NCIS (2003–…): Season 2, Episode 10 - Chained - full transcript

DISPATCHER: Transport 334,

we ’re hearing a tractor trailer
flipped over on 295.

-it’s a parking lot.
-334, roger that.

Tell the judge
we're gonna be a little while.

We'll peel off at New Kent.
I'll take King Williams to River Road.

No, just stay on 17 the whole way.

Yeah, wait one.
My wife is giving me directions.

I don't want to take
the damn scenic route.

You got all those stop lights
in New Kent.

(CHOKING)

Oh, God! I can't breathe...

Richie. Stop the bus!

(BRAKES SCREECHING)

Just pull it over to the side.

(GROANS)

Richie, are you okay?

(COUGHING)

Come on. Let's get out of here!

-How did it go?
-Perfect. Didn't feel a thing.

-Did White seem to buy it?
-He bought it all right.

He was scared. You could smell it.

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

Hey. Gibbs.

MAN: Yeah, I'm calling
about the VW convertible.

-What?
-The '92 VW for sale.

-How...
-You got the wrong number.

-/s this 55...
-Come on, Kate! We're moving!

See you.

(PHONE RINGING)

-Hello?
-You got him?

-Are you honestly asking me that?
-No, Abs. I called to flirt.

Do you think I would send
our helpless boy out there in the world

without knowing exactly where he is?

Abby, go to video.

-I thought you said you had him.
-The GPS system has his position

within four feet.

-You don't have him in your car?
-No, Abby, I do not.

-Okay, I got him now.
-You forgot to turn it on.

Put McGee on.

He wants you.

-How did he know I was here?
-Because he's Gibbs.

Yes, boss?

I got people calling me
every five minutes

asking if! have a VW for sale.

-A VW?
-lt's a car, McGee.

No, no, no. lknow.
I just didn 't know that you owned a VW

Do I seem like the kind of guy
who would drive a squishy little car?

No. You know, it's probably
a used-car listing in the paper

with a wrong number
that is unfortunately your number.

Do you think?

-You already figured that out.
-Fix it!

-How does he want me to fix it?
-You can't. You're doomed.

So you'd better get back to the case.

Okay. So where did you
finally put the GPS?

I thought about subdermal implantation.

-Under the skin.
-Yeah, like maybe in his neck.

Tony wouldn't go for it,

but I would have loved
to have done that.

Didn't consider a suppository?

-I thought of it. Tony balked.
-Surprising.

Yeah. I put it in his shoe.
It's really boring.

(PANTING)

Wait. I can't... I can't keep going.

Get up and run. Let's go.

Hey, ljust killed a guy back there.
I am not getting caught.

Let's get up and run. Move it! Let's go!

If you kill me,
you're going to have to drag me.

Okay, what's your name?

-Jeffrey.
-|'m Tony.

Did you ever see
The Defiant Ones, Jeffrey?

-What?
-The movie, The Defiant Ones.

Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier.

-I think I'm having an asthma attack.
-|t's a great movie.

These two guys, right,

a black guy and a white guy,
escape from a Southern chain gang.

They're chained together
just like we are.

-We're not black.
-My grandmother was black.

Oh, okay. So what happens?

They fight each other
every step of the way.

Tony Curtis has an infected wrist,
a bullet in his shoulder.

-Really?
-Yeah.

He had guts. Guts, Jeffrey.

He doesn't want to live in a cage.

I don't want to live in a cage,
so we're gonna get up.

Jeffrey, we're gonna get up,
and we're gonna get out of here.

Who's Tony Curtis? Who's Tony Curtis?

You are. Let's go.

(GROANS)

-Where's Gibbs?
-Who needs to know?

I'm the new Senior MTAC
Control Officer. Where is he?

-He is in the field.
-The Director's office called.

In five minutes the Deputy Secretary
of State, Anna Elliott...

Wait a minute.
Deputy Secretary of the United States?

No, Norway. She's coming on in MTAC.

She's going to be the State Department
rep on the investigation.

Get Gibbs fast.

(CELL PHONE RINGS)

I don't have a VW for sale.

Yeah, I know, boss.
Switching to the car feed.

The Deputy Secretary of State
is coming on in MTAC in five minutes,

and she wants to speak with you.

-Handle it, McGee.
-Excuse me?

You are the highest ranking
member of our team in the office.

-Deal with it.
-Do you think that's a good idea?

This is a very powerful
and important government...

Boss?

Boss?

-Agent Gibbs?
-No.

Are you in charge of this investigation?

At this moment,
here at NCIS headquarters, I am.

-Agent Gibbs is unreachable in the field.
-Okay.

Give me the short version.

Well, since the beginning of the war,

many very valuable Iraqi antiquities
have been smuggled out of Iraq.

Roll it.

You should be
seeing them on your screen now.

FBI and Customs have seized
many of these pieces in the US.

They were collected and stored
at Norfolk Naval Station

for shipment back to Iraq.

Many of these artefacts
date back from the Sumerian period.

-They are about 5000 years old.
-Is this the short version?

-Yes.
-Shorter.

Faster and let’s skip
the whole Sumerian period.

Okay. Okay.

They were stolen
by two civilian employees

who were hired to crate them
for shipment back to Iraq.

-And how many pieces were taken?
-Eighty-seven.

They were stolen
in a large Conex container.

Roughly 18 hours ago,

one of the thieves, Jeffrey White,

picked up on a traffic violation
minutes after an APB went out.

He is in custody, sort of.

The other is Lane Danielson.

He is at large with the Conex box.

What does that mean,
”In custody, sort of”?

If the Iraqi antiquities
are not recovered within 48 hours,

statistically they will probably be sold
into private art collections

and lost forever.

Okay, I'll ask again.

What does that mean,
”In custody, sort of”?

Sorry.

Jeffrey refused to talk,

so we let him get away
with an undercover agent,

hoping that he would lead us
to the Conex box.

You let the one
that you had in custody escape?

(STAMMERING) With an undercover
NCIS agent, yes, ma'am.

They did this in The Defiant Ones.

The chain represents
the unbreakable bond between all men.

Every scene in that movie
is a metaphor.

You don't talk like a criminal.
What did you do?

Okay, I didn't do anything.
Let's get that crystal clear.

I was landing my plane
in Virginia Beach

on my way back
from the Dominican Republic.

You're a pilot?

Yeah.

I was flying in this rich couple.

Customs found
four keys of cocaine in the luggage.

It was the rich couple's.

-I never saw it before.
-I'm sorry.

-|t's a tough break.
-Yeah.

I was looking at 25 to life.
I wasn't going to let that happen.

This isn't working.

All right.

We gotta keep moving.

You ready to be Tony Curtis again?

All right. Here we go.

This way. That's it. That's it.

-You are Tony Curtis!
-Yes.

They're moving.

(CHUCKLING)

Yeah, baby!

That's our ticket out of here.

All right,
let's find out if anybody's home.

Watch it. Watch it!

(GASPING)

Stop it. Stop it. Stop it.

Okay. Okay.

I guess... I guess no one's home, huh?
They would have heard us, right?

You figured that out yourself?
You put that all together?

Hey, was there anything like this,
like in the water, in The Defiant Ones?

Yeah. Yeah, there was a scene

where the two of them nearly drowned.

-But that was a river.
-Well, this is a river.

No, Jeffrey, it's not. No.
This is not a river, Jeffrey.

You know what this is? It's a stream.

And you can't drown in a stream, okay?

You can get wet, and you can get
fricking freezing, but you can't drown!

You look mad. Why are you mad?
We survived.

Surviving in two feet of water
is not a heroic accomplishment.

It is when you have
a phobia of drowning.

-You look cold.
-I am cold.

Okay, let's see if we can get inside.

We lost him!

I lost him, too.
There's something wrong with the GPS.

God!

-The chicks are gonna love you.
-That'll be the day.

Am I sensing a lack of confidence here?

Look at me.

-What have I got to be confident about?
-Hey!

Pump a little iron, get a tan,

contact lenses, caps,

maybe a little plastic surgery,
and you'll be fine.

Jeffrey, it's our lucky day.

(CHUCKLES)

You know, you've only
been with me four hours, Jeffrey.

Do you realise
how much your life has changed?

You're out of prison,
you got new threads,

and you're riding
in a tricked-out GMC Sierra.

(BEEPING)

We got a signal from the truck.

We're back in business, Gibbs.
Good call on the trailer.

Cash, clothes and a car.
Everything Tony loves.

Let's just hope
he's not headed for Vegas.

Would you slow down?

If I go any slower,
I'll be going backwards, Jeffrey.

These cuffs are chafing me.

Well, maybe we can stop
and get you some lotion.

-Really?
-No, not really, Jeffrey.

We're criminals on the run.

Criminals on the run don't stop
and get lotion.

Right.

Okay, listen. Just relax.

I know some people down in Florida.
We can drive down there.

The problem is
we can't stay in this truck forever.

It's probably LoJacked.

I have a friend who could help us.
He's near here.

You have a friend near here?

And you were
going to tell me this when?

Sorry. I just thought of it.
Let's find a pay phone.

WOMAN: OnStar. How can we help you,
Mr Reynolds?

Hi. Yeah, we'd like to make a call.

I'd be happy to place that call for you.
What is the number?

Hold on a second.

Let's get out of these cuffs, Jeffrey.

What's the number? Come on.

Watch out!

(JEFFREY PANTING)

Gibbs, it sounds
like Tony was in an accident!

GIBBS: Got it, Abby. We're on it.

I wasn't gonna hit him.
I saw him the whole time.

-I think I have a concussion.
-You didn't hit your head on anything.

-The sticker says airbags can be fatal!
-For children!

(ENGINE CHOKING)

You okay?

-Yeah, we're cool.
-I called 911.

-Kate! Oh, no.
-Who's Kate?

My dog.
She must have jumped out. Kate!

Kate! Come here, girl!

(WHISTLES)

Oh, God!

(GROANING)

My leg!

Can you move it?

Wait here. I'll get her.

What does she look like?

-A Shih Tzu.
-A what?

Long brown hair, kind of mangy.

-BIKER: Kate!
-Get the lead out.

-Here, girl!
-TONY: Wait, wait.

-Kate!
-Come on. Come on.

Move it.

Here, girl! Kate!

-Put your arm around.
-What?

Okay. Under, all right?

(BIKE ENGINE STARTS)

Hey! What are you doing?

Hey! Hey, hey!

My bike was stolen. You gotta help me.

-Who stole it?
-Two guys.

The truck went off the road.
I was helping find their dog.

-They had a dog?
-A Shih Tzu named Kate.

They had a dog named Kate?

-What's a Shih Tzu?
-|t's a little annoying dog.

-Did they describe it?
-Yeah, they said it had long brown hair.

-Kind of mangy.
-|'m gonna shoot him.

How much gas
did you have left in your tank?

-Almost nothing. A half gallon, tops.
-Okay, let's go.

Hey, what about my bike?

We're going to find it.

Great. That's great,
but what should I do?

Find the dog.

-Loosen your grip!
-What?

-I can't breathe!
-My hand's numb. I can't move it.

Stop it!

-|'m going to fall off!
-You're not falling, Jeffrey.

-I can't ride without hugging!
-Stop it!

You and I are gonna have a long talk
after this, Jeffrey.

Come on, guys.
Give me something to work with.

(EXCLAIMS)

JEFFREY: It happened on the way
to arraignment. I had no choice.

I was handcuffed!
What was I supposed to do?

Don't you sell that without me, Lane.

Okay.

I know!

I'm

297
orry
!

Lane is not happy you're with me.

Well, we cut the chain,
you'll never see me again.

Could you fly me and Lane
out of the country?

It's tricky, Jeffrey.

I'd have to fly below the radar,

no transponder, limited range.
Won't be cheap.

I could come up with the money.
It might make Lane like you.

I don't need Lane to like me.

If we get out of these cuffs,
you can come with me if you want.

-Without Lane.
-Thanks, but I can't.

Hey, could I drive?
I'm getting a cramp in this position.

-No.
-You didn't even think about it.

Well, you ran into a tree.

Trust me, you shouldn't be

operating heavy machinery.

Haven't seen them.

Well, here's our number,
if they come in.

-Sure.
-Thanks.

-G|BBS: What?
-You're worried.

-About what?
-Tony.

-You are. I can tell.
-I'm worried about the job, Kate.

Don't confuse the two.

(CELL PHONE RINGS)

I sold it!

ELLIOT: Where is Special Agent Gibbs?

He is still in the field.

Is he planning on coming back

or am I doomed to speak to you
for the duration of this investigation?

Ma'am, he's searching
for a missing agent.

-The agent chained to Jeffrey White?
-Yes.

When a fellow officer's in trouble...

So, you lost the agent
who is chained to Jeffrey White?

-Well, yes...
-Using the transitive property then,

that leads me to the conclusion
that NCIS has lost Jeffrey White.

-No.
-No?

Then you have
Jeffrey White in custody?

Well, |... |...

Call me the minute you find him

or whenever
your mouth begins to work again,

whichever comes first.

(TECHNO MUSIC PLAYING
ON STEREO)

I am not having this conversation
with you, Jeffrey.

For the 300th and final time,
just shut your pie hole.

-Okay. Okay. Okay.
-Stop talking.

Just... Just wait. Wait.

-Hey, Lane.
-Hey.

-This is Tony.
-How you doing?

Okay.

She's not as comfortable as she looks.

Trust me.

You killed a Federal Marshal?

I don't know that I killed him.

You don't strike me
the type to kill a man.

Sorry to disappoint you.

Did Jeffrey
tell you what we have going on?

He just said that you wanted me
to fly you out of the country.

-That's all?
-Yeah, that's all.

Jeffrey manipulates easy.

-|'m not manipulating...
-No?

No! You want me out of here, I'm gone.

There's no need to rush off,

unless you want to.

Got you.

Their names
didn't bring up any criminal records.

That's because this print

doesn't match Lane Harrison
or Jeffrey White.

Meet Billy Collins.

Oh, no.

(GASPS)

(CELL PHONE RINGS)

-Yeah. Gibbs.
-T|M: We've got an ID.

Boss, Lane Harrison is an alias.

He has done time for armed robbery

and is wanted for three murders
in the Seattle area.

-What's his MO?
-According to the autopsy report...

Abby!

He's a regular Mack the Knife, Gibbs.
Their throats were cut from behind.

There's a bed.

It'll help you sleep.

Thanks.

TIM: We now believe
that Jeffrey White and Lane Danielson

are not who they say they are.

We've linked them to several murders.

-You put your agent with murderers.
-Yes, but we didn't...

And then you lost contact
with your agent.

-Yes, but...
-And you still have no idea

where in the world he is.

-No, but...
-And you have no idea

where the Iraqi antiquities are.

-(STAMMERING) Well, no. No, we don't.
-Not a clue.

(SIGHS)

Not a clue.

You ever worked at the post office,
Agent McGee?

No, ma'am.

Ever cleaned toilets
at a federal campground?

-No, ma'am.
-/f these antiquities

are not found immediately,

you will not even be able to get
those two federal government jobs.

Am / clear?

He's leaving bread crumbs.

(PHONE RINGS)

-McGee.
-Hey.

Pull the records
on a pay-phone number for me.

Ready.

The number is

804-555-0178.

Seven, eight. Okay, got it.

Compare the numbers
to the ones we have

on Jeffrey White or Lane Harrison.

Family, friends, anything.

Look, boss.
The Deputy Secretary of State,

she keeps calling.
She keeps threatening things.

Things? What kind of things?

Not letting us clean toilets,
otherjobs like that.

Hey, McGee.

-Calm down.
-Okay.

Sorry. Now I'm calm, now.

Okay. I'm going to tell you
how to handle this.

Next time she calls,

you give her two words
from the bottom of your heart.

Two words?

-Stick it!
-Stick it?

(STAMMERING) I’m not sure that / can...

Morning.

What's the matter?

I'm not used to waking up
this close to a man's face, Jeffrey.

We gotta get out of here. Lane took off.

Where did he go?

Last night we fought over you.

I really don't like the way
that sounds, Jeffrey.

He wanted to get rid of you.

-I wouldn't let him.
-Now, that sounds good.

You've been decent to me.

-Not a lot of people have.
-Where did he go?

-I'm gonna lay it out for you.
-All right.

I'm about to make a lot of money.

-But I need a partner.
-Talk to me.

Lane and me stole some stuff,
very valuable stuff.

I kind of figured that. What is it, drugs?

Stuff from Iraq.
Like from a 100,000 years ago.

-There were no people then, Jeffrey.
-Whatever. It's old.

We got it off
this Navy base we were working at.

-What's it worth?
-Three million.

-You're kidding.
-We got a buyer. This guy from Japan.

The stuff's going to be
on a ship to Tokyo tonight.

-So when do you get the money?
-Eight hours.

Okay.

Lane took off
to sell it out from under you, didn't he?

We've got to get to those buyers
before he does.

-Where's the stuff?
-Someplace safe.

You with me?

I can't face Lane alone.

I'm with you.

-Let's break the pattern.
-What pattern?

Dishonest silence pattern.

I'll start.

I'm worried for Tony.

There. I said it.

I dropped my guard for two seconds.
I got it out, and now I'm happy.

-That made you happy?
-Yes.

Don't you want to be happy, Gibbs?

-I am happy.
-You don't look happy.

(PHONE RINGING)

-We're done with this.
-I thought we were.

Boss, I got the list of numbers
dial/ed from the pay phone.

One was placed to a hunting cabin
outside of Richmond.

It was the only phone call made
from that pay phone all afternoon.

I'm feeding you
the GPS coordinates now.

How soon can you get the plane?

Well, I know a guy that can arrange
a charter to Key West.

From there
we can get a King Air 350 twin engine.

That'll get us to Mexico.

I'm glad Lane took off.

We're gonna make a good team.

Better get going.

Lane took the bike!

He must have pushed it down the road.

He didn't want us to wake up
when he started it.

My father used to have a cabin like this.

He used to bring me and my sister here.

Good times?

He used to beat the crap out of me.

Your parents are supposed to
help you, Tony, not hurt you.

Your father hurt you?

No, he was too drunk to hurt anyone.

I hate it here.

Then let's get out of here,
make us some money.

Hell, yeah.
Let's go make us lots of money!

(BEEPING)

Either I speak to Agent Gibbs and get
a full accounting of this investigation,

or I've been authorized to pull NCIS
from the investigation

and put it under the FBI’s jurisdiction.

You're getting in the way.

Excuse me, Agent McGee?

We are working very hard.

We have an undercover agent
who is missing. He's risking his life.

And your constant interruptions
are keeping me from doing myjob.

You lost your prisoners!
You lost your agent!

-That is not true.
-That's what you told me.

Look, the truth is
that while Agent DiNozzo is lost,

Jeffrey White is still with him.

So Jeffrey White, technically,
is with an NCIS agent,

and, therefore,
technically is still in custody.

Well, you've clearly been empowered
to tell me off.

Yes, ma'am.

And what, exactly,
did Agent Gibbs tell you to say to me?

He told me to tell you to "stick it."

-You’re telling me to...
-Stick it!

Thank you,
Ms Deputy Secretary of State.

Our conversation is now over.

(SIGHS)

Clear.

Clear!

-We're too late.
-Search it.

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

Yeah. Gibbs.

Special Agent McGee speaking.

-Hey, McGee.
-Yes, boss?

I want you to run the phone records

for the land line at the cabin.

On it.

And, boss, I told her,

-the Deputy Secretary of State.
-Yeah?

How did it work?

Well, she submitted
a formal complaint to the Director.

McGee!

Good job.

Gibbs!

Over here!

Throat's slashed to the spine.

Lane Harrison
didn't kill those two guys in Seattle.

Jeffrey White did it.

Tony has no idea who he's with, Gibbs.

Wasn't much of a struggle,

only these abrasions on his cheek.

The head was grabbed from behind
and immobilized.

And with the other hand...

Came around and cut across the throat.

By the look of things,

he was experienced
in this method of execution, Jethro.

We think he's responsible
for three other murders.

-Same MO.
-And Tony's with the bastard?

-Is he aware?
-Probably not.

We have to think
Tony didn't know anything about this.

He would have never allowed it
to happen.

Unless...

We checked the rest of the area.
No other bodies.

Tony's still alive.

"Lynchburg across from Wal-Mart."

(CELL PHONE RINGS)

-Mean anything?
-Yeah. Gibbs.

I do not have a VW!

-Still getting the calls, huh, boss?
-What do you got, McGee?

Well, I got the local message units
dialled to the cabin. Nothing there.

Long distance?

The exchange
has mechanical switches,

so it's going to take some time.

They may be headed to Lynchburg
to make the sale.

[need the location of all Wal—Marts
in the area.

-Fast.
-On it.

-What are we doing?
-We're pulling over.

But we don't want Lane showing up first.
We should get to the buyer.

We got time. I'm gonna take a little nap.

Do you want me to drive
while you sleep?

-You think we ought to keep moving?
-I do.

-You got my back, Tony?
-You know it.

You know,

I feel like
I've been running my whole life

just to get to this moment.

Finally doing something right.

Found the Wal-Mart.

There's a storage facility
across the street

with Conex boxes in the parking lot.

Call the local LEOs.

Make sure they understand there's
a federal agent working undercover.

You got it!

Nothing in the Conex boxes.

What about the long-distance records
on the cabin?

-Working on it, boss.
-Work faster.

It was a misdirect.
He knew that we would search the body.

What do we do?

(CELL PHONE RINGS)

Yeah. Gibbs.

God!

God.

-McGee.
-Hey, McGee!

-Listen up.
-Boss, it's only been like 10 seconds.

-I know I'm good, but I'm not that good.
-I just had a hang-up.

Check the last incoming call on my cell

and have Abby run a GPS location.

-This isn't about the VW, is it?
-No!

It's where DiNozzo is.

ABBY: It's Lane Harrison's cellphone.

Highway 14
just past Newport News, Virginia.

Stay on the phone and guide us there!

(SCREAMS)

-ABBY: Are you all right?
-Gibbs is driving.

I'm saying a prayer in many languages.

How we doing?

You scared the hell out of me.

That's part of my charm.

(CELL PHONE RINGS)

-Tony.
-Tony.

He's coming down 14th,
headed for the west side.

Take a right.

(CELL PHONE RINGS)

-What the hell is that?
-|t's in my bag. I thought I turned it off.

Battery's dead.

Well, turn it off.
They could trace a cellphone.

-Off.
-I lost the signal!

930685-7, that's her.

-History of the world in a box.
-I don't see Lane.

| always wanted to scuba dive.
I'm gonna scuba dive.

-What do you think of that?
-Well, you can't swim, Jeffrey.

There's that, yeah.

You can teach me.

That's him.

Now, you're gonna watch my back.

I'm gonna go get the cash.

Then we're gonna get out of here.
You ready?

-I want you to listen to me, Jeffrey.
-Okay.

I'm a Federal agent.

Good one, Tony.

Naval Criminal Investigative Service.

-Don't say that.
-| wish I didn't have to.

I need the long-distance numbers
from the cabin, McGee!

Working on them!

I never lost an agent undercover, Kate.

I am not about to let DiNozzo
screw that up.

Everyone's gonna know
you wanted to turn yourself in,

that you drove me here voluntarily.

You testify against Lane,
they're gonna cut you a deal.

What do I do?

Okay, you sit tight. |'|| arrest the buyer.

Then we call my boss,
and he'll pick us up.

Okay.

One call. Doctor Haru Owagawa.

PhD in Art History at GW

It's gotta be the buyer.
We need a GPS location on his cell.

Twelve blocks from your location.
Head due west.

I know you don't have any backup, Tony.

How do you know that, Jeffrey?

I thought you might be a cop.

That's why
we took that swim in the stream.

That's why I crashed the truck.

No bugs.

There's a reason Lane isn't here,
isn't there?

You're having naughty thoughts, Tony.

Just so you know,

when I said

no one ever treated me like you did,

I meant that.

I know.

Step away from your car!
Hands in the air!

I really liked him.

Yeah.

Yeah, I can see that.