The Code (2019–…): Season 1, Episode 11 - Done and Doff - full transcript
My lawyer's going to
ask you to testify.
He thinks I can win
a wrongful death suit.
If you go ahead with this,
there is no win.
You are tainted the moment
you give a deposition.
The national party
has taken an interest
in this race.
We need to talk strategy
going forward.
Matty, you are mentally ill and
you are running for public office.
Nona, everything okay?
My God, we're having a baby.
What's gonna happen to my son? VALENTINA:
Some fight,
some never come
all the way back.
So you don't want that,
I don't want this.
Where does that leave us?
95 arrests. 95 Marine arrests
and three accidental deaths
can be attributed
to the abuse of prescription
drugs so far this year.
And that doesn't include
NJPs, discharges,
and who knows how many other
associated crimes.
But as an NCIS field agent,
you probably know more about
the opioid crisis than I do.
Sure. When a narcotics case
comes in, my job entails
tracking down dealers
and busting them.
Which is how you came across
the defendant.
Objection.
The prosecution is implying
the defendant is guilty
of distribution,
which is what we're here
to argue in the first place.
Noted.
Captain Abraham, you may want
to reconsider your phrasing
if this case advances to trial.
Copy that, Your Honor.
Agent Chong,
how did you meet the defendant?
We'd heard rumors
that someone was selling oxy
at an off-base bar,
the Drunken Ox in Garrisonville.
So we headed down there
on a Saturday night
and turned the place.
And did you find the dealer?
Emery Cleary had a bottle... Objection.
It's an Article 32 hearing,
we're talking evidence.
You don't need to cut me off
at every pass.
I'll rephrase.
Did you find someone
with oxycodone that night?
Staff Sergeant Emery Cleary
had 214 pills on him.
Seems the possession charge
we're debating here
is essentially
a forgone conclusion.
Come on, Captain. It seemed like
you wanted the leg workout.
Captain Abraham,
if you could stop antagonizing
the defense attorney?
No further questions,
Your Honor.
Captain Dobbins, your witness.
Agent Chong, when you say
"distribution," you mean...
Selling drugs for cash.
Yet you found no other Marines
at the Drunken Ox
with drugs, correct? That's true.
And my client did not have
an unusual amount
of cash on him that evening.
Only... $35,
if I remember correctly?
It was early.
We might've caught him
before he made his first sale.
Or you might've apprehended him
without cause.
Did you know
Staff Sergeant Cleary
is a combat veteran?
He has a prescription for
oxycodone to manage chronic pain
from a traumatic brain injury.
Sorry to interrupt,
Judge Soldier.
We may have new evidence
to submit.
Your Honor,
this is a bit disturbing.
This video made the rounds on
social media this morning.
It's one of those
overdose videos.
Someone passes a person
dying in a car,
and they make a video
instead of calling for help?
This is a thing?
The Marine behind the wheel is
Lance Corporal Jack Stanhope.
He's in Staff Sergeant Cleary's
rec softball league.
And his death is
being attributed
to an accidental overdose
of oxycodone.
I fail to see how this connects
to my client's case.
Yeah, it's a tangled web.
Give us a day and we'll
have the whole story.
Request for a continuance,
Your Honor.
Request granted.
Good morning, Captain Abraham.
Mr. Ahmadi, welcome home.
Thank you, sir. All it took was
complete and utter capitulation.
Welcome to the Marine Corps.
I have to say,
I pictured the moment
of your return
a little differently.
Have you seen the end of
An Officer and a Gentleman?
Of course. The protagonist
picks up Debra Winger
and carries her away
from her humdrum job.
So... in your fantasy,
are you carrying me
across the factory floor
or is it the other way around?
It's not a fantasy, Rami.
It's just a scenario
you play out to occupy your mind
in otherwise idle moments?
Touché.
This is the coroner's report on
Lance Corporal Jack Stanhope.
How did you know
I was looking for this?
It's my job to know.
NCIS also found
this pill bottle
in the center console.Excellent.
If they find Staff Sergeant
Cleary's prints,
we've got him for distribution.
We might throw a negligent
homicide charge in
while we're at it.
On the off-chance Staff Sergeant
Cleary was smart enough
to wear gloves while he was
bottling his product,
I'd still like to build a case
the old-fashioned way.
We should look up
Jack Stanhope's next of kin.
The widow lives in Hampton Oaks.
She is also a Marine.
Excellent.
If you happen to
see Lieutenant Li,
let her know we're headed
to Hampton Oaks.
Catchy tune, sir.
It gets stuck in my head
when I see you.
Major Ferry. Nona called.
She asked me to remind you
that your first
ultrasound appointment
is rescheduled
for 1100 Thursday.
She called me already.
Texted, too.
We're gonna see the baby's
heartbeat for the first time.
I'm not gonna miss that.
I think she wants
to be positive.
So she needed you?
I didn't say that, sir.
You never come out
and say anything, Rami.
You rule us all with
the dark art of implication.
Speaking of dark arts,
they need you in New York
to game plan for your brother's
fundraiser by COB tomorrow.
Got it. I put times for
all our scheduled flights
on your desk... Excuse me.
Welcome home, Rami.
Tell Nona I'll be there.
You're not at your desk, ma'am.
I'm ducking my phone.
Um, the coroner's report
for Lance Corporal Stanhope
confirms an opioid overdose.
Captain Abraham wants
to question the next of kin.
Would you like to forward
your desk line to me?
I can be a filter.
I wouldn't subject you
to that, Rami.
You try canceling a wedding
two months out.
See what kind of calls come in.
Adam, you coming?
Give me a minute!
Your PT starts in 50 minutes.
Yes?
I'm fine.
Come in if you're coming.
Sorry. It's just...
I can't get it on.
It hurts.
It's not supposed to hurt.
I'll call Val.
Don't. It's just sore.
I can tell her when I get in.
Do you want me to
help you put it on?
I'm 24 years old.
I don't need my mom
to help me get dressed.
I've got it.
They train us to get up.
Let me see your arm. I'm fine.
Lieutenant. Your arm.
You psyched for SERE School?
Sure. Of course.
You did it, right? Yeah.
But you'll kill it.
And you're okay
on the other stuff?
You haven't really
said anything since...
I'm doing the job, aren't I?
I wasn't suggesting otherwise.
They say it's better
to break someone's heart
than it is to get
your heart broken.
"They"? I keep picking up my phone.
I want to call Bard, you know,
see how he's doing.
It's so weird
that I can't do that.
I thought you guys weren't
supposed to be talking.
Well, I'm a witness
in her lawsuit.
We can talk, we just can't...
You know.
Give me a second?
Do you know how to roller-skate?
Hey, Danny. I wasn't expecting you to...
Mom says you're busy.
That's why you haven't
been coming over.
Kind of, yeah. But you're not gonna miss
my birthday party, right?
We're going to Rollerama.
Hey, are you using my phone?
Hey. Danny was just inviting me
to her party.
I told you,
Uncle Abe has to work.
Say good-bye, okay? Bye, Uncle Abe.
Bye.
Sorry about that.
She's just struggling
to understand everything
right now.
Yeah. I-I gotta go, okay?
Tell her I'll make it up to her.
Will do. Bye.
I had my nails painted like that
on our first date.
Jack loved it.
So I still do 'em like that
when I have a few days off.
Did you meet at work?
We're both at Headquarters.
Jack worked in payroll
and he had some trouble
with his software one day,
so they sent me in
to sort it out.
I still can't believe
that he was taking oxy.
You had no idea?
Then you can't say whether
he bought those pills
from Emery Cleary?
I wish I could help.
Jack would go to
the bar sometimes
with the softball guys,
but I honestly have no clue
which one Emery Cleary is.
I'm sorry, PFC Stanhope,
but your husband didn't exhibit
any signs of abusing opioids?
You must have noticed
some change in behavior.
My ex is in prison now.
He was, um... a rough guy.
W-Was Jack always in a good
mood? A-Absolutely not.
But I wanted to believe
he was a good guy, you know?
I kind of needed him
to be a good guy.
Let's hope she's being honest.
If she knew
her husband was using,
she could be
court-martialed, too.
Rami.
Uplifting to hear from you.
Thank you, Captain.
It pains me to damage
that open heart of yours.
Bad news?
Bad news and, frankly,
weird news.
Staff Sergeant Cleary's prints
were not on the bottle
of oxycodone found
in Lance Corporal
Jack Stanhope's car.
Well, so much for an
obvious connection.
I assume that's the bad news?
The strange part is...
no one's prints
were on the bottle.
Not even Stanhope's? Not even Stanhope's.
So Lance Corporal Stanhope
swallowed a lethal dose
of oxy... without once
touching the bottle?
I'll leave the follow-up
in your expert hands.
If he didn't touch the bottle,
how did that oxy
get in his system?
It could be Lance Corporal
Stanhope wasn't a victim
of negligent homicide.
If he never touched that bottle,
the most likely explanation
is somebody straight-up
murdered him.
Somebody slipped
Lance Corporal Stanhope
enough oxycodone to kill him,
and planted that prescription
bottle in his car?
Either that, or
Jack Stanhope wore gloves
while he took his
recreational opioids.
Stanhope's food, his car...
That's a lot of access
for one killer.
Like his wife for this?
Is the spouse ever a bad bet?
Fair point,
but I'd like to see a motive.
You're welcome.
Who's this? I wouldn't want
to rob you of the pleasure
of reading the name yourself.
"Garth Bader."
Lance Corporal Stanhope
broke that guy's jaw in
a bar fight nine months ago.
You think he killed Stanhope?
Garth Bader has
two assault convictions
on his record.
I wouldn't rule it out.
Clearly, my client
is just a combat vet
using prescription medications
to manage his pain.
Let's see
what Garth Bader has to say.
Staff Sergeant Cleary
sells oxy to Marines.
This doesn't change that.
You're welcome.
That's a nasty fall, Marine.
Your arm's gonna be
immobile for two months.
I don't understand
what happened.
They spent days
fitting me with that leg.
Why can't I get it to fit?
We see this more often
than we'd like,
especially with
above-the-knee amputation.
The residual limb changes shape
in the early going.
It's not much,
but these prosthetics
are calibrated
to the millimeter.
So the temporary leg they built,
it's just no good anymore?
They may be able to get it
working with gel liners.
But it's possible
you'll need to be fitted
for a whole new test socket.
So my rehab's on hold
for, what... months?
Um, there are things
you can still be working on.
Strengthening exercises...
But I can't get back on my feet?
This will put that back some.
My son wants to get
back to his unit
as soon as he can. Of course.
The lack of control over
the timeline... it's often one
of the most frustrating things
for our patients.
You incurred some trauma to the
residual limb during the fall.
We're going to keep you at the
clinic till everything settles,
monitor the situation.
I'm back to in-patient?
For how long? I wish I could say for sure.
I mean, yeah.
I got into it with that guy.
All right, it started
when he made fun of my name.
Garth Bader?
Look, I've been in plenty
of fights, all right?
My record's 36 and two.
You keep track of your record?
But I'm past all that now.
I'm doing the steps.
Which steps?
It's like AA, but for people
with anger issues, all right?
I was court-ordered into
the program 18 months ago.
So, you can'tfight?
I can't punch a wall,
I can't punch a car,
I can't punch a face.
I-I can't even talk trash.
That's a relapse.
So you got into an argument
with Jack Stanhope,
and then you just stood there
while he broke your jaw?
Look, I couldn't fight him.
But I can't just let him
hit on my girl, either.
I thought
he made fun of your name.
He did both.
Look, Stanhope OD'd
yesterday morning, right?
Well, I couldn't have done it.
I was at a meeting
with 20 other ragers.
Can anyone confirm that?
Well, it's Emotions Anonymous,
but I'll get you some numbers.
Your...
sort-of fight with Jack Stanhope
was nine months ago, right?
Lance Corporal Stanhope had
been married for over a year.
That guy Jack was around
that bar all the time,
and he didn't act married.
I have one... maybe be two
friends that went home with him.
Home to Hampton Oaks,
where he lives with his wife?
My girlfriend said he has
a place in Fredericksburg.
So Jack Stanhope signs a lease
on his own bachelor pad
two months after he got married.
Yeah, right after his extra
marriage pay kicked in,
and according to the
building's super,
he had women in
and out of there.
You marry this guy,
he's gonna save you, and then,
one day, you make the mistake
of looking at a bank statement,
or reading the wrong e-mail.
Looks like
Nina Stanhope didhave a motive
to kill her husband.
Feeling better
about being single?
Sorry to interrupt.
Captain,
do you have a relationship
with General Winston Geiger?
He served
with my dad in the '80s.
He was around our house
in San Diego sometimes.
Well, he'd like to see you.
Winston Geiger is the CO
of MARFORPAC.
They're in Hawaii,
last I checked.
He's here. He wants to see you.
Is he in the conference room?
Actually, General Geiger would
like you to meet him outside.
General Geiger.
Captain.
An honor, sir.
It's-it's been, what... 25 years?
I hate coming East.
The sunshine spoils
you when you're old.
Have you been well, sir?
You're party to a lawsuit
that aims to challenge
the Feres Doctrine.
I wouldn't say
I'm party to it, sir.
They plan
to call me as a witness.
Feres Doctrine keeps us from
getting sued by our own Marines.
If it gets flushed,
we're gonna have to hire a
whole regiment full of lawyers
just to sort through
the subpoenas.
I have no ideological stance
on the merits of the lawsuit.
Well, you may not have
any ideological stance,
but the institution
you're committed
to serving sure as hell does.
This can't happen.
You need to get
yourself out of this.
This case is being discussed.
Youare being discussed.
Discussed by who?
These folks...
They don't know
I'm here, Captain.
And they absolutely
would not be happy about it.
Consider yourself warned.
What do I do? That's seriously
your first question?
Very New York City.
I don't usually ask,
but something tells me
you have an interesting answer.
I'm sorry to disappoint,
but I'm not currently
holding down a paying job.
I don't believe you.
I am a contender to be
the next state senator
representing Winston-Salem
and environs,
but nobody's paying me for that.
Not what I would have guessed.
You're a long way
from North Carolina.
Fund-raiser. Seems like there's
a lot of rich folks here.
Sorry. Traffic was brutal.
It's okay. I'm
the first person here.
Krista doesn't believe that
I'm from Winston-Salem.
Tribeca. Maybe Chelsea.
Upper West Side when I was here.
I am outrageously gay, though.
Figured. You're too good-looking
to be available.
That's on me.I... I think we're okay there.
You doing okay?
Yeah. I'm good.
I'm not having any delusions
about being under surveillance.
None that can't
be managed, anyway.
Look, I'm good, kid.
I have my list of
things not to say.
Eli and Yates don't open
their apartment very often.
So, it's on all of us
to capitalize on that.
Maya, I'll tee you up,
but then, I'll need you
to introduce your brother.
I'm sure they're fantastic.
We're gonna have
a very energizing...
Maya? You have remarks?
Um, yes. I can e-mail them
to you if want to take a look.
That would be helpful.
Thank you.
And, of course, you'll need
to adjust your stump speech
to the audience.
Manhattan multimillionaires...
Yes, of course.
I used to work on Wall Street,
so we should be good.
I'm sorry. Would you mind?
- Would I mind what?
- Matt.
Your hearing aid.
I'm sorry. I'd really feel
more comfortable if you could,
you know, take it out.
Sorry. Now, what
did you just say?
I am so sorry.
I'm-I'm not feeling well.
You're sick? Um...
I have food allergies.
I think maybe the dip
at the bar.
We can talk tomorrow.
Matt, please?
I really need to get back
to my room now.
Jack leased that less than
60 days after he married you.
Why?
He was... he was stepping out?
If that's true,
then why this man cave?
Couldn't he just go to a motel?
As we understand it,
Jack was... prolific.
We went through his e-mail.
He used a burner
to correspond with the landlord,
but he'd forget which account
he was logged into sometimes.
Sometimes the invoices came in
to his regular inbox.
You guys were married.
Did you have access
to that account?
You think I did this?
Guys, I've known
about that apartment
since the day Jack
signed the lease.
I've known about the women.
I promise you, I don't
care about any of it.
Now, I'm gonna get in trouble
for telling you this,
but I'll take it
over being a murder suspect.
Jack and I had a
contract marriage.
Contract marriage?
Explain that.
For enlisted Marines,
marriage pays.
It's an extra $20,000 a year,
minimum, in housing allowance
and added salary.
Obviously, neither of you
have had a pregnant spouse.
Colonel Turnbull should
be back tomorrow.
But if you're asking me
what to do in the meantime,
one of the parties to the
fraudulent marriage is dead.
The other admits the scam.
Refer it to Nina Stanhope's CO
and get back
on the murder. Nina and Jack Stanhope
both work at HQ,
H and S Battalion.
Their unit has seen a 50% surge
in enlisted marriages
in the past 14 months.
Those paper pushers are
pairing off for pay.
Exactly. Now say that
six times fast.
You think the CO knows? We're not sure, but
this admin sergeant, Jacob
Kalb... he signed as a witness
to 13 different marriages
since the surge began.
Sounds like Sergeant Kalb
found himself a side hustle.
Make the matches,
sign the papers,
take a cut of the extra pay.
If this is connected
to the murder
of Jack Stanhope,
figure out how.
If it isn't, sit on Kalb anyway.
This surge in marriage
has a price tag of, what?
Quarter of a million
dollars so far this year..
Two more of those.
Thank you.
Feeling better, Captain Dobbins?
Um, yeah, it passes
quickly when I'm lucky.
You drink here often?
I came looking for you.
I had this uncle... Uncle Pete.
I loved him.
One Sunday, Uncle Pete
came over for dinner.
We were listening
to the Jackson Five.
In the middle of the song,
Uncle Pete told me
Michael Jackson could see
into his mind.
That's how I learned
Uncle Pete believed
the Jackson Five were singing
about his thoughts.
Did he believe that
the week before?
I have no idea.
But... two Sundays after that,
Uncle Pete accused me
of being a witch.
Six months after that,
we had to change the locks.
I don't know where
Uncle Pete is now. It...
broke my heart.
It still breaks my heart.
I'm sorry.
Your brother can't run.
Matty doesn't have
schizophrenia.
It's called
"delusional disorder."
It's more localized.
I'm glad to hear that,
I truly am.
He still can't run.
I know
I'm happy to talk to him.
But it should probably be you.
Yeah.
It should be me.
It's so cool. Thanks, Uncle Abe.
I know you like building stuff.
Will you make it with me?
I'll try, okay?
I'm sorry I missed your party.
Danny, I already let you stay up
to open up Uncle Abe's present.
It's bedtime.
Use your reading light, okay?
Don't wake your sister.
Okay, Mom. Good night.
Good night, kid.
Well, thanks for coming.
Nobody followed you?
I-I can't believe I just
asked that question.
I did get a visit...
from the commander of Marine
Corps Forces, Pacific, today.
My dad knew him.
General Geiger told me to stop
cooperating as a witness.
Or else?
He didn't say.
Hey, I've been thinking.
Like you always said, this
case is gonna take years.
And... we can't be
together while it's happening.
I mean, we can...
Sneak around,
like we've been doing,
but we can't have
something real.
You can't be a part of Danny's
life or Maggie's, and...
Is it worth it?
Losing this?
You're thinking
about dropping the case?
I'm not going through with
this because of the money.
I-I'm doing it because of Jason.
But Jason's gone.
What we had, what
we were building,
I want it back, Abe.
All of it.
I haven't made my
mind up or anything.
It's just...
yeah, like I said, something
I was thinking about.
Val will be in for PT
first thing tomorrow.
She wants you back on the horse.
Copy that.
And I will come by
for at least the morning.
You should go to work. I'm fine.
I'll get to fine.
Seriously.
Live your life.
Okay.
I'll come by... end of day?
I don't know how to do this.
I-I want...
to take some
of the pain you're in
and make it mine...
but I don't know how...
and I...
Seems it doesn't work like that.
I-I see you here...
and I wish
so many things for you,
and I don't know how
to do any of them.
And I'm not used
to feeling that way.
And I hate it.
So I'm just trying to focus
on the next thing
that they tell us to do.
You will get better.
You will feel better.
You'll make...
you'll make new plans.
And you will get back
to your unit.
Mom...
the reason I was pushing
myself so hard in rehab...
it's not so I can
get back to my unit.
I want to get out of here so I
can take the medical separation.
You're... leaving the Marines?
You know what I think
about at night?
How many people just like me...
have done a tour in this bed?
I was four years old
when we started
fighting Afghanistan.
How many legs
have people like me given up?
How many hands are gone?
How many...
brains that don't work?
Did you read
that the president's talking
about total withdrawal?
There's different projections.
The Taliban's
gonna be cutting people's
heads off in downtown Kabul
inside of six months.
My leg...
all the other body parts
we threw onto that bonfire...
none of it meant anything.
I don't want any part of it.
Not anymore.
Colonel.
Good to see you,
Colonel Turnbull.
Can I brief you on yesterday?
Give me 15 minutes.
Everything all right, ma'am?
Adam's fine.
I'll talk to you shortly.
Recognize the name
of the witness?
I'm a popular guy.
You signed for 13 marriages
in the past year and a half.
What do you want from me?
People have been marrying
for money since
the dawn of time.
I'm sorry, did you just admit
to arranging these marriages?
You got me.
Sergeant Kalb, your signature
on these certificates
constitutes
a false official statement.
That's 13 charges
under Article 107.
You don't seem
especially worried.
If you know about the marriages,
I figure it's
because you're looking into
what happened to Jack Stanhope.
If you slap my wrist
on the matchmaking,
I can help you there.
You know something
about what happened
to Lance Corporal Stanhope?
I know a lot more
than "something," Captain.
I know who killed him.
Lieutenant.
Show Major Ferry
what we learned.
Her name is Kimber Spratt.
We think she may have killed
Jack Stanhope.
Lance Corporal Stanhope
would share the details
of his conquests
with Jacob Kalb.
Kalb told us about her.
You told me
Lance Corporal Stanhope
was seeing a few
different women. Why her?
Because Stanhope died
from an overdose
of prescription meds;
Ms. Spratt here
just happens to work
as a pharmacist.
Ms. Spratt is
obviously a civilian,
so if she is the killer,
we can hand the whole thing off
to the Stafford County
Sheriff's Office.
Who do we work with
in Stafford County?
Usually Toby Conrad.
"Call of Duty" Conrad?
Have fun with that.
Why "Call of Duty"?
Detective Conrad considers
working in a suburban
sheriff's office
to be roughly the equivalent
of joining the Corps.
He drags his feet if he
thinks you feel otherwise.
Hey.
Why'd you want to meet here?
Dad used to take us to this spot
when he worked in New York.
Remember?
Sure.
Said it was his favorite view
of his favorite city.
I called...
Tiffany Dixon-Green
this morning.
We should probably
talk some strategy
before tonight, yeah?
Have you heard from her?
Yeah.
It's off, isn't it?
There isn't gonna
be a fund-raiser.
I didn't tell her, Matty.
About you.
She had it in her head
by the time she came to see me.
So she'll just tell everyone
about me if I stay in the race?
So I guess that's it.
I'm so sorry.
I'm getting worse, aren't I?
Matty.
You're gonna be okay.
You're gonna be
better than okay.
You're the smartest
person I know,
and there's so much
that you can still do.
Just not this.
I know. Thanks.
I'll figure something out.
I should, um...
You're leaving?
Yeah. Got to get back
to North Carolina.
Talk to the volunteers.
Well, um... maybe stay tonight?
I hate to think about you alone.
When am I gonna see you again?
We'll plan a visit.
See you.
Bye.
Captain Abraham.
Good to see you, sir. Detective Conrad.
This is my cocounsel,
Lieutenant Li.
Nice to meet you, Lieutenant.
Just another day
in uniform, right?
You're wearing a suit.
You get the idea.
Kimber Spratt?
Yes?
What? No, I loved Jack.
We were going
to get married, actually.
From what we understand,
I mean, yeah, Jack was a player,
but I knew all about it.
He was ready
to leave that all behind.
We were going to apply
for a license and everything
soon as he got divorced.
He told you about Nina?
Of course.
We didn't have any secrets.
You can see where
we'd be curious, though.
The guy had a penchant for lying
and no less
than a dozen girlfriends,
one of whom just happens
to distribute the medication
that killed him.
I couldn't have dispensed
this medication.
Those are the big daddy pills.
160 milligrams.
They haven't manufactured
those for years.
The only way I could get
my hands on those pills
is to buy them on the street
just like anybody else.
Sorry, guys.
Hey, maybe it was one of
the other girlfriends.
You're gonna get
the murder suspect to ring up
your tooth whitening strips?
She's not a murder
suspect anymore.
Hey. Should-should you be here?
I've been thinking
about last night.
You told me you were thinking
about dropping the case.
I never told you to do it,
and, I should have.
I didn't think about this.
I-I... I didn't
think about Danny.
I didn't think about us.
Whatever we are, what...
whatever we can make of this...
I want it back, too. All of it.
So, if you're still where
you were last night,
I think you should do it.
Let's see who we are
without this lawsuit
hanging over our heads.
I'm going to Dennis Swillce's
office on Monday.
I can tell him then.
Good morning, Captain Abraham.
I hope you're not humming that
as a way to summon me.
Actually, I wasn't
thinking about you at all.
I see. A good night, then?
Wouldn't you like to know.
What can I do for you, Rami?
Lieutenant Li respectfully
requests that you meet her
at the Stafford County
Sheriff's Office.
Apparently, there's
a potential breakthrough
in the murder
of Lance Corporal Stanhope.
The narcotics division arrested
a drug dealer last night.
And we're driving over
to congratulate them?
This particular dealer
had recently come into a supply
of 160-milligram oxy pills.
Found them languishing in his
grandmother's medicine cabinet
after she died,
from what I understand.
So we're gonna show pictures
of Lance Corporal
Stanhope's lady friends
to this dealer and hope
he recognizes one of them?
Lieutenant Li has pictures
of the women.
All she needs is you.
No.
Sorry.
I never see any of these women.
Take another look.
I have many customers.
I don't remember every face.
But these?
No.
Maybe if you have
picture of her hands. Well, sorry, guys.
Why would a picture
of her hands be useful?
She had different colors.
Red, pink, red, pink.
Is this the woman
you sold pills to?
Matty, they said you
checked out last night.
Why aren't you
picking up your phone?
Call me back right away, okay?
You always get into character
before heading back?
We wear these when we fly.
I tried your brother
a few times.
I don't know where he is.
He's just heartbroken.
The same way that you would be
if everything you wanted
just got canceled one day.
Will you let me know
when you hear from him?
Sure.
I've got a hop.
Look, this isn't
the ideal morning
for this conversation,
but we're not ready
to concede the seat
in Winston-Salem.
You just told me Matt can't run.
Your brother is stepping aside
due to a health crisis.
There's precedent for that.
Occasionally,
someone close to the candidate
jumps onto the ticket.
What?
No. That's...
that's very flattering,
but I'm a Marine.
I can't run for office.
Your active duty status
is an issue.
We may need to get creative
with your residency
requirements,
but you're from the area.
You believe the same things
your brother does.
And if I'm reading you right,
this conversation...
is why you signed up
in the first place.
You're building a résumé.
You're writing a story that ends
with you in office.
Isn't that right?
This is certainly a sordid one.
The charge is Article 118,
subsection 1:
Premeditated murder.
We're here to discuss a motion
to prohibit the death penalty.
The referral of capital charges
is posturing on the
government's part.
The military hasn't carried out
an execution in almost 60 years.
We don't typically
get a murderer
as eminently chargeable
as PFC Stanhope, Your Honor.
She participated
in a fraudulent marriage scheme,
and when her husband tried
to divorce her
and get out of the arrangement,
PFC Stanhope killed him
so she'd get his death benefits.
The government's theory
will have its day in court.
Why add the weight
of capital charges? It is not a theory
that Jack Stanhope retained
a divorce lawyer two weeks
before he was murdered.
It is also not a theory
that the defendant bought
a batch of the same
160-milligram oxy pills that
caused her husband's death.
I've seen the evidence.
Has anyone explained to you
the virtues of making a deal?
Your Honor, we offered
the defendant
a deal that allowed
for the possibility
she'd see freedom
after 25 years.
Then why does this turd continue
to clog the pipes of justice?
My client's freedom is at stake,
Your Honor.
She prefers to make her case
to a panel.
Very well, then.
She'll be doing it
with her life on the line.
Motion to dismiss is denied.
Now, speaking of
the marriage scam...
The defense requests
a moment, Your Honor.
She's buckling.
Should we offer
to take off five years?
We're at the goal
line, Lieutenant.
No need to take our foot
off the gas.
That is such a mixed metaphor.
I believe in mixed metaphors.
You understood what
I meant, didn't you?
Totally.
We should drive our race
car into the end zone.
Your Honor, if the government's
deal is still on the table,
my client wishes to accept.
Captain?
Excellent. We can move on, then.
Lieutenant Colonel Talley,
the defense respectfully
requests a continuance.
We're moving fast here,
Major Ferry. What gives?
I have a doctor's appointment.
I've had to reschedule it
a few times.
I really need to keep it.
My wife's pregnant.
I don't even know what we're
supposed to be looking for.
Fetal heartbeat.
Movement.
It's loud in there.
Is that normal?
Okay.
Here we go, baby, come on.
Talk to us.
Beats so fast.
I'll be right back
with the doctor.
Look at that.
There. Right there.
That's a heartbeat.
My God.
There's two.
What? One heartbeat.
Two heartbeats.
Come in.
I'm covering your line
while Lieutenant Eick
is at his appointment.
You've had two phone calls
from the Brigadier
General Review Board.
They've just adjourned.
What do they want?
It's my first year eligible.
Nobody makes it
their first year.
Respectfully, ma'am,
sometimes they reach down.
I'd call them back
if I were you.
I think you're
gonna be a general.
Excuse me, sir.
My wife and I were dismissed
20 minutes ago by the d...
Hey. Katya.
Hi. What's going on?
You should come back.
Let me check with the doc.
No, wait. Could you just
tell me what's happening?
I was ready to let her go.
The doctor noticed something
with the last test.
Your wife is showing signs that
are consistent with early labor.
This is our first ultrasound.
Wait here. I'll be right back.
Captain Abraham.
You say it's not
the Rami Bat-Signal,
yet here you are. I-I tried to call you.
What's going on?
Agent Chong.
What's NCIS doing here?
Captain Abraham.
I need you to come with me.
What?
Sir, please.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
What's going on?
Abe, they're apprehending you.
Why? What's the charge?
Article 94. Mutiny and sedition.
Does this order come
from the field office?
Way further
up the food chain, ma'am.
Would you come with us, please?
This is insane. When
did I commit mutiny?
The charge refers to an incident
on March 5, 2010.
This is a setup.
Stop.
I'll go.
Captioning sponsored by.
ask you to testify.
He thinks I can win
a wrongful death suit.
If you go ahead with this,
there is no win.
You are tainted the moment
you give a deposition.
The national party
has taken an interest
in this race.
We need to talk strategy
going forward.
Matty, you are mentally ill and
you are running for public office.
Nona, everything okay?
My God, we're having a baby.
What's gonna happen to my son? VALENTINA:
Some fight,
some never come
all the way back.
So you don't want that,
I don't want this.
Where does that leave us?
95 arrests. 95 Marine arrests
and three accidental deaths
can be attributed
to the abuse of prescription
drugs so far this year.
And that doesn't include
NJPs, discharges,
and who knows how many other
associated crimes.
But as an NCIS field agent,
you probably know more about
the opioid crisis than I do.
Sure. When a narcotics case
comes in, my job entails
tracking down dealers
and busting them.
Which is how you came across
the defendant.
Objection.
The prosecution is implying
the defendant is guilty
of distribution,
which is what we're here
to argue in the first place.
Noted.
Captain Abraham, you may want
to reconsider your phrasing
if this case advances to trial.
Copy that, Your Honor.
Agent Chong,
how did you meet the defendant?
We'd heard rumors
that someone was selling oxy
at an off-base bar,
the Drunken Ox in Garrisonville.
So we headed down there
on a Saturday night
and turned the place.
And did you find the dealer?
Emery Cleary had a bottle... Objection.
It's an Article 32 hearing,
we're talking evidence.
You don't need to cut me off
at every pass.
I'll rephrase.
Did you find someone
with oxycodone that night?
Staff Sergeant Emery Cleary
had 214 pills on him.
Seems the possession charge
we're debating here
is essentially
a forgone conclusion.
Come on, Captain. It seemed like
you wanted the leg workout.
Captain Abraham,
if you could stop antagonizing
the defense attorney?
No further questions,
Your Honor.
Captain Dobbins, your witness.
Agent Chong, when you say
"distribution," you mean...
Selling drugs for cash.
Yet you found no other Marines
at the Drunken Ox
with drugs, correct? That's true.
And my client did not have
an unusual amount
of cash on him that evening.
Only... $35,
if I remember correctly?
It was early.
We might've caught him
before he made his first sale.
Or you might've apprehended him
without cause.
Did you know
Staff Sergeant Cleary
is a combat veteran?
He has a prescription for
oxycodone to manage chronic pain
from a traumatic brain injury.
Sorry to interrupt,
Judge Soldier.
We may have new evidence
to submit.
Your Honor,
this is a bit disturbing.
This video made the rounds on
social media this morning.
It's one of those
overdose videos.
Someone passes a person
dying in a car,
and they make a video
instead of calling for help?
This is a thing?
The Marine behind the wheel is
Lance Corporal Jack Stanhope.
He's in Staff Sergeant Cleary's
rec softball league.
And his death is
being attributed
to an accidental overdose
of oxycodone.
I fail to see how this connects
to my client's case.
Yeah, it's a tangled web.
Give us a day and we'll
have the whole story.
Request for a continuance,
Your Honor.
Request granted.
Good morning, Captain Abraham.
Mr. Ahmadi, welcome home.
Thank you, sir. All it took was
complete and utter capitulation.
Welcome to the Marine Corps.
I have to say,
I pictured the moment
of your return
a little differently.
Have you seen the end of
An Officer and a Gentleman?
Of course. The protagonist
picks up Debra Winger
and carries her away
from her humdrum job.
So... in your fantasy,
are you carrying me
across the factory floor
or is it the other way around?
It's not a fantasy, Rami.
It's just a scenario
you play out to occupy your mind
in otherwise idle moments?
Touché.
This is the coroner's report on
Lance Corporal Jack Stanhope.
How did you know
I was looking for this?
It's my job to know.
NCIS also found
this pill bottle
in the center console.Excellent.
If they find Staff Sergeant
Cleary's prints,
we've got him for distribution.
We might throw a negligent
homicide charge in
while we're at it.
On the off-chance Staff Sergeant
Cleary was smart enough
to wear gloves while he was
bottling his product,
I'd still like to build a case
the old-fashioned way.
We should look up
Jack Stanhope's next of kin.
The widow lives in Hampton Oaks.
She is also a Marine.
Excellent.
If you happen to
see Lieutenant Li,
let her know we're headed
to Hampton Oaks.
Catchy tune, sir.
It gets stuck in my head
when I see you.
Major Ferry. Nona called.
She asked me to remind you
that your first
ultrasound appointment
is rescheduled
for 1100 Thursday.
She called me already.
Texted, too.
We're gonna see the baby's
heartbeat for the first time.
I'm not gonna miss that.
I think she wants
to be positive.
So she needed you?
I didn't say that, sir.
You never come out
and say anything, Rami.
You rule us all with
the dark art of implication.
Speaking of dark arts,
they need you in New York
to game plan for your brother's
fundraiser by COB tomorrow.
Got it. I put times for
all our scheduled flights
on your desk... Excuse me.
Welcome home, Rami.
Tell Nona I'll be there.
You're not at your desk, ma'am.
I'm ducking my phone.
Um, the coroner's report
for Lance Corporal Stanhope
confirms an opioid overdose.
Captain Abraham wants
to question the next of kin.
Would you like to forward
your desk line to me?
I can be a filter.
I wouldn't subject you
to that, Rami.
You try canceling a wedding
two months out.
See what kind of calls come in.
Adam, you coming?
Give me a minute!
Your PT starts in 50 minutes.
Yes?
I'm fine.
Come in if you're coming.
Sorry. It's just...
I can't get it on.
It hurts.
It's not supposed to hurt.
I'll call Val.
Don't. It's just sore.
I can tell her when I get in.
Do you want me to
help you put it on?
I'm 24 years old.
I don't need my mom
to help me get dressed.
I've got it.
They train us to get up.
Let me see your arm. I'm fine.
Lieutenant. Your arm.
You psyched for SERE School?
Sure. Of course.
You did it, right? Yeah.
But you'll kill it.
And you're okay
on the other stuff?
You haven't really
said anything since...
I'm doing the job, aren't I?
I wasn't suggesting otherwise.
They say it's better
to break someone's heart
than it is to get
your heart broken.
"They"? I keep picking up my phone.
I want to call Bard, you know,
see how he's doing.
It's so weird
that I can't do that.
I thought you guys weren't
supposed to be talking.
Well, I'm a witness
in her lawsuit.
We can talk, we just can't...
You know.
Give me a second?
Do you know how to roller-skate?
Hey, Danny. I wasn't expecting you to...
Mom says you're busy.
That's why you haven't
been coming over.
Kind of, yeah. But you're not gonna miss
my birthday party, right?
We're going to Rollerama.
Hey, are you using my phone?
Hey. Danny was just inviting me
to her party.
I told you,
Uncle Abe has to work.
Say good-bye, okay? Bye, Uncle Abe.
Bye.
Sorry about that.
She's just struggling
to understand everything
right now.
Yeah. I-I gotta go, okay?
Tell her I'll make it up to her.
Will do. Bye.
I had my nails painted like that
on our first date.
Jack loved it.
So I still do 'em like that
when I have a few days off.
Did you meet at work?
We're both at Headquarters.
Jack worked in payroll
and he had some trouble
with his software one day,
so they sent me in
to sort it out.
I still can't believe
that he was taking oxy.
You had no idea?
Then you can't say whether
he bought those pills
from Emery Cleary?
I wish I could help.
Jack would go to
the bar sometimes
with the softball guys,
but I honestly have no clue
which one Emery Cleary is.
I'm sorry, PFC Stanhope,
but your husband didn't exhibit
any signs of abusing opioids?
You must have noticed
some change in behavior.
My ex is in prison now.
He was, um... a rough guy.
W-Was Jack always in a good
mood? A-Absolutely not.
But I wanted to believe
he was a good guy, you know?
I kind of needed him
to be a good guy.
Let's hope she's being honest.
If she knew
her husband was using,
she could be
court-martialed, too.
Rami.
Uplifting to hear from you.
Thank you, Captain.
It pains me to damage
that open heart of yours.
Bad news?
Bad news and, frankly,
weird news.
Staff Sergeant Cleary's prints
were not on the bottle
of oxycodone found
in Lance Corporal
Jack Stanhope's car.
Well, so much for an
obvious connection.
I assume that's the bad news?
The strange part is...
no one's prints
were on the bottle.
Not even Stanhope's? Not even Stanhope's.
So Lance Corporal Stanhope
swallowed a lethal dose
of oxy... without once
touching the bottle?
I'll leave the follow-up
in your expert hands.
If he didn't touch the bottle,
how did that oxy
get in his system?
It could be Lance Corporal
Stanhope wasn't a victim
of negligent homicide.
If he never touched that bottle,
the most likely explanation
is somebody straight-up
murdered him.
Somebody slipped
Lance Corporal Stanhope
enough oxycodone to kill him,
and planted that prescription
bottle in his car?
Either that, or
Jack Stanhope wore gloves
while he took his
recreational opioids.
Stanhope's food, his car...
That's a lot of access
for one killer.
Like his wife for this?
Is the spouse ever a bad bet?
Fair point,
but I'd like to see a motive.
You're welcome.
Who's this? I wouldn't want
to rob you of the pleasure
of reading the name yourself.
"Garth Bader."
Lance Corporal Stanhope
broke that guy's jaw in
a bar fight nine months ago.
You think he killed Stanhope?
Garth Bader has
two assault convictions
on his record.
I wouldn't rule it out.
Clearly, my client
is just a combat vet
using prescription medications
to manage his pain.
Let's see
what Garth Bader has to say.
Staff Sergeant Cleary
sells oxy to Marines.
This doesn't change that.
You're welcome.
That's a nasty fall, Marine.
Your arm's gonna be
immobile for two months.
I don't understand
what happened.
They spent days
fitting me with that leg.
Why can't I get it to fit?
We see this more often
than we'd like,
especially with
above-the-knee amputation.
The residual limb changes shape
in the early going.
It's not much,
but these prosthetics
are calibrated
to the millimeter.
So the temporary leg they built,
it's just no good anymore?
They may be able to get it
working with gel liners.
But it's possible
you'll need to be fitted
for a whole new test socket.
So my rehab's on hold
for, what... months?
Um, there are things
you can still be working on.
Strengthening exercises...
But I can't get back on my feet?
This will put that back some.
My son wants to get
back to his unit
as soon as he can. Of course.
The lack of control over
the timeline... it's often one
of the most frustrating things
for our patients.
You incurred some trauma to the
residual limb during the fall.
We're going to keep you at the
clinic till everything settles,
monitor the situation.
I'm back to in-patient?
For how long? I wish I could say for sure.
I mean, yeah.
I got into it with that guy.
All right, it started
when he made fun of my name.
Garth Bader?
Look, I've been in plenty
of fights, all right?
My record's 36 and two.
You keep track of your record?
But I'm past all that now.
I'm doing the steps.
Which steps?
It's like AA, but for people
with anger issues, all right?
I was court-ordered into
the program 18 months ago.
So, you can'tfight?
I can't punch a wall,
I can't punch a car,
I can't punch a face.
I-I can't even talk trash.
That's a relapse.
So you got into an argument
with Jack Stanhope,
and then you just stood there
while he broke your jaw?
Look, I couldn't fight him.
But I can't just let him
hit on my girl, either.
I thought
he made fun of your name.
He did both.
Look, Stanhope OD'd
yesterday morning, right?
Well, I couldn't have done it.
I was at a meeting
with 20 other ragers.
Can anyone confirm that?
Well, it's Emotions Anonymous,
but I'll get you some numbers.
Your...
sort-of fight with Jack Stanhope
was nine months ago, right?
Lance Corporal Stanhope had
been married for over a year.
That guy Jack was around
that bar all the time,
and he didn't act married.
I have one... maybe be two
friends that went home with him.
Home to Hampton Oaks,
where he lives with his wife?
My girlfriend said he has
a place in Fredericksburg.
So Jack Stanhope signs a lease
on his own bachelor pad
two months after he got married.
Yeah, right after his extra
marriage pay kicked in,
and according to the
building's super,
he had women in
and out of there.
You marry this guy,
he's gonna save you, and then,
one day, you make the mistake
of looking at a bank statement,
or reading the wrong e-mail.
Looks like
Nina Stanhope didhave a motive
to kill her husband.
Feeling better
about being single?
Sorry to interrupt.
Captain,
do you have a relationship
with General Winston Geiger?
He served
with my dad in the '80s.
He was around our house
in San Diego sometimes.
Well, he'd like to see you.
Winston Geiger is the CO
of MARFORPAC.
They're in Hawaii,
last I checked.
He's here. He wants to see you.
Is he in the conference room?
Actually, General Geiger would
like you to meet him outside.
General Geiger.
Captain.
An honor, sir.
It's-it's been, what... 25 years?
I hate coming East.
The sunshine spoils
you when you're old.
Have you been well, sir?
You're party to a lawsuit
that aims to challenge
the Feres Doctrine.
I wouldn't say
I'm party to it, sir.
They plan
to call me as a witness.
Feres Doctrine keeps us from
getting sued by our own Marines.
If it gets flushed,
we're gonna have to hire a
whole regiment full of lawyers
just to sort through
the subpoenas.
I have no ideological stance
on the merits of the lawsuit.
Well, you may not have
any ideological stance,
but the institution
you're committed
to serving sure as hell does.
This can't happen.
You need to get
yourself out of this.
This case is being discussed.
Youare being discussed.
Discussed by who?
These folks...
They don't know
I'm here, Captain.
And they absolutely
would not be happy about it.
Consider yourself warned.
What do I do? That's seriously
your first question?
Very New York City.
I don't usually ask,
but something tells me
you have an interesting answer.
I'm sorry to disappoint,
but I'm not currently
holding down a paying job.
I don't believe you.
I am a contender to be
the next state senator
representing Winston-Salem
and environs,
but nobody's paying me for that.
Not what I would have guessed.
You're a long way
from North Carolina.
Fund-raiser. Seems like there's
a lot of rich folks here.
Sorry. Traffic was brutal.
It's okay. I'm
the first person here.
Krista doesn't believe that
I'm from Winston-Salem.
Tribeca. Maybe Chelsea.
Upper West Side when I was here.
I am outrageously gay, though.
Figured. You're too good-looking
to be available.
That's on me.I... I think we're okay there.
You doing okay?
Yeah. I'm good.
I'm not having any delusions
about being under surveillance.
None that can't
be managed, anyway.
Look, I'm good, kid.
I have my list of
things not to say.
Eli and Yates don't open
their apartment very often.
So, it's on all of us
to capitalize on that.
Maya, I'll tee you up,
but then, I'll need you
to introduce your brother.
I'm sure they're fantastic.
We're gonna have
a very energizing...
Maya? You have remarks?
Um, yes. I can e-mail them
to you if want to take a look.
That would be helpful.
Thank you.
And, of course, you'll need
to adjust your stump speech
to the audience.
Manhattan multimillionaires...
Yes, of course.
I used to work on Wall Street,
so we should be good.
I'm sorry. Would you mind?
- Would I mind what?
- Matt.
Your hearing aid.
I'm sorry. I'd really feel
more comfortable if you could,
you know, take it out.
Sorry. Now, what
did you just say?
I am so sorry.
I'm-I'm not feeling well.
You're sick? Um...
I have food allergies.
I think maybe the dip
at the bar.
We can talk tomorrow.
Matt, please?
I really need to get back
to my room now.
Jack leased that less than
60 days after he married you.
Why?
He was... he was stepping out?
If that's true,
then why this man cave?
Couldn't he just go to a motel?
As we understand it,
Jack was... prolific.
We went through his e-mail.
He used a burner
to correspond with the landlord,
but he'd forget which account
he was logged into sometimes.
Sometimes the invoices came in
to his regular inbox.
You guys were married.
Did you have access
to that account?
You think I did this?
Guys, I've known
about that apartment
since the day Jack
signed the lease.
I've known about the women.
I promise you, I don't
care about any of it.
Now, I'm gonna get in trouble
for telling you this,
but I'll take it
over being a murder suspect.
Jack and I had a
contract marriage.
Contract marriage?
Explain that.
For enlisted Marines,
marriage pays.
It's an extra $20,000 a year,
minimum, in housing allowance
and added salary.
Obviously, neither of you
have had a pregnant spouse.
Colonel Turnbull should
be back tomorrow.
But if you're asking me
what to do in the meantime,
one of the parties to the
fraudulent marriage is dead.
The other admits the scam.
Refer it to Nina Stanhope's CO
and get back
on the murder. Nina and Jack Stanhope
both work at HQ,
H and S Battalion.
Their unit has seen a 50% surge
in enlisted marriages
in the past 14 months.
Those paper pushers are
pairing off for pay.
Exactly. Now say that
six times fast.
You think the CO knows? We're not sure, but
this admin sergeant, Jacob
Kalb... he signed as a witness
to 13 different marriages
since the surge began.
Sounds like Sergeant Kalb
found himself a side hustle.
Make the matches,
sign the papers,
take a cut of the extra pay.
If this is connected
to the murder
of Jack Stanhope,
figure out how.
If it isn't, sit on Kalb anyway.
This surge in marriage
has a price tag of, what?
Quarter of a million
dollars so far this year..
Two more of those.
Thank you.
Feeling better, Captain Dobbins?
Um, yeah, it passes
quickly when I'm lucky.
You drink here often?
I came looking for you.
I had this uncle... Uncle Pete.
I loved him.
One Sunday, Uncle Pete
came over for dinner.
We were listening
to the Jackson Five.
In the middle of the song,
Uncle Pete told me
Michael Jackson could see
into his mind.
That's how I learned
Uncle Pete believed
the Jackson Five were singing
about his thoughts.
Did he believe that
the week before?
I have no idea.
But... two Sundays after that,
Uncle Pete accused me
of being a witch.
Six months after that,
we had to change the locks.
I don't know where
Uncle Pete is now. It...
broke my heart.
It still breaks my heart.
I'm sorry.
Your brother can't run.
Matty doesn't have
schizophrenia.
It's called
"delusional disorder."
It's more localized.
I'm glad to hear that,
I truly am.
He still can't run.
I know
I'm happy to talk to him.
But it should probably be you.
Yeah.
It should be me.
It's so cool. Thanks, Uncle Abe.
I know you like building stuff.
Will you make it with me?
I'll try, okay?
I'm sorry I missed your party.
Danny, I already let you stay up
to open up Uncle Abe's present.
It's bedtime.
Use your reading light, okay?
Don't wake your sister.
Okay, Mom. Good night.
Good night, kid.
Well, thanks for coming.
Nobody followed you?
I-I can't believe I just
asked that question.
I did get a visit...
from the commander of Marine
Corps Forces, Pacific, today.
My dad knew him.
General Geiger told me to stop
cooperating as a witness.
Or else?
He didn't say.
Hey, I've been thinking.
Like you always said, this
case is gonna take years.
And... we can't be
together while it's happening.
I mean, we can...
Sneak around,
like we've been doing,
but we can't have
something real.
You can't be a part of Danny's
life or Maggie's, and...
Is it worth it?
Losing this?
You're thinking
about dropping the case?
I'm not going through with
this because of the money.
I-I'm doing it because of Jason.
But Jason's gone.
What we had, what
we were building,
I want it back, Abe.
All of it.
I haven't made my
mind up or anything.
It's just...
yeah, like I said, something
I was thinking about.
Val will be in for PT
first thing tomorrow.
She wants you back on the horse.
Copy that.
And I will come by
for at least the morning.
You should go to work. I'm fine.
I'll get to fine.
Seriously.
Live your life.
Okay.
I'll come by... end of day?
I don't know how to do this.
I-I want...
to take some
of the pain you're in
and make it mine...
but I don't know how...
and I...
Seems it doesn't work like that.
I-I see you here...
and I wish
so many things for you,
and I don't know how
to do any of them.
And I'm not used
to feeling that way.
And I hate it.
So I'm just trying to focus
on the next thing
that they tell us to do.
You will get better.
You will feel better.
You'll make...
you'll make new plans.
And you will get back
to your unit.
Mom...
the reason I was pushing
myself so hard in rehab...
it's not so I can
get back to my unit.
I want to get out of here so I
can take the medical separation.
You're... leaving the Marines?
You know what I think
about at night?
How many people just like me...
have done a tour in this bed?
I was four years old
when we started
fighting Afghanistan.
How many legs
have people like me given up?
How many hands are gone?
How many...
brains that don't work?
Did you read
that the president's talking
about total withdrawal?
There's different projections.
The Taliban's
gonna be cutting people's
heads off in downtown Kabul
inside of six months.
My leg...
all the other body parts
we threw onto that bonfire...
none of it meant anything.
I don't want any part of it.
Not anymore.
Colonel.
Good to see you,
Colonel Turnbull.
Can I brief you on yesterday?
Give me 15 minutes.
Everything all right, ma'am?
Adam's fine.
I'll talk to you shortly.
Recognize the name
of the witness?
I'm a popular guy.
You signed for 13 marriages
in the past year and a half.
What do you want from me?
People have been marrying
for money since
the dawn of time.
I'm sorry, did you just admit
to arranging these marriages?
You got me.
Sergeant Kalb, your signature
on these certificates
constitutes
a false official statement.
That's 13 charges
under Article 107.
You don't seem
especially worried.
If you know about the marriages,
I figure it's
because you're looking into
what happened to Jack Stanhope.
If you slap my wrist
on the matchmaking,
I can help you there.
You know something
about what happened
to Lance Corporal Stanhope?
I know a lot more
than "something," Captain.
I know who killed him.
Lieutenant.
Show Major Ferry
what we learned.
Her name is Kimber Spratt.
We think she may have killed
Jack Stanhope.
Lance Corporal Stanhope
would share the details
of his conquests
with Jacob Kalb.
Kalb told us about her.
You told me
Lance Corporal Stanhope
was seeing a few
different women. Why her?
Because Stanhope died
from an overdose
of prescription meds;
Ms. Spratt here
just happens to work
as a pharmacist.
Ms. Spratt is
obviously a civilian,
so if she is the killer,
we can hand the whole thing off
to the Stafford County
Sheriff's Office.
Who do we work with
in Stafford County?
Usually Toby Conrad.
"Call of Duty" Conrad?
Have fun with that.
Why "Call of Duty"?
Detective Conrad considers
working in a suburban
sheriff's office
to be roughly the equivalent
of joining the Corps.
He drags his feet if he
thinks you feel otherwise.
Hey.
Why'd you want to meet here?
Dad used to take us to this spot
when he worked in New York.
Remember?
Sure.
Said it was his favorite view
of his favorite city.
I called...
Tiffany Dixon-Green
this morning.
We should probably
talk some strategy
before tonight, yeah?
Have you heard from her?
Yeah.
It's off, isn't it?
There isn't gonna
be a fund-raiser.
I didn't tell her, Matty.
About you.
She had it in her head
by the time she came to see me.
So she'll just tell everyone
about me if I stay in the race?
So I guess that's it.
I'm so sorry.
I'm getting worse, aren't I?
Matty.
You're gonna be okay.
You're gonna be
better than okay.
You're the smartest
person I know,
and there's so much
that you can still do.
Just not this.
I know. Thanks.
I'll figure something out.
I should, um...
You're leaving?
Yeah. Got to get back
to North Carolina.
Talk to the volunteers.
Well, um... maybe stay tonight?
I hate to think about you alone.
When am I gonna see you again?
We'll plan a visit.
See you.
Bye.
Captain Abraham.
Good to see you, sir. Detective Conrad.
This is my cocounsel,
Lieutenant Li.
Nice to meet you, Lieutenant.
Just another day
in uniform, right?
You're wearing a suit.
You get the idea.
Kimber Spratt?
Yes?
What? No, I loved Jack.
We were going
to get married, actually.
From what we understand,
I mean, yeah, Jack was a player,
but I knew all about it.
He was ready
to leave that all behind.
We were going to apply
for a license and everything
soon as he got divorced.
He told you about Nina?
Of course.
We didn't have any secrets.
You can see where
we'd be curious, though.
The guy had a penchant for lying
and no less
than a dozen girlfriends,
one of whom just happens
to distribute the medication
that killed him.
I couldn't have dispensed
this medication.
Those are the big daddy pills.
160 milligrams.
They haven't manufactured
those for years.
The only way I could get
my hands on those pills
is to buy them on the street
just like anybody else.
Sorry, guys.
Hey, maybe it was one of
the other girlfriends.
You're gonna get
the murder suspect to ring up
your tooth whitening strips?
She's not a murder
suspect anymore.
Hey. Should-should you be here?
I've been thinking
about last night.
You told me you were thinking
about dropping the case.
I never told you to do it,
and, I should have.
I didn't think about this.
I-I... I didn't
think about Danny.
I didn't think about us.
Whatever we are, what...
whatever we can make of this...
I want it back, too. All of it.
So, if you're still where
you were last night,
I think you should do it.
Let's see who we are
without this lawsuit
hanging over our heads.
I'm going to Dennis Swillce's
office on Monday.
I can tell him then.
Good morning, Captain Abraham.
I hope you're not humming that
as a way to summon me.
Actually, I wasn't
thinking about you at all.
I see. A good night, then?
Wouldn't you like to know.
What can I do for you, Rami?
Lieutenant Li respectfully
requests that you meet her
at the Stafford County
Sheriff's Office.
Apparently, there's
a potential breakthrough
in the murder
of Lance Corporal Stanhope.
The narcotics division arrested
a drug dealer last night.
And we're driving over
to congratulate them?
This particular dealer
had recently come into a supply
of 160-milligram oxy pills.
Found them languishing in his
grandmother's medicine cabinet
after she died,
from what I understand.
So we're gonna show pictures
of Lance Corporal
Stanhope's lady friends
to this dealer and hope
he recognizes one of them?
Lieutenant Li has pictures
of the women.
All she needs is you.
No.
Sorry.
I never see any of these women.
Take another look.
I have many customers.
I don't remember every face.
But these?
No.
Maybe if you have
picture of her hands. Well, sorry, guys.
Why would a picture
of her hands be useful?
She had different colors.
Red, pink, red, pink.
Is this the woman
you sold pills to?
Matty, they said you
checked out last night.
Why aren't you
picking up your phone?
Call me back right away, okay?
You always get into character
before heading back?
We wear these when we fly.
I tried your brother
a few times.
I don't know where he is.
He's just heartbroken.
The same way that you would be
if everything you wanted
just got canceled one day.
Will you let me know
when you hear from him?
Sure.
I've got a hop.
Look, this isn't
the ideal morning
for this conversation,
but we're not ready
to concede the seat
in Winston-Salem.
You just told me Matt can't run.
Your brother is stepping aside
due to a health crisis.
There's precedent for that.
Occasionally,
someone close to the candidate
jumps onto the ticket.
What?
No. That's...
that's very flattering,
but I'm a Marine.
I can't run for office.
Your active duty status
is an issue.
We may need to get creative
with your residency
requirements,
but you're from the area.
You believe the same things
your brother does.
And if I'm reading you right,
this conversation...
is why you signed up
in the first place.
You're building a résumé.
You're writing a story that ends
with you in office.
Isn't that right?
This is certainly a sordid one.
The charge is Article 118,
subsection 1:
Premeditated murder.
We're here to discuss a motion
to prohibit the death penalty.
The referral of capital charges
is posturing on the
government's part.
The military hasn't carried out
an execution in almost 60 years.
We don't typically
get a murderer
as eminently chargeable
as PFC Stanhope, Your Honor.
She participated
in a fraudulent marriage scheme,
and when her husband tried
to divorce her
and get out of the arrangement,
PFC Stanhope killed him
so she'd get his death benefits.
The government's theory
will have its day in court.
Why add the weight
of capital charges? It is not a theory
that Jack Stanhope retained
a divorce lawyer two weeks
before he was murdered.
It is also not a theory
that the defendant bought
a batch of the same
160-milligram oxy pills that
caused her husband's death.
I've seen the evidence.
Has anyone explained to you
the virtues of making a deal?
Your Honor, we offered
the defendant
a deal that allowed
for the possibility
she'd see freedom
after 25 years.
Then why does this turd continue
to clog the pipes of justice?
My client's freedom is at stake,
Your Honor.
She prefers to make her case
to a panel.
Very well, then.
She'll be doing it
with her life on the line.
Motion to dismiss is denied.
Now, speaking of
the marriage scam...
The defense requests
a moment, Your Honor.
She's buckling.
Should we offer
to take off five years?
We're at the goal
line, Lieutenant.
No need to take our foot
off the gas.
That is such a mixed metaphor.
I believe in mixed metaphors.
You understood what
I meant, didn't you?
Totally.
We should drive our race
car into the end zone.
Your Honor, if the government's
deal is still on the table,
my client wishes to accept.
Captain?
Excellent. We can move on, then.
Lieutenant Colonel Talley,
the defense respectfully
requests a continuance.
We're moving fast here,
Major Ferry. What gives?
I have a doctor's appointment.
I've had to reschedule it
a few times.
I really need to keep it.
My wife's pregnant.
I don't even know what we're
supposed to be looking for.
Fetal heartbeat.
Movement.
It's loud in there.
Is that normal?
Okay.
Here we go, baby, come on.
Talk to us.
Beats so fast.
I'll be right back
with the doctor.
Look at that.
There. Right there.
That's a heartbeat.
My God.
There's two.
What? One heartbeat.
Two heartbeats.
Come in.
I'm covering your line
while Lieutenant Eick
is at his appointment.
You've had two phone calls
from the Brigadier
General Review Board.
They've just adjourned.
What do they want?
It's my first year eligible.
Nobody makes it
their first year.
Respectfully, ma'am,
sometimes they reach down.
I'd call them back
if I were you.
I think you're
gonna be a general.
Excuse me, sir.
My wife and I were dismissed
20 minutes ago by the d...
Hey. Katya.
Hi. What's going on?
You should come back.
Let me check with the doc.
No, wait. Could you just
tell me what's happening?
I was ready to let her go.
The doctor noticed something
with the last test.
Your wife is showing signs that
are consistent with early labor.
This is our first ultrasound.
Wait here. I'll be right back.
Captain Abraham.
You say it's not
the Rami Bat-Signal,
yet here you are. I-I tried to call you.
What's going on?
Agent Chong.
What's NCIS doing here?
Captain Abraham.
I need you to come with me.
What?
Sir, please.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
What's going on?
Abe, they're apprehending you.
Why? What's the charge?
Article 94. Mutiny and sedition.
Does this order come
from the field office?
Way further
up the food chain, ma'am.
Would you come with us, please?
This is insane. When
did I commit mutiny?
The charge refers to an incident
on March 5, 2010.
This is a setup.
Stop.
I'll go.
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