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MAN:
Bravo-Delta-Four UAV test.
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In flight. Video up.
Radio comm channels clear.
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Commencing field exercise
Bravo-Delta-Four.
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Copy that.
Bravo-Delta-Four is a go.
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Missile activated.
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Okay, people. Hold steady.
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And remember this moment,
because the maiden test run
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of a beast like this
combat UAV missile...
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...is something
to tell the grandkids.
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Approaching target.
80 meters and closing.
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INGRAM:
Begin weapons engagement.
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MURPHY:
70.
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60...
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Staff Sergeant Murphy
is clear to fire.
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Commence firing.
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MURPHY:
50... 40...
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All systems ready.
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Target locking sequence
initiated.
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(system beeping)
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30 meters out.
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Sir? Sir.
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Come here.
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We have a problem.
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Murphy, stand down.
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(beeps)
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Target locked.
Murphy, hold!
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Murphy, hold your fire!
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Stand down!
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Missile away.
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FEMALE VOICE:
Target strike confirmed.
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What did you do?
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♪ NCIS 17x13 ♪
Sound Off
Original Air Date on January 21, 2020
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== sync, corrected by elderman ==
@elder_man
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♪ ♪
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McGEE:
Ah, that fleeting moment
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when everything
is right and good.
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The coffee is half full and
the phone hasn't rung yet.
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No crime, no body.
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Not even a hint of trouble.
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JIMMY:
Okay.
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Can I just vent?
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Oh, it was nice while it lasted.
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What's wrong, Jimmy?
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Dr. Mallard retired.
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You're just realizing this now?
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And ever since he became
the official NCIS historian,
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I have been doing
the work of two people.
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Yeah. And you do it all
with a smile on your face.
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Oh, that? Yeah, yeah.
I've been faking that
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for the last four months.
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Yeah, I have such a backlog
of work to catch up on,
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I didn't even
go home last night.
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You guys, I got 14
minutes of sleep.
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On an autopsy table.
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I hope there wasn't
a body on it.
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McGEE: Jimmy, you think
maybe it's time
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you get your, uh, own assistant?
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Yes. I m-- I mean,
I'm-I'm trying to.
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I-I interviewed people
last week,
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but, uh, it's impossible to tell
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whether or not someone's
gonna measure up
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just by talking to them.
(stammers)
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Dr. Mallard instilled
in me a very high
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set of standards, and these,
t-this is just a-a mess
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of résumés.
(panting)
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They're just...
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They're just
talking heads.
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Did I mention I got 14 minutes
of sleep last night?
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Twice.
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Look, Jimmy, maybe you should
just have the applicants come in
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and work with you
on a trial basis.
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Yeah, you know, you can
tell a lot about a person
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when you see them
in action.
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TORRES: It's like
my abuela said,
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"You never know
the measure of a man
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until he's covered in blood."
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Doesn't abuela mean
"grandmother"?
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She was a butcher.
GIBBS: Grab your gear.
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Got a dead body in Quantico.
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Sort of.
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Sort of a body?
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Go. Gear. Let's go.
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JIMMY: I have logged seven
pieces of human remains so far.
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From what I can tell, they all
came from the same person.
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Whoever that might be.
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McGEE: All right.
I got a hit over here.
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(helicopter blades whirring)
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Victim is Daniel Backer.
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Retired gunnery sergeant.
Rules out accident.
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How do we know that?
McGEE: A gunny would've known better
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than to just walk into an active
weapon range like that.
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Suicide, Jimmy?
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I don't think so.
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Uh, the force of the explosion
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clearly dismembered the body.
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But the hypoxic nature
of this tissue suggests
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that there was no blood flow at
the time of the missile strike.
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Which means...
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Backer was already dead
when the missile hit.
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GIBBS:
For how long?
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Dead how? Palmer!
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Oh, uh, just--
I'm-I'm gonna have to get him--
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all of him-- back to autopsy.
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U-Uh, the post-mortem
lividity here suggests
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that the body was also moved
after he died.
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Which means...
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Someone put him here.
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So, I take it by your lack
of uniform, you're a civilian?
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That's right.
I-I work for a company
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called LanWar Defense Systems.
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And that's their drone?
LanWar makes the weapons,
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the Marine Warfighting Lab
tests them.
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It's pretty small
for a combat drone.
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And extremely lightweight.
It's only six pounds,
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but its missiles
pack a hell of a punch.
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How much punch?
Imagine if you could
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stuff a Category 5 tornado
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into something the size
of a water bottle.
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Whoever was down there
didn't stand a chance.
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All right, thanks.
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So the victim was I.D.'d
as Daniel Backer.
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You knew him?
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Yeah. He's, um,
a retired gunnery sergeant.
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He-he works for us at LanWar.
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He helps us plan the demos that
we run for the Warfighting Lab.
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So you all knew him?
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Including the Marine who
piloted the drone today?
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Staff Sergeant
Diana Murphy. Yes.
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You said she fired her missile
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despite your repeated orders
to stand down.
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Well, I-I don't know
what she was thinking.
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It's ironic that
it was Backer down there.
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Why would you say that?
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Well, they used to date.
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Yeah, we're gonna
need to talk to her.
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Of course.
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Look, I-I'm sure
she was just so focused,
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she didn't hear the order.
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I mean, I know
how that sounds, but...
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I left her in the
pilots' ready room.
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She was pretty distraught.
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She was just...
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Where did she go?
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Staff Sergeant Diana Murphy,
30 years old,
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served in the Marine Corps
for the last nine.
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She started out flying drone
missions in Afghanistan
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but now specializes in piloting
UAVs for the Warfighting Lab.
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Why is she running?
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Well, maybe because she killed
her ex-boyfriend,
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and blew up the evidence?
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BOLO's out.
Quantico MPs have been alerted.
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We'll find her.
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Service record.
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Competent, capable. Nothing
murdery at all, actually.
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Wait, did I mention that
she blew up her ex-boyfriend?
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Also known as retired
Gunnery Sergeant Daniel Backer.
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37, decorated,
well-liked.
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Described as
a "total Boy Scout."
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After Backer left the Marines,
uh, LanWar offered him a job.
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Which means he spent a lot of
time in the Warfighting Lab.
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We think that's
where he met Murphy.
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You get a cause of death yet?
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Uh, not yet.
No, Jimmy's taking longer
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than usual for some reason.
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McGee, take Torres to LanWar.
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See what else you can
find out about Backer.
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On it.
On it.
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Bishop.
Hmm?
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Find Murphy.
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On it.
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JIMMY: As your first test, we will
start by reassembling the body.
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Now, this is the
phalanges mediae.
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(phone chiming, vibrating)
Uh...
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Based on the curvature
of this facet,
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I believe, of the left foot.
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(phone chimes, vibrates)
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Would you please turn that off?
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(sighs)
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This work does require
a great deal of concentration.
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Uh, seriously. How do you do
anything with these gloves on?
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They're actually quite handy,
for work.
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Uh, would you mind
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getting me the
left patella?
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Pass.
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I have a thing about kneecaps.
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Okay. Right.
I'll get the patella.
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You orient the left
quadriceps femoris.
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His left.
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Not yours.
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Okay, there we go.
Yeah, now, just-just
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rotate it in until it fits...
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Look...
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Mm, gonna leave now.
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That's a great idea.
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(grunts)
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Sorry about that, Gunny.
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That young lady had
a stellar résumé
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and absolutely no
place in the SAZ.
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That's the Sacred
Autopsy Zone.
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You didn't used to think of me
like that, did you?
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Cause of death.
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Right. As we suspected,
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Backer's C.O.D. was
not a drone strike,
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but rather a gunshot wound,
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confirming this was,
in fact, a murder.
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Entry was right here.
He was shot at point-blank range
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with what I can only assume
was a nine-millimeter bullet,
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which we cannot find.
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Lost in the blast.
Yeah.
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Any idea where
he was killed?
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I couldn't even begin
to tell you. Gibbs,
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any piece of evidence that
could've given me a clue was...
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Lost in the blast.
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Who has a thing with kneecaps?
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I'm sorry.
It was a shock to us all.
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TORRES:
You and Backer close?
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We hadn't worked together long,
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but he was one of those guys
you couldn't help but like.
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You notice anything
off with him lately?
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No. His work was
always top-notch.
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I mean, who better to show the
military how to use our weapons
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than a decorated Marine?
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What the hell was he doing
on a live firing range?
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He knew better.
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Actually, it wasn't your drone
that killed him.
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He was shot.
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What? How?
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McGEE: That's what we're
here to investigate.
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Were you aware
of the relationship he had
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with Staff Sergeant Murphy?
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Not really.
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What I do know is they seemed
more off than on.
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What does that have
to do with anything?
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Their last breakup,
that seem amicable to you?
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Looks like you have
something to say.
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A couple of days ago,
Danny and Diana
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got into a fight in the lab.
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And?
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And I thought it was
gonna come to blows.
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I almost called the MPs.
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What was it about?
I don't know.
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You know where Diana is
right now? (phone rings)
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Look, she's a tough lady,
but I've never seen anything
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that would make
me think that...
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Everybody has off days.
Everybody has fights, right?
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Mm.
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That doesn't make her a killer.
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Right, totally,
so back to my question.
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Do you know where she is now?
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I do.
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MPs found her.
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Where?
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SLOANE:
So, she ran back
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to her ex-boyfriend's place
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after she blew up his body?
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00:11:01,704 --> 00:11:03,137
I'm sure you got some kind
257
00:11:03,205 --> 00:11:04,505
of psychological theory.
258
00:11:04,573 --> 00:11:06,106
If she's our killer,
maybe that's
259
00:11:06,175 --> 00:11:07,841
where Backer was
originally murdered.
260
00:11:07,910 --> 00:11:10,010
Some killers like to return
to the scene of the crime
261
00:11:10,079 --> 00:11:11,678
to revel in what they've done.
262
00:11:11,747 --> 00:11:15,115
Not much revelry going on
in there.
263
00:11:22,558 --> 00:11:24,057
One of your agents said it was
264
00:11:24,160 --> 00:11:26,393
Danny out there in that
weapons field-- is that true?
265
00:11:26,462 --> 00:11:28,028
Is he dead?
266
00:11:28,097 --> 00:11:30,464
It's true.
267
00:11:30,533 --> 00:11:32,266
But maybe you already knew that.
268
00:11:32,334 --> 00:11:35,936
Staff Sergeant
Murphy,
269
00:11:36,005 --> 00:11:37,604
why did you leave
the crime scene?
270
00:11:42,578 --> 00:11:44,378
W-What?
271
00:11:44,446 --> 00:11:45,446
Why'd you run?
272
00:11:45,481 --> 00:11:47,214
I wasn't thinking straight.
273
00:11:47,283 --> 00:11:48,794
I'd just killed someone
with a missile.
274
00:11:48,818 --> 00:11:51,151
No, you didn't.
275
00:11:53,756 --> 00:11:56,924
Danny was already dead by
the time your missile hit him.
276
00:11:58,627 --> 00:11:59,760
He was shot.
277
00:11:59,829 --> 00:12:01,428
But I'm thinking
you already
278
00:12:01,497 --> 00:12:02,830
knew that, too,
didn't you?
279
00:12:04,433 --> 00:12:06,633
Diana?
280
00:12:07,770 --> 00:12:09,770
What, what is it?
281
00:12:09,839 --> 00:12:11,638
BISHOP:
You didn't answer my question.
282
00:12:11,707 --> 00:12:12,773
Diana?
283
00:12:14,276 --> 00:12:15,609
Hey!
284
00:12:15,678 --> 00:12:17,255
Why did you run back to
Backer's apartment
285
00:12:17,279 --> 00:12:18,545
after the missile strike?
286
00:12:18,614 --> 00:12:20,080
For help-- he's the only
287
00:12:20,149 --> 00:12:22,115
person that I trust.
Or...
288
00:12:22,184 --> 00:12:24,251
you and he got into a bad fight.
289
00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:25,419
You shot him.
290
00:12:25,487 --> 00:12:26,954
And you tried
to cover it up
291
00:12:27,022 --> 00:12:28,789
by dumping his body
292
00:12:28,858 --> 00:12:32,326
in a weapons range that you knew
was scheduled to be hit.
293
00:12:32,394 --> 00:12:34,094
When his body
was discovered,
294
00:12:34,163 --> 00:12:36,063
you raced back to
his apartment to
295
00:12:36,131 --> 00:12:38,283
cover any evidence
that was left behind.
296
00:12:38,284 --> 00:12:39,014
No.
297
00:12:39,015 --> 00:12:41,301
You know, there is something
off about her responses,
298
00:12:41,370 --> 00:12:43,470
but I can't quite
put my finger on it.
299
00:12:43,539 --> 00:12:45,139
BISHOP: Ingram ordered you
to stand down,
300
00:12:45,174 --> 00:12:46,673
so why did you fire
that missile?
301
00:12:46,742 --> 00:12:48,475
I didn't know anyone
was out there.
302
00:12:48,544 --> 00:12:50,978
You were ordered to hold
your fire three times.
303
00:12:52,915 --> 00:12:54,281
Why'd you disobey the order?
304
00:12:54,350 --> 00:12:55,415
W-What?
305
00:12:55,484 --> 00:12:57,517
Why did you disobey the order?
306
00:12:57,586 --> 00:12:58,586
I didn't kill Danny.
307
00:12:58,654 --> 00:12:59,654
I loved him.
308
00:12:59,722 --> 00:13:00,988
Semper fi, Marine!
309
00:13:03,759 --> 00:13:04,759
(door opens)
310
00:13:07,196 --> 00:13:08,295
What'd I miss?
311
00:13:08,364 --> 00:13:10,497
Uh, just-just Gibbs
being Gibbs.
312
00:13:13,569 --> 00:13:14,701
Semper fi.
313
00:13:14,770 --> 00:13:17,037
Ooh-rah!
314
00:13:20,109 --> 00:13:22,009
She can't hear. She's deaf!
315
00:13:22,077 --> 00:13:24,878
Wait, can you still be
a Marine if you're deaf?
316
00:13:24,947 --> 00:13:27,047
No. No, you can't.
317
00:13:36,681 --> 00:13:38,844
All right, that concludes
the hearing test.
318
00:13:38,845 --> 00:13:41,246
You can, uh, take off
the headphones now.
319
00:13:41,315 --> 00:13:42,914
Ian?
320
00:13:42,983 --> 00:13:44,623
Would you get me
the test results, please?
321
00:13:44,651 --> 00:13:46,318
Hey, I was told this job
322
00:13:46,386 --> 00:13:48,153
was for an
assistant M.E.
323
00:13:48,222 --> 00:13:50,488
As in... dead bodies.
324
00:13:50,557 --> 00:13:52,257
My apologies for being alive.
325
00:13:52,326 --> 00:13:54,359
Yes, Ian, once in
a while, we are
326
00:13:54,428 --> 00:13:56,628
called upon to help
in other medical areas.
327
00:13:56,697 --> 00:13:58,230
So, would you, please?
328
00:14:00,033 --> 00:14:01,766
This is a waste of time.
329
00:14:01,835 --> 00:14:03,535
Danny's killer
is out there still.
330
00:14:03,604 --> 00:14:05,003
Or in here.
331
00:14:05,072 --> 00:14:07,339
Wait... "killer"?
332
00:14:07,407 --> 00:14:09,975
Does that mean you have
some dead bodies? Where?
333
00:14:10,043 --> 00:14:11,843
How bad is it?
JIMMY: Still waiting
334
00:14:11,912 --> 00:14:13,979
on the test results.
Ian, would you...?
335
00:14:14,047 --> 00:14:14,980
Yeah, I'm sorry.
336
00:14:15,048 --> 00:14:16,281
I never made a good gopher.
337
00:14:16,350 --> 00:14:17,515
Like I said before,
338
00:14:17,584 --> 00:14:19,684
cutting up dead bodies is...
339
00:14:19,753 --> 00:14:22,254
more my jam.
340
00:14:22,322 --> 00:14:23,888
You know,
the sound of a bone saw
341
00:14:23,957 --> 00:14:25,357
early in the morning,
first thing
342
00:14:25,425 --> 00:14:27,993
in a nice sterile room like this...
Okay. Yeah.
343
00:14:28,061 --> 00:14:30,528
I think I have all
the information I need.
344
00:14:30,597 --> 00:14:32,631
Uh, you go have a good day.
345
00:14:32,699 --> 00:14:33,965
I won't be in touch.
346
00:14:35,936 --> 00:14:39,004
I am so sorry about that.
347
00:14:39,072 --> 00:14:40,639
How bad is it?
348
00:14:40,707 --> 00:14:42,073
JIMMY:
According to this test,
349
00:14:42,142 --> 00:14:45,043
you have lost almost
100% of your hearing.
350
00:14:45,112 --> 00:14:46,411
In both ears.
351
00:14:46,480 --> 00:14:47,912
TORRES:
But you already knew that.
352
00:14:47,981 --> 00:14:50,749
I read that it
can get better.
353
00:14:50,817 --> 00:14:52,777
Unfortunately, not with
this type of hearing loss.
354
00:14:54,755 --> 00:14:56,799
Though I see you've gotten
quite good at reading lips.
355
00:14:56,823 --> 00:14:58,423
She had to.
356
00:14:58,492 --> 00:15:00,258
If she was gonna hide it
from her superiors.
357
00:15:00,327 --> 00:15:02,394
Or her ex-boyfriend--
you know, the one she blew up.
358
00:15:05,465 --> 00:15:07,499
Maybe he found out.
359
00:15:07,567 --> 00:15:10,168
He was gonna rat her
out to her C.O. and...
360
00:15:10,237 --> 00:15:11,269
she had to take him out.
361
00:15:11,338 --> 00:15:12,771
Or maybe he's the one that
362
00:15:12,839 --> 00:15:14,606
caused her hearing loss
in the first place.
363
00:15:14,675 --> 00:15:16,541
Making his murder
an act of revenge.
364
00:15:16,610 --> 00:15:19,444
I can read your lips
in the reflection.
365
00:15:19,513 --> 00:15:21,079
Okay, fine.
366
00:15:21,148 --> 00:15:23,181
Y-Your file here
says that you and Backer
367
00:15:23,250 --> 00:15:25,083
were involved
in some sort of accident
368
00:15:25,152 --> 00:15:26,885
a few months ago?
Does it?
369
00:15:26,953 --> 00:15:30,388
Some kind of a weapons test
that went sideways.
370
00:15:30,457 --> 00:15:32,457
I don't want to talk about it.
371
00:15:32,526 --> 00:15:33,858
Look...
372
00:15:33,927 --> 00:15:35,727
I get it, I do.
373
00:15:35,796 --> 00:15:38,063
But the file, it's quite vague.
374
00:15:38,131 --> 00:15:41,566
If you really are
innocent, just...
375
00:15:41,635 --> 00:15:43,868
And she's completely
ignoring me on purpose now.
376
00:15:46,606 --> 00:15:48,740
TORRES:
Diana?
377
00:15:48,809 --> 00:15:52,010
Did the accident cause you
to lose your hearing?
378
00:15:54,715 --> 00:15:57,415
The accident involved a
top secret weapons test,
379
00:15:57,484 --> 00:15:59,884
so the after-action report
had been heavily redacted.
380
00:15:59,953 --> 00:16:02,234
But we could read enough to know
that Backer was involved.
381
00:16:02,289 --> 00:16:03,755
Involved how?
382
00:16:03,824 --> 00:16:06,958
Looks like he was demoing
some kind of new weapon.
383
00:16:07,027 --> 00:16:08,907
McGEE: Diana didn't report
any serious injuries,
384
00:16:08,962 --> 00:16:10,762
but according to Jimmy,
the timing works out.
385
00:16:10,831 --> 00:16:12,163
BISHOP:
Which, yes, makes Backer
386
00:16:12,232 --> 00:16:14,065
look responsible
for her hearing loss.
387
00:16:14,134 --> 00:16:15,934
And ending her military career.
388
00:16:16,002 --> 00:16:17,736
Hell of a motive.
BISHOP: Problem is...
389
00:16:17,804 --> 00:16:18,804
no opportunity.
390
00:16:18,839 --> 00:16:19,839
We spoke to Diana's
391
00:16:19,906 --> 00:16:21,239
co-workers at the lab.
392
00:16:21,308 --> 00:16:22,719
BISHOP:
They said that she was at work
393
00:16:22,743 --> 00:16:24,843
till 1:00 in the morning
the night Danny was killed.
394
00:16:24,911 --> 00:16:27,512
And according to our latest
time of death, that gives her
395
00:16:27,581 --> 00:16:28,747
an airtight alibi.
396
00:16:28,815 --> 00:16:30,648
Which makes her not our killer.
397
00:16:30,717 --> 00:16:31,950
Does not make her innocent.
398
00:16:32,018 --> 00:16:33,284
She's still hiding something.
399
00:16:33,353 --> 00:16:34,285
Find out what.
400
00:16:34,354 --> 00:16:35,887
Oh.
401
00:16:37,724 --> 00:16:39,424
Why am I here?
402
00:16:39,493 --> 00:16:40,759
You know I didn't kill Danny.
403
00:16:40,827 --> 00:16:42,672
Why aren't you out there
looking for the person who did?
404
00:16:42,696 --> 00:16:44,028
Oh, we are.
405
00:16:44,097 --> 00:16:46,531
Don't you worry
about that, okay?
406
00:16:46,600 --> 00:16:48,533
But I want to hear more
about your accident.
407
00:16:48,602 --> 00:16:50,001
Why?
408
00:16:55,041 --> 00:16:57,041
Danny wanted to show me
a new weapon
409
00:16:57,110 --> 00:16:58,710
he was about to demo
for the lab.
410
00:16:58,779 --> 00:17:00,145
What-what was it exactly?
411
00:17:00,213 --> 00:17:02,947
A long-range rifle that uses
sound instead of bullets.
412
00:17:03,016 --> 00:17:04,115
It disables the enemy
413
00:17:04,184 --> 00:17:05,683
by heating up the cells
in their body.
414
00:17:05,752 --> 00:17:07,385
Wow.
415
00:17:07,454 --> 00:17:09,554
Never had anything like that
when I was in the Army.
416
00:17:09,623 --> 00:17:11,022
Danny said it'd be
a game changer.
417
00:17:11,091 --> 00:17:12,535
He said that we could
use it to fight wars
418
00:17:12,559 --> 00:17:13,825
without killing anyone.
419
00:17:13,894 --> 00:17:15,794
During the demo,
Danny activated the weapon
420
00:17:15,862 --> 00:17:18,129
before I had
my protective earmuffs on.
421
00:17:19,399 --> 00:17:22,133
Right away, I knew it was bad.
422
00:17:22,202 --> 00:17:24,302
That must have been terrifying.
423
00:17:24,371 --> 00:17:27,372
He wanted to take me
to the infirmary, but...
424
00:17:27,441 --> 00:17:29,474
I was afraid of anyone
finding out.
425
00:17:29,543 --> 00:17:31,876
I can't imagine the stress
that put on the both of you.
426
00:17:31,945 --> 00:17:33,912
At first, Danny helped me
hide it at work.
427
00:17:33,980 --> 00:17:36,047
He helped me to learn
how to read lips.
428
00:17:36,116 --> 00:17:39,384
I got good fast.
429
00:17:39,453 --> 00:17:41,653
But when the ringing
turned to silence,
430
00:17:41,721 --> 00:17:43,521
he wanted me to tell my C.O.
431
00:17:43,590 --> 00:17:45,256
And we both knew
what that meant.
432
00:17:45,325 --> 00:17:46,658
You'd be out of the Corps.
433
00:17:48,895 --> 00:17:52,931
You're required to report
that hearing test, aren't you?
434
00:17:52,999 --> 00:17:54,899
Yes. Yes, I am.
435
00:17:54,968 --> 00:17:58,002
Being a Marine is the only thing
that I've ever wanted.
436
00:17:58,071 --> 00:18:00,672
My father...
437
00:18:00,740 --> 00:18:02,340
He was a Marine, too?
438
00:18:02,409 --> 00:18:03,675
Yeah.
439
00:18:03,743 --> 00:18:06,077
He was so proud of it.
440
00:18:07,814 --> 00:18:11,182
Do you know what it meant
for him to see his only child--
441
00:18:11,251 --> 00:18:12,851
a daughter--
become one?
442
00:18:12,919 --> 00:18:15,753
I don't know how
to be anything else.
443
00:18:15,822 --> 00:18:17,222
You-you do.
444
00:18:17,290 --> 00:18:19,724
You know how to be a friend
445
00:18:19,793 --> 00:18:21,826
to Danny.
446
00:18:23,196 --> 00:18:24,963
I need you to think.
447
00:18:25,031 --> 00:18:27,966
Is there anyone who might've
had a grudge against him?
448
00:18:28,034 --> 00:18:29,067
No.
449
00:18:29,135 --> 00:18:30,869
Everyone loved him.
450
00:18:30,937 --> 00:18:32,770
His friends, his co-workers.
451
00:18:32,839 --> 00:18:34,205
Family?
452
00:18:34,274 --> 00:18:36,207
Actually, there is someone.
453
00:18:37,711 --> 00:18:39,110
He had a stepbrother.
454
00:18:39,179 --> 00:18:40,945
I don't think they got along.
455
00:18:41,014 --> 00:18:43,381
You got a name?
456
00:18:45,352 --> 00:18:47,352
(rock music playing)
457
00:18:49,189 --> 00:18:51,222
So, which one
of these guys looks
458
00:18:51,291 --> 00:18:53,291
like a wicked
stepbrother to you?
459
00:18:53,360 --> 00:18:55,159
She said the dude's
name was Ron, right?
460
00:18:55,228 --> 00:18:57,662
Yeah, Ronald Kepczak.
461
00:18:59,065 --> 00:19:01,399
TORRES:
Then that dude?
462
00:19:01,468 --> 00:19:03,468
Yeah, let's find out.
463
00:19:05,038 --> 00:19:06,371
Well, there he is.
464
00:19:08,675 --> 00:19:10,074
Ronald Kepczak?
465
00:19:10,143 --> 00:19:11,509
Who's asking?
466
00:19:11,578 --> 00:19:14,078
Special Agents Torres and McGee.
467
00:19:14,147 --> 00:19:16,447
Are you related to Daniel Backer?
(scoffs)
468
00:19:16,516 --> 00:19:19,083
Only 'cause my mom married
that son of a bitch's dad.
469
00:19:19,152 --> 00:19:21,085
So, I'm guessing
you are not close?
470
00:19:21,154 --> 00:19:24,355
No, he had already enlisted by
the time my mom and I moved in.
471
00:19:24,424 --> 00:19:25,523
And?
472
00:19:25,592 --> 00:19:26,858
And what?
473
00:19:26,927 --> 00:19:28,626
What makes him a son of a bitch?
474
00:19:28,695 --> 00:19:30,461
Well, when my
stepdad died,
475
00:19:30,530 --> 00:19:31,874
he left the freakin' house
to Danny.
476
00:19:31,898 --> 00:19:33,264
That house should've been mine.
477
00:19:33,333 --> 00:19:34,866
Danny barely even
freakin' lived in it.
478
00:19:34,935 --> 00:19:36,801
That's a,
that's a tough break.
479
00:19:36,870 --> 00:19:38,881
Yeah, I mean, he was cool enough
about everything at first.
480
00:19:38,905 --> 00:19:40,672
He used to let me record there.
481
00:19:40,740 --> 00:19:42,985
Spent a ton of money building
a soundproof recording studio
482
00:19:43,009 --> 00:19:45,143
in a back room, and then
one day out of the blue,
483
00:19:45,211 --> 00:19:47,045
(mockingly):
he just changes his mind.
484
00:19:47,113 --> 00:19:48,113
He tell you why?
485
00:19:48,181 --> 00:19:49,814
(scoffs) No, some BS reason.
486
00:19:49,883 --> 00:19:51,916
It was obvious he
was lying, though.
487
00:19:53,320 --> 00:19:57,055
My guess is he was
up to something.
488
00:19:57,123 --> 00:19:58,834
Something he didn't want
anyone else to know about.
489
00:19:58,858 --> 00:20:00,558
He even changed the locks on me.
490
00:20:00,627 --> 00:20:03,127
Doesn't really sound like the
guy we've been hearing about.
491
00:20:03,196 --> 00:20:05,274
Exactly! See, everybody thinks
that he's this goody little
492
00:20:05,298 --> 00:20:07,899
two-shoes, but what kind
of a royal jackass does that?
493
00:20:07,968 --> 00:20:10,802
With him out of the way,
you can finally have the house.
494
00:20:10,870 --> 00:20:12,904
"Out of the way"--
what, did he finally move?
495
00:20:12,973 --> 00:20:14,272
He was killed last night.
496
00:20:15,742 --> 00:20:17,642
Danny's dead?
497
00:20:18,712 --> 00:20:21,179
Ha! (laughing)
498
00:20:21,247 --> 00:20:23,014
Boy, did he have
that coming, huh?
499
00:20:23,083 --> 00:20:25,483
Ah, looks like little old
Ronnie's luck's about to
500
00:20:25,552 --> 00:20:27,218
(singsongy):
change!
501
00:20:28,989 --> 00:20:30,355
Oh, come on.
502
00:20:30,423 --> 00:20:31,867
You don't think
that I did it, do you?
503
00:20:31,891 --> 00:20:33,057
I don't know, did you?
504
00:20:33,126 --> 00:20:35,026
Come on, man, you said
it happened last night?
505
00:20:35,095 --> 00:20:37,173
There was, like, a hundred
people here watching me play.
506
00:20:37,197 --> 00:20:39,764
A hundred, huh?
507
00:20:41,968 --> 00:20:43,334
Everybody's a critic.
508
00:20:43,436 --> 00:20:45,436
We're gonna need
the address to that house.
509
00:20:45,505 --> 00:20:47,672
You guys stay for the show,
you got it.
510
00:20:47,741 --> 00:20:49,073
No.
511
00:20:49,142 --> 00:20:50,152
GEARY: Believe me,
sir, I know
512
00:20:50,176 --> 00:20:51,776
how cold all
this sounds.
513
00:20:51,845 --> 00:20:53,556
I actually turned around
in the parking lot twice
514
00:20:53,580 --> 00:20:54,712
before I came up here.
515
00:20:54,781 --> 00:20:57,181
And yet, somehow
you still made it.
516
00:20:57,250 --> 00:20:58,594
Because Backer's death
was associated
517
00:20:58,618 --> 00:21:00,218
with one of LanWar's drones...
518
00:21:00,286 --> 00:21:02,164
VANCE: There's been an automatic
freeze on all contracts
519
00:21:02,188 --> 00:21:04,222
pending the outcome
of our investigation.
520
00:21:04,290 --> 00:21:07,191
And you're losing
a ton of money.
521
00:21:07,260 --> 00:21:08,693
Please, don't make me
an ass here.
522
00:21:08,762 --> 00:21:10,561
Danny was a friend.
523
00:21:10,630 --> 00:21:12,008
But your bottom line
kept you from driving
524
00:21:12,032 --> 00:21:13,564
out of the parking lot twice.
525
00:21:13,633 --> 00:21:16,401
This is about more than
just lost revenue, Director.
526
00:21:16,469 --> 00:21:18,247
There are men and women in
uniform all over the world
527
00:21:18,271 --> 00:21:19,370
that need our weapons, sir.
528
00:21:19,439 --> 00:21:21,973
I'll speak to SECNAV.
529
00:21:23,009 --> 00:21:24,520
You need to inform her
that any more delays
530
00:21:24,544 --> 00:21:25,855
are gonna negatively impact
our ability to deliver...
531
00:21:25,879 --> 00:21:27,412
Thank you.
532
00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:28,920
He was touring around
the parking lot
533
00:21:28,948 --> 00:21:30,148
looking for a place to park.
534
00:21:32,352 --> 00:21:34,630
I was getting coffee.
And since you didn't get one for me,
535
00:21:34,654 --> 00:21:37,288
I'm gonna assume that
this isn't a social call.
536
00:21:37,357 --> 00:21:39,257
Leon, can we hold off
informing the Corps
537
00:21:39,325 --> 00:21:41,125
about Murphy's hearing loss?
538
00:21:41,194 --> 00:21:42,672
It's too late, Gibbs.
She's already been pulled
539
00:21:42,696 --> 00:21:43,895
from active duty.
540
00:21:43,963 --> 00:21:46,130
What's the matter?
I thought you said
541
00:21:46,199 --> 00:21:47,665
she alibied out.
She did.
542
00:21:47,734 --> 00:21:49,600
And she lied to us
and she fled the scene.
543
00:21:49,669 --> 00:21:52,236
Now she's come up with
a lead for us to chase?
544
00:21:52,305 --> 00:21:54,472
So you think she's still
hiding something.
545
00:21:54,541 --> 00:21:56,741
I think we can't
afford her disappearing.
546
00:21:56,810 --> 00:21:58,387
Well, your gut is quite
the force, Gibbs,
547
00:21:58,411 --> 00:22:00,244
but you know that's
not enough to hold her.
548
00:22:00,313 --> 00:22:01,612
We got to cut
her loose
549
00:22:01,681 --> 00:22:03,581
and hope that your new lead
pans out.
550
00:22:03,650 --> 00:22:05,616
BISHOP:
Backer's whole life
551
00:22:05,685 --> 00:22:09,754
boiled down to one laptop
and a busted up cell phone,
552
00:22:09,823 --> 00:22:11,422
courtesy of a drone strike.
553
00:22:11,491 --> 00:22:13,424
What's the next level up
from busted?
554
00:22:13,493 --> 00:22:16,294
'Cause this looks like what
I want to do when spammers call.
555
00:22:16,362 --> 00:22:17,740
But you can still get
something off of that, right?
556
00:22:17,764 --> 00:22:20,298
What kind of magic
do you think I do down here?
557
00:22:20,366 --> 00:22:22,600
I know. Okay. Sorry.
558
00:22:22,669 --> 00:22:24,001
I didn't say it was impossible,
559
00:22:24,070 --> 00:22:26,270
just, you know,
first things first.
560
00:22:26,339 --> 00:22:27,516
You found something
on the laptop?
561
00:22:27,540 --> 00:22:29,140
Uh, actually, no.
562
00:22:29,209 --> 00:22:31,542
Your boy Backer had
zero social media presence
563
00:22:31,611 --> 00:22:33,778
and the last thing on his laptop
564
00:22:33,847 --> 00:22:37,048
was an article about
a cat that raised puppies.
565
00:22:37,117 --> 00:22:39,217
Hmm. Well, I can't say
I'm surprised.
566
00:22:39,285 --> 00:22:40,763
There wasn't much
in his apartment, either,
567
00:22:40,787 --> 00:22:42,019
so we got nothing.
568
00:22:42,088 --> 00:22:43,855
Actually, we have one thing.
569
00:22:46,359 --> 00:22:48,993
I just don't know what it is.
What is it?
570
00:22:49,062 --> 00:22:51,407
You know, sometimes I feel like
I'm talking to myself down here.
571
00:22:51,431 --> 00:22:52,897
I mean, where did you get it?
572
00:22:52,966 --> 00:22:55,199
Jimmy sent it up. I think
he found it among the remains.
573
00:22:55,268 --> 00:22:56,834
He wants me
to tell him what it is.
574
00:22:56,903 --> 00:22:58,903
All I can tell you
is that it appears to be made
575
00:22:58,972 --> 00:23:01,906
out of a metal alloy
I've never seen before.
576
00:23:01,975 --> 00:23:03,495
I asked the director
to put me in touch
577
00:23:03,543 --> 00:23:04,842
with someone from LanWar.
578
00:23:04,911 --> 00:23:06,244
Maybe they know what it is.
579
00:23:06,312 --> 00:23:07,912
Bad news, Miss Hines.
580
00:23:07,981 --> 00:23:09,480
No, don't say that.
581
00:23:09,549 --> 00:23:11,916
I made some calls,
and I didn't get any answers.
582
00:23:11,985 --> 00:23:13,584
They stonewalled you, too?
583
00:23:13,653 --> 00:23:14,730
Don't they know
you're the director
584
00:23:14,754 --> 00:23:15,920
of a federal agency?
585
00:23:15,989 --> 00:23:17,155
Welcome to my world.
586
00:23:17,223 --> 00:23:19,157
But you rest assured,
I'll keep pushing.
587
00:23:19,225 --> 00:23:22,326
Oh, how is Mr. Palmer's
assistant search going?
588
00:23:22,395 --> 00:23:24,996
Uh, he's had some duds.
589
00:23:25,064 --> 00:23:26,430
BISHOP:
Yeah, last I heard,
590
00:23:26,499 --> 00:23:27,932
he was ready to give it up.
591
00:23:28,001 --> 00:23:29,734
Speaking of which,
592
00:23:29,803 --> 00:23:32,069
any chance I can
get an assistant?
593
00:23:32,138 --> 00:23:34,772
Miss Hines, you're doing
such a great job,
594
00:23:34,841 --> 00:23:37,008
doesn't seem like you need
any help at all to me.
595
00:23:37,076 --> 00:23:38,442
You keep up the good work.
596
00:23:38,511 --> 00:23:40,511
Mm.
Mm-hmm.
597
00:23:40,580 --> 00:23:41,679
That was a smooth no.
598
00:23:41,748 --> 00:23:42,880
Mm-hmm.
599
00:23:42,949 --> 00:23:44,382
(knocking)
600
00:23:44,450 --> 00:23:46,061
TORRES: Why are you knocking?
Let's kick in the door, baby.
601
00:23:46,085 --> 00:23:47,318
McGEE:
We don't have a warrant.
602
00:23:48,521 --> 00:23:51,255
NCIS!
603
00:23:51,324 --> 00:23:53,925
(clattering)
604
00:23:53,993 --> 00:23:55,927
Ready?
Yeah.
605
00:24:03,837 --> 00:24:06,971
(engine starting)
606
00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:08,272
Torres.
607
00:24:08,341 --> 00:24:10,741
(tires screeching)
608
00:24:10,810 --> 00:24:12,977
Whoever it is, they're gone.
609
00:24:13,046 --> 00:24:15,046
It's got to be the killer.
610
00:24:15,114 --> 00:24:16,380
We must have
interrupted 'em.
611
00:24:16,449 --> 00:24:17,949
What do you think
they're looking for?
612
00:24:18,017 --> 00:24:19,917
I don't know. Let's check
the rest of the house.
613
00:24:19,986 --> 00:24:21,886
Yeah.
614
00:24:38,905 --> 00:24:40,338
What do you think is in there?
615
00:24:40,406 --> 00:24:42,306
Keypad's got four slots.
616
00:24:42,375 --> 00:24:43,855
Ten numeric options,
I'd say 10,000...
617
00:24:43,910 --> 00:24:45,176
I hate math.
618
00:24:46,546 --> 00:24:48,379
Yeah, but you love
kicking down doors.
619
00:24:49,849 --> 00:24:52,216
Yeah. Yeah, I really do.
620
00:24:54,654 --> 00:24:56,587
Ronnie's music studio?
621
00:24:56,656 --> 00:24:58,167
McGEE: Well, maybe Backer
took over the place
622
00:24:58,191 --> 00:25:00,524
just to start his own band.
623
00:25:04,364 --> 00:25:06,197
Yeah, I don't think so.
624
00:25:06,266 --> 00:25:07,965
McGEE:
It looks like our retired Marine
625
00:25:08,034 --> 00:25:10,268
was doing more in here
than just jamming.
626
00:25:18,588 --> 00:25:21,523
BISHOP: So this is the same
type of weapon
627
00:25:21,591 --> 00:25:23,124
that caused Diana's
hearing loss?
628
00:25:23,193 --> 00:25:25,093
Designed and built by LanWar.
629
00:25:25,162 --> 00:25:28,129
What was Backer doing
with them in his house?
630
00:25:28,198 --> 00:25:30,365
Funny you should ask.
631
00:25:30,433 --> 00:25:33,902
I just had a good old time
at LanWar trying to get answers.
632
00:25:33,970 --> 00:25:35,036
Well, what do you got?
633
00:25:35,105 --> 00:25:37,372
The weapons at Backer's place?
Stolen.
634
00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:38,680
Did LanWar report them missing?
635
00:25:38,708 --> 00:25:40,153
Well, they didn't know
they were missing.
636
00:25:40,177 --> 00:25:41,309
Apparently, Backer
637
00:25:41,378 --> 00:25:42,644
fudged some type of,
638
00:25:42,712 --> 00:25:44,445
uh, inventory report
or something.
639
00:25:44,514 --> 00:25:45,713
You get a copy?
Nope.
640
00:25:45,782 --> 00:25:47,460
They wouldn't give anything up
without a warrant.
641
00:25:47,484 --> 00:25:49,617
Again, what was Backer doing
642
00:25:49,686 --> 00:25:52,220
with stolen weapons
at his house?
643
00:25:52,289 --> 00:25:53,800
Well, either he was
planning the mother
644
00:25:53,824 --> 00:25:55,557
of all laser tag parties...
645
00:25:55,625 --> 00:25:56,991
Or he was planning
on selling them.
646
00:25:57,060 --> 00:25:58,171
McGEE: I'm going
with the latter.
647
00:25:58,195 --> 00:25:59,275
Prototype weapons like that
648
00:25:59,329 --> 00:26:00,929
usually are worth a fortune.
649
00:26:00,997 --> 00:26:02,297
TORRES:
Looks like the Boy Scout
650
00:26:02,365 --> 00:26:04,098
wasn't very good about
being a Boy Scout.
651
00:26:04,167 --> 00:26:06,334
You think he had a buyer already?
McGEE: Oh, if he did,
652
00:26:06,403 --> 00:26:08,102
that buyer could be our killer.
653
00:26:08,171 --> 00:26:10,705
And deals like this have
a way of going sideways.
654
00:26:11,842 --> 00:26:13,441
JIMMY:
So I reassembled Mr. Backer
655
00:26:13,510 --> 00:26:16,311
to the best of my abilities.
656
00:26:16,379 --> 00:26:17,679
You missed a few pieces.
657
00:26:17,747 --> 00:26:19,147
Yeah, I noticed.
658
00:26:19,216 --> 00:26:20,827
Which is why I went
back to the test field
659
00:26:20,851 --> 00:26:22,350
for a secondary search.
660
00:26:22,419 --> 00:26:23,696
Actually reminded me of
one of the first things
661
00:26:23,720 --> 00:26:25,353
they teach you in
M.E. field training:
662
00:26:25,422 --> 00:26:27,188
Always...
MAN: "Always go back
663
00:26:27,257 --> 00:26:29,757
for pieces of flesh
you might've missed."
664
00:26:29,826 --> 00:26:31,860
I beg your pardon.
Please excuse the intrusion.
665
00:26:31,928 --> 00:26:33,695
I'm looking for
a Dr. Palmer?
666
00:26:33,763 --> 00:26:35,363
That's me.
Christopher Crane,
667
00:26:35,432 --> 00:26:37,599
applicant for
the assistant M.E. position.
668
00:26:37,667 --> 00:26:40,101
Right, right. I'm just finishing
up a briefing now, so...
669
00:26:40,170 --> 00:26:41,336
Say no more.
670
00:26:41,404 --> 00:26:44,205
What a fascinating
constitution of remains.
671
00:26:44,274 --> 00:26:45,440
Yeah.
672
00:26:45,508 --> 00:26:47,208
Isn't it, though?
673
00:26:47,277 --> 00:26:49,477
Shall I properly attire myself
so I can assist?
674
00:26:49,546 --> 00:26:50,590
I'll try not
to be a bother.
675
00:26:50,614 --> 00:26:51,846
By all means.
676
00:26:51,915 --> 00:26:53,615
Yeah, yeah. R-Right
through there.
677
00:26:54,851 --> 00:26:57,552
Well, isn't he enthusiastic?
678
00:26:57,621 --> 00:26:58,786
Flesh you missed.
679
00:26:58,855 --> 00:27:01,022
That's actually a section
of Backer's torso.
680
00:27:01,091 --> 00:27:03,024
And lo and behold,
681
00:27:03,093 --> 00:27:07,195
I found the bullet that killed
him, lodged in his vertebra.
682
00:27:07,264 --> 00:27:09,530
The hell kind of bullet is that?
I don't know.
683
00:27:09,599 --> 00:27:11,065
Kasie couldn't even
identify it.
684
00:27:11,134 --> 00:27:12,867
Boss, I got something
you got to see.
685
00:27:12,936 --> 00:27:15,737
Warrant came back for that
LanWar inventory report.
686
00:27:15,805 --> 00:27:17,383
Would you like me
to take over categorizing
687
00:27:17,407 --> 00:27:20,074
the recovered specimens,
Dr. Palmer?
688
00:27:20,143 --> 00:27:21,242
Well, yes, please.
689
00:27:21,311 --> 00:27:22,351
Do you prefer them ordered
690
00:27:22,412 --> 00:27:25,046
by musculoskeletal
or organ system?
691
00:27:25,115 --> 00:27:26,814
Why, thank you for asking.
692
00:27:26,883 --> 00:27:28,895
Uh, just plain old alphabetical
is what we use around here.
693
00:27:28,919 --> 00:27:30,218
You just start
at the top
694
00:27:30,287 --> 00:27:31,719
and work your way down.
695
00:27:34,724 --> 00:27:36,357
Boss, what is happening?
Does Ducky have
696
00:27:36,426 --> 00:27:38,092
another younger brother
we don't know...
697
00:27:38,161 --> 00:27:39,661
McGee. The inventory report.
698
00:27:39,729 --> 00:27:41,930
We had originally assumed
that Backer
699
00:27:41,998 --> 00:27:43,531
was the one
who fudged the report
700
00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:45,266
that allowed him
to steal those weapons.
701
00:27:45,335 --> 00:27:47,268
We were wrong.
Who?
702
00:27:47,337 --> 00:27:48,736
You're not gonna like it.
703
00:28:04,354 --> 00:28:06,354
♪ ♪
704
00:28:19,135 --> 00:28:22,370
(helicopter blades whirring
outside)
705
00:28:22,439 --> 00:28:23,871
You going somewhere?
706
00:28:23,940 --> 00:28:25,073
It's official.
707
00:28:25,141 --> 00:28:26,574
I've been medically discharged.
708
00:28:26,643 --> 00:28:27,942
You recognize this?
709
00:28:28,011 --> 00:28:30,211
It's an inventory report
710
00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:31,879
from LanWar's
weapons storage unit.
711
00:28:31,948 --> 00:28:34,949
Which you falsified to help
Backer steal from LanWar.
712
00:28:35,018 --> 00:28:37,218
That is your signature,
isn't it?
713
00:28:39,956 --> 00:28:41,956
No. It's not.
714
00:28:45,161 --> 00:28:46,794
Damn it.
Danny must have forged it.
715
00:28:46,863 --> 00:28:49,130
I-I didn't think
he would go that far.
716
00:28:49,199 --> 00:28:52,300
Well, he went a lot further than
that. He committed a felony.
717
00:28:52,369 --> 00:28:54,002
What was he doing
with the weapons?
718
00:28:56,573 --> 00:28:58,573
Start talking.
719
00:28:59,876 --> 00:29:02,510
Talk or we will handcuff you.
720
00:29:02,579 --> 00:29:04,746
For what? I didn't help him.
721
00:29:04,814 --> 00:29:07,448
That's what we fought about
that day at LanWar.
722
00:29:07,517 --> 00:29:09,283
He wanted me to lie on the forms
723
00:29:09,352 --> 00:29:10,451
and wouldn't
tell me why.
724
00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:11,819
I refused.
725
00:29:11,888 --> 00:29:13,454
You told him
you couldn't help him
726
00:29:13,523 --> 00:29:14,989
and he signed your name anyway?
727
00:29:15,058 --> 00:29:16,457
Agent Gibbs,
728
00:29:16,526 --> 00:29:18,860
he stuck his neck out
for me for three months.
729
00:29:18,928 --> 00:29:21,162
He is a good man.
730
00:29:21,231 --> 00:29:22,997
He must have had
his reasons.
731
00:29:23,066 --> 00:29:25,566
Good reasons.
732
00:29:28,204 --> 00:29:29,837
Except...?
733
00:29:33,043 --> 00:29:34,976
The night that we fought,
734
00:29:35,045 --> 00:29:37,979
he told me that he was
leaving to go meet someone.
735
00:29:38,048 --> 00:29:39,881
Who?
I don't know.
736
00:29:39,949 --> 00:29:41,182
Where?
I don't know.
737
00:29:41,251 --> 00:29:42,595
Danny said the less I knew,
the better.
738
00:29:42,619 --> 00:29:44,018
He said it was
for my own safety.
739
00:29:44,087 --> 00:29:45,664
You didn't think about
telling us this before?
740
00:29:45,688 --> 00:29:47,488
I didn't know what to think.
741
00:29:47,557 --> 00:29:50,558
The Danny that I knew served
with valor and honor.
742
00:29:50,627 --> 00:29:52,794
More than anyone
I have ever met.
743
00:29:52,862 --> 00:29:55,696
I will not jump to conclusions
that might sully his memory.
744
00:29:55,765 --> 00:29:57,799
That's your job.
745
00:30:00,036 --> 00:30:01,669
(door opens)
746
00:30:01,738 --> 00:30:03,404
KASIE:
Oh, hey.
747
00:30:03,473 --> 00:30:06,307
You got tired of asking people,
"So tell me about yourself"?
748
00:30:06,376 --> 00:30:09,744
I was tired, yes,
but now I have one candidate
749
00:30:09,813 --> 00:30:12,213
who has advanced to the
highly selective third round.
750
00:30:12,282 --> 00:30:15,516
He's, uh, organizing
my microscope slides right now.
751
00:30:15,585 --> 00:30:17,852
What are you guys up to here?
752
00:30:17,921 --> 00:30:21,355
Well, Diana said that Backer
met up with a mystery person
753
00:30:21,424 --> 00:30:22,857
right after they had a fight.
754
00:30:22,926 --> 00:30:24,759
Pulled GPS from his phone,
755
00:30:24,828 --> 00:30:28,362
which led us to this
convenience store off I-95.
756
00:30:28,431 --> 00:30:30,832
Seven hours of footage,
still no Backer.
757
00:30:30,900 --> 00:30:33,201
Man, if I had a nickel
for every shady deal
758
00:30:33,269 --> 00:30:34,947
that went down outside
a convenience store...
759
00:30:34,971 --> 00:30:37,038
(scoffs) Mama
would be...
760
00:30:37,107 --> 00:30:39,373
Actually, I-I don't know
what Mama would be doing.
761
00:30:39,442 --> 00:30:41,509
Is it really true
that the hearing-impaired
762
00:30:41,578 --> 00:30:43,377
cannot serve in the military?
763
00:30:43,446 --> 00:30:47,248
Yeah. The DoD has a standard
that you have to be able
764
00:30:47,317 --> 00:30:49,250
to hear without the use
of any aid.
765
00:30:49,319 --> 00:30:51,853
Yeah, but that's crazy.
I mean, look at Diana.
766
00:30:51,921 --> 00:30:54,222
Are you telling me
there isn't some kind of, like,
767
00:30:54,290 --> 00:30:55,690
non-combat role
768
00:30:55,758 --> 00:30:57,692
that she could,
like, kick ass in?
769
00:30:57,760 --> 00:30:59,760
Okay. Is this the Angry Kasie
770
00:30:59,829 --> 00:31:01,529
you warned me about
that one time?
771
00:31:01,598 --> 00:31:02,964
Waste makes me angry.
772
00:31:03,032 --> 00:31:04,899
And stupid waste
makes me stupid angry.
773
00:31:04,968 --> 00:31:07,068
Other countries allow the
hearing-impaired to serve.
774
00:31:07,137 --> 00:31:08,536
I looked it up.
775
00:31:08,605 --> 00:31:11,873
Uh, well,
this might make you happy.
776
00:31:13,143 --> 00:31:14,475
Look.
777
00:31:14,544 --> 00:31:15,877
I think
that's Backer.
778
00:31:15,945 --> 00:31:17,712
There's the guest of honor.
779
00:31:20,183 --> 00:31:21,782
That's one
of the sonic weapon cases.
780
00:31:21,851 --> 00:31:23,885
BISHOP: We need to
I.D. the person
781
00:31:23,953 --> 00:31:25,953
in the other car.
782
00:31:26,022 --> 00:31:28,122
KASIE: Uh, yup, but
for facial recognition,
783
00:31:28,191 --> 00:31:30,391
kind of need to see his face,
but maybe...
784
00:31:37,400 --> 00:31:38,866
Bingo. Got the plate.
785
00:31:42,138 --> 00:31:44,071
"Zahir Najjar."
786
00:31:44,140 --> 00:31:47,508
One Zahir Najjar
coming right up.
787
00:31:47,577 --> 00:31:50,111
Hmm. Looks like
he's a professor
788
00:31:50,180 --> 00:31:51,946
of electrical engineering
at M.I.T.
789
00:31:52,015 --> 00:31:54,415
See? This is what happens when
you don't pay teachers enough.
790
00:31:55,752 --> 00:31:57,151
They become arms dealers.
791
00:31:58,488 --> 00:32:00,588
NAJJAR:
An arms dealer, huh?
792
00:32:00,657 --> 00:32:02,690
That's an interesting theory.
793
00:32:04,160 --> 00:32:06,327
This looks like
more than a theory.
794
00:32:07,830 --> 00:32:09,096
You recognize it?
795
00:32:10,567 --> 00:32:12,266
NAJJAR:
It's a sonic weapon.
796
00:32:12,335 --> 00:32:13,634
A prototype.
797
00:32:13,703 --> 00:32:15,269
What was it doing in
your living room?
798
00:32:15,338 --> 00:32:16,871
We know you got it
from Daniel Backer.
799
00:32:16,940 --> 00:32:18,406
BISHOP:
Or was it bought?
800
00:32:18,474 --> 00:32:19,540
What's the deal?
801
00:32:19,609 --> 00:32:21,509
He steals the weapons,
sells them to you?
802
00:32:21,578 --> 00:32:23,477
And going by
that cheap suit,
803
00:32:23,546 --> 00:32:26,013
I'm guessing you're
just a middleman.
804
00:32:27,417 --> 00:32:28,516
And going by this,
805
00:32:28,585 --> 00:32:30,952
it looks like you two
had a falling out.
806
00:32:39,028 --> 00:32:42,330
You didn't check your work,
Agents.
807
00:32:42,398 --> 00:32:44,365
You wouldn't do well
in my class.
808
00:32:45,735 --> 00:32:47,235
I didn't know Daniel was dead
809
00:32:47,303 --> 00:32:49,237
until you broke down my door.
810
00:32:49,305 --> 00:32:52,573
He and I did have a deal,
that part is true.
811
00:32:52,642 --> 00:32:55,042
But not the one you think.
812
00:32:55,111 --> 00:32:56,544
The man was a patriot.
813
00:32:56,613 --> 00:32:58,813
He loved the military
more than life itself.
814
00:32:58,881 --> 00:33:01,215
Then why the hell
steal from it?
815
00:33:01,284 --> 00:33:02,883
Simple.
816
00:33:02,986 --> 00:33:04,819
He was trying to protect it.
817
00:33:13,727 --> 00:33:14,659
Update.
818
00:33:14,728 --> 00:33:16,228
Come on, let's go.
819
00:33:16,296 --> 00:33:18,730
Professor Najjar had a pretty
interesting story to tell.
820
00:33:18,799 --> 00:33:21,266
Even if he told it in the
most demeaning way possible.
821
00:33:21,335 --> 00:33:22,968
Torres is still in with him.
822
00:33:23,036 --> 00:33:24,076
BISHOP:
He said Backer just
823
00:33:24,137 --> 00:33:25,777
couldn't get over the
accident with Diana.
824
00:33:25,839 --> 00:33:26,972
She lost her hearing.
825
00:33:27,040 --> 00:33:28,351
McGEE: Yeah, and he's the one
that made it happen
826
00:33:28,375 --> 00:33:29,941
when he misfired
his weapon.
827
00:33:30,010 --> 00:33:33,245
BISHOP: Except Backer started to think
that maybe it wasn't a misfire.
828
00:33:33,313 --> 00:33:35,113
And with more training,
he found a design flaw
829
00:33:35,182 --> 00:33:37,393
in the weapon itself, and that
is what caused the accident.
830
00:33:37,417 --> 00:33:38,483
He tell anyone?
831
00:33:38,552 --> 00:33:39,712
Well, apparently,
he tried to,
832
00:33:39,753 --> 00:33:41,753
but no one would listen.
833
00:33:41,822 --> 00:33:43,955
The professor gave us
these. They're copies
834
00:33:44,024 --> 00:33:46,825
of Backer's
internal LanWar reports.
835
00:33:46,894 --> 00:33:48,860
BISHOP: Yeah, but they never saw
the light of day.
836
00:33:48,929 --> 00:33:52,097
Backer didn't steal the weapons
to sell them.
837
00:33:52,165 --> 00:33:54,366
He was trying
to blow the whistle.
838
00:33:54,434 --> 00:33:56,468
He knew his official reports
were getting buried,
839
00:33:56,537 --> 00:33:58,503
so he went outside
the chain of command.
840
00:33:58,572 --> 00:34:00,171
Backer called up
an old professor
841
00:34:00,240 --> 00:34:01,640
to conduct the tests.
842
00:34:01,708 --> 00:34:04,709
But they needed the weapons
to test them.
843
00:34:04,778 --> 00:34:07,312
Well, if he was wrong, he was
risking his entire career.
844
00:34:07,381 --> 00:34:09,314
Not to mention jail time.
845
00:34:09,383 --> 00:34:12,150
But Backer took the risk anyway.
846
00:34:12,219 --> 00:34:15,053
It was the right thing to do.
Who buried his reports?
847
00:34:17,958 --> 00:34:19,891
Gentlemen, I'm confused.
848
00:34:19,960 --> 00:34:21,560
I was called in
to discuss SECNAV
849
00:34:21,628 --> 00:34:23,228
lifting the freeze
on LanWar's contracts.
850
00:34:23,263 --> 00:34:24,729
Yeah, we made that up.
851
00:34:24,798 --> 00:34:26,998
But we thought you should know
852
00:34:27,067 --> 00:34:31,136
that Staff Sergeant Murphy
was cleared of Backer's murder.
853
00:34:31,204 --> 00:34:34,239
She had an alibi at the lab
for the night in question.
854
00:34:34,308 --> 00:34:35,674
What?
855
00:34:35,742 --> 00:34:37,676
So now you're back
to square one?
856
00:34:37,744 --> 00:34:39,544
Every day this investigation
remains open,
857
00:34:39,613 --> 00:34:40,812
we're losing money.
858
00:34:40,881 --> 00:34:41,980
Yeah, no worries.
859
00:34:42,049 --> 00:34:43,982
We got a new suspect.
860
00:34:44,051 --> 00:34:46,251
Go ahead, have a seat.
861
00:34:47,287 --> 00:34:49,220
Gentlemen,
862
00:34:49,289 --> 00:34:51,222
I don't know where you're going
with this, but...
863
00:34:52,259 --> 00:34:53,858
What is that?
864
00:34:53,927 --> 00:34:56,194
Gee, Agent Torres,
does that look like
865
00:34:56,263 --> 00:34:58,730
an internal LanWar
safety report to you?
866
00:34:58,799 --> 00:35:01,600
Oh, yeah.
It sure does, Agent McGee.
867
00:35:01,668 --> 00:35:02,668
It talks about
868
00:35:02,736 --> 00:35:04,169
a design flaw
869
00:35:04,237 --> 00:35:05,770
in one of LanWar's weapons.
870
00:35:05,839 --> 00:35:07,172
What about this one here?
871
00:35:07,240 --> 00:35:08,773
Hmm, that looks like
the memo that was
872
00:35:08,842 --> 00:35:10,175
sent in its place.
873
00:35:10,243 --> 00:35:11,943
You want to know what it says?
874
00:35:12,012 --> 00:35:13,578
(chuckles)
It has your signature on it.
875
00:35:16,483 --> 00:35:17,749
It's an authorization
876
00:35:17,818 --> 00:35:19,784
to release those weapons
for troops testing.
877
00:35:19,853 --> 00:35:21,553
Weapons you knew were faulty.
878
00:35:21,622 --> 00:35:23,102
And yet you gave them
the green light.
879
00:35:23,156 --> 00:35:25,190
See, those of us in the
"bad guy busting" business
880
00:35:25,258 --> 00:35:26,558
call that a whitewash.
881
00:35:26,627 --> 00:35:29,027
And when Backer found out
and wanted to stop you...
882
00:35:29,096 --> 00:35:30,161
You killed him.
883
00:35:30,230 --> 00:35:31,863
You dumped his body
in a weapons range.
884
00:35:31,932 --> 00:35:33,264
Figured that the evidence
would be blown up.
885
00:35:33,265 --> 00:35:35,333
No, no.
You got it all wrong.
886
00:35:35,402 --> 00:35:38,069
Really? Because it
feels so right to me.
887
00:35:38,138 --> 00:35:40,271
What about you, Agent Torres?
So, so right.
888
00:35:41,274 --> 00:35:42,941
Okay, look, okay, it's true.
889
00:35:43,010 --> 00:35:44,743
I buried Backer's report.
890
00:35:44,811 --> 00:35:47,145
I authorized the release
of those weapons.
891
00:35:47,214 --> 00:35:49,814
Come on, just let it out.
You'll feel so much better.
892
00:35:49,883 --> 00:35:52,851
I couldn't risk losing
my military contracts. Not now.
893
00:35:54,554 --> 00:35:57,789
I'm in the process of selling
my majority stake in LanWar.
894
00:35:57,858 --> 00:36:00,158
I went through a bad divorce
and I needed the money.
895
00:36:00,227 --> 00:36:01,626
But I didn't kill anybody.
896
00:36:01,695 --> 00:36:03,428
And yet it's all feeling...
897
00:36:03,497 --> 00:36:04,729
What was that again, McGee?
898
00:36:04,798 --> 00:36:06,431
So, so right.
So, so right.
899
00:36:06,500 --> 00:36:08,444
You said Staff Sergeant Murphy
couldn't be the killer
900
00:36:08,468 --> 00:36:10,502
because she was at the lab
the night of the murder.
901
00:36:10,570 --> 00:36:12,837
Your point?
I was there that night, too.
902
00:36:12,906 --> 00:36:15,373
Overseeing LanWar's operations.
903
00:36:18,178 --> 00:36:20,111
So I guess you are back
to square one.
904
00:36:20,180 --> 00:36:21,579
Maybe not.
905
00:36:21,648 --> 00:36:25,116
Mr. Geary, who are you selling
your stake in LanWar to?
906
00:36:25,185 --> 00:36:27,686
George Ingram.
Who is he?
907
00:36:27,754 --> 00:36:31,189
He is the chief
weapons developer at LanWar.
908
00:36:31,258 --> 00:36:33,024
Yeah, we met already.
909
00:36:33,093 --> 00:36:34,693
He was supervising
the training exercise
910
00:36:34,761 --> 00:36:37,262
the day Diana
torpedoed her boyfriend.
911
00:36:37,330 --> 00:36:39,664
Is it me,
or does chief developer
912
00:36:39,733 --> 00:36:41,966
seem a little below
his pay grade?
913
00:36:42,035 --> 00:36:45,036
Not just you.
I spoke with HR at LanWar.
914
00:36:45,105 --> 00:36:47,205
Turns out that Ingram
doesn't normally run
915
00:36:47,274 --> 00:36:48,940
the training exercises,
but he put himself
916
00:36:49,009 --> 00:36:50,208
on the roster that day.
917
00:36:50,277 --> 00:36:52,077
Even dictated the target.
918
00:36:52,145 --> 00:36:53,712
Well, that is not convenient.
919
00:36:53,780 --> 00:36:55,725
Well, neither is buying
a company whose star product
920
00:36:55,749 --> 00:36:57,015
makes you go deaf.
921
00:36:57,084 --> 00:36:58,327
Where is he now?
Pinging his phone
922
00:36:58,351 --> 00:36:59,951
as we speak.
Yeah? And?
923
00:37:02,022 --> 00:37:05,290
Ooh. Uh, we might have
a problem here.
924
00:37:05,358 --> 00:37:06,758
Ingram's at Diana's.
925
00:37:12,032 --> 00:37:14,032
(phone vibrating, ringing)
926
00:37:14,101 --> 00:37:16,634
(kettle whistling)
927
00:37:16,703 --> 00:37:18,737
(vibrating, ringing continue)
928
00:37:34,755 --> 00:37:36,755
♪ ♪
929
00:37:48,468 --> 00:37:50,001
(grunting)
930
00:37:52,472 --> 00:37:54,606
George?! What are you doing?
931
00:37:54,674 --> 00:37:55,740
(shouts)
932
00:37:55,809 --> 00:37:57,075
(screams)
933
00:37:57,144 --> 00:37:58,144
(grunting)
934
00:38:10,824 --> 00:38:12,857
(exhales)
What took you so long?
935
00:38:18,365 --> 00:38:20,298
How's it going
with the new assistant?
936
00:38:20,367 --> 00:38:22,867
Yeah, to be honest,
I had completely
937
00:38:22,969 --> 00:38:25,537
given up on finding anyone,
and then this guy...
938
00:38:25,605 --> 00:38:28,373
This guy has exceeded
every expectation.
939
00:38:28,441 --> 00:38:30,108
I swear, I've never
met anyone like him.
940
00:38:30,177 --> 00:38:32,076
(chuckles)
Really?
941
00:38:32,145 --> 00:38:35,246
He doesn't, you know,
remind you of anyone?
942
00:38:35,315 --> 00:38:37,715
I guess he puts off kind of,
like, a Tom Hiddleston vibe.
943
00:38:37,784 --> 00:38:39,951
You know, Tom Hiddleston
never wears bow ties.
944
00:38:40,020 --> 00:38:42,253
Tom Hiddleston would never.
Yeah, right.
945
00:38:42,322 --> 00:38:43,621
Do you know anyone
946
00:38:43,690 --> 00:38:45,590
who does wear bow ties?
947
00:38:45,659 --> 00:38:48,459
I mean,
aside from Dr. Mallard, no.
948
00:38:50,530 --> 00:38:53,565
Oh...
Mm.
949
00:38:53,633 --> 00:38:56,634
Yeah. No, I don't see it.
950
00:38:56,703 --> 00:38:58,970
CRANE:
Rest well, young warrior.
951
00:38:59,039 --> 00:39:01,973
We shall never know what heights
you may have climbed
952
00:39:02,042 --> 00:39:04,442
or oceans you may have crossed.
953
00:39:04,511 --> 00:39:06,444
Alas,
954
00:39:06,513 --> 00:39:08,479
what could have been.
955
00:39:10,917 --> 00:39:12,684
Okay, now I see it. Yeah.
Mm.
956
00:39:14,087 --> 00:39:16,754
Congratulations, Mr. Crane.
957
00:39:16,823 --> 00:39:18,790
You have done an excellent job.
958
00:39:18,859 --> 00:39:22,260
I would like to officially
offer you the position.
959
00:39:22,329 --> 00:39:23,828
Oh, dear.
960
00:39:23,897 --> 00:39:26,097
Uh, actually, I was
961
00:39:26,166 --> 00:39:28,433
just about to say my goodbyes.
What's that?
962
00:39:28,501 --> 00:39:31,502
Summer of 2015.
963
00:39:31,571 --> 00:39:34,038
I was on a gondola
in Venice when
964
00:39:34,107 --> 00:39:36,274
the boat tipped over,
and I suddenly realized
965
00:39:36,343 --> 00:39:40,845
that I could swim better
than I ever imagined.
966
00:39:40,914 --> 00:39:42,213
You see,
967
00:39:42,282 --> 00:39:44,883
one has to fully appreciate
his own abilities
968
00:39:44,951 --> 00:39:46,484
before he can truly know
969
00:39:46,553 --> 00:39:49,687
what type of help to seek.
970
00:39:49,756 --> 00:39:51,956
Mm.
971
00:39:52,025 --> 00:39:53,958
Cheerio.
972
00:40:00,800 --> 00:40:03,134
I have no idea
what that even means.
973
00:40:03,203 --> 00:40:05,203
I think it means
back to the drawing board.
974
00:40:05,272 --> 00:40:07,739
(sighs)
975
00:40:18,652 --> 00:40:20,218
(door opens)
976
00:40:21,221 --> 00:40:23,217
Thanks, Mike. You all right?
977
00:40:23,218 --> 00:40:24,656
Yeah. You should
see the other guy.
978
00:40:24,680 --> 00:40:25,891
(chuckles)
979
00:40:25,892 --> 00:40:27,725
I heard. I'm not surprised.
980
00:40:27,794 --> 00:40:30,061
Appreciate you coming in.
I'm glad that you called.
981
00:40:30,130 --> 00:40:32,196
I didn't get a chance
to say thank you.
982
00:40:32,265 --> 00:40:33,831
Mm.
983
00:40:38,071 --> 00:40:40,939
The Backer family
wanted you to have these.
984
00:40:46,012 --> 00:40:48,446
Oh, I got something else
for you, too.
985
00:40:49,616 --> 00:40:51,382
What's this?
986
00:40:51,451 --> 00:40:53,785
Director Vance
pulled some strings.
987
00:40:54,988 --> 00:40:58,423
It's a job offer
with the Marine Warfighting Lab.
988
00:40:58,491 --> 00:41:01,092
Now that LanWar
is out of the picture,
989
00:41:01,161 --> 00:41:02,593
they need a civilian liaison
990
00:41:02,662 --> 00:41:04,529
to design
their training exercises.
991
00:41:04,597 --> 00:41:07,532
Like Danny used to do.
992
00:41:07,600 --> 00:41:09,033
Thank you.
993
00:41:11,438 --> 00:41:13,371
Make him proud.
994
00:41:14,941 --> 00:41:17,675
You make Danny proud.
995
00:41:18,712 --> 00:41:20,745
Ooh-rah.
996
00:41:24,927 --> 00:41:32,027
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