1 00:00:08,276 --> 00:00:09,810 HANK: Okay, Jake, let's, uh, 2 00:00:09,910 --> 00:00:11,412 give it a little gas. 3 00:00:13,547 --> 00:00:15,516 (grunts) And that was the brake. 4 00:00:15,517 --> 00:00:17,217 I know, Dad, but you told me to be careful 5 00:00:17,218 --> 00:00:18,585 -with your car. -On the road. 6 00:00:18,586 --> 00:00:20,888 We haven't even left the driveway yet. 7 00:00:20,988 --> 00:00:24,292 Now, come on. Show me what this baby can do. 8 00:00:26,394 --> 00:00:28,562 -What are you doing? -This is pointless. 9 00:00:28,563 --> 00:00:30,029 I don't need to learn to drive. 10 00:00:30,030 --> 00:00:31,599 What are you talking about? 11 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:33,166 How are you gonna get to school? 12 00:00:33,167 --> 00:00:34,868 I'll take the bus. I like the bus. 13 00:00:34,869 --> 00:00:37,504 What about after school, meeting up with friends? 14 00:00:37,505 --> 00:00:38,772 I hang out on Discord. 15 00:00:38,872 --> 00:00:40,108 Where? 16 00:00:40,208 --> 00:00:42,210 It's onli... Look, forget it, Dad. 17 00:00:42,310 --> 00:00:44,480 Listen, Jake, I know the world is changing 18 00:00:44,512 --> 00:00:46,514 and I don't always understand it, 19 00:00:46,614 --> 00:00:49,383 but trust me, some things never change. 20 00:00:49,483 --> 00:00:52,520 Sooner or later, you're gonna have to drive. 21 00:00:53,321 --> 00:00:54,371 (thump) 22 00:00:54,955 --> 00:00:56,257 What the... 23 00:00:59,827 --> 00:01:01,829 You've got to be kidding me. 24 00:01:01,929 --> 00:01:03,597 You stay here. 25 00:01:04,432 --> 00:01:07,401 Hey, man. You're gonna have to pay for any damage... 26 00:01:07,535 --> 00:01:09,237 -Back off. -Whoa, man! 27 00:01:09,238 --> 00:01:11,738 -Step away from the car. -It's cool. Forget I said anything. 28 00:01:11,739 --> 00:01:13,274 Wait. What are you doing? 29 00:01:13,374 --> 00:01:15,809 Don't hurt my son! Or my car! 30 00:01:16,676 --> 00:01:18,246 -Drive. -(engine starts) 31 00:01:18,379 --> 00:01:19,613 Wait. What the... 32 00:01:19,713 --> 00:01:22,015 What are you doing?! Wait, wai-wait... 33 00:01:22,116 --> 00:01:23,251 Hey! 34 00:01:23,384 --> 00:01:25,719 Jake! No! 35 00:01:25,786 --> 00:01:28,989 Jake! Jake! 36 00:01:30,124 --> 00:01:31,425 Jake! 37 00:01:31,559 --> 00:01:33,761 * 38 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:04,023 And then if you read a little further down the page, 39 00:02:04,024 --> 00:02:06,493 you can see where the coroner notes acute trauma 40 00:02:06,494 --> 00:02:08,061 to the occipital bone. 41 00:02:08,062 --> 00:02:10,230 Uh, in a front-on collision, why would there be an injury 42 00:02:10,231 --> 00:02:12,333 to the back of her head? 43 00:02:12,334 --> 00:02:15,402 I know, uh, seat belts weren't exactly a thing back then, 44 00:02:15,403 --> 00:02:19,207 but even that wouldn't account for an injury such as this. 45 00:02:19,208 --> 00:02:23,743 So, I hope you can understand why I thought it was time 46 00:02:23,744 --> 00:02:25,546 to show you this. 47 00:02:25,547 --> 00:02:27,680 You think my mom was murdered. 48 00:02:27,681 --> 00:02:29,551 This does bring up a lot of questions. 49 00:02:29,552 --> 00:02:31,784 In order to get answers, we may need to move on 50 00:02:31,785 --> 00:02:33,053 to the next step. 51 00:02:33,153 --> 00:02:36,023 I would need to exhume your mother's body. 52 00:02:36,123 --> 00:02:38,192 With your permission, of course. 53 00:02:40,293 --> 00:02:41,795 I don't understand. 54 00:02:41,796 --> 00:02:44,631 W-Well, I-I would need to see her body in order to verify 55 00:02:44,632 --> 00:02:46,465 -these injuries, and then... -No, no, Jimmy. 56 00:02:46,466 --> 00:02:48,968 What I don't understand is why we're even talking about this. 57 00:02:48,969 --> 00:02:50,938 -Now I don't understand. -I asked you 58 00:02:51,004 --> 00:02:53,106 to find my mother's grave, that's it. 59 00:02:53,173 --> 00:02:55,343 Not track down the death certificate 60 00:02:55,442 --> 00:02:57,711 or the coroner's report, and I certainly 61 00:02:57,712 --> 00:02:59,646 didn't ask you to make a federal case out of it 62 00:02:59,647 --> 00:03:01,515 and share it with the entire team. 63 00:03:01,516 --> 00:03:03,616 Well, no, of course you didn't, but I... I-I just saw 64 00:03:03,617 --> 00:03:05,318 all these discrepancies, and then I did 65 00:03:05,319 --> 00:03:07,119 -what Dr. Mallard trained me to do... -No. No, no, no. 66 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:08,355 Don't blame Ducky for this. 67 00:03:08,356 --> 00:03:10,166 I told you I was looking for closure. 68 00:03:10,190 --> 00:03:11,792 This is the opposite of that. 69 00:03:11,859 --> 00:03:16,063 I wanted to close an old wound, not open a new one. 70 00:03:16,897 --> 00:03:18,065 I am so sorry. 71 00:03:18,198 --> 00:03:19,888 I-I did not mean to... I just thought 72 00:03:19,889 --> 00:03:22,201 that you would want answers. Uh, this was your mother. 73 00:03:22,202 --> 00:03:24,471 You didn't know my mother and if you had, you'd understand. 74 00:03:24,472 --> 00:03:26,740 I don't want these kind of answers. 75 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:30,278 Nothing good can come from this. 76 00:03:31,078 --> 00:03:32,880 (phone dings) 77 00:03:35,983 --> 00:03:37,303 All right, we've got a case. 78 00:03:37,385 --> 00:03:39,195 -I'll grab my things. -Don't bother. 79 00:03:39,219 --> 00:03:41,589 We don't need you on this one. 80 00:03:42,456 --> 00:03:44,692 (door slides closed) 81 00:03:46,927 --> 00:03:48,762 What the hell kind of operation 82 00:03:48,862 --> 00:03:50,242 is the Navy running anyway? 83 00:03:50,243 --> 00:03:51,998 You don't have enough wars to fight overseas, 84 00:03:51,999 --> 00:03:54,769 so you got to launch an invasion on Broadview Terrace? 85 00:03:54,770 --> 00:03:56,836 Mr. Larson, I understand that you are upset, 86 00:03:56,837 --> 00:03:58,705 but we need your help finding your son. 87 00:03:58,706 --> 00:04:00,740 Does Jacob have a phone that we can track? 88 00:04:00,741 --> 00:04:02,775 Yeah, but I told him to leave it in the house 89 00:04:02,776 --> 00:04:04,144 during the driving lesson. 90 00:04:04,145 --> 00:04:05,912 What about his car- is there a GPS? 91 00:04:05,913 --> 00:04:08,549 She's a '73 Mustang. 92 00:04:08,616 --> 00:04:09,936 PARKER: Do you know anyone 93 00:04:09,937 --> 00:04:11,584 that might have reason to kidnap your son? 94 00:04:11,585 --> 00:04:12,920 What? No. 95 00:04:13,053 --> 00:04:15,923 No, this wasn't a kidnapping, this was a carjacking. 96 00:04:15,924 --> 00:04:18,057 You think this guy did all of this 97 00:04:18,058 --> 00:04:19,560 just to get your Mustang? 98 00:04:21,028 --> 00:04:23,864 Look at her. She's a thing of beauty. 99 00:04:23,964 --> 00:04:26,900 You know how many offers I've gotten to buy her off me? 100 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:28,235 I'd never sell her. 101 00:04:28,302 --> 00:04:30,804 Charlene's like a daughter to me. Mm. 102 00:04:31,772 --> 00:04:33,774 Oh, it's just a nickname. 103 00:04:33,874 --> 00:04:35,709 You people name ships, right? 104 00:04:35,710 --> 00:04:37,377 -Oh, yeah. -KNIGHT: You know, how about we 105 00:04:37,378 --> 00:04:38,878 -get back to your other child. -(phone rings) 106 00:04:38,879 --> 00:04:40,448 Oh... 107 00:04:41,515 --> 00:04:42,916 It's my wife. 108 00:04:43,717 --> 00:04:46,354 Please... please, find my son. 109 00:04:46,454 --> 00:04:47,921 -Hello? -Charlene, huh? 110 00:04:47,988 --> 00:04:50,624 We have state police manning checkpoints 111 00:04:50,625 --> 00:04:52,625 and every highway in a 20-mile radius. 112 00:04:52,626 --> 00:04:54,761 -Everyone's looking for a paratrooper. -PARKER: All right, well, 113 00:04:54,762 --> 00:04:56,929 -what do you think? Who we looking at? -I don't know, if you ask me, 114 00:04:56,930 --> 00:04:58,798 someone who's watched way too many Tom Cruise movies. 115 00:04:58,799 --> 00:05:00,634 Except it's, uh, not Maverick, 116 00:05:00,635 --> 00:05:02,735 -it's Kingfisher. -PARKER: Paratrooper's 117 00:05:02,736 --> 00:05:04,103 -call sign? -Ran it through our database, 118 00:05:04,104 --> 00:05:05,272 real name came back. 119 00:05:05,339 --> 00:05:08,108 Lieutenant Max Winger. He's a Leap Frog. 120 00:05:08,109 --> 00:05:10,242 -I thought he was a Kingfisher. -Leap Frogs are the Navy's 121 00:05:10,243 --> 00:05:11,644 performance skydiving team. 122 00:05:11,645 --> 00:05:13,025 They do shows for civilians. 123 00:05:13,026 --> 00:05:14,514 You know, football games, air shows. 124 00:05:14,515 --> 00:05:16,565 This guy was on the ground before 8:00 a.m. 125 00:05:16,650 --> 00:05:17,851 Little early for a show. 126 00:05:17,852 --> 00:05:19,852 McGEE: I spoke with his CO. Apparently, 127 00:05:19,853 --> 00:05:22,755 Leap Frogs had a practice jump this morning out of Trapnell. 128 00:05:22,756 --> 00:05:25,693 She said that Winger broke away from his team midair, 129 00:05:25,793 --> 00:05:27,327 no warning, no explanation. 130 00:05:27,328 --> 00:05:28,995 KNIGHT: We don't really think 131 00:05:28,996 --> 00:05:31,063 he did all of this just to steal a car, do we? 132 00:05:31,064 --> 00:05:34,001 Well, if he did, he's really bad at stealing cars. 133 00:05:34,002 --> 00:05:36,035 -Incoming. Incoming, incoming. -PARKER: What the hell? 134 00:05:36,036 --> 00:05:37,371 Stop! 135 00:05:38,238 --> 00:05:41,341 PARKER: Stop! Stop! Hey! Stop! Stop! Hey! 136 00:05:41,442 --> 00:05:43,276 Federal agents! 137 00:05:43,377 --> 00:05:45,212 Jake! My baby! 138 00:05:45,345 --> 00:05:47,347 -Step back. -PARKER: NCIS! 139 00:05:47,448 --> 00:05:49,717 Out of the car! Hands up! 140 00:05:51,251 --> 00:05:53,587 It's just me. I'm alone. 141 00:05:54,655 --> 00:05:56,123 Oh, thank God. 142 00:05:56,189 --> 00:05:58,558 Thank God. I was so worried. 143 00:05:59,893 --> 00:06:02,396 Wait. Is that a scratch? 144 00:06:02,397 --> 00:06:04,230 -What the hell happened? -PARKER: Uh, 145 00:06:04,231 --> 00:06:06,999 more importantly, where's the guy who kidnapped you? 146 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:08,168 I-I dropped him off. 147 00:06:08,268 --> 00:06:10,804 I guess he just really needed a ride. 148 00:06:12,039 --> 00:06:13,373 Come here. 149 00:06:21,549 --> 00:06:25,218 So, you're telling me that this guy dropped 15,000 feet, 150 00:06:25,318 --> 00:06:27,921 hijacked a car, just to get a ride to his own house? 151 00:06:28,021 --> 00:06:29,581 What, did he leave the stove on? 152 00:06:29,657 --> 00:06:32,593 Not exactly. When we got to the house, we found a body. 153 00:06:32,726 --> 00:06:34,394 Navy Captain David Cruz. 154 00:06:34,495 --> 00:06:37,164 He was shot three times. We found three spent casings 155 00:06:37,264 --> 00:06:38,499 and a gun at the scene. 156 00:06:38,599 --> 00:06:40,589 Navy says it was issued to our Leap Frog. 157 00:06:40,634 --> 00:06:43,003 VANCE: So, you think Lieutenant Winger 158 00:06:43,004 --> 00:06:44,537 -was the shooter. -Looks that way, 159 00:06:44,538 --> 00:06:46,238 but he was long gone by the time we showed up. 160 00:06:46,239 --> 00:06:47,641 We put out a BOLO, but 161 00:06:47,741 --> 00:06:49,943 Winger is a highly trained Navy SEAL. 162 00:06:49,944 --> 00:06:52,278 You know, I thought that name sounded familiar. 163 00:06:52,279 --> 00:06:54,648 Wasn't Winger captured by the Taliban 164 00:06:54,649 --> 00:06:56,716 -during the withdrawal from Afghanistan? -That's right. 165 00:06:56,717 --> 00:06:58,918 -PARKER: They held him captive for over two years. -Right, 166 00:06:58,919 --> 00:07:00,820 until the State Department negotiated his return 167 00:07:00,821 --> 00:07:01,788 last December. 168 00:07:01,789 --> 00:07:03,090 This guy's a war hero. 169 00:07:03,091 --> 00:07:05,191 Yeah. Now that hero looks like a murderer. 170 00:07:05,192 --> 00:07:06,993 So, what do you think caused him to snap? 171 00:07:06,994 --> 00:07:08,961 -Did Winger serve with his victim? -No. 172 00:07:08,962 --> 00:07:10,797 There's no indication they even know each other. 173 00:07:10,798 --> 00:07:13,399 Then what the hell was Cruz doing at Winger's house? 174 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:16,303 That might be a question for Mrs. Winger. 175 00:07:17,304 --> 00:07:19,940 We found Cruz's body in the master bedroom, 176 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:21,141 shirt untucked. 177 00:07:21,241 --> 00:07:23,611 -Sheets were a mess. -Hmm. 178 00:07:23,744 --> 00:07:26,413 Maybe Mrs. Winger got lonely, and... 179 00:07:26,414 --> 00:07:28,414 -he finally found out. -Might explain why 180 00:07:28,415 --> 00:07:30,818 he was in such a hurry to get home. 181 00:07:30,951 --> 00:07:33,521 -Oh, my. -SARAH: You think 182 00:07:33,621 --> 00:07:35,055 I'm cheating on my husband? 183 00:07:35,056 --> 00:07:36,723 I wasn't even home when this happened. 184 00:07:36,724 --> 00:07:39,326 I was at a PTA meeting at my son's school. 185 00:07:39,426 --> 00:07:40,994 There are dozens of witnesses. 186 00:07:40,995 --> 00:07:43,796 Ms. Winger, we're not disputing your alibi for the murder. 187 00:07:43,797 --> 00:07:46,332 We're trying to figure out why Captain Cruz was 188 00:07:46,333 --> 00:07:48,768 -in your home. -I've never seen this man before 189 00:07:48,769 --> 00:07:51,739 in my life, let alone in my house. 190 00:07:51,740 --> 00:07:53,506 He must have been trying to rob us and Max stopped him. 191 00:07:53,507 --> 00:07:55,976 There was no sign of forced entry. 192 00:07:58,612 --> 00:08:00,480 I love my husband. 193 00:08:00,614 --> 00:08:03,316 I took a sacred vow when I married him, 194 00:08:03,450 --> 00:08:04,785 and I will never break it. 195 00:08:04,852 --> 00:08:07,020 And Max would never kill anyone 196 00:08:07,154 --> 00:08:09,156 unless they were a threat to him or to us. 197 00:08:09,157 --> 00:08:11,357 He would do anything to protect his family. 198 00:08:11,358 --> 00:08:14,995 Mrs. Winger, are you and your husband still living together? 199 00:08:15,763 --> 00:08:17,573 When we were searching your house, 200 00:08:17,631 --> 00:08:20,701 we noticed that all your husband's clothes were missing. 201 00:08:22,335 --> 00:08:23,904 Like he moved out. 202 00:08:24,972 --> 00:08:26,607 We've been... 203 00:08:27,941 --> 00:08:31,478 ...struggling since he came back from Afghanistan. 204 00:08:31,479 --> 00:08:33,913 You can't imagine what he went through over there. 205 00:08:33,914 --> 00:08:36,448 The Taliban starved him, 206 00:08:36,549 --> 00:08:39,219 beat him, made him sleep in filth. 207 00:08:39,352 --> 00:08:41,554 So, when he came back, he was 208 00:08:41,655 --> 00:08:44,625 a different person. 209 00:08:45,492 --> 00:08:46,894 Different husband. 210 00:08:46,994 --> 00:08:49,630 We started counseling with the Navy chaplain. 211 00:08:49,697 --> 00:08:51,665 And for a while, it was working. 212 00:08:51,732 --> 00:08:53,567 Max was more affectionate with me, 213 00:08:53,667 --> 00:08:55,736 he was playing with Oliver. 214 00:08:56,503 --> 00:09:00,173 But three weeks ago, he just left. 215 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:01,842 Said it was for the best. 216 00:09:01,942 --> 00:09:03,543 Do you know where he moved to? 217 00:09:04,377 --> 00:09:06,714 Yeah, an apartment in Anacostia. 218 00:09:06,814 --> 00:09:09,482 Address is in my phone. 219 00:09:09,583 --> 00:09:13,386 You can check my texts, emails, whatever you want. 220 00:09:14,554 --> 00:09:16,389 Thank you. 221 00:09:18,926 --> 00:09:21,829 My husband is a good, Christian man, Agent Knight. 222 00:09:21,895 --> 00:09:23,764 He's a not a killer. 223 00:09:23,765 --> 00:09:25,932 JIMMY: Kasie confirmed it. 224 00:09:25,933 --> 00:09:27,399 Based on her ballistics report, 225 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:29,101 the bullets that killed Captain Cruz 226 00:09:29,102 --> 00:09:31,038 came from Lieutenant Winger's gun. 227 00:09:31,138 --> 00:09:33,240 The irony is that Captain Cruz 228 00:09:33,241 --> 00:09:35,007 was already knocking on death's door. 229 00:09:35,008 --> 00:09:38,345 A bullet was not the only thing I found in his brain. 230 00:09:38,445 --> 00:09:39,813 Look at this. 231 00:09:40,781 --> 00:09:42,850 That is a glioblastoma. 232 00:09:42,851 --> 00:09:44,717 -A tumor? -Yeah, an aggressive one. 233 00:09:44,718 --> 00:09:46,152 My guess is he probably would have only had 234 00:09:46,153 --> 00:09:47,354 about 12 months to live. 235 00:09:47,355 --> 00:09:48,921 -Did he know about it? -His medical file 236 00:09:48,922 --> 00:09:50,858 didn't mention any cancer at all. 237 00:09:50,958 --> 00:09:52,960 Maybe Parker was right. 238 00:09:53,093 --> 00:09:54,928 What you don't know can't hurt you. 239 00:09:55,062 --> 00:09:58,732 Yeah, I, uh, heard you talked to Parker about his mom. 240 00:09:59,633 --> 00:10:01,401 I messed up, Tim. 241 00:10:01,468 --> 00:10:02,703 He didn't take it well. 242 00:10:02,803 --> 00:10:04,537 Yeah, I heard... heard that, too. 243 00:10:04,604 --> 00:10:06,940 Listen, don't... don't beat yourself up, okay? 244 00:10:06,941 --> 00:10:08,540 You-you thought that you were doing the right thing, 245 00:10:08,541 --> 00:10:09,909 you thought you were helping him. 246 00:10:09,910 --> 00:10:11,577 I did the exact opposite. I hurt him. 247 00:10:11,578 --> 00:10:14,114 Parker said that I reopened an old wound. 248 00:10:14,214 --> 00:10:15,949 Well, I'm sorry, Jimmy. 249 00:10:15,950 --> 00:10:17,850 We should have been there to back you up. 250 00:10:17,851 --> 00:10:20,788 Uh, no, you guys warned me that was a risky road to go down. 251 00:10:20,888 --> 00:10:22,255 I just kept walking. 252 00:10:22,256 --> 00:10:24,323 (scoffs) Please. You're a medical examiner. 253 00:10:24,324 --> 00:10:26,493 It's what you do. Far as I'm concerned, 254 00:10:26,494 --> 00:10:28,160 you got nothing to be sorry about. 255 00:10:28,161 --> 00:10:30,329 But I'm still glad it wasn't me that he yelled at. 256 00:10:30,330 --> 00:10:32,331 -McGEE: Uh, you got something, Kase? -Oh, yes. 257 00:10:32,332 --> 00:10:35,568 I think I found a connection between Winger and our victim. 258 00:10:35,669 --> 00:10:37,304 Using cell phone records, 259 00:10:37,305 --> 00:10:39,371 I retraced both Winger and Cruz's locations 260 00:10:39,372 --> 00:10:40,473 over the past week. 261 00:10:40,573 --> 00:10:42,442 I discovered they coincided 262 00:10:42,509 --> 00:10:44,544 at one place and one time. 263 00:10:44,644 --> 00:10:46,947 Two days ago, at the Navy Yard chapel. 264 00:10:47,047 --> 00:10:49,097 So, maybe the chaplain knows something. 265 00:10:49,149 --> 00:10:51,651 -All right, thanks, Kase. Jimmy? -Hmm? 266 00:10:51,752 --> 00:10:53,320 -It'll be okay. -Yeah. 267 00:10:56,806 --> 00:10:59,959 Oh, yeah. I'm getting flashbacks 268 00:10:59,960 --> 00:11:01,660 -to all the base chapels -(phone beeping) 269 00:11:01,661 --> 00:11:04,464 my dad used to drag me to as a kid. 270 00:11:04,564 --> 00:11:07,000 Uh, Torres and Knight just checked out 271 00:11:07,100 --> 00:11:10,170 Winger's apartment. No sign of him there. 272 00:11:10,303 --> 00:11:11,604 Sorry, gentlemen. 273 00:11:11,605 --> 00:11:13,205 You just missed the pre-deployment blessing. 274 00:11:13,206 --> 00:11:16,043 NCIS. We'd like a word with the chaplain. 275 00:11:16,044 --> 00:11:18,277 Of course. Uh, he's currently taking confession 276 00:11:18,278 --> 00:11:20,928 in the chapel right now, but he should be out shortly. 277 00:11:21,214 --> 00:11:22,716 But I'm afraid there are 278 00:11:22,816 --> 00:11:24,746 no weapons allowed inside the chapel. 279 00:11:28,288 --> 00:11:30,323 You are the chaplain's assistant? 280 00:11:30,423 --> 00:11:33,460 Seaman Morris, religious programming specialist. 281 00:11:33,526 --> 00:11:35,162 Do you recognize these men? 282 00:11:36,629 --> 00:11:39,299 Yes, I do. Uh, why? Is everything okay? 283 00:11:39,366 --> 00:11:41,668 We think they were both here two days ago. 284 00:11:41,769 --> 00:11:42,969 Do you have any idea why? 285 00:11:43,003 --> 00:11:44,471 No, I don't, but, um... 286 00:11:44,537 --> 00:11:47,407 Well, you can ask him yourself. He's here right now. 287 00:11:48,308 --> 00:11:50,944 Lieutenant Winger is here in the chapel now? 288 00:11:51,044 --> 00:11:52,579 With the chaplain. Yes, sir. 289 00:11:56,817 --> 00:11:58,786 McGEE: NCIS. 290 00:11:59,552 --> 00:12:01,321 PARKER: Chaplain? 291 00:12:07,601 --> 00:12:11,764 I'm Special Agent Parker. Are you all right? 292 00:12:11,765 --> 00:12:13,166 Oh, I'm fine. 293 00:12:13,167 --> 00:12:15,334 But if, uh, you're looking for Lieutenant Winger, 294 00:12:15,335 --> 00:12:16,636 he isn't here anymore. 295 00:12:16,637 --> 00:12:18,404 He gave confession, then left out the back. 296 00:12:18,405 --> 00:12:19,940 All right, I'm on it. 297 00:12:19,941 --> 00:12:23,575 What did Winger say? Did he say where he was going? 298 00:12:23,576 --> 00:12:25,344 Oh, I'm afraid I can't tell you that. 299 00:12:25,345 --> 00:12:26,914 Excuse me? 300 00:12:26,915 --> 00:12:28,380 Everything Lieutenant Winger told me, 301 00:12:28,381 --> 00:12:29,949 including his whereabouts, is confidential. 302 00:12:29,950 --> 00:12:31,750 It's protected by the seal of confession. 303 00:12:31,751 --> 00:12:33,552 With all due respect, Chaplain, uh, 304 00:12:33,553 --> 00:12:36,055 Lieutenant Winger murdered someone this morning, 305 00:12:36,056 --> 00:12:38,591 so if you know where he's going, you need to tell me. 306 00:12:38,592 --> 00:12:40,526 Well, then it looks like we have a problem, Agent Parker, 307 00:12:40,527 --> 00:12:43,417 because the way I see it, I don't have to tell you anything. 308 00:12:43,496 --> 00:12:47,000 I answer to a higher authority. 309 00:12:56,309 --> 00:12:58,211 Well, you don't see that every day. 310 00:12:58,311 --> 00:12:59,712 Am I missing something? 311 00:12:59,713 --> 00:13:01,380 I mean, are we even allowed to interrogate him? 312 00:13:01,381 --> 00:13:02,749 Technically, no. 313 00:13:02,750 --> 00:13:04,550 -Then why is he here, McGee? -Because by the time 314 00:13:04,551 --> 00:13:07,319 I got back to the chapel, Parker already had him cuffed. 315 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:10,123 -He handcuffed a chaplain? -Mm-hmm. 316 00:13:10,124 --> 00:13:11,790 Oh, man, we're getting struck by lightning. 317 00:13:11,791 --> 00:13:13,760 Or fired, but, um, 318 00:13:13,861 --> 00:13:16,296 that seems to be a risk Parker is willing to take. 319 00:13:16,429 --> 00:13:18,198 TORRES: Mm. 320 00:13:20,300 --> 00:13:24,037 Commander Charles Gage. 321 00:13:24,872 --> 00:13:26,406 Charlie the Chaplain. 322 00:13:26,473 --> 00:13:27,941 Yeah, I've heard that before. 323 00:13:27,942 --> 00:13:30,376 I'm more of a Buster Keaton fan, if I'm being honest. 324 00:13:30,377 --> 00:13:32,007 -Fits you, though. -Why's that? 325 00:13:32,008 --> 00:13:33,412 'Cause you're not talking. 326 00:13:33,413 --> 00:13:34,813 (chuckles) That's very funny. 327 00:13:34,814 --> 00:13:36,448 No, uh, we've been over this, Agent Parker. 328 00:13:36,449 --> 00:13:39,519 SECNAV instruction 1730.11 329 00:13:39,520 --> 00:13:41,187 protects private communication 330 00:13:41,188 --> 00:13:44,290 between clergy and those seeking counsel. 331 00:13:44,291 --> 00:13:45,824 Tell that to Captain David Cruz. 332 00:13:45,825 --> 00:13:47,427 Nothing protected him. 333 00:13:47,527 --> 00:13:50,530 He was murdered this morning by this man. 334 00:13:50,663 --> 00:13:53,366 Lieutenant Max Winger, who was last seen 335 00:13:53,500 --> 00:13:56,269 -talking to you. -Not talking. Confessing. 336 00:13:56,336 --> 00:13:57,604 Yeah. Yeah, I bet. 337 00:13:57,704 --> 00:14:00,673 Uh, murder, kidnapping, grand theft auto. 338 00:14:00,773 --> 00:14:02,475 How many Our Fathers 339 00:14:02,575 --> 00:14:04,811 and Hail Marys was that? 340 00:14:04,878 --> 00:14:06,748 Are you a man of faith, Agent Parker? 341 00:14:06,749 --> 00:14:09,415 -We're not talking about me. -Except I need you to understand. 342 00:14:09,416 --> 00:14:12,585 We're not just dealing with the laws of man here. 343 00:14:12,586 --> 00:14:15,054 The seal of confession is inviolable. It extends 344 00:14:15,055 --> 00:14:17,156 -even into the hereafter. -And I'm talking 345 00:14:17,157 --> 00:14:18,691 about the here and now. 346 00:14:18,791 --> 00:14:20,527 This man is a trained killer. 347 00:14:20,627 --> 00:14:23,530 What else is there to understand? 348 00:14:24,631 --> 00:14:25,899 You like war movies? 349 00:14:26,033 --> 00:14:28,001 (chuckles) Okay. This... 350 00:14:28,002 --> 00:14:29,868 -Stop changing the subject. -No, I'm not. 351 00:14:29,869 --> 00:14:32,872 When I was growing up, I loved war movies. Uh, Patton, 352 00:14:32,973 --> 00:14:35,375 Platoon, The Dirty Dozen. I saw 'em all. 353 00:14:36,876 --> 00:14:40,713 Then I saw the real thing. Iraq, 2007. The surge. 354 00:14:40,813 --> 00:14:42,182 Lost a lot of good men. 355 00:14:42,282 --> 00:14:44,752 But they taught me something no movie ever could. 356 00:14:44,784 --> 00:14:47,554 In battle, you put your faith 357 00:14:47,654 --> 00:14:49,923 in the men serving alongside you. 358 00:14:50,057 --> 00:14:51,591 You trust them with your life. 359 00:14:51,724 --> 00:14:54,094 So, when a service member 360 00:14:54,194 --> 00:14:55,562 walks into my chapel 361 00:14:55,662 --> 00:14:57,864 and tells me his deepest secrets, 362 00:14:57,865 --> 00:14:59,565 he's trusting me with their life. 363 00:14:59,566 --> 00:15:02,435 If I betray that trust, I put him in danger. 364 00:15:02,535 --> 00:15:04,671 I put the entire unit in danger. 365 00:15:04,771 --> 00:15:08,241 We're not just talking about protecting Lieutenant Winger. 366 00:15:08,242 --> 00:15:09,575 We're talking about protecting 367 00:15:09,576 --> 00:15:11,979 all of the men and women who serve. 368 00:15:13,813 --> 00:15:15,348 Nice sermon. 369 00:15:15,415 --> 00:15:16,916 My dad would have approved. 370 00:15:17,017 --> 00:15:18,451 He liked war movies, too. 371 00:15:18,551 --> 00:15:21,254 But this isn't Iraq, Chaplain, 372 00:15:21,354 --> 00:15:24,424 and Lieutenant Winger is not at war, but still, 373 00:15:24,557 --> 00:15:26,593 people are dying. 374 00:15:26,726 --> 00:15:29,896 Chaplain Gage, I am NCIS Director Leon Vance. 375 00:15:29,897 --> 00:15:31,430 I'm sorry you've been detained. 376 00:15:31,431 --> 00:15:33,932 Please accept my apology for this inconvenience. 377 00:15:33,933 --> 00:15:36,369 Seems that there's been a misunderstanding. 378 00:15:36,436 --> 00:15:37,704 I agree, Director. 379 00:15:37,770 --> 00:15:39,572 You're free to go. 380 00:15:39,672 --> 00:15:41,241 And I assure you that 381 00:15:41,308 --> 00:15:45,112 Agent Parker will get a refresher on Navy regulations. 382 00:15:45,245 --> 00:15:46,779 No harm done. 383 00:15:46,780 --> 00:15:49,681 Agent Parker was just trying to do the right thing. As am I. 384 00:15:49,682 --> 00:15:51,618 Agent Paulson will see you out. 385 00:15:53,934 --> 00:15:58,024 -The hell were you thinking? -I was thinking 386 00:15:58,025 --> 00:16:00,427 that the last time a priest held out on me, 387 00:16:00,527 --> 00:16:03,196 it turns out he was an international drug lord. 388 00:16:03,296 --> 00:16:06,199 He's a base chaplain, not El Padre. 389 00:16:06,200 --> 00:16:07,733 You should have cleared this 390 00:16:07,734 --> 00:16:08,901 -with me. -Why? 391 00:16:08,902 --> 00:16:10,369 I know what you would have said. 392 00:16:10,370 --> 00:16:12,271 Same thing you've been saying for months. 393 00:16:12,272 --> 00:16:15,908 "Tread lightly, keep it low-key, we don't need bad press." 394 00:16:15,975 --> 00:16:17,277 -We don't. -Well, 395 00:16:17,278 --> 00:16:18,810 imagine how bad it's gonna be 396 00:16:18,811 --> 00:16:20,080 if Winger kills again. 397 00:16:20,081 --> 00:16:21,580 Do you ever consider that I have a good reason 398 00:16:21,581 --> 00:16:23,015 -to say those things? -Well, if you're 399 00:16:23,016 --> 00:16:25,552 ready to share, Leon, I'm ready to listen. 400 00:16:32,025 --> 00:16:34,161 (door closes) 401 00:16:36,196 --> 00:16:39,199 -Wow. -Yeah. It was Biblical. 402 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:41,667 And it wasn't just the chaplain. It was Vance, too. 403 00:16:41,668 --> 00:16:43,503 Mm, Parker's on a tear today. 404 00:16:43,504 --> 00:16:45,204 He could have gotten into a lot of trouble 405 00:16:45,205 --> 00:16:46,305 -for arresting the chaplain. -TORRES: Maybe it wasn't 406 00:16:46,306 --> 00:16:47,474 about the chaplain. 407 00:16:47,574 --> 00:16:50,977 Maybe it was about the chaplain's boss. 408 00:16:51,044 --> 00:16:53,046 You think Parker's got a beef with God? 409 00:16:53,047 --> 00:16:54,980 After the year he's had, wouldn't you? 410 00:16:54,981 --> 00:16:56,082 Where are we at with Winger? 411 00:16:56,083 --> 00:16:57,116 We have agents outside 412 00:16:57,117 --> 00:16:58,450 his apartment and his house. 413 00:16:58,451 --> 00:17:00,286 His wife and son have a full security detail. 414 00:17:00,287 --> 00:17:02,621 What about bank accounts? He can't get far without cash. 415 00:17:02,622 --> 00:17:04,624 Well, uh, no recent transactions, 416 00:17:04,625 --> 00:17:06,291 but there's not a lot to draw from. 417 00:17:06,292 --> 00:17:08,160 The Wingers are living paycheck to paycheck. 418 00:17:08,161 --> 00:17:10,028 -Phone records? -That's where it gets interesting. 419 00:17:10,029 --> 00:17:12,397 Winger preferred to use an encrypted messaging app. 420 00:17:12,398 --> 00:17:15,502 Turns out he received a voice message just minutes before 421 00:17:15,503 --> 00:17:16,867 his Leap Frog jump this morning. 422 00:17:16,868 --> 00:17:18,304 Well, now we're talking. Play it. 423 00:17:18,305 --> 00:17:20,472 Well, we-we don't have the actual message. 424 00:17:20,473 --> 00:17:22,341 The company is citing customer privacy 425 00:17:22,342 --> 00:17:24,310 and demanding a court order, so... 426 00:17:25,377 --> 00:17:27,747 And I'm gonna get a court order. 427 00:17:27,880 --> 00:17:30,083 Winger's psych eval. Go. 428 00:17:30,217 --> 00:17:33,253 Uh, conducted by a Navy psychologist 429 00:17:33,254 --> 00:17:35,387 after Winger's release from Taliban custody. 430 00:17:35,388 --> 00:17:37,889 They diagnosed him with post-traumatic stress, 431 00:17:37,890 --> 00:17:39,425 but found him remarkably stable 432 00:17:39,426 --> 00:17:41,059 given the trauma that he'd been through. 433 00:17:41,060 --> 00:17:43,362 Yeah, I bet they'd like to revise that assessment now. 434 00:17:43,363 --> 00:17:45,932 Especially since I found more trauma. 435 00:17:46,699 --> 00:17:50,036 This is Lieutenant Junior Grade Liam O'Brien. 436 00:17:50,103 --> 00:17:52,105 He's a Leap Frog, just like Winger. 437 00:17:52,205 --> 00:17:55,275 He fell to his death three months ago. 438 00:17:55,375 --> 00:17:56,876 Parachute malfunction. 439 00:17:56,877 --> 00:17:58,544 KNIGHT: According to the Leap Frogs that we spoke to, 440 00:17:58,545 --> 00:18:01,013 Liam and Winger were really close friends. 441 00:18:01,014 --> 00:18:03,382 And losing a buddy that soon after being a Taliban prisoner, 442 00:18:03,383 --> 00:18:05,152 that's a lot, even for a Navy SEAL. 443 00:18:05,252 --> 00:18:07,302 Sure, but, uh, parachute malfunctions 444 00:18:07,303 --> 00:18:10,055 -don't happen every day. -Are you thinking foul play? 445 00:18:10,056 --> 00:18:13,426 I think that, in light of what we now know about Winger, 446 00:18:13,526 --> 00:18:16,896 we can't rule anything out. Keep digging. 447 00:18:24,771 --> 00:18:26,373 Watch out, Katy Perry. 448 00:18:26,473 --> 00:18:28,575 Jessica Knight is ready for blast-off. 449 00:18:28,641 --> 00:18:30,810 Mm-hmm. Funny, but, uh, no, not quite. 450 00:18:30,910 --> 00:18:33,480 This is NCIS: ELITE's new jumpsuit. 451 00:18:33,580 --> 00:18:34,714 It's been five months. 452 00:18:34,715 --> 00:18:36,415 Do you even know what you're training for? 453 00:18:36,416 --> 00:18:38,917 Well, on some days, it is hostile extractions, other days, 454 00:18:38,918 --> 00:18:41,854 it is CBRN response, but, uh, really, 455 00:18:41,855 --> 00:18:44,390 I'm still just an astronaut waiting to go to space. 456 00:18:44,391 --> 00:18:46,124 Well, it's better than plunging back to the earth. 457 00:18:46,125 --> 00:18:48,828 -Just ask Liam O'Brien. -Oh, Winger's friend. 458 00:18:48,961 --> 00:18:51,598 -These were his parachute rigs? -Yup. 459 00:18:51,599 --> 00:18:53,465 -So what caused the malfunction? -Uh, for starters, 460 00:18:53,466 --> 00:18:56,803 the main chute experienced some broken suspension lines. 461 00:18:56,903 --> 00:18:59,872 They snapped clean, sent Liam into a spin. 462 00:18:59,873 --> 00:19:01,273 Don't Leap Frogs train for that? 463 00:19:01,274 --> 00:19:02,741 They sure do, and Liam knew the drill. 464 00:19:02,742 --> 00:19:04,977 He cut his main away, pulled his reserve, 465 00:19:05,111 --> 00:19:08,648 it didn't deploy because of this pin. 466 00:19:09,482 --> 00:19:13,119 It dislodged and caused a horseshoe malfunction. 467 00:19:13,120 --> 00:19:14,620 That's where the chute won't leave the bag. 468 00:19:14,621 --> 00:19:16,154 Leap Frogs train to clear those also, 469 00:19:16,155 --> 00:19:17,490 but at that point, 470 00:19:17,491 --> 00:19:19,591 Liam was under 400 feet and dropping fast. 471 00:19:19,592 --> 00:19:20,859 Just didn't have enough time. 472 00:19:20,860 --> 00:19:23,062 -So was it an accident? -The preliminary 473 00:19:23,162 --> 00:19:26,199 investigation found no evidence of sabotage, 474 00:19:26,333 --> 00:19:28,100 -but... -You did your thing. 475 00:19:28,201 --> 00:19:30,503 I did my thing. Swabbed for touch DNA, 476 00:19:30,603 --> 00:19:31,671 dusted for prints. 477 00:19:31,672 --> 00:19:33,305 Only found Liam's DNA and prints, 478 00:19:33,306 --> 00:19:35,007 except on this pin, 479 00:19:35,107 --> 00:19:37,444 where I also found Winger's. 480 00:19:37,510 --> 00:19:40,880 Damn, Kasie. Maybe you should be in ELITE. 481 00:19:40,980 --> 00:19:43,716 Oh, count me in. You know I love a good costume. 482 00:19:43,816 --> 00:19:45,184 Mm-hmm. 483 00:19:45,285 --> 00:19:47,687 I agree, Jess, a little touch DNA 484 00:19:47,820 --> 00:19:50,050 doesn't mean that Winger killed his friend. 485 00:19:50,690 --> 00:19:53,360 But if he did, it means whatever was going on with him 486 00:19:53,460 --> 00:19:57,330 happened long before he stole that car this morning. 487 00:19:57,397 --> 00:19:59,566 You got to wonder what he's been hiding. 488 00:20:00,900 --> 00:20:02,935 Uh-huh. Yeah. 489 00:20:05,538 --> 00:20:07,574 (knocking) 490 00:20:07,707 --> 00:20:10,710 Look, I got to go. I'll see you in the morning. 491 00:20:10,810 --> 00:20:12,312 Okay. 492 00:20:23,323 --> 00:20:25,073 Hope you don't mind the intrusion. 493 00:20:25,825 --> 00:20:28,428 That depends. You here to confess? 494 00:20:28,561 --> 00:20:30,062 In a manner of speaking. 495 00:20:30,196 --> 00:20:31,964 Come in. 496 00:20:35,268 --> 00:20:36,903 Impressive. 497 00:20:37,036 --> 00:20:39,171 You're like Bruce Dern in Silent Running. 498 00:20:39,172 --> 00:20:41,840 If you mean the guy whose garden becomes a crime scene? 499 00:20:41,841 --> 00:20:43,975 Well, you're closer than you think, Padre. 500 00:20:43,976 --> 00:20:46,713 Of course. That's actually why I'm here. 501 00:20:46,813 --> 00:20:48,381 I owe you an apology. 502 00:20:48,382 --> 00:20:50,916 I didn't realize it at first, but I know you, Agent Parker. 503 00:20:50,917 --> 00:20:54,020 I helped arrange your father's burial at sea. 504 00:20:54,120 --> 00:20:57,256 I even met your sister, the vice admiral. 505 00:20:57,357 --> 00:21:01,260 She talked at great length about your father and you. 506 00:21:02,228 --> 00:21:04,831 So that's it? You just came here to... 507 00:21:04,931 --> 00:21:06,165 apologize? 508 00:21:06,265 --> 00:21:09,135 -Well, apology accepted. -Agent Parker, 509 00:21:09,268 --> 00:21:11,804 are you familiar with Hillel the Elder? 510 00:21:11,904 --> 00:21:13,272 Uh, Jewish scholar. 511 00:21:13,373 --> 00:21:16,576 There's a proverb of his that I find myself returning to. 512 00:21:16,676 --> 00:21:19,712 "If I am not for myself, then who will be for me?" 513 00:21:19,779 --> 00:21:21,514 -Meaning? -Help yourself 514 00:21:21,614 --> 00:21:23,683 so that you can better help others. 515 00:21:23,783 --> 00:21:27,253 Your, uh, pulpit is showing, preacher. 516 00:21:28,588 --> 00:21:29,956 Losing a father is hard, 517 00:21:30,056 --> 00:21:33,159 at any age, and especially the way you lost yours. 518 00:21:33,259 --> 00:21:36,195 I was wondering if perhaps you talked to anyone about it? 519 00:21:36,295 --> 00:21:37,730 Your sister found 520 00:21:37,797 --> 00:21:40,600 comfort in faith, in prayer. 521 00:21:42,068 --> 00:21:43,970 I thought it might help you, too. 522 00:21:49,275 --> 00:21:50,610 My father prayed. 523 00:21:50,677 --> 00:21:52,679 Every night. 524 00:21:52,779 --> 00:21:55,314 Read his Bible, too. 525 00:21:57,316 --> 00:21:58,818 This one. 526 00:21:58,951 --> 00:22:00,453 Oh, yeah. 527 00:22:02,121 --> 00:22:04,757 "The Lord shall fight for you... 528 00:22:05,925 --> 00:22:09,028 ...and ye shall hold your peace." 529 00:22:09,128 --> 00:22:11,230 He was a man of faith. 530 00:22:12,632 --> 00:22:14,200 PARKER: Yes, he was. 531 00:22:15,468 --> 00:22:16,703 What good did it do? 532 00:22:16,704 --> 00:22:18,269 Because he was murdered right here 533 00:22:18,270 --> 00:22:19,506 in that chair. 534 00:22:19,606 --> 00:22:21,273 So, thank you, Chaplain. 535 00:22:21,374 --> 00:22:23,364 I don't need your thoughts and prayers. 536 00:22:23,476 --> 00:22:25,512 I need your help in finding a killer. 537 00:22:25,645 --> 00:22:28,080 Anything else is a waste of time. 538 00:22:37,690 --> 00:22:39,526 I'll say good night now. 539 00:22:43,496 --> 00:22:45,398 (door opens) 540 00:22:45,532 --> 00:22:47,534 (door closes) 541 00:22:51,003 --> 00:22:53,840 All right, we are casting a wider net for Winger. 542 00:22:53,940 --> 00:22:56,676 Border patrol is doing searches at every crossing. 543 00:22:56,677 --> 00:22:58,510 I still don't buy that he's on the run. 544 00:22:58,511 --> 00:23:00,012 Doesn't fit his psych profile. 545 00:23:00,079 --> 00:23:02,682 Guy was held prisoner by the Taliban for two years. 546 00:23:02,683 --> 00:23:04,416 I mean, who knows what's going through his head. 547 00:23:04,417 --> 00:23:06,052 So, post-traumatic stress? 548 00:23:06,053 --> 00:23:07,686 That's not really much of a theory. 549 00:23:07,687 --> 00:23:09,421 Unfortunately, it's the only one we have right now. 550 00:23:09,422 --> 00:23:11,523 Except PTS doesn't make somebody violent. It has to be combined 551 00:23:11,524 --> 00:23:13,091 -with other risk factors. -Sure. 552 00:23:13,092 --> 00:23:14,860 Anger issues, alcohol, drug use, yeah. 553 00:23:14,861 --> 00:23:16,696 And we have no evidence that Winger 554 00:23:16,697 --> 00:23:18,597 has a history of any of those things. 555 00:23:18,598 --> 00:23:20,800 (phone rings) 556 00:23:20,933 --> 00:23:22,635 Special Agent McGee. 557 00:23:22,735 --> 00:23:25,572 Oh, Chaplain. How can I help you? 558 00:23:25,638 --> 00:23:27,907 Uh, no, I think we would have found it. 559 00:23:28,741 --> 00:23:30,977 Yeah. No, we, uh, we will let you know. 560 00:23:30,978 --> 00:23:34,880 Let me guess, the chaplain's looking for Parker's lost soul? 561 00:23:34,881 --> 00:23:36,115 Funny. No, uh, 562 00:23:36,116 --> 00:23:38,416 Chaplain's actually looking for his lost ID. 563 00:23:38,417 --> 00:23:40,552 Thinks he left it here accidentally when he was 564 00:23:40,553 --> 00:23:42,363 "visiting" for his interrogation. 565 00:23:42,421 --> 00:23:44,957 -Or someone took it. -What makes you say that? 566 00:23:44,958 --> 00:23:47,726 We weren't the only visit the chaplain had yesterday. 567 00:23:47,727 --> 00:23:49,295 Winger? 568 00:23:51,030 --> 00:23:54,033 All right, let me pull up the chaplain's ID logs. 569 00:23:54,867 --> 00:23:56,367 Okay, last time his ID was used 570 00:23:56,402 --> 00:24:00,072 was yesterday evening at the Navy munitions depot. 571 00:24:00,172 --> 00:24:01,240 Security cameras? 572 00:24:01,307 --> 00:24:04,143 Uh, yeah, trying to access them now. 573 00:24:04,144 --> 00:24:06,912 Parker was right. Winger was hiding more than we thought. 574 00:24:06,913 --> 00:24:10,382 I found a loose floorboard in Winger's apartment, 575 00:24:10,383 --> 00:24:12,083 and these were hidden underneath. 576 00:24:12,084 --> 00:24:14,521 -KNIGHT: A Quran? -Yeah, and a prayer rug. 577 00:24:14,621 --> 00:24:15,822 But Winger's Catholic. 578 00:24:15,823 --> 00:24:17,789 Yeah, but he was also a Taliban prisoner 579 00:24:17,790 --> 00:24:19,157 -for two years. -Are you saying 580 00:24:19,158 --> 00:24:20,425 -he converted? -I'm saying that 581 00:24:20,426 --> 00:24:21,506 maybe he had no choice. 582 00:24:21,507 --> 00:24:22,994 And it might have been more than 583 00:24:22,995 --> 00:24:24,830 a religious conversion. Take a look at this. 584 00:24:24,831 --> 00:24:27,534 Six minutes after the chaplain's ID was used 585 00:24:27,634 --> 00:24:31,037 to scan into the depot, Winger came out of a side exit. 586 00:24:31,638 --> 00:24:33,540 KNIGHT: And he wasn't empty-handed. 587 00:24:33,541 --> 00:24:36,174 -What exactly is in that building? -Well, it's climate-controlled. 588 00:24:36,175 --> 00:24:38,477 Typically, that means chemicals or... 589 00:24:38,578 --> 00:24:39,646 Explosives. 590 00:24:39,647 --> 00:24:42,347 Winger's wife said he came back a different man. 591 00:24:42,348 --> 00:24:44,482 We are not just looking for a killer anymore. 592 00:24:44,483 --> 00:24:46,352 We may be looking for 593 00:24:46,485 --> 00:24:48,688 a terrorist sleeper agent. 594 00:24:53,860 --> 00:24:58,997 And we'll need to start decorating for Christmas soon. 595 00:24:58,998 --> 00:25:00,868 I'll show you where we keep the boxes. 596 00:25:05,137 --> 00:25:06,706 You lied to me. 597 00:25:07,707 --> 00:25:09,876 Give us a moment. 598 00:25:13,479 --> 00:25:15,948 Agent Parker, even you must know 599 00:25:16,015 --> 00:25:17,825 that bearing false witness is a sin. 600 00:25:17,826 --> 00:25:20,151 One of the Ten Commandments, if I'm not mistaken. 601 00:25:20,152 --> 00:25:21,962 You told me Winger gave confession. 602 00:25:22,021 --> 00:25:23,556 -He did. -Except 603 00:25:23,656 --> 00:25:25,216 Muslims don't give Confession. 604 00:25:25,291 --> 00:25:27,581 We found this hidden in Winger's apartment, 605 00:25:27,582 --> 00:25:29,394 -along with a prayer rug. -You know I can't speak 606 00:25:29,395 --> 00:25:32,464 about the lieutenant's personal and private beliefs, 607 00:25:32,465 --> 00:25:34,833 but he did request the sacrament of confession. 608 00:25:34,834 --> 00:25:37,704 Well, then he was just using you to steal your ID. 609 00:25:37,837 --> 00:25:39,171 Or did you give it to him? 610 00:25:39,172 --> 00:25:41,072 Took you long enough to report it missing. 611 00:25:41,073 --> 00:25:43,909 Agent Parker, I'd misplace my shadow if it weren't attached. 612 00:25:43,910 --> 00:25:46,312 Winger used your ID to steal something 613 00:25:46,412 --> 00:25:47,980 from a munitions depot. 614 00:25:48,047 --> 00:25:49,548 -Possibly a bomb. -Wait. 615 00:25:49,649 --> 00:25:52,118 You think he's a terrorist? 616 00:25:54,053 --> 00:25:56,255 Last night, you said something to me. 617 00:25:56,388 --> 00:25:58,090 "If I'm not for myself, 618 00:25:58,190 --> 00:26:01,393 who will be for me?" 619 00:26:01,493 --> 00:26:04,764 But there's more to that quote, isn't there? 620 00:26:04,864 --> 00:26:07,900 "If I am only for myself, what am I?" 621 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:11,403 Are you just someone that listens to people 622 00:26:11,503 --> 00:26:13,239 or do you want to help them, too? 623 00:26:14,073 --> 00:26:15,883 What kind of man are you, Chaplain? 624 00:26:16,709 --> 00:26:19,178 I'm a man of my word, Agent Parker. 625 00:26:19,245 --> 00:26:23,249 Then whatever happens next is on you. 626 00:26:30,022 --> 00:26:31,490 Agent Parker, I-I heard 627 00:26:31,491 --> 00:26:33,524 what you said to the chaplain. The thing is, 628 00:26:33,525 --> 00:26:35,862 um, I'm also bound by confidentiality, but 629 00:26:35,928 --> 00:26:38,130 I-I don't want blood on my hands. 630 00:26:38,264 --> 00:26:40,232 Look, Morris, if you know something... 631 00:26:40,299 --> 00:26:41,701 Yesterday, when 632 00:26:41,801 --> 00:26:44,203 you asked if I had seen Winger and Cruz, I did. 633 00:26:44,270 --> 00:26:47,073 I overheard them talking in the chapel. Um... 634 00:26:47,074 --> 00:26:49,107 It-It's gonna sound weird, but they were arguing 635 00:26:49,108 --> 00:26:50,876 about something called the O.K. Corral. 636 00:26:50,877 --> 00:26:53,880 What, like... gunfight at the O.K. Corral? 637 00:26:53,980 --> 00:26:56,390 I don't know what it means, but Winger also said 638 00:26:56,448 --> 00:26:58,651 there was gonna be a high body count. 639 00:27:01,387 --> 00:27:03,455 Oshanbad-Kundarak Air Base. 640 00:27:03,555 --> 00:27:04,757 Aka... 641 00:27:04,857 --> 00:27:05,907 The O.K. Corral. 642 00:27:05,992 --> 00:27:07,459 Just got the file from the DoD. 643 00:27:07,559 --> 00:27:11,063 It was a top secret base located in northern Afghanistan. 644 00:27:11,163 --> 00:27:12,673 -Winger served there? -Yes, 645 00:27:12,765 --> 00:27:14,901 along with our victim, Cruz, 646 00:27:14,902 --> 00:27:16,601 and the dead Leap Frog, Liam O'Brien. 647 00:27:16,602 --> 00:27:18,637 Why wasn't any of this in their file? 648 00:27:18,771 --> 00:27:22,141 Because the O.K. Corral was the launch pad for covert missions 649 00:27:22,274 --> 00:27:25,411 to eliminate high value Taliban terrorists. 650 00:27:25,412 --> 00:27:26,745 Looks like they were successful. 651 00:27:26,746 --> 00:27:27,979 Until Lieutenant Winger 652 00:27:27,980 --> 00:27:29,514 was captured on one of those missions. 653 00:27:29,515 --> 00:27:32,484 So, Winger and his buddies kill a bunch of Taliban. 654 00:27:32,584 --> 00:27:34,084 The Taliban captures Winger, 655 00:27:34,085 --> 00:27:36,121 and now it looks like Winger's killing his buddies. 656 00:27:36,122 --> 00:27:38,190 You think the Taliban are using Winger 657 00:27:38,191 --> 00:27:40,658 to get revenge on the people that targeted them? 658 00:27:40,659 --> 00:27:42,627 I think we need to find and secure anyone else 659 00:27:42,628 --> 00:27:44,008 who served in Winger's unit 660 00:27:44,009 --> 00:27:45,663 because he could be going after them next. 661 00:27:45,664 --> 00:27:47,499 -I'll get the names. -(knocking) 662 00:27:47,500 --> 00:27:49,300 -VANCE: Yes, come in. -Sorry to interrupt. 663 00:27:49,301 --> 00:27:51,002 -You got something? -Remember the encrypted 664 00:27:51,003 --> 00:27:53,839 voice message Winger received before his jump yesterday? 665 00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:55,041 We just got access. 666 00:27:55,042 --> 00:27:56,474 Does it explain why he killed Cruz? 667 00:27:56,475 --> 00:27:58,677 Let's just say if I heard this message, 668 00:27:58,778 --> 00:28:01,580 I'd jump out of a plane and get home as fast as I could. 669 00:28:02,849 --> 00:28:05,918 SARAH: Max, it's me, it's Sarah. 670 00:28:06,018 --> 00:28:08,520 There are some men in the house. They have guns, 671 00:28:08,620 --> 00:28:11,023 and they're threatening to hurt me and Oliver. 672 00:28:11,157 --> 00:28:12,458 You need to come home. 673 00:28:12,459 --> 00:28:14,259 You need to come home or else... (screams) 674 00:28:14,260 --> 00:28:16,495 MAN: Or else we kill your wife and son. 675 00:28:16,562 --> 00:28:19,431 No cops. I hear a siren, they're dead. 676 00:28:19,531 --> 00:28:22,034 Just you, Max. Better hurry. 677 00:28:22,134 --> 00:28:24,203 Sarah, why didn't you mention this 678 00:28:24,303 --> 00:28:25,905 when you spoke to us yesterday? 679 00:28:25,906 --> 00:28:27,272 Because I didn't leave that message. 680 00:28:27,273 --> 00:28:29,274 -Sounds like your voice. -Well, it's not. 681 00:28:29,275 --> 00:28:31,878 And I think I would remember if I was held hostage. 682 00:28:31,978 --> 00:28:34,914 If someone is still threatening you, we can help. 683 00:28:35,047 --> 00:28:37,183 We can help protect you and Oliver. 684 00:28:37,249 --> 00:28:40,887 It didn't happen. You have to believe me. 685 00:28:40,987 --> 00:28:42,421 (knocking) 686 00:28:45,992 --> 00:28:47,159 Agent Parker. 687 00:28:51,097 --> 00:28:52,731 -Why are you here? -James 2:14. 688 00:28:52,832 --> 00:28:55,601 What good is faith without deeds? 689 00:28:55,734 --> 00:28:57,336 Great, more proverbs. 690 00:28:57,337 --> 00:28:59,004 I thought about what you said this morning. I'm here to help. 691 00:28:59,005 --> 00:29:00,538 -You'll tell me what Winger said? -No. 692 00:29:00,539 --> 00:29:01,941 I'll let him tell you. 693 00:29:01,942 --> 00:29:03,942 I reached out to the lieutenant, and he agreed 694 00:29:03,943 --> 00:29:05,743 to meet with you, only you, Agent Parker. 695 00:29:05,744 --> 00:29:08,579 Not gonna happen. If he wants to meet, he has to turn himself in. 696 00:29:08,580 --> 00:29:11,183 No. I vouched for you. 697 00:29:11,250 --> 00:29:13,252 I told him you're a good man 698 00:29:13,352 --> 00:29:15,354 who just wants to help. 699 00:29:15,421 --> 00:29:17,689 Was that a lie? 700 00:29:26,732 --> 00:29:28,267 Lieutenant Winger. 701 00:29:29,936 --> 00:29:32,504 I'm Special Agent Alden Parker. NCIS. 702 00:29:32,604 --> 00:29:34,773 I've got agents at every exit. 703 00:29:34,874 --> 00:29:36,442 A bomb squad is on site, too. 704 00:29:36,575 --> 00:29:39,545 I'm unarmed. I'm just here to talk. 705 00:29:39,645 --> 00:29:41,580 And I'm willing to listen, 706 00:29:41,647 --> 00:29:42,915 but if you try anything, 707 00:29:43,015 --> 00:29:45,651 story time is over. 708 00:29:45,751 --> 00:29:47,119 (chuckles) 709 00:29:47,219 --> 00:29:49,121 Something funny? 710 00:29:50,857 --> 00:29:52,758 Story time. 711 00:29:52,825 --> 00:29:55,527 That's what my son calls bedtime. 712 00:29:56,795 --> 00:29:58,965 But I let Sarah tell the stories. 713 00:29:59,065 --> 00:30:01,567 I'm too afraid mine'll give him nightmares. 714 00:30:02,301 --> 00:30:04,303 I'm not a terrorist, Agent Parker. 715 00:30:04,436 --> 00:30:06,005 I'm a good, Christian man. 716 00:30:07,006 --> 00:30:08,174 So the, uh... 717 00:30:09,942 --> 00:30:12,011 ...Quran and the prayer rug 718 00:30:12,111 --> 00:30:15,001 we found hidden in your apartment, those weren't yours? 719 00:30:15,714 --> 00:30:18,217 Are you a man of faith, Agent Parker? 720 00:30:19,085 --> 00:30:20,586 People keep asking me that. 721 00:30:20,686 --> 00:30:21,854 Well, I am. 722 00:30:21,954 --> 00:30:23,822 Or was. 723 00:30:23,923 --> 00:30:26,058 I don't really know anymore. 724 00:30:27,459 --> 00:30:30,662 Something happened to me in Afghanistan, and... 725 00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:35,767 ...I lost God. 726 00:30:35,834 --> 00:30:38,337 So, when I got back, I tried to find Him again. 727 00:30:38,437 --> 00:30:42,041 Tried the old ways, church and prayer and good works. 728 00:30:42,141 --> 00:30:45,177 And when that didn't work, I tried other ways. 729 00:30:45,277 --> 00:30:47,947 The prayer rug and Quran, that was one of them. 730 00:30:48,047 --> 00:30:49,882 But no matter what I try, 731 00:30:49,982 --> 00:30:52,092 God doesn't seem to be listening anymore. 732 00:30:52,093 --> 00:30:54,652 And, boy, I tell you, I could really use 733 00:30:54,653 --> 00:30:56,454 His help now that I'm being framed for murder. 734 00:30:56,455 --> 00:31:00,092 I don't expect you to believe me. 735 00:31:00,192 --> 00:31:02,228 I do, Lieutenant. 736 00:31:02,328 --> 00:31:05,197 You received a message from your wife 737 00:31:05,297 --> 00:31:06,437 just before you jumped. 738 00:31:06,438 --> 00:31:07,966 -That's right. -It wasn't her. 739 00:31:07,967 --> 00:31:10,302 It was a deepfake. AI-generated. 740 00:31:10,402 --> 00:31:11,770 Pretty good one, too. 741 00:31:11,870 --> 00:31:13,620 Almost fooled our best scientist. 742 00:31:13,705 --> 00:31:15,741 It sure fooled me. 743 00:31:15,874 --> 00:31:18,210 I got that message and got home fast as I could. 744 00:31:18,310 --> 00:31:20,546 Cruz was already dead when I got there, 745 00:31:20,679 --> 00:31:23,049 and my service weapon was lying near the body. 746 00:31:23,149 --> 00:31:25,051 That's when I knew I was being set up. 747 00:31:25,151 --> 00:31:26,986 Why did you run? 748 00:31:27,086 --> 00:31:30,056 You had to know that would make you look guilty. 749 00:31:30,057 --> 00:31:32,323 Because it was the only way to prove my innocence. 750 00:31:32,324 --> 00:31:34,660 That's why I stole this. 751 00:31:39,398 --> 00:31:40,448 Slowly. 752 00:31:40,499 --> 00:31:43,102 It's okay. It's not what you think. 753 00:31:49,308 --> 00:31:51,978 I haven't killed anyone, Agent Parker. 754 00:31:57,383 --> 00:32:00,652 This dirt is what's killing everyone. 755 00:32:09,595 --> 00:32:11,763 And it's killing me, too. 756 00:32:23,742 --> 00:32:25,777 So Winger didn't steal explosives, 757 00:32:25,877 --> 00:32:27,779 he stole soil samples? 758 00:32:27,780 --> 00:32:29,747 From the O.K. Corral base in Afghanistan. 759 00:32:29,748 --> 00:32:31,950 Before the Americans had the O.K. Corral, 760 00:32:31,951 --> 00:32:33,284 it belonged to the Soviets. 761 00:32:33,285 --> 00:32:34,552 I'm guessing they left us a mess. 762 00:32:34,553 --> 00:32:35,753 Yeah, Kasie analyzed it. 763 00:32:35,854 --> 00:32:38,724 That dirt is a cocktail of jet fuel, 764 00:32:38,857 --> 00:32:41,060 asbestos, and depleted uranium. 765 00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:43,395 Winger thinks it made him sick, really sick. 766 00:32:43,396 --> 00:32:44,862 Few weeks ago, he was diagnosed 767 00:32:44,863 --> 00:32:46,999 with stage four malignant melanoma. 768 00:32:47,066 --> 00:32:50,002 -What's his prognosis? -Not good. 769 00:32:50,003 --> 00:32:51,769 Doctors don't think he has long to live. 770 00:32:51,770 --> 00:32:54,540 How can he be certain that the base is to blame? 771 00:32:54,673 --> 00:32:57,376 Because he wasn't the only one to get sick. 772 00:33:05,884 --> 00:33:07,086 Captain David Cruz. 773 00:33:07,219 --> 00:33:10,022 Served at O.K. Corral for over a year. 774 00:33:10,089 --> 00:33:12,919 Our M.E. found a brain tumor while performing his autopsy. 775 00:33:12,991 --> 00:33:15,861 -He never said anything to me. -We don't think he knew. 776 00:33:15,927 --> 00:33:17,429 But your friend Liam... 777 00:33:18,197 --> 00:33:19,765 He knew. 778 00:33:19,766 --> 00:33:21,366 Eight days before he fell to his death 779 00:33:21,367 --> 00:33:22,767 in a parachute malfunction, 780 00:33:22,768 --> 00:33:25,604 he was given a terminal cancer diagnosis. 781 00:33:25,704 --> 00:33:27,539 It wasn't a malfunction. 782 00:33:28,540 --> 00:33:32,010 Liam didn't want to die slowly, so he took a quicker way out. 783 00:33:32,011 --> 00:33:34,912 You're saying he sabotaged his own parachute? 784 00:33:34,913 --> 00:33:37,683 I tried to stop him, tried to fix his reserve chute, but 785 00:33:37,783 --> 00:33:40,586 he must have double-checked and dislodged the pin. 786 00:33:40,686 --> 00:33:42,421 And you kept the truth secret 787 00:33:42,422 --> 00:33:44,589 so his family could receive full benefits. 788 00:33:44,590 --> 00:33:48,860 That's what it all comes down to, right? Money. 789 00:33:49,728 --> 00:33:51,778 It's the reason I needed to clear my name. 790 00:33:51,797 --> 00:33:54,766 And a murder charge would have voided your pension. 791 00:33:54,767 --> 00:33:56,701 And if I lose that, I've got nothing 792 00:33:56,702 --> 00:33:58,804 to leave my family when I'm gone. 793 00:33:58,904 --> 00:34:02,774 Three people sick, but that's just a drop in the bucket. 794 00:34:02,775 --> 00:34:05,176 There were almost a thousand service members 795 00:34:05,177 --> 00:34:06,944 deployed to that base during the war. 796 00:34:06,945 --> 00:34:08,245 McGee's running them down. 797 00:34:08,246 --> 00:34:09,947 This is a massive health crisis, 798 00:34:09,948 --> 00:34:11,616 and it's flown completely under the radar. 799 00:34:11,617 --> 00:34:12,784 How's that possible? 800 00:34:12,884 --> 00:34:14,620 WINGER: After I was diagnosed, 801 00:34:14,719 --> 00:34:17,755 Cruz and I began to suspect it was related to the O.K. Corral. 802 00:34:17,822 --> 00:34:20,112 So, Cruz began making waves at the Pentagon, 803 00:34:20,159 --> 00:34:23,295 trying to open an official investigation. 804 00:34:24,062 --> 00:34:26,297 Next thing I knew, Cruz was dead 805 00:34:26,398 --> 00:34:28,367 and I was being framed. 806 00:34:29,801 --> 00:34:32,670 Someone is trying to silence us. 807 00:34:36,507 --> 00:34:38,043 That's quite a theory. 808 00:34:38,044 --> 00:34:39,843 Pentagon murders a whistleblower 809 00:34:39,844 --> 00:34:43,248 and then, uh, frames a war hero to cover up a health crisis. 810 00:34:43,349 --> 00:34:45,016 Uh, talk about bad press. 811 00:34:45,117 --> 00:34:47,018 I don't give a damn about the press. 812 00:34:48,353 --> 00:34:50,755 Just follow the evidence where it leads. 813 00:34:52,023 --> 00:34:53,992 -(door opens) -(phone rings) 814 00:34:54,092 --> 00:34:55,194 Yeah? 815 00:34:55,293 --> 00:34:56,495 What do you got, Kase? 816 00:34:56,594 --> 00:34:58,364 Lieutenant Winger is wrong. 817 00:34:58,464 --> 00:34:59,765 About the O.K. Corral? 818 00:34:59,831 --> 00:35:01,467 No, that place is toxic as hell. 819 00:35:01,533 --> 00:35:05,271 He's wrong about why Captain Cruz was killed. 820 00:35:05,272 --> 00:35:07,838 It wasn't a cover-up. Cruz was being blackmailed. 821 00:35:07,839 --> 00:35:11,310 After tracing some reoccurring bank transactions 822 00:35:11,377 --> 00:35:13,044 to Cruz's crypto wallet, 823 00:35:13,045 --> 00:35:16,046 I found some encrypted messages between Cruz and a blackmailer. 824 00:35:16,047 --> 00:35:18,082 -Who is it? -Oh, the messages don't say that, 825 00:35:18,083 --> 00:35:20,152 but they do say what this is all about. 826 00:35:20,252 --> 00:35:23,489 Meet Ensign Riley Presenza. She's a subordinate 827 00:35:23,490 --> 00:35:26,056 under his command. The blackmailer found out Cruz 828 00:35:26,057 --> 00:35:27,992 -was sleeping with her. -Well, if that got out, 829 00:35:27,993 --> 00:35:30,462 that would have been the end of Cruz's career. 830 00:35:30,463 --> 00:35:32,830 So, naturally, Cruz was paying the blackmail payments, 831 00:35:32,831 --> 00:35:35,167 until two days ago, when he wrote 832 00:35:35,168 --> 00:35:37,302 the blackmailer, said he was stopping the payments 833 00:35:37,303 --> 00:35:38,769 and reporting it to his superiors. 834 00:35:38,770 --> 00:35:40,472 I bet that didn't go over well. 835 00:35:40,473 --> 00:35:42,373 Oh, the blackmailer threatened to kill Cruz, 836 00:35:42,374 --> 00:35:44,184 and the next morning, Cruz was dead. 837 00:35:44,210 --> 00:35:46,978 So his murder had nothing to do with the O.K. Corral? 838 00:35:46,979 --> 00:35:48,112 Doesn't look like it. 839 00:35:48,113 --> 00:35:50,115 Except how did the killer know 840 00:35:50,216 --> 00:35:51,717 to frame Winger for murder? 841 00:35:51,850 --> 00:35:54,986 NCIS didn't even know about his connection to Cruz. 842 00:35:55,053 --> 00:35:56,922 Yeah, it seems like the killer 843 00:35:57,055 --> 00:35:59,090 knew a lot of peoples' secrets. 844 00:35:59,225 --> 00:36:02,127 Almost like they confessed them. 845 00:36:03,729 --> 00:36:06,332 GAGE: So, this part here is hanging a little low, 846 00:36:06,333 --> 00:36:08,533 -if you want to pull that taut. Yeah. -MORRIS: How's that? 847 00:36:08,534 --> 00:36:11,269 PARKER: Little early for Christmas decorations, isn't it? 848 00:36:11,270 --> 00:36:13,505 GAGE Seem to go up earlier every year. 849 00:36:13,506 --> 00:36:15,039 I take it you're not here to help me 850 00:36:15,040 --> 00:36:16,480 arrange the nativity scene? 851 00:36:16,542 --> 00:36:19,411 No, I don't come bearing gifts, only bad news. 852 00:36:19,511 --> 00:36:22,748 It turns out your confidential conversations 853 00:36:22,749 --> 00:36:24,549 -(RF detector beeping steadily) -haven't been so confidential. 854 00:36:24,550 --> 00:36:27,219 We isolated a large data packet 855 00:36:27,286 --> 00:36:31,089 coming from the chapel whenever you were taking confessions. 856 00:36:31,189 --> 00:36:33,419 I'm afraid I don't speak tech, Agent Parker. 857 00:36:33,425 --> 00:36:35,060 (device beeping rapidly) 858 00:36:39,731 --> 00:36:41,300 Your chapel's been bugged. 859 00:36:41,967 --> 00:36:44,636 And we have proof that these recordings were used 860 00:36:44,736 --> 00:36:46,505 to blackmail service members. 861 00:36:46,506 --> 00:36:48,239 I-I'm sorry, Agent Parker, are you accusing me 862 00:36:48,240 --> 00:36:50,776 of blackmailing people I'm supposed to help? 863 00:36:51,643 --> 00:36:53,845 No. I'm accusing him. 864 00:36:54,913 --> 00:36:56,648 Morris? 865 00:36:56,782 --> 00:36:59,285 It's not true, Commander. Uh... 866 00:36:59,385 --> 00:37:00,486 McGEE: Oh, it is. 867 00:37:00,619 --> 00:37:02,609 We traced the recordings to your phone 868 00:37:02,610 --> 00:37:04,422 and the crypto to your bank account. 869 00:37:04,423 --> 00:37:06,090 You tried to point us in the wrong direction, 870 00:37:06,091 --> 00:37:07,625 but it was never about the O.K. Corral. 871 00:37:07,626 --> 00:37:10,329 You murdered Captain Cruz after he stopped paying 872 00:37:10,462 --> 00:37:13,465 and set up a dying man to take the fall. 873 00:37:13,599 --> 00:37:15,589 McGEE: Even framed him with his own gun. 874 00:37:15,667 --> 00:37:18,470 Not hard, considering he had to remove his weapon 875 00:37:18,570 --> 00:37:20,105 before entering the chapel. 876 00:37:20,205 --> 00:37:22,541 (scoffs) That's right. 877 00:37:23,742 --> 00:37:25,143 No guns allowed. 878 00:37:25,677 --> 00:37:28,179 -Stay back or I'll shoot him. -Drop your weapon! 879 00:37:28,280 --> 00:37:29,915 You hear that, Agent Parker? 880 00:37:29,981 --> 00:37:31,483 (screams) 881 00:37:32,484 --> 00:37:34,686 (grunting) 882 00:37:34,687 --> 00:37:40,257 GAGE: "The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides 883 00:37:40,258 --> 00:37:42,728 by the inequities of the selfish." 884 00:37:45,931 --> 00:37:47,198 Ezekiel? 885 00:37:47,333 --> 00:37:49,368 Tarantino. 886 00:37:52,785 --> 00:37:57,542 I can't thank you enough for what you've done for me. 887 00:37:57,543 --> 00:37:59,878 Oh, it's us that should be thanking you. 888 00:37:59,879 --> 00:38:01,512 I mean, after what you started, 889 00:38:01,513 --> 00:38:03,180 the Pentagon now knows that military personnel 890 00:38:03,181 --> 00:38:05,751 at the O.K. Corral were exposed to contaminants. 891 00:38:05,851 --> 00:38:07,319 V.A. plans to extend benefits 892 00:38:07,419 --> 00:38:09,349 to the veterans who, uh, served there. 893 00:38:09,355 --> 00:38:12,491 I know, in your case, must be, uh... 894 00:38:12,591 --> 00:38:14,826 -small consolation. -No, no. Not at all. 895 00:38:14,827 --> 00:38:16,661 I'm proud of my country for doing right 896 00:38:16,662 --> 00:38:17,802 by its service members. 897 00:38:17,863 --> 00:38:20,165 And thanks to you, 898 00:38:20,231 --> 00:38:22,067 I have my family again. 899 00:38:23,034 --> 00:38:26,405 I'm blessed, Agent Parker. 900 00:38:26,505 --> 00:38:28,640 OLIVER: Daddy! 901 00:38:56,402 --> 00:38:58,604 * * 902 00:39:27,933 --> 00:39:30,001 I don't get it. 903 00:39:30,101 --> 00:39:31,537 Winger served his country. 904 00:39:31,603 --> 00:39:33,939 He sacrificed everything to... 905 00:39:35,006 --> 00:39:36,842 ...make the world a safer place. 906 00:39:36,942 --> 00:39:40,011 He was put through hell trying to get back home, and... 907 00:39:41,847 --> 00:39:43,081 (chuckles) 908 00:39:43,181 --> 00:39:46,117 And then, when he did... 909 00:39:46,217 --> 00:39:48,019 how does God reward him? 910 00:39:49,087 --> 00:39:51,189 By killing him. 911 00:39:52,458 --> 00:39:55,994 Painfully and slowly, in front of his family. 912 00:39:56,094 --> 00:39:58,497 (sighs) 913 00:39:59,698 --> 00:40:02,968 How does he still think he's blessed? 914 00:40:03,101 --> 00:40:04,436 I mean, what... 915 00:40:04,503 --> 00:40:07,338 what good can come from all of this pain? 916 00:40:15,313 --> 00:40:16,848 What, no proverb? 917 00:40:16,948 --> 00:40:18,517 I thought at the very least 918 00:40:18,650 --> 00:40:20,351 you'd have an answer for that. 919 00:40:21,487 --> 00:40:24,122 I'm afraid the answer you're looking for 920 00:40:24,189 --> 00:40:25,991 only God can provide. 921 00:40:27,959 --> 00:40:30,596 Well, that's great. 922 00:40:32,097 --> 00:40:34,165 'Cause I've been asking. 923 00:40:35,767 --> 00:40:38,704 But the man upstairs refuses to talk. 924 00:40:41,573 --> 00:40:43,842 Can I offer a suggestion? 925 00:40:44,710 --> 00:40:47,513 Perhaps the man upstairs is talking, 926 00:40:47,613 --> 00:40:51,049 but it's you who refuses to listen. 927 00:40:51,850 --> 00:40:53,752 Answers rarely come from a 928 00:40:53,852 --> 00:40:56,387 burning bush or a booming voice. 929 00:40:58,189 --> 00:40:59,357 Most of the time, 930 00:40:59,457 --> 00:41:02,327 they come from the people closest to us. 931 00:41:03,128 --> 00:41:06,632 If you're truly looking for answers, Agent Parker... 932 00:41:07,432 --> 00:41:11,402 ...then you have to be prepared to not like what you find. 933 00:41:20,145 --> 00:41:21,747 Oh, my God. Agent Parker. 934 00:41:23,048 --> 00:41:26,351 I am so sorry. I meant to put that away. 935 00:41:26,451 --> 00:41:29,855 Believe me, message received, loud and clear. 936 00:41:38,930 --> 00:41:41,733 Not yet, Jimmy. I'm gonna need you on this one. 937 00:41:50,709 --> 00:41:52,911 (door closes) 938 00:42:04,355 --> 00:42:07,392 Captioning sponsored by CBS 939 00:42:07,458 --> 00:42:10,128 and TOYOTA. 940 00:42:10,261 --> 00:42:13,665 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org 941 00:42:13,715 --> 00:42:18,265 Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0