NCIS

: This spot looks good.

: Smells awful.

Oh. That's the sulfur from the mine's runoff.

You saw what they were dumping upstream.

Bet you we find acid and radon levels off the charts.

Assuming we don't get killed first.

Oh, please, Doug, don't start again.

Please, Julie.

I think I've earned the right to complain.

Do you know many husbands who'd agree to be chained to a tree

on their honeymoon?

That wasn't just a tree.

That was an old-growth forest that was being illegally logged.

Yeah. And who was right there by your side

blocking that whaling ship with nothing but an inflatable raft?

You gonna whine or help me check the water for particulates?

I can multitask.

And then I'm done.

I draw the line

at lawless South American jungles.

Did you hear a word that guide said when he dropped us off?

Between the local rebel groups and the drug lords,

we're gonna get ourselves killed this time.

Nobody's getting killed.

The most dangerous thing out here is this water.

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This is no ordinary case.

It involves one of our own.

I need everyone at the top of their game.

I'm always at the top of my game.

I like your attitude, Torres.

But you're sitting this one out.

Quinn, can I count on you for drinks and balloons?

On it.

Hey. What's, uh, going on?

Nothing that concerns you.

You men are not invited to this baby shower.

Um, I think Delilah's baby shower does concern me.

And Delilah as well.

FYI, men do go to baby showers.

This is not the time to argue.

I'm not.

Us girls have this totally covered,

so you can just go relax.

Okay.

I just scored down in evidence.

And there are two more boxes of decorations down there.

Mm-hmm. Tried to return them

to the original owner, but they said to toss them, so...

You know I love recycling.

Those are from a domestic dispute case; you remember that?

The two cousins that, uh,

argued over the baby's name, shot each other.

And this is why men aren't invited to baby showers.

And this is why I don't have kids.

Oh, who needs kids (phone chimes) when you have Mom?

McGEE: Look, Abby, I appreciate everything you're doing, okay?

But I need to check with Delilah.

Who wears the pants in the family, mate?

This has nothing to do with-- No, I'm...

I'm saying that we just need to slow down here, okay?

Maybe Delilah's sister wants to throw the shower.

Maybe Delilah wants to wait a little longer.

Nope, clock's ticking. I know!

I mean, I know.

It's okay.

You're gonna be a fantastic father.

And now it's time to be

a fantastic agent, Tim.

MTAC.

Right now. Let's go.

: Agent Gibbs, nice to finally meet you.

McGee, long time no see.

How you been, Taggart?

Horrible.

The humidity in Jacksonville was wreaking havoc on my sinuses

so I requested a transfer.

And where did the geniuses at HQ send me?

The embassy in Paraguay.

I have to stick my head in the dryer

if I want to take a deep breath.

That why you called us, Taggart?

Give us an update on your sinuses?

No.

Because of this.

Two chemists found it while

doing an environmental survey of a uranium mine down here.

They turned it into the local police, who ran the prints

through their immigration fingerprinting system.

Who is it?

Prints were a match for a Petty Officer Matthew Dean.

Several more body parts washed up on the bank

near where the hand was found.

We presume it's the rest of him.

It's all on its way to you now.

Was Dean deployed to Paraguay?

No, he'd recently entered the country on a tourist visa.

Alone?

You know as much as we do.

The area he was found in is fairly lawless.

It's hard to get good info. All we know is

he shouldn't have been here at all.

State issued a travel advisory for American citizens

three weeks ago due to rebel activity.

Well, those are just guidelines.

Can't stop an American citizen from traveling if they want to.

Regular citizens, no.

But military personnel were forbidden.

Dean violated orders when he came down here.

Which begs the question...

What the hell was he doing there?

Petty Officer First Class Matthew Dean, 28 years old.

Finished his BUD/SEAL training in '09.

And that is pretty much all we know.

SEAL records are need-to-know.

And right now Quinn is at the Pentagon trying to dig up more.

He married?

To his childhood sweetheart.

His Facebook profile

says his favorite performers are The Doors

and, uh, Meat Loaf.

He has no kids.

Anything link him to Paraguay?

No, but we do have a theory

on what he might've been doing there.

Also courtesy of Facebook,

we learned that Dean once sailed across the Pacific.

Alone.

McGEE: And before that,

he summited Mount Kilimanjaro.

Also alone. Oh, a man after my own heart.

Except for the mountain climbing and the sailing.

And, uh, the Meat Loaf.

Hey, I like Meat Loaf.

Why are we talking about Meat Loaf?

You got a theory or not?

We do.

Boss, this is the Paraguay River.

It's not quite the Amazon,

but it's got some pretty serious rapids,

especially if you're into that sort of thing.

And Petty Officer Dean is very much

into that sort of thing.

There are dozens of photos taken of him on these rafting trips.

Yeah, we're thinking he went down to Paraguay

for his latest Eco-adventure.

Against orders?

Work in progress.

Keep working.

Bishop, talk to the wife.

See what she knows.

When the Navy officers showed up at my door,

before they'd even said a word, I knew.

I've woken from that same nightmare 100 times before,

but this time...

I can't seem to wake up.

We understand.

Every time he deployed, I couldn't sleep.

It's ironic.

I always worried he'd get killed in a shoot-out

or... parachuting into a war zone.

Never did I think he'd die on a fishing trip.

That's what he was doing in Paraguay, fishing?

Paraguay?

Yeah, that's uh...

that's where his remains were found.

Where did you think he was?

Canada, on a, on a fishing trip.

Alone?

That wasn't unusual.

After every deployment,

he'd take a trip to... decompress.

Some place with no TVs, no cell phones...

no people.

And then, when he would come home,

he would be my Matty again.

He said he was going to Canada.

What was he doing back in Paraguay?

Wait, what do you mean "back in Paraguay"?

He's been there before?

Look, if there's something you know,

we should know that, too.

I know that he was in Paraguay on his last SEAL mission.

Doing what?

That I don't know. He couldn't tell me.

He shouldn't have even told me where he was,

much less what the mission was.

But I know who does know.

Yes, I was Dean's commander

for his last SEAL mission.

But that's all I'm at liberty to say.

Though, I'll add, his loss is a gut-punch on the rhino farm.

I'll do anything I can to help.

We need to know what you were doing in Paraguay.

No can do, sport.

That's need-to-know.

So much for that help.

Sorry, Chippy.

You want operational details,

you're gonna have to go through the proper channels.