1 00:00:07,429 --> 00:00:10,865 Careful, now. This is why we came in early... 2 00:00:10,965 --> 00:00:13,902 so we can get it right before your inspection. 3 00:00:14,002 --> 00:00:15,537 And I really appreciate it, 4 00:00:15,670 --> 00:00:17,939 - Master Sergeant. - Don't kiss my ass. 5 00:00:18,006 --> 00:00:19,941 Just get it right. 6 00:00:20,008 --> 00:00:23,512 Now, remember your breath. 7 00:00:23,645 --> 00:00:25,947 Don't tense up. 8 00:00:26,014 --> 00:00:29,418 But don't be too loose either. 9 00:00:30,652 --> 00:00:32,352 Firm, but gentle. 10 00:00:32,486 --> 00:00:34,222 Like you're petting a baby kitten. 11 00:00:37,692 --> 00:00:39,461 Guess you didn't grow up with kittens. 12 00:00:39,528 --> 00:00:41,162 I had a turtle. 13 00:00:41,262 --> 00:00:42,363 Well, go on. 14 00:00:42,464 --> 00:00:44,232 Fuse is not gonna collect itself. 15 00:00:44,332 --> 00:00:46,868 If that was live, we'd be lights-out. 16 00:00:46,968 --> 00:00:50,539 I know, Master Sergeant, and I really appreciate the... 17 00:00:50,639 --> 00:00:52,340 Are you kidding me, private? 18 00:00:52,441 --> 00:00:54,108 Literally everything 19 00:00:54,208 --> 00:00:56,344 in this room was designed to kill you. 20 00:00:56,445 --> 00:00:58,947 I swear you'd lose your ass if it wasn't attached. 21 00:00:59,047 --> 00:01:00,815 Sorry. 22 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:08,923 Well, is there a problem, private? 23 00:01:40,755 --> 00:01:43,758 All right, all right. Relax, relax. Take a deep breath. 24 00:01:43,858 --> 00:01:46,427 Let me, uh, let me see what I can find out. 25 00:01:46,528 --> 00:01:48,396 Any of you hearing any chatter? 26 00:01:48,463 --> 00:01:50,465 Uh, can you be a little more specific? 27 00:01:50,565 --> 00:01:53,434 Yeah, 'cause if it's about the omelet bar in the cafeteria, 28 00:01:53,568 --> 00:01:55,436 I think we can finally let that dream die. 29 00:01:55,537 --> 00:01:58,573 No, no, not breakfast. Army CID. 30 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:00,809 You mean, NCIS in camo? 31 00:02:00,942 --> 00:02:02,977 Those guys. Last time we had a joint case with the Army, 32 00:02:03,111 --> 00:02:04,713 it turned into a full-blown turf war. 33 00:02:04,813 --> 00:02:06,447 Yeah, I know. This is not about a case. 34 00:02:06,548 --> 00:02:08,216 They're facing a RIF. 35 00:02:08,282 --> 00:02:09,918 Reduction in force? 36 00:02:10,018 --> 00:02:11,219 Rumor is... 37 00:02:11,318 --> 00:02:12,787 they're shutting down the whole agency. 38 00:02:12,921 --> 00:02:15,056 The entire Criminal Investigative Division? 39 00:02:15,156 --> 00:02:17,258 - Says who? - I got my sources. 40 00:02:17,358 --> 00:02:18,960 It's the whole agency we're talking about here. 41 00:02:19,060 --> 00:02:21,530 Like, thousands of jobs and cases. I'm sure, 42 00:02:21,630 --> 00:02:23,331 if this was real, Vance would've said something. 43 00:02:23,431 --> 00:02:26,234 Yeah, assuming Vance is still saying anything to anyone. 44 00:02:26,299 --> 00:02:27,400 I've barely seen him lately. 45 00:02:27,502 --> 00:02:29,003 Yeah, rumor has it that 46 00:02:29,137 --> 00:02:30,972 the Army CID is shutting down. 47 00:02:31,072 --> 00:02:33,074 And handing their caseload to us. 48 00:02:33,141 --> 00:02:36,344 Wait, NCIS is picking up CID's slack? 49 00:02:36,444 --> 00:02:38,012 So you have heard something? 50 00:02:38,146 --> 00:02:39,447 Same whispers, yeah. 51 00:02:39,548 --> 00:02:41,082 But I've been around long enough to know 52 00:02:41,182 --> 00:02:42,817 that rumors are like mold. 53 00:02:42,917 --> 00:02:45,053 You give them oxygen, they spread. 54 00:02:46,387 --> 00:02:49,558 Good morning. We're looking for Special Agent Jessica Knight. 55 00:02:50,458 --> 00:02:52,160 Okay. Who's asking? 56 00:02:52,260 --> 00:02:53,695 Army Criminal Investigative Division, ma'am. 57 00:02:53,828 --> 00:02:56,230 Your assistance has been requested at Fort Belvoir. 58 00:02:56,330 --> 00:02:57,465 Urgent situation. 59 00:02:57,532 --> 00:02:59,033 What kind of situation? 60 00:02:59,133 --> 00:03:00,434 We're not at liberty to say, 61 00:03:00,501 --> 00:03:02,203 but you'll be read in once you get there. 62 00:03:03,371 --> 00:03:04,839 I guess you'd better go. 63 00:03:04,973 --> 00:03:07,676 Keep us posted. 64 00:03:08,977 --> 00:03:12,380 CID's already asking for help with their cases? 65 00:03:12,513 --> 00:03:14,015 This mean the rumors are true? 66 00:03:14,983 --> 00:03:18,352 Not sure, but I think I know why they want Knight. 67 00:03:18,452 --> 00:03:21,556 "Standoff at Fort Belvoir." 68 00:03:23,892 --> 00:03:26,427 Remember, be the arrow. 69 00:03:26,527 --> 00:03:28,930 Y'all are the tip, shaft, and fletching. I'm the bow. 70 00:03:29,030 --> 00:03:32,433 And on my command, we fly. 71 00:03:34,903 --> 00:03:36,705 - Go. - Major Malone? 72 00:03:36,838 --> 00:03:40,008 NCIS Special Agent Knight. Hear you're looking for me. 73 00:03:40,108 --> 00:03:43,376 Agent Knight. Glad you could join us. Let's get to work. 74 00:03:43,511 --> 00:03:44,813 Still waiting on a sitrep. 75 00:03:44,912 --> 00:03:46,414 Male suspect. Clearly agitated. 76 00:03:46,513 --> 00:03:49,049 Held two men at gunpoint in the ammo warehouse. 77 00:03:49,150 --> 00:03:52,186 Let them go and barricaded himself inside. 78 00:03:52,286 --> 00:03:54,222 Then I'm gonna need a phone with a recorded line, 79 00:03:54,355 --> 00:03:57,892 warehouse schematics, and, uh, eyes on any surveillance feeds. 80 00:03:58,893 --> 00:04:00,394 Is there a problem? 81 00:04:00,494 --> 00:04:02,897 Oh, I'd call it more of a misunderstanding, Agent Knight. 82 00:04:02,997 --> 00:04:05,433 Well, my understanding is that I'm here for a reason. 83 00:04:05,566 --> 00:04:06,835 I'm a trained negotiator. 84 00:04:06,901 --> 00:04:08,970 Well, you were brought here for a reason. 85 00:04:09,070 --> 00:04:10,605 Just not that one. 86 00:04:10,739 --> 00:04:12,573 Negotiations are my job. 87 00:04:12,707 --> 00:04:14,676 So, what then... am I here for the snacks? 88 00:04:14,776 --> 00:04:17,912 Almost. Well, you are the snack. 89 00:04:18,011 --> 00:04:19,179 Come again? 90 00:04:19,280 --> 00:04:23,084 Some suspects ask for pizza or burgers. 91 00:04:23,184 --> 00:04:24,585 But this guy is sitting 92 00:04:24,686 --> 00:04:26,354 on enough munitions to level a city block, 93 00:04:26,420 --> 00:04:28,522 and he only made one request. 94 00:04:29,691 --> 00:04:30,591 You. 95 00:04:30,692 --> 00:04:32,093 Did he say why? 96 00:04:32,193 --> 00:04:34,929 Claims he's your little brother. 97 00:04:45,573 --> 00:04:47,241 - Delta, stand by. - Yes, sir. 98 00:04:47,375 --> 00:04:48,442 Okay. 99 00:04:48,542 --> 00:04:50,712 So, you don't have a little brother. 100 00:04:50,778 --> 00:04:52,814 Uh, no. Just an older brother in Houston 101 00:04:52,914 --> 00:04:55,049 and a younger sister that lives at an ashram in India. 102 00:04:55,116 --> 00:04:58,853 Well, this guy was very insistent, so if he's not 103 00:04:58,953 --> 00:05:01,055 a relative, who the hell is he? 104 00:05:01,122 --> 00:05:03,357 There's only one way to find out. 105 00:05:03,424 --> 00:05:05,526 Hold up. 106 00:05:05,626 --> 00:05:08,797 We still don't know who this guy is or what his endgame is. 107 00:05:08,930 --> 00:05:11,032 But he's agitated, disoriented. 108 00:05:11,132 --> 00:05:13,134 You're walking in cold. 109 00:05:13,234 --> 00:05:15,369 So I need to be crystal clear about protocol. 110 00:05:15,469 --> 00:05:18,840 I'm not here to freelance. I'm here to make contact. 111 00:05:18,940 --> 00:05:22,410 Well, I get that. But in this tent, 112 00:05:22,476 --> 00:05:24,778 I'm Fred, you're Ginger. 113 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:28,082 I lead. You follow. 114 00:05:28,149 --> 00:05:29,417 Oh. 115 00:05:30,651 --> 00:05:33,287 Well, then just don't step on my toes. 116 00:05:39,794 --> 00:05:42,330 This better be Agent Knight. 117 00:05:42,430 --> 00:05:43,597 It is. 118 00:05:43,698 --> 00:05:45,900 Now I need to know who I'm speaking to. 119 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:49,170 Jess? Uh... 120 00:05:49,270 --> 00:05:51,740 It's, um, it's me. 121 00:05:51,806 --> 00:05:54,575 Ryan. Uh, Ryan Harper. 122 00:05:54,675 --> 00:05:56,978 Ryan Harper? 123 00:05:57,078 --> 00:05:58,679 My old informant? 124 00:05:58,780 --> 00:06:00,048 Yeah. 125 00:06:00,148 --> 00:06:01,816 You remember what you used to call me? 126 00:06:01,916 --> 00:06:04,786 "Little brother." Your code name. 127 00:06:04,886 --> 00:06:07,555 -We took down that drug ring -Yeah, and you got me out. 128 00:06:07,655 --> 00:06:10,624 You know, you said I deserved a shot at something better. 129 00:06:10,725 --> 00:06:12,160 Yeah, so you joined the Army. 130 00:06:12,293 --> 00:06:14,595 You know, this is a pretty big production, uh, 131 00:06:14,662 --> 00:06:15,663 just to get in touch with me. 132 00:06:15,797 --> 00:06:18,166 Uh... Yeah, well, I, uh, 133 00:06:18,266 --> 00:06:21,535 I tried calling your cell, but I guess you changed 134 00:06:21,669 --> 00:06:23,304 your number, so, uh, 135 00:06:23,403 --> 00:06:25,506 I just, uh... Look, uh, 136 00:06:25,606 --> 00:06:27,742 I just, I really... 137 00:06:27,842 --> 00:06:30,444 I really need someone that I can trust right now. 138 00:06:30,544 --> 00:06:32,246 So, how about you start by telling me 139 00:06:32,346 --> 00:06:33,882 what the hell is going on. 140 00:06:33,982 --> 00:06:36,951 'Cause the guy I knew risked his life to wear a wire, 141 00:06:37,018 --> 00:06:38,853 not to hold a warehouse hostage. 142 00:06:38,953 --> 00:06:41,089 I... I don't want to hurt anyone. 143 00:06:41,189 --> 00:06:43,657 You know? I just... I thought this place would be empty. 144 00:06:43,724 --> 00:06:44,692 You know? Somewhere I could just 145 00:06:44,793 --> 00:06:46,494 go and-and clear my head. 146 00:06:46,594 --> 00:06:48,696 And then those two soldiers came, 147 00:06:48,830 --> 00:06:50,664 and-and I-and I-and I pulled my gun. 148 00:06:50,730 --> 00:06:52,266 And-and... 149 00:06:52,366 --> 00:06:53,868 It was a mistake. 150 00:06:53,968 --> 00:06:56,070 It was-it was a stupid, stupid mistake. 151 00:06:56,170 --> 00:06:58,006 And you let them go. That was good. 152 00:06:58,105 --> 00:06:59,774 Yeah, but then the MPs showed up 153 00:06:59,874 --> 00:07:02,343 and CID right after them, which is bad. 154 00:07:03,211 --> 00:07:04,545 So why is that bad? 155 00:07:04,678 --> 00:07:06,647 What happened right before you got to the warehouse? 156 00:07:06,714 --> 00:07:10,118 No! No. No, not-not with CID listening. 157 00:07:10,218 --> 00:07:13,387 I-I can't trust them. I can't trust anyone but you. 158 00:07:15,389 --> 00:07:16,891 Then come out and we will talk. 159 00:07:16,991 --> 00:07:19,994 I-I can't do that. No, you have to come in. 160 00:07:20,061 --> 00:07:23,164 And turn a standoff into a hostage situation? 161 00:07:23,264 --> 00:07:24,165 Not happening. 162 00:07:28,769 --> 00:07:31,072 Okay, how about we not take out our frustrations 163 00:07:31,172 --> 00:07:33,707 - on things that go boom. - I am trying, Jess. 164 00:07:33,774 --> 00:07:36,377 I am, but it's just, uh, 165 00:07:36,477 --> 00:07:39,247 it's all messed-up. I-I need help. 166 00:07:39,379 --> 00:07:40,681 And I'm here to help you. 167 00:07:40,748 --> 00:07:42,984 So, please, just calm down and talk to me. 168 00:07:43,084 --> 00:07:45,586 You say you trust me? Prove it. 169 00:07:45,686 --> 00:07:48,422 Go-go see Evelyn first, then call me back. 170 00:07:49,757 --> 00:07:50,925 Who's Evelyn? 171 00:07:51,059 --> 00:07:53,862 That's his mother. She lives in Suffolk. 172 00:07:53,928 --> 00:07:56,230 I can have an NCIS team at her house in 20 minutes. 173 00:07:56,330 --> 00:07:57,431 Maybe she'll tell us something. 174 00:07:57,565 --> 00:07:59,167 Uh, I doubt that. 175 00:07:59,267 --> 00:08:01,802 According to Sergeant Harper's files, 176 00:08:01,903 --> 00:08:04,605 his mother died last October. 177 00:08:04,705 --> 00:08:06,074 If your pal 178 00:08:06,140 --> 00:08:07,876 doesn't stop throwing around high-grade ordnance 179 00:08:07,942 --> 00:08:10,144 and asking for dead relatives, 180 00:08:10,278 --> 00:08:12,981 we may have to end this the hard way. 181 00:08:23,624 --> 00:08:26,460 Okay, Alpha, head to high ground. 182 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:29,663 Major Malone, I think we should slow our roll here. 183 00:08:29,797 --> 00:08:31,799 We don't have a roll. 184 00:08:31,900 --> 00:08:35,003 I have a disturbed suspect in a room full of munitions. 185 00:08:35,103 --> 00:08:38,306 Sergeant Harper isn't trying to hurt anyone. Let me try 186 00:08:38,406 --> 00:08:40,474 and figure out why he is in full meltdown. 187 00:08:40,574 --> 00:08:42,210 Who is he to you? 188 00:08:42,310 --> 00:08:44,979 I told you. A former CI. 189 00:08:45,079 --> 00:08:48,682 I never had a CI request me by name at a standoff. 190 00:08:49,783 --> 00:08:51,119 Seven years ago, 191 00:08:51,219 --> 00:08:53,787 Harper put himself in danger to do the right thing. 192 00:08:53,854 --> 00:08:57,091 Ten months wearing a wire, his life on the line every day, 193 00:08:57,158 --> 00:08:58,426 and he only got through that 194 00:08:58,526 --> 00:09:01,695 because he trusted me to have his back. 195 00:09:01,795 --> 00:09:03,898 And I owe him the same thing now. 196 00:09:04,732 --> 00:09:06,534 I don't have that luxury. 197 00:09:06,667 --> 00:09:09,770 To me, he's a loose flame in a powder keg. 198 00:09:12,873 --> 00:09:15,843 Harper mentioned his mother. We need to follow up on that. 199 00:09:15,977 --> 00:09:18,012 It could be the key to getting him out alive. 200 00:09:18,112 --> 00:09:20,648 Look, you are welcome to wait by the phone 201 00:09:20,714 --> 00:09:23,317 in case he says something useful. 202 00:09:23,417 --> 00:09:25,186 But I've got a job to do. 203 00:09:25,319 --> 00:09:27,855 Your lead, Fred. 204 00:09:28,756 --> 00:09:30,191 Mm. 205 00:09:33,027 --> 00:09:34,528 Sniper moving into position. 206 00:09:34,628 --> 00:09:36,364 Copy that, Tac Team. 207 00:09:37,198 --> 00:09:41,135 McGee? I need a favor, fast. 208 00:09:41,235 --> 00:09:42,636 Evelyn Harper. 209 00:09:42,736 --> 00:09:44,905 This was her place. Title's in her son's name now. 210 00:09:45,039 --> 00:09:48,209 Doesn't look like anyone's lived here for a while. 211 00:09:48,309 --> 00:09:50,811 Oh, Harper probably lives on base. 212 00:09:52,246 --> 00:09:54,215 Yep. Enlisted at 19. 213 00:09:54,348 --> 00:09:56,817 Artillery specialist. Two tours. 214 00:09:56,917 --> 00:09:58,319 So he knows explosives. 215 00:10:09,597 --> 00:10:11,465 - I kick, you go. - Yeah. 216 00:10:11,565 --> 00:10:12,733 NCIS! 217 00:10:20,741 --> 00:10:24,178 Appears we just swatted a pinball machine. 218 00:10:24,245 --> 00:10:25,713 Not just a pinball machine, 219 00:10:25,779 --> 00:10:28,216 a Ducati and a Jet Ski. 220 00:10:28,282 --> 00:10:30,918 We thinking Sergeant Harper won the Showcase Showdown here? 221 00:10:31,019 --> 00:10:33,921 Well, Price is Right doesn't shoot in Virginia. I've checked. 222 00:10:34,055 --> 00:10:37,125 How does an E-5 sergeant in the Army 223 00:10:37,258 --> 00:10:38,526 afford all this stuff? 224 00:10:38,626 --> 00:10:40,928 And why does he want Knight to find it? 225 00:10:42,363 --> 00:10:44,198 That stuff's not mine. 226 00:10:44,265 --> 00:10:47,368 Not on Army pay, it isn't. How'd you get it? 227 00:10:47,468 --> 00:10:50,438 That's the thing, Jess. I didn't get it. 228 00:10:51,272 --> 00:10:53,741 Is that why you wanted us to find it? 229 00:10:53,841 --> 00:10:55,243 You think someone planted it? 230 00:10:55,309 --> 00:10:57,145 It is much bigger than that, all right? 231 00:10:57,245 --> 00:10:58,546 No one's gonna believe me. 232 00:10:58,611 --> 00:11:00,514 I believe you. That's why you called me, right? 233 00:11:00,614 --> 00:11:02,250 That's why you sent me to the house. 234 00:11:02,350 --> 00:11:05,319 It doesn't end at the house, all right? They're gonna f... 235 00:11:05,419 --> 00:11:06,754 Oh, they're gonna f-find... 236 00:11:06,820 --> 00:11:08,622 Ryan, what are they gonna find? 237 00:11:08,722 --> 00:11:10,391 Someone's using me! 238 00:11:10,491 --> 00:11:12,960 Ryan, tell me what is going on. 239 00:11:15,129 --> 00:11:17,131 I'm so sorry I dragged you into this. 240 00:11:21,001 --> 00:11:22,970 Don't bother. 241 00:11:23,104 --> 00:11:25,073 He's on the verge of opening up. He just got spooked. 242 00:11:25,173 --> 00:11:26,474 I can feel it. 243 00:11:26,574 --> 00:11:28,742 Yeah, for good reason. 244 00:11:28,809 --> 00:11:30,978 It's not about toys in a garage. 245 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:34,048 It's about murder. 246 00:11:34,148 --> 00:11:37,251 My team just searched your pal's apartment. 247 00:11:37,351 --> 00:11:41,189 Found a body. Killed with Sergeant Harper's own blade. 248 00:11:45,659 --> 00:11:48,896 Let me call him back. I can get him out of that warehouse. 249 00:11:48,996 --> 00:11:50,531 Do you see what he's doing? 250 00:11:50,664 --> 00:11:52,600 Those aren't the actions of a guy 251 00:11:52,666 --> 00:11:53,867 who's planning on coming out. 252 00:11:54,001 --> 00:11:56,304 He is spiraling, and you know it. 253 00:11:56,370 --> 00:11:57,838 Command, this is Alpha. 254 00:11:57,971 --> 00:11:59,740 Got visual on the suspect. 255 00:12:01,475 --> 00:12:02,443 Transmit feed. 256 00:12:02,510 --> 00:12:04,778 Suspect picked up a device. 257 00:12:04,878 --> 00:12:07,348 Could be a detonator. 258 00:12:07,448 --> 00:12:10,518 It could be a stress ball. You don't know. 259 00:12:11,619 --> 00:12:13,087 Alpha, do you have a shot? 260 00:12:13,187 --> 00:12:14,455 Hold on. 261 00:12:14,555 --> 00:12:16,357 Target acquired. Standing by. 262 00:12:16,490 --> 00:12:17,925 Let me get him back on the phone. 263 00:12:18,025 --> 00:12:19,660 And let him move out of sight? 264 00:12:19,760 --> 00:12:21,495 No, this could be our only shot. 265 00:12:21,595 --> 00:12:24,365 Suspect is assembling an explosive device. 266 00:12:25,199 --> 00:12:26,867 Please, just give me a chance. 267 00:12:26,967 --> 00:12:29,203 I can't leave this to chance. 268 00:12:30,037 --> 00:12:32,673 - Alpha, this is Command. - Major Malone, don't. 269 00:12:32,740 --> 00:12:33,974 No. 270 00:12:34,074 --> 00:12:35,543 - Send it. - Major Malo... 271 00:12:37,044 --> 00:12:38,579 Sent. 272 00:12:38,712 --> 00:12:42,283 - Target down. - Target down. 273 00:12:48,956 --> 00:12:50,358 Any word on Knight? 274 00:12:50,458 --> 00:12:52,860 She's on her way back from Fort Belvoir, 275 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:54,027 and she's pissed. 276 00:12:54,128 --> 00:12:55,696 Of course she is. Her friend just 277 00:12:55,829 --> 00:12:58,031 took a bullet to the chest from a CID sniper. 278 00:12:58,166 --> 00:12:59,533 Yeah, miracle he survived. 279 00:12:59,667 --> 00:13:00,768 He's not out of the woods. 280 00:13:00,868 --> 00:13:02,069 He's still on life support. 281 00:13:02,170 --> 00:13:03,704 Did Knight ever get him to explain 282 00:13:03,837 --> 00:13:05,072 why he barricaded himself? 283 00:13:05,173 --> 00:13:07,575 Nope. CID is telling the story now. 284 00:13:07,675 --> 00:13:10,911 Public statement suggests that Harper murdered a soldier 285 00:13:11,011 --> 00:13:12,980 and then tried suicide by cop. 286 00:13:13,046 --> 00:13:16,717 CID also thought that Harper had a detonator in his hand. 287 00:13:16,850 --> 00:13:19,887 Turns out it was a training fuse from a practice session. 288 00:13:19,987 --> 00:13:22,223 So, yeah, not exactly buying CID's version. 289 00:13:22,323 --> 00:13:24,558 How you doing, Jess? 290 00:13:25,493 --> 00:13:27,661 I'm fine. Harper's not. 291 00:13:27,728 --> 00:13:29,263 CID got this wrong. 292 00:13:29,363 --> 00:13:31,098 I don't know. I mean, if 293 00:13:31,199 --> 00:13:34,535 somebody found a dead guy in my apartment with my sword 294 00:13:34,635 --> 00:13:37,070 in his chest, and I barricaded myself 295 00:13:37,171 --> 00:13:39,507 - in a room full of explosives... - Yeah. 296 00:13:39,607 --> 00:13:41,442 It looks bad. 297 00:13:41,542 --> 00:13:42,810 But Harper called me. 298 00:13:42,910 --> 00:13:45,145 Told me he was being used, and I believe him. 299 00:13:45,246 --> 00:13:47,748 Except that's all he said. 300 00:13:47,848 --> 00:13:48,982 And now it's CID's case. 301 00:13:49,082 --> 00:13:50,751 It's up to them to find the truth. 302 00:13:50,851 --> 00:13:52,953 I'm not sure Malone's interested in the truth. 303 00:13:53,053 --> 00:13:55,523 He had Harper pegged as a lost cause from the beginning. 304 00:13:55,589 --> 00:13:57,925 And with CID facing shutdown rumors, 305 00:13:58,025 --> 00:13:59,627 they need a clean win, not a messy headline. 306 00:13:59,727 --> 00:14:01,895 Point is, Harper isn't getting a fair shake. 307 00:14:01,995 --> 00:14:03,797 We are missing a piece of this puzzle. 308 00:14:03,931 --> 00:14:06,767 And you want to find it. 309 00:14:06,900 --> 00:14:09,537 Harper's not just an old informant. 310 00:14:09,603 --> 00:14:13,274 When I met him, I thought being a cop was kicking in doors 311 00:14:13,374 --> 00:14:15,476 and putting bad guys away. 312 00:14:15,609 --> 00:14:18,612 But Harper showed me that you could actually help people. 313 00:14:18,712 --> 00:14:20,848 He changed his life because of me. 314 00:14:20,948 --> 00:14:22,516 I didn't give up on him back then, 315 00:14:22,616 --> 00:14:24,852 and I'm not gonna give up on him now. 316 00:14:26,153 --> 00:14:27,921 Well, hypothetically, 317 00:14:28,021 --> 00:14:30,758 if we were to get involved here, how would we do it? 318 00:14:30,858 --> 00:14:32,059 Yeah, we have no body, 319 00:14:32,125 --> 00:14:34,061 - no evidence. - And no jurisdiction. 320 00:14:34,127 --> 00:14:36,364 It's CID's case. We'd be 321 00:14:36,464 --> 00:14:38,299 stepping on a lot of toes. 322 00:14:38,399 --> 00:14:40,067 Yeah, starting with Vance's. 323 00:14:40,133 --> 00:14:42,570 If he finds out we're double-dipping on CID... 324 00:14:42,670 --> 00:14:44,638 All valid points. 325 00:14:45,473 --> 00:14:46,740 So... 326 00:14:46,807 --> 00:14:49,477 let's go step on some toes. 327 00:14:51,579 --> 00:14:52,813 This isn't good, Parker. 328 00:14:52,946 --> 00:14:54,982 I'm getting a ton of calls from CID. 329 00:14:55,082 --> 00:14:57,451 How? Our investigation barely started. 330 00:14:57,551 --> 00:14:59,253 Oh, no, not calls about that. 331 00:14:59,320 --> 00:15:01,489 About the rumors of the CID shutdown. 332 00:15:01,589 --> 00:15:03,223 Folks are freaking out they're gonna lose their jobs. 333 00:15:03,324 --> 00:15:06,427 And I'm telling you now, I will not share a lab with Spike. 334 00:15:06,494 --> 00:15:07,995 Do I want to know who that is? 335 00:15:08,095 --> 00:15:10,698 Spike is the CID's version of me, 336 00:15:10,831 --> 00:15:14,001 except he keeps his lab at a crisp 58 degrees 337 00:15:14,101 --> 00:15:15,669 and plays jazz music all day long. 338 00:15:15,769 --> 00:15:16,970 What do you have against jazz? 339 00:15:17,037 --> 00:15:19,973 Oh, no, I'm not talking Miles Davis jazz 340 00:15:20,040 --> 00:15:21,409 or Coltrane jazz. 341 00:15:21,509 --> 00:15:24,177 I'm talking elevator music jazz. 342 00:15:24,312 --> 00:15:25,846 Hold music jazz. 343 00:15:25,946 --> 00:15:28,416 That's not jazz. That's a... that's a crime. 344 00:15:28,516 --> 00:15:29,850 And not the one I'm interested in. 345 00:15:29,983 --> 00:15:31,952 Right. Well, I may not have access 346 00:15:32,019 --> 00:15:34,488 to CID's evidence against Ryan Harper, 347 00:15:34,588 --> 00:15:36,624 but I do have access to his social media, 348 00:15:36,724 --> 00:15:38,992 and that tells a story all on its own. 349 00:15:39,059 --> 00:15:41,929 Specifically, about a dead guy in his living room. 350 00:15:42,029 --> 00:15:43,797 His name is Sergeant Joseph Yates, 351 00:15:43,897 --> 00:15:45,733 and he's all over Harper's socials. 352 00:15:45,866 --> 00:15:47,335 What's Valor House? 353 00:15:47,401 --> 00:15:50,404 Oh, Valor House is the charity that Yates and Harper 354 00:15:50,504 --> 00:15:53,307 started to help wounded veterans when they hit hard times. 355 00:15:53,407 --> 00:15:56,243 These guys put every minute of their lives into Valor House. 356 00:15:56,344 --> 00:15:57,745 Yeah, until Yates ended up with 357 00:15:57,878 --> 00:15:59,547 Harper's samurai sword in him. 358 00:15:59,647 --> 00:16:02,650 Technically, that evidence is still circumstantial, but again, 359 00:16:02,716 --> 00:16:04,685 my ability to dig is limited. 360 00:16:04,752 --> 00:16:06,587 There must be somebody that we can talk to. 361 00:16:06,687 --> 00:16:09,323 Thankfully, there is. Harper has a girlfriend. 362 00:16:09,423 --> 00:16:10,758 Amanda Adams. 363 00:16:10,858 --> 00:16:12,360 They've been dating for about three months, 364 00:16:12,426 --> 00:16:14,595 and she spent as much time with Harper as Yates did. 365 00:16:14,728 --> 00:16:16,464 In fact, the three of them all seemed pretty close. 366 00:16:16,564 --> 00:16:18,366 Amanda might be able to tell us more 367 00:16:18,432 --> 00:16:19,900 about what happened between these two. 368 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:21,335 All right, send her info to Knight, 369 00:16:21,402 --> 00:16:23,771 and keep looking into this charity. 370 00:16:23,871 --> 00:16:25,673 As long as I can do it from my warm 371 00:16:25,739 --> 00:16:28,241 and jazz-free lab. 372 00:16:33,080 --> 00:16:34,848 Amanda? 373 00:16:34,948 --> 00:16:36,417 How's Ryan doing? 374 00:16:36,517 --> 00:16:40,354 Stable, they say, but the chaplain's still on standby. 375 00:16:40,454 --> 00:16:42,623 They have a lot of great doctors here. 376 00:16:42,756 --> 00:16:46,026 If you're with CID, I'm not answering any more questions. 377 00:16:46,093 --> 00:16:48,796 No, I'm not. I'm Jessica Knight, 378 00:16:48,896 --> 00:16:50,498 with NCIS. 379 00:16:54,435 --> 00:16:55,636 Jessica Knight, um... 380 00:16:55,769 --> 00:16:57,538 Ryan talked about you. 381 00:16:57,638 --> 00:17:00,608 Said you used to have Sunday dinners at his mom's. 382 00:17:00,741 --> 00:17:02,776 Yeah. We did. 383 00:17:02,876 --> 00:17:05,245 Also said that you were the reason he joined the Army. 384 00:17:05,344 --> 00:17:07,781 Said you inspired him to serve. 385 00:17:07,915 --> 00:17:09,282 Yeah. 386 00:17:09,417 --> 00:17:12,319 I should have kept in better touch with him. 387 00:17:13,120 --> 00:17:16,624 Amanda, I'm trying to figure out what led Ryan to that warehouse. 388 00:17:16,724 --> 00:17:19,459 Because the Ryan that I knew was thoughtful 389 00:17:19,592 --> 00:17:21,294 and level-headed. 390 00:17:21,395 --> 00:17:23,230 Everything was fine, 391 00:17:23,330 --> 00:17:24,832 until a few weeks ago. 392 00:17:24,932 --> 00:17:27,333 He noticed something weird with the charity's bank account. 393 00:17:27,435 --> 00:17:28,836 Weird how? 394 00:17:28,936 --> 00:17:31,505 Money was missing. 395 00:17:31,639 --> 00:17:33,741 From Valor House. Ryan couldn't figure out 396 00:17:33,841 --> 00:17:36,810 how it disappeared. He started obsessing. 397 00:17:36,910 --> 00:17:39,079 Well, it makes sense that he'd be concerned. 398 00:17:39,179 --> 00:17:41,982 It was more than concern. He got paranoid. 399 00:17:42,082 --> 00:17:44,852 First, about the money, then other things. 400 00:17:44,952 --> 00:17:46,920 Look... 401 00:17:46,987 --> 00:17:48,556 Ryan wasn't crazy. 402 00:17:49,590 --> 00:17:52,793 Yes, he was agitated, on edge, but 403 00:17:52,893 --> 00:17:54,261 that doesn't make him a killer. 404 00:17:54,361 --> 00:17:56,363 Of course not. 405 00:17:56,464 --> 00:17:58,866 Can I ask you about Sergeant Yates? 406 00:17:58,999 --> 00:18:00,834 Did he have access to the bank account? 407 00:18:00,968 --> 00:18:03,771 I don't know. They ran the charity together. 408 00:18:03,871 --> 00:18:07,240 Is it possible that Ryan confronted him about this? 409 00:18:07,340 --> 00:18:08,509 Things got heated? 410 00:18:08,609 --> 00:18:10,310 I told you, Ryan's not a murderer. 411 00:18:10,410 --> 00:18:11,779 If you knew him, you'd know that. 412 00:18:11,879 --> 00:18:14,014 Amanda... 413 00:18:15,215 --> 00:18:16,717 I promise you 414 00:18:16,850 --> 00:18:19,920 that I will do everything that I can to find out the truth. 415 00:18:22,089 --> 00:18:24,892 So, girlfriend was right. 416 00:18:24,992 --> 00:18:26,860 Lot of money disappeared from the charity. 417 00:18:26,994 --> 00:18:30,030 Transferred to Bitcoin accounts? Good luck tracking that. 418 00:18:30,130 --> 00:18:31,665 Mm-hmm. 419 00:18:31,732 --> 00:18:33,834 I guess, if your best buddy was stealing from your charity, 420 00:18:33,934 --> 00:18:35,769 it might make you "stab with a sword" mad. 421 00:18:35,869 --> 00:18:37,738 Well, Harper's girlfriend said he was paranoid. 422 00:18:37,838 --> 00:18:40,173 - Confirms CID's theory. - Well, we have no idea 423 00:18:40,273 --> 00:18:41,742 what Harper and Yates were really up to, 424 00:18:41,842 --> 00:18:43,310 let alone a motive for murder. 425 00:18:43,410 --> 00:18:46,146 Think I found a video online here that might help. 426 00:18:46,246 --> 00:18:48,048 I crowdsourced social platforms 427 00:18:48,181 --> 00:18:51,552 looking for recent images of Harper or Yates. 428 00:18:51,685 --> 00:18:53,554 Came across this. 429 00:18:53,654 --> 00:18:55,589 Trail mix with pretzels. 430 00:18:55,689 --> 00:18:58,025 Um, are we watching the right video? 431 00:18:58,091 --> 00:19:00,828 Yup. From the user "TheCalmCamouflage." 432 00:19:00,928 --> 00:19:03,396 The guy posts Army-themed ASMR content. 433 00:19:03,531 --> 00:19:05,432 MSM, uh, what? 434 00:19:05,566 --> 00:19:07,200 Autonomous sensory meridian response. 435 00:19:07,300 --> 00:19:09,537 Audio stimuli that, uh, results 436 00:19:09,603 --> 00:19:12,072 in a tingling sensation in the back of the head. Whispering, 437 00:19:12,172 --> 00:19:13,541 - tapping. - All right. 438 00:19:13,607 --> 00:19:15,075 Ignore the guy on the microphone. 439 00:19:15,175 --> 00:19:17,044 Look who is behind him. 440 00:19:19,847 --> 00:19:20,914 Harper and Yates. 441 00:19:21,014 --> 00:19:22,683 Except all I hear is the wrapper. 442 00:19:22,783 --> 00:19:24,251 Yeah, we might not be able to hear them, 443 00:19:24,351 --> 00:19:26,419 but a couple years ago, I created 444 00:19:26,520 --> 00:19:28,789 a lip-reading program as a birthday present for Abby. 445 00:19:28,889 --> 00:19:31,091 That is an oddly specific present. 446 00:19:31,191 --> 00:19:33,727 Anyway, I ran this video through my program. 447 00:19:33,794 --> 00:19:35,462 Look what it came up with. 448 00:19:37,130 --> 00:19:39,499 Hey, I'm freaking out. I don't know what to do. 449 00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:42,102 It's okay, man. Hey, I got you. 450 00:19:42,235 --> 00:19:44,237 But this-this could blow back on me. 451 00:19:44,337 --> 00:19:46,740 I'm gonna talk to Matt. 452 00:19:46,807 --> 00:19:48,341 He'll handle everything. 453 00:19:48,441 --> 00:19:51,712 Unfortunately, that is where the wrapper-wrinkling ends. 454 00:19:51,779 --> 00:19:54,181 "Handle everything"? As in the missing money? 455 00:19:54,281 --> 00:19:55,448 Yeah, that's what it sounds like. 456 00:19:55,549 --> 00:19:56,817 Which means Harper wasn't 457 00:19:56,917 --> 00:19:58,518 accusing Yates of stealing the money. 458 00:19:58,619 --> 00:20:00,020 He was asking for help to find it. 459 00:20:00,120 --> 00:20:02,956 Help from Matt. Do we have any idea who that is? 460 00:20:03,056 --> 00:20:05,593 I do. I have Yates' cell records. 461 00:20:05,659 --> 00:20:07,360 How were you able to pull phone records? 462 00:20:07,460 --> 00:20:10,598 Courtesy of my contact at the phone company. 463 00:20:10,664 --> 00:20:11,832 The last call Yates made 464 00:20:11,932 --> 00:20:13,500 before he died was to a cell phone 465 00:20:13,601 --> 00:20:15,468 belonging to Matthew Malone. 466 00:20:15,569 --> 00:20:18,639 As in Army Major Malone from CID? 467 00:20:18,739 --> 00:20:22,042 Major Malone, who ordered his sniper to shoot Harper? 468 00:20:22,142 --> 00:20:24,177 - Yes and yes. - All right, let me get this straight, 469 00:20:24,311 --> 00:20:25,779 these two friends discover this 470 00:20:25,846 --> 00:20:27,480 stolen money and then they 471 00:20:27,581 --> 00:20:28,882 went to report it to CID? 472 00:20:28,982 --> 00:20:30,818 And the next day, one of them 473 00:20:30,918 --> 00:20:32,285 turns up dead, and the other one? 474 00:20:32,352 --> 00:20:34,588 - Shot by CID. - Well, makes you wonder 475 00:20:34,688 --> 00:20:36,156 if, uh, they discovered a crime 476 00:20:36,289 --> 00:20:38,659 that Malone didn't want anyone to look into. 477 00:20:38,792 --> 00:20:41,494 Harper didn't trust CID. He made that very clear. 478 00:20:41,595 --> 00:20:44,765 And before you could find out why, Malone shut him up. 479 00:20:44,865 --> 00:20:47,668 I think it's time we have a talk with Major Malone. 480 00:20:47,768 --> 00:20:48,869 I think someone's gonna have to 481 00:20:49,002 --> 00:20:50,871 break the news to Vance. 482 00:20:50,971 --> 00:20:52,339 He may already know. 483 00:20:52,472 --> 00:20:55,709 Vance wants me and Knight in his office, now. 484 00:20:58,078 --> 00:21:00,714 I just got off the phone with the director of CID. 485 00:21:00,848 --> 00:21:03,951 Apparently, there's a secondary investigation underway. 486 00:21:04,051 --> 00:21:06,086 Something they thought I should be made aware of. 487 00:21:06,186 --> 00:21:08,255 And it involves your team. 488 00:21:09,089 --> 00:21:10,557 Well, we were coming here to loop you in. 489 00:21:10,658 --> 00:21:12,492 We've been following a lead. 490 00:21:12,592 --> 00:21:15,262 One that may involve a CID agent 491 00:21:15,362 --> 00:21:17,297 tied to a financial coverup. 492 00:21:17,364 --> 00:21:18,966 Specifically, Major Malone. 493 00:21:19,066 --> 00:21:20,533 Good to know. 494 00:21:20,668 --> 00:21:23,403 But that's not the investigation that I'm talking about. 495 00:21:23,503 --> 00:21:26,674 Does the name Roland Massi mean anything to you? 496 00:21:26,740 --> 00:21:30,477 He's the drug dealer that Harper helped take down, but 497 00:21:30,577 --> 00:21:33,914 Massi's serving 50 to life, so what's there to investigate? 498 00:21:34,014 --> 00:21:36,349 The investigation's not about him. 499 00:21:37,217 --> 00:21:38,852 It's about you, Agent Knight. 500 00:21:38,919 --> 00:21:40,821 I'm sorry, what? 501 00:21:40,888 --> 00:21:43,590 CID is placing you under review. 502 00:21:43,691 --> 00:21:46,159 Your security clearance has been suspended. 503 00:21:47,360 --> 00:21:49,763 Effective immediately. 504 00:21:58,839 --> 00:22:02,442 Roland Massi owned a series of bars and clubs 505 00:22:02,542 --> 00:22:04,678 across Virginia catering to service members. 506 00:22:04,745 --> 00:22:06,579 Served drinks in the front, cocaine in the back. 507 00:22:06,714 --> 00:22:08,782 It was one of the largest drug operations 508 00:22:08,882 --> 00:22:10,050 in the commonwealth's history. 509 00:22:10,150 --> 00:22:11,451 Until seven years ago, 510 00:22:11,551 --> 00:22:13,520 when the NCIS REACT team and I took it all down. 511 00:22:13,620 --> 00:22:16,023 Well, now Massi's serving life in prison. 512 00:22:16,123 --> 00:22:17,691 It's a big win for NCIS. 513 00:22:17,758 --> 00:22:20,360 None of this would have been possible without Ryan Harper. 514 00:22:20,427 --> 00:22:22,830 He was just a kid. He was seduced by Massi's offer 515 00:22:22,896 --> 00:22:25,699 of fast cash, realized it was plain wrong. 516 00:22:25,799 --> 00:22:28,401 So, he cooperated with Knight and turned his life around. 517 00:22:28,501 --> 00:22:31,404 Okay, but why would Malone be sniffing around 518 00:22:31,538 --> 00:22:33,240 a successful seven-year-old bust? 519 00:22:33,340 --> 00:22:36,176 Well, either he thinks Knight did something wrong... 520 00:22:36,276 --> 00:22:37,677 Or it's a bluff. 521 00:22:37,778 --> 00:22:39,279 To take our eyes off Malone and the missing money. 522 00:22:39,379 --> 00:22:41,548 Is there anything else about Massi's operation 523 00:22:41,614 --> 00:22:42,916 that we should know about? 524 00:22:43,016 --> 00:22:44,885 Everything you need to know is in that file. 525 00:22:44,952 --> 00:22:46,686 I stand by it. 526 00:22:47,855 --> 00:22:49,857 CID comes at one of ours, 527 00:22:49,923 --> 00:22:51,691 we don't wait around playing defense. 528 00:22:51,759 --> 00:22:53,526 We show them that this investigation 529 00:22:53,593 --> 00:22:54,795 isn't about Knight, 530 00:22:54,895 --> 00:22:57,030 it's about Malone, and we prove it 531 00:22:57,097 --> 00:22:58,531 before they bury the evidence. 532 00:22:58,598 --> 00:23:01,568 CID blindsided Knight the moment that we connected Malone 533 00:23:01,668 --> 00:23:04,271 with our victim. That is not a coincidence. 534 00:23:04,371 --> 00:23:06,439 This whole case revolves around 535 00:23:06,539 --> 00:23:08,275 that dead body in Harper's living room. 536 00:23:08,408 --> 00:23:10,177 All right, so we solve the murder, 537 00:23:10,277 --> 00:23:11,578 we hopefully clear Harper, 538 00:23:11,644 --> 00:23:13,713 and we definitely get CID off Knight's back. 539 00:23:13,814 --> 00:23:16,049 And, uh, someone needs to make sure 540 00:23:16,116 --> 00:23:18,886 that Vance stays off of ours. 541 00:23:18,952 --> 00:23:21,254 Yes, absolutely. 542 00:23:21,321 --> 00:23:23,290 Thank you. 543 00:23:24,992 --> 00:23:26,860 That was my third call with 544 00:23:26,994 --> 00:23:28,896 the CID director since breakfast. 545 00:23:28,996 --> 00:23:30,864 I'm not looking for a fourth. 546 00:23:30,964 --> 00:23:33,000 - That's the job. - Mine, yes. 547 00:23:33,100 --> 00:23:35,435 Right now, I'm more worried about Agent Knight's. 548 00:23:35,535 --> 00:23:37,004 Well, then we're on the same page. 549 00:23:37,104 --> 00:23:38,538 Are we? 550 00:23:39,339 --> 00:23:41,308 You said that you were investigating 551 00:23:41,408 --> 00:23:42,542 a CID agent, 552 00:23:42,675 --> 00:23:45,612 and now CID is digging into one of ours. 553 00:23:45,678 --> 00:23:48,215 The last thing that we need is a turf war. 554 00:23:48,315 --> 00:23:49,883 Because of the rumors they're folding. 555 00:23:49,983 --> 00:23:53,286 Yes. CID won't go down without a fight. 556 00:23:53,353 --> 00:23:55,355 They need a win, any way they can get it. 557 00:23:55,455 --> 00:23:56,389 Even at Knight's expense. 558 00:23:56,489 --> 00:23:58,558 CID is under the spotlight, 559 00:23:58,691 --> 00:24:00,727 and they need to get it off them fast. 560 00:24:00,861 --> 00:24:03,696 Taking down an NCIS agent... that's high-profile. 561 00:24:03,831 --> 00:24:05,698 Suddenly, the spotlight is on us. 562 00:24:05,799 --> 00:24:07,234 I don't care about the spotlight. 563 00:24:07,367 --> 00:24:08,969 I care that Knight's being used as a scapegoat. 564 00:24:09,036 --> 00:24:11,604 I wish it were that simple, Parker. 565 00:24:11,704 --> 00:24:13,706 But according to the CID director, 566 00:24:13,807 --> 00:24:16,543 whatever they have on Agent Knight is substantial. 567 00:24:16,643 --> 00:24:19,212 Major Malone is on his way over to interview her now. 568 00:24:20,213 --> 00:24:21,714 Okay, so how do we stop him? 569 00:24:21,849 --> 00:24:24,952 - We don't. He's within his rights. - So, what... 570 00:24:25,052 --> 00:24:26,820 we just let Knight take the hit? 571 00:24:26,920 --> 00:24:29,923 I said we can't stop Major Malone from questioning Knight. 572 00:24:30,057 --> 00:24:32,092 I never said that we were giving up. 573 00:24:33,393 --> 00:24:35,062 I'm trying to protect my agent. 574 00:24:35,195 --> 00:24:37,030 So am I. 575 00:24:37,130 --> 00:24:38,265 Which is why I made sure 576 00:24:38,398 --> 00:24:39,699 that Knight is being questioned here, 577 00:24:39,799 --> 00:24:41,768 on our turf, not theirs. 578 00:24:41,902 --> 00:24:43,603 And more importantly... 579 00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:49,376 ...why I had CID hand over this. 580 00:24:52,512 --> 00:24:55,215 Crime scene report from Sergeant Harper's apartment? 581 00:24:56,216 --> 00:24:57,650 Thank you. 582 00:24:57,750 --> 00:24:58,952 Parker. 583 00:25:00,020 --> 00:25:01,922 If you're gonna prove that Harper's not a murderer, 584 00:25:02,022 --> 00:25:04,624 do it fast. But please be warned, 585 00:25:04,757 --> 00:25:07,227 CID is a drowning man. 586 00:25:08,028 --> 00:25:10,964 Drowning man doesn't care who he pulls under with him. 587 00:25:18,705 --> 00:25:19,639 Kasie? 588 00:25:21,741 --> 00:25:24,277 Uh, Kasie, you okay? 589 00:25:28,949 --> 00:25:30,083 Kasie? 590 00:25:30,183 --> 00:25:31,384 Wait, McGee, wait, watch out for the... 591 00:25:31,451 --> 00:25:34,054 paint. 592 00:25:34,154 --> 00:25:36,123 That's, uh, that's great. 593 00:25:36,223 --> 00:25:38,591 My shoes are now the same color as the squad room. 594 00:25:38,658 --> 00:25:40,493 Yeah, my forensic supplies are backordered, 595 00:25:40,627 --> 00:25:42,662 so I had to raid building maintenance. 596 00:25:42,762 --> 00:25:46,466 - Well, this place is a total mess. - Hey. You see a mess, 597 00:25:46,566 --> 00:25:48,168 but I see geometry. 598 00:25:48,301 --> 00:25:49,903 Because every slash 599 00:25:50,003 --> 00:25:52,872 and stab creates a mathematical pattern that tells a story. 600 00:25:52,973 --> 00:25:55,475 Yeah, a story with, uh, not a very happy ending. 601 00:25:55,608 --> 00:25:57,744 Mm. Depends on how you look at it. 602 00:25:57,844 --> 00:26:01,514 I am matching my demonstration to the crime scene photos from 603 00:26:01,648 --> 00:26:05,152 Sergeant Harper's apartment, and I finally got it right. 604 00:26:05,252 --> 00:26:07,054 What do you notice in these photos? 605 00:26:07,955 --> 00:26:09,122 Well, uh... 606 00:26:09,222 --> 00:26:11,091 Well, there's blood everywhere. I mean, 607 00:26:11,158 --> 00:26:12,692 it's on the floor, it's on the walls, 608 00:26:12,825 --> 00:26:15,328 - even the ceiling. - Ah, you almost got it right. 609 00:26:15,428 --> 00:26:17,497 Most of the blood is on half of the floor, 610 00:26:17,597 --> 00:26:19,166 the walls, the ceiling. 611 00:26:19,266 --> 00:26:20,867 Right. Murderer swings the sword, 612 00:26:21,001 --> 00:26:23,570 - blood spatters in the direction of the swing. - Exactly. 613 00:26:24,537 --> 00:26:27,140 I'm right-handed, so when I swing the sword, 614 00:26:27,207 --> 00:26:28,942 paint goes on the left side of the room, 615 00:26:29,009 --> 00:26:30,610 just like in the crime scene photos. 616 00:26:30,677 --> 00:26:32,245 Okay. 617 00:26:32,345 --> 00:26:34,547 Killer is right-handed, you are right-handed. 618 00:26:34,681 --> 00:26:37,550 - Mm-hmm. - As is 90% of the population. 619 00:26:38,885 --> 00:26:40,353 Unless Sergeant Harper is left-handed. 620 00:26:40,487 --> 00:26:42,389 Ding, ding, ding. Not only that, 621 00:26:42,489 --> 00:26:44,191 but judging by the angle of the swings, 622 00:26:44,291 --> 00:26:46,226 the killer was also significantly shorter 623 00:26:46,326 --> 00:26:47,394 than Harper as well. 624 00:26:47,494 --> 00:26:48,861 Harper didn't kill his friend. 625 00:26:48,962 --> 00:26:51,698 Bingo. CID's got the wrong man. 626 00:26:51,798 --> 00:26:53,300 Ooh. 627 00:26:54,534 --> 00:26:55,902 It's Parker. 628 00:26:56,003 --> 00:26:57,837 Major Malone just got here to interrogate Knight. 629 00:26:57,904 --> 00:27:02,175 This evidence will show Malone how wrong he is about Harper. 630 00:27:04,311 --> 00:27:06,213 - Ladies first. - You're the guest. 631 00:27:06,313 --> 00:27:07,880 No, I insist. 632 00:27:07,981 --> 00:27:09,216 Hm. 633 00:27:15,989 --> 00:27:17,557 You got to be kidding me. 634 00:27:17,657 --> 00:27:18,992 Well, it's my interview. 635 00:27:19,059 --> 00:27:21,094 It's my interrogation room. 636 00:27:21,861 --> 00:27:23,730 How about a compromise? 637 00:27:23,863 --> 00:27:25,898 You got a pitch? 638 00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:35,108 I might as well start us off. 639 00:27:35,208 --> 00:27:36,776 Actually, you know what? I'll start. 640 00:27:36,909 --> 00:27:39,346 Ladies first, right? 641 00:27:40,713 --> 00:27:43,950 What the hell. I got nothing to hide. 642 00:27:44,084 --> 00:27:46,753 Mm. Except that you were the last person 643 00:27:46,853 --> 00:27:49,256 to speak to our murder victim. 644 00:27:50,057 --> 00:27:51,358 I didn't hide that. 645 00:27:51,424 --> 00:27:54,127 You didn't disclose it to me at the standoff. 646 00:27:54,261 --> 00:27:56,263 I had my hands full. 647 00:27:56,396 --> 00:27:57,964 And it wasn't your business. 648 00:27:58,098 --> 00:27:59,299 Oh. 649 00:27:59,432 --> 00:28:01,334 Sergeant Yates called about suspicious activity 650 00:28:01,434 --> 00:28:03,070 with the charity's accounts. 651 00:28:03,136 --> 00:28:05,205 We were gonna meet in the morning, but, uh, 652 00:28:05,305 --> 00:28:06,806 well, he's dead. 653 00:28:06,939 --> 00:28:09,776 So, you accused Harper of murdering him 654 00:28:09,876 --> 00:28:12,245 and had your sniper take him down. 655 00:28:12,345 --> 00:28:14,247 I stand by my actions. 656 00:28:14,314 --> 00:28:16,949 I believe Harper was a threat to himself and others. 657 00:28:17,084 --> 00:28:18,885 I made a judgment call. 658 00:28:18,985 --> 00:28:20,820 The wrong judgment call. 659 00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:22,789 Because Harper didn't kill that guy. 660 00:28:22,922 --> 00:28:24,657 He's innocent. 661 00:28:24,757 --> 00:28:28,728 Mm, you're half-right. He didn't kill the guy. 662 00:28:32,132 --> 00:28:33,233 You know? 663 00:28:33,333 --> 00:28:36,203 Sure. Harper's left-handed. 664 00:28:36,303 --> 00:28:37,637 The killer was right-handed. 665 00:28:37,770 --> 00:28:40,039 Which means you don't have a case, 666 00:28:40,140 --> 00:28:41,408 so what are we doing here? 667 00:28:41,474 --> 00:28:44,010 Harper didn't swing the sword but... 668 00:28:44,111 --> 00:28:45,678 oh, he was far from innocent. 669 00:28:45,812 --> 00:28:49,082 Now, while NCIS was playing gotcha with yesterday's clues, 670 00:28:49,149 --> 00:28:52,352 CID was actively pursuing fresh ones. 671 00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:55,522 Harper's tox report came back. 672 00:28:58,991 --> 00:29:01,060 He was hopped up on cocaine, 673 00:29:01,161 --> 00:29:03,496 which explains his erratic behavior yesterday. 674 00:29:04,297 --> 00:29:07,600 Explained even more when we searched his charity office. 675 00:29:07,700 --> 00:29:11,138 Found phones, drug-mixing paraphernalia, 676 00:29:11,204 --> 00:29:12,439 and... 677 00:29:14,541 --> 00:29:16,376 ...six kilos of product. 678 00:29:16,476 --> 00:29:18,845 Your pal Harper wasn't just using, 679 00:29:18,978 --> 00:29:20,380 he was dealing. 680 00:29:20,513 --> 00:29:23,883 That missing charity money... he was laundering it. 681 00:29:24,016 --> 00:29:25,652 And when Yates found out, 682 00:29:25,752 --> 00:29:28,188 Harper had him killed. 683 00:29:28,288 --> 00:29:30,390 How is this even possible? 684 00:29:31,424 --> 00:29:34,026 I've been asking myself the same thing. 685 00:29:34,161 --> 00:29:37,497 I'd say you made it possible, Agent Knight. 686 00:29:38,298 --> 00:29:41,468 Ryan Harper never intended to go straight seven years ago. 687 00:29:41,534 --> 00:29:43,303 He was just biding his time. 688 00:29:43,403 --> 00:29:46,673 Harper was the reason we took down Roland Massi. 689 00:29:46,739 --> 00:29:49,842 Mm, sure. I mean, he was trying to survive. 690 00:29:49,909 --> 00:29:51,077 Oh. 691 00:29:52,245 --> 00:29:55,315 Harper helps you get rid of Massi. 692 00:29:55,382 --> 00:29:56,649 Then you expunge his record, 693 00:29:56,716 --> 00:29:58,718 which allowed him to join the Army. 694 00:29:59,686 --> 00:30:02,622 Where he builds a brand-new drug ring, all his own. 695 00:30:04,056 --> 00:30:05,558 This is ridiculous. 696 00:30:05,658 --> 00:30:07,227 Or are you so busy trying to prove 697 00:30:07,327 --> 00:30:09,229 how I screwed up, that... 698 00:30:09,362 --> 00:30:11,464 you can't even see your own mess? 699 00:30:12,565 --> 00:30:14,301 Even if you can't see it... 700 00:30:15,202 --> 00:30:16,903 ...everyone else will. 701 00:30:18,004 --> 00:30:21,574 Now, this graduation photo is going on the cover of my report 702 00:30:21,708 --> 00:30:23,510 to the inspector general. 703 00:30:25,612 --> 00:30:29,616 Let's hope it doesn't make the cover of the Evening Post. 704 00:30:31,618 --> 00:30:33,186 Way I see it, 705 00:30:33,286 --> 00:30:36,989 you were either in on all this with Harper from the beginning 706 00:30:37,089 --> 00:30:38,625 or you got played. 707 00:30:38,725 --> 00:30:41,428 For me, 708 00:30:41,561 --> 00:30:44,197 I'd rather be a criminal than a fool. 709 00:30:48,268 --> 00:30:50,637 Knight has been there for a long time. 710 00:30:50,770 --> 00:30:52,672 Nobody's called for a medic yet. 711 00:30:52,772 --> 00:30:54,474 Is that good or bad? 712 00:30:55,342 --> 00:30:57,143 Hey, Knight. 713 00:30:57,244 --> 00:30:58,144 How'd it go in there? 714 00:30:58,245 --> 00:30:59,679 Uh, still sorting that out. 715 00:30:59,779 --> 00:31:03,283 You, uh, want to give us the headline? 716 00:31:04,651 --> 00:31:08,020 Actually, that's what I'm trying to avoid. 717 00:31:12,959 --> 00:31:15,595 Agent Knight, there something I can do for you? 718 00:31:16,829 --> 00:31:18,064 I got it wrong. 719 00:31:21,801 --> 00:31:23,270 If this is about the case, 720 00:31:23,336 --> 00:31:25,472 I'm sure it's something we can work out. 721 00:31:25,605 --> 00:31:27,307 Not this time. 722 00:31:28,275 --> 00:31:31,344 I thought I was making a difference in someone's life. 723 00:31:32,545 --> 00:31:34,447 But I just let myself get used. 724 00:31:34,547 --> 00:31:37,183 If CID wants to make themselves look good 725 00:31:37,317 --> 00:31:38,918 by taking me down, fine, 726 00:31:38,985 --> 00:31:42,455 but I won't let them take NCIS down with me. 727 00:31:42,555 --> 00:31:44,324 My mistake. 728 00:31:44,424 --> 00:31:46,426 I own it. 729 00:32:11,050 --> 00:32:12,285 Agent Parker. 730 00:32:13,085 --> 00:32:13,953 Can I help you? 731 00:32:14,086 --> 00:32:15,888 Called you twice, no answer. 732 00:32:15,955 --> 00:32:17,924 I'm aware. 733 00:32:18,024 --> 00:32:19,392 Convenient. 734 00:32:19,492 --> 00:32:21,561 Knight's resignation took the spotlight off NCIS. 735 00:32:21,628 --> 00:32:24,697 That's, uh, that's what you wanted. 736 00:32:25,465 --> 00:32:28,067 You think I wanted Agent Knight to resign? 737 00:32:29,268 --> 00:32:30,570 I think you let her. 738 00:32:30,670 --> 00:32:33,773 She didn't exactly invite a discussion. 739 00:32:33,840 --> 00:32:36,676 Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a call. 740 00:32:36,776 --> 00:32:38,811 She's being steamrolled, Leon. We can't 741 00:32:38,945 --> 00:32:40,480 just sit back and watch it happen. 742 00:32:40,580 --> 00:32:42,915 My hands are tied, Parker. What would you have me do? 743 00:32:42,982 --> 00:32:44,817 Well, you can start by blowing off your call 744 00:32:44,917 --> 00:32:46,953 and showing me you give a damn! 745 00:32:50,923 --> 00:32:54,361 Not every part of my job is up for public consumption. 746 00:32:55,161 --> 00:32:56,195 I'm the public now? 747 00:32:56,329 --> 00:32:59,265 Excuse me, Agent Parker. 748 00:33:06,973 --> 00:33:08,408 Parker, you're good? 749 00:33:08,508 --> 00:33:10,343 Any word from Knight since she left? 750 00:33:10,443 --> 00:33:12,178 Radio silence. 751 00:33:12,311 --> 00:33:13,480 Yeah. 752 00:33:13,580 --> 00:33:15,648 Major Malone is a major pain in the ass. 753 00:33:15,715 --> 00:33:17,684 - No argument here. - She made a call 754 00:33:17,784 --> 00:33:19,519 that any one of us would have made. 755 00:33:19,619 --> 00:33:22,154 Helping an informant expunge their record? 756 00:33:22,221 --> 00:33:23,656 Restorative justice 101. 757 00:33:23,756 --> 00:33:25,692 I wouldn't be standing here if someone 758 00:33:25,792 --> 00:33:27,960 didn't give me a second chance when I was 18. 759 00:33:28,027 --> 00:33:30,029 Right, but you became a cop. 760 00:33:30,129 --> 00:33:32,532 CID says that Harper became a drug lord. 761 00:33:32,632 --> 00:33:34,200 CID's evidence was enough 762 00:33:34,333 --> 00:33:36,035 to make Knight believe that she got played. 763 00:33:36,135 --> 00:33:37,537 And if it's true, 764 00:33:37,670 --> 00:33:40,707 that's not just a black mark, that's a career-ender. 765 00:33:40,807 --> 00:33:43,042 All right, but we all know Jessica Knight. 766 00:33:43,175 --> 00:33:45,244 Do we really think she got played? 767 00:33:46,479 --> 00:33:48,180 All right, if we're gonna save Knight, we need 768 00:33:48,247 --> 00:33:50,550 to tear down CID's case, find the holes, 769 00:33:50,650 --> 00:33:52,719 prove that Harper was no drug lord. 770 00:33:52,852 --> 00:33:54,253 Before CID goes public. 771 00:33:54,387 --> 00:33:55,788 Well, I've got something that may help. 772 00:33:55,888 --> 00:33:57,156 I've been reviewing the interview footage 773 00:33:57,223 --> 00:33:58,891 from Knight's interview with Malone. 774 00:33:58,991 --> 00:34:02,429 He may not have as much evidence as he claims. Take a look. 775 00:34:03,229 --> 00:34:04,797 Why is the table turned sideways? 776 00:34:04,897 --> 00:34:07,600 Neither of them would agree on who was interviewing who. 777 00:34:07,700 --> 00:34:08,935 Compromise? 778 00:34:09,035 --> 00:34:10,902 Or Knight knew we might want 779 00:34:11,002 --> 00:34:12,572 a view of Malone's files, 780 00:34:12,672 --> 00:34:14,441 including the drug analysis on the cocaine 781 00:34:14,574 --> 00:34:17,308 CID seized. 782 00:34:18,478 --> 00:34:20,880 - Bad analysis? - No, bad drugs. 783 00:34:20,947 --> 00:34:22,449 Compound contains 784 00:34:22,549 --> 00:34:24,750 less than 15% cocaine hydrochloride. 785 00:34:24,884 --> 00:34:27,620 Whereas street cocaine comes in about 60%. 786 00:34:27,720 --> 00:34:29,889 And about 90% for the pure stuff. 787 00:34:29,956 --> 00:34:31,424 Yeah, this was just enough to pop positive 788 00:34:31,558 --> 00:34:33,960 on a forensics analysis. The rest is baby laxatives. 789 00:34:34,060 --> 00:34:36,362 So Harper was trying to move faulty product? 790 00:34:37,129 --> 00:34:39,766 Or maybe he's not trying to move any product at all. 791 00:34:39,899 --> 00:34:41,933 It's an old cartel trick. They grab 792 00:34:42,034 --> 00:34:43,435 a small amount of the pure stuff, 793 00:34:43,536 --> 00:34:44,703 and you mix it with the junk 794 00:34:44,770 --> 00:34:45,772 to make it look like a large amount, 795 00:34:45,872 --> 00:34:46,839 and then they plant it. 796 00:34:46,939 --> 00:34:47,906 All right, who do we think 797 00:34:48,007 --> 00:34:49,107 Harper's being set up by? 798 00:34:49,208 --> 00:34:51,444 Bad cops plant drugs, too. 799 00:34:51,544 --> 00:34:53,712 You really think Malone would go that far? 800 00:34:53,813 --> 00:34:57,348 More than I believe, uh, Knight helped create a drug lord. 801 00:34:58,117 --> 00:35:00,487 All right, how do we prove it? 802 00:35:02,889 --> 00:35:04,557 Now, I'm not one to comment on 803 00:35:04,657 --> 00:35:06,926 interpersonal dynamics at work. 804 00:35:06,993 --> 00:35:09,395 - You're not? - Fine, I do it all the time, 805 00:35:09,462 --> 00:35:11,263 but some people need to be reminded 806 00:35:11,363 --> 00:35:13,265 that we're all team NCIS, 807 00:35:13,365 --> 00:35:15,902 and when friends argue, they need to hug. 808 00:35:16,002 --> 00:35:18,004 I'm not hugging Director Vance. 809 00:35:18,638 --> 00:35:19,606 Tell me you got something. 810 00:35:19,706 --> 00:35:21,373 Like holes in CID's case? 811 00:35:21,474 --> 00:35:24,677 Then you're in luck, because this major drug operation 812 00:35:24,811 --> 00:35:26,178 looks like Swiss cheese. 813 00:35:26,312 --> 00:35:29,281 For starters, the high-ticket items 814 00:35:29,348 --> 00:35:33,185 seized from the garage cost about $250,000, 815 00:35:33,285 --> 00:35:34,821 which is almost the exact amount 816 00:35:34,921 --> 00:35:36,689 - missing from Harper's charity. - Right, suggesting 817 00:35:36,823 --> 00:35:38,891 that the stolen charity money 818 00:35:38,991 --> 00:35:40,192 paid for the stuff, not drug money. 819 00:35:40,326 --> 00:35:43,262 Correct. Now, CID claims that 820 00:35:43,362 --> 00:35:45,364 the charity was being used to launder money, 821 00:35:45,498 --> 00:35:48,434 but that's impossible because there were no illicit funds 822 00:35:48,501 --> 00:35:49,636 being run through the charity. 823 00:35:49,736 --> 00:35:53,072 There are no drug sales at all. 824 00:35:53,172 --> 00:35:56,008 I ran the numbers from the burner phones that CID seized. 825 00:35:56,108 --> 00:35:57,977 They're full of coded messages 826 00:35:58,077 --> 00:36:00,079 that look like drug deals from The Wire. 827 00:36:00,179 --> 00:36:02,815 - Fake messages? - Uh, real messages. 828 00:36:02,915 --> 00:36:05,184 Fake deals. Someone used a bot program 829 00:36:05,284 --> 00:36:06,686 to make these phones call each other. 830 00:36:06,786 --> 00:36:10,222 So, no buyers, no profits, no operation. 831 00:36:10,322 --> 00:36:11,758 Just an elaborate frame job 832 00:36:11,858 --> 00:36:13,726 designed to fool CID and get Harper put away. 833 00:36:13,826 --> 00:36:16,128 Yeah, unless CID was in on it. 834 00:36:16,228 --> 00:36:19,498 Malone takes drugs from the evidence locker, plants them. 835 00:36:19,566 --> 00:36:22,635 There's no way that these drugs came from CID evidence locker. 836 00:36:22,735 --> 00:36:24,070 I ran the drug analysis 837 00:36:24,203 --> 00:36:26,405 through the DEA's database. They keep 838 00:36:26,505 --> 00:36:29,542 a index of all narcotics seized from all agencies. 839 00:36:29,676 --> 00:36:30,910 CID never seized 840 00:36:31,043 --> 00:36:33,580 this specific blend of cocaine, 841 00:36:33,680 --> 00:36:35,915 but NCIS did, seven years ago. 842 00:36:36,015 --> 00:36:38,050 When Knight took down Massi's organization. 843 00:36:38,184 --> 00:36:41,888 This compound was dealt exclusively by Massi's crew, 844 00:36:41,988 --> 00:36:44,223 until the entire operation 845 00:36:44,356 --> 00:36:45,892 was dismantled and the drugs were destroyed. 846 00:36:46,025 --> 00:36:48,227 Are you saying that somebody from Massi's organization 847 00:36:48,327 --> 00:36:50,597 are using seven-year-old drugs to frame Harper? 848 00:36:50,697 --> 00:36:53,465 Kinda, except Massi's already in jail, 849 00:36:53,566 --> 00:36:54,934 and everyone from his organization 850 00:36:55,034 --> 00:36:56,703 is either with him or dead. 851 00:36:56,803 --> 00:36:58,237 - So who'd want revenge? - Well, we need to 852 00:36:58,370 --> 00:36:59,739 figure that out, and fast. 853 00:36:59,872 --> 00:37:01,140 Because if this is about payback, 854 00:37:01,240 --> 00:37:03,743 Knight could be next on the list. 855 00:37:14,553 --> 00:37:16,656 I didn't want to wake you. 856 00:37:19,425 --> 00:37:21,027 How long have you been here? 857 00:37:21,127 --> 00:37:23,730 Just a few hours. I wanted to... 858 00:37:23,796 --> 00:37:26,098 be here when Ryan woke up. 859 00:37:26,198 --> 00:37:27,634 That's sweet. 860 00:37:27,767 --> 00:37:29,736 It's not, actually. 861 00:37:29,802 --> 00:37:32,038 Turns out he's been playing both of us. 862 00:37:32,104 --> 00:37:33,606 And I want answers. 863 00:37:33,706 --> 00:37:36,575 Played us? How? 864 00:37:36,676 --> 00:37:38,745 Ryan's charity is a front 865 00:37:38,845 --> 00:37:40,780 for a major drug ring. 866 00:37:40,880 --> 00:37:42,782 That's why he killed his friend. 867 00:37:42,915 --> 00:37:44,717 No. 868 00:37:44,784 --> 00:37:46,986 Can't be. 869 00:37:48,054 --> 00:37:49,856 I'm afraid so. 870 00:37:49,956 --> 00:37:52,358 The man that we thought we knew... 871 00:37:53,559 --> 00:37:55,061 ...he's a lie. 872 00:37:55,161 --> 00:37:57,196 Special Agent Knight. 873 00:38:00,633 --> 00:38:03,202 Malone. You here to gloat? 874 00:38:03,302 --> 00:38:05,471 Actually, I'm here for your bag. 875 00:38:05,571 --> 00:38:07,674 You come for my job and my agency. 876 00:38:07,807 --> 00:38:09,241 Now you want my bag? 877 00:38:09,341 --> 00:38:13,412 I'm not giving you anything without a search warrant. 878 00:38:17,984 --> 00:38:20,219 Wow. That is a lot of trouble 879 00:38:20,319 --> 00:38:22,288 for a sweatpants and a bottle of water. 880 00:38:22,354 --> 00:38:24,523 The bag. 881 00:38:35,702 --> 00:38:37,536 Agent Knight. 882 00:38:37,670 --> 00:38:39,739 I can't believe it. 883 00:38:40,639 --> 00:38:42,374 Me either. 884 00:38:42,474 --> 00:38:43,743 This actually worked. 885 00:38:43,843 --> 00:38:46,846 I told you. She wouldn't be able to stop herself. 886 00:38:47,980 --> 00:38:49,682 What the hell are you talking about? 887 00:38:49,782 --> 00:38:51,450 This is a sting, Amanda. 888 00:38:51,550 --> 00:38:53,185 We played you, 889 00:38:53,285 --> 00:38:54,954 just like you played Ryan. 890 00:38:55,054 --> 00:38:57,223 There's cameras all down this hallway. 891 00:38:57,356 --> 00:38:58,958 You slipped the drugs into Knight's bag 892 00:38:59,025 --> 00:39:00,860 when she was, uh, sleeping. 893 00:39:00,960 --> 00:39:02,561 The final piece of your revenge, 894 00:39:02,661 --> 00:39:04,697 and this piece just fell right into your lap. 895 00:39:04,797 --> 00:39:07,299 Revenge? For what? 896 00:39:07,399 --> 00:39:10,870 You're Roland Massi's daughter. 897 00:39:12,304 --> 00:39:13,740 So what? 898 00:39:13,840 --> 00:39:15,507 He's rotting away in prison. 899 00:39:15,607 --> 00:39:17,143 I'm trying to move on. 900 00:39:17,243 --> 00:39:19,045 That must have been hard. 901 00:39:19,145 --> 00:39:21,814 Doors slamming in your face because of the Massi name. 902 00:39:21,881 --> 00:39:23,850 So, you changed your name, 903 00:39:23,950 --> 00:39:25,317 your look, 904 00:39:25,384 --> 00:39:27,019 tried to start a new life. 905 00:39:27,086 --> 00:39:28,587 But that wasn't enough, because the man 906 00:39:28,721 --> 00:39:30,556 who destroyed your family was still alive. 907 00:39:30,689 --> 00:39:33,092 And that's when you went looking for Harper. 908 00:39:33,225 --> 00:39:35,895 Got him to fall for you, to trust you, 909 00:39:35,995 --> 00:39:37,196 then you set him up. 910 00:39:37,296 --> 00:39:40,566 Drugs, murder. It almost worked. 911 00:39:40,699 --> 00:39:43,702 Until he barricaded himself in a warehouse 912 00:39:43,770 --> 00:39:45,404 and made one request. 913 00:39:45,504 --> 00:39:47,539 He called me. 914 00:39:47,639 --> 00:39:51,243 And now you'll serve 50 to life. 915 00:39:53,312 --> 00:39:55,147 Just like dad. 916 00:40:21,440 --> 00:40:23,042 Jess? 917 00:40:23,943 --> 00:40:25,644 I'm here. 918 00:40:35,454 --> 00:40:37,556 Well, welcome back. We've missed you. 919 00:40:37,623 --> 00:40:39,625 I've only been gone for a day. 920 00:40:39,758 --> 00:40:42,094 Well, it felt like a day and a half. 921 00:40:42,829 --> 00:40:45,164 Security clearance been reinstated. 922 00:40:45,264 --> 00:40:48,600 We got Amanda on everything. 923 00:40:48,667 --> 00:40:50,803 Murder, spiking Harper's protein shake with cocaine, all of it. 924 00:40:50,903 --> 00:40:53,873 I'm surprised you got Malone on our side. 925 00:40:53,973 --> 00:40:55,607 He was ready to hang me out to dry. 926 00:40:55,707 --> 00:40:57,276 Well, you should have seen his face 927 00:40:57,376 --> 00:41:00,746 when we told him that Amanda was Massi's daughter. 928 00:41:02,314 --> 00:41:05,952 Well, I guess the important part is that Harper's cleared, 929 00:41:06,018 --> 00:41:08,087 - recovering. - And hey, 930 00:41:08,187 --> 00:41:11,023 he turned his life around because of you. 931 00:41:11,157 --> 00:41:13,692 I guess I shouldn't have doubted myself. 932 00:41:13,792 --> 00:41:16,495 That's okay. We never did. 933 00:41:17,663 --> 00:41:18,764 Oh. 934 00:41:18,865 --> 00:41:21,233 Speaking of, uh, second chances... 935 00:41:22,835 --> 00:41:25,905 Agent Knight. Quick word? 936 00:41:30,242 --> 00:41:33,245 They're not thrilled to see me. 937 00:41:33,345 --> 00:41:35,114 They know we're friends now, right? 938 00:41:35,181 --> 00:41:37,416 Is that what we are? 939 00:41:38,851 --> 00:41:40,786 I'm here to clear the deck. 940 00:41:40,853 --> 00:41:43,856 I got a reputation as a hard-charger, 941 00:41:43,956 --> 00:41:45,892 but I own my mistakes. 942 00:41:46,025 --> 00:41:49,595 I misread some things. That's on me. 943 00:41:50,462 --> 00:41:51,830 You're forgiven. 944 00:41:51,931 --> 00:41:54,200 I wasn't asking for forgiveness. 945 00:41:55,434 --> 00:41:58,737 But I guess sometimes we forget. 946 00:41:58,837 --> 00:42:02,641 This job's not just about kicking down doors. 947 00:42:02,708 --> 00:42:04,944 It's about lifting people up. 948 00:42:05,811 --> 00:42:07,213 Yeah, it is. 949 00:42:09,181 --> 00:42:12,184 Oh, we don't validate parking, so... 950 00:42:15,687 --> 00:42:16,956 I couldn't resist. 951 00:42:17,056 --> 00:42:19,025 It's got my personal cell on the back. 952 00:42:19,091 --> 00:42:21,193 Are you hoping for a date? 953 00:42:21,260 --> 00:42:23,162 Uh, no, ma'am. 954 00:42:23,262 --> 00:42:25,797 I'm hoping for a job. 955 00:42:27,033 --> 00:42:29,268 I'm sure you've heard the rumors. 956 00:42:30,069 --> 00:42:32,271 I'll put in a good word for you. 957 00:42:36,542 --> 00:42:39,578 Captioning sponsored by CBS 958 00:42:39,678 --> 00:42:42,348 and TOYOTA. 959 00:42:42,448 --> 00:42:45,884 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org