NCIS

Pick up. Come on, pick up.

Hey, it's me.

We need to talk.

I can explain everything.

Call me.

No!

Then there's your medical history...

the LI-90 for life insurance, the DA-93...

You're lucky this is just a temp Joint Duty assignment.

Just a few forms left.

Like the Notification of Personnel Action,

the TA-44 and the background questionnaire

for your new security clearance.

Roda. Bishop's gonna be useless

for the next week.

Should we rescue her?

No.

If she can't handle Roda, Gibbs is gonna melt her brain.

Oh! And I'm gonna need...

the DD-817 ASAP.

Oh, this is actually version 6045.

The DoD is up to v49 on the DD-817.

Black pen only, no smudges.

And don't test me...

kitty-cat.

I can see you, gentlemen.

What just happened?

Did I do something wrong?

No, you just passed your first test.

Roda, from HR-- : legendary.

McGEE: But don't get too cocky.

Still got to take that polygraph.

I have to take another polygraph?

Mm-hmm. And then all you have to do

is survive Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs.

In case you haven't heard, the man is... He's actually

coming up behind you right now.

Hmm.

You're not supposed to do that.

What did I do now?

You've made a friend.

Grab your gear.

Got a dead Marine in Potomac Heights.

You waiting on something, Bishop?

I don't have any gear.

Good. You can drive.

Okay.

Corporal Ron Flegman,

23, stationed out of Quantico,

worked in the motor pool.

He live here alone?

Upstairs.

Already spoke with his CO.

Solid Marine, stellar evaluations.

Not much else.

Well, if this was a mugging,

it was a really bad one.

We got a witness.

He saw someone enter

the back of the building just prior to the shooting.

We even got a sketch, courtesy of Magic Fingers here.

Here you go.

That's a clown.

Well, uh, a street performer, yes.

See, there weren't very many details,

so I used Jumpy, from Jumpy's Funhouse, as a template.

Jumpy had this really big, like,

this, like, red nose, and when he smiled,

: he... It was this kids show I used to watch,

when I was little.

Um, we were told there were several street performers

who work the area.

With any luck, maybe Jumpy the Clown had a permit.

Check the licensing office.

Pull every permit on the block.

Nice.

Oh, thank heavens we're indoors.

It's been a brutal week.

And I have a chill I just can't shake.

Me too. Anybody mind if I do some jumping jacks?

Yes. - Yes. Yes.

Well, preliminary cause of death appears to be

two gunshot wounds to the chest.

Yeah. From medium range.

Ah, Ms. Bishop.

Would you care to take

a closer look at the wound?

Uh...

sure.

Yeah.

It's oval in shape,

which means that the bullet

penetrated the skin at an angle.

Huh. Can you get a trajectory from that?

Well, possible trajectory, yeah.

Very astute.

Also, we get a core temperature,

we can approximate time of death.

Boss, he's got a second cell phone.

Anything on it?

Well, it's password-locked,

but looks like he received

almost a dozen missed calls

just prior to the shooting.

Maybe somebody was trying to warn him.

I know that number.

Adams House hotel.

Doesn't your dad always stay there?

Yes, but...

no, no, no.

He's at a skin peel retreat,

300 miles away, so there's no way.

You know, checkout's in half an hour.

Whoever called our victim might still be there.

McGee, you got the crime scene.

DiNozzo, with me.

Uh...

that... that was...

that was fast.

Fast. Yeah.

Manager said the calls came from room 103.

Registered to Mr. Smith.

I'm gonna go with "alias"" what do you think?

Manager coming to open it up?

No.

She gave me the key.

Since it's two minutes after checkout, technically,

we have a right to enter.

(lock blipping, latch clicking)

That's funny, that looks like your ex-wife.

Champagne first, and then...

a little...

Well, tie me up and call me Loretta.

Wow.

Wowzers.

This is not what it looks like.

Right. We were just...

No, I do not need the details.

I wouldn't mind a few details.

Okay, look... Zip it, windbag. Not another word.

What are you talking about? The cat is out of the bag.

It just sort of happened, okay?

We were gonna tell you. We just kept it hush-hush because...

She's married. Because we're concerned

that Emily won't take it well.

She's 13, this can be...

confusing. And Victor and I are separated,

we're getting a divorce.

Your turn. What the hell are you doing in our room?

Well, we got a dead Marine.

His cell phone got a call from this room

just prior to his murder. That's impossible.

We've been in this room since last night,

and I haven't used the phone.

Oh, but I'm getting a feeling she has.

Diane...?

Hmm?

Could I speak with you?

Privately?

If you'd like to be shot. Okay, fine.

I used the phone.

But not to call some Marine.

I was trying to call my boyfriend Eddie.

Oh, that's funny. It sounded like you said boyfriend.

Well, ex-boyfriend, now. I was calling to break it off.

While I was in the bathtub?

You had a boyfriend while I was in the bathtub?

But he never picked up.

So, you don't know Private Ron Flegman?

It's probably her fiancée. This is unbelievable.

No, I've never heard that name in my life.

No, you know what?

You need to calm down.

You just said it yourself; this just sort of happened.

So, yes, fine, you caught me.

I was dating someone else.

But, you know, it was a little, innocent overlap.

Hah!

Any idea why our victim would

have your boyfriend's cell phone?

Ex-boyfriend, and no.

But, you know, I gotta say,

I'm not that surprised that Eddie is mixed up

with some dead guy, because, um,

I mean, huh, he was, he was fun.

I don't need the details. But the, yeah,

there was, something wasn't right.

I kept catching him in these lies and...

he has no credit history.

Everybody has a credit history. Well, that's enough for me.

Let's go arrest him.

Oh, no. We're gonna talk to him first.

I knew you were gonna say that.

McGEE: Crime scene's locked up.

Thought I'd come by and se...

Whoa.

Hi, Chucky.

What?

So, Agent Fornell was married to Gibbs's ex-wife?

Yup.