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Previously on NCIS:

Galib, has Abu infiltrated SeaLift?

They're about to.

Our radio man, Pinpin Pula,

is Abu Sayyaf.

He plans to blow the Cape Fear.

This will be as bad as 9/11.

So you didn't know him when he was wounded in Desert Storm?

No.

He seems to be repeating that trauma.

A coma that he doesn't want to wake up from.

If Galib

had intel on Abu's plans,

did he have time to tell Gibbs?

Maybe.

They were together when the bomb went off.

Let's hope Gibbs comes out of this coma

in time.

Well, Jethro doesn't talk much about the past.

I know very little about his life before we met.

Welcome back, Jethro.

You were in an explosion.

I remember.

I don't know him.

Ducky.

Ducky. Do you know Ducky?

I'm disappointed, Jethro.

The last time someone forgot me, I was a baby.

Mother left me on the ferry from

Orkney, the John O'Groat.

She was on a bus halfway to Thurso

before she missed me.

I've often wondered if I inspired

the Liechtenstein T-shirt.

"Oh, God! I left the baby on the bus!"

Quite.

Remember my telling you that, Jethro?

I remember the T-shirt.

But, not me?

No worries.

It'll come.

Absolutely. A temporary memory loss

is to be expected. Don't let it worry you.

You breathing comfortably?

Good news.

Let's switch to the nasal cannula, Maria.

You're doing fine.

Okay, I'm just going to take this off.

Most traumatized brain injuries produce

short-term, retrograde amnesia.

But to erase years of memory,

his medial temporal lobes or

hippocampus should be damaged.

No, his CAT scans and EEG are normal.

And he remembered the explosion,

and I've never had a retrograde amnesia patient remember the trauma.

Never.

Okay, there you go.

I don't think it's retrograde amnesia.

I think it's dissociative.

An emotional repression of memory?

With no physical damage to the brain,

it must be psychological.

Doctor, you said Gibbs hasn't spoken of his past.

Hardly ever.

Perhaps it's too painful.

It could explain the prolonged coma in '91.

But the present coma is the result of an explosion.

How could it be psychological?

What if the latest coma caused a relapse?

So how we doing?

Confused.

Let's see if we can clear up some of those cobwebs.

You remember the explosion?

Yes.

Where were you when it happened?

Kuwait.

I have good news.

Gibbs has regained consciousness.

Yay! That's great!

However, there's also a problem.

He has some memory loss.

Retrogressive amnesia is totally

normal after severe trauma.

Happens every time the boss smacks me on the back of the head.

I had amnesia after my car crash.

Your bumper car get T-boned at Legoland, Probie?

No, Tony. I told you

about when I totalled my Camaro when I was 16.

That day is still a blank to me.

Well, Gibbs' blank is the last 15 years.

To him, it's 1991,

and he's a Marine Gunny Sergeant wounded in Desert Storm.

He doesn't know he's an NCIS Special Agent?

I doubt it.

He didn't recognize Ducky.

Wait-- if he

- doesn't know who Ducky is... - He'll never remember us.

I'm sure it's a temporary condition.

In the meantime,

we have an Abu Sayyaf terrorist to apprehend.

I really don't know anything more, Abby.

Can I go visit him?

Not just yet.

His neurologist, Captain Gelfand, will let us know when he's up to it.

Um, can I run to the restroom?

I'll come right back.

If anyone else needs a potty break,

now's the time to do it.

We meet at 17:10.

You know what that means?

The director's taking over the investigation.

Probably. But I was thinking if Gibbs

doesn't remember the last 15 years,

he'll be a probie.

Gibbs would never let her take over.

Not the old Gibbs.

Probie Gibbs...?

- Director Shepard... - Yes, DiNozzo?

I want you to understand that, in Gibbs' absence,

as the team's senior special agent, this investigation is mine.

- Is it? - Yes, it is, ma'am.

And if I were to dispute that assumption?

Then you would be a fool.

And you are no fool, Director.

This will be a long,

tough investigation.

You're overloaded as it is, and no one knows this team

better than me,

except for the boss.

Which, evidently, isn't me.

I was speaking, of course, of the team boss, Gibbs.

You are the... agency boss.

Not if you keep telling me what I can and cannot do.

I would never do that, ma'am.

Then... What is it that you're saying?

You take care of the big picture,

and let me handle the two-reeler.

I always intended to, Tony.

Then,

why did you make me say all that just now?

I just wanted to see if you had as much guts as Gibbs.

What's the first thing you remember after the explosion?

Did you know when Jethro was married, he had a daughter?

No, that's not possible.

I know all three of Jethro's ex-wives.

They had no children.

With his first wife, Shannon, he did.

They married in '82

and had a daughter Kelly,

who was born in '84.

I can't believe it.

There's more.

They were murdered

when Jethro was fighting in Desert Storm.

Shannon witnessed the shooting of a Marine

in Oceanside.

She identified the killer as Pedro Hernandez,

a Mexican drug dealer working Camp Pendleton.

An NIS agent was assigned to protect her.

A sniper shot him in the head

while he was driving their van.

He died instantly.

Shannon

and Jethro's eight-year-old daughter Kelly,

were killed in the crash.

That is so awful.

Kelly looked a lot like Jethro, didn't she?

Yes, a bit.

She's beautiful child.

Very.

So was Shannon.

Jethro always did like redheads.

Was Hernandez ever caught?

No.

He fled to Mexico.

NIS tried to extradite,

but the Mexican authorities always claimed they couldn't find him.

It's in our cold case files.

Well, you can close it.

What do you know?

Jethro would have pursued the killer of his

wife and daughter to hell and back.

Jethro got his revenge.

After conducting the autopsy,

Ducky is virtually certain Abog Galib

was inside the oil drum when the explosive detonated.

Why would he be in a laundry oil drum?

Maybe he was looking for his laundry.

This is serious, Abby.

Oh. Listen to the pot call the kettle black.

- I got that right, didn't I? - No.

Yes.

Probie!

Why was Galib in that oil drum?

He was hiding?

From who?

- Gibbs? - May be.

He ran from Gibbs, even though the plan was that he was

supposed to get arrested in front of the crew.

Another question:

How did Pinpin Pula know

Gibbs and Galib would be in the ship's laundry?

Right, because

they would have... had to put that bomb inside the oil drum

before they got there.

Gibbs knows.

Gibbs also thinks the Giants just won the Super Bowl

and "Dances with Wolves" is an Academy Award nominee.

- I loved that movie. - Me, too.

Those native Americans were so macho in their...

Enough!

Abby, I want a re-enactment of the explosion, okay?

Using crime scene photos,

measurements,

- Ducky's... - ...autopsy findings.

I know how to do a computer re-enactment, Tony.

Ziva

what'd you get out of the cook, uh, what's his name?

Alon Atu.

From the same Filipino village in Basilan as Pinpin.

He's hardcore Abu Sayyaf.

- He won't talk unless... - No torture.

He won't talk.

- Try. - Okay.

But you're tying my feet.

- Hands. - Those, too.

McGee, Pinpin's photo get added to the BOLO?

Yes, Tony.

SeaLift Command get it?

They are faxing it to all 110 ships.

There's no way that he's going to infiltrate SeaLift.

He blew up Galib and put Gibbs in a coma.

Rule number three:

Never underestimate your opponent.

- No, actually, rule number three... - DiNozzo's...

rule numero tres, Probie.

Gotcha.

Never underestimate your opponent.

B.O.L.O WANTED SUSPECT.

Hey, Galib.

Today, technology stocks...

He's trying to catch up on 15 years by watching TV.

Jethro hates television.

He can't believe we're still fighting in Iraq.

He's not alone.

Does he remember being an NCIS special agent?

No. Dr. Mallard's still a stranger to him.

He won't know me, then.

Ducky worked with him years before I did.

Who an amnesiac remembers

depends on their prior relationship.

Have you found any Marines he served with in Desert Storm?

Two, so far.

One's dead.

The other's a regimental commander in Iraq.

Well, Gibbs recalls visiting his wife and daughter's graves,

so his memory's up to at least June of '91,

when he was released from Bethesda.

He joined NIS that August.

About someone he knew at NIS?

Special Agent Michael Franks

headed the murder investigation.

I'll start with him.

Thanks, Todd.

When are you coming back to see him?

Tomorrow.

I'll be here.

Special Agent Franks retired in '96.

He left no forwarding address or phone number.

Yes, he did.

He did?

Find out where OPM mails his retirement checks.

Hola, Miguel!

Hola, mi bonita.

How did you live to be such an old man

old man!

Come inside. I'll show you how old I am.

You cannot afford me.

I just got paid.

Ah! Then you can pay me for the groceries.

You owe me 320 pesos.

Your hand is greasy.

- Who you callin'? - I don't know.

- Collect call from Senor Miguel Franks. - One moment, please.

They called you at the cantina.

- Who called me? - I don't know.

Who the hell is this?

Director Shepard's assistant, Mr. Franks.

Director of what?

NCIS, sir.

Why the hell didn't you ask me?

They said it was muy importante.

What's the problema? It's free.

Viejo pendejo.

Speak.

One moment. I'll connect you.

Mr. Franks?

How many damn assistants does the director have?

- Just one. - Then, who the hell are you?!

Director Shepard of NCIS.

- Charlene, is this you? - No.

My name is Jenny Shepard and I am director of NCIS.

Thank the Lord.

That mean you approve?

Means all my thoughts that early retirement was a mistake...

just proved themselves wrong.

I didn't call you to discuss your opinions of a female director.

Didn't think you did.

I need your help.

Special Agent Franks.

Ain't been that for 11 years.

Good-bye, Director.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs.

Can you imagine how scary that would be to lose

the last 15 years of your life?

- God. - What?

I'd still be in high school.

Zits, braces, raging hormones.

Yeah. I used to walk around all day with my notebook in front of my...

In front of your what, McGee?

The laundry room is off.

It should actually be 3.962 meters wide.

Not 26.

- Better? - Yeah.

Got to be accurate.

Absolutely.

So was it one of those tiny spiral notebooks

or one of those big three-ring binder kind of ones, Timmy?

And where were you 15 years ago, Abby?

So where did you find Gibbs?

Afraid I'm gonna find out...

- What was that for? - Distracting me.

- I was not distracting you. - Gibbs.

Between the dryer and the bulkhead.

A little closer to the bulkhead.

The autopsy report indicates

that Galib was sitting on the bomb.

Which consisted of 113 grams of Semtex.

Wow. You can compute the amount of Semtex used that accurately?

I am a scientist, McGee.

I can compute anything accurately,

including the size of the notebook required to...

Stop.

Can you detonate the bomb, please?

Sorry.

I forgot to tell you, I added sound.

Yeah.

Can can we try that again without sound?

Yeah, it was a little loud, huh?

Yeah.

And let's go frame-by-frame so we can see what happened.

Of course.

In the first microsecond,

ess than the time it takes for you to blink your eye.

The bottom of the barrel and Galib's lower body are atomized.

The oil drum is disintegrating

but retains enough integrity to blow what

remains of Galib into the overhead.

In the following microseconds...

...the oil drum disintegrates

Galib is impacted into the overhead.

And Gibbs... is...

- Dead. - Dead.

If Gibbs had been standing when the bomb detonated,

he'd have been blasted into the bulkhead and shredded by shrapnel.

Gibbs had to duck for cover before the bomb went off.

- He knew. - Yeah.

What's wrong with this picture?

Nothing. McGee and I triple-checked

- all the numbers to make sure... - Not your picture.

Did I make another Idiomatic mistake?

No.

You mean something's wrong with what we know.

Exactly. We know Galib ran.

We know Gibbs pursued him. We know they were in the ship's laundry.

We know Galib sat on a bomb inside the oil drum.

And, thanks to Abby and McGee, we know Gibbs knew

that a bomb was about to explode.

Oh, and we know Pinpin,

a missing crewman on the Kamir Bakir,

is an Abu Sayyaf terrorist,

probably the one who planted andetonated the bomb.

You left out "Pinpin Pula" means "rice paddy dike",

But other than that, damn good summation, Ziva.

Thank you.

So, as Ziva said,

what is wrong with this picture?

Gibbs knows.

But he doesn't remember.

Jethro?

Shannon?

No, Jethro.

It's me, Jenny.

You still don't remember me?

Maybe.

I'm Jenny.

We were partners.

After Shannon died.

Yes.

Did I marry again?

Three times.

- No way. - 'Fraid so.

- You're an ex-wife? - Oh, God, no.

I'm the director of NCIS.

For a moment, I thought you were somebody else.

You remembered us making love, didn't you, Jethro?

At least that's a start.

Do you recognize this man?

It's like

a name on the tip of my tongue and I can't remember.

- Calm down, it'll come. - It's important, isn't it?

Yes. Very.

It's life or death, right?

Don't get upset, Jethro,

- you won't remember. - Give me a name.

Pinpin Pula.

That's not his name.

That can't be his name.

- You sure? - No!

I'm not sure! I don't remember!

How can I be sure?

What's happening?

I'm sorry. It's my fault.

10 milligrams of morphine.

Agent Gibbs, your blood pressure

- is spiking. - I'm not Agent Gibbs.

I don't know Agent Gibbs.

I don't want to know Agent Gibbs.

I want my family.

I want Shannon.

I want...

Kelly...

Oh, I miss 'em.

I miss 'em so much.

Normally, we'd move you to a regular room but, for once,

the hospital's full up and ICU isn't.

Having the sound off isn't going to help your memory.

Nothing new.

Same war, same crimes, same politics.

Aren't you surprised the Terminator is the governor of California?

Nope.

The Gipper was president.

I'll be right back with your dinner.

None of that baby food, okay?

A steak. Rare would be nice.

And french fries, please?

Maybe tomorrow.

Tomorrow

I won't be here.

Hello, probie.

My brother and I married the same woman twice.

Twice?

She was a hell of a woman, probie.

Hey, boss.

Damn!

You got old, Marine.

You looked in a mirror lately?

If you hadn't

been in a coma...

They're dead, Mike.

Shannon and Kelly,

they're both dead.

I know, Jethro.

It can't have been 15 years.

Can it?

God. It feels like I just got the news in Kuwait a couple of months ago.

You investigated Shannnon's murder.

That's how I met you.

Camp Pendleton.

You were the Special Agent in Charge.

Yeah.

I became an agent because of you.

You left the sniper folder on your desk so I could...

So I could join NIS.

I like the blue better, boss.

NCIS. The navy changed the name that same year.

19...

90... 90...?

Two.

We investigated crime scenes.

I investigated crime scenes.

You schlepped.

In Nam, I packed twice what you're carryin'

through monsoon mud with Charlie shootin' at my ass

and still went faster than you.

You taught me how to be an agent.

Naw.

I didn't teach.

You observed.

Semper fi.

Khobar Towers.

You warned them about Bin Laden.

They didn't listen.

And you quit.

I didn't quit.

I retired.

You were pissed that they wouldn't listen, Mike.

Pissed that all Clinton did was lob a couple of

cruise missiles at Al Qaeda camps in Afghanistan.

You quit, Mike.

I didn't get calluses on my ass

flying from Mexico to argue, Jethro.

Okay.

You're right. I'm sorry.

Never say you're sorry.

It's a sign of weakness.

Why are you here, Mike?

Your director called me in.

What's with a

female NCIS Director crap?

I don't know. I only remember Jenny as a...

- Jenny?! - Yeah.

Jenny. She said she was my partner.

What kind of partner?

You can't smoke in here.

I forgot I was in a hospital.

It's against the law to smoke in any public building.

You're kiddin'.

Another good reason to live in Mexico.

You were right, Dr. Mallard.

For once?

- No, Doctor, you are.... - What am I right about this time?

Galib and the oil drum.

Abby's computer recreation looks

exactly like he's been shot from a cannon.

Well, it's a risky occupation

even without explosives.

They don't use explosives to shoot people out of a cannons?

A man of your age and education?

Really, Mr. Palmer.

I know that they don't use high explosives.

I thought maybe

black powder.

Compressed air or spring-driven catapults

shoot our intrepid cannonballer into the air.

David "Cannonball" Smith

set the record.

Yes. He even was fired across

the Mexican United States border.

He carried a passport...

although, today, one wonders why.

It's a sad fact

that 60% of all human cannonballs

are eventually killed.

Well,

if they don't use explosives, then why do so many of them die?

They miss the net, Mr. Palmer.

They miss the.... Oh, my!

What is it, Doctor?

Galib wasn't sitting in the oil drum.

He was stuffed in it.

Look.

Neck bone's cut.

The cervical vertebra was cut very deeply.

You were slashed from ear to ear, weren't you?

A machete or a bolo knife.

Yes. I believe the Filipinos call it a "parang".

Whatever they're called, it answers one of our questions.

And poses a new one.

If Galib was dead...

Who did Gibbs follow into the laundry?

- Clear. - Clear.

We got a pulse.

- Give him a mil of atropine. - Got him at 82/58.

Getting better, ladies. Blood pressure's coming up.

Death is not my jam.

You haven't touched your dinner, Special Agent Gibbs.

No steak tomorrow if you don't eat your Jell-O today.

You got your knife, Mike?

Security took it at the airport.

Is it more than three inches long?

They changed that rule after 9/11.

9/11?

September 11?

2001.

Hey, boss, it's '96, and you just...

retired.

Damn, this is good.

Oh, yeah.

Had to be a hijacking, huh?

They never change security until it's too late.

Al Qaeda hijacked four airliners.

Two hit the World Trade Center,

one the Pentagon.

The fourth was to take out the White House.

Some gutsy passengers fought them.

They went down in Pennsylvania.

Twin Towers are gone.

Pentagon's fixed.

3'000-some dead.

Nearly as many wounded.

Sir?

Are you all right?

He's okay.

Got some bad news.

That nurse is right.

I'm not ready for a steak.

Well, tell me we did more than toss a couple of cruise missiles.

We did more.

Bin Laden?

- I don't know. - How the hell can you not know?

Remember that beach in Baja we fished?

Yeah.

South of El Rosario.

I built a little place there.

No TV, no radio,

no newspapers.

I fish, I drink beer,

listen to old eight-track tapes.

Drive to a cantina

up the coast when I want company...

when the pickup's running.

This is the first time I've been to El Norte

in ten years.

Don't ask me for a sit-rep, Jethro.

I don't know.

You don't want to know.

That's right. I don't want to know.

You feel guilty because you quit.

If you hadn't quit,

maybe you're the one that stops it.

You didn't quit.

Hey, Galib.

What are you up to?

Oh, stretching my legs. It's too windy on deck.

Hey, why don't you join the poker game tonight?

You never leave that damn radio room.

I talk to ham radio operators at night.

And you'd rather do that than play poker?

They're all girls.

Right.

You insist this is Pinpin Pula.

Insist, yes,

I like this word. I insist this is Pinpin.

I don't believe you.

Why would I lie to you when you threaten to kill me?

It is not a threat. I will kill you

if you lie, Captain.

I believe you.

I'm the one who has doubts.

It is Pinpin, I swear.

That's not loaded, is it?

Would Gibbs allow Ziva to carry a loaded weapon in there?

No.

And I'm not Gibbs, right?

So, Captain...

...you're positive?

I am positive,

absolutely positive. How many times do I have to tell you?

Once more.

- Take a good look. - I don't need to look.

The man was on my ship for months.

It's Pinpin Pula.

Or is it Abu Sayyaf?

Yes, it was Abu Sayyaf.

- Who ran from customs? - Yes, yes! He ran when your guy...

You knew it was Pinpin, not Galib at the customs gate.

Allah help me! Yes, I knew, I knew.

They pay me. I was quiet.

They pay me to be quiet,

but Pinpin never told me there was a bomb,

I never knew that! I never knew!

That's the NCIS I.D. photo

of Special Agent Abog Galib that I showed Gibbs.

- What's your point, DiNozzo? - A scary one, Director.

Captain Mahir admitted to Ziva

that Pinpin passed himself off as Galib at the customs check.

And Gibbs would have expected Galib to change his appearance

going undercover, growing his hair, maybe a mustache, dirty himself up.

So when Pinpin handed him Galib's passport it was good enough.

- To pass the mustard. - Muster, not mustard.

Galib's documents are vetted to get him on any crew in the world.

Including the Cape Fear or Cape Horn.

We sent a second BOLO with Pinpin's photo.

Both ships confirmed he was not on board.

We send it again, "aka Abog Galib".

Get me the crew rosters from Sealift Command.

On it.

DiNozzo, call MTAC.

I want the NSO, Pentagon, FBI, CIA... hell,

everyone on ASAP.

My gut tells me we're missing something.

Gibbs?

Yep, Gibbs.

Yeah?

Ziva.

- We work together? - Yes.

I'm a Mossad officer attached to your team.

Mossad?

- When did they start doing that? - It's been a year.

Don't feel bad. I worked with that M.E...

Ducky, ten years, and you don't remember him.

- You always finish people's sentences? - Only when I'm in a hurry.

Abu Sayyaf is planning a terrorist attack

on the navy.

- It will be as devastating as... - 9/11.

You remember 9/11?

My boss told me.

- Director Shepard? - No, no. My boss.

It doesn't matter. What can I do?

Remember.

I've been trying to since I woke up in this room!

Well, try harder!

Good, that's a start.

- What is? - The old Gibbs stare.

You gave it to all of us: McGee, Tony, me!

What are you talking about?!

Ari...

Ari killed Kate.

And I...

...I killed Ari!

Your brother.

Yeah.

You killed your brother?

To save me.

I'm sure he remembers you, Ducky.

I don't know. Maybe she pulled her Sig on him.

Ziva's bringing him directly to the squad room.

He's totally back. He will remember you absolutely.

- He insisted. - Any minute now.

- Boss! - McGee.

- Boss, no, I'm McGee. - Gibbs!

Hey, Abby!

Good to remember you, Abs.

Ducky.

How could I forget your mother left you on a bus.

I have no idea, Jethro.

- Should you be out of the hospital, Gibbs? - No time, Abs.

Talk to you both later.

I should have known it wasn't Galib.

Oh, no. Boss,

I'd have made the same mistake.

Well, yeah, DiNozzo, I know.

That's why I'm so pissed.

You didn't forget me!

The Cape Fear is loaded with 20,000 tons

of munitions, Deputy Director Welsh.

Which is why we cannot permit her to reach Gibraltar

without boarding a navy search team.

Agreed.

But if that frigate signals a heave to

and prepare to be boarded, Pinpin Pula will blow the Cape Fear.

No one will survive.

If he's on board and if he's a suicide bomber.

You're risking 19 civilian lives on ifs, Director Welsh.

In the Med, he could explode near a cruise ship.

19 will seem an acceptable loss then.

No death is acceptable when it's unnecessary.

Deputy Director Welsh, Special Agent Gibbs.

This terrorist isn't after a cruise liner.

Islamic terrorists love soft targets.

No, he wants the Marine assault ship

the Cape Fear is replenishing in the Gulf.

You don't know what he wants. He's a terrorist.

- A cruise ship, the Suez Canal... - He told me!

He told you?

Pinpin Pula is an arrogant son of a bitch!

He thought the bomb he planted would kill me!

So, he's not a suicide bomber.

For God's sakes, order that frigate to break off!

I can't do that.

Is everyone up there as stupid as you?!

Pinpin Pula is on the Cape Fear.

He's the radioman!

He intercepts every BOLO we send him and he replies,

"No Pinpin here".

We got that, Special Agent Gibbs.

It's why we didn't communicate with Cape Fear until

now.

Jeff, thank God you're there.

Can you get your SEALs on board without being seen?

We can execute a HALO insertion within ten hours.

The Cape Fear will have entered the Med. That's unacceptable.

If anything happens, it'll be on some tourist video camera.

The sailors on that frigate have video cameras!

We can confiscate those videos.

What?!

You don't want this being seen?!

An accident at sea

is better than an act of terrorism.

It's too late!

Cape Fear, heave to.

Stand by to be boarded for inspection.

You bastard!

I was wrong.

You weren't wrong.

I was angry at Mike.

I never understood how he could quit...

...until now.

I got 'em, boss.

I got 'em from the medics, when they took you.

Appreciate it.

You'll do.

It's your team now.

Tim, you're a good agent.

Don't let him tell you otherwise.

I won't, boss.

Gibbs?

I owe you, Ziva.

I'll collect, Jethro.

- Give me a ride home, Duck. - Of course.

Semper fi.