NCIS (2003–…): Season 3, Episode 21 - Bloodbath - full transcript

FRANK: We're thrilled you
decided to stay with us,

and just so you know,
we got free local phone calls,

daily in-room coffee
and an AM-FM radio.

- Is it clean?
- Of course, it's clean, Lillian.

LlLLlAN: Well, the last time we were
here, I saw a cockroach, Albert.

ALBERT:
That wasn't a cockroach.

All of the sudden, you're an expert?

I'm an entomologist, 32 years.

I think I'd know a cockroach
if I saw one.

I assure you, our rooms are maintained
to the highest standards of--

Cockroach habitability?

l was gonna say
cleanliness and neatness.

However, if you folks are unhappy
with the room in any way--

Stay single.

Just let me know and I can see
about getting you an upgrade.

I think we'll take that upgrade.

In my professional opinion,
the risk of serious injury is substantial.

I agree. But there are protocols
that have to be followed.

Which are useless if it doesn't impart
a tactical advantage.

Don't underestimate appearances.
l have known entire missions to fail

because an asset
didn't button her lapel properly.

| see your point.

So we are in agreement?

- Heels.
- Heels.

I hate court.

Your sacrifice is noted
and appreciated.

Let's talk outfits.

I say you just go with the heels.

[TONY GROWLS]

Was that inappropriate? Sorry.

Nice Jimmy Choo's there, Abs.

Can we help you, Agent DiNozzo?

Yes, I've come to collect
Officer David.

Boss got the Bat-signal.

I showed up just in time.

Another minute and you guys would've
been braiding each other's hair.

And who knows where
that can lead to, Tony.

- Where are we going?
GIBBS: Little Creek.

ZlVA: Little Creek Base?
- It's a off-base Navy lodging facility

used mostly by TDY personnel
and visiting family.

Apparently, there was
some kind of bloodbath.

Mondays. What's the body count?

Who said anything
about a body, DiNozzo?

[CAMERA CLICKING]

[CAMERA CLICKING]

Ew.

Redrum?

All we're missing is a kid on
a Big Wheel and a man in a bear suit.

And in your head
that makes sense to you?

Yeah, it's The Shining, Ziva.

Now that you mention,
what was that guy doing in a bear suit?

I'm just saying that this wouldn't
have happened at the Marriott.

Excuse me for not checking
the axe-murderer policy.

Did you request this specific room
when you called the lodge?

No, we requested the one
with the eviscerated squirrels,

but this is all they had.

What the hell kind
of question is that?

Our last one.

FRANK: Did I mention we have over a
hundred channels in crisp, clear cable?

GIBBS:
Talk to me, DiNozzo.

TONY: Occupants checked out
two days ago.

Room was cleaned yesterday,

- then locked tight.
GIBBS: No sign of forced entry?

No, but a previous guest could have
kept the key. We're going over lists.

- Field test says the blood was human.
- We don't know what parts those are.

Dr. Mallard is still working
on the bathroom.

I'd take an umbrella
if you go in there.

TONY:
It doesn't make sense, does it, boss?

If it's a prank,
it should be animal blood.

If it's a Satanic ritual,
where are the pentagrams?

Could've been
an interrogation out of control.

Or a drug deal gone bad.
Look at this.

TONY: How bad does
a drug deal have to go

for you to leave the drugs behind?

Find out what happened here.

I know something of what happened.

All this scattered,
organic detritus is human fascia,

fibrous connective tissue
that anchors skin to muscles.

If you look closely you see
neither skin nor muscle.

Yeah, I'll take your word for it.

All of this tissue
was skilfully extracted,

possibly during extensive
post-mortem procedure.

Someone was
dissected here, Duck?

More likely three someone's.

And whoever the guilty party is,

he didn't get his technique
from the Internet.

You're looking
for a trained medical practitioner.

Well, no doctors or surgeons stayed
at the lodge in the last two months.

Now checking surrounding ho--
Hotels.

You missed again, Tony.

Did I, McGee?

Remember, goals are deceptive.

The un-aimed arrow never misses.

What kind of loser wrote that?

- I think it's good advice.
- Really?

Well, then I have
the perfect one for you.

In great attempts, it is glorious

even to fail.

Didn't Vince Lombardi say that?

TONY: l'll hold onto that one.
But the rest of these are worthless.

Nice calendar, McGeek.

- Hey.
- Relax, this stuff will melt your mind.

It's not good for you.
Makes you weak.

Tony, it was a gift.

From who? Your wet nurse?

No. From me.

It's a nice calendar, boss.

Anybody find me my doctor yet?

Not yet. But we do know
how he got in the room.

A maid had her master key
stolen two days ago.

- She see anything?
- No.

I ran prints from the crime scene,
15 total, all from registered guests.

- Only two were in the area last night.
- Bring them in.

Unfortunately, they both have
airtight alibis.

Looks like the un-aimed arrow
missed after all.

Now that amateur hour is over,

I draw your attention to the plasma
screen in the middle of the room.

Psychopathic blood splatter,

usually randomly scattered.
Take a look at the drips on the wall.

It's a little Jackson Pollack,
but notice anything?

They're emanating
from a central point.

Step off, McFlower Power,
you've had your chance to speak.

They're emanating
from a central point.

[CHUCKLES]

Then there's the TV. It looks like
it was knocked off the bureau

in a struggle of some sort, right?

Except that Abby found CRT shards
in a bath mat.

So?

So, Dr. Giggles laid the television on
the floor, covered it with the bath mat

to muffle the sound, and broke it.

Crime scene was staged, boss.
Victims were killed someplace else.

- Where?
- What, I gotta do all the work?

- I'm gonna get right on that.
- Do that, DiNozzo.

You're doing most of it anyway.

Ooh.

Ugh!

I think it best to start
with a corner piece, Mr. Palmer.

- Doctor?
- Haven't you done a jigsaw puzzle?

You always start with the corners.

- May | suggest the plantar fasciae.
- The feet?

Yes, and then build it up from there.
The anterior fasciculus--

Of the ankle. And then
the fascia crusis of the lower calf.

Well, thank you, doctor.
That's a very helpful analogy.

And a fitting one too, considering
the original term forjigsaw puzzle

was "dissected maps."

So named by the Europeans
in the late 1760s.

They used to take maps
and cut them up into irregular pieces

for their children to reassemble.

- Hello, Jethro, right on schedule.
- That predictable, Duck?

- That thorough.
- Are we still talking three bodies here?

Well, that's why we call
it "preliminary findings."

Actually, we have the remains

of at least four individuals
and perhaps considerably more.

PALMER: At first we thought
there might be a serial killer.

Not that that is a good thing.

DUCKY: Unfortunately, Mr. Palmer's
private hopes were dashed

when I noticed
in our latest meat puzzle,

traces of vascular tissue.
lt's exactly what you would see

if you looked into a medical
disposal bin after surgery.

That is, if you cared to look.

Which apparently
our perpetrator did.

Are you saying these
are medical waste?

It explains the precision
of the incisions.

All or these pieces of tissue
were removed by a surgeon,

disposed of, rescued,
and then put on display for reasons--

Well, I will leave you to ponder.

- We're being set up.
DUCKY: So it seems.

But set up for what?

Sigmund Freud, eat your heart out.

McGee, no lurking without a permit.

Sorry.

Just checking to see if you finished
the analysis on that powder yet.

Field test said it was cocaine, but--

I told you l was gonna e-mail you
the results when l was done.

Yes.

Don't you have court today?

I'm finished.
All I had to do was give a deposition.

Oh.

So don't have to go back
or anything?

McGee.

You came all the way down here
to see me in my court suit.

- No.
- You totally did.

- No, I did not.
- Your mouth lies,

but your red ears
are telling the truth.

- What? What's wrong?
- Do you smell that?

No.

lt's almonds.
We have to get out of here.

- What's going on?
- Cyanide gas.

[ABBY GRUNTING]

[ALARM SOUNDS]

[BEEPS]

MAN:
Hydrogen cyanide gas.

Another three minutes in here,
game over.

How did this happen?

TONY:
Abby said the coke was bad.

Contained potassium cyanide,
which turned gaseous

when she added the--

The acidified cobalt thio--

[TONY STUTTERING]

- Cobalt thiocyanate.
- Cobalt cyothianate.

Yeah, from her drug test kit.

So this was an accident.

- Abby doesn't have accidents.
- Abby also doesn't have enemies.

I mean, it's not like we're talking
about Agent DiNozzo.

- Hey. Ma'am.
- The crime scene was a setup.

And right now Abby's our best lead.

While she and McGee
were in the showers,

Ziva and I took a walk through
the world of Sciuto.

Our mistress of the dark
is keeping secrets from us.

This is so embarrassing.

Okay, in my defence,
what self-respecting drug dealer

cuts its cocaine
with potassium cyanide?

Obviously one that doesn't care
about repeat business.

Luckily, your exposure
to the gas was brief.

I don't anticipate
any long-term ramifications.

Better not be. You two
don't have permission to be sick.

We're fine, Gibbs.

The only damage done
was to my ego.

It was a newbie accident.

What?

We're not so sure
it was an accident, Abs.

"Not sure" meaning what?

We think whoever set up the
crime scene might be after Abby.

Me?

Who would wanna kill me?
I mean, Tony I understand--

Hey.

The name Mikel Mawher ring a bell?

ZlVA:
It should.

He placed over 200 phone calls
to you in the last four months.

One of them
right before the accident.

- You went through my records?
- And your credit card bills.

Did you really buy this guy Mawher
a straitjacket for his birthday?

- Okay, slow down.
- It sounds like you two were serious.

TONY: Until she filed a restraining
order against him.

I'd say the straitjacket
was a red flag there, Abs.

How come we never heard
about this gentleman?

Okay, I dated him last year
and things just got a little out of hand.

- Did I mention the restraining order?
- Okay, a lot out of hand.

Why didn't you come to me, Abby?

Because, Gibbs,
I wanted him restrained.

I didn't want him beaten
to a pulp with a baseball bat.

And I'm embarrassed.
It wasn't great taste in boyfriends.

Yeah, I saw the Web shrine
dedicated to you.

But that's not dangerous.

He just can't accept
that it's over between us.

But he's not a violent type.

The guy cleans up crime scenes
for a living, Abs.

I know.
That's what I liked about him.

But I'm telling you, Gibbs,
he's not your man.

You're gonna pay him a visit anyway.

Could you pick up my red studded
dog collar when you're there?

"Free decomposition odour removal
included in all double homicides."

TONY:
I can see why she fell for the guy.

They even have
the same taste in music.

[HEAVY METAL MUSIC
BLAIRING FROM STEREO]

[CAMERA CLICKS]

Hey! You ruined my shot.

I take that back. Not bad.

I'm actually redoing my before
and after shots for my new brochures.

You know, "Name the crime scene,
we wipe the grime clean."

So, what do you got, huh?
Huh, sub accident?

Explosive decompression?
Never worked with NClS before.

Yeah, the restraining order probably
made that kind of difficult, huh?

Yeah, I don't know
what you're talking about.

The only reason
you're able to walk

is because I never heard
about you until today.

Okay, that restraining order.
Look, this is not necessary, okay?

All right, I shouldn't have called her
earlier. I just wanted to apologise.

You got something to apologise for,
do you?

Yeah, I was a little crazy before.
I was in therapy.

Okay, I found that l was projecting
my own obsession onto Abby,

and therefore she did not
wanna reciprocate it.

I wanted to call and apologise for any
pain and suffering I put her through.

- ls Abby in some kind of trouble?
- You tell me.

Oh, my God.

Look familiar?

No. But for two grand
I can make it look--

- Hey.
- Okay, look.

I don't know
what you're talking about.

Okay, I'm cured now. I'm good.

I'm on antidepressants.
l have a new girlfriend.

Well, now all you need is an alibi
for the last two days and you're golden.

Well, then I'm golden, you know?

It's been drive-by central
since the full moon, man.

- All the crazies are out, you know?
- And that makes you golden how?

Because I've been with DC Metro
for two whole days. That's why.

ABBY:
The lunar effect is a myth.

There is no statistical correlation

between the phases of the moon
and human behaviour.

That's why it would never work
with us.

Because the lunar effect is a myth?

No, because I'm a scientist
and he plays with voodoo dolls.

But you play
with voodoo dolls, Abby.

I meant it metaphorically, McGee.

I don't think they actually do anything.
I play with them, you know, to relax.

TONY: Well, it looks like you can put
away your Mike Mawher doll, then.

GIBBS:
Metro confirmed Mawher's alibi.

TONY: He cleaned eight crime scenes
over the past four days.

Been surrounded by homicide
detectives the entire time.

Did any match
what we found at the Navy Lodge?

GIBBS:
Nope. Not even close.

Then I'm off the hook.

Not necessarily.
He could've had an accomplice.

Oh, leave it to the assassin
to rain on my parade.

Or maybe it was just a lab accident.

I mean, really,
who would wanna kill Abby?

That's true.
It's not like someone was after Tony.

Now, that's a suspect list
I wouldn't want to run down again.

[FEIGNS LAUGHTER]

- I think the joke's over. We get it.
- And our suspect list, Ziva?

We don't have one.

But I can contact
the local medical-waste facilities,

- see if anyone reported a break-in.
- DiNozzo.

l'll background check
the lodge employees.

Maybe someone's got a vendetta
against the cleaning staff.

- McGee.
- Well, I can-- I can go check on--

Boss, I'm not really sure
what I should do.

Go home. Take Abby with you.

Gibbs, I'm fine. I only have
one stalker and he has an alibi.

I don't want you
to be alone tonight, Abs.

- You're going with McGee.
-Gmm.

Like I haven't been
traumatized enough today.

[GUNFIRE]

ABBY: Nothing like a nice, relaxing
video game to calm the nerves.

Pretty good, huh?

I've seen better.
Did you change your refresh rate?

I downloaded new
OpenGL drivers for you.

You're getting
a way higher FPS now.

But I was in the bedroom,
like, a minute.

I also optimized
your TCP/lP settings.

Increased your throughput
by 50 percent.

Bedtime.

I am going to take the sleeping bag.

We're adults, McGee.

We can share the same bed.

If you promise
to keep your hands to yourself.

[ABBY CHUCKLES]

Clearly you haven't been.

Your shirt smells like JLo Glow.

I can't find my toothbrush.
I think it fell out in your car.

That's all right. Your old toothbrush
is still in my bathroom.

You kept my old toothbrush?

That's a little creepy, McGee.

Maybe you should take
the sleeping bag.

What is creepy about it?
| just never bothered to throw it out.

- What?
- This is not my toothbrush.

Well, then I must have bought a
second one and forgot about it.

It's a ladybug toothbrush, McGee.

That's for cute girls
named Gina Marie

that bake cookies
and wear JLo Glow.

Not for a quasi-manly federal agent
who carries a gun.

You wanna use it or not?

An anonymous toothbrush?

I would rather remove my own tonsils
with Typhoid Mary's straight razor.

- Where you going?
- To get my toothbrush.

No, no.
You're not leaving the apartment.

Why not, McGee? We both know
Gibbs is just being over-protective.

I'm not worried about you.
I'm worried about me,

- and if Gibbs finds out I let you leave.
- That's a good point. You go.

I am not leaving you alone, either.

Fine, then.
I'll just use your toothbrush.

Don't open the door for anyone.

[COMPUTER BEEPING]

[GUNFIRE]

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

- What?
- I told you not to open for anyone.

ABBY: What'd you forget?
- My keys.

- Why do you need keys if I'm here?
- My car keys.

Now listen to me.
You do not open the door. Okay?

- Not for anyone. Or I will tie you up.
- Really?

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

Hi, Abby.

| forgot how beautiful you are.

- I mean, up close, I mean.
- What are you doing here, Mikel?

- You're in terrible danger.
- I got that.

- Oh, no. I'm here to save you.
- What are you saving me from?

How could you ask that
after what happened?

Oh, right. My lab.

- How did you know about that?
- Can we not do this now?

Wait. There you go,
playing the frightened victim again.

ABBY: McGee!
- Could you not cast me as a stalker?

ABBY: Believe me, the role is yours.
- Well, I'm sick of it, okay?

I thought almost dying
would make you realise

how much you cared about me
and how much I care about you.

But I realise I was wrong.

Maybe I was foolish
for trying and trying and trying.

But I'm telling you,
you're gonna thank me. Okay?

You still carry the handcuffs
I gave you.

That's really great because
I still have the key.

I'm never picking up a guy
in a cemetery again.

MIKEL: Listen, Abby,
| just wanna start over.

Mikel, go away!

We had fun, didn't we?

Until you bugged my phone,
you nut-job.

Well, I could pick a lock too.
You forgot about that.

ABBY:
McGee.

[MOTORC YCLE ENGINE REWING]

Nothing on the statewide BOLO yet.

Get off your knees.
It's just a typewriter, McGee.

No ATM transactions.
Hasn't touched his credit cards.

Was a typewriter.

And she messed up
my motherboard so badly,

the BIOS got screwed up
and I had to do a hard reset.

How traumatizing for you, McGee.

TONY:
Go easy on him, boss.

Even a hair out of order
traumatizes McGee.

Put this on the plasma.

- Where's your chair?
- He doesn't deserve to sit.

With that ass?

Didn't find Mawher, boss.
Guy's totally disappeared.

But I found this in his apartment.

He's been tracking her for a while.

- So much for that restraining order.
- I spoke to his supposed girlfriend.

They went on one date,
he talked about Abby.

I'll find out more.
We're having dinner.

No, you don't eat until you find
the guy trying to kill Abby.

Boss, actually,
I have an idea about that.

I've been analysing the incoming
packets on Abby's system.

There appears to be a shellcode.

I think that Mawher's been worming
into Abby's computer

to monitor her communications.

- You think you can trace the worm?
- If he tries to access it again, yeah.

GIBBS:
Coordinate with Abby.

Boss, you're gonna have to try
and get her out of the elevator first.

[SIGHS]

Hey, Gibbs.

Did you know that only five

of the two and a half million deaths
every year occur in elevators?

No.

Ziva gave me this.

And Cynthia gave me
the pepper spray.

The knuckles
are Director Shepard's.

No one is going to hurt you, Abby.

You're just saying that
to make me feel better.

Did it?

Yeah. Can you say it again?

Nobody's gonna hurt you, Abs.

Can I stay at NClS
until you catch him?

GIBBS:
Mm-hm.

I'll move your whole lab into the
elevator if it'll make you feel better.

MAN: Singapore infiltrated Abu Saif.
SHEPARD: Good.

FonNard this
to Sealift Command, ASAP.

MAN:
Right away, ma'am.

I picked a bad week
to cut out caffeine.

Abu Saif?

Singapore's mole believes
that they've infiltrated

a prepositioned ship at Diego Garcia.

I'll fill you in later. How's Abby?

She's scared.

I thought that Mawher fellow
had an airtight alibi.

- Alibi, yes. Airtight--
- Is that

Jamaican blend? Yeah.

Alibi, yes. Airtight, no.

Last thing a homicide cop worries
about is his clean-up guy.

Yeah, well, your clean-up guy
just made an interesting play.

Abby's been subpoenaed again.

I thought she was done
with the court.

She was, until the defence
got an anonymous e-mail

saying that the consultant
for the prosecution

- had gone into protective custody.
- Mawher must've found out.

You don't use cream and sugar,
do you?

Mawher must've found out
about the case from Abby's computer.

And now he's trying to lure her out.

Does the defence know
they're being used?

They don't care.

My guess is that they're gonna use
Abby's restraining order

to claim that herjudgment is faulty.

- Herjudgment?
- Yeah.

The defence is gonna argue
that she makes bad choices.

I don't know this defence lawyer.
I've never dealt with her,

but obviously she likes to win.

GIBBS: She does.
- You know her?

Yeah, I thought I did.

If she wants to talk to Abby,
she can do it here.

Yeah, agreed. I'll pass it on.
Jethro, could you Ieave--?

I already did, Jen.

- Any luck with that trace yet, McGee?
McGEE: Nope.

Maybe we should widen
the perimeter of Mawher's BOLO.

- Hey, Tony.
- Not so loud.

I was up all night scrounging through
that guy's garbage, for Pete's sake.

I'm Jack Kerouac, baby. I'm beat.

So the drive wasn't so bad.

At 400 an hour, I'm sure you'll
reconsider when you get my bill.

I'll take it from here. Thanks a lot.

Hi. Mayl help you?

Yes. First eat a breath mint.

And then you can take me
to the over-protective candy-ass

who made me come all the way
down here for a simple deposition.

He's over there.

[GINGER CHUCKLES]

GINGER:
I should've known.

- Hello, Jethro.
- Hello, Ginger.

Or should I say overzealous
defence attorney

who came all the way down here
to harass my forensic scientist?

Do they know each other?

Nothing gets by you, does it?

Harassment is illegal...

- whereas I have a subpoena.
- How about that. So do I.

You want the e-mail that tipped us
to the restraining order?

VVhy?

We're hoping there's routing
information in the header

that can help us trace it.

Going after the whistle-blowers
now, are we?

- No, just stalkers.
- Wait, wait, slow down a second.

- Who's being stalked?
- Her name is Abby.

And your lawyer is going
to try to use her bad taste in men

to impregnate her credibility.

- "Impugn," Ziva.
- Yes.

What does any of this have to do
with the embezzling charges?

TONY:
Ooh, embezzling. Nice.

How much?

They say ten million,
but I'm innocent.

- I was framed.
- Framed.

Yes. In your case
I actually believe that.

Don't say another word.

- Where's my witness?
- Where's my e-mail?

Hi.

Well, the e-mail will help
narrow down the DNS server

but we still have a ways to go
on the trace.

I thought computers were supposed
to make things go faster, McGee.

McGEE: They do. It's just that
the X-originating IP address

leads to a public IP address.

I'll let you know
when I have something.

GIBBS:
Ziva, go home.

- I'm staying if you're staying.
- I'm staying.

- Well, I'm staying.
TONY: I'm staying too.

I'm sure Abby feels safer already.

I see you've vacated the elevator
for the evening.

It wasn't quite so cosy in there
after an hour with Queen Boudica.

Did you know that the five people that
die in elevators every year,

they only spend an average
of 60 seconds in there a day?

And you've already been in one
for six hours.

Exactly. Increasing my risk
by a thousand fold.

I'm lucky to be alive, Ducky.

Well, it's not luck when you have
Leroy Jethro Gibbs looking after you.

However, one cannot be too careful,
so I brought you a present.

It's a safety whistle.

Emits a 120-decibel blast.

One good blow of this and your
attacker's eardrums are shattered.

Thank you, Ducky.

Boss, getting a verification ping
on my tracer program.

Trying to back trace.

Do you think you can type
any harder, McGee?

This guy's good. He's bypassed
all our authentication routines.

- Ziva, you getting this?
- Yes. It looks like Mawher

accessed Abby's accounts
30 minutes ago.

- McGee.
McGEE: Yeah.

Used her terminal
to send an e-mail to--

The Pass and ID office
on the Navy yard?

He was giving himself a drive-on.

Security.

[PHONE RINGING]

Jimmy, you don't have
to keep calling me. I'm fine.

MIKEL [ON PHONE]:
It's Mikel, Abby. Don 't hang up.

Oh, great. My biggest fan.

Look, lknow we got off
on the wrong foot.

The wrong foot?

The only right foot
is my foot up your--

Abby. Abby, listen,
Ineed to see you.

You really are insane.

If you just trust me,
lpromise, nothing will happen to you.

And it! don't? What?

You're gonna tear up that nice
collage you were making for me?

Let's just say you're not as safe
as you think you are.

Abby, somebody tried to kill you in
your own lab. You're not safe in there.

Oh, and let me guess.

You're the only person
who can protect me.

See, you're starting
to understand. Good.

Kind of like that time somebody broke
into my house and stole my mail?

Yeah, that was pretty scary, huh?

Yeah, and that crazy freak
that kept slashing my tires.

Yeah, I was really worried
about you then, Ab.

Mikel, that was you. You slashed
my tires. You stole my mail.

What does that matter,
as long as it made you realise,

you know, your true feelings
for me, Ab, huh?

No, no, no. Try using the SID instead
of the ESN for registration request.

That's a good idea.

- Hey.
ZlVA: Abby, down!

- He was right there.
- He's here, McGee, on the move.

McGEE [ON RADIO]:
MP3 on scene, Tony.

GIBBS: Are you okay?
- No.

- Clear.
- Clear.

Ziva, lock down the yard.
No one in or out.

- We'll find him, Abby.
- Well, then I can't stay here, Gibbs.

- Definitely not staying at McGee's.
- No place is safe.

If he can get on the Navy yard,
he can get anywhere.

Not anywhere. Not anywhere.

Nothing like a nice, quiet, dungeon-like
basement to calm the nerves.

You need to sleep, Abby.

I know. I tried.

Every time I close my eyes,
I see Mikel.

With the grain.

I thought I was.

I don't understand why people drink
alcohol when they're depressed.

Because alcohol is a depressant.

Now I'm still depressed...

and I'm nauseous.

And really drunk.

Which means that tomorrow I have to
go fight a hangover while I'm in court

while some ambulance-chasing
attorney tries to attack my credibility.

What is wrong with me, Gibbs?

What did I do to deserve this?

It's not about you, Abby.
It's about him.

Then why do I feel so guilty?

I don't know. Why do you?

Because...

I think this might all be my fault.

Maybe it is.

How could you say that
to me, Gibbs?

I didn't do anything wrong.

Just because some defective lunatic

can't get it through
his thick skull that I think

he is a defective lunatic.

That is not my fault, Gibbs.

That's not my fault at all.

This is not my fault.

It's not my fault.

Hm.

I see why you like
to work on your boat, Gibbs.

It's very, very cathartic.

Oops.

Suddenly having a stalker
on the loose isn't so scary.

He's not on the loose, Abby.

That's what I came down here
to tell you. DiNozzo called.

The Coast Guard picked up
Mike! Mawher

trying to cross the Anacostia.

This is harassment. Okay?

I'm gonna file a restraining order
against your department.

Knock yourself out.
They did wonders for me.

- It's over, Abby.
- Not until he finds another loophole

to crawl out of.
He will. You don't know him.

- No.
GIBBS: Sit down and shut up.

But I know Gibbs.

Excuse me, director?

The Federal Marshall
is here for Abby.

- Just when it was getting good.
MIKEL: All right, /'/I sit.

- Judges don't like to be kept waiting.
MIKEL: But / want it on record

- that it was under extreme duress.
GIBBS: Noted.

- Let me know how it turns out.
- Don't worry.

Gibbs won't let him crawl out
of anything.

You guys have it all wrong.
I'm not the one trying to hurt Abby.

No, you're just
the misunderstood lover

who flies in at the last second
to be her saviour.

- That how the game's played?
- This isn't a game.

- Okay, I'm trying to protect Abby here.
- Interesting way of showing it.

No choice. It's the only way
I can get her to listen.

Abby and I have been
going through a rough patch lately.

Hey. There is no Abby and you.

And rough patches don't
usually include cyanide.

That wasn't me.

I didn't know Abby was in trouble
until after you came to my office.

Look, I'm not the one trying
to hurt Abby.

But I know who is.

Not his name, but his picture.
Right there.

After you guys came to see me, I
started to go through all my old photos.

Exhibits A through G of you violating
your restraining order?

It's not illegal if I stay
100 yards away.

It is if you harass, follow or threaten.

Semantics, okay?

Anyway, I'm going
through all my old photos,

and the same guy kept popping up
over and over again.

That's gotta be your guy.

There. Right there. Him.
The scary guy right there.

That scary guy?
The really scary guy right there?

MIKEL:
No, no. The other guy.

Zoom in on the other guy.
Yeah, keep going.

Keep going. Keep rolling.
You see what I'm saying?

I wasn't the only one following her.

The only reason I was able to worm
into Abby's computer in the first place

is because somebody had cracked
the authentication protocols before me.

ABBY:
Thanks for the lift.

I could really use it
after the week I've had.

Don't forget your seatbelt.

He's right, boss. Mawher's worm
didn't penetrate Abby's system

until after the authentication calls
were cracked.

- Who cracked them?
- Well, that's gonna take some time.

We don't have time.

That was the federal marshal
who was supposed to pick up Abby.

TONY: Supposed to?
- Someone slashed the tires

on his transport. He hasn't left yet.

So I guess the lesson is to always trust
your instincts, you know?

Like with you, you scare me,
so we could never date.

[PHONE RINGING]

But don't feel bad.
You're a federal agent.

You should scare people.
That's yourjob. You--

No answer on her cell phone.

Running a trace.

State police have been notified.

ZIVA [ON PHONE]: No answer, Gibbs.
- Keep trying.

- How far could he have gotten?
- Far enough,

if he knows his window's small.

- McGee, I'm not gonna ask again.
McGEE: Location '3 coming up.

Sending GPS coordinates
to your PDA.

Okay, I got it. This can't be right.
It says we're right on top of her.

That's because we are.

DiNozzo.

[MAN SCREAMING]

I'll be with you in a minute, Gibbs.

[MAN SCREAMING]

And don't look up my skirt!

[MAN SCREAMING]

[LAUGHING]

Okay.

TONY: So how'd it go?
ABBY: Horrible.

The judge ruled all
of my physical evidence inadmissible.

Then threw out the case.

Hit you hard, huh?

Actually, no. She didn't bring up
my bad taste in men.

She attacked the science.

GINGER:
It always was about the science.

I only questioned you
on the restraining order

to throw the prosecution
off my real game plan.

Human-scent detection
is a viable forensic tool.

Which has yet
to be fully vetted and peer-approved.

- Lucky for me.
- Scent evidence

is the only physical evidence tying
the defendant to the money he took.

We're saying
you're a very smelly man.

Hey, I was proven innocent,
remember?

Actually, you just weren't found guilty.
There's a difference.

I'll keep that in mind while I'm getting
a tan on the beaches of Bora Bora.

Don't take it so hard.
I knew it was going to end like this

right from the very beginning.

- Too bad your client didn't.
TONY: Yeah.

You should have
trusted your lawyer there, Giggle-man.

Instead of spending
all of that money hiring a hit man

to take out the star witness,
a.k.a. me.

GIBBS:
You paid him to kill.

You didn't pay him
to keep his mouth shut.

TONY: That dude even gave you credit
for the bloodbath at the Navy Lodge.

- You guys think you're so smart.
- Terry, don't say a word.

McGEE:
Back in the car. Let's go.

I was right, wasn't I?

That's right. Abby would be dead
by now if it wasn't for me.

Is that what you think?

I think Terry Spooner never
would've gotten as close as he did

without you as a distraction,

that the real danger here was you.

No, no. People accuse me
of playing mind games. No.

Metro Cops found your car.

They found the gun.

Found the suicide note you wrote
in Abby's handwriting.

That was just a last resort.

Look, I love her.
I love her, you know?

You don't get it, do you?

She wants everybody to believe
that she doesn't love me.

Hell, / think she
even believes it sometimes.

Tell you what,
if you don't care about me,

then how come you can 't take
your eyes off me right now?

You can lie to the rest of the world,
you can't lie to your heart.

Can you, Abby?

Oh, no, no, no.
Oh, no, no, no.

Abby! Abby!

Look, I know you're in there. Abby!