Mm-hmm.
Get down!
Morning, boss. Morning.
Thank you. What are we looking at?
Shooting. Three victims.
One of them is John Oyama.
Former Gunner's Mate Third Class.
Former?
We don't usually get called in for people
separated from service.
Except this isn't exactly normal.
John was the subject of an investigation
out of the NCIS office in Yokosuka, Japan.
What was he getting investigated for?
Some kind of theft.
What was John doing out here?
HPD's questioning a witness.
We're hoping to find out.
The shooting took place around 3:00 a.m.
I always say nothing good happens that late.
I wouldn't know anymore. I'm normally passed out
after bedtime stories.
Hagrid impression takes it out of me.
: You're a wizard, Harry.
These are .223 casings.
Likely from an assault rifle.
Yeah, the tread suggests
that the killer fled on motorcycle.
Probably a sport bike based on the tire size and burnout.
Forensics said the same thing.
Dad hunted subs and he rode a Ducati 916.
Badass. Like father, like daughter.
What are you thinking, boss?
All this reads like a gangland murder.
I'm not answering any questions
until I have my attorney present.
You said they were interviewing a witness.
Nobody told me it was Pike.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Excuse me, this is...
Connor O'Shea, Port Manager.
And I refuse to speak without counsel present.
If you're done processing him, we'll take him
for questioning, thank you.
Are you okay?
Follow-up question.
Why are you acting like an insane person?
I really appreciate all your concern.
But it is my constitutional right
to have counsel present at all times.
All right, you heard the man.
Let's get him a lawyer.
You have the right to remain silent.
And please, for everyone's sake, do.
Hey, boss.
What's with the... ? About to find out.
Ow. Okay, start talking.
Okay, as port manager,
it's my right... As...
Special Agent Neil Pike.
Sorry, I apologize.
It's habit. I was undercover.
Yeah. I figured out that part. Deep under.
Like, it's kind of hard to remember
who Neil Pike is anymore.
How long has it been?
Three days?
Right.
Neil? Yeah?
Why were you in that room last night?
Because a dock worker reported
being greased by some Yakuza dudes
about helping them smuggle in goods, so I went
under to find out more. Yakuza?
As in the organized crime syndicate out of Japan.
Yes, but then that means that our former sailor
was working for them.
Any idea why somebody would ambush that meeting?
They just said they were trying to smuggle in cigars.
Okay, people don't usually kill other
people for cigars. Well, it depends.
I mean, some cigars are pretty nice.
DoD weapons.
Gunner's Mate Third Class John Oyama
was accused of stealing ...50 cal machine guns
destined for his ship.
Wow.
That is a lot of heavy-duty firepower.
NCIS at Yokosuka
couldn't pin him for it, but they never
found the weapons, either.
He could've been trying to smuggle them here.
Okay, even if this is about weapons,
triple homicide seems... big.
Any leads on who might've pulled that trigger?
Not yet. I'll follow up with HPD.
Thanks. Well, that still leaves the missing
giant, scary machine guns.
You think Connor O'Shea can set up
another meeting and find out where they are?
Connor O'Shea is a closer.
Whoo!
Okay. He's also kind of a "whoo" guy.
Yeah, okay, come on, let's
get you to Ernie's office and set up that meeting.
Okay. Sorry about the "whoo." It's fine.
Hey!
Got extra if you like.
This isn't a social call. I know.
This is about you siccing the FBI on me.
Because you're using local businesses to launder money.
I'm helping local businesses survive.
And you murdered the Koa brothers.
You wearing a wire?
Did you get my dad mixed up in this?
The FBI's investigating him, too?
Not quite sure what irony is, but I feel like we're there.
Now is not the time for jokes.
You really think Unko Wally would break the law?
No. But you definitely did.
You loaned him money, you took advantage of him.
Think you're akamai, got it all figured out.
And you think you're one step ahead.
You find
a local business that's struggling,
and you worm your way in. He came to me.
No.
No, there's no way my pops shows up
hat in hand asking for money.
Asking for help.
And I did.
Because that's what friends do.
You came here wanting to be mad at me,
but maybe I'm not the one you should be mad at.
And the meeting is... set.
They're sending a location soon.
Nice job, Pike. Who are you meeting with?
The head honcho this time, Kenji Sato.
Ikuzo.
What? Nothing.
Just the, uh, Japanese.
You think it's strange I know Japanese? No.
That's super cool. Mm-hmm.
But you think I only know
Japanese because I'm so
into anime, don't you?
Excuse me. Yeah, that sounds about right.
Well, actually, it all started
in the winter of '96 with a seminal home-stay
in Niigata.
The Kurota family welcomed me into their home,
nestled deep in the valley next to Hakkaisan...
Yada, yada, yada. Now you're testing fate a second time
in two days to try to take down
a Yakuza crime syndicate. It's funny how life works.
Come again.
Well, you narrowly escaped death less than 12 hours ago.
And now you're going back in again.
This time with the head of the gang.
Someone I'm guessing you wouldn't want to meet.
Kenji Sato.
Been arrested for criminal mischief and aggravated assault.
That's just the stuff he got caught for.
You have guts, my friend.
Okay.
I am making a terrible mistake.
No, no, no. All you're doing is
meeting and getting information about a shipment.
And you'll have us
with you. Right, Ernie?
Yeah.
Okay. Nano earbud.
Button cam.
As long as you have your Bluetooth signal
and your shirt...
we'll have eyes and ears on you at all times.
See?
Okay.
They send the location for the meet?
Yep.
Great. Remember.
Eyes and ears on you at all times.
Yeah, um, about that...
Oh, please tell me you guys
found a way to hear me.
Hey, man. You okay?
Yeah, I just never been good with these things.
‘cos I am alone and it is very awkward.
Like, where do I even wait? Okay, that's the best we're gonna get.
I told Pike we’d be there for him.
We have any way of knowing when to go in?
I mean, how do you say
"no clue" in Japanese?
Not again.
You know, Boom-Boom would've been able to make it work.
Not all of us can be Boom-Boom.
Got it, got it.
I think that's our cue to go in.
Hey, Pike, you all right?
You're all right, you're all right.
I got you.
Kenji's gone.
It seems the assassin was waiting to take out Kenji Sato.
Bathhouse is a pretty good spot
to try to kill a Yakuza boss. Hmm.
Hey, how's Pike? Uh...
Pike is good, but, uh...
Connor O'Shea has been scared into retirement.
Okay, well, did he at least get any useful intel
before the attack? Not exactly.
But we did get one answer.
Our bathhouse assassin
is the same killer from the docks.
MCRT searched his home. They found
a G-36C that matches
the bullet casings from the docks
as well as a motorcycle, and you called it, too.
600cc sport bike.
Those are Yakuza tattoos.
But he has no affiliation to Kenji Sato.
So first the docks, then the bathhouse.
Clearly he was coming after the Sato clan.
Do we know if he has any affiliation with a rival family?
I tried to get more intel, but...
NCIS isn't exactly dialed
into the world of the Yakuza.
Well, good thing we know someone who might be.
The Sato Yakuza Clan has long operated
in the shadows of Hawai'i.
Oda Sato was in charge until the FBI put together
a case and several warrants against him.
That sent him into hiding a few years back, leaving his son...
Kenji Sato...
to take his place.
And now someone's gunning for them.
The Machidas.
These two families have
hated each other for decades.
So all this is personal.
Well, if there's such bad blood, why are we
only seeing bodies drop now?
Because Oda Sato negotiated a truce before he fled Hawai'i.
What broke it?
You mean who. Kenji Sato,
after he dishonored the Machidas.
What'd he, like, tease one of them or something?
Allegedly broke someone's neck in a bar fight in Waikiki.
Oh, okay, much worse.
So Dad stops the war
only for his son to start it all over again.
Gang war explains why the Satos are trying
to smuggle in .50 cals.
I managed to pull all of our former sailor's
encrypted text messages.
Wow. Already?
Sorry, FBI Cyber
take, well... longer.
Days? Weeks?
I really shouldn't say.
Ernie... what'd you find? Eh...
Kenji and our former sailor had extensive text conversations
about smuggling in the tools to seal their victory.
Sounds like Kenji himself
organized the DoD weapons haul.
And I may know where he is.
The Sato family has a house in Kahala.
Well, let's go pay them a visit.
Ernie, in the meantime, see if you can locate those weapons.
You got a plan?
Convince Kenji that a holding cell
at NCIS is better than the morgue.
All right, assuming he doesn't want to cooperate?
Backup's waiting if necessary.
May I help you? Hi.
I'm Special Agent in Charge Jane Tennant.
This is Special Agent Jesse Boone, NCIS.
We're looking for Kenji Sato.
I'm sorry.
My brother's not here.
Do you know where he is?
I'm afraid not.
Please, come in.
Thank you.
You don't have to do this.
Please allow me the honor.
My father would insist.
Thank you.
So...
when's the last time you heard from your brother?
A few days ago.
Is he okay?
Someone tried to kill him this morning.
Why?
How much do you know about the family business?
We work in imports.
Goods from Japan. Porcelain,
antiques. Military-grade weapons?
We know your family is Yakuza.
And that your brother's been working
to smuggle in DoD weapons
from Yokosuka with the help
of a former sailor, John Oyama.
John? No.
He was recruited in Hiroshima
to help in third-party logistics.
No, either you've been kept in the dark,
or you're not telling us everything.
Are you and your brother close?
We have grown apart over the years.
But still you must care about what happens to him.
He will always be family.
So help us find him.
He's caught up in something,
and he might not make it out alive.
I wish I could tell you, but...
I don't know.
Tell me it's not true, that you met with AJ Hale?
How did you... ?
Of course we're surveilling him.
You got to let this thing play out.
Look, it's...
it's not easy when your dad is wrapped up
in an FBI investigation.
I know. It's a lot.
For both of you.
My father, he didn't do anything illegal.
AJ told you that?
Yeah.
Because it's the truth.
But, Kai, the FBI and AUSA
still have to do their due diligence.
Okay, how much longer?
A while.
But there is something that can speed up the process.
If Wally went and talked with the FBI.
Walked us through all his books.
A sign of good faith.
You want to tell him that?
It's probably better coming from his son.
Yeah.
Are you tapped into
the worldwide Automatic Identification System? Uh-huh.
Because that's what we use
to identify a ship's identity, class, position, et cetera.
And the Coast Guard is the gold standard
for tracking down ships. You mentioned that. A lot.
Hey.
Any luck finding the ship with the weapons on it?
Uh, still looking, but we'll find it.
I know he's been through a lot, but does he have to be here?
Yes, the Coast Guard is the gold standard
for finding vessels at sea.
Yes, I've heard.
Besides, I figured
you two could help each other out.
All right, what do we got?
We were looking for container ships
with anomalies in their schedules, manifests...
Algorithm did a check on all ships bound to the U.S.
from Japan. So far nothing's standing out.
Okay, Yumi said
the family does business in Hiroshima.
Any ships heading to Hawai'i from there?
Doesn't look like it.
Mm, that's odd.
That ship there is not near any normal shipping lanes.
Um...
tapping into the DoD's mesh network
of satellites, pulling up the sat feed.
That's because it's not actually there.
Somebody spoofed the system.
Fooled it into thinking
the ship's somewhere it's not.
Okay, well, where is it?
Just a little geometry and physics magic...
Factor in that a cargo ship travels around 24 knots.
24 knots.
There.
Just off the coast of Kaua'i.
Uh, at this rate, it's gonna make port in just a few hours.
Not if we get to it first.
Assuming the Coast Guard can lend a hand?
Let's go.
Special Agent Neil Pike is back, baby!
First time on a high-interest vessel boarding?
Yeah.
Oh, I wish I could be you right now.
You never forget your first.
Oh!
He grows on you.
Does he though?
Coast Guard says...
no one's talking and the captain's acting cagey.
Follow their lead and keep
searching the ship for weapons.
Okay, you got it, boss.
Hey, I think I got something.
The generator room by the "foke-sul."
The what? The "foke-sul."
Well, "forecastle," but it's pronounced "foke-sul."
Does this have to do with weapons? Maybe.
The room's cordoned off-limits to all personnel.
Is that normal?
No, that's not normal at all.
It's stuck.
Well, breach it.
Well, normally I have tools for that.
Oda Sato?
You're not machine guns.
Guess flying commercial was out of the question.
The price for being a wanted man.
Are the weapons on board with you?
I don't know about any weapons.
The weapons your son conspired to steal from the Navy.
And the ones he intends to use against your rivals.
My son is doing what he feels he must.
But I assure you...
that is not why I have come.
You've come because the Machidas attacked your family.
To retaliate.
I'm here to bring peace.
We Yakuza have ways to reconcile
and end wars.
A war your son started.
He is impetuous, but...
he is still my son.
Do the Machidas know your intentions?
We chose to keep it a secret until I arrived.
To limit the risk of someone trying to intervene.
I must perform the ritual reconciliation.
Atone for my family's transgressions.
If you arrest me,
war will continue
until only one family is left standing.
If you let me complete my mission,
peace will reign.
And after that?
You still have to answer for your own crimes.
I shall atone for those, too.
I will surrender to authorities.
You believe his story?
I believe he believes it.
You're actually considering letting him go.
He's wanted for smuggling, racketeering, coercion.
And he might be the only way to keep more bodies from dropping.
All right, we finished our sweep of the ship.
And the DoD weapons are still out there.
All the more reason to keep Oda.
He could know where they are and isn't telling us.
Look, when Oda lands, things will start to happen.
Okay? You and Jesse stay on him.
He could lead us to Kenji, the weapons,
or maybe even the person who ordered the hit on his gang.
So he's bait?
I wouldn't tell him that, but...
yes.
"Risk a stain on your record if this plan doesn't work."
That kind of bait.
If you want to catch sharks.
My bosses will never go for it.
They will... if we both ask them nicely.
Everything you asked for.
Paystubs, quotes for equipment,
bank statements, tax returns.
Glad this is all gonna be pau.
Pop, this isn't gonna make everything go away.
So the FBI took me away from my work
to get all this for nothing?
No, it'll take time. Been long enough.
They have to make sure that you didn't
launder money for AJ.
I've never done a crooked thing in my life.
The FBI, they need proof.
And now they have everything.
Not everything.
Look, you have to talk to them.
Work with them, tell them what you know.
I can't help, because I don't know anything.
Yeah, well, you better think of something.
You're a Fed, too.
Can't you talk to them?
I've tried. Fix this!
I am not the one
who took money from a criminal.
Why'd you do it?
I got a business to run, employees to pay.
Why did you go to him?
Because you weren't here.
Dad...
Let me know when the FBI wanna talk.
I'll figure out how to be helpful.
What... ?
You're still here?
Yeah, my pencil rolled under your desk.
Oh, thanks.
Maybe you should take a break. Come on.
Half of the federal law enforcement on this island
may be out tailing Oda Sato,
but I bet we could find the weapons in the meantime.
"We"?
We found the boat Oda was on,
didn't we?
Combined, we are unstoppable.
Like when Goten and Trunks did the fusion dance
and became a single superior being in Dragon Ball Z.
I know you know that reference.
To take on Majin Buu in Chapter 480.
Yes! Are we doing this dance or what?
How about we do everything you're saying,
minus the dancing? I mean, it won't be as fun.
And yet...
I built a deep learning algorithm to manually
scan all satellite imagery of ships squawking at sea.
The fusion is already happening.
You're using nautical lingo.
But the problem is...
everything on the sea checks out.
What about communication between Kenji and our former sailor?
The only thing I found is this.
Translated, it means...
"The expectation for the shipment is great."
That is one way to translate it, yeah.
You know better than the translation tool
powered by sophisticated AI technology?
Language is nuanced.
Like this.. this word here, "kitai."
That word was used by the Japanese Army prior to 1945
in reference to something else... airplanes.
"The airplane for the shipment is great."
They were using code.
What if we could track unconventional airplanes
leaving Hiroshima that were contracted by...
I don't know, LLCs or shell corps... Got it.
Oh.
That is not what I was expecting.
Nice car.
Thanks.
I figured it leaned a little more "family excursion,"
a little less "Feds on surveillance"
while we keep an eye on Oda Sato.
Oda's off the ship, walking over for his pickup.
You think his first stop is to meet with his son?
Claims he's gonna meet with his rivals.
But I'm not sure what to think.
You're questioning whether we should've let Oda go?
It doesn't matter now, because I did.
How's our Agent Afloat doing?
She's good.
Yeah, Lucy's even comfortable
standing on the flight deck now. Wow.
Achievement unlocked.
She's been sending me a lot of pictures but...
Let me guess, they all kind of look the same? Yes.
It turns out, the middle
of the ocean looks like the middle of the ocean
no matter what amazing country you're anchored near.
You didn't have the heart to break it to her?
She's just so proud of the selfies.
What?
Ernie and Pike tracked the .50 cals.
They arrived on-island two weeks ago by plane.
Any idea where they are now?
No, he said he lost the trail when they got here.
Oda said he didn't know anything about the weapons.
I mean, he could be telling the truth.
Or he's done nothing but lie to us.
I've got a bad feeling about this.
I'm pulling the plug. Whistler!
Whistler, hold on!
Whistler, we don't know.
And I don't think we should...
It doesn't make sense to attack now. Kenji's still in the wind.
Oda was here to make peace.
Not to mention no one was supposed
to even know he was coming.
What did we learn from Oda's car?
MCRT's into it, but at first glance,
it looks like the explosive was planted
on the undercarriage and remotely detonated.
So the killer had to have known he was coming ahead of time.
And had access to the car.
Seems unlikely the Machidas
would've been able to pull this off.
What if it wasn't the Machidas?
Could be an inside job.
Someone within the Sato organization
orchestrating the hits, why?
Guys, we found something.
Where's Pike? Designing matching nameplates
in my office. I wish I was joking.
But while he was doing that,
I was tracking phone calls Oda made from the ship.
Who was he calling? He reached out
several times to a cell phone here on the island.
Kenji? Right family tree, wrong branch.
How are you holding up after the explosion?
Oh, it was nothing compared to the reaming I took
from ASAC Curtis when I explained
one of our most wanted fugitives was blown up on my watch.
I'm meeting with him and the SAC later. That'll be worse.
I'll talk to them. No need.
It wasn't only your call.
Don't worry about it.
Just because you're FBI
doesn't mean that we aren't on the same team.
That's literally what it means.
It was my choice as much as yours,
and I won't hide behind you.
Yumi Sato.
Hi. This is FBI Special Agent Whistler.
Yumi, we're sorry to hear about your father.
My father had bought three koi before he left.
For him, my brother and me.
Asked that I always look after them
as I would my own family.
That's beautiful.
We know your father called you before his death.
I... I haven't spoken to him in years.
We traced calls from his ship to your number,
so please don't lie.
Don't want to have to arrest you.
I don't know anything.
You knew your father was coming. Yumi...
...you must have known why.
I do. I'm the one who asked him to come.
My father was here
to repair all the damage my brother has done,
make peace with the Machidas, restore our family's honor.
Well, why not
let your brother do it? He's in charge.
Because he wouldn't do it.
Look, did Kenji know
that your father was coming to clean up his mess?
He found out when we set the meeting
with the port manager at the docks.
The meeting that was ambushed?
And you didn't feel
you could tell Kenji before.
Because you were too afraid of how he'd react.
Where is your brother now, Ms. Sato?
I don't know.
My brother may not have liked my father's plan,
but he couldn't have done... this.
Then why isn't he here with you right now,
mourning your father?
Still no luck
finding Kenji.
Maybe he's gone for good.
No. He wants to hold onto power. He'll stay.
We're sitting on Yumi in case she tries to go after him.
In the meantime, we found Kenji has multiple aliases
on bank accounts and LLCs.
Got proof he used one of them to hire
the assassin who killed the people at the docks
and tried to kill Pike.
Trying to prevent his father from being smuggled in.
While making it look like their rivals were responsible.
A clever plan... frame the Machidas
and use war as a cover to consolidate his power.
You go. You go. I'm gonna...
I found...
We found the weapons. There was a warehouse.
With a personal guarantee signed
to one of Kenji Sato's aliases.
And we think that's where the weapons are being held.
Guys, Yumi's on the move.
Pike, you and I will go after her. Yeah.
Jesse, Kai, you're on the warehouse.
Find the weapons.
Ernie.
Great job.
NCIS!
Kenji was here.
Clear! Clear!
Think we found the weapons.
All these crates are .50 cals.
I wish you didn't just say that.
Because one's missing.
Hey, Kai.
Kenji's at large with a .50 cal machine gun.
No idea where he's headed.
I think I have an idea.
I'm sending you my location,
but I need you to get here as fast as possible.
Copy. On our way.
Nakanaori Sakazuki.
It's the reconciliation meeting.
Yumi's not here to find Kenji.
She's here meeting her rivals, trying
to finish what her father started.
Well, peace isn't gonna last long
if Kenji shows up with a .50 cal.
And they're gonna be sitting ducks, ‘cos no one's supposed
to be armed at these things.
We're going inside, aren't we?
Let's go.
Want me to translate?
Okay, cool. You got this.
Machida clearly thinks he's been set up.
Enough! You're all in danger here.
We are here to make peace.
Your brother is not. You have been set up.
But only by one person.
Kenji Sato.
We need to go now.
I'm trying to end this war.
Survive first.
Oh, we're too late.
Maybe we can flank them.
Oh, crap! Go, go, go!
Come on, Jesse!
Damn!
Hey, you guys have a plan up there?
We're fielding ideas!
What do you think?
Look, there's a way out the side of this building.
You may not be able to flank him, but I can.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, Tennant! You can't go alone.
On my way!
Stay with her.
Wish me luck.
Ganbatte.
Cover us.
Copy.
Now! Now! Now!
Thank you, Agent Tennant, for saving us.
Well,
it wasn't just me.
You knew your brother did all this,
yet you still tried to fix everything. Why?
Because that's what my father would have wanted.
It was my duty to try.
This was all for duty? For family.
A concept my brother never understood.
Well, I hope you don't plan on continuing the family business.
I was only here to honor my father. The business was his.
Good.
Because that would be... unwise.
You're going to watch her, right?
Hundred percent.
Hey, you know you can, uh, take that off now?
Oh, yeah, I know. I also know that I've been shot at
kind of a lot over the last few days, so... Okay.
So, you're just gonna keep it on every day now?
Well, considering both Connor O'Shea and I are now both
known entities to all the local Yakuza gangs... Well, the FBI
took most of the Yakuza members in for questioning.
And with all the intel that they've got on them,
it's only a matter of time
before they shut down their operations, so...
Well, it does not hurt to be cautious, so...
I come bearing gifts.
Hey.
I know that we're buds now, but you did not have to.
I.. I didn't. It's.. it's for all of us.
From the Yokosuka NCIS office.
Awesome. Oh, that's nice.
Like a "thank you" for closing their stolen weapons case?
Yup. Ooh.
Take it. Uh...
No, please take it. Like, consider it a thanks.
For what?
For letting me team up with you.
You know, catch come killers, find some weapons.
Rediscover who Neil Pike really is, you know?
I... I really appreciate it.
All right, you were
undercover for three days.
You're talking about objective time.
I'm talking more about
what Henri Bergson would call "la durée,"
which is the time of subjective experience.
Bergson said that.
Did he?
Yeah. Mm-hmm.
Thought you was bringing people.
Yeah, they're outside, but, um,
look, I just wanted to talk to you first.
Look, I shouldn't have judged you
for taking money from AJ when I...
when I wasn't even around to help.
Pop, I just... I...
I have so many regrets.
Son, I don't know everything,
but there's one thing I learned.
Life's too short for regret.
What matters is right now.
Yeah?
Yeah.
Now, where your friends stay?
They'll, uh, talk to you privately.
Yeah, uh,
I don't think that's gonna work.
You said you would talk to them.
Yes. We all are.
All these people
done business with AJ.
Found a way to be helpful.
So, what you think?
I think we're going to need more agents.
Hey. Got your invite. What's up?
Oh, yeah. Please.
Thank you. You're welcome.
How'd the talk with your SAC go?
Good. He, uh... he wants to give me a medal.
First of many. I wasn't expecting it
after what happened to Oda Sato.
Look, calls you make in the field
sometimes don't cut our way.
And sometimes, they still work out.
The only thing we can rely on is each other.
I'm sorry...
for not accepting your offer to help with my bosses.
It just
felt like I had to handle it alone.
But you're not alone is what I'm saying.
You're part of a team.
Two teams, I guess.
Look, I can't speak for the FBI,
but I will always have your back.
Just like you had mine running towards a .50 cal.
That's deeper than a team.
That's a family.
I'm the FBI liaison who happens
to be dating one of your agents.
It's more like family adjacent. You are family, Kate.
So, what medal is it, anyways?
Apparently the one you get
when you get shot at by a big-ass gun.
That's a good one.
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