NCIS (2003–…): Season 3, Episode 8 - Under Covers - full transcript
Tony and Ziva become personally and intensely engaged in their next assignment, an undercover one partly under the covers. The Marine Corps CID in Kuwait has found incriminating documents among the personal effects of two Canadian assassins who died in a car wreck. The documents suggest a plan for the killers to target one or more high officials at the annual Marine Corps birthday ball in Washington, DC, so the NCIS investigates. Gibbs and McGee find that two bad guys are good guys, then Gibbs and Fornell again discuss a problem in their usual conference room. Abby and Chip provide much data, then the team figure out everything and extract Tony and Ziva. Gibbs celebrates his birthday alone.
[INHALES, EXHALES SHARPLY]
Mm-hm.
So, what do you think?
Not bad, I suppose.
flAUGHS]
"Not bad," she says as she walks in
from the outdoor patio,
past the fax machine and the minibar,
complimentary basket of fruit.
This is the perfect way to spend
a weekend.
Come on. Big-screen TV.
Ooh. Two hundred channels.
Look at this.
HBO, ESPN, The History Channel.
Turner Classic Movies.
I take it you're not interested
in the premium channels?
There's only one thing
I'm interested in right now.
[MOANS]
[BOTH PANTING]
[ZIVA MOANS]
[WHISPERS] You think they bought it?
- I did.
- That's fairly obvious.
- For your information, that's my knee.
Whatever.
You can get off of me now.
It's only been ten minutes.
I have a reputation to protect.
We're not even sure
if we're under surveillance yet, Tony.
You can't be too careful
when you're undercover.
Let's give it another 40 minutes,
just to be realistic.
- Realistic, huh?
- Uh-huh.
[CHUCKLES]
In that case...
[TONY GRUNTS THEN PANTS]
- ...|'|| just ride on top.
- I can live with that.
[GROANS]
- What was that for?
- Because that
was definitely not your knee.
[ZIPPER UNZIPS]
Oh, she's very beautiful, Jethro.
Her name's Sophie Ranier.
[MEN TALKING INDISTINCTLY]
She's murdered
over 25 people, Duck.
And her friend?
Her husband. Jean-Paul Ranier.
Both Canadian citizens,
both contract assassins.
She suffered extensive injuries.
It may take quite a while
to determine the actual cause of death.
They were killed in a car accident
two days ago
outside of Kuwait International Airport.
- Here's the accident report.
- I'm assuming this is urgent.
I've waited three months
to see Giselle.
Yeah, apologies about the girlfriend,
Duck.
- But I do need you to--
JEN: Gise/Ie's a ballet.
You really should get out
of your basement more, Jethro.
[INDISTINCT VOICES ECHOING]
We need to know everything we can
about these two, Ducky.
Why is NCIS investigating this?
Marine ClD found
two fake U.S. passports
and two first-class tickets
for Washington, DC. in their luggage.
They have reservations at the Barclay
through November 10th.
- Marine Corps Birthday.
- They're holding the ball there.
Hosted by the commandant
of the Marine Corps.
Our top military leaders,
congressmen
and agency directors will be there,
including me.
Tony and Ziva have taken
their room reservations at the Barclay.
GIBBS: They're there now
pretending to be these two.
- They're working blind, Duck.
- We're counting on you
to fill them in on some of the more
personal details of our couple.
Oh, though it may be common
knowledge that | talk to my patients,
unfortunately, to date, none of them
have ever answered me back.
Listen harder.
Sweetheart, you know
what I could really use right now?
Some deodorant?
l was thinking more along the lines
of a back massage.
Good idea.
Why don't you roll over
like a good boy.
Oh, wow.
Oh, and to think my mother thought
I was too good for you.
Ow.
[TONY GROANS]
[MOANING ON TV]
[DOOR OPENS]
What'd I miss?
They had sex.
- Did they have contact with anyone?
- Just each other.
MAYA:
Multiple times.
Was it good for you?
[KNOCKING ON DOOR
ON MONITOR]
Wait. Someone's knocking
at their door.
ZIVA [ON MONITOR]: Who is it?
MAN: Room service.
Room service.
Compliments
of the hotel management.
TONY: Gibbs wants me to sweep the
room for bugs
and place some of our own.
And he also wants to talk to you.
You can put it over there, please.
Very good, ma'am.
Garcon, we'd like
some extra bath towels.
TONY:
Of course.
Just checking to make sure
everything's in order.
Would you like me to have the maid
make up the bed for you, sir?
Oh, that won't be necessary.
ZIVA:
Oh, and will you check the minibar?
We 'd like it restocked with Red Bull.
Red Bull.
- That'|| keep you up all night, ma'am.
- Exactly.
Please accept this assortment of
cheeses compliments of the hotel.
- What's wrong?
- Room service put a tray
- on our microphone.
- Well, you know what that means.
We're screwed?
Nope.
You get to dress up as a maid, Maya.
[WHISPERS]
If you whisper, it should be okay.
- Comfortable, DiNozzo?
- Well, yeah.
I'm working on it.
Why do you ask?
We 're looking at you,
Agent DiNozzo.
All of you.
[CHAMPAGNE CORK POPS]
- Uh, sorry about that.
GIBBS: DiNozzo.
What the hell are you doing?
You're married assassins.
You're not visiting
the Playboy mansion.
[WHISPERS]
It was kind of Ziva's idea, boss.
[PHONE RINGING]
- Incoming ca||.
- Have her answer it.
Sweet cheeks, do you think you could
go over and answer the phone for me
while I pour us some champagne?
Thanks, honey.
Yes.
There's a cell phone
in the Bible next to your bed.
Got it.
Keep it with you at all times.
You have dinner reservations
at the hotel dining room at 9:00.
Don't be late.
The concierge.
We were able to get
into the dining room after all, my love.
It looks like I'm getting dressed up
for you tonight.
That wasn't the concierge.
That was their contact.
We're on the move.
Let's go. We've gotta get dressed
for dinner.
I'm coming.
ABBY:
Don't look at me that way, Gibbs.
I was at league night
when I got your 911.
I was two frames away
from a perfect score.
And just for the record,
the stupid outfits were not my idea.
- I like it.
- It is kind of cute, huh?
No sign of Mr. Palmer, I suppose.
- Not since this afternoon, Ducky.
- Abs, these are their personal effects.
Get yourself wired
so you can feed whatever you find
directly to DiNozzo and David.
- Looking for anything in particular?
- Anything that will help those two
act like them.
[CHUCKLES]
[COMPUTER BEEPING]
GIBBS: Solid on the visuals, Tony.
TONY: Quite a crowd here tonight.
[ELEGANT MUSIC PLAYING
ON PIANO]
- See anyone you know?
- Not yet.
But the night's just getting started,
my little hairy butt.
- Abs?
- l'm loading the photos.
Any scoop
for our married couple?
I have the breakdown of the contents
of their stomachs and intestines.
If Mr. Ranier had lived,
I would have suggested
a more fibre-rich diet.
DUCKY: His colon was almost
impacted with faecal material.
[CHUCKLES]
Do you think it's too late
to order a salad?
- Good evening, table for two?
- Mm-hm.
ZIVA:
I believe our food is here now.
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
[SPEAKS IN FRENCH]
McGee, report.
I've got the restaurant
covered from the entrance, boss.
I'm a meat and potatoes kind of guy.
Tony, the calluses
on Mr. Ranier's hand,
- suggest he was left-handed.
GIBBS: Switch hands, DiNozzo.
This is nice, isn't it?
Yeah,
[CHUCKLES]
a quiet little dinner,
just the six of us.
[CELL PHONE RINGS]
- Abs, I want that number.
- Got it.
ABBY: Starting the reverse search
directory now.
ZIVA:
I'm glad you called.
We were getting bored.
I thought it would help
to see your target in person tonight.
- He's here?
- You don 't see him?
Relax, I've been flying
for over 20 hours.
And the restaurant's packed.
We will.
- Talk to me, Abs.
_ From a pay phone. Address coming.
You didn't mention anything about
being surrounded by US. Marines.
It's too dangerous
for the sum you're paying us.
Accomplish your mission,
we'll discuss more.
[LAUGHING]
But you won't pay us more.
Got it. 2205 M Street.
He's calling from a pay phone
inside the restaurant.
GIBBS: DiNozzo. McGee.
McGEE: Already moving.
I have to go
to the little boys' room.
- I have to talk to my boss.
- Do that.
We'll wait for you to--
He hung up.
Don't move. Federal agent.
It's me, probie. He's gone.
Must've slipped out
through the kitchen.
TONY:
ldidn't even get a look.
You want us back
in the squad room?
No. I want you and Ziva back
in your room, maintaining your cover.
Oh, ahem, all night?
Do I stutter or something, DiNozzo?
Afraid I'll bite, Tony?
The name is Jean-Paul, Sophie.
Jean-Paul.
- Hey, Abs, what do you got?
- I have a "whoopee"
- and I have a but.
- Abby--
I've got a photo of the man that Tony
and Ziva are gonna assassinate.
- But?
- But...
...I have no idea
which of these 32 photos is him.
JEN: What makes you think
the target's a male?
- Did you forget I'll be there?
GIBBS: Nope.
Whoever set up the hit referred
to the collar as a man.
- You've made contact.
- Ziva got a pay-phone call.
You trace it?
Gee. Why didn't I think of that?
Sorry, Jethro. I'm a little tired.
Yeah, well, you never
could pace yourself very well.
[MOANING]
I have one word for you, Jethro.
- Hm.
- Positano.
Come on.
That was a week
after I took a bullet.
Uh-huh.
- Where did the call originate?
- Pay phone in the hotel.
We got there. The guy was gone.
At least we know he's
keeping tabs on the operation.
Abby's matching these photos
with reservations in the restaurant.
She'll check the names
against invites to the ball.
It'll narrow the target.
What if the hit has nothing to do
with the ball?
- Someone who's a guest at the hotel?
- Ziva told him
she didn't know the target
would be surrounded by Marines.
- And he wasn't surprised?
- No.
Hey, nothing's gonna happen tonight.
Tony and Ziva are hitting the rack.
All the backup teams are in place
around the hotel.
Why don't you go grab 40
on the couch in your office.
No. Ijust need a little coffee.
Yeah?
And when the caffeine jolt ends?
I'll do what you do.
- Get a refill.
- You're not me.
- Chauvinist.
- Ha-ha! Yeah. Yeah.
I guess. Good night, Jen.
Jethro.
I need to bounce something off you.
Okay, shoot.
My director side is telling me
to flood that hotel with security
and notify the FBI
of a potential terrorist attack.
My agent side?
If I do that, we lose the chance
to take down an enemy cell
operating inside the Capitol.
They'll scatter.
Of course, you'd stay the course.
Trust your people
to get the job done.
Are you telling me what I'd do?
Asking.
If I was director,
I'd give my people another 24.
They can't get the job done,
I'd notify the FBI.
You'd really do that?
Nah.
But that's why I'll never be director.
[DOOR OPENS]
[DOOR CLOSES]
[LOUD SNORING]
[SNIFFS]
The man snores
like a drunken sailor.
Well, we won't have to listen
much longer.
They saw their target at the restaurant.
We're on plan.
I watched the videotape
of their session this afternoon, Maya.
It's pretty hot stuff.
Those two really know
how to live their life.
You...
- ...ever think about that maybe--
- Forget it.
We're here on a mission, period.
You want something more than coffee,
call room service.
[SNORING ON TV]
[ZIVA CONTINUES SNORING]
Oh, my God.
Ziva. Shh-Shh.
[SNORING]
Come on, you're killing me here.
- Sophie.
- Oh!
- What?
- Nothing. I thought I heard something.
[MUMBLES]
[WHISPERS]
Crazy chick.
I heard that, my little hairy butt.
[ZIVA CHUCKLES]
[ZIVA CONTINUES SNORING]
Good morning, boss.
Thank you.
Hey, boss, this was sitting
on my front porch this morning.
- What is it?
- It's a package addressed to Ziva.
Well, yeah. I can see that, McGee.
What is in it?
I wasn't sure ifl should open it.
That's probably why
she's using you as her mule.
McGEE:
Sunglasses?
With different lenses?
VVhy?
To protect her eyes?
I'll ask her. I'll find out.
Yeah, good idea, McGee.
Send their wake-up call.
McGEE: Tony.
- Mm.
Hey, DiNozzo.
[GRUMBLES]
Tony.
This is great.
They're sleeping in a five-star hotel.
I'm a waiter.
ZIVA:
Want to trade places, McGee?
You're awake.
Since 05.
- He snores.
- I got a package here for you.
My shades.
Can you bring them up
with breakfast?
Sure. Gibbs wants Tony up too.
Huh. My pleasure.
Jean-Paul, my little furry bear.
- Wake up, chéri.
- Um! Name and position, boss.
[TONY GRUNTS]
DUCKY: Make the stitches precise,
Mr. Palmer.
- Yes, doctor.
- And when you're done,
I want the supply locker
inventoried and cleaned.
I actually already did that, doctor.
- Then do it again.
- What have we found out, Duck?
That my assistant, Mr. Palmer here,
should keep his cell phone with him
and turned on at all times.
What can you tell me
about our assassins?
Oh, Mr. Ranier here
had his appendix removed.
Mrs. had her left wrist broken
as a child.
We did, however,
find some rather curious markings.
- Markings?
- Tattoos might be more appropriate.
Almost invisible to the naked eye.
On the inside of the fourth digit
of both of their left hands.
- An eight?
- Or the sign for infinity.
Some kind of terrorist cell ID?
DUCKY: On their ring fingers,
perhaps it means love forever.
You know, I want to take another look
at the x-rays,
make sure
I didn't miss anything else.
Yeah, do it.
You missed a stitch there, Palmer.
We really should take you
to see the doctor, sweet cheeks.
Why's that?
Because you snore
like a drunken sailor with emphysema.
Look who's calling the pot black.
Kettle. The pot
is calling the kettle black.
Huh. I'd really like some music.
Something with a little beat, dear.
[WHISPERS]
Sorry.
[R&B MUSIC PLAYING]
- What have we got?
- Sneaky people.
ZIVA [OVER SPEAKER]:
Top floor, northwest corner.
They have a laser
trained on our room.
I can't believe
that your sunglasses can detect
different light spectrums. Amazing.
We're going to need
a diversion.
TONY:
/ think we can manage something.
Let's roll, McGee.
"Ziva, that is amazing."
[SCOFFS]
Big whoop, she has spy glasses.
Anyone could do that.
That's not amazing. She's--
ZIVA:
You realise we can still hear you,
right, Abby?
I think I'm gonna need
a cold shower after this.
Disgusting.
Give me those binoculars.
I don't know how much longer
I can keep this up.
[BOTH MOANING]
Ninety-six, 97, 98--
We're in position, DiNozzo.
Give it the big finish.
[BOTH MOANING FASTER]
We could make a fortune
with this off the Internet.
They're serial killers, Yussif.
I wouldn't recommend trying.
[ALL SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]
- FBI, freeze!
- Put them down!
MAN [ON TV]:
What's this all about?
I have a whole new respect for NCIS,
Agent McGee.
- You guys are hard-core.
- We got lucky.
It was actually the trained laser
on the room that gave you away.
We were talking about your agents
pretending to be married assassins.
- Very convincing.
- I don't think anyone in the FBI
would actually go all the way
just to sell a cover story.
- I would.
- Guys, they were acting.
Trust me. I know when someone's
acting when they're having sex.
It's true. I've met his wife.
[ZIVA GIGGLES ON MONITOR]
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATION
ON MONITOR]
Tony and Ziva wouldn't--
It's unusual for a man
to like love stories.
[ZIVA CHUCKLES]
How do I explain
to the director of the FBI
that we're running an undercover op
in his jurisdiction
- without informing him?
- With a smile.
It's not funny, Gibbs.
They had intel the two assassins
were going to hit a target
at the Marine Corps Birthday Ball.
Did you get that memo?
No.
Why didn't I think of that?
Because you're exhausted.
I told you get some sleep,
and do that before you take on
the director of the FBI.
- I can't, Jethro.
- I can fix this.
- How?
- You're not the only one around here
who knows how to play politics.
[CHUCKLES]
You're not serious?
Your idea of politics usually involves
some form of physical violence.
Well, you know what they say, Jen.
You can't make an omelette
unless you break a few eggs.
[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]
- Are we free to go now?
- Not yet.
- What is NCIS doing at the Barclay?
- Ourjob, Fornell.
Yeah? That involve
jeopardising our operation?
You're damn lucky
we didn't blow these two away.
Which wouldn't have happened if
you hadn't strayed into ourjurisdiction.
- Conference room. Now. Really?
- So anxious to play with the big boys.
FORNELL: Big boys, my ass.
- Yeah, this is gonna be ugly.
Oh, yeah.
Fornell hasn't been this upset since--
The last time we saw him.
[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]
[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]
[DOOR SLIDES]
[ELEVATOR BANGS]
Gum?
"The big boys"?
[CHUCKLES]
- We really screwed this one up.
- Oh, you think, Tobias?
The question is, how do we fix it
without our directors getting
into a world-class pissing match?
-Johtop.
-VVhoselead?
My team's already in place.
- Did you find out who hired them?
- Not yet. Working on it.
I need more than that in my tap dance
at the Hoover Building.
Give us 24 hours, then we flip.
- FBI gets operational control?
- Yeah, and credit for the collar.
Agreed. The directors
get to save face and we--
Get the job done.
[ELEVATOR BANGS]
- And people say we're bastards?
- Only because they know us.
[CHUCKLES]
[COMPUTER BEEPING]
I've got the IDs on the people
in the restaurant
with invites to the Marine Corps Ball.
- Uh... Abby. Sorry.
- Make sure Tony and Ziva get them.
Okay, should I also check
the restaurant staff too?
International assassins hired
to take out a waiter.
- I was just trying to be thorough.
- No.
It's good. Good instincts, Chip.
Run them.
Okay.
Abby, can I ask you a question?
Yes.
Why don't you like Officer David?
What makes you think
I don't like her?
I found this.
Oh.
That.
Oh, I understand.
I have the same problem with DiNozzo.
Tony is a great guy.
You just have to get to know him.
Yeah, well, you don't know him
like I do.
He gives new people grief,
he learned that from Gibbs.
Okay, quiz time.
What's your take
on Sophie Ranier's blood test?
Well, she's got elevated levels
of human chorionic gonadotropin.
- Which means?
- She's pregnant?
- Good, Chip. She's pregnant.
- Who's pregnant?
Ziva. I mean, not "Ziva" Ziva,
but Sophie Ranier, our dead hit girl.
She's got a bun in the oven.
Like what you see, Agent DiNozzo?
The room's clean except
for the listening devices we installed.
- We're free to talk.
- Yeah, so
[CLEARS THROAT]
you're the one
who's been watching us?
Oh, yeah.
When this is over,
we really should go out for drinks.
Heh. I'd like that.
I'm pregnant, Tony.
Maybe some other time.
She was-- She was kidding.
Something wrong?
- Thanks.
- She's really not your type anyway.
[PHONE RINGING]
Hot and in a maid's outfit?
They don't get any more my type.
He's learning.
Number's blocked.
[PHONE BEEPS]
Talk to me.
I've been told to negotiate a price
commensurate with the risk.
- I'm listening.
- Not on the phone.
Be in the lobby in exactly one hour.
A black Lincoln
will be waiting out front.
Make sure you're not followed.
[PHONE BEEPS]
- In position, boss.
- Your people set, Tobias?
Got four unmarked vehicles
standing by.
We'll follow them wherever they go.
Tony, Ziva, get ready to roll.
- Hour's almost up.
- Roger that, boss.
You haven't fired your weapon,
so it's already clean.
It calms my mind.
Forces me to stay focused
at the job in my hand.
- The term's job at hand.
- Same difference.
Is something wrong?
Trying to picture you pregnant.
- Don't.
- I have to.
I'm gonna be a father.
It's a great responsibility.
- Maybe it's not yours.
- Maybe she didn't know.
Oh, she knew.
So why take this contract,
put our unborn child in danger?
Perhaps we needed the money.
- Kids are expensive.
- Bullets are cheap.
There's a big chance this meeting
is a setup, Tony.
Are you scared?
Nope. Excited.
- No sign of the Lincoln yet.
GIBBS: That's a solid copy, McGee.
We're sending them down.
All mobile units,
prepare to roll on my mark.
[COMPUTER KEYS CLACKING]
This reminds me of our op
in the former Czech Republic.
You took a round in the thigh.
I had the same bad feeling
before that op too.
We're on our way to the elevator,
boss.
Tony, Ziva. We're not taking
any chances on this one.
First sign it goes bad, you call it.
Hold the door.
- Thanks.
- Sure.
Sweetheart.
- Okay, black Lincoln just pulled up.
- Yeah, I got a visual on that, McGee.
I got a match. Abby.
A man and a woman just got out.
Heading into the hotel.
McGEE: Car's leaving.
- I can see that, McGee.
- All units, hold your positions.
- That's not our Lincoln.
CHIP: The waiter has a warrant.
- For what?
Murder.
[COMPUTER KEYS CLACKING]
[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]
You're getting off here.
Not a wise choice,
Mr. and Mrs. Ranier.
VVeapons.
We would have come
to the third floor ourselves.
Three armed escorts
seems a bit excessive.
Very good.
Our location
and our number in two sentences.
It's too bad
your friends can't hear you.
- You're being jammed.
MARCOS: Bring them to my room.
If they resist...
...shoot the woman.
Come on, let's go.
Tony, Ziva, do you copy?
DiNozzo. I said, do you copy?
McGee.
What the hell is going on there?
Boss, they're not in their room.
They never arrived in the lobby.
My teams have the entire outside
covered. They didn't leave the hotel.
Last contact was at the elevator. That's
11 floors they could've gotten off at.
Eleven floors, McGee.
How many rooms are we looking at?
Well, if we don 't count
individual bathrooms
- and closets--
- McGee.
Two hundred and sixty-four
hotel rooms, 22 utility rooms.
They haven't checked in
because they can't.
They're at the meet right now?
They removed their eanNigs
and they dumped their comm
- when it was changed to the hotel.
- We go room by room.
- My people seal off the exterior.
- No. We wait.
- What for?
- For Ziva to contact us.
We move now, we blow their cover.
And if their cover is already blown,
director?
[BANGS]
There are two things
you should be painfully aware of
right now.
One,
no one leaves this business.
And two,
never threaten the people
who employ you.
Should I be writing this down?
[GRUNTING]
I take that as a no.
- Where is the disk?
- What disk?
[G RUNTS]
Where, Mrs. Ranier?
What makes you think we have it?
We spotted your backup
at the restaurant.
On some level, you must've known
this was gonna happen.
Hm. Observant.
How much is our disk worth to you?
[GRUNTING]
I have a better question.
[SPITS]
- What's it worth to you?
- It's bad, Gibbs. It's very, very bad.
Remember when we missed
nabbing the guy in the restaurant?
Tony said he didn't see anything.
But the eye sees more than we think it
does. It's the brain that misses stuff.
It has to do with the firing of the
optic nerve and the visual cortex's--
You found something
from Tony's camera.
I went through the feed
frame by frame.
Tony is looking at the pay phone
because that's where he thinks
the target is.
But a camera doesn't think.
It just records.
So when he runs past the kitchen door
of the restaurant, he got this.
- Our bad guy. Run it. I want a name.
- I do. I did.
Marcos Siazon.
He's a contract assassin, Gibbs.
He's wanted
in more than five countries.
It doesn't make any sense.
Why would a killer hire other killers
to do a hit for him?
[PANTING]
Out of professional courtesy
I've had Mr. Cord
go lightly on your husband.
And I appreciate that.
Unfortunately,
we're running out of time.
If you let him go,
I'll tell you where the disk is.
[BRIEFCASE OPENS]
You'll tell me either way,
Mrs. Ranier.
Why don't you two take a moment.
Consider your options.
[DOOR CLOSES]
- I might have a plan.
- What?
The Raniers obviously stole something
they want.
- You're gonna give it to them.
- We don't have it.
You're gonna tell them
it's in our hotel room.
The only way they'll find it
is if you show them.
McGee should be waiting for us
in there.
Good plan,
except for one minor drawback.
What?
When I leave, they'll most likely
put a bullet through your head.
Oh, well, I didn't say
it was a perfect plan.
Two centimetres below
the supraorbital notch.
What do you make of it,
Mr. Palmer?
I originally assumed
it was a spec of dirt on the exposure.
- It appears to be a heart?
- Yes.
[CHUCKLES]
A strange place to find one.
Don't you agree?
It appears to be gold,
surgically embedded
in the conjunctival layer.
Perhaps some type of bodyjewellery.
Jewellery embedded in an eye.
Oh, yes. You'd be amazed
what people do to themselves.
To Abby, please.
You know,
I doubt anyone would notice
your little gold heart
unless they knew it was there.
Staring into your eyes,
face to face
like a lover.
I found a chip in it.
Flash memory
embedded underneath, sir.
Five hundred megabyte capacity.
Fifty MPS throughout.
Translation, it contains
the Raniers' personal data in two files.
One has a list
of numbered bank accounts,
a deed for a restaurant,
a house in Gilead, Maine.
We also ran the address.
Sounds like a retirement plan.
She was pregnant.
They were getting out.
- What about the other file?
- It has a list of their clients.
Their names, addresses, phone
numbers, all their information.
- Insurance policy?
- Their ticket out.
- They weren't hired to make a hit.
- They are the hit.
Did you know
the Peruvians make blades
so sharp
some people can't even feel
the initial incision?
Stop.
- The disk's in our hotel room.
- Don't.
- He'll only use it--
- Where?
She has to show you.
Not what I asked.
You'll never find it without her
even if you kill us.
[INHALES, EXHALES SHARPLY]
Untie her.
[PHONE BEEPS]
[PHONE RINGS]
[PHONE BEEPS]
- I'm in position.
- Clear the room.
- I'm on my way up with the girl.
- My pleasure.
[BEEPS]
Your only mistake
was going for one last big payday.
- You got greedy.
- I'm pregnant.
Really?
Congratulations.
Boy or girl?
We want to be surprised.
It's the best way, believe me.
- How many months?
- Three.
- Morning sickness?
- Only every single day.
I hated to see my wife go through it.
But believe me,
it's all worth it in the end.
So you're not going to kill us?
We're assassins.
You know we can't just walk away
from the game when we feel like it.
Hell, don't you think
I'd rather be at
my daughter's 5th birthday than here?
So you are going to kill us? Right?
I haven't decided yet.
Give me the disk
and we'll see, play it by ear.
If I'm not back in five minutes,
kill him.
That was purely
for your wife's cooperation.
We like to call them "little white lies."
Open it.
[BEEPS]
I hope you weren't counting
on your backup, Mrs. Ranier.
He's not my backup.
[G RUNTS]
- Tony?
- Third floor, room 356.
All teams, third floor, room 356.
- Federal agent in distress.
MAN: We're moving.
You know what's funny?
I was really looking toward
to having a kid there for a minute. Heh.
That's a big step for me.
Having a little DiNozzo
running around.
DiNozzo?
Yeah, that's my full name.
Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo, NCIS.
[GRUNTING]
[TONY GRUNTING]
[TONY CONTINUES GRUNTING]
How does that feel, huh?
Huh, big guy?
- Enough.
- You want to punch me again?
- Come on.
- Enough, enough, Tony.
[PANTING]
I think you made your point.
I want a divorce.
[CHUCKLES]
DUCKY: The emergency room
seems to have done a pretty good job.
- How do you feel?
- Better, now that I can breath.
There doesn't appear
to be any permanent damage.
How many times did he hit you?
- I wasn't counting.
- Seven times.
- She was, of course.
- It was hard not to.
We're gonna take good care of you,
Tony.
I had Chip pull your car
right around front.
- He drove my car?
- Just from your parking space.
I took extra special care.
Oh, thanks.
- And I'm driving you home.
-Pmme
Ziva, actually you shouldn't
probably drive him home tonight.
- Why's that?
- Maybe he wants to live.
Yes, well, however, you get home,
I suggest a couple of aspirin,
[GROANS]
yes, and perhaps some Scotch.
I thought doctors weren't supposed
to prescribe alcohol anymore, Duck.
Well, it always seems to work
for you.
Did you get tickets
to that gazelle thing again?
It's Giselle, Jethro.
And no, that's not tonight.
DUCKY:
Marine Corps Birthday Ball.
She didn't tell you?
Our lovely director
has asked me to escort her.
- All right.
- Good night, boss.
ALL:
Oh.
All right, I'm good.
Hey, Gibbs.
Happy birthday.
[DOOR OPENS]
[DRAWER OPENS]
[DRAWER CLOSES]
I miss you guys.
Semper Fi.
Mm-hm.
So, what do you think?
Not bad, I suppose.
flAUGHS]
"Not bad," she says as she walks in
from the outdoor patio,
past the fax machine and the minibar,
complimentary basket of fruit.
This is the perfect way to spend
a weekend.
Come on. Big-screen TV.
Ooh. Two hundred channels.
Look at this.
HBO, ESPN, The History Channel.
Turner Classic Movies.
I take it you're not interested
in the premium channels?
There's only one thing
I'm interested in right now.
[MOANS]
[BOTH PANTING]
[ZIVA MOANS]
[WHISPERS] You think they bought it?
- I did.
- That's fairly obvious.
- For your information, that's my knee.
Whatever.
You can get off of me now.
It's only been ten minutes.
I have a reputation to protect.
We're not even sure
if we're under surveillance yet, Tony.
You can't be too careful
when you're undercover.
Let's give it another 40 minutes,
just to be realistic.
- Realistic, huh?
- Uh-huh.
[CHUCKLES]
In that case...
[TONY GRUNTS THEN PANTS]
- ...|'|| just ride on top.
- I can live with that.
[GROANS]
- What was that for?
- Because that
was definitely not your knee.
[ZIPPER UNZIPS]
Oh, she's very beautiful, Jethro.
Her name's Sophie Ranier.
[MEN TALKING INDISTINCTLY]
She's murdered
over 25 people, Duck.
And her friend?
Her husband. Jean-Paul Ranier.
Both Canadian citizens,
both contract assassins.
She suffered extensive injuries.
It may take quite a while
to determine the actual cause of death.
They were killed in a car accident
two days ago
outside of Kuwait International Airport.
- Here's the accident report.
- I'm assuming this is urgent.
I've waited three months
to see Giselle.
Yeah, apologies about the girlfriend,
Duck.
- But I do need you to--
JEN: Gise/Ie's a ballet.
You really should get out
of your basement more, Jethro.
[INDISTINCT VOICES ECHOING]
We need to know everything we can
about these two, Ducky.
Why is NCIS investigating this?
Marine ClD found
two fake U.S. passports
and two first-class tickets
for Washington, DC. in their luggage.
They have reservations at the Barclay
through November 10th.
- Marine Corps Birthday.
- They're holding the ball there.
Hosted by the commandant
of the Marine Corps.
Our top military leaders,
congressmen
and agency directors will be there,
including me.
Tony and Ziva have taken
their room reservations at the Barclay.
GIBBS: They're there now
pretending to be these two.
- They're working blind, Duck.
- We're counting on you
to fill them in on some of the more
personal details of our couple.
Oh, though it may be common
knowledge that | talk to my patients,
unfortunately, to date, none of them
have ever answered me back.
Listen harder.
Sweetheart, you know
what I could really use right now?
Some deodorant?
l was thinking more along the lines
of a back massage.
Good idea.
Why don't you roll over
like a good boy.
Oh, wow.
Oh, and to think my mother thought
I was too good for you.
Ow.
[TONY GROANS]
[MOANING ON TV]
[DOOR OPENS]
What'd I miss?
They had sex.
- Did they have contact with anyone?
- Just each other.
MAYA:
Multiple times.
Was it good for you?
[KNOCKING ON DOOR
ON MONITOR]
Wait. Someone's knocking
at their door.
ZIVA [ON MONITOR]: Who is it?
MAN: Room service.
Room service.
Compliments
of the hotel management.
TONY: Gibbs wants me to sweep the
room for bugs
and place some of our own.
And he also wants to talk to you.
You can put it over there, please.
Very good, ma'am.
Garcon, we'd like
some extra bath towels.
TONY:
Of course.
Just checking to make sure
everything's in order.
Would you like me to have the maid
make up the bed for you, sir?
Oh, that won't be necessary.
ZIVA:
Oh, and will you check the minibar?
We 'd like it restocked with Red Bull.
Red Bull.
- That'|| keep you up all night, ma'am.
- Exactly.
Please accept this assortment of
cheeses compliments of the hotel.
- What's wrong?
- Room service put a tray
- on our microphone.
- Well, you know what that means.
We're screwed?
Nope.
You get to dress up as a maid, Maya.
[WHISPERS]
If you whisper, it should be okay.
- Comfortable, DiNozzo?
- Well, yeah.
I'm working on it.
Why do you ask?
We 're looking at you,
Agent DiNozzo.
All of you.
[CHAMPAGNE CORK POPS]
- Uh, sorry about that.
GIBBS: DiNozzo.
What the hell are you doing?
You're married assassins.
You're not visiting
the Playboy mansion.
[WHISPERS]
It was kind of Ziva's idea, boss.
[PHONE RINGING]
- Incoming ca||.
- Have her answer it.
Sweet cheeks, do you think you could
go over and answer the phone for me
while I pour us some champagne?
Thanks, honey.
Yes.
There's a cell phone
in the Bible next to your bed.
Got it.
Keep it with you at all times.
You have dinner reservations
at the hotel dining room at 9:00.
Don't be late.
The concierge.
We were able to get
into the dining room after all, my love.
It looks like I'm getting dressed up
for you tonight.
That wasn't the concierge.
That was their contact.
We're on the move.
Let's go. We've gotta get dressed
for dinner.
I'm coming.
ABBY:
Don't look at me that way, Gibbs.
I was at league night
when I got your 911.
I was two frames away
from a perfect score.
And just for the record,
the stupid outfits were not my idea.
- I like it.
- It is kind of cute, huh?
No sign of Mr. Palmer, I suppose.
- Not since this afternoon, Ducky.
- Abs, these are their personal effects.
Get yourself wired
so you can feed whatever you find
directly to DiNozzo and David.
- Looking for anything in particular?
- Anything that will help those two
act like them.
[CHUCKLES]
[COMPUTER BEEPING]
GIBBS: Solid on the visuals, Tony.
TONY: Quite a crowd here tonight.
[ELEGANT MUSIC PLAYING
ON PIANO]
- See anyone you know?
- Not yet.
But the night's just getting started,
my little hairy butt.
- Abs?
- l'm loading the photos.
Any scoop
for our married couple?
I have the breakdown of the contents
of their stomachs and intestines.
If Mr. Ranier had lived,
I would have suggested
a more fibre-rich diet.
DUCKY: His colon was almost
impacted with faecal material.
[CHUCKLES]
Do you think it's too late
to order a salad?
- Good evening, table for two?
- Mm-hm.
ZIVA:
I believe our food is here now.
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
[SPEAKS IN FRENCH]
McGee, report.
I've got the restaurant
covered from the entrance, boss.
I'm a meat and potatoes kind of guy.
Tony, the calluses
on Mr. Ranier's hand,
- suggest he was left-handed.
GIBBS: Switch hands, DiNozzo.
This is nice, isn't it?
Yeah,
[CHUCKLES]
a quiet little dinner,
just the six of us.
[CELL PHONE RINGS]
- Abs, I want that number.
- Got it.
ABBY: Starting the reverse search
directory now.
ZIVA:
I'm glad you called.
We were getting bored.
I thought it would help
to see your target in person tonight.
- He's here?
- You don 't see him?
Relax, I've been flying
for over 20 hours.
And the restaurant's packed.
We will.
- Talk to me, Abs.
_ From a pay phone. Address coming.
You didn't mention anything about
being surrounded by US. Marines.
It's too dangerous
for the sum you're paying us.
Accomplish your mission,
we'll discuss more.
[LAUGHING]
But you won't pay us more.
Got it. 2205 M Street.
He's calling from a pay phone
inside the restaurant.
GIBBS: DiNozzo. McGee.
McGEE: Already moving.
I have to go
to the little boys' room.
- I have to talk to my boss.
- Do that.
We'll wait for you to--
He hung up.
Don't move. Federal agent.
It's me, probie. He's gone.
Must've slipped out
through the kitchen.
TONY:
ldidn't even get a look.
You want us back
in the squad room?
No. I want you and Ziva back
in your room, maintaining your cover.
Oh, ahem, all night?
Do I stutter or something, DiNozzo?
Afraid I'll bite, Tony?
The name is Jean-Paul, Sophie.
Jean-Paul.
- Hey, Abs, what do you got?
- I have a "whoopee"
- and I have a but.
- Abby--
I've got a photo of the man that Tony
and Ziva are gonna assassinate.
- But?
- But...
...I have no idea
which of these 32 photos is him.
JEN: What makes you think
the target's a male?
- Did you forget I'll be there?
GIBBS: Nope.
Whoever set up the hit referred
to the collar as a man.
- You've made contact.
- Ziva got a pay-phone call.
You trace it?
Gee. Why didn't I think of that?
Sorry, Jethro. I'm a little tired.
Yeah, well, you never
could pace yourself very well.
[MOANING]
I have one word for you, Jethro.
- Hm.
- Positano.
Come on.
That was a week
after I took a bullet.
Uh-huh.
- Where did the call originate?
- Pay phone in the hotel.
We got there. The guy was gone.
At least we know he's
keeping tabs on the operation.
Abby's matching these photos
with reservations in the restaurant.
She'll check the names
against invites to the ball.
It'll narrow the target.
What if the hit has nothing to do
with the ball?
- Someone who's a guest at the hotel?
- Ziva told him
she didn't know the target
would be surrounded by Marines.
- And he wasn't surprised?
- No.
Hey, nothing's gonna happen tonight.
Tony and Ziva are hitting the rack.
All the backup teams are in place
around the hotel.
Why don't you go grab 40
on the couch in your office.
No. Ijust need a little coffee.
Yeah?
And when the caffeine jolt ends?
I'll do what you do.
- Get a refill.
- You're not me.
- Chauvinist.
- Ha-ha! Yeah. Yeah.
I guess. Good night, Jen.
Jethro.
I need to bounce something off you.
Okay, shoot.
My director side is telling me
to flood that hotel with security
and notify the FBI
of a potential terrorist attack.
My agent side?
If I do that, we lose the chance
to take down an enemy cell
operating inside the Capitol.
They'll scatter.
Of course, you'd stay the course.
Trust your people
to get the job done.
Are you telling me what I'd do?
Asking.
If I was director,
I'd give my people another 24.
They can't get the job done,
I'd notify the FBI.
You'd really do that?
Nah.
But that's why I'll never be director.
[DOOR OPENS]
[DOOR CLOSES]
[LOUD SNORING]
[SNIFFS]
The man snores
like a drunken sailor.
Well, we won't have to listen
much longer.
They saw their target at the restaurant.
We're on plan.
I watched the videotape
of their session this afternoon, Maya.
It's pretty hot stuff.
Those two really know
how to live their life.
You...
- ...ever think about that maybe--
- Forget it.
We're here on a mission, period.
You want something more than coffee,
call room service.
[SNORING ON TV]
[ZIVA CONTINUES SNORING]
Oh, my God.
Ziva. Shh-Shh.
[SNORING]
Come on, you're killing me here.
- Sophie.
- Oh!
- What?
- Nothing. I thought I heard something.
[MUMBLES]
[WHISPERS]
Crazy chick.
I heard that, my little hairy butt.
[ZIVA CHUCKLES]
[ZIVA CONTINUES SNORING]
Good morning, boss.
Thank you.
Hey, boss, this was sitting
on my front porch this morning.
- What is it?
- It's a package addressed to Ziva.
Well, yeah. I can see that, McGee.
What is in it?
I wasn't sure ifl should open it.
That's probably why
she's using you as her mule.
McGEE:
Sunglasses?
With different lenses?
VVhy?
To protect her eyes?
I'll ask her. I'll find out.
Yeah, good idea, McGee.
Send their wake-up call.
McGEE: Tony.
- Mm.
Hey, DiNozzo.
[GRUMBLES]
Tony.
This is great.
They're sleeping in a five-star hotel.
I'm a waiter.
ZIVA:
Want to trade places, McGee?
You're awake.
Since 05.
- He snores.
- I got a package here for you.
My shades.
Can you bring them up
with breakfast?
Sure. Gibbs wants Tony up too.
Huh. My pleasure.
Jean-Paul, my little furry bear.
- Wake up, chéri.
- Um! Name and position, boss.
[TONY GRUNTS]
DUCKY: Make the stitches precise,
Mr. Palmer.
- Yes, doctor.
- And when you're done,
I want the supply locker
inventoried and cleaned.
I actually already did that, doctor.
- Then do it again.
- What have we found out, Duck?
That my assistant, Mr. Palmer here,
should keep his cell phone with him
and turned on at all times.
What can you tell me
about our assassins?
Oh, Mr. Ranier here
had his appendix removed.
Mrs. had her left wrist broken
as a child.
We did, however,
find some rather curious markings.
- Markings?
- Tattoos might be more appropriate.
Almost invisible to the naked eye.
On the inside of the fourth digit
of both of their left hands.
- An eight?
- Or the sign for infinity.
Some kind of terrorist cell ID?
DUCKY: On their ring fingers,
perhaps it means love forever.
You know, I want to take another look
at the x-rays,
make sure
I didn't miss anything else.
Yeah, do it.
You missed a stitch there, Palmer.
We really should take you
to see the doctor, sweet cheeks.
Why's that?
Because you snore
like a drunken sailor with emphysema.
Look who's calling the pot black.
Kettle. The pot
is calling the kettle black.
Huh. I'd really like some music.
Something with a little beat, dear.
[WHISPERS]
Sorry.
[R&B MUSIC PLAYING]
- What have we got?
- Sneaky people.
ZIVA [OVER SPEAKER]:
Top floor, northwest corner.
They have a laser
trained on our room.
I can't believe
that your sunglasses can detect
different light spectrums. Amazing.
We're going to need
a diversion.
TONY:
/ think we can manage something.
Let's roll, McGee.
"Ziva, that is amazing."
[SCOFFS]
Big whoop, she has spy glasses.
Anyone could do that.
That's not amazing. She's--
ZIVA:
You realise we can still hear you,
right, Abby?
I think I'm gonna need
a cold shower after this.
Disgusting.
Give me those binoculars.
I don't know how much longer
I can keep this up.
[BOTH MOANING]
Ninety-six, 97, 98--
We're in position, DiNozzo.
Give it the big finish.
[BOTH MOANING FASTER]
We could make a fortune
with this off the Internet.
They're serial killers, Yussif.
I wouldn't recommend trying.
[ALL SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]
- FBI, freeze!
- Put them down!
MAN [ON TV]:
What's this all about?
I have a whole new respect for NCIS,
Agent McGee.
- You guys are hard-core.
- We got lucky.
It was actually the trained laser
on the room that gave you away.
We were talking about your agents
pretending to be married assassins.
- Very convincing.
- I don't think anyone in the FBI
would actually go all the way
just to sell a cover story.
- I would.
- Guys, they were acting.
Trust me. I know when someone's
acting when they're having sex.
It's true. I've met his wife.
[ZIVA GIGGLES ON MONITOR]
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATION
ON MONITOR]
Tony and Ziva wouldn't--
It's unusual for a man
to like love stories.
[ZIVA CHUCKLES]
How do I explain
to the director of the FBI
that we're running an undercover op
in his jurisdiction
- without informing him?
- With a smile.
It's not funny, Gibbs.
They had intel the two assassins
were going to hit a target
at the Marine Corps Birthday Ball.
Did you get that memo?
No.
Why didn't I think of that?
Because you're exhausted.
I told you get some sleep,
and do that before you take on
the director of the FBI.
- I can't, Jethro.
- I can fix this.
- How?
- You're not the only one around here
who knows how to play politics.
[CHUCKLES]
You're not serious?
Your idea of politics usually involves
some form of physical violence.
Well, you know what they say, Jen.
You can't make an omelette
unless you break a few eggs.
[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]
- Are we free to go now?
- Not yet.
- What is NCIS doing at the Barclay?
- Ourjob, Fornell.
Yeah? That involve
jeopardising our operation?
You're damn lucky
we didn't blow these two away.
Which wouldn't have happened if
you hadn't strayed into ourjurisdiction.
- Conference room. Now. Really?
- So anxious to play with the big boys.
FORNELL: Big boys, my ass.
- Yeah, this is gonna be ugly.
Oh, yeah.
Fornell hasn't been this upset since--
The last time we saw him.
[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]
[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]
[DOOR SLIDES]
[ELEVATOR BANGS]
Gum?
"The big boys"?
[CHUCKLES]
- We really screwed this one up.
- Oh, you think, Tobias?
The question is, how do we fix it
without our directors getting
into a world-class pissing match?
-Johtop.
-VVhoselead?
My team's already in place.
- Did you find out who hired them?
- Not yet. Working on it.
I need more than that in my tap dance
at the Hoover Building.
Give us 24 hours, then we flip.
- FBI gets operational control?
- Yeah, and credit for the collar.
Agreed. The directors
get to save face and we--
Get the job done.
[ELEVATOR BANGS]
- And people say we're bastards?
- Only because they know us.
[CHUCKLES]
[COMPUTER BEEPING]
I've got the IDs on the people
in the restaurant
with invites to the Marine Corps Ball.
- Uh... Abby. Sorry.
- Make sure Tony and Ziva get them.
Okay, should I also check
the restaurant staff too?
International assassins hired
to take out a waiter.
- I was just trying to be thorough.
- No.
It's good. Good instincts, Chip.
Run them.
Okay.
Abby, can I ask you a question?
Yes.
Why don't you like Officer David?
What makes you think
I don't like her?
I found this.
Oh.
That.
Oh, I understand.
I have the same problem with DiNozzo.
Tony is a great guy.
You just have to get to know him.
Yeah, well, you don't know him
like I do.
He gives new people grief,
he learned that from Gibbs.
Okay, quiz time.
What's your take
on Sophie Ranier's blood test?
Well, she's got elevated levels
of human chorionic gonadotropin.
- Which means?
- She's pregnant?
- Good, Chip. She's pregnant.
- Who's pregnant?
Ziva. I mean, not "Ziva" Ziva,
but Sophie Ranier, our dead hit girl.
She's got a bun in the oven.
Like what you see, Agent DiNozzo?
The room's clean except
for the listening devices we installed.
- We're free to talk.
- Yeah, so
[CLEARS THROAT]
you're the one
who's been watching us?
Oh, yeah.
When this is over,
we really should go out for drinks.
Heh. I'd like that.
I'm pregnant, Tony.
Maybe some other time.
She was-- She was kidding.
Something wrong?
- Thanks.
- She's really not your type anyway.
[PHONE RINGING]
Hot and in a maid's outfit?
They don't get any more my type.
He's learning.
Number's blocked.
[PHONE BEEPS]
Talk to me.
I've been told to negotiate a price
commensurate with the risk.
- I'm listening.
- Not on the phone.
Be in the lobby in exactly one hour.
A black Lincoln
will be waiting out front.
Make sure you're not followed.
[PHONE BEEPS]
- In position, boss.
- Your people set, Tobias?
Got four unmarked vehicles
standing by.
We'll follow them wherever they go.
Tony, Ziva, get ready to roll.
- Hour's almost up.
- Roger that, boss.
You haven't fired your weapon,
so it's already clean.
It calms my mind.
Forces me to stay focused
at the job in my hand.
- The term's job at hand.
- Same difference.
Is something wrong?
Trying to picture you pregnant.
- Don't.
- I have to.
I'm gonna be a father.
It's a great responsibility.
- Maybe it's not yours.
- Maybe she didn't know.
Oh, she knew.
So why take this contract,
put our unborn child in danger?
Perhaps we needed the money.
- Kids are expensive.
- Bullets are cheap.
There's a big chance this meeting
is a setup, Tony.
Are you scared?
Nope. Excited.
- No sign of the Lincoln yet.
GIBBS: That's a solid copy, McGee.
We're sending them down.
All mobile units,
prepare to roll on my mark.
[COMPUTER KEYS CLACKING]
This reminds me of our op
in the former Czech Republic.
You took a round in the thigh.
I had the same bad feeling
before that op too.
We're on our way to the elevator,
boss.
Tony, Ziva. We're not taking
any chances on this one.
First sign it goes bad, you call it.
Hold the door.
- Thanks.
- Sure.
Sweetheart.
- Okay, black Lincoln just pulled up.
- Yeah, I got a visual on that, McGee.
I got a match. Abby.
A man and a woman just got out.
Heading into the hotel.
McGEE: Car's leaving.
- I can see that, McGee.
- All units, hold your positions.
- That's not our Lincoln.
CHIP: The waiter has a warrant.
- For what?
Murder.
[COMPUTER KEYS CLACKING]
[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]
You're getting off here.
Not a wise choice,
Mr. and Mrs. Ranier.
VVeapons.
We would have come
to the third floor ourselves.
Three armed escorts
seems a bit excessive.
Very good.
Our location
and our number in two sentences.
It's too bad
your friends can't hear you.
- You're being jammed.
MARCOS: Bring them to my room.
If they resist...
...shoot the woman.
Come on, let's go.
Tony, Ziva, do you copy?
DiNozzo. I said, do you copy?
McGee.
What the hell is going on there?
Boss, they're not in their room.
They never arrived in the lobby.
My teams have the entire outside
covered. They didn't leave the hotel.
Last contact was at the elevator. That's
11 floors they could've gotten off at.
Eleven floors, McGee.
How many rooms are we looking at?
Well, if we don 't count
individual bathrooms
- and closets--
- McGee.
Two hundred and sixty-four
hotel rooms, 22 utility rooms.
They haven't checked in
because they can't.
They're at the meet right now?
They removed their eanNigs
and they dumped their comm
- when it was changed to the hotel.
- We go room by room.
- My people seal off the exterior.
- No. We wait.
- What for?
- For Ziva to contact us.
We move now, we blow their cover.
And if their cover is already blown,
director?
[BANGS]
There are two things
you should be painfully aware of
right now.
One,
no one leaves this business.
And two,
never threaten the people
who employ you.
Should I be writing this down?
[GRUNTING]
I take that as a no.
- Where is the disk?
- What disk?
[G RUNTS]
Where, Mrs. Ranier?
What makes you think we have it?
We spotted your backup
at the restaurant.
On some level, you must've known
this was gonna happen.
Hm. Observant.
How much is our disk worth to you?
[GRUNTING]
I have a better question.
[SPITS]
- What's it worth to you?
- It's bad, Gibbs. It's very, very bad.
Remember when we missed
nabbing the guy in the restaurant?
Tony said he didn't see anything.
But the eye sees more than we think it
does. It's the brain that misses stuff.
It has to do with the firing of the
optic nerve and the visual cortex's--
You found something
from Tony's camera.
I went through the feed
frame by frame.
Tony is looking at the pay phone
because that's where he thinks
the target is.
But a camera doesn't think.
It just records.
So when he runs past the kitchen door
of the restaurant, he got this.
- Our bad guy. Run it. I want a name.
- I do. I did.
Marcos Siazon.
He's a contract assassin, Gibbs.
He's wanted
in more than five countries.
It doesn't make any sense.
Why would a killer hire other killers
to do a hit for him?
[PANTING]
Out of professional courtesy
I've had Mr. Cord
go lightly on your husband.
And I appreciate that.
Unfortunately,
we're running out of time.
If you let him go,
I'll tell you where the disk is.
[BRIEFCASE OPENS]
You'll tell me either way,
Mrs. Ranier.
Why don't you two take a moment.
Consider your options.
[DOOR CLOSES]
- I might have a plan.
- What?
The Raniers obviously stole something
they want.
- You're gonna give it to them.
- We don't have it.
You're gonna tell them
it's in our hotel room.
The only way they'll find it
is if you show them.
McGee should be waiting for us
in there.
Good plan,
except for one minor drawback.
What?
When I leave, they'll most likely
put a bullet through your head.
Oh, well, I didn't say
it was a perfect plan.
Two centimetres below
the supraorbital notch.
What do you make of it,
Mr. Palmer?
I originally assumed
it was a spec of dirt on the exposure.
- It appears to be a heart?
- Yes.
[CHUCKLES]
A strange place to find one.
Don't you agree?
It appears to be gold,
surgically embedded
in the conjunctival layer.
Perhaps some type of bodyjewellery.
Jewellery embedded in an eye.
Oh, yes. You'd be amazed
what people do to themselves.
To Abby, please.
You know,
I doubt anyone would notice
your little gold heart
unless they knew it was there.
Staring into your eyes,
face to face
like a lover.
I found a chip in it.
Flash memory
embedded underneath, sir.
Five hundred megabyte capacity.
Fifty MPS throughout.
Translation, it contains
the Raniers' personal data in two files.
One has a list
of numbered bank accounts,
a deed for a restaurant,
a house in Gilead, Maine.
We also ran the address.
Sounds like a retirement plan.
She was pregnant.
They were getting out.
- What about the other file?
- It has a list of their clients.
Their names, addresses, phone
numbers, all their information.
- Insurance policy?
- Their ticket out.
- They weren't hired to make a hit.
- They are the hit.
Did you know
the Peruvians make blades
so sharp
some people can't even feel
the initial incision?
Stop.
- The disk's in our hotel room.
- Don't.
- He'll only use it--
- Where?
She has to show you.
Not what I asked.
You'll never find it without her
even if you kill us.
[INHALES, EXHALES SHARPLY]
Untie her.
[PHONE BEEPS]
[PHONE RINGS]
[PHONE BEEPS]
- I'm in position.
- Clear the room.
- I'm on my way up with the girl.
- My pleasure.
[BEEPS]
Your only mistake
was going for one last big payday.
- You got greedy.
- I'm pregnant.
Really?
Congratulations.
Boy or girl?
We want to be surprised.
It's the best way, believe me.
- How many months?
- Three.
- Morning sickness?
- Only every single day.
I hated to see my wife go through it.
But believe me,
it's all worth it in the end.
So you're not going to kill us?
We're assassins.
You know we can't just walk away
from the game when we feel like it.
Hell, don't you think
I'd rather be at
my daughter's 5th birthday than here?
So you are going to kill us? Right?
I haven't decided yet.
Give me the disk
and we'll see, play it by ear.
If I'm not back in five minutes,
kill him.
That was purely
for your wife's cooperation.
We like to call them "little white lies."
Open it.
[BEEPS]
I hope you weren't counting
on your backup, Mrs. Ranier.
He's not my backup.
[G RUNTS]
- Tony?
- Third floor, room 356.
All teams, third floor, room 356.
- Federal agent in distress.
MAN: We're moving.
You know what's funny?
I was really looking toward
to having a kid there for a minute. Heh.
That's a big step for me.
Having a little DiNozzo
running around.
DiNozzo?
Yeah, that's my full name.
Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo, NCIS.
[GRUNTING]
[TONY GRUNTING]
[TONY CONTINUES GRUNTING]
How does that feel, huh?
Huh, big guy?
- Enough.
- You want to punch me again?
- Come on.
- Enough, enough, Tony.
[PANTING]
I think you made your point.
I want a divorce.
[CHUCKLES]
DUCKY: The emergency room
seems to have done a pretty good job.
- How do you feel?
- Better, now that I can breath.
There doesn't appear
to be any permanent damage.
How many times did he hit you?
- I wasn't counting.
- Seven times.
- She was, of course.
- It was hard not to.
We're gonna take good care of you,
Tony.
I had Chip pull your car
right around front.
- He drove my car?
- Just from your parking space.
I took extra special care.
Oh, thanks.
- And I'm driving you home.
-Pmme
Ziva, actually you shouldn't
probably drive him home tonight.
- Why's that?
- Maybe he wants to live.
Yes, well, however, you get home,
I suggest a couple of aspirin,
[GROANS]
yes, and perhaps some Scotch.
I thought doctors weren't supposed
to prescribe alcohol anymore, Duck.
Well, it always seems to work
for you.
Did you get tickets
to that gazelle thing again?
It's Giselle, Jethro.
And no, that's not tonight.
DUCKY:
Marine Corps Birthday Ball.
She didn't tell you?
Our lovely director
has asked me to escort her.
- All right.
- Good night, boss.
ALL:
Oh.
All right, I'm good.
Hey, Gibbs.
Happy birthday.
[DOOR OPENS]
[DRAWER OPENS]
[DRAWER CLOSES]
I miss you guys.
Semper Fi.