1 00:00:03,462 --> 00:00:05,624 MAN 1 : Check that eyebolt. Let's hook that come-along. 2 00:00:05,797 --> 00:00:07,128 MAN 2: Okay, set up the belt. 3 00:00:07,299 --> 00:00:10,041 All right, get ready, ladies. Put your backs into it. 4 00:00:10,219 --> 00:00:12,802 Come on, I could do this when I was your age by myself, huh? 5 00:00:12,971 --> 00:00:16,089 MAN: Sure you could. - See these pythons? 6 00:00:16,266 --> 00:00:18,803 I could lift a 400-pound load back in the day, huh? 7 00:00:18,977 --> 00:00:20,138 I even remember her name, 8 00:00:20,312 --> 00:00:21,973 - Lisa Scarpizzi. MEN: Ha-ha-ha. 9 00:00:22,147 --> 00:00:24,559 Yeah, but she was a hell of a woman, though, huh? 10 00:00:24,733 --> 00:00:26,690 All right. Let's move this thing out of here. 11 00:00:26,860 --> 00:00:29,101 I got a furnace waiting to go in. Push it out, guys. 12 00:00:29,279 --> 00:00:30,895 Come on. Here we go. 13 00:00:31,073 --> 00:00:32,905 Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. 14 00:00:33,075 --> 00:00:34,736 - Hey, Mannie? MANNIE [OVER RADIO]: Yeah. 15 00:00:34,910 --> 00:00:37,743 Looks like a partial obstruction in the smokestack. 16 00:00:37,913 --> 00:00:40,575 Yeah, I see it from up here, boss. Probably carbon buildup. 17 00:00:40,749 --> 00:00:42,660 - All right, clean it out. - Do it right now. 18 00:00:42,834 --> 00:00:45,747 Anybody who doesn't wanna make an ash of themselves, step back. 19 00:00:45,921 --> 00:00:47,662 [MOTOR WHINING] 20 00:00:47,839 --> 00:00:49,921 MEN: Whoa, whoa, whoa. 21 00:00:50,092 --> 00:00:52,925 Hold it up, Mannie. We've got more than just carbon coming down here. 22 00:00:53,095 --> 00:00:54,130 Copy that. 23 00:01:48,692 --> 00:01:50,353 [LAUGHS] 24 00:01:51,945 --> 00:01:55,813 - Finished McGee's book yet? - Halfway. You? 25 00:01:57,242 --> 00:02:01,987 I'm on Chapter 7, Page 103. 26 00:02:03,415 --> 00:02:05,907 "Maybe someday, Lisa would find the courage 27 00:02:06,084 --> 00:02:08,246 to tell Agent Tommy about her dream. 28 00:02:08,420 --> 00:02:11,412 The two of them together, their bodies covered in sweat 29 00:02:11,590 --> 00:02:14,924 as they made love on the crystal white sands of her homeland." 30 00:02:15,093 --> 00:02:17,084 - I'm gonna kill him. GIBBS: Kill who? 31 00:02:17,262 --> 00:02:18,502 McGee. Have you read this book? 32 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:21,012 Apparently, McGee thinks Ziva's in love with me. 33 00:02:21,183 --> 00:02:24,096 There's a reason they call it fiction, DiNozzo. 34 00:02:24,269 --> 00:02:27,102 Just got a call from dispatch. Construction crew found a dead body. 35 00:02:27,272 --> 00:02:29,764 - Where? - Chesty Puller High School, Quantico. 36 00:02:29,941 --> 00:02:32,774 - Student? - Uh-- Not sure. 37 00:02:32,944 --> 00:02:34,730 GIBBS: Take the truck. I'll meet you there. 38 00:02:42,287 --> 00:02:45,575 How many times do I have to tell you? It's not about you guys. 39 00:02:47,751 --> 00:02:48,786 I'm driving. 40 00:02:51,797 --> 00:02:53,458 Comfortable back there, Gore Vidal? 41 00:02:53,632 --> 00:02:54,918 [ENGINE STARTS] 42 00:02:55,092 --> 00:02:57,129 For the last time, Deep Six is fiction. 43 00:02:57,302 --> 00:02:58,963 Fiction based on us, yes? 44 00:02:59,137 --> 00:03:01,174 No. Look, if you don't believe me, 45 00:03:01,348 --> 00:03:03,214 read the disclaimer in the front of the book. 46 00:03:03,892 --> 00:03:05,223 Are you buying that, Lisa? 47 00:03:05,394 --> 00:03:06,680 [CHUCKLES] 48 00:03:06,853 --> 00:03:08,469 Didn't think so. 49 00:03:08,647 --> 00:03:09,978 Nice knowing you, probie. 50 00:03:11,066 --> 00:03:12,101 Ziva? 51 00:03:12,984 --> 00:03:14,019 [TYRES SQUEALING] 52 00:03:14,194 --> 00:03:15,355 [GRUNTS] 53 00:03:15,570 --> 00:03:17,402 McGEE: It's just a book. 54 00:03:17,572 --> 00:03:19,062 [CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING] 55 00:03:20,492 --> 00:03:22,199 You know, in Chapter 8 of McGee's book, 56 00:03:22,369 --> 00:03:24,827 your character does the exact same thing to Agent Tommy. 57 00:03:25,038 --> 00:03:27,996 Turns out she has this whole secret photo album of him. 58 00:03:28,166 --> 00:03:30,783 Fascinating, Tony, but I wasn't taking a picture of you. 59 00:03:30,961 --> 00:03:33,168 I'm more interested in the wildlife. 60 00:03:34,339 --> 00:03:35,500 [GASPS] 61 00:03:35,674 --> 00:03:39,668 We've pulled rats, cats, and birds out of chimneys before, Agent Gibbs. 62 00:03:40,345 --> 00:03:42,586 Hell, one time, even a Saint Bernard. 63 00:03:43,390 --> 00:03:45,506 But this is my first mummy. 64 00:03:46,351 --> 00:03:47,682 Reminds me of that urban legend. 65 00:03:48,854 --> 00:03:51,471 - Which one is that? - Guy dresses up like Santa. 66 00:03:51,648 --> 00:03:53,889 You know, for Christmas Eve to surprise his girlfriend. 67 00:03:54,067 --> 00:03:55,102 But he never shows. 68 00:03:55,277 --> 00:03:57,689 She's convinced that the bastard dumped her. 69 00:03:57,863 --> 00:03:59,069 Badmouths him all over town. 70 00:03:59,239 --> 00:04:02,857 DUCKY: Until they find the poor soul's body months later 71 00:04:03,034 --> 00:04:07,699 still clutching a little box with her shiny new engagement ring. 72 00:04:08,039 --> 00:04:09,996 And the moral, of course, is: 73 00:04:10,292 --> 00:04:11,874 It's never a good idea to get married. 74 00:04:12,544 --> 00:04:16,538 No, it's best not to judge someone until all the facts are in. 75 00:04:16,715 --> 00:04:20,128 I like mine better. Any of your crew touch or move Kris Kringle? 76 00:04:20,302 --> 00:04:22,543 No, most of them were halfway to Manassas 77 00:04:22,721 --> 00:04:24,462 before the dust even settled. 78 00:04:24,639 --> 00:04:27,222 There's no ID on him. Judging by what's left of the mullet, 79 00:04:27,392 --> 00:04:29,053 it's safe to say he wasn't in the military. 80 00:04:29,227 --> 00:04:33,061 You think, DiNozzo? Hey, I need a TOD, doctor. 81 00:04:33,231 --> 00:04:35,939 Considering we've been working together for over ten years, 82 00:04:36,109 --> 00:04:38,726 I am well aware of that, Agent Gibbs. 83 00:04:38,904 --> 00:04:39,939 When he gets one, 84 00:04:40,113 --> 00:04:42,354 run it through missing persons over the same time period. 85 00:04:42,532 --> 00:04:43,647 Where are you going, boss? 86 00:04:43,825 --> 00:04:47,238 To the roof, to figure out how he ended up there in the first place. 87 00:04:47,412 --> 00:04:48,948 What happened to you? 88 00:04:49,122 --> 00:04:51,910 Creative differences with my coworkers, boss. 89 00:04:52,083 --> 00:04:54,165 GIBBS: A lot of that going around these days. 90 00:04:54,336 --> 00:04:56,998 Don't you think it's about time you and Gibbs made up, Ducky? 91 00:04:57,172 --> 00:05:00,506 Made up? I wasn't aware we were fighting, Ziva. 92 00:05:00,675 --> 00:05:02,541 TONY: Come on. Ever since he retired-- 93 00:05:02,719 --> 00:05:04,426 Gibbs didn't retire. He quit. 94 00:05:04,596 --> 00:05:06,257 Okay, so he quit. 95 00:05:06,431 --> 00:05:07,921 But he's back now. 96 00:05:08,099 --> 00:05:10,431 You need to cut the man some slacks, Ducky. 97 00:05:10,602 --> 00:05:12,593 I agree. Except, the term is "slack." 98 00:05:12,771 --> 00:05:15,729 Judging by the decay and the condition of his skin, 99 00:05:15,899 --> 00:05:20,109 I tentatively place the time of death at two to four months ago. 100 00:05:20,278 --> 00:05:22,144 Works for me. 101 00:05:22,489 --> 00:05:25,948 Time of death was two to four months ago, boss. 102 00:05:26,868 --> 00:05:28,700 Bag and tag the ashes, probie. 103 00:05:28,870 --> 00:05:32,363 We'll pick you up after we coordinate with the MPs. 104 00:05:32,541 --> 00:05:35,659 PALMER: Doctor, I'm going to be laying the bag out here 105 00:05:36,169 --> 00:05:37,955 and the burrito over here. 106 00:05:40,131 --> 00:05:41,212 Palmer, I need a favour. 107 00:05:42,592 --> 00:05:43,798 You want a ride back with us. 108 00:05:44,386 --> 00:05:45,467 How did you know? 109 00:05:45,637 --> 00:05:47,127 I read your book. 110 00:05:47,305 --> 00:05:50,297 And for your information, I've never had sexual relations with a corpse. 111 00:05:50,475 --> 00:05:52,807 That character was not based on you. 112 00:05:52,978 --> 00:05:55,219 His name was Pimmy Jalmer, McGee. 113 00:05:56,273 --> 00:05:57,763 Well, he's French Polynesian. 114 00:05:58,108 --> 00:06:00,440 Doctor, I'm going to get the gurney now. 115 00:06:01,069 --> 00:06:02,480 McGEE: It was only a dream. 116 00:06:04,072 --> 00:06:05,938 Come on. Haven't you ever heard of symbolism? 117 00:06:06,116 --> 00:06:09,654 Ha-ha. The life of an artist is never easy, McGee. 118 00:06:09,828 --> 00:06:13,287 They'll all get over it eventually. 119 00:06:14,082 --> 00:06:15,117 Thanks, Ducky. 120 00:06:15,292 --> 00:06:19,160 By the way, do you know if Tony has finished it yet? 121 00:06:19,337 --> 00:06:23,456 - Not yet. - Well, him I'd watch out for. 122 00:06:25,302 --> 00:06:27,168 ZIVA: None of the local missing-person reports 123 00:06:27,345 --> 00:06:29,507 match our John Doe's description, Tony. 124 00:06:30,515 --> 00:06:33,724 And there's no record of anyone going missing on base, 125 00:06:33,894 --> 00:06:37,387 civilian or military, during that period. 126 00:06:37,564 --> 00:06:39,054 Are you even listening to me? 127 00:06:39,232 --> 00:06:41,519 TONY: I'm getting close to the end, Ziva. 128 00:06:41,943 --> 00:06:42,978 [CHUCKLES] 129 00:06:43,403 --> 00:06:46,691 You know, McGee is really starting to nail your essence here. 130 00:06:46,865 --> 00:06:52,201 "Stakeouts. Long endless hours fuelled by cheap food 131 00:06:52,996 --> 00:06:55,203 and even cheaper coffee. 132 00:06:55,373 --> 00:06:59,742 But tonight, Mossad Officer Lisa didn't seem to mind, 133 00:06:59,920 --> 00:07:03,504 because she was getting to spend it with Agent Tom." 134 00:07:03,673 --> 00:07:05,539 You're behind me again, aren't you? 135 00:07:05,717 --> 00:07:07,082 - Lucky guess. - Uhn! 136 00:07:07,802 --> 00:07:09,213 You know, I think McGee's right. 137 00:07:09,387 --> 00:07:11,253 He was, was he? 138 00:07:11,431 --> 00:07:14,139 It takes almost all of my willpower 139 00:07:14,309 --> 00:07:16,892 to resist the urges I have when I'm around you, Tony. 140 00:07:17,896 --> 00:07:19,637 Maybe 141 00:07:20,482 --> 00:07:24,646 it's about time I just give in, yes? 142 00:07:25,528 --> 00:07:27,815 - And by "give in," you mean...? - Letting loose. 143 00:07:27,989 --> 00:07:30,481 - Ah. Heh-heh. - Doing what comes naturally to me. 144 00:07:30,659 --> 00:07:32,149 I thought I was picking up that vibe 145 00:07:32,327 --> 00:07:34,284 the first time we went undercover together. 146 00:07:34,454 --> 00:07:35,990 - You were? - Uh-huh. 147 00:07:36,414 --> 00:07:39,748 In fact, I almost did it the first night in the hotel room. 148 00:07:39,918 --> 00:07:42,785 - Really. - But my father wouldn't approve. 149 00:07:42,963 --> 00:07:44,499 Because I'm not Jewish. 150 00:07:44,673 --> 00:07:47,961 Because he gets very angry when I kill a coworker. 151 00:07:48,134 --> 00:07:51,217 Ha-ha-ha. Like I believed you for even a second. 152 00:07:51,388 --> 00:07:52,503 [CHUCKLES] 153 00:07:52,681 --> 00:07:56,345 - I'm sure you didn't. - Are you two done playing grab-ass? 154 00:07:56,518 --> 00:07:58,725 ZIVA: Oh, he started it. - I'm ending it. 155 00:07:58,895 --> 00:08:00,056 Oh, I-- 156 00:08:00,230 --> 00:08:04,224 The next person who mentions this book will be deep-sixed by me. 157 00:08:04,401 --> 00:08:07,063 - I can completely live with that. GIBBS: My point exactly. 158 00:08:07,237 --> 00:08:08,773 You ID our victim yet? 159 00:08:08,947 --> 00:08:10,779 We're running him against missing-person cases 160 00:08:10,949 --> 00:08:12,565 reported over the last six months. 161 00:08:12,742 --> 00:08:13,777 TONY: No hits yet. 162 00:08:14,494 --> 00:08:16,451 I'm afraid that's my fault. 163 00:08:16,579 --> 00:08:22,700 It seems my initial time of death wasn't completely accurate. 164 00:08:22,919 --> 00:08:26,787 As you will see, his body is almost perfectly preserved. 165 00:08:26,965 --> 00:08:30,128 Perfectly preserved for a rotted corpse, that is. 166 00:08:30,593 --> 00:08:32,504 The guy looks like a piece of beefjerky, Duck. 167 00:08:32,679 --> 00:08:36,468 Gum tissue rots faster than the outer flesh 168 00:08:36,641 --> 00:08:39,724 due to the high degree of bacteria inside the mouth. 169 00:08:39,894 --> 00:08:43,603 As you can see, his gums are almost intact. 170 00:08:44,190 --> 00:08:46,477 Maybe he was just a good flosser. 171 00:08:47,152 --> 00:08:48,313 Shutting it, boss. 172 00:08:48,486 --> 00:08:49,647 How'd he die? 173 00:08:49,821 --> 00:08:51,607 DUCKY: Well, the how I'm still working on. 174 00:08:51,781 --> 00:08:53,112 It's made particularly difficult 175 00:08:53,283 --> 00:08:55,194 by the means by which his body was preserved. 176 00:08:55,368 --> 00:08:58,326 He was quite literally smoked inside that chimney. 177 00:08:58,496 --> 00:09:00,908 - Smoked? DUCKY: Yeah, like a fine cut of meat. 178 00:09:01,082 --> 00:09:02,618 So he really is a beefjerky. 179 00:09:02,792 --> 00:09:05,159 DUCKY: In a manner of speaking, yes, Tony. 180 00:09:05,336 --> 00:09:08,499 It's also the reason why my time of death was so far off. 181 00:09:08,673 --> 00:09:10,459 More than two to four months, Ducky? 182 00:09:10,633 --> 00:09:12,749 - It would seem so. - How many? 183 00:09:12,927 --> 00:09:16,511 I would say we're looking at closer to five or six. 184 00:09:16,681 --> 00:09:18,513 Don't be so rough on yourself, doctor. 185 00:09:18,683 --> 00:09:20,344 We're already running the past six months. 186 00:09:20,518 --> 00:09:22,475 Not months. 187 00:09:22,854 --> 00:09:24,015 Years. 188 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:28,686 McGEE: Abby, they hate me. 189 00:09:28,860 --> 00:09:30,350 They don't hate you, McGee. 190 00:09:30,528 --> 00:09:32,519 Ziva tried to kill me yesterday. 191 00:09:32,697 --> 00:09:36,861 Well, you did base all the characters in your book on us 192 00:09:37,035 --> 00:09:38,321 and didn't ask our permission. 193 00:09:38,495 --> 00:09:41,328 Deep Six is a work of pure fiction. 194 00:09:43,541 --> 00:09:45,532 You described everything in my bedroom. 195 00:09:45,710 --> 00:09:48,202 Not everything. You still have those. 196 00:09:48,379 --> 00:09:49,414 [COMPUTER BEEPING] 197 00:09:49,589 --> 00:09:51,671 Fantasize later, Hemingway. 198 00:09:52,258 --> 00:09:54,841 I got a match on two of old Smokey's fingerprints. 199 00:09:56,221 --> 00:09:57,757 - Whoa. - What's wrong? 200 00:09:57,931 --> 00:10:00,343 The match file is restricted. I can't access it. 201 00:10:00,517 --> 00:10:03,259 That's not possible. NCIS has top-level clearance. 202 00:10:03,436 --> 00:10:06,349 - McGee, I work here too. - Can you tell who's blocking it? 203 00:10:06,523 --> 00:10:09,641 I could if they weren't in the process of deleting the file from the server. 204 00:10:09,818 --> 00:10:11,024 What the hell is this? 205 00:10:11,194 --> 00:10:12,730 I was wondering that myself. 206 00:10:12,904 --> 00:10:14,690 We got matching fingerprints from the victim 207 00:10:14,864 --> 00:10:16,070 and AFIS just kicked us out. 208 00:10:16,241 --> 00:10:17,731 And now they're deleting the file. 209 00:10:17,909 --> 00:10:20,150 - How? - Working on it, boss. 210 00:10:20,328 --> 00:10:22,410 It looks like some agency doesn't want us to know 211 00:10:22,580 --> 00:10:23,911 who your mummy is, Gibbs. 212 00:10:33,716 --> 00:10:36,549 JEN: lnbound G5 from Ibiza, Spain. 213 00:10:36,719 --> 00:10:39,552 Tango 8, I want every bag coming off that plane 214 00:10:39,722 --> 00:10:41,429 tagged with a GPS marker. 215 00:10:41,599 --> 00:10:44,091 Eagle 6, remain in overwatch. 216 00:10:44,269 --> 00:10:46,761 Tango 8 is on his own unless I clear you for backup. 217 00:10:46,938 --> 00:10:50,431 MAN: Solid copy. Eagle 6 remaining in overwatch position. 218 00:10:56,114 --> 00:10:58,526 Bring up Tango 8's feed on the big screen. 219 00:11:09,419 --> 00:11:11,126 Hey, there. How y'all doing? 220 00:11:11,713 --> 00:11:12,919 Toss them down, bro. 221 00:11:15,675 --> 00:11:16,710 Oh. 222 00:11:16,885 --> 00:11:18,467 TONY: Louis Vuitton. 223 00:11:20,221 --> 00:11:22,679 Y'all aren't too friendly, are you? 224 00:11:32,817 --> 00:11:35,104 This is Eagle 6. Cabin crew are exiting. 225 00:11:35,278 --> 00:11:38,316 Tango 8, La Grenouille's people are about to deplane. 226 00:11:43,494 --> 00:11:45,201 [CHUCKLES] 227 00:11:47,498 --> 00:11:48,533 [CLEARS THROAT] 228 00:11:49,459 --> 00:11:50,995 Miss Burrow is for me, dear boy. 229 00:11:51,628 --> 00:11:52,618 There's more luggage. 230 00:11:54,923 --> 00:11:56,379 Yes, sir. 231 00:12:03,139 --> 00:12:04,971 Good flight? 232 00:12:06,017 --> 00:12:07,599 Very nice, Kort. Very nice. 233 00:12:07,769 --> 00:12:09,680 Martin, where's he been keeping you? 234 00:12:09,854 --> 00:12:12,471 The African market. Cape Town, mostly. Not bad. 235 00:12:12,649 --> 00:12:14,185 Good. 236 00:12:15,526 --> 00:12:17,608 I need to see the passengers. 237 00:12:17,904 --> 00:12:19,986 [INDISTINCT CHATTER] 238 00:12:21,658 --> 00:12:22,648 Isolate and freeze-frame. 239 00:12:39,717 --> 00:12:41,378 KORT: How long have you been here? 240 00:12:42,011 --> 00:12:44,548 Well, long enough to put your luggage in the trunk. 241 00:12:44,722 --> 00:12:46,554 How long have you been working the line? 242 00:12:46,724 --> 00:12:48,089 I haven't seen you before. 243 00:12:48,268 --> 00:12:51,056 Oh, about five months, I'd say. 244 00:12:51,229 --> 00:12:54,517 You know, part-time, weekends, nights, that sort of thing. 245 00:12:58,486 --> 00:13:00,568 Can you keep your eyes off her next time? 246 00:13:02,031 --> 00:13:03,066 Probably not. 247 00:13:05,743 --> 00:13:07,074 An honest man. 248 00:13:09,580 --> 00:13:11,241 Thank you, sir. 249 00:13:14,585 --> 00:13:18,078 Eagle 6, confirm four GPS markers. 250 00:13:18,256 --> 00:13:20,748 Eagle 6, four GPS markers confirmed. 251 00:13:20,925 --> 00:13:22,541 Signals are long and strong. 252 00:13:23,511 --> 00:13:25,377 Bravo Zulu, Tango 8. 253 00:13:25,847 --> 00:13:27,178 [MUMBLES] 254 00:13:27,390 --> 00:13:28,471 Two hours. 255 00:13:28,641 --> 00:13:30,928 Gibbs is gonna murder me. 256 00:13:35,273 --> 00:13:36,308 [TYPING] 257 00:13:36,482 --> 00:13:39,270 How long has Tony been doing errands for the director? 258 00:13:39,444 --> 00:13:41,435 Pretty much since you retired. 259 00:13:41,612 --> 00:13:43,444 She trusts him. 260 00:13:43,614 --> 00:13:44,945 To do what? 261 00:13:45,616 --> 00:13:47,357 You'd have to ask Tony that. 262 00:13:47,535 --> 00:13:49,776 ABBY: Gibbs, Gibbs, Gibbs, I did it. 263 00:13:49,954 --> 00:13:51,035 Well, you mean "we." 264 00:13:51,247 --> 00:13:53,033 There's no "we" in "McGee." 265 00:13:53,207 --> 00:13:56,199 I traced the connection to the system that deleted the fingerprint match. 266 00:13:56,377 --> 00:13:57,959 It's a government server in Arlington. 267 00:13:58,129 --> 00:14:00,461 Routed into AFIS, directly at the source. 268 00:14:00,631 --> 00:14:02,793 McGEE: Our mystery hacker is-- - The FBI. 269 00:14:02,967 --> 00:14:06,130 Yeah. Sounds a little anticlimactic when you say it. 270 00:14:06,304 --> 00:14:07,715 How did you know that? 271 00:14:07,889 --> 00:14:09,596 I'm looking at them. 272 00:14:11,476 --> 00:14:14,138 You've got something that belongs to me, Gibbs. 273 00:14:16,230 --> 00:14:17,561 Petri dish, Mr. Palmer. 274 00:14:17,732 --> 00:14:20,269 There's something weird in this young man's stomach. 275 00:14:21,819 --> 00:14:24,561 PALMER: Is that--? Is that what I think it is? 276 00:14:24,739 --> 00:14:27,276 A distal interphalangeal joint. 277 00:14:27,450 --> 00:14:30,488 - A human toe. FORNELL: He was a cannibal, Ducky. 278 00:14:30,661 --> 00:14:31,992 And a serial killer. 279 00:14:33,623 --> 00:14:36,240 I've been hunting this bastard for 12 years, Gibbs. 280 00:14:36,417 --> 00:14:37,828 What's his name? 281 00:14:40,671 --> 00:14:41,832 You don't know. 282 00:14:42,840 --> 00:14:44,330 We know the prints you ran through AFIS 283 00:14:44,509 --> 00:14:46,420 matched two of the prints from his crime scenes. 284 00:14:46,761 --> 00:14:48,672 FORNELL: Fourteen kills. 285 00:14:48,846 --> 00:14:50,336 All women. 286 00:14:50,515 --> 00:14:54,179 Drugged, strangled and left to rot on your rural interstate highways. 287 00:14:54,352 --> 00:14:57,595 Every one of them missing the toes on their left foot. 288 00:14:57,772 --> 00:14:59,103 They were gnawed off. 289 00:15:00,817 --> 00:15:01,852 How'd he die? 290 00:15:02,026 --> 00:15:04,358 - We're still working on that. FORNELL: I can tell you when. 291 00:15:04,862 --> 00:15:06,523 Sixty-six months ago. 292 00:15:06,697 --> 00:15:09,485 Five and a half years. It's a pretty accurate guess. 293 00:15:09,659 --> 00:15:11,195 It wasn't a guess. 294 00:15:11,369 --> 00:15:13,030 It was the last time he killed. 295 00:15:17,375 --> 00:15:20,367 You wanna know why I restricted access to his prints? 296 00:15:20,545 --> 00:15:22,161 For starters. 297 00:15:22,338 --> 00:15:25,205 We didn't want local LEOs trying to bring him down on their own. 298 00:15:25,383 --> 00:15:27,169 That sounds like the FBI. 299 00:15:27,343 --> 00:15:28,708 Oh, this guy was a ghost, Jethro. 300 00:15:29,512 --> 00:15:30,547 Fourteen murders. 301 00:15:30,721 --> 00:15:32,632 All we ever got from him was two partials 302 00:15:32,807 --> 00:15:34,263 and a single strand of hair. 303 00:15:34,434 --> 00:15:35,970 And we never even got close. 304 00:15:36,144 --> 00:15:39,728 I am more interested in what he was doing on my Marine base, Tobias. 305 00:15:39,897 --> 00:15:42,184 As soon as I find out, you'll be the first to know. 306 00:15:43,234 --> 00:15:44,895 We got a deal? 307 00:15:47,196 --> 00:15:49,062 I'll have my ME swing by, pick up the body. 308 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:52,983 After I find out who he is and how he died. 309 00:15:53,161 --> 00:15:54,868 I spent 12 years working on this case. 310 00:15:55,037 --> 00:15:58,405 Well, then, waiting a few extra days shouldn't be a problem. 311 00:15:59,584 --> 00:16:02,918 Is there anything else I can do for you while you're grinding the knife in? 312 00:16:03,087 --> 00:16:05,875 I'm gonna need a sample of that hair and copies of your file. 313 00:16:06,257 --> 00:16:08,624 A few bottles of bourbon would be a nice gesture. 314 00:16:08,801 --> 00:16:10,417 What do I get besides a headache? 315 00:16:10,595 --> 00:16:13,963 Tobias, I am going to show you what your serial killer looks like. 316 00:16:14,140 --> 00:16:15,221 ABBY: I've been rehydrating 317 00:16:15,391 --> 00:16:17,007 Smokey the Bear's head since yesterday. 318 00:16:17,185 --> 00:16:18,767 It makes it easier for identification. 319 00:16:18,936 --> 00:16:21,598 And I've uploaded every local missing person's sketch 320 00:16:21,772 --> 00:16:24,730 and photo into the comparison field since the killing stopped. 321 00:16:24,901 --> 00:16:26,892 As soon as their rendering algorithm is complete, 322 00:16:27,069 --> 00:16:29,686 we should have a fairly accurate likeness of what Slim Jim looked like 323 00:16:29,864 --> 00:16:30,899 when he was still alive. 324 00:16:31,073 --> 00:16:34,031 As long as the system and scales are within the programme's prescribed-- 325 00:16:34,202 --> 00:16:37,115 McGee, less talk, more the computer chip doo-da. 326 00:16:37,997 --> 00:16:39,408 Making with the doo-da, boss. 327 00:16:40,041 --> 00:16:41,406 FORNELL: "Doo-da"? 328 00:16:41,584 --> 00:16:44,201 GIBBS: It's a technical term, Tobias. You wouldn't understand. 329 00:16:44,629 --> 00:16:47,087 Pretty cute for a serial-killing cannibal. 330 00:16:49,217 --> 00:16:52,835 Oh, I've got an 86 percent match on a Charles Bright, 331 00:16:53,012 --> 00:16:56,380 reported missing from Dale City five years, seven months ago. 332 00:16:56,557 --> 00:16:57,547 Our profiler was convinced 333 00:16:57,767 --> 00:16:59,758 he'd have at least one body buried near his home. 334 00:16:59,936 --> 00:17:01,973 ABBY: Why? - Something for him to gloat over, Ab. 335 00:17:02,146 --> 00:17:04,558 Relive the rush anytime he wanted to. 336 00:17:04,732 --> 00:17:06,973 That's good, Gibbs. We need an address. 337 00:17:07,151 --> 00:17:08,607 [TYPING] 338 00:17:08,778 --> 00:17:11,896 [BOTH HUMMING, SINGING "DOO-DA"] 339 00:17:14,492 --> 00:17:16,233 GIBBS: That address still good? 340 00:17:17,328 --> 00:17:18,910 Wife still lives there. Karen Bright. 341 00:17:19,080 --> 00:17:20,741 She's the one who reported him missing. 342 00:17:21,332 --> 00:17:22,914 There you go, Fornell. 343 00:17:23,918 --> 00:17:25,079 You're turning the case over? 344 00:17:25,253 --> 00:17:28,462 No, I just want you to get my search warrant for me. 345 00:17:29,006 --> 00:17:30,496 [ELEVATOR BELL DINGS] 346 00:17:31,592 --> 00:17:33,959 [SACKS LAUGHING] 347 00:17:34,178 --> 00:17:35,760 I do miss you. 348 00:17:35,930 --> 00:17:37,512 I do. 349 00:17:38,849 --> 00:17:40,806 Ha-ha-ha. Stop. 350 00:17:41,394 --> 00:17:43,931 SACKS: Oh... Oh. 351 00:17:44,146 --> 00:17:47,138 - What's wrong with this picture? - Besides being late over two hours? 352 00:17:47,316 --> 00:17:49,683 Why is the spawn of the FBI sitting at my desk? 353 00:17:49,860 --> 00:17:52,192 Warrant just came in via the FBI. 354 00:17:52,363 --> 00:17:53,979 I made sure NCIS was a co-server. 355 00:17:54,156 --> 00:17:57,023 - Warrant for what, Lee? - The serial killer's home. 356 00:17:57,201 --> 00:17:58,817 It covers the grounds and residence. 357 00:17:58,995 --> 00:18:00,861 Serial killer? I only missed, like, two hours. 358 00:18:01,038 --> 00:18:03,700 Snooze, you lose, DiNozzo. Grab your gear. 359 00:18:03,874 --> 00:18:04,955 TONY: Already have my gear. 360 00:18:05,126 --> 00:18:07,663 - I'll fill you in on the way. Let's go. GIBBS: Today, DiNozzo. 361 00:18:09,547 --> 00:18:10,878 Jeez. 362 00:18:12,550 --> 00:18:16,214 - What do we tell her? - The truth. We found her husband. 363 00:18:16,554 --> 00:18:19,888 And the whole serial-killing-cannibalism thing? 364 00:18:21,851 --> 00:18:23,808 Not until we have to. 365 00:18:25,146 --> 00:18:26,887 Hi. Your mom home? 366 00:18:27,773 --> 00:18:28,854 WOMAN: Who is it, Amy? 367 00:18:30,067 --> 00:18:31,899 It's the police, Mom. 368 00:18:32,320 --> 00:18:34,311 Mrs. Bright, I'm-- 369 00:18:39,243 --> 00:18:43,658 He's FBI Agent Fornell. I'm NCIS Special Agent Gibbs. 370 00:18:47,168 --> 00:18:49,079 You found him, didn't you? 371 00:18:49,253 --> 00:18:50,960 You found my husband, Charlie? 372 00:18:51,130 --> 00:18:53,667 His body was discovered yesterday in Quantico. 373 00:18:54,759 --> 00:18:56,090 It was an accident, wasn't it? 374 00:18:56,552 --> 00:18:58,919 He was a building inspector. 375 00:18:59,513 --> 00:19:01,595 The cause of death is still undetermined. 376 00:19:02,099 --> 00:19:04,431 He would have never abandoned us. 377 00:19:04,602 --> 00:19:05,637 Everyone else thought it 378 00:19:05,811 --> 00:19:08,803 but I always knew it couldn't be true. Oh. 379 00:19:10,775 --> 00:19:12,265 They found Daddy. 380 00:19:12,610 --> 00:19:14,567 They finally found him. 381 00:19:14,737 --> 00:19:16,819 [KAREN CRYING] 382 00:19:21,327 --> 00:19:23,489 Sorry about that, Jethro. 383 00:19:23,704 --> 00:19:25,786 She could have been a twin to some of his victims. 384 00:19:25,956 --> 00:19:27,446 The loving husband 385 00:19:27,625 --> 00:19:29,957 murdering and eating women who look like his wife. 386 00:19:30,586 --> 00:19:33,078 It'll probably be McGee's next best seller. 387 00:19:33,255 --> 00:19:36,293 FORNELL: It amazes me how the truly sick ones are always the best-liked. 388 00:19:36,884 --> 00:19:38,545 The pillars of the community. 389 00:19:38,719 --> 00:19:40,630 They're successful because they blend in. 390 00:19:40,805 --> 00:19:42,637 They go to church, they coach Little League. 391 00:19:42,807 --> 00:19:44,969 I was on the team that nailed Bundy, Gibbs. 392 00:19:45,142 --> 00:19:48,055 And I'm familiar with sick, charming bastards. 393 00:19:48,229 --> 00:19:50,937 That's probably why we get along so well. 394 00:19:56,779 --> 00:19:59,146 TONY: Oh, I found something, boss. 395 00:20:00,866 --> 00:20:02,152 Found some bone fragments. 396 00:20:17,341 --> 00:20:19,503 Our serial killer spent the last five years 397 00:20:19,677 --> 00:20:22,669 getting smoked and tenderized in the Puller High School chimney, 398 00:20:23,264 --> 00:20:26,177 only to fall out during the installation of the new furnace. 399 00:20:26,350 --> 00:20:28,432 I wanna know how he ended up that way, DiNozzo. 400 00:20:28,602 --> 00:20:30,934 Boss, he was a building inspector for the DOD. 401 00:20:31,355 --> 00:20:33,346 When he disappeared in April 2001, 402 00:20:33,524 --> 00:20:36,016 he was checking structures at Quantico and Little Creek. 403 00:20:36,235 --> 00:20:39,023 - Puller High School was on his list. - Could've been an accident. 404 00:20:39,196 --> 00:20:42,029 He could have fallen to his death while inspecting the school. 405 00:20:42,199 --> 00:20:45,317 How? Think about it. He couldn't just walk onto a military base. 406 00:20:45,494 --> 00:20:47,155 If he drove, they'd have found his car. 407 00:20:47,329 --> 00:20:49,661 2000 Honda Accord disappeared with him. 408 00:20:49,832 --> 00:20:54,167 Fourteen victims spread out from 1993 until his death. 409 00:20:54,336 --> 00:20:56,327 All of them looking pretty much like his wife. 410 00:20:56,505 --> 00:21:00,715 Number 15 found in his own back yard by yours truly, 411 00:21:00,885 --> 00:21:02,717 with the FBI digging for more. 412 00:21:02,887 --> 00:21:04,719 Why are we letting the FBI dig for more? 413 00:21:04,889 --> 00:21:07,472 GIBBS: They're doing our manual labour. 414 00:21:08,309 --> 00:21:10,391 [INDISTINCT POLICE RADIO CHATTER] 415 00:21:14,815 --> 00:21:16,305 [CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING] 416 00:21:17,026 --> 00:21:21,065 Well, this is the last one, Ducky, unless they find more. 417 00:21:22,406 --> 00:21:23,988 Yeah, well, this one's also female, 418 00:21:24,158 --> 00:21:27,492 judging by the width of the pelvic bones. 419 00:21:27,661 --> 00:21:30,494 Yeah, with the almost complete lack of tissue, 420 00:21:30,664 --> 00:21:34,578 I think I'll refrain before I offer a tentative time of death. 421 00:21:34,752 --> 00:21:36,334 Especially after the last time. 422 00:21:36,504 --> 00:21:38,916 Yes, I do deeply apologise for that. 423 00:21:39,089 --> 00:21:41,751 ZIVA: No problems, Ducky. We all make mistakes, yes? 424 00:21:41,926 --> 00:21:43,508 Did I ever tell you about the time 425 00:21:43,677 --> 00:21:46,089 I shoved a French police officer off a cliff? 426 00:21:46,263 --> 00:21:47,503 TONY: There was a lake below. 427 00:21:47,681 --> 00:21:49,922 DUCKY: Yes. The man was all right, 428 00:21:50,100 --> 00:21:52,717 but they still issued a warrant for my arrest. 429 00:21:52,895 --> 00:21:55,432 Gibbs and I managed to keep two steps ahead of them. 430 00:21:55,815 --> 00:21:58,933 Eventually, we escaped across the English Channel in a sailboat. 431 00:21:59,109 --> 00:22:00,941 You and Agent Gibbs were fugitives? 432 00:22:01,111 --> 00:22:03,227 Yes, for a short while. 433 00:22:03,405 --> 00:22:09,367 Until a young upcoming NCIS agent had the charges dropped. 434 00:22:09,537 --> 00:22:10,618 Jenny. Heh. 435 00:22:13,582 --> 00:22:14,947 I mean, Director Shepard. 436 00:22:15,918 --> 00:22:18,250 Yeah, she was the one who commandeered the boat. 437 00:22:18,420 --> 00:22:20,127 Director Shepard stole a boat? 438 00:22:20,297 --> 00:22:24,211 She wasn't the director of NCIS at the time, McGee. 439 00:22:27,012 --> 00:22:28,878 KAREN: Everything's gonna be okay. 440 00:22:29,056 --> 00:22:31,548 - This is all a big mistake. - Mrs. Bright, 441 00:22:31,976 --> 00:22:34,889 I need to know how your husband ended up in Quantico. 442 00:22:36,981 --> 00:22:39,143 He worked at all the bases. 443 00:22:40,359 --> 00:22:41,645 Don't you people understand 444 00:22:41,819 --> 00:22:44,277 you have him confused with someone else? 445 00:22:44,780 --> 00:22:47,021 Some kind of monster. 446 00:22:49,326 --> 00:22:51,818 Sweetheart, go get your brother, okay? 447 00:22:51,996 --> 00:22:54,829 We're gonna go to Grandma's house. Go on. 448 00:22:56,667 --> 00:22:57,828 AMY: Can't they just leave? 449 00:23:01,171 --> 00:23:05,665 My husband was one of the most loving men on the planet, Agent Gibbs. 450 00:23:05,843 --> 00:23:10,428 He treated everyone with kindness and decency. 451 00:23:10,598 --> 00:23:14,182 Ask anyone who knew him, Agent Gibbs. Anyone. 452 00:23:14,685 --> 00:23:17,518 They're removing four bodies from your backyard. 453 00:23:19,857 --> 00:23:23,191 Do you know how many old unmarked graveyards are in Virginia? 454 00:23:24,945 --> 00:23:26,856 When was the last time you saw him? 455 00:23:27,531 --> 00:23:30,114 He was driving to Little Creek. 456 00:23:31,201 --> 00:23:33,818 He was supposed to call when he got to his hotel. 457 00:23:33,996 --> 00:23:36,704 That's a long way from Quantico where he ended up. 458 00:23:36,874 --> 00:23:37,955 I know. 459 00:23:38,125 --> 00:23:41,163 I knew something was wrong when he didn't call. 460 00:23:43,088 --> 00:23:46,297 Did you ever have one of those feelings? 461 00:23:46,884 --> 00:23:49,717 When you know something terrible has just happened? 462 00:23:49,970 --> 00:23:51,711 Once. 463 00:23:55,559 --> 00:23:57,220 And did it? 464 00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:04,398 He didn't do these things, Agent Gibbs. 465 00:24:04,777 --> 00:24:07,064 I'm sorry, but there's nothing you people can do or say 466 00:24:07,237 --> 00:24:09,069 to ever make me believe this. 467 00:24:11,116 --> 00:24:13,198 [SOBBING] 468 00:24:25,381 --> 00:24:27,372 Stashing four bodies in the yard. 469 00:24:27,883 --> 00:24:29,920 That's more than just gloating, Gibbs. 470 00:24:30,094 --> 00:24:32,756 Well, they could be his first kills. 471 00:24:32,930 --> 00:24:34,386 PALMER: I think we're running out of room. 472 00:24:34,556 --> 00:24:38,015 Yes, it won't be lonely in the Mallard Inn tonight. 473 00:24:38,185 --> 00:24:40,597 How could someone do the things this man did, doctor? 474 00:24:40,771 --> 00:24:43,479 In some cases, there's a physiological defect 475 00:24:43,649 --> 00:24:46,107 in the hard-wiring of their brains. 476 00:24:46,276 --> 00:24:51,396 A mechanism that precludes the ability to feel genuine emotion. 477 00:24:51,657 --> 00:24:53,614 Did you find anything weird in this guy's brain, 478 00:24:53,784 --> 00:24:56,196 like a tumour or a physical abnormality? 479 00:24:56,370 --> 00:24:59,362 - I did not. - Then how do you explain him? 480 00:24:59,540 --> 00:25:00,746 I can't. 481 00:25:00,916 --> 00:25:03,248 There is also evil in this world, 482 00:25:03,419 --> 00:25:07,083 and even armed with all our science and degrees, 483 00:25:07,256 --> 00:25:09,418 it remains impenetrable. 484 00:25:09,591 --> 00:25:13,084 Perhaps because its depths are unfathomable. 485 00:25:13,262 --> 00:25:15,754 There's a very good book that I-- 486 00:25:17,307 --> 00:25:21,221 Oh, I seem to have left my bag in the van. 487 00:25:21,395 --> 00:25:24,933 Be a good lad and fetch it for me before you leave for the night. 488 00:25:25,107 --> 00:25:26,893 You got it, doctor. 489 00:25:27,985 --> 00:25:29,521 [ELEVATOR BELL DINGS] 490 00:25:32,031 --> 00:25:33,613 [ELEVATOR BELL DINGS] 491 00:25:44,418 --> 00:25:46,125 [BOTH GIGGLING] 492 00:25:46,295 --> 00:25:47,706 PALMER: Ahh. LEE: Oh. 493 00:25:50,215 --> 00:25:52,297 [CREAKING] 494 00:25:53,177 --> 00:25:55,259 [FOOTSTEPS] 495 00:26:00,100 --> 00:26:02,137 I thought you might be needing a refill. 496 00:26:04,063 --> 00:26:05,349 Thanks. 497 00:26:05,522 --> 00:26:09,311 Today certainly brought back a lot of memories. 498 00:26:12,029 --> 00:26:13,360 Yeah. 499 00:26:13,530 --> 00:26:18,195 It also made me realise that since your return, 500 00:26:18,368 --> 00:26:22,202 - I've been acting a little like a-- - An ass? 501 00:26:22,372 --> 00:26:24,363 Well, something like that. 502 00:26:25,626 --> 00:26:27,537 I didn't notice. 503 00:26:29,713 --> 00:26:32,671 You and I have been through a lot over the years. 504 00:26:33,467 --> 00:26:38,177 Look, I hate to use marriage as an analogy-- 505 00:26:38,347 --> 00:26:39,337 Then don't. 506 00:26:39,556 --> 00:26:42,139 Just tell me what I did to piss you off. 507 00:26:42,601 --> 00:26:45,719 The night you retired, you asked me to drive you home. 508 00:26:46,396 --> 00:26:48,888 You didn't say a single word the entire trip. 509 00:26:49,316 --> 00:26:50,977 No explanation. 510 00:26:51,151 --> 00:26:53,563 Not even a goodbye. 511 00:26:55,697 --> 00:26:59,315 I was kind of still recovering from the coma, doctor. 512 00:26:59,952 --> 00:27:01,488 And Kelly? And Shannon? 513 00:27:02,162 --> 00:27:03,903 All those years of friendship together 514 00:27:04,081 --> 00:27:07,199 and somehow you failed to mention that you have a family. 515 00:27:07,376 --> 00:27:08,866 I had. 516 00:27:09,461 --> 00:27:11,372 Had a family. 517 00:27:17,427 --> 00:27:20,215 You know how I feel about apologies, right? 518 00:27:20,389 --> 00:27:21,845 They're a sign of weakness. 519 00:27:22,015 --> 00:27:23,346 Not between friends. 520 00:27:24,685 --> 00:27:26,926 I am sorry, Ducky. 521 00:27:27,729 --> 00:27:29,436 I should have told you. 522 00:27:30,899 --> 00:27:33,391 Well, I should have told you something months ago. 523 00:27:34,278 --> 00:27:35,518 Welcome home. 524 00:27:40,033 --> 00:27:41,239 Thanks. 525 00:27:41,410 --> 00:27:43,492 [MUSIC PLAYING OVER TV] 526 00:27:49,543 --> 00:27:51,625 [KNOCKING ON DOOR] 527 00:27:55,257 --> 00:27:56,668 [SIGHS] 528 00:27:56,925 --> 00:28:00,384 I hope you had a better day than I did, Miss Jeanne Benoit. 529 00:28:00,971 --> 00:28:03,633 Thinking a lot about you lately. 530 00:28:04,975 --> 00:28:08,138 And I'm really, really trying to figure out a way 531 00:28:09,021 --> 00:28:11,103 to not screw this up. 532 00:28:18,697 --> 00:28:19,687 [DOOR UNLOCKING] 533 00:28:20,657 --> 00:28:23,570 - Tony. - Hey. I thought you were sleeping. 534 00:28:23,744 --> 00:28:24,984 I was. 535 00:28:30,125 --> 00:28:31,661 So how was your day? 536 00:28:35,005 --> 00:28:37,542 Well, you ever see The Texas Chainsaw Massacre? 537 00:28:37,758 --> 00:28:40,295 - Original or remake? - Either. 538 00:28:40,594 --> 00:28:43,803 - Neither. - It was a lot like that. 539 00:28:43,972 --> 00:28:45,713 But worse. 540 00:28:46,141 --> 00:28:47,176 How about you? 541 00:28:47,351 --> 00:28:50,969 Kind of like a cross between Trains, Planes and Automobiles 542 00:28:51,146 --> 00:28:53,103 and The Muppets Take Manhattan. 543 00:28:53,607 --> 00:28:57,521 That is a heady, heady brew of strange cinematic references 544 00:28:57,694 --> 00:29:00,152 and I don't know what to make of it. 545 00:29:00,322 --> 00:29:02,529 I interned at the Children's Ward today. 546 00:29:02,950 --> 00:29:05,533 - Ah. - I felt kind of like that too. 547 00:29:06,370 --> 00:29:08,202 Beautiful and clever. 548 00:29:08,830 --> 00:29:10,867 So why aren't you kissing me? 549 00:29:11,625 --> 00:29:13,207 And she's a mind reader. 550 00:29:13,377 --> 00:29:15,459 I'm not exactly stop-- 551 00:29:28,517 --> 00:29:29,678 [MOANING] 552 00:29:39,152 --> 00:29:41,519 [BOTH CHUCKLING] 553 00:29:41,697 --> 00:29:43,779 [GIGGLING] 554 00:29:48,996 --> 00:29:50,532 JEANNE: Whoo! TONY: Uhn! 555 00:29:50,706 --> 00:29:52,322 [JEANNE GIGGLES] 556 00:29:56,253 --> 00:29:58,335 [WHISTLING] 557 00:30:02,926 --> 00:30:04,041 ZIVA: Are you on medication? 558 00:30:04,219 --> 00:30:05,675 Just had a good night last night. 559 00:30:05,846 --> 00:30:07,587 Doing what? 560 00:30:08,307 --> 00:30:09,422 The usual. 561 00:30:09,599 --> 00:30:11,340 The usual what? 562 00:30:11,518 --> 00:30:12,758 Night. 563 00:30:13,645 --> 00:30:14,851 [ELEVATOR BELL DINGS] 564 00:30:15,063 --> 00:30:17,145 [LAUGHING] 565 00:30:17,774 --> 00:30:20,766 - You had sex, didn't you? - What? 566 00:30:20,944 --> 00:30:23,902 It's okay to admit it. I mean, we're all adults here. 567 00:30:24,072 --> 00:30:27,440 That's a subject I'd be willing to debate, Officer David. 568 00:30:27,868 --> 00:30:29,108 Where's Gibbs? 569 00:30:29,328 --> 00:30:30,864 He must have known you were coming 570 00:30:31,038 --> 00:30:33,029 because he's not here. 571 00:30:33,415 --> 00:30:36,123 It was really more of a courtesy call, DiNozzo. 572 00:30:36,668 --> 00:30:39,706 Letting him know about these orders from Justice. 573 00:30:40,505 --> 00:30:45,170 The ones where the FBI is taking over your case. 574 00:30:45,344 --> 00:30:46,834 Ahhh. 575 00:30:47,596 --> 00:30:49,212 You sure he's not around? 576 00:30:50,599 --> 00:30:53,808 JEN: These are pretty clear-cut orders, Agent Fornell. 577 00:30:53,977 --> 00:30:58,141 "NCIS is hereby ordered to turn over full jurisdiction of the Bright case 578 00:30:58,315 --> 00:31:02,229 to the FBI by end of business today." 579 00:31:04,321 --> 00:31:06,107 Who did you have to sleep with to get these? 580 00:31:06,281 --> 00:31:08,147 Director, please. 581 00:31:08,325 --> 00:31:11,317 A serial killer falls down a chimney on a Marine base. 582 00:31:11,745 --> 00:31:13,782 Is that a logical way to decide jurisdiction? 583 00:31:14,247 --> 00:31:16,955 It's been working for us since around 1882. 584 00:31:17,125 --> 00:31:20,413 Sadly, Justice didn't see it that way. 585 00:31:20,796 --> 00:31:23,003 The FBI has invested 12 years in this investigation. 586 00:31:23,173 --> 00:31:25,756 And my people made more progress in just three days. 587 00:31:25,926 --> 00:31:28,088 Now, I can see how that would be embarrassing. 588 00:31:28,261 --> 00:31:29,797 I'll get over it. 589 00:31:29,971 --> 00:31:31,006 No hard feelings, Jethro? 590 00:31:32,682 --> 00:31:34,013 Nope. 591 00:31:34,184 --> 00:31:36,300 Just need you to look at something before you leave. 592 00:31:36,478 --> 00:31:38,685 You got that moustache in a box, don't you? 593 00:31:39,523 --> 00:31:42,857 It took more time than I care to admit, 594 00:31:43,026 --> 00:31:47,816 but I finally managed to solve the riddle of how our friend died. 595 00:31:48,990 --> 00:31:50,526 You may need this. 596 00:31:50,700 --> 00:31:52,190 Look closely, 597 00:31:52,369 --> 00:31:54,861 in the area of his abdomen. 598 00:31:55,038 --> 00:31:58,531 Do you see anything resembling wounds? 599 00:32:01,169 --> 00:32:02,751 FORNELL: No. - Well, neither did I 600 00:32:02,921 --> 00:32:05,834 until I took a second look at the CAT scan. 601 00:32:06,007 --> 00:32:08,544 You see, smoking desiccates flesh. 602 00:32:08,718 --> 00:32:12,177 Which is why it is the preferred method of preserving meat 603 00:32:12,347 --> 00:32:14,338 in less technologically advanced societies-- 604 00:32:14,516 --> 00:32:17,383 Whoa, whoa, whoa! How did he die, doctor? 605 00:32:17,561 --> 00:32:20,269 Well, as the moisture was lost, the victim's tissue, 606 00:32:20,439 --> 00:32:23,727 which protected the vital organs, shrank. 607 00:32:23,900 --> 00:32:26,733 You see these little black dots? 608 00:32:29,614 --> 00:32:32,948 Um... Um... 609 00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:34,400 Oh, yeah. 610 00:32:34,578 --> 00:32:37,741 He was stabbed repeatedly and fatally. 611 00:32:38,957 --> 00:32:40,698 With what? 612 00:32:40,917 --> 00:32:42,032 A safety pin? 613 00:32:42,210 --> 00:32:46,329 No, as I just explained, the shrinkage of the flesh is deceptive. 614 00:32:46,506 --> 00:32:51,091 Most likely, it was an ice pick or a Phillips-head screwdriver. 615 00:32:51,261 --> 00:32:53,593 Somebody killed your serial killer, Fornell. 616 00:32:53,763 --> 00:32:55,128 On a Marine base. 617 00:32:55,307 --> 00:32:59,392 Which means it is still our jurisdiction. 618 00:33:12,866 --> 00:33:13,901 [BEEPING] 619 00:33:14,075 --> 00:33:16,908 I've seen a lot of things since I became a cop, Ziva. 620 00:33:17,078 --> 00:33:18,113 But this? 621 00:33:18,288 --> 00:33:20,074 Guy tortures and murders 19 women 622 00:33:20,248 --> 00:33:22,865 and then gets off on eating their toes? 623 00:33:23,043 --> 00:33:26,456 Whoever whacked this sick freak did us and the world a favour. 624 00:33:26,630 --> 00:33:28,291 And our job is to arrest them. 625 00:33:28,465 --> 00:33:29,796 Makes perfect sense to me. 626 00:33:29,966 --> 00:33:32,754 Justified or not, it's still a crime, Ziva. 627 00:33:32,928 --> 00:33:35,420 In this country, you cannot take the law into your own hands. 628 00:33:35,597 --> 00:33:38,510 Unless it's your little sister wanted for murder, right, probie? 629 00:33:38,683 --> 00:33:40,469 You know what I mean. 630 00:33:40,644 --> 00:33:42,510 What if this was your sister? 631 00:33:42,687 --> 00:33:43,802 Or her? 632 00:33:43,980 --> 00:33:46,972 My point is that we cannot just investigate the crimes that we want to. 633 00:33:47,150 --> 00:33:50,142 McGee's right. Does anybody have a problem with that? 634 00:33:50,320 --> 00:33:53,108 - No, boss, it's just-- - Just what, DiNozzo? 635 00:33:53,281 --> 00:33:55,318 Some days this job really sucks. 636 00:33:55,492 --> 00:33:57,324 Yeah? Well, it's about to get worse. 637 00:33:58,036 --> 00:34:00,494 Ziva, you and Tony are with Sacks on this one. 638 00:34:00,664 --> 00:34:01,779 Doing what? 639 00:34:01,957 --> 00:34:04,415 Coming up with a list of people who wanted Bright dead. 640 00:34:04,626 --> 00:34:07,584 - Besides everyone in this room? - Except for McLawyer over there. 641 00:34:07,754 --> 00:34:08,789 Tony, all I was saying-- 642 00:34:08,964 --> 00:34:11,956 Go check on Abby, see if she needs any help. 643 00:34:12,634 --> 00:34:14,671 Running a little late today, are we, Tobias? 644 00:34:14,844 --> 00:34:16,426 You're enjoying this, aren't you? 645 00:34:16,596 --> 00:34:19,008 Oh, only slightly more than a lot. Come on. 646 00:34:19,182 --> 00:34:21,844 - What? GIBBS: Ducky's got something for us. 647 00:34:22,018 --> 00:34:25,352 DUCKY: There wasn't any recoverable tissue from any of the remains. 648 00:34:25,522 --> 00:34:28,514 All four bodies were completely stripped to the bone. 649 00:34:28,692 --> 00:34:30,524 GIBBS: Yeah, I can see that, Duck. 650 00:34:30,694 --> 00:34:32,025 How long were they in the ground? 651 00:34:32,195 --> 00:34:34,857 Shallow graves, exposed to the elements... 652 00:34:35,031 --> 00:34:38,114 All four women could have been there for, ooh, decades 653 00:34:38,285 --> 00:34:40,276 or for as little as six months. 654 00:34:40,453 --> 00:34:42,114 We know it's gotta be at least five years. 655 00:34:42,289 --> 00:34:45,031 - Do we, Tobias? - Yes. 656 00:34:45,208 --> 00:34:46,539 Unless Bright figured out a way 657 00:34:46,710 --> 00:34:49,042 to climb in and out of that smokestack. 658 00:34:49,212 --> 00:34:52,375 For what it's worth, I agree with you. But down here, we deal in facts. 659 00:34:52,549 --> 00:34:53,755 Meaning you don't know? 660 00:34:53,925 --> 00:34:54,960 Well, not yet. 661 00:34:55,135 --> 00:34:56,921 You couldn't have told me that on the phone? 662 00:34:57,095 --> 00:34:58,551 Yes, I could have, Jethro. 663 00:34:58,722 --> 00:35:01,760 But that's not the reason I asked you down here. 664 00:35:02,183 --> 00:35:05,426 I took the liberty of reviewing the profile 665 00:35:05,604 --> 00:35:10,223 that the FBI prepared on our serial killer eight years ago. 666 00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:12,767 In order to disguise his predatory nature, 667 00:35:12,986 --> 00:35:18,072 Bright had to be methodical, precise, cautious almost to a fault. 668 00:35:18,241 --> 00:35:19,572 Your point? 669 00:35:19,743 --> 00:35:21,905 Well, if the FBl's finest couldn't get him, 670 00:35:22,787 --> 00:35:24,448 it makes me wonder who did. 671 00:35:24,623 --> 00:35:26,580 He knew his killer. 672 00:35:27,459 --> 00:35:28,870 That's good work, Ducky. 673 00:35:29,044 --> 00:35:30,079 [PHONE BEEPS] 674 00:35:30,253 --> 00:35:32,585 How else could someone get close enough to him 675 00:35:32,756 --> 00:35:35,248 to stab him to death with a screwdriver? 676 00:35:35,425 --> 00:35:36,506 GIBBS: DiNozzo. TONY: Yeah, boss. 677 00:35:36,676 --> 00:35:37,916 Concentrate on the high school. 678 00:35:38,136 --> 00:35:40,468 Someone there had to have a personal connection to Bright. 679 00:35:40,639 --> 00:35:42,425 - On it. - Find him. 680 00:35:43,266 --> 00:35:45,007 ABBY: I'm a forensic scientist, McGee, 681 00:35:45,185 --> 00:35:46,767 I don't need anyone checking up on me. 682 00:35:46,936 --> 00:35:49,098 What I do need is to date those bones, 683 00:35:49,272 --> 00:35:51,354 the ones that we found in Beef Jerky's back yard. 684 00:35:52,150 --> 00:35:53,766 Marty? 685 00:35:53,943 --> 00:35:56,901 Yes. Why didn't I think of that? 686 00:35:57,072 --> 00:36:01,191 Marty got his degree in Forensic Botany at Penn State. 687 00:36:01,368 --> 00:36:03,450 The roots grew into the bones. 688 00:36:03,620 --> 00:36:05,657 So if Marty can ID the plant, 689 00:36:05,830 --> 00:36:07,491 he can probably give us a rough estimate 690 00:36:07,666 --> 00:36:09,031 as to when they were buried. 691 00:36:09,417 --> 00:36:11,829 Way to go, McGee. 692 00:36:15,173 --> 00:36:17,414 How did you know what Marty majored in? 693 00:36:18,259 --> 00:36:19,420 I didn't. 694 00:36:19,928 --> 00:36:21,635 Who is he? 695 00:36:22,055 --> 00:36:23,545 He's just a friend. 696 00:36:25,225 --> 00:36:30,595 "Being with you makes me believe size truly doesn't matter. Abby." 697 00:36:31,064 --> 00:36:33,726 Okay, he's a really good friend. 698 00:36:36,695 --> 00:36:38,982 Where the hell did you learn how to type? 699 00:36:39,155 --> 00:36:42,489 Do you mind? Your breath's taking the starch out of my collar. Haah. 700 00:36:42,659 --> 00:36:44,149 [IN UNISON] What have we got? 701 00:36:44,327 --> 00:36:47,490 Staff's still present from five years ago. All claim not to have known Bright. 702 00:36:47,664 --> 00:36:50,702 If they murdered the guy and stuffed him down a chimney, not surprising. 703 00:36:50,875 --> 00:36:52,832 - Tony? - Running down a list of substitutes 704 00:36:53,002 --> 00:36:55,369 - who used to teach. - His wife's a teacher, 3rd grade. 705 00:36:55,547 --> 00:36:56,787 See if she ever worked at Puller. 706 00:36:57,006 --> 00:36:59,464 We checked for Brights already, boss. Sir, there are none. 707 00:36:59,676 --> 00:37:02,464 - Check her maiden name. - Her maiden name is Burris, Tony. 708 00:37:02,637 --> 00:37:04,844 Burris... Burr... 709 00:37:07,767 --> 00:37:09,132 Okay, got one hit. Karen Burris. 710 00:37:09,310 --> 00:37:11,927 Subbed for Social Studies and Western History in 2001. 711 00:37:12,105 --> 00:37:15,723 Social Security number listed is the same as Bright's wife. 712 00:37:23,700 --> 00:37:28,866 Wow. My mama always told me big things come in small packages. 713 00:37:29,038 --> 00:37:30,119 What a coincidence. 714 00:37:30,290 --> 00:37:33,749 Mine always warned me about tattooed girls bearing samples. 715 00:37:33,918 --> 00:37:35,500 I'm talking about your lab. 716 00:37:35,670 --> 00:37:38,037 - I love it. - Yeah? 717 00:37:38,256 --> 00:37:39,337 Pretty sweet, huh? 718 00:37:39,716 --> 00:37:44,506 - Sweet? I'd kill for half this equipment. - Really? 719 00:37:45,513 --> 00:37:47,049 What would you do for all of it? 720 00:37:50,894 --> 00:37:52,885 What's your crazy ninja sense telling you? 721 00:37:53,062 --> 00:37:54,143 She's scared. 722 00:37:54,314 --> 00:37:56,225 I mean, about whether she shanked Beef Jerky 723 00:37:56,399 --> 00:37:58,185 and dropped him down the wishing well? 724 00:37:58,693 --> 00:38:00,309 What would you do if you woke up one day 725 00:38:00,487 --> 00:38:02,899 and you discovered you were married to a monster? 726 00:38:03,072 --> 00:38:05,404 Happened to my father all the time. We usually just moved. 727 00:38:05,575 --> 00:38:08,033 Ah. That explains it. 728 00:38:13,541 --> 00:38:14,997 [DOOR CLOSES] 729 00:38:16,169 --> 00:38:17,330 Karen, you were a substitute 730 00:38:17,504 --> 00:38:20,747 at Lieutenant General Lewis Puller High School. 731 00:38:20,924 --> 00:38:23,416 I've worked at a lot of schools in the area. 732 00:38:23,676 --> 00:38:25,166 What does that have to do with this? 733 00:38:25,345 --> 00:38:29,930 Considering we found your husband petrified in the chimney there. 734 00:38:30,225 --> 00:38:31,636 Quite a bit. 735 00:38:31,810 --> 00:38:33,300 Karen... 736 00:38:35,688 --> 00:38:37,429 ...we know this is hard... 737 00:38:40,109 --> 00:38:41,941 ...but we're here to help. 738 00:38:43,947 --> 00:38:47,360 And it's important that you tell us the truth. 739 00:38:51,913 --> 00:38:53,278 When did you find out? 740 00:38:54,916 --> 00:38:56,281 Find out? 741 00:38:57,794 --> 00:39:00,627 That your loving husband 742 00:39:00,797 --> 00:39:05,382 was murdering women who looked just like you. 743 00:39:06,970 --> 00:39:08,460 I told you. 744 00:39:08,638 --> 00:39:11,721 My husband didn't do those things. 745 00:39:11,891 --> 00:39:14,804 GIBBS: He removed the toes from their left feet. 746 00:39:15,812 --> 00:39:17,723 We think that you know why. 747 00:39:17,897 --> 00:39:19,763 [CRYING] 748 00:39:19,983 --> 00:39:22,600 Would you mind taking off your shoe and showing us your left foot? 749 00:39:23,820 --> 00:39:25,402 Please. 750 00:39:27,407 --> 00:39:28,568 Karen. 751 00:39:48,303 --> 00:39:49,668 Your husband was an evil man. 752 00:39:49,846 --> 00:39:52,713 That thing was not my husband. 753 00:39:54,183 --> 00:39:56,094 It wasn't the man I married. 754 00:39:56,477 --> 00:39:59,811 It had to be stopped. Don't you see? I had no other choice. 755 00:39:59,981 --> 00:40:01,392 You could have gone to the police. 756 00:40:01,566 --> 00:40:03,773 And have my children live the rest of their lives 757 00:40:03,943 --> 00:40:07,311 knowing that monster was their father? No. 758 00:40:07,488 --> 00:40:11,197 I had to. I had to protect them from it. 759 00:40:11,492 --> 00:40:13,153 [KAREN SOBBING] 760 00:40:15,038 --> 00:40:17,120 MARTY: Gaultheria procumbens. 761 00:40:17,290 --> 00:40:21,500 Evergreen shrub. More commonly known as wintergreen or checkerberry. 762 00:40:21,878 --> 00:40:24,461 I need to see the photo where the sample was recovered from. 763 00:40:24,631 --> 00:40:27,214 ABBY:lt was taken from between the fibula and the tibia. 764 00:40:27,383 --> 00:40:29,215 Go back to the wide shot. 765 00:40:30,094 --> 00:40:31,129 Now go to that quadrant. 766 00:40:32,472 --> 00:40:34,964 That's a wintergreen, about five metres from the remains. 767 00:40:35,558 --> 00:40:38,892 Judging from the thickness of the root, annual growth rate 768 00:40:39,228 --> 00:40:41,720 and the soil samples you brought me, 769 00:40:41,898 --> 00:40:44,890 you can calculate roughly how long the body's been buried. 770 00:40:45,068 --> 00:40:47,230 Plus or minus six months. 771 00:40:47,403 --> 00:40:49,019 You can tell it was a live sample 772 00:40:49,197 --> 00:40:51,734 by the tiny little offshoots forming off the main root. 773 00:40:52,200 --> 00:40:53,531 Wanna see? 774 00:40:56,913 --> 00:40:58,199 Abby? 775 00:40:58,665 --> 00:41:02,579 In her position, I can't say I wouldn't have done the same thing, Tony. 776 00:41:02,752 --> 00:41:06,916 McGee was right about taking the law into your own hands. 777 00:41:07,674 --> 00:41:10,086 She's lucky she wasn't his last victim. 778 00:41:10,593 --> 00:41:12,675 [KAREN SOBBING] 779 00:41:20,853 --> 00:41:25,518 Karen, no one should have to live through what you did. 780 00:41:25,692 --> 00:41:29,401 Believe me when I tell you that there's no jury in the world 781 00:41:29,570 --> 00:41:31,106 that wouldn't sympathise with you. 782 00:41:32,115 --> 00:41:34,197 [CELL PHONE BEEPING] 783 00:41:35,952 --> 00:41:37,113 It's not me. 784 00:41:44,377 --> 00:41:45,412 [WHISPERS] What? 785 00:41:45,586 --> 00:41:47,293 What do you wanna bet that's McGeek? 786 00:41:47,463 --> 00:41:51,297 Rule number 22: Never, ever bother Gibbs in interrogation. 787 00:41:57,432 --> 00:41:59,139 Tony, I don't think it's McGee. 788 00:42:00,184 --> 00:42:02,300 Got it, Abs, thanks. 789 00:42:03,813 --> 00:42:06,680 You're okay, Karen. No, you're gonna get through this. 790 00:42:06,858 --> 00:42:09,145 GIBBS: Get away from her, Tobias. 791 00:42:14,323 --> 00:42:17,406 The bodies in the yard are not from five years ago. 792 00:42:17,577 --> 00:42:19,284 - They're older? GIBBS: No. 793 00:42:21,330 --> 00:42:22,991 They're more recent than that. 794 00:42:26,335 --> 00:42:28,326 Her husband wasn't the serial killer. 795 00:42:31,841 --> 00:42:33,502 She is. 796 00:42:42,143 --> 00:42:45,010 I gotta tell you, Jethro, that was... 797 00:42:47,815 --> 00:42:50,307 - That was... - Mm-hm. 798 00:42:52,070 --> 00:42:54,983 How in God's name could we miss that? 799 00:42:55,865 --> 00:42:57,856 I don't think God had much to do with it, Tobias. 800 00:42:58,034 --> 00:42:59,775 You know what's really got me freaked out? 801 00:42:59,952 --> 00:43:01,693 If her husband's body hadn't gotten hung up 802 00:43:01,871 --> 00:43:04,363 going down that chimney five years ago, 803 00:43:04,540 --> 00:43:05,871 she'd still be out there. 804 00:43:07,168 --> 00:43:09,159 We'd never have caught her. 805 00:43:10,505 --> 00:43:12,371 I can do you one better than that. 806 00:43:12,548 --> 00:43:14,880 No. Can't top that, Jethro. 807 00:43:15,051 --> 00:43:18,544 What was a toe doing in her husband's stomach?