1 00:00:06,914 --> 00:00:09,674 Look, I'm telling you guys, Deputy Director Laroche is dirty. 2 00:00:09,698 --> 00:00:11,409 It's time you know the truth. 3 00:00:11,433 --> 00:00:14,312 He was a double agent working for SecDef this entire time. 4 00:00:14,336 --> 00:00:18,215 Olivia Garcia... she's an old girlfriend of mine. 5 00:00:18,239 --> 00:00:21,185 My name is Mateo. I'm 18 years old. 6 00:00:21,209 --> 00:00:22,487 Why didn't you tell me I had a son? 7 00:00:22,511 --> 00:00:25,189 I know. And I'm sorry. 8 00:00:25,213 --> 00:00:28,225 I would like to be a part of Mateo's life. 9 00:00:30,218 --> 00:00:32,297 You didn't give up your life for nothing, 10 00:00:32,321 --> 00:00:35,700 dear boy, you saved your agency. 11 00:00:35,724 --> 00:00:36,991 To Leon. 12 00:00:42,364 --> 00:00:45,843 All right, order for Stephen with a P-H, 13 00:00:45,867 --> 00:00:47,945 Jenn with two Ns, and 14 00:00:47,969 --> 00:00:49,950 sadly, just Mike. 15 00:00:50,705 --> 00:00:52,116 Here you go. 16 00:00:52,140 --> 00:00:53,551 Oh. It's a capital morning 17 00:00:53,575 --> 00:00:55,252 at Capitol Oaks Coffee. How may I help you? 18 00:00:55,276 --> 00:00:56,745 Mobile order for Kayla. 19 00:00:57,791 --> 00:01:00,327 - With a "K." - Coming right up. 20 00:01:02,851 --> 00:01:04,829 Sorry. He's got a strong arm. 21 00:01:07,956 --> 00:01:09,290 Here you go, cutie. 22 00:01:10,091 --> 00:01:11,469 Aw, it's... 23 00:01:11,493 --> 00:01:12,937 Oh, he sees your badge. 24 00:01:12,961 --> 00:01:14,138 Thinks you're a superhero. 25 00:01:14,162 --> 00:01:17,575 Oh, smart kid. What's his name? 26 00:01:17,938 --> 00:01:20,540 - Evan. - Well, Evan. 27 00:01:21,770 --> 00:01:24,382 You can be a superhero, too. 28 00:01:24,406 --> 00:01:26,684 - Sound good? - Thanks. 29 00:01:26,708 --> 00:01:30,187 - You're welcome. - Order for Kayla with a "K." 30 00:01:32,365 --> 00:01:33,658 Have a capital day. 31 00:01:37,752 --> 00:01:39,287 Duty calls. 32 00:01:40,088 --> 00:01:41,332 See you around, Evan. 33 00:01:41,356 --> 00:01:43,191 Bye. 34 00:01:47,320 --> 00:01:48,873 You couldn't text, Director? 35 00:01:48,897 --> 00:01:51,342 I'm calling as Dad. 36 00:01:51,366 --> 00:01:52,910 We still on for dinner? 37 00:01:52,934 --> 00:01:54,445 Well... 38 00:01:54,469 --> 00:01:56,246 it depends. Who's picking? 39 00:01:56,581 --> 00:01:58,059 I am. 40 00:01:58,084 --> 00:02:00,229 In that case, I'm busy. 41 00:02:05,179 --> 00:02:07,081 Kayla. 42 00:02:08,817 --> 00:02:10,595 Kayla! 43 00:02:32,461 --> 00:02:40,461 Synced and corrected by -robtor- www.addic7ed.com 44 00:03:02,403 --> 00:03:04,238 Started without me. 45 00:03:05,507 --> 00:03:07,284 You're still having trouble sleeping? 46 00:03:07,308 --> 00:03:10,020 - I'm fine. - It's been a month. 47 00:03:10,044 --> 00:03:12,884 You barely walked away from a suicide bombing. 48 00:03:15,917 --> 00:03:18,787 Other people didn't. 49 00:03:22,190 --> 00:03:24,092 Well, maybe this will help. 50 00:03:24,826 --> 00:03:27,996 The FBI and ATF just closed the case. 51 00:03:29,263 --> 00:03:30,575 And their conclusion? 52 00:03:30,599 --> 00:03:33,844 A disturbed kid with a bomb in his backpack. 53 00:03:33,868 --> 00:03:35,045 A lone wolf. 54 00:03:35,069 --> 00:03:37,534 - Lone? - Yes. 55 00:03:37,939 --> 00:03:39,750 I read the ATF report. 56 00:03:39,774 --> 00:03:43,087 That bomb was sophisticated. Professional. 57 00:03:43,111 --> 00:03:46,023 It had parts you can't just buy at Home Depot. 58 00:03:46,335 --> 00:03:48,959 This wasn't just some kid googling at 3:00 a.m. 59 00:03:48,983 --> 00:03:51,596 This was training. Or guidance. 60 00:03:51,620 --> 00:03:54,765 - Or both. - Now... 61 00:03:54,789 --> 00:03:57,267 - you're making assumptions. - No. They are. 62 00:03:57,650 --> 00:03:59,431 They missed something. 63 00:04:00,682 --> 00:04:02,272 Just like I did. 64 00:04:02,296 --> 00:04:03,852 Kayla. 65 00:04:04,599 --> 00:04:07,111 It's not your fault. 66 00:04:07,135 --> 00:04:09,941 Sometimes agents don't see everything. 67 00:04:11,472 --> 00:04:13,618 If the FBI misreads this bombing, 68 00:04:13,642 --> 00:04:15,577 they'll misread the next one. 69 00:04:16,784 --> 00:04:18,886 What if this wasn't a one-off? 70 00:04:21,768 --> 00:04:23,270 Kayla. 71 00:04:24,257 --> 00:04:26,126 What do you want? 72 00:04:27,488 --> 00:04:28,799 I want to do everything I can 73 00:04:28,823 --> 00:04:31,129 to make sure it never happens again. 74 00:04:36,130 --> 00:04:40,745 MPD says the vehicle belongs to Navy Petty Officer Victor Lee. 75 00:04:40,769 --> 00:04:43,180 Worked at the Naval Research Lab. 76 00:04:43,204 --> 00:04:46,050 Pretty sure this man was carrying the explosive. 77 00:04:46,074 --> 00:04:48,318 Extensive damage to the torso. 78 00:04:48,342 --> 00:04:50,988 A piece of fabric fused to his shoulder. 79 00:04:51,012 --> 00:04:55,049 Looks like it could be remnants of a bag or a backpack. 80 00:04:56,017 --> 00:04:59,163 Young man. Backpack bomb. Sounds familiar. 81 00:04:59,187 --> 00:05:01,165 Coffee shop bombing from last year. 82 00:05:01,189 --> 00:05:03,167 Yeah, and FBI thought that was a lone wolf. 83 00:05:03,191 --> 00:05:05,169 Well, maybe the lone wolf had some friends. 84 00:05:05,193 --> 00:05:07,838 Careless ones 'cause unless their target was an empty alley, 85 00:05:07,862 --> 00:05:09,631 I'd say the device went off early. 86 00:05:10,198 --> 00:05:11,933 Then what was the real target? 87 00:05:12,967 --> 00:05:14,912 Phone and laptop aren't gonna help. 88 00:05:18,664 --> 00:05:19,808 Is that Mateo? 89 00:05:20,575 --> 00:05:22,486 Ah, you guys are getting thick as thieves. 90 00:05:22,510 --> 00:05:24,655 Yeah, we've been bonding lately. 91 00:05:24,679 --> 00:05:27,324 So what is it? Baseball? Laser tag? 92 00:05:27,348 --> 00:05:29,326 - Geohash. - Oh. 93 00:05:29,350 --> 00:05:30,995 I am so afraid to ask. 94 00:05:31,019 --> 00:05:32,697 Geohash is a form of coding. Latitude 95 00:05:32,721 --> 00:05:34,832 and longitude compressed. I'll tell you what, this kid 96 00:05:34,856 --> 00:05:36,901 got some pretty amazing computer skills. 97 00:05:36,925 --> 00:05:39,169 Hmm. Who could've guessed that? 98 00:05:39,193 --> 00:05:41,205 Even told him about the internship program, you know, 99 00:05:41,229 --> 00:05:44,365 in NCIS Cyber, so Mateo's gonna come by tomorrow, take a tour. 100 00:05:45,333 --> 00:05:46,376 That's a big step. 101 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:48,178 But it's just a tour. You know? 102 00:05:48,202 --> 00:05:50,214 Don't know for sure that it's gonna happen. 103 00:05:50,238 --> 00:05:52,883 We got a Navy bomber to deal with here. 104 00:05:52,907 --> 00:05:54,518 Negative on the Navy part. 105 00:05:54,542 --> 00:05:56,220 Petty Officer Lee is alive and well. 106 00:05:56,244 --> 00:05:57,822 Currently holding Warrior Two 107 00:05:57,846 --> 00:06:00,190 in a hot yoga class two blocks over. 108 00:06:00,214 --> 00:06:02,583 If our bomber isn't Navy, who is he? 109 00:06:03,351 --> 00:06:06,287 Got one wallet here. Extra crispy. 110 00:06:08,356 --> 00:06:11,501 Ryan or Bryan Wallace. 19. 111 00:06:11,525 --> 00:06:12,803 Organ donor. 112 00:06:12,827 --> 00:06:14,839 I'd say the ship has sailed on that one. 113 00:06:14,863 --> 00:06:16,140 Oh, Ryan Wallace. 114 00:06:16,164 --> 00:06:17,742 Lives in Reston. 115 00:06:17,766 --> 00:06:20,168 Uh, registered vehicle's a blue Honda. 116 00:06:20,969 --> 00:06:22,680 You mean like that one? 117 00:06:23,260 --> 00:06:25,606 Oh. Uh, yeah, could be. 118 00:06:26,373 --> 00:06:27,741 Be careful. 119 00:06:30,123 --> 00:06:32,623 Maybe our bomber left behind something useful, 120 00:06:32,647 --> 00:06:34,659 like info on his actual target. 121 00:06:34,683 --> 00:06:36,093 Targets. Plural. 122 00:06:36,117 --> 00:06:39,587 Better clear the area. Get the bomb squad back in here. 123 00:06:40,655 --> 00:06:44,137 I don't think those backpacks are filled with school supplies. 124 00:06:50,564 --> 00:06:52,710 I found a manufacturing defect. 125 00:06:52,734 --> 00:06:55,445 This capacitor was cracked before the explosion, 126 00:06:55,469 --> 00:06:57,815 causing the premature detonation in the alley. 127 00:06:57,839 --> 00:06:59,483 Mm, bad luck for the bomber. 128 00:06:59,507 --> 00:07:02,319 Very good luck for everyone else. 129 00:07:02,343 --> 00:07:06,223 Because the other six devices... all fully functional. 130 00:07:06,247 --> 00:07:07,925 If he had made it to his targets... 131 00:07:07,949 --> 00:07:11,195 We would be counting dozens of bodies, not just his. 132 00:07:11,219 --> 00:07:14,999 I confirmed our bomber's DNA... Ryan Wallace. 133 00:07:15,023 --> 00:07:18,488 - 19. Single. No next of kin. - Device data? 134 00:07:18,512 --> 00:07:21,371 Laptop and phone were completely destroyed in the blast. 135 00:07:21,395 --> 00:07:23,874 Apartment was basically a mattress and a router. 136 00:07:23,898 --> 00:07:27,211 All we've got are the contents of his car. 137 00:07:27,235 --> 00:07:30,848 Trash, receipts, and this. 138 00:07:30,872 --> 00:07:32,582 Agnors Bliss. 139 00:07:32,606 --> 00:07:35,753 It's a sci-fi space opera that's a little too niche, even for me, 140 00:07:35,777 --> 00:07:37,454 and I read the Dune glossary. 141 00:07:37,478 --> 00:07:38,689 So we've got nothing? 142 00:07:38,713 --> 00:07:40,424 Not nothing. Keep walking. 143 00:07:40,448 --> 00:07:43,728 I compared all of the alley bombs 144 00:07:43,752 --> 00:07:45,730 to last year's coffee shop device. 145 00:07:45,754 --> 00:07:48,265 Same parts. Same soldering technique. 146 00:07:48,289 --> 00:07:49,633 Same assembly sequence. 147 00:07:49,657 --> 00:07:50,835 That's not a coincidence. 148 00:07:50,859 --> 00:07:52,937 Oh, no. That's a signature. 149 00:07:52,961 --> 00:07:54,939 Someone's training people to build these. 150 00:07:54,963 --> 00:07:57,141 So it's not one bomber, it's a network. 151 00:07:57,165 --> 00:08:00,177 Which means we need to reopen the FBI's coffee shop case. 152 00:08:00,201 --> 00:08:01,979 Figure out what got missed. 153 00:08:02,003 --> 00:08:04,081 I already pulled the original witness list, 154 00:08:04,509 --> 00:08:07,051 and look who's on it. 155 00:08:07,512 --> 00:08:09,086 The director's daughter was there? 156 00:08:09,110 --> 00:08:11,488 Mm, according to this, she stepped outside 157 00:08:11,512 --> 00:08:13,390 just before the blast. 158 00:08:13,414 --> 00:08:15,692 - And we never heard about it? - Oh, Vance and Kayla probably wanted 159 00:08:15,716 --> 00:08:17,814 to avoid the media attention. 160 00:08:18,386 --> 00:08:20,900 Haven't seen her since his funeral. 161 00:08:21,355 --> 00:08:22,967 I heard she took personal leave. 162 00:08:22,991 --> 00:08:25,369 Okay, so maybe we don't make Kayla relive 163 00:08:25,393 --> 00:08:26,804 the day that almost killed her. 164 00:08:27,115 --> 00:08:29,339 There are plenty of others to start with. 165 00:08:29,363 --> 00:08:30,908 Maybe they can help. 166 00:08:30,932 --> 00:08:33,310 The FBI was wrong about that coffee shop. 167 00:08:33,334 --> 00:08:35,461 They called my son a lone wolf. 168 00:08:35,485 --> 00:08:38,515 My Danny detonated that bomb... I'm not denying that... 169 00:08:38,539 --> 00:08:40,250 but he didn't do it on his own. 170 00:08:40,670 --> 00:08:43,423 NCIS agrees, Mr. Hammersmith. 171 00:08:45,746 --> 00:08:48,258 Uh, call me Hank. 172 00:08:48,282 --> 00:08:49,960 Listen, Hank, we are investigating 173 00:08:49,984 --> 00:08:53,130 a second backpack bombing. We believe 174 00:08:53,154 --> 00:08:55,435 that it may be connected to the one from last year. 175 00:08:56,645 --> 00:08:58,635 I knew it wasn't just Danny. 176 00:08:58,659 --> 00:09:01,983 Well, these are the items that we recovered... 177 00:09:02,696 --> 00:09:04,332 from the latest bomber. 178 00:09:05,599 --> 00:09:06,944 Does anything look familiar? 179 00:09:06,968 --> 00:09:09,203 Anything connect to your son? 180 00:09:10,004 --> 00:09:11,951 None of this rings a bell. 181 00:09:12,440 --> 00:09:13,953 Danny... 182 00:09:14,542 --> 00:09:16,790 kept things to himself. 183 00:09:17,511 --> 00:09:19,323 His whole life was online. 184 00:09:19,626 --> 00:09:22,927 He talked about chatting with friends, 185 00:09:22,951 --> 00:09:27,421 but I never bothered to check in. 186 00:09:29,423 --> 00:09:32,169 Told myself it was just a phase. 187 00:09:32,972 --> 00:09:35,372 The mood swings, the anger, him 188 00:09:35,396 --> 00:09:37,769 pulling away from family. 189 00:09:39,433 --> 00:09:43,147 Whatever was going on with my son, I missed it. 190 00:09:43,775 --> 00:09:47,946 It's hard to know what's going on in any teenager's head. 191 00:09:50,344 --> 00:09:52,122 But I could have asked. 192 00:09:53,414 --> 00:09:55,416 Don't let me keep you. 193 00:09:57,205 --> 00:09:59,763 Oh. It's, uh, it's actually my son. 194 00:09:59,787 --> 00:10:01,465 Just checked in for an internship tour. 195 00:10:02,823 --> 00:10:04,134 That's good. 196 00:10:04,546 --> 00:10:06,226 Stay close. 197 00:10:06,589 --> 00:10:08,963 If family doesn't fill the space... 198 00:10:10,098 --> 00:10:12,009 ...someone else will. 199 00:10:12,470 --> 00:10:16,213 Like these, uh, "friends" your son met online? 200 00:10:16,808 --> 00:10:20,017 Yeah. On that website Archive. 201 00:10:20,437 --> 00:10:22,610 That's where he said they talked. 202 00:10:23,744 --> 00:10:26,957 Archive is a private online community. Invitation-only. 203 00:10:26,981 --> 00:10:29,159 FBI looked at this last year. 204 00:10:29,183 --> 00:10:30,694 They only checked the lobby. 205 00:10:30,718 --> 00:10:33,063 I found an encrypted back room 206 00:10:33,087 --> 00:10:35,265 where the real conversations happen. 207 00:10:35,289 --> 00:10:36,867 Isolated, angry young men 208 00:10:36,891 --> 00:10:39,403 find each other, validate each other, and spiral. 209 00:10:39,427 --> 00:10:41,271 Only managed a glimpse so far, 210 00:10:41,295 --> 00:10:42,907 but I'm tracing traffic spikes. 211 00:10:42,931 --> 00:10:46,210 Sorry to interrupt. Uh, you guys remember Mateo. 212 00:10:46,234 --> 00:10:47,744 How could we forget? 213 00:10:47,768 --> 00:10:50,747 Last time you were here was eventful. 214 00:10:50,771 --> 00:10:53,417 Yeah, well, you guys saved my mom's life. 215 00:10:53,441 --> 00:10:56,299 She says that I should thank you every chance that I get. 216 00:10:56,323 --> 00:10:58,088 Well, then she's raising you right. 217 00:10:58,112 --> 00:11:00,624 Though I'm guessing she's not the one who taught you geohashing. 218 00:11:00,648 --> 00:11:02,559 Actually, Mateo taught himself. 219 00:11:02,583 --> 00:11:05,195 He, uh, also taught himself Python, 220 00:11:05,219 --> 00:11:06,341 C . 221 00:11:06,365 --> 00:11:08,732 Right. Dad, you're doing the thing again. 222 00:11:08,756 --> 00:11:10,266 What, bragging? 223 00:11:10,290 --> 00:11:13,603 Saying tech stuff that nobody else understands. 224 00:11:13,627 --> 00:11:14,604 Oh. 225 00:11:14,628 --> 00:11:16,941 Ooh, hold my beer. 226 00:11:16,965 --> 00:11:19,043 I am about to go full technobabble. 227 00:11:19,067 --> 00:11:20,797 My server trace just came back. 228 00:11:20,821 --> 00:11:23,247 Archive's traffic is bouncing through 229 00:11:23,271 --> 00:11:25,315 a physical relay node in Bethesda. 230 00:11:25,339 --> 00:11:27,717 - It's a server farm. - I know that corner. 231 00:11:27,741 --> 00:11:31,721 Used to be a flower shop. Best peonies in the tristate. 232 00:11:31,745 --> 00:11:35,059 Point being it closed last year. Been vacant ever since. 233 00:11:35,083 --> 00:11:36,593 Apparently not. 234 00:11:36,617 --> 00:11:40,230 According to GPS, our alley bomber's Honda was 235 00:11:40,254 --> 00:11:43,100 parked at that address the day before the explosion. 236 00:11:43,124 --> 00:11:45,069 Okay, so it's not a flower shop. 237 00:11:45,093 --> 00:11:47,104 Uh, more like backpack bomber HQ. 238 00:11:47,128 --> 00:11:48,973 All right, let's find out. Grab your gear. 239 00:11:48,997 --> 00:11:50,640 All right, well... 240 00:11:50,664 --> 00:11:52,409 Mateo, sorry, I didn't think we were gonna jump into this 241 00:11:52,433 --> 00:11:54,578 - so quick. - No. No. Go. 242 00:11:54,602 --> 00:11:56,981 Uh, this totally beats a tour. Go. 243 00:11:57,005 --> 00:11:59,183 I'll get him down to Jimmy. That man 244 00:11:59,207 --> 00:12:02,543 - lives to play a tour guide. - Nice. Thanks, Kase. All right. 245 00:12:10,118 --> 00:12:12,229 - Federal agents. Hands up. - What? 246 00:12:12,253 --> 00:12:14,264 Hands now! 247 00:12:14,288 --> 00:12:15,732 NCIS. 248 00:12:15,756 --> 00:12:19,627 O-Okay. We're cooperating. This has to be a mistake. 249 00:12:20,194 --> 00:12:21,562 Not from where I'm standing. 250 00:12:22,396 --> 00:12:24,508 - You need to talk to the boss. - The boss? 251 00:12:24,532 --> 00:12:27,877 Easy. Let me see your hands. 252 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:30,650 Whatever you say, Agent Knight. 253 00:12:33,528 --> 00:12:35,076 Kayla? 254 00:12:42,916 --> 00:12:44,861 One. 255 00:12:44,885 --> 00:12:46,130 One, two. 256 00:12:46,154 --> 00:12:47,797 One, two, three. 257 00:12:47,821 --> 00:12:50,358 You've been late for two force protection briefings this week. 258 00:12:51,092 --> 00:12:53,337 You left early yesterday. 259 00:12:53,361 --> 00:12:55,539 Took three calls in the middle of a security update. 260 00:12:55,563 --> 00:12:57,207 Is this mitt work or a performance review? 261 00:12:57,231 --> 00:12:59,450 Keep your guard up. 262 00:12:59,474 --> 00:13:01,211 Distraction makes you vulnerable. Let's go. 263 00:13:03,304 --> 00:13:04,748 You've been moonlighting. 264 00:13:05,906 --> 00:13:07,875 Are you having me followed? 265 00:13:09,343 --> 00:13:11,655 I'm the director of a federal agency and I'm also your father. 266 00:13:11,679 --> 00:13:14,058 It's my job to know things. 267 00:13:14,082 --> 00:13:18,586 You've been building a private operation outside NCIS. 268 00:13:24,725 --> 00:13:28,161 Moonlighting is against agency policy, Kayla. 269 00:13:28,185 --> 00:13:30,574 And doing it as the director's daughter, that's worse. 270 00:13:30,598 --> 00:13:33,743 We're not hacking banks or wiretapping phones. 271 00:13:33,767 --> 00:13:36,446 My group monitors online activity. 272 00:13:36,470 --> 00:13:38,748 Creating accounts and using aliases 273 00:13:38,772 --> 00:13:40,617 to infiltrate extremist chat rooms. 274 00:13:40,641 --> 00:13:43,087 Something that most agencies already do. 275 00:13:43,111 --> 00:13:44,988 Not like this. I checked. 276 00:13:45,350 --> 00:13:48,625 They only look for threats. We look for patterns, 277 00:13:48,649 --> 00:13:50,360 people on the path to violence, 278 00:13:50,384 --> 00:13:52,329 so we can stop them before they get there. 279 00:13:52,353 --> 00:13:55,299 It's not easy. Or cheap. 280 00:13:55,323 --> 00:13:57,301 I applied for private grant money. 281 00:13:57,325 --> 00:14:00,104 Totally legal. Fully independent. 282 00:14:00,740 --> 00:14:02,263 Very smart. 283 00:14:02,902 --> 00:14:05,548 So you're not gonna tell me to shut it down? 284 00:14:05,846 --> 00:14:07,147 No. 285 00:14:08,236 --> 00:14:10,414 But you can't live in two worlds. 286 00:14:10,833 --> 00:14:13,283 There's a reason it's against policy. 287 00:14:13,307 --> 00:14:14,918 Things get missed. 288 00:14:15,213 --> 00:14:17,921 First you didn't want me working at NCIS at all. 289 00:14:17,945 --> 00:14:20,190 Now you only want me working at NCIS? 290 00:14:20,214 --> 00:14:22,058 You've earned your place. 291 00:14:22,082 --> 00:14:23,727 You have a future. 292 00:14:23,751 --> 00:14:26,563 Maybe even in the director's chair one day. 293 00:14:27,225 --> 00:14:30,134 Wow. Seems like my future's already been decided. 294 00:14:30,158 --> 00:14:32,522 - Kayla. - What about what I want? 295 00:14:35,696 --> 00:14:37,235 What do you want? 296 00:14:43,003 --> 00:14:44,281 We're not building bombs. 297 00:14:44,305 --> 00:14:45,915 We're trying to stop them. 298 00:14:45,939 --> 00:14:48,152 We monitor extremist rhetoric online. 299 00:14:48,176 --> 00:14:49,986 Separate noise from credible threat. 300 00:14:50,010 --> 00:14:52,489 Then pass leads to the appropriate agencies. 301 00:14:52,513 --> 00:14:53,957 How come we haven't heard of you? 302 00:14:53,981 --> 00:14:55,525 We're privately funded, 303 00:14:55,549 --> 00:14:57,461 and not hearing about us is the whole point. 304 00:14:57,485 --> 00:15:00,797 When do you have time for all this? You're still an agent. 305 00:15:00,821 --> 00:15:03,533 I can do both. I'm good at it. 306 00:15:03,557 --> 00:15:05,202 Maybe too good. 307 00:15:05,226 --> 00:15:09,005 Our latest alley bomber was parked outside this storefront. 308 00:15:09,029 --> 00:15:12,342 We thought he was using this place as a staging ground. 309 00:15:12,366 --> 00:15:14,378 Now it looks like he was casing it. 310 00:15:14,402 --> 00:15:17,771 One of these bombs was likely meant for you and your team. 311 00:15:18,672 --> 00:15:21,451 That's not entirely bad news. 312 00:15:21,475 --> 00:15:22,786 It's not? 313 00:15:22,810 --> 00:15:24,354 If someone's targeting us, 314 00:15:24,378 --> 00:15:25,855 it means we struck a nerve. 315 00:15:25,879 --> 00:15:28,658 Which proves I was right to build this operation. 316 00:15:28,682 --> 00:15:30,294 These attacks aren't isolated. 317 00:15:30,318 --> 00:15:32,028 Your people are still in danger. 318 00:15:32,052 --> 00:15:34,792 You need to consider their safety. 319 00:15:37,225 --> 00:15:38,568 Emergency shutdown. 320 00:15:38,592 --> 00:15:41,132 Go home and wait for further instructions. 321 00:15:41,762 --> 00:15:43,273 What about you? 322 00:15:43,297 --> 00:15:44,874 I'm not going home. 323 00:15:44,898 --> 00:15:48,302 I'm going back to NCIS. We've got work to do. 324 00:15:49,870 --> 00:15:51,648 "Okay, we are now entering 325 00:15:51,672 --> 00:15:53,917 the main Cyber operations bullpen." 326 00:15:53,941 --> 00:15:57,086 Um, Dr. Palmer, you really don't have to read from the cards. 327 00:15:57,110 --> 00:16:01,090 Well, Kasie insisted that I stay on script, so... 328 00:16:01,114 --> 00:16:04,160 Uh, "If accepted into our internship program, 329 00:16:04,184 --> 00:16:05,729 you would work here." 330 00:16:05,753 --> 00:16:07,797 That is a lot of screens. 331 00:16:07,821 --> 00:16:10,023 Oh, yeah, yeah. We-we love our screens. 332 00:16:10,791 --> 00:16:13,703 So, are you thinking about, uh, cybersecurity as a career? 333 00:16:13,727 --> 00:16:18,275 Uh, honestly never thought about it at all 334 00:16:18,299 --> 00:16:21,345 until recently. 335 00:16:21,369 --> 00:16:22,546 Mm. 336 00:16:22,570 --> 00:16:24,414 I'm sorry. The cards say that Curtis 337 00:16:24,438 --> 00:16:26,015 is supposed to take over from here, and I don't 338 00:16:26,039 --> 00:16:28,585 see a Curtis, so, um... 339 00:16:29,055 --> 00:16:31,255 Tell you what, you stay put, 340 00:16:31,279 --> 00:16:33,113 and I will track him down. 341 00:16:37,785 --> 00:16:39,463 You would be great down here. 342 00:16:39,487 --> 00:16:40,864 Agent Torres. 343 00:16:40,888 --> 00:16:42,832 You gonna be my next tour guide? 344 00:16:42,856 --> 00:16:44,868 Oh, no. No, no, no. 345 00:16:44,892 --> 00:16:47,604 Just came to grab some reports from Cyber. 346 00:16:47,628 --> 00:16:50,364 But if you got that tech gene from your dad... 347 00:16:51,565 --> 00:16:53,434 ...we could use someone like you. 348 00:16:54,468 --> 00:16:56,791 I very much doubt that. 349 00:16:57,551 --> 00:16:59,119 Hey. 350 00:17:00,140 --> 00:17:01,351 You good? 351 00:17:01,375 --> 00:17:03,287 Yeah. Yeah. 352 00:17:03,311 --> 00:17:05,154 It's just this place... NCIS. 353 00:17:05,178 --> 00:17:09,893 It... The... the weight of it can be a little overwhelming. 354 00:17:09,917 --> 00:17:11,585 You know? 355 00:17:13,086 --> 00:17:14,998 Yeah. 356 00:17:15,022 --> 00:17:17,334 When we went back and analyzed the traffic 357 00:17:17,358 --> 00:17:20,370 after the coffee shop attack, Archive chatter had surged. 358 00:17:20,394 --> 00:17:23,273 Anger. Validation. Escalation. 359 00:17:23,297 --> 00:17:25,909 - What about the alley bombing? - The opposite. 360 00:17:25,933 --> 00:17:28,312 Traffic fell into what we call a "coordinated quiet." 361 00:17:28,336 --> 00:17:30,947 - Everybody knows something's up. - So they stay low. 362 00:17:30,971 --> 00:17:33,383 My group knew a storm was coming. 363 00:17:33,407 --> 00:17:36,686 Just not where. We missed it. 364 00:17:36,710 --> 00:17:39,122 So what's fueling this storm? Why are these guys so angry? 365 00:17:39,146 --> 00:17:40,390 Anti-corporate rage. 366 00:17:40,414 --> 00:17:42,592 Young men who feel powerless and invisible. 367 00:17:42,616 --> 00:17:45,862 They think that big companies are in control of their jobs, 368 00:17:45,886 --> 00:17:48,698 their debt, their future, and that's why they can't get ahead. 369 00:17:48,722 --> 00:17:51,468 The coffee shop was a, a corporate chain. 370 00:17:51,492 --> 00:17:52,802 Exactly. 371 00:17:52,826 --> 00:17:54,738 And around the corner from your alley bombing? 372 00:17:54,762 --> 00:17:56,440 A major corporate headquarters. 373 00:17:56,464 --> 00:17:59,309 Coordinated symbolism. Identical bomb building. 374 00:17:59,333 --> 00:18:01,311 Someone is leading this group. 375 00:18:01,335 --> 00:18:04,781 More like instructing them. Grooming them. 376 00:18:04,805 --> 00:18:07,617 - Fueling their anger. - What, you got a name? 377 00:18:07,641 --> 00:18:08,718 I've got five. 378 00:18:08,742 --> 00:18:10,387 All influential usernames. 379 00:18:10,411 --> 00:18:11,821 No real identities yet, 380 00:18:11,845 --> 00:18:13,390 but that's where I was hoping NCIS could help. 381 00:18:13,414 --> 00:18:15,325 Kasie and McGee are already digging in. 382 00:18:15,349 --> 00:18:16,693 And we struck gold. 383 00:18:16,717 --> 00:18:19,463 No real names yet, but all five usernames share 384 00:18:19,487 --> 00:18:21,698 the same encryption fingerprint, same key and checksum. 385 00:18:21,722 --> 00:18:24,334 He's doing that thing again. 386 00:18:24,358 --> 00:18:26,370 These five users are all the same person. 387 00:18:26,394 --> 00:18:28,037 Great. How do we find them? 388 00:18:28,061 --> 00:18:31,007 No idea. We've exhausted every digital lead. 389 00:18:31,510 --> 00:18:34,080 Maybe we stop looking online. 390 00:18:34,502 --> 00:18:36,045 One of those usernames... they mentioned 391 00:18:36,069 --> 00:18:37,681 a favorite coffee shop in Glen Echo. 392 00:18:37,705 --> 00:18:39,583 Oh, I thought you said they hated coffee shops? 393 00:18:39,607 --> 00:18:43,520 Corporate chains, so this one must be local, mom-and-pop. 394 00:18:43,544 --> 00:18:46,289 Well, if we stake out that shop, we can monitor their Wi-Fi 395 00:18:46,313 --> 00:18:47,757 for that same encryption fingerprint. 396 00:18:47,781 --> 00:18:50,560 Our puppet master logs on, and we grab him. 397 00:18:50,584 --> 00:18:52,762 We should loop in the local chief of police. 398 00:18:52,786 --> 00:18:55,923 Keep media exposure minimal and avoid a turf war. 399 00:18:57,578 --> 00:18:59,622 What? It's smart. 400 00:19:00,093 --> 00:19:01,294 Your dad would agree. 401 00:19:02,362 --> 00:19:03,831 Let's go fishing. 402 00:19:07,588 --> 00:19:09,513 Moonbeams and Coffee Beans? 403 00:19:09,537 --> 00:19:11,748 I can smell the patchouli from here. 404 00:19:11,772 --> 00:19:14,774 It's definitely not a franchise. 405 00:19:15,567 --> 00:19:17,269 Anything? 406 00:19:17,578 --> 00:19:19,756 No hits on the Wi-Fi signal. 407 00:19:19,780 --> 00:19:21,644 I still got nothing. 408 00:19:24,452 --> 00:19:29,322 I haven't really, uh, checked in since your dad's funeral. 409 00:19:30,063 --> 00:19:31,487 How are you? 410 00:19:32,292 --> 00:19:33,861 I miss him. 411 00:19:35,429 --> 00:19:37,493 The small things most of all. 412 00:19:37,998 --> 00:19:41,478 Going to dinner together, movies. 413 00:19:41,502 --> 00:19:44,583 You know, we used to box once a month, rain or shine. 414 00:19:46,544 --> 00:19:49,130 I haven't been back to that gym since. 415 00:19:50,844 --> 00:19:52,489 Well, for what it's worth, 416 00:19:52,513 --> 00:19:55,182 I think he'd be proud of what you built. 417 00:19:56,450 --> 00:19:58,985 I'm not so sure he was. 418 00:19:59,278 --> 00:20:00,818 So he knew about it? 419 00:20:04,592 --> 00:20:05,802 Yeah. 420 00:20:05,826 --> 00:20:09,205 My dad was NCIS, too. Different office. 421 00:20:09,861 --> 00:20:11,652 Same shadow. 422 00:20:12,418 --> 00:20:14,825 Okay, your dad's shadow's a lot bigger. 423 00:20:17,137 --> 00:20:18,864 There's always the question, 424 00:20:20,340 --> 00:20:23,010 are we honoring the legacy... 425 00:20:24,277 --> 00:20:25,916 ...or trying to outrun it? 426 00:20:29,216 --> 00:20:32,423 That's him. Our puppet master is inside. 427 00:20:33,721 --> 00:20:35,055 He's logging into Archive. 428 00:20:35,689 --> 00:20:38,458 On a laptop. You see anything? 429 00:20:39,192 --> 00:20:40,336 No way. 430 00:20:40,360 --> 00:20:42,266 You got to be kidding me. 431 00:20:44,364 --> 00:20:46,433 Wait, that's... 432 00:20:47,768 --> 00:20:49,012 Gabriel Laroche. 433 00:20:49,036 --> 00:20:51,739 The former NCIS deputy director. 434 00:20:52,573 --> 00:20:53,783 What's he doing here? 435 00:20:53,807 --> 00:20:55,946 I think we are about to find out. 436 00:20:58,946 --> 00:21:00,389 Can we help you? 437 00:21:00,413 --> 00:21:03,126 You need to shut down this operation immediately. 438 00:21:03,482 --> 00:21:06,751 Oh, we don't work for you anymore. 439 00:21:07,220 --> 00:21:10,133 Well, Agent Knight, 440 00:21:10,157 --> 00:21:12,960 apparently you didn't get the memo. 441 00:21:23,937 --> 00:21:25,715 You just burned our best lead. 442 00:21:25,739 --> 00:21:28,618 Because of your stunt, the man that we were about to identify 443 00:21:28,642 --> 00:21:31,855 walked out of that coffee shop and we never got eyes on him. 444 00:21:32,274 --> 00:21:33,690 You're welcome. 445 00:21:33,714 --> 00:21:35,124 What gives you that authority? 446 00:21:35,148 --> 00:21:37,360 I'm the new U.S. associate attorney general. 447 00:21:37,384 --> 00:21:39,362 I can terminate any investigative line 448 00:21:39,386 --> 00:21:40,897 I believe has been legally compromised. 449 00:21:40,921 --> 00:21:42,298 Compromised how? 450 00:21:42,322 --> 00:21:45,234 Kayla Vance's private operation. 451 00:21:45,258 --> 00:21:48,562 Turns out, it's been funded with criminal money. 452 00:21:49,181 --> 00:21:50,740 I'm assuming you have proof 453 00:21:50,764 --> 00:21:52,876 because that is a serious accusation. 454 00:21:52,900 --> 00:21:54,310 It's a serious problem. 455 00:21:54,334 --> 00:21:56,479 Dirty money contaminates the work. 456 00:21:56,503 --> 00:21:59,649 Now every case her group touched is compromised, 457 00:21:59,673 --> 00:22:00,984 including yours. 458 00:22:01,008 --> 00:22:04,287 Any arrest that we make based on her intel 459 00:22:04,311 --> 00:22:06,355 collapses in court. 460 00:22:06,379 --> 00:22:08,224 I spared you a humiliating defeat. 461 00:22:08,248 --> 00:22:12,028 Financial reviews don't usually require an associate A.G. 462 00:22:12,052 --> 00:22:15,317 to personally crash a stakeout. 463 00:22:17,524 --> 00:22:19,535 Unless there's something bigger. 464 00:22:19,559 --> 00:22:21,070 The money trail is real. 465 00:22:21,094 --> 00:22:22,459 I intend to follow it wherever it leads. 466 00:22:22,483 --> 00:22:26,309 Uh-huh. And meanwhile, we let a network of domestic terrorists walk? 467 00:22:26,333 --> 00:22:29,212 NCIS is free to continue the bombing case 468 00:22:29,236 --> 00:22:31,948 without Kayla Vance. 469 00:22:31,972 --> 00:22:33,883 She and I need to talk. 470 00:22:33,907 --> 00:22:37,131 There are plenty of places in this building to do that. 471 00:22:37,577 --> 00:22:38,922 You chose here? 472 00:22:38,946 --> 00:22:41,858 I'm sure you heard. Latest interim director 473 00:22:41,882 --> 00:22:44,193 just accepted an ambassador post overseas. 474 00:22:44,217 --> 00:22:47,154 This office just became vacant. 475 00:22:48,101 --> 00:22:49,379 Huh. 476 00:22:49,623 --> 00:22:50,934 You got to be kidding me. 477 00:22:50,958 --> 00:22:52,268 I thought we were done with Laroche. 478 00:22:52,292 --> 00:22:54,337 Associate Attorney General Laroche. 479 00:22:54,361 --> 00:22:56,940 I don't get it. I vetted every grant, 480 00:22:56,964 --> 00:22:59,108 every donor, every transfer. 481 00:22:59,132 --> 00:23:00,944 I built that operation carefully. 482 00:23:00,968 --> 00:23:02,311 We believe you. 483 00:23:02,335 --> 00:23:04,313 So where did dirty money suddenly come from? 484 00:23:04,337 --> 00:23:06,182 We need to rebuild any of the evidence 485 00:23:06,206 --> 00:23:07,884 provided to us by Kayla's group. 486 00:23:07,908 --> 00:23:09,385 Yeah, before whoever's behind these bombings 487 00:23:09,409 --> 00:23:11,078 strikes again. 488 00:23:12,145 --> 00:23:13,823 We might be too late. 489 00:23:13,847 --> 00:23:16,425 Archive's been quiet since we got back from the coffee shop. 490 00:23:16,449 --> 00:23:19,128 Quiet? Like before the alley bomb? 491 00:23:19,152 --> 00:23:20,864 Something's coming. 492 00:23:20,888 --> 00:23:22,690 And you've been sidelined. 493 00:23:24,291 --> 00:23:27,695 More like summoned. Laroche wants me upstairs. 494 00:23:28,528 --> 00:23:30,707 You go deal with that. We'll handle the rest. 495 00:23:34,001 --> 00:23:36,780 - Damn it. - What? 496 00:23:37,029 --> 00:23:41,233 Mateo. I missed his entire tour. He's on his way out. 497 00:23:43,210 --> 00:23:46,389 I'm-I'm so sorry about this, okay? 498 00:23:46,413 --> 00:23:48,457 This is not exactly the day I had in mind. 499 00:23:48,481 --> 00:23:50,827 Yeah, me neither, but, hey, 500 00:23:50,851 --> 00:23:52,428 I got to see a real investigation, 501 00:23:52,452 --> 00:23:54,964 I got to, uh, go to the Cyber basement, 502 00:23:54,988 --> 00:23:58,067 and I saw two fights outside of HR, so... 503 00:23:58,091 --> 00:24:02,605 Well, I was hoping for something more convincing. 504 00:24:02,882 --> 00:24:07,187 Right. About that, uh... 505 00:24:08,921 --> 00:24:11,809 I think there's something that I got to tell you. 506 00:24:14,207 --> 00:24:15,341 Oh. 507 00:24:17,110 --> 00:24:18,688 Hey. 508 00:24:18,712 --> 00:24:20,089 You don't got to say anything. 509 00:24:20,113 --> 00:24:22,959 - I... I don't? - No. 510 00:24:23,487 --> 00:24:26,229 Look, I, I know that I've been excited about you 511 00:24:26,253 --> 00:24:27,997 applying for this internship and everything, 512 00:24:28,021 --> 00:24:30,399 but I, you know, I don't want you doing something 513 00:24:30,423 --> 00:24:32,201 just because you think it's gonna make me happy. 514 00:24:32,477 --> 00:24:35,457 You got to figure out what works best for you. 515 00:24:37,197 --> 00:24:38,836 Right. 516 00:24:39,332 --> 00:24:42,172 I-I don't think NCIS is for me. 517 00:24:43,871 --> 00:24:45,014 Well, that's okay. 518 00:24:45,038 --> 00:24:46,339 You know? 519 00:24:48,108 --> 00:24:49,452 Nick, hey, you need me, or...? 520 00:24:49,476 --> 00:24:51,087 Just that Kasie found something 521 00:24:51,111 --> 00:24:55,091 on the bomb schematics, but, uh, it can wait. 522 00:24:55,115 --> 00:24:57,617 Thanks. Come on. 523 00:25:01,054 --> 00:25:04,658 I found these plans sitting in an open thread on Archive, 524 00:25:04,682 --> 00:25:06,402 and they're not just blueprints. 525 00:25:06,426 --> 00:25:09,438 It's a step-by-step guide to building a pipe bomb. 526 00:25:09,462 --> 00:25:11,440 I'm tracing everyone who downloaded the file. 527 00:25:11,464 --> 00:25:14,778 Him questioning her in that office. 528 00:25:14,802 --> 00:25:16,212 If Laroche is pulling stunts, 529 00:25:16,236 --> 00:25:17,881 that means the case against Kayla's thin. 530 00:25:17,905 --> 00:25:20,483 Maybe, but the dirty money is real. 531 00:25:20,507 --> 00:25:22,919 Kayla's grant funding didn't all come 532 00:25:22,943 --> 00:25:25,955 from private foundations. Some of it was routed through a slush fund. 533 00:25:25,979 --> 00:25:28,557 Not so much "dirty" money as "opaque." 534 00:25:28,581 --> 00:25:30,293 "Dirty" plays better in a headline. 535 00:25:30,317 --> 00:25:31,755 And on Laroche's résumé. 536 00:25:31,779 --> 00:25:34,497 If he can prove Kayla knowingly took tainted funds, 537 00:25:34,521 --> 00:25:35,965 and right now, that's what it looks like. 538 00:25:35,989 --> 00:25:39,879 Her name's the only one on all the filings and applications. 539 00:25:39,903 --> 00:25:40,970 You believe that? 540 00:25:40,994 --> 00:25:42,305 No, not for a second, 541 00:25:42,329 --> 00:25:44,473 but if this goes public, belief won't matter. 542 00:25:44,497 --> 00:25:46,609 Oh, Laroche is ambitious, not reckless. 543 00:25:46,633 --> 00:25:48,614 He wouldn't move without more. 544 00:25:49,369 --> 00:25:50,746 There's more. 545 00:25:50,770 --> 00:25:53,264 Access logs just came back on the slush fund. 546 00:25:53,288 --> 00:25:55,584 According to this, the last time 547 00:25:55,608 --> 00:25:58,287 anyone looked at the dirty money account was two months ago. 548 00:25:58,311 --> 00:26:00,247 Tell me it wasn't Kayla. 549 00:26:01,968 --> 00:26:03,312 Uh... 550 00:26:03,337 --> 00:26:06,340 I don't think Laroche is going after Kayla. 551 00:26:08,055 --> 00:26:12,301 The last person to access that dirty account was your father. 552 00:26:12,325 --> 00:26:13,837 Two days before his death. 553 00:26:13,861 --> 00:26:16,196 Credentialed login. Two-factor authentication. 554 00:26:17,230 --> 00:26:18,365 No. 555 00:26:19,266 --> 00:26:20,415 Record is clear. 556 00:26:20,439 --> 00:26:23,579 My father would never knowingly touch dirty money. 557 00:26:23,941 --> 00:26:26,582 Perhaps he believed the ends justified the means. 558 00:26:26,606 --> 00:26:29,385 You don't get to rewrite his legacy based on guesses. 559 00:26:29,409 --> 00:26:31,687 Not rewriting or guessing. 560 00:26:31,711 --> 00:26:33,689 I'm following the evidence. 561 00:26:33,713 --> 00:26:36,566 A powerful man, a father, 562 00:26:36,590 --> 00:26:41,130 used untraceable funds to help his little girl. 563 00:26:41,154 --> 00:26:42,990 It's not hard to imagine. 564 00:26:43,823 --> 00:26:46,202 You're wrong. There's another explanation. 565 00:26:46,226 --> 00:26:47,670 Then let's hear it. Otherwise, 566 00:26:47,694 --> 00:26:49,591 I have to assume you were involved. 567 00:26:52,365 --> 00:26:54,243 This interrogation is over. 568 00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:56,545 Agent Vance and I were simply talking. 569 00:26:56,569 --> 00:26:59,039 Well, from now on, you can talk to her lawyer. 570 00:27:02,938 --> 00:27:06,446 I think I already have what I need. 571 00:27:22,595 --> 00:27:25,474 Pretty sure "sidelined" doesn't mean overtime. 572 00:27:25,498 --> 00:27:28,711 I'm not working the case. I'm reviewing my mistakes. 573 00:27:28,735 --> 00:27:30,713 The coffee shop. The alley. 574 00:27:30,737 --> 00:27:32,681 I missed something. 575 00:27:32,705 --> 00:27:35,518 Just like I missed the dirty money. 576 00:27:35,542 --> 00:27:37,921 You did not build a slush fund. 577 00:27:38,277 --> 00:27:41,780 Apparently, I built something that used one. 578 00:27:42,348 --> 00:27:43,793 And my dad knew. 579 00:27:43,984 --> 00:27:46,562 Nobody believes that your dad was moving dirty cash. 580 00:27:46,586 --> 00:27:49,693 Belief doesn't matter. Proof does. 581 00:27:53,726 --> 00:27:55,871 My dad warned me. 582 00:27:56,617 --> 00:27:58,932 The last time we talked, we argued. 583 00:27:59,666 --> 00:28:02,411 He tried to warn me about living in two worlds. 584 00:28:02,873 --> 00:28:04,837 Things can get missed. 585 00:28:05,638 --> 00:28:08,208 Which is why I was gonna leave. 586 00:28:09,409 --> 00:28:11,979 I was gonna quit NCIS. 587 00:28:12,649 --> 00:28:14,157 I took his warning to heart. 588 00:28:14,181 --> 00:28:16,292 I was going all-in on my new initiative, 589 00:28:16,316 --> 00:28:18,285 but before I could tell him... 590 00:28:20,420 --> 00:28:21,892 ...he was gone. 591 00:28:22,422 --> 00:28:26,826 After that, leaving NCIS felt like betrayal. 592 00:28:27,995 --> 00:28:30,306 Like I was walking out on him twice. 593 00:28:30,330 --> 00:28:32,741 You think he'd see it that way? 594 00:28:33,070 --> 00:28:34,743 I don't know. 595 00:28:34,767 --> 00:28:36,636 And now, I never will. 596 00:28:44,511 --> 00:28:45,788 What's this? 597 00:28:45,812 --> 00:28:48,714 Uh, that's from the alley bomber's car. 598 00:28:49,182 --> 00:28:51,194 It's a cheap Star Wars knockoff. 599 00:28:51,218 --> 00:28:52,962 No. 600 00:28:52,986 --> 00:28:54,787 I've seen this before. 601 00:29:01,294 --> 00:29:03,506 The coffee shop bomber, Danny Hammersmith, 602 00:29:03,530 --> 00:29:04,940 he was reading this same book. 603 00:29:04,964 --> 00:29:06,375 - Kayla... - We have to go back 604 00:29:06,399 --> 00:29:07,942 through Archive. There might be a connection. 605 00:29:07,966 --> 00:29:09,678 Kayla, you cannot work this case. 606 00:29:09,702 --> 00:29:12,381 If Laroche finds out, that is your badge. 607 00:29:12,405 --> 00:29:14,874 Do not hand him that win. 608 00:29:28,296 --> 00:29:29,504 Where's Parker? 609 00:29:29,668 --> 00:29:30,899 Why? What happened? 610 00:29:30,923 --> 00:29:34,070 I traced the bomb schematics. The last person to download them 611 00:29:34,094 --> 00:29:36,405 didn't bother to mask their IP address. 612 00:29:36,429 --> 00:29:37,864 Hank Hammersmith. 613 00:29:38,898 --> 00:29:42,511 - The grieving father? - Of last year's coffee shop bomber. 614 00:29:43,140 --> 00:29:46,059 It looks like he's picking up where his son left off. 615 00:29:54,961 --> 00:29:56,538 Hank's cell phone is still off. 616 00:29:56,949 --> 00:29:59,695 Agents swept his home and found bomb parts. 617 00:29:59,719 --> 00:30:03,766 Grieving father builds a bomb and disappears. He has a target. 618 00:30:03,790 --> 00:30:05,468 Wait, so he's part of the bombing network? 619 00:30:05,492 --> 00:30:08,237 - Or a father out for revenge. - Against who? 620 00:30:08,261 --> 00:30:10,139 People who radicalized his son. 621 00:30:10,163 --> 00:30:12,808 Been running language analysis on Archive posts. 622 00:30:12,832 --> 00:30:13,933 Take a look at this. 623 00:30:15,168 --> 00:30:17,213 Those are the posts we got from Kayla. 624 00:30:17,237 --> 00:30:19,848 We're not supposed to use that intel. 625 00:30:19,872 --> 00:30:22,318 Oh, I know, but the same phrases keep repeating. 626 00:30:22,342 --> 00:30:25,188 Right? "Violence is the language of power." 627 00:30:25,212 --> 00:30:27,268 "Martyrs are the seeds of tomorrow." 628 00:30:27,292 --> 00:30:30,326 These are all lines quoted from the same source. 629 00:30:30,350 --> 00:30:32,095 Agnors Bliss. 630 00:30:32,119 --> 00:30:34,597 Yeah, book is about the "Jondafarian Resistance" 631 00:30:34,621 --> 00:30:36,865 violently rising up against "The Cric." 632 00:30:36,889 --> 00:30:40,936 Alien overlords who enslave citizens with debt crystals. 633 00:30:40,960 --> 00:30:42,605 So space capitalism? 634 00:30:42,629 --> 00:30:46,675 Exactly. And "Agnors Bliss" is the book's version of heaven. 635 00:30:46,699 --> 00:30:48,077 Reserved for martyrs who fight back. 636 00:30:48,101 --> 00:30:50,179 Bombers think they're dying for a cause. 637 00:30:50,203 --> 00:30:54,049 But how did they go from space opera to pipe bombs? 638 00:30:54,073 --> 00:30:55,218 Grooming. 639 00:30:55,242 --> 00:30:56,219 Take a look at this photo 640 00:30:56,243 --> 00:30:57,720 just posted online by a fan. 641 00:30:57,744 --> 00:30:59,455 That's the author, Isaac Wren. 642 00:30:59,479 --> 00:31:01,757 And he's outside of the mom-and-pop coffee shop. 643 00:31:01,781 --> 00:31:04,527 Well, timestamp matches our stakeout from yesterday. 644 00:31:04,551 --> 00:31:06,995 It was him. The author's our puppet master. 645 00:31:07,019 --> 00:31:08,764 - We need to bring him in. - Knight's right, though. 646 00:31:08,788 --> 00:31:11,267 This all traces back to Kayla. We can't use this for an arrest. 647 00:31:11,291 --> 00:31:14,137 Yeah, but we can use it to stop a bomb. Hank saw this book, 648 00:31:14,161 --> 00:31:16,805 and if he figured out that Wren is behind this... 649 00:31:16,829 --> 00:31:18,331 The author's the target. 650 00:31:18,998 --> 00:31:20,676 Okay, Isaac Wren 651 00:31:20,700 --> 00:31:23,379 is speaking at a sci-fi convention downtown right now. 652 00:31:23,403 --> 00:31:24,847 All right, alert convention security. 653 00:31:24,871 --> 00:31:27,840 Have them conduct a fire evacuation. 654 00:31:29,309 --> 00:31:31,420 Attention. A fire alarm has been activated. 655 00:31:31,444 --> 00:31:34,590 Please proceed calmly to the nearest exit. 656 00:31:36,416 --> 00:31:38,026 Torres, McGee, south corridor. 657 00:31:38,050 --> 00:31:39,386 Knight, with me. 658 00:31:41,087 --> 00:31:43,399 Does this mean the Hall H panel has been cancelled? 659 00:31:43,423 --> 00:31:44,633 It moved. Outside. 660 00:31:44,657 --> 00:31:47,907 NCIS. Isaac Wren, where is he? 661 00:31:47,931 --> 00:31:50,173 He was on the main stage. He's being escorted out. 662 00:31:50,197 --> 00:31:52,641 - Escorted by who? - One of your agents. 663 00:31:52,665 --> 00:31:54,877 She said it was a security precaution. 664 00:31:54,901 --> 00:31:56,035 Kayla. 665 00:31:57,404 --> 00:32:00,649 Two bombers died with your book in their hands. 666 00:32:00,673 --> 00:32:02,017 I don't know what you're talking about. 667 00:32:02,041 --> 00:32:04,420 I write fiction, and that is it, 668 00:32:04,444 --> 00:32:06,655 and right now, I'm just trying to get to my car. 669 00:32:06,679 --> 00:32:08,824 You need to come with me to NCIS. 670 00:32:08,848 --> 00:32:10,996 I'm done talking now. 671 00:32:15,021 --> 00:32:16,565 You're not just inspiring these attacks, 672 00:32:16,589 --> 00:32:18,791 you're directing them. Aren't you? 673 00:32:20,126 --> 00:32:24,139 What is that? Uh, driver, that's not mine. 674 00:32:24,634 --> 00:32:26,141 I think it is. 675 00:32:26,417 --> 00:32:29,454 - Mr. Hammersmith? - He's not my driver. 676 00:32:33,640 --> 00:32:35,684 - Keep moving. - There. She's in the SUV. 677 00:32:35,708 --> 00:32:38,287 - Yeah, with our bomber. - Wait. 678 00:32:38,311 --> 00:32:40,323 If we move in, we could spook this guy. 679 00:32:40,347 --> 00:32:41,957 And we don't know the play. 680 00:32:41,981 --> 00:32:44,159 All right, then let's find out. 681 00:32:44,183 --> 00:32:46,829 Touch that door again, 682 00:32:46,853 --> 00:32:49,868 and you can die right here. 683 00:32:56,863 --> 00:32:59,375 Mr. Hammersmith, please put down 684 00:32:59,399 --> 00:33:01,067 that detonator that's in your hand. 685 00:33:03,836 --> 00:33:05,614 He killed my son. 686 00:33:06,071 --> 00:33:09,096 He filled his head with poison. 687 00:33:12,099 --> 00:33:13,689 I got a clear shot on the driver. 688 00:33:13,713 --> 00:33:14,823 Negative. You shoot, 689 00:33:14,847 --> 00:33:16,549 and that detonator goes off. 690 00:33:17,283 --> 00:33:19,419 Hank, please. 691 00:33:20,620 --> 00:33:21,864 Let us help you. 692 00:33:22,321 --> 00:33:24,123 Help? 693 00:33:25,091 --> 00:33:26,602 Nobody helped my son. 694 00:33:26,626 --> 00:33:28,604 I didn't even help my son. 695 00:33:28,628 --> 00:33:30,473 It's Kasie. 696 00:33:30,867 --> 00:33:32,675 Oh, you got to see this. 697 00:33:32,699 --> 00:33:35,244 The FBI pretended to care, and then moved on. 698 00:33:35,268 --> 00:33:38,814 Danny was just a... another statistic. 699 00:33:38,838 --> 00:33:40,716 He wasn't to me. 700 00:33:40,740 --> 00:33:42,742 Your son changed my life. 701 00:33:43,676 --> 00:33:46,389 The coffee shop attack is the reason why I built a team 702 00:33:46,413 --> 00:33:49,925 to find kids like Danny before people like Wren get to them. 703 00:33:51,318 --> 00:33:53,095 What are you doing? 704 00:33:53,119 --> 00:33:54,430 Who are you talking to? 705 00:33:54,454 --> 00:33:56,098 People who can get justice for your son. 706 00:33:56,122 --> 00:33:57,400 You're lying. 707 00:33:57,424 --> 00:34:00,094 NCIS just pulled Isaac Wren's financials. 708 00:34:00,118 --> 00:34:02,938 He shorted stocks before both bombings. 709 00:34:02,962 --> 00:34:06,475 He set the attacks in motion and then cashed in. 710 00:34:06,499 --> 00:34:08,368 And we have the proof. 711 00:34:12,898 --> 00:34:15,167 You used my boy... 712 00:34:16,843 --> 00:34:18,220 - ...for money? - No. 713 00:34:18,244 --> 00:34:20,012 No. No. 714 00:34:22,749 --> 00:34:24,050 Hank. 715 00:34:24,951 --> 00:34:26,529 Please listen to me. 716 00:34:26,923 --> 00:34:29,131 He's going to prison for the rest of his life, 717 00:34:29,155 --> 00:34:31,724 which means you can live the rest of yours. 718 00:34:33,125 --> 00:34:34,811 For your son. 719 00:34:39,065 --> 00:34:41,334 I-I miss him so much. 720 00:34:43,803 --> 00:34:45,838 I know what that feels like. 721 00:34:48,675 --> 00:34:50,577 But we have to move on. 722 00:34:51,811 --> 00:34:53,513 For them. 723 00:35:06,759 --> 00:35:08,327 Detonator secure. 724 00:35:13,879 --> 00:35:15,614 Uh-uh. Hands up. 725 00:35:16,035 --> 00:35:17,312 Hey. Look, I didn't do a thing. 726 00:35:17,336 --> 00:35:18,647 The guy was trying to kill me. 727 00:35:18,671 --> 00:35:20,239 - Spin around. Hands. - Whoa. 728 00:35:33,553 --> 00:35:35,488 Agent Parker. 729 00:35:36,618 --> 00:35:38,000 You're early. 730 00:35:38,328 --> 00:35:40,168 Isaac Wren pled no contest. 731 00:35:40,192 --> 00:35:42,728 Securities fraud and domestic terrorism. 732 00:35:42,928 --> 00:35:44,505 Turns out, he was broke, 733 00:35:44,876 --> 00:35:47,676 but instead of waiting for book royalties, he 734 00:35:47,700 --> 00:35:49,812 radicalized and then monetized 735 00:35:49,836 --> 00:35:51,580 his most passionate followers. 736 00:35:51,604 --> 00:35:53,931 Lucky for us, he didn't go into politics. 737 00:35:57,710 --> 00:35:59,522 I trust the case will stick? 738 00:35:59,546 --> 00:36:01,690 We rebuilt everything from the ground up. 739 00:36:01,714 --> 00:36:04,359 - Nothing tied to Kayla. - Good work. 740 00:36:04,383 --> 00:36:05,794 Tell that to Kayla. 741 00:36:05,818 --> 00:36:08,664 - She disobeyed orders. - She stopped a bomb. 742 00:36:08,688 --> 00:36:10,733 Firing her won't play well. 743 00:36:11,236 --> 00:36:12,968 She's not being fired. 744 00:36:12,992 --> 00:36:15,027 For that or anything else. 745 00:36:15,762 --> 00:36:17,773 There's no concrete evidence that she knew those funds 746 00:36:17,797 --> 00:36:19,508 flowing into her account were tainted, 747 00:36:19,532 --> 00:36:21,725 or that she knew her father was the one who moved them. 748 00:36:21,749 --> 00:36:23,055 He didn't. 749 00:36:23,079 --> 00:36:25,854 There's no evidence that Vance ever touched that money. 750 00:36:25,878 --> 00:36:29,212 So the fact it's connected to his daughter is... 751 00:36:29,709 --> 00:36:30,986 just a coincidence? 752 00:36:31,010 --> 00:36:32,888 I think he was looking out for her. 753 00:36:32,912 --> 00:36:36,391 Found the dirty money and died before he could warn her. 754 00:36:36,636 --> 00:36:38,060 Interesting theory. 755 00:36:38,084 --> 00:36:40,587 Yeah, more plausible than yours. 756 00:36:42,575 --> 00:36:44,052 I agree. 757 00:36:44,190 --> 00:36:46,693 Which is why I'm dropping my investigation. 758 00:36:47,594 --> 00:36:49,237 I thought you'd be pleased. 759 00:36:49,261 --> 00:36:51,440 You came in here guns blazing, 760 00:36:51,464 --> 00:36:53,976 making accusations, threatening careers. 761 00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:55,243 Now, you just walk away? 762 00:36:55,267 --> 00:36:57,045 Hmm, like you said, 763 00:36:57,069 --> 00:36:59,214 there's no evidence that Vance moved that money. 764 00:36:59,576 --> 00:37:00,983 Then who did? 765 00:37:01,007 --> 00:37:02,751 That's for someone else to find out. 766 00:37:02,775 --> 00:37:06,922 Right now, my job is to restore confidence in this agency. 767 00:37:06,946 --> 00:37:09,357 I didn't know that was a problem. 768 00:37:09,381 --> 00:37:10,959 Well, it will be tomorrow morning, 769 00:37:10,983 --> 00:37:13,095 when news of Vance's connection to that slush fund 770 00:37:13,119 --> 00:37:14,730 hits the media cycle. Whew. 771 00:37:15,258 --> 00:37:17,933 Thankfully, I'll be there to step in, 772 00:37:17,957 --> 00:37:20,936 publicly clear his name, protect his legacy, 773 00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:23,839 and safeguard this institution. 774 00:37:23,863 --> 00:37:26,441 Mm. You came to play the hero. Why? 775 00:37:26,465 --> 00:37:28,276 What do you get out of all of this? 776 00:37:36,976 --> 00:37:40,188 But everything is a game to you. Political chess. 777 00:37:40,212 --> 00:37:41,948 Then you know the rules. 778 00:37:42,815 --> 00:37:45,017 Start turning over pieces... 779 00:37:46,052 --> 00:37:47,496 ...we both lose. 780 00:37:47,957 --> 00:37:49,989 Me? I got nothing to hide. 781 00:37:50,716 --> 00:37:52,754 Why do I find that hard to believe? 782 00:38:03,670 --> 00:38:05,648 I figured this was neutral ground. 783 00:38:05,672 --> 00:38:08,483 For what? Laroche backed off. 784 00:38:08,507 --> 00:38:10,686 I don't have to sneak around NCIS. 785 00:38:10,939 --> 00:38:12,588 No. 786 00:38:12,612 --> 00:38:15,014 But you still have a big decision to make. 787 00:38:15,882 --> 00:38:18,794 My organization. 788 00:38:18,818 --> 00:38:22,021 The funding's tainted. The reputation's shot. 789 00:38:22,789 --> 00:38:24,432 It needs rebuilding from scratch. 790 00:38:25,036 --> 00:38:27,525 Sounds like a full-time job. 791 00:38:27,956 --> 00:38:30,062 A job I'd love. 792 00:38:33,158 --> 00:38:35,470 But not one I'm sure I can take. 793 00:38:35,635 --> 00:38:38,113 Well, while you decide... 794 00:38:38,137 --> 00:38:40,148 you said that you miss your monthly boxing sessions 795 00:38:40,172 --> 00:38:41,416 with your dad. 796 00:38:41,440 --> 00:38:44,252 Looking for a new, uh, sparring partner? 797 00:38:44,276 --> 00:38:45,888 You serious? 798 00:38:45,912 --> 00:38:48,557 Well, I mean, I'm no Leon Vance, but I got my gear in the car. 799 00:38:48,581 --> 00:38:51,960 Well, before you grab it, let me make sure mine's still here. 800 00:38:51,984 --> 00:38:54,621 Like I said, I haven't been back in months. 801 00:39:01,794 --> 00:39:03,462 Oh, my God. 802 00:39:04,296 --> 00:39:05,464 Everything okay? 803 00:39:06,311 --> 00:39:08,346 That's his handwriting. 804 00:39:12,264 --> 00:39:13,899 It's from my dad. 805 00:39:16,180 --> 00:39:19,174 He must've left it here after our last session. 806 00:39:26,931 --> 00:39:30,132 It's an NCIS discharge form 807 00:39:30,156 --> 00:39:31,924 with my name on it. 808 00:39:32,671 --> 00:39:34,472 He filled it out and signed it. 809 00:39:39,685 --> 00:39:41,779 Dated just before he died. 810 00:39:52,176 --> 00:39:54,278 He wasn't choosing for me. 811 00:39:59,118 --> 00:40:01,620 He was making room for you to choose. 812 00:40:17,236 --> 00:40:18,580 What up, Jimmy? 813 00:40:18,604 --> 00:40:20,548 You're adding something to the wall of fame? 814 00:40:20,572 --> 00:40:22,150 Yeah, like father, like daughter. 815 00:40:22,174 --> 00:40:24,653 Yeah, who knows, maybe Mateo will be up here soon. 816 00:40:25,809 --> 00:40:28,123 Well, after his visit, he didn't seem too convinced. 817 00:40:28,147 --> 00:40:30,726 Yeah, that's what I thought, but then, Curtis called me. 818 00:40:30,750 --> 00:40:32,661 He said that, right after I left, 819 00:40:32,685 --> 00:40:34,362 that Mateo asked to use a workstation 820 00:40:34,386 --> 00:40:36,665 to fill out an internship application. 821 00:40:37,062 --> 00:40:38,563 Hmm. 822 00:40:39,458 --> 00:40:41,136 That's not what he said to his dad. 823 00:40:41,466 --> 00:40:43,801 Maybe he wants to keep it a surprise. 824 00:40:44,189 --> 00:40:47,468 Or, maybe, like Kayla, 825 00:40:47,798 --> 00:40:50,201 he just wants to earn it on his own. 826 00:40:51,370 --> 00:40:53,982 - Have a good night, Nick. - Don't tell me what to do. 827 00:40:54,006 --> 00:40:55,341 Okay. 828 00:41:23,068 --> 00:41:24,804 Hey. Mateo. 829 00:41:26,071 --> 00:41:27,439 Wait up. 830 00:41:28,707 --> 00:41:31,653 Agent Torres? What are you doing here? 831 00:41:31,677 --> 00:41:33,421 We need to talk. 832 00:41:33,445 --> 00:41:34,990 About what? 833 00:41:35,487 --> 00:41:38,104 About your internship application. 834 00:41:39,745 --> 00:41:41,422 Why? 835 00:41:41,620 --> 00:41:43,631 Like I told my dad, 836 00:41:43,655 --> 00:41:46,001 NCIS isn't for me. 837 00:41:46,025 --> 00:41:48,703 Yeah, well, that's not what you told Curtis. 838 00:41:48,727 --> 00:41:53,008 Well, I started an application, and then, I... 839 00:41:53,032 --> 00:41:54,743 changed my mind. Can I go now? 840 00:41:54,767 --> 00:41:56,979 What were you doing at that workstation? 841 00:41:57,003 --> 00:41:58,646 Nothing. 842 00:41:58,916 --> 00:42:00,552 Drop it. 843 00:42:01,974 --> 00:42:03,418 Why are you lying to me? 844 00:42:03,442 --> 00:42:06,345 I said drop it. 845 00:42:09,916 --> 00:42:12,151 Mateo, keep your hands where I can see them. 846 00:42:15,141 --> 00:42:17,890 Turn around and walk away. They... 847 00:42:18,724 --> 00:42:20,202 ...they could be watching. 848 00:42:20,226 --> 00:42:21,828 Who could be watching? 849 00:42:22,547 --> 00:42:24,392 Don't make me do this. 850 00:42:25,036 --> 00:42:27,362 Mateo, don't. 851 00:42:31,796 --> 00:42:34,299 Don't do it.