1 00:00:13,440 --> 00:00:14,475 What iS this, dog meat? 2 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:16,358 Looks like the same crap we had yesterday. 3 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:19,956 - You should've ate it all yesterday. - Anyone seen Lieutenant Ferris? 4 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:22,310 Check the head, sir. In his office since breakfast. 5 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:24,471 Probably plotting his revenge against Mitas. 6 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:27,314 - Yeah, bite me. - It couldn't taste worse than this chow. 7 00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:30,279 All right, one of you guys better go check to see if he's okay. 8 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:33,751 - Ferris, are you all right? - Yeah, I'm fine, sir. 9 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:36,078 At least until I eat this crap. 10 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:40,313 - No new orders from STRATCOM? - No, sir, just checked. Nothing. 11 00:00:40,480 --> 00:00:43,677 - Hair of the dog, Ferris? - Go to hell, Mitas. 12 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:47,076 [GRUNTING THEN PANTING] 13 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:53,070 - Commander, what's the matter? - Takada, what's wrong? 14 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:56,833 [YELLING INDISTINCTLY AND GRUNTING] 15 00:00:57,520 --> 00:00:58,999 [GAGGING] 16 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:01,238 CAPTAIN: Get him to sickbay. 17 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:03,319 Now! 18 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:10,351 [MEN GASP AND MURMUR INDISTINCTLY] 19 00:01:10,520 --> 00:01:11,590 [TAKADA RETCHING] 20 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:19,797 - Don't you have paperwork, DiNozzo? - What do you think I'm doing? 21 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:22,031 I take the paper, and I make it work. 22 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:25,355 [GASPS] 23 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:28,794 Yay. 24 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:30,593 - Tonight's the night. McGEE: What night? 25 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:32,433 - BrainMatter. ZIVA: BrainMatter? 26 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:36,070 - Yeah, my friend's band, remember? - Brai-- BrainMatter... 27 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:38,231 Yeah, you guys all promised you would go with me. 28 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:40,038 - All of us? - All of you. 29 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:43,113 - Even me? - Even you. And you. 30 00:02:43,920 --> 00:02:46,150 - And you. - Um, I don't think I can make it tonight. 31 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:49,676 I've got to catch up on paperwork. 32 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:53,435 I've got a very important thing and that other thing. 33 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:55,193 And, uh, I've got... 34 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:58,916 Some people wear these spiky things just for show. 35 00:03:00,640 --> 00:03:01,835 I don't. 36 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:06,237 I've got nothing better to do than to see-- 37 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:08,550 - A dead body, McGee? - You read my mind, boss. 38 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:11,997 - It's a quick read. GIBBS: Pack up, full kit. 39 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:16,677 - Motion-sickness meds? - Chopper's waiting at NAS Anacostia. 40 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:19,593 I'm fine on a chopper, boss. 41 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:24,953 Chopper takes us to the ship, McGee, the USNS Chimera. 42 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:26,269 Get briefed at Anacostia. 43 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:29,000 You know, BrainMatter's playing a really late set. 44 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:32,192 McGEE: Well, that's odd. There's no Chimera on the register. 45 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:34,510 Any reason why that would be? 46 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:36,159 We'll get briefed at Anacostia? 47 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:39,638 - I'll get my gear. GIBBS: I'll get Duck. 48 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:41,757 Pack a toothbrush. We're gonna be there a while. 49 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:44,434 Look on the bright side, probie. Ix-nay on the AinMatter-bray. 50 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:48,270 Really wish I could go. Sorry. 51 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:51,838 ZIVA: Thanks anyway. 52 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:58,072 I'll take a "Brain check"? 53 00:03:58,440 --> 00:04:00,033 Sorry. 54 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:03,232 SKINNER: We received word of the death this morning. 55 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:07,678 - Yeah, they say what killed the guy? - Isn't that your job, Agent Gibbs? 56 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:11,037 Commander Wilkinson will have you out to the Chimera by nightfall. 57 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:14,750 - Chimera's not listed in the Navy fleet. - It's not on the books. 58 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:18,595 The Chimera's a highly sophisticated, top-secret research vessel. 59 00:04:18,760 --> 00:04:22,640 - Researching what? - That's need-to-know, and you don't. 60 00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:26,831 That's the top-secret part, McGee. 61 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:31,757 - Go in, get the body, come back out. - We've got a death to investigate. 62 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:34,719 Take witness statements. Do what you need to do. 63 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:37,679 Just don't ask anything beyond your pay level. 64 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:39,309 We'll do our jobs, commander. 65 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:41,959 NCIS was called out 66 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:44,509 because no other federal investigative agency has clearance 67 00:04:44,720 --> 00:04:45,869 to get on the Chimera. 68 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:49,072 That said, even you guys don't have clearance to know what's on it. 69 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:50,560 TONY: Oh, I get it, boss. 70 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:52,040 [IN FOREIGN ACCENT] This is a black ship. 71 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:53,270 Black sheep? 72 00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:54,510 [IN NORMAL VOICE] No, they don't exist. 73 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:55,715 Oh, I've seen black sheep. 74 00:04:55,880 --> 00:04:58,156 TONY: No, I said "black ship," not "sheep." 75 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:00,630 Clearly the U.S. Navy is still intent 76 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:03,360 on pulling the wool over the eyes of the American people, sir. 77 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:05,272 No photos. 78 00:05:05,640 --> 00:05:07,199 It's standard procedure. 79 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:09,112 There's nothing standard about the Chimera. 80 00:05:09,280 --> 00:05:11,476 I don't want anyone documenting what's on that ship. 81 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:14,480 Bring the camera, McGee. 82 00:05:17,920 --> 00:05:21,276 I suggest you keep your enquiry focused on that body. 83 00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:27,520 PILOT [OVER RADIO]:Chimera, 9806 approaching your deck for landing. 84 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:28,755 Over. 85 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:32,839 Chimera, do you copy? Over. 86 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:37,471 The ship's LZ is obstructed. We'll hold above deck and hover. 87 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:41,950 We still can't raise any of the crew on the radio, sir. 88 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:45,351 - Alert Commander Skinner. - Will do. 89 00:05:56,080 --> 00:05:59,038 - Where's the welcoming committee? ZIVA: The deck lights are on. 90 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:02,875 - Nobody's home. - This is most unusual, Jethro. 91 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:05,031 - It is creepy. - It's a ghost ship. 92 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:08,591 Agent Gibbs, we have bingo fuel. We need to know if you're staying, sir. 93 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:10,438 McGEE: Boss, I gotta tell you, 94 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:12,392 I don't have a real good feeling about this. 95 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:20,031 We're staying. 96 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:39,476 So this is the highly sophisticated, top-secret ship? 97 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:41,631 TONY: Looks more like an old tramp steamer. 98 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:44,110 I suppose they were trying to look inconspicuous, 99 00:06:44,280 --> 00:06:45,600 hoping to be left alone. 100 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:51,760 Can you get any more alone than this? 101 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:03,269 I'm beginning to wonder whether they dropped us on the right ship. 102 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:05,797 Right ship. 103 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:08,631 Wrong night. 104 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:27,550 - Every room is empty. - It's like the entire crew disappeared. 105 00:07:27,720 --> 00:07:30,280 Welcome aboard the USNS Houdini. 106 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:33,231 McGEE: Still playing. 107 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:37,036 Oh, hey, it's your favourite, McGee: BrainMatter. 108 00:07:37,560 --> 00:07:39,119 Thanks. 109 00:07:39,280 --> 00:07:42,193 - I feel bad enough already, okay? - Take another pill. 110 00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:44,639 Sorry. 111 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:48,071 Wait a second, this doesn't make any sense. 112 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:50,675 - Something suspicious? - Absolutely. 113 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:53,309 This guy had a full house. Why would he fold? 114 00:07:56,240 --> 00:07:57,958 "Dear Mary Beth: Good news. 115 00:07:58,160 --> 00:08:01,039 Overheard the captain say they had a good dive last night. 116 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:02,838 If they found what they were looking for, 117 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:04,792 we could be heading home any day. 118 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:07,913 Can't tell you much about the mission, but..." 119 00:08:09,680 --> 00:08:11,239 But...? 120 00:08:12,120 --> 00:08:13,235 It stops there. 121 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:18,953 DUCKY: Do you think they all just went out for an evening swim? 122 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:20,633 You notice something missing, Duck? 123 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:23,076 - People. - Lifeboats. 124 00:08:23,240 --> 00:08:25,914 DUCKY: Yeah, I didn't notice any on the starboard side either. 125 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:28,833 - The ship was abandoned. - In a hurry, it would seem. 126 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:30,513 Too much of a hurry to send a mayday? 127 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:34,275 Now, now, Jethro, no questions beyond your pay level. 128 00:08:34,440 --> 00:08:35,794 [MAN GROANS] 129 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:39,871 Five minutes. You owe me 10 bucks. 130 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:41,115 [McGEE RETCHING] 131 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:45,191 - Where's McGee? - Calling Earl. 132 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:46,350 Shouting groceries. 133 00:08:46,560 --> 00:08:49,279 Making street pizza. Technicolor yawn. 134 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:51,551 [TOILET FLUSHES] 135 00:08:53,480 --> 00:08:56,154 - Found something. - Lost something too. 136 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:08,599 TONY: Hmm. 137 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:11,840 I guess you can't judge a black ship by its wool. 138 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:14,674 - What are they researching? - Something to do with rats, 139 00:09:14,840 --> 00:09:16,877 if I were to guess from these empty cages. 140 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:18,997 Well, Skinner seemed pretty paranoid. 141 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:21,237 Guessing the mission wasn't purely humanitarian. 142 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:22,959 I doubt it's even human. 143 00:09:23,160 --> 00:09:27,791 Thermosalinographs, fluorometer, carbon analyser. 144 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:32,233 Well, whatever it is, it's not visible to the naked eye. 145 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:35,231 [THUDDING ON METAL IN DISTANCE] 146 00:09:36,760 --> 00:09:37,875 What was that? 147 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:41,999 Could be the metal of the ship contracting in the cool of the evening. 148 00:09:43,680 --> 00:09:45,353 - Or not. - Sounded as if it was coming 149 00:09:45,560 --> 00:09:47,039 from the cargo hold above us. 150 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:50,719 Duck, you're with me. Check out the cargo hold. 151 00:09:50,880 --> 00:09:52,871 I was afraid you were gonna say that. 152 00:09:58,200 --> 00:10:02,433 [SINGING] Baa, baa, black ship 153 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:05,592 Have you any wool? 154 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:09,917 Yes, sir, yes, sir 155 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:11,070 But in order to see it 156 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:13,715 You're gonna need Top-secret government clearance 157 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:19,910 Someone or something's on the ship with us. 158 00:10:20,080 --> 00:10:21,400 I can feel it. 159 00:10:21,680 --> 00:10:23,239 Uh, yeah, I can see it. 160 00:10:24,320 --> 00:10:26,038 [GASPS] 161 00:10:27,880 --> 00:10:30,759 - Scared much, DiNozzo? - Stuff it, McBarf-Bag. 162 00:10:30,920 --> 00:10:33,958 It's just a cute little rat. Why the irrational fear? 163 00:10:34,120 --> 00:10:37,636 It's not cute, it's not little, and it's not irrational. 164 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:38,835 Cowardly, then. 165 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:42,516 Not if you're someone who survived a bout of pneumonic plague, 166 00:10:42,680 --> 00:10:44,114 thank you very much. 167 00:10:44,280 --> 00:10:49,195 Rats are a known carrier. I used to love rats before the plague. 168 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:51,715 - I was a regular Willard. - What is a Willard? 169 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:53,957 - It's a movie. - Hm. 170 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:56,191 Willard had a pet rat named Ben. 171 00:10:56,360 --> 00:10:59,591 Social misfit, made fun of by his coworkers. 172 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:02,110 - He had a creepy boss. - No wonder you related. 173 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:03,679 You think Gibbs is creepy? 174 00:11:03,840 --> 00:11:06,719 I think she meant the social-misfit, made-fun-of part. 175 00:11:06,880 --> 00:11:09,156 Shh. Did you hear that? 176 00:11:09,320 --> 00:11:10,515 No. 177 00:11:10,680 --> 00:11:13,593 There's something aboard, other than a rat. 178 00:11:14,480 --> 00:11:19,156 Well, what do your astute ninja Mossad senses tell you it is? 179 00:11:19,360 --> 00:11:22,910 In Mossad, part of the training is to be open to things you cannot see 180 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:24,150 or even understand. 181 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:26,834 - You mean the supernatural? - Call it what you want. 182 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:30,277 Not everything can be explained by the laws of the natural world. 183 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:31,475 Do you believe in ghosts? 184 00:11:31,640 --> 00:11:35,759 I do not not believe in ghosts or demons 185 00:11:35,960 --> 00:11:37,997 or monsters. 186 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:40,470 We are on a ship called the Chimera. 187 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:43,109 I thought "Chimera" meant "delusion" or "fantasy." 188 00:11:43,320 --> 00:11:45,834 In Greek mythology, a Chimera is a monster 189 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:49,231 with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a dragon's tail. 190 00:11:49,400 --> 00:11:51,198 So you think they named the ship the Chimera 191 00:11:51,360 --> 00:11:53,158 because there's a monster onboard? 192 00:11:53,320 --> 00:11:54,833 They did not name it the Puppy. 193 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:56,479 [METAL CREAKING] 194 00:12:02,080 --> 00:12:03,434 Boo. 195 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:05,318 Get in here. 196 00:12:08,520 --> 00:12:11,194 TONY: Well, whatever's on this boat must be pretty damn scary 197 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:13,397 if it got them to ditch this delicious-looking... 198 00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:16,158 What is this stuff? 199 00:12:16,320 --> 00:12:20,154 Don't ask me. That's not a request, it's a command. 200 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:23,276 Ooh. The plot "sickens." 201 00:12:23,920 --> 00:12:27,038 - This is our crime scene. - If there was a crime. 202 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:31,519 Well, you see these little flecks of brown in the blood? 203 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:36,476 Coffee-ground emesis, usually a sign of alcoholism, 204 00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:41,476 but you can get it from severe gastrointestinal distress. 205 00:12:43,480 --> 00:12:45,517 [McGEE GROANING] 206 00:12:45,680 --> 00:12:48,911 - Steady, probie. - Tell that to my stomach. 207 00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:53,833 - Steady, probie stomach. - I would not stand there if I were you. 208 00:12:55,120 --> 00:12:56,190 That's a good point. 209 00:12:56,360 --> 00:12:58,510 We don't wanna compromise the crime scene. 210 00:12:58,680 --> 00:13:00,353 ZIVA: Gibbs? 211 00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:08,193 GIBBS: Partial footprint. - In blood. They lead out of here. 212 00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:11,952 In here. 213 00:13:28,920 --> 00:13:32,709 You were right, Ziva. Someone is onboard with us. 214 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:37,158 Not him, there's something alive. I can feel it. 215 00:13:37,720 --> 00:13:40,439 A lion-headed dragon-goat? 216 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:41,829 - Maybe. - Mm. 217 00:13:43,680 --> 00:13:45,751 Someone tossed a month's supply of creamed corn 218 00:13:45,920 --> 00:13:46,955 to make room for him. 219 00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:48,474 Please don't say that again. 220 00:13:48,920 --> 00:13:51,230 - "Tossed"? - No, "creamed corn." 221 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:54,074 There's significant petechial haemorrhaging in the eyes, 222 00:13:54,240 --> 00:13:56,470 these little pinpoints of blood. 223 00:13:56,640 --> 00:13:58,790 It's often a sign of asph*ia. 224 00:13:58,960 --> 00:14:02,635 Well, we won't know for sure until we conduct some tests. 225 00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:04,359 McGee, get me a satellite link. 226 00:14:06,360 --> 00:14:08,431 [TECHNO MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS] 227 00:14:16,120 --> 00:14:18,191 [COMPUTER BEEPING] 228 00:14:18,440 --> 00:14:20,033 McGEE [ON COMPUTER SCREEN]: Abby. 229 00:14:20,640 --> 00:14:21,675 Abby! 230 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:25,357 Abby! 231 00:14:25,520 --> 00:14:28,319 McGee, you shouldn't sneak up on people like that. 232 00:14:28,800 --> 00:14:30,518 What the hell is that noise? 233 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:33,875 BrainMatter. 234 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:37,431 - I love them. - You guys okay? 235 00:14:37,640 --> 00:14:39,790 Oh, yeah. Yeah, we're peachy. 236 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:43,840 I am dealing with my boat phobia, Tony's dealing with his rat phobia, 237 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:45,638 and Ziva's dealing with her ghost phobia. 238 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:47,791 So, what's Gibbs dealing with? 239 00:14:48,640 --> 00:14:51,075 Them. Abs, patch me through to the director. 240 00:14:51,320 --> 00:14:53,709 No need, Jethro, I'm here. What's the status? 241 00:14:53,880 --> 00:14:56,872 Well, the crew has disappeared. Except for one. 242 00:14:57,080 --> 00:14:59,640 - Did he tell you where they are? - No, he's dead. 243 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:04,155 - Have you ID'd him? - Yeah, hang on. Um... 244 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:08,190 Dr. Satoshi Takada. What do you got on him, Abs? 245 00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:13,677 ABBY: Dr. Satoshi Takada, marine biologist, 246 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:16,229 Iieutenant commander for the Navy since 1997, 247 00:15:16,400 --> 00:15:18,550 Ph.D. in biology from LSU. 248 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:21,838 Make sure Skinner knows he's got 20 men stranded in lifeboats. 249 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:24,753 I'll get right on it. Does Ducky have a cause of death? 250 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:27,196 We're still doing tests. Don't know what killed him yet. 251 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:28,799 Yes, we do. 252 00:15:29,680 --> 00:15:34,356 My initial diagnosis of asph*ia was incorrect, I'm afraid. 253 00:15:34,520 --> 00:15:38,275 It looks as if Takada died of viral hemorrhagic fever, 254 00:15:38,440 --> 00:15:41,398 to which, by now, we have all been exposed. 255 00:15:42,520 --> 00:15:45,876 - Can't leave the ship. - Well, that's not a problem, Jethro. 256 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:48,873 If my diagnosis is correct, 257 00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:50,634 we'll all be dead by morning. 258 00:16:01,680 --> 00:16:04,274 [ON SCREENS] S TRATCOM has received no signals from any lifeboats. 259 00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:06,994 A crew of 20 doesn't just disappear into thin air. 260 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:09,231 Trust me, we'll find those men. 261 00:16:09,440 --> 00:16:11,272 We're dispatching our rescue and recovery ops 262 00:16:11,440 --> 00:16:14,512 and getting a relief crew out to the Chimera ASAP. 263 00:16:14,680 --> 00:16:15,715 I need you to tell me 264 00:16:15,880 --> 00:16:18,520 what kind of research the Chimera was involved in. 265 00:16:18,680 --> 00:16:20,557 Deep-sea marine-life exploration. 266 00:16:20,720 --> 00:16:22,836 And I'm afraid I can't say anything more than that. 267 00:16:23,040 --> 00:16:26,078 - It's classified. - I have top-secret clearance. 268 00:16:26,240 --> 00:16:28,117 The mission is above top-secret, director, 269 00:16:28,280 --> 00:16:30,715 but trust me, it's pretty mundane stuff. 270 00:16:30,920 --> 00:16:34,276 My medical examiner believes that Dr. Takada died 271 00:16:34,440 --> 00:16:36,875 from a deadly virus he may have contracted 272 00:16:37,040 --> 00:16:40,237 from the mundane stuff he was studying. 273 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:43,518 Then he must be mistaken in his preliminary diagnosis. 274 00:16:43,680 --> 00:16:45,796 Something on that ship killed him. 275 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:47,234 We have no reason to believe 276 00:16:47,440 --> 00:16:49,750 Dr. Takada's research had anything to do with his death. 277 00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:53,515 Commander, if you insist on stonewalling me, 278 00:16:53,680 --> 00:16:55,717 I can take this to a higher command level. 279 00:16:55,880 --> 00:16:58,599 I'm not stonewalling, director. I'm telling you the truth. 280 00:16:58,760 --> 00:17:00,433 You're not telling me a damn thing. 281 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:04,150 You do not run black ops to carry out mundane research. 282 00:17:04,320 --> 00:17:06,470 The lives of my agents are being threatened, 283 00:17:06,640 --> 00:17:08,711 and I need to know what is threatening them. 284 00:17:13,560 --> 00:17:16,518 - Primitive conditions, Duck. - Heh, primitive? 285 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:18,870 You remember that tiny thatched cottage 286 00:17:19,040 --> 00:17:21,190 I used as an examination room in Namibia? 287 00:17:21,360 --> 00:17:23,670 Yes, of course, then I was working on Pygmies. 288 00:17:23,840 --> 00:17:24,875 You know what killed him? 289 00:17:25,040 --> 00:17:27,919 Well, if Dr. Takada was a bit too fond of his Scotch, 290 00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:30,833 what I'm seeing here is oesophageal varices, 291 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:34,152 and this tear caused blood to enter his oesophagus, 292 00:17:34,360 --> 00:17:35,953 causing him to vomit blood. 293 00:17:36,120 --> 00:17:40,432 Or Dr. Takada could have had a severe gastrointestinal infection 294 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:43,399 that produced a Mallory-Weiss tear, 295 00:17:43,560 --> 00:17:45,995 in which case the vomiting would have come first. 296 00:17:46,160 --> 00:17:49,437 Neither diagnosis is inconsistent with hemorrhagic fever. 297 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:51,234 And if we were exposed? 298 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:53,357 Well, I'm hampered from prognosticating further 299 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:54,555 [GLASS CRASHES] 300 00:17:54,760 --> 00:17:57,832 Until Dr. DiNozzo gives me a proper blood analysis. 301 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:00,469 Abby, where's the gas chromato-thinga? 302 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:02,990 ABBY [ON SCREENS]: It's the boxy-looking thing 303 00:18:03,160 --> 00:18:06,790 with the, um, circular door-like thing on the front. 304 00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:08,837 - Oh. I got it. ABBY: Okay, good. 305 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:12,152 Now put the sample in the circular rack-like thing 306 00:18:12,360 --> 00:18:14,192 at the top. 307 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:16,437 TONY: Got it. - Okay, press the blue start button. 308 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:19,513 It's bluish and squarish. 309 00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:21,239 It's on the tower on the top, Tony. 310 00:18:21,400 --> 00:18:24,153 - The tower-like thing. - Got it. 311 00:18:24,320 --> 00:18:26,357 ABBY: While we're waiting, let's get the blood count. 312 00:18:26,520 --> 00:18:28,352 So place a small amount of blood on your slide. 313 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:32,192 It's amazing what you can learn from blood, even before it's analysed. 314 00:18:32,360 --> 00:18:35,273 I mean, the colour and the texture and the smell. 315 00:18:35,880 --> 00:18:39,350 Okay, um, now take out the dropper of methylene blue. 316 00:18:39,520 --> 00:18:43,070 - It's bluish, and it's dropper-like. - Got it. 317 00:18:43,240 --> 00:18:47,518 Okay, now place two drops of the methylene blue on your slide. 318 00:18:49,760 --> 00:18:51,717 - We're good. ABBY: Of course, blood that's passed 319 00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:55,714 through someone's Gl tract has a very particular smell. 320 00:18:55,880 --> 00:18:59,077 But since this guy may have died from a highly contagious virus, 321 00:18:59,280 --> 00:19:00,759 whatever you do, do not inhale it. 322 00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:04,674 We're not good. 323 00:19:05,240 --> 00:19:08,551 GIBBS: Hey, you okay, DiNozzo? - Not for long. 324 00:19:08,720 --> 00:19:11,394 DUCKY: Where's my blood analysis, DiNozzo? 325 00:19:11,560 --> 00:19:15,918 I'm working on it, Ducky. It may be the last thing I do. 326 00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:18,799 DUCKY: Let's hope not. May I? 327 00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:22,753 There's definitely an increased white blood count, 328 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:24,240 with an absolute increase 329 00:19:24,400 --> 00:19:27,279 in lymphocytes having an atypical appearance. 330 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:29,590 ABBY: That would be consistent with acute viral infection. 331 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:33,310 I have located three rodent bites on Takada's body. 332 00:19:33,520 --> 00:19:36,797 Perhaps he contracted the virus from a diseased rat. 333 00:19:36,960 --> 00:19:38,075 That would be bad. 334 00:19:38,280 --> 00:19:40,715 Maybe the top-secret whatever it was 335 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:42,837 that Takada is studying is what killed him. 336 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:46,630 - In which case it would be airborne. - That would be really, really bad. 337 00:19:47,760 --> 00:19:49,159 Boss, I've got a feed from MTAC 338 00:19:49,320 --> 00:19:51,118 with Director Shepard and Commander Skinner. 339 00:19:51,280 --> 00:19:53,112 They want you and Ducky patched in right away. 340 00:19:57,760 --> 00:19:59,876 Aah. Aah. 341 00:20:00,520 --> 00:20:02,636 I'm flying a crew out to take control of the ship. 342 00:20:03,320 --> 00:20:05,072 DUCKY: No, the risk is too great. 343 00:20:05,240 --> 00:20:07,277 Director, you cannot allow anyone on this ship. 344 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:10,080 I can put anyone I want to on that ship. 345 00:20:10,240 --> 00:20:13,073 Then I have no choice but to quarantine the Chimera. 346 00:20:13,240 --> 00:20:14,310 On who's authority? 347 00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:17,797 Ours. Dr. Mallard is a medical examiner. 348 00:20:17,960 --> 00:20:19,792 Agent Gibbs is a federal officer. 349 00:20:19,960 --> 00:20:22,270 - That's my ship. - Not anymore. 350 00:20:22,440 --> 00:20:24,272 What kind of game do you think you're playing? 351 00:20:24,440 --> 00:20:25,475 Any word from the crew? 352 00:20:25,640 --> 00:20:28,598 We have every possible resource looking for those men. 353 00:20:28,760 --> 00:20:32,230 Look, given what we know, this is high precedence. 354 00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:35,392 Those men may well have been exposed to the virus too. 355 00:20:35,560 --> 00:20:37,597 They may also need to be quarantined. 356 00:20:37,760 --> 00:20:40,149 You don't need to explain to me the dangers involved here. 357 00:20:40,320 --> 00:20:42,630 Well, it might have helped if you'd explained them to us. 358 00:20:42,840 --> 00:20:44,035 If that is all, director, 359 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:47,397 I'd like to go find out what this virus is before it kills me, 360 00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:50,757 and quite possibly everyone else on this ship too. 361 00:20:51,520 --> 00:20:55,070 Commander, I think it's time you tell me what I need to know 362 00:20:55,240 --> 00:20:56,469 about your ship. 363 00:20:56,640 --> 00:20:58,995 I cannot divulge any more about the Chimera's mission 364 00:20:59,160 --> 00:21:00,309 than I already have. 365 00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:03,518 Seeing as how my agents now have control over your ship, 366 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:05,000 I am going to instruct them 367 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:09,114 to investigate any and all aspects of the Chimera's operation 368 00:21:09,280 --> 00:21:12,398 that will help them determine what they are up against. 369 00:21:12,560 --> 00:21:15,029 Nothing will be off-limits. 370 00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:17,635 - You can't do that. - You can't stop me. 371 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:21,111 - This is a classified mission. - Then read me into it. 372 00:21:23,320 --> 00:21:25,596 Even if I wanted to read you into the Chimera's mission, 373 00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:28,314 I can't do that over an MTAC feed. 374 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:31,239 The file has to be read to you in person. 375 00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:36,076 If you think I am going to stand idly by while my agents' lives are in danger, 376 00:21:36,240 --> 00:21:39,073 you are sadly mistaken. 377 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:42,312 I will be waiting for you and your file, commander. 378 00:21:42,480 --> 00:21:44,198 Now, you-- 379 00:21:45,880 --> 00:21:47,871 We've been through almost every room on the ship. 380 00:21:48,040 --> 00:21:50,395 "Almost" only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades. 381 00:21:50,560 --> 00:21:52,710 [THUDDING ON METAL IN DISTANCE] 382 00:21:53,080 --> 00:21:56,232 - Could be a rat. - Have to be an awfully big one. 383 00:21:56,400 --> 00:21:58,038 - Or a ghost. - Are you done? 384 00:21:58,200 --> 00:21:59,429 Done searching the ship? 385 00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:04,475 - We could always search it again. - I could stay here with Ducky. 386 00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:08,318 - Well, so he's not left alone. DUCKY: I'm not alone. 387 00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:11,677 - I've got Takada to keep me company. - Duck. 388 00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:13,593 Got it. 389 00:22:14,120 --> 00:22:18,079 So, Takada, as one doctor to another, 390 00:22:18,240 --> 00:22:23,076 what is this horrid virus which caused your demise? 391 00:22:23,880 --> 00:22:25,314 TONY: Anyone else feeling itchy? 392 00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:28,598 - Maybe that's a bug bite. - Or a rat bite. 393 00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:30,478 No, no, no, look at that spot. 394 00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:32,392 - It's a freckle. - It's not a freckle. 395 00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:34,631 - Freckle. - I never had a freckle there. 396 00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:36,279 You've always had that freckle. 397 00:22:36,440 --> 00:22:39,592 Uh, how would you know whether I had or didn't have a freckle? 398 00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:41,353 By the way, I never had that freckle. 399 00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:43,397 GIBBS: Ducky. DUCKY [OVER RADIO]: Yes, Jethro? 400 00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:45,437 Give me the symptoms for hemorrhagic fever. 401 00:22:45,600 --> 00:22:48,752 DUCKY: Well, initially, one might experience a feeling of paranoia 402 00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:50,877 and a growing sense of dread. 403 00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:53,793 Then more obvious physiological symptoms 404 00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:55,030 would manifest themselves. 405 00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:57,119 - Such as? - Such as the appearance 406 00:22:57,280 --> 00:22:59,715 of atopic melanosomes. 407 00:22:59,880 --> 00:23:03,510 - Come again? - Spots, possibly itchy. 408 00:23:03,680 --> 00:23:06,593 Then a fast-rising fever, of course. 409 00:23:06,760 --> 00:23:10,719 I knew it, I'm gonna die. I inhaled it. God! 410 00:23:12,240 --> 00:23:14,038 Definitely didn't picture my demise like this. 411 00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:17,198 I always figured I'd go out like Cagney in White Heat, fiery explosion. 412 00:23:17,360 --> 00:23:20,079 Or Redford and Newman in Butch Cassidy, a hail of bullets. 413 00:23:20,240 --> 00:23:21,833 Or Charlie Chaplin in The Gold Rush? 414 00:23:22,360 --> 00:23:25,034 - How'd he die? - Silently. 415 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:29,392 Ziva. 416 00:23:38,320 --> 00:23:40,197 - Didn't you see that? - See what? 417 00:23:40,360 --> 00:23:42,078 Someone, something, was running. 418 00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:45,597 Surely I'm not the only one who saw that. 419 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:47,159 The Chimera? 420 00:23:47,360 --> 00:23:50,830 - I swear there was something there. - It's not here now. 421 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:54,994 It ran down the passageway, it made a right here, and then it... 422 00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:57,398 TONY: And then? 423 00:23:57,560 --> 00:24:00,154 It disappeared. I know there was something there. 424 00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:01,390 Like my freckle. 425 00:24:03,040 --> 00:24:05,680 Uh... Boss. 426 00:24:06,480 --> 00:24:09,154 Biohazard. Sounds inviting. 427 00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:11,399 GIBBS: McGee. 428 00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:14,357 McGEE: It looks like some kind of cyber-lock 429 00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:16,670 with a bar code and touch memory. 430 00:24:16,840 --> 00:24:19,354 - That's right up your alley, McGeek. - It's gonna take time. 431 00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:21,478 We're not going anywhere. 432 00:24:23,560 --> 00:24:25,119 Okay. 433 00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:31,391 I thought you said you weren't going anywhere. 434 00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:38,039 TONY: Ziva, I can check you for spots. - No, thanks. 435 00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:41,153 I'm sure you've got hot spots and warm spots-- 436 00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:42,913 DiNozzo. 437 00:24:43,120 --> 00:24:46,158 - Get this to Ducky. TONY: Me? 438 00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:49,870 That's a dead diseased rat. 439 00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:54,151 Which is why it may aid Dr. Mallard in his investigation. 440 00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:59,030 Which is why I'd be pleased as punch to walk back through this ship 441 00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:02,989 with a dead diseased rat. 442 00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:04,639 You can show Ducky your freckle. 443 00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:13,075 TONY: Stinky, stinky. 444 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:17,838 [GROANS] 445 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:21,914 Yes, Alex, I'll take Horror Films That Take Place on Ships for 500. 446 00:25:22,120 --> 00:25:23,713 Thank you. 447 00:25:25,120 --> 00:25:26,838 Oh, goody, Double Jeopardy! 448 00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:28,960 McGEE: Oh, jeez. 449 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:31,229 DUCKY: Oh, dear. 450 00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:35,712 JEN: Oh, crap. 451 00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:43,311 [FOOTSTEPS] 452 00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:47,719 - I don't suppose you hear footsteps? - Yeah, I hear them. 453 00:25:54,640 --> 00:25:57,280 It's just me. And Ben. 454 00:25:57,440 --> 00:26:00,956 GIBBS: DiNozzo, bag that thing. TONY: Ziva. 455 00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:03,073 Thanks. 456 00:26:04,080 --> 00:26:07,789 Well, this moment is almost perfect. All we need is a storm. 457 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:10,071 [METAL CLANGING] 458 00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:16,875 GIBBS: McGee. 459 00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:18,314 McGEE: Yeah? GIBBS: You all right? 460 00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:19,550 [GRUNTING] 461 00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:21,512 I've had better days, boss. 462 00:26:21,840 --> 00:26:23,911 I tripped over a barrel, and it made this kind of-- 463 00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:26,037 Bangy, crashy sound like thunder? 464 00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:29,269 - Yeah. - You crack the lock? 465 00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:31,159 Uh, no, not yet. 466 00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:34,676 The touch screen, it's a bit... I'm working on it. 467 00:26:34,840 --> 00:26:36,877 Why don't you work on turning the lights back on? 468 00:26:37,040 --> 00:26:39,953 I think we just passed the electrical room. 469 00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:43,313 TONY: It's like Aliens Numero Uno. 470 00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:45,835 Ripley, light in hand, moving through endless corridors, 471 00:26:46,040 --> 00:26:48,509 searching for a hideous monster. 472 00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:52,594 - You ever see Run Silent, Run Deep? - The "run silent" part sounds good. 473 00:26:52,760 --> 00:26:55,718 The electrical room should be... 474 00:26:57,880 --> 00:26:59,234 ...right here. 475 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:01,471 [SCREAMING] 476 00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:03,751 [GRUNTING] 477 00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:20,949 [ROARS] 478 00:27:21,120 --> 00:27:22,190 Let me out of here. 479 00:27:22,360 --> 00:27:23,953 ZIVA: Here's the crew list. He's the cook. 480 00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:25,559 Get these shackles off of me. 481 00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:27,597 GIBBS: Why were you hiding? - Why did you attack us? 482 00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:28,989 Why'd the crew abandon ship? 483 00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:31,993 - What happened to Takada? GIBBS: You're asking me? 484 00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:33,719 It was that thing, wasn't it? 485 00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:35,513 What thing? I knew there was a thing. 486 00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:37,432 - What thing? - Something out of the water. 487 00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:40,069 Takada was studying it. That's what killed him, isn't it? 488 00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:42,356 - Don't know. - Don't lie to me! 489 00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:44,229 It's killing me too, isn't it? 490 00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:46,311 GIBBS: You'll be lucky if I don't kill you first. 491 00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:48,710 Sit down and tell us what happened here. 492 00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:50,632 What happened to the crew? 493 00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:52,074 [CRYING] 494 00:27:52,240 --> 00:27:54,231 - They abandoned ship. - Why? 495 00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:57,080 They thought whatever killed Takada was contagious. 496 00:27:57,560 --> 00:27:59,836 Captain forced me to stay behind. 497 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:01,638 He thought that I'd already been exposed 498 00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:03,473 from all the blood he puked on me. 499 00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:04,789 Nobody sent a mayday. 500 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:07,879 The radio operator was supposed to. He was the last to leave the ship. 501 00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:10,720 - So you were left here alone. MITAS: I thought I was. 502 00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:14,076 - And then someone hit me. - Who? 503 00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:15,913 I don't know, they hit me from behind. 504 00:28:16,360 --> 00:28:19,079 - Maybe they did, maybe they didn't. - But why would I lie? 505 00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:21,470 - Why were you hiding? - Why did you run? 506 00:28:21,640 --> 00:28:23,392 I thought you were the ones that hit me. 507 00:28:23,880 --> 00:28:25,314 There's someone else on this ship. 508 00:28:26,360 --> 00:28:28,112 What's in that biohazard room? 509 00:28:28,280 --> 00:28:30,715 - Don't ask me, I'm just the cook. ZIVA: Oh, come on. 510 00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:33,872 You never overheard one conversation about what's locked up in there? 511 00:28:34,040 --> 00:28:36,190 - That area was off-limits to me. - Stay down! 512 00:28:36,400 --> 00:28:38,516 You live with these people, sleep with these people, 513 00:28:38,680 --> 00:28:41,798 work with these people for months and can't tell me what's in that room? 514 00:28:43,440 --> 00:28:45,477 That's where it is. 515 00:28:46,080 --> 00:28:47,195 The bug. 516 00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:51,315 I don't get it. 517 00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:55,314 The breakers aren't tripped. The conduits are fine. 518 00:28:56,360 --> 00:28:58,954 Tony, check behind this panel over here. 519 00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:06,038 - Tony. - Feel my head. 520 00:29:06,760 --> 00:29:09,798 - Why? - Just feel it. 521 00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:16,309 - I don't want to, it's all sweaty. - Exactly. 522 00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:19,512 I got the fricking fever. I'm burning up, man. 523 00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:21,830 The ventilation is off, Tony. We're all burning up. 524 00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:23,991 This is different. 525 00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:28,350 I'm dying, McGee. 526 00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:32,117 You know, the last time you were dying of a horrible disease, 527 00:29:32,280 --> 00:29:34,510 you were a little bit more stoic about the whole thing. 528 00:29:34,680 --> 00:29:37,752 I was younger then. Carefree. 529 00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:39,155 It was two years ago. 530 00:29:39,680 --> 00:29:42,593 The last time I almost died, someone blew up my car. 531 00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:44,950 So I've almost died twice, and this is the third time. 532 00:29:45,120 --> 00:29:47,396 And bad stuff happens in threes, and I'm out of almosts. 533 00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:53,270 I'm telling you, man, this time I'm dying. 534 00:29:54,120 --> 00:29:55,838 I know it. 535 00:30:00,160 --> 00:30:01,719 Okay. 536 00:30:02,560 --> 00:30:08,078 - But until you are actually dead, - Okay. 537 00:30:08,280 --> 00:30:10,794 Can you please help me fix this thing? 538 00:30:12,560 --> 00:30:13,709 - Yeah. - Okay. 539 00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:16,076 Go take a look behind that panel over there. 540 00:30:16,240 --> 00:30:18,516 See if maybe one of the leads got fried. 541 00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:21,559 Okay. Thanks. 542 00:30:35,920 --> 00:30:38,480 Well, hey, I think I found the problem. 543 00:30:39,840 --> 00:30:44,198 Assuming this ship runs on tiny little batteries. 544 00:30:45,560 --> 00:30:48,313 Lithium, like camera batteries. 545 00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:51,233 Odd, someone must have hidden them in there. 546 00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:53,960 - Transponders. - From what? 547 00:30:54,160 --> 00:30:56,674 Well, my guess, EPIRBs. 548 00:30:57,640 --> 00:30:59,836 That's my guess too. 549 00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:02,270 What are EPIRBs again? 550 00:31:03,120 --> 00:31:05,953 SKINNER: "Containment of aforementioned microbial species, 551 00:31:06,120 --> 00:31:07,190 deadly or otherwise, 552 00:31:07,360 --> 00:31:10,512 is to remain under the guardianship of the operation's chief scientist 553 00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:12,472 until such time it can be safely transported 554 00:31:12,960 --> 00:31:14,871 to Naval Research Headquarters." 555 00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:18,112 Biowarfare research is illegal. We signed a treaty. 556 00:31:18,280 --> 00:31:20,920 So did the Russians, and we've spotted their fishing trawlers 557 00:31:21,080 --> 00:31:24,232 in areas of the Bering Sea that aren't considered fishable. 558 00:31:24,440 --> 00:31:26,954 So two wrongful fishing expeditions make a right? 559 00:31:27,920 --> 00:31:30,275 We're just trying to get our hands on the next generation 560 00:31:30,440 --> 00:31:32,636 of biological weaponry before our enemies do. 561 00:31:33,080 --> 00:31:35,799 Do you file that under "deception" or "hypocrisy"? 562 00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:37,439 [CHUCKLES] 563 00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:43,515 Nondisclosure agreement. 564 00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:46,675 Now do you understand 565 00:31:46,880 --> 00:31:49,190 why the Navy doesn't want anyone to know where the ship is 566 00:31:49,360 --> 00:31:51,078 or what it's doing? 567 00:31:51,600 --> 00:31:53,477 And do you understand that the Navy's secret 568 00:31:53,680 --> 00:31:55,830 could cost my agents their lives? 569 00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:58,674 I got a support vessel on its way with medical facilities onboard 570 00:31:58,840 --> 00:31:59,989 and a decontamination unit. 571 00:32:00,520 --> 00:32:03,194 Great. Show it to me. 572 00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:05,351 How exactly do you propose I do that? 573 00:32:05,520 --> 00:32:08,638 There must be an Orion or two that you could scramble overhead. 574 00:32:09,120 --> 00:32:11,077 I think you're gonna have to trust me, director. 575 00:32:11,280 --> 00:32:13,396 I don't know you well enough, commander. 576 00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:15,349 We can fix that. 577 00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:20,873 You can cut the charm. 578 00:32:21,080 --> 00:32:24,391 Higher-ranking, richer, and definitely better-looking men 579 00:32:24,560 --> 00:32:26,551 have tried that on me and didn't get very far. 580 00:32:26,720 --> 00:32:29,394 Now, I can't speak for you, commander, 581 00:32:29,560 --> 00:32:31,597 but I didn't get where I am because of my looks, 582 00:32:31,800 --> 00:32:35,111 so get your eyes off of me and put some on that ship. 583 00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:49,870 What's that? 584 00:32:50,040 --> 00:32:52,475 - Transponders you took off life jackets. - Why would I? 585 00:32:52,640 --> 00:32:54,870 You didn't want the crew located once they abandoned ship. 586 00:32:55,040 --> 00:32:57,190 I didn't sabotage any life jackets. 587 00:32:57,360 --> 00:32:59,670 - There's no one else on the ship. - There has to be. 588 00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:02,116 GIBBS: You were in the electrical room when the power went out. 589 00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:03,873 I wouldn't know how to shut off the power. 590 00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:07,038 - I told you, I'm just the cook. - Just the cook? 591 00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:09,396 Yeah, that's what Steven Seagal said in Under Siege, 592 00:33:09,560 --> 00:33:11,551 and look at the havoc he wreaked, huh? 593 00:33:11,720 --> 00:33:15,429 What about The Hunt for Red October? The saboteur was the cook. 594 00:33:16,920 --> 00:33:20,595 I'm sorry, boss, I'm just saying that, you know, just because he's the cook, 595 00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:22,717 doesn't mean he's any less potentially guilty. 596 00:33:22,880 --> 00:33:25,474 He could've slipped poison into Takada's food. 597 00:33:25,640 --> 00:33:28,154 I swear, I didn't kill Takada. 598 00:33:28,320 --> 00:33:30,675 DUCKY: Well, not with poison, at least. 599 00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:35,519 The good news is I've confirmed beyond a doubt 600 00:33:35,680 --> 00:33:38,354 that Takada did indeed die of hemorrhagic fever. 601 00:33:38,520 --> 00:33:40,636 That's great news, Ducky. 602 00:33:40,800 --> 00:33:43,076 However, the virus was injected into him. 603 00:33:43,240 --> 00:33:44,878 It was not airborne. 604 00:33:45,080 --> 00:33:48,869 I've also examined the dead rat that Tony so heroically brought to me. 605 00:33:49,040 --> 00:33:51,600 Ironically, it died from having bitten Takada. 606 00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:53,230 So I'm not gonna die? 607 00:33:53,400 --> 00:33:56,916 Well, the bottom line is, there was no outbreak on the ship. 608 00:33:57,080 --> 00:33:58,514 He was injected without knowing it. 609 00:33:58,720 --> 00:34:00,631 If I could do a proper and thorough toxicology, 610 00:34:00,800 --> 00:34:04,236 I think we'd find that he had first been drugged. 611 00:34:04,920 --> 00:34:08,470 - Takada was murdered. TONY: Why would someone do that? 612 00:34:08,640 --> 00:34:12,315 - To scare everyone off this ship. - But why? 613 00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:16,678 I mean, what's so valuable on this ship that someone would kill for it? 614 00:34:17,800 --> 00:34:19,632 Yeah, about time, McGee. 615 00:34:20,640 --> 00:34:23,314 Boss, I had nothing to do with it. Someone is messing with us. 616 00:34:23,800 --> 00:34:25,791 Maybe Mitas is right. Someone else is aboard. 617 00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:27,274 [METAL CREAKS] 618 00:34:27,440 --> 00:34:28,794 ZIVA: Gibbs, up here. 619 00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:35,869 - I saw something running on deck. McGEE: Something or someone? 620 00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:37,474 I don't know, it was moving fast. 621 00:34:37,640 --> 00:34:40,154 - It or him? - I don't know, I have lost it. 622 00:34:40,320 --> 00:34:42,038 TONY: I'll say. 623 00:34:42,680 --> 00:34:44,478 - Gibbs, I swear-- - I believe you, Ziva. 624 00:34:44,680 --> 00:34:46,990 ZIVA: See? Someone else who believes in what they cannot see. 625 00:34:47,160 --> 00:34:49,993 No, I believe what I can see wasn't there before. 626 00:34:55,520 --> 00:34:57,830 Someone's sending a signal. 627 00:35:00,040 --> 00:35:01,519 [METAL SQUEAKS] 628 00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:03,757 TONY: Whoa. Aah. 629 00:35:05,680 --> 00:35:07,512 Okay, okay, I believe you. 630 00:35:16,960 --> 00:35:18,394 [GRUNTS] 631 00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:21,754 Mitas was telling the truth. 632 00:35:21,920 --> 00:35:23,035 He's not exactly a ghost, 633 00:35:23,200 --> 00:35:24,873 but he's got a B-horror-flick thing going. 634 00:35:25,040 --> 00:35:26,838 You have no idea what you're dealing with. 635 00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:28,070 Oh, I think we do. 636 00:35:28,840 --> 00:35:32,720 Lieutenant Ferris, communications officer. 637 00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:35,394 Who failed to communicate that his crewmates abandoned ship. 638 00:35:35,560 --> 00:35:37,437 You're not very good at your job, are you? 639 00:35:37,600 --> 00:35:39,910 - You're wasting your time. - I think we're wasting yours. 640 00:35:40,080 --> 00:35:41,957 Navy's on its way. You're going to the brig. 641 00:35:42,160 --> 00:35:45,118 - You'll be dead before they arrive. - Save it, we know about the virus. 642 00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:47,237 GIBBS: Outbreak was a hoax. - Heh, heh. 643 00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:48,834 It's not the virus that'll kill you. 644 00:35:51,760 --> 00:35:53,114 SKINNER: Satisfied, director? 645 00:35:53,640 --> 00:35:57,031 JEN: I'm not that easy, commander. - That doesn't surprise me. 646 00:35:59,080 --> 00:36:02,152 That must be your support vessel. Can we get any closer? 647 00:36:02,320 --> 00:36:03,469 I'm sure we can. 648 00:36:08,280 --> 00:36:12,513 It's going to reach the Chimera a lot faster than you said it would. 649 00:36:13,920 --> 00:36:15,240 That's not our support vessel. 650 00:36:24,520 --> 00:36:26,989 JEN: The approaching craft has no known identification. 651 00:36:27,440 --> 00:36:29,954 GIBBS [ON-SCREEN]: That seems to be the way things operate around here. 652 00:36:30,160 --> 00:36:32,436 Looks to be the size of a small assault vessel. 653 00:36:32,600 --> 00:36:34,750 Same type of boats I've seen used by marauders. 654 00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:37,998 - Pirates? - Cruise ships, tankers, steamers. 655 00:36:38,160 --> 00:36:40,037 They'll attack anything to make a buck. 656 00:36:40,200 --> 00:36:43,397 GIBBS: How long? - You should put eyes on it any minute. 657 00:36:43,560 --> 00:36:45,631 These people come heavily armed, Agent Gibbs. 658 00:36:45,800 --> 00:36:47,598 Automatic weapons, grenades, even RPGs. 659 00:36:47,760 --> 00:36:49,876 - What are they after? - I can't divulge that. 660 00:36:50,040 --> 00:36:53,078 Hold on, you tell me heavily armed pirates are coming to attack me, 661 00:36:53,240 --> 00:36:55,516 you better damn well tell me what they're looking for. 662 00:36:55,680 --> 00:36:57,034 Your agent hasn't been read in. 663 00:36:57,200 --> 00:36:59,476 I don't give a damn about your secrets, commander. 664 00:36:59,640 --> 00:37:01,551 I care about keeping my team safe. 665 00:37:01,720 --> 00:37:04,678 - Tell me what they want. - I can't do that. 666 00:37:04,840 --> 00:37:06,751 Can someone give me a damn answer? 667 00:37:06,920 --> 00:37:10,595 JEN: Put me through to STRATCOM. - All right, all right. Wait. 668 00:37:11,960 --> 00:37:14,759 Look, the secret material they have dredged up from the ocean-- 669 00:37:14,960 --> 00:37:15,995 What am I looking for? 670 00:37:16,160 --> 00:37:18,879 Something the size of a breadbox, a gallon drum? 671 00:37:19,040 --> 00:37:22,510 It can fit in a vial. But it's untested, unproven. 672 00:37:22,680 --> 00:37:26,799 Ferris has already killed one guy. He's put 20 others at risk. 673 00:37:26,960 --> 00:37:30,999 - This is worth something to someone. - Boss, I cracked it. 674 00:37:34,840 --> 00:37:38,117 Now, before we go in there, boss, the power is back on, 675 00:37:38,280 --> 00:37:41,875 so the ventilation and filtration system should also be back on. 676 00:37:42,040 --> 00:37:43,474 I know it says "biohazard," 677 00:37:43,640 --> 00:37:45,950 but if there's anything biological in there, 678 00:37:46,120 --> 00:37:48,157 the room should be negatively pressured. 679 00:37:48,320 --> 00:37:52,075 The thing is, this, uh, room is not. 680 00:37:52,240 --> 00:37:54,754 Uh, boss? 681 00:37:55,440 --> 00:37:59,513 You really could risk exposure if you stay in there very long. 682 00:38:06,120 --> 00:38:07,713 What is it? 683 00:38:07,880 --> 00:38:09,553 ZIVA: Gibbs? 684 00:38:10,920 --> 00:38:14,311 We spotted the assault craft. Five minutes, maybe less. 685 00:38:33,880 --> 00:38:35,314 Yeah. 686 00:39:15,160 --> 00:39:16,559 [IN RUSSIAN] 687 00:39:16,720 --> 00:39:18,199 [MAN 1 SPEAKS IN RUSSIAN] 688 00:39:20,240 --> 00:39:21,958 [MAN 2 SPEAKS IN RUSSIAN] 689 00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:54,274 MAN 2: Aleksei! 690 00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:04,479 [GRUNTING] 691 00:40:04,640 --> 00:40:06,756 Aleksei! 692 00:40:17,280 --> 00:40:18,429 ALEKSEl: Ferris. 693 00:40:27,440 --> 00:40:28,635 [IN RUSSIAN] 694 00:40:30,880 --> 00:40:32,518 [IN RUSSIAN] 695 00:40:33,840 --> 00:40:35,160 [IN RUSSIAN] 696 00:41:31,560 --> 00:41:33,756 Ducky, how long before Ferris wakes up? 697 00:41:33,920 --> 00:41:34,955 A couple of hours. 698 00:41:35,120 --> 00:41:39,318 It'll take him considerably longer to wipe off the fake blood. 699 00:41:39,480 --> 00:41:42,836 How'd you disable the ship, McGee? Spew all over the engine? 700 00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:48,598 Steering has several nonlinear effects: saturation, dead zone, rate limiting. 701 00:41:48,760 --> 00:41:53,072 The bottom line is, the ship's still able. Able to sail in one big circle. 702 00:41:53,280 --> 00:41:54,918 Russian. 703 00:41:55,080 --> 00:41:59,199 - Yeah. Orders from the Russian navy. - They weren't pirates? 704 00:41:59,360 --> 00:42:01,874 Soviet state-sponsored pirates. 705 00:42:02,080 --> 00:42:05,072 - But why? - McGee? 706 00:42:08,120 --> 00:42:10,953 - Russian nuclear warhead? GIBBS: There's your ghost, Ziva. 707 00:42:11,120 --> 00:42:14,238 The ghost of Soviet project K629. 708 00:42:14,400 --> 00:42:16,835 So this whole thing was a Russian black-ops mission 709 00:42:17,000 --> 00:42:18,035 to recover their nuke? 710 00:42:18,200 --> 00:42:22,114 So pirates that weren't really pirates were actually Russian sailors 711 00:42:22,280 --> 00:42:24,954 who were on a covert mission to steal a Navy research ship 712 00:42:25,120 --> 00:42:28,112 that wasn't actually a Navy research ship 713 00:42:28,280 --> 00:42:30,032 in order to get back nuclear weapons 714 00:42:30,200 --> 00:42:32,350 that we thought they didn't think we had retrieved? 715 00:42:32,840 --> 00:42:34,831 - Uh-huh. McGEE: Okay. 716 00:42:35,000 --> 00:42:36,673 DUCKY: Perhaps we should call the Navy, 717 00:42:36,840 --> 00:42:38,877 tell them that we're on the Russian black ship 718 00:42:39,040 --> 00:42:41,111 and the Russians are on theirs. 719 00:42:41,280 --> 00:42:43,351 [JET ENGINES ROARING] 720 00:42:53,080 --> 00:42:56,436 I guess the Navy didn't want anyone to know their black ship ever existed. 721 00:42:56,600 --> 00:42:58,591 How did they know we were off the ship? 722 00:42:59,680 --> 00:43:01,637 Don't think they did.