NCIS (2003–…): Season 5, Episode 10 - Corporal Punishment - full transcript

[CAR ALARM CHIRPS]

[GRUNTING]

[YELLS]

[ALARM BLARING]

WOMAN [OVER P.A.]:
Code red.

Floor supervisor,
report to station immediate/y.

This is a code red.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

MAN 1:
Both on other side.

MAN 2: It has to be secured.
MAN 3: Let's get this contained.

[GROANS]

TONY:
Oh-ho-ho. Aah!

[GROWLS]

Come on, Iron Fist,
hit me with your best shot.

Would you be careful, please?
This is a Number 14.

It's the first appearance
of Sabretooth.

TONY:
Ohh!

Does that make you wanna hit me?

It's really tempting,
but I think I'm gonna pass.

Maybe Ziva will do it.

Maybe Ziva will do what?

I've been working on my six-pack.

You know, abs.

You and Abby have been drinking.

No, abdominals.
No more beer gut for me.

I've been training hardcore
getting the core hard.

- Carved. Hard as wood.
- To match your head.

You know, I think you're afraid
that if you hit me as hard as you could,

I'd think l was being tickled
with a feather.

I will take a swing at your six-pack.

Oh. Well, it's more like a four-pack.

And then there's this one
sort of long, stubborn one.

Never mind. Do it.

As hard as she can?

- As hard as you can.
- That's how Houdini died.

Ziva, did you kill Houdini?

It is possible.
I do not remember all their names.

Okay, hold on.

[EXHALING]

Pfft. Aah!

Okay, do it.

[BREATHING QUICKLY]

GIBBS:
Escaped mental patient.

Exactly what I'm thinking, boss.

GIBBS:
Bethesda Naval Hospital.

Attacked an orderly,
busted up the place.

Come on, let's go.

Hey, come on.
I don't need the rescue.

Seriously,
give me your best shot, right now.

ZIVA: Haah!
- Aah!

flAUGHS]

Oh, yeah.

Not bad.

Not as good as Gibbs, though.

Cramped quarters.

Inpatient wing. It's a secure unit.

TONY:
Least, it's meant to be.

How long has he been here?

JENKINS: Got shipped home from Iraq
about two weeks ago.

He's been receiving treatment
for post-traumatic stress.

- What happened to him?
JENKINS: It beats the hell out of me.

Guy didn't talk much.
That's typical of PTSD.

The shrink's been trying to get him
to open up as part of his treatment.

What's the other part?

Meds. Combination
of anti-depressant paroxetine

and, you know,
mild sedatives to help him sleep.

Might wanna consider
something a little stronger.

He did this with his bare hands?

- Yeah.
ZIVA: Impressive.

Outside.

Are you already done in here?

TONY: Yeah, don't need to look
the one place we know he's not.

Corporal Damon Werth,
Force Recon.

Part of the Second Marine
stationed in Ramadi.

Transferred out 15 days ago,
ahead of his unit.

Brief stops at Ramstein Air Base
in Germany, then here.

What happened
after he went out the window?

Well, he jacked a ride
pulling out of the driveway.

Where's the driver?

Well, there was a lot going on. I...

Where's the driver?

I don't know.

McGEE: Boss, I could pull up
the exterior cameras.

Might be able to see something.

In fact, I could probably be doing that
right now instead of talking about it.

TONY:
All right, listen up, people.

Our fugitive has been on the run
for 90 minutes.

It has been three hours, Tony.

Average foot speed
over uneven ground,

barring injuries,
is four miles per hour.

He's not on foot, he's in a car.

What I need
from each and every one of you

is a hard-target search

of every gas station, residence,
warehouse, firehouse,

henhouse, outhouse
and doghouse in the area.

Our fugitive has a name, and it is--

Corporal Damon Werth.

Hey, the Tommy Lee Jones
speech?

Every time we have a fugitive?
Really?

It's not just a fugitive.
Werth took a hostage.

- Who?
McGEE: Dr. Adrian De La Casa.

BOLO out on his car.

De La Casa is one of the attending
psychiatrists on the ward.

Had the graveyard shift.

Involved in Werth's treatment?

Might help his chances.

He knows who he's dealing with.

TONY:
At least someone does.

What does De La Casa think
of Werth?

Well, "patient exhibits paranoia,
delusional fantasies, hyperactivity,

tendency towards violent outbursts."

What does Werth think
of De La Casa?

Doesn't say.

[CAR DOOR CLOSES]

I think I'm staring
at the man in charge right now.

You are?

I'm gonna find out
what Corporal Werth's status is.

- So are we.
- Shh-Shh.

Yes, sir.

Apologies. Senator Hawkins.

Ray Vincent.
Senator's Public Affairs.

You're Gibbs?

You need to work fast.
This could be a potential PR disaster.

That's always my primary concern.

You see, the thing is, in three days,

the senator's scheduled
to give Corporal Werth the Silver Star.

Your missing Marine's a hero.

When you're dealing
with a guy on the run,

you've gotta climb inside his head,
think his thoughts.

What would he do?
Where would he go?

Did a one-armed man
murder his wife?

Would he dress up like a clown
and join a travelling circus?

Like Jimmy Stewart
in The Greatest Show on Earth.

Do any of your ideas
come from reality?

Sure. Just not your reality.

Could you try to zero in
on Werth's reality?

Considering that the dude
skipped the loony bin,

maybe a little bit of non-linear
fuzzy logic is the key to tracking him.

Maybe he was accused of a crime
he didn't commit

and is trying to promptly escape
to the Los Angeles underground.

He's not the A-team, McGee.

Might be.

Aside from a medical incident
that delayed his career,

Corporal Werth is your poster boy
for the Marine Corps.

Performance evals?

Rapid improvement in every facet
since he enlisted four years ago.

Strength, speed, stamina,
mental acuity, everything.

Steady promotion up the ranks.
Due to make sergeant.

The only time Werth has been away
from the Marines

was to go to England for a joint
training exercise with the British SAS.

That was his vacation?

- How did he do?
GIBBS: He aced it.

I have to brief the senator and then
try to run interference with the media.

You'll update me every half hour,
yes?

The clock is ticking on this, people.

Sophie. Yeah, let the senator know
that Ijust met with NCIS...

The suit fill you in
on what happened in Iraq?

Werth's unit
was ambushed and captured.

He was being tortured
when he broke loose.

He killed his interrogators and carried
all three of his men to safety.

- Wow.
GIBBS: Yeah.

Leathernecks nicknamed him
Corporal Punishment.

What else you got?

Werth's life. Locations of interest.

Boot camp at Parris Island,

stationed at Quantico, then LeJeune
before shipping out overseas.

- Family?
- Unmarried, no siblings.

His father is retired SAS.

Mother is a behavioural therapist.

They live in Michigan.

Senator Hawkins' home state.

Friends in the area?

I don't think he had any friends
outside of the corps, boss.

Dr. De La Casa?

Navy Captain.
Resides in Reston, Virginia.

He works at Bethesda.

So he'd have to take
the Dulles Toll Road every day.

So he would have a Smart Tag.
Magoo?

TONY:
Scanned on 267 yesterday.

Again this morning,
entering Virginia.

Tried to triangulate
De La Casa's cell,

but it's either switched off

or Werth's laying low
in the countryside, out of range.

[COMPUTER CHIRPING]

Wait.
Smart Tag just entered The District.

Try his cell again.

[LINE RINGING]

- Hello?
WERTH [OVER PHONE]: Who is this?

Gibbs, NCIS.

I'm looking
for a Dr. Adrian De La Casa.

Well, look harder.

[LINE DISCONNECTS]

Northwest D.C.

If he leaves his cell on,
I can get an exact location.

GIBBS:
Do it on the way.

[MUFFLED POUNDING]

ZIVA:
Just lights.

For what?

GIBBS:
Dr. De La Casa?

Yes.

[PANTING]

I thought
you were him coming back.

Where'd he go?

I don't know.

He did something with my laptop
and disappeared.

What's with the lights?

Boss?

Now he knows what we look like.

I kept trying to get through to him,
but he didn't seem to recognize me.

Well, it's not unusual for PTSD victims
to exhibit dissociative behaviour.

- You're the medical examiner?
DUCKY: I am.

But I've also done
an extensive study

of the science
of psychological profiling.

- Well, the patient--
- Corporal Werth.

Werth.

He didn't speak for some time
after he took the wheel.

He seemed confused
by his surroundings.

Well, what gave you
that impression?

He kept mumbling something
about sand or the lack thereof.

Expected to find himself
in the desert.

I believe so.

I tried to talk to him.

He stopped the car and accused me
of manipulating the environment.

Of making him see things
that weren't there.

Why you?

He may have thought
I was a voice in his head.

Obviously,
I tried to convince him otherwise.

He subdued me and bound me.

You didn't resist?

I was afraid for my life.

He picked up on that fear,
made him feel in control.

He could have been riding
an adrenaline high

following his escape.

Then he asked about PFCs
Whitney, Stone and Heatherton.

The other men in his unit.

He wanted to know where they were,
where we were keeping them.

Where are you keeping them?

We're not keeping them.

Oh, hey, boss.

McGee managed to--
Blah, blah, blah, computer geek stuff,

and he figured out that the video feed
was being accessed from a public site

a few blocks from the garage.

- While he watched us?
- Yep, that is exactly true.

The last files accessed
on De La Casa's laptop were--

Patient logs.

Yeah. How did you...?

Heh. Three names in particular--

Whitney, Stone and Heatherton.

Ooh. Well, that's kind of creepy,
that you could...

[DOOR OPENS]

Whitney and Heatherton
were treated and released

for wounds sustained in combat.

Transferred to LeJeune
for redeployment.

Stone?

His injuries were the most severe.

He's undergoing rehabilitative
physical therapy at Walter Reed.

Werth is on his way there.

Is he gonna break out of one
hospital just to break into another?

I'm gonna go warm up the car.

Jethro, Werth's behaviour is consistent
with post-traumatic stress,

but he didn't harm De La Casa
unnecessarily.

He still had the mental capacity
to booby-trap the car.

Well, it shows that somewhere
in his mind, he's operating clearly.

It's his training, Ducky.

DUCKY: As a syndrome,
PTSD is in its infancy,

even though the symptoms have long
been recognized by returning soldiers.

Shell shock.

Yeah, well,
there was a landmark legal case:

the Buffalo Creek Disaster.

A West Virginia
coal-mining community

was utterly destroyed when a dam
gave way during a heavy rainstorm.

Psychologists descended
upon the ruined valley

to identify the common malady
that afflicted the survivors.

Nightmares, insomnia, paranoia,
depression, memory loss.

You know the symptoms well.

And I'm of the opinion

that Werth is replaying a scenario
that he's already completed.

He thinks he's still at war.

Well, it's not uncommon
for PTSD victims

to respond to a trigger of some sort.

I've read accounts
of Buffalo Creek survivors

where they became hysterical
at the mere sound

of raindrops on a tin roof.

You think Werth has a trigger,
Ducky?

I think you should be careful.

McGee, David. Perimeter.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

MAN:
That's Stone right there, agent.

WOMAN:
That's it, Nate.

Don't be afraid
to put all your weight on it.

STONE:
It feels weird.

WOMAN: It'll feel less weird
once you get used to it.

- PFC Stone?
- Yes, sir.

- Call me when you're done.
- Thanks, Karen.

GIBBS:
You heard from Corporal Werth?

Got him in a brig in Bethesda.

They won't even let me in
to see him.

Hmm. He broke out this morning.

Good. He's not a prisoner.

Shouldn't have been treated
that way.

He may try to find you.

Hope he does. He saved my life.

I'd give it right back to him
if he needed it.

Because of him, I might even be able
to return to combat.

You do that, Devil Dog.

Hoo-rah.

Corporal Werth doesn't realize
that he ever left.

He thinks you're in trouble.

- Corporal wouldn't hurt me.
- Yeah.

But would he hurt someone else
if they got in his way?

What do you want from me?

McGEE:
Let's see what we've got here.

Cameras
on the north and south gates.

Possible point of entry
from the fire escape.

ZIVA:
That's odd.

Dr. De La Casa.
I thought he was headed home.

Why would he come here?

- He didn't.
- Werth has his badge.

[LINE RINGING]

Gibbs, Werth is here.

I know.

WERTH:
Drop your weapons.

Kick them away.

You don't wanna do this, corporal.

Nate, come on.
We're getting out of here.

I'm okay, corporal. I'm safe.

Stop moving.

- We're not.
- The other two.

PFC Stone, get up now.
That's an order.

Your leg.

I left it in the desert.

Remember?
You carried me out on your back.

GIBBS:
Corporal, you're safe now.

You and your men.
You rescued them.

We're here to help you.

Trust him, Damon. He's a grunt.

He's one of us?

Have to take you into custody.

You understand that?

Mm-hm.

Put it down.

McGee, back off.

WERTH: Aah!
TONY: Boss.

[YELLING AND GRUNTING]

STONE:
Damon, what are you doing?

Damon.

- No, don't shoot him, don't shoot him.
- Sit down.

Oh!

STONE:
Damon.

TONY:
Stay down.

ABBY: Oh, my God, oh, my God,
oh, my God.

Oh, my God, oh, my God,
oh, my God.

Oh, my God, oh, my God.

- Oh, my--
- Abby.

Oh, my God, oh, my God--

Abby.

Calm down.

Tony has a broken nose.
McGee has a dislocated shoulder.

But we caught the guy.

What is he even doing here?
He should be locked up.

- He's an animal.
- He's not an animal.

He's a man.

Are you defending him?

He attacked for no reason.
The guy's a killing machine.

He's a Marine who is willing to give up
everything for his country.

We have a responsibility to him.

Oh, spare me
the samurai code of honour.

Noble respect of your combatant?

It's admirable, but he tried to kill Tony
and he tried to kill McGee.

Oh, my God.
Oh, my God, oh, my God--

And me too.

Believe me. We are fine.

Calm down.

Ziva, can't you just let me
get it out for a second?

I mean, I'm not like you.

I'm not some totally emotionless
perfect warrior.

God.

Agent Gibbs,
you've met Karen Sutherland.

Briefly.

- You okay?
- I'm fine.

How are your people?

They're busted up a little.
They'll be all right.

Miss Sutherland is a research
and development engineer at Biotech.

Defence contract?

I specialize
in next-generation prosthesis.

Designing, fitting, modifications.

Lot of business lately.

Too much, unfortunately.

But we're trying to create
something positive out of all the loss.

You've seen your share
of traumatized warriors?

- Mm-hm.
JEN: I'm sure 30 years ago,

most of the returning vets you work
with would have died in the field.

Well, broken bodies are easier to heal
than broken minds.

My company also develops
alternative therapies

to treat the psychological conditions.

Competition for DARPA funding
must be intense.

If I may.

What's going to happen
to Corporal Werth

now that he's in your custody?

Why exactly do you wanna know?

Personal curiosity.

It seems a great many people
are interested in Werth's well-being.

I've had several calls
from Senator Hawkins' office

about a Silver Star presentation.

Werth abducted
a Navy medical officer,

assaulted Federal agents.

But you don't intend to charge him.
He was not in his right mind.

Then he should probably go back
to the shrinks.

For all the good it did
first time around.

What would you have us do with him,
Miss Sutherland?

[CHUCKLES]

Well, that's not my place.

I just witnessed his incident.
It was frightening.

I'm concerned.

We all are.

What do you intend to do
with Corporal Werth, Agent Gibbs?

Talk to him.

[GRUNTING]

[DOOR CLOSES]

Why didn't you have that
looked at in the ER?

I am fine.

You shouldn't be embarrassed.

Invincibility
is not a human characteristic.

ZIVA:
Gibbs is going to interrogate him?

Yes, well,
I'm sure that Gunnery Sergeant Gibbs

has a notion of how to get through
to Corporal Werth's troubled mind.

[DOOR OPENS]

[DOOR CLOSES]

You got yourself in a mess,
corporal.

You'll have to get yourself out.

What seems to be the problem?

What seems to be the problem,
Marine?

I wanna kill someone, sir.

Anyone in particular?

Anyone will do, sir.

Does that feel right to you, son?

No, sir, it does not.

I'm not right, sir,
but it's not my fault.

Tell me what it feels like.

Needles and pills.

Needles and pins?

No, sir. Needles and pills.

They put a cloud in my head.

It's dark behind my eyes.
I can't see in there.

Who drugged you?

I don't know.

I can't find it. I can't remember.

You've gotta help me.

At ease, son.

I Will.

His symptoms are in no way exclusive
to post-traumatic stress.

You believe him?

Irritability, delusion, hostility.

All of these
could be an adverse reaction

to any number of medications.

And in his field evaluation,
I found references to anxiety, paranoia.

And they all predate his capture.

Too long in Iraq.

I do not get the impression
he suffered in the field.

Yes, that does seem
to be his natural habitat.

Look,
you have established a rapport.

Perhaps you could convince him
to part with urine and blood samples.

GIBBS:
I made a promise to this Marine.

I plan to keep it.

So I guess he's a liar too.

Other than low concentrations
of sedatives and antidepressants,

his blood was clean of drugs.

Well, the results of Werth's urinalysis
should confirm that, then.

Oh. I can'tjust turn off
one part of my head right now

- and turn on the other part.
- Abby.

[COMPUTER BEEPING]

You know what? I don't even care.

Abby, Abby.

I need you to draw upon
that considerable capacity

that you have for empathy
for a moment.

I don't wanna help him.

This young man
you deem to be a villain

may in fact be a victim.

What are we looking for?

Probenecid, spironolactone,
furosemide

and any other uricosurics
and diuretics.

Masking agents.

Oh, look at me.

Like Jack Nicholson in Chinatown.

Oh, stupid can.

[TONY PURRING]

TONY: You know what happened
to the kitty cat who got too curious?

Don't make me break out my Jack,
because I will.

- Straw?
- No, I'm good.

I got the one arm. Thank you.

Ha-ha. Maybe it was you, McGee.

The one-armed man.

Thought it was one of those vets
we met at the Walter Reed Hospital.

Wrong case, Tony.

Do we even have a case?
We already got the guy.

What are we doing?

What did we miss?

What's happening?

- They gave him painkillers.
- Oh.

My fingers are finging.

[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]

Ooh. You hear that?

Ah! Excellent work, Agent Gibbs.

You will be receiving
a commendation--

Where is he?

Orders from SECNAV.

Werth is being transferred back
to Bethesda.

The doctor will see to him.

Make sure he's presentable
for your photo op?

The man is entitled to his medal.

All you care about is selling the war.

You don't support the war?

I support the men fighting it.

Jethro, a complex series
of masking agents

hampered detection,
but we managed to find oxymetholone

stacked with nandrolone.

In addition,
countless other compounds

that we have yet to identify.

Anabolic steroids.

Steroids?

Yeah, well, testosterone levels

far beyond even the most reckless
of body builders.

The science at work here
is very advanced,

with every indication
that it's been going on for years.

Werth's behaviour is likely the result
of steroid-induced psychosis.

Someone is using that Marine
as a lab rat.

Abby is mapping
Werth's blood work.

Already found a bunch of steroids,
well-covered.

Would have been masked
from standard drug testing.

Drug testing is big bucks, McGiggle.

NFL, NBA, Major League Baseball,
they all face the same problem.

Don't forget the Tour de France.

Oh, how could I?
Those short little shorts.

He could've been injected
his entire career.

Werth is notjust a Marine
with post-traumatic stress.

Someone has tried
to create a super soldier.

He's in a hospital bed.

Weak, 19 years old.
He's just been rejected by the Corps.

His dream of becoming a Marine,
over before it starts.

Because he's Four F.
Has an anaemic blood disorder.

Three years later,
he's ripping through boot camp.

Attending physician
calls the improvement

in his blood-cell count miraculous.

It's not a miracle. It's an experiment.

Someone turned Damon Werth
into Captain America.

Werth's Swiss-cheese brain means
he can't name the mad scientist.

Any chance the attending
was Dr. De La Casa?

No such luck. As far as I can tell,

they didn't cross paths
till a couple weeks ago.

Then who? Who would benefit
from an experiment like this?

Well, there's big money
in pharmaceuticals.

What?

Find out what kind of research
the Biotech Corporation does,

and everything on
Karen Sutherland.

- DiNozzo?
TONY: Yeah, boss.

You're with me.

The pursuit of juicy government
contracts spurs a lot of R and D.

Yeah, it runs the gamut

from pills that will keep a person
awake for days at a time,

to biomechanical exoskeletons,
to nanoparticle technology.

A hell of a company.

Feel like James Bond
walking into Q's laboratory.

Well, DARPA's money did pay for
night vision, lasers and stealth.

KAREN:
And the Internet.

That's a light-emitting diode.
It speeds the healing process.

Might help the damaged cartilage
in your nose, Agent DiNozzo.

Your company builds super soldiers.

Not a term we use in-house,
Agent Gibbs.

Connotes killing power.

Our mission is to increase
human effectiveness,

durability and longevity.

Hmm. What point
in the development process

do you begin field-testing
on human subjects?

Oh, we're subject
to government oversight.

TONY:
Oh, that's too bad.

All these cool toys and someone else
tells you how to play with them. Mm.

Can I ask a question? You everjump
the gun a bit with the magic pills?

Cut through the red tape?
Work out the kinks?

In-house?

Corporal Werth.

His condition
is pharmaceutically-based.

Steroids.

I appreciate you've taken
a special interest in his case.

Oh, and you too.

He's highly decorated.

You're highly decorated.

Silver Star? That's a lot in common.

You've done your research.

That's the word on my door.

Well, he is a Marine
and you're an ex-Marine.

No such thing as ex-Marines.

Put your lives in each other's hands,

accept that you're part
of something greater.

- That sounds like a religion.
GIBBS: No.

More a faith.

Well,
steroids are extremely hazardous.

Carry many health risks.

I wish I could help you, Agent Gibbs,

but our company does not conduct
dangerous experiments

on human test subjects.

I case you were wondering,
he doesn't care about medals.

I keep his in a drawer.

ZIVA:
She's lying.

Of course she is.

They do human testing
on power drinks, why not Biotech?

Abby, I really-- I need my arm
to access these financial records.

- Aw.
- You have nothing to do?

I created a blueprint of all
the compounds that Werth was given.

If you can find me
an existing experiment,

I can match it and prove
that he was their guinea pig.

I need to get Biotech
to open their ultra-secret books.

If there's anything you can do
that could get you off of me...

ABBY:
Tony, I'm so glad you...

...smell like garbage.

TONY:
Yeah, I know.

I was going through
Karen Sutherland's trash.

- Find anything?
- She recycles and composts.

Who composts?

Those are pretty extreme lengths
to go to for this guy.

But I understand now.

No true warrior
should be felled by invisible forces.

It's dishonourable.

And that other thing I said,
I know that's not really true.

What does that mean,
what she just said?

What other thing?

That I do not have feelings.
I do have feelings.

Though I do not express myself
the way Abby does.

No one expresses themself
the way Abby does.

- Themself. Themselves? Themself.
TONY: Shh!

What were you having feelings about?
You said you were having feelings.

I said I have feelings,
not that I'm having feelings.

That is a pretty sophisticated
grammatical differentiation.

Don't change the subject
with your big words, McNerd.

Ziva said she had a feeling.

Tell us about this feeling.

What was this feeling?

I felt overwhelmed temporarily--

Which does not often happen to me.

--when we were wrestling
with Werth.

What? What is this look?

McGEE:
Nothing.

You like him.

I thought he was powerful.

You really like him.

No, I am saying he's stronger
than any man I have encountered,

but strength
should not decide a battle.

There is a weapon for every fight.

Itching for a rematch?

Wanna roll on the ground
with him some more?

I am trying
to describe something complicated.

It's not complicated, Ziva.
It's Conan.

- To her Red Sonja.
- Nice.

It only lasted a moment.

You had a moment.
A moment and a feeling.

And a smack to the head.

Broken nose. Dislocated shoulder.
It's been a banner day.

GIBBS:
Easy on the painkillers, DiNozzo.

Director have any luck, boss?

Public-affairs guy is stonewalling.

His main concern is keeping Werth
docile for the ceremony.

They don't wanna know
how he got that way.

Or they know already.

- What do we know?
- Well, it looks like Karen Sutherland

is the bleeding heart
she appears to be.

ZIVA: Volunteer consultant
with Doctors Without Borders.

Donates to several charities
for the mentally disabled.

If she's got a fault,
it's that she cares too much.

Which is something
we might be able to exploit, boss.

KAREN: I told you,
that information is proprietary.

I can't discuss it with you.

GIBBS:
Cutting-edge research.

Financial temptation
must be hard to resist.

You're wasting your time
if you think I'm selling secrets.

McGee.

You spent your summer travelling
through Africa with a team of doctors.

You've been poking around my life.

Only fair.

This report
from the World Health Organization

features several children who received
treatment for land-mine injuries.

Called their rapid healing
"miraculous."

I hear "miracle," I look for answers.

Can't just take it on faith, huh?

You didn't sell any secrets.

You gave them away for free.

Your heart's in the right place.

Your LED device is low-cost,
highly-effective,

but it is corporate property.

The super-soldier program.

If anything on this comes back to me,
my career is over.

Hope it answers all your questions.

You could've just asked nicely.

This is nicely.

Platelet acceleration,
human growth hormone

and cybernetic implants.

These people have read
way too many sci-fi comics.

Some of these experiments
are more fi than sci.

One of them makes people
glow in the dark.

What do we got?

- A couple of surprises.
- Good or bad?

Well, would it surprise you to learn
that Karen Sutherland has reviewed

every single human research project at
her company since you met with her?

Timestamps
on files she downloaded.

Worried her company
might be responsible.

Are they?

For questionable experiments,
definitely, but as far as our guy...

This is the map I compiled

of all the chemical compounds that
are running through Werth's blood.

McGEE: This is a blueprint
of the chemical compounds

the Biotech Corporation
is experimenting with.

- None of them match.
- No.

Werth's not their test subject.

Sutherland will be relieved.
She's not responsible.

Someone else is.

Well, the director managed
to get a list

of every super-soldier proposal
competing for funding from DARPA.

GIBBS:
None involve steroids.

Whatever's been done to Werth
was somebody's pet project,

but they didn't leave a trail.

He's the only evidence
the experiment ever took place.

- The only one who knows who did it.
- If he could remember.

So if the experiment went wrong,

and Werth's behaviour over the past
several days would suggest it has,

then if he does remember...

He's in danger.

We need to protect him.

Well, all that's standing in our way
is a senator

and the entire
Military Medical Complex.

I'm sure they'll be happy to see us.

Oh, no.

Nothing, sir. I'm losing you.

Sunspots, X-rays, tunnel.

Agent Gibbs, you and your team
are not welcome here.

You are not to interfere
with Corporal Werth's treatment.

I will have you forcibly removed.

TONY:
Oh. Sorry about that. Clumsy.

Not supposed to use those
in the hospital.

DE LA CASA:
Especially my hospital.

DE LA CASA:
Corporal Werth is safe here,

except perhaps from himself.

McGEE: You'll excuse us
if we don't take you at your word.

Look, I'm taking every measure
to rectify past mistakes.

I'm ashamed to admit
I missed the diagnosis.

You verified Dr. Mallard's findings?

DE LA CASA:
Werth is on a rapid detox program.

We should flush his system
of the steroids in three to five days.

Is there a reason we had to do
all your work for you?

Well, we try our best but we can't
keep up with the numbers.

We don't have the time or facilities

to extend that type of attention to
every patient who presents with PTSD.

I want to see him.

He's under heavy sedation.
He's fine.

No, she asked to see the patient.

Probably not a good idea
to stand in her way.

[DOOR OPENS]

McGEE:
Jeez.

TONY:
Wow.

What, no funny movie reference?

It's not funny.

The IV contains clonazepam
while his system clears itself.

- Can he speak?
- He's somewhat clear when awake.

ls his mind returning?

I hope so.

Corporal Werth. Damon.

- Where am I?
- Hospital.

What's all this?

GIBBS: We're getting the steroids
out of you.

- Steroids?
- Yeah.

- You remember?
- Who did this to you?

Who did this to me?

GIBBS:
Damon? Damon?

Hey, Damon.

DE LA CASA:
Like I said, he's very weak.

GIBBS:
Damon.

[MONITOR BEEPING RAPIDLY]

DE LA CASA: Wait. This isn't right.
- What's happening?

His system is crashing.
It's set too high.

- What is that?
- Adrenaline.

Hold him down.

[GRUNTING]

Hold him, hold him. Give it to him.

You're gonna be all right, Marine.

- He's pulling a Pulp Fiction.
- Or The Hulk.

[GASPING, YELLING]

[WERTH BREATHING HEAVILY]

[GASPS]

[EXHALES]

TONY: What just happened?
DE LA CASA: I don't understand this.

His machine was cranked up
to the wrong level.

- The sedative was poisoning him.
- So you tried to kill him?

Bury the evidence
of your little science experiment?

I don't understand this.
I set the rate.

Wrote the orders clear as day.

Who carries out your orders?

TONY:
Jenkins. Going down?

[GRUNTING]

[GROANS]

I said going down.

You should probably stay down.

TONY:
Ooh. That's a nice watch.

A little ostentatious for my taste.

Must have been hell to pay for.

Especially on an orderly's salary.

Found a loophole in the system.

TONY:
Doctors fill out orders.

You take the drugs
from the pharmacy.

But occasionally, they don't make it
to their intended destination.

Yeah, you made quite a little business
out of that, haven't you?

What is the street value
of nandrolone

and oxymetholone and Winstrol?

You even know
what these things do?

Liver, kidney disease.

Sterility, roid rage.

This guy here
beat his wife half to death.

At least three others are dead.

They're all patients of yours.

Look, they did that to themselves.

Werth goes off the reservation.
The cops are circling the hospital.

And then someone
amps his machine up to 11.

I don't know what happened,
all right?

I mean, these things
can be unreliable sometimes.

Didn't want Werth to start talking

about who was sticking
a needle in him?

Listen, I didn't stick the needle
in any of those guys.

Who did?

I'm embarrassed by my behaviour.

It doesn't even feel like me
in my memory.

We have determined
the source of the steroids,

but not who did this to you.

You remember?

- It hasn't come back yet.
- That's disappointing.

ZIVA: Would have to be someone
close to you,

someone who has been with you
wherever you go.

Perhaps someone in your unit.

We have to investigate them.

Unless you remember who it is.

Courage doesn't have anything to do
with medals.

It's simple.

You run to the gunfire.

Not away from it.

[INHALES DEEPLY]

I don't know what I'd do, Gunny,
if I couldn't be a Marine.

It's in my blood.

I can't imagine how it felt...

...when your own blood
was keeping you out.

ZIVA: The orderly
was just your most recent supplier.

You gave yourself the steroids
and the masking agents

so no one would ever find out.

All so you could become
some super Marine.

No. Just a Marine.

That's it. Ceremony's off.

- You're cancelling it?
- Have to.

The senator can't step on stage
with that guy.

- He won't get the medal?
- That's up to the Corps.

But I sincerely doubt it.

He'll be lucky to be just discharged.
This is a nightmare.

[CELL PHONE RINGING]

Oh-- Ray Vincent.

MAN [OVER PHONE]:
--planning to appear on Hardball.

VINCENT: When?
- 7 tonight.

VINCENT:
Great. I'm on my way.