1 00:00:07,120 --> 00:00:10,560 Careful, now. This is why we came in early-- 2 00:00:10,660 --> 00:00:13,600 so we can get it right before your inspection. 3 00:00:13,700 --> 00:00:15,230 And I really appreciate it, 4 00:00:15,370 --> 00:00:17,630 -Master Sergeant. -Don't kiss my ass. 5 00:00:17,700 --> 00:00:19,640 Just get it right. 6 00:00:19,700 --> 00:00:23,210 Now, remember your breath. 7 00:00:23,340 --> 00:00:25,640 Don't tense up. 8 00:00:25,710 --> 00:00:29,110 But don't be too loose either. 9 00:00:30,350 --> 00:00:32,050 Firm, but gentle. 10 00:00:32,180 --> 00:00:33,920 Like you're petting a baby kitten. 11 00:00:37,390 --> 00:00:39,160 Guess you didn't grow up with kittens. 12 00:00:39,220 --> 00:00:40,860 I had a turtle. 13 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:42,060 Well, go on. (sighs) 14 00:00:42,160 --> 00:00:43,930 Fuse is not gonna collect itself. 15 00:00:44,030 --> 00:00:46,560 If that was live, we'd be lights-out. 16 00:00:46,660 --> 00:00:50,230 I know, Master Sergeant, and I really appreciate the... 17 00:00:50,330 --> 00:00:52,040 Are you kidding me, private? 18 00:00:52,140 --> 00:00:53,800 Literally everything 19 00:00:53,900 --> 00:00:56,040 in this room was designed to kill you. 20 00:00:56,140 --> 00:00:58,640 I swear you'd lose your ass if it wasn't attached. 21 00:00:58,740 --> 00:01:00,510 Sorry. 22 00:01:05,420 --> 00:01:08,620 Well, is there a problem, private? 23 00:01:10,290 --> 00:01:12,460 * * 24 00:01:40,450 --> 00:01:43,450 All right, all right. Relax, relax. Take a deep breath. 25 00:01:43,550 --> 00:01:46,120 Let me, uh, let me see what I can find out. 26 00:01:46,220 --> 00:01:48,090 Any of you hearing any chatter? 27 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:50,160 Uh, can you be a little more specific? 28 00:01:50,260 --> 00:01:53,130 Yeah, 'cause if it's about the omelet bar in the cafeteria, 29 00:01:53,260 --> 00:01:55,130 I think we can finally let that dream die. 30 00:01:55,230 --> 00:01:58,270 No, no, not breakfast. Army CID. 31 00:01:58,340 --> 00:02:00,500 You mean, NCIS in camo? 32 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:02,670 Those guys. Last time we had a joint case with the Army, 33 00:02:02,810 --> 00:02:04,410 it turned into a full-blown turf war. 34 00:02:04,510 --> 00:02:06,140 Yeah, I know. This is not about a case. 35 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:07,910 They're facing a RIF. 36 00:02:07,980 --> 00:02:09,610 Reduction in force? 37 00:02:09,710 --> 00:02:10,910 Rumor is... 38 00:02:11,010 --> 00:02:12,480 they're shutting down the whole agency. 39 00:02:12,620 --> 00:02:14,750 The entire Criminal Investigative Division? 40 00:02:14,850 --> 00:02:16,950 -Says who? -I got my sources. 41 00:02:17,050 --> 00:02:18,660 It's the whole agency we're talking about here. 42 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:21,230 Like, thousands of jobs and cases. I'm sure, 43 00:02:21,330 --> 00:02:23,030 if this was real, Vance would've said something. 44 00:02:23,130 --> 00:02:25,930 Yeah, assuming Vance is still saying anything to anyone. 45 00:02:25,990 --> 00:02:27,100 I've barely seen him lately. 46 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:28,700 Yeah, rumor has it that 47 00:02:28,830 --> 00:02:30,670 the Army CID is shutting down. 48 00:02:30,770 --> 00:02:32,770 And handing their caseload to us. 49 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:36,040 Wait, NCIS is picking up CID's slack? 50 00:02:36,140 --> 00:02:37,710 So you have heard something? 51 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:39,140 Same whispers, yeah. 52 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:40,780 But I've been around long enough to know 53 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:42,510 that rumors are like mold. 54 00:02:42,610 --> 00:02:44,750 You give them oxygen, they spread. 55 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:49,250 Good morning. We're looking for Special Agent Jessica Knight. 56 00:02:50,150 --> 00:02:51,860 Okay. Who's asking? 57 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:53,390 Army Criminal Investigative Division, ma'am. 58 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:55,930 Your assistance has been requested at Fort Belvoir. 59 00:02:56,030 --> 00:02:57,160 Urgent situation. 60 00:02:57,230 --> 00:02:58,730 What kind of situation? 61 00:02:58,830 --> 00:03:00,130 We're not at liberty to say, 62 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:01,900 but you'll be read in once you get there. 63 00:03:03,070 --> 00:03:04,530 I guess you'd better go. 64 00:03:04,670 --> 00:03:07,370 Keep us posted. 65 00:03:08,670 --> 00:03:12,080 CID's already asking for help with their cases? 66 00:03:12,210 --> 00:03:13,710 This mean the rumors are true? 67 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:18,050 Not sure, but I think I know why they want Knight. 68 00:03:18,150 --> 00:03:21,250 "Standoff at Fort Belvoir." 69 00:03:23,590 --> 00:03:26,120 Remember, be the arrow. 70 00:03:26,220 --> 00:03:28,630 Y'all are the tip, shaft, and fletching. I'm the bow. 71 00:03:28,730 --> 00:03:32,130 And on my command, we fly. 72 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:36,400 -Go. -Major Malone? 73 00:03:36,530 --> 00:03:39,700 NCIS Special Agent Knight. Hear you're looking for me. 74 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:43,070 Agent Knight. Glad you could join us. Let's get to work. 75 00:03:43,210 --> 00:03:44,510 Still waiting on a sitrep. 76 00:03:44,610 --> 00:03:46,110 MALONE: Male suspect. Clearly agitated. 77 00:03:46,210 --> 00:03:48,740 Held two men at gunpoint in the ammo warehouse. 78 00:03:48,850 --> 00:03:51,880 Let them go and barricaded himself inside. 79 00:03:51,980 --> 00:03:53,920 Then I'm gonna need a phone with a recorded line, 80 00:03:54,050 --> 00:03:57,590 warehouse schematics, and, uh, eyes on any surveillance feeds. 81 00:03:57,690 --> 00:03:58,460 (scoffs) 82 00:03:58,590 --> 00:04:00,090 Is there a problem? 83 00:04:00,190 --> 00:04:02,590 Oh, I'd call it more of a misunderstanding, Agent Knight. 84 00:04:02,690 --> 00:04:05,130 Well, my understanding is that I'm here for a reason. 85 00:04:05,260 --> 00:04:06,530 I'm a trained negotiator. 86 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:08,670 Well, you were brought here for a reason. 87 00:04:08,770 --> 00:04:10,300 Just not that one. 88 00:04:10,430 --> 00:04:12,270 Negotiations are my job. 89 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:14,370 So, what then-- am I here for the snacks? 90 00:04:14,470 --> 00:04:17,610 Almost. Well, you are the snack. 91 00:04:17,710 --> 00:04:18,870 Come again? 92 00:04:18,980 --> 00:04:22,780 Some suspects ask for pizza or burgers. 93 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:24,280 But this guy is sitting 94 00:04:24,380 --> 00:04:26,050 on enough munitions to level a city block, 95 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:28,220 and he only made one request. 96 00:04:29,390 --> 00:04:30,290 You. 97 00:04:30,390 --> 00:04:31,790 Did he say why? 98 00:04:31,890 --> 00:04:34,620 Claims he's your little brother. 99 00:04:45,270 --> 00:04:46,940 -Delta, stand by. -Yes, sir. 100 00:04:47,070 --> 00:04:48,140 Okay. 101 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:50,410 So, you don't have a little brother. 102 00:04:50,470 --> 00:04:52,510 Uh, no. Just an older brother in Houston 103 00:04:52,610 --> 00:04:54,740 and a younger sister that lives at an ashram in India. 104 00:04:54,810 --> 00:04:58,550 Well, this guy was very insistent, so if he's not 105 00:04:58,650 --> 00:05:00,750 a relative, who the hell is he? 106 00:05:00,820 --> 00:05:03,050 There's only one way to find out. 107 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:05,220 Hold up. 108 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:08,490 We still don't know who this guy is or what his endgame is. 109 00:05:08,630 --> 00:05:10,730 But he's agitated, disoriented. 110 00:05:10,830 --> 00:05:12,830 You're walking in cold. 111 00:05:12,930 --> 00:05:15,060 So I need to be crystal clear about protocol. 112 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:18,540 I'm not here to freelance. I'm here to make contact. 113 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:22,110 Well, I get that. But in this tent, 114 00:05:22,170 --> 00:05:24,470 I'm Fred, you're Ginger. 115 00:05:25,380 --> 00:05:27,780 I lead. You follow. 116 00:05:27,840 --> 00:05:29,110 Oh. 117 00:05:30,350 --> 00:05:32,980 Well, then just don't step on my toes. 118 00:05:39,490 --> 00:05:42,030 MAN: This better be Agent Knight. 119 00:05:42,130 --> 00:05:43,290 KNIGHT: It is. 120 00:05:43,390 --> 00:05:45,600 Now I need to know who I'm speaking to. 121 00:05:45,700 --> 00:05:48,870 Jess? Uh... 122 00:05:48,970 --> 00:05:51,440 It's, um, it's me. 123 00:05:51,500 --> 00:05:54,270 Ryan. Uh, Ryan Harper. 124 00:05:54,370 --> 00:05:56,670 Ryan Harper? 125 00:05:56,770 --> 00:05:58,370 My old informant? 126 00:05:58,480 --> 00:05:59,740 Yeah. 127 00:05:59,840 --> 00:06:01,510 You remember what you used to call me? 128 00:06:01,610 --> 00:06:04,480 "Little brother." Your code name. 129 00:06:04,580 --> 00:06:07,250 -We took down that drug ring -Yeah, and you got me out. 130 00:06:07,350 --> 00:06:10,320 You know, you said I deserved a shot at something better. 131 00:06:10,420 --> 00:06:11,860 Yeah, so you joined the Army. 132 00:06:11,990 --> 00:06:14,290 You know, this is a pretty big production, uh, 133 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:15,360 just to get in touch with me. 134 00:06:15,490 --> 00:06:17,860 Uh... Yeah, well, I, uh, 135 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:21,230 I tried calling your cell, but I guess you changed 136 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:23,000 your number, so, uh, 137 00:06:23,100 --> 00:06:25,200 I just, uh... Look, uh, 138 00:06:25,300 --> 00:06:27,440 I just, I really... (grunts) 139 00:06:27,540 --> 00:06:30,140 I really need someone that I can trust right now. 140 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:31,940 So, how about you start by telling me 141 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:33,580 what the hell is going on. 142 00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:36,650 'Cause the guy I knew risked his life to wear a wire, 143 00:06:36,710 --> 00:06:38,550 not to hold a warehouse hostage. 144 00:06:38,650 --> 00:06:40,780 I... I don't want to hurt anyone. 145 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:43,350 You know? I just... I thought this place would be empty. 146 00:06:43,420 --> 00:06:44,390 You know? Somewhere I could just 147 00:06:44,490 --> 00:06:46,190 go and-and clear my head. 148 00:06:46,290 --> 00:06:48,390 And then those two soldiers came, 149 00:06:48,530 --> 00:06:50,360 and-and I-and I-and I pulled my gun. 150 00:06:50,430 --> 00:06:51,960 And-and... (grunts) 151 00:06:52,060 --> 00:06:53,560 It was a mistake. 152 00:06:53,660 --> 00:06:55,770 It was-it was a stupid, stupid mistake. 153 00:06:55,870 --> 00:06:57,700 And you let them go. That was good. 154 00:06:57,800 --> 00:06:59,470 Yeah, but then the MPs showed up 155 00:06:59,570 --> 00:07:02,040 and CID right after them, which is bad. 156 00:07:02,910 --> 00:07:04,240 So why is that bad? 157 00:07:04,370 --> 00:07:06,340 What happened right before you got to the warehouse? 158 00:07:06,410 --> 00:07:09,810 No! No. No, not-not with CID listening. 159 00:07:09,910 --> 00:07:13,080 I-I can't trust them. I can't trust anyone but you. 160 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:16,590 Then come out and we will talk. 161 00:07:16,690 --> 00:07:19,690 I-I can't do that. No, you have to come in. 162 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:22,860 And turn a standoff into a hostage situation? 163 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:23,860 Not happening. 164 00:07:23,930 --> 00:07:26,500 (groans) 165 00:07:28,460 --> 00:07:30,770 KNIGHT: Okay, how about we not take out our frustrations 166 00:07:30,870 --> 00:07:33,400 -on things that go boom. -(sighs) I am trying, Jess. 167 00:07:33,470 --> 00:07:36,070 I am, but it's just, uh, 168 00:07:36,170 --> 00:07:38,940 it's all messed-up. I-I need help. 169 00:07:39,070 --> 00:07:40,380 And I'm here to help you. 170 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:42,680 So, please, just calm down and talk to me. 171 00:07:42,780 --> 00:07:45,280 You say you trust me? Prove it. 172 00:07:45,380 --> 00:07:48,120 Go-go see Evelyn first, then call me back. 173 00:07:49,450 --> 00:07:50,620 Who's Evelyn? 174 00:07:50,750 --> 00:07:53,560 That's his mother. She lives in Suffolk. 175 00:07:53,620 --> 00:07:55,930 I can have an NCIS team at her house in 20 minutes. 176 00:07:56,030 --> 00:07:57,130 Maybe she'll tell us something. 177 00:07:57,260 --> 00:07:58,860 Uh, I doubt that. 178 00:07:58,960 --> 00:08:01,500 According to Sergeant Harper's files, 179 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:04,300 his mother died last October. 180 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:05,770 If your pal 181 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:07,570 doesn't stop throwing around high-grade ordnance 182 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:09,840 and asking for dead relatives, 183 00:08:09,970 --> 00:08:12,680 we may have to end this the hard way. 184 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:26,160 MALONE: Okay, Alpha, head to high ground. 185 00:08:26,260 --> 00:08:29,360 Major Malone, I think we should slow our roll here. 186 00:08:29,490 --> 00:08:31,490 We don't have a roll. 187 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:34,700 I have a disturbed suspect in a room full of munitions. 188 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:38,000 Sergeant Harper isn't trying to hurt anyone. Let me try 189 00:08:38,100 --> 00:08:40,170 and figure out why he is in full meltdown. 190 00:08:40,270 --> 00:08:41,910 Who is he to you? 191 00:08:42,010 --> 00:08:44,670 I told you. A former CI. 192 00:08:44,770 --> 00:08:48,380 I never had a CI request me by name at a standoff. 193 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:50,810 Seven years ago, 194 00:08:50,910 --> 00:08:53,480 Harper put himself in danger to do the right thing. 195 00:08:53,550 --> 00:08:56,790 Ten months wearing a wire, his life on the line every day, 196 00:08:56,850 --> 00:08:58,120 and he only got through that 197 00:08:58,220 --> 00:09:01,390 because he trusted me to have his back. 198 00:09:01,490 --> 00:09:03,590 And I owe him the same thing now. 199 00:09:04,430 --> 00:09:06,230 I don't have that luxury. 200 00:09:06,360 --> 00:09:09,470 To me, he's a loose flame in a powder keg. 201 00:09:09,570 --> 00:09:10,930 (scoffs) 202 00:09:12,570 --> 00:09:15,540 Harper mentioned his mother. We need to follow up on that. 203 00:09:15,670 --> 00:09:17,710 It could be the key to getting him out alive. 204 00:09:17,810 --> 00:09:20,340 Look, you are welcome to wait by the phone 205 00:09:20,410 --> 00:09:23,010 in case he says something useful. 206 00:09:23,110 --> 00:09:24,880 But I've got a job to do. 207 00:09:25,010 --> 00:09:27,550 Your lead, Fred. 208 00:09:28,450 --> 00:09:29,890 Mm. 209 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:34,220 MAN (on comms): Sniper moving into position. 210 00:09:34,320 --> 00:09:36,060 WOMAN (on comms): Copy that, Tac Team. 211 00:09:36,890 --> 00:09:40,830 McGee? I need a favor, fast. 212 00:09:40,930 --> 00:09:42,330 Evelyn Harper. 213 00:09:42,430 --> 00:09:44,600 This was her place. Title's in her son's name now. 214 00:09:44,730 --> 00:09:47,900 Doesn't look like anyone's lived here for a while. 215 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:50,510 Oh, Harper probably lives on base. 216 00:09:51,940 --> 00:09:53,910 Yep. Enlisted at 19. 217 00:09:54,040 --> 00:09:56,510 Artillery specialist. Two tours. 218 00:09:56,610 --> 00:09:58,010 So he knows explosives. 219 00:09:58,080 --> 00:10:00,250 (woman screams in distance) 220 00:10:06,190 --> 00:10:08,420 (screaming continues) 221 00:10:09,290 --> 00:10:11,160 -I kick, you go. -Yeah. 222 00:10:11,260 --> 00:10:12,430 NCIS! 223 00:10:15,260 --> 00:10:17,600 (electronic video game music playing) 224 00:10:17,730 --> 00:10:20,340 (woman screams) 225 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:23,870 Appears we just swatted a pinball machine. 226 00:10:23,940 --> 00:10:25,410 Not just a pinball machine, 227 00:10:25,470 --> 00:10:27,910 a Ducati and a Jet Ski. 228 00:10:27,980 --> 00:10:30,610 We thinking Sergeant Harper won the Showcase Showdown here? 229 00:10:30,710 --> 00:10:33,620 Well, Price is Right doesn't shoot in Virginia. I've checked. 230 00:10:33,750 --> 00:10:36,820 How does an E-5 sergeant in the Army 231 00:10:36,950 --> 00:10:38,220 afford all this stuff? 232 00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:40,620 And why does he want Knight to find it? 233 00:10:42,060 --> 00:10:43,890 HARPER: That stuff's not mine. 234 00:10:43,960 --> 00:10:47,060 Not on Army pay, it isn't. How'd you get it? 235 00:10:47,160 --> 00:10:50,130 That's the thing, Jess. I didn't get it. 236 00:10:50,970 --> 00:10:53,440 Is that why you wanted us to find it? 237 00:10:53,540 --> 00:10:54,940 You think someone planted it? 238 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:56,840 It is much bigger than that, all right? 239 00:10:56,940 --> 00:10:58,240 No one's gonna believe me. 240 00:10:58,310 --> 00:11:00,210 I believe you. That's why you called me, right? 241 00:11:00,310 --> 00:11:01,950 That's why you sent me to the house. 242 00:11:02,050 --> 00:11:05,010 It doesn't end at the house, all right? They're gonna f... 243 00:11:05,110 --> 00:11:06,450 Oh, they're gonna f-find... 244 00:11:06,520 --> 00:11:08,320 KNIGHT: Ryan, what are they gonna find? 245 00:11:08,420 --> 00:11:10,090 (groans) Someone's using me! 246 00:11:10,190 --> 00:11:12,660 Ryan, tell me what is going on. 247 00:11:12,790 --> 00:11:14,720 (groans) 248 00:11:14,820 --> 00:11:16,830 I'm so sorry I dragged you into this. 249 00:11:20,700 --> 00:11:22,670 Don't bother. 250 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:24,770 He's on the verge of opening up. He just got spooked. 251 00:11:24,870 --> 00:11:26,170 I can feel it. 252 00:11:26,270 --> 00:11:28,440 Yeah, for good reason. 253 00:11:28,500 --> 00:11:30,670 It's not about toys in a garage. 254 00:11:32,180 --> 00:11:33,740 It's about murder. 255 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:36,950 My team just searched your pal's apartment. 256 00:11:37,050 --> 00:11:40,880 Found a body. Killed with Sergeant Harper's own blade. 257 00:11:45,350 --> 00:11:48,590 Let me call him back. I can get him out of that warehouse. 258 00:11:48,690 --> 00:11:50,230 Do you see what he's doing? 259 00:11:50,360 --> 00:11:52,300 Those aren't the actions of a guy 260 00:11:52,360 --> 00:11:53,560 who's planning on coming out. 261 00:11:53,700 --> 00:11:56,000 He is spiraling, and you know it. 262 00:11:56,070 --> 00:11:57,530 ALPHA SNIPER (on comms): Command, this is Alpha. 263 00:11:57,670 --> 00:11:59,440 Got visual on the suspect. 264 00:12:01,170 --> 00:12:02,140 Transmit feed. 265 00:12:02,210 --> 00:12:04,470 Suspect picked up a device. 266 00:12:04,570 --> 00:12:07,040 (sighs) Could be a detonator. 267 00:12:07,140 --> 00:12:10,210 It could be a stress ball. You don't know. 268 00:12:11,310 --> 00:12:12,780 Alpha, do you have a shot? 269 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:14,150 Hold on. 270 00:12:14,250 --> 00:12:16,050 ALPHA: Target acquired. Standing by. 271 00:12:16,190 --> 00:12:17,620 Let me get him back on the phone. 272 00:12:17,720 --> 00:12:19,360 And let him move out of sight? 273 00:12:19,460 --> 00:12:21,190 No, this could be our only shot. 274 00:12:21,290 --> 00:12:24,060 ALPHA: Suspect is assembling an explosive device. 275 00:12:24,890 --> 00:12:26,560 Please, just give me a chance. 276 00:12:26,660 --> 00:12:28,900 I can't leave this to chance. 277 00:12:29,730 --> 00:12:32,370 -Alpha, this is Command. -Major Malone, don't. 278 00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:33,670 No. 279 00:12:33,770 --> 00:12:35,240 -Send it. -Major Malo... 280 00:12:35,340 --> 00:12:36,640 (gunshot in distance) 281 00:12:36,740 --> 00:12:38,270 ALPHA: Sent. 282 00:12:38,410 --> 00:12:41,980 Target down. I repeat: target down. 283 00:12:48,650 --> 00:12:50,050 Any word on Knight? 284 00:12:50,150 --> 00:12:52,560 She's on her way back from Fort Belvoir, 285 00:12:52,660 --> 00:12:53,720 and she's pissed. 286 00:12:53,820 --> 00:12:55,390 Of course she is. Her friend just 287 00:12:55,520 --> 00:12:57,730 took a bullet to the chest from a CID sniper. 288 00:12:57,860 --> 00:12:59,230 Yeah, miracle he survived. 289 00:12:59,360 --> 00:13:00,460 He's not out of the woods. 290 00:13:00,560 --> 00:13:01,760 He's still on life support. 291 00:13:01,870 --> 00:13:03,400 Did Knight ever get him to explain 292 00:13:03,530 --> 00:13:04,770 why he barricaded himself? 293 00:13:04,870 --> 00:13:07,270 Nope. CID is telling the story now. 294 00:13:07,370 --> 00:13:10,610 Public statement suggests that Harper murdered a soldier 295 00:13:10,710 --> 00:13:12,680 and then tried suicide by cop. 296 00:13:12,740 --> 00:13:16,410 CID also thought that Harper had a detonator in his hand. 297 00:13:16,550 --> 00:13:19,580 Turns out it was a training fuse from a practice session. 298 00:13:19,680 --> 00:13:21,920 So, yeah, not exactly buying CID's version. 299 00:13:22,020 --> 00:13:24,250 How you doing, Jess? 300 00:13:25,190 --> 00:13:27,360 I'm fine. Harper's not. 301 00:13:27,420 --> 00:13:28,960 CID got this wrong. 302 00:13:29,060 --> 00:13:30,790 I don't know. I mean, if 303 00:13:30,890 --> 00:13:34,230 somebody found a dead guy in my apartment with my sword 304 00:13:34,330 --> 00:13:36,770 in his chest, and I barricaded myself 305 00:13:36,870 --> 00:13:39,200 -in a room full of explosives... -KNIGHT: Yeah. 306 00:13:39,300 --> 00:13:41,140 It looks bad. 307 00:13:41,240 --> 00:13:42,510 But Harper called me. 308 00:13:42,610 --> 00:13:44,840 Told me he was being used, and I believe him. 309 00:13:44,940 --> 00:13:47,440 PARKER: Except that's all he said. And now 310 00:13:47,540 --> 00:13:48,680 it's CID's case. 311 00:13:48,780 --> 00:13:50,450 It's up to them to find the truth. 312 00:13:50,550 --> 00:13:52,650 I'm not sure Malone's interested in the truth. 313 00:13:52,750 --> 00:13:55,220 He had Harper pegged as a lost cause from the beginning. 314 00:13:55,280 --> 00:13:57,620 And with CID facing shutdown rumors, 315 00:13:57,720 --> 00:13:59,320 they need a clean win, not a messy headline. 316 00:13:59,420 --> 00:14:01,590 Point is, Harper isn't getting a fair shake. 317 00:14:01,690 --> 00:14:03,490 We are missing a piece of this puzzle. 318 00:14:03,630 --> 00:14:06,460 And you want to find it. 319 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:09,230 Harper's not just an old informant. 320 00:14:09,300 --> 00:14:12,970 When I met him, I thought being a cop was kicking in doors 321 00:14:13,070 --> 00:14:15,170 and putting bad guys away. 322 00:14:15,300 --> 00:14:18,310 But Harper showed me that you could actually help people. 323 00:14:18,410 --> 00:14:20,540 He changed his life because of me. 324 00:14:20,640 --> 00:14:22,210 I didn't give up on him back then, 325 00:14:22,310 --> 00:14:24,550 and I'm not gonna give up on him now. 326 00:14:25,850 --> 00:14:27,620 Well, hypothetically, 327 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:30,450 if we were to get involved here, how would we do it? 328 00:14:30,550 --> 00:14:31,750 Yeah, we have no body, 329 00:14:31,820 --> 00:14:33,760 -no evidence. -And no jurisdiction. 330 00:14:33,820 --> 00:14:36,060 It's CID's case. We'd be 331 00:14:36,160 --> 00:14:37,990 stepping on a lot of toes. 332 00:14:38,090 --> 00:14:39,760 Yeah, starting with Vance's. 333 00:14:39,830 --> 00:14:42,270 If he finds out we're double-dipping on CID... 334 00:14:42,370 --> 00:14:44,330 All valid points. 335 00:14:45,170 --> 00:14:46,440 So... 336 00:14:46,500 --> 00:14:49,170 let's go step on some toes. 337 00:14:51,270 --> 00:14:52,510 This isn't good, Parker. 338 00:14:52,640 --> 00:14:54,680 I'm getting a ton of calls from CID. 339 00:14:54,780 --> 00:14:57,150 How? Our investigation barely started. 340 00:14:57,250 --> 00:14:58,950 Oh, no, not calls about that. 341 00:14:59,020 --> 00:15:01,180 About the rumors of the CID shutdown. 342 00:15:01,280 --> 00:15:02,920 Folks are freaking out they're gonna lose their jobs. 343 00:15:03,020 --> 00:15:06,120 And I'm telling you now, I will not share a lab with Spike. 344 00:15:06,190 --> 00:15:07,690 Do I want to know who that is? 345 00:15:07,790 --> 00:15:10,390 (sighs) Spike is the CID's version of me, 346 00:15:10,530 --> 00:15:13,700 except he keeps his lab at a crisp 58 degrees 347 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:15,360 and plays jazz music all day long. 348 00:15:15,460 --> 00:15:16,670 What do you have against jazz? 349 00:15:16,730 --> 00:15:19,670 Oh, no, I'm not talking Miles Davis jazz 350 00:15:19,740 --> 00:15:21,100 or Coltrane jazz. 351 00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:23,870 I'm talking elevator music jazz. 352 00:15:24,010 --> 00:15:25,540 Hold music jazz. 353 00:15:25,640 --> 00:15:28,110 That's not jazz. That's a... that's a crime. 354 00:15:28,210 --> 00:15:29,550 And not the one I'm interested in. 355 00:15:29,680 --> 00:15:31,650 Right. Well, I may not have access 356 00:15:31,710 --> 00:15:34,180 to CID's evidence against Ryan Harper, 357 00:15:34,280 --> 00:15:36,320 but I do have access to his social media, 358 00:15:36,420 --> 00:15:38,690 and that tells a story all on its own. 359 00:15:38,750 --> 00:15:41,620 Specifically, about a dead guy in his living room. 360 00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:43,490 His name is Sergeant Joseph Yates, 361 00:15:43,590 --> 00:15:45,430 and he's all over Harper's socials. 362 00:15:45,560 --> 00:15:47,030 What's Valor House? 363 00:15:47,100 --> 00:15:50,100 Oh, Valor House is the charity that Yates and Harper 364 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:53,000 started to help wounded veterans when they hit hard times. 365 00:15:53,100 --> 00:15:55,940 These guys put every minute of their lives into Valor House. 366 00:15:56,040 --> 00:15:57,440 Yeah, until Yates ended up with 367 00:15:57,570 --> 00:15:59,240 Harper's samurai sword in him. 368 00:15:59,340 --> 00:16:02,350 Technically, that evidence is still circumstantial, but again, 369 00:16:02,410 --> 00:16:04,380 my ability to dig is limited. 370 00:16:04,450 --> 00:16:06,280 There must be somebody that we can talk to. 371 00:16:06,380 --> 00:16:09,020 Thankfully, there is. Harper has a girlfriend. 372 00:16:09,120 --> 00:16:10,450 Amanda Adams. 373 00:16:10,550 --> 00:16:12,060 They've been dating for about three months, 374 00:16:12,120 --> 00:16:14,290 and she spent as much time with Harper as Yates did. 375 00:16:14,420 --> 00:16:16,160 In fact, the three of them all seemed pretty close. 376 00:16:16,260 --> 00:16:18,060 Amanda might be able to tell us more 377 00:16:18,130 --> 00:16:19,600 about what happened between these two. 378 00:16:19,700 --> 00:16:21,030 All right, send her info to Knight, 379 00:16:21,100 --> 00:16:23,470 and keep looking into this charity. 380 00:16:23,570 --> 00:16:25,370 As long as I can do it from my warm 381 00:16:25,430 --> 00:16:27,940 and jazz-free lab. 382 00:16:32,780 --> 00:16:34,540 KNIGHT: Amanda? 383 00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:36,110 How's Ryan doing? 384 00:16:36,210 --> 00:16:40,050 Stable, they say, but the chaplain's still on standby. 385 00:16:40,150 --> 00:16:42,320 They have a lot of great doctors here. 386 00:16:42,450 --> 00:16:45,720 If you're with CID, I'm not answering any more questions. 387 00:16:45,790 --> 00:16:48,490 No, I'm not. I'm Jessica Knight, 388 00:16:48,590 --> 00:16:50,190 with NCIS. 389 00:16:54,130 --> 00:16:55,330 Jessica Knight, um... 390 00:16:55,460 --> 00:16:57,230 Ryan talked about you. 391 00:16:57,330 --> 00:17:00,300 Said you used to have Sunday dinners at his mom's. 392 00:17:00,440 --> 00:17:02,470 (chuckles) Yeah. We did. 393 00:17:02,570 --> 00:17:04,940 Also said that you were the reason he joined the Army. 394 00:17:05,040 --> 00:17:07,480 Said you inspired him to serve. 395 00:17:07,610 --> 00:17:08,980 Yeah. 396 00:17:09,110 --> 00:17:12,010 I should have kept in better touch with him. 397 00:17:12,820 --> 00:17:16,320 Amanda, I'm trying to figure out what led Ryan to that warehouse. 398 00:17:16,420 --> 00:17:19,150 Because the Ryan that I knew was thoughtful 399 00:17:19,290 --> 00:17:20,990 and level-headed. 400 00:17:21,090 --> 00:17:22,930 Everything was fine, 401 00:17:23,030 --> 00:17:24,530 until a few weeks ago. 402 00:17:24,630 --> 00:17:27,030 He noticed something weird with the charity's bank account. 403 00:17:27,130 --> 00:17:28,530 Weird how? 404 00:17:28,630 --> 00:17:31,200 Money was missing. 405 00:17:31,330 --> 00:17:33,440 From Valor House. Ryan couldn't figure out 406 00:17:33,540 --> 00:17:36,510 how it disappeared. He started obsessing. 407 00:17:36,610 --> 00:17:38,770 Well, it makes sense that he'd be concerned. 408 00:17:38,870 --> 00:17:41,680 It was more than concern. He got paranoid. 409 00:17:41,780 --> 00:17:44,550 First, about the money, then other things. 410 00:17:44,650 --> 00:17:46,620 Look... 411 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:48,250 Ryan wasn't crazy. 412 00:17:49,290 --> 00:17:52,490 Yes, he was agitated, on edge, but 413 00:17:52,590 --> 00:17:53,960 that doesn't make him a killer. 414 00:17:54,060 --> 00:17:56,060 Of course not. 415 00:17:56,160 --> 00:17:58,560 Can I ask you about Sergeant Yates? 416 00:17:58,690 --> 00:18:00,530 Did he have access to the bank account? 417 00:18:00,660 --> 00:18:03,470 I don't know. They ran the charity together. 418 00:18:03,570 --> 00:18:06,940 Is it possible that Ryan confronted him about this? 419 00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:08,200 Things got heated? 420 00:18:08,300 --> 00:18:10,010 I told you, Ryan's not a murderer. 421 00:18:10,110 --> 00:18:11,470 If you knew him, you'd know that. 422 00:18:11,570 --> 00:18:13,710 -Amanda... -(scoffs) 423 00:18:14,910 --> 00:18:16,410 I promise you 424 00:18:16,550 --> 00:18:19,620 that I will do everything that I can to find out the truth. 425 00:18:21,780 --> 00:18:24,590 So, girlfriend was right. 426 00:18:24,690 --> 00:18:26,560 Lot of money disappeared from the charity. 427 00:18:26,690 --> 00:18:29,730 Transferred to Bitcoin accounts? Good luck tracking that. 428 00:18:29,830 --> 00:18:31,360 Mm-hmm. 429 00:18:31,430 --> 00:18:33,530 I guess, if your best buddy was stealing from your charity, 430 00:18:33,630 --> 00:18:35,460 it might make you "stab with a sword" mad. 431 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:37,430 Well, Harper's girlfriend said he was paranoid. 432 00:18:37,530 --> 00:18:39,870 -Confirms CID's theory. -Well, we have no idea 433 00:18:39,970 --> 00:18:41,440 what Harper and Yates were really up to, 434 00:18:41,540 --> 00:18:43,010 let alone a motive for murder. 435 00:18:43,110 --> 00:18:45,840 Think I found a video online here that might help. 436 00:18:45,940 --> 00:18:47,740 I crowdsourced social platforms 437 00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:51,250 looking for recent images of Harper or Yates. 438 00:18:51,380 --> 00:18:53,250 Came across this. 439 00:18:53,350 --> 00:18:55,280 Trail mix with pretzels. 440 00:18:55,380 --> 00:18:57,720 Um, are we watching the right video? 441 00:18:57,790 --> 00:19:00,520 Yup. From the user "TheCalmCamouflage." 442 00:19:00,620 --> 00:19:03,090 The guy posts Army-themed ASMR content. 443 00:19:03,230 --> 00:19:05,130 MSM, uh, what? 444 00:19:05,260 --> 00:19:06,900 Autonomous sensory meridian response. 445 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:09,230 Audio stimuli that, uh, results 446 00:19:09,300 --> 00:19:11,770 in a tingling sensation in the back of the head. Whispering, 447 00:19:11,870 --> 00:19:13,240 -tapping. -McGEE: All right. 448 00:19:13,300 --> 00:19:14,770 Ignore the guy on the microphone. 449 00:19:14,870 --> 00:19:16,740 Look who is behind him. 450 00:19:19,540 --> 00:19:20,610 Harper and Yates. 451 00:19:20,710 --> 00:19:22,380 Except all I hear is the wrapper. 452 00:19:22,480 --> 00:19:23,950 Yeah, we might not be able to hear them, 453 00:19:24,050 --> 00:19:26,110 but a couple years ago, I created 454 00:19:26,220 --> 00:19:28,480 a lip-reading program as a birthday present for Abby. 455 00:19:28,580 --> 00:19:30,790 That is an oddly specific present. 456 00:19:30,890 --> 00:19:33,420 Anyway, I ran this video through my program. 457 00:19:33,490 --> 00:19:35,160 Look what it came up with. 458 00:19:36,830 --> 00:19:39,190 Hey, I'm freaking out. I don't know what to do. 459 00:19:39,300 --> 00:19:41,800 YATES COMPUTER VOICE: It's okay, man. Hey, I got you. 460 00:19:41,930 --> 00:19:43,930 But this-this could blow back on me. 461 00:19:44,030 --> 00:19:46,440 I'm gonna talk to Matt. 462 00:19:46,500 --> 00:19:48,040 He'll handle everything. 463 00:19:48,140 --> 00:19:51,410 Unfortunately, that is where the wrapper-wrinkling ends. 464 00:19:51,470 --> 00:19:53,880 "Handle everything"? As in the missing money? 465 00:19:53,980 --> 00:19:55,140 Yeah, that's what it sounds like. 466 00:19:55,240 --> 00:19:56,510 Which means Harper wasn't 467 00:19:56,610 --> 00:19:58,210 accusing Yates of stealing the money. 468 00:19:58,310 --> 00:19:59,720 He was asking for help to find it. 469 00:19:59,820 --> 00:20:02,650 Help from Matt. Do we have any idea who that is? 470 00:20:02,750 --> 00:20:05,290 I do. I have Yates' cell records. 471 00:20:05,350 --> 00:20:07,060 How were you able to pull phone records? 472 00:20:07,160 --> 00:20:10,290 Courtesy of my contact at the phone company. 473 00:20:10,360 --> 00:20:11,530 The last call Yates made 474 00:20:11,630 --> 00:20:13,200 before he died was to a cell phone 475 00:20:13,300 --> 00:20:15,160 belonging to Matthew Malone. 476 00:20:15,260 --> 00:20:18,330 As in Army Major Malone from CID? 477 00:20:18,430 --> 00:20:21,740 Major Malone, who ordered his sniper to shoot Harper? 478 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:23,870 -Yes and yes. -All right, let me get this straight, 479 00:20:24,010 --> 00:20:25,470 these two friends discover this 480 00:20:25,540 --> 00:20:27,180 stolen money and then they 481 00:20:27,280 --> 00:20:28,580 went to report it to CID? 482 00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:30,510 McGEE: And the next day, one of them 483 00:20:30,610 --> 00:20:31,980 turns up dead, and the other one? 484 00:20:32,050 --> 00:20:34,280 -Shot by CID. -Well, makes you wonder 485 00:20:34,380 --> 00:20:35,850 if, uh, they discovered a crime 486 00:20:35,980 --> 00:20:38,350 that Malone didn't want anyone to look into. 487 00:20:38,490 --> 00:20:41,190 Harper didn't trust CID. He made that very clear. 488 00:20:41,290 --> 00:20:44,460 And before you could find out why, Malone shut him up. 489 00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:47,360 I think it's time we have a talk with Major Malone. 490 00:20:47,460 --> 00:20:48,560 -I think someone's gonna have to -(phone beeps) 491 00:20:48,700 --> 00:20:50,570 break the news to Vance. 492 00:20:50,670 --> 00:20:52,030 He may already know. 493 00:20:52,170 --> 00:20:55,400 Vance wants me and Knight in his office, now. 494 00:20:56,200 --> 00:20:57,670 (clears throat softly) 495 00:20:57,770 --> 00:21:00,410 I just got off the phone with the director of CID. 496 00:21:00,540 --> 00:21:03,650 Apparently, there's a secondary investigation underway. 497 00:21:03,750 --> 00:21:05,780 Something they thought I should be made aware of. 498 00:21:05,880 --> 00:21:07,950 And it involves your team. 499 00:21:08,780 --> 00:21:10,250 Well, we were coming here to loop you in. 500 00:21:10,350 --> 00:21:12,190 We've been following a lead. 501 00:21:12,290 --> 00:21:14,960 One that may involve a CID agent 502 00:21:15,060 --> 00:21:16,990 tied to a financial coverup. 503 00:21:17,060 --> 00:21:18,660 Specifically, Major Malone. 504 00:21:18,760 --> 00:21:20,230 Good to know. 505 00:21:20,360 --> 00:21:23,100 But that's not the investigation that I'm talking about. 506 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:26,370 Does the name Roland Massi mean anything to you? 507 00:21:26,440 --> 00:21:30,170 He's the drug dealer that Harper helped take down, but 508 00:21:30,270 --> 00:21:33,610 Massi's serving 50 to life, so what's there to investigate? 509 00:21:33,710 --> 00:21:36,040 The investigation's not about him. 510 00:21:36,910 --> 00:21:38,550 It's about you, Agent Knight. 511 00:21:38,610 --> 00:21:40,520 I'm sorry, what? 512 00:21:40,580 --> 00:21:43,290 CID is placing you under review. 513 00:21:43,390 --> 00:21:45,850 Your security clearance has been suspended. 514 00:21:47,060 --> 00:21:49,460 Effective immediately. 515 00:21:58,530 --> 00:22:02,140 Roland Massi owned a series of bars and clubs 516 00:22:02,240 --> 00:22:04,370 across Virginia catering to service members. 517 00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:06,270 Served drinks in the front, cocaine in the back. 518 00:22:06,410 --> 00:22:08,480 It was one of the largest drug operations 519 00:22:08,580 --> 00:22:09,750 in the commonwealth's history. 520 00:22:09,850 --> 00:22:11,150 Until seven years ago, 521 00:22:11,250 --> 00:22:13,220 when the NCIS REACT team and I took it all down. 522 00:22:13,320 --> 00:22:15,720 Well, now Massi's serving life in prison. 523 00:22:15,820 --> 00:22:17,390 It's a big win for NCIS. 524 00:22:17,450 --> 00:22:20,060 None of this would have been possible without Ryan Harper. 525 00:22:20,120 --> 00:22:22,530 He was just a kid. He was seduced by Massi's offer 526 00:22:22,590 --> 00:22:25,390 of fast cash, realized it was plain wrong. 527 00:22:25,490 --> 00:22:28,100 So, he cooperated with Knight and turned his life around. 528 00:22:28,200 --> 00:22:31,100 Okay, but why would Malone be sniffing around 529 00:22:31,230 --> 00:22:32,940 a successful seven-year-old bust? 530 00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:35,870 Well, either he thinks Knight did something wrong... 531 00:22:35,970 --> 00:22:37,370 Or it's a bluff. 532 00:22:37,470 --> 00:22:38,970 To take our eyes off Malone and the missing money. 533 00:22:39,070 --> 00:22:41,240 Is there anything else about Massi's operation 534 00:22:41,310 --> 00:22:42,610 that we should know about? 535 00:22:42,710 --> 00:22:44,580 Everything you need to know is in that file. 536 00:22:44,650 --> 00:22:46,380 I stand by it. 537 00:22:47,550 --> 00:22:49,550 CID comes at one of ours, 538 00:22:49,620 --> 00:22:51,390 we don't wait around playing defense. 539 00:22:51,450 --> 00:22:53,220 We show them that this investigation 540 00:22:53,290 --> 00:22:54,490 isn't about Knight, 541 00:22:54,590 --> 00:22:56,730 it's about Malone, and we prove it 542 00:22:56,790 --> 00:22:58,230 before they bury the evidence. 543 00:22:58,290 --> 00:23:01,260 CID blindsided Knight the moment that we connected Malone 544 00:23:01,360 --> 00:23:03,970 with our victim. That is not a coincidence. 545 00:23:04,070 --> 00:23:06,130 This whole case revolves around 546 00:23:06,230 --> 00:23:07,970 that dead body in Harper's living room. 547 00:23:08,100 --> 00:23:09,870 McGEE: All right, so we solve the murder, 548 00:23:09,970 --> 00:23:11,270 we hopefully clear Harper, 549 00:23:11,340 --> 00:23:13,410 and we definitely get CID off Knight's back. 550 00:23:13,510 --> 00:23:15,740 And, uh, someone needs to make sure 551 00:23:15,810 --> 00:23:18,580 that Vance stays off of ours. 552 00:23:18,650 --> 00:23:20,950 VANCE: Yes, absolutely. 553 00:23:21,020 --> 00:23:22,990 Thank you. 554 00:23:24,690 --> 00:23:26,560 That was my third call with 555 00:23:26,690 --> 00:23:28,590 the CID director since breakfast. 556 00:23:28,690 --> 00:23:30,560 I'm not looking for a fourth. 557 00:23:30,660 --> 00:23:32,700 -That's the job. -Mine, yes. 558 00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:35,130 Right now, I'm more worried about Agent Knight's. 559 00:23:35,230 --> 00:23:36,700 Well, then we're on the same page. 560 00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:38,230 Are we? 561 00:23:39,030 --> 00:23:41,000 You said that you were investigating 562 00:23:41,100 --> 00:23:42,240 a CID agent, 563 00:23:42,370 --> 00:23:45,310 and now CID is digging into one of ours. 564 00:23:45,370 --> 00:23:47,910 The last thing that we need is a turf war. 565 00:23:48,010 --> 00:23:49,580 Because of the rumors they're folding. 566 00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:52,980 Yes. CID won't go down without a fight. 567 00:23:53,050 --> 00:23:55,050 They need a win, any way they can get it. 568 00:23:55,150 --> 00:23:56,080 Even at Knight's expense. 569 00:23:56,180 --> 00:23:58,250 CID is under the spotlight, 570 00:23:58,390 --> 00:24:00,420 and they need to get it off them fast. 571 00:24:00,560 --> 00:24:03,390 Taking down an NCIS agent-- that's high-profile. 572 00:24:03,530 --> 00:24:05,390 Suddenly, the spotlight is on us. 573 00:24:05,490 --> 00:24:06,930 I don't care about the spotlight. 574 00:24:07,060 --> 00:24:08,660 I care that Knight's being used as a scapegoat. 575 00:24:08,730 --> 00:24:11,300 I wish it were that simple, Parker. 576 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:13,400 But according to the CID director, 577 00:24:13,500 --> 00:24:16,240 whatever they have on Agent Knight is substantial. 578 00:24:16,340 --> 00:24:18,910 Major Malone is on his way over to interview her now. 579 00:24:19,910 --> 00:24:21,410 Okay, so how do we stop him? 580 00:24:21,540 --> 00:24:24,650 -We don't. He's within his rights. -So, what-- 581 00:24:24,750 --> 00:24:26,520 we just let Knight take the hit? 582 00:24:26,620 --> 00:24:29,620 I said we can't stop Major Malone from questioning Knight. 583 00:24:29,750 --> 00:24:31,790 I never said that we were giving up. 584 00:24:33,090 --> 00:24:34,760 I'm trying to protect my agent. 585 00:24:34,890 --> 00:24:36,730 So am I. 586 00:24:36,830 --> 00:24:37,960 Which is why I made sure 587 00:24:38,090 --> 00:24:39,390 that Knight is being questioned here, 588 00:24:39,490 --> 00:24:41,460 on our turf, not theirs. 589 00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:43,300 And more importantly... 590 00:24:46,940 --> 00:24:49,070 ...why I had CID hand over this. 591 00:24:52,210 --> 00:24:54,910 Crime scene report from Sergeant Harper's apartment? 592 00:24:55,910 --> 00:24:57,350 Thank you. 593 00:24:57,450 --> 00:24:58,650 Parker. 594 00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:01,620 If you're gonna prove that Harper's not a murderer, 595 00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:04,320 do it fast. But please be warned, 596 00:25:04,450 --> 00:25:06,920 CID is a drowning man. 597 00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:10,660 Drowning man doesn't care who he pulls under with him. 598 00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:14,700 (door opens) 599 00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:19,330 Kasie? 600 00:25:19,430 --> 00:25:21,340 (Kasie exclaiming) 601 00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:23,970 Uh, Kasie, you okay? 602 00:25:24,110 --> 00:25:26,440 (shouts) 603 00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:29,780 Kasie? 604 00:25:29,880 --> 00:25:31,080 Wait, McGee, wait, watch out for the... 605 00:25:31,150 --> 00:25:33,750 (groans) paint. 606 00:25:33,850 --> 00:25:35,820 That's, uh, that's great. 607 00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:38,290 My shoes are now the same color as the squad room. 608 00:25:38,350 --> 00:25:40,190 Yeah, my forensic supplies are backordered, 609 00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:42,360 so I had to raid building maintenance. 610 00:25:42,460 --> 00:25:46,160 -Well, this place is a total mess. -Hey. You see a mess, 611 00:25:46,260 --> 00:25:47,860 but I see geometry. 612 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:49,600 Because every slash 613 00:25:49,700 --> 00:25:52,570 and stab creates a mathematical pattern that tells a story. 614 00:25:52,670 --> 00:25:55,170 Yeah, a story with, uh, not a very happy ending. 615 00:25:55,300 --> 00:25:57,440 Mm. Depends on how you look at it. 616 00:25:57,540 --> 00:26:01,210 I am matching my demonstration to the crime scene photos from 617 00:26:01,340 --> 00:26:04,850 Sergeant Harper's apartment, and I finally got it right. 618 00:26:04,950 --> 00:26:06,750 What do you notice in these photos? 619 00:26:07,650 --> 00:26:08,820 Well, uh... 620 00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:10,790 Well, there's blood everywhere. I mean, 621 00:26:10,850 --> 00:26:12,390 it's on the floor, it's on the walls, 622 00:26:12,520 --> 00:26:15,020 -even the ceiling. -Ah, you almost got it right. 623 00:26:15,120 --> 00:26:17,190 Most of the blood is on half of the floor, 624 00:26:17,290 --> 00:26:18,860 the walls, the ceiling. 625 00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:20,560 Right. Murderer swings the sword, 626 00:26:20,700 --> 00:26:23,270 -blood spatters in the direction of the swing. -Exactly. 627 00:26:24,230 --> 00:26:26,840 I'm right-handed, so when I swing the sword, 628 00:26:26,900 --> 00:26:28,640 paint goes on the left side of the room, 629 00:26:28,700 --> 00:26:30,310 just like in the crime scene photos. 630 00:26:30,370 --> 00:26:31,940 Okay. 631 00:26:32,040 --> 00:26:34,240 Killer is right-handed, you are right-handed. 632 00:26:34,380 --> 00:26:37,250 -Mm-hmm. -As is 90% of the population. 633 00:26:38,580 --> 00:26:40,050 Unless Sergeant Harper is left-handed. 634 00:26:40,180 --> 00:26:42,080 Ding, ding, ding. Not only that, 635 00:26:42,180 --> 00:26:43,890 but judging by the angle of the swings, 636 00:26:43,990 --> 00:26:45,920 the killer was also significantly shorter 637 00:26:46,020 --> 00:26:47,090 than Harper as well. 638 00:26:47,190 --> 00:26:48,560 Harper didn't kill his friend. 639 00:26:48,660 --> 00:26:51,390 Bingo. CID's got the wrong man. 640 00:26:51,490 --> 00:26:53,000 -(phone trilling) -Ooh. 641 00:26:54,230 --> 00:26:55,600 It's Parker. 642 00:26:55,700 --> 00:26:57,530 Major Malone just got here to interrogate Knight. 643 00:26:57,600 --> 00:27:01,870 This evidence will show Malone how wrong he is about Harper. 644 00:27:04,010 --> 00:27:05,910 -Ladies first. -You're the guest. 645 00:27:06,010 --> 00:27:07,580 No, I insist. 646 00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:08,910 Hm. 647 00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:17,250 You got to be kidding me. 648 00:27:17,350 --> 00:27:18,690 Well, it's my interview. 649 00:27:18,750 --> 00:27:20,790 It's my interrogation room. 650 00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:23,430 How about a compromise? 651 00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:25,590 You got a pitch? 652 00:27:31,470 --> 00:27:32,870 (clears throat) 653 00:27:32,940 --> 00:27:34,800 I might as well start us off. 654 00:27:34,900 --> 00:27:36,470 Actually, you know what? I'll start. 655 00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:39,040 Ladies first, right? 656 00:27:39,140 --> 00:27:40,310 (soft chuckle) 657 00:27:40,410 --> 00:27:43,650 What the hell. I got nothing to hide. 658 00:27:43,780 --> 00:27:46,450 Mm. Except that you were the last person 659 00:27:46,550 --> 00:27:48,950 to speak to our murder victim. 660 00:27:49,750 --> 00:27:51,050 I didn't hide that. 661 00:27:51,120 --> 00:27:53,820 You didn't disclose it to me at the standoff. 662 00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:55,960 I had my hands full. 663 00:27:56,090 --> 00:27:57,660 And it wasn't your business. 664 00:27:57,790 --> 00:27:58,990 Oh. 665 00:27:59,130 --> 00:28:01,030 Sergeant Yates called about suspicious activity 666 00:28:01,130 --> 00:28:02,770 with the charity's accounts. 667 00:28:02,830 --> 00:28:04,900 We were gonna meet in the morning, but, uh, 668 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:06,500 well, he's dead. 669 00:28:06,630 --> 00:28:09,470 So, you accused Harper of murdering him 670 00:28:09,570 --> 00:28:11,940 and had your sniper take him down. 671 00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:13,940 I stand by my actions. 672 00:28:14,010 --> 00:28:16,640 I believe Harper was a threat to himself and others. 673 00:28:16,780 --> 00:28:18,580 I made a judgment call. 674 00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:20,520 The wrong judgment call. 675 00:28:20,620 --> 00:28:22,480 Because Harper didn't kill that guy. 676 00:28:22,620 --> 00:28:24,350 He's innocent. 677 00:28:24,450 --> 00:28:28,420 Mm, you're half-right. He didn't kill the guy. 678 00:28:31,830 --> 00:28:32,930 You know? 679 00:28:33,030 --> 00:28:35,900 Sure. Harper's left-handed. 680 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:37,330 The killer was right-handed. 681 00:28:37,470 --> 00:28:39,730 Which means you don't have a case, 682 00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:41,100 so what are we doing here? 683 00:28:41,170 --> 00:28:43,710 Harper didn't swing the sword but... 684 00:28:43,810 --> 00:28:45,370 oh, he was far from innocent. 685 00:28:45,510 --> 00:28:48,780 Now, while NCIS was playing gotcha with yesterday's clues, 686 00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:52,050 CID was actively pursuing fresh ones. 687 00:28:53,020 --> 00:28:55,220 Harper's tox report came back. 688 00:28:58,690 --> 00:29:00,760 He was hopped up on cocaine, 689 00:29:00,860 --> 00:29:03,190 which explains his erratic behavior yesterday. 690 00:29:03,990 --> 00:29:07,300 Explained even more when we searched his charity office. 691 00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:10,830 Found phones, drug-mixing paraphernalia, 692 00:29:10,900 --> 00:29:12,130 and... 693 00:29:14,240 --> 00:29:16,070 ...six kilos of product. 694 00:29:16,170 --> 00:29:18,540 Your pal Harper wasn't just using, 695 00:29:18,670 --> 00:29:20,080 he was dealing. 696 00:29:20,210 --> 00:29:23,580 That missing charity money-- he was laundering it. 697 00:29:23,710 --> 00:29:25,350 And when Yates found out, 698 00:29:25,450 --> 00:29:27,880 Harper had him killed. 699 00:29:27,980 --> 00:29:30,090 How is this even possible? 700 00:29:31,120 --> 00:29:33,720 I've been asking myself the same thing. 701 00:29:33,860 --> 00:29:37,190 I'd say you made it possible, Agent Knight. 702 00:29:37,990 --> 00:29:41,160 Ryan Harper never intended to go straight seven years ago. 703 00:29:41,230 --> 00:29:43,000 He was just biding his time. 704 00:29:43,100 --> 00:29:46,370 Harper was the reason we took down Roland Massi. 705 00:29:46,430 --> 00:29:49,540 Mm, sure. I mean, he was trying to survive. 706 00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:50,770 Oh. 707 00:29:51,940 --> 00:29:55,010 Harper helps you get rid of Massi. 708 00:29:55,080 --> 00:29:56,340 Then you expunge his record, 709 00:29:56,410 --> 00:29:58,410 which allowed him to join the Army. 710 00:29:59,380 --> 00:30:02,320 Where he builds a brand-new drug ring, all his own. 711 00:30:03,750 --> 00:30:05,250 This is ridiculous. 712 00:30:05,350 --> 00:30:06,920 Or are you so busy trying to prove 713 00:30:07,020 --> 00:30:08,920 how I screwed up, that... (chuckles) 714 00:30:09,060 --> 00:30:11,160 you can't even see your own mess? 715 00:30:12,260 --> 00:30:14,000 Even if you can't see it... 716 00:30:14,900 --> 00:30:16,600 ...everyone else will. 717 00:30:17,700 --> 00:30:21,270 Now, this graduation photo is going on the cover of my report 718 00:30:21,400 --> 00:30:23,210 to the inspector general. 719 00:30:25,310 --> 00:30:29,310 Let's hope it doesn't make the cover of the Evening Post. 720 00:30:31,310 --> 00:30:32,880 Way I see it, 721 00:30:32,980 --> 00:30:36,680 you were either in on all this with Harper from the beginning 722 00:30:36,780 --> 00:30:38,320 or you got played. 723 00:30:38,420 --> 00:30:41,120 (scoffs) For me, 724 00:30:41,260 --> 00:30:43,890 I'd rather be a criminal than a fool. 725 00:30:47,960 --> 00:30:50,330 Knight has been there for a long time. 726 00:30:50,470 --> 00:30:52,370 Nobody's called for a medic yet. 727 00:30:52,470 --> 00:30:54,170 Is that good or bad? 728 00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:56,840 TORRES: Hey, Knight. 729 00:30:56,940 --> 00:30:57,840 How'd it go in there? 730 00:30:57,940 --> 00:30:59,370 Uh, still sorting that out. 731 00:30:59,470 --> 00:31:02,980 You, uh, want to give us the headline? 732 00:31:04,350 --> 00:31:07,720 Actually, that's what I'm trying to avoid. 733 00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:11,520 (door opens) 734 00:31:12,650 --> 00:31:15,290 Agent Knight, there something I can do for you? 735 00:31:16,520 --> 00:31:17,760 I got it wrong. 736 00:31:21,500 --> 00:31:22,970 If this is about the case, 737 00:31:23,030 --> 00:31:25,170 I'm sure it's something we can work out. 738 00:31:25,300 --> 00:31:27,000 Not this time. 739 00:31:27,970 --> 00:31:31,040 I thought I was making a difference in someone's life. 740 00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:34,140 But I just let myself get used. 741 00:31:34,240 --> 00:31:36,880 If CID wants to make themselves look good 742 00:31:37,010 --> 00:31:38,610 by taking me down, fine, 743 00:31:38,680 --> 00:31:42,150 but I won't let them take NCIS down with me. 744 00:31:42,250 --> 00:31:44,020 My mistake. 745 00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:46,120 I own it. 746 00:31:54,430 --> 00:31:55,660 (door opens) 747 00:31:57,030 --> 00:31:58,200 (door closes) 748 00:32:10,750 --> 00:32:11,980 Agent Parker. 749 00:32:12,780 --> 00:32:13,650 Can I help you? 750 00:32:13,780 --> 00:32:15,580 Called you twice, no answer. 751 00:32:15,650 --> 00:32:17,620 I'm aware. 752 00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:19,090 Convenient. 753 00:32:19,190 --> 00:32:21,260 Knight's resignation took the spotlight off NCIS. 754 00:32:21,320 --> 00:32:24,390 That's, uh, that's what you wanted. 755 00:32:25,160 --> 00:32:27,760 You think I wanted Agent Knight to resign? 756 00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:30,270 I think you let her. 757 00:32:30,370 --> 00:32:33,470 She didn't exactly invite a discussion. 758 00:32:33,540 --> 00:32:36,370 Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a call. 759 00:32:36,470 --> 00:32:38,510 She's being steamrolled, Leon. We can't 760 00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:40,180 just sit back and watch it happen. 761 00:32:40,280 --> 00:32:42,610 My hands are tied, Parker. What would you have me do? 762 00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:44,510 Well, you can start by blowing off your call 763 00:32:44,610 --> 00:32:46,650 and showing me you give a damn! 764 00:32:50,620 --> 00:32:54,060 Not every part of my job is up for public consumption. 765 00:32:54,860 --> 00:32:55,890 I'm the public now? 766 00:32:56,020 --> 00:32:58,960 Excuse me, Agent Parker. 767 00:33:06,670 --> 00:33:08,100 Parker, you're good? 768 00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:10,040 Any word from Knight since she left? 769 00:33:10,140 --> 00:33:11,870 Radio silence. 770 00:33:12,010 --> 00:33:13,180 Yeah. 771 00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:15,340 Major Malone is a major pain in the ass. 772 00:33:15,410 --> 00:33:17,380 -No argument here. -McGEE: She made a call 773 00:33:17,480 --> 00:33:19,210 that any one of us would have made. 774 00:33:19,310 --> 00:33:21,850 Helping an informant expunge their record? 775 00:33:21,920 --> 00:33:23,350 Restorative justice 101. 776 00:33:23,450 --> 00:33:25,390 I wouldn't be standing here if someone 777 00:33:25,490 --> 00:33:27,660 didn't give me a second chance when I was 18. 778 00:33:27,720 --> 00:33:29,720 Right, but you became a cop. 779 00:33:29,820 --> 00:33:32,230 CID says that Harper became a drug lord. 780 00:33:32,330 --> 00:33:33,900 CID's evidence was enough 781 00:33:34,030 --> 00:33:35,730 to make Knight believe that she got played. 782 00:33:35,830 --> 00:33:37,230 And if it's true, 783 00:33:37,370 --> 00:33:40,400 that's not just a black mark, that's a career-ender. 784 00:33:40,500 --> 00:33:42,740 All right, but we all know Jessica Knight. 785 00:33:42,870 --> 00:33:44,940 Do we really think she got played? 786 00:33:46,170 --> 00:33:47,880 All right, if we're gonna save Knight, we need 787 00:33:47,940 --> 00:33:50,250 to tear down CID's case, find the holes, 788 00:33:50,350 --> 00:33:52,410 prove that Harper was no drug lord. 789 00:33:52,550 --> 00:33:53,950 Before CID goes public. 790 00:33:54,080 --> 00:33:55,480 McGEE: Well, I've got something that may help. 791 00:33:55,580 --> 00:33:56,850 I've been reviewing the interview footage 792 00:33:56,920 --> 00:33:58,590 from Knight's interview with Malone. 793 00:33:58,690 --> 00:34:02,120 He may not have as much evidence as he claims. Take a look. 794 00:34:02,920 --> 00:34:04,490 Why is the table turned sideways? 795 00:34:04,590 --> 00:34:07,300 Neither of them would agree on who was interviewing who. 796 00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:08,630 Compromise? 797 00:34:08,730 --> 00:34:10,600 Or Knight knew we might want 798 00:34:10,700 --> 00:34:12,270 a view of Malone's files, 799 00:34:12,370 --> 00:34:14,140 including the drug analysis on the cocaine 800 00:34:14,270 --> 00:34:17,000 CID seized. 801 00:34:18,170 --> 00:34:20,580 -Bad analysis? -No, bad drugs. 802 00:34:20,640 --> 00:34:22,140 Compound contains 803 00:34:22,240 --> 00:34:24,450 less than 15% cocaine hydrochloride. 804 00:34:24,580 --> 00:34:27,320 Whereas street cocaine comes in about 60%. 805 00:34:27,420 --> 00:34:29,580 And about 90% for the pure stuff. 806 00:34:29,650 --> 00:34:31,120 Yeah, this was just enough to pop positive 807 00:34:31,250 --> 00:34:33,660 on a forensics analysis. The rest is baby laxatives. 808 00:34:33,760 --> 00:34:36,060 So Harper was trying to move faulty product? 809 00:34:36,820 --> 00:34:39,460 Or maybe he's not trying to move any product at all. 810 00:34:39,590 --> 00:34:41,630 It's an old cartel trick. They grab 811 00:34:41,730 --> 00:34:43,130 a small amount of the pure stuff, 812 00:34:43,230 --> 00:34:44,400 and you mix it with the junk 813 00:34:44,470 --> 00:34:45,470 to make it look like a large amount, 814 00:34:45,570 --> 00:34:46,530 and then they plant it. 815 00:34:46,630 --> 00:34:47,600 All right, who do we think 816 00:34:47,700 --> 00:34:48,800 Harper's being set up by? 817 00:34:48,900 --> 00:34:51,140 Bad cops plant drugs, too. 818 00:34:51,240 --> 00:34:53,410 You really think Malone would go that far? 819 00:34:53,510 --> 00:34:57,040 More than I believe, uh, Knight helped create a drug lord. 820 00:34:57,810 --> 00:35:00,180 All right, how do we prove it? 821 00:35:00,280 --> 00:35:02,480 (elevator bell dings) 822 00:35:02,580 --> 00:35:04,250 Now, I'm not one to comment on 823 00:35:04,350 --> 00:35:06,620 interpersonal dynamics at work. 824 00:35:06,690 --> 00:35:09,090 -You're not? -Fine, I do it all the time, 825 00:35:09,160 --> 00:35:10,960 but some people need to be reminded 826 00:35:11,060 --> 00:35:12,960 that we're all team NCIS, 827 00:35:13,060 --> 00:35:15,600 and when friends argue, they need to hug. 828 00:35:15,700 --> 00:35:17,700 I'm not hugging Director Vance. 829 00:35:18,330 --> 00:35:19,300 Tell me you got something. 830 00:35:19,400 --> 00:35:21,070 Like holes in CID's case? 831 00:35:21,170 --> 00:35:24,370 Then you're in luck, because this major drug operation 832 00:35:24,510 --> 00:35:25,870 looks like Swiss cheese. 833 00:35:26,010 --> 00:35:28,980 For starters, the high-ticket items 834 00:35:29,040 --> 00:35:32,880 seized from the garage cost about $250,000, 835 00:35:32,980 --> 00:35:34,520 which is almost the exact amount 836 00:35:34,620 --> 00:35:36,380 -missing from Harper's charity. -Right, suggesting 837 00:35:36,520 --> 00:35:38,590 that the stolen charity money 838 00:35:38,690 --> 00:35:39,890 paid for the stuff, not drug money. 839 00:35:40,020 --> 00:35:42,960 Correct. Now, CID claims that 840 00:35:43,060 --> 00:35:45,060 the charity was being used to launder money, 841 00:35:45,190 --> 00:35:48,130 but that's impossible because there were no illicit funds 842 00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:49,330 being run through the charity. 843 00:35:49,430 --> 00:35:52,770 There are no drug sales at all. 844 00:35:52,870 --> 00:35:55,700 I ran the numbers from the burner phones that CID seized. 845 00:35:55,800 --> 00:35:57,670 They're full of coded messages 846 00:35:57,770 --> 00:35:59,770 that look like drug deals from The Wire. 847 00:35:59,870 --> 00:36:02,510 -Fake messages? -Uh, real messages. 848 00:36:02,610 --> 00:36:04,880 Fake deals. Someone used a bot program 849 00:36:04,980 --> 00:36:06,380 to make these phones call each other. 850 00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:09,920 So, no buyers, no profits, no operation. 851 00:36:10,020 --> 00:36:11,450 Just an elaborate frame job 852 00:36:11,550 --> 00:36:13,420 designed to fool CID and get Harper put away. 853 00:36:13,520 --> 00:36:15,820 Yeah, unless CID was in on it. 854 00:36:15,920 --> 00:36:19,190 Malone takes drugs from the evidence locker, plants them. 855 00:36:19,260 --> 00:36:22,330 There's no way that these drugs came from CID evidence locker. 856 00:36:22,430 --> 00:36:23,770 I ran the drug analysis 857 00:36:23,900 --> 00:36:26,100 through the DEA's database. They keep 858 00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:29,240 a index of all narcotics seized from all agencies. 859 00:36:29,370 --> 00:36:30,610 CID never seized 860 00:36:30,740 --> 00:36:33,280 this specific blend of cocaine, 861 00:36:33,380 --> 00:36:35,610 but NCIS did, seven years ago. 862 00:36:35,710 --> 00:36:37,750 When Knight took down Massi's organization. 863 00:36:37,880 --> 00:36:41,580 This compound was dealt exclusively by Massi's crew, 864 00:36:41,680 --> 00:36:43,920 until the entire operation 865 00:36:44,050 --> 00:36:45,590 was dismantled and the drugs were destroyed. 866 00:36:45,720 --> 00:36:47,920 Are you saying that somebody from Massi's organization 867 00:36:48,020 --> 00:36:50,290 are using seven-year-old drugs to frame Harper? 868 00:36:50,390 --> 00:36:53,160 Kinda, except Massi's already in jail, 869 00:36:53,260 --> 00:36:54,630 and everyone from his organization 870 00:36:54,730 --> 00:36:56,400 is either with him or dead. 871 00:36:56,500 --> 00:36:57,930 -So who'd want revenge? -Well, we need to 872 00:36:58,070 --> 00:36:59,430 figure that out, and fast. 873 00:36:59,570 --> 00:37:00,840 Because if this is about payback, 874 00:37:00,940 --> 00:37:03,440 Knight could be next on the list. 875 00:37:04,540 --> 00:37:06,470 -(phone vibrates) -(indistinct chatter) 876 00:37:06,570 --> 00:37:08,340 (sighs) 877 00:37:14,250 --> 00:37:16,350 I didn't want to wake you. 878 00:37:19,120 --> 00:37:20,720 How long have you been here? 879 00:37:20,820 --> 00:37:23,430 Just a few hours. I wanted to... 880 00:37:23,490 --> 00:37:25,790 be here when Ryan woke up. 881 00:37:25,890 --> 00:37:27,330 That's sweet. 882 00:37:27,460 --> 00:37:29,430 It's not, actually. 883 00:37:29,500 --> 00:37:31,730 Turns out he's been playing both of us. 884 00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:33,300 And I want answers. 885 00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:36,270 Played us? How? 886 00:37:36,370 --> 00:37:38,440 Ryan's charity is a front 887 00:37:38,540 --> 00:37:40,480 for a major drug ring. 888 00:37:40,580 --> 00:37:42,480 That's why he killed his friend. 889 00:37:42,610 --> 00:37:44,410 No. 890 00:37:44,480 --> 00:37:46,680 Can't be. 891 00:37:47,750 --> 00:37:49,550 I'm afraid so. 892 00:37:49,650 --> 00:37:52,050 The man that we thought we knew... 893 00:37:53,250 --> 00:37:54,760 ...he's a lie. 894 00:37:54,860 --> 00:37:56,890 Special Agent Knight. 895 00:38:00,330 --> 00:38:02,900 Malone. You here to gloat? 896 00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:05,170 Actually, I'm here for your bag. 897 00:38:05,270 --> 00:38:07,370 You come for my job and my agency. 898 00:38:07,500 --> 00:38:08,940 Now you want my bag? 899 00:38:09,040 --> 00:38:13,110 I'm not giving you anything without a search warrant. 900 00:38:17,680 --> 00:38:19,910 Wow. That is a lot of trouble 901 00:38:20,010 --> 00:38:21,980 for a sweatpants and a bottle of water. 902 00:38:22,050 --> 00:38:24,220 The bag. 903 00:38:34,130 --> 00:38:35,330 (scoffs) 904 00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:37,230 Agent Knight. 905 00:38:37,370 --> 00:38:39,430 I can't believe it. 906 00:38:40,330 --> 00:38:42,070 Me either. 907 00:38:42,170 --> 00:38:43,440 This actually worked. 908 00:38:43,540 --> 00:38:46,540 I told you. She wouldn't be able to stop herself. 909 00:38:47,680 --> 00:38:49,380 What the hell are you talking about? 910 00:38:49,480 --> 00:38:51,150 This is a sting, Amanda. 911 00:38:51,250 --> 00:38:52,880 We played you, 912 00:38:52,980 --> 00:38:54,650 just like you played Ryan. 913 00:38:54,750 --> 00:38:56,920 There's cameras all down this hallway. 914 00:38:57,050 --> 00:38:58,650 You slipped the drugs into Knight's bag 915 00:38:58,720 --> 00:39:00,560 when she was, uh, sleeping. 916 00:39:00,660 --> 00:39:02,260 The final piece of your revenge, 917 00:39:02,360 --> 00:39:04,390 and this piece just fell right into your lap. 918 00:39:04,490 --> 00:39:06,990 Revenge? For what? 919 00:39:07,090 --> 00:39:10,570 You're Roland Massi's daughter. 920 00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:13,440 So what? 921 00:39:13,540 --> 00:39:15,200 He's rotting away in prison. 922 00:39:15,300 --> 00:39:16,840 I'm trying to move on. 923 00:39:16,940 --> 00:39:18,740 That must have been hard. 924 00:39:18,840 --> 00:39:21,510 Doors slamming in your face because of the Massi name. 925 00:39:21,580 --> 00:39:23,550 So, you changed your name, 926 00:39:23,650 --> 00:39:25,010 your look, 927 00:39:25,080 --> 00:39:26,710 tried to start a new life. 928 00:39:26,780 --> 00:39:28,280 But that wasn't enough, because the man 929 00:39:28,420 --> 00:39:30,250 who destroyed your family was still alive. 930 00:39:30,380 --> 00:39:32,790 And that's when you went looking for Harper. 931 00:39:32,920 --> 00:39:35,590 Got him to fall for you, to trust you, 932 00:39:35,690 --> 00:39:36,890 then you set him up. 933 00:39:36,990 --> 00:39:40,260 Drugs, murder. It almost worked. 934 00:39:40,390 --> 00:39:43,400 Until he barricaded himself in a warehouse 935 00:39:43,470 --> 00:39:45,100 and made one request. 936 00:39:45,200 --> 00:39:47,230 He called me. 937 00:39:47,330 --> 00:39:50,940 And now you'll serve 50 to life. 938 00:39:53,010 --> 00:39:54,840 Just like dad. 939 00:40:21,140 --> 00:40:22,740 Jess? 940 00:40:23,640 --> 00:40:25,340 I'm here. 941 00:40:35,150 --> 00:40:37,250 Well, welcome back. We've missed you. 942 00:40:37,320 --> 00:40:39,320 I've only been gone for a day. 943 00:40:39,450 --> 00:40:41,790 Well, it felt like a day and a half. 944 00:40:42,520 --> 00:40:44,860 Security clearance been reinstated. 945 00:40:44,960 --> 00:40:48,300 McGEE: We got Amanda on everything. Murder, 946 00:40:48,360 --> 00:40:50,500 spiking Harper's protein shake with cocaine, all of it. 947 00:40:50,600 --> 00:40:53,570 I'm surprised you got Malone on our side. 948 00:40:53,670 --> 00:40:55,300 He was ready to hang me out to dry. 949 00:40:55,400 --> 00:40:56,970 TORRES: Well, you should have seen his face 950 00:40:57,070 --> 00:41:00,440 when we told him that Amanda was Massi's daughter. 951 00:41:00,510 --> 00:41:01,910 (chuckles) 952 00:41:02,010 --> 00:41:05,650 Well, I guess the important part is that Harper's cleared, 953 00:41:05,710 --> 00:41:07,780 -recovering. -TORRES: And hey, 954 00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:10,720 he turned his life around because of you. 955 00:41:10,850 --> 00:41:13,390 I guess I shouldn't have doubted myself. 956 00:41:13,490 --> 00:41:16,190 That's okay. We never did. 957 00:41:17,360 --> 00:41:18,460 McGEE: Oh. 958 00:41:18,560 --> 00:41:20,930 Speaking of, uh, second chances... 959 00:41:22,530 --> 00:41:25,600 Agent Knight. Quick word? 960 00:41:29,940 --> 00:41:32,940 They're not thrilled to see me. 961 00:41:33,040 --> 00:41:34,810 They know we're friends now, right? 962 00:41:34,880 --> 00:41:37,110 Is that what we are? 963 00:41:38,550 --> 00:41:40,480 I'm here to clear the deck. 964 00:41:40,550 --> 00:41:43,550 I got a reputation as a hard-charger, 965 00:41:43,650 --> 00:41:45,590 but I own my mistakes. 966 00:41:45,720 --> 00:41:49,290 I misread some things. That's on me. 967 00:41:50,160 --> 00:41:51,530 You're forgiven. 968 00:41:51,630 --> 00:41:53,900 I wasn't asking for forgiveness. 969 00:41:55,130 --> 00:41:58,430 But I guess sometimes we forget. 970 00:41:58,530 --> 00:42:02,340 This job's not just about kicking down doors. 971 00:42:02,400 --> 00:42:04,640 It's about lifting people up. 972 00:42:05,510 --> 00:42:06,910 Yeah, it is. 973 00:42:08,880 --> 00:42:11,880 Oh, we don't validate parking, so... 974 00:42:15,380 --> 00:42:16,650 I couldn't resist. 975 00:42:16,750 --> 00:42:18,720 It's got my personal cell on the back. 976 00:42:18,790 --> 00:42:20,890 Are you hoping for a date? 977 00:42:20,960 --> 00:42:22,860 Uh, no, ma'am. 978 00:42:22,960 --> 00:42:25,490 I'm hoping for a job. 979 00:42:26,730 --> 00:42:28,960 I'm sure you've heard the rumors. 980 00:42:29,760 --> 00:42:31,970 I'll put in a good word for you. 981 00:42:36,240 --> 00:42:39,270 Captioning sponsored by CBS 982 00:42:39,370 --> 00:42:42,040 and TOYOTA. 983 00:42:42,140 --> 00:42:45,580 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org