NCIS (2003–…): Season 8, Episode 8 - Enemies Foreign - full transcript
On a sidewalk in Washington, DC, Tony and McGee bust a 22-year-old chick, who turns out to be an electronic pickpocket, who causes the gang to search for a terrorist, who proves to be a pair of Mossad operatives, Liat and Malachi; meanwhile the US Coast Guard sends three bodies and other evidence after fireworks during an encounter with a small civilian craft in the Gulf of Mexico. While investigating both chains of events, Gibbs soon sees a connection between the two threads; Gibbs also accepts an invitation to meet with Eli David, Ziva's father and the head of the Mossad, who explains more. One night Gibbs and Eli take a walk downtown with friends and others nearby. During those events Vance has conducted a conference at a hotel; the next day Eli starts toward the meeting with a protective detail; however, a major multi-faceted confrontation takes place; Ziva sends Eli back to the safe house, then Gibbs loses radio contact with Eli's party. [To be continued.]
- On the ground!
- NCIS!
- Don't move! Don't move!
- Don't shoot!
It's just some clothes and, like, DVDs.
I'll return them.
What's NCIS?
I can't believe
some people never heard of us.
You're under arrest
for espionage and terrorism.
Wait, what?
Pretty cool piece of tech.
It takes advantage
of the new credit card's design
so you can swipe your whole wallet
over the sensor
when you make a purchase.
Because that extra four seconds
it takes to remove your credit card
is just plain un-American.
This doesn't work.
The point is
that you control the card,
which in theory reduces fraud risk
at point of purchase.
It still won't keep you hacky types
from stealing my numbers
from the matrix.
Anyway, look at it, it doesn't work.
That's right.
You should still be terrified of my kind.
And apparently 22-year-old girls.
I refuse to be afraid
of 22-year-old girls
no matter what kind of magical
pickpocketing devices they're sporting.
You know who the real victim is?
Artistry.
If someone wants something
out of your pants,
they should have to use their hands.
The thing
about all this virtual thievery
is it's virtually impossible
to virtually police.
How do you keep the DiCaprio
out of your head?
Mm. Yeah, he is dreamy.
Hillary Lange picked two dozen
credit cards in less than an hour,
she burned all the accounts
onto a blank one
and went shopping.
No one would have known
if she hadn't picked
the absolute wrong pocket.
Yep. Card number flagged
on the terror watch list.
That's God's justice right there.
You think the pickpocket can lead you
to the cardholder?
It'd be easier
if you gave me a name.
Name would just be fake.
But the account's real.
I'm gonna be tied up
at this review conference all week.
Well, there's a good time.
Reviewing old case files.
Oh, it may sound dull,
but it's a useful educational tool.
Also helps maintain continuity
within the agency.
We are responsible for the work
performed by our predecessors.
Tom Morrow called me about lunch.
Well, he's not gonna have time.
Neither will you.
Three bodies coming in
from the Coast Guard.
Suspected smugglers
shot off the coast of Florida.
One's a Navy officer.
All the physical evidence is en route
to Miss Sciuto.
I usually like an invite
to a crime scene.
It sank in the Gulf of Mexico.
You do plan on talking to that girl,
don't you?
Well, she is accused of terrorism.
She'll talk when she's ready to talk.
Hey.
You okay?
I think it's time.
Okay,
I'll give you whatever you want.
Just talk to me.
Hello!
Do you know when people walk
by those signs
that say "Beware Pickpocket",
they always tap where their wallet is,
back pocket,
chest, coat. Artistry.
A would-be artisan went for my wallet
once in Rome.
How'd it turn out
for the borseggiatore?
You need to get the device closer
to their wallets, all right?
You realize a 22-year-old girl
had this mastered.
People mature much faster
these days, McGee.
Yeah, present company excluded.
That's not the guy. Keep going.
We cannot really be sure
that because this girl crossed paths
with him here yesterday,
we will cross paths with him today.
Can't be sure that Gibbs will
be swilling coffee when we get back,
or you'll fumble
a simple American expression,
or that McGee will sleep alone
tonight,
but people do tend
to follow patterns.
Wait. Wait. We got a match.
The last person you scanned.
- Which one?
- Turning right.
- Popped collar.
- Alley on 17th, McGee.
Pull the van around.
That's our terrorist.
Whoever this guy is,
he gets around.
Card's been used everywhere
from the Middle East
to Latin America to the Caribbean.
- Tony.
- Ninja senses tingling?
- NCIS! Drop your weapon!
- Hands in the air!
Put it down!
- You put down your weapon.
Malachi?
Hello, Ziva.
Oh, good. The Israelis are back.
Liat.
Liat. It's like music.
In Hebrew, it means "you are the one
for me," Tony.
My name roughly translates
to "two parts of a leg."
Liat is one of the most common names
in Israel.
Only the grandmothers
are named Ziva.
- So, what brings you to D. C?
- The cherry blossoms.
That's in the spring.
All we have to offer in November
are elections and pardoned turkeys.
I really like those boots, Liat.
I'm not speaking too fast for you, am I?
I understand.
You're very, uh, tongue-in-ear.
- She means tongue-in-cheek.
- Don't put works in the girl's mouth.
We are on vacation.
Tourists have their passports
scanned, they don't carry firearms,
and clearly, this is the new Ziva.
In Mossad. Your replacement.
Did you expect we would never
move on after you left us?
You left me.
Let's not get hung up on who's
left, right, and wrong.
Let's get back
to the original question.
- What are you doing here?
Oh, hey, boss.
Uh, we were just having
a pretty good time lying to each other,
and I think that was about to boil off,
actually.
If you detain us, I would like
to hear a statement of cause.
- You're a terrorist.
- Ha, ha.
- That is absurd.
- Not according to our director.
Who saw you coming
from a mile away.
Losing your touch, Mal.
You're in the United States illegally.
You're immigration now,
Special Agent Gibbs?
Deport us then.
Take them in.
Figure out how they got here.
You do not need to wait for me.
Outsiders are not allowed
to be unaccompanied in this building.
Congratulations
on becoming an insider.
Must be very proud.
I am.
And your family?
How do they feel?
You know,
you were personally selected
by my father
to fill a vacancy in his roster.
Not his bloodline.
And trust me, the second part
is not something you want to covet.
You read up on me.
You spent eight months
in paramilitary operations helping
to develop
the new Galil assault rifle.
You won the marksmanship ribbon
for your outfit four consecutive times.
I have six.
But I'm not done.
Benefit of youth.
See, I would expect you
to look into past conduct.
But you seem to only care
about my abilities with a gun.
You have a pet cat named Bill.
I happen to like cats.
Still.
I feel this, uh, measuring contest
would be more at home
in the men's room.
Don't you think?
Heard you got a shipment in, Duck.
Yeah, the three bodies
we were expecting from the Gulf.
You're fluent in chicken scratch.
Perhaps you
can make out this scrawl.
Maybe some sort of acronym?
"CIWS"
Close-in Weapons System.
So a Coast Guard cutter opened fire
on a pleasure fishing craft
with a Gatling gun?
Claims these guys fired first.
- Who's this?
- Captain Caleb Burnett.
He was on leave,
helping his brother pay the bills.
Coast Guard approached three miles
off the coast of Florida.
Saw crates being thrown overboard.
Hailed a warning.
Then the fireworks.
Gulf Coast oil spill wreaked havoc
on the fishing business.
Turned to smuggling?
Would you believe that human
and animal hair has been found
to be one of the most effective agents
in cleaning up the oil?
I mean, from across the country,
over half a million pounds of hair
has been donated
by barber shops, salons
and pet stores.
- Dark haired guy was the shooter.
According to the report.
But they may have that wrong.
Abby didn't find any gunshot residue
on this man's hands.
And I just sent swabs up
from the other two for analysis.
What else did CGIS miss?
Well, I've found an anomaly
on the back of this man's skull.
Large caliber rounds
would inflict this sort of damage,
but not that small hole.
And that is stippling.
I got no clue
what they were smuggling.
Port of origin was near Havana.
Maybe they were smuggling cigars.
Drugs. Drugs are always good.
Pirates do like rum.
It's not a guessing game.
- Tell me you got something, Abs.
Well, I got a lot, Gibbs.
I mean, with our mystery smugglers
and our Mossad operatives
in their dark clothing
sticking to the shadows.
Yeah, because that hasn't gotten old.
Black on black never goes out of style,
Gibbs. Just so you know.
It would be nice if they'd play things
above the board once in a while.
Although, last time
Netanyahu was in town,
they did everything
according to standard protocol
and then the airlines lost a bag
of his advance team's guns.
Personally, I don't like losing things.
- Did I just give you a clue?
- It's what you do, Abs.
Then let me give you more.
These are the slugs
pulled from the boat.
There's a handful of 9 millimeters
mixed in with the Coast Guard's
20 mil big boys.
It's kind of a bad idea
to shoot at a cutter with a 9 millimeter.
It's like trying to put out a forest fire
with a Super Soaker, right?
Right, um, so I went through all three
of our victims
and there's no corresponding GSR.
- The smugglers never fired a shot.
- Well, not these guys.
The 9 millimeter
might match the anomaly
that Ducky found in the captain's skull
at close range.
The captain and crew were executed
on the boat.
Shooter fires at the cutter.
Goes into the water with the crates.
Empty.
Which suggests that whatever
was being smuggled has floated away.
Or whoever, swam away.
Breathing holes.
Somebody could have gotten caught
trying to sneak somebody
into the country
and then those somebody's...
Are still unaccounted for.
Crew was killed as a smokescreen.
And they swam to shore
the last three miles
under the cover of night.
That's dark.
Even for black on black.
Do you know about the three bodies
downstairs?
Killed in transit
from Cuba to Florida?
- Why would we?
- Don't.
Their murder was a distraction
to occupy the Coast Guard
on the surface
while their cargo swam to shore.
You killed Americans? To get here?
Your boss did not send you here
to kill smugglers.
Who were in the crates?
Who were you tracking?
Three members
of a Palestinian terror network.
You followed them from Cuba?
Then why do you search for them
in D. C?
They're not.
They're a step ahead
of the assassins already.
They're an advance team.
You're right.
They are assassins.
And this is where their target will be.
Who is their target?
Your father is coming.
He'll be here in two days.
My father has not left Israeli soil
in 12 years.
- We are not lying.
- We've got three killers to find.
You get DiNozzo and McGee
caught up.
And stock up.
It's gonna be a long night.
Officer Hadar.
You almost made me
spill my coffee.
Americans.
You can never just say hello.
How about shalom.
Hello and goodbye.
And peace, Agent Gibbs.
Not a lot of that when you're around.
Do you have a minute
to sit down with my director?
Please come with me.
He is waiting for you.
Tea and coffee.
There was a time when this
conversation would take place
over something a bit more exciting.
I'm still on the clock.
No one's stopping you.
But along with several other vices,
drinking is now part of my past.
Know what they say
about a man with no vices.
Yes.
He has incredibly annoying virtues.
Which one brings you to town?
Loyalty.
I was summoned.
Vance's review
of the international case files.
And his request for contributions
from every NCIS director.
Not every director.
No.
Not Jenny Shepard.
She was truly responsible
for bringing our organizations together.
And for bringing my daughter
into your life.
But I am not here for her.
- For Ziva.
- Yes.
You're not here for Ziva.
She has a name.
I am aware. I gave it to her.
Director Vance has a suite
at the Fremont.
He's got a system
where he can video conference
any agent
who couldn't attend personally.
You didn't have to make the trip.
There was a case.
- Amsterdam.
- Then you do know.
Just bits, pieces.
For the first time, all parties involved
will peel back the veil.
This a witch hunt?
With you wearing the pointy hat?
It may be necessary
for me to defend myself.
Need a lot of that.
The assassins.
I am surprised and not unimpressed
that they have made it this far,
but I am not concerned.
- My people will ensure my safety.
Nope.
Already got three bodies on the slab.
You should have told us
you were coming.
But like it or not,
protecting you is my responsibility.
A joint effort, I think.
The three remaining members
of the Palestinian Resistance Front.
An anti-Zionist group
responsible for many Israeli deaths.
- We've spent years tracking them.
- And still there are three. Hmm.
No, there are only three. I assure you
when they started there were more.
"Karif Yasin."
Explosive expert.
"Ramsi Ashor."
Intel specialist.
"Abasi El Masri." Their leader.
El Masri's trained in NATO weaponry,
has degree in advanced engineering.
I don't care
how many degrees he has.
Assassinating Eli, he's gonna need
something more than a pistol.
- It is not about the size of the gun...
- It is about the will of the shooter.
We will make sure
they do not succeed.
If necessary, we will place ourselves
in the line of fire.
"All someone needs is the willingness
to trade his life for mine."
- You know, In the Line of Fire.
- Kennedy said that.
Why don't you memorise your lines
and don't bump into the furniture,
McBartlett.
Spencer Tracy said that.
Why isn't Secret Service
or the State Department
handling Director David's
protection detail?
The director does not want anyone
to know he's coming.
Oh, bang-up job, I'd say.
How did they find out?
What? No big fat lie ready to go?
You really don't know.
Which case files are we looking at?
Are we talking 1988 or '98?
We finished with '88 an hour ago,
Ben.
If you consult your schedule, you'll
also notice the upcoming lunch break.
If the rest of us could wait...
The rest of you are on the East Coast,
Leon.
It's breakfast time in Mazatl?n. Ha, ha.
Hey, it's dinnertime here
and I'm holding off.
Plus, I am dangerously close
to missing my dinner reservation.
All right, if we'll open the file
code name Leviathan.
For the record, I was not involved
directly in that case.
So any, uh, observations I have
about it are purely impartial, so...
Damn it. I brought the wrong cane.
The other cane's got the flask.
Hey, Riley,
where did they dig you up?
This will keep you sharper.
Please. The coffee here is weaker
than a Frenchman's handshake.
- You ever heard of Tristan da Cunha?
- Mm-mm.
Yeah, neither did the rest of the world.
Or so I thought.
Archipelago in the South Atlantic.
I was building a mission there.
- Haven't installed phone lines yet.
- Ha, ha.
Okay.
Former Agent McCallister
will take over
while I take a short break.
Look at this.
I get to play schoolteacher again.
All right, everybody. Shut up.
Robinson, put those huevos away.
Nelson, feet off the table.
My bad. I forgot you could see me.
How are you doing, Roy?
Bodies from the Gulf were all executed
at close range.
By whom? Not the Coast Guard.
Three Palestinians.
They were smuggling
into the United States.
Amsterdam on today's docket, Leon?
Not till Friday.
Eli's here already, isn't he?
You knew he'd come.
You dangle the right bait,
you can catch any game.
Palestinians
are following the same logic.
- Chasing Eli.
- That was unexpected.
We gotta find them first. Then we need
to get on Eli's protection detail.
I know he's gonna make it miserable
for us.
Got McGee babysitting him
in the safe house.
We're running drills
to secure the hotel.
Good.
How's our own David handling it?
Her father left her to die in a desert.
So it's a problem.
Would be for me.
Won't be for Ziva.
Sniper across the street would have
a shot into any room on this side.
Chemical agent could be disseminated
through air ducts.
Take out a whole floor.
Could spiral down from the roof.
Too many access points to cover.
Nobody protects you
quite like a trained killer.
They certainly know all the moves.
How long have you and Liat
been together as partners?
You must be her first.
Partner, I mean.
She is young.
What she lacks in experience
she makes up for
with a passion
unlike I have ever seen.
Am I sensing something
between the two of you?
- Nothing serious.
- You haven't slept together then.
Of course we are sleeping together.
It's nothing serious.
Gotta get back to Israel.
Next year in Jerusalem, my friend.
Yeah.
Given my father's many enemies,
we would have been better served
with advance notice.
Do you include yourself?
Among his enemies?
I'm doing a threat assessment.
I wonder if protecting his life
is an appropriate assignment for you.
Let us find out.
We will walk the garage approach.
I will play my father.
You will try to kill me.
Out front is far too visible.
We are assessing feasibility
of a subterranean approach.
The corridor is primary.
Service entrance secondary.
It is the best way to predict
all possible attack angles, Gibbs.
I will be playing my father.
Tony, Malachi and Liat
are the assassins.
Okay. Your father has a bodyguard.
So follow me, Director David.
We do not like that area because
of the vulnerability at the apex.
West side, last car on the left.
Oh, come on.
There are different techniques
for protecting a young man
and an older man.
I would imagine he would move
more slowly than he once did.
Convertible.
One more shooter left.
Truck.
A three-man team is one thing.
But we should not be so na?ve as to
assume it means only three guns.
I'm dead.
But so are you.
Home safe from the safe house,
I see.
With sandwiches.
I've had a very educational morning.
Good
because Liat killed Gibbs and Ziva.
- Mm. Meatballs.
- We killed you first, Tony.
Oh, I've seen it a million times.
The pretty, popular girl gets jealous
when the hot new transfer comes in
and steals all the spotlight.
Well, it's pretty much a staple
of every high school movie
from the '70s and '80s.
Heathers, Fast Times.
Who got jealous in Fast Times?
God, I like Phoebe Cates.
What did Eli David have to say?
Well, he said that in Israel
they call backgammon shesh besh.
But I actually did learn something.
It turns out that before becoming Eli's
personal cleaner and right-hand man,
Officer Amit Hadar
infiltrated the PRF.
Now, he said their intel guy, Ashor,
was preoccupied
with American transports
down the East Coast.
He thinks they're gonna go for the
firepower before they take their shot.
That's a good theory.
Tim, Amit.
Palindromic pals.
Now, the Palestinians'
last known location
was a thousand miles
just south of D.C.
Now, every major and minor airport
in between has their photos posted.
I've got alerts at the train stations,
bus stations,
local LEOs up and down the coast
as well as any and all hardware
shipments commercial or military.
I have, uh, hung a net.
I do not know who Annette is
or why you're so proud of killing her.
No, what I mean is if they make
a move we're gonna know about it.
DiNozzo. All right.
Send the manifest.
We're on our way.
Transport truck just got hijacked
near Fort A.P. Hill.
- Army contractor.
- Well, see? We know about it.
Take over the investigation
of the weapons hijacking.
It's connected
to our terrorist pursuit.
El Masri's got his weapons.
He just needs a window.
Then let's make sure
they're all tightly shut.
Did you ever consider
shifting this conference
to the Navy Yard.
These guys are here to kill Eli David,
as tempting as that may be
to facilitate.
I don't wanna have to explain
to the people in this room
that my team can't secure a hotel
from three terrorists.
Leon, if this is a matter of pride...
It's a matter of principle, Gibbs.
We stand on their shoulders.
These people built the integrity
of NCIS.
They did their work honourably,
consistently and transparently.
I'll be damned if that's gonna change
on my watch.
Is there something going on
I should know?
No, Gibbs. Everything's just fine.
We'll be covering the first chapters
of my career.
I bet you'd just love
to have a committee of people
who had, wanted,
or actively want yourjob
combing through mistakes you made
when you were 27.
Yeah, so why do it?
Protect the guy we invited,
find the ones we didn't.
You got any more questions, ask Eli.
Ziva, besides the CROW,
how many carbines?
Uh, five were still in the truck.
That leaves the hijackers
with six SIG Sauers. Ugh.
Seven assault rifles.
An XM320 grenade launcher.
Body armor
and a Spike anti-tank guided missile.
It's stacking up
to be a lot less precision attempt
and more Wile E. Coyote.
You know, more and more of the
elaborate, out-of-proportion tactics.
Did you know Wile E. Coyote
was based on a character
out of a Mark Twain book? It's true.
Twain described the coyote
as a living, breathing allegory of want.
As fanatical
as the three we're looking for.
Did the director agree
to change of venue?
The conference stays put.
I guess he'd rather we do our jobs.
All right, now, boss, this is the thing
that we really, really need
to worry about.
It's a lighter, modified version of the
Common Remotely Operated Weapon.
It has a thermal-imaging system,
state-of-the-art sensor and camera.
CROW can be equipped
with multiple machine guns.
Mounted and controlled off location
can turn one man into...
A one-man army. I got it.
Like Liat demonstrated.
- Now, I can bring up the...
- Boss. Hi, guys.
Just found a stolen car
abandoned in Friendship Heights.
Looks like it might be one
the Palestinians used in the hijacking.
Had it towed in.
Ugh. What is that smell?
Well, I've got every reason to believe
that these guys didn't leave this car
from the time they stole it.
That was two days ago. In Florida.
They've racked up a lot of mileage.
It's an old model so there's no GPS.
I can't determine their exact route, but
I would wager that it wasn't interstate.
Old-school. With a twist.
Did any of them
have an engineering background?
Yes. The leader. El Masri.
Looks like he rigged this up on the fly
with parts you can get at a truck stop.
It's a refueling system.
They did not stop any more
than they absolutely had to.
I've pulled some hair samples
I'm certain are gonna correspond
with the hair samples from the crates.
I mean, it's the same guys.
- Yes. These men are hunters.
- Yeah.
And if you've ever spent an entire day
in a deer blind,
you know that you do not want
to open those. Ugh.
You should see your dad.
How would that help the case?
Oh, it wouldn't.
- Have you even spoken to him?
- No.
Okay.
What does it matter to you?
Do you think it's just by chance
that he came back into your life?
I mean,
what about Gibbs and his father?
And Tony?
There comes a point, you know,
in your lifetime
where they come back into your life.
Because they matter to you.
And because you matter to him.
I mean,
I suppose that it sounds complicated,
but believe me,
it's not nearly as complicated
as knowing
that they're never ever
gonna come back again.
Aah! Amit, you're killing me.
Ah, our prison guard has come
to check up on us.
Hadar, no one taught you
you let your boss win.
Hiding him does not make him safe.
El Masri has been waiting years
for the director to step away
from home. They will find him.
Somewhere on a piece of paper,
it has been written.
A schedule, the name "Eli David,"
where and when.
- They prey on human error.
- You ever make any of those, Eli?
In Israel I travel
with a team of armed guards
behind 4-inch bulletproof glass
separating me from the world.
Like a sweatbox, even in autumn.
I was looking forward to the chill
of an East Coast winter.
I understand the air here is different.
Open a window.
I even bought gloves
for the occasion.
Agent Gibbs, just so you know,
I'd like to go for a walk.
I ask for a walk,
I get a tour of your city.
I'm not complaining.
Movement gets the blood flowing.
It stimulates the mind.
It can even create the illusion
of freedom.
I'm a magician.
I cannot disagree with that,
Agent Gibbs.
You have a way
of making my family disappear.
It's all about perspective.
- Peanut?
- No, thank you.
This is a fool's errand.
Well, first rule of fishing,
patience is everything.
A fishing expedition.
You saw what they did
to the last fishermen
they encountered.
All units, report.
Position one, all clear.
Position two, possible vehicle match
at the end of the street.
- Liat, you're on it.
On my way.
All right, running plates.
Liat, check it out.
I'm here.
I gotta hand it to your father, Ziva.
He has who knows how many guns
trained on him
right now
and he's completely oblivious.
No, he's aware.
He's always aware of what he does.
Not caring about the consequences
is what makes him who he is.
Plates are stolen, Liat.
You have a visual?
Position three, car's empty.
Liat, your 6 o'clock.
I have a visual on Ramsi Ashor.
I've got no shot.
What about the other two?
Liat's got a bead on one.
Searching for the others.
I see the second one, Yasin.
Gibbs, take cover.
Move! Now!
Out of the way!
Drop your weapon.
Ziva, talk to me.
You tell me where is he.
Where is the third?
You did good.
So did you.
You consider yourself heroic?
This is a minor interruption.
Eli David will be eliminated.
Interrogation is a waste of time.
I can withstand anything you do.
- I will not reveal anything.
- Yeah, I know. Where's El Masri?
You could not possibly know
the sort David is.
Oh, yeah. He's an awful son of a bitch.
Everybody knows that.
- I'm still not gonna let you murder him.
- It's not murder. It's war.
I pity you Americans
because you inherited it.
You try to reason your way into it.
Economically, politically,
theoretically.
But we have seen the blood.
We have heard the cries.
Our war is here.
You two were on patrol.
You left El Masri alone.
No backup, no support,
nothing but a pile of stolen weapons.
So is that where he is?
He's placing weapons?
Do you know where Eli David
is supposed to be today?
The answer to both is the same.
Eli David will be lying dead
in the street.
And Abasi El Masri
will be standing over him.
- Leon.
- Yes?
This is incredible.
Pretzel with peanut butter inside.
This is American ingenuity.
- I should cancel that conference.
- Not on my account.
It's not just your safety
I'm concerned about, Eli.
I'm responsible for all the members
of that committee.
You really screwed me here.
Do you think I wanted the assassins
to follow me?
You told them where to find you.
He is a splinter in my toe, Leon.
He has been for years.
If I do not extract him now,
it could become infected.
That's nasty, Eli.
Yet illustrative.
A couple of the former directors
are saying that this chaos
is the result of bad blood
between you and me.
They're saying that once we get
to the subject of Amsterdam,
it'll be one of us trying
to make the other one look bad.
But you and I know better.
I never wanted to revisit this.
Leon, your first mission in Amsterdam,
it was the beginning of your career.
It gave you a life. But you should want
to know if it was not all just a lie.
They are all here, Leon.
I have delivered you
each and every man and woman.
Everyone who knows everything.
Now, you must be courageous
and learn the truth.
El Masri will try and kill you
before that happens. You know that.
No matter how many resources
we put in his way.
Let him come.
He is one. We are many.
And our people
are supposed to be better.
If he manages to get through
and to kill me,
I wouldn't want to go on anyway.
I understand you volunteered
for this detail.
Yes, to protect my director.
Oh.
All right, let's go.
That is all you're going to say to me?
What is the point?
I know this face.
You made the same one
when I told my brother
he could not buy you a pony.
- Huh.
- Ziva, if you want to talk, we will talk.
I'm not going to beg.
Why not?
Confronted with the prospect
of your own death, another man...
- A lesser man.
- A human man would want to!
Ziva,
you are not dead.
You are living your life,
making your choices.
If you choose
to let me be part of your life,
I would welcome that
with open arms.
I am saddled with responsibilities
that you could not possibly fathom.
The safety of a nation,
when every one of our neighbors
wants us dead.
I don't have the luxury
of allowing my feelings
to dictate my actions.
You do not have any feelings.
I have no feelings?
There was a time, Ziva,
when I was quite different.
When my house was filled
with the sound of children laughing.
You and Ari and Tali.
There was a time, Ziva.
Yes.
His heart is hidden for a reason.
Anybody got anything?
Nothing yet, boss.
Keep looking.
If El Masri set up any attack positions,
we'll find them.
Malachi, notice that laundry van
that's been parked there forever?
Uh, boss, we've found El Masri's
fixed remote gun position.
This is sloppy.
He had to know
we'd make a perimeter sweep.
Yeah.
Ziva, divert your approach
to the service entrance.
Copy that, McGee.
Diverting to secondary.
Most fathers teach their daughters
how to drive.
- I have you to blame for this?
- This she learned from her mother.
Is this the only alternative?
It is now.
Get back!
Get down! Get down!
Move! Move!
Stay down! Move back!
Get him to the safe house!
- Ziva!
- Now!
Go! Move!
Get in! Get in! Let's go!
- What the heck is going on out there?
- Sounds like World War III.
- Okay, everyone just calm down!
- We are calm. You're yelling.
There was a threat.
It has been assessed, confronted
and dealt with. In a fashion.
Son,
we've all been behind the curtain.
We know how it goes.
Dead bad guy. The end.
Okay then.
I don't think a round of applause
would be too out of line.
It's a joke.
- Agent Gibbs, everything secure?
- Yeah.
Hadar, report.
- You okay?
- Fine.
Hadar, come in.
They should be back
at the safe house by now.
Hadar, acknowledge.
Leon, are you there?
Anyone?
- Eli.
- What happened?
- NCIS!
- Don't move! Don't move!
- Don't shoot!
It's just some clothes and, like, DVDs.
I'll return them.
What's NCIS?
I can't believe
some people never heard of us.
You're under arrest
for espionage and terrorism.
Wait, what?
Pretty cool piece of tech.
It takes advantage
of the new credit card's design
so you can swipe your whole wallet
over the sensor
when you make a purchase.
Because that extra four seconds
it takes to remove your credit card
is just plain un-American.
This doesn't work.
The point is
that you control the card,
which in theory reduces fraud risk
at point of purchase.
It still won't keep you hacky types
from stealing my numbers
from the matrix.
Anyway, look at it, it doesn't work.
That's right.
You should still be terrified of my kind.
And apparently 22-year-old girls.
I refuse to be afraid
of 22-year-old girls
no matter what kind of magical
pickpocketing devices they're sporting.
You know who the real victim is?
Artistry.
If someone wants something
out of your pants,
they should have to use their hands.
The thing
about all this virtual thievery
is it's virtually impossible
to virtually police.
How do you keep the DiCaprio
out of your head?
Mm. Yeah, he is dreamy.
Hillary Lange picked two dozen
credit cards in less than an hour,
she burned all the accounts
onto a blank one
and went shopping.
No one would have known
if she hadn't picked
the absolute wrong pocket.
Yep. Card number flagged
on the terror watch list.
That's God's justice right there.
You think the pickpocket can lead you
to the cardholder?
It'd be easier
if you gave me a name.
Name would just be fake.
But the account's real.
I'm gonna be tied up
at this review conference all week.
Well, there's a good time.
Reviewing old case files.
Oh, it may sound dull,
but it's a useful educational tool.
Also helps maintain continuity
within the agency.
We are responsible for the work
performed by our predecessors.
Tom Morrow called me about lunch.
Well, he's not gonna have time.
Neither will you.
Three bodies coming in
from the Coast Guard.
Suspected smugglers
shot off the coast of Florida.
One's a Navy officer.
All the physical evidence is en route
to Miss Sciuto.
I usually like an invite
to a crime scene.
It sank in the Gulf of Mexico.
You do plan on talking to that girl,
don't you?
Well, she is accused of terrorism.
She'll talk when she's ready to talk.
Hey.
You okay?
I think it's time.
Okay,
I'll give you whatever you want.
Just talk to me.
Hello!
Do you know when people walk
by those signs
that say "Beware Pickpocket",
they always tap where their wallet is,
back pocket,
chest, coat. Artistry.
A would-be artisan went for my wallet
once in Rome.
How'd it turn out
for the borseggiatore?
You need to get the device closer
to their wallets, all right?
You realize a 22-year-old girl
had this mastered.
People mature much faster
these days, McGee.
Yeah, present company excluded.
That's not the guy. Keep going.
We cannot really be sure
that because this girl crossed paths
with him here yesterday,
we will cross paths with him today.
Can't be sure that Gibbs will
be swilling coffee when we get back,
or you'll fumble
a simple American expression,
or that McGee will sleep alone
tonight,
but people do tend
to follow patterns.
Wait. Wait. We got a match.
The last person you scanned.
- Which one?
- Turning right.
- Popped collar.
- Alley on 17th, McGee.
Pull the van around.
That's our terrorist.
Whoever this guy is,
he gets around.
Card's been used everywhere
from the Middle East
to Latin America to the Caribbean.
- Tony.
- Ninja senses tingling?
- NCIS! Drop your weapon!
- Hands in the air!
Put it down!
- You put down your weapon.
Malachi?
Hello, Ziva.
Oh, good. The Israelis are back.
Liat.
Liat. It's like music.
In Hebrew, it means "you are the one
for me," Tony.
My name roughly translates
to "two parts of a leg."
Liat is one of the most common names
in Israel.
Only the grandmothers
are named Ziva.
- So, what brings you to D. C?
- The cherry blossoms.
That's in the spring.
All we have to offer in November
are elections and pardoned turkeys.
I really like those boots, Liat.
I'm not speaking too fast for you, am I?
I understand.
You're very, uh, tongue-in-ear.
- She means tongue-in-cheek.
- Don't put works in the girl's mouth.
We are on vacation.
Tourists have their passports
scanned, they don't carry firearms,
and clearly, this is the new Ziva.
In Mossad. Your replacement.
Did you expect we would never
move on after you left us?
You left me.
Let's not get hung up on who's
left, right, and wrong.
Let's get back
to the original question.
- What are you doing here?
Oh, hey, boss.
Uh, we were just having
a pretty good time lying to each other,
and I think that was about to boil off,
actually.
If you detain us, I would like
to hear a statement of cause.
- You're a terrorist.
- Ha, ha.
- That is absurd.
- Not according to our director.
Who saw you coming
from a mile away.
Losing your touch, Mal.
You're in the United States illegally.
You're immigration now,
Special Agent Gibbs?
Deport us then.
Take them in.
Figure out how they got here.
You do not need to wait for me.
Outsiders are not allowed
to be unaccompanied in this building.
Congratulations
on becoming an insider.
Must be very proud.
I am.
And your family?
How do they feel?
You know,
you were personally selected
by my father
to fill a vacancy in his roster.
Not his bloodline.
And trust me, the second part
is not something you want to covet.
You read up on me.
You spent eight months
in paramilitary operations helping
to develop
the new Galil assault rifle.
You won the marksmanship ribbon
for your outfit four consecutive times.
I have six.
But I'm not done.
Benefit of youth.
See, I would expect you
to look into past conduct.
But you seem to only care
about my abilities with a gun.
You have a pet cat named Bill.
I happen to like cats.
Still.
I feel this, uh, measuring contest
would be more at home
in the men's room.
Don't you think?
Heard you got a shipment in, Duck.
Yeah, the three bodies
we were expecting from the Gulf.
You're fluent in chicken scratch.
Perhaps you
can make out this scrawl.
Maybe some sort of acronym?
"CIWS"
Close-in Weapons System.
So a Coast Guard cutter opened fire
on a pleasure fishing craft
with a Gatling gun?
Claims these guys fired first.
- Who's this?
- Captain Caleb Burnett.
He was on leave,
helping his brother pay the bills.
Coast Guard approached three miles
off the coast of Florida.
Saw crates being thrown overboard.
Hailed a warning.
Then the fireworks.
Gulf Coast oil spill wreaked havoc
on the fishing business.
Turned to smuggling?
Would you believe that human
and animal hair has been found
to be one of the most effective agents
in cleaning up the oil?
I mean, from across the country,
over half a million pounds of hair
has been donated
by barber shops, salons
and pet stores.
- Dark haired guy was the shooter.
According to the report.
But they may have that wrong.
Abby didn't find any gunshot residue
on this man's hands.
And I just sent swabs up
from the other two for analysis.
What else did CGIS miss?
Well, I've found an anomaly
on the back of this man's skull.
Large caliber rounds
would inflict this sort of damage,
but not that small hole.
And that is stippling.
I got no clue
what they were smuggling.
Port of origin was near Havana.
Maybe they were smuggling cigars.
Drugs. Drugs are always good.
Pirates do like rum.
It's not a guessing game.
- Tell me you got something, Abs.
Well, I got a lot, Gibbs.
I mean, with our mystery smugglers
and our Mossad operatives
in their dark clothing
sticking to the shadows.
Yeah, because that hasn't gotten old.
Black on black never goes out of style,
Gibbs. Just so you know.
It would be nice if they'd play things
above the board once in a while.
Although, last time
Netanyahu was in town,
they did everything
according to standard protocol
and then the airlines lost a bag
of his advance team's guns.
Personally, I don't like losing things.
- Did I just give you a clue?
- It's what you do, Abs.
Then let me give you more.
These are the slugs
pulled from the boat.
There's a handful of 9 millimeters
mixed in with the Coast Guard's
20 mil big boys.
It's kind of a bad idea
to shoot at a cutter with a 9 millimeter.
It's like trying to put out a forest fire
with a Super Soaker, right?
Right, um, so I went through all three
of our victims
and there's no corresponding GSR.
- The smugglers never fired a shot.
- Well, not these guys.
The 9 millimeter
might match the anomaly
that Ducky found in the captain's skull
at close range.
The captain and crew were executed
on the boat.
Shooter fires at the cutter.
Goes into the water with the crates.
Empty.
Which suggests that whatever
was being smuggled has floated away.
Or whoever, swam away.
Breathing holes.
Somebody could have gotten caught
trying to sneak somebody
into the country
and then those somebody's...
Are still unaccounted for.
Crew was killed as a smokescreen.
And they swam to shore
the last three miles
under the cover of night.
That's dark.
Even for black on black.
Do you know about the three bodies
downstairs?
Killed in transit
from Cuba to Florida?
- Why would we?
- Don't.
Their murder was a distraction
to occupy the Coast Guard
on the surface
while their cargo swam to shore.
You killed Americans? To get here?
Your boss did not send you here
to kill smugglers.
Who were in the crates?
Who were you tracking?
Three members
of a Palestinian terror network.
You followed them from Cuba?
Then why do you search for them
in D. C?
They're not.
They're a step ahead
of the assassins already.
They're an advance team.
You're right.
They are assassins.
And this is where their target will be.
Who is their target?
Your father is coming.
He'll be here in two days.
My father has not left Israeli soil
in 12 years.
- We are not lying.
- We've got three killers to find.
You get DiNozzo and McGee
caught up.
And stock up.
It's gonna be a long night.
Officer Hadar.
You almost made me
spill my coffee.
Americans.
You can never just say hello.
How about shalom.
Hello and goodbye.
And peace, Agent Gibbs.
Not a lot of that when you're around.
Do you have a minute
to sit down with my director?
Please come with me.
He is waiting for you.
Tea and coffee.
There was a time when this
conversation would take place
over something a bit more exciting.
I'm still on the clock.
No one's stopping you.
But along with several other vices,
drinking is now part of my past.
Know what they say
about a man with no vices.
Yes.
He has incredibly annoying virtues.
Which one brings you to town?
Loyalty.
I was summoned.
Vance's review
of the international case files.
And his request for contributions
from every NCIS director.
Not every director.
No.
Not Jenny Shepard.
She was truly responsible
for bringing our organizations together.
And for bringing my daughter
into your life.
But I am not here for her.
- For Ziva.
- Yes.
You're not here for Ziva.
She has a name.
I am aware. I gave it to her.
Director Vance has a suite
at the Fremont.
He's got a system
where he can video conference
any agent
who couldn't attend personally.
You didn't have to make the trip.
There was a case.
- Amsterdam.
- Then you do know.
Just bits, pieces.
For the first time, all parties involved
will peel back the veil.
This a witch hunt?
With you wearing the pointy hat?
It may be necessary
for me to defend myself.
Need a lot of that.
The assassins.
I am surprised and not unimpressed
that they have made it this far,
but I am not concerned.
- My people will ensure my safety.
Nope.
Already got three bodies on the slab.
You should have told us
you were coming.
But like it or not,
protecting you is my responsibility.
A joint effort, I think.
The three remaining members
of the Palestinian Resistance Front.
An anti-Zionist group
responsible for many Israeli deaths.
- We've spent years tracking them.
- And still there are three. Hmm.
No, there are only three. I assure you
when they started there were more.
"Karif Yasin."
Explosive expert.
"Ramsi Ashor."
Intel specialist.
"Abasi El Masri." Their leader.
El Masri's trained in NATO weaponry,
has degree in advanced engineering.
I don't care
how many degrees he has.
Assassinating Eli, he's gonna need
something more than a pistol.
- It is not about the size of the gun...
- It is about the will of the shooter.
We will make sure
they do not succeed.
If necessary, we will place ourselves
in the line of fire.
"All someone needs is the willingness
to trade his life for mine."
- You know, In the Line of Fire.
- Kennedy said that.
Why don't you memorise your lines
and don't bump into the furniture,
McBartlett.
Spencer Tracy said that.
Why isn't Secret Service
or the State Department
handling Director David's
protection detail?
The director does not want anyone
to know he's coming.
Oh, bang-up job, I'd say.
How did they find out?
What? No big fat lie ready to go?
You really don't know.
Which case files are we looking at?
Are we talking 1988 or '98?
We finished with '88 an hour ago,
Ben.
If you consult your schedule, you'll
also notice the upcoming lunch break.
If the rest of us could wait...
The rest of you are on the East Coast,
Leon.
It's breakfast time in Mazatl?n. Ha, ha.
Hey, it's dinnertime here
and I'm holding off.
Plus, I am dangerously close
to missing my dinner reservation.
All right, if we'll open the file
code name Leviathan.
For the record, I was not involved
directly in that case.
So any, uh, observations I have
about it are purely impartial, so...
Damn it. I brought the wrong cane.
The other cane's got the flask.
Hey, Riley,
where did they dig you up?
This will keep you sharper.
Please. The coffee here is weaker
than a Frenchman's handshake.
- You ever heard of Tristan da Cunha?
- Mm-mm.
Yeah, neither did the rest of the world.
Or so I thought.
Archipelago in the South Atlantic.
I was building a mission there.
- Haven't installed phone lines yet.
- Ha, ha.
Okay.
Former Agent McCallister
will take over
while I take a short break.
Look at this.
I get to play schoolteacher again.
All right, everybody. Shut up.
Robinson, put those huevos away.
Nelson, feet off the table.
My bad. I forgot you could see me.
How are you doing, Roy?
Bodies from the Gulf were all executed
at close range.
By whom? Not the Coast Guard.
Three Palestinians.
They were smuggling
into the United States.
Amsterdam on today's docket, Leon?
Not till Friday.
Eli's here already, isn't he?
You knew he'd come.
You dangle the right bait,
you can catch any game.
Palestinians
are following the same logic.
- Chasing Eli.
- That was unexpected.
We gotta find them first. Then we need
to get on Eli's protection detail.
I know he's gonna make it miserable
for us.
Got McGee babysitting him
in the safe house.
We're running drills
to secure the hotel.
Good.
How's our own David handling it?
Her father left her to die in a desert.
So it's a problem.
Would be for me.
Won't be for Ziva.
Sniper across the street would have
a shot into any room on this side.
Chemical agent could be disseminated
through air ducts.
Take out a whole floor.
Could spiral down from the roof.
Too many access points to cover.
Nobody protects you
quite like a trained killer.
They certainly know all the moves.
How long have you and Liat
been together as partners?
You must be her first.
Partner, I mean.
She is young.
What she lacks in experience
she makes up for
with a passion
unlike I have ever seen.
Am I sensing something
between the two of you?
- Nothing serious.
- You haven't slept together then.
Of course we are sleeping together.
It's nothing serious.
Gotta get back to Israel.
Next year in Jerusalem, my friend.
Yeah.
Given my father's many enemies,
we would have been better served
with advance notice.
Do you include yourself?
Among his enemies?
I'm doing a threat assessment.
I wonder if protecting his life
is an appropriate assignment for you.
Let us find out.
We will walk the garage approach.
I will play my father.
You will try to kill me.
Out front is far too visible.
We are assessing feasibility
of a subterranean approach.
The corridor is primary.
Service entrance secondary.
It is the best way to predict
all possible attack angles, Gibbs.
I will be playing my father.
Tony, Malachi and Liat
are the assassins.
Okay. Your father has a bodyguard.
So follow me, Director David.
We do not like that area because
of the vulnerability at the apex.
West side, last car on the left.
Oh, come on.
There are different techniques
for protecting a young man
and an older man.
I would imagine he would move
more slowly than he once did.
Convertible.
One more shooter left.
Truck.
A three-man team is one thing.
But we should not be so na?ve as to
assume it means only three guns.
I'm dead.
But so are you.
Home safe from the safe house,
I see.
With sandwiches.
I've had a very educational morning.
Good
because Liat killed Gibbs and Ziva.
- Mm. Meatballs.
- We killed you first, Tony.
Oh, I've seen it a million times.
The pretty, popular girl gets jealous
when the hot new transfer comes in
and steals all the spotlight.
Well, it's pretty much a staple
of every high school movie
from the '70s and '80s.
Heathers, Fast Times.
Who got jealous in Fast Times?
God, I like Phoebe Cates.
What did Eli David have to say?
Well, he said that in Israel
they call backgammon shesh besh.
But I actually did learn something.
It turns out that before becoming Eli's
personal cleaner and right-hand man,
Officer Amit Hadar
infiltrated the PRF.
Now, he said their intel guy, Ashor,
was preoccupied
with American transports
down the East Coast.
He thinks they're gonna go for the
firepower before they take their shot.
That's a good theory.
Tim, Amit.
Palindromic pals.
Now, the Palestinians'
last known location
was a thousand miles
just south of D.C.
Now, every major and minor airport
in between has their photos posted.
I've got alerts at the train stations,
bus stations,
local LEOs up and down the coast
as well as any and all hardware
shipments commercial or military.
I have, uh, hung a net.
I do not know who Annette is
or why you're so proud of killing her.
No, what I mean is if they make
a move we're gonna know about it.
DiNozzo. All right.
Send the manifest.
We're on our way.
Transport truck just got hijacked
near Fort A.P. Hill.
- Army contractor.
- Well, see? We know about it.
Take over the investigation
of the weapons hijacking.
It's connected
to our terrorist pursuit.
El Masri's got his weapons.
He just needs a window.
Then let's make sure
they're all tightly shut.
Did you ever consider
shifting this conference
to the Navy Yard.
These guys are here to kill Eli David,
as tempting as that may be
to facilitate.
I don't wanna have to explain
to the people in this room
that my team can't secure a hotel
from three terrorists.
Leon, if this is a matter of pride...
It's a matter of principle, Gibbs.
We stand on their shoulders.
These people built the integrity
of NCIS.
They did their work honourably,
consistently and transparently.
I'll be damned if that's gonna change
on my watch.
Is there something going on
I should know?
No, Gibbs. Everything's just fine.
We'll be covering the first chapters
of my career.
I bet you'd just love
to have a committee of people
who had, wanted,
or actively want yourjob
combing through mistakes you made
when you were 27.
Yeah, so why do it?
Protect the guy we invited,
find the ones we didn't.
You got any more questions, ask Eli.
Ziva, besides the CROW,
how many carbines?
Uh, five were still in the truck.
That leaves the hijackers
with six SIG Sauers. Ugh.
Seven assault rifles.
An XM320 grenade launcher.
Body armor
and a Spike anti-tank guided missile.
It's stacking up
to be a lot less precision attempt
and more Wile E. Coyote.
You know, more and more of the
elaborate, out-of-proportion tactics.
Did you know Wile E. Coyote
was based on a character
out of a Mark Twain book? It's true.
Twain described the coyote
as a living, breathing allegory of want.
As fanatical
as the three we're looking for.
Did the director agree
to change of venue?
The conference stays put.
I guess he'd rather we do our jobs.
All right, now, boss, this is the thing
that we really, really need
to worry about.
It's a lighter, modified version of the
Common Remotely Operated Weapon.
It has a thermal-imaging system,
state-of-the-art sensor and camera.
CROW can be equipped
with multiple machine guns.
Mounted and controlled off location
can turn one man into...
A one-man army. I got it.
Like Liat demonstrated.
- Now, I can bring up the...
- Boss. Hi, guys.
Just found a stolen car
abandoned in Friendship Heights.
Looks like it might be one
the Palestinians used in the hijacking.
Had it towed in.
Ugh. What is that smell?
Well, I've got every reason to believe
that these guys didn't leave this car
from the time they stole it.
That was two days ago. In Florida.
They've racked up a lot of mileage.
It's an old model so there's no GPS.
I can't determine their exact route, but
I would wager that it wasn't interstate.
Old-school. With a twist.
Did any of them
have an engineering background?
Yes. The leader. El Masri.
Looks like he rigged this up on the fly
with parts you can get at a truck stop.
It's a refueling system.
They did not stop any more
than they absolutely had to.
I've pulled some hair samples
I'm certain are gonna correspond
with the hair samples from the crates.
I mean, it's the same guys.
- Yes. These men are hunters.
- Yeah.
And if you've ever spent an entire day
in a deer blind,
you know that you do not want
to open those. Ugh.
You should see your dad.
How would that help the case?
Oh, it wouldn't.
- Have you even spoken to him?
- No.
Okay.
What does it matter to you?
Do you think it's just by chance
that he came back into your life?
I mean,
what about Gibbs and his father?
And Tony?
There comes a point, you know,
in your lifetime
where they come back into your life.
Because they matter to you.
And because you matter to him.
I mean,
I suppose that it sounds complicated,
but believe me,
it's not nearly as complicated
as knowing
that they're never ever
gonna come back again.
Aah! Amit, you're killing me.
Ah, our prison guard has come
to check up on us.
Hadar, no one taught you
you let your boss win.
Hiding him does not make him safe.
El Masri has been waiting years
for the director to step away
from home. They will find him.
Somewhere on a piece of paper,
it has been written.
A schedule, the name "Eli David,"
where and when.
- They prey on human error.
- You ever make any of those, Eli?
In Israel I travel
with a team of armed guards
behind 4-inch bulletproof glass
separating me from the world.
Like a sweatbox, even in autumn.
I was looking forward to the chill
of an East Coast winter.
I understand the air here is different.
Open a window.
I even bought gloves
for the occasion.
Agent Gibbs, just so you know,
I'd like to go for a walk.
I ask for a walk,
I get a tour of your city.
I'm not complaining.
Movement gets the blood flowing.
It stimulates the mind.
It can even create the illusion
of freedom.
I'm a magician.
I cannot disagree with that,
Agent Gibbs.
You have a way
of making my family disappear.
It's all about perspective.
- Peanut?
- No, thank you.
This is a fool's errand.
Well, first rule of fishing,
patience is everything.
A fishing expedition.
You saw what they did
to the last fishermen
they encountered.
All units, report.
Position one, all clear.
Position two, possible vehicle match
at the end of the street.
- Liat, you're on it.
On my way.
All right, running plates.
Liat, check it out.
I'm here.
I gotta hand it to your father, Ziva.
He has who knows how many guns
trained on him
right now
and he's completely oblivious.
No, he's aware.
He's always aware of what he does.
Not caring about the consequences
is what makes him who he is.
Plates are stolen, Liat.
You have a visual?
Position three, car's empty.
Liat, your 6 o'clock.
I have a visual on Ramsi Ashor.
I've got no shot.
What about the other two?
Liat's got a bead on one.
Searching for the others.
I see the second one, Yasin.
Gibbs, take cover.
Move! Now!
Out of the way!
Drop your weapon.
Ziva, talk to me.
You tell me where is he.
Where is the third?
You did good.
So did you.
You consider yourself heroic?
This is a minor interruption.
Eli David will be eliminated.
Interrogation is a waste of time.
I can withstand anything you do.
- I will not reveal anything.
- Yeah, I know. Where's El Masri?
You could not possibly know
the sort David is.
Oh, yeah. He's an awful son of a bitch.
Everybody knows that.
- I'm still not gonna let you murder him.
- It's not murder. It's war.
I pity you Americans
because you inherited it.
You try to reason your way into it.
Economically, politically,
theoretically.
But we have seen the blood.
We have heard the cries.
Our war is here.
You two were on patrol.
You left El Masri alone.
No backup, no support,
nothing but a pile of stolen weapons.
So is that where he is?
He's placing weapons?
Do you know where Eli David
is supposed to be today?
The answer to both is the same.
Eli David will be lying dead
in the street.
And Abasi El Masri
will be standing over him.
- Leon.
- Yes?
This is incredible.
Pretzel with peanut butter inside.
This is American ingenuity.
- I should cancel that conference.
- Not on my account.
It's not just your safety
I'm concerned about, Eli.
I'm responsible for all the members
of that committee.
You really screwed me here.
Do you think I wanted the assassins
to follow me?
You told them where to find you.
He is a splinter in my toe, Leon.
He has been for years.
If I do not extract him now,
it could become infected.
That's nasty, Eli.
Yet illustrative.
A couple of the former directors
are saying that this chaos
is the result of bad blood
between you and me.
They're saying that once we get
to the subject of Amsterdam,
it'll be one of us trying
to make the other one look bad.
But you and I know better.
I never wanted to revisit this.
Leon, your first mission in Amsterdam,
it was the beginning of your career.
It gave you a life. But you should want
to know if it was not all just a lie.
They are all here, Leon.
I have delivered you
each and every man and woman.
Everyone who knows everything.
Now, you must be courageous
and learn the truth.
El Masri will try and kill you
before that happens. You know that.
No matter how many resources
we put in his way.
Let him come.
He is one. We are many.
And our people
are supposed to be better.
If he manages to get through
and to kill me,
I wouldn't want to go on anyway.
I understand you volunteered
for this detail.
Yes, to protect my director.
Oh.
All right, let's go.
That is all you're going to say to me?
What is the point?
I know this face.
You made the same one
when I told my brother
he could not buy you a pony.
- Huh.
- Ziva, if you want to talk, we will talk.
I'm not going to beg.
Why not?
Confronted with the prospect
of your own death, another man...
- A lesser man.
- A human man would want to!
Ziva,
you are not dead.
You are living your life,
making your choices.
If you choose
to let me be part of your life,
I would welcome that
with open arms.
I am saddled with responsibilities
that you could not possibly fathom.
The safety of a nation,
when every one of our neighbors
wants us dead.
I don't have the luxury
of allowing my feelings
to dictate my actions.
You do not have any feelings.
I have no feelings?
There was a time, Ziva,
when I was quite different.
When my house was filled
with the sound of children laughing.
You and Ari and Tali.
There was a time, Ziva.
Yes.
His heart is hidden for a reason.
Anybody got anything?
Nothing yet, boss.
Keep looking.
If El Masri set up any attack positions,
we'll find them.
Malachi, notice that laundry van
that's been parked there forever?
Uh, boss, we've found El Masri's
fixed remote gun position.
This is sloppy.
He had to know
we'd make a perimeter sweep.
Yeah.
Ziva, divert your approach
to the service entrance.
Copy that, McGee.
Diverting to secondary.
Most fathers teach their daughters
how to drive.
- I have you to blame for this?
- This she learned from her mother.
Is this the only alternative?
It is now.
Get back!
Get down! Get down!
Move! Move!
Stay down! Move back!
Get him to the safe house!
- Ziva!
- Now!
Go! Move!
Get in! Get in! Let's go!
- What the heck is going on out there?
- Sounds like World War III.
- Okay, everyone just calm down!
- We are calm. You're yelling.
There was a threat.
It has been assessed, confronted
and dealt with. In a fashion.
Son,
we've all been behind the curtain.
We know how it goes.
Dead bad guy. The end.
Okay then.
I don't think a round of applause
would be too out of line.
It's a joke.
- Agent Gibbs, everything secure?
- Yeah.
Hadar, report.
- You okay?
- Fine.
Hadar, come in.
They should be back
at the safe house by now.
Hadar, acknowledge.
Leon, are you there?
Anyone?
- Eli.
- What happened?