NCIS

Morning, Gladys, Colonel.

Stay warm.

Morning, Elaine.

Hey, Gibbs.

You missed one hell of an accident.

Ah. Semi, huh?

Yeah. Driver fell asleep.

Beat up his rig pretty bad.

Well, at least he's alive.

Eggs easy?

Uh-uh.

No, just coffee.

Finish that, I'll brew you fresh to go.

You're too good to me, Elaine.

Oh, I'm just waiting on a proposal. That's all.

Federal agent. Put it down.

Will you listen to what I'm asking you?!

Matteson-- is that right?

I'm Shannon.

Jethro! I miss you, Daddy.

They're both dead. No!

Your wife and daughter died in the crash.

Daddy!

Like the blue better, huh?

NCIS! Why me, Gibbs?

You're not infallible, Jethro.

I'll keep you safe, Abby.

Hello Probie.

NCIS! Gibbs. Found something.

Grab your gear. Got a dead sailor in Norfolk.

DiNozzo...

(distorted murmured conversations)

Dad.

Jethro.

Matteson?

Hey there.

Mike.

Well, how do I look?

Alive.

Hell of a thing, isn't it?

What are you doing, probie?

Hesitating like that.

You should have shot him.

What? I mean... that's it?

It's over?

Well, I-I wasn't, uh... I wasn't done yet.

That's the problem.

Folks want to help you see the things you accomplished.

Understand the choices you made.

Jethro...

this is your life we're talking about.

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Didn't expect to see you so soon, Gunny.

Guess you can't predict these things.

I didn't see this coming.

Ain't life grand?

What is this, Mike?

A gift.

Well, it doesn't feel like it.

People want to give you closure.

A chance to see what you did.

- I didn't do anything. - Bull.

You solved hundreds of cases.

You helped families get over burying their dead

by putting away murderers and terrorists.

I'm just doing my job.

Well, folks use, uh, paper clips

and photocopy for a living.

Those are jobs.

What you did

is more than that.

I don't get it.

Try to.

Done things different, you'd be surprised

how everything would have changed.

How far do we have to go?

30 years?

Ten years?

What about yesterday?

Tell me how it started.

Like every other day-- nothing unusual.

This is definitely unusual.

"Unusual" is the operative word.

What are you two doing?

Don't play dumb, Tim.

We're trained federal agents.

We can see when something's up.

And something's definitely up.

What are you two talking about?

The two computer monitors on your desk.

You swapped them, and no one just up

and changes their viewing angle.

Something's up, McAnal Probie.

My monitors-- that's what you're worried about?

We're not big on change around here.

Well, I thought I would try a little something different today.

What makes today so special?

We know that look, McGee.

It is somewhere between melancholy

and constipation.

- Consternation? - No, I actually meant

that his mind looks clogged.

Well, it's not.

I just needed a change.

Don't change, McGee.

Let's go.

Dead petty officer, USS Gentry.

The Gentry, boss?

It's been out of commission for weeks.

It's in dry dock for repair.

There's no crew.

There is a skeleton crew, McGee.

Empty ship.

Why is there a body on board?

You change your monitor or something, McGee?

The electronic hub of the ship's

communications and operations system.

Only the ship's captain, the XO

and a handful of crew members are allowed access.

And our victim was none of the above.

By the way,

not the best place to discharge a firearm.

Ka-blooey. (laughs)

Doctor, should we be wearing Hazmat suits?

There's no leakage in here, Mr. Palmer,

save for our victim's blood.

I got two shell casings here, Ducky.

Does that match your body?

From what I can tell, yes.

However, Mr. Palmer, let's get her back to autopsy,

make our findings definitive.

Yeah.

Navy regulations prohibit the carrying of firearms

except for watch standers.

Well, didn't do her much good anyway.

Search for bullets or fragments of.

Witnesses?

Everybody on board was working aft.

There was a welder who heard something,

but he didn't check

until it was too late.

- Who else? - Skeleton crew.

There's ten, plus the guards at the ramp.

- Quarterdeck watch? - Ship's security

didn't see anybody leave.

I even checked their video surveillance.

Means whoever did this could still be on board.

: Gibbs.

Over here.

Bag and tag.

Ziva.

He's alive.

McGee! Get Ducky.

Think it's our shooter, boss?

I don't know yet.

Plenty of time to rest later, probie.

You think?

I-I don't follow, Mike.

I didn't ask for this.

Of course you didn't. You earned it.

How?

By making some tough decisions.

Everything happens for a reason.

People die needlessly-- I know that.

But sometimes good comes from the hurt.

Don't talk to me like a greeting card.

I'm talking to you like a friend.

Okay. Now what?

Come on.

Move!

Where?

Jethro. (sighs)

Why are we here?

One decision can change everything.

Sometimes better.

Sometimes not.

What's your point?

There's a point to everything.

Just got to find it.

Kate.

Agent Todd's dead.

Doesn't have to be.

What if you saw Ari on that rooftop?

Shooter!

Kate!

You okay?

I just got shot at point-blank range, DiNozzo.

What do you think?

You're not going to Pilates class tomorrow.

And that wasn't point-blank range.

McGee.

Get air support. We got a sniper.

Okay.

Stay down, Kate.

Dang. This is good.

Why didn't you ever bring me here?

You mean to tell me that Ari never took the shot?

He never hit Kate?