband.

-The affair with your CO.
-How dare you?

I wonder what it is
the promotion board sees in you

that they don't see in me.

Unless it's a special friend
who happens to be an admiral.

I don't like that implication,
Lindsey.

No, I don't suppose you do.

Perhaps we could meet later
for a drink, Colonel,

and work it all out over a beer.

I think we're finished here.

I'm sorry.

You touch me like that again

and you will be.

I found out
about the Sunshine Brides
dating service.

I'm not ashamed of the way
I met my husband, Commander.

I'm not asking for your shame,
Mrs. Hien.

I'm wondering

what other services
Sunshine Brides
might be offering.

Sometimes these bridal services

are fronts
for immigrant smuggling.

They lure women in
with a promise of husbands

only to place them
into backbreaking work.

How long ago
did you leave Vietnam,
Mrs. Hien?

Uh, um, about four years.

Gauging from your proficiency
in English,

I'm inclined to think
you spent that four years
in the U.S.

But you didn't apply
for your green card

until just last year
after you were married.

What have you been doing
for the past four years,
Mrs. Hien?

I can tell by your hand,
Mrs. Hien,

that you've done some hard work
in your life.

Maybe in a sweatshop?

If you're a victim
of this people-smuggling ring,

Mrs. Hien, we can help you.

You can't help me.

But you can help my husband.

Do you love your husband,
Mrs. Hien?

Or are you just grateful
for him saving you?

In the beginning
it was gratitude.

I met this man,
an American and Vietnamese.

A real-life Marine hero,
like the one who take my mother
out of Saigon

after the fall.

It wasn't hard after that
to fall in love with this man.

Without him... I have nothing.

I am nothing.

Uh, tell them to have a seat.

[man, in Vietnamese]
Have a seat.

[in English] You can,
you can tell them that

I'm ready to make an offer
for their testimony.

[in Vietnamese]
If you two provide
your testimony,

this man will have
a gift for you.

[in English] Hope for the Future
made the order,

courtesy of the INS.

It's translated in Vietnamese
on the back.

[in Vietnamese] We can't read.

[in English]
They are illiterate.

Well, ask her if she'll trust us
to tell her what's on the page.

[in Vietnamese] If you want to,
this commander will try to
translate it for you two.

[in English]
You look at me. Why?

I'm sorry.
You remind me of someone
I used to know.

Uh, tell them that they
have been recategorized

as refugee minors,

though if they cooperate
and answer my questions,

it will more than likely
have a positive bearing
on their case.

[in Vietnamese]
Just give your testimony,

he will have his way
to let you two stay.
Do you accept it?

[woman] Do you?

We do.

[in English]
They're willing to talk now.

Uh, ask them who met them

at the cargo dock
when they arrived.

Was it a man in a uniform?

[in Vietnamese] There was a man,

he wore military uniform,

met you two at the port,
is this correct?

[in English] Was it a woman?

A Vietnamese woman?

This woman?

[in Vietnamese]
Was it this woman?

[in English] Yes.
Job in America.

[Lindsey] Petty Officer
Second Class Jennifer Coates.

You served aboard the Seahawk

after the nasty
near court-martial

for going UA
from the Gainesville.

I've had a change of heart
since then, sir.

You were Legalman
for Lieutenant Roberts

and then Lieutenant Singer.

Commander Rabb
and Colonel Mackenzie
also spent time on the vessel.

Yes, sir.
When Lieutenant Roberts
was wounded

and when Lieutenant Singer
was investigated

for refusing to name the father
of her child.

I wasn't aware
Lieutenant Singer had a child.

She will any day now, sir.

She's on a five-month
maternity leave.

Five months?

We're shorthanded now as it is.

Uh, please,
extend my congratulations
to the Lieutenant.

Yes, sir.

[sighs]

Now, after Lieutenant Roberts'
injury,

personal regs allow
for an equivalent replacement

to step in
as acting carrier JAG.

Yet, not one,
but two Oh-five lawyers

remained on that vessel.

That's a lot of seniority
to send in

to pinch-hit for a lieutenant.

If you say so, sir.

Dismissed.

Aye, aye, sir.

[Rabb] Howdy, stranger.

I was waiting for you
to show up.

The case of the infamous
Lieutenant Hien.

So,
what's the rumor mill saying?

That you're chasing your father
again.

You know, this isn't
really about my father,

no matter
what people are saying.

When I was 16, uh,

I went to Vietnam.

I had heard
about this retired Colonel.

His name was Striker.
He was a grave digger,

a bone collector. He would, uh,

he'd go into the jungles
of Vietnam and Laos

and look
for military crash sites.

He lived with a woman
he had rescued out of Saigon
in '75.

She had two daughters.

Is this about a girl, Harm?

Yeah. Her name was Gym.

She was 14.

I shouldn't have taken her
to the jungle with me,
and, uh...

[chuckles] I mean,
it was my dream
to get my father back. I...

She was killed
by Laotian border guards.

And those girls
the Lieutenant tried to save
from the sweatshop

remind you of her?

I guess the Lieutenant's efforts
to save those girls

remind me of what I wish
I could have done for Gym.

You can't turn back
the clock, Harm.

For the Lieutenant
or for yourself.

-[Rabb] Agent Roizman.
-Commander.

Thank you very much
for your help
with the INS petition.

I wouldn't have been able
to talk to the girls
without them.

Well, that almost makes me wish

I wasn't here
to rain on your parade.

The INS finished
processing the warehouse scene.

They, uh, found something
you should see.

[Rabb]
Gentlemen, last time I checked,

it wasn't a crime
to possess $5,000.

Then why did Lieutenant Hien
hide it when he heard us coming?

And
the Lieutenant's fingerprints
were on the envelope

this was found in.

There was nothing altruistic

about Lieutenant Hien's
involvement in this.

He was getting
his cut of the profits.

[Turner]
I believe this new evidence
against Lieutenant Hien

is sufficient cause
to recommend a court-martial

to the convening authority.

And you've laid to rest
any suspicions of Mrs. Hien?

Lack of evidence, sir.
If they are in it together,
we can't prove it.

The INS will unravel it
eventually

and she'll get hers
in a civilian court
if she's got it coming.

Sounds like we're going
to an Article 32.

Turner, you'll prosecute.

Commander, I assume
you'll want to defend.

Aye, sir.

Admiral, I would like
to continue the investigation.

It, it doesn't smell right
to me.

If this guy's getting paid
on a regular basis

where's the money?

He's up to his eyeballs in debt.

Commander, will you excuse us?

Aye, sir.

His ghost still bothering you?

How do you do it, sir?

You were in Vietnam.

You've managed
to put it out of your mind.

Have I?

Commander,
that war cast some long shadows.

Stay with your investigation,
but I reserve the right
to tell you when it's over.

Aye, aye, sir. And thank you.

Commander, I finally
found something in those files

I e-mailed
from the dating service.

The Lieutenant's wife
owes them a lot of money.

-For what?
-I wish I knew, sir.

Commander Lindsey.
Sturgis Turner.

Been looking forward
to meeting you.

Well, Commander, I'm sure
you've heard a lot about me.

Only what a capable investigator
you are.

Thank you.

Commander,
you joined this office recently.

Um, what were
your first impressions?

To be honest, Commander,
I could not believe
what I was seeing.

Commander Rabb dumping aircraft,

Colonel MacKenzie
rerouting an entire sea rescue

on a hunch.

It's outrageous.

Rabb and Lieutenant Roberts
flying to Australia

at the drop of a hat.

Excuse me.

Do you mind if I record this?

Oh, I wish you would.

As you were saying.

I was saying
that this group of people

has one of the most unorthodox
interpersonal dynamics

of any I've ever worked in.

Which can
be the only explanation for

its exemplary track record.

You like working here?

I trust you're going to add that
to your report.

Don't worry, Commander.
Your voice will be heard.

[in Vietnamese]
Go to the backroom.

I haven't done the cleaning.

Just go. Now.

-[in English] Hello.
-Hello.

Uh, my partner was in here
the other day.

You gave her
some computer files.

She say she INS.

But you Navy.

It's a joint investigation.

Now, miss,
I'm willing to believe

that you do nothing more here
than run the office.

Yes, that's true.

It's a woman. She owns it.

She calls herself Danh Tu,
"Mother."

I don't even know her real name.

Well, this woman
who owns the company,

she's going to jail.

So, you have a decision to make.

You can choose to cooperate
right now,

or you can risk
being her cell mate.

But I already gave the file.

You need to give more.

For instance, I want to know

why a woman who met her husband
through here

could wind up owing the company
$30,000.

The woman from the INS,

she say she could help me
stay in this country.

Maybe we can. Maybe.

I noticed a little while ago,

some of the women we marry
off to the Americans

they have accounts.

Every once in awhile,

a bunch of the debt

gets taken off the top.

You know, like they pay.

But none of the money
come through here.

We don't even have
a domestic bank account.

It is all based in Vietnam.

None of this
was in the computer file.

She do not trust computer,
Danh Tu.

She keep everything in a ledger,

she keep locked up in a safe.

Can you get into the safe?

Yes.

This is my card.

Take this. Call me, we'll see
what we can do for you.

Take my advice now
and leave here.

[knocking]

Got all the files
from the dating service
printed, sir.

And the reports from the INS.

Nice work, Coates.
Do me a favor, would you?

Uh, look in the INS report.

Give me the date
of the first cargo container

they suspected.

Let's see here...

September 15th.

September 15th.

Mrs. Hien was credited $2,000

by the Sunshine Brides.

The next time they took money
off her account was
November 19th.

That's a match, sir.
A suspected cargo container
came in that day.

She's working off her debt
helping them smuggle in women.

[knocking]

Am I interrupting?

No, Commander.

Uh, would you excuse us,
Petty Officer.

You can leave the files here.

Aye, aye, sir.

Saving the best for last,
Commander?

Oh, I won't rehash incidents

like turning your hallowed
halls of justice here
into shooting practice.

Or mention the fact

that you personally
burned through a quarter
billion dollars

of military equipment
in your career.

Nine-tenths of that,

after you left flight status
to become a lawyer.

Well, thank you.

No, I came here to thank you

for delivering the icing
on the cake, Commander.

You have more than enough

to recommend
your Lieutenant Hien
for court-martial.

What does any of this
have to do with you?

You're squandering
the Navy's time

by keeping
this investigation open.

As per usual, what you want
is what you get.

And the Admiral thinks
I'm not Captain material

So, that's what this is about,
huh, Commander?

The good child syndrome.

You keep your nose clean,
I don't,

but I catch all the breaks.

Oh, Commander, don't worry.

Your days
of catching all the breaks
are over.

My report on this place
goes to the SECNAV
at 0900 tomorrow.

I'm recommending that you
and your friends here at JAG

all be reassigned.

Reassigned?

You've all become
far too clique-ish.

The interpersonal incest
that goes on around here

makes it impossible
for the chain of command
to function.

It was long overdue, Rabb.
You and I both know it.

Mrs. Hien, your account
with the Sunshine Brides
was credited money

every time a new shipment
of teenage girls comes in.

Now, you've worked
in these sweat shops.

When you first came here
four years ago

until you were old enough
to get married.

Your husband was charged money
to be introduced to you.

What I want to know

is why you still owe
the Sunshine Brides money.

Look, is this secret
so important

it's worth sending your husband
to prison to protect it?

When I came here,
I work in sewing factory,

same as those girls.

And one day this lady,
uh, she call herself...

Mother?

Yes.

She take picture of me

and she tell me
that I look pretty enough

to marry off to American.

Then she tell me
she bring my sister over

and we can be family again.

My parents are dead
and my sister is only 13.

She have no one.

To file paper to try
to get her transferred legally
takes years,

and I just feel
if I take too long

that she will die, too.

So you had your husband pay
for shipping containers.

She have us do it that way

so that it won't trace back
to her.

But she say it's not enough,

and she bring my sister over,

but she keep from us.

Every time she make us pay
for another container,

she lower ransom
I must work off.

Where did the $5,000 they found
in the warehouse come from?

It was all that we have.

Bao try to go to the warehouse
to make her offer.

To try to get my sister.

Your sister was there?

-Agent Roizman.
-Hey, Commander.

Thought the Navy had
just about closed the book
on the Hien case.

Just about, but not quite.

I have some additional
information for you.

Hmm. Does it come
with a price tag?

Well, this time
we both get what we want.

There is this woman
who calls herself Mother.

Yeah, we know about Mother.

Her real name's Pham Ta.

She's managed
to keep the stink of all this

of herself though.

We haven't been able to tie her
to any of it.

This is your Holy Grail.

What is it you want from me?

[in Vietnamese] Damn it! Damn!
This bitch is gonna
get me killed!

I can't imagine this,
she's destroying my business!

Do you know
where she went to? Huh?

-Do you?
-[door opens]

[in English] INS!

What is this?

Pham Ta, you're under arrest.

[in Vietnamese]
You sons of bitches!

[in English]
Get here out of here.

[in Vietnamese] Sons of bitches!

[in English] Are you Nam Ha?

You Nam Ha?

No, it's okay. It's okay.

You're safe now.

[Rabb] Lieutenant.

Lieutenant, I'm going
to be honest with you.

I've been
under increasing pressure
to recommend

that you go
straight to court-martial.

-Yes, sir.
-You should have told me
why you did it, Lieutenant.

You should have told me
about your wife's little sister.

I knew if I had gone
to the police,

the INS would have found Nam Ha

and sent her back to Hanoi.

Well, it might interest you
to know, Lieutenant,

the INS has arrested the woman
who owns the Sunshine Brides.

She's admitted
she blackmailed you
into doing what you did.

And I have a deal for you,

if you choose to accept it.

You take
Non-Judicial Punishment,

a letter of reprimand
and a pay cut

and you can go back
to active duty

flying helicopters.

Yes, sir.

The civil authorities
have also agreed

not to press charges
against your wife.

She has a little sister
to raise.

Is that...?

[Rabb] Nam Ha.

The INS is willing
to overlook the way
she came into the country.

She's eligible to stay.

I don't know what to say.

I'm sure
you'll think of something.

[in Vietnamese]
Thank you for having helped me!

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