NCIS (2003–…): Season 20, Episode 10 - Too Many Cooks - full transcript

And Bonnie here is a
bromeliad.

Please don't ask
me to spell that.

And so she needs
to be kept moist,

but not soggy.

Also...

She likes
to be whispered to.

Full disclosure.

I probably won't
do that last part.

I appreciate your honesty.

And your excellent note-taking.

Don't sound so
surprised, Mr. Harding.

I am surprised, Libby.

Why? Because I'm young

and people my age
are usually cynical?

No. Because you agreed
to apartment sit

and people my age
don't usually pay well.

Picking ten albums from
your record collection

does seem fair to me.

Just not the Manilow, okay?

Okay. Boomer.

I guess I asked for that one.

Okay, so we still have to go
over the living room plants.

Wait.

You didn't say your
vacation was someplace warm.

My price just went
up. Jealousy tax.

What? I always wear that
shirt whenever I visit...

Idaho.

12 albums.

Or your plants can slowly die

along with the
rest of the planet.

I'll let you think about it.

Be back later.

Oh, Libby.

Hello?

How did you get this number?

Don't try to find me.

Libby?

Is that you?

You know, this is the third time

Kasie has sent us
out for a supply run.

Yeah. She either needs
to stop throwing parties

or we need to stop
agreeing to be her gophers.

First it was Ducky's birthday,
then it was Susan in HR

with a housewarming.
And then...

now it's a-it's a
retirement party

for a guy I don't even like.

Oh, come on, everybody
likes the professor.

Not everybody.

He was my favorite
instructor at FLETC.

Kind of a cross between Robin
Williams from Dead Poets Society

and, uh, the professor
on Gilligan's Island.

What? No way.

More like the dude
from Whiplash.

If the professor were a
pathological hard-ass,

why would federal agents
from around the world

come to his party?

I don't know. Maybe
you should ask them.

Can we help you?

Yes.

Where do you keep
your extra staples?

Hey. I don't.

I've got them in my upper
right drawer, Agent Boone.

Thanks, Jess.
Sorry about the invasion

of privacy, but we were
given direct orders.

Uh, by General Hines?

Yes. We got here a day early
for the retirement party, and

Kasie put us on decorating duty.

Well, she's hard to say no
to. Yeah, tell us about it.

Hey, look, it's the least we
can do for the professor...

After all, his classes

on threat response have
saved me more than once.

Hey, he was the one
who suggested I switch

from D.C. Homicide to NCIS.
The man changed my life.

You're not the only one.

Yeah, that's for sure.

Listen to this. Over
the last 30 years,

the professor has taught

47,410 federal trainees

and recertified 60,902
active personnel.

That's, uh, wildly
specific, McGee.

Kasie asked me to
crunch the numbers.

She's giving a toast
later, and she knows

the professor can be a
real stickler for details.

He always used to say, "You
can't spell details without..."

"Dotting the I's
and crossing the T's."

Well, FLETC will,
uh, miss his mantras.

I never thought the cockroach
would actually retire.

The cockroach? Mm-hmm.

See? I'm not the only
one who hates the guy.

No, that was his nickname
at the FBI. We loved him.

Well, whatever you
called him, we, uh...

we had lunch last
week, and he, uh,

definitely seems happy to
be hanging up his spurs.

Wow, happy? Like
Gibbs is in Alaska?

Speaking of... he
probably knew the professor.

Any chance of Gibbs
showing up to the party?

I doubt it.

Although, you know
what? The professor

did mention that
Gibbs and him went

on a few fishing
trips back in the day.

So you're saying
there's a chance?

No, there's not.

Because the party's off.

I'm... I'm very sorry

to have to report
Professor Dale Harding

was found dead this
morning in his apartment.

What happened, Director?

The initial report suggests
that he died by suicide.

Suicide? That-that...
that can't be right.

No, it can't.

Then I guess we got work to do.

Well, this is awkward.

But I think you all
forgot something.

Like what?

It was a joke. I thought

you were gonna take
the next elevator.

You're obviously welcome
to any of our crime scenes.

Your crime scenes?
Interesting.

She's special agent in charge
of the entire Pacific Rim, Nick.

I'd choose your next
words very carefully.

No words is also a choice.

Very true. Amen.

All right,
all I'm saying is that

this is not the Pacific,
this is D.C., and, uh,

we do things a certain way here.

Mm.

Does that way include
moving the body

before you process the scene?

Oh. Hi, guys.

Uh, Jimmy, what are you doing?

Yeah. Who authorized
you to release the body?

We did.

Agents Callen and Hanna.

Agent Tennant.

McGee! Oh, it's been a while.

Yeah. What the hell are
you guys doing here?

I guess it hasn't
been long enough.

Still using the old DSLRs, huh?

Standard-issue equipment.
Unlike, uh, color-dye gloves.

Well, you know, they
work the same as yours.

Well, until the dye rubs off

and contaminates the evidence.

Look, we're not trying to step
on anyone's toes coming here.

We were in D.C. for
the professor's party.

We heard the bad
news when we landed.

We had to find out
if it was true.

And was it?

We never got to see the body.

It was true.

And it was not pretty.

Single gunshot
under the chin.

Fresh GSR, consistent
blood spatter.

It was suicide.

I had lunch with the
professor a few days ago,

and he seemed fine.

Talking big about
retirement plans.

Like a trip to Cabo.

He had a ticket to leave
at the end of the week.

Yeah, suicide
doesn't make sense.

Not for the cockroach.

Your class called him that, too?

Out of respect.

You and Parker have high
opinions of primitive insects.

They're survivors. And
so was Dale Harding.

The man taught
incident preparedness

and threat response, and one
of his many mantras was "Adapt

and overcome."

Well, I guess he
forgot his mantra.

He didn't forget.

He had to have
had a good reason.

That means we're
missing something.

Yeah, like a cell phone.

Someone call The
Guinness Book of Records.

I think we have the most senior

field agents at a crime scene.

Yeah, I heard the NCIS
Great Lakes office is

on their way, too.

I'm kidding.

You, uh, said something
about a cell phone?

Yes. We were talking to the
next door neighbor Libby.

And she said she
heard the gunshot

at 7:40 a.m.

Said she knocked, but no answer.

Building manager unlocked
the door ten minutes later

and they found the body.
Libby know the professor?

Yeah. She was with him
moments before the gunshot.

Said he was alone and cheerful

when he got a call
on his cell phone.

Except I didn't see
a cell phone here.

Anyone else?

Then where the hell is it?

I might have an answer.
According to the access log,

this computer was
last used at 7:45 a.m.

That's five minutes
after the gunshot.

Five minutes before
the body was found.

Yeah, means someone else
was in this apartment.

Are you sure
it was a suicide?

Because, rule number
three: always double-check.

I did double-check,
and you don't have

to quote Gibbs' rules to me.

He and I go way back.

Look, if there was somebody
else in that apartment,

maybe they pulled the trigger.

Well, the evidence says suicide.

Well, that is until
Jimmy says otherwise.

You want to bet?

No rules against that.

Actually, there is.

Number 15. 15?
We're not dating.

No, 15 is about lawyers. Oh.

Okay, never mind. Look,
the point is that even if

the professor took his
own life... Which he did.

He could have been coerced.

I'm guessing that has to
do with his last call.

Phone records show a
blocked number at 7:38 a.m.

And two minutes later the
professor shot himself. Exactly.

We need to find out what
was said on that call.

And who said it. KNIGHT:
Well, that might be a problem.

The blocked number was
bounced through a signal relay

and the professor's missing
cell has been turned off.

No back trace, no GPS.

It's okay. We
will adapt and overcome,

just like the
professor used to say.

I think we owe that to him.

I think that is something
that we can all agree on.

Yeah, the man tried to kick
me out of FLETC, but...

he does deserve justice.

Oh, hey, Tim. Hey, Jimmy.

You alone?

Yeah. Why, what's wrong?

Ah, nothing, aside from
the fact that you're alone.

There are so many fresh
faces in the building,

I was kind of hoping that one
of 'em might want to stop by.

Or you could talk to my face
since it's already here.

And it is a lovely face,
Tim, but it can't invite me

to Hawai'i or Los Angeles.

I've never been to
either NCIS office.

Yeah, me, neither. Least
not since OSP moved

into that old
Mexican restaurant.

I thought it was
a Spanish mission.

I don't know.

What's with the towel?

Oh, right. This is a courtesy

to those of you who
knew Dale Harding.

When fired into a skull,
a small-caliber bullet

has a tendency to
ricochet around,

shattering the facial
bones. It's not a good look.

You confirmed it was a suicide?

Agent Callen was right.
This man took his own life.

Question is why.

That's not the only question.

I mean, aside from the
obvious gunshot to the head,

take a look at the
rest of his body.

Some old bullet wounds.

Yeah, and burns and cuts.

Based on the tissue buildup,
I'd say that these are all

decades old.

Before he taught at FLETC?

He always talked about
his time in the Marines.

As a gunnery sergeant, yes.
Yeah, maybe he saw action.

That's what I thought
at first, as well.

But according to
his service records

and his medical records, Dale
Harding was never wounded.

So where'd the scars come from?

Whatever happened
in this man's past,

he kept it secret.

I don't know about
these cupcakes, Kasie.

Doesn't feel right.

Someone has to eat them.

Otherwise, they go to waste.

Maybe if we just
take the toppers off?

No. That wouldn't feel right,

like we were giving
up on the professor.

No, he was a noble man

and would not have done
something so drastic

unless someone made him do it.

You have proof of
that, right? No.

Whoever entered the apartment

and used the professor's
computer knew how

to cover their tracks.

Hmm. Well... they knew
what they were doing.

Wait a minute.

This computer wasn't just
used after he shot himself.

It was also used before.

How long before?

Less than a minute.

It looks like the
professor typed something

in a text program.

Maybe it was a suicide note.

Uh, if it was, it
was a short one.

The professor's last words
were "extra homework"?

That is every student's
worst nightmare.

It must mean something, right?

He had to have known
we were gonna find it.

I think there's something
on here the professor

didn't want us to find.

These are government files.

How can you tell?

Each agency has their own

unique file-naming system.

See how these all have
the same DOD suffix?

Department of Defense.

But what's the
big deal? I mean,

the professor was a
government employee.

They all also have
the same prefix:

T.S.S.C.I.

Top secret sensitive
compartmented information.

A civilian FLETC instructor

shouldn't have these files
on his personal computer.

He shouldn't have them at all.

So how'd he get them?

I have no idea because

the last thing the professor
did before he killed himself

was delete these files
to hide the evidence.

Well, not exactly the actions...

of a noble man.

Yes. We are looking into it,

I assure you.

Yes, I will. Thank you.

Well, that was the head
of cybersecurity at DoD.

Not only did Dale Harding not
have clearance for those files,

the Pentagon didn't even know

that the intel was missing
from their servers.

So it was stolen?

What was in the files?

DoD claims that's need-to-know.

I agree. We need to know.

Well, right now, they
seem more concerned

with why a humble
FLETC instructor

hacked their system.
Good question.

Yeah, for them and for us.

We don't know what the
professor was planning

to do with that intel.

Well, clearly nothing
good. He committed treason.

Then shot himself, so maybe
he had a change of heart.

Look, I don't want to believe

that the man was a
criminal any more than you,

but the evidence
is the evidence.

And so we follow the evidence
till we find the truth.

Something I expect to
happen sooner than later,

considering how many resources

NCIS currently has
dedicated to this case.

Multiple senior field agents
from multiple field offices.

All being put to
good use, Director.

I would certainly hope so.

If the professor
stole valuable intel,

I doubt he did it
just for kicks.

Or maybe he had a
buyer. I don't know.

I've got agents looking

into every corner of
Dale Harding's life,

starting with where he
was currently stationed.

FLETC's Maryland campus.

You sent NCIS's
best and brightest

back to school?

Never too late to
learn new things.

This is a Blue Line
Metro train. Next stop,

Foggy Bottom-GWU Kennedy Center.

Stand clear of the door, please.

Get the doors open!

Okay.

Who can tell me how to stop
a public panic such as this?

You can't.

That's, uh... that's correct.

Which begs the question, in
the event of a public threat,

what is our best
course of action

as trained federal agents?

Identify the source
of the threat.

And neutralize the threat.

Uh, exactly.

Wh-Which is why we
determine if the gas is

a chemical attack or...

Chemical attack, or...

some little skater kid's
harmless smoke bomb, huh?

Class is concluded for
today. Thanks, folks.

Um, actually, we have three more hours
of simulator training.

Yeah, that's not gonna happen.

NCIS.

And this is not a drill.

We need access to
Dale Harding's office.

Notice how each agent focuses on
a separate quadrant of the room.

Protects evidence and
maximizes resources.

It's textbook police work.

Show's over, folks.

Yeah.

So attentive. Maybe we
should let 'em watch, huh?

We are worth studying.

Yeah, some of us
more than others.

What is this?

Oh, wow. Check it out.

The professor kept a scrapbook
of his former students. Hmm.

Uh, promotions, news clippings.

Yeah? Am I in there?

No.

But I am.

Thought you and the
professor didn't get along.

Oh, yeah. No, he hated me.

No, the professor
didn't hate anybody,

especially not his students.

Then why did he pull me aside
during the last week of training

and tell me to quit?

Those were his exact words?

No. His exact words were,

"You are a lone wolf,
not a team player."

Was he wrong?

My dad used to say
after practice,

"If the coach is yelling,
it's a good thing."

Yeah, it means he cares.

It's when the coach
stops riding you.

Then you should be worried.

Look at this.

Haven't seen one of
these in a minute.

Wow. The guy who
hacks the Pentagon

still keeps floppy disks?

Complicated man.

More complicated than we knew.

Either of you ever know the
professor to miss a class?

Unfortunately, no.

No, me, neither. But
according to this schedule,

a substitute teacher
was scheduled

to teach his final class.

Who gets a sub on
their last day?

Why?

That evasive maneuvering was

inspired, Agent Tennant.

And, Agent Knight,
that pit technique...

It's a beautiful thing.

Never saw it coming.

All right.

Burn that demonstration
into your retinas,

my little ducklings.

The road is a battlefield.
You want to survive?

Then you have to play
offense and defense.

Write it down.

Thanks for the practice,
Instructor Ford.

Oh, please, call me Greta.

And my two favorite students
can audit my class anytime.

Except we're not
really here to drive.

You're here about Dale Harding.

All right, everybody back to
the garage for video analysis.

Double time.

Don't make me say it twice!
Oh, yes, sir. Yes, ma'am.

I was so sad to hear what
happened to the professor.

Ask me, it doesn't
make any sense.

Neither does the fact that you
subbed his class yesterday.

His last class.

I was just as shocked as anyone.

Dale and I are
like oil and water

when it comes to
teaching styles.

But he begged me to cover
for him at the last second.

What could I do? Did
he give a reason?

Sure. Can't say
as I blamed him.

Said he wanted

to move up his post-retirement
vacation a few days.

His trip to Cabo.

Cabo?

No, he was going to Hawai'i.

Hawai'i?

You sure about that?

My hearing ain't that bad.

Dale said he was
meeting an old friend.

I have everything from
Dale's FLETC office.

I understand.

Yes. Thank you.

I'm sorry. Who are you?

Agent Sam Hanna.

Los Angeles?

OSP?

Oh, right. The agents
that didn't RSVP

for the retirement party
but showed up anyway.

That's us. I'm sorry
about that. I was...

Office, evidence.
Yes, I got it.

What I don't get is why

the professor changed his
vacation plans two days ago,

'cause that was the
airline I was talking to.

He switched from
Cabo to Hawai'i.

Not only that.

He changed his ticket
to leave this morning.

His retirement party was
supposed to be today, right?

Yes, I know.

What I didn't know is

the guest of honor was
planning on missing it.

That is pretty cold.

It's also pretty strange.
It's not like him.

Not to mention, there was
nothing on his computer

or in his apartment about
any old friend in Hawai'i.

Well, he could have made it up.

Just an excuse to skip
town with the stolen files.

And do what with them?

Sell them, pad his
retirement account.

Until someone caught
him here first.

You really think the
professor was a crook?

You don't? We don't know

that he's the one that
stole those files.

You're a positive
thinker. I respect that.

Looks like my positive
thinking paid off.

This is a security
alert from DoD.

They no longer think Dale
Harding was the hacker.

That's good news. Hmm.

No, it's not. Because
they have a new suspect.

Weird.

Having trouble, McGee?

Yeah. No, my scan isn't working.

I have no idea why.

We do.

You're under arrest for treason.

Is this some kind of joke?

I can't believe this. You guys
are accusing me of treason?

In my own house? It
is nothing personal.

Really? Then why aren't we doing
this in the conference room?

We didn't know where that was.

You didn't know
where this room was.

I had to show you.

And we appreciate
your cooperation.

But we still need an
explanation for a few things.

Got to say, Director,
this feels wrong.

Why is there an outside team
in our interrogation room?

Because it's better than
the alternative. Which is?

Letting DoD question McGee
in their interrogation room.

They traced the server hack
back to his credentials.

And they're out for blood.

And you agreed to
give it to 'em?

No. I agreed to have Agent McGee
questioned by a neutral party.

Neutral? It's two
against one in there.

And the one on the right is,
like, 300 pounds of muscle.

This would
appear my login data

was used to create a back door

and launch a blind SQL
injection that allowed

top secret files

to be removed undetected.

That's smart.

It's exactly what I would do.

Maybe you did do it.

You don't really believe that.

No.

We don't.

But DoD does.

Help us help you.

Who else has access
to your login info?

Nobody. It was
obviously stolen.

You expect us to believe

the computer guy
lost his password?

Says the car guy who once
lost his favorite car.

Charlene, right?

He knows the name of my car.

It's impressive.

Yeah, and Agent
Callen, didn't you get

your entire identity
stolen last year?

So let's not get too judgy
about lost login info.

Point taken.

Thank you.

But we still need an explanation

for how someone got
access to your info.

No, I know, especially
since I use two-factor

security on my laptop

and a six-digit alphanumeric
unlock code on my...

on my phone.

Everything okay?

No.

I had lunch with the
professor a few days ago.

Got up to use the restroom.
I left my phone on the table.

Did he have your six-digit code?

No, he didn't need
to. I unlocked it

when he asked to see
photos of my kids.

He wasn't looking
at your photos.

No, he was looking
at my login data.

This just keeps getting worse.

Not only did the
professor commit treason,

he exploited a former
student to do it.

Afraid I got more bad news.

Are you gonna tell me

the professor was actually
a Cylon this whole time?

No, but I still
haven't found any sign

of a missing cell phone
or the person who took it.

There's nothing
in this apartment.

Frak!

Yeah, so say we all.

Oh, a fellow Battlestar fan?

Well, I knew I liked you
better than Agent Hanna.

He's not a fan of sci-fi?

He's not a fan of subtlety.

I show him one email from DoD

and he storms out of
here and arrests McGee,

no questions asked.

I'm pretty sure a lot
of questions were asked.

It was an interrogation.

Of a fellow agent?

Look, Agent Hanna
was doing his job.

Well, he can do
it someplace else,

because Sam Hanna is not allowed

to step foot in
this lab ever again.

That's gonna
be a problem.

Let me call you back.

Copy.

Agent Hanna.

Are you here to apologize
for arresting McGee?

No. Because I didn't.

But if it helps, I
never actually thought

McGee was a criminal.

It helps. A little.

Mainly 'cause I am dying

to show someone what I found on
the professor's floppy disks.

Other than a copy of
the original Doom?

Oh, actually, I prefer
O.G. Oregon Trail.

But you are right. All of
the files on these disks

are decades old, except

one text file

that was created last week.

Extra homework.

The same words the professor
typed before he died.

Which means he wanted
us to find this disk.

Yes. It is like
The Da Vinci Code.

A clue trail he knew we'd follow
in the event of his death.

So what does it mean?

Well, that's the problem.

I have no idea.

Because there's nothing
else on this disk.

How about in it?

What do you mean?

Well, back in the days, in
homeroom, I had a girl...

She tried hitting on
me using a floppy disk.

Heather Richardson.

How did that work?
Eh, it didn't.

She wasn't my
type. No. I mean,

how did she use floppy
disks to hit on you?

Oh, she, uh, pulled them apart
and hid love notes inside.

Huh.

Oh...

Heather Richardson is a genius.

That's exactly why
she wasn't my type.

Okay.

"The answer is in the files."

Ah. That doesn't make sense.

The professor deleted
all the stolen files.

Right. Unless he made a copy.

A copy he hid someplace safe.

Is it just me, or does that
fireplace look very familiar?

It's just you.

The famous Gibbs cabin.

I can't believe you guys have
his fireplaces memorized.

Hard not to. It's
kind of his thing.

Looks like, uh,

nobody's been here in a while.

Mm. Well, the professor
knew that Gibbs was gone.

A deserted cabin is a perfect
place to hide stolen data.

Yeah, data that the
professor wanted us to find.

Well, so maybe he did
have good intentions.

Who else knew about this place?

Short list.

You good?

I thought I, uh...

Think Gibbs came back from
Alaska and doesn't know it's us?

If it was Gibbs shooting at
us, we'd be dead right now.

You think we hit him?

I don't know about
you, but I did.

Yeah, we got blood.

Think you hit him.

Think we both did.

I count at least three
hits, with one to the chest.

He should be dead.

Why isn't he?

Because of this.

His phone saved his life.

Well, not for long.

He's wounded and he's on foot.

Well, he's not on foot anymore.

I'm gonna need roadblocks
in every direction

in and out of Brossard County.

Suspect is wounded, armed
and likely on a motorcycle.

Appreciate that,
Sheriff. Thanks.

Knight and Tennant are
leading the search?

Yeah. Agent, uh,
Boone is on his way

to coordinate with
county police now,

but so far, nothing.

And the professor's
hidden files?

Well, Torres searched the cabin.

Looks like our mystery
shooter beat us to 'em.

So, where you, uh,
where you headed?

Malibu. Kasie got a
hit on bank records.

Turns out the, uh,
professor was receiving

anonymous wire transfers

from a Western
Union along the PCH.

Payment for the stolen files?

Well, that's what Sam and I
are gonna try and find out.

I'll keep you
updated. Same here.

Yup. Right.

Did... did Agent Callen tell
you about the wire transfers?

Yeah. You ran up
here for nothing.

I didn't run for
that. I ran for this.

Our mystery
shooter's cell phone.

He's the one that left it
behind, but it's not his.

I was able to access
the SSD memory.

Well, who does it belong to?

The professor.

It's the phone that was
stolen from the crime scene.

Our mystery shooter was the
one who was at the apartment.

And we might have
a name. Turns out

the professor used
an app to record

all his calls,
including his last one.

I'm trying to repair the damaged

audio file, but it sounds like

the caller identifies himself.

Hello, Professor.

This is Simon Williams.

Wait a second. Did he
say Simon Williams?

I think so. I haven't run the
name through the system yet.

There's no need to.

He's on our wall.

Hello, Professor.

This is Simon
Williams. You remember.

How did
you get this number?

You
stole those files

to keep them from me.

But I have ways of
getting them from you.

Don't try to find me.

Too late.

We know what happens next.

Simon showed up to make
good on his threat.

And rather than risk
being taken alive,

the professor
deleted those files,

took his own life.

So what was in those files
that was worth dying for?

DoD still won't say.

Sounds to me like
they're keeping secrets.

Yeah, secrets
the professor was trying

to protect from Simon Williams.

Didn't work.

There's a reason he's
on our Most Wanted wall.

Simon Williams is
on everyone's wall.

He's a rogue operative
wanted for everything

from espionage to
murder for hire.

Committing crimes all over
the world going back 30 years.

I guess career criminals
don't have a retirement age.

Why retire? No one's ever come
close to catching the guy.

Until now. We wounded him
outside of Gibbs' cabin.

Tennant, Knight and Boone

are currently
heading the manhunt

with the Brossard
County sheriff. Good.

But none of this explains

the professor's involvement
in the first place.

What's the connection
between a wanted hit man

and a FLETC instructor?

They knew each other.

30 years ago, Simon Williams
was a FLETC trainee.

- He was a federal agent?
- Never made it that far.

The professor cut
him from the program.

Did the professor give a reason?

He said that Simon
showed a lone wolf

mentality and was
not a team player.

I guess the professor was right.

These two had history.

Yeah, and if we
want to know more,

we need to find those files.

Which means, uh, we need
to find our hit man.

Go.

Come on, fellas.

We need to know where you
already have roadblocks

and where we still need them.

We are all on the
same team here.

Hope things are
going better for you.

That bad, huh?

After the initial
blood trail went cold,

there's been no sign
of Simon Williams.

It's like he disappeared.

Any leads from county
police? - No.

They're claiming jurisdiction
and keeping us in the dark.

Apparently, they do
things a certain way.

Sound familiar?

Yeah, for a couple reasons.

Had a feeling the county
wasn't gonna play nice, so, um,

I'm here with Kasie. We're
monitoring all their radio

transmissions. Hi, Jess.

Get anything useful yet?

Ah, it's mostly idle
chatter and some crosstalk.

A few dirty cop jokes,
but nothing original.

Yeah, we'll let
you know if we hear

about a wounded hit
man on a motorcycle.

Wait. Hold up.

What? You got something, Kase?

Uh, yeah, but it's
not a motorcycle.

County sheriff just
did a roll call

and one squad car
failed to check in.

Which one?

Unit 117.

Hey, I need a
location on Unit 117.

Guys, 117.

Anybody have eyes on Unit 117?

117.

Uh, that's a negative.

You hear that? Sounds like
we have a missing squad car.

Yeah, Kase is
already doing her thing.

Pulling up the GPS
locator on Unit 117.

I have a bad feeling whoever was

in that squad car
is already dead.

Yeah, and now Simon Williams is

on four wheels instead of two.

I think you're both right.

The squad car is
already 40 miles away

on a stretch of farmland
outside of Madison.

And it's not moving.

So, Simon had time

to dump the car and escape.

Are we too late?

One way to find out.

Got eyes on our
missing squad car.

Yeah, no
sign of movement.

Move in. Carefully.

Roger that.

Found fresh blood here.

And a fresh body.

Simon was here.

Looks like he tried
to stop the bleeding.

And it looks like
it didn't work.

Federal agents. Don't move.

It's over, Simon.

McGee, this is not
the guy on our wall.

Who are you?

I'm... Simon...

Williams.

Yeah? Then who the hell is this?

That's...

Simon Williams.

We're all Simon
Williams.

No, no, no, no, no.

He's gone.

My best guess...
this man is at least

30 years too young to be
the real Simon Williams.

So who is he?

I have no idea.
Facial recognition

came back negative, as did DNA.

And fingerprints?
He doesn't have any.

They've been burned
off using acid.

So, this may not
be Simon Williams,

but he sure did act
like a wanted hitman.

Maybe a copycat?
Or an employee.

One of many, it seems.

"We're all Simon Williams."

This isn't over.

You know, it's been
a really long day.

It's getting late. Maybe
we should all take a break,

you know? Start
fresh in the morning.

No, we're good.

And Jesse and I have to catch
a late flight out tonight.

Okay, well, then,
when was the last time

either of you had
something to eat?

Hmm. He does make
a good point there.

All right. I could go for
something before the flight.

Do you know where I can
get blueberry pancakes?

As a matter of fact, I do.

Let's just finish up our work
here, we'll meet up later.

I'll text Torres. We can
make it a double date.

Or you know what?
We can actually

just make it a professional
meal amongst colleagues.

Right. I'm not
asking for the world.

I just want to look at the
FBI's file on Simon Williams.

Because he's a bad guy

and we're all on the
same team, right?

Sweeney. He still hates me.

What? Didn't you save
his ass a few months ago?

I think that made it worse.

Yeah,
yeah, I'm still here.

That-that's all we need.

Well, hey, no, I got no
problem with calling us even.

Okay, good.

Yeah, give Doreen my best.

Hmm. That sounds like good news.

He agreed to send the file.

Redacted, but, uh, I'll
take what I can get.

What about you?
You got something?

Yeah, I mean, not-so-good news.

Kasie processed,
uh, the contents

of our dead guy's,
uh, burn bucket.

And, uh, well, he
destroyed everything

that would help us identify him.

His wallet, uh, SIM card,

a USB thumb drive.

The files that were
stashed at Gibbs' cabin.

Yeah, she tried to recover
the data, but it's gone.

Yeah, along with the
real Simon Williams.

Yup. Dead end.

Did you come all the way over
here just to tell me that?

What's on
your mind, Nick?

The professor, man.

He told me to quit FLETC, just
like he did Simon Williams.

He give a reason?

The same one he gave Simon.

The professor saw the
same thing in both of us.

Nick, you and Simon
Williams are nothing alike.

I'm not so sure.

He went to work for himself.

You would never do that, right?

Right.

Sweeney sent the file.

Well, that was fast.

Yeah.

The FBI is already tracking

one of Simon Williams'
known associates.

In D.C.?

No.

Hawai'i.

That's where the
professor was headed.

Hey, sorry I'm late.

Is Jimmy and Tennant
inside already?

No, which is odd.

What do you mean?
Well, I saw them both

leave NCIS before I did,

so they should be here by now,

but neither one is
answering my text.

What the hell?

Isn't that Jimmy's dad-mobile?

Uh... should I call him again?

Yeah, for sure.

It's Jimmy's ringtone for me.

Right here.

I'm calling Tennant.

Hey, Knight.

She ain't gonna answer.

Nick?

I know.

Take it easy,
Agent Tennant...

or somebody might get hurt.

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