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When you Say you're sure,
how sure are you?
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[SIRENS WAILING]
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Sure enough that if you don't
ask her out by tomorrow,
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I'm gonna spike your coffee
with testosterone, man.
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Yeah, but what if you're wrong?
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- J.B., trust me, the girl's into you.
- Oh, hey, careful.
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Ah, relax. This guy's a Marine.
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At least he was before he deployed
himself through his windshield.
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So, what do I say to her?
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I don't know. What do I look like,
the Cyrano de what's-his-face guy?
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Go with your gut.
You got the release?
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No, didn't you get it?
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You know what? On second thought,
maybe you better not go with your gut.
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So where should I take her?
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I'm gonna start charging you
for advice, you know?
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[CHUCKLING]
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Oh, there she is.
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[SNIFFS]
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- Do you smell that?
- Gas.
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Oh, no. Get out.
Get out, get out, get out. Go, go, go.
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[EXPLOSION]
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[COMPUTER CHIMING]
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[KEYBOARD CLICKING]
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[COMPUTER CHIMES]
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What are you doing?
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I'm in the middle
of a very serious negotiation.
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ZIVA:
On McGee's computer?
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I know where you're going with this,
and the answer is yes.
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[COMPUTER CHIMES]
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And what's the question?
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TONY:
Have I no shame?
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[COMPUTER CHIMES]
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Who are you IM'ing?
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Agent Larsen?
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[COMPUTERS CHIMING]
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And she thinks you're McGee?
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[CHUCKLING]
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And this is because she warned you
that if you spoke to her again,
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she would have you brought up
on sexual-harassment charges?
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- That was a misunderstanding.
- So now you're correcting the record.
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I'm just trying to let her know that I--
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McGee feels that
she may have misjudged me,
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and that as a close, personal friend,
I can--
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ZIVA: "Vouch for Tony's
strength of character."
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- Hmm?
- Yeah.
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[LAUGHING]
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I don't have much time.
She's being reassigned in two days.
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Yeah, well, you'll be reassigned
if Gibbs catches you.
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Doing what?
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ZIVA: We were looking at McGee's
bookmarks, trying to get an idea for a--
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TONY:
Birthday present.
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McGEE: Morning.
- Happy birthday, probie.
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- It's a bagel.
- It's not my birthday.
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Grab your gear.
Medical transport just exploded.
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[SQUEALS]
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- Any day now, probie.
McGEE: Yep. Sorry.
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I just got the strangest lM.
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[GIGGLES]
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[CAMERA CLICKING]
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TONY: She asked you out? You?
- Yeah.
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Trust me, I'm just as surprised
as you are.
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Trust me, you're not.
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Blast radius indicates
a low-yield detonation.
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Did she say why?
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Uh, it said that she liked the
loyalty I showed my coworkers.
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Pyrolysis on the pavement suggests
an 02 was the primary accelerant.
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Even if they were total scum.
No idea what she was referring to.
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I'll tell you though, I did not realize she
was paying so much attention to me.
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Do you wanna tell the probie
or should I?
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How about neither?
Why don't you just focus on the work?
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Yeah, I've noticed you've morphed
into quite the forensic expert.
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I'm Israeli. This isn't
my first exploding ambulance.
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We left the van unattended for four,
maybe five minutes, tops.
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J.B.: As Patto hit the brakes--
- The whole thing exploded into flames.
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- I think someone's trying to kill us.
- Would you please stop that, J.B.?
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- It was-- It was an accident.
- Who's trying to kill you?
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Who knows?
There's a lot of weirdoes out there.
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Tell me about it.
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- Talk to me, Duck.
- Lance Corporal William Danforth Jr.
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Survived IEDs in Iraq,
RPGs in Afghanistan.
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Unfortunately,
the local Odocoileus virginianus
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was too much to bear.
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- That's a white-tailed deer.
- Yeah, I know.
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Are you saying
Bambi killed this Marine, Ducky?
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No, but swerving at 60 miles an hour
into a tree to avoid Bambi did.
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And his girlfriend is still in a coma
at the hospital.
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Danforth was DOA
when they brought him in last night.
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This morning, he was on his way
to Bethesda for a routine autopsy
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when fate intervened.
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Fate?
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DUCKY: Well, the scorching of the
body is consistent with a gasoline fire
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accelerated by onboard oxygen.
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This could have been a accident,
Jethro.
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- Lucky for those two to get out.
- Yeah, lucky in a way I don't like.
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[SINGING]
Good morning, good morning
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Morning.
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[SINGING]
Good...
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Good morning to you
You, you and you
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Good--
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- Ooh, what's that?
- Looks like an iPod.
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IPod Photo.
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Anyone who might have possibly
had a motive to try to kill them--
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Either has an alibi or is out of town.
Way ahead of you.
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You could've told me
and saved me the trouble.
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Just say you need the practice
and leave it at that.
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What kind of music
does the McGee listen to?
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Ooh, Barry Manilow.
Julie Andrews? Zamfir.
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- Let's go to photos.
- What are you doing?
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Well, McGee had a date
with Agent Larsen last night.
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Didn't return any of my e-mails
about a SitRep.
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But maybe he took some photos.
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- Those are his private photos.
- Well, he left them on his public desk.
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Whoa, where's the clickety?
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- Who is this?
- Well, it's definitely not Agent Larsen.
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TONY: Gotta be his sister.
ZIVA: Why?
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Are you kidding?
This girl's way out of McGeek's league.
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I don't think
the drivers were the target, Tony.
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Yeah.
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- I actually think it was the body.
- Why blow up a dead guy?
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GIBBS: Put it back up there.
- Put what back?
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Ow!
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McGee's got good taste.
Going for coffee.
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- Ow! What was that for?
GIBBS: Alerting DiNozzo.
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[ZIVA GIBBERING]
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The fuel line to the gas-tank cap
was ruptured here.
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Torn by a loose belt
on the differential housing.
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GIBBS: Loosened how?
- Unknown.
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The van also had
a short in the electrical system,
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coincidentally in the taillight
right by our ruptured fuel line.
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You know how I feel
about coincidences, Abs.
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Equatorial pygmies know how you feel
about coincidences, Gibbs.
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So one would wonder,
accident or not an accident?
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That is the question.
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Our first player,
an innocent differential-housing bolt
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that is rubbing and straining
on the molecular bonds
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of our vulcanized fuel line
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until, after eons,
our hapless hose finally ruptures.
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The gas moves quickly
into the floorboard of the van
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when it's in motion.
The driver smells it.
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What could it be?
He hits the brakes,
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and the short in the taillight
ignites the pooling gas vapours.
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The flames quickly superheat
the onboard 02,
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and when the canisters can no longer
contain the growing pressure:
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- Kaboom!
GIBBS: Not an accident.
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Not unless the Angel of Death is
going through a Rube Goldberg stage.
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Boss, we found remnants
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of what may have been the trigger
on an 02 canister.
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May have been, McGee?
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ABBY: There were traces
of mercury fulminate,
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sodium azide and tetryl
on the material.
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GIBBS: Blasting cap.
- 02 would've never blown on its own.
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Fire wasn't hot enough.
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The perp rigged the transport
to make it look like an accident.
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McGEE: He might've gotten away
with it if he'd detonated it sooner.
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Fire dispersed pieces of the trigger.
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- He waited for the drivers to get out.
- So he's not a murderer.
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Well, at least, he wasn't trying
to kill the ambulance drivers.
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Trace it.
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Gibbs, this is a garden-variety,
laminated-paper substrate.
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It's used as a cheap shielding
in thousands of electronic devices.
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GIBBS:
Yeah, so?
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So maybe I should
get back to work.
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Did we get a positive match
on our Marine's DNA?
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You know, I've been a little busy here,
Gibbs, with all the rubbing
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and the looking and the analyzing
and the...
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I should mention
that Ducky's taking care of it.
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DUCKY: I haven't seen
a body this badly burned
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since the Bertram Mills Circus.
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Specimen jar.
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- Mr. Palmer.
PALMER: Sorry, doctor.
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It's just, I'm having a problem
with this smell today.
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Really? I think he smells
like my mother's fried chicken.
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- Yeah, that would be the problem.
- Oh, I see.
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Well, the vegetarian lifestyle
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has been medically proven
to be the healthiest of choices.
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Perhaps it's time
you made the jump.
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GIBBS: You wanted to see me, Duck?
- Well, actually, yes, Jethro.
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Then why do you look surprised
to see me?
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Because I haven't told you
that I wanted to see you.
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Yes. Well...
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...our latest houseguest
has thrown us quite the little mystery.
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Define mystery.
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DUCKY: Yeah, well,
the young lad's death certificate
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Iists blunt-force, thoracic trauma
as the cause of death,
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typical in motor-vehicle accidents.
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But I've only partially been able
to verify that,
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since, as you can see,
the post-mortem damage is extensive.
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GIBBS: Ducky?
- Yes?
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- Mystery.
- Of course.
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Well, you know me, Jethro,
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I attempted to make
a identification myself.
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The blast destroyed his jaw
and shattered his teeth.
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It would take
an inordinate amount of time
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to get an identification
from dental records.
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Also, the fire so degraded
his DNA, that,
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you know, I spent the better part
of yesterday scouring his body.
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- Mystery.
- Almost there.
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By a stroke of luck,
I found a piece of tissue
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viable enough to send
to have run against Danforth's DNA
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at the Armed Forces Repository.
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This isn't William Danforth Jr.
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Uh-uh.
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Then who is this?
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That, my dear Jethro,
is the mystery.
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Lance Corporal Danforth's
pro and cons were 50-50.
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A real squirreled-away Marine.
So, what'd you find, Tony?
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- Tony.
- Huh?
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Zamfir, he's a master
of the pan flute.
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- It's helping me think.
- What are you thinking?
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I'm thinking
that there are a lot of reasons
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for post-mortem mutilation
you're overlooking,
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besides hiding a suspicious
cause of death.
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Such as?
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Such as enraged acts of violence,
sadistic curiosity.
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- Hiding the real identity of the victim.
TONY: That was next on my list.
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- Is his identity in question?
- Yeah, it is now.
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Tony, get me a copy of--
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The names of the cops who processed
Danforth's report. Already on its way.
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GIBBS: Ziva, take me--
ZIVA: Have a chat with the doctor
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who pronounced the body dead.
Find out who made the ID.
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Hey, you want me to go
and supervise that, boss?
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Actually, you know, I'll stay here
just in case you need me.
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[PAN FLUTE PLAYING
ON HEADPHONES]
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Zamfir. No, I'm not saying
you need me.
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That's a bad word.
Need's the wrong word.
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Oh, the director needs to see you
in her office ASAP.
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[DIGITS DIALING]
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I was just gonna tell the director
you're here.
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Cynthia, did you know
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that when a Roman emperor
made a triumphal march into Rome,
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he had a slave on his chariot who--
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Who whispered, "You're only human,"
into his ear.
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Going in unannounced
is whispering into her ear.
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So you're the director's slave.
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Cynthia is there to direct traffic,
Agent Gibbs.
236
00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:24,877
I'm just responding to your ASAP,
director.
237
00:13:27,520 --> 00:13:30,273
This is Lance Corporal Danforth's
father, William.
238
00:13:30,840 --> 00:13:35,152
- My sympathies, Mr. Danforth.
- Thank you, Agent Gibbs.
239
00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:38,318
The SECNAV would like us
to keep Mr. Danforth in the loop
240
00:13:38,520 --> 00:13:40,557
throughout the entire investigation.
241
00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:44,350
- More than usual?
JEN: Yes.
242
00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:47,350
Gordo and I served together in Beirut,
Agent Gibbs,
243
00:13:47,520 --> 00:13:49,750
and quite frankly,
I'm using that friendship.
244
00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:52,677
- Wouldn't you?
- He would.
245
00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:57,274
- Sixth or eighth?
- Two-six, Fox Company.
246
00:13:58,040 --> 00:14:00,634
One-one, scout sniper platoon.
247
00:14:01,920 --> 00:14:04,753
- Beirut?
GIBBS: Desert Storm.
248
00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:06,911
BILL: So, what can you tell
me about my son, Agent Gibbs?
249
00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:09,037
GIBBS:
Jethro.
250
00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:11,270
Bill.
251
00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:13,829
Only what I read in hospital
and police reports.
252
00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:15,832
Mr. Danforth has seen those.
253
00:14:16,040 --> 00:14:19,112
He's asking how his son's body
was incinerated.
254
00:14:19,320 --> 00:14:21,357
It wasn't.
255
00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:23,758
AFIS couldn't match the body
in autopsy
256
00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:26,031
with Lance Corporal Danforth's
DNA.
257
00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:28,510
JEN: You're saying
that it isn't Mr. Danforth's son?
258
00:14:28,760 --> 00:14:30,433
Not according to AFIS.
259
00:14:31,840 --> 00:14:35,196
- Could there be a mistake?
- One in 9 million.
260
00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:37,914
- Have Abby rerun the DNA.
GIBBS: Already on it, director.
261
00:14:38,120 --> 00:14:40,919
Well, if it's not Lance Corporal
Danforth, who the hell is it?
262
00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:42,639
I'll let you know when I find out.
263
00:14:44,200 --> 00:14:48,114
- What should I tell his mother?
- I wouldn't tell her anything yet.
264
00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:49,674
Right.
265
00:14:52,160 --> 00:14:53,355
My numbers.
266
00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:56,959
Director Shepard, I'll tell Gordo
how cooperative you've been.
267
00:14:57,160 --> 00:15:00,710
- Least we could do.
GIBBS: Hey, Bill.
268
00:15:02,320 --> 00:15:04,197
Did you identify your son's body?
269
00:15:04,360 --> 00:15:08,513
No, the police notified us
that he had died.
270
00:15:08,760 --> 00:15:10,990
Said that his body
was being shipped to Bethesda.
271
00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:13,629
Do you think Billy...
272
00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:15,154
...could still be alive?
273
00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:17,670
I think the hospital transported
the wrong body.
274
00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:26,070
Bull.
275
00:15:26,320 --> 00:15:28,311
The Marine from two nights ago,
Danforth?
276
00:15:28,520 --> 00:15:30,079
Yeah, I remember him.
277
00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:32,391
- Are you the one who treated him?
- Treated, no.
278
00:15:32,560 --> 00:15:35,200
Unfortunately, all I did was pronounce
him dead, Agent McGee.
279
00:15:35,920 --> 00:15:38,594
- It's hard to believe it's the same kid.
- Why is that?
280
00:15:38,760 --> 00:15:41,195
He was a mess.
Heavy contusions to the cranium,
281
00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:44,432
pronounced facial lacerations,
half his skull caved in.
282
00:15:44,640 --> 00:15:45,994
Who ID'd his body?
283
00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:48,071
A buddy gave us a tentative ID
284
00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:50,356
and we also pulled his license
from his wallet.
285
00:15:50,520 --> 00:15:51,749
This buddy have a name?
286
00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:54,799
Well, I can do better than that.
He's in ICU room five.
287
00:15:55,640 --> 00:15:57,199
The police report didn't
mention anything
288
00:15:57,360 --> 00:15:58,953
about a third injured party, doctor.
289
00:15:59,160 --> 00:16:02,630
That's because he wasn't injured,
Officer David. He's visiting.
290
00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:05,719
MERRILL [STUTTERING]:
"Our souls are like those orphans
291
00:16:05,880 --> 00:16:12,559
whose unwedded mothers die
in bearing them.
292
00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:14,791
The secret of our pa--"
293
00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:17,759
Paternity lies in their graves,
and we must there to learn it.
294
00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:22,551
McGEE:Herman Melville, Moby Dick.
- Call me Ishmael.
295
00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:26,315
It's her favourite book.
The doctors said it might help.
296
00:16:26,520 --> 00:16:31,196
It's helping give me a headache.
You're Rebecca's relatives?
297
00:16:31,400 --> 00:16:35,075
- No, NCIS.
MERRILL: Corporal Merrill, sir.
298
00:16:35,480 --> 00:16:37,391
Uh, at ease, Marine.
299
00:16:38,040 --> 00:16:40,031
We're only here
to ask you a few questions.
300
00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:43,591
Oh, of course, sir. I mean, ma'am.
301
00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:51,069
She doesn't like being called ma'am.
It's okay though.
302
00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:57,799
This about Billy, ma-- Miss?
303
00:16:57,960 --> 00:17:00,600
If you mean Lance Corporal Danforth,
yes.
304
00:17:00,760 --> 00:17:02,671
We understand
that you ID'd his body.
305
00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:07,238
Tried to.
Billy's face was all mashed up.
306
00:17:07,440 --> 00:17:09,875
ZIVA:
How did you know it was him?
307
00:17:10,080 --> 00:17:14,278
Who else could it be?
He was in his car with Rebecca.
308
00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:17,751
- At least he was last time I saw him.
ZIVA: Which was?
309
00:17:17,960 --> 00:17:20,429
The night he was killed.
310
00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:22,800
Feel free to elaborate.
311
00:17:23,440 --> 00:17:25,636
- Huh?
- Tell us about that night.
312
00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:26,835
Uh...
313
00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:31,119
Billy had just landed stateside
after his second tour in Iraq.
314
00:17:31,360 --> 00:17:36,196
So me, him and Rebecca,
Billy's girlfriend,
315
00:17:36,360 --> 00:17:39,273
we were out celebrating
at the Gold Monkey.
316
00:17:39,480 --> 00:17:41,471
- Celebrating meaning drinking?
MERRILL: Not me, sir.
317
00:17:41,640 --> 00:17:44,280
Billy was, even though he shouldn't
318
00:17:44,440 --> 00:17:47,034
because he just shouldn't.
319
00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:54,872
I made Rebecca drive him home
because he looked pretty bad,
320
00:17:55,040 --> 00:17:58,192
like he was gonna puke
or something.
321
00:17:58,400 --> 00:18:00,437
You're a good friend.
322
00:18:00,640 --> 00:18:05,589
Me and Billy have been buds
since we was this big.
323
00:18:05,760 --> 00:18:07,671
He's the only one
that never made fun of my stutter.
324
00:18:07,840 --> 00:18:10,832
You saw Lance Corporal Danforth
get into the car?
325
00:18:11,040 --> 00:18:15,716
I put him in it.
Like I said, he was pretty drunk.
326
00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:21,034
I went back inside the bar
for maybe half an hour.
327
00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:27,959
When I left, I passed the accident
on my way home.
328
00:18:28,160 --> 00:18:32,518
Cops were already there,
said Billy's car hit at a d--
329
00:18:32,680 --> 00:18:36,071
It's okay, corporal,
we read the police report.
330
00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:41,918
He was just lying there
all broken and bent up.
331
00:18:42,080 --> 00:18:45,436
They were trying to save him,
332
00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:48,559
but I knew, I just knew he was...
333
00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:53,952
Doctor said he probably
didn't feel anything.
334
00:18:54,680 --> 00:18:58,275
Think he was telling the truth
or just trying to make me feel better?
335
00:18:58,440 --> 00:19:01,876
Doctors do that, don't they?
336
00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:10,074
Well, in my experiences, ER doctors,
they usually tell it like it is.
337
00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:18,791
You got a favourite movie, huh?
Got a favourite movie?
338
00:19:20,240 --> 00:19:21,878
[INDISTINCT CHATTERING
AND SHOUTING]
339
00:19:24,080 --> 00:19:25,753
TONY:
Ball, ball, ball.
340
00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:29,435
Who's your daddy now?
341
00:19:33,440 --> 00:19:34,589
[GRUNTS]
342
00:19:38,680 --> 00:19:40,876
Are you having fun, DiNozzo?
343
00:19:41,560 --> 00:19:45,315
- All done interviewing Danforth's CO?
- You done interviewing his platoon?
344
00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:47,869
Nothing builds rapport
like a good game of ball.
345
00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:50,639
[GRUNTS]
346
00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:56,240
- Thanks, guys.
MAN: Yeah, later, man.
347
00:19:58,240 --> 00:20:00,390
TONY: The guys said
Danforth was a top Marine.
348
00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:03,353
But the word is, he only joined
because his father was a Marine. Ow!
349
00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:06,154
Little looser, please.
350
00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:11,073
My toes have gotten used to
the whole blood thing, circulation.
351
00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:12,275
DiNozzo.
352
00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:15,438
The word also is that he
was inseparable with another Marine,
353
00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:16,675
a corporal--
354
00:20:16,840 --> 00:20:17,989
- Kenneth Merrill.
- Yeah.
355
00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:20,436
GIBBS: Followed Danforth into
the corps on the buddy program.
356
00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:23,592
Course he did.
Guy's as loyal as a Saint Bernard.
357
00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:26,474
Would you just focus, please?
358
00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:28,313
And I'm starting to lose feeling
in my toe.
359
00:20:28,480 --> 00:20:29,959
- Does that look right?
- Yeah.
360
00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:32,470
Apparently he was as loyal
as a Saint Bernard.
361
00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:35,549
According to the CO, the corps
worked out pretty well for him.
362
00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:38,712
Oh, yeah. He got into boxing,
got his first girlfriend, and get this,
363
00:20:38,920 --> 00:20:40,797
turns out he had a knack
for disarming IEDs.
364
00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:44,351
- His platoon called him the--
- Forrest Gump of explosives.
365
00:20:46,240 --> 00:20:48,356
I'm not trying to do your job, am I?
366
00:20:51,560 --> 00:20:53,676
CORPSMAN:
Put an ice pack on that. Fifteen on--
367
00:20:53,840 --> 00:20:56,559
Fifteen off. Yeah, I know the drill.
Thanks, corpsman.
368
00:20:58,600 --> 00:20:59,635
It's real swollen.
369
00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:02,633
I don't think I'm gonna be able
to walk on this thing, boss.
370
00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:04,120
[GRUNTS]
371
00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:09,190
- Look at that. Look, it's a miracle.
- Yeah, loyal as a Saint Bernard.
372
00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:11,311
Always wanted to get one of those
until I found out
373
00:21:11,480 --> 00:21:14,518
they didn't come with that
barrel of whiskey around their neck.
374
00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:19,591
You're wondering if Merrill helped
his buddy fake his own death
375
00:21:19,760 --> 00:21:20,830
to get out of the corps?
376
00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:25,631
No. I'm wondering who they got to play
the part of the dead body.
377
00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:35,596
ZIVA: You really think Lance Corporal
Danforth faked his own death?
378
00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:36,909
You got a better theory?
379
00:21:37,080 --> 00:21:41,313
- Actually, we do, Tony.
JEN: I'd like to hear it, Agent McGee.
380
00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:44,273
And yours as well, Agent DiNozzo.
381
00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:55,878
Both preferably some time today.
382
00:21:58,200 --> 00:22:02,398
We think Corporal Merrill
may have killed Danforth, director.
383
00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:03,789
Why?
384
00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:07,519
Merrill conveniently forgot to tell us
about the fight they had
385
00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:09,040
the night Danforth was killed.
386
00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:11,999
- A fight over what?
- Gibbs is not gonna like this.
387
00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:13,559
[TONY COUGHS]
388
00:22:16,640 --> 00:22:20,634
- Is there a problem, Agent McGee?
- No, no, ma'am.
389
00:22:21,560 --> 00:22:26,316
Merrill claims that he was trying to
stop him from drinking and driving.
390
00:22:27,120 --> 00:22:30,033
According to the bartender, they broke
two tables and a chair over it.
391
00:22:30,240 --> 00:22:32,709
Sounds like more
than two good friends fighting to me.
392
00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:36,714
I agree. Merrill also passed
Danforth's accident on the way home.
393
00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:38,553
He could have easily
finished him off.
394
00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:40,836
- No.
McGEE: Merrill goes to hide the body.
395
00:22:41,080 --> 00:22:44,038
And when he comes back to clean up,
the cops are already on the scene.
396
00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:45,833
What about the other body?
397
00:22:47,360 --> 00:22:48,759
There was a third party in the car.
398
00:22:49,320 --> 00:22:52,756
We only have Corporal Merrill's word
that the two of them drove off.
399
00:22:53,360 --> 00:22:57,149
TONY [COUGHING]:
No way. No way. Wrong.
400
00:22:57,920 --> 00:23:01,595
Merrill shows up at the hospital,
confirms the false ID.
401
00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:02,955
Then later, goes back,
402
00:23:03,120 --> 00:23:05,634
torches the ambulance
before the real ID can be made.
403
00:23:05,800 --> 00:23:09,794
Okay, I'm sorry,
I gotta interrupt because...
404
00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:11,997
Here's the thing.
405
00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:14,714
I have a theory
that actually has motive,
406
00:23:14,880 --> 00:23:18,191
which might be helpful. I don't mean
to belittle my colleagues' efforts.
407
00:23:18,360 --> 00:23:21,273
I am a senior field agent.
Danforth didn't hit a deer.
408
00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:24,910
He hit Ducky's John Doe.
Stick with me here.
409
00:23:25,120 --> 00:23:28,272
He's drunk, right? Wasted,
looking at five to ten for manslaughter.
410
00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:35,119
So he switches the John Doe
with his body, then skips town, right?
411
00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:38,272
Then he has his buddy Corporal Merrill
come along and torch the evidence.
412
00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:40,556
That's how it happened.
It's pretty simple.
413
00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:44,270
It's really just detective work,
connecting the dots.
414
00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:47,759
Hey, boss. I was just--
The director wanted-- She wanted--
415
00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:49,997
- With me.
- Okay.
416
00:24:12,360 --> 00:24:14,158
Dramatic,
417
00:24:14,320 --> 00:24:17,915
but duly noted, Agent Gibbs. I get it.
418
00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:27,796
TONY:lt wasn't the way it looked, boss.
- I know.
419
00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:29,991
Director kind of suckered me
into that deal.
420
00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:31,833
GIBBS: Ziva caved first.
- I didn't cave in.
421
00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:33,195
- I was trying--
GIBBS: McGee next.
422
00:24:33,360 --> 00:24:34,714
McGEE:
Yeah, but, it wasn't what it--
423
00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:37,918
And my loyal Saint Bernard
held out till last.
424
00:24:38,120 --> 00:24:40,680
- Well, I--
- Probably all of 30 seconds.
425
00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:43,235
So, what is my team--?
426
00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:45,038
- Can I call you my team?
ZIVA: Of course.
427
00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:46,395
TONY: Yes.
McGEE: We're your team.
428
00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:48,312
- What are you gonna do now?
ZIVA: I think--
429
00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:50,835
TONY: We could--
- Just solve the case!
430
00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:53,350
- Tony, you impound--
TONY: Impound Danforth's car.
431
00:24:53,520 --> 00:24:55,352
See if it hit anything
besides the tree.
432
00:24:55,520 --> 00:24:58,194
- Then you and McGee--
- Go to the original crash site.
433
00:24:58,400 --> 00:25:01,040
McGee, I want an agent standing by
Rebecca Crawford's room to get--
434
00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:03,555
A statement the second she wakes up,
boss. You got it.
435
00:25:04,360 --> 00:25:08,194
- And I'm with you, yes?
- I don't know, Ziva.
436
00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:12,071
- Are you?
- Definitely.
437
00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:22,312
MERRILL: The improvised
explosive device, gentlemen.
438
00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:26,110
The weapon of choice in Iraq
and Afghanistan.
439
00:25:26,360 --> 00:25:29,352
Problem is spotting them
when they look something like this.
440
00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:32,678
Now, these are just a few of the IED
configurations I encountered
441
00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:34,473
on my last pump in Iraq.
442
00:25:34,640 --> 00:25:37,109
Today, I'm gonna teach you
how to locate,
443
00:25:37,280 --> 00:25:40,750
disarm or, if need be,
blow them all in place.
444
00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:45,510
Corporal, you've got it. Take it over.
They're yours.
445
00:25:45,680 --> 00:25:48,832
CORPORAL: Gentlemen, you heard
Corporal Merrill. Give me a huddle.
446
00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:52,639
[STUTTERING]
Uh, can I help you, sir?
447
00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:55,354
Did you know that lying
to a federal investigator is a crime?
448
00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:57,393
I didn't lie.
449
00:25:57,560 --> 00:25:59,517
What was the fight
in the Gold Monkey about?
450
00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:03,278
Billy was drunk, sir.
451
00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:07,752
I tried to take his car keys away
and he started swinging.
452
00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:10,600
I guess I didn't try hard enough.
453
00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:13,274
You told me you placed him
inside the car.
454
00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:14,669
I did.
455
00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:20,034
Billy must have made Becca pull over.
I should have--
456
00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:22,794
You should have taken him home
yourself.
457
00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:27,716
Yeah. Billy's dead because of me.
458
00:26:27,880 --> 00:26:29,029
Are you sure he's dead?
459
00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:34,314
The burned body
isn't Lance Corporal Danforth.
460
00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:38,040
[CAMERA CLICKING]
461
00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:40,595
McGEE: Enough. You know
I'm not the type to kiss and tell.
462
00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:43,360
TONY: Kiss?
I heard from a reliable source
463
00:26:43,520 --> 00:26:46,638
that you were out with Agent Larsen
last night till about 2 a.m.
464
00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:48,670
Who told you that?
465
00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:53,473
TONY: I have information you want,
you have information I want.
466
00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:57,310
- Shall we dance?
- Forget it.
467
00:26:57,480 --> 00:26:59,278
Real men always kiss and tell.
468
00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:00,589
[CAMERA CLICKS]
469
00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:05,280
Okay, so, what are we looking for
that the cops didn't already find?
470
00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:06,993
They thought it was an accident.
471
00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:13,509
But they were not using the honed eye
of a highly trained federal agent.
472
00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:17,991
Probie, bring one of those numbers.
473
00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:32,839
- Prescription bottle of ibuprofen.
- Grunt candy, a Marine's best friend.
474
00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:35,156
Must have been thrown
from Danforth's car.
475
00:27:35,360 --> 00:27:38,671
- So?
- So it belonged to Corporal Merrill.
476
00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:40,515
And there's blood on it.
477
00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:45,311
- Come on. Say it.
ZIVA: Say what?
478
00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:49,912
"You were right, Tony."
You'll be the bigger woman for it.
479
00:27:50,080 --> 00:27:51,991
I'll just have to content myself
being the--
480
00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:55,477
- Well, the righter one.
- Woman?
481
00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:59,033
You know what I mean.
I found Merrill's scrip at the scene
482
00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:00,873
which means they were
in it together.
483
00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:04,715
And the DiNozzo body-swap theory
takes the lead.
484
00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:07,110
What if he dropped it
while killing Danforth?
485
00:28:07,280 --> 00:28:09,635
Abby found Danforth's blood
all over the windshield and hood.
486
00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:12,553
So much for your body-swap theory,
Tony.
487
00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:16,670
I've seen more than a few people
survive the windshield taste test, Ziva.
488
00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:19,912
Give it up, Tony. You said Merrill
was the Forrest Gump of explosives.
489
00:28:20,080 --> 00:28:22,549
Who else had the equipment and
expertise to blow up the ambulance?
490
00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:26,549
- Ziva's right. Bring him in.
- Feeling pretty smug, aren't you?
491
00:28:27,760 --> 00:28:30,593
Oh, yes, very.
492
00:28:36,280 --> 00:28:38,351
So, what's bugging
that famous gut now?
493
00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:42,434
Yes, you're that easy to read.
494
00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:46,758
I learned how to speak "Gibbs"
a long time ago.
495
00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:49,116
- You going to Abby's lab or Autopsy?
- Abby's.
496
00:28:49,280 --> 00:28:50,600
Not to work my case.
497
00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:54,759
I have the right to dig into
any NCIS investigation that I want to.
498
00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:59,397
Not mine, unless you want me
behind your desk again.
499
00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:02,639
Of course,
500
00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:06,194
you could just observe
and keep quiet.
501
00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:08,633
Fine.
502
00:29:11,280 --> 00:29:15,114
As you know, this is the only piece
of the trigger that I found.
503
00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:20,914
I'm not really here.
504
00:29:21,080 --> 00:29:22,479
Do you know how long
I've been waiting
505
00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:24,233
to cross over
into an alternate dimension?
506
00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:27,597
Well, you're still here, Abs, for now.
What is this?
507
00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:29,916
That's laminated-paper substrate,
boss,
508
00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:32,157
found in any number
of electronic devices.
509
00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:34,630
Unfortunately, I couldn't find a trace
of a single one.
510
00:29:34,800 --> 00:29:38,794
But then, I was surfing around
on my favourite origami web ring,
511
00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:40,479
and it hit me:
512
00:29:41,200 --> 00:29:44,477
Origami,
the ancient art of paper folding.
513
00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:47,314
Maybe the laminate substrate
was the trigger.
514
00:29:47,480 --> 00:29:49,471
You're telling me
Merrill folded himself a bomb?
515
00:29:49,680 --> 00:29:51,830
No, that's impossible.
It came pre-folded.
516
00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:54,150
McGEE: You see, several
companies have been exploring
517
00:29:54,840 --> 00:29:59,118
the use of paper circuit boards
for disposable products.
518
00:29:59,320 --> 00:30:01,470
Metallic ink is printed
on laminated paper
519
00:30:01,680 --> 00:30:03,353
and then folded
into the desired shape.
520
00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:06,512
I coated our burned substrate
with a metallic iron particulate.
521
00:30:06,680 --> 00:30:09,399
Which would attach to any
residual metallic ink still present.
522
00:30:09,640 --> 00:30:11,358
And then I ran the whole thing
through an x-ray
523
00:30:11,520 --> 00:30:14,034
to pick up on any latent patterns.
524
00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:18,032
Voilå. You're looking at
a partial circuit board
525
00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:19,793
for a disposable cell phone.
526
00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:21,354
Any chance we could read the--?
527
00:30:23,160 --> 00:30:25,390
Any chance we could read the--
528
00:30:27,840 --> 00:30:29,353
Call log.
529
00:30:29,520 --> 00:30:31,158
--Call logs?
530
00:30:31,360 --> 00:30:35,319
I'd have a better chance of getting
McGee to wear a Speedo to church.
531
00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:37,200
But I was able to pull a list
532
00:30:37,360 --> 00:30:40,318
of all the incoming calls
to the hospital's cell zone.
533
00:30:40,560 --> 00:30:43,279
Only three came in
immediately prior to the explosion.
534
00:30:43,880 --> 00:30:47,555
One of them was the triggering call,
Corporal Kenneth Merrill.
535
00:30:50,800 --> 00:30:51,995
[HEART MONITOR BEEPING]
536
00:31:00,080 --> 00:31:01,912
- I appreciate you meeting me, Bill.
BILL: Sure.
537
00:31:02,080 --> 00:31:04,913
- How's she doing?
- She's stable. Still in a coma.
538
00:31:05,080 --> 00:31:07,230
BILL:
Are you waiting to question her?
539
00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:11,233
Listen, the fire wasn't an accident.
540
00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:14,594
How well do you know
Corporal Kenneth Merrill?
541
00:31:14,760 --> 00:31:17,991
Kenny? He's like a son to me.
542
00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:19,275
- It wasn't an accident?
- No.
543
00:31:19,480 --> 00:31:21,676
The van was rigged to explode.
544
00:31:21,840 --> 00:31:23,717
Because Kenny defused IEDs
in Iraq,
545
00:31:23,880 --> 00:31:26,190
you think he had something
to do with this?
546
00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:28,789
No. Impossible.
547
00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:32,278
Mother told me that Rebecca
used to be Kenny's girlfriend.
548
00:31:32,480 --> 00:31:33,595
When they were children.
549
00:31:33,760 --> 00:31:35,717
They've been best friends
since elementary school.
550
00:31:35,920 --> 00:31:38,753
Night of your son's accident,
he was also in a fight.
551
00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:44,753
My son liked to drink,
sometimes in excess.
552
00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:48,631
Kenny was just trying to stop him
from driving home drunk.
553
00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:51,309
Kenny had nothing to do with this,
Jethro.
554
00:31:53,440 --> 00:31:55,795
It looks like the call
that triggered the fire
555
00:31:55,960 --> 00:31:57,439
came from Kenny's cell phone.
556
00:31:58,600 --> 00:31:59,749
What time was that?
557
00:31:59,960 --> 00:32:02,520
- 0900 about.
- No, wasn't Kenny.
558
00:32:02,680 --> 00:32:04,114
He was with my wife and I from--
559
00:32:04,280 --> 00:32:05,350
[CELL PHONE RINGING]
560
00:32:05,520 --> 00:32:09,957
I don't know, since before dawn
up until at least noon.
561
00:32:11,080 --> 00:32:12,115
Yeah, Gibbs.
562
00:32:12,320 --> 00:32:14,231
TONY: Hey, boss,
Corporal Merrill's disappeared.
563
00:32:17,560 --> 00:32:20,757
- Was that about my son?
- No. Corporal Merrill.
564
00:32:21,480 --> 00:32:25,155
After I questioned him, he walked
out of the class he was teaching.
565
00:32:25,800 --> 00:32:27,313
No one's seen him since.
566
00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:54,118
I don't recall ordering room service.
567
00:32:57,560 --> 00:33:00,074
Is that steak au poivre?
568
00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:03,236
And frisée salad?
569
00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:10,837
You know, the last time
we had steak au poivre,
570
00:33:11,040 --> 00:33:12,792
six people died.
571
00:33:14,440 --> 00:33:16,750
What is this meal gonna cost me?
572
00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:21,431
Can't a guy just sit down
and have a bite with his old partner?
573
00:33:21,640 --> 00:33:25,270
Old partner?
Must be worse than I thought.
574
00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:36,356
How'd it go with Danforth
at the hospital today?
575
00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:40,315
It went okay,
if you're Corporal Merrill.
576
00:33:40,480 --> 00:33:44,360
Danforth gave an alibi
for the day of the explosion.
577
00:33:46,360 --> 00:33:48,351
I assume you didn't believe him.
578
00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:51,752
Why is that?
579
00:33:51,960 --> 00:33:54,873
Because I wouldn't be eating
steak au poivre right now if you did.
580
00:33:58,000 --> 00:34:01,675
If Danforth's covering for Merrill,
581
00:34:02,720 --> 00:34:05,519
he has to believe
Merrill didn't kill his son.
582
00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:07,273
The only way he can know that
for sure is--
583
00:34:07,480 --> 00:34:08,959
If the kid is still alive.
584
00:34:12,200 --> 00:34:14,555
But you don't believe that either.
585
00:34:17,040 --> 00:34:19,634
The alibi was B.S.
586
00:34:20,440 --> 00:34:21,635
The grief was real.
587
00:34:23,160 --> 00:34:24,833
You sure
Danforth wasn't playing you?
588
00:34:26,160 --> 00:34:30,040
Sorry. That still doesn't mean
the son's dead.
589
00:34:30,920 --> 00:34:34,197
There was an accident.
He could be hurt.
590
00:34:34,400 --> 00:34:36,789
Could be recovering
in a private hospital somewhere.
591
00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:39,150
Wouldn't be the first time
a parent with means
592
00:34:39,320 --> 00:34:42,119
used them to keep a child
out of trouble.
593
00:34:43,200 --> 00:34:45,316
- You gonna eat that aspara--?
- Hey.
594
00:34:50,520 --> 00:34:52,431
Thank you.
595
00:34:54,360 --> 00:34:56,476
There is another possibility.
596
00:34:57,480 --> 00:35:00,120
If Danforth is grieving for his son,
597
00:35:01,040 --> 00:35:03,475
then he's only covering
for Merrill because--
598
00:35:03,640 --> 00:35:06,473
He refuses to believe
that Merrill attempted to kill him.
599
00:35:09,880 --> 00:35:11,314
Let's hope he's not wrong.
600
00:35:13,600 --> 00:35:16,877
Either way, however it went down,
601
00:35:17,040 --> 00:35:21,193
Jethro, you find Merrill,
and you'll find Danforth Jr.
602
00:35:24,320 --> 00:35:27,153
- Merrill, M-E-R-R--
WOMAN [ON PHONE]: Say again?
603
00:35:27,360 --> 00:35:29,397
R-R, like Ricky Ricardo.
604
00:35:29,600 --> 00:35:32,479
Okay, I got his ATM records,
checking for any recent activity.
605
00:35:32,640 --> 00:35:36,315
Vehicle is a tan Sierra,
license plate DPH--
606
00:35:36,480 --> 00:35:38,676
Ricky Ricardo, you know,
from I Love Lucy.
607
00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:41,434
No withdrawals in the last two weeks.
Credit-card records coming up.
608
00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:44,433
Tan. If I meant burnt umber,
I would have said burnt umber.
609
00:35:44,600 --> 00:35:45,954
Get-- Whatever it is.
610
00:35:46,160 --> 00:35:49,551
Ricky Ricardo, you know,
"You got some explaining to do, Lucy."
611
00:35:49,720 --> 00:35:50,790
WOMAN:
Yeah, whatever. Okay.
612
00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:52,798
Hey, boss.
Just updating the BOLO on Merrill.
613
00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:55,753
And checking the DMV to see if
he's had any traffic violations recently.
614
00:35:55,960 --> 00:35:58,315
Going through his financial records
to try and pick up any leads
615
00:35:58,480 --> 00:35:59,550
off any recent purchases.
616
00:36:01,080 --> 00:36:04,152
- And?
- And we can't find him.
617
00:36:05,360 --> 00:36:07,874
Uh, but we're not gonna
give up until we do.
618
00:36:08,080 --> 00:36:09,912
Or die trying.
619
00:36:16,400 --> 00:36:19,074
Or die trying?
You had to put that in his head?
620
00:36:22,720 --> 00:36:24,040
GIBBS:
You wanted to see me, Duck?
621
00:36:24,280 --> 00:36:26,191
DUCKY: Yes, I did.
I was just about to call you.
622
00:36:26,840 --> 00:36:30,470
Small wonder DiNozzo is always
looking over his shoulder.
623
00:36:30,640 --> 00:36:33,234
I managed to put a couple of bits
together.
624
00:36:33,440 --> 00:36:35,909
- His lower canine.
- How long?
625
00:36:36,120 --> 00:36:38,111
Oh, a week, maybe longer.
626
00:36:38,320 --> 00:36:40,470
What are the odds
of this reconstruction getting us an ID?
627
00:36:40,640 --> 00:36:41,835
Exceedingly long,
628
00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:46,358
but it's the only method I have
for identifying these remains.
629
00:36:46,520 --> 00:36:47,919
Well, I've had long shots come in.
630
00:36:48,120 --> 00:36:52,114
I once wagered a 500-to-1
on the Irish sweepstakes.
631
00:36:52,320 --> 00:36:54,880
He fell at the first jump,
but then recovered.
632
00:36:55,080 --> 00:36:57,356
He fell at the second jump.
633
00:36:57,560 --> 00:36:59,836
You'll never guess
what happened next.
634
00:37:01,600 --> 00:37:02,749
[CELL PHONE RINGS]
635
00:37:02,920 --> 00:37:05,912
- Yeah, Gibbs.
ABBY: It's me, Gibbs.
636
00:37:06,160 --> 00:37:09,676
You'll never guess what I found.
Come on, Gibbs, guess.
637
00:37:11,600 --> 00:37:13,989
I ran the prints
from the bottle of ibuprofen
638
00:37:14,160 --> 00:37:16,800
that Tony found
at the Danforth accident site.
639
00:37:17,520 --> 00:37:19,318
Can I at least get a drumroll?
640
00:37:19,480 --> 00:37:20,629
Ta-da.
641
00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:23,991
- Pathetic.
- Prints?
642
00:37:24,200 --> 00:37:26,396
The prescription belonged
to Corporal Merrill.
643
00:37:26,600 --> 00:37:30,070
All of the prints on the bottle belonged
to Lance Corporal Danforth.
644
00:37:30,280 --> 00:37:33,432
So? Merrill gave Danforth
some of his grunt candy.
645
00:37:33,680 --> 00:37:36,957
It wasn't grunt candy.
The bottle was empty.
646
00:37:37,160 --> 00:37:39,720
So I swabbed it
and I ran it through the mass spec.
647
00:37:41,040 --> 00:37:44,635
- Cyclosporine, azathioprine.
- Come on, Abs, in English.
648
00:37:44,840 --> 00:37:46,638
ABBY:
They're antirejection drugs, Gibbs.
649
00:37:46,800 --> 00:37:49,713
If Danforth was taking them,
he's had a transplant.
650
00:37:49,880 --> 00:37:51,917
The DNA I ran
could be from a donor organ.
651
00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:55,312
Kind of turning me on.
652
00:37:55,880 --> 00:37:57,917
I'm gonna get another sample
from Ducky.
653
00:37:58,120 --> 00:38:02,114
This body could be
Lance Corporal Danforth.
654
00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:05,638
So urban myth.
655
00:38:05,840 --> 00:38:08,070
WOMAN:
There you go. Thanks.
656
00:38:12,080 --> 00:38:15,232
GIBBS: Hey, Bill. Called your
home, wife said you were here.
657
00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:20,674
You got bad news for me,
don't you?
658
00:38:25,520 --> 00:38:26,669
Yeah.
659
00:38:26,920 --> 00:38:28,274
[BILL SIGHS]
660
00:38:35,080 --> 00:38:37,310
Where'd your son
have his transplant?
661
00:38:39,240 --> 00:38:40,560
[SCOFFS]
662
00:38:42,880 --> 00:38:44,393
Does it matter?
663
00:38:49,400 --> 00:38:50,913
No.
664
00:38:53,400 --> 00:38:55,710
You can't stay in the corps
with a kidney transplant, Jethro.
665
00:38:55,920 --> 00:38:58,673
Who burned in the fire, Bill?
666
00:39:01,240 --> 00:39:02,913
An unclaimed body
at the hospital morgue
667
00:39:03,120 --> 00:39:05,316
scheduled for cremation.
668
00:39:06,880 --> 00:39:09,030
I made a donation,
they switched a toe tag,
669
00:39:09,280 --> 00:39:11,715
and the county saved itself
the cost of a cremation.
670
00:39:11,920 --> 00:39:14,355
- It could have killed those EMTs, Bill.
- No.
671
00:39:15,440 --> 00:39:17,795
I didn't detonate that oxygen
until they were clear.
672
00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:21,834
Why? Your son was dead.
673
00:39:22,040 --> 00:39:24,634
Corps doesn't care
if he had a transplant now.
674
00:39:29,240 --> 00:39:33,677
They were more than friends.
They were a match.
675
00:39:33,840 --> 00:39:36,559
Corporal Merrill gave your son
a kidney.
676
00:39:37,120 --> 00:39:39,191
An autopsy would reveal
the transplant.
677
00:39:39,400 --> 00:39:43,553
I was afraid that the ME would run
a DNA check on the donor organ.
678
00:39:43,760 --> 00:39:48,436
And you can't be on active duty
if you gave away a kidney.
679
00:39:49,600 --> 00:39:51,989
The corps means the world
to that boy, Jethro.
680
00:39:52,200 --> 00:39:54,794
It's his life.
And he risked everything.
681
00:39:54,960 --> 00:39:58,590
He risked it all to help out
his best friend, my son.
682
00:39:58,800 --> 00:40:00,996
- He rigged an IED to burn--
- I did that.
683
00:40:01,200 --> 00:40:03,032
- Bill.
- I'll swear I did it.
684
00:40:03,200 --> 00:40:05,191
- Kenny had nothing to do with this.
- Why'd he go UA?
685
00:40:05,360 --> 00:40:08,671
He didn't go UA,
he was at my place.
686
00:40:09,680 --> 00:40:12,115
The things that Kenny's teaching
those Marines going to Iraq
687
00:40:12,280 --> 00:40:14,317
will save their lives, Jethro.
688
00:40:15,560 --> 00:40:18,393
Come on, let me take the hit
on this one.
689
00:40:21,240 --> 00:40:23,311
Where is your son's body?
690
00:40:30,880 --> 00:40:33,076
At the hospital morgue.
691
00:40:38,280 --> 00:40:39,839
Come on.
692
00:40:42,040 --> 00:40:43,474
[SAW SCRAPING]
693
00:40:45,280 --> 00:40:49,956
I do apologize.
Usually one scraping is sufficient,
694
00:40:50,160 --> 00:40:54,393
but you are so crispy.
695
00:40:55,200 --> 00:40:59,194
Oh, that should satisfy Abby.
696
00:40:59,400 --> 00:41:02,040
Jethro, Abby told me
about the transplant
697
00:41:02,200 --> 00:41:03,713
- and her theory.
- Mm-hm.
698
00:41:03,880 --> 00:41:08,158
- Well, do you buy it?
- Well, it is possible.
699
00:41:08,400 --> 00:41:11,916
My money's on your teeth, Duck.
Get back to it.
700
00:41:12,120 --> 00:41:14,350
As soon as I give this to Abby.
701
00:41:15,280 --> 00:41:17,032
- I'll do it.
- Jethro.
702
00:41:17,240 --> 00:41:18,913
- Huh?
- I've never seen you
703
00:41:19,120 --> 00:41:20,872
break evidence protocol before.
704
00:41:22,160 --> 00:41:23,798
You don't trust me, Duck?
705
00:41:24,040 --> 00:41:27,032
Well, that's not the point.
Chain of evidence is chain of evidence.
706
00:41:27,200 --> 00:41:31,478
You're right about that.
I'd slap DiNozzo silly if he did it.
707
00:41:31,680 --> 00:41:34,149
Jethro, you surprise me.
708
00:41:34,800 --> 00:41:37,155
Must be getting old.
709
00:41:56,720 --> 00:41:58,438
God.
710
00:41:59,360 --> 00:42:00,794
[COMPUTER BEEPING]
711
00:42:00,960 --> 00:42:03,076
Yes! Yes!
712
00:42:03,280 --> 00:42:05,317
- Yes!
DUCKY: That is incredible.
713
00:42:06,560 --> 00:42:07,789
No need for a dental match now.
714
00:42:08,040 --> 00:42:14,036
The odds on getting donor DNA
from Danforth's body are astronomical.
715
00:42:14,240 --> 00:42:20,077
Alabama, 1954, a 9-pound meteorite
hits Annie Hodges.
716
00:42:20,240 --> 00:42:24,438
The odds of getting hit by a meteorite,
astronomical-- No pun intended.
717
00:42:24,640 --> 00:42:28,156
--But it happens. And I'm gonna
be published again. Yes.
718
00:42:28,320 --> 00:42:30,038
TONY: Peachy for you,
but we lost our victim.
719
00:42:30,200 --> 00:42:31,679
- Our suspect.
McGEE: Our theories.
720
00:42:31,840 --> 00:42:36,596
We've been barking up the wrong tree
the entire investigation.
721
00:42:36,760 --> 00:42:38,319
- Bush.
ZIVA: Sorry, bush.
722
00:42:38,480 --> 00:42:42,678
We've been barking up
the wrong bush.
723
00:42:43,280 --> 00:42:46,716
Tree. So who torched the ambulance
and why?
724
00:42:48,240 --> 00:42:49,913
Don't look at me.
725
00:42:53,840 --> 00:42:56,195
JEN: Don't tell me.
- Well, yeah.
726
00:42:56,400 --> 00:42:59,040
Abby was right.
The first test picked up donor DNA.
727
00:42:59,200 --> 00:43:01,874
Our John Doe
is Lance Corporal Danforth.
728
00:43:02,040 --> 00:43:06,352
Good. I mean, not good,
a Marine is dead,
729
00:43:06,560 --> 00:43:08,551
but good that the case
is no longer ours.
730
00:43:08,720 --> 00:43:11,109
- Mm-hm.
- I know what you're gonna say, Jethro,
731
00:43:11,280 --> 00:43:12,395
and don't.
732
00:43:12,560 --> 00:43:15,313
I want Lance Corporal Danforth's
remains returned to his father
733
00:43:15,480 --> 00:43:18,552
and I want the case turned over
to the Maryland Arson Investigators.
734
00:43:18,720 --> 00:43:21,997
That will make Mr. Danforth happy,
which will make the SECNAV happy,
735
00:43:22,200 --> 00:43:23,998
which, in turn,
will make me very happy.
736
00:43:24,200 --> 00:43:27,272
We have wasted way too many
of our resources already.
737
00:43:27,880 --> 00:43:29,678
Okay.
738
00:43:36,960 --> 00:43:38,234
[SIGHS]