NCIS: Hawai'i (2021–…): Season 1, Episode 12 - Spies, Part 1 - full transcript

WOMAN:
The antenna deployment test
was supposed

to be last week.

You said "no."
We switched everything

to Wednesday
at a huge cost.

We're weeks behind schedule.

Then maybe
we'll reschedule the launch.

You know
DoD is breathing down our necks.

You were supposed
to be a buffer.

Now it feels like
you want us to fail.
[gasping]

Joseph, what's wrong?

Are you all right?
Joseph? Joseph?!



Oh, my God.
Oh, Joseph. Joseph?

Call 911! Now!

Joseph? Joseph?

♪

LUCY:
And I'm like,
"We have been standing

"in this line
for 20 minutes.

How can you not know
what you want to order?!"

You told her that, huh?

Mm-hmm. It was
my civic duty.

Keeping little old ladies
in check at the coffee shop.

Well, she was old enough
to know better.

Everything okay
there, Luce?

Mm-hmm, yeah, totally.

Uh, you just seem a
little on edge recently.



Something happen?

The way you ask is like
you already know.

Maybe it's not my place, but
there's a certain DIA officer

who I haven't seen
around your desk recently.

You're right.
It's not your place.

Fair.

Sorry. That came out
harsher than I meant.

Whatever it was,
isn't anymore,

and it's for the best.

Sure. Well, either way,
I'm sorry, Luce.

[crowd chatter]

Well, let's go see about
our dead Navy officer.

Any indication

Lieutenant Commander Cheng
was ill recently?

I mean, it was obvious
something was off,

but he-he didn't seem sick.

How was he off?

He just wasn't himself.

Joseph was
always dependable.

Last couple of weeks, though,
he barely spoke to anyone.

You know, he wasn't
finishing tasks on time.

- And that was unusual?
- Totally.

He said nothing was wrong,
so I just assumed

he didn't want to talk about it.

Okay.

We'll need to talk
to the rest of your team.

If you just, uh,
give me a minute.

HFD's taking
this seriously.

'Cause we don't know exactly
what we're dealing with yet.

Victim's Lieutenant Commander
Joseph Cheng, an engineer.

Sudden onset of seizures
and signs

of possible exposure
to a toxic substance.

Anyone else
in the lab affected?

Not so far.
Whatever's going on,

it seems to be specific
to Cheng.

Body's already at AFMES.

LUCY:
They're building
a satellite?

It's a joint project between
the Office of Naval Research

and the university.

It's, uh, some sort
of sophisticated technology

to map rising sea levels.

That's why I bought
in the hills, dude.

If this project's about climate
change, why is it classified?

Evidently, the tech has
military applications.

Joseph Cheng may
have been targeted?

That's what we need to find out.

I'm thinking that would
work better as a pendant.

This is for balancing the Ajna.

The third eye.

- Wisdom, right?
- And intuition.

Both important
in our line of work.

My second first husband
taught me that.

How many first husbands
have you had, Commander?

Three. So far.

I consider every relationship
a new beginning.

Your text said it was important.

I'm afraid
you're not going to like it.

Joseph Cheng was most
definitely poisoned.

Blood tests confirmed
he'd ingested

a massive amount
of thallium.

Thallium?
Mm.

The KGB used that
to assassinate defectors.

It was a favorite of Saddam
Hussein's secret police, too.

- I thought it was outlawed.
- Pure thallium

hasn't been available
in the U.S. for decades.

Occasionally, we see it as
a by-product from manufacturing.

The semiconductor industry
mostly.

Oh, and it's still used

in rat poison
in Russia and China.

Completely odorless
and tasteless.

Poor Joseph probably never
realized he'd been poisoned.

How long would it have taken
to kill him?

Based on the level of toxic
hepatitis in the liver,

I'd estimate ingestion at eight
to ten hours prior to death.

- Any chance this was an accident?
- Environmental exposure

to thallium wouldn't have
killed him this quickly.

This was no accident.

- Morning, boss.
- Morning.

Chase said our
victim was poisoned

eight to ten hours
before he died.

Well, we just heard from HPD
that Hazmat found no trace

of thallium at the lab
or Cheng's apartment.

We need to find out
where he was poisoned.

I'll pull credit cards,
cell records, make a timeline.

What do we know
about Joseph Cheng?

He was an American immigrant
success story.

Cheng and his family moved here
from China when he was ten.

He became a citizen at 16,

ended up graduating
from the Naval Academy.

He got his masters
in computer engineering

from the Naval
Postgraduate School.

His specialty was satellite
communications systems.

That's why
he was on the UH project.

We have any reason to believe

that somebody would want
to stop this project?

Nothing we've found so far.

KAI:
It's funded
by the Department of Defense,

but the focus is
on climate change.

DoD involvement,
the use of thallium--

this feels like espionage.
Keep digging.

[phone vibrates]

[Ernie sighs, grumbles]

- What's going on, Ernie?
- I got a fish on the line,

- but I need help to reel 'em in.
- How big a fish?

Not sure.
Maybe a grouper or snapper.

Maybe bigger, though,
like a blue marlin or...

- You get the point.
- Is that Joseph Cheng's phone?

Yeah, I was searching his emails
when a message popped up.

- Who's it from?
- No idea.

So I started communicating,
but it was all in Chinese.

And I'm not as conversational
as I thought I was.

- They think you're Joseph Cheng?
- Yeah.

And they're communicating
through an app

with sophisticated encryption.

Messages self-destruct
as soon as they're read.

"Can you meet?"

Whoever it is
is here in Hawai'i.

And they obviously don't know
Cheng is dead.

So it's not the killer.

But they might have information
on who is. Agree to meet.

Whoever Joseph Cheng
was communicating with,

they're going to a lot
of trouble to keep it secret.

"Zoo. 4:00 p.m.

I'll be in touch."
Nice job.

But they're expecting
to meet Joseph Cheng.

ALAN: So,

how many are we up against?

Is this like
a terrorist organization?

- Do I need a weapon?
- All right, slow your roll, Alan.

You're still in
field training.

This is just a decoy
operation, all right?

LUCY:
Just pretend

to be Joseph Cheng
and make contact.

- We handle the rest.
- Right.

Got it. Just Cheng,
decoy, make contact.

This is crazy.
I can't wait to tell the guys.

You're not telling
anyone, dude.

This is a secret
decoy operation.

A secret. Right.
That makes sense, yeah.

Ah, uh...

Uh...

Are we sure this
is a good idea?

JESSE:
He'll be fine.

Remember how amped you were
your first field op?

I was totally chill.

You tackled the guy
we were tailing.

Yeah, because he ran.

- Lucy, he was jogging.
- KAI: Hey.

It's almost 4:00.
Let's get inside.

Someone is supposed to
text you where to meet.

Your Chinese is
solid, right?

[speaking Chinese]

All right. Let's do this.

[excited chatter]

[chittering]

JESSE:
Take it easy.

You look nervous.

ALAN:
Not really a...

zoo fan, to be honest.

Still no communication.

Think they bailed?

Or they're just being careful.

[phone chimes]
Hey, I got something.

Hey, keep your head down, Alan.

LUCY:
And stop

touching your ear when we talk.

What's the text say?

Wants me to meet
by the cheetahs.

The path to your right
through the trees.

- I'll swing around.
- JESSE: Copy.

You're doing great, Alan.
Be cool.

Oh, I'm cool... like an igloo.

Except an igloo's kind of cold.
I-I'm more

jazz musician... cool.

[sighs]

- Oh.
- Are you alone, friend?

Oh, geez.
Don't shoot me, please.

Depends. Who the
hell are you?

Think the better question
is, who the hell are you?

David Sola, who works

for the New Zealand Office
of Business Development.

Which, of course,
is a cover.

- You're a spy.
- Case officer, actually.

TENNANT:
With the New Zealand Security
Intelligence Service.

I already spoke
to your supervisor.

Lydia? Yeah, she's a good woman.

- She was surprised
to find out you were here.
- Makes sense.

I may have neglected
to tell her.

Have a seat, Mr. Sola.

Ah, no, thanks.
Don't plan on staying long.

JESSE:
Oh, with an attitude like that,

you might be staying here
a lot longer than you'd like.

[chuckles] All right.

Let's not argue, okay?

We're all allies here, right?

Friends. Hmm?

Friends don't sneak
into each other's countries.

Friends also don't
threaten federal agents.

I'm not sure my cell phone could
have done much damage, bro.

JESSE:
Our trainee was traumatized.

Well, then,
let me apologize to him.

Okay? I promise you,
I mean you no harm.

We don't know anything
about you.

Really? I know a lot
about you guys.

I did a little digging
on my way over.

Jane Tennant.

First female SAC
at NCIS Pearl Harbor.

Congratulations, by the way.
Jesse.

Former DC Homicide.

Couple of write-ups
for insubordination.

I bet those stories
are pretty juicy, eh, brah?

And the prodigal son returns.

Former jarhead.

That's the term, right? Jarhead?

Someone's gonna need
to explain that one to me.

You know a lot for a guy
who claims to mean us no harm.

TENNANT:
Case you were working on

- has to do with Joseph Cheng?
- Mm-hmm.

I had an asset.

A Chinese satellite engineer
named May Wu.

She lived in China

but regularly traveled
to New Zealand,

and she supplied me
with information.

It was her phone
that I used to contact your guy.

TENNANT:
You said

had a source.

May was killed
in Shanghai last week.

Supposedly a hit-and-run,
but she was targeted.

That her?

How'd you pull that up so fast?

Recognized her surname
from our background.

May Wu and Joseph Cheng
are cousins.

Why do you think
she was murdered?

She'd been threatened.

Ordered to download software
that would

create an undetectable back door
into one of our satellites.

Who threatened her?

Pretty sure it was MSS,

Chinese intelligence,
but I have no proof.

I promised May

I'd get her out.

I have extensive contacts
in China,

but I just wasn't fast enough.

[knocking]

Sorry. Can I talk to you?

In private?

Bring Sola up to speed.

I'd expect the same in return.

I was working
on a timeline

of Cheng's movements
before he died.

Pulled all the footage from
UH's security cameras.

This is from the day
before he was killed.

Maggie?

They talk
for about 20 minutes.

Your friend's a
professor at UH, right?

Yeah. Yeah.

That's a pretty intense
conversation

from the look of it.

What do you think
Cheng wanted?

Janie.

What a delightful surprise.

Luckily, I just opened

a really special rioja
that is just

begging to be shared.

I'm afraid
this isn't a social visit.

Well, that sounds ominous.

Luckily, ominous

is best served with a good red.

You know Joseph Cheng?

[gasps]
Something has happened.

You don't sound surprised.

Just tell me, Janie.

Cheng died this morning.

Poisoned.

Poor Joseph.

What were you two discussing?

He'd received
some anonymous emails.

They included photos
of his mother's family

in China and threats to kill
them if he didn't cooperate.

- Cooperate how?
- I don't know.

Something about his work.
Joseph didn't say.

He didn't know whether

the threat was even credible.

- Why come to you?
- We met

at a faculty function,

we became friendly.

He knew
that I was in intelligence.

He thought
I could help him.

He should've come directly
to NCIS.

He was gonna file a report

with you and with his CO today.

He just wanted to make sure

that he had his documentation
in hand.

I really didn't

think that he was
in imminent danger.

Did you talk to anyone
at the agency?

Chuck DeVries

in Operations.

You said poison?

Is this MSS?

- I don't know yet.
- I should've had them pull him in.

I should have talked to you.

Maggie, this is not your fault.

Lucy?

Oh, okay, you're still mad.

- I get it.
- What gave you that idea?

Well, you're practically
running away from me.

Well, if you really got it,

then you wouldn't be
trying to catch me.

I'm not trying to.
Lucy, please just wait.

I should've told you about Cara.

I don't want to hear
what you should've done.

You were not honest,
and that doesn't work for me.

So that's it?

You just throw away
whatever this was that easily?

It is not easy.

And you threw it away.

Coffee's getting cold. Bye.

- Can I be any clearer?
- I told you, I'm not following you.

Tennant called me.

[door opens]

Maggie Shaw has friends
in high places.

- You talked to CIA?
- She told them about the threats

made against Joseph Cheng.

The assistant director
sent agents

to talk to him,
but they were too late.

The Chinese must have known
Cheng reached out.

They poisoned him the day
after he asked Maggie for help.

- And you're sure this is MSS?
- It's looking that way.

There's strong connections
between this case

and the murder of
an intelligence asset in China.

New Zealand SIS?

An Agent David Sola
brought it to us.

I know Sola.

By reputation anyway.

Supposedly effective,

but doesn't play well
with others.

I can attest to that.

He came to Hawai'i
with no authorization

to track Joseph Cheng down.

You send him back?

Actually, I got State to sign
off on letting him help us.

You think he knows more
than he's offering.

He's convinced that both
of these killings are MSS.

Took his asset's murder
personally.

May drum up a new lead.

I got Kai keeping an eye on him.

Well, if Sola's right,
we have Chinese operatives

here on American soil.
How do we find them?

Well, we start by talking

to the MSS agent
we already have in custody.

- Myra Tan?
- Chinese spy

arrested for conspiring
to kill a Navy pilot.

Been in prison a few months,
maybe willing to deal.

Not like the FBI
and intelligence haven't tried.

She hasn't talked yet.

She's probably too scared,
and for good reason,

considering it happened
to Cheng and his cousin.

Need to make it worth her while.

I can contact FBI,
get you face time with her.

Hopefully,

you will have better luck
than they have.

[phone ringing]

Hey, boss.

What's our friend up to?

Looks like he's taking

a driving tour
of the entire island.

Well, I may actually
have a use for him.

Or at least for his supposed
Chinese contacts.

Wouldn't count on much.

Bring him in for me, okay?

Actually pulling over now.

At my dad's restaurant.

What the...?

I am a stranger

in a strange land, Hina.

- Any advice?
- Loco moco all the way, David.

Go big or go home, right?

A woman who doesn't hesitate.

[laughs]
Bull runs deep with you, huh?

And an excellent judge
of character.

And kind of a
pain in the ass.

Special Agent Holman.

I like your dad's place.
Lot of local charm.

I guess it's two loco mocos.

I got it from here.

You're trouble, I see.

But I do

love that accent.

Oh, you worked up an appetite
following me so poorly today?

This is my personal life.

And you like to keep it separate
from work.

So you know what I think?

I don't really care
what you think.

We're a lot alike.

Doing our own thing.

Not wanting to be tied down
or answer to anyone.

Difference is,

one of us should be
on a plane right now.

What's the deal
with Hina, anyway?

Felt a little bit of
heat there, didn't I?

No. She's just being nice
to you.

I was talking about you two.

I thought you were here to catch
whoever killed your source.

Yeah, but since I'm not
allowed to talk to anybody

or do anything,
I figured I'd wait

for NCIS to make
the first move.

Isn't that why you're here?

Tennant wants your help.

But only

if you can be a team player.

This is our most
secure network.

Part of the DISN.

A dedicated
communication system

with the highest level
encryption and security.

Mm. Someone's
overcompensating.

You'll be talking with one
of our most valuable detainees.

Not so valuable.

You've had her for months
and gotten nothing.

WHISTLER:
David Sola,

living up to your reputation.

All good, I hope.

Well, one can always hope.

Why is he here again?

He's the carrot
to our stick.

Ms. Tan,

thanks for agreeing to meet.

Wasn't given a choice.

I told them I'm not talking.

It's okay. I'll do the talking.

We need information
on the murder

of a former Chinese citizen--
Joseph Cheng.

And details
of MSS assets in Hawai'i.

In return,

you'll get this.

Your sister's beautiful.

You must worry about her.

About what your MSS colleagues

might do
if you cooperate with us.

- So you're threatening her now?
- Not a threat.

An opportunity.

What if we can get her out
of China?

You can't. She's being watched.

I can't...

but he can.

Who are you?

I'm your best chance
at a future.

I have contacts in Nanjing
where your sister lives.

We know how to move people.

Your sister and her husband
will be thousands of miles away

before MSS even knows
they're gone.

If you make it worth our while.

Operation Dark Moon.

Need more than a name.

Top secret MSS unit.

They force Chinese nationals

living abroad
to do their dirty work.

Or their families
back in China pay the price.

And that's all you get

until I have confirmation
my sister's safe.

Consider it done.

JESSE:
No way he could pull this off.

Getting her family out of China
will take weeks at best.

Tell me you've got
something faster.

I got something faster. Move.

Myra said MSS forced
Chinese citizens living abroad

to work for them,
which gave me an idea.

These are all the places
Joseph Cheng visited

during the time he was poisoned.

I pulled employee records
looking for Chinese nationals.

You think one of them
was coerced by the MSS?

Yes.

Harry Yen.

Grad student from Shanghai.

Works at a boba tea shop
Cheng went to almost every day.

Harry Yen have family
in China?

- Lots.
- Definitely worth checking out.

Send me his info.

I already did.

According to his schedule, Yen
should just be finishing class.

Yeah, looks like
class got out early. Excuse me.

Mr. Yen?

Federal agents!
Stop! Lucy!

[tires squealing, engine revving]

[tires screech]

Let's go. Let's go.

[horn honking, tires squealing]

Look.
The intersection's jammed.

They're stopping.
We've got 'em.

They're coming back.

Hold on.
[tires squealing]

[groans]

What the hell?

I told you to hold on!

[truck horn blares]

Look out! Look out!

[tires screeching]

[tires squeal, engine revs]

How many suspects were involved
in Harry Yen's abduction?

At least three--
two in the SUV, another one

who moved the dump truck
to block us-- all in the wind.

HPD found the SUV a couple miles
from the university.

Wiped clean.

Grabbing Yen like that means

he's almost certainly the one
that slipped Cheng the poison.

Probably coerced by MSS.

- Bold move, taking him
in broad daylight.
- Or reckless.

Joseph Cheng
contacting Maggie

definitely spooked them.

And they're tying
up loose ends,

which is bad news
for Harry Yen.

Any luck I.D.'ing
our suspects?

Sorta, kinda, almost.

Searched traffic cams and
security footage in the area.

Found pieces.

- Not great.
- Not by themselves.

But I used a program to patch
the various pieces together.

Sort of a digital collage.
And...

Voilà.

Three-man team.

We got enough images
of the driver

and the man who grabbed Yen

to create
a pretty good likeness.

Maybe if we wanted
a Picasso painting.

A little faith, please.

Good enough
for facial recognition?

Already running them.

Send it to Whistler
and David Sola, too.

They might have more luck
with international databases.

I'll show 'em to Maggie,
see if they ring any bells.

JESSE:
You think that's likely?

Been out of the game a while.

This team knew their way
around the university,

had Yen's schedule,
probably staked out the campus.

And it gives you a reason
to go check on her.

Two birds, one stone.

You don't need
to hold my hand, Janie.

I've been doing this
a lot longer than you have.

I just came by
to ask for your help.

I trained you to lie better
than that, didn't I?

And... to check in with you.

You didn't go
to work today.

Yeah, I...

I just couldn't.

I don't know why
this is hitting me so hard.

It's not like
I never lost an agent.

Hell, I almost lost you once.

But you saved my life.

Don't you forget it.
[chuckles]

But Joseph Cheng
isn't your agent.

Or responsibility.

He became my responsibility
the minute

that he reached out to me.

And I let him down.

I'm just off my game.

If it helps,

we think we might know
who poisoned him.

MSS, I assume.
Did you make an arrest?

Not yet.
[sighs]

What is their angle here?

We believe Joseph Cheng
was targeted

by an operation
called Dark Moon.

You ever heard of it?

No.

MSS uses families of Chinese
nationals as leverage.

Hmm.

Because people will do
anything for their family.

That's clever.

You haven't seen any of these
men on campus, have you?

Oh, you really did want my help?

- Always.
- Oh. Sure.

Uh...

No.

Wait.

This guy.

You recognize him?

Taipei, five years ago.

A journalist went missing,

and Chinese intelligence
was suspected.

They brought me in to consult.

You think he was involved?

I can't be sure. I only saw a
really grainy photograph, but...

I think this was the guy.

- Got a name?
- As far as I know,

they never uncovered
his true identity,

but the Chinese referred
to him by a code name: "Bao."

- Bao?
- Yeah.

See? You did help.

Not much, I'm afraid.

No one knows
if Bao really exists.

And if he's part
of this Dark Moon,

finding him is not
gonna be easy.

WHISTLER:
Maggie's not wrong.

Bao is the ghost story
spies tell each other at night.

Any major Chinese
intelligence operation

in the last ten years
is attributed to him.

Security breach at NATO,
South Korean cyberattack,

assassination of a Taiwanese
dissident in Madrid.

He is very real.

Last year, a Chinese national
in England was suspected

of stealing
nuclear research.

He died of a heart attack before
he could even be arrested.

MI-6 thinks
it was murder.

Same M.O. as Joseph Cheng

and your source in China.

If these are all Bao's work,

he's been operating
mostly undetected

and with top-tier intel.

- No other clues to his identity?
- No.

Nothing me and my colleagues
at the GCSB could find.

Huh. Maybe you're not quite as
good as you think you are, then.

[laughs] I like the confidence.
Impress me.

We don't know Bao's identity,

but I did notice
something interesting.

Joseph Cheng was
an American citizen,

but almost all
the other individuals we suspect

the MSS targeted had to apply
for visas to work abroad.

Several applications were
handled by one law firm.

"Yingkai Partners."

Based in Beijing,

but with satellite offices
around the world.

Bao and his agents working
with him needed visas, too.

So maybe
that same firm handled those?

Yup.

The same law firm
handled 20 other

- temporary H-2
- B work visas in the States,
many in Honolulu.

Great work. Forward me the info.

Jesse and Lucy struck out
at the other businesses.

- No secret agents.
- We got two more after this.

Looks like it's closed, though.
Truck's parked for the night.

Doesn't mean it's empty.

Excuse me, sir?

We're closed now.

Didn't mean
to startle you.

Special Agent
Tennant, NCIS.

This is Special
Agent Holman.

We're closed.

Yeah. You mentioned that.

We just want to ask
about one of your employees.

A temporary worker from China.

Nobody's here.

But you do have
foreign employees.

- I can't talk to you.
- Right. Okay.

We understand.

Anyone inside?

Gonna need you
to step aside, sir.

Just step aside.
Just step aside.

Hey, Tennant?

Looks like
we found our grad student.

It's Harry Yen.

Federal agents!

Well, he wasn't lying.

They're gone.

But this is
definitely the place.

Hey, Tennant,
you need to see this.

Maggie.

Maggie!

JESSE:
Boss. She's not here.

Whoever took her,
she put up a fight.

Okay, we need to talk
to the neighbors.

- Lucy's on it.
- Put out a BOLO.

Already done.

What about Maggie's phone?

- Ernie can trace it.
- Here.

[sighs]
What?

Oh, man.

I should've assigned her
a protective detail.

You couldn't have known
they'd come after Maggie.

Grabbing an American
intelligence officer--

that's high-risk.

Not Bao's usual M.O.

He must have wanted to know
how much Cheng told her.

Makes her valuable.
He'll keep her alive.

Next-door neighbor saw a sedan
speed away 20 minutes ago.

- They get plates?
- No.

It's late model,
probably black or dark blue.

- It's not much.
- Doesn't matter.

Add it to the BOLO.

We're gonna find her.

Like we found Harry Yen?

ERNIE:
I heard rumors

that IARPA has new, long-range
facial recognition software.

I need access.

You know I can't confirm
that even exists.

- Whistler!
- I'll see if I can get you read in.

JESSE:
Any luck with the vehicle?

HPD thinks they
found the sedan,

but it was burned out
and empty.

- How's Tennant?
- About how you'd expect.

The vehicle?

Kai's still with
MCRT going over it,

but it looks like a dead end.
[sighs]

- We got nothing else?
- We've got agents looking

for everyone the Chinese
law firm helped get visas.

ERNIE:
I'm running facial recognition on every

city camera I can access
looking for Bao and his people.

- And Sola? Where's he?
- WHISTLER: We just spoke. He's trying

to get Myra's sister
out of China fast.

- How long?
- He's got the resources in place,

agents willing to move, but
the State Department has to...

How long?

- Weeks, not days.
- That's not good enough.

She is our only shot
at locating Bao.

[sighs]
Okay.

I need to see Myra again.

I don't think she'll...

Can you make that happen?

Ernie?

I'll need your help.

- You think this will work?
- No idea.

Here we go.

You have my sister?

No.

Then we have nothing
to talk about.

Afraid it's not that simple.

- What happened?
- TENNANT: I'm sorry.

Believe me,
it gives me no pleasure to...

Just tell me.

Your sister
and her husband are dead.

I... No.

SOLA:
I had a team in place.

We were preparing for extraction
within a few days,

but last night,
there was an accident.

David, you can't show her.

You don't want to see these.

- The crash was violent.
- Show me.

Myra, you don't have to.

Let her see the consequences
of her choices.

The brake line was cut.

No doubt the work of MSS agents.

Oh.

Jun.

Can't bring her back, Myra.

But I can bring down the people
who killed her.

This is the man we believe
is running Operation Dark Moon.

You know him?

He was a policeman in Shanghai.

MSS recruited him
a few years ago.

TENNANT:
You're sure?

What's his name?

Ying.

Enlai Ying.

Running all known aliases
for Enlai Ying

through our flight
and travel databases.

It actually worked.

I wasn't sure she'd fall
for the doctored photos.

Grief makes the mind foggy.

Myra would've seen through them
eventually.

Hey, you play a pretty
impressive bad cop.

I wasn't playing.

I will admit to being surprised
by seeing this merciless

spy-versus-spy side
of you, Tennant.

Maggie taught me
sometimes you have to do bad

to get something good.

[computer chirps]

Got something.

Hang on. Ernie's
got something.

All right, go.

Ying used an alias to fly
into town two weeks ago.

The same credit card was used
to book an Airbnb in Waimanalo.

All right, send me the address
and have the team meet me there.

Mind if I tag along?

Gonna need all the help
I can get.

I count at least four suspects.

- Any sign of Maggie?
- No,

but I can't see all the rooms.

- We wait for SWAT?
- No time.

Jesse, Lucy, you're with me.

Kai, you cover the rear.

I'll go with him.

No. You have no authority here.

No, but I'm good
in a crisis.

Get him a vest.

And a weapon?

- Team player, right?
- I got your back, brah.

[grunts]

[both groaning]

Federal agents!
Drop your weapon!

[gunfire, sharp grunt]

Get down!

[grunts, thuds]

Don't move.
[groaning]

MAGGIE:
Help! In here!

[gunfire]
Janie!

[grunting]

Enlai Ying,
drop the weapon.

[gunshot]

[panting]

It's okay. It's okay.
[groans softly]

It's okay. I'm here.

[sighs]

I guess we're even now.

I think I'm finally
getting too old for this.

- I don't know. You looked like
you were giving Bao hell.
- Hmm.

Thanks.

He knew about you
and the kids.

Threatened you to try
to get me to talk.

He wanted to know how much Cheng
told you about his operation.

More than that.

He was pressuring me
about other intel operations.

- He knew you were CIA.
- Yeah.

I didn't expect him
to come after you.

Bao usually keeps
a lower profile.

I think he was
getting desperate.

I overheard him on the phone.

The mission had gone sideways.

They'd ordered him back home.

Who knows the price
he'd pay for failure.

Just a hell of a day.

But nothing that a hot bath

and a nice glass

of 21-year-old Scotch won't fix.

You can do that
at my place.

I'm not letting you
out of my sight.

Thanks.

Just finished up
at Ying's place.

Found the thallium
that was used to poison Cheng.

MSS agents we arrested are in
FBI custody being questioned.

JESSE:
I doubt they'll talk, but

it does look like
we got justice

for Joseph Cheng and his cousin.

And shut down
a Chinese spy ring.

- Hey.
- Anybody seen Sola?

Kind of want him to thank me
again for saving him.

JESSE:
Nah.

Not since after the raid.

Maybe he left you

a thoughtful letter
in your desk.

Sola is on his way
back to New Zealand.

But...

I do want to thank you
for your help on this.

Nah, boss.
It's... it's what we do.

And no team does it better.

[phone vibrates]

Everything okay?

Yeah. All good.

See you tomorrow.

- Grab a drink?
- JESSE: Can't tonight.

Kids are all out,
we got two whole hours

- and the TV to ourselves.
- Ooh.

Real rager, huh?

For us.
You're welcome to join, Luce.

- No. I'd only slow you down.
- Hey.

I'm good, Jesse. I'm gonna

go out, let loose a little
and put the past behind me.

Sounds like my
kind of night.

I'm up for a
drink or three.

Ooh! Yeah.
[laughs]
[laughs]

♪ Yes, you drive me crazy

♪ Tease me day and night

♪ So come on, lickkle lady...

TENNANT:
Clearly,

you don't know the saying
about house guests and fish.

I was in the car on the way
to the airport,

and I had him turn around.

- To Kai's father's restaurant?
- I know.

At first, it was just
to get under Kai's skin.

- And now?
- Well, still to get under his skin,

but, you know,
the food is incredible.

Okay.

What gives?

Something about this whole thing
just didn't sit right with me,

so I started digging.

Into what?

Enlai Ying.

When Myra gave us
his name,

she seemed surprised

that he'd be running
an operation like this.

Myra knew he was an MSS agent,

but she never actually
identified him as Bao.

This Ying guy

was a city cop
up until two years ago.

Bao's been working
much longer than that.

So, I started looking

at the suspected Dark Moon
operations we identified.

And Ying was in Shanghai
when most of them occurred.

So there is no way
he could have run all those ops.

[scoffs softly]

Enlai Ying isn't Bao.

- We got the wrong man.
- But

there is one Chinese agent
on traffic cam footage

that wasn't at the takedown.

I think this is the real Bao.

And he's still in the wind.

Thanks. I'll look into it.

Hey. Thanks for staying.

Like I ever leave.

- I did what you asked.
- And?

These are all the
Dark Moon operations

we believe were led by Bao.

I cross-referenced them with
the locations you texted me.

Oh.

So...

you want to say
what these locations are?

All places Maggie has traveled
the past few years.

Conferences, vacations,
lectures.

I mean...
could be a coincidence.

Maggie'd say
there's no such thing.

She told me Enlai Ying

was running an operation

in Taipei five years ago.

But that's impossible.

Could've been mistaken.

No. No.

Maggie's too good to make
that kind of mistake.

So what are we saying?

Is Maggie Shaw working
for the Chinese?

- MAGGIE: You're not even listening.
- ALEX: [chuckling] I was.

MAGGIE:
Yeah, that's what I
would've done anyway.

I mean, you got to show
those girls who's boss.

JULIE:
I'd get in trouble.

MAGGIE:
I know.
You would get in so much trouble,

but they would never
tease you again.

JULIE: Really? [laughs]
MAGGIE: Yeah, I'm just saying.

- Right? Were you listening?
- ALEX: Yes.

MAGGIE:
Why don't you participate?

- Hey, everybody.
- Hi, Mom! Hey!

- Hi.
- Hey, Mom.

Just in time.
Dinner's almost ready.

Janie?

Is everything okay?

Everything's... just fine.

Good.

Well, uh, let's
have dinner.

Will you put the
salad on the table?

You, put your phone
down and help.

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