1 00:00:47,381 --> 00:00:48,582 Troy! 2 00:00:49,783 --> 00:00:51,919 - What? - Got a customer. 3 00:00:54,888 --> 00:00:57,525 Oh. Hey. How you doing, kid? 4 00:00:57,625 --> 00:00:59,593 Uh, the-the popcorn? 5 00:00:59,693 --> 00:01:00,928 Take it. 6 00:01:01,061 --> 00:01:03,464 It's on the house. All right. 7 00:01:18,212 --> 00:01:21,115 Mom, can we go home now? 8 00:01:21,249 --> 00:01:22,716 Why, baby? What's wrong? 9 00:01:22,816 --> 00:01:24,452 Nothing. I'm just tired. 10 00:01:25,319 --> 00:01:27,455 Yeah, okay. 11 00:01:27,555 --> 00:01:29,923 Looks like Sully's not coming anyway. 12 00:01:30,057 --> 00:01:30,991 Let's go home. 13 00:01:31,091 --> 00:01:32,693 Yeah? 14 00:01:33,594 --> 00:01:34,995 Come on. 15 00:01:55,849 --> 00:01:57,950 Talk, Sullivan. Who sent you?! 16 00:02:42,763 --> 00:02:46,900 Therefore, what I would ask... 17 00:02:48,336 --> 00:02:50,338 Would it be "therefore"? Thus. 18 00:02:50,471 --> 00:02:52,172 - Thus... - Uh-oh. 19 00:02:52,273 --> 00:02:53,641 McGee's mumbling again. 20 00:02:53,741 --> 00:02:56,042 I'm not mumbling. I'm writing. And good morning. 21 00:02:56,043 --> 00:02:58,178 - Still perfecting that speech? - Well, "perfecting" 22 00:02:58,279 --> 00:03:01,214 is a big word, but, yeah, I mean, this is my only shot 23 00:03:01,215 --> 00:03:02,850 at getting Mateo's sentence reduced at tomorrow's hearing. 24 00:03:02,950 --> 00:03:04,016 I still can't believe 25 00:03:04,017 --> 00:03:05,519 he's facing any time at all. 26 00:03:05,619 --> 00:03:08,055 I mean, those kidnappers were clearly blackmailing him. 27 00:03:08,155 --> 00:03:09,557 Blackmail or not, he could still get ten years 28 00:03:09,657 --> 00:03:11,191 for hacking the NCIS database. 29 00:03:11,292 --> 00:03:13,860 I mean, I agree, yeah, there needs to be consequences, 30 00:03:13,861 --> 00:03:15,696 but come on. This is a decade of his life. 31 00:03:15,796 --> 00:03:17,398 Yeah, so this speech has got to be good. 32 00:03:17,531 --> 00:03:19,066 No, the speech has to be great. 33 00:03:19,166 --> 00:03:21,735 Which is exactly why I emailed all of you last night-- 34 00:03:21,835 --> 00:03:24,104 so you could, you know, take a look at it... 35 00:03:24,872 --> 00:03:26,205 ...give me notes. 36 00:03:26,206 --> 00:03:27,907 Anyone read it? 37 00:03:27,908 --> 00:03:29,577 Got notes for me, or...? 38 00:03:29,677 --> 00:03:31,578 - No? - Uh, you know what, man? 39 00:03:31,579 --> 00:03:33,481 I think I-- I think I passed out kind of early, 40 00:03:33,581 --> 00:03:37,217 and I think I missed it, but I can get to it right now. 41 00:03:37,351 --> 00:03:40,554 Yeah, I saw it pretty late myself, but I... 42 00:03:40,688 --> 00:03:42,022 I think you made some good points. 43 00:03:42,122 --> 00:03:44,558 Great points. And very well-written. 44 00:03:44,658 --> 00:03:46,059 Oh, of course. 45 00:03:46,159 --> 00:03:48,228 That goes without saying. Extremely well-written. 46 00:03:49,096 --> 00:03:50,897 But I'm sensing a "but." 47 00:03:50,898 --> 00:03:52,232 What but? No buts. 48 00:03:52,333 --> 00:03:54,535 No, not from me. But-but... 49 00:03:54,635 --> 00:03:56,904 But nothing. Duty calls. 50 00:03:57,037 --> 00:03:58,939 Got a dead Marine in Silver Spring. 51 00:03:59,072 --> 00:04:00,140 Yeah, you know, I'd still really like 52 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:01,609 to know what you guys think. 53 00:04:01,709 --> 00:04:03,577 What I think is, you are a great dad. 54 00:04:03,677 --> 00:04:05,045 The best dad. So I'll give it another read, 55 00:04:05,145 --> 00:04:06,447 and I'll get back to you. 56 00:04:06,580 --> 00:04:08,247 - Yeah, me, too. - Yeah, me three. 57 00:04:08,248 --> 00:04:10,384 If I can find it. My emails are acting weird. 58 00:04:10,484 --> 00:04:12,185 Hmm. 59 00:04:13,587 --> 00:04:15,254 It's not like it's a bad speech. 60 00:04:15,255 --> 00:04:18,090 Not at all. It reads fine. 61 00:04:18,091 --> 00:04:19,593 Yeah, but is fine good enough 62 00:04:19,693 --> 00:04:21,629 to get a judge to reduce Mateo's sentence? 63 00:04:21,762 --> 00:04:22,996 It's the mitigating circumstances stuff. 64 00:04:23,096 --> 00:04:24,632 It's so formal. 65 00:04:24,765 --> 00:04:26,799 Yeah, and all that, uh, that "young man led astray" stuff. 66 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:28,101 That's way too sappy. 67 00:04:28,201 --> 00:04:31,103 All right, too formal, too sappy, too much. 68 00:04:31,104 --> 00:04:32,772 Would you all mind saving your speech reviews 69 00:04:32,773 --> 00:04:34,273 until I've had a chance to read it? 70 00:04:34,274 --> 00:04:36,710 - Okay, thanks. - Also, McGee is on your six. 71 00:04:38,546 --> 00:04:41,682 All right, victim has been ID'd as Sergeant Michael Sullivan, 72 00:04:41,782 --> 00:04:44,651 34, stationed at Marine Barracks Washington. 73 00:04:44,652 --> 00:04:47,788 Bus driver that discovered him also found this under the bench. 74 00:04:47,888 --> 00:04:49,089 It's a cell phone. 75 00:04:49,189 --> 00:04:50,624 Yeah, poor driver must've thought 76 00:04:50,724 --> 00:04:51,925 he was just waking up a sleeping commuter 77 00:04:52,025 --> 00:04:53,160 - when he... - Whoa! - Whoa! 78 00:04:53,293 --> 00:04:54,462 - Hey. Ow. - Hello. 79 00:04:54,562 --> 00:04:55,796 Oh, man, what is that? 80 00:04:55,896 --> 00:04:58,198 Let's see. It's clear. 81 00:04:58,298 --> 00:05:00,132 There's no scent. 82 00:05:00,133 --> 00:05:01,769 Uh, maybe just water 83 00:05:01,869 --> 00:05:04,004 coming out of his trachea, nasal cavity. 84 00:05:04,137 --> 00:05:05,806 - What, like, he drowned? - At a bus stop? 85 00:05:05,906 --> 00:05:08,976 No, I'm afraid it's worse than that with these bloody bruises, 86 00:05:09,109 --> 00:05:12,446 ligatures around his wrists, so it's more likely that he was... 87 00:05:12,546 --> 00:05:15,015 - Waterboarded. - Much as I hate to say it. 88 00:05:15,148 --> 00:05:17,984 It's not like they went to much trouble to hide the body. 89 00:05:17,985 --> 00:05:19,420 They wanted him to be found. 90 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:20,721 Yeah, they definitely 91 00:05:20,821 --> 00:05:22,656 were sending a message, but to who? 92 00:05:22,756 --> 00:05:24,024 Uh, maybe Monica. 93 00:05:24,124 --> 00:05:26,360 No last name, but she was the last three calls 94 00:05:26,460 --> 00:05:28,028 to Sullivan yesterday afternoon. 95 00:05:28,161 --> 00:05:30,364 All right, let's see if the number gives us her full name. 96 00:05:30,498 --> 00:05:35,268 Yes. Monica also left a voicemail after the third call. 97 00:05:35,369 --> 00:05:37,337 Hey, Sully, I got your messages. 98 00:05:37,471 --> 00:05:39,373 I'll meet you over there at 5:00. 99 00:05:39,507 --> 00:05:41,509 Just be careful, okay? 100 00:05:41,642 --> 00:05:42,510 Please? 101 00:05:42,610 --> 00:05:43,477 Meet him over where? 102 00:05:43,577 --> 00:05:44,845 And be careful from what? 103 00:05:44,945 --> 00:05:47,013 - Whoever did that to him. - Bet Monica knows. 104 00:05:47,014 --> 00:05:48,516 Got her full name and address. 105 00:05:48,616 --> 00:05:51,852 Monica Sims, 36 Tompkins Street, 106 00:05:51,952 --> 00:05:53,387 Silver Spring, Maryland. 107 00:05:53,487 --> 00:05:55,354 If this Monica 108 00:05:55,355 --> 00:05:56,690 met up with our victim, I sure hope 109 00:05:56,824 --> 00:05:58,158 - she didn't end up like him. - Yeah. 110 00:05:58,258 --> 00:06:00,192 For now let's just hope she's home. 111 00:06:00,193 --> 00:06:02,730 I think we should be honest with McGee about his speech. 112 00:06:02,863 --> 00:06:04,231 Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. 113 00:06:04,364 --> 00:06:06,299 But with the, uh, the hearing tomorrow morning, 114 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:08,335 you don't want to rattle his confidence. 115 00:06:08,436 --> 00:06:09,870 Build him up. Absolutely. 116 00:06:09,970 --> 00:06:11,872 Yeah. It's just a matter of finding the right words 117 00:06:11,972 --> 00:06:14,808 - to tell him that... - He hasn't found the right words? 118 00:06:14,908 --> 00:06:17,043 Yet. 119 00:06:19,112 --> 00:06:20,581 Someone's not answering. 120 00:06:20,714 --> 00:06:22,850 NCIS! Monica Sims?! 121 00:06:24,384 --> 00:06:26,319 Or trying to get away. 122 00:06:26,754 --> 00:06:28,689 NCIS! 123 00:06:35,028 --> 00:06:36,930 Looks like Monica has a kid. 124 00:06:39,933 --> 00:06:43,236 Hello? Monica? Anyone? 125 00:06:49,510 --> 00:06:50,744 Clear. 126 00:06:50,878 --> 00:06:52,145 Clear. 127 00:06:58,385 --> 00:06:59,853 Is that our victim? 128 00:06:59,953 --> 00:07:01,922 Doesn't look like him. 129 00:07:02,055 --> 00:07:03,824 I'm gonna try calling her number. 130 00:07:22,142 --> 00:07:23,777 Hi. 131 00:07:27,981 --> 00:07:30,618 It's-it's okay. We're not gonna hurt you. 132 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:34,522 Um, 133 00:07:34,622 --> 00:07:37,057 my name's Jess. 134 00:07:37,157 --> 00:07:38,325 What's yours? 135 00:07:45,065 --> 00:07:46,634 Are you Chloe? 136 00:07:47,768 --> 00:07:49,436 That's a beautiful name. 137 00:07:49,537 --> 00:07:50,738 You're all right, Chloe. 138 00:07:50,838 --> 00:07:53,373 We're the police. We're here to help, okay? 139 00:07:53,473 --> 00:07:55,475 My mom told me to call you. 140 00:07:55,576 --> 00:07:57,344 Why call us? 141 00:07:57,477 --> 00:07:59,346 But I was too scared. 142 00:08:00,581 --> 00:08:02,683 Where is your mom? 143 00:08:03,584 --> 00:08:04,718 Gone. 144 00:08:05,586 --> 00:08:06,486 Since when? 145 00:08:06,587 --> 00:08:08,321 Last night. 146 00:08:11,224 --> 00:08:12,860 Um, hey, Chloe, why don't you come out of there? 147 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:14,494 It can't be too comfortable. 148 00:08:14,595 --> 00:08:16,830 Okay. Yeah. 149 00:08:23,203 --> 00:08:25,706 We're gonna find your mom. 150 00:08:36,349 --> 00:08:38,485 Okay, Knight's got the kid down at Kasie's, 151 00:08:38,586 --> 00:08:40,053 calling Child Services. 152 00:08:40,187 --> 00:08:41,855 Hmm. Did this kid give you her name? 153 00:08:41,955 --> 00:08:43,590 Yeah, Chloe. 154 00:08:43,591 --> 00:08:46,994 Uh, last name Sims, like her mother. Seven years old. 155 00:08:47,094 --> 00:08:49,763 She and Mom went to meet Mom's friend Sully 156 00:08:49,863 --> 00:08:51,931 at the store late yesterday. 157 00:08:51,932 --> 00:08:54,301 - Our victim Sullivan. - Yeah, who never showed up. 158 00:08:54,401 --> 00:08:56,069 So they walked home and had pizza. 159 00:08:56,169 --> 00:08:58,438 And middle of the night, Mom wakes up, 160 00:08:58,572 --> 00:09:00,072 gives Chloe her cell, 161 00:09:00,073 --> 00:09:03,243 and tells her to call 911 if she's not back in an hour. 162 00:09:03,343 --> 00:09:04,645 That's how many hours ago? 163 00:09:04,745 --> 00:09:07,547 Uh, at least seven, give or take. 164 00:09:07,648 --> 00:09:09,917 - Still no sign of Mom. - What do we know about her? 165 00:09:10,017 --> 00:09:11,618 We know she's no ordinary mom. 166 00:09:11,619 --> 00:09:14,154 Former Marine Staff Sergeant Monica Sims. 167 00:09:14,254 --> 00:09:15,689 She served three tours in Afghanistan 168 00:09:15,789 --> 00:09:17,190 with Sullivan's unit, 169 00:09:17,290 --> 00:09:18,592 before receiving a hardship discharge two years ago. 170 00:09:18,726 --> 00:09:20,761 - What hardship? - Family welfare. 171 00:09:20,894 --> 00:09:22,429 Husband Paul Sims was killed 172 00:09:22,529 --> 00:09:24,097 shortly before then in a car accident. 173 00:09:24,197 --> 00:09:27,768 Ah, that explains whose photos were taped to the fridge. 174 00:09:27,901 --> 00:09:29,937 Did Chloe say what store 175 00:09:30,037 --> 00:09:31,571 they were walking back from yesterday? 176 00:09:31,672 --> 00:09:34,374 Yeah, she called it "the clown store." 177 00:09:34,474 --> 00:09:35,942 The name's not listed anywhere, 178 00:09:35,943 --> 00:09:37,277 and she couldn't help us find it, but 179 00:09:37,410 --> 00:09:40,113 apparently it's where Chloe "buys her snacks." 180 00:09:40,213 --> 00:09:41,447 So, a convenience store. 181 00:09:41,448 --> 00:09:43,150 Yeah, narrows it down a little bit. 182 00:09:43,250 --> 00:09:44,785 Well, if it's within walking distance of the apartment... 183 00:09:44,885 --> 00:09:46,453 - I bet we can find it. - All right, grab a warrant, 184 00:09:46,553 --> 00:09:48,088 keep me posted. I'm gonna check 185 00:09:48,188 --> 00:09:49,288 on our victim with Jimmy. 186 00:09:51,324 --> 00:09:54,327 Call me back if anything changes, okay? 187 00:09:54,461 --> 00:09:55,829 Thank you. 188 00:09:56,797 --> 00:09:58,498 Do you want the good news or the bad news? 189 00:09:58,598 --> 00:10:00,668 - Uh, dealer's choice. - Well, 190 00:10:00,801 --> 00:10:02,736 the bad news is, Child Protective Services 191 00:10:02,836 --> 00:10:05,205 can't get anyone out here until tonight, 192 00:10:05,305 --> 00:10:06,973 possibly tomorrow. 193 00:10:06,974 --> 00:10:09,176 So she's with us till then. 194 00:10:09,276 --> 00:10:11,679 Well, the good news is, she's so darn cute. 195 00:10:12,145 --> 00:10:15,415 Though I haven't talked to anyone shorter than me in years. 196 00:10:15,515 --> 00:10:17,517 Are seven-year-olds usually this quiet? 197 00:10:17,617 --> 00:10:18,852 Not that I know of. 198 00:10:18,952 --> 00:10:20,754 My niece was a chatterbox by this age. 199 00:10:20,854 --> 00:10:23,690 But Chloe's barely said a word since she left that apartment. 200 00:10:23,691 --> 00:10:25,693 She's probably traumatized after her mom left her all alone. 201 00:10:25,826 --> 00:10:28,027 Or maybe she's just shy. 202 00:10:28,028 --> 00:10:29,996 Parker told me about our guest. 203 00:10:29,997 --> 00:10:30,931 Not talking, huh? 204 00:10:31,031 --> 00:10:33,066 No. Any tips, Superdad? 205 00:10:33,166 --> 00:10:34,802 May have a few tricks up my sleeve. 206 00:10:34,902 --> 00:10:36,603 Though, with seven-year-olds, 207 00:10:36,704 --> 00:10:37,971 we might not be able to get her 208 00:10:38,071 --> 00:10:39,672 to stop talking once I get her started. 209 00:10:39,673 --> 00:10:41,675 If it helps us find her mom, I am all for it. 210 00:10:41,775 --> 00:10:43,376 Work your magic, oh, wise one. 211 00:10:48,215 --> 00:10:51,018 Good day, milady. 212 00:10:51,151 --> 00:10:52,720 I don't talk to strangers. 213 00:10:55,388 --> 00:10:57,390 Hmm. 214 00:10:59,359 --> 00:11:01,494 So much for magic. 215 00:11:01,594 --> 00:11:02,695 Well, I did get her to start talking. 216 00:11:02,696 --> 00:11:04,197 "Good day, milady." 217 00:11:04,331 --> 00:11:06,767 Okay. 218 00:11:08,736 --> 00:11:10,403 Look, Nick, I'm not asking 219 00:11:10,537 --> 00:11:12,071 for, like, a full-fledged review here. 220 00:11:12,072 --> 00:11:14,374 I just want to know if you think my speech will work. 221 00:11:14,474 --> 00:11:15,909 Of course it will work, man. 222 00:11:16,043 --> 00:11:18,211 What judge can resist your honesty, 223 00:11:18,311 --> 00:11:20,247 your sincerity, your... 224 00:11:20,380 --> 00:11:22,515 - Clown. - My clown? 225 00:11:22,615 --> 00:11:24,617 No, I think we found the clown store. 226 00:11:33,026 --> 00:11:35,395 Sign says open, but no luck. 227 00:11:35,495 --> 00:11:36,696 Hmm. 228 00:11:36,797 --> 00:11:39,466 Let's go check around the back. 229 00:11:51,945 --> 00:11:54,247 Door was barely closed. 230 00:11:54,381 --> 00:11:56,784 Somebody left in a hurry. 231 00:11:56,917 --> 00:12:00,253 NCIS! Search warrant! 232 00:12:01,288 --> 00:12:02,823 You smell, like, bleach? 233 00:12:03,590 --> 00:12:06,026 Sure sign of a hasty cleanup. 234 00:12:07,660 --> 00:12:10,330 Well, maybe too hasty. 235 00:12:14,267 --> 00:12:15,335 A piece of rope. 236 00:12:17,204 --> 00:12:19,606 I think there's a little dried blood in here. 237 00:12:20,440 --> 00:12:22,275 You want to bet it's Sullivan's? 238 00:12:30,450 --> 00:12:32,284 Clown store has seen better days. 239 00:12:32,285 --> 00:12:34,287 And this is the head clown. 240 00:12:37,657 --> 00:12:39,626 He's got some explaining to do. 241 00:12:39,726 --> 00:12:41,494 Now all we got to do is find him. 242 00:12:41,628 --> 00:12:44,731 Well... that might help. 243 00:12:50,203 --> 00:12:52,272 It's a pretty old security system. 244 00:12:52,372 --> 00:12:53,673 Yeah, like everything else in that place. 245 00:12:53,773 --> 00:12:55,976 That's our owner. Troy Tepikian. 246 00:12:56,076 --> 00:12:58,411 And no sign of him or anyone else when we got there. 247 00:12:58,511 --> 00:12:59,980 And business is hardly booming. 248 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:01,480 Hey, McGee, 249 00:13:01,481 --> 00:13:03,683 stop right there. Can you go back real quick? 250 00:13:05,685 --> 00:13:07,320 And that's our victim. 251 00:13:08,989 --> 00:13:12,759 Sure is. Gunny Sullivan, still alive and well. 252 00:13:12,860 --> 00:13:14,494 And there goes Troy 253 00:13:14,594 --> 00:13:16,496 leading him right into our crime scene. 254 00:13:16,629 --> 00:13:18,165 - Looks like we found our killer. - Yeah. 255 00:13:18,298 --> 00:13:20,767 And the longer they're in there, the guiltier Troy looks. 256 00:13:20,868 --> 00:13:23,036 Oh, hold on. We got another customer here. 257 00:13:23,170 --> 00:13:25,538 That's our girl Chloe. 258 00:13:27,707 --> 00:13:29,877 Wait, wait, wait. Who the hell is that? 259 00:13:30,677 --> 00:13:32,178 McGee, can you, uh, can you 260 00:13:32,179 --> 00:13:34,447 - screen-grab them? - Well, 261 00:13:34,547 --> 00:13:36,183 just one of 'em but not very cleanly. 262 00:13:36,283 --> 00:13:38,018 And here comes 263 00:13:38,118 --> 00:13:40,587 - Troy again. - Without Gunny Sullivan. 264 00:13:42,389 --> 00:13:44,824 That's it, Chloe. Get out of there. 265 00:13:53,566 --> 00:13:55,468 - Okay, then. - I guess 266 00:13:55,568 --> 00:13:57,370 Troy is not our killer? 267 00:13:59,973 --> 00:14:03,042 Anything you remember, Chloe, could really help us. 268 00:14:03,043 --> 00:14:05,145 That's right. Just anything at all. 269 00:14:11,718 --> 00:14:13,386 Do you know those two guys? 270 00:14:17,390 --> 00:14:19,927 What about that guy? Do you know him? 271 00:14:20,027 --> 00:14:22,662 Yeah. That's the clown store guy. 272 00:14:24,898 --> 00:14:26,933 What's he saying to you there? 273 00:14:26,934 --> 00:14:29,937 He gave me that popcorn for free. 274 00:14:33,340 --> 00:14:36,443 Back to, uh, these two men again. 275 00:14:37,244 --> 00:14:39,046 They look like they're arguing. 276 00:14:39,913 --> 00:14:41,281 Do you remember what they were saying? 277 00:14:41,414 --> 00:14:43,083 I remember they were Chinese. 278 00:14:43,216 --> 00:14:46,418 Or maybe Japanese or Korean? 279 00:14:46,419 --> 00:14:48,755 No, it was Chinese. 280 00:14:48,855 --> 00:14:50,457 You mean, like... 281 00:14:55,028 --> 00:14:57,064 Chloe, do you speak Mandarin? 282 00:15:05,772 --> 00:15:07,707 Chloe, um... 283 00:15:26,259 --> 00:15:27,660 So who taught you how to speak Mandarin? 284 00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:30,630 - My dad. - Mine, too. 285 00:15:30,730 --> 00:15:33,033 Your dad's dead, too? 286 00:15:34,467 --> 00:15:36,703 No, mine is, um... 287 00:15:37,570 --> 00:15:39,106 I'm sorry to hear about your dad. 288 00:15:39,206 --> 00:15:40,707 I'm sorry, too, Chloe. 289 00:15:41,741 --> 00:15:46,980 But these two men here-- did your mom know about them? 290 00:15:47,080 --> 00:15:48,681 I wish she didn't. 291 00:15:48,815 --> 00:15:50,650 So she saw them, too? 292 00:15:50,783 --> 00:15:52,752 No, I told her. 293 00:15:52,852 --> 00:15:55,322 I wasn't gonna, but then I had a bad dream 294 00:15:55,455 --> 00:15:57,524 about those men and what they were saying. 295 00:15:57,657 --> 00:16:00,927 Maybe if I didn't tell her about them, 296 00:16:01,028 --> 00:16:03,296 she wouldn't have left. 297 00:16:04,497 --> 00:16:09,368 Chloe, your mom didn't leave because of you. 298 00:16:09,369 --> 00:16:11,871 And we are gonna find her, believe me. 299 00:16:11,971 --> 00:16:14,706 So, um, 300 00:16:14,707 --> 00:16:17,010 what did they say exactly? 301 00:16:17,110 --> 00:16:18,945 They said something like... 302 00:16:23,983 --> 00:16:26,553 "If the military man doesn't talk, he dies." 303 00:16:27,820 --> 00:16:29,022 Gunny Sullivan. 304 00:16:29,156 --> 00:16:30,790 You mean Sully? 305 00:16:30,890 --> 00:16:32,259 That's my mom's friend. 306 00:16:32,359 --> 00:16:34,627 Uh, yeah. 307 00:16:34,727 --> 00:16:37,364 Yeah, that's right. Um, he was a very good friend. 308 00:16:37,464 --> 00:16:40,167 But... he wasn't there. 309 00:16:42,869 --> 00:16:45,204 So what else did those guys say? 310 00:16:45,205 --> 00:16:48,208 They said something like... 311 00:16:51,711 --> 00:16:53,713 "Then we'll handle Lóngtóu." 312 00:16:53,813 --> 00:16:55,414 What's Lóngtóu? 313 00:16:55,415 --> 00:16:58,085 That translates to "dragon head." 314 00:16:58,218 --> 00:16:59,551 In Chinese gang culture, 315 00:16:59,552 --> 00:17:02,689 it's what the Triads use to refer to their leader. 316 00:17:03,756 --> 00:17:05,058 Chinese Mafia. 317 00:17:05,158 --> 00:17:09,929 Mm-hmm. So Lóngtóu basically means a mob boss. 318 00:17:10,029 --> 00:17:12,465 Uh, can you give us a second, Chloe? 319 00:17:17,036 --> 00:17:18,805 What the hell got Sullivan and Monica mixed up 320 00:17:18,905 --> 00:17:20,439 with Chinese gangs? 321 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:22,142 I always thought they were more of a New York thing, 322 00:17:22,242 --> 00:17:24,144 but they, they could be making a move south. 323 00:17:24,244 --> 00:17:26,613 Well, I could have the New York office send us 324 00:17:26,713 --> 00:17:27,947 their Chinese gang database. 325 00:17:28,081 --> 00:17:29,748 Maybe we could show Chloe, see if, uh, 326 00:17:29,749 --> 00:17:31,450 any of the mug shots ring a bell. 327 00:17:31,451 --> 00:17:32,919 I don't know. 328 00:17:33,052 --> 00:17:34,421 She's already been through so much 329 00:17:34,554 --> 00:17:36,955 without us making her look at gangster faces. 330 00:17:36,956 --> 00:17:38,425 No, I haven't. 331 00:17:40,093 --> 00:17:42,329 I'd know those guys if I saw them again. 332 00:17:43,396 --> 00:17:44,597 Are you sure? 333 00:17:45,598 --> 00:17:46,799 You heard her, Kase. 334 00:17:46,899 --> 00:17:48,767 Uh, let's get that New York database 335 00:17:48,768 --> 00:17:51,371 - as soon as we can. - It'll only take a minute. 336 00:17:54,006 --> 00:17:56,309 In the meantime, are you hungry? 337 00:17:56,443 --> 00:17:57,810 Do you want to go down to the Commons, 338 00:17:57,944 --> 00:17:59,811 we can get a muffin or a matcha? 339 00:17:59,812 --> 00:18:01,947 My mom says I'm too young for matcha, but... 340 00:18:01,948 --> 00:18:03,316 you got any popcorn? 341 00:18:03,450 --> 00:18:06,018 Hmm. 342 00:18:07,787 --> 00:18:11,090 So your boss really lets you use his machine whenever you want? 343 00:18:11,191 --> 00:18:13,193 Not only is he very generous that way, 344 00:18:13,293 --> 00:18:16,463 but Mrs. Boss has asked me to watch his intake. 345 00:18:16,563 --> 00:18:19,098 So you and I are doing a very good deed 346 00:18:19,199 --> 00:18:20,967 by depleting his supply. 347 00:18:23,136 --> 00:18:25,605 Those are the mug shots from Kasie. 348 00:18:26,673 --> 00:18:27,807 Okay. 349 00:18:29,509 --> 00:18:31,643 Okay. Are you sure you're up for this? 350 00:18:31,644 --> 00:18:33,045 Why not? It's just people. 351 00:18:33,146 --> 00:18:35,114 Okay. 352 00:18:39,986 --> 00:18:41,988 We can stop any time you want. 353 00:18:42,121 --> 00:18:44,857 No. I want to find my mom. 354 00:18:45,758 --> 00:18:47,160 Okay. 355 00:18:49,095 --> 00:18:51,364 So, does Mom speak Mandarin, too? 356 00:18:51,498 --> 00:18:52,998 No, just Dad. 357 00:18:52,999 --> 00:18:55,202 Mom always thought we were talking about her. 358 00:18:55,335 --> 00:18:58,036 My mom thought the same thing. 359 00:18:58,037 --> 00:19:00,707 Okay, uh... 360 00:19:00,807 --> 00:19:02,275 So your dad was Chinese, too? 361 00:19:02,375 --> 00:19:04,944 - Still is. - Mine was only half. 362 00:19:05,044 --> 00:19:07,614 But he wanted to pass his mom's language onto me. 363 00:19:07,714 --> 00:19:09,148 Same again. 364 00:19:09,249 --> 00:19:10,849 You know, my dad and I still speak it 365 00:19:10,850 --> 00:19:12,219 every single time we talk, 366 00:19:12,319 --> 00:19:14,721 which isn't really often enough. 367 00:19:19,626 --> 00:19:22,027 So, what about your mom and Sully? 368 00:19:22,028 --> 00:19:23,263 Do they talk a lot? 369 00:19:27,467 --> 00:19:29,302 That means it's ready! 370 00:19:29,402 --> 00:19:31,871 Okay. Well, uh, I will get that, 371 00:19:32,004 --> 00:19:35,542 and you stay here, and you keep looking at these scary photos. 372 00:19:36,743 --> 00:19:38,410 Give me my usual, 373 00:19:38,411 --> 00:19:41,046 Audrey, and, uh, I guess whatever you'd make 374 00:19:41,047 --> 00:19:42,715 for a seven-year-old girl? 375 00:19:42,815 --> 00:19:45,285 I've got 17 varieties of matcha back here. 376 00:19:45,385 --> 00:19:46,253 Take your pick. 377 00:19:46,386 --> 00:19:48,420 Actually, matcha, no. 378 00:19:48,421 --> 00:19:51,224 Um... anything else, just something good. 379 00:19:51,358 --> 00:19:53,693 That narrows it down. Hang tight. 380 00:19:54,894 --> 00:19:57,397 Hey, so I got some, uh, fresh intel 381 00:19:57,530 --> 00:19:59,832 on our victim Sullivan that may be of interest. 382 00:19:59,932 --> 00:20:01,234 Oh, you had me at intel. 383 00:20:01,334 --> 00:20:03,002 Seems that he overcame a rough childhood. 384 00:20:03,102 --> 00:20:04,737 He ran with a street gang, turned his life around 385 00:20:04,837 --> 00:20:06,405 when he joined the Marines. 386 00:20:06,406 --> 00:20:09,575 Then he became, uh, kind of, um, an anti-gang ambassador. 387 00:20:09,576 --> 00:20:11,244 Worked with youth programs, 388 00:20:11,378 --> 00:20:13,111 - community outreach. - Yeah, which may have 389 00:20:13,112 --> 00:20:15,415 put him in the path of our Chinese gang? 390 00:20:15,548 --> 00:20:17,183 Yeah. That and his friend Monica. 391 00:20:17,284 --> 00:20:18,751 Turns out that 392 00:20:18,851 --> 00:20:21,120 the accident that killed her husband Paul was actually 393 00:20:21,220 --> 00:20:24,457 two gangbangers speeding away from a drive-by shooting. 394 00:20:24,557 --> 00:20:26,893 Poor dude just picked the wrong time to cross the street. 395 00:20:26,993 --> 00:20:28,160 Yeah, which I'm sure gave Monica 396 00:20:28,261 --> 00:20:29,629 plenty of gang issues of her own. 397 00:20:29,729 --> 00:20:30,963 Well, that makes two of us. 398 00:20:31,063 --> 00:20:32,465 - What do you got? - So, I showed these guys 399 00:20:32,599 --> 00:20:35,100 to some business owners near the clown store. 400 00:20:35,101 --> 00:20:36,436 And they were afraid to talk, 401 00:20:36,569 --> 00:20:38,470 but I got some to admit that they were being 402 00:20:38,471 --> 00:20:40,973 - shaken down for protection money. - Protection from who? 403 00:20:41,107 --> 00:20:42,942 Whatever Chinese gang these guys are a part of. 404 00:20:43,042 --> 00:20:44,977 No one was willing to name names. 405 00:20:45,077 --> 00:20:47,146 - Or willing to go to the police? - Yeah, they think it's too risky. 406 00:20:47,246 --> 00:20:49,716 And they'd rather pay than ask for trouble. 407 00:20:50,517 --> 00:20:54,354 One usual and one iced coconut chai latte for a seven-year-old. 408 00:20:54,454 --> 00:20:56,489 Thanks, Audrey, and, oh, uh, 409 00:20:56,589 --> 00:20:58,891 just take care of my friends here. 410 00:20:58,991 --> 00:21:01,127 Just-- matchas are on me. 411 00:21:01,260 --> 00:21:04,130 Thanks, Parker, but, uh... 412 00:21:04,263 --> 00:21:05,665 Matchas? 413 00:21:05,765 --> 00:21:09,201 Got 17 varieties back here. Name your matcha. 414 00:21:14,441 --> 00:21:15,975 Just the guy we're looking for. 415 00:21:16,108 --> 00:21:17,744 Glad to be found. 416 00:21:17,844 --> 00:21:20,079 Chloe, I got you a, uh, 417 00:21:20,179 --> 00:21:23,649 iced coconut... something, if you're interested. 418 00:21:23,650 --> 00:21:26,152 - Yes, please. Thank you. - You're welcome. 419 00:21:26,285 --> 00:21:28,688 Yeah, she needs it to wash down all of that popcorn. 420 00:21:28,821 --> 00:21:30,490 Hey, Chloe, would you mind waiting at the desk? 421 00:21:30,590 --> 00:21:32,592 I'll be over there in a minute. 422 00:21:33,393 --> 00:21:36,194 So, um, how'd it go with the mug shots? 423 00:21:36,195 --> 00:21:39,197 Uh, no luck. She didn't recognize anyone. 424 00:21:39,198 --> 00:21:41,368 - How about you? - Looks like Monica and Sullivan 425 00:21:41,501 --> 00:21:44,504 both had personal reasons to want to take down this gang. 426 00:21:44,637 --> 00:21:47,006 Hmm, 'cause gangs love when you try taking them down. 427 00:21:47,139 --> 00:21:49,008 Oh, yeah, they love that. 428 00:21:49,108 --> 00:21:51,043 Parker, we really need to find her. 429 00:21:51,143 --> 00:21:53,346 Monica's all Chloe has left. 430 00:21:55,715 --> 00:21:58,184 Where'd she go? 431 00:21:59,486 --> 00:22:01,053 Uh... 432 00:22:08,695 --> 00:22:11,598 Chloe, don't disappear on me like that. 433 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:15,701 - What is it? - I remember that shot. 434 00:22:15,702 --> 00:22:18,304 It's from the, uh, smuggling bust with MPD 435 00:22:18,405 --> 00:22:19,706 about three years ago. 436 00:22:19,806 --> 00:22:20,872 Him. 437 00:22:20,873 --> 00:22:22,575 What? Who? 438 00:22:22,709 --> 00:22:23,876 From the clown store. 439 00:22:24,010 --> 00:22:25,612 That's one of the guys. 440 00:22:29,048 --> 00:22:30,717 It kind of looks like one of 'em, but 441 00:22:30,850 --> 00:22:33,019 it's a D.C. cop. He's a detective. 442 00:22:34,387 --> 00:22:36,055 That's him. 443 00:22:36,155 --> 00:22:37,724 I know it is. 444 00:22:39,592 --> 00:22:41,160 Detective Thomas Lau. 445 00:22:41,260 --> 00:22:43,295 - Retired from Metro PD last year. - Look, 446 00:22:43,396 --> 00:22:45,297 no disrespect to Chloe, but we got to be sure. 447 00:22:45,398 --> 00:22:46,733 This guy was a veteran cop. 448 00:22:46,833 --> 00:22:48,401 He retires, and a year later 449 00:22:48,535 --> 00:22:50,068 he's running around, waterboarding people? 450 00:22:50,069 --> 00:22:52,939 Sure, a veteran but, uh, not a very good one 451 00:22:53,039 --> 00:22:54,606 according to his exit review. 452 00:22:56,743 --> 00:22:58,244 Oh, this is my D.C. cop buddy 453 00:22:58,344 --> 00:23:00,379 - calling back. You guys keep talking. - Yeah. 454 00:23:00,480 --> 00:23:02,748 - Hey. - Now, Lau was reprimanded 455 00:23:02,749 --> 00:23:04,283 six times for excessive force 456 00:23:04,417 --> 00:23:05,718 and twice for drinking 457 00:23:05,818 --> 00:23:07,386 on the job, all in his last three years of duty. 458 00:23:07,487 --> 00:23:09,621 Not exactly going out on a high note. 459 00:23:09,622 --> 00:23:12,091 Oh, no. No, apparently, things were so bad 460 00:23:12,191 --> 00:23:14,360 that he was facing dismissal 461 00:23:14,461 --> 00:23:16,663 and opted for early retirement instead. 462 00:23:16,763 --> 00:23:18,431 Thanks. 463 00:23:18,531 --> 00:23:20,633 Well, he is retired... permanently. 464 00:23:20,733 --> 00:23:25,137 Cops just found Thomas Lau stabbed to death in his car. 465 00:23:34,246 --> 00:23:36,849 First of all, we have this very telling stab wound 466 00:23:36,949 --> 00:23:38,951 just below Detective Lau's rib cage, 467 00:23:39,051 --> 00:23:41,120 next to his existing surgical scar. 468 00:23:41,253 --> 00:23:43,623 - Telling as in cause of death? - Well, that 469 00:23:43,723 --> 00:23:45,124 and the pattern matches 470 00:23:45,257 --> 00:23:46,793 a standard-issue Marine Corps knife. 471 00:23:46,893 --> 00:23:49,127 Also, if you look closely at the bruising 472 00:23:49,128 --> 00:23:50,963 around the wound, it indicates 473 00:23:51,097 --> 00:23:52,799 that the knife was thrust in up to the hilt, 474 00:23:52,932 --> 00:23:55,502 much the way that Marines are trained to do. 475 00:23:55,602 --> 00:23:57,269 Which would imply that Chloe's mother 476 00:23:57,369 --> 00:23:59,004 might not only be alive but... 477 00:23:59,005 --> 00:24:00,672 - Also a vigilante? - Out to avenge 478 00:24:00,673 --> 00:24:04,110 her husband's death? It's certainly a possibility. 479 00:24:04,210 --> 00:24:05,712 Anything else telling? 480 00:24:05,812 --> 00:24:07,346 I don't know about telling, 481 00:24:07,446 --> 00:24:09,148 but this is curious. 482 00:24:09,248 --> 00:24:12,284 Look at this tattoo of a dragon's head here. 483 00:24:12,384 --> 00:24:14,520 Didn't you translate a word for Chloe 484 00:24:14,521 --> 00:24:15,888 - with the same meaning? - Yeah. 485 00:24:15,988 --> 00:24:18,525 Lóngtóu, which means "dragon head." 486 00:24:18,658 --> 00:24:20,692 - Or head of a crime family? - These symbols here-- 487 00:24:20,693 --> 00:24:23,362 - does that say the same thing or...? - Part of it. 488 00:24:23,496 --> 00:24:26,999 The second word is dragon, and that first word is ghost. 489 00:24:27,099 --> 00:24:30,402 Ghost Dragons. Is that, uh, what, a gang name? 490 00:24:30,503 --> 00:24:32,171 Let me check our database. 491 00:24:32,271 --> 00:24:33,540 Hmm. 492 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:34,907 Okay, is it just me, 493 00:24:35,007 --> 00:24:37,476 but does this tattoo look really bright and new? 494 00:24:37,577 --> 00:24:39,177 Yeah, I was gonna say the same thing. 495 00:24:39,178 --> 00:24:41,881 It couldn't be more than a, a couple weeks old, tops. 496 00:24:41,981 --> 00:24:45,518 So, if this guy is a new Ghost Dragons member... 497 00:24:45,618 --> 00:24:48,220 That's a pretty quick ascension to their mob boss. 498 00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:50,722 All right, here it is. Ghost Dragons. 499 00:24:50,723 --> 00:24:52,525 One of several branches of China's Triad, 500 00:24:52,659 --> 00:24:55,461 - operates out of Baltimore. - Torres and Parker 501 00:24:55,562 --> 00:24:58,264 are already showing his photo around Silver Spring. 502 00:24:58,364 --> 00:24:59,999 Well, it's a short hop to Baltimore. 503 00:25:00,099 --> 00:25:01,768 I'll make the call. 504 00:25:01,868 --> 00:25:04,270 So, Tim, you excited 505 00:25:04,370 --> 00:25:06,071 for tomorrow morning's Mateo hearing? 506 00:25:06,072 --> 00:25:09,374 Well, I don't know if I'd, uh, say excited, but... 507 00:25:09,375 --> 00:25:11,743 - Hmm. - Oh, wait. Did I...? 508 00:25:11,744 --> 00:25:13,712 Did I not ask you about my speech? 509 00:25:13,713 --> 00:25:17,248 No, you did not, and I loved it. 510 00:25:17,249 --> 00:25:18,917 - Really? - No. 511 00:25:18,918 --> 00:25:21,587 Uh, but what I loved was, uh, the effort. 512 00:25:21,588 --> 00:25:23,556 The delivery I found to be sort of, um, 513 00:25:23,656 --> 00:25:25,357 dry, wordy and way too technical. 514 00:25:25,457 --> 00:25:27,827 - See? I knew it. - I had a feeling you did. 515 00:25:27,927 --> 00:25:29,228 Had a feeling everyone else did, too, 516 00:25:29,328 --> 00:25:31,097 but they were being too nice to tell me. 517 00:25:31,230 --> 00:25:32,832 Yeah, sometimes honesty's not nice. 518 00:25:32,932 --> 00:25:35,602 No, it's not, but you know what? I don't need nice right now. 519 00:25:35,735 --> 00:25:36,903 What I need is help. 520 00:25:37,503 --> 00:25:40,807 I just-- I can't seem to find the right words to... 521 00:25:40,907 --> 00:25:43,274 - you know, say what I want to say. - Okay. 522 00:25:43,275 --> 00:25:46,746 All right, well, then, uh, just say it. 523 00:25:46,846 --> 00:25:50,049 What is it you want most for Mateo? 524 00:25:50,149 --> 00:25:51,684 I mean, it's simple. 525 00:25:51,784 --> 00:25:53,620 I want him to have a chance to turn his life around. 526 00:25:53,753 --> 00:25:56,155 Then just keep it that simple. 527 00:25:56,255 --> 00:26:00,593 And with the speech, maybe approach it less as a writer, 528 00:26:00,727 --> 00:26:02,795 more as a dad. 529 00:26:04,764 --> 00:26:05,998 Thanks. 530 00:26:06,098 --> 00:26:07,433 Watch these guys here. 531 00:26:07,533 --> 00:26:08,968 These two spots-- they haven't paid. 532 00:26:09,101 --> 00:26:11,604 - Same thing down that way... - Excuse me, 533 00:26:11,704 --> 00:26:13,539 gentlemen. 534 00:26:13,640 --> 00:26:15,041 NCIS. 535 00:26:15,141 --> 00:26:17,777 - We just need a moment. - Any of you know this guy? 536 00:26:17,910 --> 00:26:19,378 And why would we tell you? 537 00:26:20,112 --> 00:26:21,881 That's a bad way to start, my friend. 538 00:26:21,981 --> 00:26:23,349 So we're friends now? 539 00:26:24,250 --> 00:26:26,485 Okay, look, uh, 540 00:26:26,585 --> 00:26:29,488 nobody's in trouble. We're just asking around the neighborhood. 541 00:26:29,622 --> 00:26:31,658 So go find another neighborhood, NCIS. 542 00:26:31,791 --> 00:26:32,692 We're a little busy here. 543 00:26:32,792 --> 00:26:34,159 Okay, you're a little busy, huh? 544 00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:36,295 Busy bumming around some Chinese market? 545 00:26:36,428 --> 00:26:38,130 What would you expect, a pizzeria? 546 00:26:39,165 --> 00:26:41,166 Or maybe you'd prefer a taco stand. 547 00:26:41,167 --> 00:26:42,668 Hmm. 548 00:26:42,669 --> 00:26:44,637 Taco stand. 549 00:26:44,737 --> 00:26:45,672 Whoa! 550 00:26:45,805 --> 00:26:47,606 What are you doing? Back off. 551 00:26:47,707 --> 00:26:48,841 Back off, back off. 552 00:26:48,975 --> 00:26:50,777 What is with you? Are you insane, man? 553 00:26:50,877 --> 00:26:52,378 What the hell do you think you're doing? 554 00:26:52,478 --> 00:26:53,545 - I'm gonna give him a taco stand. - Nick! 555 00:26:53,646 --> 00:26:54,680 I got your tacos 556 00:26:54,681 --> 00:26:56,315 over here. 557 00:27:02,121 --> 00:27:04,423 All right, we're clear. You're on the job, aren't you? 558 00:27:04,523 --> 00:27:05,958 Thanks for not blowing my cover, guys. 559 00:27:06,058 --> 00:27:07,927 We're friends, man. 560 00:27:08,027 --> 00:27:10,997 Next time maybe try pulling your punches a little. 561 00:27:11,097 --> 00:27:13,032 Come on, man. You know I had to make it look good. 562 00:27:13,165 --> 00:27:14,600 So who you with? FBI? 563 00:27:14,701 --> 00:27:15,802 Baltimore PD. 564 00:27:15,902 --> 00:27:18,037 Kenny Chang, Organized Crime Division. 565 00:27:18,137 --> 00:27:19,671 I've been Donnie Brasco-ing the Ghost Dragons 566 00:27:19,672 --> 00:27:21,107 for over a year now. 567 00:27:21,207 --> 00:27:23,175 We've got a former D.C. cop who just turned up dead, 568 00:27:23,275 --> 00:27:25,511 sporting a brand-new Ghost Dragons tattoo. 569 00:27:25,644 --> 00:27:27,847 - Thomas Lau. Do you know him? - Can't say I do, 570 00:27:27,980 --> 00:27:29,949 but the guys I've been running with would sure hate 571 00:27:30,049 --> 00:27:33,085 to hear about anyone using their name, especially an ex-cop. 572 00:27:33,185 --> 00:27:35,387 So no chance the Ghost Dragons are making a move 573 00:27:35,487 --> 00:27:36,989 to Silver Spring? 574 00:27:37,089 --> 00:27:38,524 Seriously? 575 00:27:38,624 --> 00:27:40,827 Ghost Dragons couldn't find Silver Spring on a map. 576 00:27:40,927 --> 00:27:42,560 - What about D.C.? - Not a chance. 577 00:27:42,561 --> 00:27:44,395 All I heard about D.C. lately is somebody down there 578 00:27:44,396 --> 00:27:46,999 recruiting ex-cons to serve as muscle for a new operation. 579 00:27:47,099 --> 00:27:48,600 - Do you know what somebody? - Or what operation? 580 00:27:48,701 --> 00:27:50,902 No to both, but I can ask around. 581 00:27:50,903 --> 00:27:53,105 Soon as you get me back. 582 00:27:53,205 --> 00:27:56,475 - Back to the market? - Only that's got to look real good, too. 583 00:27:56,575 --> 00:27:59,879 Maybe drive past real fast and push me out without stopping. 584 00:27:59,979 --> 00:28:02,081 - That's a good idea. - No, that's good. 585 00:28:02,214 --> 00:28:03,750 All right. 586 00:28:03,850 --> 00:28:06,152 All right, you got it, Parker. And drive safe. 587 00:28:06,252 --> 00:28:08,921 So Thomas Lau and his partner 588 00:28:09,021 --> 00:28:11,556 are using the Ghost Dragon name to shake down businesses. 589 00:28:11,557 --> 00:28:13,492 While possibly also recruiting more muscle 590 00:28:13,592 --> 00:28:14,660 to expand their brand. 591 00:28:14,761 --> 00:28:17,329 - Knockoff brand, that is. - Yeah. 592 00:28:18,164 --> 00:28:20,099 What time is Mateo's hearing? 593 00:28:20,199 --> 00:28:21,566 8:00 a.m. I'm good. 594 00:28:21,567 --> 00:28:24,270 You sure? You know, it's getting kind of late. 595 00:28:24,403 --> 00:28:26,104 A good night's sleep might do you good. 596 00:28:26,105 --> 00:28:27,405 Oh, how would you sleep, 597 00:28:27,406 --> 00:28:28,775 leaving everyone in the middle of a case? 598 00:28:30,376 --> 00:28:33,279 I know you went and spoke to Jimmy earlier. 599 00:28:33,412 --> 00:28:36,849 I'm sorry if we-- well, if I... 600 00:28:36,949 --> 00:28:39,786 was too nice to be honest about your speech. 601 00:28:39,919 --> 00:28:42,120 Come on. No need to apologize. 602 00:28:42,121 --> 00:28:43,422 Imagine if we were all 603 00:28:43,522 --> 00:28:44,723 painfully honest with each other all the time? 604 00:28:44,824 --> 00:28:46,425 No, thank you. 605 00:28:46,525 --> 00:28:51,330 No, no. I mean, honesty's important, but nice is nice. 606 00:28:52,264 --> 00:28:53,598 Hey, guys. 607 00:28:53,599 --> 00:28:55,968 Oh, hey, I was just about to go check on Chloe. 608 00:28:56,068 --> 00:28:58,971 - She still awake? - Well, funny enough, she was 609 00:28:59,071 --> 00:29:02,141 asleep in the comfy chair while I was analyzing 610 00:29:02,241 --> 00:29:05,444 Lau's wound, which was caused by a Marine-issue 611 00:29:05,577 --> 00:29:07,513 Mark 2 fighting knife, by the way. 612 00:29:07,613 --> 00:29:10,950 And I looked up to find her kinda... 613 00:29:11,083 --> 00:29:12,885 - gone. - Gone? 614 00:29:12,985 --> 00:29:16,455 Not gone gone. Security would never let her leave. 615 00:29:16,555 --> 00:29:17,857 Especially not holding evidence. 616 00:29:17,957 --> 00:29:19,290 - She took evidence? - Well, 617 00:29:19,291 --> 00:29:20,793 her mother's cell phone is missing. 618 00:29:20,893 --> 00:29:22,895 Not missing missing. 619 00:29:22,995 --> 00:29:25,965 Wait. I have an idea where she might be. 620 00:29:26,065 --> 00:29:27,766 Oh, thank God. 621 00:29:33,272 --> 00:29:34,306 Chloe? 622 00:29:38,911 --> 00:29:43,349 Got to say, I didn't expect to have to pay a toll, 623 00:29:43,449 --> 00:29:46,652 but I guess if I want to get in the tent... 624 00:29:56,462 --> 00:29:58,097 I'm not that hungry. 625 00:30:01,733 --> 00:30:03,501 You had us worried. 626 00:30:03,502 --> 00:30:05,104 First we couldn't find you. 627 00:30:05,204 --> 00:30:06,672 Then we couldn't find your mom's phone. 628 00:30:06,805 --> 00:30:09,275 I promised her I'd keep it close. 629 00:30:10,809 --> 00:30:13,345 And you know how to keep a promise. 630 00:30:14,813 --> 00:30:16,515 We're gonna find her, Chloe. 631 00:30:22,121 --> 00:30:25,925 Hearing those men made me think of my dad. 632 00:30:26,025 --> 00:30:29,495 I haven't heard Mandarin in such a long time. 633 00:30:30,329 --> 00:30:31,864 That had to be hard. 634 00:30:33,299 --> 00:30:35,367 If I forget Mandarin, 635 00:30:35,501 --> 00:30:37,870 do you think I'll forget him, too? 636 00:30:38,704 --> 00:30:40,940 Chloe, no. 637 00:30:51,083 --> 00:30:52,518 It's ringing. 638 00:30:52,618 --> 00:30:54,486 Do you know that number? 639 00:30:54,586 --> 00:30:55,721 No, but just answer it. 640 00:30:55,854 --> 00:30:57,456 Okay. 641 00:30:57,556 --> 00:30:58,958 Chloe? 642 00:30:59,058 --> 00:30:59,926 Mommy? 643 00:31:00,026 --> 00:31:01,760 Oh, God. Baby, you're okay. 644 00:31:01,860 --> 00:31:02,929 Yeah, I'm with Jess. 645 00:31:03,062 --> 00:31:04,396 She's okay, Monica. 646 00:31:04,496 --> 00:31:06,265 This is NCIS Special Agent Jessica Knight. 647 00:31:06,398 --> 00:31:07,565 Thank God. 648 00:31:07,566 --> 00:31:09,401 Just listen. I can't talk for long. 649 00:31:09,535 --> 00:31:11,070 - Where are you, Monica? - Please, 650 00:31:11,170 --> 00:31:13,705 just keep my baby safe until I finish what I started. 651 00:31:13,805 --> 00:31:16,775 You can be finished now. Come in and let us help you. 652 00:31:16,875 --> 00:31:17,843 You want to help? 653 00:31:17,944 --> 00:31:20,146 Send some agents to Troy's place. 654 00:31:21,247 --> 00:31:23,249 Lóngtóu will be waiting for you there. 655 00:31:23,349 --> 00:31:25,451 I love you, Chloe-bear. 656 00:31:25,584 --> 00:31:26,785 Stay safe. 657 00:31:26,885 --> 00:31:28,154 Monica...? 658 00:31:29,255 --> 00:31:32,058 That means she's all right, right? 659 00:31:33,325 --> 00:31:35,494 Yeah, Chloe, she's okay. 660 00:31:36,362 --> 00:31:37,463 Troy's place. 661 00:31:37,596 --> 00:31:39,065 Is that the clown store? 662 00:31:39,165 --> 00:31:43,002 Mom calls it Troy's place, and Troy is the clown store guy. 663 00:31:45,037 --> 00:31:48,274 - NCIS! - Don't shoot, please! 664 00:31:50,276 --> 00:31:51,610 I thought she was gonna kill me. 665 00:31:51,710 --> 00:31:53,479 We thought you were already dead. 666 00:31:53,612 --> 00:31:55,547 Monica said we'd find Lóngtóu here. 667 00:31:55,647 --> 00:31:57,148 Instead we get this guy? 668 00:31:57,149 --> 00:31:58,616 This whole thing's gotten out of hand. 669 00:31:58,617 --> 00:32:00,285 What thing? Where's Lóngtóu? 670 00:32:00,286 --> 00:32:02,321 They call me that as a joke. 671 00:32:02,421 --> 00:32:03,789 There is no Lóngtóu. 672 00:32:03,922 --> 00:32:05,791 It's just me. 673 00:32:05,891 --> 00:32:08,294 And Monica? Where is she? 674 00:32:08,394 --> 00:32:10,329 I don't know, 675 00:32:10,429 --> 00:32:12,965 but wherever she ends up... 676 00:32:13,065 --> 00:32:15,401 it won't be good. 677 00:32:24,476 --> 00:32:25,944 Business was terrible. 678 00:32:26,078 --> 00:32:29,715 I tried to keep it going for years, but the stupid banks. 679 00:32:29,815 --> 00:32:31,984 Okay, all right. Enough trying to justify yourself. 680 00:32:32,118 --> 00:32:33,819 Just tell us about your friends again. 681 00:32:33,919 --> 00:32:36,488 Like I said, nobody's friends anymore. 682 00:32:36,588 --> 00:32:39,591 At first it was just me and this old cop buddy of mine 683 00:32:39,691 --> 00:32:41,260 pretending to be Chinese gangsters, 684 00:32:41,360 --> 00:32:43,895 shaking businesses down for protection money. 685 00:32:43,996 --> 00:32:45,163 This cop buddy of yours was 686 00:32:45,164 --> 00:32:47,665 the late Thomas Lau. 687 00:32:47,666 --> 00:32:50,335 He was having money troubles of his own. 688 00:32:50,336 --> 00:32:53,072 And then his cousin Fred got out of prison. 689 00:32:53,172 --> 00:32:55,007 Found him. Fred Yong. 690 00:32:55,807 --> 00:32:57,342 Did a dime at Indian Creek. 691 00:32:57,343 --> 00:32:59,811 Assault, armed robbery. Paroled six months ago. 692 00:32:59,911 --> 00:33:01,179 That's the lunatic. 693 00:33:01,180 --> 00:33:03,681 He came to us, I mapped out the targets, 694 00:33:03,682 --> 00:33:06,652 and they went and hit up all these trendy new stores 695 00:33:06,752 --> 00:33:10,089 to, you know, contribute a little? 696 00:33:10,189 --> 00:33:12,024 Contribute. 697 00:33:12,124 --> 00:33:15,027 Uh, a couple of hundred bucks a week from each spot, 698 00:33:15,161 --> 00:33:17,163 and, uh, the cash was decent. 699 00:33:17,263 --> 00:33:18,496 Even split three ways. 700 00:33:18,497 --> 00:33:20,531 Yeah, you three Ghost Dragons? 701 00:33:20,532 --> 00:33:24,503 We needed a name, so why not one with a built-in reputation? 702 00:33:24,603 --> 00:33:27,172 Yeah, trouble is, it went straight to their heads. 703 00:33:27,173 --> 00:33:28,607 Tattoos, 704 00:33:28,707 --> 00:33:29,841 - more muscle. - Yeah. 705 00:33:29,941 --> 00:33:31,777 That's all Fred trying to expand. 706 00:33:31,877 --> 00:33:34,046 And when that Sullivan guy came sniffing around, 707 00:33:34,146 --> 00:33:36,415 these guys really went off the rails. 708 00:33:36,515 --> 00:33:38,217 - These guys? Come on, Troy. - Yeah. 709 00:33:38,350 --> 00:33:39,884 We've got video from your own store 710 00:33:39,885 --> 00:33:42,721 showing you luring Sullivan into that back room. 711 00:33:42,821 --> 00:33:45,257 You knew what was waiting for him back there! 712 00:33:45,357 --> 00:33:46,692 I had no idea he was gonna get killed! 713 00:33:46,792 --> 00:33:49,027 Okay? Uh... again, that's all Fred. 714 00:33:49,128 --> 00:33:50,862 It's always been Fred! 715 00:33:50,962 --> 00:33:52,397 And where can we find Fred? 716 00:33:52,398 --> 00:33:53,565 Hell if I know. 717 00:33:55,301 --> 00:33:57,369 Special Agent Torres. 718 00:33:58,237 --> 00:34:00,071 Oh, yeah. How you doing? 719 00:34:00,072 --> 00:34:01,407 When I got squeezed out, 720 00:34:01,540 --> 00:34:02,741 Fred called that cop 721 00:34:02,841 --> 00:34:04,076 and he disappeared. 722 00:34:04,210 --> 00:34:06,912 No honor amongst thieves and all that. 723 00:34:07,012 --> 00:34:08,214 So it wasn't Monica? 724 00:34:08,347 --> 00:34:10,582 Lady Rambo? No. 725 00:34:10,716 --> 00:34:14,820 She damn almost near killed me before you guys showed up. 726 00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:17,123 So you really have no idea where she went? 727 00:34:17,223 --> 00:34:19,625 Or where she could be found? 728 00:34:21,059 --> 00:34:23,229 Well, I mean, if-if it can help my cause, 729 00:34:23,329 --> 00:34:25,764 I-I might have a pretty good guess. 730 00:34:26,732 --> 00:34:28,300 Can we make a deal? 731 00:34:34,873 --> 00:34:37,909 What? What? Uh... 732 00:34:38,009 --> 00:34:40,078 Wait, where are you going? 733 00:34:40,179 --> 00:34:41,413 I just got a call from Kenny Chang. 734 00:34:41,513 --> 00:34:43,682 Nick's undercover guy, Baltimore. 735 00:34:43,782 --> 00:34:45,583 - What'd he say? - He was right. 736 00:34:45,584 --> 00:34:48,019 The Ghost Dragons don't like it when somebody uses their name, 737 00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:50,122 so they're sending a crew down here to take it back. 738 00:34:50,222 --> 00:34:52,658 - Down here where? - Brockway Mill Lumber Company. 739 00:34:52,758 --> 00:34:54,760 - How did the Dragons find out where they'd be? - He said that, 740 00:34:54,860 --> 00:34:56,294 uh, they send their recruits 741 00:34:56,295 --> 00:34:58,130 actual addresses of where to meet. 742 00:34:58,230 --> 00:34:59,931 - Stupid and arrogant. - Well, either way, if Monica gets 743 00:35:00,065 --> 00:35:02,434 that address, she could be in the middle of a gang war. 744 00:35:02,534 --> 00:35:04,102 I'll get us some backup. 745 00:35:04,936 --> 00:35:05,937 Hey, nice turnout. 746 00:35:06,037 --> 00:35:08,473 How you doing? 747 00:35:08,474 --> 00:35:10,642 Welcome aboard. 748 00:35:14,112 --> 00:35:15,814 TORRES I don't like these odds. 749 00:35:15,947 --> 00:35:17,283 Where's that backup we asked for? 750 00:35:17,383 --> 00:35:19,017 It's on their way. Just sit tight. 751 00:35:24,256 --> 00:35:25,957 Wait a minute. Is that Monica? 752 00:35:27,493 --> 00:35:29,094 Guess she got the address. 753 00:35:29,195 --> 00:35:31,497 Yeah, and walked right into a trap. 754 00:35:31,630 --> 00:35:32,964 You happy now, lady? 755 00:35:33,064 --> 00:35:34,700 You found us. 756 00:35:36,802 --> 00:35:38,804 You're gonna pay for killing Sully. 757 00:35:38,937 --> 00:35:40,339 Oh, is that so? 758 00:35:41,807 --> 00:35:43,209 Can we really keep waiting? 759 00:35:43,309 --> 00:35:45,277 Not anymore. Everybody good to go? 760 00:35:45,377 --> 00:35:46,978 - Good to go, baby. - All right. 761 00:35:47,112 --> 00:35:48,846 We move in three, 762 00:35:48,847 --> 00:35:51,483 two... one. 763 00:35:51,983 --> 00:35:54,152 - NCIS! - NCIS! - Federal agents! 764 00:35:54,253 --> 00:35:56,522 Weapons down! Now! 765 00:35:56,655 --> 00:35:58,724 Let's see some hands! 766 00:36:01,460 --> 00:36:03,329 Don't be crashing my party, NCIS! 767 00:36:03,462 --> 00:36:05,531 - You're outnumbered! - Party's over! 768 00:36:05,664 --> 00:36:08,667 You all think you've been recruited by the Ghost Dragons? 769 00:36:08,767 --> 00:36:11,337 These guys are not the real deal. 770 00:36:11,437 --> 00:36:12,704 This guy, Fred here-- 771 00:36:12,838 --> 00:36:14,505 he's a gang of one right now! 772 00:36:14,506 --> 00:36:17,409 You shut the hell up! 773 00:36:17,509 --> 00:36:19,845 Hey, Knight, I think I'm losing 'em. 774 00:36:19,945 --> 00:36:22,013 You want to step in here and give me a hand? 775 00:36:24,350 --> 00:36:26,117 And they're not happy. 776 00:36:38,797 --> 00:36:40,566 Uh, 777 00:36:40,666 --> 00:36:42,233 can you tell a few more to go? 778 00:36:42,234 --> 00:36:43,402 I was hoping. 779 00:36:43,502 --> 00:36:44,870 Look, genius, we'll stay here all day. 780 00:36:44,970 --> 00:36:46,705 I don't care if it is eight against three. 781 00:36:46,838 --> 00:36:48,407 Make that four. 782 00:37:10,729 --> 00:37:12,398 I got him. Cover me. 783 00:37:22,240 --> 00:37:25,511 Don't shoot, don't shoot! 784 00:37:25,611 --> 00:37:27,413 We give up. 785 00:37:27,513 --> 00:37:29,815 Weapons on the ground now. 786 00:37:34,920 --> 00:37:36,455 There's our cavalry. 787 00:37:36,555 --> 00:37:39,758 Just in time. 788 00:37:48,634 --> 00:37:50,101 Nice. 789 00:37:50,969 --> 00:37:52,203 Worked for me. 790 00:37:54,540 --> 00:37:55,806 Knight, you good? 791 00:37:55,807 --> 00:37:57,876 Yeah. All good, Parker. 792 00:37:57,976 --> 00:37:59,445 You? 793 00:38:01,279 --> 00:38:02,614 All good. 794 00:38:04,383 --> 00:38:05,784 Kenny Chang says thank you. 795 00:38:05,917 --> 00:38:07,953 Soon as the cop car showed up to the mill, 796 00:38:08,053 --> 00:38:10,622 the Ghost Dragons headed back to Baltimore. 797 00:38:10,722 --> 00:38:12,457 No gang wars today, kids. 798 00:38:12,458 --> 00:38:14,626 Any word from McGee on Mateo's court case? 799 00:38:14,726 --> 00:38:16,094 Uh, not from him. 800 00:38:16,194 --> 00:38:17,996 Uh, all Jimmy said was, they're on their way back. 801 00:38:18,096 --> 00:38:19,465 - We are back. - Oh. 802 00:38:19,598 --> 00:38:20,766 I was starting to wonder. 803 00:38:20,866 --> 00:38:22,100 Yeah. And worry. 804 00:38:22,200 --> 00:38:23,968 So, uh, how'd it go? 805 00:38:23,969 --> 00:38:25,470 Well, I just went for moral support, 806 00:38:25,471 --> 00:38:27,506 - but Tim here sure didn't need it. - So, 807 00:38:27,639 --> 00:38:29,675 - speech go well? - Oh, forget that speech. 808 00:38:29,775 --> 00:38:32,810 No... Tim just threw that right out 809 00:38:32,811 --> 00:38:34,312 and he spoke from the heart. 810 00:38:35,313 --> 00:38:36,482 So what'd you say? 811 00:38:37,282 --> 00:38:39,284 You know, I just talked about people I know 812 00:38:39,385 --> 00:38:41,887 that have, um, turned their lives around. 813 00:38:41,987 --> 00:38:43,755 You know, like our victim Sullivan. 814 00:38:43,855 --> 00:38:46,024 I mean, he overcame gangs. 815 00:38:46,157 --> 00:38:48,193 You, Parker. 816 00:38:48,293 --> 00:38:50,696 You, too, Nick. You guys overcame rough childhoods 817 00:38:50,796 --> 00:38:51,997 to do some good in the world. 818 00:38:52,097 --> 00:38:53,499 And people like Mateo. 819 00:38:53,632 --> 00:38:57,335 Who I just know could make that same turn 820 00:38:57,436 --> 00:38:58,869 if given a second chance. 821 00:38:58,870 --> 00:39:00,939 Man, he said all that and more. 822 00:39:01,039 --> 00:39:03,842 I'm telling you, there was not a dry eye in that courthouse. 823 00:39:03,942 --> 00:39:05,844 And the judge-- what did she say? 824 00:39:05,944 --> 00:39:07,479 Well, as luck would have it, the judge-- 825 00:39:07,579 --> 00:39:09,648 she overcame a pretty rough childhood of her own. 826 00:39:09,748 --> 00:39:12,317 - So... - So she offered Mateo 827 00:39:12,418 --> 00:39:15,521 a one-time alternative to jail. 828 00:39:15,621 --> 00:39:17,589 Yeah? 829 00:39:20,058 --> 00:39:22,359 Looks like I'm gonna be a Navy dad. 830 00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:23,562 Okay. 831 00:39:23,695 --> 00:39:25,564 There you go. 832 00:39:27,833 --> 00:39:30,068 I knew leaving her was wrong. 833 00:39:30,168 --> 00:39:32,871 But I was who brought Sully into this mess, 834 00:39:32,971 --> 00:39:36,107 so once Chloe told me what those men said, 835 00:39:36,207 --> 00:39:38,877 I had to try and save him. 836 00:39:39,645 --> 00:39:41,046 And you lived to tell the tale. 837 00:39:41,146 --> 00:39:43,081 Thanks to all of you. 838 00:39:43,214 --> 00:39:45,249 Sorry doesn't quite cut it, Jess, but 839 00:39:45,250 --> 00:39:47,653 I swear I'll never leave Chloe again. 840 00:39:47,753 --> 00:39:49,387 I believe you. 841 00:39:53,759 --> 00:39:55,260 Ooh. 842 00:39:55,360 --> 00:39:58,029 Well, it's about time. We were about to OD on popcorn. 843 00:39:59,064 --> 00:40:02,233 There's my Chloe-bear. 844 00:40:02,333 --> 00:40:04,234 - Mommy! - Oh, my baby. 845 00:40:04,235 --> 00:40:06,337 Oh. Oh. 846 00:40:06,438 --> 00:40:08,406 Chloe. Hey. 847 00:40:08,540 --> 00:40:10,809 Don't ever leave me like that again. 848 00:40:10,909 --> 00:40:14,112 I won't, I promise. 849 00:40:14,980 --> 00:40:16,014 You're okay? 850 00:40:16,114 --> 00:40:17,616 Yeah, it's great here. 851 00:40:17,749 --> 00:40:19,451 They've got a popcorn machine and everything. 852 00:40:19,551 --> 00:40:22,053 Chloe made herself quite at home here. 853 00:40:22,153 --> 00:40:23,955 That's my girl. 854 00:40:24,055 --> 00:40:26,791 She and her dad spent hours camping in our living room, 855 00:40:26,792 --> 00:40:28,760 chatting away in Mandarin. 856 00:40:28,860 --> 00:40:30,462 Not about you, Mommy. 857 00:40:30,596 --> 00:40:32,598 That's what you always told me. 858 00:40:35,767 --> 00:40:37,135 "Only good stuff." 859 00:40:38,136 --> 00:40:39,937 Guess it's time for me to learn Mandarin. 860 00:40:39,938 --> 00:40:41,773 Well, I'm sure Chloe could teach you. 861 00:40:42,474 --> 00:40:44,009 And, Chloe... 862 00:40:44,109 --> 00:40:46,512 if you ever wanted to practice, you can just call me. 863 00:40:49,314 --> 00:40:51,517 So you'll never forget. 864 00:40:53,952 --> 00:40:55,687 A gift from your dad. 865 00:41:00,258 --> 00:41:02,661 Also your mom. 866 00:41:09,300 --> 00:41:13,071 Captioning sponsored by CBS 867 00:41:13,171 --> 00:41:17,609 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org