1 00:00:06,810 --> 00:00:07,986 Look, I'm telling you guys, 2 00:00:08,010 --> 00:00:09,456 deputy director laroche is dirty. 3 00:00:09,480 --> 00:00:11,186 It's time you know the truth. 4 00:00:11,210 --> 00:00:14,010 He was a double agent working for secdef this entire time. 5 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:17,996 Olivia Garcia... she's an old girlfriend of mine. 6 00:00:18,020 --> 00:00:20,966 My name is Mateo. I'm 18 years old. 7 00:00:20,990 --> 00:00:22,266 Why didn't you tell me I had a son? 8 00:00:22,290 --> 00:00:24,966 I know. And I'm sorry. 9 00:00:24,990 --> 00:00:28,006 I would like to be a part of Mateo's life. 10 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:32,076 You didn't give up your life for nothing, 11 00:00:32,100 --> 00:00:35,370 dear boy, you saved your agency. 12 00:00:35,500 --> 00:00:36,770 To Leon. 13 00:00:42,140 --> 00:00:45,540 All right, order for Stephen with a p-h, 14 00:00:45,650 --> 00:00:50,456 jenn with two ns, and sadly, just Mike. 15 00:00:50,480 --> 00:00:51,896 Here you go. 16 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:53,326 It's a capital morning 17 00:00:53,350 --> 00:00:55,036 at capitol oaks coffee. How may I help you? 18 00:00:55,060 --> 00:00:56,530 Mobile order for Kayla. 19 00:00:57,390 --> 00:00:59,930 - With a "k." - Coming right up. 20 00:01:02,630 --> 00:01:04,606 Sorry. He's got a strong arm. 21 00:01:07,740 --> 00:01:09,070 Here you go, cutie. 22 00:01:09,870 --> 00:01:12,716 Aw, it's... He sees your badge. 23 00:01:12,740 --> 00:01:13,916 Thinks you're a superhero. 24 00:01:13,940 --> 00:01:17,240 Smart kid. What's his name? 25 00:01:17,380 --> 00:01:19,980 - Evan. - Well, Evan. 26 00:01:21,550 --> 00:01:24,166 You can be a superhero, too. 27 00:01:24,190 --> 00:01:26,466 - Sound good? - Thanks. 28 00:01:26,490 --> 00:01:29,966 - You're welcome. - Order for Kayla with a "k." 29 00:01:31,730 --> 00:01:33,436 Have a capital day. 30 00:01:37,530 --> 00:01:39,070 Duty calls. 31 00:01:39,870 --> 00:01:41,106 See you around, Evan. 32 00:01:41,130 --> 00:01:42,970 Bye. 33 00:01:47,610 --> 00:01:48,656 You couldn't text, director? 34 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:51,126 I'm calling as dad. 35 00:01:51,150 --> 00:01:52,686 We still on for dinner? 36 00:01:52,710 --> 00:01:56,026 Well... It depends. Who's picking? 37 00:01:56,050 --> 00:01:57,526 I am. 38 00:01:57,550 --> 00:02:00,290 In that case, I'm busy. 39 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:06,860 Kayla. 40 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:10,376 Kayla! 41 00:03:02,180 --> 00:03:04,020 Started without me. 42 00:03:05,290 --> 00:03:07,066 You're still having trouble sleeping? 43 00:03:07,090 --> 00:03:09,796 - I'm fine. - It's been a month. 44 00:03:09,820 --> 00:03:13,190 You barely walked away from a suicide bombing. 45 00:03:15,700 --> 00:03:18,570 Other people didn't. 46 00:03:21,970 --> 00:03:23,870 Well, maybe this will help. 47 00:03:24,610 --> 00:03:27,780 The FBI and atf just closed the case. 48 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:30,356 And their conclusion? 49 00:03:30,380 --> 00:03:33,626 A disturbed kid with a bomb in his backpack. 50 00:03:33,650 --> 00:03:34,720 A lone wolf. 51 00:03:34,850 --> 00:03:37,590 - Lone? - Yes. 52 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:39,526 I read the atf report. 53 00:03:39,550 --> 00:03:42,866 That bomb was sophisticated. Professional. 54 00:03:42,890 --> 00:03:45,806 It had parts you can't just buy at home depot. 55 00:03:45,830 --> 00:03:48,736 This wasn't just some kid googling at 3:00 A.M. 56 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:51,260 This was training. Or guidance. 57 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:54,546 - Or both. - Now... 58 00:03:54,570 --> 00:03:56,940 - You're making assumptions. - No. They are. 59 00:03:57,070 --> 00:03:59,110 They missed something. 60 00:04:00,110 --> 00:04:02,056 Just like I did. 61 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:04,356 Kayla. 62 00:04:04,380 --> 00:04:06,886 It's not your fault. 63 00:04:06,910 --> 00:04:09,950 Sometimes agents don't see everything. 64 00:04:11,250 --> 00:04:13,290 If the FBI misreads this bombing, 65 00:04:13,420 --> 00:04:15,360 they'll misread the next one. 66 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:18,820 What if this wasn't a one-off? 67 00:04:21,260 --> 00:04:22,760 Kayla. 68 00:04:24,100 --> 00:04:25,970 What do you want? 69 00:04:27,270 --> 00:04:28,576 I want to do everything I can 70 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:31,600 to make sure it never happens again. 71 00:04:35,910 --> 00:04:40,526 Mpd says the vehicle belongs to Navy petty officer Victor Lee. 72 00:04:40,550 --> 00:04:42,956 Worked at the naval research lab. 73 00:04:42,980 --> 00:04:45,826 Pretty sure this man was carrying the explosive. 74 00:04:45,850 --> 00:04:47,990 Extensive damage to the torso. 75 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:50,660 A piece of fabric fused to his shoulder. 76 00:04:50,790 --> 00:04:54,830 Looks like it could be remnants of a bag or a backpack. 77 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:58,946 Young man. Backpack bomb. Sounds familiar. 78 00:04:58,970 --> 00:05:00,946 Coffee shop bombing from last year. 79 00:05:00,970 --> 00:05:02,840 Yeah, and FBI thought that was a lone wolf. 80 00:05:02,970 --> 00:05:04,840 Well, maybe the lone wolf had some friends. 81 00:05:04,970 --> 00:05:07,616 Careless ones 'cause unless their target was an empty alley, 82 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:09,410 I'd say the device went off early. 83 00:05:09,980 --> 00:05:11,720 Then what was the real target? 84 00:05:12,750 --> 00:05:14,696 Phone and laptop aren't gonna help. 85 00:05:17,250 --> 00:05:19,590 Is that Mateo? 86 00:05:20,350 --> 00:05:22,266 You guys are getting thick as thieves. 87 00:05:22,290 --> 00:05:24,330 Yeah, we've been bonding lately. 88 00:05:24,460 --> 00:05:27,000 So what is it? Baseball? Laser tag? 89 00:05:27,130 --> 00:05:29,106 Geohash. 90 00:05:29,130 --> 00:05:30,670 I am so afraid to ask. 91 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:32,476 Geohash is a form of coding. Latitude 92 00:05:32,500 --> 00:05:34,616 and longitude compressed. I'll tell you what, this kid 93 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:36,676 got some pretty amazing computer skills. 94 00:05:36,700 --> 00:05:38,840 Who could've guessed that? 95 00:05:38,970 --> 00:05:40,986 Even told him about the internship program, you know, 96 00:05:41,010 --> 00:05:44,150 in NCIS cyber, so Mateo's gonna come by tomorrow, take a tour. 97 00:05:45,110 --> 00:05:46,110 That's a big step. 98 00:05:46,180 --> 00:05:47,956 But it's just a tour. You know? 99 00:05:47,980 --> 00:05:49,880 Don't know for sure that it's gonna happen. 100 00:05:50,020 --> 00:05:52,666 We got a Navy bomber to deal with here. 101 00:05:52,690 --> 00:05:54,190 Negative on the Navy part. 102 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:55,996 Petty officer Lee is alive and well. 103 00:05:56,020 --> 00:05:57,520 Currently holding warrior two 104 00:05:57,630 --> 00:05:59,966 in a hot yoga class two blocks over. 105 00:05:59,990 --> 00:06:02,360 If our bomber isn't Navy, who is he? 106 00:06:03,130 --> 00:06:06,070 Got one wallet here. Extra crispy. 107 00:06:08,140 --> 00:06:11,276 Ryan or Bryan Wallace. 19. 108 00:06:11,300 --> 00:06:12,500 Organ donor. 109 00:06:12,610 --> 00:06:14,616 I'd say the ship has sailed on that one. 110 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:15,916 Ryan Wallace. 111 00:06:15,940 --> 00:06:17,440 Lives in Reston. 112 00:06:17,550 --> 00:06:19,950 Registered vehicle's a blue Honda. 113 00:06:20,750 --> 00:06:22,456 You mean like that one? 114 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:25,380 Yeah, could be. 115 00:06:26,250 --> 00:06:27,620 Be careful. 116 00:06:29,690 --> 00:06:32,406 Maybe our bomber left behind something useful, 117 00:06:32,430 --> 00:06:34,436 like info on his actual target. 118 00:06:34,460 --> 00:06:35,876 Targets. Plural. 119 00:06:35,900 --> 00:06:39,370 Better clear the area. Get the bomb squad back in here. 120 00:06:40,430 --> 00:06:44,170 I don't think those backpacks are filled with school supplies. 121 00:06:50,340 --> 00:06:52,486 I found a manufacturing defect. 122 00:06:52,510 --> 00:06:55,226 This capacitor was cracked before the explosion, 123 00:06:55,250 --> 00:06:57,596 causing the premature detonation in the alley. 124 00:06:57,620 --> 00:06:59,150 Bad luck for the bomber. 125 00:06:59,290 --> 00:07:02,096 Very good luck for everyone else. 126 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:05,920 Because the other six devices... all fully functional. 127 00:07:06,030 --> 00:07:07,706 If he had made it to his targets... 128 00:07:07,730 --> 00:07:10,976 We would be counting dozens of bodies, not just his. 129 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:14,670 I confirmed our bomber's DNA... Ryan Wallace. 130 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:17,946 - 19. Single. No next of kin. - Device data? 131 00:07:17,970 --> 00:07:21,040 Laptop and phone were completely destroyed in the blast. 132 00:07:21,170 --> 00:07:23,656 Apartment was basically a mattress and a router. 133 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:26,986 All we've got are the contents of his car. 134 00:07:27,010 --> 00:07:30,510 Trash, receipts, and this. 135 00:07:30,650 --> 00:07:32,280 Agnors bliss. 136 00:07:32,390 --> 00:07:35,536 It's a Sci-Fi space opera that's a little too niche, even for me, 137 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:37,236 and I read the dune glossary. 138 00:07:37,260 --> 00:07:38,360 So we've got nothing? 139 00:07:38,490 --> 00:07:40,206 Not nothing. Keep walking. 140 00:07:40,230 --> 00:07:43,506 I compared all of the alley bombs 141 00:07:43,530 --> 00:07:45,400 to last year's coffee shop device. 142 00:07:45,530 --> 00:07:48,046 Same parts. Same soldering technique. 143 00:07:48,070 --> 00:07:49,416 Same assembly sequence. 144 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:50,616 That's not a coincidence. 145 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:52,716 No. That's a signature. 146 00:07:52,740 --> 00:07:54,716 Someone's training people to build these. 147 00:07:54,740 --> 00:07:56,916 So it's not one bomber, it's a network. 148 00:07:56,940 --> 00:07:59,956 Which means we need to reopen the FBI's coffee shop case. 149 00:07:59,980 --> 00:08:01,756 Figure out what got missed. 150 00:08:01,780 --> 00:08:03,750 I already pulled the original witness list, 151 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:06,826 and look who's on it. 152 00:08:06,850 --> 00:08:08,866 The director's daughter was there? 153 00:08:08,890 --> 00:08:11,266 According to this, she stepped outside 154 00:08:11,290 --> 00:08:13,060 just before the blast. 155 00:08:13,190 --> 00:08:15,476 - And we never heard about it? - Vance and Kayla probably wanted 156 00:08:15,500 --> 00:08:18,146 to avoid the media attention. 157 00:08:18,170 --> 00:08:21,106 Haven't seen her since his funeral. 158 00:08:21,130 --> 00:08:22,746 I heard she took personal leave. 159 00:08:22,770 --> 00:08:25,146 Okay, so maybe we don't make Kayla relive 160 00:08:25,170 --> 00:08:26,500 the day that almost killed her. 161 00:08:26,610 --> 00:08:29,116 There are plenty of others to start with. 162 00:08:29,140 --> 00:08:30,580 Maybe they can help. 163 00:08:30,710 --> 00:08:33,086 The FBI was wrong about that coffee shop. 164 00:08:33,110 --> 00:08:35,826 They called my son a lone wolf. My Danny 165 00:08:35,850 --> 00:08:38,296 detonated that bomb... I'm not denying that... 166 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:40,026 but he didn't do it on his own. 167 00:08:40,050 --> 00:08:43,520 NCIS agrees, Mr. Hammersmith. 168 00:08:45,530 --> 00:08:47,930 Call me Hank. 169 00:08:48,060 --> 00:08:49,630 Listen, Hank, we are investigating 170 00:08:49,760 --> 00:08:52,800 a second backpack bombing. We believe 171 00:08:52,930 --> 00:08:55,830 that it may be connected to the one from last year. 172 00:08:55,940 --> 00:08:58,416 I knew it wasn't just Danny. 173 00:08:58,440 --> 00:09:02,456 Well, these are the items that we recovered... 174 00:09:02,480 --> 00:09:04,120 From the latest bomber. 175 00:09:05,380 --> 00:09:06,726 Does anything look familiar? 176 00:09:06,750 --> 00:09:08,990 Anything connect to your son? 177 00:09:09,780 --> 00:09:12,196 None of this rings a bell. 178 00:09:12,220 --> 00:09:17,266 Danny... Kept things to himself. 179 00:09:17,290 --> 00:09:18,990 His whole life was online. 180 00:09:19,130 --> 00:09:22,706 He talked about chatting with friends, 181 00:09:22,730 --> 00:09:27,200 but I never bothered to check in. 182 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:31,840 Told myself it was just a phase. 183 00:09:31,970 --> 00:09:35,156 The mood swings, the anger, him 184 00:09:35,180 --> 00:09:39,186 pulling away from family. 185 00:09:39,210 --> 00:09:42,926 Whatever was going on with my son, I missed it. 186 00:09:42,950 --> 00:09:48,390 It's hard to know what's going on in any teenager's head. 187 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:51,820 But I could have asked. 188 00:09:53,190 --> 00:09:55,190 Don't let me keep you. 189 00:09:56,500 --> 00:09:59,546 It's, it's actually my son. 190 00:09:59,570 --> 00:10:01,246 Just checked in for an internship tour. 191 00:10:01,270 --> 00:10:03,916 That's good. 192 00:10:03,940 --> 00:10:05,986 Stay close. 193 00:10:06,010 --> 00:10:08,750 If family doesn't fill the space... 194 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:11,680 someone else will. 195 00:10:11,810 --> 00:10:15,910 Like these, "friends" your son met online? 196 00:10:16,020 --> 00:10:19,690 Yeah. On that website archive. 197 00:10:19,820 --> 00:10:22,390 That's where he said they talked. 198 00:10:23,520 --> 00:10:26,736 Archive is a private online community. Invitation-only. 199 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:28,936 FBI looked at this last year. 200 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:30,476 They only checked the lobby. 201 00:10:30,500 --> 00:10:32,846 I found an encrypted back room 202 00:10:32,870 --> 00:10:35,046 where the real conversations happen. 203 00:10:35,070 --> 00:10:36,646 Isolated, angry young men 204 00:10:36,670 --> 00:10:39,070 find each other, validate each other, and spiral. 205 00:10:39,210 --> 00:10:41,046 Only managed a glimpse so far, 206 00:10:41,070 --> 00:10:42,570 but I'm tracing traffic spikes. 207 00:10:42,710 --> 00:10:45,986 Sorry to interrupt. You guys remember Mateo. 208 00:10:46,010 --> 00:10:47,410 How could we forget? 209 00:10:47,550 --> 00:10:50,420 Last time you were here was eventful. 210 00:10:50,550 --> 00:10:53,196 Yeah, well, you guys saved my mom's life. 211 00:10:53,220 --> 00:10:56,536 She says that I should thank you every chance that I get. 212 00:10:56,560 --> 00:10:57,866 Well, then she's raising you right. 213 00:10:57,890 --> 00:10:59,166 Though I'm guessing she's not the one 214 00:10:59,190 --> 00:11:00,406 who taught you geohashing. 215 00:11:00,430 --> 00:11:02,230 Actually, Mateo taught himself. 216 00:11:02,360 --> 00:11:04,976 He, also taught himself python, 217 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:08,400 right. Dad, you're doing the thing again. 218 00:11:08,540 --> 00:11:09,737 What, bragging? 219 00:11:09,761 --> 00:11:13,280 Saying tech stuff that nobody else understands. 220 00:11:14,410 --> 00:11:16,716 Ooh, hold my beer. 221 00:11:16,740 --> 00:11:18,740 I am about to go full technobabble. 222 00:11:18,850 --> 00:11:20,226 My server trace just came back. 223 00:11:20,250 --> 00:11:23,026 Archive's traffic is bouncing through 224 00:11:23,050 --> 00:11:25,096 a physical relay node in Bethesda. 225 00:11:25,120 --> 00:11:27,496 - It's a server farm. - I know that corner. 226 00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:31,496 Used to be a flower shop. Best peonies in the tristate. 227 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:34,836 Point being it closed last year. Been vacant ever since. 228 00:11:34,860 --> 00:11:36,290 Apparently not. 229 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:40,006 According to GPS, our alley bomber's Honda was 230 00:11:40,030 --> 00:11:42,876 parked at that address the day before the explosion. 231 00:11:42,900 --> 00:11:44,846 Okay, so it's not a flower shop. 232 00:11:44,870 --> 00:11:46,770 More like backpack bomber hq. 233 00:11:46,910 --> 00:11:48,756 All right, let's find out. Grab your gear. 234 00:11:48,780 --> 00:11:50,416 All right, well... 235 00:11:50,440 --> 00:11:52,186 Mateo, sorry, I didn't think we were gonna jump into this 236 00:11:52,210 --> 00:11:54,356 - so quick. - No. No. Go. 237 00:11:54,380 --> 00:11:56,756 This totally beats a tour. Go. 238 00:11:56,780 --> 00:11:58,966 I'll get him down to Jimmy. That man 239 00:11:58,990 --> 00:12:02,330 - lives to play a tour guide. - Nice. Thanks, kase. All right. 240 00:12:09,900 --> 00:12:12,006 - Federal agents. Hands up. - What? 241 00:12:12,030 --> 00:12:14,046 Hands now! 242 00:12:15,540 --> 00:12:19,410 O-Okay. We're cooperating. This has to be a mistake. 243 00:12:19,970 --> 00:12:21,340 Not from where I'm standing. 244 00:12:22,180 --> 00:12:24,180 - You need to talk to the boss. - The boss? 245 00:12:24,310 --> 00:12:27,656 Easy. Let me see your hands. 246 00:12:27,680 --> 00:12:30,050 Whatever you say, agent knight. 247 00:12:32,750 --> 00:12:34,850 Kayla? 248 00:12:42,700 --> 00:12:44,636 One. 249 00:12:44,660 --> 00:12:45,906 One, two. 250 00:12:45,930 --> 00:12:47,576 One, two, three. 251 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:50,140 You've been late for two force protection briefings this week. 252 00:12:50,870 --> 00:12:53,010 You left early yesterday. 253 00:12:53,140 --> 00:12:55,220 Took three calls in the middle of a security update. 254 00:12:55,340 --> 00:12:56,986 Is this mitt work or a performance review? 255 00:12:57,010 --> 00:12:58,826 Keep your guard up. 256 00:12:58,850 --> 00:13:00,986 Distraction makes you vulnerable. Let's go. 257 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:04,526 You've been moonlighting. 258 00:13:05,690 --> 00:13:07,660 Are you having me followed? 259 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:10,396 I'm the director of a federal agency 260 00:13:10,420 --> 00:13:11,436 and I'm also your father. 261 00:13:11,460 --> 00:13:13,836 It's my job to know things. 262 00:13:13,860 --> 00:13:18,360 You've been building a private operation outside NCIS. 263 00:13:24,500 --> 00:13:27,516 Moonlighting is against agency policy, Kayla. 264 00:13:27,540 --> 00:13:30,356 And doing it as the director's daughter, that's worse. 265 00:13:30,380 --> 00:13:33,420 We're not hacking banks or wiretapping phones. 266 00:13:33,550 --> 00:13:36,226 My group monitors online activity. 267 00:13:36,250 --> 00:13:38,526 Creating accounts and using aliases 268 00:13:38,550 --> 00:13:40,396 to infiltrate extremist chat rooms. 269 00:13:40,420 --> 00:13:42,760 Something that most agencies already do. 270 00:13:42,890 --> 00:13:44,766 Not like this. I checked. 271 00:13:44,790 --> 00:13:48,406 They only look for threats. We look for patterns, 272 00:13:48,430 --> 00:13:50,136 people on the path to violence, 273 00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:52,106 so we can stop them before they get there. 274 00:13:52,130 --> 00:13:55,076 It's not easy. Or cheap. 275 00:13:55,100 --> 00:13:57,076 I applied for private Grant money. 276 00:13:57,100 --> 00:13:59,770 Totally legal. Fully independent. 277 00:13:59,910 --> 00:14:02,050 Very smart. 278 00:14:02,840 --> 00:14:05,486 So you're not gonna tell me to shut it down? 279 00:14:05,510 --> 00:14:06,810 No. 280 00:14:08,020 --> 00:14:10,196 But you can't live in two worlds. 281 00:14:10,220 --> 00:14:13,066 There's a reason it's against policy. 282 00:14:13,090 --> 00:14:14,696 Things get missed. 283 00:14:14,720 --> 00:14:17,696 First you didn't want me working at NCIS at all. 284 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:19,966 Now you only want me working at NCIS? 285 00:14:19,990 --> 00:14:21,836 You've earned your place. 286 00:14:21,860 --> 00:14:23,506 You have a future. 287 00:14:23,530 --> 00:14:26,346 Maybe even in the director's chair one day. 288 00:14:26,370 --> 00:14:29,810 Wow. Seems like my future's already been decided. 289 00:14:29,940 --> 00:14:32,810 - Kayla. - What about what I want? 290 00:14:35,480 --> 00:14:37,980 What do you want? 291 00:14:42,780 --> 00:14:43,950 We're not building bombs. 292 00:14:44,080 --> 00:14:45,610 We're trying to stop them. 293 00:14:45,720 --> 00:14:47,936 We monitor extremist rhetoric online. 294 00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:49,766 Separate noise from credible threat. 295 00:14:49,790 --> 00:14:52,160 Then pass leads to the appropriate agencies. 296 00:14:52,290 --> 00:14:53,620 How come we haven't heard of you? 297 00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:55,306 We're privately funded, 298 00:14:55,330 --> 00:14:57,236 and not hearing about us is the whole point. 299 00:14:57,260 --> 00:15:00,576 When do you have time for all this? You're still an agent. 300 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:03,316 I can do both. I'm good at it. 301 00:15:03,340 --> 00:15:04,986 Maybe too good. 302 00:15:05,010 --> 00:15:08,680 Our latest alley bomber was parked outside this storefront. 303 00:15:08,810 --> 00:15:12,126 We thought he was using this place as a staging ground. 304 00:15:12,150 --> 00:15:14,156 Now it looks like he was casing it. 305 00:15:14,180 --> 00:15:17,550 One of these bombs was likely meant for you and your team. 306 00:15:18,450 --> 00:15:21,226 That's not entirely bad news. 307 00:15:21,250 --> 00:15:22,566 It's not? 308 00:15:22,590 --> 00:15:25,636 If someone's targeting us, it means we struck a nerve. 309 00:15:25,660 --> 00:15:28,436 Which proves I was right to build this operation. 310 00:15:28,460 --> 00:15:30,076 These attacks aren't isolated. 311 00:15:30,100 --> 00:15:31,806 Your people are still in danger. 312 00:15:31,830 --> 00:15:35,170 You need to consider their safety. 313 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:38,346 Emergency shutdown. 314 00:15:38,370 --> 00:15:41,516 Go home and wait for further instructions. 315 00:15:41,540 --> 00:15:43,056 What about you? 316 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:44,550 I'm not going home. 317 00:15:44,680 --> 00:15:48,080 I'm going back to NCIS. We've got work to do. 318 00:15:49,650 --> 00:15:51,426 "Okay, we are now entering 319 00:15:51,450 --> 00:15:53,696 the main cyber operations bullpen." 320 00:15:53,720 --> 00:15:56,866 Dr. Palmer, you really don't have to read from the cards. 321 00:15:56,890 --> 00:16:00,866 Well, kasie insisted that I stay on script, so... 322 00:16:00,890 --> 00:16:03,936 "If accepted into our internship program, 323 00:16:03,960 --> 00:16:05,400 you would work here." 324 00:16:05,530 --> 00:16:07,576 That is a lot of screens. 325 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:09,800 Yeah, yeah. We-we love our screens. 326 00:16:10,570 --> 00:16:13,370 So, are you thinking about, cybersecurity as a career? 327 00:16:13,510 --> 00:16:21,126 Honestly never thought about it at all until recently. 328 00:16:22,350 --> 00:16:24,196 I'm sorry. The cards say that Curtis 329 00:16:24,220 --> 00:16:25,796 is supposed to take over from here, and I don't 330 00:16:25,820 --> 00:16:31,036 see a Curtis, so... Tell you what, you stay put, 331 00:16:31,060 --> 00:16:32,890 and I will track him down. 332 00:16:37,560 --> 00:16:39,160 You would be great down here. 333 00:16:39,270 --> 00:16:40,646 Agent torres. 334 00:16:40,670 --> 00:16:42,616 You gonna be my next tour guide? 335 00:16:42,640 --> 00:16:44,646 No. No, no, no. 336 00:16:44,670 --> 00:16:47,386 Just came to grab some reports from cyber. 337 00:16:47,410 --> 00:16:50,150 But if you got that tech gene from your dad... 338 00:16:51,340 --> 00:16:53,210 we could use someone like you. 339 00:16:54,250 --> 00:16:57,096 I very much doubt that. 340 00:16:57,120 --> 00:16:58,690 Hey. 341 00:16:59,920 --> 00:17:01,126 You good? 342 00:17:01,150 --> 00:17:03,066 Yeah. Yeah. 343 00:17:03,090 --> 00:17:04,936 It's just this place... NCIS. 344 00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:09,676 It... the... the weight of it can be a little overwhelming. 345 00:17:09,700 --> 00:17:11,370 You know? 346 00:17:12,870 --> 00:17:14,776 Yeah. 347 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:17,116 When we went back and analyzed the traffic 348 00:17:17,140 --> 00:17:20,146 after the coffee shop attack, archive chatter had surged. 349 00:17:20,170 --> 00:17:22,940 Anger. Validation. Escalation. 350 00:17:23,080 --> 00:17:25,686 - What about the alley bombing? - The opposite. 351 00:17:25,710 --> 00:17:27,980 Traffic fell into what we call a "coordinated quiet." 352 00:17:28,120 --> 00:17:30,726 - Everybody knows something's up. - So they stay low. 353 00:17:30,750 --> 00:17:33,166 My group knew a storm was coming. 354 00:17:33,190 --> 00:17:36,466 Just not where. We missed it. 355 00:17:36,490 --> 00:17:38,906 So what's fueling this storm? Why are these guys so angry? 356 00:17:38,930 --> 00:17:40,166 Anti-corporate rage. 357 00:17:40,190 --> 00:17:42,290 Young men who feel powerless and invisible. 358 00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:45,646 They think that big companies are in control of their jobs, 359 00:17:45,670 --> 00:17:48,476 their debt, their future, and that's why they can't get ahead. 360 00:17:48,500 --> 00:17:51,140 The coffee shop was a, a corporate chain. 361 00:17:51,270 --> 00:17:52,500 Exactly. 362 00:17:52,610 --> 00:17:54,516 And around the corner from your alley bombing? 363 00:17:54,540 --> 00:17:56,216 A major corporate headquarters. 364 00:17:56,240 --> 00:17:59,086 Coordinated symbolism. Identical bomb building. 365 00:17:59,110 --> 00:18:00,980 Someone is leading this group. 366 00:18:01,110 --> 00:18:04,556 More like instructing them. Grooming them. 367 00:18:04,580 --> 00:18:07,396 - Fueling their anger. - What, you got a name? 368 00:18:07,420 --> 00:18:08,496 I've got five. 369 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:10,166 All influential usernames. 370 00:18:10,190 --> 00:18:11,596 No real identities yet, 371 00:18:11,620 --> 00:18:13,166 but that's where I was hoping NCIS could help. 372 00:18:13,190 --> 00:18:15,020 Kasie and McGee are already digging in. 373 00:18:15,130 --> 00:18:16,476 And we struck gold. 374 00:18:16,500 --> 00:18:19,246 No real names yet, but all five usernames share 375 00:18:19,270 --> 00:18:21,476 the same encryption fingerprint, same key and checks um. 376 00:18:21,500 --> 00:18:24,116 He's doing that thing again. 377 00:18:24,140 --> 00:18:26,146 These five users are all the same person. 378 00:18:26,170 --> 00:18:27,816 Great. How do we find them? 379 00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:30,786 No idea. We've exhausted every digital lead. 380 00:18:30,810 --> 00:18:33,380 Maybe we stop looking online. 381 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:35,826 One of those usernames... they mentioned 382 00:18:35,850 --> 00:18:37,456 a favorite coffee shop in Glen echo. 383 00:18:37,480 --> 00:18:39,280 I thought you said they hated coffee shops? 384 00:18:39,390 --> 00:18:43,296 Corporate chains, so this one must be local, mom-and-pop. 385 00:18:43,320 --> 00:18:46,066 Well, if we stake out that shop, we can monitor their Wi-Fi 386 00:18:46,090 --> 00:18:47,536 for that same encryption fingerprint. 387 00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:50,336 Our puppet master logs on, and we grab him. 388 00:18:50,360 --> 00:18:52,546 We should loop in the local chief of police. 389 00:18:52,570 --> 00:18:55,710 Keep media exposure minimal and avoid a turf war. 390 00:18:56,840 --> 00:18:59,740 What? It's smart. 391 00:18:59,870 --> 00:19:01,070 Your dad would agree. 392 00:19:02,140 --> 00:19:03,610 Let's go fishing. 393 00:19:06,550 --> 00:19:09,296 Moonbeams and coffee beans? 394 00:19:09,320 --> 00:19:11,526 I can smell the patchouli from here. 395 00:19:11,550 --> 00:19:14,526 It's definitely not a franchise. 396 00:19:14,550 --> 00:19:16,250 Anything? 397 00:19:17,360 --> 00:19:19,536 No hits on the Wi-Fi signal. 398 00:19:19,560 --> 00:19:22,030 I still got nothing. 399 00:19:24,230 --> 00:19:29,100 I haven't really, checked in since your dad's funeral. 400 00:19:29,940 --> 00:19:31,940 How are you? 401 00:19:32,070 --> 00:19:33,640 I miss him. 402 00:19:35,210 --> 00:19:37,756 The small things most of all. 403 00:19:37,780 --> 00:19:41,256 Going to dinner together, movies. 404 00:19:41,280 --> 00:19:45,626 You know, we used to box once a month, rain or shine. 405 00:19:45,650 --> 00:19:49,750 I haven't been back to that gym since. 406 00:19:50,620 --> 00:19:52,266 Well, for what it's worth, 407 00:19:52,290 --> 00:19:54,960 I think he'd be proud of what you built. 408 00:19:56,230 --> 00:19:58,746 I'm not so sure he was. 409 00:19:58,770 --> 00:20:00,740 So he knew about it? 410 00:20:04,370 --> 00:20:05,470 Yeah. 411 00:20:05,610 --> 00:20:08,986 My dad was NCIS, too. Different office. 412 00:20:09,010 --> 00:20:11,210 Same shadow. 413 00:20:11,980 --> 00:20:15,120 Okay, your dad's shadow's a lot bigger. 414 00:20:16,920 --> 00:20:20,096 There's always the question, 415 00:20:20,120 --> 00:20:22,790 are we honoring the legacy... 416 00:20:24,060 --> 00:20:26,500 or trying to outrun it? 417 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:32,840 That's him. Our puppet master is inside. 418 00:20:33,500 --> 00:20:34,830 He's logging into archive. 419 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:38,370 On a laptop. You see anything? 420 00:20:38,970 --> 00:20:40,010 No way. 421 00:20:40,140 --> 00:20:42,680 You got to be kidding me. 422 00:20:44,140 --> 00:20:46,210 Wait, that's... 423 00:20:47,550 --> 00:20:48,796 Gabriel laroche. 424 00:20:48,820 --> 00:20:51,520 The former NCIS deputy director. 425 00:20:52,350 --> 00:20:53,480 What's he doing here? 426 00:20:53,590 --> 00:20:56,330 I think we are about to find out. 427 00:20:58,730 --> 00:21:00,166 Can we help you? 428 00:21:00,190 --> 00:21:02,906 You need to shut down this operation immediately. 429 00:21:02,930 --> 00:21:06,200 We don't work for you anymore. 430 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:09,916 Well, agent knight, 431 00:21:09,940 --> 00:21:12,740 apparently you didn't get the memo. 432 00:21:23,720 --> 00:21:25,496 You just burned our best lead. 433 00:21:25,520 --> 00:21:28,396 Because of your stunt, the man that we were about to identify 434 00:21:28,420 --> 00:21:31,636 walked out of that coffee shop and we never got eyes on him. 435 00:21:31,660 --> 00:21:33,466 You're welcome. 436 00:21:33,490 --> 00:21:34,820 What gives you that authority? 437 00:21:34,930 --> 00:21:37,030 I'm the new U.S. associate Attorney General. 438 00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:39,030 I can terminate any investigative line 439 00:21:39,170 --> 00:21:40,676 I believe has been legally compromised. 440 00:21:40,700 --> 00:21:42,076 Compromised how? 441 00:21:42,100 --> 00:21:45,016 Kayla Vance's private operation. 442 00:21:45,040 --> 00:21:48,340 Turns out, it's been funded with criminal money. 443 00:21:49,180 --> 00:21:50,516 I'm assuming you have proof 444 00:21:50,540 --> 00:21:52,540 because that is a serious accusation. 445 00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:54,086 It's a serious problem. 446 00:21:54,110 --> 00:21:56,256 Dirty money contaminates the work. 447 00:21:56,280 --> 00:21:59,426 Now every case her group touched is compromised, 448 00:21:59,450 --> 00:22:00,766 including yours. 449 00:22:00,790 --> 00:22:04,066 Any arrest that we make based on her intel 450 00:22:04,090 --> 00:22:06,136 collapses in court. 451 00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:08,006 I spared you a humiliating defeat. 452 00:22:08,030 --> 00:22:11,806 Financial reviews don't usually require an associate a.G. 453 00:22:11,830 --> 00:22:15,670 To personally crash a stakeout. 454 00:22:17,300 --> 00:22:19,316 Unless there's something bigger. 455 00:22:19,340 --> 00:22:20,740 The money trail is real. 456 00:22:20,870 --> 00:22:22,670 I intend to follow it wherever it leads.- 457 00:22:22,780 --> 00:22:26,086 and meanwhile, we let a network of domestic terrorists walk? 458 00:22:26,110 --> 00:22:28,910 NCIS is free to continue the bombing case 459 00:22:29,020 --> 00:22:31,726 without Kayla Vance. 460 00:22:31,750 --> 00:22:33,666 She and I need to talk. 461 00:22:33,690 --> 00:22:37,230 There are plenty of places in this building to do that. 462 00:22:37,360 --> 00:22:38,706 You chose here? 463 00:22:38,730 --> 00:22:41,636 I'm sure you heard. Latest interim director 464 00:22:41,660 --> 00:22:43,976 just accepted an ambassador post overseas. 465 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:46,940 This office just became vacant. 466 00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:50,716 You got to be kidding me. 467 00:22:50,740 --> 00:22:52,046 I thought we were done with laroche. 468 00:22:52,070 --> 00:22:54,116 Associate Attorney General laroche. 469 00:22:54,140 --> 00:22:56,716 I don't get it. I vetted every Grant, 470 00:22:56,740 --> 00:22:58,886 every donor, every transfer. 471 00:22:58,910 --> 00:23:00,726 I built that operation carefully. 472 00:23:00,750 --> 00:23:02,086 We believe you. 473 00:23:02,110 --> 00:23:04,010 So where did dirty money suddenly come from? 474 00:23:04,120 --> 00:23:05,966 We need to rebuild any of the evidence 475 00:23:05,990 --> 00:23:07,666 provided to us by Kayla's group. 476 00:23:07,690 --> 00:23:09,166 Yeah, before whoever's behind these bombings 477 00:23:09,190 --> 00:23:10,860 strikes again. 478 00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:13,520 We might be too late. 479 00:23:13,630 --> 00:23:16,100 Archive's been quiet since we got back from the coffee shop. 480 00:23:16,230 --> 00:23:18,906 Quiet? Like before the alley bomb? 481 00:23:18,930 --> 00:23:20,646 Something's coming. 482 00:23:20,670 --> 00:23:22,470 And you've been sidelined. 483 00:23:24,070 --> 00:23:27,470 More like summoned. Laroche wants me upstairs. 484 00:23:28,310 --> 00:23:30,486 You go deal with that. We'll handle the rest. 485 00:23:33,780 --> 00:23:36,556 - Damn it. - What? 486 00:23:36,580 --> 00:23:40,780 Mateo. I missed his entire tour. He's on his way out. 487 00:23:42,990 --> 00:23:46,166 I'm-I'm so sorry about this, okay? 488 00:23:46,190 --> 00:23:48,236 This is not exactly the day I had in mind. 489 00:23:48,260 --> 00:23:50,500 Yeah, me neither, but, hey, 490 00:23:50,630 --> 00:23:52,206 I got to see a real investigation, 491 00:23:52,230 --> 00:23:54,746 I got to, go to the cyber basement, 492 00:23:54,770 --> 00:23:57,846 and I saw two fights outside of hr, so... 493 00:23:57,870 --> 00:24:02,386 Well, I was hoping for something more convincing. 494 00:24:02,410 --> 00:24:06,720 Right. About that... 495 00:24:08,050 --> 00:24:12,420 I think there's something that I got to tell you. 496 00:24:16,890 --> 00:24:18,466 Hey. 497 00:24:18,490 --> 00:24:19,866 You don't got to say anything. 498 00:24:19,890 --> 00:24:22,736 - I... I don't? - No. 499 00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:26,006 Look, I, I know that I've been excited about you 500 00:24:26,030 --> 00:24:27,776 applying for this internship and everything, 501 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:30,176 but I, you know, I don't want you doing something 502 00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:31,976 just because you think it's gonna make me happy. 503 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:35,700 You got to figure out what works best for you. 504 00:24:36,980 --> 00:24:39,086 Right. 505 00:24:39,110 --> 00:24:42,450 I-I don't think NCIS is for me. 506 00:24:43,650 --> 00:24:44,796 Well, that's okay. 507 00:24:44,820 --> 00:24:46,120 You know? 508 00:24:47,890 --> 00:24:49,236 Nick, hey, you need me, or...? 509 00:24:49,260 --> 00:24:50,866 Just that kasie found something 510 00:24:50,890 --> 00:24:54,760 on the bomb schematics, but, it can wait. 511 00:24:54,890 --> 00:24:57,390 Thanks. Come on. 512 00:25:00,830 --> 00:25:03,376 I found these plans sitting in an open thread 513 00:25:03,400 --> 00:25:06,100 on archive, and they're not just blueprints. 514 00:25:06,210 --> 00:25:09,216 It's a step-by-step guide to building a pipe bomb. 515 00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:11,110 I'm tracing everyone who downloaded the file. 516 00:25:11,240 --> 00:25:14,556 Him questioning her in that office. 517 00:25:14,580 --> 00:25:15,910 If laroche is pulling stunts, 518 00:25:16,020 --> 00:25:17,656 that means the case against Kayla's thin. 519 00:25:17,680 --> 00:25:20,266 Maybe, but the dirty money is real. 520 00:25:20,290 --> 00:25:22,696 Kayla's Grant funding didn't all come 521 00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:24,396 from private foundations. Some of it 522 00:25:24,420 --> 00:25:25,700 was routed through a slush fund. 523 00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:28,336 Not so much "dirty" money as "opaque." 524 00:25:28,360 --> 00:25:29,960 "Dirty" plays better in a headline. 525 00:25:30,100 --> 00:25:31,906 And on laroche's résumé. 526 00:25:31,930 --> 00:25:34,276 If he can prove Kayla knowingly took tainted funds, 527 00:25:34,300 --> 00:25:35,746 and right now, that's what it looks like. 528 00:25:35,770 --> 00:25:38,446 Her name's the only one on all 529 00:25:38,470 --> 00:25:40,640 - the filings and applications. - You believe that? 530 00:25:40,770 --> 00:25:42,086 No, not for a second, 531 00:25:42,110 --> 00:25:44,150 but if this goes public, belief won't matter. 532 00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:46,386 Laroche is ambitious, not reckless. 533 00:25:46,410 --> 00:25:49,126 He wouldn't move without more. 534 00:25:49,150 --> 00:25:50,526 There's more. 535 00:25:50,550 --> 00:25:52,596 Access logs just came back on the slush fund. 536 00:25:52,620 --> 00:25:55,366 According to this, the last time 537 00:25:55,390 --> 00:25:58,066 anyone looked at the dirty money account was two months ago. 538 00:25:58,090 --> 00:26:00,030 Tell me it wasn't Kayla. 539 00:26:03,260 --> 00:26:06,660 I don't think laroche is going after Kayla. 540 00:26:07,830 --> 00:26:11,970 The last person to access that dirty account was your father. 541 00:26:12,100 --> 00:26:13,500 Two days before his death. 542 00:26:13,640 --> 00:26:15,980 Credentialed login. Two-factor authentication. 543 00:26:17,010 --> 00:26:18,150 No. 544 00:26:19,050 --> 00:26:20,056 Record is clear. 545 00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:23,356 My father would never knowingly touch dirty money. 546 00:26:23,380 --> 00:26:26,280 Perhaps he believed the ends justified the means. 547 00:26:26,390 --> 00:26:29,166 You don't get to rewrite his legacy based on guesses. 548 00:26:29,190 --> 00:26:31,466 Not rewriting or guessing. 549 00:26:31,490 --> 00:26:33,360 I'm following the evidence. 550 00:26:33,490 --> 00:26:36,706 A powerful man, a father, used 551 00:26:36,730 --> 00:26:40,906 untraceable funds to help his little girl. 552 00:26:40,930 --> 00:26:42,770 It's not hard to imagine. 553 00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:45,870 You're wrong. There's another explanation. 554 00:26:46,010 --> 00:26:47,340 Then let's hear it. Otherwise, 555 00:26:47,470 --> 00:26:50,040 I have to assume you were involved. 556 00:26:52,140 --> 00:26:53,940 This interrogation is over. 557 00:26:54,050 --> 00:26:56,220 Agent Vance and I were simply talking. 558 00:26:56,350 --> 00:26:58,820 Well, from now on, you can talk to her lawyer. 559 00:27:01,990 --> 00:27:06,230 I think I already have what I need. 560 00:27:22,370 --> 00:27:25,170 Pretty sure "sidelined" doesn't mean overtime. 561 00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:28,486 I'm not working the case. I'm reviewing my mistakes. 562 00:27:28,510 --> 00:27:30,410 The coffee shop. The alley. 563 00:27:30,520 --> 00:27:32,456 I missed something. 564 00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:35,296 Just like I missed the dirty money. 565 00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:37,696 You did not build a slush fund. 566 00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:41,220 Apparently, I built something that used one. 567 00:27:42,290 --> 00:27:43,736 And my dad knew. 568 00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:46,260 Nobody believes that your dad was moving dirty cash. 569 00:27:46,370 --> 00:27:49,910 Belief doesn't matter. Proof does. 570 00:27:53,510 --> 00:27:55,646 My dad warned me. 571 00:27:55,670 --> 00:27:58,710 The last time we talked, we argued. 572 00:27:59,450 --> 00:28:02,186 He tried to warn me about living in two worlds. 573 00:28:02,210 --> 00:28:04,610 Things can get missed. 574 00:28:05,420 --> 00:28:07,990 Which is why I was gonna leave. 575 00:28:09,190 --> 00:28:11,760 I was gonna quit NCIS. 576 00:28:12,590 --> 00:28:13,936 I took his warning to heart. 577 00:28:13,960 --> 00:28:15,960 I was going all-in on my new initiative, 578 00:28:16,100 --> 00:28:18,070 but before I could tell him... 579 00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:22,176 he was gone. 580 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:26,600 After that, leaving NCIS felt like betrayal. 581 00:28:27,770 --> 00:28:29,970 Like I was walking out on him twice. 582 00:28:30,110 --> 00:28:32,516 You think he'd see it that way? 583 00:28:32,540 --> 00:28:34,440 I don't know. 584 00:28:34,550 --> 00:28:36,420 And now, I never will. 585 00:28:44,290 --> 00:28:45,460 What's this? 586 00:28:45,590 --> 00:28:48,466 That's from the alley bomber's car. 587 00:28:48,490 --> 00:28:50,890 It's a cheap star wars knockoff. 588 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:52,746 No. 589 00:28:52,770 --> 00:28:54,570 I've seen this before. 590 00:29:01,070 --> 00:29:03,170 The coffee shop bomber, Danny hammersmith, 591 00:29:03,310 --> 00:29:04,716 he was reading this same book. 592 00:29:04,740 --> 00:29:06,156 - Kayla... - We have to go back 593 00:29:06,180 --> 00:29:07,956 through archive. There might be a connection. 594 00:29:07,980 --> 00:29:09,456 Kayla, you cannot work this case. 595 00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:12,156 If laroche finds out, that is your badge. 596 00:29:12,180 --> 00:29:14,650 Do not hand him that win. 597 00:29:27,130 --> 00:29:29,076 Where's Parker? 598 00:29:29,100 --> 00:29:30,676 Why? What happened? 599 00:29:30,700 --> 00:29:33,846 I traced the bomb schematics. The last person to download them 600 00:29:33,870 --> 00:29:36,186 didn't bother to mask their ip address. 601 00:29:36,210 --> 00:29:37,650 Hank hammersmith. 602 00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:42,180 - The grieving father? - Of last year's coffee shop bomber. 603 00:29:42,310 --> 00:29:46,250 It looks like he's picking up where his son left off. 604 00:29:55,130 --> 00:29:56,706 Hank's cell phone is still off. 605 00:29:56,730 --> 00:29:59,476 Agents swept his home and found bomb parts. 606 00:29:59,500 --> 00:30:03,546 Grieving father builds a bomb and disappears. He has a target. 607 00:30:03,570 --> 00:30:05,246 Wait, so he's part of the bombing network? 608 00:30:05,270 --> 00:30:08,016 - Or a father out for revenge. - Against who? 609 00:30:08,040 --> 00:30:09,916 People who radicalized his son. 610 00:30:09,940 --> 00:30:12,586 Been running language analysis on archive posts. 611 00:30:12,610 --> 00:30:13,710 Take a look at this. 612 00:30:14,950 --> 00:30:16,996 Those are the posts we got from Kayla. 613 00:30:17,020 --> 00:30:19,626 We're not supposed to use that intel. 614 00:30:19,650 --> 00:30:21,990 I know, but the same phrases keep repeating. 615 00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:24,860 Right? "Violence is the language of power." 616 00:30:24,990 --> 00:30:27,360 "Martyrs are the seeds of tomorrow." 617 00:30:27,490 --> 00:30:30,106 These are all lines quoted from the same source. 618 00:30:30,130 --> 00:30:31,876 Agnors bliss. 619 00:30:31,900 --> 00:30:34,376 Yeah, book is about the "jondafarian resistance" 620 00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:36,540 violently rising up against "the cric." 621 00:30:36,670 --> 00:30:40,716 Alien overlords who enslave citizens with debt crystals. 622 00:30:40,740 --> 00:30:42,386 So space capitalism? 623 00:30:42,410 --> 00:30:46,456 Exactly. And "agnors bliss" is the book's version of heaven. 624 00:30:46,480 --> 00:30:47,856 Reserved for martyrs who fight back. 625 00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:49,850 Bombers think they're dying for a cause. 626 00:30:49,980 --> 00:30:53,826 But how did they go from space opera to pipe bombs? 627 00:30:53,850 --> 00:30:54,890 Grooming. 628 00:30:55,020 --> 00:30:57,496 Take a look at this photo just posted online by a fan. 629 00:30:57,520 --> 00:30:59,236 That's the author, Isaac wren. 630 00:30:59,260 --> 00:31:01,536 And he's outside of the mom-and-pop coffee shop. 631 00:31:01,560 --> 00:31:04,200 Well, timestamp matches our stakeout from yesterday. 632 00:31:04,330 --> 00:31:06,776 It was him. The author's our puppet master. 633 00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:08,546 - We need to bring him in. - Knight's right, though. 634 00:31:08,570 --> 00:31:11,046 This all traces back to Kayla. We can't use this for an arrest. 635 00:31:11,070 --> 00:31:13,916 Yeah, but we can use it to stop a bomb. Hank saw this book, 636 00:31:13,940 --> 00:31:16,586 and if he figured out that wren is behind this... 637 00:31:16,610 --> 00:31:18,110 The author's the target. 638 00:31:18,780 --> 00:31:20,456 Okay, Isaac wren 639 00:31:20,480 --> 00:31:23,156 is speaking at a Sci-Fi convention downtown right now. 640 00:31:23,180 --> 00:31:24,626 All right, alert convention security. 641 00:31:24,650 --> 00:31:27,620 Have them conduct a fire evacuation. 642 00:31:29,090 --> 00:31:31,196 Attention. A fire alarm has been activated. 643 00:31:31,220 --> 00:31:34,366 Please proceed calmly to the nearest exit. 644 00:31:36,200 --> 00:31:37,806 Torres, McGee, south corridor. 645 00:31:37,830 --> 00:31:39,170 Knight, with me. 646 00:31:40,870 --> 00:31:43,070 Does this mean the hall h panel has been cancelled? 647 00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:44,330 It moved. Outside. 648 00:31:44,440 --> 00:31:47,046 NCIS. Isaac wren, 649 00:31:47,070 --> 00:31:47,640 where is he? 650 00:31:47,664 --> 00:31:49,870 He was on the main stage. He's being escorted out. 651 00:31:49,980 --> 00:31:52,416 - Escorted by who? - One of your agents. 652 00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:54,656 She said it was a security precaution. 653 00:31:54,680 --> 00:31:55,810 Kayla. 654 00:31:57,180 --> 00:32:00,426 Two bombers died with your book in their hands. 655 00:32:00,450 --> 00:32:01,796 I don't know what you're talking about. 656 00:32:01,820 --> 00:32:04,196 I write fiction, and that is it, 657 00:32:04,220 --> 00:32:06,436 and right now, I'm just trying to get to my car. 658 00:32:06,460 --> 00:32:08,606 You need to come with me to NCIS. 659 00:32:08,630 --> 00:32:11,330 I'm done talking now. 660 00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:16,346 You're not just inspiring these attacks, 661 00:32:16,370 --> 00:32:18,570 you're directing them. Aren't you? 662 00:32:19,910 --> 00:32:23,810 What is that? Driver, that's not mine. 663 00:32:23,940 --> 00:32:25,810 I think it is. 664 00:32:25,940 --> 00:32:28,980 - Mr. Hammersmith? - He's not my driver. 665 00:32:33,420 --> 00:32:35,466 - Keep moving. - There. She's in the SUV. 666 00:32:35,490 --> 00:32:38,066 - Yeah, with our bomber. - Wait. 667 00:32:38,090 --> 00:32:40,106 If we move in, we could spook this guy. 668 00:32:40,130 --> 00:32:41,736 And we don't know the play. 669 00:32:41,760 --> 00:32:43,936 All right, then let's find out. 670 00:32:43,960 --> 00:32:49,870 Touch that door again, and you can die right here. 671 00:32:56,640 --> 00:32:59,156 Mr. Hammersmith, please put down 672 00:32:59,180 --> 00:33:00,850 that detonator that's in your hand. 673 00:33:03,620 --> 00:33:05,396 He killed my son. 674 00:33:05,420 --> 00:33:08,890 He filled his head with poison. 675 00:33:11,520 --> 00:33:13,466 I got a clear shot on the driver. 676 00:33:13,490 --> 00:33:16,330 Negative. You shoot, and that detonator goes off. 677 00:33:17,230 --> 00:33:19,370 Hank, please. 678 00:33:20,400 --> 00:33:21,646 Let us help you. 679 00:33:21,670 --> 00:33:23,470 Help? 680 00:33:24,870 --> 00:33:26,386 Nobody helped my son. 681 00:33:26,410 --> 00:33:28,386 I didn't even help my son. 682 00:33:28,410 --> 00:33:30,256 It's kasie. 683 00:33:30,280 --> 00:33:32,456 You got to see this. 684 00:33:32,480 --> 00:33:35,026 The FBI pretended to care, and then moved on. 685 00:33:35,050 --> 00:33:38,596 Danny was just a... Another statistic. 686 00:33:38,620 --> 00:33:40,390 He wasn't to me. 687 00:33:40,520 --> 00:33:42,520 Your son changed my life. 688 00:33:43,460 --> 00:33:46,166 The coffee shop attack is the reason why I built a team 689 00:33:46,190 --> 00:33:49,706 to find kids like Danny before people like wren get to them. 690 00:33:51,100 --> 00:33:52,876 What are you doing? 691 00:33:52,900 --> 00:33:54,206 Who are you talking to? 692 00:33:54,230 --> 00:33:55,876 People who can get justice for your son. 693 00:33:55,900 --> 00:33:57,070 You're lying. 694 00:33:57,200 --> 00:33:59,616 NCIS just pulled Isaac wren's financials. 695 00:33:59,640 --> 00:34:02,716 He shorted stocks before both bombings. 696 00:34:02,740 --> 00:34:06,256 He set the attacks in motion and then cashed in. 697 00:34:06,280 --> 00:34:08,150 And we have the proof. 698 00:34:12,820 --> 00:34:15,090 You used my boy... 699 00:34:16,620 --> 00:34:17,996 - for money? - No. 700 00:34:18,020 --> 00:34:19,790 No. No. 701 00:34:22,530 --> 00:34:23,830 Hank. 702 00:34:24,730 --> 00:34:26,306 Please listen to me. 703 00:34:26,330 --> 00:34:28,906 He's going to prison for the rest of his life, 704 00:34:28,930 --> 00:34:31,500 which means you can live the rest of yours. 705 00:34:32,900 --> 00:34:35,716 For your son. 706 00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:41,110 I-I miss him so much. 707 00:34:43,580 --> 00:34:45,620 I know what that feels like. 708 00:34:48,450 --> 00:34:50,350 But we have to move on. 709 00:34:51,590 --> 00:34:53,290 For them. 710 00:35:06,540 --> 00:35:08,110 Detonator secure. 711 00:35:13,410 --> 00:35:15,150 Hands up. 712 00:35:15,810 --> 00:35:17,096 Hey. Look, I didn't do a thing. 713 00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:18,320 The guy was trying to kill me. 714 00:35:18,450 --> 00:35:20,020 - Spin around. Hands. - Whoa. 715 00:35:33,330 --> 00:35:35,270 Agent Parker. 716 00:35:36,070 --> 00:35:37,776 You're early. 717 00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:39,840 Isaac wren pled no contest. 718 00:35:39,970 --> 00:35:42,486 Securities fraud and domestic terrorism. 719 00:35:42,510 --> 00:35:43,980 Turns out, he was broke, 720 00:35:44,110 --> 00:35:47,456 but instead of waiting for book royalties, he 721 00:35:47,480 --> 00:35:49,596 radicalized and then monetized 722 00:35:49,620 --> 00:35:51,356 his most passionate followers. 723 00:35:51,380 --> 00:35:55,050 Lucky for us, he didn't go into politics. 724 00:35:57,490 --> 00:35:59,306 I trust the case will stick? 725 00:35:59,330 --> 00:36:01,466 We rebuilt everything from the ground up. 726 00:36:01,490 --> 00:36:04,136 - Nothing tied to Kayla. - Good work. 727 00:36:04,160 --> 00:36:05,576 Tell that to Kayla. 728 00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:08,446 - She disobeyed orders. - She stopped a bomb. 729 00:36:08,470 --> 00:36:10,516 Firing her won't play well. 730 00:36:10,540 --> 00:36:12,746 She's not being fired. 731 00:36:12,770 --> 00:36:14,810 For that or anything else. 732 00:36:15,540 --> 00:36:17,556 There's no concrete evidence that she knew those funds 733 00:36:17,580 --> 00:36:19,286 flowing into her account were tainted, 734 00:36:19,310 --> 00:36:21,786 or that she knew her father was the one who moved them. 735 00:36:21,810 --> 00:36:23,256 He didn't. 736 00:36:23,280 --> 00:36:25,880 There's no evidence that Vance ever touched that money. 737 00:36:26,020 --> 00:36:29,466 So the fact it's connected to his daughter is... 738 00:36:29,490 --> 00:36:30,766 Just a coincidence? 739 00:36:30,790 --> 00:36:32,666 I think he was looking out for her. 740 00:36:32,690 --> 00:36:36,060 Found the dirty money and died before he could warn her. 741 00:36:36,190 --> 00:36:37,836 Interesting theory. 742 00:36:37,860 --> 00:36:40,360 Yeah, more plausible than yours. 743 00:36:42,470 --> 00:36:43,946 I agree. 744 00:36:43,970 --> 00:36:46,470 Which is why I'm dropping my investigation. 745 00:36:47,370 --> 00:36:48,900 I thought you'd be pleased. 746 00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:51,216 You came in here guns blazing, 747 00:36:51,240 --> 00:36:53,756 making accusations, threatening careers. 748 00:36:53,780 --> 00:36:54,910 Now, you just walk away? 749 00:36:55,050 --> 00:36:56,826 Like you said, 750 00:36:56,850 --> 00:36:58,890 there's no evidence that Vance moved that money. 751 00:36:59,020 --> 00:37:00,766 Then who did? 752 00:37:00,790 --> 00:37:02,430 That's for someone else to find out. 753 00:37:02,550 --> 00:37:06,706 Right now, my job is to restore confidence in this agency. 754 00:37:06,730 --> 00:37:09,136 I didn't know that was a problem. 755 00:37:09,160 --> 00:37:10,736 Well, it will be tomorrow morning, 756 00:37:10,760 --> 00:37:12,876 when news of Vance's connection to that slush fund 757 00:37:12,900 --> 00:37:14,506 hits the media cycle. 758 00:37:14,530 --> 00:37:17,630 Thankfully, I'll be there to step in, 759 00:37:17,740 --> 00:37:20,610 publicly clear his name, protect his legacy, 760 00:37:20,740 --> 00:37:23,616 and safeguard this institution. 761 00:37:24,640 --> 00:37:26,110 You came to play the hero. Why? 762 00:37:26,240 --> 00:37:28,056 What do you get out of all of this? 763 00:37:36,760 --> 00:37:39,966 But everything is a game to you. Political chess. 764 00:37:39,990 --> 00:37:41,730 Then you know the rules. 765 00:37:42,590 --> 00:37:44,790 Start turning over pieces... 766 00:37:45,830 --> 00:37:47,276 we both lose. 767 00:37:47,300 --> 00:37:49,770 Me? I got nothing to hide. 768 00:37:50,640 --> 00:37:53,010 Why do I find that hard to believe? 769 00:38:03,450 --> 00:38:05,426 I figured this was neutral ground. 770 00:38:05,450 --> 00:38:08,266 For what? Laroche backed off. 771 00:38:08,290 --> 00:38:10,466 I don't have to sneak around NCIS. 772 00:38:10,490 --> 00:38:12,366 No. 773 00:38:12,390 --> 00:38:14,790 But you still have a big decision to make. 774 00:38:15,660 --> 00:38:18,460 My organization. 775 00:38:18,600 --> 00:38:21,800 The funding's tainted. The reputation's shot. 776 00:38:22,570 --> 00:38:24,216 It needs rebuilding from scratch. 777 00:38:24,240 --> 00:38:27,286 Sounds like a full-time job. 778 00:38:27,310 --> 00:38:29,850 A job I'd love. 779 00:38:33,080 --> 00:38:35,386 But not one I'm sure I can take. 780 00:38:35,410 --> 00:38:37,810 Well, while you decide... 781 00:38:37,920 --> 00:38:39,926 You said that you miss your monthly boxing sessions 782 00:38:39,950 --> 00:38:41,196 with your dad. 783 00:38:41,220 --> 00:38:44,036 Looking for a new, sparring partner? 784 00:38:44,060 --> 00:38:45,666 You serious? 785 00:38:45,690 --> 00:38:48,336 Well, I mean, I'm no Leon Vance, but I got my gear in the car. 786 00:38:48,360 --> 00:38:51,736 Well, before you grab it, let me make sure mine's still here. 787 00:38:51,760 --> 00:38:54,400 Like I said, I haven't been back in months. 788 00:39:01,570 --> 00:39:03,240 My god. 789 00:39:04,080 --> 00:39:05,250 Everything okay? 790 00:39:06,210 --> 00:39:08,250 That's his handwriting. 791 00:39:12,120 --> 00:39:13,760 It's from my dad. 792 00:39:15,350 --> 00:39:18,620 He must've left it here after our last session. 793 00:39:26,360 --> 00:39:31,710 It's an NCIS discharge form with my name on it. 794 00:39:32,540 --> 00:39:34,340 He filled it out and signed it. 795 00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:42,220 Dated just before he died. 796 00:39:52,020 --> 00:39:54,120 He wasn't choosing for me. 797 00:39:58,900 --> 00:40:01,400 He was making room for you to choose. 798 00:40:17,020 --> 00:40:18,250 What up, Jimmy? 799 00:40:18,380 --> 00:40:20,326 You're adding something to the wall of fame? 800 00:40:20,350 --> 00:40:21,926 Yeah, like father, like daughter. 801 00:40:21,950 --> 00:40:24,350 Yeah, who knows, maybe Mateo will be up here soon. 802 00:40:24,460 --> 00:40:27,906 Well, after his visit, he didn't seem too convinced. 803 00:40:27,930 --> 00:40:30,506 Yeah, that's what I thought, but then, Curtis called me. 804 00:40:30,530 --> 00:40:32,436 He said that, right after I left, 805 00:40:32,460 --> 00:40:34,060 that Mateo asked to use a workstation 806 00:40:34,170 --> 00:40:36,446 to fill out an internship application. 807 00:40:39,240 --> 00:40:40,810 That's not what he said to his dad. 808 00:40:40,940 --> 00:40:43,280 Maybe he wants to keep it a surprise. 809 00:40:44,080 --> 00:40:47,356 Or, maybe, like Kayla, 810 00:40:47,380 --> 00:40:49,780 he just wants to earn it on his own. 811 00:40:51,150 --> 00:40:53,766 - Have a good night, Nick. - Don't tell me what to do. 812 00:40:53,790 --> 00:40:55,130 Okay. 813 00:41:22,910 --> 00:41:24,650 Hey. Mateo. 814 00:41:25,980 --> 00:41:27,350 Wait up. 815 00:41:28,490 --> 00:41:31,330 Agent torres? What are you doing here? 816 00:41:31,460 --> 00:41:33,196 We need to talk. 817 00:41:33,220 --> 00:41:34,660 About what? 818 00:41:34,790 --> 00:41:38,190 About your internship application. 819 00:41:39,700 --> 00:41:41,376 Why? 820 00:41:41,400 --> 00:41:45,776 Like I told my dad, NCIS isn't for me. 821 00:41:45,800 --> 00:41:48,400 Yeah, well, that's not what you told Curtis. 822 00:41:48,510 --> 00:41:52,786 Well, I started an application, and then, I... 823 00:41:52,810 --> 00:41:54,440 Changed my mind. Can I go now? 824 00:41:54,550 --> 00:41:56,756 What were you doing at that workstation? 825 00:41:56,780 --> 00:41:58,426 Nothing. 826 00:41:58,450 --> 00:42:00,090 Drop it. 827 00:42:01,750 --> 00:42:03,196 Why are you lying to me? 828 00:42:03,220 --> 00:42:06,120 I said drop it. 829 00:42:09,700 --> 00:42:11,940 Mateo, keep your hands where I can see them. 830 00:42:14,370 --> 00:42:17,670 Turn around and walk away. They... 831 00:42:18,500 --> 00:42:19,900 they could be watching. 832 00:42:20,010 --> 00:42:21,610 Who could be watching? 833 00:42:22,440 --> 00:42:24,286 Don't make me do this. 834 00:42:24,310 --> 00:42:26,880 Mateo, don't. 835 00:42:31,450 --> 00:42:33,950 Don't do it. 836 00:42:41,160 --> 00:42:46,306 Captioning sponsored by and Toyota. 837 00:42:46,330 --> 00:42:48,770 Captioned by media access group at wgbh access.Wgbh.Org