NCIS (2003–…): Season 4, Episode 6 - Witch Hunt - full transcript

[WOMAN SCREAMING]

LESLIE:
Hmm. Not bad for a queen

who's supposedly been dead
for a few thousand years.

[MAN LAUGHING ON TW

[WOMAN SCREAMING ON TW

[GASPS]

Oh, jeez.
You scared the hell out of me, Erik.

You ever hear of knocking?

Oh, Custer's last stand. Cute.

By the way,
the party doesn't start for another hour.

Sarah.

-Ugh!
-Erik.

[ERIK GASPING]

[COUGHS]

[LAUGHS]

You're not planning on leaving early,
are you?

ZIVA:
And if I am?

I wouldn't advise it.

- Do you know what today is?
- Tuesday.

It's Halloween, Ziva.

- It's an American holiday.
- I know.

The wearing of silly outfits
and begging for treats.

I imagine it would be
a DiNozzo national holiday.

You imagine wrong.
I don't do Halloween.

| see. Your father again, yes?

I don't do Halloween
because ever since I became a cop,

weird things always happen
on October 31 st.

[WHISPERS]
Define "weird."

Grave robberies, beheadings,
cattle mutilations.

And McGee turning fuzzy and blue.

What?

[IN NORMAL VOICE]
What's under your shirt?

- My T-shirt.
ZIVA: Okay, he's lying.

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.

[LAUGHING]

TONY:
Ah...

I knew you played a fairy
on that online game,

but dressing up as one?

It's a snow elf, and I'm going
to a costume party, okay?

It is far from okay, probie.

In fact, I'd say that this is taking geek
one step beyond.

ZIVA:
Oh, sadIyI have to agree.

I instantly felt all the respect leave my
body as soon as I put this on. Ha-ha.

Well, normally you'd be right,
but you haven't yet met my Ice Queen.

TONY:
You have to be kidding me. Ha-ha—ha.

Did I also mention
she's a Redskins cheerleader.

- Oh, very impressive.
TONY: That's a very hot woman.

How did you find her?

Met at the Armani store.

Found out we played
on the same gaming server together.

Since when can you afford Armani?

GIBBS:
Gear up.

Oh, God.

They're McGee's.

Well, I'm going to a costume party
later tonight.

Not anymore, EIf Lord.

General Custer has been shot,

and he's got a dead skeleton
in his living room.

What'd | tell you? Halloween.

McGEE: No, wait. Sharon.
- [can't believe you’re not coming.

- What about next weekend?
- It's not Halloween.

Look, it's not my fault.

Oh, my poor little McGee.

- There'll be other elf queens online.
- She's right.

They won't be cheerleaders and
they'll weigh a few thousand pounds.

Not to mention, there's a chance some
of them are men, but you'll play along.

GIBBS: Appreciate it.
- Anything can happen.

The guy dressed as Custer
is Staff Sergeant Erik Niles.

LEOs are looking for his wife
and daughter.

Blood trail leads from his house

to the neighbour's house
who called it in.

McGee, start processing
the staff sergeant's living room.

Oh, and there's a, uh, dead John Doe
in there dressed like a skeleton.

ZIVA:
What happened to them?

- Halloween.
- Sorry we're late.

Only, we had a minor run-in
with some local youths.

Yeah, I can see that, doctor.

- Did you get a good look at them?
- Oh, we did better than that.

Release the captives, Mr. Palmer.

NINJA 1: Are we in trouble?
NINJA 2: Oh, where we at?

NINJA 1: We said we were sorry.
DUCKY: Right.

- Clean it.
- Nice work, Palmer.

PALMER:
No, it wasn't me, Tony.

Dr. Mallard chased them
for three blocks.

Oh, please. It's not that impressive.

It's not as if they were real ninjas.

NINJA 1:
This was your idea.

NINJA 2: Shut up and clean.
NINJA 1: You do it.

I thought he was play-acting at first.

General Custer's last stand, all that.

You removed his jacket. Why?

To check for other wounds.

There weren't any.
Just a single gunshot wound

that nicked his carotid artery.
I'm a doctor, paediatrician.

Oh, that explains
why he headed over here.

You probably saved his life, doctor.

| stabilised him the best I could
until the EMTs arrived.

And it's Leslie.

TONY: Hmm.
ZIVA: Did he say anything to you?

He was trying to.

I think it was his daughter's name:
Sarah.

I'm hoping she was with her mother
when this...

This happened.

Oh, that's not creepy.

- Palmer.
- Is something wrong?

- Are you trying to get shot?
- Um, no.

There's someone in this room.

You mean besides
the dead-skeleton guy?

Yes, besides the dead-skeleton guy.

TONY:
Basement's clear, boss.

McGEE:
Look, I know what I saw.

Someone policed the brass,
tried to wipe the blood.

Who? The crime-scene fairies?
There's no one here.

Get Ducky in here.
We're wasting time.

Boss, I'm sorry, but I swear there--

What do you make of this, McGee?

McGEE:
Well, obvious signs of a struggle.

One dead assailant. Not sure
how his head got that way, though.

You're not?

Come on, let me show you.
Get on the floor.

Well, Tony did tell me about when
you demonstrated this technique--

Yeah?
You guys talk about things like that?

You learn by feeling, McGee.

This is how Marines silence
enemy sentries.

Sixty-six pounds of pressure
and then snap.

So Staff Sergeant Niles
went down fighting.

See?

The blood spatter on the wall.

He was right about where I am now
when he got shot.

Bullet impacted.

Means the shooter
was over here somewhere.

This is where the brass is.
Uh, was.

- So two assailants?
GIBBS: At least.

Yes, the cause of death
is pretty obvious.

But you never know.

I once had a case where a man
who died of heart failure

had an ice pick plunged into his skull
four hours after the time of death.

His wife discovered
that she had been left out of his will.

Good news. Kid saw a car
leaving the sergeant's house

around the time of the shooting.
Ziva is getting a description.

Yes, well, let's have a look at you.

DUCKY: Ah...
TONY: Oh!

Something just touched my foot.

Something's under the couch.

Yeah, maybe
it's the, uh, crime-scene fairy, Tony.

Shh!

I hate Halloween.

[TONY YELLS]

McGEE:
It's a Roomba.

It's a robot vacuum cleaner.

Uses navigational sensors to clean
the floor while the owner's away.

DUCKY:
Yes, well, your Roomba

is about to interfere
with your crime scene.

Damn thing policed the brass.

Told you I wasn't crazy.

Bag it.

DUCKY:
Oh, come on. Let's get him home.

BO Y:
I think it was a silver Kuruma.

The door slammed,
and he just drove away.

ZIVA:
Thanks a lot.

The boy saw a car leaving the scene
that looked like a kuruma.

I'm not familiar with the model.

Kuruma is Japanese for car, Ziva.

Your description of the car is "car."
Nice work, Officer David.

Kuruma is the name of a car
in Grand Theft Auto III.

It's a Chrysler Sebring Sedan.

TONY:
McGeek with the save.

ZIVA:
I'll put out a BOLO.

- Find the staff sergeant's wife and--
WOMAN: Erik?

Oh, my God.

Is--? Is that--? Is that--?

Is that--? Is that my—-?

- Is that my husband in there?
GIBBS: That's not him.

That's not your husband.

It's not your husband.

Okay?

I'm her sister.
We were at the school

helping set up for the Halloween party
when the police came.

ls her daughter still there?

Sarah? She was with Erik.

TONY:
AMBER Alert. On it, boss.

I'm okay now.

When they said Erik was shot
and I saw that body, |--

Mrs. Niles, your husband
is at Bethesda Hospital.

He's in surgery.
We'll take you to see him.

| just need to ask you
a few questions.

Laurie,

Sarah's missing.

- You mean, she's been kidnapped.
- They don't know that for sure, yet.

Mrs. Niles, your daughter
may have become scared and run off.

Perhaps there's a friend
or relative's house she would go to.

No. No, she would have called me
on my cell phone.

They took my little girl.

They'll find her, Laurie.
We just have to stay positive, okay?

[PHONE RINGING]

That could be her right now.

GIBBS: Do you mind
putting that on the speaker?

- Hello?
SARAH: Mommy.

- Baby, are you okay?
- They hurt Daddy.

I tried to call the police,
but the man--

Listen to me, Sarah.
Everything is gonna be all right.

- You just need to--
MAN: We have your daughter.

You wanna see her alive again,
you'll do exactly what I say.

I'll call back with instructions.

[SOBBING]

DUCKY: l dressed up as a skeleton
once in my youth.

Did you know that the tradition
of Halloween

was brought over from Scotland,

along with the fine sports
of golf and curling?

I wouldn't call anything using a broom
a "sport," Ducky.

Tony, curling is referred
to as chess on ice,

because it puts high demands
on tactics and foresight.

Relax, Ducky, I love Scotland.

Sean Connery,
the very best James Bond ever.

I thought he was Irish.

[LAUGHS]

Darby O'Gill and the Little People.

He was using a fake Irish accent.
It's called "acting."

The preliminary cause of death
is blunt-force trauma to the neck.

However, once I've done the, uh--

This guy is our only link
to the missing girl.

I need an ID.

Well, currently he remains
a John Doe.

He has no ID, he has no tattoos,
no distinguishing marks.

- Here.
- What about his prints?

Mr. Palmer took them up
to Abby's lab.

Although, she's not there
and she's not answering her calls.

Well, Halloween's a pretty big night
for Abby.

Every night is Halloween to Abby.

Ah, there you are. Is she here yet?

Oh, she's here,
and she is in costume.

Oh, yeah? What's it like?

Trust me, you wouldn't want me
to ruin the surprise.

Oh, sorry I was late, you guys.

I couldn't hear my phone ringing
at the party.

You'd think a cemetery
would be quieter.

It's awful about that little girl.

Getting kidnapped on Halloween?

Totally creepy.

I'm running our skeleton's fingerprints
through AFIS.

I'm starting with Virginia
and Maryland,

and then a subset of all known
child molesters on the East Coast.

I've got an AMBER Alert running,
no hits yet.

We've gotta find her.

Why are you looking at me like that?

Do I have food in my teeth
or something?

Ha. I'll just stick with "or something."

Need to run our dead guy's photo
against mug shots.

Give me.

- The camera, McGee.
- The camera. Sorry.

We need to put out a BOLO.

See if anyone recognizes our guy.

McGee, what is wrong with you?

You look three cans short
of a six-pack.

Nothing, it's just you...

You look different.

He means the Halloween costume,
Marilyn.

Oh. Right. Sweet, huh?

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

[PHONE RINGS]

- DiNozzo.
- Woodbridge P.D. has a kid

who says he may have seen
a Sebring in the neighbourhood.

Okay, on it.

We also got a picture of our skeleton
without the makeup.

Send him.
I'll see ifl can get the wife to ID him.

What's the condition
of the staff sergeant?

In surgery. According to the doctors,

won't be able to interview him
until tomorrow.

- Tomorrow is too late.
- Yeah.

- Kidnappers call back yet?
- Nope.

- It makes me wonder.
- If she's still alive?

No. What they want
with an enlisted Marine

who makes less than
$32,000 a year.

Yeah, I was wondering
the same thing.

Find out.

How long do I have to sit here?

They're doing everything
they can for us, Laurie.

You must try to stay calm.

It's easy for you to say.

Do you have children,
Officer David?

No, but I know what it's like
to lose a member of my family.

[SOBBING]

- I'm sorry. I didn't mean to--
- Nice. Thank you.

- Sarah will be fine.
- Okay.

Laurie, you have to believe that.

Our skeleton John Doe.

- She recognise him?
- I haven't showed it to her yet.

Everything I say makes her cry.

Ziva,

her husband is in critical condition.

Her daughter's been kidnapped.

I know, I'm just not good
with the crying and the women and--

That makes two of us.

She seems conflicted,
like she's holding something back.

I'll show you something.

One shirt.

Her staff sergeant wasn't living here.

- Is that a question or a statement?
- Actually, more of a:

"You want me to find out why?"

You saw the Sebring
driving that way?

No, no...

What? Is that German?

- Are you speaking--? Is that German?
- No. Man, look.

Look. Look, okay.

[MUMBLING]

Think he's saying "two people."

Yeah, I saw two.

Two people where?

What is that, manhole cover?

They were moving a manhole cover?
What is that, a rake?

Yeah, no. He's just saying
you're bad at charades.

All right, screw this.

Ouch!

Dude, you ruined my costume.

You wanna be charged with
obstructing a federal investigation?

Then speak, zombie.

Okay, look. I saw a Sebring, all right?
And I think there were two people in it.

- Which way did it go?
- That way.

Yeah, it cut the corner so hard
it ran over the kerb.

All right, show me.

[MOANING]

Don't be a wise guy.

Okay. Okay, look.
It crashed into all that stuff, right?

- And then it drove off that way.
- Did you look at the licence plate?

Dude, I can barely see you two
with all this makeup on.

Thank you.

[MOANING]

You got a time of death

on the Great Pumpkin here,
Charlie Brown?

I might have more than that.

The car left an impression on it.

This is the guy that was fighting
with your husband.

Sorry, Agent Gibbs.
I don't recognise him.

Think, Laurie. Maybe you saw him
at a store or the mall.

I said I don't know him.

Can I talk to Erik?

Sure. He's still in surgery.

When he gets out,
we'll put him on the phone with you.

It's gonna be all right.

- We need to have faith--
- Stop touching me.

I know what you're going through,
Laufle.

I know...

- I know there's nothing I can say--
- Have you had a daughter kidnapped?

Kidnapped, no.

But I promise to do everything I can do
to bring your daughter home safe.

I believe you, Agent Gibbs.

Ijust hope it'll be enough.

Dawn of the Dead was awesome.

Cinematic blasphemy.

Fast zombies? There's a reason
you don't remake classics.

John Carpenter's The Thing?

Well, there's an exception
to every rule.

- The Fly.
- Maybe two.

Didn't you say that Al Pacino
in Scarface was the--?

Okay. But my point is
zombies should be slow.

Tony, there's nothing scary

about a zombie
dragging his butt around.

Well, a zombie is not a zombie
unless it's dragging its butt around.

You liked 28 Days Later.
Those zombies were really quick.

Okay,
enough with the zombies already.

We find an impression
on the vegetable or not?

Technically, it's a fruit.

We're finished rendering the laser scan
of the Great Pumpkin's surface.

McGee, can you invert the image

as soon as you're done
undressing me with your eyes.

And bring up the gamma,
and increase the contrast.

And flop it. Smashing pumpkins.

It's the left-hand side
of a Virginia licence plate.

Nice work, Abs. Run it, McGee.

First four letters, cross referencing
against Chrysler Sebrings.

And we got a hit.

The car was registered to a rental-car
company in Catlett, Virginia.

Yes. DiNozzo does it again.

I think you mean
Abby and I did it again.

- Ow. What was that for?
- Those days ended

the moment you started sexing up
the cheerleader.

All right, find out who rented that car.
I'm about to make Gibbs' night.

Uh, wait a second, Tony.
There is no name.

The car was reported stolen
three days ago.

Our staff sergeant moved into

the Quantico Bachelor
Enlisted Quarters three weeks ago.

Marital problems?

Well, according to someone
called "Scuttlebutt,"

he caught his wife cheating on him.

Scuttlebutt's not a person, Ziva.

"Scuttlebutt"
is what Marines call gossip.

And then you wonder why
I have a problem with your language.

[PHONE RINGING]

Okay, stay calm.

Tell them you wanna talk to Sarah.

- Can you do that for me, Laurie?
- Okay.

- Sarah?
MAN: Try again.

I wanna talk to my daughter right now
or I'm hanging up.

Hang up and she dies, Mrs. Niles.

I wanna talk to her right now.

Talk is cheap. You wanna see her
alive again, that'll cost.

Whatever it is,
whatever you want, I'll do it.

I give you my word.

A hundred thousand in small bills.

You have until dawn to get it.

Yes, okay, now...

Now just please
let me talk to my daughter.

Money first, then you can talk.

[PHONE CLICKS]

MAN:
Scared, little darling?

Good.

You should be.

[SOBBING]

ZIVA: The call wasn't long enough
to trace.

We'll get another chance
when he calls her back

to tell her
where to drop off the ransom.

Laurie.

I'd like to talk to you. Alone.

It's okay, honey.
I'll be right here if you need me.

I'm not going anywhere.

Tell DiNozzo I want that John Doe
ID'd in an hour.

We don't have $100,000
sitting in the basement, Agent Gibbs.

Maybe my parents can get it,
but it's going to take time.

Yeah, we can help you with that.

- But I need some answers first.
- Anything.

Sit down.

So, Laurie, why did your husband
move out of your house

and onto base?

- What does that have to do with this?
- Maybe nothing, but I need to know.

We were having some problems.

Erik wanted a trial separation.

VVhy?

I made a mistake,
a stupid mistake eight years ago.

What kind of mistake?

Laurie, look,
I've been married four times.

I've made every mistake in the book.

Right before we were married,

Erik, he broke off our engagement
for a few weeks.

I saw an old boyfriend.

It was a stupid fling.
| pretended it never happened.

Erik's not your daughter's
biological father?

I don't know.
But even if I did, it doesn't matter.

How'd your husband find out?

My ex-boyfriend.

Last month he showed up and
demanded Sarah take a paternity test.

When I refused, he threatened me.

And his name, address?

Robert Miller.

I have no idea what his address is.

- He live in Virginia?
- Used to.

Age, weight, eye and hair colour,
we can run him down through DMV.

He's 28 years old.

Brown hair, green eyes.

Maybe 180 pounds.

Laurie, what aren't you telling me?

It's my fault.

_ [__ [__
REBECCA: Laurie?

You okay in here?

[SOBBING]

No.

l destroyed my family.

Don't you think
she's been through enough already?

Could Miller have done this?

Maybe. |-- I don't know.

| just want my baby back.

She's just telling you this now?

Just because I'm a woman
doesn't mean

she ’d tell me everything, Tony.

Robert Miller, there's over 300 listed
in the tri-state area alone.

Well, narrow the search
with the criteria, probie.

Still over
a hundred Robert Millers listed.

We've got
her cell-phone records, right?

When we tapped her lines.

So check to see if Robert Miller
called in the last month.

Abby's right.
I am three beers short of a six-pack.

I think she was talking
about your abs, McFlabby.

Okay, three calls
about a month ago.

Called from his home phone.

TONY: Called from his home phone.
Three calls in the last month.

My sister can barely stand here.

Is there any way
we can let her get some rest?

- Sure.
- We've got an address.

You keep an eye on them.
If the kidnappers call again,

you tell them no more money
until we talk to the girl.

Last time I did Halloween
I was an astronaut.

Neighbourhood I grew up in--
Well, it wasn't really a neighbourhood.

There were these estates
with mansions

smack-dab in the middle of them,
and really long driveways.

It made Halloween very tricky.
It's a lot of walking.

God, my feet were tired that night.

Dogs were barking.

Yeah, I gotta imagine it really sucks
growing up rich like that.

My costume was fantastic, though.

Wicked awesome.
I was a space man.

No ventilation, though.

Burning up.
Sweating like Roger Federer

after a five-set tiebreaker,
and stinky.

Stinky like cheese.

But man, what a haul.

I made off with more candy
than I could carry.

God, I imagine this story's
coming to an end soon.

But when I got home,
old man made me throw it all away.

- Even the apples.
- He was concerned about your teeth.

Oh.

No, I made my astronaut costume

out of one of his $3,000
designer ski suits.

Ouch.

I don't think | sat down again
till Christmas.

Good times, probie.

Good times.

[CHATTERING]

- Kuruma.
- Plates match.

If it's Miller, he's stolen the ride.

This is his building.

Second floor, apartment 207.

Halloween doesn't have to suck
after all.

McGEE: Something was burned
in here recently.

It's still smouldering.

Pop the trunk, McGee.

Let's get this son of a bitch.

[MUSIC PLAYING ON STEREO]

[WOMAN SCREAMS]

Federal agents.

Yeah, all right.

Great group costume, guys,

but you spelled CSI wrong
on your hats.

- Robert Miller.
- Somebody's in a bad mood.

Right over there
by the blue alien ladies.

Not easy being a root vegetable,
is it?

Robert Miller?

[SPEAKING lN KLINGON]

Boss, he just said,
"Your mother has a smooth forehead."

- It's a Klingon insult.
- You speak Klingon?

- Not fluently, but yes.
- Federal agents.

[SPEAKING lN KLINGON]

Now he's saying
"Klingons don't surrender."

[GRUNTING]

Are you Robert Miller?

Who are you people?

- Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
- Sarah Niles, where is she?

That bitch sent you here.

My lawyer says I have a right
to know if she's my child.

I'm just trying to do the right thing.

If she's my daughter,
I just wanna be a part of her life.

She looks exactly like me.

Well, except for the fake teeth
and the bumps on the forehead.

Is that why you kidnapped her?

I didn't kidnap anybody.

The car that was used
is parked outside downstairs.

Well, I have no idea
what the hell you're talking about.

I've been here all day getting ready
for this party. You can ask them.

- Boss, no sign of Sarah.
- See? I told you.

The only thing I hate
worse than Halloween are Klingons.

Ask them.
Ask the guy with the cheese-head hat.

Ask the vampire, David Lee Roth.
Carrot man, ask him.

This has gone far enough.
I happen to be a lawyer.

Good. The only thing I hate worse
than Klingons are lawyers.

I didn't do anything, all right?

Laurie's the one who threatened me.

She told me that her husband...

Her husband was gonna kill me
if I didn't leave her alone.

- Ask her.
- DiNozzo.

[PHONE RINGS]

- Ziva.
TONY: Boss wants to talk to the mom.

Mrs. Niles?

Agent Gibbs needs to talk to you.

Mrs. Niles?

General Kang crying,
or is that just sweat?

Half hour alone in a room
with angry Gibbs?

Even Klingons have their limits.

What's he been doing to him?

Mostly staring.

Maybe that's a new
interrogation technique.

Well, it seems to be working.
It's definitely creeping me out.

- Did you check his alibi?
- Well, according to six people,

Worf here was at the party
when the little girl was kidnapped.

Well, shouldn't we tell Gibbs that?

Well, I don't know, probie.
Have you figured out

how the kidnapper's car
was outside of his apartment yet?

Could have hired someone
to kidnap her.

Or was being framed.

I'm trying to cooperate,
Agent Gibbs.

Aren't you gonna say anything?

I screwed up, Ducky.

I knew the staff sergeant's wife
was hiding something,

that she wasn't telling us
the whole truth.

And do you know what I did?

I allowed myself to feel sorry for her.

Ha. I mean, do you know
what that makes me?

- Human.
- A chimp.

I think she means "Chump," doctor.

See, a chimp is an animal, Ziva.
Whereas a chump is someone

who is easily
taken advantage of or fooled.

- Mr. Palmer,
- I'm not saying that you are--

would you mind giving us
a moment alone?

- He means well.
- He's right.

You're being too hard on yourself.

I let Laurie Niles and her sister
climb out of a bedroom window

in the middle of our investigation.

Perhaps they should throw me
a parade, yes?

The question we should be asking
ourselves is why, Ziva.

Two-thirds of all child abductions
are by a biological relative.

She kidnapped her own child.

You know what they say
about a mother bear and her cubs.

They eat them
when the food runs out.

I saw it in a documentary
Tony forced me to watch Grizzly Man.

l was referring to a mother bear's
protective nature

when her cubs are threatened.

There's no deadlier creature
on the planet.

I agree. They also ate the man
who shot the footage and his girlfriend.

Yeah, well, that's perfectly dreadful.

- That's what I said to Tony.
- My point is,

Laurie Niles may have been trying
to protect her daughter.

The husband filed for a separation.

Another man was claiming
to be the child's father.

She didn't want to lose
or share custody of Sarah.

It's one possibility.

What does Gibbs think?

Hard to tell.

He's currently not talking to me.

- Well, chin up, dear. It could be worse.
- Mm.

How?

- He could be a bear.
- Mm.

[CHUCKLING]

You know, we're wasting time here.

Now, there's someone out there
with my daughter

doing God knows what.

Alleged.

What?

Alleged daughter, Miller.

Whether I'm her father or not,
she's still Laurie's daughter.

I still care about
what happens to her.

I believe you.

Then why are we just sitting here?

You're sitting. I'm waiting.

Waiting for what?

[PHONE RINGS]

- Talk to me, Abs.
- Got everything for you.

- On my way.
- Checked Miller's alibi--

He didn't do it, I know.

- You mind telling us how?
- Spent 40 minutes with him.

All you did was stare at him.

You ever tried
reading a Klingon's face?

It ain't exactly easy.

I've ID'd our skeleton.
Our dead John is no longer a Doe.

I got a hit on him
from the DMV database.

Lee Varon. He's 38 years old,

from Fredericksburg, Virginia.
No criminal record.

Want everything on this guy from birth
until Ducky cracked his sternum.

“Yeah. On it, boss."

Right.

Not bad for a blond.

There's no statistical evidence
that say blonds have lower IQS

- than any other hair colour.
- I'll take your word for it.

There's more if you're interested,
Mr. President.

I ran some tests
on the piece of burnt paper

found inside the kidnapper's car.

There were no finger prints,
but I did find traces of chemicals.

- Ink?
- Yes.

When I applied my own
special and unique brand of chemical,

ran it through the laser scanner
a few times, we get...

...this.

The miracle that separates us
from all other primates:

really bad penmanship.

ZIVA:
Miller's home address.

Probably given to the kidnapper
by the staff sergeant's wife.

She didn't kidnap her daughter.

- Then where is Laurie Niles, Gibbs?
- Last time I saw her, with you.

Okay, I admit I screwed that one up.

But why did she run?

She was hiding something.

So you do agree with me?

Oh, yeah.
You definitely screwed up.

Is there something I should know?

I think he's planning
on devouring me.

And they say blonds
have all the fun.

McGEE: Our dead skeleton served
in the Air Force.

Received an "other than honourable"
discharge in 2003.

Did one year of community college.

He was a security guard, boss.
Worked for a law firm,

Kapp and Associates,
in Annandale, Virginia.

Laurie Niles also works
for Kapp and Associates, Gibbs.

She's their chief financial officer.

- So she knew him.
- Oh, yeah.

She hired him to abduct her daughter.
It's the only thing that makes sense.

There's another reason.
They kidnapped her

because they want Laurie
to do something.

Like what?

McGEE:
Ooh. Got a hit on a BOLO here.

Yeah, and, McGee?

This is strange because
I just entered it into the system.

It's Varon's vehicle
and it's been moving.

There's a cop following it?

No, the hits were generated
electronically.

- It's his E-ZPass for toll lanes.
- Doing a lot of driving for a dead guy.

It left Woodbridge after Laurie Niles
and her sister disappeared.

TONY: Made a run up to Manassas,
not too far from Miller's apartment.

- Last hit was five minutes ago.
ZIVA: Annandale.

One exit from
Kapp and Associates Law Firm.

We're in.

That's from Sarah's costume.

Clear.

Plates match our skeleton's car
in the parking lot.

You two, find the girl.

In the last office.
Far room. Far room.

Have visual contact on the sisters.

Appears to be one male Caucasian,
approximately 35 years old,

holding them hostage
with a semiautomatic weapon.

You got a positive ID
on the little girl?

That's a negative. I can only see
the left side of the room, boss.

I'm in.

The insurance money is here,
all 3 million.

All you have to do
is transfer it to these accounts

- and we call it a day.
- I want my daughter first.

You'll get her
once you transfer the cash.

You've been smart so far,
Mrs. Niles.

You played along
to protect your princess.

Hate to see you blow it now.

- You shot my husband.
- I didn't have a choice.

We were supposed to kidnap him
and the girl,

but he chose to fight back.

Don't make the same mistake.

How do I know you're not going
to just kill us when I transfer this?

- I'll kill you if you don't.
- Look, we've come this far, Laurie.

Just do it and let's end this. Please.

NCIS is gonna figure this out.

I've had those Navy cops
running around all night.

They're clueless.
Now transfer the damn money.

- Federal agents!
- Drop your weapon!

[GASPING]

- They still have Sarah.
- If she's in the building, we'll find her.

I'm clear in the hallway.

Clear.

[GASPING]

- Laurie.
- Hey.

We're with your mommy.
We're here to take you home.

We have the little girl.
Repeat, we have the little girl.

Hey, hold up. Hold up. Hold up.

We've got Sarah.

Once we secure the building
you and your sister can see her.

She's not my sister!

She's one of them.

Told me if I didn't lie to you
they'd kill my baby.

Stop.

All they wanted
was the stupid money.

Gun!

- Sarah.
- Mommy.

- Oh, baby.
- Mommy.

I love you so much.

- Oh, God. I'm so glad you're Okay.
- Oh, Mommy.

Apparently,
she doesn't have a sister.

Halloween, Ziva.

Be glad it only happens once a year.

The sky is blue, the grass is green
May we have our Halloween?

That's how we used to say
"trick or treat" in Scotland.

- Thank you.
- You're most welcome, Your Highness.

We have a lot of desks to get to.

- You didn't have to do this.
- Well, every kid deserves

- a happy Halloween.
SARAH: Trick or treat.

Your husband is awake
and asking for you and his daughter.

McGEE: There's a car waiting for you
when you're ready.

Please let Agent Gibbs know

how much I appreciate him
keeping his word.

And that I'm sorry I lied to him,
but I was...

- I was just trying to protect--
- Trust me.

He knows.

Look at this.

Trick or treat!

Daddy. Daddy, Igot more candy.