NCIS

Previously on NCIS...

Someone was looking for Navy secrets.

- It's a list. - Of What?

Every Navy warship that contains the faulty wiring.

You find something?

Found an explosive device hidden on a palette.

Who put you up to this, Fullerton?

His name's Harper Dearing.

Harper Dearing.

He's the CEO of Dorado Hills Investments.

May I help you? Where's Dearing?

We have a warrant for his arrest.

Look, I haven't seen or heard from him in over a year.

You said Dearing had a son that was in the Navy.

Did you get a DNA match?

They found a familial match.

There is 99.9% probability

that Harper Dearing is your guy.

Harper Dearing.

Let's go! We got work to do.

Uh-huh. And then what happened?

Ah, you must have been pretty scared.

How badly did she hurt you?

Mmm, you were lucky.

Yeah, you can say that again.

Got it.

Oh, yeah, you definitely fractured your implant.

Looks like a popcorn kernel.

I can see the pieces.

A popcorn kernel? Oh, yeah.

Happens all the time.

Most people don't realize the tensile strength of the...

What's wrong?

This implant isn't solid.

No wonder you fractured it.

Was that in my tooth?

Wait.

Did somebody bug my mouth?

What did you say you did again?

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I had no idea you were this anal.

Even the inside has to be cleaned?

No. Line's been staticky.

Think there's dust on my circuit board.

No room for error this week.

Well, careful you don't

electrocute yourself over there.

It's impossible.

System uses low-voltage DC current.

It's interesting-- you seem proud to know this information.

He's... he's back.

How many bodies did you say you found?

Now, calm down. Tell me again,

what floor was the explosion on?

I thought I heard it ring.

Oh, come on.

You guys, just give me one hint

as to what Abby has planned.

It is my bachelor party, okay?

I've got a right to know.

Sorry. She swore us to secrecy,

and she scares me more than you.

God.

Think I made a big mistake making her my best man.

Relax, Jimmy. Everything's fine.

Just make sure you're up on your

hepatitis vaccinations. Hepatitis?

And get a good pair of knee pads.

And a good helmet.

You guys are messing with me.

Are we? Two words.

Abby Sciuto.

What is Abby planning?

You know, I'm still not really sure.

But maybe Ziva knows.

Ziva,

what is Abby planning?

I have a statement from the dentist

and the evidence.

Agent Gibbs, I have no clue what's going on,

but I can assure you... You better hope you can.

Hey.

Stay.

- I called Gibbs. He called Ziva. - And?

And I think I'm in a lot of trouble.

It's definitely some kind

of acoustic listening device.

Somebody thinks Dorneget's more interesting than we do.

Agent Dorneget said the implant

- had been there for years. - Never.

That device wouldn't last more than a couple of months

in a place as inhospitable as the human mouth.

He have any work done recently?

Actually, two weeks ago. Dorneget's regular dentist

called and said there was a recall on his implant

and that it needed to be replaced.

- Did he? - Yes, and then, yesterday,

that replacement was knocked loose by...

Popcorn kernel.

I can see the pieces.

He tried to go back to see his dentist,

but he wouldn't return his calls.

The plot thickens.

So he went to see a new dentist,

- and he discovered the... - bug.

Can you trace the signal, Abbs?

A unit that small would be really short-range.

It probably used Dorneget's cell phone

as a booster.

I'll have to look.

Holy molar!

What?

Graphene.

That's the electrical source.

And it looks like it's acting

as a piezoelectric substrate.

It's genius.

If you say so.

Piezoelectricity is the conversion

of pressure into an electric current.

So, every time Dorneget would chew...

The pressure on the graphene charged the battery.

It's brilliant.

Someone should patent this.

Maybe somebody did.

I like how you think.

Got a hit.

Patent was filed for 18 months ago.

By who?

Harper Dearing.

Oh, dear.

The newest addition on our Most Wanted Wall.

And I just got my blood pressure under control.

Harper Dearing, 61 years old.

CEO of a multinational venture capital group

headquartered out of Virginia.

That is, of course, his day job.

He's been very busy

building up a new résumé.

First, he burns down warehouses.

Then almost blows up two Navy ships.

Then he steals Dorneget's molar.

We're looking for him; he's watching us.

If Dearing wanted to keep an eye

on our investigation,

then why bug a probationary agent?

Dorneget's a floater

in every department, and he's a talker.

If Dearing had bugged Gibbs...

All he'd hear

is wood being sanded.

Hi.

Something told me you could use my help.

So I brought some.

Ah.

You're wondering how I knew.

A girl's gotta have her secrets.

I can read your mind.

So, since our

CEO-turned-terrorist has gone MIA,

his company's been run by its president,

a man named Vincent Maple.

Wink.

Go for it.

Oh, yeah. Sorry.

I brought you NSA intercepts

of Dearing's last communications

with Maple from a year ago.

Thought they might help.

DiNozzo, Ziva, talk to Maple.

See if there's been any new contact.

McGee... I'll pick up the dentist

that put in Dorneget's fake tooth. On it.

How'd you know?

Fine, you big baby.

DoD flagged Abby's search of the patent office.

Dearing's public enemy number one.

We're all looking for him.

Could have told me.

Yeah... where's the fun in that?

Stick around, Doc.

I think you could end up being helpful.

Yeah, I already cleared it with SECNAV.

Hey, I told you I could read your mind.

I don't care what customs says.

No, we need those containers on the shipping platform ASAP.

Call me back to confirm.

Sorry to keep you waiting.

- We heard. - And I already told NCIS

everything that I know last week.

I mean...

Yeah, yeah, go for Maple.

He'll call you back.

All right, can we just... can we just make this quick?

You told NCIS,

since Dearing disappeared,

you've been running the company by yourself.

Yeah, all by myself.

And you have no clue where he went.

You care to explain this?