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You know, it's kind of sad
to see this place close.

As a kid, I came here every week
to mail a letter to my pen pal.

He lived on a lettuce farm
in Yuma, can you imagine?

(sighs)

God, I love fresh produce.

- Wow. - (chuckles) -Babe.
- We'll be able

to fit way more tables in here
once we rip this wall out.

Come help me with this thing.
It's bolted to the studs.

Listen, I've been thinking,

we really can't call this place
a vegetarian restaurant

if you insist on serving bacon.

(high-pitched):
What?

You're killing the thing
they sorted mail in?

If I was killing it,
you'd know.

(both straining)

(coughs)

- Hey. What's that?
- Dust bunny.

Straight to the lungs.

It's a letter.

Must've fallen
behind the shelf.

Look at the date.

DYLAN:
1970.

So it's been sitting
back there all this time?

It's addressed to a lady
on Lockwood Lane.

- Hi. Can I help you?
- Are you Claire Hall?

Yes.

We were clearing out
the old post office,

and we found this.

My God.

This is from my husband
when he was in Vietnam.

He used to
send me audio tapes.

He died in that war.

DANIEL (on tape):
Claire. (sobs)

I love you more
than I know how to say in words.

Claire, please forgive me
for what I'm about to tell you.

♪ NCIS 16x05 ♪
Fragments
Original Air Date on October 23, 2018

== sync, corrected by elderman ==
@elder_man

♪
♪

Ah, I'm glad
you guys are here.

I feel like I'm going crazy.

She gets like this
when she's hungry.

- Here, give her some of your muffin.
- No, no. It's too delicious.

Have you heard this?
MAN (recorded): Laurel.

What the hell was that?

It's that thing
that had everyone fighting

over what word it was saying.

Well, see,
that's what I don't get.

I-I don't understand
how any normal human being

can hear anything
other than the word "Laurel."

MAN (recorded): Laurel.
Laurel.

"Yanny."
I hear "Yanny." "Yanny."

(scoffs) No, you don't. McGee?

I don't know why
we're even talking about this.

It's old news;
it went viral months ago.

Well, it must've been
when I unplugged

for three days
for my annual mental reset.

Oh, that must've been when I,
when I unplugged, too.

Oh, uh, you know,
for cooler reasons

in a completely
different location.

JIMMY:
You guys.

Word on the basement
street is: it's official.

Has he, uh, made
an announcement yet?

Has who made what announcement?

Everyone. May I have your
attention, please?

As you all know,
Ms. Hines has proven herself

indispensable
over the last five months.

So, as her temporary employment
ends here...

...I'm pleased to announce
that she rose to the top

of our candidate pool
and is now

our permanent
forensic scientist.

Ms. Hines, welcome to the team.

Thank you, sir.
(applause)

TORRES:
All right.

Oh, wow, and clapping, too.
(chuckles)

(laughter)

DANIEL (on tape): I wanted to
have it in me to lead,

but I don't.

I can't carry this anymore,
so today is my last.

I decided I'm done.

(crying)

(voice breaking): But you're
right here with me, Claire.

And I will keep you
next to my heart,

as I say good-bye.

I love you.

I love you, and I'm so sorry.

(sighs)

My husband.

He was saying good-bye.

He killed himself,
Agent Gibbs.

- He was a Marine?
- Yes.

First Lieutenant Daniel Hall.

Instead of letters, we sent
recordings back and forth

when he was overseas.

These are all from him.

- Ma'am...
- Claire.

Claire.

I am sorry for your loss,
but I am not seeing

anything to investigate here.

There's a man, another Marine.

His name is Ray Jennings.

He's serving life
in prison

for the murder of
my husband in Vietnam.

But if Danny
committed suicide...

A Marine... is serving time
for a crime he did not commit.

48 years, Agent Gibbs.

He's been locked up
for the last 48 years.

Hey, guys.

Guess what.

Ooh, those look good.

Get your own, Bishop.

McGEE: If you want your own,
go to the muffin guy

selling them across the street.

It's my second one today.

They're too delicious to share.

Fine. Enjoy.

No, I found this article online,
it said that

"Laurel" hits
on the lower frequencies,

and "Yanny" hits
on the higher ones.

TORRES: Dude.

You are still on that?

Yes, because now that I
understand the mechanics,

I can get myself to hear

whichever one
I'm thinking about.

Ah, makes sense. I've always
been able to hear both.

Yeah, they say that

people who hear both
are operating on,

like, full brain capacity
or something.

- Oh, like me.
- Hmm.

- Let me hear it again.
- Okay.

MAN (recorded):
Laurel.

Hmm. I still hear "Yanny."
Let me focus.

(clears throat)
"Laurel."

(imitates man):
Laurel.

Okay, go.

MAN (recorded): Laurel.
- Okay, you know what?

My-my brain works
just fine.

Prove it, Torres.

Update.
First Lieutenant Daniel Hall.

McGEE: At the time
of his death in 1970,

he was a rising star,
leading a team of five Marines

on a recon mission
in Vietnam.

They were gathering Intel
on Vietcong movements

near the fire support base
where they were assigned.

- Where at?
- I Corps, Quang Tri Province.

TORRES: Lieutenant
Hall was killed by

a Marine
under his command.

McGEE:
Lance Corporal Ray Jennings.

He was the baby of the group,
just 18 at the time.

Murder weapon was a grenade.

The radio operator was
an eyewitness to the murder,

a Corporal Thomas Fletcher,
but because Ray Jennings

pled guilty, there was no trial.

And update out.

- What?
- It's a catchphrase that Torres

is trying to start to signify
the end of an update.

It's not exactly catching on.

I asked for details
of the incident itself.

Boss, we pieced everything
together from plea documents.

NIS investigated at the time,

but their report
isn't in the system.

JAGMAN investigation?
TORRES: We are thinking

that both reports
are probably together.

Together where? Why aren't
they in the system, Torres?

- I'll get on it.
BISHOP: Gibbs, remember.

Ray Jennings pled guilty,
so even without the reports,

it's looking like an
open-and-shut case of fragging.

Fragging.

The murder of a superior officer
by someone under their command.

The term was coined
during the Vietnam War,

when the number
of fraggings soared.

The word comes from the weapon
of choice in such attacks:

the fragmentation grenade.

- Plentiful, deadly, and...
- And grenades can't be traced,

which makes it almost impossible
to find the killer.

Uh...
Am I right?

Yes, but, it's...
(stammers)

Oh, no, I'm off my cue.

Sorry, sorry,
that's-that's my bad.

I tend to get super invested
in multimedia presentations.

Uh, okay.

Oh, here's where
I'm gonna talk about

the protests going on at home.

Um, an unpopular war meant
low morale within the military.

Oh, and civil rights.

There was rampant
racial discrimination.

Which only contributed
to motive.

Exactly. Some fraggings
were the result of racism,

some were because of drug use.

Others were seen
as a way to stop a superior

who was seen as
too eager for combat.

But let's face it:

fragging is just
one small part

of what made that
war so brutal.

DANIEL (on tape): Lieutenant
Danny Hall here, coming to you

from a very sweaty
Midsummer Night's Nightmare.

(laughter)

Oh, did you like that one?

MAN:
Yeah, that was pretty good.

DANIEL: Yeah,
he's the only one that laughs

at my jokes, this one.
MAN: I got to.

DANIEL:
Oh, yeah? Why's...

- Hmm. That's a beauty.
- Yeah, right?

I dug it out of our old
technology graveyard downstairs.

Oh, I found a phone for you
down there, too,

if you ever want to upgrade.

(sighs): Yeah.
What are you thinking?

Uh, I'm starting
from the beginning,

listening to them in order.
- Trying for a read.

The lieutenant's state of mind.

So far, he's not
nearly suicidal,

but it's still early on
in his second tour.

He did two back-to-back.

He had a lot to say.

He was going to be a reporter
when he got out.

These tapes were correspondence
with his wife for sure,

but he was also doing it
to hone his craft.

Documenting and interviewing.

You got that look, Jack.

You know me so well, Gibbs.

Just listen to this again, okay?

(tape rewinding)

DANIEL:
Yeah, he's the only one

that laughs at my jokes,
this one.

MAN:
I got to.

DANIEL:
Oh, yeah? Why's that?

MAN: I need your help.
My roof just caved in again.

(laughter)

The guy laughing
with the lieutenant,

it's the same guy
who supposedly killed him.

Ray Jennings.

They were friends.
Claire mentioned that.

Yes, but it was much deeper
than that.

These two had a real bond;
they were almost like brothers.

I'm telling you, Gibbs.

This does not fit the typical
profile of a fragging.

Maybe it wasn't.

McGEE: We're here because of
a development in your case.

A recording surfaced.
It was lost up until now.

It's a suicide message
from Lieutenant Daniel Hall.

Mr. Jennings?

GIBBS: If you'd like to
listen to the tape,

we can make that happen.

What do you want from me?

We'd like to hear
your side of the story.

In light of newly
discovered evidence,

NCIS is gonna reopen your case.

You're wasting your time.

Guard, I'm done here.

- Wait, Mr. Jennings...
- I said...

you're wasting your time.

I killed him.

(lock buzzes)

Morning, team.
How's it going?

- It's going.
- Hey, so I was just

moseying by, you know, trying
to stay on top of the case.

You got a question,

or is your head just gonna
keep on floating like that?

Well, since Ray Jennings
pled guilty

and said again yesterday
that he committed the murder,

I mean, do we even have
cause to investigate?

We got a suicide tape

and two missing
incident reports.

Plus, the way Jennings
shut us down,

he's hiding something.

I'm not gonna stop working
until we find out what.

Ooh.

Did anyone else just get chills?

You have cause to investigate,

I'll give you that,
but not enough cause

to exhume the body.

You got to be kidding me.

Unfortunately, I'm not.

Your request for exhumation
has been denied.

Yeah, by you.

Gibbs, exhuming a body
isn't cheap.

Leon, you've been out
of the office a long time.

Watch your step, Gibbs.

GIBBS:
Maybe you forget,

I don't give a damn
about the budget.

My priority is ensuring...

Ensuring that justice is served.

Yeah, I know.
I read it in your request,

which, as you damn well know,
is lacking evidence,

and is therefore denied.

Looking for a fight
on this, Leon?

Because I'll give you one.

All right, good news
and bad news, people.

TORRES:
Whoa.

It's heavy in here.

You got my answer
on this, Gibbs.

Please tell me I didn't miss
one of them taking a swing.

Hey, Torres.

Gibbs, I found the reports.

That's the good news.

The bad news is that
they were in a flood.

Is that why they weren't
scanned into the system?

Yeah, they're warped,
moldy and disgusting.

Good luck, dude.

Wh-Why are you
giving these to me?

Because reading makes you happy.

(phone rings)

- This is Bishop.
- Boss, I got these.

KASIE:
Me. Hello.

Uh, over here, volunteering
to help you scrape off the mold.

- Yeah. Let's go.
- Okay.

You know, mold is actually
a very hardworking fungus

that gets a really bad rap.

Thanks. Uh, Gibbs,

I tracked down our eyewitness to
the fragging, Thomas Fletcher.

He was a corporal back then,

and a retired
master sergeant now.

Take Torres.

And I do believe this bike
is gonna ride like the wind.

(girl giggles)
(horse neighs nearby)

Mr. Fletcher.

Yeah, can I help you?

NCIS.

We need to talk to you
about Lieutenant Daniel Hall.

Daniel Hall-- well, there's
a name I haven't heard

in a long time.

My God, and there's
Ray Jennings.

It's amazing.

He and I were the only ones
to make it out of there alive.

The other three
Marines here

were killed about a year later
in the war.

And I'm assuming
you both know

what happened to
the lieutenant, right?

Well, plea documents say
you were an eyewitness.

BISHOP:
Mr. Fletcher,

we know this isn't easy
to talk about,

but we need to know
exactly what you saw.

The night before,
Ray and the lieutenant

went out on a scout.

By the time they got back
the next morning,

things were different.

Things were-were really
off between them.

But then again, we were all off.

Our radio went down,

and the VC could
have gutted us

without thinking twice.

But all I could do is
work as hard as I could

to try to fix that radio.

(radio static)

Damn it.
JENNINGS: L.T.

FLETCHER: I saw Ray
and the lieutenant walking.

Hey, I don't know how I'm gonna
get this working without a new whip.

L.T., hold up.
Jennings,

I said I was done
talking about this.

Wait. L.T.,
hold up. No...

I couldn't tell what the hell
they were talking about.

Then things got real quiet.

That's when Ray ran out.

- Get down!
- No!

And the lieutenant was gone.

Look, I know Ray
did wrong,

but when you think about
the jungle and the war...

the war itself was
enough to break any man.

BISHOP:
Mr. Fletcher,

are you saying that
you didn't actually see

Ray Jennings throw
the grenade?

No, I didn't.

Wait a minute, I don't
understand something.

I thought Ray Jennings
confessed.

(explosions, gunfire)

DANIEL:
Fletcher, you all right?

Fletcher, check in!

Fletcher!
FLETCHER: Good to go, sir!

DANIEL:
All right, hey, stay down.

Hey! Stay down over there.
Stay down!

Jennings, you got a visual?

JENNINGS:
Negative, sir.

DANIEL:
(whooping) That was close.

That was close.

They ain't playing.
People at home, laying in bed,

you want to know what war is?

This is war.

(sighs)
Oy.

Kasie wasn't messing around
with this presentation.

You all right?

Yeah.

Different war.

Still, it's... oof.

Yeah, me, too.

(clears throat)
I'll spare you the rest.

Turned out okay.

Yeah, except it didn't, Jack.

No. Of course.
You're right.

There's no way Lieutenant Hall
wasn't affected

by what he experienced
out there.

I mean, look at us.

Our hearts were pounding
just hearing it.

This was Hall's
second to last tape.

He was stressed--
you heard him--

but he was keeping it together.
He wasn't suicidal.

- His last tape, he was.
- Right.

So the question is what happened
between those two tapes?

The last scout
with Ray Jennings.

Right, but what happened?

Hey. What's with the...?

Oh, my God.

Why didn't anyone tell me
what's going on back here?

We got a sealed subwoofer
with a passive radiator.

McGee, the reports.

Right. Kasie tried
to de-mold as best she could.

The JAGMAN was beyond repair.

But I was able to read part of
the NIS Report of Investigation.

- Anything?
- Yep. Ray Jennings changed his story.

What do you mean?

Well, at first he said
he threw the grenade

into the lieutenant's hooch
from outside, at a distance.

And then later, he said
that he was in the actual hooch

when he threw it, then ran
outside, like Fletcher said.

So he was insistent
in saying that he did it.

Why would he change his story
about where he was standing?

You think
you can get him to talk?

We'll find out.

Boss. I'd like to go back
with you, if that's okay.

You got a reason?

Yeah.

You know, my father was only 19
when he went to Vietnam.

He ended his career
a four-star admiral.

Well, he didn't really end it,
he passed away,

about four years ago now.

You know, he did two tours
in Vietnam,

and I can't tell you what
his job was at the time.

Well, he sure wasn't much good
to you, was he?

Excuse me?

Well, any father
worth his salt

would teach his kid how to shut
his damn mouth in a library.

- Mr. Jennings...
- I don't know who you're talking to.

I was never a mister.

I was a lance corporal,
then I was a nothing.

I was just trying to...
Y'all trying to trick me

into talking about that jungle.

Ray, if you don't belong here,
we can help you.

I belong here.

Look around you,
what do you see?

Other guys use their
comm money for cookies,

I use mine for books.

When I got here,
every last one of them

was a waste of paper
between two covers.

I mean, no-no Tolstoy,
no Ellison, no nothing.

"All alone and free
in the soft sands of the beach."

That's Kerouac.

That's escape,
and that's something.

I'm gonna die in here.

I've made my peace with it.

Now you need to walk on out
of here and do the same.

DANIEL (on tape):
Lieutenant Danny Hall here,

coming to you from a very sweaty
Midsummer Night's Nightmare.

(laughter)

Oh, did you like that one?

JENNINGS:
Yeah, that was pretty good.

DANIEL: Yeah, he's the only one that
laughs at my jokes, this one.

JENNINGS (on tape): I got to.
What do you think you're doing?

You two were friends.

DANIEL:
Oh, yeah? Why's that?

You owe it to him
to be straight with us.

JENNINGS: I need your help.
My roof just caved in again.

(laughter)

Turn it off.

DANIEL: All right, don't worry,
buddy, I got you.

I said turn it off!

(clicks)

- No, wait.
GIBBS: Did you change your story,

where you were
when you threw that grenade?

- This is my house, you hear?
- I asked you a question.

Sam, get them out of here.

Sam, stay right there.

I will throw you out myself!

Did you change
your story?

- I'm done playing.
- Did you change your story?!

Yes!

Why?

He doesn't remember, Leon.

What?

Ray Jennings changed his
story to match the witness's

'cause he doesn't
know what happened.

He blacked out.

He was drunk?

He downed a fifth of whiskey.

We don't know who pulled the pin
on that grenade.

The lieutenant
could've killed himself

or it could've been
his buddy, Ray.

Another time
he blacked out,

he killed six Vietcong.

Okay, so he was capable,

but if he can't remember what
happened, why confess to murder?

I don't know.
That's what I'm telling you.

He's refusing to talk
and he's hiding something.

So what? We got a murder victim
claiming suicide

and a convicted killer
that doesn't

remember what happened.

And the wife of a dead Marine
who deserves the truth.

- I'm aware of that.
- No, Leon.

This time, I'm not
leaving without it.

Permission to exhume
the body, Director.

Do it.

My apologies for disturbing you,
Lieutenant Hall.

48 years at rest.
That's quite a stretch.

But now that you're here,

I'd like to formally
welcome you to 2018.

We have e-mail now
and kale chips.

You'll find that
quite a bit has changed

since you've been away,
Lieutenant Hall.

Yet somehow we're still making
the same mistakes we always did.

The amount of damage
is unbelievable, isn't it?

I knew suicide happened
during war,

but it's still hard to imagine

somebody doing this
to themselves.

What about Ray Jennings?

You spoke to him,
didn't you?

Yeah, that's an overstatement.

Do you think he did this?

Ray sure believes he did.

I-I don't know why.

You are staring into
a glassy lake, aren't you?

Hmm?

A wise man once told me
that the toughest cases

are like staring
into a glassy lake.

All the answers you're looking
for are there at the bottom,

but in between you and them
is the reflection.

Yeah. That's-that's...

yeah.

We don't have
to talk about this.

No, no.

The reflection,
it's-it's my father.

I have a lot of regrets
when it comes to him.

I'm so sorry.

Well, I just made this
very, very awkward.

Uh, would you like me to just
tell you what it is I found?

- That would be great.
- Great, great.

Okay, well, I have pulled
several grenade fragments

from the lieutenant's bone
and remaining tissue.

This... wasn't one of them.

What am I looking at?

A four-inch metal plate

that appears to be fused
to the proximal side

of his right, fifth rib.

Any mention of it in
his medical records?

No, no. In fact, rib plating
wasn't even a procedure

that was performed back then.

Then what is it?

JIMMY:
I sent it to Kasie for analysis.

Uh, Kasie?

Don't stop me now,
Ellie, I am in the zone.

I will get this done
before Gibbs gets here.

Actually, Gibbs is already
on his way down.

Listen, I need you two to
intercept him and stall him.

Break.

What do we got?
Oh, hey, Gibbs.

- Um, the-the viral thing.
- Mm-hmm.

Have you seen this viral thing?

No.

Okay, listen to this.

MAN (recorded):
Laurel.

What do you hear?

"Laurel" and "Yanny."

At the same time?

- And "Blizzard."
- "Blizzard"?

He heard a third word?

He's operating at beyond
full brain capacity.

What do you got?

Uh, listen, before
we get to that,

I hear you have a boat
in your basement.

Man, what's up with that?

Okay, so, uh,
Jimmy found this plate

on one of the
lieutenant's ribs.

I removed it
from the bone.

- What kind of plate?
- Uh, it's brass.

I'm pretty sure
it's a piece of something

that was near Hall
when the grenade went off.

The blast must've fused it
to his ribs.

Ooh. Oh, I managed
to remove enough debris

to see that there's
an engraving on it.

- What's it say?
- Not a clue.

But if I can get
a little more time,

I can figure it out and put
the answer in a presentation.

Engraving means it's personal.

Mm-hmm.

Cool, cool, cool. Thank you
so much for stopping by.

Great. Oh.

Damn it. I still heard "Yanny."

GIBBS:
"Until we meet again."

When I...

found out that Danny
was going overseas,

I bought two recorders,
one for him and one for me.

And I had them engraved
with matching plates.

It was a strange gift, I know.

No, it's perfect
for your husband.

Well, actually,
he was my boyfriend then.

Those days before he left
were so difficult.

Danny was consumed by what
was happening in the world.

And it wasn't just Vietnam.

Martin Luther King
had just been shot and...

just seemed like everywhere
you looked, there was hate.

But when I showed him the
recorders, his face just lit up.

Well, he knew

that he'd be able to hear
your voice while he was away.

He... he put down
the newspaper

and got down on one knee.

We went to City Hall
the next day and got married.

SLOANE: The recorder
represented his wife.

The plate impacted
the lieutenant's rib

which suggests that he was
holding the recorder

near his chest when he died.

Plus, he said it himself.

What do you mean?

In his suicide message, Leon.

He said, "I'll keep you next to
my heart as I say good-bye."

He didn't say "in my heart,"
like most people would say.

He was trying to tell Claire
that he would hold her

as he died and that's
exactly what he did.

You think the lieutenant
ordered Ray out of the hooch

and then he killed himself?

100%.

Well, I'm at 50%

because Ray Jennings is
still saying that he did it.

And until we find out
why he believes that,

none of this is gonna
make any sense.

- The scout.
- Exactly.

Whatever happened on that scout
made Lieutenant Hall suicidal

or Ray homicidal.

Do we think Ray remembers or was
that part of the blackout?

Oh, he remembers,
but he's not talking.

All right, then you need
to break him.

No.

Excuse me?

He's not the kind
you break, Leon.

Look, Gibbs, I know you sat
in here and signed some papers

while I was gone,
but I'm back now.

Okay, boys, let's
focus here. Hello.

Pushing Ray might get us

a word or two, but he needs
to want to tell his story.

That's gonna take
a real connection

and that needs
to be earned.

McGee. McGee's got
a stake in this.

You think he'd be willing
to get in the mud?

I think he'll do
whatever it takes.

Send him back in.

I get two hours a day
in this room.

I don't want you in it, Marine.

He's not here.

They sent you in alone?

Hmm. Well, pick out a book,
sit in back,

you can read quietly for an hour
and we'll tell them you tried.

I appreciate the offer, Ray,

but I can't do that.

Go home, kid.

I want you to tell me what
happened on that scout.

Appreciate the offer,
but I'm not doing that.

Well, then I'm gonna keep
coming back until you do.

What, uh, your daddy
rode a ship to Vietnam

and you think you know me?

You think you know
what I went through out there?

No.

No, I have no idea what
you went through out there.

That's why I keep asking.

That's why I'm gonna keep
asking until you tell me.

My father, I asked him about
Vietnam one time, once.

You know what he did?

He shut me down,
just like you're doing.

I don't know what happened
to him over there,

but it changed him,
it defined him.

And I never asked again
and you know what? I should've.

I should've asked him
a hundred times

'cause maybe he
would've told me.

Maybe I would've
understood him.

Maybe it would've fixed us.

We...

we, uh...

heard the VC firing
at close range

the night before, so...

Lieutenant took me out
on the scout.

We were cutting
through some heavy brush

and we saw it.

Vietcong patrol.

They were heavily armed.

They had an American. A POW.

(shouting in Vietnamese)
(coughing)

But what he was,

it was worse than dead.

What did you do?

We fought about it.

First argument we ever had.

All right, move out,
back to base.

I need to make a plan.

- A plan?
- To rescue him?

It'd be the six of us
against a whole damn army.

No man left behind, Ray,
not on my watch.

You order us in there,
and we're all dead.

This is not your call
to make, Marine.

Do you hear me? This is my call.

I said move out.

We went back to base. We didn't
tell the others what we saw.

But the lieutenant
was going to?

Yes.

I kept on him,
but he would not budge.

He was gonna order us in.

That's when you
started drinking.

Yes, yes.

(crying): It doesn't matter
if I don't remember the act.

I know the thought
that was in my head

before I blacked out.

Calling that order,
Lieutenant was doing right.

But I didn't want to die.

So I killed him.

I killed my friend

'cause I was a coward.

Okay, motive for homicide, yes.

For Jennings.
Hold up there, Speedy.

You're getting ahead
of yourself.

You didn't see the
look on Ray's face

when he told me what happened.
- Yes.

But I did listen
to every single one

of Lieutenant Hall's tapes,

and he had his
own issues.

Okay, maybe I should
hold that marker.

You have to admit, Ray had every
reason to kill the lieutenant.

If he didn't, six Marines
would've been killed

trying to rescue one POW.

You're right.
I'll give you motive,

but Ray's story is also
a motive for suicide.

No man left behind.

The lieutenant knew he
had to attempt a rescue.

Yeah, but that
meant leading

his men into certain death.

An impossible choice.

And he said so himself.

In his last tape
he said,

"I wanted to have it in me
to lead, but I don't.

I can't carry this anymore."

Boss, what do you think?

- Yeah.
- Yeah, to which theory?

I see both.

Do you see a blizzard, too?

BISHOP:
Hey.

- Got something.
- Yeah, go, let's hear it.

Ray Jennings doesn't
have any family.

No one he's in contact with, no.

You said that he
talked about spending

his commissary money.

Right, on books
for the library.

Which got me
wondering...

Who is sending him money?

Exactly, so I looked into it,
and for the last 30 years,

there has been an anonymous
contributor to Ray's account.

- You tracked the deposits?
- I did.

Through four fake names
and two shell companies,

directly to...

retired Master Sergeant
Thomas Fletcher.

The witness.

Why would he give
money to the man

that he helped
put away for life?

Guilt.

FLETCHER:
So when are you people

gonna tell me
what's going on here?

I think you already know.

No, I don't know.

What really happened the night
Lieutenant Hall died?

I've already gone through this
with your agents.

Get up.

Excuse me?

On your feet.

Here, look at me.

You told a lie.

You told a lie and then
you went and lived your life

like it never happened.

You wore the uniform for
30 years, isn't that right, Tom?

Did you deserve the
honor of wearing it?

Did you deserve
to wear the uniform

of a United States Marine?

I heard them down
there that night.

I heard them down there
in the lieutenant's hooch,

making a lot of noise.

I have no idea what the hell
they were fighting about.

Couple of hours passed,
and everything got real quiet.

And Ray wasn't blacked out,
functional.

He was passed out.

Completely unconscious.

So I decided to get on
with my task at hand

and then went down to talk
to the lieutenant.

Hate to say it,
Lieutenant,

but that radio's a no-go.

Yeah, I figured as much.

Supply drop should
make us whole.

That's in, what,
about five days?

Yeah, don't forget
to give Boyd your mail.

All right? He'll make sure
it gets out then, too.

- Yes, sir.
- Right.

- Good night.
- Night, sir.

CLAIRE (on tape):
Hello, there, love.

Things are fine,
but I sure do miss you.

No!

You knew all along
it was a suicide.

Yes, I did.

Why'd you pin it
onto Ray Jennings?

Two altercations
on your record.

Both before this happened, both
with African American Marines.

Let me just tell
both of you something.

Back then, we were
at war here, too.

They were on one side
and we were on the other.

That's just the way it was.

And in that jungle,

I had to trust the man
next to me with my life.

And you couldn't trust Ray

because of the color
of his skin.

So you tried to
get him sent home.

I thought he was gonna get
a slap on the wrist

and a discharge.

That's how they dealt
with these fragging situations.

Couldn't prove anything.

But then Ray confessed.

You let him believe
he was guilty.

I couldn't own up to the lie.
It would've ruined my career.

You have to see that.
You have to understand that.

You had 48 years
to set the record straight.

I did what I had to do
to survive, Agent Gibbs.

So what's gonna happen
to Thomas Fletcher?

Not much.
The statute of limitations

on making a false statement
passed a long time ago.

Living with something like that
on your conscience

would pretty much be like
being in a prison,

except Fletcher
can go get ice cream

with his family
whenever he wants.

Hey, what're you doing?

Oh. Uh, I'm just...

putting the room back
to the way it was.

(chuckles):
I mean,

this case was pretty much
one huge forensics fail.

I have this picture

in my head of what a real
forensic scientist should be,

and now I'm finally here.

But I'm not, so...

Kasie.

Look,

you were already here as a temp.

I mean, y-you want to talk
about this case?

Look, you handed off
this clue to Gibbs,

which allowed him
to go run with it.

And that's what being a team
is all about.

Yes.

(chuckles)

There's a muffin guy...

selling them across the street.

I hear they're delicious.

It's cranberry.
That's my favorite.

Hmm.

Ray. You ready?

Yeah.

Don't worry. I'll make sure they
take good care of the place.

♪ Someone told me long ago ♪

♪ There's a calm
before the storm ♪

♪ I know ♪

♪ It's been coming
for some time... ♪

You know, I am angry.

At myself.

At the world.

And I'm angry with you.

♪ I know ♪

But Lieutenant Hall...

he wanted us to live.

So I decided...

I'm gonna let go of that anger.

♪ Have you ever seen the rain? ♪

And I'm gonna live.

♪ I want to know ♪

I just wanted you
to know that.

♪ Have you ever seen the rain ♪

♪ Coming down on a sunny day? ♪

♪ Yesterday and days before ♪

♪ Sun is cold and rain is hard ♪

♪ I know ♪

♪ Been that way
for all my time ♪

♪ I want to know ♪

♪ Have you ever seen the rain? ♪

- It is so nice to meet you.
-You, too.

♪ And I want to know ♪
I'm so sorry.

♪ Have you ever seen the rain ♪

♪ Coming down on a sunny day? ♪

Staring into a glassy lake.

Sometimes it's a good thing.

Yeah.

Your dad would be proud
of you, Tim.

♪ Have you ever seen the rain ♪

♪ Coming down on a sunny day? ♪

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