NCIS: Los Angeles (2009–…): Season 6, Episode 5 - Black Budget - full transcript
After a shooting at the Department Of Defense Callen and Sam go to Mexico to hunt for the only employee who managed to escape.
♪ ♪
Margaret.
Staying in again?
Yeah.
Saves money.
We'll talk when I get back.
I'll be here.
♪ ♪
(alarm sounds, gun fires)
(gun fires)
Well, happy weekend,
one and all.
Here's what we know.
At 12:02 p.m. today,
six heavily armed men attacked
the DoD's West Coast office
From all indications,
it was a professional
and well-organized hit.
Monies for many
of the DoD's Pacific Rim
operations
flow through this office.
some of the Pentagon's
more covert endeavors.
Like our operation.
of special projects
is generated there.
Wait, so does this mean
we're not getting paid?
That can be arranged, Detective.
Uh, because it's a weekend,
there were only nine employees
in the building
at the time of the attack
Five had just left the office
for lunch,
NELL: They killed
two civilian accountants
and one security guard.
So, somebody survived?
Yes, Milton Mulrooney.
He moves into the men's room
at 12:01 p.m.
ERIC: One minute later,
the shooters cut the video feed
to the security camera's
hard drive.
Let's go talk to him.
That would prove difficult.
He disappeared just
after the attack.
ERIC:
Milton Mulrooney swiped his
I.D. at the parking garage exit
two minutes after the shooters
left the building.
No one has
seen him since.
Do we have a motive?
Was anything missing?
It's too soon to tell.
Get down there and relieve
our friends from the Bureau.
This is our investigation now.
Got it.
Find Milton Mulrooney, you two.
Yes, ma'am.
KENSI:
This guard pushed the alarm.
Find out who's the
highest-ranking survivor.
Okay.
Why wait till Sunday?
Less people
to deal with.
Found this in the men's room.
So, what was the purpose?
Was it a hit?
Well, if it's a hit,
why do it at work?
It's a lot easier to target
civilians outside of this place.
Maybe the purpose was
to steal something.
Yeah, but if it was a robbery,
why did they have
to kill everyone?
And why was this
Milton Mulrooney running?
Maybe he's what they took.
I don't think
they wanted him alive.
That's Doug Ouellet, he's in
charge of the entire office.
Thanks.
I'm sorry.
Thank you.
I can't stop shaking.
These people were
all my friends.
We'd like to know
if anything was taken.
If we gave you and some
of your staff access,
is that something
you'd be able to do?
I think so, yeah.
Can you think of any reason
why someone would do this?
Pretty obvious, right?
I mean, want to know
about DoD's covert operations,
the easiest way...
Follow the money.
(cell phone rings)
Yeah, Hetty.
We found Milton Mulrooney.
Get back here now.
Facial rec picked up
Milton Mulrooney moving
across the San Ysidro border
into Mexico.
Eric tracked his car into the
Zona Norte district of Tijuana.
Sex district?
This extreme exposure
of covert operations could mean
the lives of dozens
of operatives.
HETTY:
By direct order of SECNAV,
you are to enter Mexico
and find Milton Mulrooney.
For the moment,
he's all we've got.
Now, we've submitted a request
to the Mexican government
to allow you to operate
within their borders.
But SECNAV is not waiting
for an answer.
So we're going in black.
Yes, and without a net.
Something goes south, this is
not a sanctioned operation.
You'll be rogue agents,
subject to the full prosecution
of the Mexican government.
SECNAV was adamant about this.
I bet she was.
♪ ♪
(cell phone rings)
Go.
ERIC:
Hacking into the navigation
system in Milton's car,
we tracked him to a brothel
called the Cottontail
Men's Club.
According to your truck's GPS,
it's just a mile south of you.
Got it.
Thank you.
I was feeling a little naked.
He understood you,
he must speak English.
GANG LEADER: Let's see if you
understand me with my accent.
Give your guns to my men.
Uh, no problem, no problem.
We'll give you the guns.
We'll give you
the guns.
And the keys to your truck.
And your phones.
And also, my American friends,
your earwigs.
Yeah, you heard me.
Let me guess, DEA.
DEA Agent Banuelos.
We've been working on a very
long-term operation here.
And we can't have
our relationship
with the Mexican
government compromised
Hey, pal, there has been
a major intelligence breach...
Of covert
operation budgets.
I know exactly what
you're doing here, Agent Callen.
And you can do what you want...
as citizens, not agents.
SAM:
Hey! Oh, oh, oh, fellas!
We're on the same
side here. G!
We need our weapons.
Of course.
We weren't gonna let you
walk around... naked.
(chuckles)
Give 'em the guns.
SAM: (scoffs)
You got to be kidding me.
Untraceable and definitely not
the weapons of American agents.
We need a vehicle.
Of course.
We pick up Milton,
get a cell phone,
call Hetty and
get out of here.
What's our cover?
Clown car?
No.
DEA Agent Banuelos.
Good.
(engine starts)
We've lost all communication and
GPS signals from Callen and Sam.
We thought that might happen.
Unfortunately, SECNAV had
to inform several agencies
of our operation.
They were most
likely watching
as Callen and Sam
crossed the border.
Inform me as soon as
they make contact again.
Got it.
Are you eating
the crime scene?
Okay, first off, Mom,
I'm wearing gloves.
Deeks, people
died here.
Not from this food.
Are you kidding me?
If you have to know--
they're mine, and I got them
in a vending machine.
And they're delicious.
Well, give me some.
No, you just made fun of 'em,
why would I give you a chip?
Because I'm starving.
(laughs)
Of course you are.
Don't eat the
whole bag.
I'm...
We found something.
(mumbles)
Excuse me?
(coughs)
I said, "What did you find?"
He said, "What did you find?"
There are
several servers missing.
And what was on those servers?
Thousands of documents...
budgets, all relating
to covert operations.
We're compiling a list.
And how many ops
were compromised?
Hundreds. At least.
And, uh...
there's something else
you should know.
I usually stay in for lunch.
If I hadn't forgotten mine
at home,
I'd have been here.
(indistinct chatter)
Day of the Dead.
Well, down here, they say dying
is just part of the journey.
Yeah? Let's just get this guy
and get the hell out of here.
♪ ♪
What can I get you?
I'll take, uh...
couple shots of mescal.
You looking for anything
in particular?
Beauty.
Fun.
You've come to the right place.
Here are some of the girls
that are upstairs.
Take your time.
I always do.
(sighs, clicks tongue)
So, you're an accountant.
Your office is attacked.
You run down to a brothel
in Mexico?
Stress relief.
I think this is
our guy in charge.
We want to rent the place
for the whole night.
Who do we talk to?
Really?
Sure.
Just so you know.
For someone like you,
I'm available as well.
I figured that.
Healthy ego.
I like it.
That's not the only thing
that's healthy.
"That's not the only thing
that's healthy"?
It's a character.
We're in a brothel.
Drink up.
Enjoy the fruits.
You wanted to talk
about renting the entire bar?
Yeah. Upstairs, too.
Yeah, what's the program?
Everybody available?
We just pick out
the ones we want?
What's the occasion?
Got some marines coming down
from Pendleton.
CALLEN:
Actually, that's not true. DEA.
Agent Banuelos.
We got two cars
outside filled
with Mexican and American
federal agents.
Or you just tell us
the location of one man.
An American.
Fat,
dark curly hair,
came in a few hours ago?
You know
who we're talking about.
Person you need
to speak to is Carmen.
Room six upstairs.
No one'll give you a problem.
Then it's a deal.
(woman speaking Spanish)
I'm done for the night.
We just want to talk.
About what?
Looking for a big man.
Curly hair, glasses.
His name is Milton Mulrooney.
Haven't seen him.
You need to talk to my boss.
Your boss is the one
that told us to talk to you.
You got the wrong girl.
We know he's been here.
Is he in trouble?
No, he's in danger.
But we're here
to help him, Carmen.
He's hiding outside of TJ.
(tires screech)
In the desert.
Six heavily armed men
coming across the street.
Six guys at the office.
Guess we're not the only ones
looking for Milton.
Get your stuff. Come on.
Smile and keep walking.
Carmen!
Just keep walking.
Hey!
Hey. Stop!
We're walking out of here.
Easy.
(crowd screaming)
Too many!
We got to lose them!
Sam! Hold her.
I'll get the car.
Sam!
Move!
Darnos el taxi.
Darle.
Get out! Get out!
Open it up!
Come on! Come on!
Take that.
(tires screeching)
(speaks Spanish)
This where Milton is?
Yeah.
You saw who was after us.
You know
we're here to help.
♪ ♪
CALLEN:
Milton Mulrooney?
Oh, no.
We're NCIS agents.
We're taking you back
to the United States.
Do you have I.D.?
No.
Then why did you
bring them here?!
They forced me!
Pedicure's over. Let's go.
You'll have to kill me first.
We're not here
to kill anyone.
Okay? Would you tell them
what happened in town?!
There are men
looking for you.
They shot at us.
And we barely got away.
that killed everyone
at your office.
He's been through enough!
Can't you just leave him alone?
This doesn't concern you.
I am his fiancée.
We are to be married.
That's usually what
"fiancée" means.
What concerns
my husband concerns me.
Hey.
He's not your husband.
No.
He is my soul mate.
CARMEN: He's going
to take my sisters
and my grandmother and mother
back to the United States,
give us citizenship.
Great.
Put your shoes on, let's go
all live the American dream.
You've clearly
never been married.
No, I haven't.
And apparently neither have you.
Now I need to borrow a phone.
You've never been married?
Must be lonely.
(quiet laugh)
I saw him first.
He saved my life.
And that's a bond that
can never be broken.
She's got a point.
I need a cell phone.
You think I'm stupid?
You guys are navy cops.
You don't have I.D.
or a cell phone?
I promise you
we're government agents.
I don't doubt that.
Because it's the government
that's trying to kill me.
We're getting out of here.
What's the code?
Put the phone down!
Easy!
Mama, I think they're
telling the truth.
Juanita?
Take their guns and the phone.
Big gun.
Security cameras show
the bad guys
dump the getaway cars here
at 1:20.
They're pros.
They move fast.
Guess they burned the inside
of the car to destroy
any physical evidence.
Eric, I just sent you a VIN.
You run it for me?
They burnt the trunk, too.
Eric says cars
are stolen.
Got some, uh, clothing.
Maybe a Halloween mask.
Oh!
I got servers.
What?! They would
not burn those.
Well, they did.
Ooh.
Which means they downloaded
the classified
information first.
Cars were burnt five minutes
after the shooting.
I mean, not to mention
you need a power source.
These are servers,
not laptops.
So, maybe they didn't
need the information.
Maybe they just...
needed it to be gone.
So, destroy information about
a covert government operation.
Well, that and then you kill
everybody that knows about it.
Hmm.
You are tickling
my conspiracy bone.
Oh, I didn't even know
you had a conspiracy bone.
But I'm glad I tickled it.
So, whatever was on
these drives was
obviously bad enough
that somebody went
to all this trouble.
And someone
at the Department of Defense
knows what that is.
CALLEN:
Look.
Let's all calm down.
WOMAN:
Legend is, Grandma
killed her second husband
with that pan.
Hey, we're the good guys.
Oh, I like your voice.
It's smooth like honey.
Mama!
It's a nice voice.
CARMEN:
Milton?
I believe them.
I'm sorry.
I just can't trust
anyone right now.
Why do you think
the government's after you?
Either we're here to kill you,
so we already know the answer.
Or you're here to protect me
and you really don't know.
Either way, it doesn't hurt
to tell us what's going on.
Okay.
One of my co-workers,
Margaret...
Who is this Margaret?
She's just somebody
I work with.
This is the first time
I heard of her.
Is she pretty?
Aminta, please...
I have the right
to know the truth.
Baby, you know
I love you...
Margaret's
dead, okay?
Anyway, Margaret and I
discovered monies
that were allocated to
a series of black operations
conducted by a Delta unit
codenamed "Duster."
Okay.
The monies
were allocated
to operations
that never existed
and were never sanctioned
So you think a Delta unit
robbed the government?
Of over $40 million.
Yesterday, we reported
it to our superior.
Doug Ouellet?
Yeah.
And here's the thing.
Everybody knows Margaret and me
always bring our lunch,
we don't go out.
So you think the Delta unit
hit the office?
You tell me.
Who else could it be?
And you think
this Ouellet is involved?
It could be him or
anybody he spoke to
up the chain of
command in DoD.
Milton, if there's
a Delta unit hunting you,
you need to let us get you
back to the States now.
(car approaching)
It's the same men from the bar.
Give me the phone.
Now!
The gun.
The code is 7007.
UNIT LEADER:
That's a walkie-talkie!
Pick it up!
Should I get it?
Go.
They'll
kill her.
No.
They want to talk.
SAM:
No service.
Come on. Ain't someone else
got another phone?
The phones work here.
Try mine.
LEADER (over walkie-talkie):
Who am I speaking with?
I'd like to ask you
the same thing.
Let's begin this way.
We just destroyed
the cell tower.
It'll be days
before it's repaired.
This is going to be
just about us.
So...
if you want to see
another sunrise,
we dictate the terms.
(walkie-talkie beeps)
I couldn't get anything off the
platters from the burnt servers.
But there was an off-site backup
where the files were stored.
I'm sorry, why
destroy the servers
if the information
was already backed up?
Because it destroyed
the record
of who authored
the documents.
So we searched
the backup
and we found one
small anomaly.
Two budgets.
Same name,
same dates...
Both had an
allocation of monies
to a Delta Unit,
Duster,
but there was one
small difference.
the Delta unit listed
under the oversight
of different
House subcommittees.
Neither of which
had security clearances
for the other's
operations.
And since they're
all black ops...
Neither committee knew
where the money was going.
Were they hiding
an unsanctioned op?
NELL:
No.
We think Delta Unit Duster
received money for operations
that never occurred.
Great. So, then, just
good, old-fashioned fraud.
And someone
in the accounting office
found out.
KENSI:
So what you're
saying is that
a Delta unit killed
all those people
and then destroyed the servers
to cover it up?
That's exactly
what we're saying.
So you're accusing some
of the most honorable men
in our military
of murder and fraud.
Okay.
How much money are
we talking about?
$41 million.
That's enough
to test your honor.
Ouellet had to
know about this.
Which is why he
forgot his lunch.
Go pick him up.
Now.
Yeah.
Get me the name
of the army general
in charge of Delta Unit Duster.
Quickly.
On it.
So, to be very, very clear...
we want Milton Mulrooney.
We get him, we walk away.
And for the rest of you,
life goes on.
That's not
gonna happen.
You don't send him out,
I guarantee you every person
in that house dies today.
At what cost to you?
We're going to take
some of you with us.
I saw you using six-shooters.
Keep looking outside the window.
Now the situation is clear.
You send out Milton Mulrooney,
or we're coming in to get him.
There's no doubt the monies
were allocated to your unit.
I was made aware of these
allegations 36 hours ago.
All I'm willing
to tell you right now is,
I stand behind my men.
They're the best of the best.
Save the recruiting speech,
General.
I need access
to your Delta unit.
These men operate
with very little oversight.
We don't give them missions;
we give them objectives.
Well, if they want
to clear their name,
you can give them the objective
of speaking to me.
I don't even know where
they are at this moment.
That sounds like obstructing
an investigation.
I'll try to get them
to talk to you,
but I can't promise anything.
These men determine
their own fate.
Unless I determine it.
Sooner or later, it will happen.
They're out of the country.
Where?
Where?
The last communication
I had from them was Tijuana.
All right, I'll meet them
face-to-face.
You make that happen, General.
NELL:
Sir...
the Delta unit's in Tijuana.
Sam and Callen are in Tijuana.
I'm aware of that.
Okay, so, what
do we do, wait?
Hell, no.
Arrange for a chopper
immediately.
Get me to Mexico.
How dare you do this to me
after what I've been through?
It's a slick trick.
Two budgets.
Left hand doesn't know
what the right
hand is doing.
Using the big
bureaucracy
to rip off the government
of $41 million.
I have nothing to do with that.
Ouellet,
sit down.
NELL (over earwigs):
Guys, we found the smoking gun.
Doug Ouellet has
a Swiss bank account
with nearly $3
million in it.
Money came in
as income
from a weapons broker
based out of El Paso, Texas,
called Millennial Arms.
NELL:
Probably used the company
to launder the money
and get it out of the country.
So, we know about the Swiss
bank account and $3 million.
And the arms company in Texas
you used to launder it.
I don't know what
you're talking about.
I want to speak to...
Please, don't say the "L" word.
You just can't
say "lactate"
or "lactation."
But you could say "lollipop."
I was kind of thinking "lawyer."
DEEKS:
Oh...
I mean, you can
play it that way, but...
You were first one in the door
and that does hold a prize.
Tell him what he's won, Deeks.
Well, you've won
a fantastic vacation
to the Alcatraz of the Rockies.
That's right,
the federal prison
in beautiful
Florence, Colorado.
Your account has
$3 million in it.
Your partners have
the other $38.
DEEKS:
So what's it gonna
be, Doug? Huh?
Door number one,
where you spend
the rest of your
life behind bars?
Or door number two...
and you're out in time
to be a grandpa?
KENSI:
Be smart.
You didn't pull the trigger.
Do you really hold loyalty
to these guys?
Oh, and Doug, these, uh,
supplies are limited.
So this offer
isn't gonna last forever.
ERIC:
Uh-oh.
What... what do you mean,
"Uh-oh?"
NELL:
Guys... flag on the play.
The I.D. used
to open the account
has Doug Ouellet's name
but not his photo.
You've got to be kidding me.
What is it?
Mmm...
why would I have passed the
information about the fraud
up to the congressional
investigators and the DoD?
(sighs)
What are we missing?
That's where I found it, right
on the floor, right there.
Be Milton and, uh,
crouch down on the toilet.
Got it.
Yikes.
Okay.
Hold this,
and hold it so that a bullet
could go through it
but not hit you.
Uh...
No, I mean, this doesn't line up
to any of the hits.
That means it wasn't shot here.
But this sure makes it look like
somebody was trying
to shoot him.
But they weren't.
They were trying
to kill Ouellet.
And they tried to get to him
before he got up
the chain of command.
Except...
Ouellet forgot his lunch.
They're moving
into position.
You guys have any fuel
around the house?
Gasoline, kerosene,
anything like that?
Yeah, I think there's
some in the storage room.
Show me.
The walls are
thicker in here.
It's to keep the storage cool.
You'd be safe in here.
Can you use this?
Not me, I got a gun.
You use it.
Me?
I saw how you handled yourself
with that shotgun.
You can do it.
Stop it.
You might be sexy,
but you're loco.
Who do you think I am, Zorro?
I got the gasoline.
All right.
Now find some glass
bottles and rags.
Quickly.
Come on, come on.
All right, I'm gonna need
you and one of your sisters
to cover this side of the house.
There are six of them,
machine guns.
And just two of you.
Plus Milton, your sisters
and your mom.
That makes eight of us.
It's a fair fight.
My family owned
a restaurant in Tijuana.
The cartel forced us
to pay for protection money
until we went out of business.
It killed
my father.
The restaurant
was all we had.
What are you saying?
You just want
to give up?
In Mexico,
there are predators...
and prey.
Then let me show you
how to hunt.
I want to show you something.
We could offer it
in exchange for our lives.
We could offer them
a million dollars,
they're not gonna let us
walk out of here.
Is this yours?
No. Milton.
Milton?
What's a government accountant
doing with cash like that?
That's getaway money.
You had to
show 'em
the money.
SAM:
So you're
the man inside,
diverting cash
for these guys.
Give the walkie-talkie
to Carmen.
I will blow your head off.
Bring it
to me!
I'm coming out.
Good.
He stole this money?
He stole a lot
more than that.
He also got a lot
of people killed.
(clamoring)
SAM:
Hey, stop, stop, stop!
Nada, alto, alto!
Basta!
He lied, he promised
us everything!
He was using us.
Right now we have bigger
problems to deal with.
Sure do, you're all dead.
You have no idea
who you're dealing with.
An hour from now, they're
gonna be burning your bodies
in a pile...
SAM:
Hey, hey! Basta!
Where are you?
There's nobody
that can hear you.
You have 15 minutes
to send him out,
or everybody dies.
¿Qué ahora?
¿Qué hacemos?
These five men crossed
into Mexico six hours ago.
They're fast and, judging from
the bags they're carrying...
This footage puts
the Delta unit in Tijuana
when General Keys said
they were there.
ERIC:
Now, to the best
of our knowledge,
these are the men in the unit.
Army Rangers, Green Berets--
Covert Operations in Iran,
Afghanistan, Iraq, Russia.
Ultimately,
Delta units are
highly trained
military assassins.
I've often heard Delta
mockingly refer
to Navy SEALs as lifeguards.
Not many people
can get away with that.
These aren't the men
you want hunting you.
You call me as soon
as you hear from Granger.
Yeah.
UNIT LEADER:
Time's up.
Last chance.
We know Milton's
working with you.
You start firing
those SAWs in here,
there's a good chance
you're gonna kill him.
That just means
a better split for us.
No, you need him.
He probably set up the accounts
you transferred that money into.
That is gonna suck to have all
that money and no access to it.
The stories
that we tell ourselves
to make it all seem okay.
Why go through
with all this, then, huh?
I don't see you
and Milton as BFFs.
You need him alive.
I'll see you in hell, stranger.
Do it.
Here it comes!
♪ ♪
They're moving in!
(screaming)
♪ ♪
No...!
(screaming)
(grunts)
(thuds)
CARMEN:
Mama.
Are you okay?
Shotgun is done.
11 bullets left.
Five for me, six for you.
You gave me the extra one,
that means you like me, huh?
Means I'm a better shot.
Really gonna have this
conversation right now?
It's now or never.
Soon as they sense we're out,
it's over, G.
(shells clatter)
I'm out.
UNIT LEADER:
I'm waiting.
You fired six shots.
I didn't hear you reload.
All right, plan B.
Get up.
Turn around.
Hey, sexy man--
take this.
It's been good for me.
Get out there.
Move any closer--
he dies, you get nothing.
Really?
How long do you intend
to hold that position?
Hours?
Days?
What's your
endgame here?
You let the girls go.
When we get
a couple of miles,
you can have Milton.
Seeing that
you're using a blade,
I'm gonna assume that
you're out of ammo, too.
Looks like I guessed right.
Otherwise, I'd
be dead, right?
Stop moving,
or I'll cut his throat.
Go ahead.
Do it.
Or don't.
Either way, you're dead.
(gun fires)
MAN:
Three bodies.
We got three bodies.
Granger.
MAN:
Clear.
We count six dead.
We are secure.
I repeat, we are secure.
MAN:
Copy that.
(sighs)
So, how'd you find us?
These guys have been
tracking this group
for the last 24 hours.
Meet the real
Delta Unit Duster.
As soon as they heard about
the accusations against them,
they went hunting
for these guys.
So, who are our dead friends?
Part of an arms-dealing team
that was laundering money
for Milton Mulrooney.
We owe you guys.
Navy SEAL?
Yeah.
We always love saving
you lifeguards.
(chuckles)
(woman speaking Spanish)
CARMEN: I have never
had anyone sacrifice
for me or my family
like you did.
BOTH:
You're welcome.
(speaking Spanish)
Your partner told us that
you are a very lonely man.
(giggles)
We need
to have a talk.
(chuckles)
(speaking in Spanish)
You are welcome
to our home anytime.
Thank you.
You can stay now if you want.
Agent Callen is urgently
needed back in the States.
No, I'm not.
Yes, you are.
BOTH:
Good-bye.
Adios.
Hasta luego.
Gracias.
Hasta luego.
Muchas gracias.
Bye.
Por nada.
Yes, Agent Hanna, this is
the gym bag with the money.
How much did you
say was in here?
I didn't.
I just said "a lot."
"A lot" is all relative,
Assistant Director.
Does $8,000 seem
like a lot to you?
On our salary?
Hell, yeah.
Now, you fellas wouldn't have
left some cash behind
with those ladies, would you?
that the Treasury's just going
to destroy anyway?
Yeah, it's not like they helped
save our lives or anything.
What was in that bag
is in that bag.
That's your story?
That's our story.
Mine, too, gentlemen. Mine, too.
Whoo-ee!
Margaret.
Staying in again?
Yeah.
Saves money.
We'll talk when I get back.
I'll be here.
♪ ♪
(alarm sounds, gun fires)
(gun fires)
Well, happy weekend,
one and all.
Here's what we know.
At 12:02 p.m. today,
six heavily armed men attacked
the DoD's West Coast office
From all indications,
it was a professional
and well-organized hit.
Monies for many
of the DoD's Pacific Rim
operations
flow through this office.
some of the Pentagon's
more covert endeavors.
Like our operation.
of special projects
is generated there.
Wait, so does this mean
we're not getting paid?
That can be arranged, Detective.
Uh, because it's a weekend,
there were only nine employees
in the building
at the time of the attack
Five had just left the office
for lunch,
NELL: They killed
two civilian accountants
and one security guard.
So, somebody survived?
Yes, Milton Mulrooney.
He moves into the men's room
at 12:01 p.m.
ERIC: One minute later,
the shooters cut the video feed
to the security camera's
hard drive.
Let's go talk to him.
That would prove difficult.
He disappeared just
after the attack.
ERIC:
Milton Mulrooney swiped his
I.D. at the parking garage exit
two minutes after the shooters
left the building.
No one has
seen him since.
Do we have a motive?
Was anything missing?
It's too soon to tell.
Get down there and relieve
our friends from the Bureau.
This is our investigation now.
Got it.
Find Milton Mulrooney, you two.
Yes, ma'am.
KENSI:
This guard pushed the alarm.
Find out who's the
highest-ranking survivor.
Okay.
Why wait till Sunday?
Less people
to deal with.
Found this in the men's room.
So, what was the purpose?
Was it a hit?
Well, if it's a hit,
why do it at work?
It's a lot easier to target
civilians outside of this place.
Maybe the purpose was
to steal something.
Yeah, but if it was a robbery,
why did they have
to kill everyone?
And why was this
Milton Mulrooney running?
Maybe he's what they took.
I don't think
they wanted him alive.
That's Doug Ouellet, he's in
charge of the entire office.
Thanks.
I'm sorry.
Thank you.
I can't stop shaking.
These people were
all my friends.
We'd like to know
if anything was taken.
If we gave you and some
of your staff access,
is that something
you'd be able to do?
I think so, yeah.
Can you think of any reason
why someone would do this?
Pretty obvious, right?
I mean, want to know
about DoD's covert operations,
the easiest way...
Follow the money.
(cell phone rings)
Yeah, Hetty.
We found Milton Mulrooney.
Get back here now.
Facial rec picked up
Milton Mulrooney moving
across the San Ysidro border
into Mexico.
Eric tracked his car into the
Zona Norte district of Tijuana.
Sex district?
This extreme exposure
of covert operations could mean
the lives of dozens
of operatives.
HETTY:
By direct order of SECNAV,
you are to enter Mexico
and find Milton Mulrooney.
For the moment,
he's all we've got.
Now, we've submitted a request
to the Mexican government
to allow you to operate
within their borders.
But SECNAV is not waiting
for an answer.
So we're going in black.
Yes, and without a net.
Something goes south, this is
not a sanctioned operation.
You'll be rogue agents,
subject to the full prosecution
of the Mexican government.
SECNAV was adamant about this.
I bet she was.
♪ ♪
(cell phone rings)
Go.
ERIC:
Hacking into the navigation
system in Milton's car,
we tracked him to a brothel
called the Cottontail
Men's Club.
According to your truck's GPS,
it's just a mile south of you.
Got it.
Thank you.
I was feeling a little naked.
He understood you,
he must speak English.
GANG LEADER: Let's see if you
understand me with my accent.
Give your guns to my men.
Uh, no problem, no problem.
We'll give you the guns.
We'll give you
the guns.
And the keys to your truck.
And your phones.
And also, my American friends,
your earwigs.
Yeah, you heard me.
Let me guess, DEA.
DEA Agent Banuelos.
We've been working on a very
long-term operation here.
And we can't have
our relationship
with the Mexican
government compromised
Hey, pal, there has been
a major intelligence breach...
Of covert
operation budgets.
I know exactly what
you're doing here, Agent Callen.
And you can do what you want...
as citizens, not agents.
SAM:
Hey! Oh, oh, oh, fellas!
We're on the same
side here. G!
We need our weapons.
Of course.
We weren't gonna let you
walk around... naked.
(chuckles)
Give 'em the guns.
SAM: (scoffs)
You got to be kidding me.
Untraceable and definitely not
the weapons of American agents.
We need a vehicle.
Of course.
We pick up Milton,
get a cell phone,
call Hetty and
get out of here.
What's our cover?
Clown car?
No.
DEA Agent Banuelos.
Good.
(engine starts)
We've lost all communication and
GPS signals from Callen and Sam.
We thought that might happen.
Unfortunately, SECNAV had
to inform several agencies
of our operation.
They were most
likely watching
as Callen and Sam
crossed the border.
Inform me as soon as
they make contact again.
Got it.
Are you eating
the crime scene?
Okay, first off, Mom,
I'm wearing gloves.
Deeks, people
died here.
Not from this food.
Are you kidding me?
If you have to know--
they're mine, and I got them
in a vending machine.
And they're delicious.
Well, give me some.
No, you just made fun of 'em,
why would I give you a chip?
Because I'm starving.
(laughs)
Of course you are.
Don't eat the
whole bag.
I'm...
We found something.
(mumbles)
Excuse me?
(coughs)
I said, "What did you find?"
He said, "What did you find?"
There are
several servers missing.
And what was on those servers?
Thousands of documents...
budgets, all relating
to covert operations.
We're compiling a list.
And how many ops
were compromised?
Hundreds. At least.
And, uh...
there's something else
you should know.
I usually stay in for lunch.
If I hadn't forgotten mine
at home,
I'd have been here.
(indistinct chatter)
Day of the Dead.
Well, down here, they say dying
is just part of the journey.
Yeah? Let's just get this guy
and get the hell out of here.
♪ ♪
What can I get you?
I'll take, uh...
couple shots of mescal.
You looking for anything
in particular?
Beauty.
Fun.
You've come to the right place.
Here are some of the girls
that are upstairs.
Take your time.
I always do.
(sighs, clicks tongue)
So, you're an accountant.
Your office is attacked.
You run down to a brothel
in Mexico?
Stress relief.
I think this is
our guy in charge.
We want to rent the place
for the whole night.
Who do we talk to?
Really?
Sure.
Just so you know.
For someone like you,
I'm available as well.
I figured that.
Healthy ego.
I like it.
That's not the only thing
that's healthy.
"That's not the only thing
that's healthy"?
It's a character.
We're in a brothel.
Drink up.
Enjoy the fruits.
You wanted to talk
about renting the entire bar?
Yeah. Upstairs, too.
Yeah, what's the program?
Everybody available?
We just pick out
the ones we want?
What's the occasion?
Got some marines coming down
from Pendleton.
CALLEN:
Actually, that's not true. DEA.
Agent Banuelos.
We got two cars
outside filled
with Mexican and American
federal agents.
Or you just tell us
the location of one man.
An American.
Fat,
dark curly hair,
came in a few hours ago?
You know
who we're talking about.
Person you need
to speak to is Carmen.
Room six upstairs.
No one'll give you a problem.
Then it's a deal.
(woman speaking Spanish)
I'm done for the night.
We just want to talk.
About what?
Looking for a big man.
Curly hair, glasses.
His name is Milton Mulrooney.
Haven't seen him.
You need to talk to my boss.
Your boss is the one
that told us to talk to you.
You got the wrong girl.
We know he's been here.
Is he in trouble?
No, he's in danger.
But we're here
to help him, Carmen.
He's hiding outside of TJ.
(tires screech)
In the desert.
Six heavily armed men
coming across the street.
Six guys at the office.
Guess we're not the only ones
looking for Milton.
Get your stuff. Come on.
Smile and keep walking.
Carmen!
Just keep walking.
Hey!
Hey. Stop!
We're walking out of here.
Easy.
(crowd screaming)
Too many!
We got to lose them!
Sam! Hold her.
I'll get the car.
Sam!
Move!
Darnos el taxi.
Darle.
Get out! Get out!
Open it up!
Come on! Come on!
Take that.
(tires screeching)
(speaks Spanish)
This where Milton is?
Yeah.
You saw who was after us.
You know
we're here to help.
♪ ♪
CALLEN:
Milton Mulrooney?
Oh, no.
We're NCIS agents.
We're taking you back
to the United States.
Do you have I.D.?
No.
Then why did you
bring them here?!
They forced me!
Pedicure's over. Let's go.
You'll have to kill me first.
We're not here
to kill anyone.
Okay? Would you tell them
what happened in town?!
There are men
looking for you.
They shot at us.
And we barely got away.
that killed everyone
at your office.
He's been through enough!
Can't you just leave him alone?
This doesn't concern you.
I am his fiancée.
We are to be married.
That's usually what
"fiancée" means.
What concerns
my husband concerns me.
Hey.
He's not your husband.
No.
He is my soul mate.
CARMEN: He's going
to take my sisters
and my grandmother and mother
back to the United States,
give us citizenship.
Great.
Put your shoes on, let's go
all live the American dream.
You've clearly
never been married.
No, I haven't.
And apparently neither have you.
Now I need to borrow a phone.
You've never been married?
Must be lonely.
(quiet laugh)
I saw him first.
He saved my life.
And that's a bond that
can never be broken.
She's got a point.
I need a cell phone.
You think I'm stupid?
You guys are navy cops.
You don't have I.D.
or a cell phone?
I promise you
we're government agents.
I don't doubt that.
Because it's the government
that's trying to kill me.
We're getting out of here.
What's the code?
Put the phone down!
Easy!
Mama, I think they're
telling the truth.
Juanita?
Take their guns and the phone.
Big gun.
Security cameras show
the bad guys
dump the getaway cars here
at 1:20.
They're pros.
They move fast.
Guess they burned the inside
of the car to destroy
any physical evidence.
Eric, I just sent you a VIN.
You run it for me?
They burnt the trunk, too.
Eric says cars
are stolen.
Got some, uh, clothing.
Maybe a Halloween mask.
Oh!
I got servers.
What?! They would
not burn those.
Well, they did.
Ooh.
Which means they downloaded
the classified
information first.
Cars were burnt five minutes
after the shooting.
I mean, not to mention
you need a power source.
These are servers,
not laptops.
So, maybe they didn't
need the information.
Maybe they just...
needed it to be gone.
So, destroy information about
a covert government operation.
Well, that and then you kill
everybody that knows about it.
Hmm.
You are tickling
my conspiracy bone.
Oh, I didn't even know
you had a conspiracy bone.
But I'm glad I tickled it.
So, whatever was on
these drives was
obviously bad enough
that somebody went
to all this trouble.
And someone
at the Department of Defense
knows what that is.
CALLEN:
Look.
Let's all calm down.
WOMAN:
Legend is, Grandma
killed her second husband
with that pan.
Hey, we're the good guys.
Oh, I like your voice.
It's smooth like honey.
Mama!
It's a nice voice.
CARMEN:
Milton?
I believe them.
I'm sorry.
I just can't trust
anyone right now.
Why do you think
the government's after you?
Either we're here to kill you,
so we already know the answer.
Or you're here to protect me
and you really don't know.
Either way, it doesn't hurt
to tell us what's going on.
Okay.
One of my co-workers,
Margaret...
Who is this Margaret?
She's just somebody
I work with.
This is the first time
I heard of her.
Is she pretty?
Aminta, please...
I have the right
to know the truth.
Baby, you know
I love you...
Margaret's
dead, okay?
Anyway, Margaret and I
discovered monies
that were allocated to
a series of black operations
conducted by a Delta unit
codenamed "Duster."
Okay.
The monies
were allocated
to operations
that never existed
and were never sanctioned
So you think a Delta unit
robbed the government?
Of over $40 million.
Yesterday, we reported
it to our superior.
Doug Ouellet?
Yeah.
And here's the thing.
Everybody knows Margaret and me
always bring our lunch,
we don't go out.
So you think the Delta unit
hit the office?
You tell me.
Who else could it be?
And you think
this Ouellet is involved?
It could be him or
anybody he spoke to
up the chain of
command in DoD.
Milton, if there's
a Delta unit hunting you,
you need to let us get you
back to the States now.
(car approaching)
It's the same men from the bar.
Give me the phone.
Now!
The gun.
The code is 7007.
UNIT LEADER:
That's a walkie-talkie!
Pick it up!
Should I get it?
Go.
They'll
kill her.
No.
They want to talk.
SAM:
No service.
Come on. Ain't someone else
got another phone?
The phones work here.
Try mine.
LEADER (over walkie-talkie):
Who am I speaking with?
I'd like to ask you
the same thing.
Let's begin this way.
We just destroyed
the cell tower.
It'll be days
before it's repaired.
This is going to be
just about us.
So...
if you want to see
another sunrise,
we dictate the terms.
(walkie-talkie beeps)
I couldn't get anything off the
platters from the burnt servers.
But there was an off-site backup
where the files were stored.
I'm sorry, why
destroy the servers
if the information
was already backed up?
Because it destroyed
the record
of who authored
the documents.
So we searched
the backup
and we found one
small anomaly.
Two budgets.
Same name,
same dates...
Both had an
allocation of monies
to a Delta Unit,
Duster,
but there was one
small difference.
the Delta unit listed
under the oversight
of different
House subcommittees.
Neither of which
had security clearances
for the other's
operations.
And since they're
all black ops...
Neither committee knew
where the money was going.
Were they hiding
an unsanctioned op?
NELL:
No.
We think Delta Unit Duster
received money for operations
that never occurred.
Great. So, then, just
good, old-fashioned fraud.
And someone
in the accounting office
found out.
KENSI:
So what you're
saying is that
a Delta unit killed
all those people
and then destroyed the servers
to cover it up?
That's exactly
what we're saying.
So you're accusing some
of the most honorable men
in our military
of murder and fraud.
Okay.
How much money are
we talking about?
$41 million.
That's enough
to test your honor.
Ouellet had to
know about this.
Which is why he
forgot his lunch.
Go pick him up.
Now.
Yeah.
Get me the name
of the army general
in charge of Delta Unit Duster.
Quickly.
On it.
So, to be very, very clear...
we want Milton Mulrooney.
We get him, we walk away.
And for the rest of you,
life goes on.
That's not
gonna happen.
You don't send him out,
I guarantee you every person
in that house dies today.
At what cost to you?
We're going to take
some of you with us.
I saw you using six-shooters.
Keep looking outside the window.
Now the situation is clear.
You send out Milton Mulrooney,
or we're coming in to get him.
There's no doubt the monies
were allocated to your unit.
I was made aware of these
allegations 36 hours ago.
All I'm willing
to tell you right now is,
I stand behind my men.
They're the best of the best.
Save the recruiting speech,
General.
I need access
to your Delta unit.
These men operate
with very little oversight.
We don't give them missions;
we give them objectives.
Well, if they want
to clear their name,
you can give them the objective
of speaking to me.
I don't even know where
they are at this moment.
That sounds like obstructing
an investigation.
I'll try to get them
to talk to you,
but I can't promise anything.
These men determine
their own fate.
Unless I determine it.
Sooner or later, it will happen.
They're out of the country.
Where?
Where?
The last communication
I had from them was Tijuana.
All right, I'll meet them
face-to-face.
You make that happen, General.
NELL:
Sir...
the Delta unit's in Tijuana.
Sam and Callen are in Tijuana.
I'm aware of that.
Okay, so, what
do we do, wait?
Hell, no.
Arrange for a chopper
immediately.
Get me to Mexico.
How dare you do this to me
after what I've been through?
It's a slick trick.
Two budgets.
Left hand doesn't know
what the right
hand is doing.
Using the big
bureaucracy
to rip off the government
of $41 million.
I have nothing to do with that.
Ouellet,
sit down.
NELL (over earwigs):
Guys, we found the smoking gun.
Doug Ouellet has
a Swiss bank account
with nearly $3
million in it.
Money came in
as income
from a weapons broker
based out of El Paso, Texas,
called Millennial Arms.
NELL:
Probably used the company
to launder the money
and get it out of the country.
So, we know about the Swiss
bank account and $3 million.
And the arms company in Texas
you used to launder it.
I don't know what
you're talking about.
I want to speak to...
Please, don't say the "L" word.
You just can't
say "lactate"
or "lactation."
But you could say "lollipop."
I was kind of thinking "lawyer."
DEEKS:
Oh...
I mean, you can
play it that way, but...
You were first one in the door
and that does hold a prize.
Tell him what he's won, Deeks.
Well, you've won
a fantastic vacation
to the Alcatraz of the Rockies.
That's right,
the federal prison
in beautiful
Florence, Colorado.
Your account has
$3 million in it.
Your partners have
the other $38.
DEEKS:
So what's it gonna
be, Doug? Huh?
Door number one,
where you spend
the rest of your
life behind bars?
Or door number two...
and you're out in time
to be a grandpa?
KENSI:
Be smart.
You didn't pull the trigger.
Do you really hold loyalty
to these guys?
Oh, and Doug, these, uh,
supplies are limited.
So this offer
isn't gonna last forever.
ERIC:
Uh-oh.
What... what do you mean,
"Uh-oh?"
NELL:
Guys... flag on the play.
The I.D. used
to open the account
has Doug Ouellet's name
but not his photo.
You've got to be kidding me.
What is it?
Mmm...
why would I have passed the
information about the fraud
up to the congressional
investigators and the DoD?
(sighs)
What are we missing?
That's where I found it, right
on the floor, right there.
Be Milton and, uh,
crouch down on the toilet.
Got it.
Yikes.
Okay.
Hold this,
and hold it so that a bullet
could go through it
but not hit you.
Uh...
No, I mean, this doesn't line up
to any of the hits.
That means it wasn't shot here.
But this sure makes it look like
somebody was trying
to shoot him.
But they weren't.
They were trying
to kill Ouellet.
And they tried to get to him
before he got up
the chain of command.
Except...
Ouellet forgot his lunch.
They're moving
into position.
You guys have any fuel
around the house?
Gasoline, kerosene,
anything like that?
Yeah, I think there's
some in the storage room.
Show me.
The walls are
thicker in here.
It's to keep the storage cool.
You'd be safe in here.
Can you use this?
Not me, I got a gun.
You use it.
Me?
I saw how you handled yourself
with that shotgun.
You can do it.
Stop it.
You might be sexy,
but you're loco.
Who do you think I am, Zorro?
I got the gasoline.
All right.
Now find some glass
bottles and rags.
Quickly.
Come on, come on.
All right, I'm gonna need
you and one of your sisters
to cover this side of the house.
There are six of them,
machine guns.
And just two of you.
Plus Milton, your sisters
and your mom.
That makes eight of us.
It's a fair fight.
My family owned
a restaurant in Tijuana.
The cartel forced us
to pay for protection money
until we went out of business.
It killed
my father.
The restaurant
was all we had.
What are you saying?
You just want
to give up?
In Mexico,
there are predators...
and prey.
Then let me show you
how to hunt.
I want to show you something.
We could offer it
in exchange for our lives.
We could offer them
a million dollars,
they're not gonna let us
walk out of here.
Is this yours?
No. Milton.
Milton?
What's a government accountant
doing with cash like that?
That's getaway money.
You had to
show 'em
the money.
SAM:
So you're
the man inside,
diverting cash
for these guys.
Give the walkie-talkie
to Carmen.
I will blow your head off.
Bring it
to me!
I'm coming out.
Good.
He stole this money?
He stole a lot
more than that.
He also got a lot
of people killed.
(clamoring)
SAM:
Hey, stop, stop, stop!
Nada, alto, alto!
Basta!
He lied, he promised
us everything!
He was using us.
Right now we have bigger
problems to deal with.
Sure do, you're all dead.
You have no idea
who you're dealing with.
An hour from now, they're
gonna be burning your bodies
in a pile...
SAM:
Hey, hey! Basta!
Where are you?
There's nobody
that can hear you.
You have 15 minutes
to send him out,
or everybody dies.
¿Qué ahora?
¿Qué hacemos?
These five men crossed
into Mexico six hours ago.
They're fast and, judging from
the bags they're carrying...
This footage puts
the Delta unit in Tijuana
when General Keys said
they were there.
ERIC:
Now, to the best
of our knowledge,
these are the men in the unit.
Army Rangers, Green Berets--
Covert Operations in Iran,
Afghanistan, Iraq, Russia.
Ultimately,
Delta units are
highly trained
military assassins.
I've often heard Delta
mockingly refer
to Navy SEALs as lifeguards.
Not many people
can get away with that.
These aren't the men
you want hunting you.
You call me as soon
as you hear from Granger.
Yeah.
UNIT LEADER:
Time's up.
Last chance.
We know Milton's
working with you.
You start firing
those SAWs in here,
there's a good chance
you're gonna kill him.
That just means
a better split for us.
No, you need him.
He probably set up the accounts
you transferred that money into.
That is gonna suck to have all
that money and no access to it.
The stories
that we tell ourselves
to make it all seem okay.
Why go through
with all this, then, huh?
I don't see you
and Milton as BFFs.
You need him alive.
I'll see you in hell, stranger.
Do it.
Here it comes!
♪ ♪
They're moving in!
(screaming)
♪ ♪
No...!
(screaming)
(grunts)
(thuds)
CARMEN:
Mama.
Are you okay?
Shotgun is done.
11 bullets left.
Five for me, six for you.
You gave me the extra one,
that means you like me, huh?
Means I'm a better shot.
Really gonna have this
conversation right now?
It's now or never.
Soon as they sense we're out,
it's over, G.
(shells clatter)
I'm out.
UNIT LEADER:
I'm waiting.
You fired six shots.
I didn't hear you reload.
All right, plan B.
Get up.
Turn around.
Hey, sexy man--
take this.
It's been good for me.
Get out there.
Move any closer--
he dies, you get nothing.
Really?
How long do you intend
to hold that position?
Hours?
Days?
What's your
endgame here?
You let the girls go.
When we get
a couple of miles,
you can have Milton.
Seeing that
you're using a blade,
I'm gonna assume that
you're out of ammo, too.
Looks like I guessed right.
Otherwise, I'd
be dead, right?
Stop moving,
or I'll cut his throat.
Go ahead.
Do it.
Or don't.
Either way, you're dead.
(gun fires)
MAN:
Three bodies.
We got three bodies.
Granger.
MAN:
Clear.
We count six dead.
We are secure.
I repeat, we are secure.
MAN:
Copy that.
(sighs)
So, how'd you find us?
These guys have been
tracking this group
for the last 24 hours.
Meet the real
Delta Unit Duster.
As soon as they heard about
the accusations against them,
they went hunting
for these guys.
So, who are our dead friends?
Part of an arms-dealing team
that was laundering money
for Milton Mulrooney.
We owe you guys.
Navy SEAL?
Yeah.
We always love saving
you lifeguards.
(chuckles)
(woman speaking Spanish)
CARMEN: I have never
had anyone sacrifice
for me or my family
like you did.
BOTH:
You're welcome.
(speaking Spanish)
Your partner told us that
you are a very lonely man.
(giggles)
We need
to have a talk.
(chuckles)
(speaking in Spanish)
You are welcome
to our home anytime.
Thank you.
You can stay now if you want.
Agent Callen is urgently
needed back in the States.
No, I'm not.
Yes, you are.
BOTH:
Good-bye.
Adios.
Hasta luego.
Gracias.
Hasta luego.
Muchas gracias.
Bye.
Por nada.
Yes, Agent Hanna, this is
the gym bag with the money.
How much did you
say was in here?
I didn't.
I just said "a lot."
"A lot" is all relative,
Assistant Director.
Does $8,000 seem
like a lot to you?
On our salary?
Hell, yeah.
Now, you fellas wouldn't have
left some cash behind
with those ladies, would you?
that the Treasury's just going
to destroy anyway?
Yeah, it's not like they helped
save our lives or anything.
What was in that bag
is in that bag.
That's your story?
That's our story.
Mine, too, gentlemen. Mine, too.
Whoo-ee!