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NARRATOR:
Previously on NCIS:
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[BOTH GRUNTING]
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[BODNAR SCREAMS]
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How long do we have to wait for
the inquiry into llan Bodnar's death?
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Richard Parsons.
I'm the independent counsel.
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Adam Eshel.
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- Did you sleep with him?
- Go to hell!
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Interview's over.
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- You told him to go to hell.
- I went to Israel to bury my father.
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It was a moment of weakness.
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Boss, we had it wrong.
Parsons isn't after Ziva or Vance.
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Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs,
you have manipulated evidence
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and you've obstructed justice.
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Do you take full responsibility
for the actions of your team?
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What do you think?
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MAN:
Nothing out here worth catching.
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Too much sun.
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You know, the clouds bring
the tricky ones to the surface.
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They're smart that way.
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Sure you're talking about fish?
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[BOTH CHUCKLE]
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Talking about all sorts
of bottom-feeders.
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Yeah, well, never been much
for catch-and-release.
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You and me both.
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But there's some folks
don't understand that.
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Some of the big ones would rather
die fighting than get caught.
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Oh, there's something.
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Got a lot of fight left in this one.
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Give me a hand, will you?
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Jeez, think you got him there, Mike?
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[BOTH CHUCKLE]
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Mike?
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Mike?
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[DOOR CLOSES]
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Something on your mind, Gibbs?
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- Fishing.
- Ahem.
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Sounds like fun.
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I'm more of a woodworking
guy myself.
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Like to build things with my hands.
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I knew that would get your attention.
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[GRUNTS]
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It's been almost a week, coming
in here, keeping your mouth shut.
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It's nice to hear you finally
say something.
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I got one question.
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All of this.
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Why now?
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Because enough is enough.
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You've been pushing
legal boundaries
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and sweeping things
under rugs for 20 years.
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My division of the DoD
is like Internal Affairs.
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You think we didn't notice?
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Your actions
have been inappropriate.
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And your actions
are my responsibility now.
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The deaths of Eli David
and Jackie Vance,
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they opened doors to an investigation,
and I'm happy that it did.
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You're happy, huh?
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I believe in upholding the law, Gibbs.
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And I am tired
of watching you break it.
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No reason to make this harder
than it has to be.
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Step up, take responsibility.
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I'll leave your people alone.
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All I want is the truth.
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You weren't there.
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Yes, sir. Yes.
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Any news, you'll be the first to know.
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SECNAV hitting dead ends?
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He just spoke to the IG.
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They're giving Parsons
carte blanche.
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Little creep.
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Like the bastard grandson
of J. Edgar Hoover.
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Must have files on everybody.
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Does he have something on you?
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I won't dignify that with an answer.
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People are afraid of him, Tom.
I'd like to know why.
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The most dangerous person
in Washington
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is the one who knows
who you really are.
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Well, I'm a widower
who needed closure.
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You were playing with fire, Leon.
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God knows I told you and your team
to stay away from Bodnar.
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Well, my wife
was telling me different.
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Look, Tom, if this is a witch hunt,
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if Parson's goal
is to hurt this agency,
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then why am I not the one
that's taking the hit?
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You said it yourself. You're a victim.
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Parsons recognizes
the political fallout
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of going after a man
who's lost everything
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because of his agents'
poor judgment.
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So he's gunning
for the next best thing.
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To an investigator like Parsons,
Gibbs is a hell of a trophy.
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Yeah, you talk a good game, Parsons,
but you got nothing.
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How far back do you wanna go?
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Director Shepard
or all the way to NIS?
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- What do you call that?
- I call that desperation.
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Yours or mine?
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You know what? Don't answer that.
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Wait until your lawyer's present.
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- I don't have one.
- Sure you do.
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They just texted me
that he's on his way up.
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Sorry I'm late, gentlemen.
Gibbs, you can stop talking now.
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I never started.
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A.J. Chegwidden.
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As in the Judge Advocate General?
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That was a long time ago.
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Uniform barely fits these days.
I'm private sector now.
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You have any tea? I'd like some tea.
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You'll be defending
Special Agent Gibbs?
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Well, if he'll have me.
Our paths crossed back in the day.
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- A little catching up to do.
- I didn't call you, admiral.
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No, Director Vance did.
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Pulling out the big guns, I see.
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Well, let the games begin.
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A man's career is in the balance
and you think it's a game?
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For what it's worth,
I don't like losing, never have.
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Where's my cup of tea, son?
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Nice to see you again, Gunny.
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Guys, in case you're interested,
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Agent McGee files all his naked
anime pictures under "N."
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Who are they?
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DCIS.
Records are being subpoenaed.
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What could these old files
possibly have to do with anything?
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That was Gibbs. He's ordering us
to lay low and back off.
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Well, I think he's making a mistake.
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Doesn't mean we have to listen.
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Start digging, McDirty Laundry.
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Get a look at Parsons' personal life,
career, friends, enemies, frenemies.
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Everybody's got something to hide.
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I hate unnecessary game violence
as much as the next girl,
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but sometimes there's no alternative.
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[LAUGHING]
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Eat my lead, Richard.
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[BEEPING]
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Well done, Ms. Sciuto.
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That is some extraordinarily
impressive gunplay.
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Regular Abby Oakley.
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Do you wanna take a shot?
It's totally gratifying.
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No, I think we'll pass,
under the circumstances.
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You are certainly in better spirits
than I expected.
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Oh, no, I am in horrible spirits.
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Just creating a game where
I can take out this dancing vile loser
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is my way of channeling
my Parsonian venom.
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He's trying to take down my Gibbs.
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He's a little piece of filthy,
disgusting...
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Many years ago,
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I completed my U.S. Medical examiner
training in an office in Foggy Bottom
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in a dreadful lab in a complex more
commonly referred to as Watergate.
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If the proverbial walls
have ears, Abby,
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we'd all be better served
if you keep your animosity visual.
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Do you think the DoD is listening?
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Remember when Tony
bugged Parsons?
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We appear to be pawns
in a game of tit-for-tat.
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I just discovered this device
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clinging to the underside
of one of my desk drawers.
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So we must proceed with caution.
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- The word is mum.
- Yeah, mum.
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[BEEPING]
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[LAUGHING]
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PARSONS: Judge Maddox,
I spent the past week
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trying to get Special Agent Gibbs
to cooperate.
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He was unwilling,
so I scheduled a pre-arraignment.
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And now I've rescheduled it.
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The defendant just got himself
an attorney.
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He deserves the chance
to solidify his position.
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One day, Your Honor.
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By law, he gets one day after charges
have been filed to collect his thoughts.
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But you still haven't filed
one single formal charge.
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Because I gave him
ample opportunities
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to admit that he and his co-workers
have broken the law.
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CHEGWIDDEN:
You want a confession.
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I want the truth.
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Truth is this man has dedicated
his life to putting his life on the line.
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That's hard to criticize.
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You zig when you should have zagged,
Agent Gibbs?
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No, ma'am.
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Maybe you're barking
up the wrong tree, Richard.
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I've gotta pick up
my grandson's birthday cake.
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A.J., I don't know if your client thinks
that he can beat the house or not.
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But I should remind you that
I'm a pretty good poker player myself.
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Based on what I've read so far,
we're gonna sit down in 48 hours
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and probably arrest
Special Agent Gibbs.
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That's how long you have
to put your hand together.
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I suggest you make it
a damn good one.
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Forty-eight hours, Your Honor.
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We'll be there.
And happy birthday to your grandson.
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[ELEVATOR POWERS DOWN]
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- Cozy.
- We are in here because
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Dr. Mallard found a wiretap.
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Question is, is it IG sanctioned?
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You guys, I just found this one in
the towel dispenser in the ladies' room.
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Because the men's room
was being cleaned.
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I don't normally
go in the ladies' room.
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- Um... It smells nicer.
- How do we know
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- there's not a bug in the elevator?
- Don't worry about it, Tim.
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I've been up top Hannibal Lecter style.
She's clean.
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Well, then allow me to speak freely.
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I wish it didn't take a crisis for us
to have this time like all close together
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and so I'm gonna vote
for bi-weekly elevator meetings.
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LEON: All right, matter at hand,
Ms. Sciuto,
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I can assure you that everything
Parsons is doing is legitimate.
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But our main course of action now
is to stop the bleeding.
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Does anybody know anything else
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that could increase the threat to
Agent Gibbs during this investigation?
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Files? Photographs? Documents?
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Yes?
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What about all the stuff
at Gibbs' house?
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Are you sure there was nothing here
worth taking?
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[MUSIC PLAYS & HORSE NEIGHS
OVER TV]
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Still works.
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[DOOR UNLOCKS]
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Gibbs. Are you okay?
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Well, boss,
this place has been pulverized.
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You think?
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- Who is he?
- Vance sent me a lawyer.
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- What about Rule 13?
- Never heard of it.
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Wait a second, I know you.
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Used to hang around
the Navy Yard some.
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Oh, it'll come to me.
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We need to find you
a safe place to stay.
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A hotel,
someplace we can talk openly.
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Oh, I know a place.
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- You built this, boss?
GIBBS: Yeah. Well, most of it.
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TONY:
You little Doomsday Prepper.
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- Ooh. Very Abe Lincoln.
ZIVA: Or very Gibbs.
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- Has that road always been here?
- There was no road until I cleared it.
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No plumbing, no electricity,
no address.
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Well, I think it's lovely.
In a rustic sort of unfinished way.
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Full of splinters.
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The cell phones
have been off since we left.
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GPS too. Nothing traceable.
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I'm not hiding, DiNozzo.
Nothing to hide from.
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Then why play Jeremiah Johnson?
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Because we have
things to talk about
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and the less Parsons
is privy to the better.
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That's possum scat.
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- Ooh. Are you enjoying nature, Tony?
- Yes.
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I just don't like nature
when it's all over my shoes.
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Well, possums were here first.
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[HELICOPTER WHIRRING]
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CHEGWIDDEN:
Okay, everybody inside. Let's go.
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Thermals will show
the cars are still hot.
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Helo could be unrelated.
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CHEGWIDDEN:
I'm not taking the chance.
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I am not a fugitive.
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Not yet.
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TONY: Uhn. I don't know
about this menu, boss.
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I'm not sure Ziva's ready
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for the full-on Mel Brooks
Blazing Saddles experience.
247
00:14:18,057 --> 00:14:20,548
I don't know how you can think
of eating at a time like this.
248
00:14:20,726 --> 00:14:22,557
CHEGWIDDEN:
This is what I have on Parsons.
249
00:14:22,728 --> 00:14:25,526
After his dad bought him
an lvy League law degree,
250
00:14:25,698 --> 00:14:28,690
he clerked for a couple of
bigwigs at the Justice Department.
251
00:14:28,868 --> 00:14:31,598
Then he spent a few years
at a Philadelphia law firm
252
00:14:31,770 --> 00:14:33,169
before relocating to D.C.
253
00:14:33,339 --> 00:14:36,604
Where he worked his way up the
independent counsel ladder of DoD?
254
00:14:36,775 --> 00:14:38,709
CHEGWIDDEN: Well, more like
he weaseled his way up.
255
00:14:38,878 --> 00:14:42,279
Word on the street is
he kissed the appropriate rings.
256
00:14:42,448 --> 00:14:45,008
And now he's out to make his mark
by taking NCIS down.
257
00:14:45,184 --> 00:14:48,244
Now, look, this is not all
just smoke and mirrors here.
258
00:14:48,420 --> 00:14:52,447
He genuinely believes there's legal
boundaries that can't be crossed.
259
00:14:52,658 --> 00:14:53,920
But we have done nothing wrong.
260
00:14:54,093 --> 00:14:55,287
CHEGWIDDEN:
That's your word against his.
261
00:14:55,461 --> 00:14:57,224
He's convinced
he's doing the right thing.
262
00:14:59,265 --> 00:15:02,462
- Our actions were justified.
- Save it for the jury.
263
00:15:04,169 --> 00:15:05,431
ZIVA:
Quiet.
264
00:15:05,604 --> 00:15:07,071
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
265
00:15:15,814 --> 00:15:17,441
Wow, this place was hard to find.
266
00:15:17,616 --> 00:15:20,414
Good. Come on, McGee.
Join the party.
267
00:15:21,553 --> 00:15:22,713
Pull up a stump.
268
00:15:22,888 --> 00:15:26,415
Oh, can't, boss. We're late.
We got a dead Navy SEAL in Virginia.
269
00:15:27,092 --> 00:15:29,390
I'm not going. Not now.
270
00:15:30,496 --> 00:15:31,986
Tell that to the victim's family.
271
00:15:33,732 --> 00:15:37,463
Ziva, go on, go. Do the work.
272
00:15:48,747 --> 00:15:50,806
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
273
00:15:52,718 --> 00:15:53,980
[SIREN WAILS]
274
00:15:54,153 --> 00:15:57,122
- Hey, Tim, where's the victim?
- Right here.
275
00:15:57,289 --> 00:16:00,690
Overnight delivery left him
on the front porch.
276
00:16:00,859 --> 00:16:04,022
- Little guy?
- Not exactly.
277
00:16:04,930 --> 00:16:07,694
Wife's a flight attendant.
Emily McBride.
278
00:16:07,866 --> 00:16:09,663
She just got back from
a three-day trip.
279
00:16:09,835 --> 00:16:11,769
Found this waiting for her
on her front step.
280
00:16:11,937 --> 00:16:14,303
Label says it was shipped from
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
281
00:16:15,174 --> 00:16:17,267
- Can you help me with the trunk?
- Uh-huh.
282
00:16:25,317 --> 00:16:27,808
Kevin Spacey.
283
00:16:27,987 --> 00:16:30,455
- You know him?
- No, Kevin Spacey.
284
00:16:30,622 --> 00:16:34,183
He did the same thing to Gwyneth
Paltrow at the end of the movie Se7 en.
285
00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:36,453
Meet Navy SEAL
Lieutenant Chad McBride.
286
00:16:36,628 --> 00:16:39,256
I better call Ducky.
287
00:16:41,166 --> 00:16:42,793
EMILY:
I'd learned over the years
288
00:16:44,003 --> 00:16:47,200
not to worry when Chad
had a mission.
289
00:16:48,807 --> 00:16:51,674
Or at least to try not to.
290
00:16:52,311 --> 00:16:54,245
Where was your husband going?
291
00:16:54,413 --> 00:16:56,176
EMILY:
He couldn't say.
292
00:16:56,782 --> 00:16:59,012
I'm not sure even he knew.
293
00:16:59,485 --> 00:17:01,510
So you hadn't spoken recently?
294
00:17:02,488 --> 00:17:04,718
Not since he left.
295
00:17:05,691 --> 00:17:07,682
Almost two weeks ago.
296
00:17:07,893 --> 00:17:09,053
[SOBS]
297
00:17:09,228 --> 00:17:11,526
Chad was a terrific husband.
298
00:17:12,698 --> 00:17:15,223
A dedicated officer.
299
00:17:15,401 --> 00:17:20,395
I can't imagine
what he went through.
300
00:17:21,440 --> 00:17:24,375
Why would someone do this?
301
00:17:26,712 --> 00:17:29,442
- Ducky and Palmer?
- I already gave them a heads-up.
302
00:17:31,717 --> 00:17:33,708
Oh, God.
303
00:17:33,886 --> 00:17:35,353
PALMER:
Well, on the plus side,
304
00:17:35,521 --> 00:17:39,013
a head makes for a much shorter
protocol list than a whole body.
305
00:17:39,191 --> 00:17:42,683
Which is, I'm sure, a tremendous
comfort to the lieutenant.
306
00:17:42,861 --> 00:17:45,921
Oh, I'm sorry.
I meant no disrespect.
307
00:17:46,098 --> 00:17:48,589
Allow me to forgive you
on his behalf, Mr. Palmer.
308
00:17:48,767 --> 00:17:52,134
You were merely trying to make
lemonade with lemons.
309
00:17:52,337 --> 00:17:53,634
The protocol may be shorter,
310
00:17:53,839 --> 00:17:58,299
but the human head
still offers an abundance of clues.
311
00:17:58,477 --> 00:18:00,945
Eyelash, ear and nasal hairs.
312
00:18:01,113 --> 00:18:03,980
They do a remarkable job
of collecting data.
313
00:18:04,149 --> 00:18:08,210
And that, I suspect,
will give us a great deal of information
314
00:18:08,387 --> 00:18:11,379
on the lieutenant's whereabouts
at the time of his death.
315
00:18:11,557 --> 00:18:15,550
Yes, well, it is certainly
a unique and different autopsy.
316
00:18:15,727 --> 00:18:17,820
Well, variety is the spice of life,
Mr. Palmer.
317
00:18:17,996 --> 00:18:21,659
Shaking things up
keeps us alert and on our toes.
318
00:18:21,867 --> 00:18:24,131
You know,
speaking of shaking things up,
319
00:18:24,303 --> 00:18:28,603
Breena and I, we're having a baby.
320
00:18:30,175 --> 00:18:32,666
Ha-ha. My dear Jimmy.
321
00:18:32,878 --> 00:18:37,611
Oh, such news shouldn't be
delivered as an aside.
322
00:18:37,783 --> 00:18:39,751
How long have you known?
When is the baby due?
323
00:18:39,918 --> 00:18:43,854
Oh, wait, no, no, no, it's...
Breena's not "due" due.
324
00:18:44,022 --> 00:18:46,320
We're on a waiting list.
We decided to adopt.
325
00:18:46,492 --> 00:18:50,861
We figured there's so many unwanted
kids out there that we'd adopt first.
326
00:18:51,029 --> 00:18:53,190
Bravo, Mr. Palmer.
327
00:18:53,398 --> 00:18:58,335
Such a decision is admirable
and positively thrilling.
328
00:18:58,504 --> 00:19:01,667
Whoa, this guy's pinned an 11.
329
00:19:04,109 --> 00:19:07,442
Break out our protective gear,
Mr. Palmer, and suit up immediately.
330
00:19:07,613 --> 00:19:09,672
- I really should have done this earlier.
- Hurry.
331
00:19:12,985 --> 00:19:14,179
[ALARM BLARING]
332
00:19:14,353 --> 00:19:17,652
Forgive me for being so blunt,
lieutenant,
333
00:19:17,823 --> 00:19:20,519
but where the hell have you been?
334
00:19:26,932 --> 00:19:29,332
- You hear that?
- Do I hear what?
335
00:19:29,501 --> 00:19:31,492
Behind those trees.
336
00:19:32,804 --> 00:19:35,170
Are you gonna tell me
what we're looking for?
337
00:19:35,340 --> 00:19:38,673
I'm looking for a woman
with curves like a country road
338
00:19:38,844 --> 00:19:42,302
- and lips soft as velvet.
- Well, that's nice to know, Mike.
339
00:19:42,481 --> 00:19:44,847
We're looking for a strip club.
340
00:19:45,017 --> 00:19:47,986
See, you think too much.
341
00:19:48,153 --> 00:19:51,884
Your whole career,
you acted on instinct.
342
00:19:52,057 --> 00:19:54,082
Listened to your gut.
343
00:19:54,259 --> 00:19:58,992
Don't stop now.
Shoot first, ask questions later.
344
00:20:00,065 --> 00:20:01,828
Yeah, and if I make a mistake?
345
00:20:02,968 --> 00:20:05,960
Over the years, we do some things.
346
00:20:06,505 --> 00:20:09,099
Some good, some bad.
347
00:20:09,841 --> 00:20:14,335
Decisions that help one person
and hurt another.
348
00:20:18,283 --> 00:20:20,114
Damned if you do...
349
00:20:20,285 --> 00:20:24,551
In the end, we make sacrifices.
Live with them.
350
00:20:26,091 --> 00:20:30,858
Things happen sometimes
that are out of our control.
351
00:20:31,063 --> 00:20:32,223
[RUSTLING]
352
00:20:40,539 --> 00:20:41,904
[GUNSHOT]
353
00:20:52,751 --> 00:20:54,651
LEON:
She's dead.
354
00:20:56,054 --> 00:20:58,147
My wife is dead, Gibbs.
355
00:21:01,460 --> 00:21:02,484
[DOOR OPENS]
356
00:21:02,661 --> 00:21:03,889
CHEGWIDDEN:
Good morning.
357
00:21:05,330 --> 00:21:07,389
Got your coffee
from that diner you go to.
358
00:21:09,401 --> 00:21:11,335
Ready to talk whenever you are.
359
00:21:17,042 --> 00:21:18,339
[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]
360
00:21:21,613 --> 00:21:23,080
[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]
361
00:21:23,248 --> 00:21:24,738
[PARSONS GRUNTS]
362
00:21:29,321 --> 00:21:30,515
PARSONS:
Morning.
363
00:21:30,689 --> 00:21:32,122
[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]
364
00:21:36,795 --> 00:21:39,559
We're both just doing our jobs.
365
00:21:40,766 --> 00:21:45,203
The interesting thing here is your job
is to catch bad guys and so is mine.
366
00:21:46,605 --> 00:21:49,597
It's even harder to catch the ones
I'm after, though,
367
00:21:49,775 --> 00:21:52,005
because they're like you.
368
00:21:52,177 --> 00:21:56,341
They're good people,
but they've made bad decisions.
369
00:21:59,651 --> 00:22:01,312
I sympathize with you
losing your father.
370
00:22:01,486 --> 00:22:03,317
I can't imagine
what that must have been like.
371
00:22:06,024 --> 00:22:10,393
I know that Agent Gibbs
is very important to you also.
372
00:22:12,230 --> 00:22:16,326
But wouldn't it be terrible
to watch both men fall?
373
00:22:18,670 --> 00:22:21,503
I know you threw Bodnar
off that ship.
374
00:22:21,673 --> 00:22:25,666
And I know that you killed
your own brother, Ari.
375
00:22:26,411 --> 00:22:28,641
Yet there has been no punishment
for either.
376
00:22:28,814 --> 00:22:33,342
Like Gibbs, you just forget,
you move on.
377
00:22:34,386 --> 00:22:35,978
Until now.
378
00:22:36,188 --> 00:22:37,519
[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]
379
00:22:43,195 --> 00:22:45,925
It's only a matter of time.
380
00:22:54,406 --> 00:22:57,398
LEON: Please.
WOMAN: Yes, sir.
381
00:23:03,849 --> 00:23:05,578
Appreciate you reaching out,
Captain Wayne.
382
00:23:05,751 --> 00:23:07,275
I'm sure your hands are full.
383
00:23:07,452 --> 00:23:08,919
What can I do for you, director?
384
00:23:09,087 --> 00:23:11,282
A JSOC operative of yours,
385
00:23:11,456 --> 00:23:14,186
Lieutenant Chad McBride,
showed up here last night.
386
00:23:14,359 --> 00:23:15,792
At least part of him did.
387
00:23:15,961 --> 00:23:18,452
How much have you ascertained
about the lieutenant's mission?
388
00:23:18,663 --> 00:23:21,928
Nothing. We were informed
by his wife that he was a Navy SEAL.
389
00:23:22,100 --> 00:23:23,624
We got a sense
of when he shipped out,
390
00:23:23,802 --> 00:23:25,531
but other than that,
we're in the dark.
391
00:23:25,704 --> 00:23:28,867
Look, all I can tell you is that
he was doing some top-secret recon.
392
00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:31,907
- The less you know, the better.
- Forgive me, captain,
393
00:23:32,077 --> 00:23:34,307
but withholding information
doesn't fly
394
00:23:34,479 --> 00:23:37,971
when a dead Navy SEAL shows up
in my morgue hotter than Chernobyl.
395
00:23:38,683 --> 00:23:40,082
- Pardon?
- You heard me.
396
00:23:40,252 --> 00:23:42,049
We have a radiation issue.
397
00:23:43,321 --> 00:23:46,119
Keep the remains secure
while I speak to my superiors.
398
00:23:46,291 --> 00:23:49,658
I'll take care of the deceased
as long as I get some answers.
399
00:23:49,828 --> 00:23:54,424
No one, I repeat, no one hears about
this. Am I making myself clear?
400
00:23:54,599 --> 00:23:57,193
Need I remind you
that we're on the same team?
401
00:23:58,136 --> 00:23:59,626
Word travels fast, director.
402
00:24:00,572 --> 00:24:05,339
Be careful. Your team is already
under significant scrutiny.
403
00:24:14,820 --> 00:24:15,980
[MACHINE WHIRRING]
404
00:24:16,154 --> 00:24:19,419
No, no, no.
405
00:24:19,858 --> 00:24:22,452
- Abby, what's wrong?
- I don't like this one bit.
406
00:24:22,627 --> 00:24:23,855
Talk to us, Ms. Sciuto.
407
00:24:24,029 --> 00:24:27,362
Major Mass Spec is coughing up
results like hair balls.
408
00:24:27,532 --> 00:24:31,298
Like the big sticky kind that stick
in a kitty's throat for hours and then...
409
00:24:31,470 --> 00:24:32,732
Abby.
410
00:24:33,772 --> 00:24:36,332
So I fed everything
that Ducky and Jimmy gave me
411
00:24:36,508 --> 00:24:39,841
from Lieutenant McBride's remains
into Major Mass Spec.
412
00:24:40,011 --> 00:24:41,876
We know that
he was shipped from Saudi Arabia
413
00:24:42,047 --> 00:24:44,140
and his nasal passages
were lined with sand
414
00:24:44,316 --> 00:24:46,614
and other desert-related
micro-organisms.
415
00:24:46,785 --> 00:24:49,948
You couple that with physical signs
of extreme dehydration and...
416
00:24:50,121 --> 00:24:52,612
He was held somewhere
in the Middle East, probably tortured.
417
00:24:52,791 --> 00:24:55,282
ABBY: Right, but you can skip
the "probably" part.
418
00:24:55,460 --> 00:24:58,691
Lacerations to his head and neck
indicate that he was beaten
419
00:24:58,864 --> 00:25:01,662
with a piece of wood
or stick of some sort.
420
00:25:01,833 --> 00:25:05,200
The shards of wood
are lodged inside the cuts.
421
00:25:05,370 --> 00:25:06,735
I'm still working on its origin.
422
00:25:06,905 --> 00:25:08,668
So whatever the lieutenant's
mission was,
423
00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:11,240
the people who killed him were
overnighting us a message.
424
00:25:11,409 --> 00:25:15,038
Where I come from, a radiated
and tortured head in a box
425
00:25:15,213 --> 00:25:16,805
usually means "back off."
426
00:25:16,982 --> 00:25:19,678
Backing off is the last thing
I intend to do.
427
00:25:19,851 --> 00:25:22,285
Get me Tom Morrow now.
428
00:25:23,822 --> 00:25:25,517
McGEE:
I have some new intel on Parsons.
429
00:25:25,690 --> 00:25:27,658
This guy really is a natural politician.
430
00:25:27,826 --> 00:25:30,522
Every professional move
carefully planned and orchestrated,
431
00:25:30,695 --> 00:25:33,755
right down to the people he praised
in his law school dissertations.
432
00:25:33,932 --> 00:25:37,163
- Professional brown-noser.
- That is another way to put it.
433
00:25:37,335 --> 00:25:38,927
But it's made him
some powerful friends.
434
00:25:39,104 --> 00:25:40,901
The guy's knee-deep in secure files,
435
00:25:41,072 --> 00:25:43,267
like some kind of a hoarder
of classified information.
436
00:25:43,441 --> 00:25:45,341
That's a smart hobby in this town.
437
00:25:45,510 --> 00:25:48,274
He's even gotten his hands on
some sensitive personal documents
438
00:25:48,446 --> 00:25:51,040
belonging to high-level types
in the Justice Department.
439
00:25:51,216 --> 00:25:53,047
- Blackmail?
TONY: Question:
440
00:25:53,218 --> 00:25:55,015
How did you get all this information?
441
00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:58,211
How did you get past
Parsons' firewall?
442
00:25:58,390 --> 00:26:01,723
- That's kind of personal.
- Personal since when?
443
00:26:03,194 --> 00:26:06,220
Oh, I've seen this expression before.
McSnoop Dogg.
444
00:26:06,398 --> 00:26:09,367
Are you getting jiggy with some
highly classified DoD beauty?
445
00:26:09,534 --> 00:26:11,900
You are. Am I right?
446
00:26:12,270 --> 00:26:14,864
- Her name is Delilah.
- Delilah.
447
00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:17,235
My, my, my, Delilah.
448
00:26:17,409 --> 00:26:20,037
She specializes
in web and information security.
449
00:26:20,211 --> 00:26:22,543
Of course she does,
beautiful Delilah.
450
00:26:22,714 --> 00:26:25,979
Okay, that's enough.
We have to go tell Gibbs.
451
00:26:26,918 --> 00:26:29,079
I'm so proud of you.
452
00:26:29,254 --> 00:26:31,279
Please, don't do that ever again.
453
00:26:35,060 --> 00:26:37,255
Where did you learn
to work like this?
454
00:26:37,429 --> 00:26:39,420
Oh, I always worked.
Didn't have a choice.
455
00:26:41,232 --> 00:26:42,790
You know
I'm gonna need more, right?
456
00:26:42,968 --> 00:26:45,994
- Yeah? More of what?
- Explanation.
457
00:26:46,171 --> 00:26:47,399
You don't follow rules.
458
00:26:47,572 --> 00:26:50,405
- I got my own.
- You take matters in your own hands.
459
00:26:50,575 --> 00:26:52,736
You understand
there's a domino effect here?
460
00:26:52,911 --> 00:26:56,574
You take the lead agent down,
the rest of the team falls.
461
00:26:58,249 --> 00:27:00,149
- My fault.
- It's not that simple.
462
00:27:03,922 --> 00:27:05,822
- It should be.
- Well, it's not.
463
00:27:05,991 --> 00:27:09,017
According to IG records, your team
isn't just sending people to jail,
464
00:27:09,194 --> 00:27:10,661
they're sending them to the morgue.
465
00:27:10,829 --> 00:27:12,262
Yeah, sometimes.
466
00:27:12,430 --> 00:27:17,367
Ari Haswari, Agent Michelle Lee,
Paloma Reynosa, Harper Dearing...
467
00:27:17,535 --> 00:27:19,196
There was no other choice.
468
00:27:19,404 --> 00:27:21,304
There's always a choice.
469
00:27:21,473 --> 00:27:24,670
The question is, were their deaths
absolutely necessary?
470
00:27:26,044 --> 00:27:27,671
Nothing I wouldn't do again.
471
00:27:27,846 --> 00:27:30,041
Please, tell me
you're not gonna say that in court.
472
00:27:30,281 --> 00:27:31,942
[CHUCKLES]
473
00:27:33,051 --> 00:27:35,485
I won't be in court.
474
00:27:40,792 --> 00:27:42,157
[DOOR OPENS]
475
00:27:45,664 --> 00:27:49,122
All those people in all those cities,
476
00:27:49,300 --> 00:27:52,667
and somehow our troubles
still find a way to matter.
477
00:27:52,837 --> 00:27:55,203
Mr. Parsons.
478
00:27:55,573 --> 00:27:57,734
Kindly come out
from behind my desk.
479
00:28:00,211 --> 00:28:02,645
- We're a lot alike.
- Are we?
480
00:28:02,814 --> 00:28:05,749
We both believe in the law
and what it's capable of.
481
00:28:05,950 --> 00:28:09,477
Your take on me, on the other hand,
is completely false.
482
00:28:09,654 --> 00:28:11,645
Oh, I doubt that.
483
00:28:15,193 --> 00:28:17,684
You know, I don't think we should be
having this conversation
484
00:28:17,862 --> 00:28:19,261
without a witness.
485
00:28:19,964 --> 00:28:22,762
You don't want a witness.
Not for this.
486
00:28:23,501 --> 00:28:25,401
Talk.
487
00:28:25,570 --> 00:28:28,038
In preparations
for the indictment proceedings,
488
00:28:28,206 --> 00:28:31,903
I have been combing through
a vast array of documents.
489
00:28:32,077 --> 00:28:37,014
- And?
- And a certain file has gone missing.
490
00:28:38,183 --> 00:28:41,277
Okay, I'll bite. Which one?
491
00:28:41,486 --> 00:28:44,387
A little over two years ago, Ms. Sciuto
was hired by Mexican government
492
00:28:44,556 --> 00:28:47,457
to investigate a drug-related
shooting.
493
00:28:47,625 --> 00:28:51,584
The file detailing her results
is nowhere to be found.
494
00:28:52,230 --> 00:28:56,223
You wouldn't happen to know
where this file would be, do you?
495
00:28:58,002 --> 00:29:00,766
I have no idea
what file you're talking about.
496
00:29:01,639 --> 00:29:06,542
My advice to you:
Stay above the muck.
497
00:29:11,583 --> 00:29:15,451
Well, sometimes you have to ruin
a good pair of shoes to do what's right.
498
00:29:16,721 --> 00:29:21,215
Let me ask you something, Parsons.
You doing what's right?
499
00:29:26,531 --> 00:29:27,828
TONY:
We think we have enough, boss.
500
00:29:29,334 --> 00:29:32,633
- Enough what?
- These are Parsons' last five cases.
501
00:29:33,471 --> 00:29:37,100
ZIVA: Each of them resulting
in a sizable promotion for him.
502
00:29:37,609 --> 00:29:41,773
TONY: We know you told us not to dig,
boss, but we were wondering,
503
00:29:41,946 --> 00:29:45,438
why is McGee's evil doppelganger
getting all the good stuff in town?
504
00:29:45,617 --> 00:29:47,448
Because he's collecting
damaging information
505
00:29:47,619 --> 00:29:51,521
about his more established DoD
colleagues and using it against them.
506
00:29:51,689 --> 00:29:55,284
Found dozens of sordid e-mails
in an alias account.
507
00:29:55,460 --> 00:29:58,429
- The guy's a first-class blackmailer.
- Which means we have enough.
508
00:29:58,963 --> 00:30:00,260
Enough what?
509
00:30:00,431 --> 00:30:02,695
Enough for Vance to present
to the inspector general.
510
00:30:02,867 --> 00:30:04,698
Enough to weaken Parsons.
511
00:30:06,805 --> 00:30:08,636
- No.
- No?
512
00:30:08,807 --> 00:30:11,298
No, I told you to stay out of it.
We play by Parsons' rules,
513
00:30:11,476 --> 00:30:13,467
it means we're admitting
we did something wrong.
514
00:30:13,645 --> 00:30:17,137
- Well, we wanted to help.
- And now we have a paper trail.
515
00:30:17,315 --> 00:30:19,545
You cannot do this alone.
You have to let us help you.
516
00:30:19,717 --> 00:30:23,517
- Hey, it is not your job.
- It is not about my job.
517
00:30:23,688 --> 00:30:26,282
This is about my family.
518
00:30:37,468 --> 00:30:39,231
- Nice tantrum, Ziva.
- Oh, shut up.
519
00:30:39,404 --> 00:30:41,133
Not now.
520
00:30:42,740 --> 00:30:45,573
- Gibbs is doing what he thinks is right.
- I know what he's doing.
521
00:30:45,743 --> 00:30:47,506
I know he's trying to protect me.
522
00:30:47,679 --> 00:30:51,979
But I've always taken responsibility for
my own actions, for my own mistakes.
523
00:30:52,150 --> 00:30:54,345
And this is no different.
524
00:31:09,334 --> 00:31:11,063
Look.
525
00:31:12,503 --> 00:31:16,200
I'm sorry if I hurt you in all of this.
526
00:31:16,674 --> 00:31:18,938
It was never intended.
527
00:31:19,377 --> 00:31:20,935
Tony,
528
00:31:21,646 --> 00:31:24,513
I care too much about our
529
00:31:25,383 --> 00:31:27,283
friendship.
530
00:31:29,854 --> 00:31:33,051
I do not want it to
be awkward between us.
531
00:31:33,791 --> 00:31:35,258
Hey.
532
00:31:40,565 --> 00:31:43,534
Nothing's awkward between friends.
533
00:31:47,872 --> 00:31:49,134
MORROW:
Sorry I'm late.
534
00:31:49,307 --> 00:31:51,571
On the phone with JSOC.
535
00:31:51,743 --> 00:31:54,712
Did Wayne tell you about
the McBride case?
536
00:31:54,879 --> 00:31:56,710
I wish we could have
intercepted that package
537
00:31:56,881 --> 00:31:58,576
before the wife ever opened it.
538
00:31:58,750 --> 00:32:01,218
NCIS would never have been
called in.
539
00:32:02,553 --> 00:32:04,748
What are you not telling me, Tom?
540
00:32:05,590 --> 00:32:08,286
Can't be held responsible
for what you don't know.
541
00:32:08,459 --> 00:32:10,984
I'll find out one way or another.
542
00:32:12,063 --> 00:32:16,432
There's a connection
between the death of that Navy SEAL
543
00:32:16,601 --> 00:32:18,398
and what's happening with your team.
544
00:32:19,070 --> 00:32:21,095
What kind of connection?
545
00:32:21,639 --> 00:32:24,403
The murder of Eli David
opened a political can of worms
546
00:32:24,575 --> 00:32:27,510
that was much bigger
than anyone expected.
547
00:32:28,079 --> 00:32:31,947
Eli and Arash Kazmi
wanted to forge a peace.
548
00:32:33,217 --> 00:32:35,481
But Bodnar killing them
opened the door.
549
00:32:35,653 --> 00:32:40,613
Homeland and the CIA wait
for chances like this to stir the pot.
550
00:32:40,792 --> 00:32:45,923
Distract governments
so that all sorts of recon can happen.
551
00:32:46,097 --> 00:32:49,589
The CIA needed Iran to believe
Mossad was responsible.
552
00:32:49,767 --> 00:32:54,431
Are you telling me
that Bodnar didn't kill Kazmi?
553
00:32:54,605 --> 00:32:57,096
I'm telling you we did it, Leon.
554
00:32:57,275 --> 00:32:59,334
The CIA took out Kazmi that night
555
00:32:59,510 --> 00:33:03,002
so that Bodnar would end up
being the fall guy.
556
00:33:03,614 --> 00:33:08,108
Iran and Israel could duke it out
while we focused on the real threat.
557
00:33:08,286 --> 00:33:11,983
We're all so damn worried
about Iran and North Korea
558
00:33:12,156 --> 00:33:16,183
when the real threat is here
on home soil.
559
00:33:25,503 --> 00:33:27,835
LEON:
It's a shell game, isn't it?
560
00:33:28,339 --> 00:33:30,170
Keep people distracted.
561
00:33:30,708 --> 00:33:34,804
Leon, you see why I wanted you
to keep your distance?
562
00:33:34,979 --> 00:33:36,310
The attorney, Parsons,
563
00:33:36,481 --> 00:33:39,211
did he know anything about this
when he started this investigation?
564
00:33:39,384 --> 00:33:42,911
Nothing. But he saw an opportunity
just like we did.
565
00:33:43,087 --> 00:33:45,521
What about the Navy SEAL,
Chad McBride?
566
00:33:46,858 --> 00:33:48,519
It's not good, Leon.
567
00:33:57,101 --> 00:33:59,069
[DOOR OPENS]
568
00:34:22,527 --> 00:34:25,826
FRANKS: I love what you've done
with this place.
569
00:34:26,531 --> 00:34:27,589
[SNIFFS]
570
00:34:27,765 --> 00:34:30,325
You gonna pour me some of that?
571
00:34:32,737 --> 00:34:35,535
No. There's nothing left.
572
00:34:38,042 --> 00:34:39,839
Could have at least saved me
the worm.
573
00:34:40,912 --> 00:34:45,872
You know, I figured you'd come home
after you made up your mind.
574
00:34:46,050 --> 00:34:49,611
No sense in hiding when
all you're running from is the truth.
575
00:34:51,122 --> 00:34:53,215
Nobody's running.
576
00:34:53,558 --> 00:34:55,082
I'm not so sure.
577
00:34:55,259 --> 00:34:59,662
Keeping yourself all holed up
at that cabin.
578
00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:04,859
It's a good place to think.
579
00:35:05,470 --> 00:35:10,169
Maybe it's time to stop thinking
and start doing.
580
00:35:10,374 --> 00:35:13,070
Unless you're afraid of something.
581
00:35:14,779 --> 00:35:19,512
You keep losing people.
Shannon, Kelly, yours truly.
582
00:35:19,684 --> 00:35:21,777
Who's next?
583
00:35:23,020 --> 00:35:25,580
You know what you should do.
584
00:35:25,756 --> 00:35:27,485
Come clean.
585
00:35:28,025 --> 00:35:33,258
Admit that there were good reasons
you did the things you did.
586
00:35:37,602 --> 00:35:40,799
All I ever wanted to be
was a good Marine.
587
00:35:43,407 --> 00:35:45,500
Good husband.
588
00:35:46,844 --> 00:35:48,778
And you have.
589
00:35:51,916 --> 00:35:54,976
This joker Parsons wants to fight.
590
00:35:55,920 --> 00:35:57,285
What are you gonna do?
591
00:36:09,834 --> 00:36:11,301
Fight.
592
00:36:11,836 --> 00:36:14,999
Jethro cannot be expected
to handle this on his own.
593
00:36:15,173 --> 00:36:17,141
You are preaching
to the symphony, Ducky.
594
00:36:17,308 --> 00:36:19,401
- Choir.
McGEE: Leave her alone, Tony.
595
00:36:19,577 --> 00:36:21,875
It's okay, McGee.
I can handle him myself.
596
00:36:22,647 --> 00:36:23,807
Yes, she can.
597
00:36:23,981 --> 00:36:29,078
Since when did it become illegal to
catch bad people and do good things?
598
00:36:29,253 --> 00:36:30,743
I hate Parsons.
599
00:36:30,955 --> 00:36:34,914
I just want to kick him
in his delicate place.
600
00:36:35,092 --> 00:36:36,389
- Abby.
- Let her go, McKilljoy.
601
00:36:36,561 --> 00:36:37,653
It was just getting good.
602
00:36:37,828 --> 00:36:41,764
I'm turning into some sort of
sadistic scientific rabble-rouser.
603
00:36:41,966 --> 00:36:44,594
- Rabble-what?
- Ooh.
604
00:36:44,769 --> 00:36:46,464
[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]
605
00:36:46,704 --> 00:36:48,399
Boss, what are you doing here?
606
00:36:49,840 --> 00:36:51,899
I work here.
607
00:36:56,280 --> 00:36:58,680
Damn right, he does.
608
00:37:01,519 --> 00:37:03,987
Gibbs, I never saw this coming.
609
00:37:05,389 --> 00:37:07,619
Well, it's a little late now, director.
610
00:37:08,259 --> 00:37:10,955
They tell me Bodnar had
nothing to do with Kazmi's death.
611
00:37:11,128 --> 00:37:12,857
CIA.
612
00:37:14,699 --> 00:37:17,566
It seems some folks
have bigger fish to fry.
613
00:37:17,735 --> 00:37:20,727
NCIS was just collateral damage.
614
00:37:20,905 --> 00:37:23,396
Yeah, we'll bounce back.
Skin's pretty thick.
615
00:37:23,574 --> 00:37:25,940
Parsons isn't giving up.
616
00:37:26,110 --> 00:37:27,975
He intends to make an example
out of you.
617
00:37:28,145 --> 00:37:29,203
Let him.
618
00:37:29,380 --> 00:37:35,080
What you see is what you get.
Success, failure, all of it.
619
00:37:36,287 --> 00:37:37,777
Do you want to fight?
620
00:37:39,090 --> 00:37:40,955
Not by his rules.
621
00:37:42,960 --> 00:37:45,087
Tom Morrow may have a solve.
622
00:37:46,597 --> 00:37:49,122
We pull it off, this could all go away.
623
00:37:49,300 --> 00:37:52,428
- For all of us?
- Clean slate.
624
00:37:53,304 --> 00:37:54,601
What's the catch?
625
00:37:56,307 --> 00:37:57,638
It might kill you.
626
00:37:59,477 --> 00:38:00,967
So could bad clams.
627
00:38:01,479 --> 00:38:04,676
[LAUGHING]
628
00:38:05,816 --> 00:38:08,444
We sure picked one hell of a career,
didn't we, Gibbs?
629
00:38:10,421 --> 00:38:12,981
Gotta make a living, Leon.
630
00:38:19,430 --> 00:38:22,160
FRANKS:
We collect secrets over the years.
631
00:38:22,333 --> 00:38:23,664
Hide behind them.
632
00:38:23,834 --> 00:38:27,133
Depend on them
like aces up our sleeve.
633
00:38:29,440 --> 00:38:33,843
We think we have to protect
the people we love from the truth,
634
00:38:34,011 --> 00:38:37,469
but the truth isn't the poison,
it's the cure.
635
00:38:37,648 --> 00:38:39,707
[SHREDDER WHIRRING]
636
00:38:43,854 --> 00:38:47,881
Best thing you can do
is teach your kids not to be afraid.
637
00:38:48,092 --> 00:38:49,650
We don't have to do this.
638
00:38:50,461 --> 00:38:52,361
I think we do.
639
00:38:52,530 --> 00:38:55,863
- Gibbs would do the same for us.
ZIVA: McGee's right.
640
00:38:56,634 --> 00:38:58,397
You may not like
how this ends, Ziva.
641
00:38:59,837 --> 00:39:02,829
I have never depended
on happy endings.
642
00:39:14,251 --> 00:39:16,845
You three have something to say?
643
00:39:33,337 --> 00:39:36,067
FRANKS:
We try to live a good life.
644
00:39:36,540 --> 00:39:38,007
A clean life.
645
00:39:40,911 --> 00:39:43,277
But secrets get in the way.
646
00:39:50,087 --> 00:39:53,716
Sure, we can play dirty.
647
00:39:53,891 --> 00:39:57,725
Use people's mistakes
against them.
648
00:39:59,363 --> 00:40:05,666
But put all those secrets behind us
and the honest man comes out on top.
649
00:40:17,681 --> 00:40:19,114
[DOOR OPENS]
650
00:40:22,553 --> 00:40:24,987
What is this? Where is he?
651
00:40:25,189 --> 00:40:26,884
Good to see you too, Richard.
652
00:40:27,057 --> 00:40:30,458
- Where is Agent Gibbs?
- He's gone.
653
00:40:30,628 --> 00:40:32,789
On a special mission for JSOC.
Top priority.
654
00:40:32,963 --> 00:40:36,455
That's not part of the deal.
He can't just not show up.
655
00:40:36,634 --> 00:40:37,794
The hell he can't.
656
00:40:38,636 --> 00:40:43,733
I gave your client ample opportunity
to take responsibility for his actions.
657
00:40:43,908 --> 00:40:47,139
And now I see that giving him the
chance to step up was a waste of time.
658
00:40:47,311 --> 00:40:48,903
Sit down, Parsons, and shut up.
659
00:40:49,513 --> 00:40:51,071
I always liked that guy.
660
00:40:52,950 --> 00:40:56,511
Your inspector general
just postponed the investigation,
661
00:40:56,720 --> 00:40:58,153
effective immediately.
662
00:40:59,623 --> 00:41:00,851
This is crazy, all right?
663
00:41:01,025 --> 00:41:05,485
I have got thousands of documents
ready to indict Leroy Jethro Gibbs.
664
00:41:05,663 --> 00:41:09,622
Parsons, you should know that Gibbs'
team handed in their resignations.
665
00:41:10,301 --> 00:41:13,634
They took full responsibility
for the accusations.
666
00:41:14,138 --> 00:41:16,038
And you're going to let them
cover for him?
667
00:41:16,240 --> 00:41:19,539
Once Gibbs was cleared, we
requested his immediate assistance.
668
00:41:20,845 --> 00:41:25,646
Is Agent Gibbs so valuable
that you would allow this to happen?
669
00:41:34,525 --> 00:41:36,618
[MAN PANTING]
670
00:41:49,006 --> 00:41:51,873
Gibbs, do it.
671
00:41:52,076 --> 00:41:54,306
[CAR REWING]
672
00:41:56,714 --> 00:41:58,341
Do it.
673
00:42:45,129 --> 00:42:48,596
[GUNSHOT]
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