NCIS (2003–…): Season 3, Episode 18 - Bait - full transcript

[STUDENTS CHATTERING
INDISTINCTLY]

Hey! Hey!

[GRUNTING]

You got a problem with living?

Uh-oh. You feeling
frisky today, Meyers?

Make your move.

I'm begging you.

[BELL RINGS]

Didn't think so.

- Kody, are you okay?
JOE: Oh, look, he's following me.

- I think he's in love.
NADIA: Come on, guys.

STEPHANIE:
Kody!

[GASPING]

KODY:
Hey! No!

No one else leaves.

Okay!

[STUDENTS SCREAMING]

[SIRENS WAILING]

GIRL:
Oh, my God. Hurry up.

Gibbs is already on the scene.
You two follow my lead.

It's not my first time
at this particular kind of dance.

ZIVA: Yeah, I've been
to a few myself, Tony.

Know what,
I play Counter Strike online.

It's pretty realistic.

Well, you only get one
life here, Elf Lord.

Kid's in a classroom
in the south wing.

SRT's set up a command post
in the east wing.

McGee, Ziva, recon the exterior.
Put the gear down.

DiNozzo. With me.

TONY:
On your six, boss.

Target's name is Kody Meyers,
15 years old.

According to the witness,
he came to class

with a bomb strapped to his chest.

We set a perimeter
outside the classroom.

Evacuated all nonessentials.

EOD's on site
sweeping for secondaries.

- How many hostages?
CAPTAIN: Four, maybe five.

Men are doing a head count
on the student body.

The witness describe the device?

She was rushed to emergency
being treated for a panic attack.

DiNozzo, find out who
Kody Meyers is.

- Get his parents in here.
- On it.

- He try to make contact?
- No, sir. Not a word.

We didn't try to
establish communication.

Figured that was yourjob.

McGEE:
Ziva.

Ziva!

I am here. We need to be stealthy.

[SHOES SQUEAKING]

New shoes.

- I'm going to that transformer.
- Okay.

I meant alone.

Got you.

[CAMERA CLICKING]

Come on, boy. Show me your bomb.

[NADIA HYPERVENTILATING]

- It's okay.
- Stop doing that.

I can't help it.

You gotta try.

What, what's wrong with her?

She has asthma, Kody.

What does she need?
Water or something?

She needs her inhaler.

- It's not here. Where is it?
- My locker.

Classroom's around the corner,
second door on the right.

The rooms can only be locked
with a faculty key.

Kody wouldn't have access.

My TAC team is ready to go.

Snipers are moving
into position outside.

If you wanna take him down.

- Any other way into the room?
- One door and a wall of windows.

Blueprints are on their way
so we can check for ducts.

TONY [WHISPERING]:
Boss!

Sorry.

[MOUTHS WORD]
Come.

I found Kody's father.

He was at a conference
in Washington DC.

MPs are escorting him now.

I just thought you'd want
to know before you go in there.

I'll head back now.

GIBBS: Kody Meyers.
Special Agent Gibbs, NCIS.

- Kody.
- Get away from the door.

- Talk to me first.
- Get away from the door

or I blow this thing!

GIBBS:
All right.

[NADIA CONTINUES
HYPERVENTILATING]

- I'm sending someone out.
- I'll be right back.

Make sure you're the one
who brings it back.

- Okay?
- Okay.

STEPHANIE:
I'm coming out!

Debrief her.

It's okay.

- I need to get Nadia's inhaler.
TONY: We're getting it.

- She needs it.
- That's what we're doing.

- She can't breathe!
- Stephanie,

we're getting it
from her locker, okay?

Tell me what happened.

I was in homeroom

and I heard Joe messing
with Kody.

And then all of a sudden
it got really quiet

and I looked up
and Kody unzipped his sweatshirt.

And he had a bomb!

- Okay, what kind of bomb?
- Like in the movies.

It was strapped to his chest.

Okay, that's really good, Stephanie.

Was he calm?

He was acting really weird. He--

He was talking to himself.

Okay.

- What about Nadia?
- We're helping her.

That's what we're doing right now.

[CRYING]

Okay, all right. I know this is hard.

Stephanie, I need you to hold it
together, can you do that?

Okay.

Tell me a little bit about Kody.

He transferred this year.

He's like a loner.

The football players,
they'd screw with him.

- But they screw with everyone.
- Okay.

Oh, my God.

- Is that what this is about?
- Could be.

He's gonna blow everyone up!

GIBBS:
No, he's not.

Stephanie, it's gonna be okay.

Boss, I got the inhaler.

- See?
- I have to take it to her!

That's what he said.
He said I have to get the inhaler

- and I have to bring it to her.
- We'll take it to her.

- She needs it!
- Okay, calm down.

- DiNozzo, get her a drink.
- You got it.

Okay, so we'll get you some water.

Boss, you're not really gonna
send her back in there, are you?

Of course not. You've got a plan.

- What exactly--?
- Got background on Kody yet?

I do. Searched the school records.

He's an average student,
member of the chess club.

- He's also in junior UN.
- Background that's useful, McGee?

We've got a team now at Kody's
house collecting his computer,

personal effects, to transport back
to Abby's lab.

I'm gonna go back there
and supervise.

Okay.

GIBBS:
What is this? Robby the robot?

Sort of. It can climb stairs,
negotiate corners, unlock doors.

Impressive.
Will it convince Kody to surrender?

No. But it will deliver the inhaler
to the sick student

without endangering anybody else.

And its camera might get
a video of the bomb.

I don't trust anything
controlled by a videogame thing.

CAPTAIN: I've seen one
of these cross a minefield

while under heavy fire in Iraq,
Agent Gibbs.

How long until this POC
is ready, captain?

There's a problem with the software,
just have to run a quick diagnostic--

[BEEPS]

- Twenty minutes?
- We don't have 20 minutes.

Ziva,

tell Tony channel two.

Channel two.

[NADIA HYPERVENTILATING]

[NADIA HYPERVENTILATING]

What the hell are you doing?

- Nadia's inhaler.
- Stephanie's supposed to bring it!

- Where's Stephanie?
- Safe.

No.

- This is all wrong.
- Give this to Nadia. I'll make it right.

I'm in charge here! Not you!

- You're in charge, Kody.
- Get Stephanie back in here!

Not gonna do that.

You're killing everyone!

I'm not the one wearing the bomb.

I am giving this inhaler
to Nadia now.

UNHAUNG]

- Better?
- Uh-huh.

She's fine, now get out!

I'm a valuable hostage, Kody.

More valuable than a room
full of kids?

Get out now or we all die!

You're surrounded by Marines
who all think you're crazy.

Kody, I'm the last chance
you have of getting out of here alive.

Shut the door.

Search him.

Like they do on Cops.

Empty his pockets.

Now I know why Gibbs
didn't go armed.

- Where's Stephanie?
- With her folks.

KODY [ON SCREEN]:
Check his ankles.

[SIGHS]

- This kid is pretty smart.
- He's notjust smart. He's trained.

KODY: Put everything on the desk.
- This could be a statement.

KODY: Come on!
- He's a 15-year-old kid.

Well, I've seen 12-year-old
suicide bombers in Israel.

- He's not a terrorist.
- He's obviously mentally disturbed.

- And if that's the case, well, I think--
- I know, it's not good.

JOE:
He's clean, Kody.

- Check his ears.
- For what?

Do it.

The guy's wearing
some sort of hearing aide.

Take it out.

Check his wrists.

Step on both of them.

[HIGH-PITCHED
FEEDBACK ON RADIO]

He's very well-trained.

[COUGHING]

We need eyes in that classroom.

SRT snaked cameras through
the vents here and here.

Both were taped shut.
Kody was covering his plates.

Bases. What about that door?

Now, make sure
you cover every crack.

JOE:
Okay, I'm on it.

You have no idea
what you're dealing with here.

I think it's safe to say that Kody's
got some suicidal tendencies.

You should see his webpage.

It's all about death and dying.

- The kid is obsessed.
- So what's your point?

My point is he finally worked up
the nerve to do something about it.

It's not the kids that talk about dying
that you have to worry about, Timmy.

it's the ones who stay quiet.

Abby, I've been in this kid's room,
okay? It's all black.

It's got skulls everywhere.
He listens to death metal.

Ooh.

There is nothing wrong
with those things if you are an adult.

McGee, you slaughter people online.

Are you gonna become
a mass murderer?

I did not take
my classroom hostage.

Yeah. Did you ever think about it?

You said the bomb-sniffing dogs didn't
alert to anything in Cody's house.

I haven't found explosive markers
on any of his clothing or his effects.

He didn't visit
any bomb-making websites.

And these photos,
they show us nothing.

Maybe his bomb is fake.

Do you believe that?

No.

[GRUNTING]

We can end this now, Kody. Tell me
what you want. I'll get it for you.

I'm not making demands
until I speak to a negotiator.

- I am the negotiator.
- They wouldn't send a negotiator

busting through the door.
I'm not stupid.

- No one says you are.
- Just be quiet. Hurry up!

GIBBS: Relax, Kody.
- Stop saying my name!

[CRYING]

You're not gonna build
a relationship with me.

So keep talking
and I really will end this now.

Nadia. Nadia, you have to stop that,
please. Please?

- I can't. Kody, I can't.
GIBBS: She's scared, Kody.

- Yeah, like she's the only one.
- You're right. We're all scared.

Theyjust wanna go home
and see their parents.

You expect me to identify with them.

See them as people. Make it
harder for me to do anything.

- They are people, Kody.
- Stop saying my name!

One more word,

I press this button.

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

Director Shepard,
Dr. Mallard's here to see you.

Send him in, Cynthia.

Anything new?

Ijust got off the phone
with DiNozzo. Still no contact.

- What exactly happened?
- Jethro happened, Ducky.

He went in to deliver
a sick girl's inhaler,

- and got invited to stay.
- Yeah, but how could he--? Of course.

- He probably planned the whole thing.
- Jethro doesn't plan, Ducky.

He follows his damn gut.

Well, it usually serves him well.

It also gets him into trouble.

You would only be a hindrance
down there.

- What makes you think--?
- You're wearing your sidearm.

Gibbs was my partner, Ducky.
For a long time.

I cannot just sit by here
and do nothing.

Well, of course not.
Nobody expects you to do nothing.

Cynthia?

I want a direct feed into DiNozzo's
command post, ASAP.

C YNTHIA: Yes, director.
- That is a good decision, director.

I'll believe that, Ducky,
when the situation is defused.

Right.

WWGD?

Is that a weapons acronym?

No.

It stands for
"What Would Gibbs Do?"

Well, it's too bad we can't ask him.

Captain, your teams are in place?

We've got three snipers
in position, sir.

- If the target looks out the blinds--
- No one takes a shot unless I clear it.

You're with me.

- Where are you going?
- Talk to Kody.

You wanna stay away
from the windows, Kody.

What, because the snipers?
They won't shoot a kid.

I wouldn't count on that.

It's not too late to fix this.

You're gonna reason with me?
Go ahead. No, really. Go ahead.

Convince me I'm not in trouble.

No. You're in trouble.
How much is up to you.

What did you just do?

- Nothing. Just stretching my arms.
- You just did something! What was it?

TONY:
Kody, this is Special Agent DiNozzo.

How's Nadia?

- She's fine for now.
TONY: How are the other kids?

They're fine, okay?

TONY: I'd love to take
your word on that.

But I'm gonna need some proof,
Kody. Open the door.

No! No way! You try and get in here
I'm setting this off!

TONY: No one's coming in. I'd like
to speak to Special Agent Gibbs.

Everybody's okay, boss.

Well, that's good to hear,
Special Agent Gibbs.

KODY:
Your agent says he's a negotiator.

That's right.
He's my best man.

Your best man's a moron
for getting caught in here.

He always had an attitude problem.

We're all gonna work
on this together.

- What do you say to that, Kody?
- You know, I want the man in charge.

Not the field commander. The one
who makes the final decision.

That's me, Kody.

KODY: Ifl ask for a plane
and a million dollars,

you just give it to me?

- Is that what you want?
- Answer my question!

- I'll make some calls.
- Are you the man or not?

I'm the one you want.

Bring my mother to the classroom.

No deals, no stalling.
You have until sundown.

If you can't do that,

then everyone dies.

- I want to see my son.
- That's not happening, major.

- The hell it's not!
- Calm down.

I need to see he's okay.

Aside from holding five people
hostage, he's doing great.

- What does Kody want?
- He wants his mother brought to him.

- Oh, God.
- What?

Kody's mother is dead.

She died a year ago.

A boating accident.

Angela liked sailing.

Kody took it--
Well, we all took it hard.

- Clearly.
- Kody's had some difficulties,

but he's never acted out before.

Your son strapped a bomb to his
chest, kidnapped his homeroom

and is demanding
to see his dead mother.

I'd say he's past
the acting out stage, major.

- And frankly--
- Let me talk to him.

I can calm him down.
I can get him out of there.

Contact with you
may only exacerbate the situation.

He's my son.
He's having a breakdown.

His mind is playing tricks on him.

Tricks? What kind of tricks?

Listen, if this is gonna end well,

we need all the intel
you can give us on your son.

Kody thought he saw his mother
a couple of months ago.

- Alive?
- His therapist said

it's completely normal,
a coping mechanism.

A lot of people imagine
seeing dead loved ones.

Well, it's the part
where he wants to talk to her

that's got us a little worried.

I saw the SRT teams
outside the school.

I know what comes next.

I'm begging you,
please, give my boy a chance.

We'll do everything we can to get all
those kids out of there safely, major.

All of them, including your son.

Thank you.

There are easier ways
to see your mother, Kody.

It's none of your business.

You made it my business
when you threatened their lives.

[SIGHS]

- It's not up to me, okay?
- Well, who's it up to, Kody?

[CRYING]

You can't fix this.

- No one can fix this.
- I don't wanna fix it.

I wanna end it.

You just have the answers
for everything, don't you?

No! No! Don't touch me!

Kody, is something wrong in there?

I wanna let you know
that Special Agent Caitlin Todd

is out looking for your mom.

Don't come back until you find her!

- I won't tell you again!
TONY: All right, I'm going.

How are you gonna tell Gibbs

- the kid's mom's dead?
- I already did.

[CELL PHONE RINGING]

Special Agent Todd is dead.

- DiNozzo.
C YNTHIA: Hold for the director.

He wants his dead mother
brought to the classroom?

TONY [ON PHONE]:
He won 't accept she's dead.

- Thinks he saw her recently.
- It's not an unusual fantasy in grief.

That's an impossible demand.

Iknow, director. I'm working on it.

Define working on it,
Agent DiNozzo.

SRT's in place, working on getting
visual access into the room

- and a way to contact Gibbs.
JEN: And?

TONY: And we're just getting started.
JEN: What's your deadline?

Sundown. About five hours.

How powerful is the bomb?

Uh, don't know yet.

Sciuto and Agent McGee
are going through the kid's computer

and everything found in his room,
trying to work out what the explosive is.

Does he have a dead-man switch?

Hoping Sciuto and McGee
can tell us that.

And if he doesn't?

- You want me to take him out.
- It may be your only option.

TONY:
I'd like to get them all alive,

- including Kody.
JEN: lagree.

But if it's not possible,
I need to know that you're capable

of making the call.

- I've done it before.
JEN: On a 15-year-old?

If the time comes,

you cannot hesitate.
You cannot second guess yourself.

If you don't trust me,
I suggest you relieve me.

OthenNise, leave me alone.
I've got work to do, ma'am.

She asked if you had
the calzones for this, yes?

Cojones.

Do you?

- Gibbs has rubbed off on him.
- Well, that's a positive thing.

- He isn't Gibbs, Ducky.
- No, but he's very capable.

- The boy's mother?
- Yes.

Cynthia?

C YNTHIA: Ma'am?
- I need the NCIS case file

on the drowning of
Marine dependent Angela Meyers.

C YNTHIA: Right away, ma'am.
- What are you up to?

The boy wants his mother.
We may have to give her to him.

ABBY: There is no way that kid
assembled that bomb at his house.

- Mm-hm.
- Which means?

Which means he either made it
somewhere else,

or someone helped him.
What do you think?

Sounds good.

- What? What was that for?
- Not paying attention to me.

I'm trying to tell you
I think there's more kids out there.

- This could be part of a larger plan.
- I don't think so.

Kody believes his mother
is still alive. Look at this.

He's sending her photo
all over the web,

asking if anyone's seen her.
He expects us to find her.

This could be a good thing.

There were no traces
of explosives at his house.

No bomb-making materials.

There were no plans or schematics
for construction on his computer.

The bomb has got to be
a fake. I hope.

- Ooh, ooh. Oh, wow.
ABBY: Wow, what?

It would help if you could get
a better look at it, right?

- How we gonna do that?
- Look. Three computers

- in the back of the classroom.
- With webcams and mics.

- All we have to do is hack in.
- We'll have eyes and ears

and we can see the bomb.

- Hey!
- Should've thought of that hours ago.

- Don't be gentle.
- I am not gonna hit you.

- Come on. I deserve it.
- No.

Elf Lord.

ABBY:
Ow!

TONY: I don't see squat, probie.
- Tony, are your laptops even on?

Probie, now is not the time.

Wait, Tony. It's on our end, okay?
It's still buffering.

ABBY: That should do it.
- You are amazing, Abby.

Actually, that was my idea--
Would you stop doing that?

McGEE:
Hey, cut that out!

Ahh!

[SIGHS]
Why is it so hot in here?

You can walk away from this.

Do you have any idea what they'll
do to me if I walk out of this building?

No one will touch you.

- You have no idea.
- I won't let them, Kody.

[GASPS]

[INHALER THUDS]

What'd you--? What'd you just do?

What just--? What just happened?

- I don't--
- She dropped her inhaler.

Let Nadia go, Kody.

As a sign of good faith
while we look for your mom.

No one leaves! Do you get this?

Electrical blasting caps
wired into a central circuit board.

Four visible charges,
all equipped with nails

to inflict maximum shrapnel damage.
This is no fake bomb, Tony.

Good news. The detonator appears
to be remote in his hand.

- Good news?
- Well, it doesn't seem

to be a dead-man's switch.

A head shot will stop
this without setting off the bomb.

Just like that.

- Head shot.
- Oh, yeah.

Tell me about your mom, Kody.

- Doesn't she wanna see you?
- Don't say that.

I'm just wondering why
you're threatening to blow all of us up

just to see her.

Because I-- I do, okay?

She's dead, Kody.

I know.

I know I saw her. Shut up!
Shut up! Just--

[NADIA CRYING]

Target acquired.

SNIPER [OVER RADIO]:
lsay again, target is acquired.

We may not get
another chance, sir.

Do I have a go? Over.

Tony?

The shot is still good, sir. Over.

Sir, we're gonna lose the target.

He's not a target.
He's a 15-year-old boy

who misses his mom.
All sniper units stand down.

TONY [OVER RADIO]:
Do not take the shot.

All units stand down.

- Why?
- It's a Gibbs thing.

My gut.

Stop! Don't! What are you doing?
Just get away from me!

- He's signing.
- What's he saying?

I can't tell.
He's not being obvious about it.

Wait.

Puppet

Yes.

- Puppet. What does that mean?
- I don't know.

Wait, not puppet. It's marionette.

He's saying that somebody's pulling
Kody's strings.

- What, like controlling him?
- Notjust controlling him, McGee.

Controlling the bomb.

If somebody's controlling Kody,
they have to be talking to him.

- EanNig!
- EanNig!

Ask Gibbs.

Wait, hold it. Hold it.

Send it now.

KODY: Why'd you just nod?
- What?

KO DY: You just nodded.
GIBBS: Did I?

KODY: Yes!
- How did he see that?

- His back was to Gibbs.
GIBBS: [don't know. Nervous? Jumpy?

Iguess.

Are you signalling someone
in this room?

No.

I swear.

They're not just talking to Kody.

They have eyes
in the classroom too, McGee.

- Tony, did you copy that?
TONY: Roger.

Dirtbags have eyes
and ears in the classroom.

Good.

- Good?
- We backtrack the feeds.

- It'll lead us to them.
- EanNigs have a limited range

and only a handful of frequencies. We
have the equipment here to sweep.

- Do it.
- Yes, sir.

Get the equipment.
Set up for a frequency sweep.

Abby, SRT is sweeping

ean/vig freqs to trace the source.

Can you do the same thing
with the eyes?

- McGee?
- We got three computers

with webcams in the back of the
classroom. We're using one of them.

- They must be using--
- The blocked router.

- The one we couldn't get into.
- How long?

Depends. They could be using
counter attack software.

If they're using
a sophisticated encryption system,

it could be 128, even 256 bit--

TONY: Probie,
- On it, boss.

Tony.

[CHUCKLES]

- What?
- He called me boss.

- Yeah, he'll never live that down.
- Nope.

What happens if they can't find
your mom, Kody?

You know what will happen.

- Kody, just let us go, man.
- Shut up!

[CRYING]

Just don't ask me that again.
Okay, Nadia?

Okay.

You don't want to carry out
your threat, do you, Kody?

No.

But I will
if I don't talk to my mother.

Talk or see? We might have time--

See! See! I have to see her right here
in my homeroom!

I'm saying that talking to her
might give us more time.

There is no more time, okay?

She has to be here before sunset!

Nautical, civilian or astronomical?

What?

Which sunset? There are three.

Before it gets dark.

Astronomical.

- How's it coming, captain?
CAPTAIN: Narrowing it down.

I can't stand doing nothing
while everyone else is working.

Well, then do something.

- Any suggestions, Ziva?
- Yes, DiNozzo.

We didn't really have time
to question Major Meyers.

He may be able to tell us
who's controlling his son.

Captain, have your men bring
Major Meyers in here.

That's gonna be a problem.

The major was taken
to NCIS Headquarters.

I didn't authorize that.

No, sir. Your boss did.

My boss is a hostage right now.

I don't think he's authorizing
much of anything.

- Not that boss, sir.
- He's the only boss I have.

Uh-uh, uh-uh.

You are forgetting the director.

I'm an amphibious warfare instructor
at Command and Staff, Quantico.

Are you involved
in anything sensitive?

You mean like secret?

No. What does this have to do
with my son?

Someone is controlling him.

- So this isn't his idea?
- I doubt it.

Thank God.

He still has a bomb
strapped to his chest.

Yeah.

Why would they have him
asking for his mother?

I have no idea.

- How long did you know her?
- Since college.

We were married 18 years
when she died.

- What did she do?
- Grade school teacher.

Look, Angela had no dark side.
She loved me. She loved Kody.

Whoever's doing this must have her
confused with someone else.

You're probably right.

Thank you for your cooperation,
major.

What are you gonna do?

Get him out alive.

Thank you.

You really think this is a bizarre case
of mistaken identity?

Doesn't really matter.

Every scenario plays out
exactly the same.

The only way this can end well
is if we find Angela Meyers.

And if she is dead?

ZIVA: The detonator
in Kody's hand is a prop.

The people controlling him
have the real one.

- You think?
- Yes.

I think shooting Kody wouldn't have
saved anybody in that classroom.

Doesn't make you Gibbs.

Someone went to a lot of trouble
to raise Angela Myers from the grave.

Well, obviously he, she
or they don't believe she's dead.

They intend to kill her
with a big boom.

And blame it all on Kody.

- Got the freq on Kody's eanNig.
- Where are they?

Don't know.
They're communicating in short bursts.

We can't get an accurate fix.

The sunset esta muy hermosa, Kody.
Enjoy it.

MAN [OVER RADIO]: It will be your
last if your mama doesn't show.

Look, we're running out of time.
Where's my mother?

Let me talk to my boss.
I'll get a progress report.

MAN [OVER RADIO]: Okay,
put the cell phone on speaker.

KODY:
Do it. Put it on speaker.

- DiNozzo.
GIBBS: Hey, boss,

you locate Kody's mother yet?

Agent Todd has her phone number
and is trying to make contact.

MAN [OVER RADIO]: Get the number!
- What is the number?

I don't know, Kody.
Agent Todd is on it.

MAN [OVER RADIO]: Get the number!
- I want the number!

Better get him the number, boss.

I'll contact Agent Todd
and get back to you.

You had to say
you had her number?

I know.

- I know, it wasn't--
- A mistake Gibbs would have made?

Sir, EOD's been studying
the pictures of the bomb vest.

This is the remote to the detonator.
One shot could destroy it.

And Kody.

There's more than one life
at stake here.

Okay, okay.

McGee, tell me
you're making progress.

We are making progress, Tony.

Back-tracing their connection
to the classroom computer now.

Okay, they're in Triangle, Virginia.

Piggybacking off a wi-fi node

at the warehouse
outside the main gate.

I'm sending you the address.
Do you want us to cut

their connection to the webcam?

Negative, probie.
I got a better idea.

You know what, Tony?
This might actually work.

- Don't sound so surprised, probie.
ABBY: He's right, Tony.

We should have thought of it.

- Ow.
- Ow.

TONY: What the hell was that?
- McGee tripped.

TONY: Trip on your own time, probie.
Can you make it happen or not?

The problem is finding
the right stream to mirror, Tony.

We'll need to re-create
a virtual hard drive--

To replace the physical one.

McGEE: The key is the insertion
phase, we 're gonna need--

A natural buffering period
so we won't be detected.

McGEE: Using a standard codex--
ABBY: Means we'll be able to retag

the algorithm during decompression.

McGEE:
What we need is a multi-point

- control unit to enable a seamless--
TONY: Guys, phys ed major here.

- We can do this, Tony.
TONY: When?

- Now if you want.
TONY: On my mark. DiNozzo out.

What was that one for?

Pissing off Tony. Can't you tell
he's under a lot of pressure?

[CELL PHONE RINGING]

KO DY:
Answer it.

- We're here.
TONY: Kody, Agent DiNozzo here.

lhave some good news.
We have your mom.

- You found her?
TONY: Yes, we did.

She's being escorted
onto the base as we speak.

She should be at the school
in 20 minutes, you sit tight,

we 7/ have a happy ending here.

TONY [OVER RADIO]:
Okay, probie, now!

Do you actually think
this is gonna work?

If I tell you,
are you gonna hit me again?

Yeah.

Yeah.
I think it's actually gonna work.

It has to.

[SIRENS WAILING]

Do you hear those sirens, Kody?
You might just survive this after all.

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

[STATIC CRACKLES]

[SPEAKING SPANISH]

Shalom.

[CLICKING AND BEEPING]

Boom.

Hi.

Not bad, DiNozzo. Not bad at all.

ABBY:
That was brilliant, Tony.

Looping the classroom video
to the bad guys

- while you evac'ed the kids.
- She's right. It was a great idea, Tony.

- Hey!
- Boss.

It was a great idea, boss.

[CHUCKUNG]

- Slip of the tongue, okay?
- Freudian slip of the tongue.

Give it up, McGee.
Some things Tony never forgets.

That's true. So, Tony, what movie
gave you the big idea?

- Movie?
McGEE: Yeah.

You know, making the video
of the classroom

to feed back to the bad guys?

Uh... Huh...

Itjust kind of came to me, actually.

Oh! I saw it!
They had these terrorists.

Half the movies today
are about terrorists.

No, no, no. And they took over
this bus, and it starred

that actress with the name
like an animal. A cow.

No, ox. No, it's not that.

- Bullock.
- A Bull. Bullock. Sandra Bullock.

And I can't remember the title
of the movie, but it's--

McGEE: I'm gonna look it up.
I'm gonna check her credits.

- No, don't you have a report to finish?
- Yeah. I did it.

Good for you. That's good.

TONY:
Wait. Stop typing. Wait.

Has anyone seen Gibbs?

It takes guts to testify
against Carlos Mendez.

Took more guts to fake her death

and walk away from a husband
and son to protect them.

Eighteen years is a long time
to seek revenge,

- even for a Colombian drug lord.
- Jen, I gotta find her.

No. You don't.

You know, Kody Meyers
has had one hell of a day.

It's the least I can do for this kid.

[CRYING]

Good to see
I can still surprise you, Jethro.