NCIS (2003–…): Season 12, Episode 13 - We Build, We Fight - full transcript

Ow.

Damn it.

[LINE RINGING]

VINCE:
Not here. Leave a message.

Vince, it's me.

I need to talk to you.
Call me when you get this.

Oh, come on.

[RUSTLING]

Hello?

Somebody there?

[BARKING]

Loki.

You scared me half to death.

Go on, get inside.

Loki, I thought I told you to--

[SILENCED GUNSHOTS]

ABBY:
Okay, open mine, open mine.

- BREENA: Aw!
- Oh!

- Baby's first lab coat.
- Yay.

- Is it made of--?
- One hundred percent cotton, yes.

- And did you--?
- I removed all the buttons, yes.

Choking hazard averted.

A-plus, Abby.

Oh, no. You started without me.
Sorry I'm late.

Tony, we thought you forgot.

Au contraire, McFrère.

I wouldn't have missed this.

Been looking forward to it for weeks.

Mama Gremlin, Papa Gremlin,

this basket's for you.

Thank you, Tony.

Let's see.

Uh, industrial-grade earplugs?

TONY:
Yes. Those are gonna come in handy.

[WHISPERS]
Babies are loud.

PALMER:
Bottle of Bordeaux, and, um...

A hundred dollars in cash.

Tony, those are terrible gifts.

Never knock the DiNozzo
parenting method. I mean,

look how I turned out.

Ahem. Um, babe?

Will you please go get me
some water?

Sure, but, you know, actually,

the pH levels up here are really high

so don't panic,
I have an emergency

stash down in Autopsy.

Okay, listen up, guys,
I need your help.

- What's wrong?
- It's Jimmy.

He's driving me crazy.

He won't let me eat or drink anything

until he checks to make sure
it's safe for the baby.

Oh, I mean, he's just being cautious.

All I want is peace and quiet.

And a cheeseburger.

You guys have to help me.

I mean, make up a case
or something.

Yeah, it doesn't really work that way.

Grab your gear.
Dead Navy lieutenant.

Oh, thank God.

I mean, sorry, that's awful.

What do you got?

Uh, gunshot wounds to the chest.

Three by the look of it.

What on earth
is holding Mr. Palmer?

You got anything else?

Yeah, it appears our victim engaged
in a bout of fisticuffs.

If it was with his killer

we may be able to pull DNA.

Time of death, Duck?

Uh, around midnight last night.

Boss, we got a boot print.

Shooter didn't police his brass.

Three .22 casings.

Hmm, not exactly dealing with a pro.

Well, he was smart enough
to use a silencer.

Police had reports of no gunfire.

- Victim?
- Navy Lieutenant Eric Kutzler, 28.

Seabee assigned him to Naval Support
Unit for the State Department.

Witnesses?

Well, there was the neighbors' dog

whose name is Lockey.

It's Loki.

Loki, as in the prince of Asgard?

The god of mischief?

From the Thor comics, Tony.

Thor. The nerds are taking over.

It's just you and me now, boss.

I'm-- I'm gonna go check the...

Gonna check the house.

I'll question the neighbors.

Uh, I'm gonna go take photos
someplace else.

Looks like a broken drinking glass.

Could be from a struggle.

But, hmm, nothing else looks tossed.

TONY:
Not exactly.

Check this out.

Well, that's blood, from what?

I think we found the source
of our victim's battered knuckles.

You were the first officer
on the scene?

That's correct.

What time was that?

Uh, I'm not certain.

I-- I got off shift
a little after 8.

Off shift?

I checked his vitals.

But I knew

he was gone.

You knew the victim?

He's my husband.

I left for work

last night around 7

and Eric was fine.
Everything was normal.

He called my cell

at around midnight, but I didn't get
the message till this morning.

[PHONE RINGING]

Excuse me. McGee.

It's Gibbs.

Yeah, I'm on my way.

- Kutzler's husband.
- Right.

Jethro.

Hollis.

Leon.

Now that roll call is over,
shall we move on to business?

Hollis was sent by the DoD to assist
with your investigation, Gibbs.

Hell of a winter, huh?

What's, uh, DoD's interest
in the case?

Lieutenant Kutzler.

He'd been on our radar
for some time

and I'd been investigating him
for the last two weeks.

Investigating him for what?

He was being vetted.

Lieutenant Kutzler is in consideration
for the Medal of Honor.

TONY:
Gibbs and Hollis Mann.

Both in the director's office.
You know what this means?

That she's helping with our case?

Think bigger picture, Bishop.

You know how on edge
Gibbs has been lately?

Well, yeah, since Diane's death.

He's had a lot on his mind.

Exactly.

And he's not gonna talk to us
about his feelings and emotions.

But Hollis Mann, she speaks
his monosyllabic language.

- She's our Gibbs whisperer.
- Ahem.

- Ah. How did you--?
- Update.

Come on, come on, come on,
let's go.

BISHOP:
Our victim is Eric Kutzler,

a lieutenant
in the Navy Construction Battalion.

I spoke to his supervisor
at the State Department.

Kutzler was new to the command,
reported there five months ago.

Prior to that, he spent 18 months
at Walter Reed

recovering from injuries sustained
in Afghanistan. Click the thing.

Kutzler's Seabees unit was on

a humanitarian mission in the Punjab
Province when they were ambushed.

And while they were pinned down
waiting for air support

an enemy grenade
penetrated their ranks.

Kutzler threw himself over it.

Saving the lives of two of his men.

He jumped on a live grenade
and survived?

Almost didn't.

Kutzler was a fighter.

And a hero.

Who someone was targeting.

Well, Kutzler made a name for himself
back in 2011.

He spoke at several rallies
in the months

leading up to the repeal
of Don't Ask Don't Tell.

Which is why there are so many eyes
on his nomination.

Kutzler would be the first
openly gay service member

to receive the Medal of Honor.

You think this was a hate crime?

Some people don't like change.

So where are we on suspects?

"We"?

You're not here to investigate
Kutzler's murder.

The DoD has a vested interest
in this case, Jethro.

I'll be sticking around.

Blood delivery for Miss Abby Sciuto.

He just walked in.

She's talking to Breena.

Breena says don't be angry

- but she went to Beltway Burger.
- No.

Uh-huh. All right, I'll tell him.

Okay, bye, Breena.

What? What? Tell me what.

Abby, what else? What? What?

She didn't--

It's okay. Breena's fine.

Breathe.

Good.

Now hurry up and get to the hospital
because Breena is in labor.

Jimmy.

Did you hear what she said?

She just said Breena's
having a baby.

- Think you broke him.
- What do we do?

Baby go bag!
I need my baby go bag!

This is not a drill!

Impending father coming through!

Good luck, Jimmy! Good job, Gibbs.

What do we got?

Uh, Big Brother, or more like

Big Brother's distant relatives,
twice removed.

She means, uh, surveillance footage

from Kutzler's next-door neighbors'
security system.

His backyard camera had
a direct line of sight

to where Kutzler was shot.

GIBBS:
Do we have the killer on tape?

On tape?

Well, no, not tape since the 1990s,
but we have footage.

That's all you see.

- The killer never faced the camera.
- What else?

Vince Armstrong stated
that he arrived home,

found Kutzler's body

then he immediately called 911.

Well, this footage shows
that at 8:26 a.m.

he finds the body, goes back
into the house

and does not call the police.

911 logs his call at 8:48 a.m.

That's 20 minutes later.

- Armstrong lied to us, boss.
- Where is he?

He's with a CACO officer.

I've answered all your questions.

Why aren't you out canvassing
the neighborhood?

Here's what's sticking for us, Vince.

You find your husband dead

and then you decide to take
a 20-minute breather

before calling 911.
That doesn't look good.

I was in shock.

You and Kutzler having issues?

Any heated arguments
between you two?

Of course. We're married.

- Fair enough.
- What about that cut under your eye?

Got it pulling over a drunk driver.

No one's ever taken a swing
at you on the job?

I find that very hard to believe.

You do have a face
people naturally dislike.

- What?
- Check my dash cam

if you don't believe me.

Yeah, we're gonna get to that.
But first, um...

Why don't you tell us about

your discharge
from the Marine Corps in 2007?

What was the reason, McGee?

Conduct unbecoming.

That was it.

What does that have to do with
anything? That was years ago.

It says you exhibited a violent temper

and made threats against
your superior officer.

That's a lie, all of it.

No temper, got it.

Look, I've worked homicides.

I know how critical the first 48 hours
are in solving this case.

You're wasting precious time.

I didn't kill my husband.

Let's take a walk.

Oh. I'm all for some
midday cardio, but I just ate.

- And we're in the middle--
- Not you.

You.

Now, Marine.

VINCE: I know this interrogation tactic,
Agent Gibbs.

Change the location.

- Try to catch the subject off-guard.
- How's it working?

- It's not.
- Didn't think so.

So where are we going?

Details were missing
from your service record.

So I made a few calls.

You were one squared-away Marine.

Top marks.

Stellar FITREPs.

Commendations.

Until 2007.

When your command
found out you were gay.

I never threatened my CO.

They trumped up those charges.

Said if I went quietly

they would give me
a general discharge

instead of a dishonorable one.

I had to think of my future.

Why become a cop?

All I ever wanted to do

was to help people.

Protect.

Serve.

But what's the point if you can't even
protect the ones you care about?

I loved Eric.

I would never hurt him.

See, I think you're hiding something.

I'm guessing it's to protect
your partner.

Eric deserves to be remembered
for what he was: a hero.

Nothing should change that.

My job is to find who killed him.

Not start a witch hunt.

And you need to trust me.

When I came home this morning,
there was a bag in the kitchen.

I hadn't seen it before.

There was vials and syringes.

I don't know why Eric had them,
but they're not his.

How can you be sure of that?

He had his demons, but drugs
wasn't one of them. I would know.

Where'd you hide them?

In the garage.

I shouldn't have touched
the crime scene.

I knew it would make Eric look bad.

I didn't want it to affect
his Medal of Honor nomination.

My husband was a good man,
Agent Gibbs.

I couldn't save his life,

but please...

Please...

Help me protect his memory.

What's the latest, Team Babbs?

Uh, just got an update from Jimmy.

Breena is still in labor.

He sounded a little freaked.

Jimmy's gonna be a father.

It's like, one day,
you're just...you're you.

And then the next day
you're responsible for this

living, breathing soul.

I hate to interrupt, Abs, but

Hurricane Gibbs is about to make
landfall. What do you got?

ABBY:
Kutzler's tox screen.

It's clean.

He wasn't on drugs.

What about the narcotics
we confiscated from his garage?

Each vial contains pharmaceutical-
grade morphine and fentanyl.

Mixed together, they make one
very potent intravenous cocktail.

Which brings me to my next point.

This batch is homemade.

I mean, this distinct color
and this labeling

this is somebody's brand.

Somebody who's seen a little too
much Breaking Bad. Miss that show.

Just one vial of this stuff
fetches a steep take on the street.

So if Kutzler wasn't taking drugs

maybe he was selling them?

War hero to drug peddler.

That's a big shift.

Well, if they weren't Kutzler's drugs

they belonged to someone.

Someone willing to kill for them.

[DOOR OPENS]

DUCKY: Ah, Hollis. Have you seen
Jethro? I just left word for him.

I have the sneaking suspicion
he's trying to avoid me, doctor.

Did you know the lieutenant well?

No, we met once, last week.

I was fact-checking his account
of the ambush for the nomination.

I could see he was still haunted by it.

Yeah, well, the body
can recover physically.

Healing the mind, however,
is a little more complex.

Listen.

I heard about Diane.

How's Jethro been doing?

I reached out, but he hasn't
returned any of my calls.

Well, Jethro does prefer
to throw himself into his work.

Well, I'm trying to be there for him.

He's not letting me.

A friendship with Jethro
does have its share of challenges.

However, I suspect
that there may be another reason

why he's been keeping us
all at a distance.

[DOOR OPENS]

Ducky, you called me.

Uh, yes, I found something unusual
in Lieutenant Kutzler's toxicology.

Abby said it was clean.

Well, that's the anomaly.

There are no traces of any medical
substances in his bloodstream.

I'm not seeing the problem here.

When the lieutenant
threw himself on that grenade

his body absorbed the force
of the explosion.

His torso took the full impact.

Breaking his ribs
and collapsing his lungs.

This flak jacket protected
his vital organs from the shrapnel.

The blast blew upwards,

fracturing his right arm
almost beyond repair.

It severed his jawbone

tore through his right eye socket,
and fractured his skull.

He suffered catastrophic wounds.

Consequently, he was prescribed
with numerous medications

to aid in the recovery.

Look. He never filled
a single prescription.

He chose

to live in constant pain.

Kutzler felt responsible
for the men lost in the ambush.

The pain was his punishment
for surviving.

Anyone else feel he was at fault?

No one that I've spoken to so far,

but Kutzler was apprehensive
when I mentioned

that I was gonna be
talking to witnesses.

I want the details of that ambush.

The events leading up to it,

the casualties, the survivors.

Every insurgent involved.

Everything.

TONY: Of the seven survivors,
five were Afghan civilians.

McGee and Dorneget are in MTAC
tracking them down now.

The remaining two survivors
were sailors in Kutzler's Seabee unit.

TONY: First is Senior Chief
Lansing Donahue, 45,

lives in Sea Isle City, New Jersey.

I've already questioned Donahue.

His statement of facts on the incident
was pivotal

in Kutzler's Medal of Honor
consideration. He's not your guy.

Well, the other survivor is Petty Officer
Third Class Davis Riley, 28.

Discharged in 2012.

He works in construction now.

Riley's sitting with me next week.

No. Today.

Uh, I might have something.
Putting it up now.

In the week prior to the ambush

Kutzler received a letter of reprimand
for disorderly conduct.

There's no mention of that
in Kutzler's service record.

That's because it was later
retracted by the issuer,

his commanding officer,
Rear Admiral Xavier Meade.

Where is Meade now?

Stationed at the Navy Expedition
Combat Command in Norfolk.

GIBBS:
Bishop, you're with me.

DiNozzo, you got Hollis.

Kutzler was a fine officer.

Smart.

Determined.

Not surprised he was up
for the Medal of Honor.

- Is.
- Pardon?

Is. You said "was."

Kutzler, he's still being considered.

Of course.

He went to hell and back
for his men.

Damn shame.

Did the two of you get along?

The lieutenant and I got along

as well as any superior officer
and subordinate can in the military.

I had no issues with Kutzler.

Except for the letter of reprimand
you wrote in his file.

I see you are extremely thorough.

Oh, yeah, she's good like that.

You're also way off-base.

Enlighten us.

When Kutzler's unit
arrived in Afghanistan,

there were growing pains.

Some men took issue
with his open homosexuality.

Don't Ask Don't Tell
had already been repealed.

Kutzler was within his rights
to be out.

I agree.

But changing a law doesn't suddenly
change people's beliefs.

What happened?

He and a fellow sailor exchanged
words in the chow line,

a brawl ensued.

Being an officer, Kutzler was held
to a higher standard.

Written reprimand was protocol.

So why'd you later pull it
from his record?

It didn't sit well with me.

A reprimand like that would have
ruined Kutzler's career.

I retracted it,
gave him a verbal warning instead.

What about the sailor
he fought with?

Petty Officer Davis Riley.

No love lost between those two.

TONY: I kind of love the smell
of construction.

Lumber and sawdust.

It's kind of like Gibbs' basement.

Speaking of Gibbs...

Subtle, DiNozzo.

Normally we would rely on Fornell
to bring Gibbs back to his

general disgruntled self, but Tobias
isn't really an option these days.

Look.

I'm his friend.

I'm not his shrink.
I can't force him to talk to me.

TONY: Sure you can.
You can be persuasive.

Davis Riley?

Can I help you?

NCIS.

Hollis Mann, DoD.
We spoke on the phone earlier.

Oh, right. Yeah.

- I thought we're meeting next week.
- TONY: Change of plans.

Where were you last night
around midnight?

Uh, I was at my apartment, asleep.

- Any witnesses?
- DAVIS: To me sleeping?

Am I missing something?
I thought you want to talk

about Kutzler's nomination?

- I did.
- Yes.

And she's going to,

but I'd like to talk to you
about his murder.

Murder?

HOLLIS: Lieutenant Kutzler was shot
and killed last night.

Oh, my God.

I...

I'm gonna be sick.

[DAVIS VOMITING]

I hated everything about Kutzler.

I didn't understand him.

Didn't want to.

I just wanted him gone.

Is this a confession?

Of the old me.

I'm not that guy anymore.
I've changed.

What a miraculous and conveniently
timed change of heart.

Afghanistan was a wake-up call.
There was nothing convenient about it.

One minute,
we're laying foundation for a school.

The next, we're pinned down
by insurgents, taking heavy fire.

Five of our guys fall before
they can even get to cover.

Chief and I were hit but not critical.

Kutzler was applying my tourniquet

when we saw the grenade.

He didn't hesitate.

Not even for a split second. He just

dove on top of it.

After that, I saw Kutzler
for what he was, a hero.

Why else would I put him up
for the Medal of Honor?

Kutzler's nomination packet
was initiated by Senator Gundersen.

There's no statement of yours
on file.

How is that even possible?

Chief Donahue and I routed that up
our chain of command back in 2012.

Military award packets
don't just disappear.

I don't suppose you have
any proof?

Well, I didn't make a copy,
if that's what you mean.

Ask Chief Donahue.
He can vouch for me.

Kutzler saved my life.
I was trying to do right by him.

I-- Yes, sir. I believe that's a bit
premature, but it--

Yes, sir.

Yes, I understand, but our agents
are working around the clock to--

Yes, sir. I understand.

Secretary of Defense.

The press got wind that a potential
Medal of Honor nominee

was found dead with illegal narcotics
in his possession.

How?

That's the million-dollar question,
Gibbs.

News outlets are running
with the story.

We don't even know
what the story is yet.

That's never stopped
the press before.

And that's not all.

They're not canceling
Kutzler's nomination?

This case has got a lot of people
on the Hill extremely nervous.

Tarnishing the nation's highest honor
is not an acceptable risk.

Neither is tarnishing
a naval officer's reputation.

I don't like it any more than you do.

DoD's giving us 48 hours
to clear Kutzler's name.

After that, it's out of our hands.

McGEE:
Oh, this is bad, Tony.

This is really, really bad.

Okay, we're at DEFCON ONE,
McGee.

Let's raise the Gibbs Threat Level.

I grabbed every newspaper
in the building.

All right, let's huddle up.

Our mission now is damage control.

What we need to do
is stick together.

This, too, shall pass.

- Hey, where are we?
- Albatross.

You're all just standing around.
You'd better have an update.

Yeah, well, we're still tracking
Kutzler's movements

the night of the murder.
No witnesses saw him after 7 p.m.

No credit card charges and his phone
pinged from the same location all day.

His home. Doesn't look like
Kutzler ever left, boss.

Abby's working
on his vehicle's GPS, but...

But?

- Where is Hollis Mann?
- I think she went back to the DoD.

You think?

What do you mean you think?

- Uh...
- We've been at this all night, uh...

We're all tired, why don't we
take a break? Get some air?

There is no break. There's
no breaks until this case breaks.

Never get personally involved
in a case.

You're breaking rule number 10.

You're damn right I am, DiNozzo.

- Do you have a problem with that?
- TONY: Boss.

- Uh, boss?
- Is this what you meant when you said

- trust you, Agent Gibbs?
- Our office had nothing to do with that.

Dragging Eric's name
through the mud

- is exactly what I was--
- Why don't we take this--?

No, no, no.
There's nothing to talk about.

The damage is already done.

I thought you were a man of honor.

You got me.

Hey, but what's one dead
gay sailor, right?

ABBY:
Oh, no. Poor Gibbs.

Maybe I should go give him a hug.

I think he'd prefer a lead, Abby.

I can help with that too.

Did you get anything
from Kutzler's GPS system?

I did.

So Kutzler did leave his house
the night of the murder,

but he didn't use his vehicle's
navigation function.

Turns out this particular software,
it receives

hourly satellite updates
and it generates a log.

At 8:45, the update places
Kutzler's vehicle at his residence.

At 9:45 and 10:45,
he's at a location in Berwyn, Maryland.

And at 11:45,
he's back at his house.

What's the location in Maryland?

The Berwyn Community
Outreach Center.

Excellent. Thank you, Abby.

[DOOR OPENS]

Excuse me.

Bestow an angel.

What's your name, bright eyes?

She's Special Agent Bishop.

I'm Special Agent DiNozzo.

Mat, you're missing a T there, buddy.
Like Doormat?

I dropped the second T years ago.

Life's not about conforming
to society's phallocentric norms.

Homemade gluten-free
vegan cinnamon scone?

- Ooh. Uh...
- TONY: No.

Are you nuts?

Never take cookies or movie advice
from a hipster.

Two guys out front
both recognize Kutzler's photo.

- They said he's a regular.
- Let me ask you, Doormat.

Have you and your non-prescription
glasses seen this guy?

Uh, sure, I know the face.

He attends our nightly 9:30 meeting.

Meeting for what?

Addictions Anonymous.

I haven't seen him
since Sunday night, though.

He was pretty heated when he left.

Define "heated."

Uh, I saw him in the parking lot with
some guy from his group. They were

yelling about something.
I don't know.

I try to mind my own business.

This other guy have a name?

Well, we're not exactly following
each other's Instagram accounts.

It's Addictions Anonymous.

[PHONE RINGING]

Excuse me.

Doesn't make any sense.

Kutzler wasn't an addict.
Why would he attend these meetings?

And why would he be carrying around
a stash of illegal narcotics?

He's pulling a Badger. He's selling
narcotics to recovering addicts.

It's like shooting fish in a barrel.

Except this time the fish shot back.

Maybe the one Kutzler
was arguing with.

We could ask Mat to call us
if our mystery man comes back.

You wanna be the one
to tell Gibbs we got nothing?

- All right, good point.
- Well, you know what this means.

Stakeout.

It's a no-strings-attached
cup of coffee, Jethro.

I got it at the diner, so take it.

Is that better?

[CLEARS THROAT]

No.

Well, this might help.

Davis Riley was telling the truth.

Kutzler was submitted for
the Medal of Honor back in 2012.

And his packet didn't just slip
through the cracks.

- Someone buried it.
- Mm-hm.

That's why I did some digging.

And I found a familiar name.

You're not seriously accusing me

of having something to do
with Lieutenant Kutzler's death?

No, no. We checked your alibi,
and it's rock solid.

Well, I'm glad we cleared that up.
Am I free to go now?

GIBBS:
No.

You're not free to go. Sit down.

I'd watch your tone, Agent Gibbs.

I don't think SECNAV would
appreciate NCIS

treating an admiral like a criminal.

- Oh, we already talked to SECNAV.
- HOLLIS: Mm-hm.

How did she phrase it?

Uh, "Nail the son of a bitch."

For what?

Killing Lieutenant Kutzler's

first Medal of Honor nomination.

I have no idea
what you're talking about.

The packet was routed through your
chain of command in 2012, admiral.

Then it must have got lost
in the shuffle.

Before it reached my desk.

Because it never did.

And I assure you, I will look into it.

Oh, no, we already did.

Yeah, we put in a call
to the U.S. forces in Afghanistan.

Spoke to the yeoman
who was assigned to your desk

who cataloged
all your incoming routing sheets.

And, yes,

here it is. "Subject:

Medal of Honor awards packet
for one Lieutenant Eric James Kutzler.

Delivered to the office
of Admiral Xavier Meade.

November 1 st, 2012."

Easy enough to make that disappear.
No one was tracking it.

Oh, yeah, but then Senator Gundersen
comes along with her nomination.

I mean, you couldn't very well
bury it again.

Not with so many political eyes on it.

You sandbagged your own officer
because he was gay.

Kutzler's not the only homosexual
I've had in my command.

My sailors' personal lives
are their own business.

All I care about
is that they do their jobs.

Yeah, a job you made sure
they don't succeed at.

Since 2011, you've given
subpar FITREP scores

to every openly gay sailor
who's served under you.

Do you feel the walls closing in yet?

GIBBS:
You lied under oath.

You tampered with
official government documents.

You interfered
with a criminal investigation.

I'm not saying another word.
I want a lawyer.

Yup.

A leader looks after his men.

Fights for them.

That's who Lieutenant Kutzler was.

You're a disgrace to that uniform.

And I look forward to testifying
at your court-martial.

That's yellow jacket's fifth cigarette.

I can't take it much more.

Ha, ha. You should see McGee's
pipe collection.

I only use those
for creative purposes.

BISHOP:
Is that Davis Riley?

McGEE:
Sure is.

Guess Riley forgot to mention
him and Kutzler

attended the same
Addicts Anonymous meetings.

Guy's got more secrets
than a slumber party.

All right, it's time for an intervention.
Keep clicking, probie.

Don't eat all the cookies.

Hey, Riley, remember me?

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Your backpack.
Mind if I take a look inside?

TONY:
I think that was a yes.

What do you know?

Looks like you're gonna be spending
the night at Chateau NCIS. Let's go.

Oh, I don't feel so good.

Here we go again. McGee, back up.

Tony, I don't think he's breathing.

Bishop, call 911!

[DOOR OPENS]

Riley's in stable condition

and McGee's standing by
at the hospital.

Yeah. Already knew that.

Heard you were back building boats.

What are you gonna name this one?

I'm not leaving, Jethro.
Not until you talk to me.

- Talk about what?
- You.

- Your least favorite topic.
- I'm doing fine.

Don't tell me you're fine.

I know you're not.

Hollis.

It's late. Go home.

It's your fault Diane's dead.

That's what you're thinking.

I'm not wrong.

You didn't pull the trigger.

I put her in the crosshairs.

He wanted to make it personal!

Still does.

I'm figuring it out.

But you being around me

makes you a target.

So that's why
you're shutting me out?

- To protect me?
- I don't need you mixed up in this.

- I don't need you mixed up in me!
- It's not your call.

I'll take my chances.

I can handle myself, hmm?

Copy that.

No, I'm not letting you off that easy.

[SIGHS]

After the ambush,

people kept telling me
how lucky I was to be alive.

The truth is, death would have been
so much easier.

Instead,

I relive that awful day

every single day.

I see my friends die

again and again.

And that damn grenade...

I just stood there.

Frozen.

While Kutzler threw himself over it.

I can still hear the sound
as it went off.

And the damage that it did to him.

I can't get that image
out of my head.

That's why you started using?

I just wanted to forget.

How was Kutzler involved?

DAVIS:
He saw

how bad it got and stepped in.

He got me in the program.

Went with me to meetings.

He saved my life a second time.

When did you relapse?

DAVIS:
Three days ago.

When I didn't show up
to the group session

Kutzler came to my apartment.

He saw that I was high.

All I really remember

is that he was angry.

He took my stash and stormed out.

GPS puts him at the community center
later that night. Why'd he go back?

Oh...

I must have told him
who I got the drugs from.

Eric probably went there
to confront him.

Who's that?

The guy at the front desk.

Mat Jebson.

TONY:
Ha-ha-ha. You're not serious.

I'm totally serious. I swear.
Hey, Mat.

Mat, what's up, man?

Bishop was just telling me this story.

It is hilarious, and you're gonna
get a kick out of it. Tell him.

McGee and I were searching
your apartment.

We found your makeshift drug lab,

along with hundreds of vials
of morphine and fentanyl.

Just like this.

TONY:
Hilarious, right?

So here's what we think happened.

Riley spills the beans about you
selling drugs to addicts at the center.

Kutzler threatens to turn you in.

So you follow him home
and put three rounds in him.

Am I right?

You made money exploiting people
who needed help.

Looking for this?

BISHOP:
Already searched your trunk.

Found a .22 with a silencer.

Hey, isn't that the same weapon
used to kill Lieutenant Kutzler?

Yes, it certainly is.

Spoiler alert, Heisenberg.

It doesn't end well for you.

I wanna apologize for what I said
the other day.

I was out of line.

Eric's name was cleared.

His killer brought to justice.
That's all that matters.

His, um, Medal of Honor
nomination

would have never been endorsed
without your help, Agent Gibbs.

Thank you, sincerely.

GIBBS:
When's it official?

VINCE:
The White House should be

making an announcement
in a few days.

A hero finally gets his due.

You know, Eric never saw
himself as a hero.

He would often come here
to remember his men.

The ones he couldn't save.

Said it was his duty

to never forget their sacrifice.

That's how he chose
to honor them.

I'll have to find a way
to do the same for him.

Continue his legacy.

Your husband died doing
the same thing he did in Afghanistan.

Fighting to save a friend's life.

He wouldn't leave a man behind.

Finish the mission.

ABBY:
Did you hear anything?

You guys.

BISHOP & ABBY:
What? What?

[ABBY & BISHOP LAUGH]

ABBY:
Yay!

I never meant for any of this
to happen.

Eric should have just
let me die in Afghanistan.

That's not who he was.

And I'm not that way either.

Why would you want to help me?
He's dead because of me.

I'm not worth saving.

Eric thought you were.

And, hey, it's not gonna be easy,

but you won't go through this alone.

Oh, she's perfect.

A chip off the old block.

Has that new baby smell.

Congratulations, you guys.

And what is this fair beauty's name?

She's sort of named after you,
doctor.

I beg your pardon?

Say hello to Victoria Elizabeth Palmer.

Mother

would be thrilled.

As I am.

Jimmy, what happened
to your hand?

PALMER:
Funny story. Uh, did you know

that epidurals don't
work on 5 percent of patients?

I sure didn't.

I had to improvise
with my pain management.

You broke his finger?

She sure did. Two, actually.

But it was worth it.

Spoken like a true parent.