NCIS (2003–…): Season 10, Episode 4 - Lost at Sea - full transcript

Looks like we're good on candy bars
and gummies.

ETHEL:
What about Klowny Kakes?

[EASY-LISTENING MUSIC PLAYING]

POP: Fresh out.
- Those things never sell.

Must be those teenagers
I've been telling you about.

Light fingers.

[BELL DINGS]

ETHEL: I know who's got light fingers
around here.

What're you talking about?

[CLATTERING]

Ethel, they're back.

Those kids are after the beer.
No use hiding, punks.

[PANTING]

"Had a blast last night.
Can't wait for more."

I think they wanna meet up again.

It was sort of a one-time
thing for me, McGee.

Come on, admit it, Tony.
You had fun.

Well, it was a more social experience
than I expected.

ZIVA: So you two did end up
going out last night?

How did you know about that?

I have hearing like a horse.

Hawk.

ZIVA: A horse's hearing, McGee,
is one of their keenest senses.

Which is why you must
horse-whisper.

I don't think that's right.

Where did you two end up
going last night?

- Well, actually...
- To a bar.

Well, I like bars.

[COMPUTER BEEPS]

The girls wanna know
if we're on for Friday.

ZIVA:
We? Okay, one second.

Since when did you two
start picking up women together?

You wouldn't understand the science
behind a good wingman, Ziva.

All right, McGoose, tell the girls

Maverick says, "Game on."

Maverick. Top Gun. McGoose.

I can't believe you two.

Truth is stranger than fiction.
Grab your gear.

Missing crew of Ghostrunner 12
just washed ashore.

Helicopter that went down
four days ago?

Yeah. Come on, let's go.

POP:
By the time the ambulance got here,

I had found the other two
on the beach. Washed up.

Only three survivors?

POP: First one stumbled into the store.
He was the only one conscious.

The other two were passed out,
dry as a bone.

- No sweat.
- Sunstroke.

POP:
And bad.

EMTs rushed them all
to the hospital.

They say anything?

Guy in the store just kept muttering
about someone named Happ.

Yeah, well, that's the pilot.
Fourth crew member.

Guess he's still missing, then.

I heard about the crash last week
on the news.

Never put two and two together
until I talked to your other agent.

Lots of letters, like you.

She got here before you did.

According to the report last week,

the helicopter crew was running
a routine training operation

off the USS Seahawk.

ZIVA:
Didn't they send a distress signal?

They did, but Coast Guard rescue
operations didn't find anything.

McGee, there is still liquid inside.

Hard to believe there would be
any fresh water left.

Waterworld.

Kevin Costner drinks his own urine.
Smell it.

- Ugh.
- Told you.

Let me guess, gross movie trivia
works with women in bars?

Well, something must.

Because Tim and I have a pretty
fierce date on Friday night,

and I have to say,
we are a force of nature.

I see. So women are just
waiting for this masculine force?

- Pretty much, yeah.
- Okay.

[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

So if it's that easy, I want you
to pick up the next woman you see.

That's juvenile
and I'm more mature than that now.

Well, if either of you manages
to get a date,

I will do both of your case reports
for the entire month.

- Why? What do you get out of it?
- Game on.

This a game to you, DiNozzo?

Oh, uh, Agent Borin.
It's sort of a surprise to see you here.

[CELL PHONE RINGING]

Well, you shouldn't be,

because I've been running point
on all search-and-rescue ops

for the last four days. Borin.

Read the briefings, DiNozzo.

BORIN:
Got it. Thanks.

That was one of my agents
I sent along for the ambulance ride.

Did the crew say anything?

BORIN:
Amidst delirious ramblings? Yeah.

Apparently the helicopter
was hit by a second aircraft.

So we're looking for more
than a missing pilot.

What happened up there?

BORIN:
That's what we have to figure out.

- Tribune or Herald?
- Times.

- Which one?
- Does it matter?

- Eh.
TONY: They're all calling about the helo.

Surprised we haven't heard from ZNN.
Usually they're the first...

[PHONE RINGING]

Oops.

What? We've got real work to do,
like finding the mystery aircraft.

TONY:
I know.

Let's stick with the crew
we actually know something about.

I pulled service records
on our missing helicopter pilot,

Lieutenant Commander Oliver Happ.

Yeah, we got files on the three
who washed up.

Crew chief Petty Officer Josie Sparks,
co-pilot Lieutenant Hank Joplin,

and rescue swimmer
Petty Officer Adam Portis.

Rescue swimmer.

There's a job skill you hope
you never have to use.

ZIVA:
Speaking of job skills...

- What's this?
- Rubbers for your date with Borin.

Oh, extra-large. You knew my size.

Thank you,
but we don't need your help.

ZIVA:
Maybe not. But Borin does.

She wanted extra hands
with debris collection,

and so I volunteered
the two of you.

Unless, of course, you would rather

me say
that the wingmen had to pull out.

Pilots pull up.

I meant exactly what I said.

[PHONE RINGING]

TONY: Don't answer that.
McGEE: Don't bother.

ZIVA:
Agent David.

Yes.

Thank you.

That wasn't ZNN?

That was the squadron CO.
He's here to brief Gibbs.

He didn't say anything about
being hung up on before, did he?

I don't think that's on his mind
right now.

JOPLIN [ON RECORDING]: We're
experiencing radar altimeter failure.

Happ, we're losing altitude!

HAPP [ON RECORDING]:
Lost the horizon. Lost the horizon!

JOPLIN:
Pull up! Pull up!

Last transmission never mentioned
the second aircraft.

FAA and local air-traffic controllers

never reported anything
in the area of the crash.

What area is that, captain?

DOYLE: This is my XO,
Lieutenant Commander Hernandez.

He knows the mission
and its birds back to front.

The last coordinates indicate

the helo went down
off the coast of Delaware, sir.

Well, how did they end up
in Maryland, commander?

RADALT failure could indicate
bigger nav-system problems.

These are likely false crash
coordinates.

Would explain why we never
found signs of wreck.

And why you still haven't found
my pilot.

Yeah, we're updating
the search area now,

but I'm not the one that signed off
on a faulty helicopter, commander.

All right, now, listen,
nobody wants to look bad here.

This is an unavoidable
mechanical failure.

We don't know what it is
till we ask the crew.

DOYLE:
Until the crew is medically cleared,

the only people allowed in
are immediate family.

Right now your focus should be
on finding that missing wreck

- and Lieutenant Commander Happ.
- It is.

Eyewitness testimony could give us
flight trajectory, landmarks,

- any number of factors that...
- Doctor's orders.

Pentagon prefers this crew to be
completely recovered and fully lucid.

We don't want any more
delusional misinformation.

It's already been four days
without any progress.

The media is ready to cry foul.

I'm not the media.
I don't cry foul unless there is one.

The survivors could at least tell us
if the pilot survived the crash.

Just find him.
And call me when you do.

BORIN: You're not really gonna wait...?
- No.

Jethro? Are you here?

Yeah, right here, Duck.

[WHISPERING]
Oh, I didn't see you hiding.

I wasn't hiding.

Why are you whispering?

Oh, I think it's appropriate given
the clandestine nature of our mission.

Duck, I asked you to get
medical records, not launch codes.

DUCKY:
Hmm.

Nice disguise.

Listen, I'd like to think
the success of this ruse

is not because of a costume
but because of my covert prowess.

Thought you called in a favor.

Yeah, well, a cribbage friend
is head of Oncology.

It's on the floor above,
but that's beside the point.

- Get to the point.
DUCKY: Yes.

I reviewed their records.

Petty Officer Portis remains
comatose,

but Lieutenant Joplin and Petty
Officer Sparks are recovering well.

That in spite of the fact
that they both suffered

acute dehydration and exposure.

Injuries from the crash?

No evidence of head trauma
or anything severe. I mean, it's...

It's a wonder, really.

You believe there's more to this crash
than mere mechanical failure.

No, I don't believe anything yet.

DUCKY: Yeah, well, if you're planning
to interview the survivors,

you're gonna have to get past
numerous guards and medical staff.

Yes, I will use my covert prowess.

I was going to suggest
that you use a master key.

It'll get you into the security wing.

- This part of that favor?
- No.

So I recommend you hurry.

[KNOCKING]

Lieutenant Joplin.

- Special Agent Gibbs, NCIS.
- Afternoon, sir.

- You heading home?
- No, sir.

My CO thinks I should rest up
another day or two.

Told the doctors
I was feeling okay but...

Let me help.

If you don't mind me asking, sir,

shouldn't NCIS be assisting
with search and rescue?

We are.

Anything you can tell me to help
find Commander Happ?

Not much chance he's still alive,
is there?

How do I justify me coming back
instead of him?

I don't have family, sir,
but Happ's got a wife and kid.

Yeah, well, that's why I'm asking you,
lieutenant.

What happened?

We were flying low.

Tower, we're experiencing
radar altimeter failure!

Happ, we're losing altitude!

- Lost the horizon. Lost the horizon!
- Pull up! Pull up!

[ALARM WAILS]

Everything after is a blur.

Next thing I knew,

we were bottom up
and scrambling for the raft.

It was black out there.

Maybe we missed him.
Maybe it's our fault he's gone.

You mentioned a second craft
when you washed ashore.

I did?

Guess I must have been delirious,

because the only thing
we hit was water.

Two-hundred-fifty RPMs
into the Atlantic.

Might as well hit concrete.

You got a better chance at winning
the lotto than walking away from that.

I can't explain miracles, sir.

Just give thanks for them.

McGEE: Instead of looking for
washed-up helicopter parts,

we should have Abby looking
for evidence of who's turning

this ocean into a dumpster.
This place is disgusting.

TONY:
Quit your eco-whining, Captain Planet.

- You wanna win the bet or not?
- Well, not this badly.

Still think sucking up to
Borin's the way to get a date?

Really appreciate the help, guys.

- No problem.
- This is great.

Really like the new hair.

Thanks. We're gonna hit the north
shore next.

Marine debris can get caught
in sewage plant intake.

- Ew. Sewage.
- There's gotta be an easier way.

Why don't you just walk up to her
and ask her out?

Why not?
I'm sure she'd enjoy a free dinner.

Even if it is from one of us.

Get off my beach.

Leave the bags and move along.

Take it easy, pal.
We're federal agents.

I'm not impressed.

Coast Guard. Drop the knife.

All right, all right, there's been
a misunderstanding.

Yeah, you think?

- Who the hell are you?
- Name's Shamus Quinn.

I thought these blokes were trying
to muscle in on my business.

Garbage?

QUINN:
Scrap. Metal and recyclables.

It's hard to sell it
when you're stealing it.

I guess it's a cutthroat business,
huh?

- Gonna give that back, champy?
- No.

And this scrap is evidence in an
ongoing investigation, Scruffy.

We gonna have a problem,
Mr. Quinn?

Of course not, ma'am.
Anything for the Coast Guard.

Women of the water
are a weakness of mine.

But you are taking my livelihood.

And my knife. Feel like I should be
getting something out of this raw deal.

Yeah? Like what?

I don't know, maybe dinner?
With you?

[TONY CHUCKLES]

Okay.

But from now on, anything you find
on that beach gets turned over

to the Coast Guard immediately.

- But I'll get it back when you're done?
- Deal.

QUINN:
Sweet.

[CLICKS TONGUE]

TONY: Guess Agent Borin
likes her pork salted.

McGEE:
Well, we can't compete with that.

TONY:
Speak for yourself, Mclnsecurity.

What's that guy have
that I don't have?

Calluses?

I have emotional calluses, heh.

- You want a date with Agent Borin?
- No.

I mean, I just don't wanna
let Robert Shaw win.

Besides, she's a little too much
like Gibbs.

Well, it could be a good thing.

Gibbs is independent, loyal,
sometimes even caring.

Have you told the boss
about these feelings?

He can be open-minded. Ha, ha.

Tony.

What?

McGEE:
Agent Borin!

That's our missing pilot.

TONY:
Well, if that's a gunshot wound,

then he didn't die in the crash.

[SIGHS]

I still smell like warm sushi here.

Your little wingman setup
is proving to be painful.

Well, that was the point.
Yes. No, of course. Thank you.

You know, technically,
maybe I should be asking you out.

You did say the first woman I see.

Heh, cute. But you had your chance.

Ah, thank you.

Joplin and Sparks have been released
from the hospital.

Good. I got questions.

I think the Pentagon
was anticipating that.

They've assigned
JAG representation.

TONY:
Which is a smart move,

considering the missing pilot's
got a bullet in his brain.

- You got info on the victim?
ZIVA: Uh-huh.

Lieutenant Commander Oliver Happ.

Four years with Helicopter
Sea Combat Squadron 24.

TONY: Otherwise known
as the Ghostrunners.

Exemplary service record,
including two commendations

for acts of bravery in Afghanistan.

He's married with a 6-year-old son

who was recently diagnosed
with neurofibro...

Neurofibromatosis type two.

But you can call it NF2 for short.

Hey, can you give us a minute,
buddy?

You can go play your game
over there by the window.

That's a cool costume. Top Gun?

No, he's a helicopter pilot,
like his father.

I was told you found my husband?

- Sorry for your loss, ma'am.
- Thank you.

What happened?

I saw on the news that pilot error
hasn't been ruled out.

We haven't ruled anything out yet.

- Did you recover his flight helmet?
GIBBS: No, ma'am.

No, we haven't. Not yet. Why?

Oliver, my husband,

he promised Gunner
that he could use it for Halloween.

He worships his dad.

DUCKY: Like the rest of your crew,
commander,

you are strangely free
of impact trauma.

And it appears you miraculously
survived the crash.

Not as lucky with the bullet.

Yeah, well, it entered the frontal lobe

and made a mess of things
and ended up on the occipital.

- Luck had nothing to do with it.
- No exit. Small caliber.

Yeah, I just sent the slug up
to Abby for processing.

Time of death?

No, impossible to say.

Estimate.

Uh, this man's voice was heard
on the aircraft's last transmission?

As it went down at midnight.

Then I would estimate that he was
killed sometime after midnight.

Shot at close range?

Are you asking me
if this man committed suicide?

Yes, I am.

Then my answers are going to
continue to frustrate.

He was immersed in water,
so you can't test for GSR.

His face is eaten by marine life,
so you can't discern stippling.

But he may have self-destructed.

There is absolutely no way
for me to prove it.

- Hell of a way to go.
- Yes.

But a slow death adrift at sea,

well, suicide may have become,
well, a prudent choice.

- Abby.
- Other Abby. Welcome back.

You looking for helicopter parts
or having a garage sale?

Um, both.

I put together half a ten-speed bike,
part of a car engine,

two kitchen blenders.
All in perfect working order.

I can't believe the things
that people throw away.

Can't believe
you put it back together.

If there were any helicopter parts,

I would have happily
built you a helicopter.

Right now I would just settle
for some good news.

- How about a lead on our shooter?
- Ooh.

I ran ballistics on the bullet
recovered from our victim.

Was this before
or after your blender building?

Ha, ha. Concurrent with.

The bullet removed from the skull
is a.22-caliber.

It's not Navy issue.

The only handguns on that helicopter
should be standard 9 mm.

Any of the crew own a spare?

I found one 6-inch ten-round Beretta

registered to
Petty Officer Josie Sparks.

GIBBS [OVER PHONE]: Gibbs.
- Gibbs, it's Borin.

ZIVA:
Abby says Borin's on her way up.

I don't understand
what the big deal is, Ziva.

- It's just a date.
TONY: You tell her, McGee.

Also, you owe me 40 bucks
for those tickets.

- They were your idea.
- And you're welcome.

Now get in there, Hollywood.
Take her breath away.

Iceman's got your back.

Oh, why do you get to be
Tom Cruise and Val Kilmer?

[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]

Oh, this is going to be priceless.

McGEE:
Hi, Agent Borin.

Uh, I wanted to know,
do you like '80s cover bands?

Because I have tickets.

I mean, uh, Tony got tickets.
For us, I mean.

Uh, you know, if you wanna go.

Um...

I just figured that
since we were both born around...

You know, that you would remember
the '80s. How old are you?

You asking me out, McGee?

- Well, yeah. Well, I've got tickets...
- Yeah, no, got that part.

GIBBS:
When's the concert, McGee?

Uh, next week, boss. This can wait.

Get Petty Officer Sparks in here.
Now.

TONY & ZIVA:
On it.

- Thought you had my back.
- Nothing I could do. Had to eject.

I'll tell them that I...

LEON:
Special Agent Gibbs,

this is Lieutenant Nora Patel,
JAG Corps.

- Lieutenant.
- I'm not finished.

The Pentagon wanted me
to remind both of you

that we're all on the same team.
We all want the truth.

Of course, sir.

On the same team, Leon?
Could have fooled me.

That's the company line

until the higher-ups get one of two
things, the truth or someone to blame.

Well, I do prefer
that the two are related.

Yeah, but I'm not sure they do.

Nice tie, Leon. That a new look?

It's my wife's idea.
It's supposed to help lighten my mood.

Yeah?

How's that working out?

My client doesn't know anything
about that.

Understand how it looks
when you hide behind a lawyer?

Lieutenant Sparks
has a right to legal counsel.

If for no other reason than to defend
against any unfair tactics.

I've heard about you, Agent Gibbs.

The bullet that killed your pilot
was fired from a.22.

- You own one.
PATEL: Unauthorized weapons

are not permitted
on Navy operations.

Which is why your client
was disciplined for it last month.

You took your.22 on the flight
and you used it to shoot Happ.

Now, does anything sound unfair
so far?

- We're leaving.
- Life's unfair, sir.

Tell that to him.

Happ knew better than anyone.

- That's the problem.
- Don't say another word.

No, because I didn't shoot him.

Happ was the one trying to kill us.

I'm listening.

Happ just found out his kid's sick.

No cure.

Understandably, he's been upset.

He even got into a fistfight with
the squadron commander last week.

But...

But I didn't realize
how bad things were

until I caught him drinking
before a mission briefing.

PATEL: She didn't report it,
because Happ didn't fly that day.

SPARKS:
I let him sleep it off.

- Are you saying your pilot was drunk?
- No, sir.

We never would have let him fly
that night if something was wrong.

He seemed fine

until we caught him messing
with the RADALT system.

He said he couldn't go back.

Couldn't face not knowing
if his kid was gonna die.

He put us into a dive.

We tried to stop him.

Pull up! Pull up!

SPARKS: I pulled my weapon
but never got the chance to fire,

because we hit the water.

I lost it and never saw Happ again.

Why did you lie?

I was trying to protect him.
We all were.

You can understand that,
Agent Gibbs.

Protecting someone
who tried to kill three people?

- No.
- For his family.

It's enough they lost a husband
and a father.

I guess now you're gonna have
to tell them the truth.

He was a coward.

Did you find out what happened?

Who shot my husband?

How had your husband been
feeling lately?

Oliver was fine.

He looked forward to flying
any chance he got.

- What is this about?
- His reaction to Gunner's diagnosis.

Oh. He was devastated.

We all were.
But that was weeks ago.

Why are you asking?
What's wrong?

Found a number of these
hidden around the house.

Credit card shows frequent trips
to liquor stores and bars.

Had your husband been
drinking more lately?

He drinks when he's with friends.

And when he works out
in the garage.

But it was never to excess
and he would never fly drunk.

No, not drunk. Depressed.

His crew says he tried
to commit suicide.

[SCOFFS]

- No, no, suicide is impossible.
- Why is that?

Gunner.

NF2 is a genetic disorder,
Agent Gibbs.

It causes tumors to grow
randomly throughout the body.

And right now,

our son has a tumor
wrapped around his facial nerve.

And when they remove the tumor,
the nerve will most likely be destroyed.

Oliver and I had to tell
a 6-year-old boy

that he will probably
never smile again.

Gunner didn't ask any questions,
he didn't cry...

Yeah, he's a tough kid.

You know
what his main concern was?

That he'd ruin our family pictures.

No one gives up on a kid like that.

Especially not his father.

Are you saying his crew's lying?

Yes, I am.

BORIN: I don't care about jurisdiction.
I care about finding that wreck.

So just send the water samples
to NCIS for testing.

MAN [OVER RADIO]: On it.
- What exactly are we testing for?

Oil and other mechanical fluids
can linger after a crash.

If we can find a trace, then we'll get
an idea of where to take a closer look.

I see. So long shot?

[MAN SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY
OVER RADIO]

Last hope.

Just do it, Omagi. Out.

Copy that. Out.

- I forget you're a team leader.
- Yeah, lot of good I'm doing.

Performance review?

Abby told me.
So, what are you looking to do?

Move on up
or move on out completely?

Maybe transfer somewhere tropical?

- You trying to get rid of me, DiNozzo?
- Oh, no. I've just been there.

Looking for a better job title.
Better money.

So, what are you doing
still working for Gibbs?

Can't offer me better people.

Listen, if you're not busy this weekend,
I actually was thinking...

Oh, crap.

Oh, your crawfish Casanova, huh?

Relax.
I'm not going on a date with him.

I only said I was because I knew
what you and McGee were up to.

Ziva told me everything.

Of course she did.

- So that means the bet's off?
BORIN: Yeah.

And it sounds to me like you have
better people to ask.

Oi! Where's my stuff?

DOYLE:
We grounded rotary wing squadrons

until each and every bird
is mechanically inspected for flaws.

So far it appears to be
an isolated incident.

- And if the crash was human error?
- I told you Happ wasn't depressed.

Your crew was trained to
compartmentalize emotions, correct?

DOYLE:
They've been trained to recognize

and speak up about
operational risk-management factors.

- Lack of sleep, domestic problems...
- Suicidal tendencies.

I know my people.

You got a lot of people
under your command, captain.

Happ's been a friend longer
than a subordinate.

I'm the first guy he told when
they were pregnant with Gunner.

I'm the first guy he came to for
support when he was diagnosed.

Now, if there were something wrong,
I would know.

ZIVA:
So you knew about the fight

Happ started with
Lieutenant Commander Hernandez?

What fight?

- Hernandez?
- Sir?

Get your butt over here.

- What are they talking about?
- Petty Officer Sparks mentioned it.

Pilots get competitive, ma'am.

My training times were better,
and he accused me of cheating.

Nothing bruised but egos,
so I let it slide.

- Lot of that going around lately.
DOYLE: I trust my crew, Agent Gibbs.

If they never said anything to me,
there was nothing to worry about.

Two of them are saying
something now, captain.

That you let a man
with emotional issues fly that night.

So who's lying, captain?

You or your crew?

You can stare all you want,
but a watched mass spec will not boil.

He's also immune to wishing, hoping,
willing, most forms of voodoo...

[COMPUTER BEEPS]

Like I said, most forms.

What do you got, Abs?

Salt water.

There's no significant sources
of any mechanical pollutants

in your water samples. Sorry.

This is just not your week.

Hasn't been great
for the Happ family either.

- And it's about to get worse.
- How?

McGEE:
Pentagon's ready to issue a statement

blaming the crash
on Happ's suicide attempt.

- But the investigation is still ongoing.
- We told them that.

Longer they wait, the more it looks
like they're hiding the truth.

Yeah, but we don't know the truth.
Do we?

[CELL PHONE RINGS]

ABBY: Lab. This is Abby.
- Does Gibbs know about this?

He and Ziva are headed back
from the Seahawk.

McGEE: The wife and son
are about to be bombarded by media

and all we have is hearsay
and a couple of bourbon bottles.

And the eyewitness testimony
of two decorated crew mates.

Their stories match.

Well, who's to say what's the truth,
right?

Those guys spent four days
together in a raft.

- Am I missing something?
- You mean besides a helicopter?

Or a single straight answer?

- Need more than a gut feeling.
ABBY: Thank you.

How about a third opinion?
That was the hospital.

Petty Officer Portis is awake.

Game on, McGee. Let's go.

- What about Gibbs?
- We'll call on the way.

McGEE: Doctors suspect
brain damage due to the dehydration.

They're not even sure
he can understand them.

Then I guess we better ask
the right questions.

Petty Officer Portis, we're with NCIS.
We're investigating the crash.

Your crew mates, Joplin and Sparks,
have each given full accounts.

We were hoping you might be
able to help us confirm

what happened that night.

Did Lieutenant Commander Happ
try to commit suicide?

Is that what caused the crash?

Release my clients.
Pentagon press briefing is in two hours

and you have no evidence
to refute their testimony.

Petty Officer Portis said enough.

Except that he never actually
said anything,

and doctors are saying
partial brain damage.

It's gonna take a lot more than
a hazy nod to keep this case open.

- She's right, Gibbs.
- Let you know when we find it.

We have been running
deep background

on the squadron
and found a connection.

Four of them applied for
apostille stamps in the last month.

A form of federal notary
for document verification. So what?

They're rare and usually only needed
to open offshore bank accounts.

You have proof
that's what it was for?

No. But that's not what got
our attention. Call the ball, probie.

MCGEE:
Of the crew on that helo,

Happ never applied for a stamp.

- I thought you said there were four.
- There were.

The fourth was
Squadron Commander Hernandez.

If the crew was into something,
then what's his connection?

The final mission report
was just published

and it includes personnel rosters.

- We knew who was on that helicopter.
- Didn't know who was supposed to be.

While Commander Happ
was on duty that night,

he wasn't originally scheduled to fly.

Hernandez was. Go.

We don't know
what any of this means, director.

Let you know when we find it.

Looks like your ego
was writing checks

your offshore bank account
can't cash, commander.

McGEE: What did you know that
kept you from wanting to fly that night?

Nothing.

I was sick. I went to see my girlfriend,
and she made me chicken soup.

That's funny. She said you went out
to dinner and that you weren't sick.

Time to change course.

Before you find yourself crash-landing
in the middle of a court martial.

Ha, ha, that's a good one.

You can wear the sunglasses
for a little bit.

That account wasn't
for your military pension, was it?

Joplin and Sparks planned it.
Nobody was supposed to find out.

Find out about what?

That we were gonna sell the helo.

- Sell it? To who?
HERNANDEZ: I don't know.

Joplin said he found a buyer
and everything was set for that night.

But I

couldn't go through with it
and I called in sick.

Who killed
Lieutenant Commander Happ?

I don't know. I swear.

Joplin and Sparks, they saved my ass
in Afghanistan last year.

And I owe them my life.

They can't know that I said anything.

- All right?
TONY: That's a negative, Ghostrunner.

The pattern's full.

We didn't kill Happ.

JOPLIN: We're not murderers, sir.
- Prove it.

Excuse me, petty officer.

You can't split them up.
I need to advise both my clients.

Not if they tell me the truth.
Lieutenant?

PATEL:
Sir.

How much does a Seahawk go for
these days, lieutenant?

Three hundred thousand.

Split four ways.

Wow. But only if it works, right?

Guess if the Coast Guard
can't find it...

Maybe it was not lost
in the first place.

There was no crash.

We faked it.

JOPLIN: We're experiencing
radar altimeter failure.

We're losing altitude.

- Lost the horizon. Lost the horizon!
- Pull up! Pull up!

Coms are cut. They can't hear us.

We flew south and landed on a ship
waiting to meet us.

We'd get our money, set off in the raft,
and wait for rescue teams.

A 30-year-old helo being phased
out of service.

- Nobody would miss it.
- We all agreed to the plan.

Until Hernandez backed out.

JOPLIN:
Everything else was in place,

so we took a chance
and told Happ once we were in the air.

He could use the money for his son.

And against three armed
crew members,

he would not have much choice.

- You threatened him.
SPARKS: No.

He went along with it on his own.

- Or so we thought.
JOPLIN: But once we landed,

Happ pulled his weapon on us.

HAPP: We're not doing this.
I want your weapons on the deck now.

And your.22, Sparks.

JOPLIN: Come on, Happ, don't
blow this. The plan is gonna work.

Said he wasn't gonna lie to his country
or his family like that.

No, he stood up to all three of you.

- So you shot him.
SPARKS: No.

It was the boat captain.

[HAPP GROANS]

We should have stopped it there.
Called off the deal.

But you took the money
in offshore accounts.

The captain was supposed to drop us
near where we faked the crash.

But the murder changed things.

He disabled the transponders
in the raft and just dumped us.

We were nowhere near
the search grid.

We deserved it.

I need a name, lieutenant.

JOPLIN:
The buyer was Shamus Quinn.

Met him at the marina
where I keep my boat.

Virginia Beach.

Call Borin. Have her lock it down.

Got an update?

Yeah, this warehouse is the only
address listed under Quinn's name.

Are you sure he's here?

BORIN:
Yeah. We got movement in the office.

No one's been in or out
since you called.

Let's move.

Spread out.

BORIN:
Ziva, stairs.

[GUNFIRE]

[ALL GRUNTING]

QUINN: Get off me!
McGEE: Come here.

- Get off me!
- Settle down, Hemingway.

- Got him?
- Yeah.

TONY: Same model as Sparks' gun.
It's gotta be the murder weapon.

Here we go.

Nice job, McMahon.

BORIN:
Since we found the missing helo

on Quinn's boat,
my review is looking pretty good.

So how about a drink on me
as professionals?

Have to take a rain check.

- Yeah, we kind of have plans already.
- Friday night.

BORIN: Hot dates, huh?
ZIVA: Yes. Playing video games. Heh.

You never went to the bar. You stayed
home playing with yourselves.

I mean, with each other.

I mean...

McGee, I read your e-mails.

You broke into my computer?
How do you know my password?

She's not allowed to do that.

- Truth will out, DiNozzo.
- Right. Let's hear it.

TONY:
We had every intention of going out.

And when I went by McGeek's place,
he was still

enthralled by this first-person shooter
game. It was pretty cool, actually.

And that would explain
your newfound combat tactics.

McGEE:
Look, don't blame me, Tony.

You were the one that wanted
to stay

once I found that sorority-sister
capture-the-flag battalion.

Oh, they were hot.
They sounded hot.

Ziva?

- Drink?
- Yes.

Thank you.

Finally someone has the decency
to ask me to join them.

BORIN: Gibbs.
- That's what this was about?

She set us up because
we didn't ask her out in the first place.

How did we miss that?

Better question is,
how are you gonna fix it?

[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]

TONY:
Hold that door!

Oh. I'm in. I'm in.

[INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE]

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