NCIS (2003–…): Season 12, Episode 20 - No Good Deed - full transcript

Exactly what I wanted to get up
at 6:00 a.M. To do.

I got 80 hours
community service

For a bogus
shoplifting charge.

How about you?
What'd you get?

30... Days.

Oh.

What'd you do?

You hang out at the cobra room
on tate street?

I assure you, never.

I swear I've seen
you somewhere.

I know who you are.

Hey, you're the senator
that got busted,

Ordering up a hooker.

Congressman.

At least she was fly, though.

Seen both of your
mug shots on tmz.

Congressman.

Hey, boss!

You better take a look at this.

No, I didn't see
delilah last night.

I was home alone.

Mm, everything
all right?

Oh, yeah.

Yeah, it's just, you know,
we spent a lot of time apart.

There's a period
of adjustment.

I remember my parents going
through the same thing

When my father would come home
from a long deployment.

But, to answer your question,
everything's just fine.

Well, relationships take work.

Morning, timothy.

'sup, bish?
Hey.

How are you two on this
spectacular spring morning?

Wow, you're in
an abnormally good mood.

What's up?

My father called.

He's taking the train down.

Gonna have a little visit.

Gonna stay with me
for a couple days.

Ooh, and that's good?

Tony:
I know what you're thinking.

But yes, it's very good.

Senior's back from his little
european wingding.

He sounds rejuvenated.

And... He wants to meet zoe.

She want to meet him?
Why wouldn't she?

Well, you refused
to meet her parents.

Things have... Changed.

Have they?

Yeah.

She and I are in
a really good place.

Gibbs: Yeah, we're
in the wrong place.

Gear up.

Got a dead marine.

(clicks)

Looks like the bike
was headed south,

Lost control,

Crossed the
center line,

Went over the shoulder
right here at a high speed.

Can tell from where
it first landed.

There's no skid mark,
no debris

To indicate any other
vehicle was involved.

Can you fall asleep
driving a motorcycle?

Well, technically, one can
fall asleep doing anything.

Anything, jimmy?

Dinozzo.
Yeah, boss?

Talk to the
supervisor.

Get what they bagged.

Maybe they picked up
evidence we need to see.

Sounds like a job
for a probie, boss.

I asked you.

Fingerprint confirms
his I.D.

Marine lance corporal
david austin.

Stationed in norfolk, was due
back this morning at 0800.

Do you ever miss riding
your motorcycle, doctor?

My norton?

Ah, yes.

I was a real chick-magnet.

Yeah, you had that
bad-boy image.

Moths to a flame.

I always wanted
to get a scooter,

But breena would never let me
now that I'm a father.

Ducky: Hold on
to breena, mr. Palmer.

Hold tightly.

Duck, got a time of d?

Um, I'd venture 4:00 a.M.,
plus or minus.

Uh, preliminary cause of death
is a broken neck,

But there is a contributing
and compelling factor.

What's more compelling
than a broken neck?

Mr. Palmer.

A bullet wound to the chest.

Bishop:
Lance corporal austin was raised
in southern pennsylvania.

He spent the weekend
at his parents' farm

And was on his way
back to norfolk.

A high-school
standout,

He was offered several
baseball scholarships

To big east universities,
but his guidance counselor said

His dream was
to be a marine.

Tony: I've been trying
to reach his c.O.,

But he's on
night-training maneuvers.

I left word.

Thanks, chris.

Hi, mr. Dinozzo.

Eleanor, if I was
30 years younger,

And you weren't married,
oh, my god.

Dad, what are you doing here?

Uh, I took
an earlier train.

Ah, my undercover son.

How you doing,
timothy?

Always a
pleasure, "dad."
(chuckles)

How was the art
scene in europe?

We'll talk.

Hey, gibbs.
Good to see
you, chief.

Good to see you.
Dad.

So just to repeat,

Um, what are you
doing here?

I need a key.

I went by the
apartment,

But the building manager
wouldn't let me in.

I'm so sorry,
that is my bad.

I forgot to her
you were coming.

No mischief.
Junior.

Hey, low.
(chuckles)

Tony: All right,
good to see you.

Good to see you.
Uh, so we're
still on for dinner?

With zoe?
With zoe.

I'll make
reservations.
Oh, no.

I'll take care of it.
Oh, all right.

Let me walk you
downstairs.

Yeah, it's gibbs.

Yeah, abbs, on my way down.

What are you doing?

Hey, gibbs.
Spring cleaning.

It's a time
of renewal.

Of rebirth.

Out with the old,
make room for the new.

It-it's very invigorating.

Your basement.

When's the last time
you went through all that?

I'm sure there's tons
of old stuff in there

That you haven't touched
in years.

I will come over,
and I will help you.

Hey, you stay away
from my basement.

Why am I here?

Ducky pulled an intact slug

Out of the lance
corporal's chest.

I ran it through nibin,
and it got a match.

It was fired from
an fn five-seven pistol.

Just like this one.
Registered to?

It was purchased directly
from the manufacturer

By the bureau of
alcohol, tobacco,

Firearms and
explosives.

Atf?

It's crazy.

Did an atf agent
just kill our marine?

Checked our records,
and you are correct.

The gun was purchased in
2009 by our atf offices

In tucson as part of
a sting operation.

Operation fast and furious.

Yeah.

It was a disaster.

Keates: It was
well-intentioned.

Look, the idea
was to purposely

Let licensed firearms dealers
sell weapons to straw buyers.

Person makes a purchase
on behalf of another person

Who legally isn't
allowed to buy.

Exactly, and then atf was
hoping to track the guns

To mexican drug
cartel leaders.

Didn't go as planned.

Ya think?

Weapons started showing up at
violent crime all over mexico.

How many weapons
are we talking about?

Altogether, 2,000
firearms were purchased

By straw buyers
during that operation.

And as of today,

We've only recovered
about 700 of them.

So 1,300 weapons walked?

Yeah.

Including the murder weapon
that we're looking for.

Any idea how it went
missing in mexico

And ended up
in washington, dc?

No.

But my director assigned
me to help you find out.

Thank you,
agent keates.

Gibbs, you got a moment?

Fast and furious was
an embarrassment to atf.

The effects of the scandal
were felt

All the way up
to the attorney general.

Tread lightly.

Got a dead marine, leon.

What time?

Well, my father's
a very continental man,

So I'm saying dinner's
probably 8:30, 9:00.

Okay, should I go
home, change first?

I see no reason
to do that.

I think you look
exquisite.

Thank you, I just want
everything to go perfectly.

But to tell you the truth,
I'm a nervous wreck.

I think I've seen meet the
parents way too many times.

(chuckles)

Well, I can assure you
my father is, uh,

Nothing like
robert de nero.

Gibbs:
Come on, come on, get to work.

Gibbs,
on the other hand...

Talk to austin's c.O.?

Yeah, said he
was well-liked,

No enemies, spotless record.
Bishop: He's an infantryman.

He had no access to sensitive
or classified information.

Agent keates has been tasked to
help us track the murder weapon

From mexico to dc.

I'd like to volunteer
to work with agent keates.

I think we have
a shorthand

That might expedite
the investigation.

You sure?
Yeah, that'll work.

Uh, bishop and I can retrace
austin's steps from the time

He left his parents' farm
to the highway shooting.

Go.

Mcgee:
Hey, abbs.

Team mcbishop,
always a pleasure.

Bishop:
We could use some help.

Motorcycle tell you anything?

Yes, but we'll get
to that in a minute.

I want to talk
about austin's jacket first.

Now, I did a gsr test.

And powder and
stippling suggest

That the weapon was
two to three feet away

From him when he got shot.

Whoa. Based on
the trajectory

Of the bike going
off the road,

We estimate austin was traveling
between 50 and 60 miles an hour.

So the shooter had to be
moving parallel to him,

In or on another vehicle.

Exactly.
Now, walk this way.

I found something curious.

The bike's low-fuel
indicator is on.

Take a peak.

Mcgee: It was
running on fumes.

Never would have
made it to norfolk.

Now walk this way.

We know
that austin...

Was traveling south
on this road,

Headed to norfolk.

He passed a 24-hour
gas station

Right here, two miles
before he got shot.

Austin had to know that
he was running out of gas.

So why didn't
he stop?

Think we need
to find out.

Look, I agree.

Atf agents who worked the sting
could help us track the weapon,

But ordering them to
ncis for questioning?

It's a big mistake.

Totally disagree.

Fast and furious damaged
a lot of agents' careers.

No one really wants
to relive it.

It's not about
what they want, zoe.

Okay, but we come on too strong,
they'll shut down.

We should go to them--
it's less adversarial.

Listen, I've been doing this
a little longer than you,

And I know one thing:

We got to put
pressure on them.

Trust me.

(sighs) you know, I hate it
when someone says "trust me."

I immediately don't.

(chuckles) are we having
our first argument?

Hi.

Howdy.

Ncis, special agents
mcgee and bishop.

Uh, what can I
do for you?

Mcgee: Well, we're
investigating an accident

That happened
about two miles south of here.

Guy who was killed
on the motorcycle?

Yeah.
Everyone's been
talking about it.

Road was closed down
all morning.

Uh, why is ncis involved?
He was a marine.

Bishop: We noticed you have
security cameras.

We're hoping they might show
vehicles passing on the road.

Ah, sorry, j-just the pumps
and inside the store.

Were you on duty
around 4:00 this morning?

Maybe saw something suspicious?

No, uh, my idiot step-son was.

He was probably sound asleep
at that time.

He...

Look at that fool.

You stupid imbecile!

The last number is a nine,
not a six.

Flip it around.

I swear the boy's
as dumb as his mother.

What time did you say, ma'am?
About 4:00 a.M.

I was going through credit card
transactions this morning,

Saw something real strange.

3:50 a.M., somebody
swiped a credit card,

Never pumped any gas.

How do you know that?

Well, once, um, there's
no activity for a minute,

Uh, system records it as
a canceled transaction.

What's the name
on the credit card?

Um...

David austin.

Well, we're gonna need to
see your security footage

From about 3:50 a.M.
This morning.

All right, just run it
in normal speed from here.

That's austin.

Mcgee: Is he staring
at that car?

I don't know.

Bishop:
Is he following him?

Tony: No, I hear
what you're saying.

It's just, your atf buddies were
a little less than forthcoming.

It's because you had
to do it your way.

Look, you were too aggressive,
you intimidated them.

Yes, dear.

What do you
suggest we do?

Look, I worked with an agent who
was in arizona during the sting,

We have a relationship--
let me reach out to him.

You have
a relationship?

He was like a
mentor to me.

Mm, you like mentors.

Stop.
(chuckles)

(fire alarm blaring)
what is...?

Dad?!

Senior:
Hey, junior.

Have you got
a fire extinguisher?

Tony: Oh, god,
what did you do?

You must be zoe.

Should I call 9-1-1?

No, I got it.

Good work, junior.

Wow, tony was right.

You have the most
piercing eyes.

Beautiful.

Thank you.

(alarm stops)

Ah, relief.

Tony: Well, you've destroyed
my kitchen.

Again.

What were you doing?

I was preparing
an intimate dinner

For the three of us
so I could get to know

This beautiful lady
of yours.

I'm gonna open up the windows,
get some fresh air in here.

Oh!
(thump)

You've rearranged
the furniture.

You weren't taking
advantage of the view.

I thought you were making
dinner reservations.

I didn't say that.

I said I would
take care of dinner.

I was preparing junior's
favorite-- beef wellington.

It's a tiny filet
coated with pâté

And duxelles,

Baked to perfection.

Such an ambitious
undertaking by the father,

You'd think that the son would,
uh, show some appreciation.

Appreciate? Look what
you did to my kitchen.

You know, I-I...
I think I should just leave.

No, no...
No, no, no, no.

Don't leave me with
wreck-it-ralph.

We can just reschedule.

No, please, zoe.

I told you I wasn't
exaggerating.

This always happens.

Thank god he lives
in new york.

Where is gibbs?
Mcgee:
It's early. He's not in yet.

What time'd you get here?
Ugh. Hours ago.

So I enlarged and enhanced your
gas station security video.

I didn't get a clear shot
of the driver's face,

But based on

The known height
of the vehicle, I determined

That he's between
five, ten and six feet tall,

175 pounds.

And... I know what the
marine saw in the car.

I removed
this reflection.

There's a girl in the car.

What'd she say?

(mouthing)

Bishop and abby:
Help me.

It appears lance corporal
austin was a good samaritan,

Trying to help
the young woman.

He took chase
and apparently got shot

With the atf gun
for his good deed.

Anything on the driver?

Used a stolen credit card
to buy the gas.

Abby wasn't able to I.D. Him
him from the video,

But she was able
to get a clear image

Of the license plate.
Mcgee: The car doesn't
belong to the driver.

It's registered
to a jennifer vickers.

I'm pulling up her
driver's license now.

Jennifer vickers looks older
than the woman in the car.

License says she's 39.

Yeah. I'll check her out.

I mean, I'm not sorry,
I don't apologize, 'cause

It's a sign of weakness,
but had the night from hell.

What happened?
Typical dinozzo
family get-together.

You know? Dad almost burns
the apartment down

And then we have
a huge shouting match.

I think zoe was really impressed
with our dysfunctional dynamic.

Where'd your dad go?
I'm guessing
his old stomping grounds,

The adams house.
You're guessing wrong.

He showed up at my place.

He... He spent the night
at-at your place?

Yes. In my bed.

Huh. W...
(phone rings)

Your phone, dinozzo.

It's mtac.

Dinozzo.

He spent the night with...

Wow. Yes.
No, I'm here.

Zoe's made contact with
an atf agent who was in tucson

During the sting.
He's in san francisco now.

He's about to call in.

Get going.
I don't know what
I was thinking.

I never should've suggested
working with keates.

That was not a good idea.

I would like to invoke
rule number 12: Never date

A coworker.
(mouths)

You and she having a problem?

I don't want it to become one.
Work came first.

We were dating second.

Please?

And then we watched while
purchasers bought weapons

And took 'em
to stash houses and cars

Waiting in parking lots and...

And we called in our supervisors

And they told us to stand down.

And I went on record
and I asked the atf.

I said are you prepared
to attend the funeral

Of a slain agent
or a border patrol officer

If he or she is killed

By one of these
straw-purchased weapons?

And I'm sure you didn't get any
satisfaction from being right.

Hell, no.
(whispers): Where's tony?

Um, he's in the middle
of something.

Uh, since you were
in tucson at the time,

I thought maybe
you could shed some light

On this specific weapon.

Zoe, that was eight years ago.

Just give me a serial number,
I'll see what I can do.

I guess we're done.

Mcgee. Keep me in the loop.

Yes, sir.

What's going on with tony?

Uh, what do you mean?

I asked him up here.

Oh. Uh, well, he's...

He's with gibbs.

I mean, he-he's
doing something.

It's actually for gibbs,
but he's with gibbs.

I'm gonna go.

Can I get you something?

Ncis special agents gibbs
and bishop.

You jennifer
vickers?
Yes.

And you're not here to eat.

No, ma'am.

Is this your car?

Well, it looks like it.

Technically,
that is my car,

But my daughter emma's
been driving it.

You know where she is?

She in some kind of trouble?

When is the last time
you saw emma?

Couple of weeks ago.

Has she been arrested?

No.

Is she dead?

We don't know.
Why would you ask that?

Because she's been...

In and out of rehab
and she has been

Hanging with a very bad crowd.

We had an argument.
She moved out of our apartment.

I know she's using again.

Think her father
might know where she is?

I raised emma. She's never had
any contact with her father.

She have a cell phone?

Not anymore.

We had a family plan
and I turned her phone off.

She was using her phone
to call her dealer.

Can I ask why
you're looking for her?

Is this emma?

Oh, my god. Emma.

Gibbs:
That was taken two nights
ago. She was with a man.

You have any idea
who that might be?

Well, national crime
information center's

Putting out a bolo
on emma vickers.

Still no hits on the car yet.

Well, I spoke to her last

Narcotics anonymous sponsor.

She hasn't been
to a meeting in months.

I tell you, we
find the driver,

We find her.

Who the hell is he?
Oh.

What's up, zoe?

I just heard back from
special agent caffey.

So which one of you guys
am I working with?

Me.

Do you and I have a problem?

No?

No.

No.

Then why didn't you
come up to mtac?

'cause I had...

I was dealing with my father.

Really?

'cause mcgee said you were
doing something for gibbs.

You really got to get your
lies straight, dinozzo.

Dinozzo? You've never
gone surname on me before.

You've never gone liar on me.

Mcgee:
Uh,

What did agent caffey say?

He said that
he was sorry,

And he tried, but couldn't
find anything on our weapon.

He's stonewalling us
just like the others then.

Tony, he's a good agent
and a good friend,

And if phil says he couldn't
find anything, he couldn't.

And considering
that you didn't even bother

To show up to speak with him,

I don't think you're in any
position to question him.

You know, I'm gonna have
to go with tony on this one.

He did seem
a little reluctant to help.

Yeah, but that's because
fast and furious was a mistake.

Look, trust me, atf would not
impede the investigation

Of a marine's death.

Did you just say, "trust me"?

Hey, gibbs.

Want a drink?

Kind of looks
like my scotch.

It is.
No. Thanks.

Did you eat dinner?

No. I wasn't hungry.

You have anything
to eat today?

Uh-uh.

You want to talk

About what's going on
between you and tony?

When we worked
on that art scheme last month,

I got invigorated.

I loved that world.

I went to europe.

Thought I could, uh, renew
some old acquaintances,

Get back in the game.

But all my contacts
were gone or dried up.

The trip was a bust.

Maybe it's time
to reduce the workload.

You've been at it
a long time, chief.

I thought about that.

I went to new york.

All my old
friends had moved

To be nearer their
grandchildren, or in

Retirement homes, or...

Just plain gone.

Entering a new phase of life.

You'll figure it out.

Oh, I have.

I realize that there's only
one thing that matters to me.

Junior.

Who knows how
much time I have.

I want to be near him. Hmm?

I hear you.

I wish my dad lived closer
than he did.

Last few years, I tried
to get him to move in with me.

God, he was stubborn.

Stubborn as hell.

Set in his ways.

I regret that...

...I didn't try
to push him harder than I did.

Before I could tell tony
how I... Feel,

I messed up.

I always do.

Things got
out of hand.

Um...

Junior made it clear.

He doesn't want me around.

(phone ringing)

Hang on, chief.
I got to get this.

Yeah, it's gibbs.

Where?

Metro patrol unit, responding
to our bolo, found the car.

Tony and mcgee went
to get the mcrt truck.

Ducky and jimmy
are on their way.

Gibbs:
Emma vickers?

Yeah.

Bishop:
Jake worries-- just letting him
know I'll be home soon.

Ah. Home.
Mm-hmm.

I thought I'd be there

With john wayne
and a bottle of pinot.

The searchers,
maybe the duke's best.

Hmm. Zoe into an
evening like that?

Oh, no. I mean,
I offered. She passed.

What'd ducky say?

Time of death was
about 7:00 p.M.

The gas station video
was from two days ago.

Where's she been?

Tony: All right.
I'm done. Let's go.

Dinozzo,
you're with me.

See you.

Oh, that's all right.

If you wait till I put something
on, I'll be right down.

Nettie, show mr. Neff
into the living room.

(door opening)

Junior.

I am going downstairs to
the basement to unwind.

Be gone when I come
back upstairs.

Ah.

Both of you.

Well, I guess
it's check-out time.

Let's get your things.

Where am I gonna go?
I'm in my pajamas.
Dad,

Gibbs told me why
you came to washington,

That you want to move here,
and I understand.

(sighs)

I want to help you
find an apartment.

I should have called
you ahead of time,

Told you what I was thinking.

Dinozzos.

We're impulsive.
We act before we think.

I'm sorry about last night.

I said things I didn't mean.

I'm not so sure.

Maybe you
were right.
Hmm.

Why did I assume that
you'd take care of me?

I usually wasn't around
when you needed help.

Mm-hmm.

Ancient history.

Hmm?

Ducky:
Well, let us begin.

Ducky:
Are you all right?

No.

Well, she-she certainly isn't
our first drug overdose, but...

Seeing this young girl...

Fatherhood has changed
your perspective, mr. Palmer?

Yes. Look at these track marks.

This ulcerated skin.

I mean, she was a chronic user.

I just wish
I could raise victoria

In a different time,
you know, one without drugs.

That's a sweet thought,

But not possible,
I'm afraid.

Gibbs:
What have you
got for me, duck?

All indications are
a drug overdose.

I'll know definitively

When we get the results
of the tox screen.

We also found extensive
bruising, at least a week old.

Also, some teeth bite marks.
Both indicate prior abuse.

Do a full sexual assault kit?

Already sent it up to abby.

Bishop:
Ready?
Relax.

If you're in such a hurry,
why don't you go get the car?
Okay.

You guys tell gibbs
where you're going?

Well, I'm a senior agent,
you're mcnot.

I can take
the initiative.

Initiative's good.

Still like to know
where you're going.

That's amazing,
'cause I was just calling you.

Uh, bishop and I are going back
to the alley where

Emma vickers' body
was found.
Bishop:
Yeah, thought we might

Find something in daylight
that we missed last night.

Possible witness, video.

Boss, abby talk to you yet?

No, not yet. She find something?

No. The car
was a bust.

It's old. No nav system.

She couldn't track
its whereabouts.

She lift any prints?

Bishop:
Nope. She found traces
of hand sanitizer.

It looked like someone tried
to wipe the car clean.

Go, bishop.
Going.

Hey, thanks for making me
and senior talk last night.

We really needed that.

So,

He's moving down here.

I guess that way,
I can keep an eye on him.

Good idea.

Yup.

Thanks for letting him crash
at your pad.

(sighs)

(footsteps approaching)

Oh. Zoe!

Oh, sorry. I didn't know
anyone was here.

Ah.
I lost my sunglasses, and

This is the last place
I remember seeing them.

Let's take a look around.

You have a key. I don't.

I'm just gonna
check in the bedroom.

Well, I'll, uh,
look around out here.

You seem bothered by the
fact that I have a key.

Oh, no, no. I, uh...
I think it's great.

I'm glad that junior
has made a commitment

To such a lovely lady
like yourself.

Ah.

Ah. Found 'em.

Oh. Great.

Well, I... I got
to get going.

Zoe, uh, that comment
I made about commitment--

Did that scare you?

Maybe a little.

You know, I haven't set
a very good example for junior.

I've, uh... I commit too freely.

I've been married a few times.

I heard.

I think that scared tony.

My guess is,

He's chosen to take
the opposite approach to women.

No commitment.

It's my fault.

But maybe he's changing.

He made the right decision
with you.

Um...

I really got to
get back to work.

(door closes)

Mcgee:
Well, we know
she has a history of drug abuse.

Well, the million-dollar
question is,

Was it an accidental overdose,
or was she helped?

We got video
of her pleading for help.

Plus, the car was wiped clean.
Murder, leon.

Gibbs, gibbs, gibbs, gibbs,
gibbs. Director,

Director, director.
Abbs, what have you got?

Um, ducky sent me
a sexual assault kit...

Whoa.
...On the victim.

And I got a dna match.

"jamie rivers.
Assault and battery."

Getting background information
now. Excuse me, abbs.

He the driver?
Five, 11, 170.

Matches the description abby got
from the gas station video.

Mcgee:
All right, I can
tie him to the atf.

Jamie rivers
was arrested in 2008

For illegal sale of firearms.

Mcgee, atf agent on the left--
he look familiar?

It's agent caffey,
zoe keates' friend.

Caffey had a history
with the shooter,

And he doesn't mention it.

Mcgee:
We've been trying to get a hold
of special agent caffey,

But all we have
on the suspect is a name--

Jamie rivers-- but it's like
this guy doesn't even exist.

Driver's license?
Last one

Was in arizona. Revoked 2012.

Address?
Again, arizona,

But that was four years ago.
There's no indication

This guy has ever been
in the dc metro area.

Emma vickers' body
is all the indication I need.

All right,
we know rivers is a bad dude.

He must've had a run-in with
law enforcement at some time.

Tony, you got a visitor.

You're the
man, chris.

Eleanor.

Tim.
Hey. I thought...

I thought you were out looking
for apartments.

I have got great news.

I couldn't wait.
I wanted to see

The expression
on your face.
What?

Oh, I love it
when-when a plan comes together.

You found a place? Great.
Yeah.

Where is it?
You won't believe
our luck.

It's in your building.

I don't... I don't...

What do you mean?
Oh, it's the unit

Directly above you.

Huh?

In 2008, I arrested
a young jamie rivers in tucson

For an illegal gun sale.

And we were just mounting

The fast and the furious sting,
and...

And we needed
credible straw buyers

Who could get guns into mexico.

So you cut him a deal?

Yeah. Suspended sentence,
he goes to work for us.

How did he end up
with our murder weapon?
When the guns walked,

Rivers led us to believe that
the gun with the serial number

In question went to the cartel.

Must have stuck to his fingers.

When was the last time
you had contact with him?

Five years ago.

After the sting went south,
atf lost all track

Of rivers and most
of our straw buyers.

Wow, this just gets worse
and worse.

Director vance, I had no idea
rivers was in the dc area.

Keep yourself available,
agent caffey.

Yes, sir.

You still trust
this guy?

I do.

We need to find jamie rivers.

You know, leopards don't change
their spots.

If rivers was dealing
illegal weapons in arizona,

He's probably doing
the same thing here.

I have a local informant
I've been working.

Maybe he's come across rivers.

(crying)

(sniffling)

That's emma.

I'm so sorry.

(sniffles)
it's not like I
didn't expect this.

Um...
(sniffles)

I tried to get her help,
but nothing seemed to work.

(sniffles)

She was such
a sweet little girl.

(sniffles)

Loved to draw horses.
(sniffling)

Is the marine who was killed
trying to help her here?

No. His remains have been
returned to his family.

What was his name?

Lance corporal
david austin.

Emma's grandparents left her
a college fund,

And, uh, because
of her troubles,

She wasn't able
to use it.

I would like
to donate that money,

In lance corporal austin's name,

To help needy marines.

Well, the marine corps
scholarship foundation

Is a wonderful organization.

We're investigating a murder,
director.

No. Ncis is not trying
to reopen anything.

One of the straw buyers
in your fast and furious sting

Ended up with our murder weapon.

We will follow the leads
wherever they take us.

I'm sorry if this is
an embarrassment to your agency.

We...

We'll talk.

Well, that went well.

Atf played with fire.

(phone rings)
(groans)

Yes, pamela.

Ah.

Send her in. Agent keates.

I connected with my informant.

Rivers has sold
weapons in the area.

Mostly to drug dealers.

Problem is he's now using
their product.

Rivers has become an addict.

Makes him much more dangerous.

Did your source tell you
where you could find him?

No.

Can he set up a buy with rivers?

He can certainly try.

(birds chirping)

Gibbs:
Got something, dinozzo?

Yeah. But it's not rivers.

Hmm.

(chuckles)
look at him down there.

Mcgee in the role
of black-market gun buyer?

That's the worst casting since
kevin costner in robin hood.

Wonder what the girls
are talking about.

Rivers is 15 minutes late.

Yeah, well, he's
a strung-out weapons dealer.

Not the most reliable sort.

Can I ask you something?

Sure.

Did tony say anything about us

Having trouble working together?

There a problem?

I don't know.

I mean, I thought
everything was good, but...

I don't know.
Something's changed.

Hmm. Well, tony's a...

Complicated guy.

(both chuckle)

Yeah. So's his father.

Yeah.
Said he was glad
tony made a commitment to me.

Senior said that?

Yeah.

You tell tony?

Not yet.

(phone ringing)

You gonna get that?

(sighs heavily)

It's my dad.

I can't deal
with that right now.

I've resolved myself to the fact
that he needs to live near me,

But having my father
in my building would be the end

Of my life as I know it.

You got to talk.

Got to say what you think.

Yeah.

Well, the timing's
really bad.

(sighs)
there's other stuff
going on.

The honeymoon period with zoe
might be over.

Bishop:
Tony, the mic on your walkie
is open.

Your father's not the only one
you need

To communicate with, dinozzo.

Um...

Can we do this later?

Mcgee:
Anyone else watching?
I'm out here by myself.

Got a guy approaching from
the rear on a bicycle wearing

A baseball hat.
Looks like the same one rivers

Had on
in the gas station video.

Tony:
Yeah, that's rivers.

Showtime?

Gibbs, we got a problem
on our end.

Two mounted rangers approaching
from the south.

Bishop, we're going in. Identify
yourself to the rangers.

Let 'em know what we're doing.

(engine revving)

Ncis!

Freeze!

That's the make of
the murder weapon.

And there's the one
he was gonna sell.

Okay.

So...

I'm glad we talked.

Me, too.

It was important.

It was.

We're just not finished yet.

But we're good?

I hope so.

(sighs)

I just want to apologize
for my...

Behavior.

Things always get complicated
for me when my father's in town.

You can't blame everything
on your father, tony.

I know. But...
(groans)

When you say
"we're not finished,"

It's nothing serious, right?

No.

I want us to work.

Me, too.

Come here.

Oh.
(grunting)

(laughs)

Mmm.

Want to come upstairs?

No. You're on your own with him.

Join me?

Yeah. I could use a drink.

Tough day?

You could say that.

You want to talk about it?

No, not really.

Oh.

You put the furniture back, huh?

Yeah, I liked it
the way it was,

But, uh, it's your place.

You, uh... You look troubled.

Oh, dad. We got to talk.

Me first.

I don't know
what I was thinking.

Of course I know
what I was thinking.

I was thinking about myself.

'cause I'm selfish.

Dad.
Junior,
listen,

It's taken
too long

For me to realize that you have
to live your own life.

I want to be
near you,

And I'm going to be
but not in your building.

You need your space.

I'd like to disagree with you,
but I'm not going to

Because you're right.

Thanks.

Now, what did you want
to talk to me about?

Well, you've pretty much
said it all.

Why don't you spend
the weekend here

And I can help you look
for an apartment.

Do you know if there's any...

Swanky senior residences
in this area?

You sure you're ready for that?

I hear those places are filled
with, uh,

Attractive, rich widows.

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