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NIS has arrested the sniper

known as Sandman.

Your wife witnessed the murder of a marine in a gas station

in Oceanside. She ID'd

the triggerman: Pedro Hernandez,

a drug dealer working for a Mexican cartel.

We lost him.

Hernandez, he took the shot himself?

Yeah, it was him.

Aah!

For a while, I stopped eating.

I stopped eating because I couldn't find him.

I searched,

I hunted,

but he was nowhere.

♪ But never in line for dreams ♪

♪ Head over heels ♪

♪ When toe to toe ♪

♪ This is the sound of my soul... ♪

Eventually, you got to start eating again or you die.

♪ I bought a ticket to the world... ♪

Dark days turn into normal ones.

♪ But now I've come back to... ♪

The dark thoughts still come sometimes.

But you do what you can to drown them out.

♪ The next line ♪

♪ Oh, I want the truth to be said ♪

♪ Baby, you send me ♪

♪ Set adrift on memory bliss of you ♪

♪ A careless whisper from a careless man ♪

♪ A neutron dance for... ♪

You imagine a person across town.

♪ Are dangerous things ♪

♪ I thought of all the trouble they bring ♪

You picture her living her life, happy.

♪ Rubber bands expand in a frustrating sigh ♪

♪ Tell me that she's not dreaming ♪

♪ She's got an ace in the hole, it doesn't have meaning ♪

♪ Reality used to be... ♪

You wonder what she thinks

about the dark that's around you.

♪ Christina Applegate, you got to put me on... ♪

You wonder

if she thinks about you at all.

♪ I told her whispers in my heart were fine ♪

♪ What did she think she could do? ♪

♪ I feel for her, I really do. ♪

Uh, hey, Mary Jo,

maybe you left for the night.

Uh, listen, can you look

in my top drawer, see if there's

a fishing lure in there? It's yellow.

My cousin wants to borrow i...

Do I look like your wife, Carl?

Hey, uh, Carl again. Wondering

if you had a chance to look for

that lure? It's yellow...

Mary Jo, Carl.

Look, I'm not sure if you had a chance

to look in my drawer. Could you call me back

and let me know if you g...

- Morning. - What can I do for you?

Kid's Navy. Seaman Nathan Porter.

He had an eventful night.

- I see that. - It was

the pot of grease.

Hey, I need you in Admin.

What the heck happened?

Drove off the road,

hit two parked cars and a mailbox.

Blew the top off the breathalyzer.

Chula Vista PD turned him over to us.

You should be taking him to the MPs.

This was closer.

You guys got a spot for him in holding, don't you?

Come on.

He puked three times in my squad already.

Mary Jo, what do we got?

Doing the Navy proud.

Swerved off the road in Chula Vista.

You should be taking him to the MPs.

Can't you just take him,

let him sober up?

Oh. Hello?

- Hi. - I just pulled a double.

I'm meeting this girl for brunch.

I've been trying to get in her pants for a year now.

Oh, okay. Yeah, man.

I'm picking up what you're putting down.

What's going on?

Drunk sailor swerved off the road.

- What are we, MPs now? - Told the petty officer here

we'd do him a solid.

I'll book him, you do the paperwork.

I'll book him. Paperwork is on you.

She said it was fine.

It was the pot of grease.

Okay, up you go. Come on.

Ooh.

Holy hell, you stink, man.

Sign here.

Ah! Gibbs.

Give me a hand here, will you?

That it?

Yep, we got it from here, bro.

Good luck with brunch

and, you know, the other stuff.

- Appreciate it, man. - Yeah.

Blessings.

Morning, Rando. What's the word?

Not much. Lala and Gibbs just booked a drunk sailor

so that guy you passed can go get some action.

What?

Franks, Tish called. She wants to know

if the painter should start in the kitchen or the bathroom.

Painter ain't coming till Tuesday.

She says he's there's now.

Kitchen or the bathroom.

Give her a call, let her know.

I, uh...

I got to go. Dominguez here?

- Yeah. - Anything comes up,

she's on point till I get back.

Okay.

I think I would have just went with the bathroom.

Hundred percent.

Hey. Whoa.

Okay. Get him over there

and you're doing the prints.

What, you ditch class

the day they taught you that in FLETC? Let's go.

Fake it till you make it, dude.

Were you out shooting hoops, Gibbs?

I told her not to go...

Hey, hold still, man.

What do you mean, before?

No. I went for a run.

Without a Walkman?

I don't get people like you.

Yeah, that's awful.

What's wrong with it?

It's, like, a solid blob.

It's all in the wrist.

You got to roll it.

Grab a new card.

Roll it.

Come here.

Whoa. What happened here?

Did you get these today, when you drove off the road?

Gibbs.

These were in his wallet.

Scratches on his arms.

I told her, no.

- Hey! - Hey, hey.

Porter! Nate.

Where'd you get these?

Who is Dana Rogers?

I told her no.

I...

She went in the pot of grease.

She went in.

Tish?

Tish?

Mike. What are you doing home?

Mary Jo said the painter's here.

Hey, there.

Good to meet you, sir.

You said Tuesday on the phone.

He had a cancelation.

I thought it'd be nice to get going on yours early.

Thanks, Gus.

Don't let us hold you up.

What's wrong with you?

I took Tuesday off.

I was gonna be here. I was gonna surprise you.

I didn't want you being alone with him.

He's fine. He did Angela's house fine.

Yeah, Angie says he's great, but it's not like I know the guy.

I've talked to him on the phone twice.

Mike, he's 60 years old.

What, you don't think 60-year-olds

have sick thoughts and working parts?

Don't be mad at me.

I'm not.

I thought about being here alone, too. Course I did.

I... I can't live my life like that.

These are things I need to do for me.

For me to move on.

I'm ready.

Well, I ain't.

I'm trying to do a welfare check.

Dana Rogers. She's a corpsman at the Navy hospital.

When's the last time you saw her, then?

Okay. Yeah. Thanks.

I had Franks holding,

waiting for one of you to get off the phone.

That's three minutes of my life I wish never happened.

- Sorry. - He said to tell you

he's taking today off instead of Tuesday.

Everything all right?

It's something to do

with his house getting painted.

He said you're in charge, call him if you need him.

Dana Rogers' command

said they haven't heard from her, but she wasn't due

to report to work until tomorrow.

No criminal record - for Seaman Porter. - Dude had

scratches on his arms and was talking about her

going into a pot of grease. I mean...

Should we try questioning him again?

No way we're gonna get anything coherent

until he starts to sober up.

Blood sample's at Forensics.

I'm guessinghis BAC

- will be through the roof. - Okay, thanks so much.

Bunkmate says Dana Rogers

left the barracks last night at 8:00p.m.

with Seaman Porter.

The two of them are friends.

They were headed to a club in Tijuana.

No idea which one.

Cops picked up Porter down in Chula Vista.

He was probably on his way home.

He left her there in Mexico?

La Puerta Gris.

Come again?

La Puerta Gris.

The Gray Door.

Porter wasn'tsaying

she went into a "pot of grease,"

he was trying to say La Puerta Gris.

It's one of the oldest clubs in Tijuana.

We need to get down there.

Randy, you hold down the fort.

Question Porter soon as you can.

Copy.

Gibbs, with me.

I'll get us a liaison at the Tijuana PD.

Okay. Should we call Franks and...

Nope. He took the day off to paint his house,

left me in charge, and this is what he would do.

Let's go, gunny. Gear up, grab some snacks.

Road trip to Mexico.

We'll head straight to the Tijuana police station,

get whatever intel they have.

Our liaison is Officer Rogelio Cuevas.

You worked with him before?

Don't know him.

San Diego Forensics to PE...

Damn it, what's their number, Phil?

Go for PE-20.

Oh, hey, El Gibbs-o.

Headed to the land of the mariachi, huh?

Yeah.

Phil! Put the test tubes

in the sink! No, Phil, the sink!

Listen, Gibbs, I rushed the blood work

on your guy Nate Porter.

Porter's blood alcohol broke the lab record,

but the crazy part is four milligrams

of some super strong Mexican benzo.

I wouldn't even try to pronounce it.

But I know it's not a party drug.

It's a "go night-night."

So, you think he was drugged.

Phil! In the sink, buddy!

I will get aggressive, you piece of...

Sorry, Gibbs. Yeah, your guy was drugged.

Look, I got some stuff

to take care of here. Over and out.

Porter goes down to Mexico to party with Dana Rogers.

So he gets drugged and she disappears.

World is nuts.

This happen a lot? You going to Mexico?

Well, I am half Mexican.

People never know what I am.

My dad lives near Tijuana.

I drove down to see him last month.

But you were asking if work

brings us down to Mexico.

Yeah, sometimes.

♪ She's just one of those corners in my mind ♪

♪ And I just put her right back with the rest ♪

♪ That's the way it goes ♪Great song.

♪ I guess ♪ Baby, you send me... ♪

I like the original.

♪ Baby, you send me ♪

♪ Set adrift on memory bliss of you ♪

Nate, we tested your blood.

You were drugged last night. Dana is missing.

You have to find her.

We're trying.

I need you to tell me what you remember.

I picked her up.

She'd just made E-4,

we were going out to celebrate.

We drove down to Tijuana

and we were walking to a bar on Revolution

and this girl came up to us, real friendly.

She said she'd take us to the best club.

She was a local?

Her name was Emilia.

The club was called...

s-something... something Gris.

La Puerta Gris?

Yeah.

We had a drink there

and we were dancing.

And that's the last thing I remember.

Except I keep seeing this picture in my head.

Two guys dragging Dana away and she's screaming my name

and she's trying to hold on to my arms,

but I'm too out of it to hang on to her.

I was hoping that wasn't

real, but...

...she was trying to hold on to me.

Nate.

Can you describe the men that took her?

I can't remember.

What about the girl that took you to the club-- Emilia?

She had long, dark hair.

She was wearing a white shirt and jeans.

Dana...

I think Dana took some pictures of the three of us.

She had a disposable camera.

I don't know what happened to it.

Can I help you?

If you wouldn't mind switching to English for my partner.

This is Special Agent Gibbs.

Agent Gibbs. Nice to meet you.

Your colleague, uh, called and left a message.

Agent, uh, Randolf.

He said your missing girl and her friend

were approached by a woman named Emilia.

We believe her to be a scout.

For trafficking?

Sí.

Every woman in these files have gone missing

under similar circumstances to your sailor.

Most in the last year.

Please forgive the, uh, state of the files.

I've gone through them so many times, they get worn.

Cases are increasing?

Yes, but most of them you don't care about.

I-I only mean that they are locals.

Apologies. I'm harsh in English.

Not too much vocabulary.

That's her. Dana Rogers.

Mm.

These traffickers used to feel that

taking a tourist was too risky.

But they've become more brave.

Girls like this

- are a bigger prize. - She was

last seen at La Puerta Gris.

You've heard of him?

You-you know Pedro Hernandez?

Uh, I'm almost done in here.

Starting on the kitchen soon.

If you're gonna be hanging around here,

least you can do is help me fold.

I'm paying bills.

Got a whole list I'm gonna get done.

I'm gonna clean out the toaster next.

Really? That's incredible.

- Where you going? - New plan.

I'm not letting you waste a good day off on the toaster.

Uh-uh. No way.[chuckles] Rematch.

Nope. Not gonna happen. Get it out of here.

No. You're too strict with the rules.

"Cay-ote" is not a word, not the way you spell it.

I'll get it. You rack 'em up.

Hello.

Hey, it's me. I got Lala for you.

She ain't in the office?

No. Her and Gibbs are in Tijuana.

The hell's she doing there?

Hang on.

Franks?

You're on with Lala.

Hey.

The hell you doing in Mexico?

The drunk guy we booked.

He was drugged at a club in Tijuana.

The girl he was with is missing.

She's a Navy corpsman,

and her name is Dana Rogers.

It's looking like trafficking.

I told Mary Jo to tell you to call me.

I did tell her.

Mary Jo, what are you still doing on the line?

If I hang up,

the call will disconnect.

She did tell me, Mike.

I told her...

You said call if I need you.

And you take that to mean you can just

pick up and run to Mexico?

You said call if I need you, that's what I'm doing.

Did you line up a liaison?

-Mike. Mike. - Where are you? We ain't got

- jurisdiction down there. - Mike! Oh, my God, man.

Listen to me.

- What? -This ring--

this trafficking ring that took our sailor--

it's all under the Reynosa cartel.

It's headed up by two guys now.

One of them is Pedro Hernandez.

Hang on.

I'm gonna step away from the phone

and loop in Randy. Randy!

Randy!

You got probie with you?

Yeah.

What did he have to say about it?

Nothing.

He put his head down and kept working.

Mike, jurisdiction or not,

we have an American sailor missing.

We're not leaving here without her.

This is it.

This is our chance to get Hernandez.

Liaison set up an HQ for us

at a motel a few blocks down.

They'll get you the address.

When can you get here?

Mike?

Soon.

Go.

Vera.

You never mentioned how you got that name-- Bugs.

People always said I was showing up to places I wasn't wanted

and said I'd make 'em squirm. Feel off.

Vera!

Damn it!

Randolf, what are you touching me for?

I need your help.

Remember this guy?

Bugs, aka Sandman.

I am interviewing him for my new program.

He is my new best friend.

Listen, Pedro Hernandez-- we're close to getting him.

I need you, JJ, Roger-- I need all hands on deck.

Wait, Hernandez-- - you mean Gibbs' guy? - Yeah.

Reynosa cartel has new routes to Ensenada.

We need to figure out - where they are. - Okay.

Well, uh, Roger and JJ are out.

Herm's on the window, I think.

Carl. Let's get him. He was DEA before this.

No, he was Fish and Wildlife.

He was DEA. You just think he's Fish and Wildlife

'cause he won't shut up about sea bass.

- Randy. - Yeah?

Woody just called, says he's got something for you.

We didn't send him anything, did we?

Nate Porter's disposable camera.

Yeah, that's-that's great. I'm just...

How did you end up with it?

Chula Vista PD.

They said you left them a message.

Anyway, they were too lazy to drive it

all the way up to Pendleton, so they dropped it here.

Yeah, I asked them to search Porter's car for it,

but I never expected them to do it.

Chula Vista hates me.

Yeah, well, maybe they have cause to, Phil.

We had a little misunderstanding earlier

about the correct handling of test tubes in the sink.

Anyway, he owes me for the rest of the day,

so I had him develop your film for you.

We're looking for a woman in the photos.

Yeah, we know.

I had Phil get the lowdown

from Mary Jo, keep us up on the latest.

That's your missing sailor.

That's the scout you're looking for.

- Emilia. - Yeah.

Long hair, white shirt. That's what Porter said.

But what, Phil?

But I did some research on

the fax machines at the Tijuana police station.

They don't support gray scale.

If he faxes the photo, it'll look like crap,

so he's making a composite from it here with the Decipher-Kit.

Oh, wow!

I appreciate that, Phil. - Thanks. - Mm-hmm. Not a problem.

It's from Randy.

It's the composite of the scout he told us about.

He said he got it to Cuevas, too.

They're putting out a BOLO.

Randy's trying to pinpoint Reynosa's new route.

They change 'em up every few months.

How do you know that?

What else Randy say?

"Me and Vera and Carl

"will pull an all-nighter if we have to.

"Yeah, that's right, I got Carl on it, too.

- "DEA in the house. - Anyway,

"when Franks gets there, tell him Tish called

"and said the painter is done and gone.

Miss you all. Come back safe. Kisses."

He writes like he talks.

Mm.

And when's Franks getting here?

He told me soon.

Gibbs.

I lied to you.

My dad does live down here, but...

I haven't seen him in three years.

I came down here last month to look for Hernandez.

I came down every month since we lost him.

Failed every time.

I failed you.

I failed your family.

There was jurisdiction BS, there were politics,

but those are excuses.

He got away on our watch.

That's not on you.

It is. It is on me.

Listen.

We're almost there.

And when we get close to Hernandez,

Franks will pull you off the case.

He'll say that your judgment has been compromised.

But I'm telling you right now, Gibbs...

...we're gonna get him.

I'm gonna get him.

I'm gonna get him for you.

The Reynosa cartel knows you're here trying to find your sailor.

That puts their operation at risk.

All of it.

Drugs, trafficking and whatever else.

So they send you a message.

Yeah.

My advice for you both is to return home. Let us

move forward and keep you informed.

You can come back when things have settled.

We're staying.

Hey, that's my team in there.

Hey, stop... Dominguez?

Hey, hey. We're good. - We're good. - Probie?

Good.

- Huh? - We are good, boss.

You sure?

Yeah.

Officer

Rogelio Cuevas, your, uh, liaison.

The hell do you - think you're doing? - Mike.

You gonna put my agents in here, facing the damn street?

Step back, or there's going to be a problem.

Oh, there's a problem, buddy.

How the hell... LALA: Hey! Franks.

- Mike. Mike! - How did the cartel know

- to hit 'em here?! - Hey, hey!

- Stop! - Huh?!

Reynosa has eyes everywhere

and you know that.

Don't talk to me again about "we're gonna have a problem."

I'm harsh in English.

Don't have too much vocabulary.

If you spoke Spanish, you'd love me.

Hmm?

Oh.

Uh...

The BOLO came in.

The federales have found your scout, Emilia.

They are transporting her back to the station.

I can, uh, find you another room to shower.

Then you can ride back with me.

Your car was, uh, shot to pieces out there.

Vocabulary seems fine.

They'll be riding with me. Gracias.

No, no, no, no, no, - wait, wait, wait. - Uh, yeah.

- It's not east. - Yes.

No, it's not east. Vera, stop. Stop!

What?

They wouldn't go east.

Their new hub is south in Ensenada.

They moved it last month in the reorganization.

It says all of that in one of these faxes from the liaison.

They transport the girls to their hub,

so it has to be one of these routes going south.

Where is Carl? You're not listening to me.

He went to call one of his DEA buddies.

Uh... This is the first time I seen you get angry.

Yeah, gunfire in Tijuana has me all...

Looks good on you.

- I have your route. - All right, which one is it?

None of those.

You got to be friggin' kidding me.

The totoaba.

Native to the Gulf of California.

Endangered and highly sought-after

in the States and China for its swim bladder.

- People pay a lot for it? - A boatload.

My buddy at the DEA has documented reports

of two separate trucks in the last week,

believed to be Reynosa,

stopped and searched near San Felipe.

No drugs, but one of them contained frozen fish fillets.

The totoaba bladders were hidden underneath.

I have so many questions right now.

Call around. Check the stats.

It tracks. Reynosa's known for switching routes.

And their new hub is not in Ensenada.

DEA hasn't tracked anything there for weeks.

It's in San Felipe, near the fish.

Intel says that's your route.

East to go south.

Told you it was east.

Rando checked in.

Carl helped him narrow down Reynosa's route.

You know, you can turn the sound on.

Wouldn't be able to understand it anyway.

Did you get the message from Tish--

something about the painter being done?

Yeah, I stopped to call her on the way down.

Doing okay with all this?

She confirmed it-- Saul Ortega

and Pedro Hernandez are running the ship.

Rogelio.

Dana Rogers was taken to an old gas station for holding.

They keep the girls there

until they have a full group ready to transport.

She thinks it's about 40 minutes outside of the city,

but no idea in which direction.

They're blindfolded for travel.

If your agent is right about the new hub,

40 minutes east along Highway 2...

This gas station, it's important to their organization.

She said that she's seen Hernandez there before.

I have it.

40 minutes east, near Arbolito.

There's, uh, an abandoned gas station off the highway.

Make a plan for daybreak.

Mike.

If Hernandez is there,

you can't expect Gibbs to have a clear head.

Probie will be fine.

Let's make a plan.

One outside with an AK.

Gas station looks empty.

If the women are here, they're in the garage,

but I can't get eyes inside.

Copy that. Grabbing a position back here.

Hang on.

He's gonna call plan C.

Probably.

Okay, we got a door back here,

one guy posted, same deal as yours.

Idiot's got himself a Game Boy.

Scratch that. Gave him too much credit.

Ain't a real Game Boy. Thing's a damn knockoff.

I got an opening back here.

If we can move in, we can take a look inside.

All right. We're calling plan C.

Dominguez, you good?

Repeat it back to me.

I draw their attention out front,

you go in for a look,

you call it when you move inside.

Gibbs gives me cover.

Probie, I can't have you taking a shot

before I give the go. We got to get a look

inside there first, see how many guys there got.

You take a shot before I give my go,

it could set 'em off, get us all killed,

including the girls.

Probie.

Copy that.

Boss, where are you? She's in.

I can't be on the damn radio.

This fool ain't moving yet.

Be patient, probie.

Dominguez will draw him.

Let her do her thing.

You hear me, probie?

She knows how to handle herself.

He's grabbing her, Franks.

They ain't gonna hurt her.

She's worth something to 'em.

Let it ride till I call it.

I'm not losing eyes on her.

You got to trust her.

She'll be okay.

Come on.

He's up.

He's on the move, he's headed your way.

Moving in for a closer look.

Eight or nine women inside.

Third guy with an AK.

Rogelio and I are going in.

Probie, stand down till we get inside.

The girls are too close.

Stand down.

Freeze! Franks, door!

Shots fired. One down.

Probie, we're in the clear.

Dana Rogers?

We got you.

You're safe.

Carmen Ibarra?

Leticia Flores?

Hernandez?

Marta Serrano?

Saúl

Ortega. Pedro Hernández.

Can't understand it anyhow.

You know, probie, there's a chance he don't know nothing.

He said Pedro Hernandez was killed six months ago.

Cartel covered it up so they wouldn't look weak.

He was shot by a sniper.

♪ So true ♪

♪ Funny how it seems ♪

♪ Always in time ♪

♪ But never in line for dreams ♪

♪ Head over heels ♪

♪ When toe to toe ♪

♪ This is the sound ♪

♪ Of my soul ♪

♪ This is the sound ♪

♪ I bought a ticket ♪

♪ To the world ♪

♪ But now I've come back again ♪

♪ Why do I find it hard ♪

♪ To write the next line? ♪

♪ Oh, I want the truth ♪

♪ To be said ♪

♪ I know this ♪

♪ Much is true. ♪

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