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We'll cut you down the way you stand

Hit with the game we're in

That cold ground is where it's at

Jess, I'm telling you, it is the way to
go.

It's just a... I think we can do better.

What's going on?

We're discussing what we should put into
the time capsule.

The what now?

You didn't read the memo the PR sent out
yesterday?

Supposed to read those?

As part of the 250th anniversary for the
Navy, the department has decided to put

together a time capsule to be opened in
100 years.

And they have asked us to contribute one
item that best represents who...

And what NCIS is, like a computer or
hardware? No, Mickey.

Just think about it. We use computers
and technology for everything we do. We

couldn't get work done without them. I
get that, but computers are just so

impersonal and boring.

No offense.

Yeah, no, that's fine. It's just my
life's passion, but whatever. I was

that we go more emotional, something
that really details NCIS and the

like a commemorative blast.

That's super boring.

Nick, what about you? What do you think
should go into the capsule?

Look, I want to celebrate the Navy just
like anybody else, okay? But a time

capsule? Not your thing, huh?

Well, I don't believe in thinking about
the future or the past. I live in the

moment, baby.

So you don't care what people 100 years
from now will think of us?

No, because I won't even be here, all
right?

And whoever opens this time capsule
might not even be human anyways.

That's right. Could be talking apes. If
we're lucky.

Talking apes? Never gonna happen.

It's the insects we gotta worry about,
especially roaches.

They're gonna outlive us all.

This conversation got weird fast.

You two gear up. Taurus, you're with me
and Emtech. I just got a call from the U

.S. Marshal's office. Inmate escaped
from Morris Federal Prison.

In Maryland?

It's not a military prison.

Why are the Marshals calling us?

Because the convict, Thomas Mulligan,
killed a chief petty officer 30 years

It's actually one of Gibbs' first cases.

First prison break in my 20 years here.

It's the day every warden fears.

Two of our agents are en route to your
facility now, Warden Tully. In the

meantime, maybe you can fill us in on
the details.

Well, it wasn't easy. They used some
tools from the machine shop and removed

toilet from the wall. And then they
squeezed through the narrow hole behind

and both stowed away on the outgoing
laundry truck.

They? You mean two inmates escaped?

Unfortunately, yes. The second wasn't
flagged until we did the final morning

count.

Luther Stokes, former hitman for the
Baltimore mob.

Serving life without parole.

He has real bad news.

Were he and Mulligan tight?

Not that I know of. They ran in
different circles.

Stokes was a hard case.

He got into a lot of fights.

And Mulligan?

We never had any problem with him. He
was a recent transfer from California.

He kept to himself.

He was reserved, quiet.

Uh, not so quiet.

State police found Stokes' body in a
ravine 10 miles from the prison.

My guess is Mulligan thought he was
slowing him down, so he killed him.

Looks like Mr. Mulligan will do anything
for his freedom.

That's the funny thing.

Mulligan just had his parole commission
review a few weeks back. It was

approved. He was set to be released
soon. How soon?

Three weeks.

Why would you risk an escape when three
weeks later you can just walk out the

front door?

No, I understand.

Yeah, please keep me in the loop.

All right, thank you, Senator.

Problems up on the hill?

No, just more rumors about budget cuts
coming down the line.

Usual.

Okay, so, um, where are we at with our
escaped inmate, Mulligan? One of the

prison guards reported her cell phone
missing, so Casey is monitoring it now

the off chance that Mulligan took it.
McGee and I did find something

when we were searching his cell.

Mulligan drew dozens of pictures, all of
the same woman.

Wrote her name underneath.

Lainey Sims.

She was from Mulligan's hometown,
Serenity, California.

Same place where he murdered that man 33
years ago.

Dispatch told us that the case was
connected to Gibbs, but we never got the

details.

Chief Petty Officer Lewis Burke was shot
dead and his body thrown in front of an

oncoming train to make it look like
suicide.

The crime happened in broad daylight.

But when Gibbs and his team went to
investigate, no one said a thing.

Were they afraid?

Were they protecting somebody?

Burke was a bad seed.

Nasty drinking habit, got into fights a
lot, destroyed property.

Town bully.

The thinking was the town was happy to
see him go, and they didn't want to turn

in the person that did them a favor, so
they all clammed up.

Until Mulligan, who was the town sheriff
at the time, miraculously came forward

and confessed to the killing.

But Gibbs didn't believe it. No, Gibbs
always thought that the woman in those

sketches, Lainey Sims, committed the
murder and that Mulligan took the fall

her. The problem was Gibbs couldn't
prove it, so the case was closed.

But it was Gibbs' boss, Mike Franks, who
took it the hardest.

He called it the one that got away.

He never got over it.

Apparently, neither did Mulligan.

So you think his breakout is connected
to Lainey Sims?

Doesn't explain why he escaped so soon.

Before his release, but it's a good
place to start, but we need to get

before Mulligan does. He already killed
one man during his escape.

Who knows what he's capable of?

Multiple contusions all over his body.
Defensive wounds suggest a struggle.

Cause of death was severe trauma to the
cervical spine.

Mulligan broke his neck and snapped it
like a twig. Plus, Mulligan's DNA was

under his fingernails, so it was
definitely him.

Not bad for a man Mulligan's age.

And Gibbs thought that Mulligan wasn't
capable of murder.

Maybe he wasn't back then.

30 years in prison, that much time can
change a man.

Oh, speaking of time, I came up with the
perfect item for the Navy time capsule.

Okay, Jimmy, you know, I'm not really
into this thing.

Oh, whoa. Okay, what the hell is that?

Is that a toe?

This toe belonged to one of the victims
of the Bone Man. Remember the infamous

serial killer that we put away a few
years ago?

Yeah, I remember.

At the start, this toe was the only clue
we had. This toe represents teamwork.

This toe is a symbol of what makes NCIS
great.

It's also disgusting.

Have you thought this through, Jimmy?

Well, I... Hey, do you want children 100
years from now to open a time capsule

and find a wrinkly, nasty -ass toe?

Yeah, no, no.

You're right. I guess I...

Got carried away.

I guess I got excited when I saw the
memo and... Oh, it's Jeff. I gotta go.

We're gonna be late to the airport.

Where are you two going?

We're going to Mulligan's hometown in
California.

We're having problems tracking down his
crush, Lainey.

Plus, Parker wants us in in case
Mulligan shows up.

Okay, well, travel safe.

And you won't tell anybody about the
toad thing, right?

Right?

Hey, Keith.

You look tracking that cell phone
Mulligan stole?

Yeah, and I kind of got flammed with all
this last minute.

What is all this stuff? You're looking
to put something in the time capsule?

No, although this whole box is
practically a time capsule.

It is Gibbs' original case box from 33
years ago. It has everything related to

Mulligan's murder charge.

Oh, anything good?

Maybe it was good back in the 90s, but
it's a museum piece now. Nothing

It's just tons and tons of paperwork,
like on physical paper.

Ew. Oh, and get this.

The interrogation tape?

VHF. Do we even own a VCR?

No! I don't know how people solved
crimes in the 90s. I don't know how they

anything done.

Ah, sweet technology.

Mute to my ears.

Oh, please tell me that music includes a
hit on Mulligan's phone.

Yep. Looks like he ordered an Uber to
take him somewhere in D .C.

Ordered an Uber during a prison escape?

Well, that's a first.

Okay, according to the account, the car
took him to a residential address.

It belongs to someone named Vera
Strickland.

Vera?

You know her?

Yeah.

Vera was an NCIS agent back in the day.
She used to work with Gibbs and Mike

Franks.

You know what I wonder?

What?

Yeah, here it is.

Vera worked a murder case 33 years ago.

Why is Mulligan headed to her now?

I don't know.

But he's desperate and he's on the run
and that's not good.

Next case.

Federal agents!

Haven't you heard of a doorbell?

What the hell?

Uh, Ms. Strickland, my name is Special
Agent Parker.

This is Special Agent... Oh, I know who
he is.

McGee.

Hi, Barry.

Um, are you okay, Ms. Strickland?

We have reason to believe an escaped
convict was headed here to your home.

An escaped convict? Here.

So you're alone?

Me? I'm alone with them.

Reading a book, having a cup of tea.

Would you boys like some?

Caffeinated or decaf?

Whatever's fine.

So you've been here the whole time?

Yeah. I'm retired.

Where the hell else am I going to go?

Oh, no tea.

Do you mind if we look around a little
bit? Make sure this guy didn't try to

break in.

Knock yourself out.

Okay, I'm afraid it's going to have to
be water.

Tap. I don't spring for that bottle
crap.

Who is this convict, anyway?

Thomas Mulligan.

You put him away on a murder charge 33
years ago.

Thought you said you were alone.

You got me, Columbo.

Mulligan was here.

McGee? He just took some money,
clothing, a few other things. What other

My Harley.

You lied to us, Miss Strickland.

You just aided and abetted a fugitive.
Don't get so dramatic.

I was going to call the authorities
after he left. He only asked for a five

-minute head start. That's all. Well, at
least tell me you were coerced, that he

put a gun to your head.

I know that I might have crossed the
line a little, but I have my reason.

Vera, you didn't just cross the line.
What you did was reckless.

Watch it!

Goatee, you're in no position to lecture
me. I seem to remember the last time we

met, you recklessly lost your gun and
your badge.

It was my credentials. It's because of
you that I had to go in the field.

I got a sprained ankle.

Okay, you know that wasn't my fault. And
I couldn't ride my bike. Can we

please try to get back on track?

Why did you help Mulligan?

Because he is innocent.

We put away the wrong man 30 years ago.

Gibbs knew it, Frank knew it, and I knew
it.

We might have been innocent back then,
but he just killed his fellow inmate.

You know, that wasn't self -defense.

Mulligan told me the guy wanted to kill
a gas station owner for the cash in the

register. Mulligan had no choice.

Maybe. Or maybe he just said that so
you'd help him.

Did Mulligan tell you where he was
headed?

Or why he broke out three weeks before
his release?

No. All he said was he had a right or
wrong.

That's it for now. We'll be in touch.

I know we will.

Because I want in on this case.

Excuse me?

You? I know the original murder case.

I was there. I know all the players.

You're lucky I don't throw your ass in
jail.

But I can help!

Okay, here.

Have you talked to Jimmy Wallace in D
.C. yet?

You mean Congressman James Wallace?

He's from Mulligan's hometown.

He was called Jimmy back then. He goes
way back with Mulligan.

Maybe he could give you some insight.

See?

I'm helping already.

Thanks, but no thanks.

No, wait. Wait! Wait!

The fact of the matter is, I need this.

Retirement is boring as hell.

Working on this case would not only give
me my groove back, it would give me

closure on something that's been hanging
over my head for 33 years.

Please, please let me help.

Well, this town has seen better days.

Yeah, it's kind of depressing.

Something I can help you with?

Agents Knight, Torres, we called earlier
about Laney Sims.

He didn't get my message.

Damn it, Delroy.

My deputy, he was supposed to ring you,
but he must have forgot.

Laney Sims is not here.

She and her husband split up about eight
years ago.

Took their son, moved up north.

Any idea where?

No. But her ex, Mack, lives in town.

Willing to help you in any way he can.
Well, that's good to hear.

Since the last time NCIS was here.

You weren't too cooperative.

Read somewhere you trashed one of our
cars?

Hey! Stop it! Put it down!

Put it down!

I was a messed up kid back then.

I cleaned myself up, straightened myself
out.

More than I could say about most things
around here.

What happened to this place?

If you ask the state, they'll say it was
climate change.

Serenity used to be a big farming town.
We lived off our own water.

But then we had a few bad drought years.
The aquifer dried up.

We were forced to make deals we couldn't
afford for outside water.

Now this is what's left.

All because of a drought.

If you believe the state.

But you don't?

Ask anyone around here, they'll tell you
the same thing. The murder's what did

this town end.

All our bad luck started when Lewis
Burke was killed 33 years ago.

This town is cursed.

There's no way around it.

Burke wasn't the only thing that died
that day.

Find anything yet?

I've got a CD player, I've got a fax
machine, but so far no VCR.

Case, I should have come down here a
long time ago. I'm getting so many good

ideas for the Navy time capsule.

Ah, what happened? You're not going with
your severed toe idea anymore?

It was a bad idea, I admit it.

That is putting it lightly.

Okay, all right, fine. What would you
put inside the time capsule?

Easy, a glitter bomb. That way whoever
opens it gets a fabulous surprise.

I can't tell if you're joking. Casey,
Jimmy, I'd like you to meet retired

Special Agent Vera Strickland. She'll be
assisting us in a limited capacity.

Very limited.

Pleasure to meet you.

This pleasure is all mine.

I Googled you after your name came up
yesterday.

You're a legend. The profiling program
you created is still gold standard

Legend's a little strong.

Let's go trailblazer.

I remember this.

Gibbs notepad.

Frank's old files. Oh, I could never
read his handwriting.

It was like chicken scratch.

If I knew you had this, I would have
brought my VCR.

You're my new best friend.

Congressman Wallace is waiting in the
conference room.

Okay, let's hit it. No, you're staying
here where they can watch you.

Don't let her out of your sight.

No. Hey!

I am not a child, Parker. I don't need
babysitting.

Do you hear me?

Oh, he's irritating.

Oh, handsome, but irritating.

Well, thanks for coming in, Congressman
Wallace. We know election season's been

keeping you busy.

What can I say? I'm a glutton for
punishment.

I take it you know about Thomas Mulligan
escaping?

Yeah, such a shock.

But I'm not sure how I can help.

How well did you know him?

Pretty well.

Tom was a good guy.

I was floored when he confessed to
killing that man.

The whole ordeal tore the town apart. It
was awful.

Especially on the heels of what had just
happened.

What do you mean?

The victim, Lewis Burke, he beat up my
grandpa a week earlier.

My grandpa, Dominic.

I took this yesterday.

Died later from his injuries.

Rumor was that Burke's killing was
revenge for what he'd done to my

Eye for an eye.

Yeah, but I didn't ask for that.

I was raised to believe in the rule of
law, not this frontier justice crap.

That whole mess is why I got into
politics to begin with, to fight for

justice.

Sorry.

Time escaping, it brings up old
memories. We understand.

Congressman, we checked Mulligan's
visitor prison logs, and your name came

few times.

Why did you visit him?

He wrote to me, asked to help with his
parole.

I did.

Something I now regret.

Why is that?

Because he changed.

The last time I saw him, he was more
aggressive, edgy, like something had set

him off.

It scared me, to be honest.

What do you think set him off?

I don't know.

But I'll tell you this, wherever
Mulligan is headed, I sure as hell

want to be there when he shows up.

Mr. Sims, NCIS.

Your neighbor said we'd find you here.

I heard you guys were in town, but
waiting for you to show up.

We're looking for your ex -wife, Lainey.

We're thinking that Tom Mulligan might
try to contact her.

It was my husband, Max.

Yeah, well, he ain't gonna find her.

Neither are you.

Blaine, he, uh, died three years ago.

They said the Smokin's what did it, but
I know it was a guilt

over what happened to Lewis Burke.

Guilt.

Because she killed him?

Because we all did.

She didn't plan on killing him.

It was one of those spur -of -the
-moment things.

She was just so filled up with rage over
what he'd done to old man Wallace.

Laney loved him like a father.

So she just snapped.

She'd come to me afterwards.

She wanted to do the right thing. She
wanted to turn herself in.

But you had other plans?

I buried the gun out in the field.

Then me and a few others put Burke in
his car, pushed him on the tracks, and

let the train do the rest.

Burke was no good. He had to go.

Laney couldn't go to prison. She was
pregnant.

So everyone just kept a secret.

Till you all showed up asking questions.

Which forced Mulligan to step forward
and confide?

Did they fall for your wife?

And you let them?

Doesn't matter now, though, I guess.

Lady's gone, my son won't talk to me,
the hotel's falling apart, and we all

thought we got away with murder.

Mr. Sims, we're going to need you to
come with us so we can take a written

statement.

If Mulligan is innocent, we're going to
need to know.

You know, funny thing is, we all thought
it was Burke who beat up Wallace.

But now, I'm not so sure.

He might have been set up.

And everything we did?

Might have been for nothing.

What are you talking about?

Hey, my son.

Tell him I love him.

No!

Maxence was declared dead at the scene.

Honestly, the guy seemed kind of
haunted, like he was Don Kerry in the

At least his confession tells us one
thing.

Tom Mulligan was innocent.

He didn't kill Chief Burke. Gibbs was
right.

That wouldn't be the first time.

Vera, it's a restricted area. How'd you
get in here?

Oh, don't get your panties in a bunch.

I still have some friends in the
building.

What, do you want to throw me out,
McGee?

Try it. Vera, you are supposed to be
working on the old case files

In the dust trap?

Uh -uh.

This is where the action is.

And who are they?

The new Tony and Ziva?

What? I've been here for nine years.

What do we got?

Okay. With Mac's confession, that's one
mystery solved. We still have a fugitive

on the loose.

Any idea where he might be headed?

Uh, possibly.

We think it might be connected to this
man, Dominic Wallace.

That's Congressman Wallace's grandpa.

The man Burke assaulted.

Well, maybe not. Max said that Berg
didn't do it, that he was set up.

Well, he was a town bully.

Be easy to do.

Our fugitive might have learned the real
identity of the attacker, and he's

going after them now for revenge.

Find out who this person is, we'll find
Mulligan. Who else had motive to attack

Grandpa Wallace?

Well, see, that's the thing. I mean, we
asked around town, and we can't find

anyone who wanted to hurt him.

Is there anything in the original report
about his attack?

Sheriff is having problems finding it.

What about you?

What about me? What?

You were there, remember?

I know all the players. What can you
tell us?

Hey, I only worked on the Burke murder
case.

This guy Wallace wasn't military, wasn't
our case. So you can't help us. I

didn't say that.

I know two people who might have some
info for you in their neck of the woods.

But I warn you, these guys, these guys
can be prickly.

Agent Knight, Torres.

How's it going? Hey. How you doing?
Woody Brown.

Good. This is my assistant.

Former assistant, Sel Hallertson.

Oh, thanks for taking the time. Well,
we're retired, so what else are we going

to do?

He's retired. I am still working.

I'm the assistant professor of chemistry
at the local college.

All these years, you're still somebody's
assistant. How is that even possible?

Okay. You know, Vera said that the two
of you used to work forensics for NIS

back in the day. Can you tell us what
you remember about the Dominic Wallace

case?

Quite a lot, actually.

It wasn't even technically our case, but
Michael Franks asked us to take a look

at it on the side.

Over time, of course.

Dominic Wallace was leaving his favorite
restaurant at 10 p .m. when he was

beaten within an inch of his life with a
baseball bat.

Elm Royal brand, 34 -inch, solid wood.
No witnesses, but everybody in town just

assumed Burke did it.

Because it was the town's booze?

That and because the Elm Royal bat was
Burke's favorite item. Carried it around

all the time. It was like his good luck
charm.

Also, he had no alibi.

Yeah, I was just about to say that,
Phil.

However, Burke did dislocate his
shoulder a few months earlier, which

doubts he could have swung the baseball
bat that violent.

Is it okay for me to speak now? Do I get
a second now to speak? Do you ever not

speak? No, ladies and gentlemen. Okay,
okay, guys, this is all great, but

without any solid evidence, it's going
to be very hard to prove that Burke was

framed. Yeah, we can't even find the
murder weapon. The sheriff thinks it's

lost. Oh, it's not lost. We have it.

What? Yeah, no, we got it.

No, when the Burke murder case was
closed, Franks asked us to hold on to

we did.

I can't believe you guys still have it.
We got an old storage unit filled with

all kinds of crap from old cases. You
never know when it's going to come in

handy, right?

Did you analyze this?

Yeah, we had it analyzed right away when
Franks gave it to us. We had two

different sets of DNA.

One was from our victim, Wallace, and
the other was not enough to produce a

proper ID.

It was the 90s. We needed big DNA
samples to get anything done.

But now, with modern technology, you
could reanalyze the bat, maybe run it

through one of the... Probably identify
Wallace's killer.

Seriously? That one just felt on
purpose.

I was in the middle of talking. You're
old. I'm trying to keep you back on your

thoughts. I'm not. Oh, and you're some
kind of spring chicken, Phil?

Yes. I disagree completely.

What are you doing?

You better not be messing around with my
VCR.

I'm reviewing Mulligan's interrogation
tapes from 92.

Going over Gibbs' notes here.

Seeing if there's anything we missed.

Oh, look at me.

I was a fox.

What are we going to do about it? Oh,
there's Roy.

I guess we're so young.

We all were.

Time is a bitch.

You know, he talks about you.

Yes.

You talk to him?

Would he call you? Well, not exactly.

But it's not important how I talk to
him.

What is important is that he's proud of
you.

He told me that you are a better agent
at your age than he ever was.

The job is done, Broby.

You gotta walk away.

Rule 11.

That's where he got it from.

The irony.

Frank's never followed his own rule.

Did he?

I mean, this case bothered him until the
day he died.

Because the job wasn't done.

Right.

Now it's our turn to finish it for him.

Huh?

Any case?

Got anything for me?

DNA results on the baseball bat.

We had the office in San Diego run the
test.

And? The DNA did not belong to Burke.

He's not our killer.

Great. That means he was definitely
framed. Whose DNA is it?

I don't know. They're not in the system.

So we're back to square one.

Not necessarily.

I think Gibbs just handed us a piece
we've been missing.

Wait till you hear this.

I was going through Gibbs' case notes,
and on the days leading up to the

Grandpa Wallace called the San Diego
County office dozens of times.

He even set up a meeting with them on
the actual morning he was attacked.

Gibbs tried to follow up with the
county, but they never called him back.

The case was closed before he could do
any more.

I called the county archive department.
Wallace had filed dozens of documents

with them.

That disappeared shortly after his
death.

Whoever killed Wallace must have taken
him to destroy evidence.

But we know something that the killer
didn't know. The county made copies of

the originals.

Apparently someone requested to see them
just three weeks ago.

Who?

Jason Cross, lived alone, worked for the
vet assistant.

What's up, man? It's Tim, the one with
30 -year -old papers.

Blake, I'm not the only one that's
interested in this case.

I'll take the back.

Copy.

Let me see your hands, Mulligan.

Hey, I heard a noise. I didn't know who
you were.

Step back.

It's not what you think.

I'm not here to hurt anyone.

Then what are you doing here?

I'm trying to save my son.

Lainey and I had been having an affair
for over four years.

No one knew.

Not even her husband.

Jason Cross is your and Lainey's son?

Cross was his mother's name.

And that's why you went to prison for
her.

She was carrying your child.

Lainey didn't want me to do it. Of
course, she hated the thought of me

punished for something that she'd done.

But...

I convinced her that it was the right
thing to do, you know,

for Jason.

So I went away, and we kept our secret.

I shot Louis Burke with the gun I used
to do it.

But Jason found out.

Yeah.

A few weeks ago, um, he...

He visited me in prison for the first
time.

He said that Laney had told him
everything on her deathbed.

About me being his dad.

About the murders.

Somehow, he figured out who really
killed old man Wallace.

Did he tell you who he was?

No.

He said he wanted to make them pay.

Why?

Jason wasn't even born when any of this
happened.

You don't understand.

You see, in Jason's mind, every bad
thing that's ever happened to our

I mean, to this town, all started with
Wallace's murder.

I mean, that's like the original sin.

To him, the man who killed Wallace just
cursed us.

He's to blame for everything.

So now he's out for revenge.

I tried to talk him out of it, but he...

You couldn't listen to me.

That's why I broke out of prison. I
couldn't wait for my release. The damage

could already be done. I have to stop my
son from making the same mistake that

Laney did.

Where's Jason now?

I don't know.

I got here not long before you did, and
this car's gone. It looks like he's

packed. Any idea where he might be
headed?

Who he might be targeting?

No.

Whoever it is, I think you'll find the
answer in here.

Thanks so much.

So where are we at? We've revised the
BOLO, so it's now for Jason Cross.

The FBI set up a tip line.

Calls have come in that have placed him
in Colorado and then in Chicago as

recently as two days ago. Then he's
heading east.

Call Torres and I. Tell them to get
their butts back. Already done. They're

the plane with Mulligan now.

Let's leak to the press that we're
looking for Cross. Maybe if he catches

and we're on to him, he'll back off,
whatever he's planning.

Hey, you guys need to see this.

Case, what you got?

Wallace's county documents.

Knight and Torres scanned them for me
before they left. Listen to this.

Before he died, Wallace was in the
process of gifting his property to the

of Serenity. Why?

I thought it was worthless.

He was sitting on a gold mine.

Wallace's property is situated above a
huge aquifer. There's enough water in

there to supply a whole city for
decades.

And no one knew?

Wallace didn't even know until an
outside water company approached him to

his water rights. Jason looked up the
original offer. It was huge.

Wallace could have made a fortune, but
instead he decided to gift it to the

he loved.

Somebody killed him before he could do
it. That same somebody who inherited his

water rights upon his death.

His next of kin, Congressman James
Wallace.

I looked up the congressman's bank
account going back decades. He came into

huge amount of cash months after his
grandfather's death.

He must have learned about his
grandfather's decision to donate the

then he killed him. So he could sell the
rights himself.

The congressman has to be Jason's
target. We need to warn him.

Where's the congressman now?

So then after the music, I'll say it's
good to see so many hardworking folks

here today.

You think Jason's here? I don't think
he's planning on killing the

This is as good a place as any. All
right, let's split up. Search windows.

Any high vantage point?

Jason?

Put the gun down, Jason. Stay away from
me.

Jason, put the gun down.

Stay away.

Don't do this. Stop it. I need it. Get
back. We can help you.

Hal. Hal, I've got nothing. Wallace
destroyed everything.

We know.

We know. We're going to make him pay.

But don't let him destroy you.

No, no.

My team, they knew your mother.

And she wouldn't want this, Jason.

And your biological father?

He spent 30 years in prison to protect
you.

And he broke out to do it again.

If you do this now, all that sacrifice
is for nothing.

I can't thank you enough, Agents Parker,
McGee.

You saved my life.

Well, you may not want to thank us just
yet.

So the congressman confessed to killing
his grandfather.

He didn't need to.

He took his DNA from the water mug he
used when he was here.

Compared to the killers on the murder
weapon, it's a perfect match.

The congressman's gone away for a long,
long time.

Well, then there's just one last thing
left.

What about my... father?

Is he going to be charged for breaking
out of prison?

No. We spoke to a federal judge who
agreed that 33 years for a crime he

commit counts as time served.

And the other convict that he killed was
in self -defense.

Your dad's a free man.

But unfortunately, I can't say the same
for you.

With a weapon card and intent to commit
murder, you're going to have to do some

time, Jason.

Sorry.

Yeah.

But luckily, you won't have to face this
alone.

There'll be somebody pulling for you,
waiting on the other side when you get

out.

Jason.

able to be in your life before.

I'm here now.

It's going to be sad to see you go,
Vera.

Thanks for all your help.

Oh, no, thank you, guys.

This case was the little pickup I
needed.

And I didn't even sprain my ankle this
time. No.

No, seriously, though.

Working here the past few days, it
reminded me why I love this job so much.

Does that mean you're thinking about
coming out of retirement?

Hell no.

I'm going to leave all the agenting of
you young pups.

You, not so much.

Yeah. Don't be a stranger, Vera.

I'll see you, Clark.

And you.

See you, Vera.

Uh -huh.

Oh, good. You're all here.

Jimmy, what's going on, bro?

I finally came up with the perfect item
to put in the time capsule for the Navy

celebration. Oh, gosh.

Jimmy, we're so over this. Please don't
tell me there's another toe.

No, hear me out. So I've been working
this case. I've been going through a ton

of old photos and videos.

It made me realize how much history we
have together. Now, who has all that

history in one place?

Oh. Oh, my God.

Not only does it have a lot of great
stories about our cases, but the revised

edition actually has photos of all of us
from past and present.

This is what people should remember
about NCIS.

What we meant to each other.

Wow. That we were family. Look, a young
kid.

Oh, yeah. Oh, my gosh.

Oh, look at this one on us. Look at
that.

Oh, I think of them, too.

Jerry, thanks.