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Hey, Zach! Zachary!

What'd I say about wondering off like that?

You have to be careful of strangers.

Sorry.

Here.

Uh, Dad...

balloons are for babies.

-Right. What about the on candy that... - Oh, no, that's fine.

We can share it after my ride.

I'll try to save you some.

It looks awfully good to me.

-Ah... -Dad...

After the ride.

I'll be watching you.

Dad! Dad!

A whole hour for a lunchun, probie?

Yeah, well, uh, while Ziva and I were out

she asked me to show her the best routes to work.

You know, her driving's gotten a lot better.

Barely broke any laws this time.

Let me get this straight.

Ziva asked you, who can barely navigate the Navy Yard, to show her the best way to work?

That's right.

Well, what about me?

I know every shortcut in the metro area.

I could shave ten minutes off her commute like that.

I don't know what to tell you.

Doesn't make any sense.

Awesome.

Maybe I intimidate her.

Yeah, I'm sure that's it.

I've seen it happen before.

It's a chemical thing.

It's hard to explain.

I do hope you try.

Told you not to do that again.

Sorry.

I was so intimidated by your presence, I must have forgotten.

Seriously, Tony, I do apologize for not asking your advice on my commute.

Don't worry about it.

If I would have known you would have felt so...

"Emasculated." Is that word?

-Yes. Emasculated. -Emasculated I would have asked you first.

It takes a little more than an exotic accent and some stealth ninja moves to emasculate me.

Only a little more?

How disappointing.

Don't take sides, probie.

Gear up!

We have a missing person.

Coleman Park carousel in Arlington.

A child?

Father. Lieutenant Commander Alex Tanner.

Disappeared an hour ago.

Do you always respond to missing persons cases so promptly?

Special circumstances, Ziva.

His six-year-old son called NCIS.

He's in the park, alone, waiting for us.

DiNozzo, you drive.

Ooh, I think McGee wants to drive, boss.

Uh, you know what, Tony, I would really rather have you drive.

Afraid yougonna run over another fire hydrant?

'Cause I'm sure that wasn't your fault.

Wait. It was, according to the police report.

I'll drive.

One more word, you're all walking.

You got it, boss.

I deserved that.

Zach, hey, I'm Special Agent DiNozzo.

You can call me Tony, okay?

It's a smart thing to do, calling NCIS.

Good boy.

All right, I know this is really scary, but I want you to be brave.

Can you do that?

Okay, I want you to think back to what happened today.

Try to remember the details.

There's no wrong answer here.

What do we know?

Nothing. I think the kid's in shock.

No, I'm not.

I'm waiting for Agent DiNozzo to ask me a question.

What kind of questions was I suppose to asked?

What I saw.

Why I called NCIS?

What did you see, Zach?

Two men were watching us.

I think they kidnapped my dad.

Describe them.

Dark glasses.

One had a military haircut.

One had a shaved head.

How old?

About your age.

They had iPods, too.

It's like a Walkman, boss.

An iPod.

They were only listening in one ear, like this.

Be back in a minute, Zach.

Dark glasses, earwigs.

Sounds like Feds.

You really think the FBI would arrest a man and leave his kid in the park, DiNozzo?

Well, maybe our commander took a walk.

My father left me in a Maui Hilton once for two days.

Didn't even realize I was missing until he got the room service bill.

Sad, but enlightening.

Boss, I just spoke with the commander's C.O.

He's very concerned.

Apparently, Commander Tanner was working on a highly classified D.O.D. project.

What project, McGee?

He wouldn't say over an unsecured line.

But I'm going to find out.

Footage from the security cameras?

Park Security released them to me.

Okay. Get a hold of Zach's mom.

Tell her she can pick him up at NCIS.

Uh... boss, boss.

Um... his mother's dead.

Killed four years ago in a car accident.

Primary next of kin.

There is none.

Just Commander Tanner and his son.

These guys are definitely pros.

Keep their faces from the camera.

All we've got to go on is the kid's description of them.

Well, doesn't look like a kidnapping to me.

They don't have any guns, they barely touch the Commander.

Thould have threatened his son.

Explains why they left him alone the park.

What do we know about Commander Tanner?

Well, boss, he is a brilliant man.

A dual Ph.D. from Caltech in number and chaos theory.

I was actually reading his thesis online;

he manages to link non relativistic quantum effects...

Well, that's useful to this case, McGee.

Uh, last three years he has been the Navy's liaison

with a defense contractor, Q & R Software.

Uh, been the project lead for something called "Honor."

Which is?

Classified.

Uh, I put a call into the head of security over there.

No one's gotten back to me.

So I thought I would pay them a visit.

Yeah, that's a good answer. Tony, go with him.

The sketch artist is done with Zach's descriptions.

The boy has a remarkable memory.

There's also someone here from Social Security to pick him up.

Services, Ziva.

Social Security's for older people.

Noted.

Do you want me to tell the boy?

No, I'll handle it.

Here, sit down. Put out a BOLO on the composites.

Hey, Zach, good job on the sketches, man.

Thanks.

That's Social Services, huh?

Mm-hmm. Yeah, they're going to take care of you until we get your dad back.

I can take care of myself.

I don't doubt that.

But I still have to go.

Yeah, just for a while. Come on.

What if you...

What if you don't find my dad, Agent Gibbs?

I'll find him, Zach.

I'll find him.

Hey...

If you ever need me or even if you just want to talk, you call, okay?

I'm sorry we didn't get back to you right away, Agent McGee.

We've been having some problems of our own.

What kind of problems?

Honestly, I don't know.

I'm only Mr. Connell's assistant.

I'm sure he can That's, uh, been happening for the last half hour or so.

They should snap back on.

You all right, Ms. Osgood?

Uh, it's Laura.

Laura.

Ms. Osgood?

I'll take it from here.

Frank Connell, Q & R Security.

You certainly got here fast.

We just found out about the break-in ourselves an hour ago.

At 0300 this morning, our network was breached.

We didn't detect the intrusion until we attempted

to boot-up our main servers for maintenance.

Since then, we've had our hands full

tracking down the viruses they embedded in our system.

Do we know yet what data's been compromised, Commander?

It's clear they were going after a working copy of Honor,

but, fortunately, it's protected by a key that exists outside our system.

A key doesn't sound very high tech.

An asymmetric algorithm key that's committed to memory.

Without it, you can't get the software to work.

It's just random ones and zeros.

Completely worthless.

So, you see, NCIS has nothing to worry about, gentlemen.

Great. Except that's not why we're here.

Who has the Honor key committed to memory?

Our project lead, Lieutenant Commander Tanner.

Yeah, Gibbs.

We may have a problem, boss.

May have?

The Honor code thingy Commander Tanner was working on may have been stolen.

They're trying to confirm it right now.

What's it supposed to do?

Break just about any encryption in use today.

Well, yeah, DiNozzo, I'd say that sounds like a problem.

It gets worse, boss.

According to the people here, Commander Tanner's the only one who can make it work.

All right, I'm heading your way.

Just got to drop off Zach's pod-thing first.

Agent Gibbs?

You, uh, calling about your pod thing you left on my desk?

No.

He's here.

The man from the park.

Let me talk to you social worker, Zach.

I'm not in her office.

As soon as I saw him, I took off.

Where are you?

Outside on the street.

Zach, I'm a few blocks from you.

Stay right where you are.

I can't.

He's leaving.

Zach, listen to me.

I need you to...

He knows where my Dad is!

We can't let him get away.

Hurry.

Zach!

No!

NCIS! Let the kid go!

Gibbs!

You little bastard!

Let's go! Let's go! Let's go!

It's okay.

New hires just keep getting younger, eh, Madam Director?

Obviously, you didn't get the memo, Agent DiNozzo.

What memo?

The one where it explains the next person

who calls her "Madam" gets "keel hauled"... whatever that is.

It's, uh....

Unpleasant.

Tell Gibbs I want him upstairs.

What did the Director want?

You.

Upstairs.

Oh, I'd better check on those sketches.

I got a BOLO out on the black Chevy Suburban, boss, but without plates?

DiNozzo, you will spend the next 24

personally checking each one in Virginia, Maryland and D.C.

That's like impossible.

I'm on it.

You keep an eye on him for me.

Be right back.

You know, he was just kidding when he said keep an eye on me.

I couldn't remember when Gibbs asked me, but I think I got it right.

Got what right?

The numbers.

I mean the license plate.

I was scared, but I remember most of the numbers.

All right, Zach!

My man!

Come on, give me five.

Come on, meet me up high.

All right, we'll work on that.

Good job.

Always admired your way with children.

Ever think of having any of your own?

Is that an offer, Jen?

No, it wasn't an offer, Jethro.

It was merely an observation.

You know why I get along with kids so well?

Because when they lie, they don't know have the guile to get away with it.

You wanted to see me?

I have spent the last hour on video-conference with

the Directors of the FBI, NSA and Homeland Security.

Your kind of tea party.

If Project Honor's compromised, it will cripple our intelligence networks.

They all want jurisdiction on this one.

And you said....

I have my best Agent working it.

Now, tell me you have something.

The same men who kidnapped the Commander went after his son.

Have you considered that Commander Tanner might not have been kidnapped?

I have.

-And? -I don't buy it.

-Your famous gut again? -No.

His son.

Yeah, but I don't know.

Abs, give me good news.

Oh, my God.

I got this e-mail that said

I may have already won $50 million, and I'm really, really psyched.

Oh, you mean about the case?

I've been going through Q & R security logs.

It's like the Fort Knox of computer systems.

Next generation anti-virus software, intrusion detection....

Crypto processors, ACLs, firewalls up the wazoo....

Hey, hey!

Um, okay, no one can penetrate this system, Gibbs.

It could be disabled if someone had a high enough clearance.

It's an inside job.

Q & R's monitored 24-7.

All the employees have passwords in access to the system.

Like digital fingerprints, every keystroke recorded for posterity.

At 3:00 a.m., this morning, someone planted a virus into the network.

It shut down the security system for exactly one hour.

Long enough for our hacker to breach the network, remove the software and plant the viruses.

Who?

The virus originated from Commander Tanner's terminal, sir.

Someone else could have used it.

No, sir. The-the data is very clear.

Simply pointing out that Q & R's security system

was designed to be accurate under the circumstances, sir...

Chip!

He's right about the design, though, boss.

Who designed it?

Uh, Q & R's risk management team, but all of their people

are former law enforcement or military vetted at the highest level.

Commander Tanner was vetted at the highest level, too.

Tony is reviewing statements from the employees.

I'm reviewing the computer terminals, but the virus wiped a lot of files.

It doesn't look good for the Commander, boss.

Wipe that dirt off your lip!

Dirt?

Feel like I've wasted your time, Agent DiNozzo.

Bite your tongue.

You've been great.

I just feel so bad for that poor little boy.

Well, listen, you think of anything...

you give me a call...

day or night.

Home phone number's on the back.

Where have you been?

I could have used your help with those interviews.

Oh? You look like you had your hands full with her.

Watch it with your sexual innuendo around the kid.

He's had a hard day.

He's taking it better than most adults.

He's resilient.

You see the way he's been acting around me?

I think it's because he doesn't like you, Tony.

Kids dig me.

No, they don't.

Zach!

Zacharroo, buddy, come on over here, man!

I was gonna wait until tomorrow when everyone was here, but

considering what a brave little boy you've been and how much

you've helped us, I'm gonna make you an honorary NCIS Agent.

Thanks.

I gotta go to the head.

Yes, Tony. I was mistaken.

Your way with children is only rivaled by your way with women.

He's under a lot of stress.

Where's Zach?

Potty break, boss.

You gonna speak?

I got an I.D. on one of our suspects.

His name is Vincent Pazzo.

Italian born.

Freelance mercenary.

Black ops, mostly.

Some wet work.

How'd you find out about that?

I sent Zach's sketches to some people who owe me a favor.

Well, if he's got the Honor program and the guy

who knows how to make it work, then why'd they go after his kid?

To force him to cooperate.

Then there's the possibility that Commander Tanner set this up to make it look like a kidnapping.

Keep your voice down.

That's what I would do if it were my op.

The authorities are looking for a kidnapper when they should be looking for a traitor.

It doesn't feel right, Ziva.

It doesn't have to feel right to be right, Gibbs.

Gibbs...

can I ask you a question?

Yeah. Shoot.

How are you going to get this out of here when it's finished?

Good question.

I don't know.

I haven't thought about it much.

I think maybe you could use a crane or something?

Yeah.

I could, uh, dig a ramp.

Knock that wall out.

Hoist it out here.

I went sailing once with my dad and Commander Wilder.

Didn't go too well.

You get seasick?

My dad did.

Commander Wilder thought it was funny, you know, my dad being in the Navy and all.

You're gonna find him, right?

Oh, yeah, we'll find him.

Promise?

Yeah.

I promise.

You want to give me a hand?

Hmm, don't know how.

Come on right here.

I don't want to ruin it.

You're not gonna ruin anything.

Come here.

See? You always want to go

with the grain of the wood.

You hand there.

Put your weight behind it.

Back and forth.

Real even.

Where's Gibbs?

Uh, home with Zach.

What's up?

Commander Tanner's bank statement.

Do Americans usually empty out their accounts before they take their children to the park?

You're kidding.

Savings, checking, money market.

$23,000.

Gibbs is not going to like this.

Are we solving this case to please him?

Got a trace on the Chevy Suburban.

Zach missed two numbers on the plate, but I found the vehicle!

Rental car out of Maryland.

ID's fake, credit card was stolen, but that's our other kidnapper.

Does their car equipped have a navigation system, so we can use the GPS?

Two words for you, McGee: "Lo" and "Jack."

That's one word.

A what?

It's, uh...

Whatever.

Tracked it down to a parking lot a couple miles from here.

Good job, McGee.

What?

Come on, let's roll!

Where's the child?

Now, keep your eye on the coin.

Yeah... like this...

Now, that, my friend, is magic.

Now, a true magician does reveal the mysteries

of his craft to anyone else but another magician.

But would you like to learn?

It's in that hand.

Isn't it?

So it is.

He's quite observant.

Does he remind you of anyone?

Ah, very good.

Got it, boss. Black SUV, no rear window.

One visible suspect in the vehicle.

Should we take him now?

Wait.

We're almost in position here.

Copy.

Are you sure you wouldn't rather be partnered with McGee?

I mean, the two of you seem to click, and, uh,

we're about to storm this vehicle.

Who knows what's gonna go down.

Don't worry, I got your back.

Ha! My back?

Listen, lady.

If anybody's getting anybody else's back, it's me getting yours.

In position, boss.

Take them down!

Ah, Ziva, what a pleasure.

Dr. Mallard.

Oh, Ducky, please.

Ducky.

Are you two done with the name game?

Yeah, uh, our guest departed this world only a few hours ago,

but he was in a great deal of pain before he died.

Seems he was wounded.

Single round.

The bullet lodged under his scapula.

The shoulder blade.

Doc, I'm gonna guess that slug's from my SIG.

Yeah.

As to the fatal injury, this circularn around the entry wound suggests...

A silencer was used.

It was done in haste by someone with little, if any, experience.

If a professional did this, he would have not left the weapon.

It's untidy.

Marks of an amateur.

If it were me, I would have not been so obvious.

There are literally dozens of effective ways

to eliminate a target without raising suspicion.

Heroin overdose is popular, but requires a history of prior use.

Of course, something like insulin or potassium

can be used to suggest death by natural causes.

I really must ask you over for dinner.

Mother would love to talk with you.

They cleaned house.

I wounded him when he tried to grab Zach.

After that, he was a liability.

Once again, I suggest Commander Tanner may be involved.

All the evidence says he stole the software.

He cleared out his bank accounts.

He likely killed this man.

You have to admit, from an investigator's point of view,

the pieces fit together quite well.

Or not.

Abby?

Ballistics lab, sir.

You serving in the military?

No, sir. I was denied that.

Stop standing at attention.

I just believe it's good posture, sir.

What, no Zach there?!

Abby, you're yelling.

Oh, sorry.

Where is he?

He's upstairs.

He's a cool kid.

Reminds me of you.

He's like a Mini-Gibbs.

Austin Powers.

Are you calling Zach a Mini-Me?

Gibbs, I am so impressed with your pop culture reference.

Tell me about the weapon.

I tested the Makarov 3-80 it matches the hollow-point slugs from the body downstairs.

And I this bad boy that we pulled from the shoulder matches your SIG.

Any prints on the 3-80?

Only from the dead guy.

-Tell me you have something else. -I have something else.

-What is it? -Chip shaved his moustache.

I didn't notice.

He didn't notice?

He doesn't notice unimportant things, Chip.

Sorry, Chip, didn't mean it.

Getting off, Director?

Looking for you, actually.

I saw Ducky's report on the body downstairs.

That was fast.

One of the perks of being Director.

I get to read all the good reports.

What's next, Jethro?

Finishing this conversation.

Don't give me a hard time.

I didn't realize I was.

The man who supposedly kidnapped Commander Tanner is lying den our autopsy room.

Tanner is looking less and less like a victim.

You want back in the field again, Jen?

Tanner has technology that could set back our intelligence monitoring 30 years.

Pardon me for taking an interest.

And here I thought you wanted an excuse to spend time together.

I just want to know that this is about more than a fatherless child to you.

Boss...

Didn't you notice that we're in the middle of a conversation, Agent McGee?

Sorry. Should I come back?

-Yes. -No.

Simply trying to solve your case here, Director.

Speak.

Um, Commander Wilder is here.

He works with Commander Tanner at Q & R.

Commander Wilder.

Went by his house to grab some stuff for him.

Your agents wouldn't let me in,

so I bought him a Nintendo to play with.

That's the, uh, DS.

It's an excellent system.

I've heard.

This is a hell of a situation.

Zach's been through so much in his life already.

There a reason you wanted to see me?

Commander Tanner is a close friend.

I was hoping for information.

Over at Q & R,they're saying he's a suspect.

Do you know the sacrifices he's made to serve our country?

I do.

I don't care what the computer log says.

Commander Tanner is no traitor.

What's it gonna take to prove that?

Finding who is.

Then you should be looking at Q & R's civilian employees.

Because right now, they're falling all over themselves

trying to protect their collective asses.

What about, Zach?

Where's he staying?

With me.

I'm the closest th inghe has to family.

I can take him home with me.

Can't do it.

He's under protective custody.

You mean they're after Zach, too?

We'll take good care of him, Commander.

I'm just gonna say good-bye.

Boss, so, did you tell him you think Tanner's innocent?

We don't know he is.

Do have something to say, McGee?

Been going through the evidence we bagged from the vehicle, Boss.

Prepaid burn phone.

Guess whose number's on the caller ID?

Frank Connell, Q & R office.

What the hell you doing in here?

I couldn't stop them, Mr. Connell.

It's not her fault.

She was overwhelmed by a Federal search warrant.

This is completely out of line. I have been nothing but cooperative.

Explain why you called the kidnappers

from this office the day the Honor Code went missing.

That's a ridiculous accusation.

Denying you were here?

I said in my statement, I was working late that night.

So you made the call.

Someone's tampered with this hard drive.

Tried to erase the command logs morning of the robbery.

We had a virus.

It corrupted thousands of files.

That what happened, McGee?

Can't tell till I get back to the lab.

Okay, bag and tag.

You cannot remove that computer from this building.

Don't worry, you're going with it.

Go up and call the lawyers.

You have the right to remain silent.

Anything you say can and will be used against you...

Hey.

Gibbs got Connell talking yet?

Lawyer won't let him talk, so Gibbs is giving him the ol' stare.

Gibbs does it much better.

Apple for teacher?

It's for McGee.

He's been very generous with me, helping me adjust to this city.

So you're giving him an apple?

It's a small gesture.

Well, if you want to thank him, why don't you just get him a date?

Gibbs wants to know if you got anything he can use on Connell.

Frank Connell's a deacon at his church, never had a moving violation,

let alone a parking ticket and he calls his mother every Sunday.

The man is spic and spam.

The saying is "spic and span."

Spam is lunch meat.

And what exactly is "span" then?

Span is... I'll get back to you on that.

In my opinion, Frank Connell's not involved in this.

Good, I'll let Gibbs know right away, 'cause he loves to hear our opinions.

He's distracted by his affections for Zach.

Gibbs doesn't get distracted.

What do you call it then?

The boss moves in mysterious ways. Get this to him.

Why me?

'Cause I'm gonna go see your little buddy McGee.

Hey, put that back.

I'm just bringing it to him.

Progress report, McGee.

Uh, well, I think Frank Connell put a trace on Commander Tanner's computer.

Think?

Well, I've got scraps of code, protocols, commands.

He might have put the trace in, collected Tanner's passwords, stolen the software.

"Might have" and "think" are not gonna make Gibbs happy.

Well, whoever wiped these files did a really good job,

because there's nothing left but fragments.

Can't Gibbs just break Connell in interrogation?

Not with the $500-an-hour defense attorney breathing down his neck.

Puts it on you, McGee.

Well, nothing I have found contradicts

any of the evidence we have against Commander Tanner.

I'm with you, Probie.

But he's feeling pretty strong about this one.

Anyone considered the fact that Gibbs may be wrong this time?

McGee, bite your tongue.

Gibbs knows what he's doing, we just have to show him love.

We show the love, Abby.

Just don't want to let the bad guys get away

while we're doing it.

Almost blocked my shot there, Chipper.

You ever play ball?

College.

Yeah, me, too.

Tony, here, ran point for Ohio State.

What conference you play in?

They didn't exactly have a conference.

Division?

Not really.

It was more of an intramural thing.

Skins and mustaches?

Whatcha' got for me?

Chip?

Uh, fingerprint analysis results.

You're free to go, Chip.

Oh, I don't mind staying late, ma'am.

Um...

Go home, Chip.

Please.

Is that an order?

Yes. Go.

I don't know how you can concentrate around that guy.

I know.

No, no, no, no. No.

I'm too good at what I do.

No, you're not?

I am.

And Gibbs is gonna hate me for it.

What happened?

I was just following up on the murder weapon, double-checking

to see if there was anything I missed.

Was there?

Fingerprints.

On the gun?

On the rounds in the magazine.

I�ll, that's great.

Most people get obsessed about cleaning the grip

and trigger, they don't think twice about the bullets.

Now we've got nice partial thumb, a forefinger and a perfect index print.

Amazing.

Yeah, I know.

So whose prints are they?

Commander Tanner's.

#############################

Maybe my dad can help when he gets back.

-Dinner at the White House? -No. A date, actually.

Must be an important guy#############

I'd prefer if you just told me that you liked my dress.

I haven't decided yet.

Do you mind giving us a moment?

Zach!

Why don't you go upstairs and grab a soda?

How long are you planning on keeping Frank Connell locked up?

You make a house call to reprimand me, Jen?

You've got Commander Tanner's fingerprints on the bullets of a murder weapon.

Yeah, well, I'm not sure he did it.

Why?

And don't tell me your famous gut again.

Zach is a great kid, Jethro.

Doesn't mean his father's not a bastard.

He might be, but Zach's our only link to him.

You think he might make another attempt to get Zach back?

If he does, I'll be waiting for him.

My dad didn't do anything wrong.

It's a complicated situation.

It's not.

Zach...

Zach, there is evidence he did something wrong.

Doesn't matter.

I know in my...

my stomach he didn't do anything wrong.

You promised you'd bring him back to me, Gibbs.

Please.

Where's Zach?

Ducky's.

Listen, boss, I spent half the night taking Frank Connell's hard drive apart.

There was nothing. I-I think we need to accept that Commander Tanner sold the software.

I'm not accepting anything.

Boss...

We need to look at this a different way.

I agree. I just talked to the CIA. They were very cooperative.

They were?

He owed me a favor.

How many people owe you favors?

How many dates does Tony go on a month?

This is from Kosovo in the late '90s.

The man with the shaved head is Vincent Pazzo.

The one on the left is Willis Hirst.

They were mercenaries for the Kosovo Liberation Army.

Freedom fighters.

Not exactly.

They worked for a warlord a specialist.

What specialty?

Coercion.

Torture.

But the... the evidence we have against Commander Tanner...

This is a covert operation.

Take nothing at face value.

They framed Commander Tanner as a diversion.

While they torture him for the access code.

Maybe he won't talk.

Have you ever been tortured, McGee?

There's only so much torment a human body can bear.

Strong men break in a few days, but nobody can hold out forever.

Not even Gibbs.

With a trained interrogator, it can be done in less time.

I can get that code in hours.

They've had him for two days.

He's running out of time, if he hasn't talked already.

A few hours, huh?

Give or take.

I'm putting you in a room with Frank Connell.

You have 40 minutes.

Hold off on that, boss.

DiNozzo, where have you been?

Tracking down the convenience store

where our dead guy purchased his cell phone.

Not easy, by the way.

The language barrier between me and Mr. Singh was no piece of cake, either,

but once I convinced him I wasn't gonna shut down

his convenience store, he gave me his surveillance videotapes.

Is this poppy seed?

Where's the video?

Abby's lab. Sorry, boss.

She's scanning the tapes now.

The phone was purchased with cash a week before Commander Tanner disappeared.

Pause the tape.

That woman's got four phones in her hands.

Zoom in, Abs.

Oh, yeah, look at the lips and the angle of the chin...

curve of the neck...

Okay, we got it, Tony. She's attractive.

That's Laura Osgood, Frank Connell's assistant.

I'll make you a print.

I hate it when they do that.

What's going on?

You bought phones connected to a robbery, a kidnapping and a murder.

Gibbs, her number matches several calls on the kidnapper's phone.

You're done.

Only way to help yourself is tell us everything you know.

I want a lawyer.

Commander Tanner's been gone for 47 hours.

If he's not dead yet, he soon will be.

Maybe we can convince her to change her mind about the wire?

Oh, I can convince her far more than that.

How long?

Not long.

McGee, you thirsty?

Come on, buy you a cup of coffee.

Boss, what exactly is Ziva doing in there?

I don't want to know?

Okay.

It was a three-man team.

I was on the inside.

Put a trace on Commander Tanner's computer, to get his passwords.

I planted the virus using his log-in.

Keep going, Laura.

Pazzo and Hirst grabbed Commander Tanner to get the access code.

Who set it up?

I don't know.

We were contacted separately.

Money was wired...

instructions e-mailed on an anonymous server.

Where is he?

Commander Tanner...

where is he being tortured?

That wasn't part of my assignment.

Please...

don't kill me.

It's a garage...

near Coleman Park.

Yeah?

Code checks out.

Proceed as planned.

All right.

I'll go clean up.

Clear.

Commander Tanner...

Zach?

He's all right.

He's safe.

We got him.

They told me they had him.

If I didn't give them the code, they were gonna kill him.

You gave them the key?

I had to.

They had my son.

They showed me proof.

What proof?

Agent Gibbs...

what in the hell's going on?

I... I'm not resisting.

Too bad.

I could have never hurt Zach.

It was strictly business.

We'll be sure to let him know that.

You okay?

I guess.

Commander Wilder was my dad's...

He was my friend, Gibbs.

I should have known.

I shouldn't have let him fool me like that.

Zach, sometimes...

really bad people...

are good at fooling you.

Anybody bad ever fool you?

Oh, yeah.

More than once.

Someday, I'm going to find them and put them all in jail.

I believe you will.

Zach?

Dad!

Daddy! Daddy!

You're all right.

I knew you'd never leave me.

I'm all right, buddy. Everything's all right.

I love you, Daddy.