1 00:00:04,656 --> 00:00:06,484 Previously on NCIS 2 00:00:06,528 --> 00:00:08,312 I have no choice but to suspend you. 3 00:00:08,356 --> 00:00:10,271 Indefinitely. 4 00:00:10,314 --> 00:00:11,315 You look like real people. 5 00:00:11,359 --> 00:00:12,925 I'm Marcie, by the way. 6 00:00:13,926 --> 00:00:16,146 -I don't like being ambushed. 7 00:00:16,190 --> 00:00:18,061 I come bearing gifts. A peace offering. 8 00:00:18,105 --> 00:00:19,845 -Why? -What I am most proud of 9 00:00:19,889 --> 00:00:20,977 is my investigative work, 10 00:00:21,021 --> 00:00:22,326 which is about exposing the truth. 11 00:00:22,370 --> 00:00:24,937 And I know you know something about the truth. 12 00:00:24,981 --> 00:00:26,896 And I want to be the one to write about it. 13 00:00:26,939 --> 00:00:29,029 What a surprise. What are you doing here? 14 00:00:29,072 --> 00:00:30,682 I could ask you the same question. 15 00:00:30,726 --> 00:00:33,120 I'm working on a thing and I would really appreciate 16 00:00:33,163 --> 00:00:34,686 your opinion. 17 00:00:34,730 --> 00:00:37,820 Hoping you'll give it a read. 18 00:00:45,306 --> 00:00:46,872 I swear! I'll do it! 19 00:00:46,916 --> 00:00:50,180 No, you won't, Toby. 20 00:00:50,224 --> 00:00:51,877 You're gonna be cool. 21 00:00:51,921 --> 00:00:53,966 No one is getting hurt today, okay? 22 00:00:54,010 --> 00:00:56,360 Then tell your men outside -to leave! -Toby. 23 00:00:56,404 --> 00:00:57,883 I can't do that. 24 00:00:57,927 --> 00:00:59,624 Do I look like the boss? 25 00:00:59,668 --> 00:01:02,018 -Have you seen my paycheck? -I'm serious! 26 00:01:02,062 --> 00:01:04,325 It's been 47 and a half minutes. I say we bust in there already. 27 00:01:04,368 --> 00:01:06,153 -Of course you'd say that. -Cut the chatter. We don't 28 00:01:06,196 --> 00:01:07,545 move in till we hear from Knight. 29 00:01:07,589 --> 00:01:08,894 Look, Toby, Toby. 30 00:01:08,938 --> 00:01:11,201 We've been at this for almost an hour. 31 00:01:11,245 --> 00:01:13,725 I'm tired, you're tired. 32 00:01:13,769 --> 00:01:16,424 I know poor Tina is tired, aren't you, babe? 33 00:01:16,467 --> 00:01:17,990 -Uh-huh. 34 00:01:18,034 --> 00:01:20,732 So why don't you just -put the gun down? Why? 35 00:01:20,776 --> 00:01:23,213 So you can trick me with your government lies?! 36 00:01:23,257 --> 00:01:25,215 Can I at least get Tina some water? 37 00:01:26,260 --> 00:01:29,915 Hell, I could use some water. I... Is that okay? 38 00:01:31,700 --> 00:01:33,702 Yeah? 39 00:01:50,197 --> 00:01:52,547 You do the grocery shopping, Tina? 40 00:01:52,590 --> 00:01:54,114 Uh-huh. 41 00:01:55,506 --> 00:01:56,768 Does he know? 42 00:01:56,812 --> 00:01:59,510 Know what? What are you two talking about? 43 00:01:59,554 --> 00:02:02,731 Because if it's good news... 44 00:02:02,774 --> 00:02:05,081 now might be the time to tell him. 45 00:02:06,909 --> 00:02:09,477 I was gonna tell him tonight... 46 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:10,695 Tell me what?! 47 00:02:10,739 --> 00:02:12,741 Toby! 48 00:02:12,784 --> 00:02:14,221 She's pregnant. 49 00:02:15,874 --> 00:02:20,140 You mean to tell me that I'm gonna be a dad? 50 00:02:25,623 --> 00:02:26,929 Get her out of here! 51 00:02:26,972 --> 00:02:28,800 Target secure. Sending out the hostage. 52 00:02:28,844 --> 00:02:30,498 Coming in from the back! 53 00:02:31,238 --> 00:02:33,675 -Go. -Toby didn't mean nothing. 54 00:02:38,201 --> 00:02:39,159 Don't hurt him! 55 00:03:22,027 --> 00:03:25,205 -Damn. -I know. 56 00:03:28,251 --> 00:03:31,559 Hey, Jimmy. How you holding up? 57 00:03:31,602 --> 00:03:32,995 You dread days like this. 58 00:03:33,038 --> 00:03:34,518 You know, when it's some of your own. 59 00:03:34,562 --> 00:03:37,217 So far they've recovered the bodies of Agents Vargas and Ono. 60 00:03:37,260 --> 00:03:39,262 And, of course, the-the suspect. 61 00:03:39,306 --> 00:03:43,266 Still looking for Agents Knight and, uh, Madden. 62 00:03:44,789 --> 00:03:46,313 Any chance...? 63 00:03:46,356 --> 00:03:49,490 Bishop, based on the condition of these bodies, I... 64 00:03:49,533 --> 00:03:51,231 No one could have survived that. 65 00:03:51,274 --> 00:03:52,884 Damn it, grab your gear and go in 66 00:03:52,928 --> 00:03:54,277 through the crawl space if you have to. 67 00:03:54,321 --> 00:03:56,714 I want the rest of my agents found. Go, go. 68 00:03:56,758 --> 00:03:58,629 Excuse us, Special Agent Dalton. 69 00:03:58,673 --> 00:04:01,023 Yeah? Agents McGee and Torres. 70 00:04:01,066 --> 00:04:02,590 Oh, uh, Gibbs's boys, right? 71 00:04:02,633 --> 00:04:05,070 Yeah, we're-we're sorry for your loss here. 72 00:04:05,114 --> 00:04:06,507 -Thank you. -Mind if we ask 73 00:04:06,550 --> 00:04:07,682 how all this started? 74 00:04:07,725 --> 00:04:09,988 NCIS was called to serve a warrant. 75 00:04:10,032 --> 00:04:13,383 The guy-- suspect was considered high-risk, 76 00:04:13,427 --> 00:04:15,342 so the job was assigned to my REACT team. 77 00:04:15,385 --> 00:04:18,693 We entered the house, but the guy took a hostage. 78 00:04:18,736 --> 00:04:20,172 Per protocol, we pulled back 79 00:04:20,216 --> 00:04:21,565 and one agent stayed inside. 80 00:04:21,609 --> 00:04:22,740 Your negotiator. 81 00:04:22,784 --> 00:04:24,394 -Agent Knight. -Yeah. 82 00:04:24,438 --> 00:04:27,223 She took a risk in there and it worked. 83 00:04:27,267 --> 00:04:30,487 The, uh, hostage was freed and the suspect surrendered. 84 00:04:30,531 --> 00:04:31,488 So what went wrong? 85 00:04:32,881 --> 00:04:34,317 That's what you need to find out. 86 00:04:34,361 --> 00:04:36,101 Excuse me. Hey! 87 00:04:36,145 --> 00:04:38,887 Hey, can I get some more guys in here? 88 00:04:47,374 --> 00:04:49,941 -Did you guys know the agents? I saw Madden 89 00:04:49,985 --> 00:04:52,727 and Vargas a-around a few times. 90 00:04:52,770 --> 00:04:54,555 Say "hi" to in the break room. 91 00:04:54,598 --> 00:04:56,296 You? 92 00:04:56,339 --> 00:04:59,081 Yeah, same. What about you, Bishop? 93 00:04:59,124 --> 00:05:00,343 I didn't know any of them. 94 00:05:00,387 --> 00:05:02,954 Feel kind of badly about that now. 95 00:05:02,998 --> 00:05:04,869 Uniform blast radius. 96 00:05:04,913 --> 00:05:06,523 Definitely a lone device. 97 00:05:06,567 --> 00:05:07,959 But how did it go off? 98 00:05:08,003 --> 00:05:10,222 Well, no signs of the detonator. 99 00:05:10,266 --> 00:05:12,137 It must have been destroyed in the blast. 100 00:05:12,181 --> 00:05:14,009 Like everything else in this place. 101 00:05:14,052 --> 00:05:16,272 Gonna take forever to process. 102 00:05:20,842 --> 00:05:22,496 Do you hear that? 103 00:05:27,849 --> 00:05:30,068 What is that? 104 00:05:33,681 --> 00:05:36,336 That's Morse code. 105 00:05:36,379 --> 00:05:38,338 It's SOS. 106 00:05:48,348 --> 00:05:51,046 Uh, guys, there's someone in here! 107 00:05:59,446 --> 00:06:01,230 It's Agent Knight. 108 00:06:05,060 --> 00:06:06,670 She's alive. 109 00:06:06,714 --> 00:06:08,716 -All right, let's get the paramedics in here now! 110 00:06:16,898 --> 00:06:18,682 Uh, yeah. I understand, sir. 111 00:06:18,726 --> 00:06:20,989 Yeah, thank you for keeping us posted. 112 00:06:21,032 --> 00:06:22,469 -Any update on Agent Knight? -Yeah. 113 00:06:22,512 --> 00:06:25,123 Uh, Vance said she suffered a severe concussion. 114 00:06:25,167 --> 00:06:27,517 But they expect her to make a full recovery. 115 00:06:27,561 --> 00:06:29,214 -Well, that's a miracle. Yeah. 116 00:06:29,258 --> 00:06:30,477 Whatever it is, I'll take it. 117 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:32,043 She say anything about what happened? 118 00:06:32,087 --> 00:06:34,394 No, not yet. And doctors are still running tests. 119 00:06:34,437 --> 00:06:36,047 So we don't know how the bomb went off. 120 00:06:36,091 --> 00:06:38,223 And we can't talk to the only person who can tell us. 121 00:06:38,267 --> 00:06:39,529 Well, let's start with what we do know. 122 00:06:39,573 --> 00:06:41,401 Petty Officer Second Class Toby Withers. 123 00:06:41,444 --> 00:06:43,794 Wanted for stealing weapons from Naval Station Norfolk. 124 00:06:43,838 --> 00:06:45,883 REACT agents went to serve the arrest warrant, 125 00:06:45,927 --> 00:06:47,407 and Withers took a hostage. 126 00:06:47,450 --> 00:06:49,365 But the hostage was released and Withers surrendered. 127 00:06:49,409 --> 00:06:51,062 Until 90 seconds later when the bomb went boom. 128 00:06:51,106 --> 00:06:52,455 Question is why. 129 00:06:52,499 --> 00:06:54,718 Sure, this guy was facing prison time. 130 00:06:54,762 --> 00:06:57,025 Yeah, but enough to blow himself to kingdom come? 131 00:06:57,068 --> 00:06:59,506 Unless it wasn't about him. When I was working undercover, 132 00:06:59,549 --> 00:07:02,247 I saw this guy selling bootleg DVDs. 133 00:07:02,291 --> 00:07:04,380 Then he jumped off a ten-story building. 134 00:07:04,424 --> 00:07:05,729 It made absolutely no sense. 135 00:07:05,773 --> 00:07:07,949 But then we found heroin 136 00:07:07,992 --> 00:07:09,429 in the DVD cases. 137 00:07:09,472 --> 00:07:11,039 You think our bomber might be up to something bigger 138 00:07:11,082 --> 00:07:12,519 than stolen weapons. 139 00:07:12,562 --> 00:07:14,303 Yeah, we need to get the case notes and speak 140 00:07:14,346 --> 00:07:15,565 to the agent in charge. 141 00:07:15,609 --> 00:07:17,698 Dalton. The guy barking orders, uh, 142 00:07:17,741 --> 00:07:18,829 at the crime scene. 143 00:07:18,873 --> 00:07:20,440 Reminds me of someone. 144 00:07:25,009 --> 00:07:26,184 Hello? 145 00:07:26,228 --> 00:07:28,578 Hey! I'm down here. 146 00:07:28,622 --> 00:07:32,713 Oh. Thanks for agreeing to sit-- Whoa. 147 00:07:32,756 --> 00:07:34,366 That's a boat. 148 00:07:34,410 --> 00:07:37,065 You have a boat in your basement? 149 00:07:38,022 --> 00:07:39,763 Where else am I gonna put it? 150 00:07:42,636 --> 00:07:43,724 You wanted to meet? 151 00:07:43,767 --> 00:07:45,639 Yeah. Um... 152 00:07:46,640 --> 00:07:48,642 Oh, first, um, 153 00:07:48,685 --> 00:07:51,514 I read about the fallen NCIS agents. 154 00:07:51,558 --> 00:07:55,692 And I-I wanted to offer my sincere condolences. 155 00:07:55,736 --> 00:07:57,346 Thanks. 156 00:07:57,389 --> 00:07:59,043 Sure. 157 00:08:00,305 --> 00:08:03,657 I also, um, wanted to check on 158 00:08:03,700 --> 00:08:05,528 the file that I... 159 00:08:06,834 --> 00:08:08,923 ...that, um, I gave you. 160 00:08:08,966 --> 00:08:11,273 -Did you read it? -Yeah. 161 00:08:11,316 --> 00:08:12,709 Well, what did you think? 162 00:08:17,845 --> 00:08:19,890 Feel free to use words. 163 00:08:19,934 --> 00:08:24,112 This was a murder case that happened about a year ago. 164 00:08:24,155 --> 00:08:25,983 Any thoughts about that? 165 00:08:26,027 --> 00:08:28,856 I mean, you are a detective. 166 00:08:28,899 --> 00:08:30,118 Suspended, but... 167 00:08:30,161 --> 00:08:31,162 Police got the guy. 168 00:08:31,206 --> 00:08:33,295 -What? -They got the guy. 169 00:08:33,338 --> 00:08:36,167 No. I think they got the wrong guy. 170 00:08:36,211 --> 00:08:38,387 Did you not-- did you... 171 00:08:38,430 --> 00:08:42,173 Did you not see this photograph? 172 00:08:42,217 --> 00:08:44,393 This is the guy they think did it. 173 00:08:44,436 --> 00:08:46,743 Except this guy was in Arlington 174 00:08:46,787 --> 00:08:50,007 when the murder was in Westlawn, four miles away. 175 00:08:50,051 --> 00:08:52,880 -Four and a half. -Okay. 176 00:08:52,923 --> 00:08:54,621 So how could this guy 177 00:08:54,664 --> 00:08:59,364 travel four and a half miles in 20 minutes, on foot, 178 00:08:59,408 --> 00:09:03,804 with 1.5 milligrams of methamphetamine in his system? 179 00:09:03,847 --> 00:09:06,154 It's not my case. 180 00:09:06,197 --> 00:09:08,852 It could be. 181 00:09:08,896 --> 00:09:12,203 The cops have put this thing to bed and moved on. 182 00:09:12,247 --> 00:09:15,206 So that means the killer is still out there. 183 00:09:15,250 --> 00:09:19,080 I want you to help me find him. 184 00:09:19,123 --> 00:09:20,560 Why? 185 00:09:23,432 --> 00:09:27,044 Well, I thought we established that truth and justice, 186 00:09:27,088 --> 00:09:29,569 uh, are how you roll. 187 00:09:29,612 --> 00:09:31,745 We're not talking about me. 188 00:09:31,788 --> 00:09:35,705 Oh. Okay. 189 00:09:35,749 --> 00:09:39,230 I knew the murder victim. Hannah. 190 00:09:40,405 --> 00:09:43,583 She was, she was my childhood best friend. 191 00:09:43,626 --> 00:09:47,151 We lived four houses away from each other. 192 00:09:47,195 --> 00:09:51,286 So, if you're wondering if this is personal for me, it is. 193 00:09:51,329 --> 00:09:52,592 But I know 194 00:09:52,635 --> 00:09:55,856 that there is more to this case. 195 00:09:55,899 --> 00:09:58,380 And I'm pretty sure you do, too. 196 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:11,959 Thanks for coming up here. 197 00:10:12,002 --> 00:10:14,657 It's the last place on the Navy Yard where I can smoke. 198 00:10:14,701 --> 00:10:16,006 Well, thanks for taking the time. 199 00:10:16,050 --> 00:10:17,442 Of course. You know, 200 00:10:17,486 --> 00:10:18,966 I'm going over and over it again in my head, 201 00:10:19,009 --> 00:10:22,317 trying to figure out how this happened to my team. 202 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:23,579 Did you talk to Knight yet? 203 00:10:23,623 --> 00:10:25,581 They're not allowing visitors right now. 204 00:10:25,625 --> 00:10:28,105 They wouldn't let me see her, either. 205 00:10:28,149 --> 00:10:29,977 I recruited her, you know. 206 00:10:30,020 --> 00:10:31,500 Straight out of FLETC. 207 00:10:31,543 --> 00:10:33,981 Promised her the job would never get boring. 208 00:10:34,024 --> 00:10:36,070 What can you tell us about Petty Officer Withers? 209 00:10:36,113 --> 00:10:37,419 Real piece of work. 210 00:10:37,462 --> 00:10:39,116 The guy was bragging to his bunkmates 211 00:10:39,160 --> 00:10:43,077 about stealing weapons for some backwoods militia group. 212 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:45,122 -Aka white supremacists. -Bingo. 213 00:10:45,166 --> 00:10:46,907 They encourage their members to enlist 214 00:10:46,950 --> 00:10:50,258 in order to gain tactical skills and experience. 215 00:10:50,301 --> 00:10:51,738 And stealing weapons. 216 00:10:51,781 --> 00:10:54,479 His CO confronted Withers, he went totally off grid. 217 00:10:54,523 --> 00:10:56,307 Took us three weeks to find him. 218 00:10:56,351 --> 00:10:57,787 -How did you find him? -Got a tip 219 00:10:57,831 --> 00:11:00,485 on the NCIS hotline saying he was shacked up 220 00:11:00,529 --> 00:11:02,183 with an old girlfriend. 221 00:11:02,226 --> 00:11:04,315 Does this tip have a, have a name? 222 00:11:04,359 --> 00:11:05,490 Anonymous. 223 00:11:05,534 --> 00:11:07,536 But agents surveilled the house 224 00:11:07,579 --> 00:11:09,538 and verified it was legit. 225 00:11:09,581 --> 00:11:12,628 Was there anything to suggest that Withers or his group 226 00:11:12,672 --> 00:11:14,717 were maybe into something else? 227 00:11:14,761 --> 00:11:16,501 Yeah, like, something bigger than guns? 228 00:11:16,545 --> 00:11:19,722 Meaning did we know he was gonna set off a damn bomb? 229 00:11:20,810 --> 00:11:22,116 Of course we didn't. 230 00:11:22,159 --> 00:11:24,684 'Cause if we did, I never would've sent Knight, 231 00:11:24,727 --> 00:11:27,599 or any of my agents, into that house. 232 00:11:32,735 --> 00:11:34,998 Hey, Kase, I got your text. Why are we meeting down here? 233 00:11:35,042 --> 00:11:36,347 Bomb parts. 234 00:11:36,391 --> 00:11:37,914 Uh, wouldn't that be in your lab? 235 00:11:37,958 --> 00:11:39,699 If only wishing made it so. 236 00:11:39,742 --> 00:11:41,831 This is our bomber, Petty Officer Withers. 237 00:11:41,875 --> 00:11:44,660 And these are the bomb parts melted to his flesh. 238 00:11:44,704 --> 00:11:46,183 Oof. Uh, okay. 239 00:11:46,227 --> 00:11:49,839 What happened? Was he wearing the bomb when it went off? 240 00:11:49,883 --> 00:11:51,319 Mm, uh, no. 241 00:11:51,362 --> 00:11:54,409 If that were the case, his body would be in tiny pieces. 242 00:11:54,452 --> 00:11:56,411 Instead of tiny pieces being in his body. 243 00:11:56,454 --> 00:11:58,500 See, what happened was the bomb went off 244 00:11:58,543 --> 00:12:00,023 and sent white-hot bomb parts flying 245 00:12:00,067 --> 00:12:02,722 across the room and when they hit his body, 246 00:12:02,765 --> 00:12:05,072 they instantly fused with his dermis and his spine. 247 00:12:05,115 --> 00:12:06,638 So, how does it help our case? 248 00:12:06,682 --> 00:12:07,901 Well, it can help and hurt. 249 00:12:07,944 --> 00:12:09,250 Upon closer inspection-- 250 00:12:09,293 --> 00:12:10,730 mostly done by Jimmy-- 251 00:12:10,773 --> 00:12:13,733 I noticed the bomb parts -were made by a 3 -D printer. 252 00:12:13,776 --> 00:12:14,864 Clever. 253 00:12:14,908 --> 00:12:16,213 Ah, too clever. 254 00:12:16,257 --> 00:12:17,737 We're talking -about 3 -D printers 255 00:12:17,780 --> 00:12:20,217 on sale at Best Buy for $99. 256 00:12:20,261 --> 00:12:21,741 Anybody can make these parts. 257 00:12:21,784 --> 00:12:23,090 Mm, guessing that's the "hurt" part. 258 00:12:23,133 --> 00:12:24,918 Yeah. There's no way to track who made it. 259 00:12:24,961 --> 00:12:26,006 How was it detonated? 260 00:12:26,049 --> 00:12:27,485 That's the part that can help. 261 00:12:27,529 --> 00:12:31,054 This is what's left of a long-range RFID receiver. 262 00:12:31,098 --> 00:12:34,318 This bomb was detonated by a cell phone app. 263 00:12:34,362 --> 00:12:36,756 There is an app for everything. 264 00:12:40,716 --> 00:12:41,848 Hello? 265 00:12:45,155 --> 00:12:46,461 Where's Agent Knight? 266 00:12:46,504 --> 00:12:49,769 I don't know. They said she was here. 267 00:12:51,814 --> 00:12:53,381 Agent Knight? 268 00:12:53,424 --> 00:12:55,383 Need a little private time. Come back later. 269 00:12:55,426 --> 00:12:57,428 Oh, okay, uh, we'll just wait in the hall. 270 00:12:57,472 --> 00:12:58,995 Wait. 271 00:13:00,301 --> 00:13:01,650 NCIS? 272 00:13:01,693 --> 00:13:03,913 Uh, yeah, Agents Bishop and Torres. 273 00:13:03,957 --> 00:13:05,349 Is everything all right? 274 00:13:06,350 --> 00:13:07,525 Thank God. 275 00:13:07,569 --> 00:13:10,398 I thought you were the nurse. 276 00:13:11,442 --> 00:13:13,618 Have you been cleared to go home? 277 00:13:13,662 --> 00:13:16,926 Not going home. I'm going to NCIS. 278 00:13:16,970 --> 00:13:18,623 My team is dead and I need to know why. 279 00:13:18,667 --> 00:13:19,973 That's actually why we're here. 280 00:13:20,016 --> 00:13:21,278 We have a few questions about what happened. 281 00:13:21,322 --> 00:13:22,932 Cool. We can talk in the car. 282 00:13:22,976 --> 00:13:25,369 Kind of in the middle of a prison break here. 283 00:13:26,806 --> 00:13:28,938 H-- uh... 284 00:13:29,939 --> 00:13:31,288 Nurse Janeway. 285 00:13:31,332 --> 00:13:33,203 This is not what you think. 286 00:13:33,247 --> 00:13:34,291 Mm-hmm. 287 00:13:34,335 --> 00:13:35,292 This time. 288 00:13:35,336 --> 00:13:36,641 Get back in bed. 289 00:13:36,685 --> 00:13:38,295 Don't make me say it twice. 290 00:13:39,731 --> 00:13:41,472 And you two are on my list now. 291 00:13:41,516 --> 00:13:42,647 Great. 292 00:13:45,041 --> 00:13:46,956 The doctor said you have five minutes. 293 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:48,566 That's it. 294 00:13:50,351 --> 00:13:54,311 Well, Agents Bishop, Torres, 295 00:13:54,355 --> 00:13:56,444 looks like we're talking in here. 296 00:13:56,487 --> 00:13:59,012 We think we know how the explosive was detonated. 297 00:13:59,055 --> 00:14:00,840 Well, that was quick. 298 00:14:00,883 --> 00:14:03,277 Well, we need your confirmation. We think Petty Officer Withers 299 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:04,626 used a cell phone app. 300 00:14:04,669 --> 00:14:06,323 Did you see him using a phone or... 301 00:14:06,367 --> 00:14:08,891 Wait. You think Toby set it off? 302 00:14:08,935 --> 00:14:10,371 Is that a problem? 303 00:14:10,414 --> 00:14:13,069 For a couple of reasons. 304 00:14:13,113 --> 00:14:15,506 First of all, Toby hated cell phones. 305 00:14:15,550 --> 00:14:17,117 He kept going on about how the government 306 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:18,683 uses them to brainwash people. 307 00:14:18,727 --> 00:14:21,512 And second, he was handcuffed by three REACT agents 308 00:14:21,556 --> 00:14:22,992 when the bomb detonated. 309 00:14:23,036 --> 00:14:24,037 Are you sure about that? 310 00:14:24,907 --> 00:14:26,126 Look, I know I hit my head 311 00:14:26,169 --> 00:14:28,215 and things are still a little fuzzy. 312 00:14:28,258 --> 00:14:30,347 But I know what I saw. 313 00:14:30,391 --> 00:14:32,306 Toby didn't set off a damn thing. 314 00:14:32,349 --> 00:14:36,614 Well, if he didn't detonate that bomb, who did? 315 00:14:36,658 --> 00:14:37,877 I was hoping you'd tell me. 316 00:14:46,146 --> 00:14:48,365 So, Toby didn't detonate the bomb? 317 00:14:48,409 --> 00:14:49,932 Not according to Knight. 318 00:14:49,976 --> 00:14:52,804 She said he didn't have a phone or the opportunity to use one. 319 00:14:52,848 --> 00:14:54,415 I don't understand. Was someone else in the house? 320 00:14:54,458 --> 00:14:57,418 No, which is why Knight thinks it was triggered remotely. 321 00:14:57,461 --> 00:14:59,289 So if Toby wasn't the bomber... 322 00:14:59,333 --> 00:15:02,423 -He was the target. -So we're thinking the killer called the tip line 323 00:15:02,466 --> 00:15:04,164 to have REACT do the dirty work. 324 00:15:04,207 --> 00:15:07,167 But when they found out Toby was being taken alive, 325 00:15:07,210 --> 00:15:08,429 they went to plan B. 326 00:15:08,472 --> 00:15:10,561 Remote trigger, the place goes up. 327 00:15:10,605 --> 00:15:12,563 Whoever wanted Toby dead wanted it bad. 328 00:15:12,607 --> 00:15:14,957 Lot of work for one guy. 329 00:15:15,001 --> 00:15:16,176 Hey. 330 00:15:16,219 --> 00:15:17,438 Hi. 331 00:15:19,222 --> 00:15:20,223 How's it going? 332 00:15:20,267 --> 00:15:21,833 Mm... 333 00:15:22,573 --> 00:15:24,184 Give me the rundown. 334 00:15:25,837 --> 00:15:29,580 Oh, I got cleared to leave the hospital. 335 00:15:31,278 --> 00:15:32,888 I swear. 336 00:15:35,412 --> 00:15:37,371 Can I use that desk? 337 00:15:37,414 --> 00:15:39,068 Ooh... Uh... 338 00:15:39,112 --> 00:15:40,591 Sorry, Agent Knight? 339 00:15:40,635 --> 00:15:42,071 Uh, just call me Jessica. 340 00:15:42,115 --> 00:15:44,117 Or Jess. Or Knight. Or whatever you want. 341 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:46,858 Okay, I-I think there's been a mistake here. 342 00:15:46,902 --> 00:15:48,643 Oof. You ever get that thing where your sock 343 00:15:48,686 --> 00:15:50,514 is all weird inside of your shoe? 344 00:15:50,558 --> 00:15:51,951 I got dressedso quick 345 00:15:51,994 --> 00:15:53,648 -at the hospital. -I just spoke with the director. 346 00:15:53,691 --> 00:15:55,650 He said that you were taking time off. 347 00:15:55,693 --> 00:15:56,825 See, that's what he told me to do. 348 00:15:56,868 --> 00:15:58,348 That's not what I'm doing. 349 00:15:58,392 --> 00:15:59,959 Oh, come on. 350 00:16:00,002 --> 00:16:01,917 If any one of you lost any one of you, 351 00:16:01,961 --> 00:16:04,050 would you just go home and cry on your couch? 352 00:16:06,443 --> 00:16:07,488 I'm actually pretty good at this. 353 00:16:07,531 --> 00:16:09,446 And you have a spare desk here. 354 00:16:09,490 --> 00:16:11,448 Oh, yeah, so this is not a spare. 355 00:16:11,492 --> 00:16:13,711 This is, um... 356 00:16:16,149 --> 00:16:17,454 It's complicated. 357 00:16:17,498 --> 00:16:19,021 Yeah, we appreciate the offer, 358 00:16:19,065 --> 00:16:22,503 but we really need to talk to Director Vance first. 359 00:16:26,159 --> 00:16:27,029 Uh, 360 00:16:27,073 --> 00:16:29,249 that bat, that's not for people. 361 00:16:29,292 --> 00:16:30,380 Uh, mm-mm. 362 00:16:30,424 --> 00:16:31,991 It's complicated. 363 00:16:35,472 --> 00:16:36,865 Okay. 364 00:16:39,302 --> 00:16:40,956 Give me 72 hours. 365 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:43,698 If I don't help you produce results, 366 00:16:43,741 --> 00:16:45,482 I'll go cry on my couch. 367 00:16:46,570 --> 00:16:49,051 Tell you what, I'll give you 24 hours, but that's it. 368 00:16:49,095 --> 00:16:53,360 72 hours, the use of this desk and all your resources. 369 00:16:53,403 --> 00:16:54,665 24 hours, 370 00:16:54,709 --> 00:16:56,580 resources, no desk. 371 00:16:56,624 --> 00:16:58,539 48, resources, desk. 372 00:16:58,582 --> 00:17:00,454 48, resources, no desk. 373 00:17:00,497 --> 00:17:02,717 Done. 374 00:17:04,327 --> 00:17:05,807 Be right down, Kase. 375 00:17:05,850 --> 00:17:07,069 I will go with you, 376 00:17:07,113 --> 00:17:09,289 being how I have nowhere to sit. 377 00:17:09,332 --> 00:17:11,073 Uh, hey, the bat? 378 00:17:11,117 --> 00:17:13,641 Oh. 379 00:17:13,684 --> 00:17:17,471 Oh. Oh, that's Gibbs's desk 380 00:17:17,514 --> 00:17:19,386 Mm. 381 00:17:19,429 --> 00:17:20,604 I'm so sorry. 382 00:17:20,648 --> 00:17:22,737 It's all good. 383 00:17:25,435 --> 00:17:29,091 50 bucks says she wasn't cleared to leave the hospital. 384 00:17:30,005 --> 00:17:32,703 Hey, Kase. You know Agent Knight here. 385 00:17:32,747 --> 00:17:36,881 Jess. Oh, thank God you're okay. 386 00:17:36,925 --> 00:17:39,754 And I am so sorry for your loss. 387 00:17:39,797 --> 00:17:40,885 Thanks, Kase. 388 00:17:40,929 --> 00:17:42,278 Knight is going to be joining us 389 00:17:42,322 --> 00:17:43,714 on our investigation. 390 00:17:43,758 --> 00:17:44,889 Of course she is. What else would she do? 391 00:17:44,933 --> 00:17:46,804 Go home and cry on her couch? 392 00:17:46,848 --> 00:17:48,763 Yeah, uh, what-what do we got here? 393 00:17:48,806 --> 00:17:50,808 Well, I'm trying to figure out the cell app 394 00:17:50,852 --> 00:17:52,810 that set off the bomb. 395 00:17:52,854 --> 00:17:54,769 Using the REACT gear? 396 00:17:54,812 --> 00:17:57,337 Yep. REACT is part of a pilot program. 397 00:17:57,380 --> 00:17:59,643 They're testing a line of body armor. 398 00:17:59,687 --> 00:18:01,515 Using LED lights, 399 00:18:01,558 --> 00:18:03,560 -an X-2 -R solar charger, 400 00:18:03,604 --> 00:18:05,214 CO2 detectors. Nice. 401 00:18:05,258 --> 00:18:06,911 And a built-in receiver that detects 402 00:18:06,955 --> 00:18:08,565 nearby radio frequencies. 403 00:18:08,609 --> 00:18:10,089 -Any chance it can tell us what cellular signals 404 00:18:10,132 --> 00:18:12,134 were in the room when the bomb went off? 405 00:18:12,178 --> 00:18:14,702 It could, if the data wasn't encoded 406 00:18:14,745 --> 00:18:16,747 in a propriety software 407 00:18:16,791 --> 00:18:18,793 only accessible by the manufacturer. 408 00:18:18,836 --> 00:18:20,229 Kessler Gear Systems? 409 00:18:20,273 --> 00:18:21,970 Talk to them, get the tech manual for the device, 410 00:18:22,013 --> 00:18:23,754 maybe that'll get us somewhere. 411 00:18:23,798 --> 00:18:26,017 Nice. Thanks, Kase. 412 00:18:26,061 --> 00:18:27,845 Knight, you coming? 413 00:18:27,889 --> 00:18:29,282 I only have 48 hours. 414 00:18:29,325 --> 00:18:31,153 Reading manuals isn't my thing. 415 00:18:56,396 --> 00:18:58,528 Making new friends, huh? 416 00:18:58,572 --> 00:19:00,182 Old one. 417 00:19:00,226 --> 00:19:02,750 -MPD, retired. -Hmm. 418 00:19:02,793 --> 00:19:04,752 He brought you a present? 419 00:19:06,754 --> 00:19:08,190 So did you. 420 00:19:08,234 --> 00:19:11,759 Well, I thought you might be missing it. 421 00:19:11,802 --> 00:19:13,891 The bat, that is. 422 00:19:17,286 --> 00:19:19,070 What? 423 00:19:20,985 --> 00:19:23,771 You tell me, Bishop. 424 00:19:23,814 --> 00:19:26,208 You called for a meet. 425 00:19:26,252 --> 00:19:27,731 What's on your mind? 426 00:19:27,775 --> 00:19:30,473 Um... 427 00:19:30,517 --> 00:19:31,996 you heard about the REACT team. 428 00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:33,868 -Mm-hmm. -So what do you think? 429 00:19:33,911 --> 00:19:36,218 -I'm trying not to. -You know, Agent Knight, 430 00:19:36,262 --> 00:19:38,525 she, uh, she lost everyone, her whole team. 431 00:19:38,568 --> 00:19:39,700 Just like that, gone. 432 00:19:39,743 --> 00:19:42,093 Makes you think, 433 00:19:42,137 --> 00:19:43,791 was it worth it? 434 00:19:44,748 --> 00:19:46,272 Think you'd have to ask her. 435 00:19:47,621 --> 00:19:50,363 No, Gibbs, I'm... 436 00:19:50,406 --> 00:19:52,408 I'm asking you. 437 00:19:52,452 --> 00:19:55,063 Was it worth it? 438 00:19:55,846 --> 00:19:58,719 Doing what you did, 439 00:19:58,762 --> 00:20:01,330 getting suspended, was... 440 00:20:01,374 --> 00:20:03,376 was it worth it? 441 00:20:06,379 --> 00:20:10,296 Some things, Bishop, they have a cost. 442 00:20:12,994 --> 00:20:15,910 You still got to get it done. 443 00:20:15,953 --> 00:20:21,307 Was it worth losing... us? 444 00:20:24,962 --> 00:20:26,877 I don't know. 445 00:20:30,316 --> 00:20:32,056 I don't know. 446 00:20:38,193 --> 00:20:40,500 I got to tell you, Mr. Kessler, when your company 447 00:20:40,543 --> 00:20:42,980 offered to send someone over to decode the smart armor, 448 00:20:43,024 --> 00:20:45,244 I was expecting one of your techies, not the CEO. 449 00:20:45,287 --> 00:20:48,421 I'm still a techie at heart, Agent McGee. 450 00:20:48,464 --> 00:20:53,469 I started Kessler Gear Systems on a workbench in my basement. 451 00:20:53,513 --> 00:20:54,949 It's my baby. 452 00:20:54,992 --> 00:20:57,821 Plus, I owe NCIS a lot. 453 00:20:57,865 --> 00:20:59,345 -Because of the pilot program? -Thanks to feedback 454 00:20:59,388 --> 00:21:01,782 from REACT, we're about to close a government contract 455 00:21:01,825 --> 00:21:04,175 on a whole new line of armor. 456 00:21:04,219 --> 00:21:05,264 Congrats. 457 00:21:05,307 --> 00:21:07,091 And you're welcome. 458 00:21:07,135 --> 00:21:09,137 He, don't worry. Part of the deal is making sure 459 00:21:09,180 --> 00:21:11,444 that, from here on out, we provide NCIS 460 00:21:11,487 --> 00:21:14,577 with as much gear and tech support as they need. 461 00:21:14,621 --> 00:21:15,883 Nice. 462 00:21:17,058 --> 00:21:20,191 It looks like the data packet is intact. 463 00:21:23,064 --> 00:21:25,196 Yep. Our body armor only picked up one RFID signal 464 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:27,198 at the time of the explosion. 465 00:21:27,242 --> 00:21:30,071 Oh. Really? One, that's it? 466 00:21:31,377 --> 00:21:32,987 What else do you need? 467 00:21:33,030 --> 00:21:35,337 Well, it's not like you can tell me the device ID 468 00:21:35,381 --> 00:21:37,034 of the phone that sent the signal. 469 00:21:37,078 --> 00:21:39,123 -Want to bet? -Wait, seriously? 470 00:21:41,387 --> 00:21:42,910 Well, this is fantastic. Now we can now ping the phone 471 00:21:42,953 --> 00:21:44,390 to get the location. 472 00:21:46,435 --> 00:21:47,697 That's it? 473 00:21:47,741 --> 00:21:49,482 According to McGee's ping, 474 00:21:49,525 --> 00:21:52,876 the phone that set off the bomb is inside that RV. 475 00:21:54,530 --> 00:21:56,619 I'm only getting heat signatures from a microwave 476 00:21:56,663 --> 00:21:58,055 and mini-fridge. 477 00:21:58,099 --> 00:21:59,666 No explosive devices. 478 00:21:59,709 --> 00:22:01,668 What about people? 479 00:22:01,711 --> 00:22:04,758 Only one. Asleep on the couch. 480 00:22:04,801 --> 00:22:06,847 Yeah, well, backup should be here soon. 481 00:22:09,632 --> 00:22:12,243 It's funny. 482 00:22:12,287 --> 00:22:13,767 Huh? 483 00:22:13,810 --> 00:22:16,465 Well, I just thought that two trained agents 484 00:22:16,509 --> 00:22:20,208 against one sleeping RV owner were pretty good odds. 485 00:22:22,297 --> 00:22:23,690 They are. 486 00:22:23,733 --> 00:22:26,257 So.... let's move in. 487 00:22:26,301 --> 00:22:28,303 See? That's why we should never be partners. 488 00:22:28,347 --> 00:22:30,566 -Why not? -Because you can't have two attack dogs. 489 00:22:30,610 --> 00:22:33,003 Someone's got to hold the leash. 490 00:22:36,006 --> 00:22:38,574 But we do have the element of surprise. Mm-hmm. 491 00:22:38,618 --> 00:22:41,925 And if we wait, I mean, he could wake up and run. 492 00:22:41,969 --> 00:22:44,841 -Or worse. -Or worse. 493 00:22:48,802 --> 00:22:51,108 Oh, she's a bad influence. 494 00:22:51,152 --> 00:22:53,807 All right, you take the back, I'll take the front. 495 00:22:58,681 --> 00:23:00,944 Park ranger! 496 00:23:05,209 --> 00:23:07,429 We need you need to move your vehicle! 497 00:23:11,651 --> 00:23:14,610 -Back was all clear. -What about the guy on the couch? 498 00:23:14,654 --> 00:23:16,917 He wasn't sleeping. 499 00:23:20,964 --> 00:23:22,270 Saw him through the window. 500 00:23:22,313 --> 00:23:23,837 Same window I crawled through. 501 00:23:24,881 --> 00:23:27,449 His body was still warm enough to give us a thermal reading. 502 00:23:27,493 --> 00:23:28,972 Can't be dead long. 503 00:23:29,016 --> 00:23:31,018 Yeah, whoever did it was in a hurry. 504 00:23:38,329 --> 00:23:40,680 Hey, did you know this dead guy? 505 00:23:40,723 --> 00:23:42,464 His face doesn't ring a bell. 506 00:23:42,508 --> 00:23:44,161 Why? 507 00:23:44,205 --> 00:23:46,207 Because he knew you. 508 00:23:47,991 --> 00:23:50,167 This guy wasn't trying to blow Toby up. 509 00:23:50,211 --> 00:23:51,212 No. 510 00:23:51,255 --> 00:23:53,257 He was after your whole team. 511 00:24:02,092 --> 00:24:04,181 Petty Officer Withers' murder was a head-fake. 512 00:24:04,225 --> 00:24:05,835 He was never the target. 513 00:24:05,879 --> 00:24:08,229 Somebody planted a bomb, then called in an anonymous tip. 514 00:24:08,272 --> 00:24:10,187 You know what happened next. 515 00:24:10,231 --> 00:24:12,494 My team was the real target all along. 516 00:24:12,538 --> 00:24:14,453 -Who did the aiming? -We know who planted the bomb. 517 00:24:14,496 --> 00:24:16,455 Richie Soren, ex-felon. 518 00:24:16,498 --> 00:24:18,413 Convicted for everything from check forging 519 00:24:18,457 --> 00:24:20,415 to armed robbery. Lovely guy. 520 00:24:20,459 --> 00:24:22,504 We found a closet full of bomb-making materials. 521 00:24:22,548 --> 00:24:24,071 Also a wire transfer for 20 grand. 522 00:24:24,114 --> 00:24:25,464 Do the math. 523 00:24:25,507 --> 00:24:28,379 -He was a gun-for-hire. Hired, then fired. 524 00:24:28,423 --> 00:24:30,730 We're thinking the mad bomber's boss was cleaning up loose ends. 525 00:24:30,773 --> 00:24:32,732 Any idea who that boss might be? 526 00:24:32,775 --> 00:24:34,298 Kasie is, uh, back-tracing the transfer now. 527 00:24:34,342 --> 00:24:35,735 But it's gonna take some time. 528 00:24:35,778 --> 00:24:37,258 I've been racking my brain trying to figure out 529 00:24:37,301 --> 00:24:39,347 who REACT pissed off enough to want us dead. 530 00:24:39,390 --> 00:24:41,392 And? 531 00:24:41,436 --> 00:24:43,569 Long list. 532 00:24:43,612 --> 00:24:45,484 Agent Knight, I'm gonna recommend protective custody. 533 00:24:45,527 --> 00:24:48,225 If the killer's goal was to take out the REACT agents-- 534 00:24:48,269 --> 00:24:49,618 I'm not going into hiding. 535 00:24:50,706 --> 00:24:52,186 Agent Knight... 536 00:24:52,229 --> 00:24:54,101 Let's not do this. 537 00:24:56,277 --> 00:24:58,801 I can take care of myself. 538 00:24:58,845 --> 00:25:01,848 And I need to know what happened to my team. 539 00:25:09,246 --> 00:25:11,205 Or... 540 00:25:11,248 --> 00:25:14,208 we can argue about it for the next ten minutes? 541 00:25:16,993 --> 00:25:18,560 Okay. 542 00:25:18,604 --> 00:25:20,344 Just watch your back. 543 00:25:24,218 --> 00:25:26,350 I appreciate you coming to my side of town. 544 00:25:26,394 --> 00:25:29,353 I rent this space from the furniture store downstairs. 545 00:25:29,397 --> 00:25:31,965 But the best part is there is the greatest 546 00:25:32,008 --> 00:25:34,533 little café next door, and it's fantast-- 547 00:25:34,576 --> 00:25:35,708 Oh! Oh, no, no, no. 548 00:25:35,751 --> 00:25:37,187 No. Shoes off. 549 00:25:37,231 --> 00:25:38,406 What? 550 00:25:38,449 --> 00:25:40,756 Shoes off! I'm serious. 551 00:25:41,975 --> 00:25:43,324 I'm... 552 00:25:43,367 --> 00:25:45,021 Oh, God. 553 00:25:45,065 --> 00:25:47,981 This board is where, where I keep all 554 00:25:48,024 --> 00:25:50,244 of my information on Hannah's murder. 555 00:25:50,287 --> 00:25:52,681 I wasn't expecting to hear from you so soon 556 00:25:52,725 --> 00:25:55,292 after our conversation in the basement. 557 00:25:55,336 --> 00:25:56,859 On the phone you said 558 00:25:56,903 --> 00:25:58,992 you found something new? 559 00:26:01,081 --> 00:26:03,910 Red duct tape? What does this have to do with... 560 00:26:03,953 --> 00:26:06,608 It was on her mouth, her wrists and her ankles. 561 00:26:07,653 --> 00:26:09,350 She-she was bound? 562 00:26:12,701 --> 00:26:14,616 She was hog-tied. 563 00:26:16,313 --> 00:26:18,925 Sorry. 564 00:26:20,361 --> 00:26:21,928 Where did you get this? 565 00:26:21,971 --> 00:26:24,060 I mean, I-I haven't seen this. 566 00:26:24,104 --> 00:26:26,889 -The police. -It wasn't in their files. 567 00:26:28,499 --> 00:26:30,719 They kept it out. 568 00:26:30,763 --> 00:26:33,287 Probably to throw off the press and... 569 00:26:33,330 --> 00:26:35,942 eliminate copycats. 570 00:26:35,985 --> 00:26:38,553 Um, was this, um... 571 00:26:38,597 --> 00:26:40,947 hog-tying done before... 572 00:26:40,990 --> 00:26:43,427 Beaten to death with a hammer? Oh. 573 00:26:43,471 --> 00:26:45,125 And her body was dumped? 574 00:26:46,517 --> 00:26:48,737 Yeah. 575 00:26:49,520 --> 00:26:50,565 You okay? 576 00:26:57,703 --> 00:26:59,922 Wait a minute. 577 00:26:59,966 --> 00:27:02,055 I've seen this before. 578 00:27:02,098 --> 00:27:04,144 But not about Hannah. 579 00:27:04,187 --> 00:27:06,320 I did an article 580 00:27:06,363 --> 00:27:07,887 quite a while ago 581 00:27:07,930 --> 00:27:09,715 on the rising crime 582 00:27:09,758 --> 00:27:11,325 in the suburbs. I remember 583 00:27:11,368 --> 00:27:13,370 this red duct tape thing from another case. 584 00:27:16,635 --> 00:27:18,288 Make yourself useful. 585 00:27:27,863 --> 00:27:29,865 Ah, here it is! 586 00:27:29,909 --> 00:27:32,694 Here it is. I knew I was right about this tape. 587 00:27:33,477 --> 00:27:36,176 Brian Stafford. Found dead seven months ago 588 00:27:36,219 --> 00:27:38,744 in a small town in upstate New York. 589 00:27:38,787 --> 00:27:40,833 Bound with red duct tape 590 00:27:40,876 --> 00:27:43,444 and bludgeoned to death. 591 00:27:43,487 --> 00:27:45,228 With a hammer? Yep. 592 00:27:46,752 --> 00:27:49,015 Huh. 593 00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:53,976 Would you maybe like a napkin? 594 00:27:55,543 --> 00:27:57,371 Uh... 595 00:27:57,414 --> 00:27:59,242 No. 596 00:27:59,286 --> 00:28:01,331 I'm good. 597 00:28:09,078 --> 00:28:12,908 So... we have my friend, Hannah, 598 00:28:12,952 --> 00:28:14,867 in Virginia. 599 00:28:14,910 --> 00:28:16,956 Brian Stafford from New York. 600 00:28:16,999 --> 00:28:18,958 Both bound in red tape. 601 00:28:19,001 --> 00:28:21,787 And both bludgeoned to death with a hammer. 602 00:28:21,830 --> 00:28:23,919 I don't think this is a coincidence. 603 00:28:23,963 --> 00:28:25,312 No such thing. 604 00:28:25,355 --> 00:28:27,662 What, did you find something else? 605 00:28:27,706 --> 00:28:29,446 Someone else. 606 00:28:29,490 --> 00:28:30,709 Laura Blankenship found 607 00:28:30,752 --> 00:28:32,275 dead in the Outer Banks. 608 00:28:32,319 --> 00:28:34,756 But this doesn't say anything about red tape. 609 00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:36,366 Yeah, but look at the wound pattern. 610 00:28:36,410 --> 00:28:37,411 That's a hammer. 611 00:28:37,454 --> 00:28:39,848 Yeah, would you look at that? 612 00:28:39,892 --> 00:28:42,764 So now there are three. 613 00:28:42,808 --> 00:28:46,550 Unless I'm mistaken, this is starting to look like a... 614 00:28:46,594 --> 00:28:49,771 -Serial killer. -Yeah. 615 00:28:57,823 --> 00:28:59,041 I'm sorry. 616 00:28:59,085 --> 00:29:00,782 I didn't realize. I-I can come back later. 617 00:29:00,826 --> 00:29:02,044 No... 618 00:29:02,088 --> 00:29:03,959 I've had my fill. 619 00:29:09,878 --> 00:29:12,011 Back in the box. 620 00:29:13,534 --> 00:29:15,797 I don't mean to pry. 621 00:29:15,841 --> 00:29:17,799 But, uh... 622 00:29:17,843 --> 00:29:19,758 "the box"? 623 00:29:19,801 --> 00:29:22,151 You know what I do, Jimmy. 624 00:29:22,195 --> 00:29:25,285 I do, yeah. I can't imagine how difficult it must be. 625 00:29:25,328 --> 00:29:28,636 Having so many lives depend on what you say next. 626 00:29:28,679 --> 00:29:30,507 Which is why you need to find a way to manage it. 627 00:29:31,682 --> 00:29:33,293 How do you? 628 00:29:34,773 --> 00:29:37,993 I've walked into hell more times than you can count. 629 00:29:39,255 --> 00:29:42,302 A bomber about to blow up a preschool. 630 00:29:43,303 --> 00:29:46,306 A father threatening to slit his own kid's throat. 631 00:29:46,349 --> 00:29:48,308 And it is my job 632 00:29:48,351 --> 00:29:51,746 to imagine a happy ending and then to make it happen. 633 00:29:51,790 --> 00:29:54,488 And the only way that you can do that is to take 634 00:29:54,531 --> 00:29:56,577 every fear... 635 00:29:56,620 --> 00:29:58,144 every pain and just... 636 00:29:58,187 --> 00:29:59,841 Just put it in the box. 637 00:29:59,885 --> 00:30:01,190 And then when it's over, 638 00:30:01,234 --> 00:30:03,802 only then can you risk... 639 00:30:03,845 --> 00:30:05,760 feeling anything. 640 00:30:05,804 --> 00:30:08,763 I mean, that doesn't sound... 641 00:30:08,807 --> 00:30:10,678 healthy at all. 642 00:30:12,071 --> 00:30:13,594 Sorry, it-it doesn't. 643 00:30:13,637 --> 00:30:14,943 Never said it was healthy. 644 00:30:14,987 --> 00:30:17,380 Just... just necessary. 645 00:30:20,079 --> 00:30:21,863 And to be honest, I think that's 646 00:30:21,907 --> 00:30:24,039 why I'm still alive and they're not. 647 00:30:24,083 --> 00:30:26,215 What happened in that house? 648 00:30:29,044 --> 00:30:31,525 I-I might not have 649 00:30:31,568 --> 00:30:34,658 a-a knife or... 650 00:30:34,702 --> 00:30:38,053 a bomb, but... 651 00:30:38,097 --> 00:30:40,926 you can talk to me. 652 00:30:45,931 --> 00:30:48,498 I left them. 653 00:30:50,457 --> 00:30:53,634 When Petty Officer Withers surrendered 654 00:30:53,677 --> 00:30:56,028 and my team came in to make the arrest, 655 00:30:56,071 --> 00:30:58,073 I needed to get out of that room fast. 656 00:30:58,117 --> 00:31:01,511 You had to take a breath, right? 657 00:31:02,643 --> 00:31:04,558 And now... 658 00:31:04,601 --> 00:31:07,430 are you thinking you should've died with them? 659 00:31:12,958 --> 00:31:15,177 I left my team. 660 00:31:18,354 --> 00:31:21,140 I know a thing or two about survivor's guilt. 661 00:31:23,969 --> 00:31:27,494 And the question that I've learned to ask? 662 00:31:27,537 --> 00:31:29,931 How would he feel 663 00:31:29,975 --> 00:31:32,151 about you surviving? 664 00:31:34,980 --> 00:31:37,983 Wherever Agent Madden is right now, 665 00:31:38,026 --> 00:31:39,898 I think he'd be thrilled. 666 00:31:44,467 --> 00:31:46,948 He, of all people, knew how short life could be. 667 00:31:48,341 --> 00:31:50,604 Why "of all people"? 668 00:31:51,953 --> 00:31:53,824 His advanced lung disease. 669 00:31:54,869 --> 00:31:57,176 Are you telling me Eddie was sick? Yes. 670 00:31:57,219 --> 00:31:58,873 Based on his current condition, 671 00:31:58,917 --> 00:32:01,093 he had less than a year to live. 672 00:32:03,747 --> 00:32:05,401 He never said anything. 673 00:32:05,445 --> 00:32:07,577 It would appear that you're not 674 00:32:07,621 --> 00:32:10,276 the only one who's good at compartmentalizing. 675 00:32:12,974 --> 00:32:15,107 Think I got a lead. 676 00:32:15,150 --> 00:32:17,457 Just came from Agent Madden's house, 677 00:32:17,500 --> 00:32:18,980 found something pretty interesting in his garage. 678 00:32:19,024 --> 00:32:20,286 Look at this. 679 00:32:20,329 --> 00:32:22,723 Uh, that's REACT's smart armor. 680 00:32:22,766 --> 00:32:23,724 That's not very interesting. 681 00:32:23,767 --> 00:32:24,986 How about now? 682 00:32:25,030 --> 00:32:26,814 A ton of it, stashed at his house. 683 00:32:26,857 --> 00:32:28,816 Okay, so what do you think he was doing with all that gear? 684 00:32:28,859 --> 00:32:30,339 Worth a ton of money. 685 00:32:30,383 --> 00:32:31,950 You think he was doing some kind of side business? 686 00:32:31,993 --> 00:32:35,214 Like maybe selling, uh, stolen equipment on the DL? 687 00:32:36,171 --> 00:32:37,781 No way Eddie was dirty. 688 00:32:38,869 --> 00:32:40,132 It's just a theory. 689 00:32:40,175 --> 00:32:42,308 Well, your theory's wrong. 690 00:32:43,352 --> 00:32:44,353 Equipment's supposed to stay 691 00:32:44,397 --> 00:32:45,833 in the NCIS armory. 692 00:32:45,876 --> 00:32:48,227 And Eddie had authorization to take it out. 693 00:32:48,270 --> 00:32:50,316 He was the gear manager. 694 00:32:52,057 --> 00:32:55,190 I understand... 695 00:32:57,366 --> 00:33:00,152 Eddie was a good cop. 696 00:33:00,195 --> 00:33:01,501 I'd bet my life on it. 697 00:33:01,544 --> 00:33:04,591 In fact, I have, more than once. 698 00:33:06,506 --> 00:33:08,160 After you told me about 699 00:33:08,203 --> 00:33:10,466 all that missing gear, I took the liberty 700 00:33:10,510 --> 00:33:13,165 of tracking Agent Madden's movements in our building, 701 00:33:13,208 --> 00:33:15,994 to see if anything flagged my weirdometer. 702 00:33:16,037 --> 00:33:18,344 And it got flagged. 703 00:33:18,387 --> 00:33:21,129 According to the system logs, uh, Agent Madden swiped 704 00:33:21,173 --> 00:33:26,961 his REACT key card at the NCIS training facility four days ago. 705 00:33:27,005 --> 00:33:28,136 So? He is a gym rat. 706 00:33:28,180 --> 00:33:30,008 -11:00 p.m. at night? -Night owl. 707 00:33:30,051 --> 00:33:33,272 Take a look at the security footage from the gym 708 00:33:33,315 --> 00:33:35,143 at 11:00 p.m. 709 00:33:36,623 --> 00:33:37,711 He ain't there. 710 00:33:37,754 --> 00:33:40,061 Even though his key card said he was. 711 00:33:40,105 --> 00:33:41,323 That's weird. 712 00:33:41,367 --> 00:33:42,846 Try mildly irregular. 713 00:33:42,890 --> 00:33:44,718 Those card readers glitch all the time. 714 00:33:44,761 --> 00:33:46,067 Yeah, you're right. 715 00:33:46,111 --> 00:33:48,548 They glitch. They're glitchers. 716 00:33:48,591 --> 00:33:52,726 So to be sure, I checked the actual data logs 717 00:33:52,769 --> 00:33:55,076 to get secondary confirmation of the swipe, 718 00:33:55,120 --> 00:33:57,209 and according to the data logs, 719 00:33:57,252 --> 00:33:59,733 Madden was someplace else entirely 720 00:33:59,776 --> 00:34:02,083 when he swiped his card. 721 00:34:02,127 --> 00:34:04,129 Where was he? 722 00:34:04,172 --> 00:34:06,479 At the armory. 723 00:34:09,134 --> 00:34:11,136 -Walking out with a quarter-million dollars' 724 00:34:11,179 --> 00:34:12,485 worth of equipment. 725 00:34:12,528 --> 00:34:15,618 Which he then tried to cover up afterwards. 726 00:34:16,619 --> 00:34:18,186 Not a good look. 727 00:34:28,762 --> 00:34:30,633 She took that well. 728 00:34:38,511 --> 00:34:41,253 So if Madden was stealing gear from NCIS, 729 00:34:41,296 --> 00:34:43,255 how did he end up dead? 730 00:34:43,298 --> 00:34:44,604 Maybe he had a falling out with a buyer. 731 00:34:44,647 --> 00:34:46,214 Or a partner. 732 00:34:48,695 --> 00:34:51,393 Sorry about the lab. Won't happen again. 733 00:34:52,525 --> 00:34:56,355 If Madden was dirty, Madden was dirty. 734 00:34:57,791 --> 00:34:59,967 -I'm sorry, what did I miss? -I killed a stapler. 735 00:35:00,010 --> 00:35:01,621 Oh, you know, I've been there. 736 00:35:01,664 --> 00:35:03,536 So what makes you think that he had a partner? 737 00:35:03,579 --> 00:35:05,320 He'd been taking calls on the job. 738 00:35:05,364 --> 00:35:06,974 Personal calls, in the middle of the day. 739 00:35:07,017 --> 00:35:09,542 At first I didn't think anything about it, but now... 740 00:35:09,585 --> 00:35:11,370 Maybe they were calls were to a partner about the stolen gear? 741 00:35:11,413 --> 00:35:13,154 And maybe that partner got tired of going halfsies 742 00:35:13,198 --> 00:35:14,373 and took Madden out. 743 00:35:14,416 --> 00:35:15,809 We got to find this partner. 744 00:35:15,852 --> 00:35:17,289 Yeah, which is why I've been pulling up 745 00:35:17,332 --> 00:35:19,595 GPS history from Madden's car. 746 00:35:19,639 --> 00:35:22,468 So this is from last week. 747 00:35:22,511 --> 00:35:24,339 Damn. He's been all over the place. 748 00:35:24,383 --> 00:35:27,168 -Yeah, Madden stopped at three law offices 749 00:35:27,212 --> 00:35:29,823 and two chemical laboratories. 750 00:35:29,866 --> 00:35:32,434 It's not the kind of people who usually buy stolen body armor. 751 00:35:32,478 --> 00:35:34,132 So what was he doing? 752 00:35:34,175 --> 00:35:36,960 He was trying to figure out why the armor was killing him. 753 00:35:39,528 --> 00:35:41,313 Madden had advanced lung disease. 754 00:35:41,356 --> 00:35:43,967 Turns out it was idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. 755 00:35:44,011 --> 00:35:45,317 Is that unusual? 756 00:35:45,360 --> 00:35:46,970 Not if you're over 65 and you're a heavy smoker, 757 00:35:47,014 --> 00:35:48,842 or if you happen to work around toxic fumes. 758 00:35:48,885 --> 00:35:52,324 I dove into his medical history. Madden was a health nut. 759 00:35:52,367 --> 00:35:54,195 His only issue was a minor 760 00:35:54,239 --> 00:35:55,718 asthma condition which he managed just fine 761 00:35:55,762 --> 00:35:58,199 up until about a year ago, when it got way worse. 762 00:35:58,243 --> 00:36:00,288 Now, that coincides with... 763 00:36:00,332 --> 00:36:02,334 The gear pilot program, 764 00:36:02,377 --> 00:36:04,858 which started exactly a year ago. 765 00:36:04,901 --> 00:36:07,513 So you're saying the armor made him sick? 766 00:36:07,556 --> 00:36:09,079 I had Kasie run an analysis on the materials. 767 00:36:09,123 --> 00:36:14,520 Turns out the outer materials had high levels of PBDE. 768 00:36:17,392 --> 00:36:19,133 Pretend like I'm not as smart as you. 769 00:36:19,177 --> 00:36:21,440 Sorry, right, uh, it-it's used in flame retardants, 770 00:36:21,483 --> 00:36:23,746 or at least it was, until 2004 when it was banned 771 00:36:23,790 --> 00:36:26,836 because the off-gassing was found to be so highly toxic. 772 00:36:26,880 --> 00:36:29,491 But I wore the armor, too. My entire team did. 773 00:36:29,535 --> 00:36:31,363 So how come Madden was the only one who got sick? 774 00:36:31,406 --> 00:36:34,148 For you and for others, it would take years 775 00:36:34,192 --> 00:36:36,019 of exposure to get sick. 776 00:36:36,063 --> 00:36:37,238 But for someone like Madden, 777 00:36:37,282 --> 00:36:39,371 with a preexisting asthma condition? 778 00:36:39,414 --> 00:36:43,853 Putting this armor on was like a ticking time bomb. 779 00:36:43,897 --> 00:36:47,292 So Madden wasn't stealing those boxes to sell them, 780 00:36:47,335 --> 00:36:48,902 he was gathering evidence. 781 00:36:48,945 --> 00:36:51,644 Which explains why he was visiting labs and law offices. 782 00:36:51,687 --> 00:36:53,211 He was building a case. 783 00:36:53,254 --> 00:36:54,516 Against who? 784 00:36:54,560 --> 00:36:56,562 Mr. Kessler, we appreciate you coming in again, 785 00:36:56,605 --> 00:36:59,086 We just have a, uh, few more questions about your gear. 786 00:36:59,129 --> 00:37:02,089 Of course. Like I said, anything you need. 787 00:37:02,132 --> 00:37:03,612 What do you want to know? 788 00:37:03,656 --> 00:37:06,485 Well, how long have you known that it could make you sick? 789 00:37:11,707 --> 00:37:13,231 Wait a minute, I'm confused. 790 00:37:13,274 --> 00:37:14,362 Really? 791 00:37:14,406 --> 00:37:16,059 Seems pretty clear to me. 792 00:37:16,103 --> 00:37:17,931 Your company manufactured body armor 793 00:37:17,974 --> 00:37:20,238 that contained an illegal toxic chemical. 794 00:37:20,281 --> 00:37:21,587 Cheaper to make. 795 00:37:21,630 --> 00:37:23,110 But if it kills people, so what, right? 796 00:37:23,153 --> 00:37:24,590 -Agent Madden found out about it. 797 00:37:24,633 --> 00:37:26,113 And when he threatened to expose you 798 00:37:26,156 --> 00:37:28,071 on the heels of your big government contract... 799 00:37:28,115 --> 00:37:29,116 You killed him. 800 00:37:29,159 --> 00:37:30,596 Oh, I'm sorry, no, you, 801 00:37:30,639 --> 00:37:32,902 you hired someone to kill him. 802 00:37:32,946 --> 00:37:34,687 And so that no one ever found out about the tainted gear, 803 00:37:34,730 --> 00:37:37,429 you fixed the problem in your new product line. 804 00:37:37,472 --> 00:37:38,778 No more icky stuff. 805 00:37:38,821 --> 00:37:41,650 Is this supposed to intimidate me? 806 00:37:41,694 --> 00:37:43,391 'Cause if you want to see intimidation, 807 00:37:43,435 --> 00:37:45,524 -wait until my lawyers get here. -Well, we'd like to meet them. 808 00:37:45,567 --> 00:37:46,829 We'll show them this. 809 00:37:46,873 --> 00:37:48,091 Am I supposed to know 810 00:37:48,135 --> 00:37:49,441 -what that is? -Well, you should. 811 00:37:49,484 --> 00:37:50,790 It's the wire transfer you paid 812 00:37:50,833 --> 00:37:52,444 to Richie Soren to blow up the house. 813 00:37:52,487 --> 00:37:54,141 You remember him? Ex-con, 814 00:37:54,184 --> 00:37:55,577 lived in an RV? 815 00:37:55,621 --> 00:37:56,926 It took us a little while, but we traced the payment 816 00:37:56,970 --> 00:37:59,886 back to an offshore account owned by you. 817 00:37:59,929 --> 00:38:03,150 See, you're not the only one with cool gadgets. 818 00:38:05,021 --> 00:38:07,285 Okay, yes, 819 00:38:07,328 --> 00:38:09,983 Madden was going to expose me and ruin everything, 820 00:38:10,026 --> 00:38:13,552 but hiring the bomber wasn't my idea. 821 00:38:13,595 --> 00:38:15,684 Then whose idea was it? 822 00:38:22,212 --> 00:38:23,344 Kessler? 823 00:38:23,388 --> 00:38:25,346 He gave you up. 824 00:38:25,390 --> 00:38:26,869 Told us everything. 825 00:38:26,913 --> 00:38:29,655 Well, I suppose if it had to end, 826 00:38:29,698 --> 00:38:32,179 better it be with... with you. 827 00:38:32,222 --> 00:38:34,921 Tell me, when Madden first came to you with his concerns 828 00:38:34,964 --> 00:38:37,358 about the gear, did you even contemplate 829 00:38:37,402 --> 00:38:39,491 going to the higher-ups and doing the right thing? 830 00:38:39,534 --> 00:38:41,971 Or did you just go straight to Kessler and cut a deal? 831 00:38:42,015 --> 00:38:45,497 Keep Madden silent in exchange for a nice, hefty paycheck. 832 00:38:45,540 --> 00:38:47,499 No, Jess... The anonymous tip 833 00:38:47,542 --> 00:38:49,109 that sent us to that house. 834 00:38:49,152 --> 00:38:50,415 That was you, wasn't it? 835 00:38:50,458 --> 00:38:52,939 You sent us there to kill us. 836 00:38:52,982 --> 00:38:54,549 The bomb was only meant for Madden. 837 00:38:54,593 --> 00:38:56,203 It-it was supposed 838 00:38:56,246 --> 00:38:58,031 to go off when he was in the house alone 839 00:38:58,074 --> 00:38:59,380 going through final sweeps. 840 00:38:59,424 --> 00:39:01,382 It w-- it was Soren. 841 00:39:01,426 --> 00:39:03,341 Soren jumped the gun. 842 00:39:03,384 --> 00:39:05,081 I never intended 843 00:39:05,125 --> 00:39:07,867 to hurt you, ever, or the others. 844 00:39:07,910 --> 00:39:10,043 -And that makes it okay? -I figured, 845 00:39:10,086 --> 00:39:13,525 since Madden was dying anyway... 846 00:39:13,568 --> 00:39:15,875 Tom, he was family. 847 00:39:15,918 --> 00:39:19,052 They all were. Are you seriously trying to justify this? 848 00:39:19,095 --> 00:39:20,836 No. 849 00:39:25,014 --> 00:39:26,973 I'm just talking. 850 00:39:32,892 --> 00:39:35,111 Well, the time for that is over. 851 00:39:40,116 --> 00:39:41,248 Yeah. 852 00:39:41,291 --> 00:39:43,293 Let's go. 853 00:39:43,337 --> 00:39:44,904 Come on. 854 00:39:44,947 --> 00:39:48,603 I suppose you're right, Jess. 855 00:39:49,865 --> 00:39:50,910 What are you doing, Tom? 856 00:39:50,953 --> 00:39:52,564 I'm saving you from filling out 857 00:39:52,607 --> 00:39:54,566 a lot of paperwork. 858 00:39:54,609 --> 00:39:57,960 I remember how much you always hated that. 859 00:40:06,578 --> 00:40:09,276 Aren't you gonna try and stop me? 860 00:40:09,319 --> 00:40:13,802 Use your tricks to talk me out of it? 861 00:40:15,630 --> 00:40:17,893 No. 862 00:40:21,157 --> 00:40:23,333 I've already played my trick. 863 00:40:24,726 --> 00:40:25,945 What? 864 00:40:25,988 --> 00:40:28,600 Why do you think I'm on this side of you? 865 00:40:28,643 --> 00:40:30,340 I wanted the sun at your back so you wouldn't see 866 00:40:30,384 --> 00:40:32,821 the agent I have coming up on your right. 867 00:40:47,270 --> 00:40:51,536 And just as Agents Madden, Ono and Vargas 868 00:40:51,579 --> 00:40:56,018 have given their lives in service to our country, 869 00:40:56,062 --> 00:40:58,673 they also serve as a reminder 870 00:40:58,717 --> 00:41:01,459 that wherever this life takes us, 871 00:41:01,502 --> 00:41:04,287 whether here or beyond, 872 00:41:04,331 --> 00:41:08,944 we will forever be brothers and sisters, 873 00:41:08,988 --> 00:41:13,383 bound by the duty and honor 874 00:41:13,427 --> 00:41:15,342 to which we are sworn. 875 00:41:24,177 --> 00:41:25,744 Agent Knight. 876 00:41:25,787 --> 00:41:28,790 McGee, I told you, call me Jessica. 877 00:41:28,834 --> 00:41:31,010 Or Jess. Or Knight or... 878 00:41:31,053 --> 00:41:32,968 Hey, um, listen, I just wanted to, 879 00:41:33,012 --> 00:41:34,927 I wanted to say thank you for your help on the case. 880 00:41:34,970 --> 00:41:37,016 Oh, no, I should be thanking you. 881 00:41:37,059 --> 00:41:41,455 And hey, we did it in under 48 hours. 882 00:41:41,499 --> 00:41:43,762 Well, technically, it was 49 and a half... 883 00:41:43,805 --> 00:41:45,590 Ugh. but who's counting? 884 00:41:45,633 --> 00:41:48,375 You, apparently. 885 00:41:48,418 --> 00:41:50,551 Well, 886 00:41:50,595 --> 00:41:52,814 maybe I'm losing my touch. 887 00:41:52,858 --> 00:41:54,903 May be a good time to take a step back. 888 00:41:54,947 --> 00:41:57,166 You? Slow down? 889 00:41:57,210 --> 00:42:00,518 More like decompress. 890 00:42:00,561 --> 00:42:02,389 Besides, going back to the office now, 891 00:42:02,432 --> 00:42:03,564 I'd feel like Annie. 892 00:42:03,608 --> 00:42:05,610 Or Harry Potter. 893 00:42:05,653 --> 00:42:07,089 How do you mean? 894 00:42:07,873 --> 00:42:09,744 An orphan. 895 00:42:14,270 --> 00:42:16,316 My family's gone. 896 00:42:18,927 --> 00:42:21,539 I'm not sure where I belong right now. 897 00:42:24,716 --> 00:42:26,805 Well, Jess... 898 00:42:27,806 --> 00:42:30,069 ...that's the thing about families. 899 00:42:30,852 --> 00:42:32,985 Sometimes they grow. 900 00:43:01,666 --> 00:43:03,624 Captioning sponsored by CBS 901 00:43:09,369 --> 00:43:11,371 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org