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MAN: Here you go. Merry Christmas. - Thank you.

- Welcome home, commander. - Hey, Joe.

- How was the tour? - Too long.

- Your house looks great. - Thanks.

I can see my husband didn't exactly knock himself out with ours.

JOE: Well, happy holidays.

[CHRISTMAS MUSIC PLAYING ON TV]

Noel!

Noel!

[SNIFFS]

What's that terrible smell?

[INDISTINCT DIALOGUE ON TV]

[GASPS]

MEGAN: I thought he'd pick me up at the airport last night.

But when he didn't show, I had to take a cab.

- Where were you? - The Gulf.

Aboard the Stennis. For the last six months.

When was the last time you spoke to your husband?

Thanksgiving. When I called him.

That was almost a month ago.

- Where'd your husband work? MEGAN: Work?

He was an unemployed Navy husband, Agent Gibbs.

Thank you, commander. Appreciate it.

Don't take this the wrong way, Dr. Mallard. I love my job. I really do.

But I will never get used to the odor of a decomposed body.

Ah, yes, the pungent bouquet of hydrogen sulfide and methane

[SNIFFS]

With a faint hint of corpus mercurium captans.

Thank God there's no maggots.

That would make it a perfect day at the office.

No sign of forced entry, boss. Nothing appears to be missing.

- How long has he been here, Duck? - Educated guess, three or four weeks.

Well, that works. Based on postmarks,

mail has been collecting since November 27th.

- Anything else? - No visible wounds.

Hopefully, cause of death will be determined at autopsy.

McGEE: Neighbors we spoke to hadn't seen him in weeks.

But they said that wasn't unusual.

His employment record was spotty.

[PHONE BEEPS]

TONY: That's my flight app.

Dad's plane's been delayed.

Huffner never lasted long on a job. Had not worked in over a year.

He was also estranged from the rest of his family.

Record?

- Any criminal record? - No.

Uh, well, I mean, there was a DUI back in 2009.

There's a storm in New York. It's always complicated with senior.

- Where's your dad going? - Going? Oh, I wish.

He's coming. Here.

He says he wants to spend Christmas with me.

You did not tell us your father would be coming to town.

I didn't think it was gonna happen

because something always comes up, doesn't it?

- Well, I think it sounds wonderful. TONY: Well, I don't.

We're not... Doesn't... It always ends up in an argument.

Still decorating?

- Christmas is only four days away. - No, no.

Christmas is three days, 14 hours, 27 minutes and three seconds away.

- Ha, ha. - What do you got?

The contents of the victim's pockets.

- Where's his clothes? - Still in the air dryer.

Trust me, you do not want to deal with them right now.

- I like the addition of the carollers. - Thank you.

- Huffner's phone is dead. - Just like him.

He's got two 20s, one 10 and two singles.

Men are so simple.

My wallet is bulging. You can't even close the snap.

And it would take hours to go through all the cards.

He has two.

Oh, there's another bill in here. Must be his emergency stash.

What is this?

It doesn't look like any $100 bill I've ever seen.

LINDER: It's authentic. TONY: You're kidding.

Old Ben Franklin looks like he's on steroids.

We call it the New Benjamin.

It was designed to replace all existing $100 bills.

- Where did NCIS get this? - Found it on a dead body.

Something's very wrong here.

This new currency hasn't been put into circulation yet.

None of it has ever left our control or been outside a Treasury building.

Over a decade of research and development

went into the New Benjamin's security features.

Let me show you.

The changes include color-shifting numbers and Liberty Bell,

a 3-D ribbon and raised printing.

It's counterfeit-proof.

When's it going to be put into circulation?

Initially the bills were gonna be released in February 2011.

But there were production problems and distribution was delayed.

So, what's the problem?

Well, because of all the new security features,

it proved to be a very difficult bill to produce.

Um, during the printing process, there were little creases in the notes.

- Little creases? - It's kind of a technical thing.

[PHONE RINGING]

Sorry.

Much to our embarrassment,

uh, bills with a face value of 110 billion dollars were printed.

We're not exactly sure how many of them were flawed,

but estimates go, uh, to, uh, 30 percent.

Wow. You'd get a big head slap in our building for that.

That's big numbers. So heads roll?

Well, we really don't get into finger-pointing here

at the BEP, Agent DiNozzo.

Where are the bills now?

In vaults, in Fort Worth, Texas and here in Washington.

[PHONE RINGING]

Sorry. L...

- It's senior. I'll make it quick. - Let me check the serial number.

TONY: Hi, Dad.

No, I'm in the middle of an investigation.

No! That does not work for me.

No. Take a cab.

This serial number is from an early batch that was shredded and disposed

- of a year and a half ago. - Obviously it wasn't.

Secret Service Special Agent Ashley Winter.

Heard NCIS was in the building. Would've appreciated a call.

- How much more is missing, Donald? - Um, I don't know.

I just heard about this but we're gonna get into it.

When we first found the flaw,

we shredded millions of dollars' worth of the New Benjamins.

It's what we routinely do with any worn or damaged U.S. Currency.

I'll keep this. It's property of the Treasury Department.

No, no, I don't think so, Ashley Winter.

It's evidence in an NCIS death investigation.

McGEE: Records show Noel Huffner never gained access

to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing building.

And we have not been able to connect him to anyone there.

So how did he get the bill?

Hey, guys, look who I found down in the lobby.

- Dad. What are you doing here? - Ziva, show me some love.

Oh.

Dad, I thought you were taking a cab from the airport to the hotel.

No hotel. I came to spend Christmas with you.

Gibbs.

- Good to see you, A.D. - Nice to see you.

- Happy holidays, Mr. DiNozzo. - Same to you, Tim.

I just... I don't understand. Where are you staying?

- At your place. - No.

No, no, no, because it's not big enough.

Come on, junior, you've got room. Doesn't he?

Um, I...

I would not know. I've never been invited.

Is that true? What's the matter with you?

You're gonna be spending the holidays together.

- That's so sweet. - No.

Yes. Of course. But not in... Because...

Here's the thing. It's a one-bedroom. It's so small, it's like a Habitrail.

But I'm gonna call the Adams House. I'm gonna get you a sweet suite.

- My treat. - No, no, junior. I wouldn't hear of it.

I'll sleep on the couch if I have to. You do have a couch?

WOMAN [OVER PHONE]: Adams House.

Come on, Tony.

WOMAN: Hello?

- Hello? TONY: Okay.

That'd be great.

So you'll be joining us Christmas Eve.

Tony started this tradition where we all watch It's a Wonderful Life together.

Listen, Abby, if you're gonna be there, I wouldn't miss it.

- Junior. - Dad.

JIMMY: I don't get it. Autopsy's done.

Usually Agent Gibbs has been down here by now.

[ELEVATOR DINGS]

Me thinks you have just spoken of the devil, Mr. Palmer.

- What do we know? - Cause of death was a broken neck.

Shattered the C6 and C5 vertebrae. Almost severed the spinal cord.

He didn't die in that chair, Jethro. It was definitely a homicide.

Anything else?

Although it didn't kill him, Mr. Huffner had cirrhosis of the liver.

He was likely a heavy drinker.

All right, here we are.

Junior, not what I expected.

TONY: That my little... There you go.

Here's some treats. That's my good girl.

You're getting fat.

My goldfish. Her name's Kate.

- How long have you lived here? - Almost 12 years.

- You want to wash up before we eat? - Sure.

Should we cook something here or go out?

I don't really keep a lot of food in the house, Dad.

- We'll go out. - All right, Dad,

you're gonna stay in my room and I'll hit the couch.

- That's your bed? - Yeah.

Not much room for play.

Well, when I come home, Dad, I sleep. Alone.

You're serious?

Dad, this is my sanctuary, okay?

If I'm gonna see a lady, I will stay at her place.

That way I can leave when I want and nobody overstays their welcome.

What?

You're missing so many things.

Intimacy. Commitment.

You know, I'll see if we can get a reservation at the Rooftop Grill.

I hope it's not my fault.

Hey, this is Anthony DiNozzo.

Can I get a table for two up on the rooftop?

- Abby, what are you doing? - Lifting prints.

This ornament has been in my family since the 1890s.

It was my great-great-grandmother's.

So I'm trying to identify as many relatives that have handled it as I can.

I already found my Great Uncle Gooper and Aunt Trixie.

- Heh. - Ask her how she got a match.

I used to fingerprint all my relatives at our reunions.

I started when I was 11 years old.

You got anything on Huffner's computer or his cell?

Uh, not really but...

We have something much, much better.

Besides Noel Huffner's fingerprint,

I also found someone else's on this C-note

and reliable old AFIS got us a match.

Gonna give me a name?

Second print belonged to a Justin Cannady.

And it gets better, boss.

Not only did he work at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing,

he was fired from there last year.

Huffner was working with an inside man.

[TONY GROANING]

- Tony, you all right? - No.

I slept on the couch last night. I got a kink in my neck.

Kinks in my back. Killing me. What'd you find out?

Justin Cannady was not at his apartment.

Secret Service had the place locked down and would not let us in.

We should've searched the place ourselves before we told Agent Winter.

She issued a BOLO

but couldn't stop us from questioning Cannady's neighbors.

No one had seen him in weeks.

You able to connect Cannady to our dead Navy husband?

Not yet.

So you've just been lying down on the job while we were gone.

Timmy, remote.

Check out his credit score.

It's lower than McGee's self-esteem in high school.

Cannady's broke. Unemployment insurance ran out last month.

The car was repo'd. He's two months behind on his rent.

- Gibbs. - Oh, God.

TONY: Where did that Susan B. Anthony dollar go?

She likes to roll.

Agent Winter, what are you doing here?

I was summoned to brief you.

Cannady worked at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing until last June.

- Why did he get fired? - Poor performance.

Tardiness and being drunk on the job.

Cannady lost two fingers in an accident.

Ouch.

He operated a shredding machine.

Assistant Director Linder had to let him go.

Linder? Isn't that the squirrelly guy we talked to?

Co-workers heard from Cannady since?

No.

- Is there money missing? - No way of telling.

You think Cannady killed your Navy husband?

Your agents turn up anything at Cannady's apartment?

No. They tore that place apart.

I'd like to do the same to Huffner's house.

[CHUCKLES]

No, that's not gonna happen, Agent Winter.

That's on a Navy base. You handled Cannady's apartment.

Now, Special Agents DiNozzo and McGee were just leaving.

It's always a pleasure.

I went to use my credit cards at the Navy Exchange this morning

and they were both declined.

Because my slug of a husband drew $5000 against each of the cards.

He forged my signature.

What was he up to?

That's what we're trying to find out.

Well, do you at least know how he died?

Yeah, he was murdered.

ZIVA: We suspect he was involved in criminal activity

with a man named Justin Cannady.

- Do you know him? - Never seen him.

You aware that your husband had a liver condition?

No. But I'm not surprised. He drank too much.

And I always knew where to find him.

- Where was that? - Gillespie's Saloon on Prescott Street.

So do you know when I'm gonna be able to get into my house again?

There are things that I have to do.

We'll let you know when we're finished.

McGEE: Did you find anything downstairs?

Done in the bedroom.

Yeah, well, you always have to suspect the wife.

- She was halfway around the world. - She could've hired someone.

Listen, I need you to crack my back.

- Heh. Go to a chiropractor. - I don't have time. I need it now.

All right, if I do it this once, will you stop complaining?

No complaining.

You're a buddy. That's good.

That's good. Okay, let me just relax.

Now just give me a little bounce.

[BONES CRACK AND TONY GRUNTS]

One more. Ugh. More.

[TONY GRUNTS THEN PHONE RINGING]

Whose is that?

It's mine. Just put me down real slow. Real slow.

Thank you. I'm a little light-headed.

TONY [OVER PHONE]: Hey, Dad.

Where do you keep your roasting pan?

Dad, I don't have a roasting pan. I don't cook. What're you doing?

I'm getting ready for a traditional DiNozzo Christmas dinner.

- Takes days of prep. - Traditional dinner?

Listen, Dad, can you hold off please. Because l... We'll talk about it tonight.

[OVER PHONE] Okay?

You should appreciate your father. I never had family traditions.

Well, we haven't had them for years.

Traditions kind of died with my grandfather.

Senior was kind of an absentee parent, you know.

Long standing customs kind of disappeared.

Along with a certain family signet ring.

It was always passed on to the next generation on the Christmas

of the son's 21st birthday.

I never got it.

Senior claimed it was stolen.

"I was mugged, junior."

But I think he pawned it during the bad times.

Hey, come over here and help me with this, will you?

Sure. Unh. Thank you for that, by the way.

- Much better. - Yeah.

All right, we're gonna lift this right here. All right, ready?

One, two, three.

[BOTH GRUNT]

Look at that.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

ZIVA: They don't open till 4. - Think he's setting up?

Let's check around back.

Hello. NCIS Special Agents Gibbs and David.

- You got a minute? - NCIS? What's this about?

Like to talk to you about Noel Huffner.

Okay. Um, I gotta open in a half an hour. You mind if we talk inside?

No. I recognize the grill. It's a '53, right?

It was my old man's, the original Gillespie. He bought it new.

ZIVA: Huffner's wife said he's a regular here.

Yeah. And I've talked to her a couple of times.

She calls here when he won't answer his cell.

- Problems in the marriage? GILLESPIE: Ha, ha.

I think I'm gonna invoke bartender-patron confidentiality.

I don't wanna get a regular in trouble.

You're not gonna get Huffner in trouble. He's dead.

Oh.

I guess that's why I haven't seen him in a while.

He's a young guy. What happened?

- Do you know him? GILLESPIE: Yeah, Justin.

I don't think I ever heard his last name before.

- Justin and Huffner know each other? GILLESPIE: Yeah.

The two sit there at the end of the bar just about every night,

like Cliff and Norm.

[GILLESPIE CHUCKLES]

I haven't seen Justin in a while either.

Well, if Justin comes in, would you give us a call?

Yeah, sure.

Hey, um, you never told me how Noel died.

He was murdered.

What are you doing?

What does it look like? Decorating the Christmas tree.

Beautiful, isn't it? Big, full, great.

You moved my piano.

Well, I had to put the tree in the window.

Oh. What happened in here?

Is this how you're gonna react to all the hard work I did today?

I baked your favorite Christmas cookies.

Snickerdoodles. Used your mother's recipe.

I knew your staying here was a mistake.

Look, this is my apartment, okay? This is my space.

Junior, chill. Chill. Get the Christmas spirit.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

JENNIFER: Tony. - I'll get it.

No, no, no.

Look, we can't let her know that we're here.

JENNIFER: I know you're home. I saw your car around the corner.

- Ignore her. - Who is she?

She's the bloodhound from across the hall.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

TONY SR: Ooh-ooh. Ooh-ooh. Ooh-ooh-ooh.

- Have you closed the deal on that? - Dad. Shh.

All right, listen, something's come up at work. I gotta go.

- Well, when will you be home? - I don't know.

McGEE: Hikers found the body just before sunset. There was no ID.

Duck, why'd the LEOs think it was Cannady?

He's missing the appropriate two digits.

How long has he been dead?

Oh, I'd venture the same amount of time as Mr. Huffner.

Oh, great, got my maggots.

[JIMMY CHUCKLES]

Yes, this is shaping up to be one disgusting week.

[CAR APPROACHING]

Oh, hell. Get the body into the van.

Don't need Agent Winter snooping around.

DUCKY: Let's go. Chop-chop. JIMMY: One, two, three.

TONY: Boss is heading her off.

- Hey, Winter. - Agent Gibbs.

- What do we got? - I don't know.

May or may not be Cannady.

Oh. Huh.

Whoa, whoa. I don't think you're gonna make it that way in heels.

Come on. I'll show you a better way. Look, it's right there.

WINTER: I think that way's better. TONY: And, she's clueless.

Agent Winter has no idea what she's up against.

I shouldn't have done that.

With Cannady dead, we're looking for another killer.

McGEE: Noel Huffner had $400,000

of the new uncirculated $100 bills at his house.

Now, all of the serial numbers came from a batch

that was supposedly shredded on May 2nd, 2011.

And Justin Cannady was working

at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing as a shredder.

- Safe to say he was involved. - Right. So the questions are

how much more might have been stolen

and how did they get it out of such a heavily-secured building?

- That, uh, snickerdoodle? - Yes.

- Where'd you get them? - Senior. He bakes.

Who knew? Would you like one? Ziva?

No. So you think the $10,000

that Huffner borrowed from the credit cards has anything to do with this?

What if Huffner bought some of the New Benjamins

at a discount from his bar buddy, Cannady?

You know, like $10,000 for 400,000?

Think about it. Cannady couldn't spend any of the new currency

until it was put into circulation.

Well, he was in debt and needed money.

Maybe he got antsy

and decided to sell some of the uncirculated cash to Huffner.

Well, that may all be true but why are they both dead?

- What am I looking at? - Fibers, magnified a thousand times.

These eensy-weensy little buggers were statically attracted

to the shrink wrap on the currency hidden in Huffner's house.

What are the fibers?

Particles of shredded New Benjies.

The money was heavily guarded in a vault

until some of it was shredded for disposal. Watch this.

[ABBY SPEAKS IN FRENCH]

The New Benjies left the building in the trash.

Yeah, I know it's our first Christmas as a married couple

and I want it to be special but... Breena, I gotta go.

Special Agent Winter, isn't it?

Is that the body I didn't get to see last night?

Does Special Agent Gibbs know that you're down here?

Have you made a positive identification yet?

Well, you must understand how difficult it is to lift a fingerprint

from a body that has been exposed to the elements for so long a time.

First, uh, you must carefully remove the dermis.

Then using your own gloved hands,

you spread the dermis over a corresponding finger,

roll it in the ink and then on paper.

And have you been able to...

I first used the process when I was in India.

Yes, in the city of Allahabad.

Dr. Mallard, cut the crap.

Tell me what you know. If I find out you're impeding

- a Secret Service investigation... GIBBS: This is a NCIS investigation,

and Dr. Mallard is doing exactly what he needs to be doing.

I thought we were gonna work with each other, Gibbs.

We are. Tell her what you know, Duck.

We have a positive identification. This is Justin Cannady.

His cause of death, cervical fracture,

identical to Mr. Huffner's, I might add.

- Anything else? - Yeah. Just got a lead.

We need to talk to Assistant Director Linder.

Hmm. You're not doing it without me.

Wouldn't think of it.

[CHUCKLES]

It's very unlikely that any of the currency was removed from the vaults.

I've got $400,000 of your new bills at NCIS that says you're wrong.

I don't know, okay?

All bills that are removed from the vaults are shredded,

compacted into bales and disposed of.

- Where? - That was a year and a half ago.

We have contracts with several different landfills.

Okay, well, we'll narrow it down for you, Donald.

Which one was used on May 2nd of last year?

Be assured we're gonna be shaking up things in this department.

Try the Adams County Landfill in Virginia.

- Thanks, Chris. Hi, Santa. - Hi, sweetheart.

Tony's out in the field. Did he know you were coming?

- No. I'm, uh, here to deliver presents. - Ah.

And this is for you, my dear.

Thank you.

Even though I do not celebrate Christmas, I love the holiday season.

And I am very glad you and Tony are going to be together.

I'm not so sure that, uh, Tony feels that way.

Things not going well?

I think I'm trying to make up for too many missed Christmases, all at once.

Well, maybe you're trying too hard.

Well, junior's the only family I have left.

After his mother died, it just hasn't been the same.

He showed me a picture of her.

She was really beautiful.

Mm. Inside and out.

She was the love of my life, Ziva.

I've never been able to fill up that void.

But God knows I've gotten into a lot of trouble trying.

[ZIVA CHUCKLES]

- Timmy? - Stewie?

- Hey, man. How are you? - Hey, man.

Good to see you.

- You guys know each other? - We went to school together.

- MIT. - MIT?

And now you work here?

Last I heard, you were teaching computational evolutionary biology.

Was. Burned out, man. But I found my calling. Trash.

Crazy, huh?

You know, you can learn more about mankind

by what it throws away than you can in any classroom.

- What're you doing, Timmy? - I'm a federal agent. NCIS.

Shut up. No way.

Whoa. You're packing a gun.

This was one crazy dude in college. Really knew how to have a good time.

Shut up. No way.

Did he tell you he was the school mascot?

No. What was the MIT mascot?

- Really doesn't matter. - Oh, yes, it does.

- Stewie? - A beaver.

He was Tim the Beaver our senior year.

Please tell me you dressed up like a beaver.

- Of course, he did. - Yes.

Little teeth just... Remember the?

[SQUEAKING]

Yeah.

Stewart, we're trying to track down a batch of shredded currency that

came from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing on May 2nd, 2011.

Let's see, May 2, 2-0-1-1.

Uh, that'd be in G-Sector, and by now about 30 feet under.

Uh, we had a break-in that night.

Police came to investigate. Shared a laugh.

What would anyone steal from a dump?

I think we may have the answer.

Yeah, I know you're a smart guy, Stewie,

but how do you remember the exact date of the break-in?

Everybody remembers where they were that day.

Don't you? It was the night the Navy SEAL team took out bin Laden.

- Dad? TONY SR: Junior?

Wow.

This looks fantastic.

What do you think, Kate?

I didn't even know it could look like this.

Candles and everything.

You know, you were right. This was a good idea.

Thank you. Hey, listen

- if you want to grab some dinner... TONY SR: Uh, I'll be right with you.

[CHUCKLES]

Didn't expect you back so soon.

Obviously.

Didn't mean for you to see that.

Oh-ho-ho.

It's forever etched into my retinas.

- Hi, Tony. - Hi.

Call me later.

[CHUCKLES]

- I'll have to burn the bed now. - Oh, come on, junior.

- Don't make a big deal out of this. - Well, you nearly pulled it off.

Yeah, it was almost like old times.

Have to go just a little too far.

What can I say? I'm me.

- I'm not gonna change. - I know.

I know you're not gonna change.

And I don't know why I was smiling

because there's nothing funny about this.

Dad, this is my home. I told you, my rules, okay?

And you broke them.

It was a mistake having you here for Christmas.

You want me to leave.

Aren't you gonna open your cookies?

I thought you were not supposed to open presents

- until Christmas morning. - Well, snickerdoodles don't count.

[CHUCKLES]

I am worried about Tony and his father.

- Did he say what happened? - No.

Just that it was complicated.

GIBBS: Where's DiNozzo? ZIVA: He's on his way.

- What'd you find out at the landfill? - They had a break-in.

- Security cameras? McGEE: No.

Not much there worth protecting. Boss, do you remember that night?

May 2nd, 2011?

- No. McGEE: Bet you do.

It's the night Navy SEALs killed bin Laden.

So we raid Abbottabad and we kill the most wanted man in the world.

You gotta think Homeland put the D.C. Area on high alert

- and increased surveillance. ZIVA: Yeah.

They have to be concerned about retaliation.

I should get some credit. I fired Justin last June.

The damage was done by then, Linder.

And as Assistant Director of Operations

you're going to be held responsible.

[PHONE RINGS]

- Winter. - Hey, it's Gibbs.

[OVER PHONE] Secret Service is under Homeland now.

Let me guess, Agent Gibbs. You need something.

We need to access archival satellite surveillance of the D.C. Area.

What's going on?

I'll make some calls.

- I can give you a ride to the airport. - Ah, no, no.

You're already late for work.

Sorry things didn't work out.

Me too.

Bye, junior.

GIBBS: Can you enhance it? - It's nighttime, Gibbs.

We can try.

Going in tighter and enhancing.

Sorry I'm late, boss.

- It's your dad? - Yeah.

Well, we hit a little bump in the road.

Oh, no. But he can't miss the Christmas Eve party.

I'm sorry, Abs.

- Where is he? - He is on his way to the airport.

He's going back to New York.

McGEE: It's a little better.

Well, it looks like a pickup truck but because of the lack of light and angle,

- I can't get a read on the license plate. - I don't need it.

[DOOR OPENS]

Hey, NCIS. Merry Christmas.

- You're closing early today, Gillespie. - I am?

We have a warrant to search the premises and your residence.

What are you looking for?

Uncirculated, $100 treasury notes.

TONY: Merry Christmas, gentlemen. Drinks are on the house.

GILLESPIE: Wait. What are you doing?

GIBBS: This photo was taken at a Virginia landfill

the night the money went missing.

Looks a lot like your truck.

WINTER: Just your luck big brother was watching.

The two figures you and Justin Cannady?

Or did Cannady do it alone because he was broke and tired of waiting?

He sell some of his share to Huffner without telling you?

Is that why you killed them?

You were worried that they were gonna blow it for you?

No, uh... Hey.

- Retired Marine? GILLESPIE: Yeah, so?

You had access to the base at Pax River.

We'll get the video and we'll place you there.

Once we find the money, it will all fall into place.

Look, we can do this the easy way or the hard way

but we're not leaving here without the money.

Oh.

Is she getting warmer, Gillespie?

Oh, that got your attention.

There's a safe in my office closet.

Stealing the money your idea?

It sure as hell wasn't that drunk Justin Cannady's idea.

Yeah, but you needed him to pull it off.

Ziva, there's a safe in the closet.

WINTER: Come on.

We can wrap this up and still have time for the screening at MTAC.

I'm not really in the mood.

Come on, Tony, it'll cheer you up.

Yeah, I left the DVD in my apartment anyway.

So go get it.

[SIGHS]

Not only were we able to recover several million dollars of stolen,

uncirculated currency,

but two murders were solved in the process.

- Are there any questions? - Yeah, I got one.

You get any help from NCIS?

ZIVA: Can you believe it? She didn't mention us.

Ah, it's Christmas, Ziva.

- Let it go. Our gift to her. ZIVA: Heh.

Yes, the mulled cider is good this year but it's not quite the same.

I tried to remember how Tony made it.

Maybe I left something out.

Probably the seven pods of cardamom.

- Don't even know what that is, Tony. - Neither do I, to tell you the truth.

Sorry I'm late. I got distracted.

Even when he's not around, senior can have an effect on me.

Look what I found under the tree.

- Oh. The family ring. - Mm-hm.

It's beautiful.

That's why he was here.

He wanted to make amends.

And I blew it.

[DOOR BUZZES]

That's Abby.

- May I see it? - Yeah, it's got a diamond.

Yeah, the origin of signet rings dates back to ancient Mesopotamia.

Royalty used them to authenticate and seal documents.

Hope you didn't start the movie yet.

Got something for you, DiNozzo.

Thanks, Gibbs.

Merry Christmas, everyone.

Hey, Dad.

Thanks.

Merry Christmas.

Love you.

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