NCIS

Damn it!

Not here. Leave a message.

Vince, it's me.

I need to talk to you.

Call me when you get this.

Oh, come on.

Hello?

Somebody there?

Loki.

You scared me half to death.

Go on, get inside.

Loki, I thought I told you to...

Okay, open mine. Open mine.

Oh.

Oh.

Baby's first lab coat.

Yay. Oh.

Uh, is it made of, um...?

100% cotton, yes.

And did you....?

And I removed all the buttons, yes.

Choking hazard averted.

A-plus, Abby. - Oh, no!

You started without me. Sorry I'm late.

Tony, we thought you forgot.

Au contraire, McFrère.

I wouldn't have missed this.

Been looking forward to it for weeks.

Mama Gremlin, Papa Gremlin,

this basket's for you.

Thank you, Tony.

Let's see. Uh...

Uh, industrial-grade earplugs?

Yes, those are gonna come in handy.

Babies are loud.

Bottle of Bordeaux.

And, um...

hundred dollars in cash.

Tony, those are terrible gifts.

Never knock the DiNozzo parenting method.

I mean,

look how I turned out.

Um,

babe? Mm?

Will you please go get me some water?

Sure, but, you know, actually, the, uh...

the pH levels up here are really high, so don't panic.

I have an emergency stash down in Autopsy.

Okay.

Listen up, guys, I need your help.

What's wrong?

It's Jimmy. He's driving me crazy.

He-he won't let me eat or drink anything

until he checks to make sure it's safe for the baby.

Oh, I mean, he's just being cautious.

All I want is peace and quiet.

And a cheeseburger.

You guys have to help me.

I mean, make up a case or something.

Yeah, it doesn't really work that way.

Grab your gear. Dead navy lieutenant in Falls Church.

Oh, thank God.

I mean... Sorry. That-That's awful.

What do you got, Duck?

Uh, gunshot wounds to the chest.

Three by the look of it.

What on earth is holding Mr. Palmer?

You got anything else? Yeah.

It appears our victim engaged in a bout of fisticuffs.

If it was with his killer,

we may be able to pull DNA.

Time of death, Duck?

Uh, around midnight last night.

Boss, we got a boot print.

Shooter didn't police

his brass.

Three .22 casings.

Hmm. Not exactly dealing with a pro.

Well, he was smart enough

to use a silencer.

Police had reports of no gunfire.

- Victim? - Navy Lieutenant

Eric Kutzler, 28.

Seabee assigned him to Naval Support Unit

for the State Department.

Witnesses? Well,

there was the neighbor's dog

whose name is "Lockey."

It's "Loki."

Loki, as in the prince of Asgard?

The god of mischief?

From the Thor comics, Tony.

Thor. The nerds are taking over.

It's just you and me now, boss.

I'm-I'm gonna go check the...

gonna check the house.

I'll question the neighbors.

I'm gonna go take photos someplace else.

Looks like a broken drinking glass.

Could be from a struggle.

But, hmm, nothing else looks tossed.

Not exactly.

Check this out.

Well, that's blood.

From what?

I think we found the source of our victim's battered knuckles.

You were the first officer on the scene?

That's correct.

What time was that? Uh,

I'm not certain.

I-I got off shift, um, a little after 8:00. Uh...

Off shift?

I checked his vitals...

but I knew... he was gone.

You knew the victim?

He's my husband.

I left for work last night around 7:00,

and Eric wa-was fine.

Everything was normal.

He called my cell at around midnight...

...but I didn't get the message till this morning.

Well, if you think of anything, you have my card.

Excuse me a minute. McGee.

It's Gibbs.

Yeah, I'm on my way.

Kutzler's husband... Right.

Jethro.

Hollis.

Leon.

Now that roll call is over, shall we move on to business?

Hollis was sent by the DoD

to assist with your investigation, Gibbs.

Hell of a winter, huh?

What's, uh, DoD's interest in the case?

Lieutenant Kutzler.

He'd been on our radar for some time,

and I'd been investigating him for the last two weeks.

Investigating him for what?

He was being vetted.

Lieutenant Kutzler is in consideration

for the Medal of Honor.

Gibbs and Hollis Mann,

both in the director's office.

You know what this means?

That she's helping with our case?

Think bigger picture, Bishop.

You know how on edge Gibbs has been lately.

Well, yeah, since Diane's death, he's had a lot on his mind.

Exactly.

And he's not gonna talk to us about his feelings and emotions.

But Hollis Mann-- she speaks his monosyllabic language.

She's our Gibbs whisperer.

Ah. How did you...?

Update.

Uh...

Come on, come on, come on, come on.

Let's go. Just...

Our victim is Eric Kutzler, a lieutenant

in the Navy Construction Battalion.

I spoke to his supervisor at the State Department.

Kutzler was new to the command,

reported there five months ago.

Prior to that, he spent 18 months

at Walter Reed, recovering

from injuries sustained in Afghanistan.

Click the thing.

Kutzler's Seabees unit was on a

humanitarian mission in the Punjab Province when

they were ambushed. And while they were pinned down

waiting for air support,

an enemy grenade penetrated their ranks.

Kutzler threw himself over it,

saving the lives of two of his men.

He jumped on a live grenade and survived?

Almost didn't.

Kutzler was a fighter.

And a hero.

Who someone was targeting.

Well, Kutzler made a name for himself back in 2011.

He spoke at several rallies

in the months leading up to the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell.

Which is why

there are so many eyes on his nomination.

Kutzler would be the first openly gay service member

to receive the Medal of Honor.

You think this was a hate crime?

Some people don't like change.

So, where are we on suspects?

We?

You're not here to investigate Kutzler's murder.

The DoD has a vested interest in this case, Jethro.

I'll be sticking around.

Blood delivery for Miss Abby Sciuto.

He just walked in.

She's talking to Breena.

Breena says don't be angry,

but she went to Beltway Burger.

No!

Uh-huh.

All right, I'll tell him.