1 00:00:03,629 --> 00:00:07,247 [CELLO PLAYING] 2 00:00:15,891 --> 00:00:17,882 TONY: Ow! - We're not here to eat. 3 00:00:18,060 --> 00:00:19,516 We're here to protect the director. 4 00:00:19,686 --> 00:00:22,849 Ziva, this is probably the most secure building in the whole country right now. 5 00:00:23,023 --> 00:00:26,812 CIA, DSS, ATF, FBI, the whole alphabet's here. 6 00:00:26,985 --> 00:00:31,445 Not to mention state troopers, Metro cops and NCIS' finest: 7 00:00:31,615 --> 00:00:33,105 Me. 8 00:00:34,368 --> 00:00:35,733 And you. 9 00:00:35,911 --> 00:00:37,242 But me is hungry. 10 00:00:37,412 --> 00:00:39,244 These are public servants like us. 11 00:00:39,414 --> 00:00:41,906 - This is free food. - Some are defence contractors. 12 00:00:42,084 --> 00:00:45,076 Beltway bandits who make a career of stealing from the public trough. 13 00:00:45,254 --> 00:00:47,916 - Politicians. - You ever seen a skinny politician? 14 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:51,582 Too late. Our guest of honour has just arrived. 15 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:54,343 MAN 1 : Ladies and gentlemen, the retiring secretary of defence 16 00:00:54,513 --> 00:00:56,424 of the United States of America. 17 00:00:59,101 --> 00:01:00,967 I'm gonna get something to eat. 18 00:01:05,941 --> 00:01:07,306 Director! 19 00:01:10,946 --> 00:01:12,607 MAN 2: Down here. 20 00:01:14,575 --> 00:01:16,111 [CHATTERING] 21 00:02:12,507 --> 00:02:14,544 TONY: Exactly 37 minutes. 22 00:02:14,718 --> 00:02:17,301 MAN 1 : Yeah, that'll do. MAN 2:Now, what did he say? 23 00:02:17,471 --> 00:02:19,087 Morning, Gibbs, McGee. 24 00:02:19,264 --> 00:02:22,256 - Director Shepard. - Our gatecrasher was a Marine. 25 00:02:22,434 --> 00:02:24,175 Sergeant Brian Wright. 26 00:02:24,353 --> 00:02:26,640 The hotel was in lockdown and he wasn't a registered guest. 27 00:02:26,813 --> 00:02:29,771 He took a dive from up there somewhere. 28 00:02:30,609 --> 00:02:34,273 SECDEF staff are worried that it was an attempt on the life of their boss. 29 00:02:34,446 --> 00:02:35,607 Are we worried? 30 00:02:35,781 --> 00:02:38,523 If it was an assassination attempt, he's a lousy assassin. 31 00:02:38,700 --> 00:02:41,112 He used his body as a weapon and missed by 75 feet. 32 00:02:41,286 --> 00:02:44,028 Ducky's doing preliminaries. I've got Tony liaising 33 00:02:44,206 --> 00:02:46,618 between Metro and hotel management. 34 00:02:46,792 --> 00:02:49,124 And we have a witness. Andy Nelson. 35 00:02:49,294 --> 00:02:52,286 Ziva's with him. He's an aide to a congressman. 36 00:02:52,464 --> 00:02:55,422 Nelson claims he was attacked by the deceased on the sixth floor, 37 00:02:55,592 --> 00:02:57,924 - just before the incident. GIBBS: Do you believe him? 38 00:02:58,095 --> 00:03:00,632 He works for a politician. What do you think? 39 00:03:00,806 --> 00:03:04,140 I'm officially handing over. I've got my own fires to put out. 40 00:03:04,309 --> 00:03:06,971 This happened in our back yard. It's making a lot of people nervous. 41 00:03:07,145 --> 00:03:10,479 I'd appreciate a quick result on this one. 42 00:03:12,401 --> 00:03:16,110 The question is, did he jump or was he pushed? 43 00:03:16,655 --> 00:03:19,147 Guess that's what we're here to find out. 44 00:03:19,866 --> 00:03:21,277 Go. 45 00:03:24,538 --> 00:03:26,245 Enough. It's okay. 46 00:03:27,833 --> 00:03:31,201 ZIVA: Mr. Nelson has been explaining how he got injured. 47 00:03:33,004 --> 00:03:34,290 He just came at me. 48 00:03:34,464 --> 00:03:37,001 He hit me, I fell down and he ran away. 49 00:03:37,175 --> 00:03:39,883 - Did you see him fall? - I just got out of there. 50 00:03:40,053 --> 00:03:42,841 I was down in the lobby to report it when he fell. 51 00:03:43,014 --> 00:03:44,345 Why were you on the sixth floor? 52 00:03:44,516 --> 00:03:46,803 I was delivering a briefing paper to a defence contractor 53 00:03:46,977 --> 00:03:48,718 in one of the suites. 54 00:03:48,895 --> 00:03:50,511 Norforce Systems. 55 00:03:50,689 --> 00:03:52,600 I was walking towards the elevator. 56 00:03:52,774 --> 00:03:54,139 You seen him before? 57 00:03:54,317 --> 00:03:56,354 Every day. 58 00:03:56,528 --> 00:03:57,643 Congressman Getz. 59 00:03:59,531 --> 00:04:04,025 Well, not the deceased, just sad souls like him. 60 00:04:04,202 --> 00:04:06,990 - The homeless. - Unconfirmed. 61 00:04:07,164 --> 00:04:10,407 And a war veteran, or we'd be talking to Metro Police 62 00:04:10,584 --> 00:04:13,042 and not NCIS, Agent...? 63 00:04:13,211 --> 00:04:16,203 Special Agent Gibbs. And he was a Marine. 64 00:04:17,549 --> 00:04:21,383 We need to do more to help the ones who come back broken. 65 00:04:21,553 --> 00:04:23,419 Yes, you do. 66 00:04:25,474 --> 00:04:27,761 Let's get that x-rayed, Andy. 67 00:04:27,934 --> 00:04:29,675 Unless Agent Gibbs has more questions 68 00:04:29,853 --> 00:04:31,810 about this unfortunate incident. 69 00:04:37,027 --> 00:04:38,517 ZIVA: Did I just miss something? 70 00:04:39,738 --> 00:04:44,323 The congressman thinks our Marine was crazy and jumped. 71 00:04:44,910 --> 00:04:46,742 GIBBS: DiNozzo? - Boss? 72 00:04:46,912 --> 00:04:49,745 - Stop eating the evidence. - Right, boss. 73 00:04:50,081 --> 00:04:51,242 GIBBS: Got preliminaries? 74 00:04:51,416 --> 00:04:53,748 I find the ones who fall are the saddest. 75 00:04:53,919 --> 00:04:57,162 Such a long last moment to contemplate one's end. 76 00:04:57,339 --> 00:04:59,876 And no chance to change one's mind. 77 00:05:00,050 --> 00:05:02,257 Well, the injuries are consistent with a fall. 78 00:05:02,886 --> 00:05:06,345 But scraped knuckles, possibly in a fight 79 00:05:06,515 --> 00:05:07,846 before he went over the edge. 80 00:05:08,016 --> 00:05:12,726 Missing a shoe, no wallet, although he had some dollars in his pocket. 81 00:05:12,896 --> 00:05:16,105 And a begging note asking for help. 82 00:05:16,274 --> 00:05:20,359 The only real surprise is this. 83 00:05:22,113 --> 00:05:24,195 Bronze Star, for valour. 84 00:05:24,366 --> 00:05:25,447 GIBBS: And a Purple Heart. 85 00:05:25,617 --> 00:05:27,449 And two Marine stars. 86 00:05:27,619 --> 00:05:30,031 That means he was wounded three times in battle. 87 00:05:30,205 --> 00:05:34,244 I can't tell you why he died, but I can perhaps tell you how he lived. 88 00:05:34,835 --> 00:05:36,417 The man was a hero. 89 00:05:36,586 --> 00:05:38,497 [PHONE RINGS] 90 00:05:39,381 --> 00:05:41,918 - Yeah, Gibbs. McGEE: Hey, boss. 91 00:05:42,300 --> 00:05:44,132 Looks like this is where he launched. 92 00:05:44,302 --> 00:05:45,463 Shoe must have come off 93 00:05:45,637 --> 00:05:48,129 - when he went over the side. - Okay. 94 00:05:48,306 --> 00:05:50,673 Nelson said he was back downstairs when Wright fell. 95 00:05:50,851 --> 00:05:53,138 The question is, what was Sergeant Wright doing? 96 00:05:53,311 --> 00:05:54,767 Deciding whether to jump. 97 00:05:54,938 --> 00:05:56,804 - Photographs? - Got it. 98 00:05:56,982 --> 00:05:58,643 GIBBS: DiNozzo. 99 00:05:59,317 --> 00:06:00,978 The stairs. 100 00:06:02,737 --> 00:06:04,444 Maybe the congressman was right. 101 00:06:04,614 --> 00:06:06,730 Maybe Sergeant Wright was crazy and jumped. 102 00:06:06,908 --> 00:06:11,653 Or the director was right. Politicians lie. 103 00:06:12,163 --> 00:06:14,495 McGEE:And we will need a copy of his medical records. 104 00:06:16,001 --> 00:06:19,335 ZIVA: You're disgusting. How can you eat that? 105 00:06:19,504 --> 00:06:23,168 You see, Ziva, the human body is a finely tuned engine. 106 00:06:23,341 --> 00:06:25,503 None more finely tuned than mine. 107 00:06:26,469 --> 00:06:28,756 Even the best engine needs oil. 108 00:06:28,930 --> 00:06:30,466 GIBBS: DiNozzo. 109 00:06:31,933 --> 00:06:33,674 Boss? 110 00:06:33,852 --> 00:06:36,310 Anything from the hotel registry? 111 00:06:41,776 --> 00:06:45,189 Seven hundred and two names, none of them Sergeant Wright. 112 00:06:45,363 --> 00:06:48,105 - Ziva, the congressman's aide. - Single, no criminal record. 113 00:06:48,283 --> 00:06:50,695 He worked for the congressman for the past seven years 114 00:06:50,869 --> 00:06:52,485 and according to Norforce Systems, 115 00:06:52,662 --> 00:06:54,448 a briefing paper from the congressman's office 116 00:06:54,623 --> 00:06:58,207 was delivered to their suite, but they can't put a time on it. 117 00:06:58,376 --> 00:07:01,494 McGEE: Boss, I just got off the phone with Wright's doctor in Bethesda. 118 00:07:01,671 --> 00:07:03,287 Wright did two tours in Iraq. 119 00:07:03,465 --> 00:07:05,456 He was wounded three times. Last time was the worst. 120 00:07:05,634 --> 00:07:09,468 His Humvee was hit by an IED. Suffered shrapnel wounds to the head. 121 00:07:09,638 --> 00:07:11,470 He's been on medical leave for four months, 122 00:07:11,640 --> 00:07:13,222 but according to the hospital records, 123 00:07:13,391 --> 00:07:15,382 he's missed his last three weekly appointments. 124 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:18,393 - No one noticed? - Said he fell through the cracks. 125 00:07:18,563 --> 00:07:20,770 - Family? - Divorced. No kids. 126 00:07:20,941 --> 00:07:25,060 His doctor said he stayed with friends at hostels. Sometimes on the street. 127 00:07:25,236 --> 00:07:27,318 - What kind of doctor? McGEE: Psychiatrist. 128 00:07:27,489 --> 00:07:29,605 ZIVA: Treated for? - Depression. 129 00:07:29,783 --> 00:07:31,569 TONY: Some way to treat a war hero. 130 00:07:31,743 --> 00:07:33,484 I thought Marines looked after their own. 131 00:07:33,912 --> 00:07:36,654 ZIVA: How does a homeless man get past the security agents, 132 00:07:36,831 --> 00:07:39,994 Iocal cops, hotel staff, into a locked-down building? 133 00:07:44,089 --> 00:07:46,751 Well, maybe he was already there. 134 00:07:53,056 --> 00:07:54,421 GIBBS: Luis Romero. 135 00:07:54,933 --> 00:07:56,344 ROMERO: Yeah. 136 00:07:56,518 --> 00:07:58,509 Special Agent Gibbs, NCIS. 137 00:07:58,687 --> 00:08:01,270 - Is this about the jumper? - So you saw him jump? 138 00:08:01,439 --> 00:08:02,679 No. 139 00:08:02,857 --> 00:08:04,768 - But you saw him. - No. 140 00:08:04,943 --> 00:08:08,277 Corporal Luis Romero, United States Marine Corps. 141 00:08:08,446 --> 00:08:12,110 One tour, Afghanistan. Honourable discharge 18 months ago. 142 00:08:12,283 --> 00:08:14,399 Since then, hotel maintenance supervisor. 143 00:08:14,577 --> 00:08:16,488 So I'm a former Marine. 144 00:08:16,663 --> 00:08:18,779 - Lot of guys are. - Not at this hotel. 145 00:08:18,957 --> 00:08:22,871 We look after our own, don't we, Luis? 146 00:08:26,047 --> 00:08:29,165 All right. We served in the same unit three years ago. 147 00:08:29,342 --> 00:08:31,800 - He didn't have a place to sleep. McGEE: So where did you put him? 148 00:08:31,970 --> 00:08:33,802 ROMERO: We always got a couple rooms for maintenance. 149 00:08:33,972 --> 00:08:36,134 - Didn't see any harm. - How long had he been here? 150 00:08:36,307 --> 00:08:38,969 Couple times a week for the last month. 151 00:08:40,729 --> 00:08:44,142 Didn't cause any trouble. Semper fi, you know? 152 00:08:45,608 --> 00:08:47,394 Show us the room. 153 00:08:52,991 --> 00:08:54,982 Wait at the door, please. 154 00:08:56,661 --> 00:08:59,323 - Anyone else been in here? - No, just him. 155 00:09:06,421 --> 00:09:09,004 WOMAN [OVER RADIO]: Luis, Luis. 156 00:09:09,966 --> 00:09:11,081 Yeah. 157 00:09:11,259 --> 00:09:12,875 [WOMAN SPEAKING IN SPANISH OVER RADIO] 158 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:16,007 Um, something's happened. 159 00:09:22,312 --> 00:09:25,179 [SPEAKING IN SPANISH] 160 00:09:40,497 --> 00:09:44,035 I understand, chief, but we believe the two cases are linked. 161 00:09:44,209 --> 00:09:45,699 MAN [OVER PHONE]: Does NCIS have any proof? 162 00:09:45,877 --> 00:09:48,539 JEN: No, not yet. We're still collecting evidence. 163 00:09:48,713 --> 00:09:49,794 They'll send us a report? 164 00:09:49,964 --> 00:09:52,126 - Yes, absolutely. - Okay. 165 00:09:52,300 --> 00:09:55,793 And if anything changes, we will hand over everything we have. 166 00:09:56,262 --> 00:09:59,004 So if you can't tie them together, you'll turn it over to my people? 167 00:09:59,182 --> 00:10:03,346 That's right. And cause of death hasn't been determined yet either. 168 00:10:03,520 --> 00:10:06,057 - Fair enough. Let me know. - Thank you, chief. 169 00:10:06,231 --> 00:10:07,847 - I will. - Thank you. 170 00:10:08,900 --> 00:10:11,232 - You get all that, Jethro? - Got it. 171 00:10:11,402 --> 00:10:14,690 - Metro Police will wanna see results. - Add them to the list. 172 00:10:14,864 --> 00:10:17,481 It's a long list. And it's getting longer. 173 00:10:17,659 --> 00:10:19,491 Working on it. 174 00:10:19,661 --> 00:10:22,073 ZIVA: There's something on her cheek. 175 00:10:22,914 --> 00:10:24,370 Looks like saliva. 176 00:10:24,541 --> 00:10:25,906 Kiss and kill. 177 00:10:26,084 --> 00:10:28,246 Well, no bag. Maybe the killer took it. 178 00:10:28,419 --> 00:10:31,753 - Maybe she just didn't have a bag. - Every woman has a bag. 179 00:10:31,923 --> 00:10:35,587 - Do I have a bag, McGee? - No, but you're not a-- 180 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:40,803 Well, I mean, you're a woman. You're just-- You're not a-- 181 00:10:42,016 --> 00:10:44,053 Not a normal... 182 00:10:45,603 --> 00:10:48,812 You're right. Every woman does not have a bag. 183 00:10:50,441 --> 00:10:52,682 GIBBS: How old? - No ID, no pocketbook. 184 00:10:52,861 --> 00:10:55,273 And no bag, either. 185 00:10:55,446 --> 00:10:57,403 The room was booked to Michael Lo. 186 00:10:57,574 --> 00:11:00,066 - Sounds Asian. TONY: Single occupancy. 187 00:11:00,660 --> 00:11:03,823 - Room was paid for, cash in advance. - Sounds fake. 188 00:11:03,997 --> 00:11:06,864 They're gonna review the security tapes and send us what they got. 189 00:11:09,002 --> 00:11:10,083 McGEE: Boss? 190 00:11:16,801 --> 00:11:20,260 Mr. Romero...recognise this? 191 00:11:20,430 --> 00:11:23,092 It's a keycard I gave Sergeant Wright. 192 00:11:23,266 --> 00:11:25,974 It's a master key. It opens up every room in the hotel. 193 00:11:37,280 --> 00:11:38,987 ZIVA: You okay? 194 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:42,282 - Never better. - You look run over. 195 00:11:42,452 --> 00:11:44,568 The term is rundown. 196 00:11:44,746 --> 00:11:45,827 I do? 197 00:11:48,333 --> 00:11:49,994 Maybe you need servicing. 198 00:11:50,376 --> 00:11:51,832 Clearly, we're still having problems 199 00:11:52,003 --> 00:11:54,290 with the idiosyncrasies of the English language. 200 00:11:54,464 --> 00:11:57,877 The "finely tuned engine," I think you called it. 201 00:11:58,885 --> 00:12:00,876 You should see a doctor. 202 00:12:01,930 --> 00:12:03,512 [PHONE RINGING] 203 00:12:12,690 --> 00:12:14,055 Hello? 204 00:12:14,234 --> 00:12:15,850 Hi. 205 00:12:16,486 --> 00:12:18,022 Yeah. 206 00:12:18,196 --> 00:12:20,528 No, it's not a bad time. 207 00:12:20,698 --> 00:12:22,530 This afternoon would be great. 208 00:12:23,034 --> 00:12:25,071 Well, I will see you then. 209 00:12:26,037 --> 00:12:28,028 Okay, bye. 210 00:12:30,583 --> 00:12:32,119 Two cell phones, huh? 211 00:12:32,293 --> 00:12:34,534 Uh, one for each ear. 212 00:12:36,130 --> 00:12:40,374 No, it's a spare. This one has sort of been on the fritz. 213 00:12:41,094 --> 00:12:43,586 That's another word you probably don't know the meaning of. 214 00:12:43,763 --> 00:12:46,221 - Act up? - I'm impressed. 215 00:12:47,058 --> 00:12:48,548 All right. 216 00:12:49,394 --> 00:12:51,260 I'm heading out. 217 00:12:52,647 --> 00:12:55,560 To go to see the doctor about being run-over. 218 00:12:55,733 --> 00:12:56,973 Down. 219 00:12:57,151 --> 00:12:59,108 Don't forget "fritz." 220 00:13:04,534 --> 00:13:06,400 Oh! 221 00:13:09,706 --> 00:13:12,243 ABBY: Fingerprints solve ten times more cases than DNA. 222 00:13:12,625 --> 00:13:14,491 Did you know that, McGee? 223 00:13:14,669 --> 00:13:16,376 Yeah, I told you. 224 00:13:16,546 --> 00:13:18,162 - You did? - Yeah. 225 00:13:18,339 --> 00:13:20,000 You did. 226 00:13:20,174 --> 00:13:23,917 You gotta love fingerprints. Especially this one from the keycard. 227 00:13:24,095 --> 00:13:27,087 Pristine index with an almost-perfect whorl. 228 00:13:27,265 --> 00:13:30,508 And three-- I mean, count them. Three, McGee. 229 00:13:30,685 --> 00:13:34,098 --Equally spaced deltas. It's a work of art. 230 00:13:34,272 --> 00:13:35,683 Then we have the short and curlies. 231 00:13:36,190 --> 00:13:39,103 The hair. There's no follicle and no DNA. 232 00:13:39,277 --> 00:13:41,735 So I'm checking it for drug history. 233 00:13:41,904 --> 00:13:45,898 If it is Sergeant Wright's, considering his extensive medical records, 234 00:13:46,075 --> 00:13:48,442 this should read like a drugstore inventory. 235 00:13:49,620 --> 00:13:51,952 And if it doesn't, he ain't our man. 236 00:13:55,752 --> 00:13:58,961 - What price valour? - Eighteen bucks. For real. 237 00:13:59,130 --> 00:14:02,543 I looked it up on eBay. Bronze Star, 18 bucks. 238 00:14:02,717 --> 00:14:05,129 No wonder he got depressed and started living on the streets. 239 00:14:06,137 --> 00:14:08,344 And begging. One minute you're a hero, 240 00:14:08,514 --> 00:14:10,255 - the next you're a-- - Suspect. 241 00:14:10,433 --> 00:14:12,765 But don't give up on him yet, McGee. 242 00:14:16,356 --> 00:14:17,767 Nope. 243 00:14:19,317 --> 00:14:20,478 Where's Gibbs? 244 00:14:22,153 --> 00:14:23,769 What am I looking at? 245 00:14:23,946 --> 00:14:26,108 - Nothing. - Nothing? 246 00:14:26,282 --> 00:14:29,400 - Nothing's good, right? - Oh, yeah. Nothing is very good. 247 00:14:29,577 --> 00:14:31,318 If this was Wright's hair, 248 00:14:31,496 --> 00:14:33,954 it would be like looking into a window of his drug history. 249 00:14:34,123 --> 00:14:37,036 - But all this shows is-- GIBBS: Unknown trace elements. 250 00:14:37,210 --> 00:14:39,497 Too minute to be picked up by the mass spec equipment. 251 00:14:39,670 --> 00:14:40,956 So it's probably not Wright's. 252 00:14:41,130 --> 00:14:42,837 McGEE: But we can't be sure they're not there 253 00:14:43,007 --> 00:14:44,168 unless we get a better microscope. 254 00:14:44,342 --> 00:14:46,299 We're talking nanoparticles here, Gibbs. 255 00:14:46,469 --> 00:14:49,086 - We need a-- - An infrared microspectroscopy unit. 256 00:14:49,263 --> 00:14:51,345 It's the only thing that gets down to the nano-level. 257 00:14:51,516 --> 00:14:54,508 - Okay, get one. - They cost about a hundred grand. 258 00:14:54,685 --> 00:14:57,017 - Yeah, so? JEN: So it's not in the budget. 259 00:14:57,188 --> 00:15:00,055 - Maybe next year. - She needs one now. 260 00:15:00,233 --> 00:15:01,940 Sorry. 261 00:15:02,777 --> 00:15:03,983 I could haggle. 262 00:15:04,153 --> 00:15:05,860 My Uncle Horace, he was a great haggler. 263 00:15:06,030 --> 00:15:08,522 They used to call him Horace the Haggler. 264 00:15:10,868 --> 00:15:12,905 Or I could borrow one. 265 00:15:14,997 --> 00:15:16,829 I'll try and borrow one then. 266 00:15:16,999 --> 00:15:18,114 [COMPUTER BEEPS] 267 00:15:18,292 --> 00:15:20,704 It's the fingerprint from the keycard. 268 00:15:21,379 --> 00:15:23,871 McGEE: Oh, that's not good. It puts him in the dead girl's room. 269 00:15:24,048 --> 00:15:26,961 - Sorry, Jethro. - Find out who owns that. 270 00:15:27,135 --> 00:15:28,216 Come on. 271 00:15:28,386 --> 00:15:30,297 JEN: Don't start. Do you know how many people 272 00:15:30,471 --> 00:15:32,132 - want money from me? GIBBS: Did I say anything? 273 00:15:32,306 --> 00:15:37,051 How are you gonna get loaned an infrared microspectroscopy unit? 274 00:15:37,228 --> 00:15:39,686 Good question, McGee. 275 00:15:40,398 --> 00:15:42,014 Good question. 276 00:15:42,191 --> 00:15:45,024 JEANNE:I love window shopping. How about you? 277 00:15:45,194 --> 00:15:47,811 Oh, yeah. Me too. 278 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:51,197 Only when I'm with you. 279 00:15:51,367 --> 00:15:52,949 Cold? 280 00:15:53,494 --> 00:15:55,656 - It's invigorating. - Chilly? 281 00:15:55,830 --> 00:15:57,412 - Freezing. - Oh, poor Tony. 282 00:15:57,582 --> 00:15:59,539 I dragged you out here to go window shopping. 283 00:15:59,709 --> 00:16:02,076 Next time maybe you should choose. 284 00:16:03,045 --> 00:16:05,127 - Hot tub. - I know something else we can do 285 00:16:05,298 --> 00:16:06,754 to stay warm. 286 00:16:07,175 --> 00:16:08,791 - Really? - Mm. 287 00:16:08,968 --> 00:16:11,801 - I wonder what that could be. MAN: One cappuccino, one latte. 288 00:16:11,971 --> 00:16:13,882 - Coffee? - Mm. Dancing. 289 00:16:14,056 --> 00:16:15,512 MAN: Thank you. 290 00:16:16,058 --> 00:16:18,595 Dancing. Dancing would make you warm. 291 00:16:18,769 --> 00:16:21,306 Then tonight we dance. 292 00:16:21,481 --> 00:16:22,767 Tonight. 293 00:16:23,900 --> 00:16:26,062 Don't tell me you have to work. 294 00:16:26,777 --> 00:16:29,360 Tonight dancing, tomorrow work. 295 00:16:30,406 --> 00:16:32,568 JEANNE: You don't seem too happy about that. 296 00:16:32,742 --> 00:16:36,485 - I'm worried. - Worried about what? 297 00:16:37,163 --> 00:16:42,329 Well, we're going dancing tonight and I haven't got a thing to wear. 298 00:16:42,960 --> 00:16:45,042 Has anyone ever told you you're an idiot? 299 00:16:45,213 --> 00:16:47,921 Yeah, my boss, all the time. 300 00:16:56,807 --> 00:16:59,765 [CHATTERING] 301 00:17:13,616 --> 00:17:15,983 - Oh, I'm sorry. Excuse me. MAN: Sorry. 302 00:17:18,913 --> 00:17:20,153 Yes. 303 00:17:20,331 --> 00:17:21,787 Just leave it on the table. 304 00:17:25,795 --> 00:17:26,830 That's not juice. 305 00:17:27,004 --> 00:17:31,840 Well, the coffee bean comes from the coffee cherry. 306 00:17:32,009 --> 00:17:34,842 So that's technically a fruit. 307 00:17:35,012 --> 00:17:39,506 So the case could be made that coffee is more fruit than bean. 308 00:17:39,684 --> 00:17:42,517 It's coffee juice. Caf-Pow! 309 00:17:42,687 --> 00:17:44,303 - Caf-Pow? ABBY: Yeah. 310 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:46,642 Two words, hyphenated in the middle. 311 00:17:46,816 --> 00:17:48,022 Can I help you with something? 312 00:17:48,192 --> 00:17:54,359 I was hoping to get a demonstration of your infrared microspectroscopy unit. 313 00:17:54,532 --> 00:17:56,398 You don't work here. 314 00:17:56,576 --> 00:17:58,442 Like this place would hire me? 315 00:17:58,619 --> 00:18:00,280 Sorry. I'll set up a sample. 316 00:18:00,454 --> 00:18:02,866 No, no. I have one. 317 00:18:03,332 --> 00:18:05,323 I brought my own. 318 00:18:06,544 --> 00:18:09,502 See, I work for NCIS in D.C. 319 00:18:09,672 --> 00:18:12,460 But we don't have anything that can get down to the nanogram level, 320 00:18:12,633 --> 00:18:15,375 which I need to figure out what the hell is going on with my sample. 321 00:18:15,553 --> 00:18:17,544 You don't mind that I said "hell," do you? 322 00:18:17,722 --> 00:18:19,963 - Hell, no. - Oh, good. I mean, some people do. 323 00:18:20,141 --> 00:18:21,757 And then you get into the whole 324 00:18:21,934 --> 00:18:23,675 hell-and-death-and-dying mortality thing. 325 00:18:23,853 --> 00:18:26,390 It freaks them out. Can you help me? 326 00:18:26,897 --> 00:18:29,138 - If you wanna leave it with me-- - No, no. I can't. 327 00:18:29,317 --> 00:18:33,231 Chain of evidence. I have to do it with you. 328 00:18:33,404 --> 00:18:36,613 Not with you, but alongside you. I have to be with you. 329 00:18:36,782 --> 00:18:41,242 I have to be with you while you do it. While you test it. 330 00:18:41,412 --> 00:18:43,870 I normally like to know who it is I'm working with. 331 00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:47,704 - Marty Pearson. - Abby Sciuto. 332 00:18:48,252 --> 00:18:50,414 MARTY: Nanograms, eh? - Yes. 333 00:18:50,588 --> 00:18:52,249 Pesky little nanograms. 334 00:18:52,423 --> 00:18:54,289 - Is that a--? - Yes, it is. 335 00:18:54,467 --> 00:18:56,049 Cool. 336 00:19:03,809 --> 00:19:05,550 Wright, Sergeant Brian. Records, medical. 337 00:19:05,728 --> 00:19:07,810 Oh, splendid. 338 00:19:07,980 --> 00:19:10,597 I'm a little post-autopsy. 339 00:19:10,775 --> 00:19:13,392 - Mr. Palmer will sign it. LEE: Sure. 340 00:19:13,569 --> 00:19:16,152 DUCKY: We must get you down here more often, Agent Lee. 341 00:19:16,322 --> 00:19:18,984 There's always room for another bright young mind. 342 00:19:19,158 --> 00:19:21,445 Not that there's anything wrong with the Legal Department. 343 00:19:21,619 --> 00:19:24,862 It's an essential cog in the engine, so to speak. 344 00:19:25,039 --> 00:19:28,782 It can't be much fun for a hands-on type like you. 345 00:19:29,794 --> 00:19:31,455 GIBBS: You think? 346 00:19:35,174 --> 00:19:37,632 - Done? - Done indeed. 347 00:19:37,802 --> 00:19:41,090 Intrigue, mystery, and a surprise or two. 348 00:19:41,263 --> 00:19:46,258 Yes, I've estimated our victim's age at about 14. 349 00:19:46,435 --> 00:19:49,803 Death was due to strangulation. She had bleeding in her throat 350 00:19:49,980 --> 00:19:53,598 and the hyoid bone was fractured. 351 00:19:55,861 --> 00:19:59,024 There's some bruising on the sternum that has me a bit puzzled. 352 00:19:59,198 --> 00:20:00,609 Possibly post-mortem. 353 00:20:00,783 --> 00:20:02,990 - Conscious? - Well, superficial scratching 354 00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:08,246 and antemortem bruising suggest that she put up a struggle of sorts. 355 00:20:08,416 --> 00:20:13,001 But toxicology indicates that she was drugged, and for some time. 356 00:20:13,170 --> 00:20:16,003 - Hours? - Well, possibly days. 357 00:20:16,173 --> 00:20:19,256 There are traces of sedatives and Rohypnol, 358 00:20:19,427 --> 00:20:21,418 the drug of choice for date rapists. 359 00:20:21,595 --> 00:20:25,463 And before you ask the question, yes, she was. 360 00:20:25,641 --> 00:20:28,759 But he must have worn a condom. 361 00:20:28,936 --> 00:20:32,645 The really good news is that I've identified her. 362 00:20:32,815 --> 00:20:36,183 - By name? - No, by country. She's Chinese. 363 00:20:37,236 --> 00:20:38,977 Yes, you're less than impressed. 364 00:20:39,155 --> 00:20:41,021 But what if I told you that four weeks ago 365 00:20:41,198 --> 00:20:45,863 she was working on the family farm in a coastal region of southern China? 366 00:20:46,036 --> 00:20:48,619 In Fujian province, to be precise. 367 00:20:48,789 --> 00:20:50,530 Well, now you have my attention, doctor. 368 00:20:50,708 --> 00:20:53,166 It was her extremities that gave her away. 369 00:20:53,377 --> 00:20:56,369 The Chinese dentistry is quite distinctive. 370 00:20:56,547 --> 00:21:00,632 Her dental work is very new, five or maybe six weeks ago. 371 00:21:00,801 --> 00:21:04,044 And her feet are calloused. 372 00:21:04,221 --> 00:21:06,383 That indicates that she was a farm worker. 373 00:21:06,807 --> 00:21:12,018 We also found traces of chromium six in her digestive tract. 374 00:21:12,188 --> 00:21:13,895 It's a by-product of chlorate. 375 00:21:14,064 --> 00:21:16,396 Causes cancer and respiratory problems. 376 00:21:16,567 --> 00:21:21,858 Guess where the biggest chlorate chemical factory is in Asia? 377 00:21:22,031 --> 00:21:26,241 - Fujian province. - Well, there you have it. 378 00:21:26,660 --> 00:21:28,571 The body as road map. 379 00:21:28,746 --> 00:21:30,657 - Anything else? - Yes. 380 00:21:31,749 --> 00:21:36,209 Her likely killer, Sergeant Brian Wright. 381 00:21:37,087 --> 00:21:41,752 We had a positive DNA match from the saliva we swabbed from her. 382 00:21:41,926 --> 00:21:46,466 I'm afraid our hero is more than a little tarnished. 383 00:21:52,937 --> 00:21:54,098 McGEE: How does a homeless guy, 384 00:21:54,271 --> 00:21:56,763 staying illegally in a hotel, order room service? 385 00:21:56,941 --> 00:21:58,682 This wouldn't be a trick question, would it? 386 00:21:58,859 --> 00:21:59,894 McGEE: No. 387 00:22:00,069 --> 00:22:02,060 He calls room service. 388 00:22:03,572 --> 00:22:04,607 Room service, hi. 389 00:22:04,782 --> 00:22:08,446 This is the homeless guy staying illegally in Room 607. 390 00:22:08,619 --> 00:22:11,452 Yes, the room shut for maintenance. I'd like to order some breakfast. 391 00:22:11,622 --> 00:22:13,363 That was definitely a trick question. 392 00:22:13,541 --> 00:22:15,373 McGEE: So give me a tricky answer. 393 00:22:15,543 --> 00:22:16,783 Somebody brought it to him. 394 00:22:17,294 --> 00:22:18,534 Not very tricky. 395 00:22:18,712 --> 00:22:20,248 Gotta talk to Ducky. 396 00:22:20,422 --> 00:22:22,379 [MUMBLING] "I'm gonna go talk to Ducky." 397 00:22:25,761 --> 00:22:27,468 What is with everybody today? 398 00:22:29,139 --> 00:22:31,801 Hallway Camera D. 399 00:22:32,434 --> 00:22:33,765 The title needs work. Who's in it? 400 00:22:33,936 --> 00:22:36,098 Hopefully, the Asian guy who booked the room. 401 00:22:36,272 --> 00:22:39,560 - Looks like the doctor kept you... TONY: Busy waiting room. 402 00:22:39,733 --> 00:22:42,395 Lot of sleeping sickness going around. 403 00:22:42,570 --> 00:22:44,436 Or lack-of-sleeping sickness. 404 00:22:44,613 --> 00:22:46,980 GIBBS: Ducky thinks our victim is a Chinese national, 405 00:22:47,157 --> 00:22:48,989 probably in the country less than a few weeks. 406 00:22:49,159 --> 00:22:51,992 Well, her fingerprints drew a negative on the Immigration database, 407 00:22:52,162 --> 00:22:53,994 so she's here illegally. 408 00:22:54,164 --> 00:22:55,996 Smuggled in. Maybe for the sex trade. 409 00:22:56,166 --> 00:22:57,827 Asian, cute, underage. 410 00:22:58,002 --> 00:22:59,117 It's a gold mine. 411 00:22:59,295 --> 00:23:01,036 Pimp pays cash, sets her up in a room 412 00:23:01,213 --> 00:23:03,705 during a nice big convention, feeds her clients. 413 00:23:03,883 --> 00:23:04,998 Then one of them kills her. 414 00:23:05,175 --> 00:23:07,166 Sergeant Wright doesn't fit that profile. 415 00:23:07,344 --> 00:23:10,587 Wright didn't need to pay to get into the room. He had a magic key. 416 00:23:11,348 --> 00:23:13,089 He saw an opportunity. He took it. 417 00:23:13,267 --> 00:23:15,975 Perhaps because of his mental state, he lost control. 418 00:23:16,145 --> 00:23:18,182 Then afterwards, regret, and he took his own life. 419 00:23:18,355 --> 00:23:21,268 - Fits the facts, boss. - Only the facts we know, DiNozzo. 420 00:23:21,442 --> 00:23:24,025 - Any word from Abby? - Not a peep. 421 00:23:24,194 --> 00:23:26,310 I've got to get one of these babies. 422 00:23:26,488 --> 00:23:29,196 Looks like trace elements of aluminium hydroxide and formalin. 423 00:23:29,366 --> 00:23:31,778 Aluminium hydroxide stimulates the immune system 424 00:23:31,952 --> 00:23:33,863 and formalin is a preservative. 425 00:23:34,038 --> 00:23:37,781 It's also used to initiate antibody formation in vaccines. 426 00:23:39,293 --> 00:23:40,875 - Did I just say something funny? - No. 427 00:23:41,045 --> 00:23:44,709 No. It's just that we're having this conversation about stuff 428 00:23:44,882 --> 00:23:47,294 that usually makes people run screaming from the room. 429 00:23:47,468 --> 00:23:51,211 But we're talking about it like it was last night's football game. 430 00:23:51,388 --> 00:23:52,878 You don't like football, do you? 431 00:23:53,057 --> 00:23:54,718 - No. - Oh, good. 432 00:23:54,892 --> 00:23:59,056 It's just nice that you understand without having to go find a dictionary. 433 00:23:59,229 --> 00:24:01,971 - So you said vaccines? - I said vaccines. 434 00:24:02,149 --> 00:24:05,016 That's gotta be it. The vaccine for what? 435 00:24:05,194 --> 00:24:07,231 Aluminium hydroxide is used as an adjuvant 436 00:24:07,404 --> 00:24:08,894 in hepatitis A and Lyme disease. 437 00:24:09,073 --> 00:24:10,814 There's traces of chloride. 438 00:24:10,991 --> 00:24:12,231 Not just any old chloride. 439 00:24:12,785 --> 00:24:15,527 Benzethonium chloride. It's a preservative. 440 00:24:15,704 --> 00:24:19,743 Aluminium hydroxide, formalin, and benzethonium chloride. 441 00:24:20,167 --> 00:24:22,704 - I know that combination. - How do you know that combination? 442 00:24:22,878 --> 00:24:25,836 I don't know. It must have come through my lab or something. 443 00:24:26,006 --> 00:24:28,338 Only thing I can think of using benzethonium chloride for 444 00:24:28,509 --> 00:24:30,625 as a preservative is... 445 00:24:31,512 --> 00:24:32,923 ...anthrax vaccine. 446 00:24:33,347 --> 00:24:36,430 Anthrax. Breathe in the spores and you die. 447 00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:38,841 You don't have an unhealthy obsession with death, do you? 448 00:24:39,019 --> 00:24:41,556 Oh, no, no. It's just a hobby. 449 00:24:41,730 --> 00:24:43,892 Anthrax vaccine. That's why I knew it. 450 00:24:44,066 --> 00:24:45,932 I got one, right here. Ow. 451 00:24:46,110 --> 00:24:48,067 Pain memory response. 452 00:24:48,237 --> 00:24:50,194 So good or bad for your Marine? 453 00:24:50,364 --> 00:24:52,401 It's bad. It's very bad. 454 00:24:52,574 --> 00:24:55,441 A lot of Marines were vaccinated for anthrax after 9l11. 455 00:24:55,619 --> 00:24:57,826 I have to make a phone call. 456 00:25:01,792 --> 00:25:04,454 - Boss, hey. - Sergeant Wright's autopsy report? 457 00:25:04,628 --> 00:25:07,040 Yeah. I was checking something. 458 00:25:07,965 --> 00:25:12,380 Something didn't fit. It's just a theory, but it's about what Wright ate. 459 00:25:12,553 --> 00:25:14,669 - What did he eat? - Nothing. 460 00:25:14,847 --> 00:25:17,430 Not since the night before. I asked Ducky. 461 00:25:17,599 --> 00:25:20,307 But the room-service tray on the bed was half-finished. 462 00:25:20,477 --> 00:25:22,935 Which raises another question. How did he get room service 463 00:25:23,105 --> 00:25:25,563 if he wasn't supposed to be in a room in the first place? 464 00:25:25,733 --> 00:25:26,768 Yeah, go on. 465 00:25:26,942 --> 00:25:29,149 People leave trays outside their doors. 466 00:25:29,319 --> 00:25:31,310 I think that he found one that was half-finished. 467 00:25:31,488 --> 00:25:33,024 He took it back to his room. 468 00:25:33,198 --> 00:25:35,280 Something must have happened before he could eat it. 469 00:25:37,036 --> 00:25:38,993 Wright's begging note. 470 00:25:41,749 --> 00:25:43,456 Or somebody else's. 471 00:25:43,625 --> 00:25:46,834 Hidden under a plate on the tray. And he found it. 472 00:25:47,004 --> 00:25:48,460 Must be why he went back to the room. 473 00:25:48,630 --> 00:25:50,291 Once a hero, always a hero. 474 00:25:51,091 --> 00:25:53,674 [PHONE RINGING] 475 00:25:54,678 --> 00:25:56,669 - McGee. - McGee, it's Abby. 476 00:25:56,847 --> 00:25:58,804 I need you to pull Wright's medical records. 477 00:25:58,974 --> 00:26:00,931 One second. 478 00:26:02,644 --> 00:26:05,181 - Got it. What do you need? - Check it for an anthrax vaccine. 479 00:26:05,355 --> 00:26:07,312 Let's see. 480 00:26:09,359 --> 00:26:11,020 - It's a negative. - Yes. 481 00:26:11,195 --> 00:26:13,027 McGee, it's not Wright's sample. 482 00:26:13,197 --> 00:26:15,154 I'll tell him. Thank you. 483 00:26:15,324 --> 00:26:17,281 Boss, the hair found on the victim indicates 484 00:26:17,451 --> 00:26:20,284 the killer had an anthrax vaccine. Wright never had one. 485 00:26:22,956 --> 00:26:25,323 MARTY: Chalk another one up to science. 486 00:26:26,418 --> 00:26:28,955 I could not have done it without the lMS. 487 00:26:29,129 --> 00:26:31,211 And you. 488 00:26:31,381 --> 00:26:33,247 So who do I make the receipt out to? 489 00:26:33,425 --> 00:26:35,416 Oh. Um... 490 00:26:35,594 --> 00:26:40,885 Well, I feel really bad, Marty. And you worked really hard on this. I, um... 491 00:26:42,559 --> 00:26:45,472 Hm. Do you bowl? 492 00:26:46,730 --> 00:26:50,348 Are you kidding me? I am the Queen of the Alley. 493 00:26:50,526 --> 00:26:52,062 They've got a bowling alley downstairs. 494 00:26:52,236 --> 00:26:53,397 In the hotel? 495 00:26:53,570 --> 00:26:55,732 Right next to the indoor pool. 496 00:26:56,031 --> 00:26:58,739 Or...we could do dinner. 497 00:26:59,785 --> 00:27:01,367 Oh, no. 498 00:27:01,537 --> 00:27:04,029 You're just afraid of getting your butt kicked on the lanes. 499 00:27:04,206 --> 00:27:06,447 You are on, lady. 500 00:27:08,085 --> 00:27:09,951 I can't believe you bowl. 501 00:27:10,129 --> 00:27:13,713 - Why not? - It's just, it's such a coincidence. 502 00:27:13,882 --> 00:27:15,748 Are you a three-quarter or a full roller? 503 00:27:15,926 --> 00:27:19,214 MARTY: Makes no difference to me. I got a delicate touch. 504 00:27:19,388 --> 00:27:20,844 [ABBY LAUGHS] 505 00:27:21,765 --> 00:27:24,257 ZIVA: So the hair wasn't Wright's but the saliva definitely was. 506 00:27:24,434 --> 00:27:27,051 DNA match. He was kissing the girl. 507 00:27:27,229 --> 00:27:29,015 There's more than one reason to kiss a girl. 508 00:27:29,189 --> 00:27:30,771 There is? 509 00:27:35,112 --> 00:27:37,319 [PHONE RINGS] 510 00:27:38,490 --> 00:27:40,276 - Autopsy. - Got a question for you. 511 00:27:40,450 --> 00:27:42,111 DUCKY: I can't guarantee I got an answer. 512 00:27:42,286 --> 00:27:45,199 The bruising on the girl's sternum. Could it be from CPR? 513 00:27:45,372 --> 00:27:47,329 Very possibly. 514 00:27:47,666 --> 00:27:50,624 This is most probable when you weigh all the other evidence. 515 00:27:50,794 --> 00:27:54,537 It would explain how Wright's saliva came to be on her. 516 00:27:54,756 --> 00:27:56,588 I'll have to confirm that, of course. 517 00:27:56,758 --> 00:27:59,045 But, yes, that could be your answer: CPR. 518 00:27:59,219 --> 00:28:03,929 Which means Wright wasn't trying to kill her, he was trying to save her. 519 00:28:04,099 --> 00:28:06,557 Let me know when you get a confirmation. 520 00:28:07,102 --> 00:28:09,139 So we're looking for someone with an anthrax vaccine. 521 00:28:09,313 --> 00:28:13,056 Instead of one suspect, we now have half a million, all of them military. 522 00:28:13,233 --> 00:28:15,474 - Maintenance guy? McGEE: Fixing a leak in the kitchen. 523 00:28:15,652 --> 00:28:18,815 - Chefs were tripping over him all day. - Scratch Romero. 524 00:28:18,989 --> 00:28:21,401 After 9l11, anthrax was sent through the mail. 525 00:28:21,575 --> 00:28:23,612 Most people at risk were vaccinated. 526 00:28:23,785 --> 00:28:25,822 Pentagon officials, senators, congressmen. 527 00:28:25,996 --> 00:28:29,330 McGEE: Everybody at the reception. - And people who open their mail. 528 00:28:29,499 --> 00:28:31,615 Yes, I had an anthrax vaccination. 529 00:28:31,793 --> 00:28:35,457 Along with most everyone on the Hill, Agent Gibbs. 530 00:28:35,631 --> 00:28:38,123 They were troubling times. 531 00:28:38,300 --> 00:28:39,665 They still are. 532 00:28:39,843 --> 00:28:43,131 After you delivered the briefing papers to Norforce Systems, what did you do? 533 00:28:43,305 --> 00:28:45,842 I walked down the hallway toward the elevator 534 00:28:46,016 --> 00:28:48,508 and that's where Wright attacked me. 535 00:28:48,685 --> 00:28:51,677 Norforce Systems' suite was right next to the elevator. 536 00:28:51,855 --> 00:28:54,142 Do you want to try this again? 537 00:28:54,316 --> 00:28:58,025 - Do I need a lawyer? - Only if you're feeling guilty. 538 00:28:59,029 --> 00:29:01,316 You were walking towards the elevator. You were not coming 539 00:29:01,490 --> 00:29:03,857 from Norforce, you were coming from a room down the hallway. 540 00:29:04,034 --> 00:29:06,071 - No. - Yes. A room where an underage girl 541 00:29:06,245 --> 00:29:08,782 - was killed. - And you think I'm responsible? 542 00:29:08,997 --> 00:29:10,579 If you're not, 543 00:29:10,749 --> 00:29:13,411 then you won't mind giving us a hair sample. 544 00:29:13,585 --> 00:29:17,169 The killer left a calling card and we think your name is on it. 545 00:29:34,564 --> 00:29:36,305 This is outrageous. 546 00:29:36,483 --> 00:29:39,475 I was attacked by a violent, unstable man. 547 00:29:39,653 --> 00:29:42,736 If you're looking for a murderer, you should be looking at him and not me. 548 00:29:42,906 --> 00:29:46,149 Are you refusing to voluntarily give us a hair sample, Mr. Nelson? 549 00:29:46,326 --> 00:29:47,862 If you are, we can get a court order. 550 00:29:48,036 --> 00:29:50,619 I didn't kill anyone. 551 00:29:51,999 --> 00:29:53,455 Boss? 552 00:30:00,173 --> 00:30:03,040 Eight-seventeen. They're all reacting to the same thing. 553 00:30:03,218 --> 00:30:04,583 Wright dropping in for breakfast? 554 00:30:04,761 --> 00:30:08,379 Nelson might have killed the girl, but there's no way he killed Wright, boss. 555 00:30:20,736 --> 00:30:22,397 [DOOR OPENS] 556 00:30:22,821 --> 00:30:25,438 I want to make a phone call. 557 00:30:25,615 --> 00:30:28,277 - Lawyer? - Someone much more powerful. 558 00:30:28,660 --> 00:30:30,446 Your boss? 559 00:30:31,163 --> 00:30:33,780 Underage, illegal, dead. 560 00:30:33,957 --> 00:30:36,824 You really think your boss wants to talk to you? 561 00:30:38,295 --> 00:30:40,957 Did you kill her before or after you pushed Sergeant Wright? 562 00:30:41,298 --> 00:30:44,416 I didn't kill her, I didn't push Sergeant Wright. 563 00:30:44,593 --> 00:30:47,210 I was on the ground floor when he jumped. 564 00:30:47,387 --> 00:30:49,298 He went to the room, 565 00:30:49,473 --> 00:30:51,555 trying to save her. You attacked him. 566 00:30:51,725 --> 00:30:54,217 - No. - You raped her. 567 00:30:54,644 --> 00:30:56,726 You killed her. 568 00:30:57,773 --> 00:30:59,480 You threw Sergeant Wright off of the balcony. 569 00:30:59,649 --> 00:31:03,313 I never saw Sergeant Wright! 570 00:31:03,945 --> 00:31:05,652 Then how did he attack you? 571 00:31:13,538 --> 00:31:16,656 She hit me with the lamp. I was just trying... 572 00:31:16,833 --> 00:31:18,574 Just trying to stop her. 573 00:31:18,752 --> 00:31:24,168 I had to explain this somehow, so I said Wright attacked me. 574 00:31:24,341 --> 00:31:26,503 - Who took you up to her room? - No one. 575 00:31:26,676 --> 00:31:28,508 I... 576 00:31:29,346 --> 00:31:32,930 ...I met him outside the hotel, paid him, 577 00:31:33,100 --> 00:31:34,932 and he gave me the keycard. 578 00:31:35,102 --> 00:31:38,766 A regular client? Different girls every time? 579 00:31:39,773 --> 00:31:40,934 Different girls. 580 00:31:41,108 --> 00:31:45,693 I ran into him downstairs at the elevator. 581 00:31:45,904 --> 00:31:49,317 And I told him she was dead. He went up. 582 00:31:49,491 --> 00:31:50,697 Name. 583 00:31:54,371 --> 00:31:55,782 Name! 584 00:31:55,956 --> 00:31:57,663 TONY: Davey Chen Importing Company. 585 00:31:57,833 --> 00:32:00,325 Kept himself pretty clean. Couple of misdemeanours, no felonies. 586 00:32:00,502 --> 00:32:03,335 Nothing to suggest he was involved in the sex trade of underage girls. 587 00:32:03,505 --> 00:32:04,995 Got enough to arrest him for murder? 588 00:32:05,173 --> 00:32:07,039 No physical evidence. His word against Nelson's. 589 00:32:07,217 --> 00:32:09,208 Let's go kick his door down and find some evidence. 590 00:32:09,386 --> 00:32:12,469 - We do that, Tony, we lose those girls. - Could have lost them already. 591 00:32:12,639 --> 00:32:14,505 Slave traders move their girls all the time. 592 00:32:14,683 --> 00:32:16,890 They could be on their way to Vegas now. Or dead. 593 00:32:17,394 --> 00:32:19,431 Send someone in undercover. 594 00:32:19,604 --> 00:32:21,720 - I'll do it. - No. 595 00:32:21,898 --> 00:32:23,889 We need someone closer to home. 596 00:32:24,067 --> 00:32:25,398 - DiNozzo. TONY: Boss. 597 00:32:25,569 --> 00:32:27,560 GIBBS: Get me $25,000. - Check or plastic? 598 00:32:27,737 --> 00:32:29,648 - Cash. TONY: On it. 599 00:32:30,615 --> 00:32:33,277 Mr. Palmer, where did you and--? 600 00:32:38,707 --> 00:32:40,197 Oh, sorry, doctor. 601 00:32:40,792 --> 00:32:43,659 Where did you and Agent Lee go? 602 00:32:43,837 --> 00:32:45,453 I didn't go anywhere with Agent Lee. 603 00:32:45,630 --> 00:32:48,873 I signed Sergeant Wright's medical records and then she left. 604 00:32:49,050 --> 00:32:51,041 Did she sprint out of here? 605 00:32:51,970 --> 00:32:55,463 - Yeah, she was in a hurry. - Well, evidently so were you. 606 00:32:55,640 --> 00:32:58,177 When I looked up from washing my hands, 607 00:32:58,351 --> 00:33:01,935 both you and she had disappeared and Agent Gibbs was standing here. 608 00:33:03,023 --> 00:33:06,436 Where did you hurry off to? 609 00:33:07,527 --> 00:33:08,562 The restroom. 610 00:33:08,737 --> 00:33:11,354 And you've been in there all this time? 611 00:33:12,032 --> 00:33:16,447 I have a gastrointestinal challenge. 612 00:33:16,661 --> 00:33:17,947 Oh... 613 00:33:18,121 --> 00:33:21,455 Well, I believe there's a bottle of subsalicylate-- 614 00:33:21,625 --> 00:33:23,286 I drank that. 615 00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:25,951 What? All of it? 616 00:33:26,129 --> 00:33:28,245 I didn't wanna spend the day sitting in the restroom. 617 00:33:28,423 --> 00:33:30,084 - That won't hurt me, will it? - Well, no. 618 00:33:30,258 --> 00:33:33,421 But you're gonna feel as if you've been on bread and water for a week. 619 00:33:33,595 --> 00:33:35,927 - Pardon? - Well, the old naval punishment 620 00:33:36,097 --> 00:33:38,714 of bread and water for a week was not to punish 621 00:33:38,892 --> 00:33:41,475 by depriving the offending sailor of food, 622 00:33:41,645 --> 00:33:44,888 as much as to plug up his gastrointestinal tract. 623 00:33:45,065 --> 00:33:48,023 Oh, that is awful! I-- 624 00:33:48,193 --> 00:33:50,981 Mr. Palmer, I'm not deaf. 625 00:33:51,154 --> 00:33:54,021 I'm sorry, doctor. It's just the thought of punishing someone that way 626 00:33:54,199 --> 00:33:57,317 just sounds so uncivilized. 627 00:33:58,203 --> 00:34:01,946 Did those doors just open and shut? 628 00:34:02,666 --> 00:34:04,657 I don't think so, no. 629 00:34:04,834 --> 00:34:06,996 Strange. 630 00:34:08,171 --> 00:34:10,663 Very strange. 631 00:34:11,758 --> 00:34:14,090 TONY: It's just that she's never been undercover, boss. 632 00:34:14,261 --> 00:34:16,002 She's a highly trained NCIS special agent. 633 00:34:16,179 --> 00:34:17,840 She's more probie than even probie. 634 00:34:18,014 --> 00:34:20,847 - She's got excellent backup. - Me? 635 00:34:21,017 --> 00:34:22,633 Ziva. 636 00:34:22,936 --> 00:34:25,348 You are causing quite a stir on the Hill. 637 00:34:25,522 --> 00:34:28,856 Underage dead girls and congressional aides make people nervous. 638 00:34:29,025 --> 00:34:30,265 Good. 639 00:34:30,443 --> 00:34:34,152 - Well, she looks the part, just like a... ZIVA: Whore? 640 00:34:34,322 --> 00:34:36,154 Courtesan. 641 00:34:36,741 --> 00:34:38,527 Are you sure you're ready for this? 642 00:34:39,160 --> 00:34:42,698 I saw the girl in autopsy. Yeah, I'm ready. 643 00:34:43,123 --> 00:34:44,488 Okay. McGee. 644 00:34:44,666 --> 00:34:48,534 McGEE: Separate radio transmitter and GPS built into the lining. 645 00:34:48,712 --> 00:34:51,750 Pressure switch on the handle turns it off if they sweep for bugs. 646 00:34:51,923 --> 00:34:53,630 Turns it back on when they're finished. 647 00:34:53,800 --> 00:34:55,711 Chen's gonna be suspicious of everyone. 648 00:34:55,885 --> 00:34:58,547 Particularly if someone like Agent Lee shows up. 649 00:34:59,389 --> 00:35:01,346 We need something else, McGee. 650 00:35:01,516 --> 00:35:03,382 Got just the thing. 651 00:35:10,734 --> 00:35:12,395 - Hey, Jimmy. - Hey. 652 00:35:23,913 --> 00:35:26,075 - DiNozzo? TONY: In position, boss. 653 00:35:26,916 --> 00:35:29,874 [IN CHINESE] 654 00:35:39,929 --> 00:35:42,387 Target has entered the building. 655 00:35:46,853 --> 00:35:48,343 GPS locked on. 656 00:35:48,897 --> 00:35:51,559 JEN: MTAC standing by, Agent Gibbs. It's your call. 657 00:35:51,733 --> 00:35:53,770 We are in play. 658 00:35:56,279 --> 00:35:57,769 LEE: Excuse me. 659 00:35:57,947 --> 00:35:59,278 We're closed. 660 00:35:59,449 --> 00:36:02,692 Even for a cash customer, Mr. Chen? 661 00:36:05,830 --> 00:36:07,571 What do you want? 662 00:36:07,749 --> 00:36:09,740 [IN CHINESE] 663 00:36:09,959 --> 00:36:11,074 CHEN: And who are you? 664 00:36:11,252 --> 00:36:13,459 I don't know you or your sister. 665 00:36:15,465 --> 00:36:17,627 Maybe this will help you remember. 666 00:36:20,136 --> 00:36:22,548 Lee's killed the transmission. They're sweeping her for bugs. 667 00:36:22,722 --> 00:36:25,339 She'll resume the transmission when it's clear. 668 00:36:25,517 --> 00:36:27,599 Stand by, Tony. No contact in 30 seconds, 669 00:36:27,811 --> 00:36:29,142 - we're going in. TONY: Gotcha, boss. 670 00:36:29,312 --> 00:36:31,394 McGEE: Fifteen seconds. 671 00:36:34,401 --> 00:36:36,392 Twenty seconds. 672 00:36:38,613 --> 00:36:39,978 Twenty-five seconds. 673 00:36:40,156 --> 00:36:42,488 Come on, Lee. Turn us back on. 674 00:36:44,327 --> 00:36:45,988 LEE: Twenty-five thousand dollars. 675 00:36:46,162 --> 00:36:48,824 Another 25 when I get my sister back. 676 00:36:48,998 --> 00:36:50,955 CHEN: And what makes you think I have your sister? 677 00:36:53,128 --> 00:36:56,166 It must be another Davey Chen I'm looking for. 678 00:36:57,340 --> 00:36:59,126 What's her name? 679 00:37:00,593 --> 00:37:03,335 She's 14 years old from Fujian province. 680 00:37:03,513 --> 00:37:06,676 I don't know what you call her, but my family calls her Xiu Mei. 681 00:37:06,850 --> 00:37:09,512 - You're a long way from home. - So is she. 682 00:37:09,686 --> 00:37:12,303 But I wasn't abducted off my parents' farm. 683 00:37:15,358 --> 00:37:17,144 Too old. 684 00:37:17,527 --> 00:37:20,360 That's a lot of money for the daughter of a farmer. 685 00:37:20,530 --> 00:37:22,396 I work in Shanghai, I'm good at what I do. 686 00:37:22,574 --> 00:37:25,032 American businessmen show their appreciation. 687 00:37:25,201 --> 00:37:27,863 Do we have a deal? 688 00:37:29,539 --> 00:37:31,200 Come with me. 689 00:37:37,380 --> 00:37:39,087 Game on. 690 00:37:47,223 --> 00:37:48,509 McGEE: We've lost the signal. 691 00:37:48,683 --> 00:37:49,889 She turned it off? 692 00:37:50,477 --> 00:37:52,218 Can't tell. 693 00:37:53,062 --> 00:37:54,393 Who do you work for? 694 00:37:56,483 --> 00:37:57,894 I'm here for my sister. 695 00:37:58,735 --> 00:38:00,851 [LEE YELLS] 696 00:38:05,492 --> 00:38:08,655 - Talk to me, McGee. McGEE: Yeah, working on it, boss. 697 00:38:22,634 --> 00:38:23,874 FBI? 698 00:38:24,052 --> 00:38:25,713 Police? 699 00:38:25,887 --> 00:38:27,924 You don't think I came alone, do you? 700 00:38:29,516 --> 00:38:31,348 You're alone now. 701 00:38:31,518 --> 00:38:33,100 They can't hear you. 702 00:38:33,269 --> 00:38:36,261 This room is protected against bugs. 703 00:38:39,943 --> 00:38:42,856 - That's her backup camera. JEN: There's interference. 704 00:38:43,029 --> 00:38:44,940 They're in a screened room, jamming the signal. 705 00:38:45,114 --> 00:38:46,445 Gibbs, we've got a problem. 706 00:38:46,616 --> 00:38:48,948 DiNozzo, cover the back door. We're going in. 707 00:38:49,953 --> 00:38:52,115 - Got it. McGEE: She's moving. 708 00:38:52,288 --> 00:38:53,870 Exiting a door. 709 00:39:08,304 --> 00:39:09,760 GIBBS: Clear. - Clear. 710 00:39:20,149 --> 00:39:21,480 Clear. 711 00:39:21,651 --> 00:39:23,267 DiNozzo, they're gone. Anything? 712 00:39:23,444 --> 00:39:25,310 Nothing, boss. They didn't come out this way. 713 00:39:25,488 --> 00:39:28,276 We're only getting intermittent video signals. 714 00:39:28,449 --> 00:39:32,317 Aerial surveillance is negative. They're definitely on the move. 715 00:39:34,664 --> 00:39:38,498 Gibbs, check for a basement entrance. They've gone underground. 716 00:39:38,668 --> 00:39:40,158 What exactly are we looking for? 717 00:39:40,336 --> 00:39:42,247 Trapdoor. Anything. 718 00:39:46,801 --> 00:39:48,508 McGEE: All right, we're getting picture back. 719 00:39:51,431 --> 00:39:53,672 Maybe some kind of tunnel. 720 00:40:02,901 --> 00:40:04,016 There. 721 00:40:04,694 --> 00:40:05,809 Playing it back. 722 00:40:10,033 --> 00:40:13,401 T-O-L-L-something. 723 00:40:13,578 --> 00:40:15,114 Could be an I. 724 00:40:15,288 --> 00:40:18,030 - Maybe a K. - Toll... 725 00:40:18,207 --> 00:40:21,120 Toll Bridge Trading. Women's shoes. 726 00:40:25,006 --> 00:40:27,373 2570 Third Street, northwest. 727 00:40:27,550 --> 00:40:31,214 Jethro, 2570 Third Street, northwest. 728 00:40:31,387 --> 00:40:32,877 ZIVA: Gibbs. 729 00:40:37,518 --> 00:40:38,974 - Clear. - Tony, go. 730 00:40:39,145 --> 00:40:41,352 - Go. We got the tunnel. - Okay. Two minutes, boss. 731 00:40:49,364 --> 00:40:51,731 [IN CHINESE] 732 00:41:02,919 --> 00:41:04,660 LEE: What is this? A warehouse? 733 00:41:06,214 --> 00:41:07,750 JEN: He's shutting down his operation. 734 00:41:13,388 --> 00:41:15,174 Where are the girls? 735 00:41:15,348 --> 00:41:17,089 CHEN: Put her in the truck along with the others. 736 00:41:18,184 --> 00:41:19,515 Federal agents. 737 00:41:20,103 --> 00:41:21,593 Freeze. 738 00:41:23,564 --> 00:41:25,100 [BOTH GRUNTING] 739 00:41:28,403 --> 00:41:30,064 Stay down. 740 00:41:36,411 --> 00:41:38,618 Put the weapon down. 741 00:41:44,627 --> 00:41:46,368 Nice work, probie. 742 00:41:53,928 --> 00:41:55,885 They're in the truck. 743 00:42:04,397 --> 00:42:05,478 GIBBS: Unbelievable. 744 00:42:14,615 --> 00:42:16,731 [SPEAKS IN CHINESE] 745 00:42:17,493 --> 00:42:19,655 "The bum tried to be a hero." 746 00:42:20,830 --> 00:42:24,164 Brian Wright. Sergeant Brian Wright. 747 00:42:25,543 --> 00:42:28,080 Bronze Star. Purple Heart. 748 00:42:28,296 --> 00:42:30,913 United States Marine Corps. 749 00:42:31,758 --> 00:42:33,669 He was a hero. 750 00:42:39,098 --> 00:42:41,635 ZIVA: It's okay. Come on, guys.