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♪ We wish you

♪ We wish you a Merry

♪ We wish you

♪ And a happy New Year

♪ Good tidings we bring...

Dont be shy,

Santas here till noon,

Hey.

Make way, make way.

Back again, Vicious?

Thats Mr. Vicious to you, lady.

Got any milk back there?

You are not here for milk;

Yeah? Well, call a cop.

I cant believe I need a bouncer

Hey, wheres Jerome?

I think hes taking

Jerome?!

Jerome!

We need our peacekeeper.

Seems like our friend Vicious

didnt get the message

the only one he will listen to,

Oh, God. Jerome?

(breathless):

♪

All right, final reports

Hows that witness list

I am sending it to you

Hows our confession summary,

Im pressing "print"

Ah, the sweet sound of the last

Jack, please, do not jinx us.

If anyone needs me,

or drinking some damn fine

Christmas in Vermont, lucky you.

You driving up tomorrow?

Crack of dawn.

And Im not even close

TORRES: Hey, you, too.

Anyway, Merry,

Merry Christmas.

BISHOP: Sure wish I could drive.

I just hate flying

Yeah. You and me both.

Mom has been baking all week.

Chicago with the in-laws.

Delilahs had the twins there

Were talking

Im sure you didnt mind, uh,

Well, the first day

but every day since then is

Youll know what

Yeah, no.

Playing Candyland

after Christmas, uh, dinner,

plenty of parenting for me.

I just love that Jimmys

Aw, I just love

like a charity case. Ugh.

Okay.

Last bit of paperwork. Donzo.

All right, guys. First round

Ooh, count me in.

Whoa.

to be in New York by now.

Change of plans.

to go on a cruise,

to stay here

Hey. No one should be working

Yeah, and no one should be

before noon on a workday.

Youre so worried about jinxing,

TORRES:

Listen, its a known fact,

the crime rate goes down

Actually, the exact opposite

But one can dream.

TORRES: Guys, trust me.

Okay? Its eggnog time.

GIBBS:

Dead Navy vet

Uh, Navy veteran, boss?

Thats not always

Well, it is today.

MPD is slammed.

Hmm. Well, hopefully, it is

Ah!

ALL: Dont jinx us.

Geez...

NEERA: Jeromes tattoo

It just seemed right

Big dude.

NEERA:

Big knife wounds.

How long had he

About three years,

but strictly

Budget didnt cover

Thats what he was...

Boss, found this knife tossed

Could be the murder weapon.

Oh, well, all we need now

No, none.

Jerome had enemies?

I mean, except for the

he was always trying

You know, come

one of them was back

after Jerome had tossed

A-a guy they call "Vicious."

On it.

NEERA: After everything

PTSD, alcohol.

He even got himself a

And... now this.

Hey. You got anything, McGee?

One second.

Its still loading.

All right, there we go.

Street name "Vicious,"

Hes got a long rap sheet

not far from here.

NEERA: Thats him.

Bishop, Torres, youre with me.

McGee, the V.A. center where

see what you can find.

Let me get you the address.

Hey, dont worry about it, guys,

VICIOUS:

m telling you now.

Aint nobody coming in here

Why do they call you Vicious?

Yeah. I wish I knew, baby.

Youre looking at

Maybe its because

I aint lying,

mijo.

a little misunderstanding

but I aint never killed nobody.

Mm-hmm.

Did he just...?

"mijo"?

Did you just call me

Yeah, and you just

Now if you dont mind,

We mind.

Get your foot up

Get your door off my foot.

(grunts)

We have some questions.

Fine. Hell with it.

See? I got nothing.

But Im still calling my

cause I know my damn rights.

Yeah, one would hope so

had them read to you

Damn.

GIBBS:

what were you doing at the

Getting breakfast. That a crime?

You dont look very homeless.

Hey, yo, law man,

Whats behind that door?

Hey. I said you

Back there aint none

Yeah. Heres the issue, though.

When you say thats none

it kind of makes it my business.

Ooh.

I said dont go back there.

Easy, buddy.

Oh, yeah, now you say easy.

I told you I didnt want you

Now, get out!

A little late for that.

Lets put the gun down

Put yours down!

Bishop, you okay?

Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

Look-look at me.

Yeah. Im okay.

Are you all right?

TORRES: Hes dead.

(rattling)

Okay?

Ready?

(baby crying)

Uh...

Vicious is a dad.

Hardly any way to kick off

Understatement

And Bishop is all right?

Yeah. Considering.

She and Torres took the kid

McGEE: Hey, boss.

Well, hopefully, they can

Guess I missed some pretty

Why, McGee, where were you?

I was at the, uh, V.A. center,

collecting our victims

No obvious leads, but sounds

Bishop and Torres seem

this Vicious guy is our killer.

They called you?

No, theyre, uh,

Why didnt they

Well, they kind of have

Full with what?

Ah, Gibbs, Director, hey.

(quietly):

What happened

Shh. Hes sleeping.

TORRES: So we were sitting

like, five times and they

Yeah. They must must be really

You know, so between that and

TORRES: Yeah, so we figure,

We can find the mother way

And once we find her, we will

and we can all go home

Oh, that kind of rhymes.

So Bishop nearly

and they both went

No, uh, Director.

This office is no place

Though he is pretty damn cute.

Cool. So, uh, were good?

No. We are not good.

We are not near good.

But here we are.

That baby is your

McGee, see if you can unlock

this creeps cell phone,

and see if the mothers

Nothing in his records

You two, go down

Shes running prints

Tell her to run the babys DNA

You got it, Gibbs.

McGEE: Uh, boss,

someone claiming to be

Vicious.

wants to see his client.

(sighs)

Any prints from

Im only just

Okay. Well, then

Yeah. He is a

Apparently a real hero

Um...

Jerome Murray.

Wow.

Wow, what?

You know him?

Just, uh,

Yeah? Who?

TORRES:

Kasie, youre here.

Oh. Here I am.

Uh, yes. Yes, it is,

Uh, baby, as in, like,

I heard you found one

Uh, hey.

and whatever prints

Oh, yeah. No problem.

The hurry is Christmas.

BISHOP: Well, we just need

and confirm that Vicious

preferably before

Oh, he is the cutest;

Well, we didnt get

with the shooting and all.

Right. I heard about that.

Im so glad youre okay.

Thanks.

Youll send me blood and prints?

Quick as I can.

I admit, Agent Gibbs, to a

for my pro bono clients,

Ah, so youre the one he called.

Yes, and I hadnt

to Albert since getting him

Then out of the blue this

I went by his place and the

Well, what can we do for you?

I saw the blood.

May I ask what happened?

No. He was a suspect

He would not answer questions.

He started shooting.

(scoffs)

Man, you try to help these

wont be helped.

He ever mention a wife,

Oh, couldnt tell you.

Soft spot or not, I maintain

I mean, for all I know,

This one would have

(chuckles):

Again... for all I know,

Right.

Okay. Sorry about your client.

Thank you.

Oh, come to think of it,

Albert said that

Might be a girlfriend

TORRES:

Good boy, Nicholas.

Nicholas?

Yeah, we might as well

So you name him after yourself?

No, the... its, like, NCIS.

You know, you move

Mm, yeah, right, mm-hmm.

you toss in a view.

Id say hes more of a...

Logan or Cody.

Those are, like,

Rude.

Well, whatever his name is,

he is adorable.

Isnt he cute, McGee?

All babies are cute.

Yet you wont

Yes. Thats because if we

and if I bond, Ill get

which in turn could prevent me

with my own two little cuties,

Okay, youre right.

And, look, hes all asleep now,

so... well be able

Careful. Babies do wake up.

McGee, dont worry.

We got this.

Okay.

(baby cries)

TORRES:

Nicholas, buddy, what happened?

You jinxed us. Again.

(flatulence)

All right,

On the 300-pound biker

On who?

who dropped a log

Oh, my God.

(sniffing)

Oh, no.

We are prepared.

(clears throat)

We got, um...

Oh...

we bought plenty.

Oh, no.

These are way too big for him.

Hey, uh, McGee?

So, like...

what do we do?

What do you mean?

(groans)

Jimmy.

Ah, come on, buddy.

(baby crying)

Its nice to know I

Yeah, cloth diapers are so

both for the environment

What? No.

Here, let me get that.

You cant use a stapler.

Safety pins.

Seeing as we dont

these little

should do the trick.

Palmer, what are you doing?

Oh, here,

No, its okay.

I have his formula.

Oh, no, not

No. Thats filled with,

Yeah. Put that back.

Thats even worse. You

Theres so much to know.

Hmm.

Yeah. So much we dont know.

You guys are

Its like a rite of passage

to feel inadequate.

Oh, there we go.

(chuckles softly)

BISHOP:

With Jimmy.

Where is everybody?

Apparently, changing a diaper

Swell. Update.

Well, no help

Other than calling his attorney,

to call burn phones.

No wife or girlfriend

Recheck the numbers.

See if any have

Boss, I hate to say this,

my flight to Chicago

No ones missing

Once we confirm

Thank you.

whether we find

It shouldnt take too long.

Oh, it doesnt

seem

It most definitely is.

Fingerprints?

And blood.

The latter being Jeromes,

and the former matching

Well, not a happy ending

but at least its the quick case

Kase, you get DNA?

DNA came back negative.

What?

Albert aka Vicious

is most definitely

not the babys father,

making us oh-for-two

BISHOP:

heres the little man,

(chuckles)

Yeah, no thanks

Uh-oh. Nobodys smiling.

Whats wrong?

Were looking at a stolen baby.

Hey, wouldnt we

There had to be an Amber Alert.

Make that three alerts,

just in the Northeast this week.

But none for a newborn.

I just cant believe

I mean, theyre stolen

peoples own homes.

Double-check every case.

Start locally, work outward.

Ive got two cases here

but neither matches

What kind of monster

The kind dead

Whatever lowly, depraved person

heres your chance in death.

Where did you

Are you really

From beyond, maybe.

A psychic message.

At this point, I will

I need a word

Yeah, you mentioned that

Oh, yeah.

But did you happen to find

Anything that might

Anything like...?

Purple Heart.

with no medal inside.

Wow. No, I didnt find

Got me looking

and turns out

but three tours

Purple Heart came after

That would explain

After he was discharged,

and a painkiller addiction

V.A. tried to provide support,

he fell off the grid

Off the grid?

Oh, homelessness.

An all-too-common tale.

Yeah, the numbers

You think the medal

when McGee

You know, that

just pawned it for cash

Yeah. But he

So clearly, it meant

He should be buried with it.

(groans)

Yeah, well just have

Uh, "we"?

Okay, so well go

Well, the medal obviously

which means something

whynot

"we"?

McGEE: All right, you bring

keep it nice and tight,

and there you go,

Hes like

I like burritos.

Look how secure he looks.

Like hes back in the womb.

GIBBS: Hey. Dont

There you go, buddy.

Uh, yeah, boss.

to catch-- still got to pack.

But, uh, I know youll find

Go, McGee.

Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas, boss.

Happy holidays, guys.

See ya.

Bye, McGee.

What about you?

What times your plane leave?

Uh, whenever.

You know, I still think

Child Services

BISHOP:

respectfully disagree.

I mean, where are they

Hes already been

to be handed off

Little Nickys place

Oh. Now hes Little Nicky?

Okay, I get it, but...

he cant stay here.

Which one of you

Well, your place isnt exactly,

And your place

And neither one of you

know how to take care of a baby.

Nope.

(chuckles):

Not gonna happen. N...

Im not doing it.

(baby fussing)

No.

TORRES:

No. More like it

and me holding the baby.

And since when do you care about

(groans)

Whoa.

Whew. Remind me

You still have this.

Got to hold on

You know, it might be a

in the spare

Uh, we were also

maybe, uh,

a little bit more

you know, the three of us

Yeah. Like... you know,

Yeah.

No.

No shift for me.

No, Ill be in the basement.

Night.

(Bishop sighs)

What?

Huh?

You sighed.

I didnt sigh.

Okay, I sighed.

I was just thinking

about hanging on

Talking about the bassinet?

His daughters bassinet.

Mm...

his ornaments.

You know, Shannon and Kelly,

theyve been gone

he keeps them

Forever means forever.

I almost died today, Nick.

Im trying

Yeah, you and me both.

And that baby...

made it a lot easier.

But it cant help

reassess things,

Things like...?

Like what you just said.

Forever.

What we hold on to,

And?

And...

I dont know.

I always thought

but... I never really

like, mothering,

(chuckles)

Hmm.

Well, after today, I feel pretty

(crying)

Ay.

Right on cue.

You know,

maybe that nice agent

But

maybe he dropped them.

You might want

Thanks so much.

I must say,

just trying to find

to notify.

Jerome didnt have any.

Parents died

and no siblings or cousins

You saved me some trouble.

But if you need

for funeral plans, Im here...

Uh, no, no, no.

No, no, the V.A.

Theyll come and pick up

right after Christmas.

Ah. Excuse me.

(phone ringing)

Well, that was certainly

Mans got no one else.

Ill never understand how a guy

like Jerome

You know,

to escape a bad homelife

They get some structure,

only to be discharged

none of those things.

Same bad homelife,

Only for some of them,

by the emotional

You sure know a lot

My, uh... my dad did.

Wait. Was he

No, but he always said

Struggled himself

Then he got a job with the post

But he counseled homeless

He was helping em

So thats why

This

is something your

Maybe.

Is it true what I just heard?

Vicious killed Jerome?

It appears to be the case, yeah.

So Jerome did it.

He went and ratted Vicious out

Uh, ratted him out?

Jerome was kicking himself

Stopping what?

Whatever he saw Vicious do.

He wouldnt say what, but Jerome

he planned to go

And now hes dead.

Wait, wait.

Whatever Jerome saw,

did he happen to

SLOANE:

♪ In a one-horse open sleigh

♪ Over the fields we go...

(sighs)

Hey, what about skiing

Oh, I made the mistake

with Vance before

(phone rings)

One mention of a stolen baby,

and I thought you guys might be

Hey. Yeah, Palmer,

So you came all the way back

Aw, come on.

I especially love a baby

in a safe and happy home.

Yeah, which were still

(baby cooing)

Palmer found a witness.

We need to dig up

from an all-night store

TORRES:

Anything we can find

on Vicious or our victim.

(door opens)

Hey, guys.

Couldnt sleep a wink,

McGee?

What happened? I thought you

Oh.

Any luck, Tim?

Well, took some doing, but

Atlantic E-Z Mart in Annandale.

Thats what Palmer said.

Hard to know

(sighs heavily)

Slow it down.

Whos that?

Do we know her?

Nope, not yet.

Well, thats our guy

That is Vicious.

Hes taking the baby.

Im gonna be sick.

Here comes Jerome.

Wait. What is she doing?

McGEE:

And shes... shes letting him

Oh, my God,

McGEE:

He was sold.

I cannot imagine

to want to sell her baby.

You got anything?

Uh, the only prints

to Bishop and Torres,

Facial recognition?

KASIE:

Whats that about?

Oh, that? Thats nothing.

Its not nothing.

to find a Purple Heart,

You can buy one online for,

like, 50 bucks,

but delivery this time of year

Why does Jerome

Because he earned it,

(phone ringing)

Yeah. Yeah.

Leon, Im on my way.

What?

Youre such a sweet boy.

Well, so much for your ski trip.

And McGee,

What can we say, Leon?

Were here

Doubtful. Im pulling the plug.

What?

Child Protective Services does.

No, Im not gonna waste

But, Director...

our resources,

trying to do what they do best.

Im not sure youd say that

The mother was

There has to be more

her

Certainly

story.

BISHOP:

So, no witnesses,

and we all but papered the walls

and the neighborhood around it.

Nobody knows her.

Hows my Little Nicky?

Hmm. Looks more

BISHOP: Hey! I was

Yeah.

Yeah, or like a Cody.

See, Im thinking

Star Wars

Oh, another

name, huh?

Well, I believe, uh,

How about, uh, Superman?

VANCE:

the mom yet, Gibbs, but this

of aunts and uncles.

Hey, Superman.

Lets just call him Superman.

Alberts a better name.

Im just saying, there was

There is always a need.

Look, if you want to help

help me.

I let

to let other people help you.

you

Im not Gibbs.

Surely your dad didnt help

all by himself, did he?

No. I dont know.

Look, just leave my dad

There you go again.

you change the subject.

No, I dont.

Now find a face already.

It was him, wasnt it?

Who Jerome reminded you of.

It was your dad.

You got all weird when

you saw Jeromes body,

that you got

Look, I...

Im sorry.

I overstepped there.

No. No, youre right.

I get weird.

(sighs heavily)

Jerome reminded me of

It was your father.

About the same age, Navy tattoo.

(sighs)

It just reminded me

In the middle

I mentioned

about finishing grad school,

(sniffles)

You know, he always said

if I would just

oh, needless to say,

and most every day after that,

right up till the day he died.

When was that?

(crying):

Just had a heart attack

(sniffles)

that he was dead

Mom couldnt bear to I.D.

Kasie, Im so sorry.

You know, the day after that,

and I busted my butt,

I had a knack.

And within a week, I started

man, I knew in my heart

that I was on the right track

Wait. All of this

Last Christmas, yeah.

Well, there you go. Kasie,

thats why

No, I-I... I have

No. No, you dont.

And your mom and your sister--

theyre-theyre not going

I just... I know its gonna be

(computer chirps)

There we go.

(sniffles)

Tanya Jacobs, 17.

Three trips to juvie

GIBBS: Yeah, Palmer.

Were sure

Her I.D. and probation number

Manager must have called.

She knows were here.

Tanya Jacobs! NCIS!

Tanya!

Its okay.

Its not okay.

Hey, hey, we just

Its not mine,

Its okay.

(crying)

You pretty high

Im not high at all.

Ive been clean for months.

There anybody we can call?

Parents?

Yeah. Yeah, right.

No. They kicked me out

Then my boyfriend

Thats when the adoption agency

Last name?

They dont

They were nice people, though.

So nice.

They helped pay for my rehab

all just for a chance

When did Vicious come along?

Right before I delivered.

I used to be a customer

When he saw me knocked up,

More money than

So I lied.

I told Pete and Judy

And I felt bad for

but adoption agencies--

once the baby comes,

And I knew it was wrong the

But opportunities like

they dont come around

I thought Id be okay,

but then I found out

and-and-and... and now I dont

Tanya, we have him.

You do?

Yes. Hes safe.

(exhales):

(laughs)

Whats the name of the agency?

(exhales)

This changes everything.

Why-why does it

I mean, maybe this is a sign.

Ive been...

and Ive been thinking maybe...

maybe if I wouldve

then I wouldve saved everybody

Why not?

No, no, no, no.

Ive got money now.

I could get us a place.

A nice one.

I mean, maybe this-this could be

Hey, Tanya, y-your best chance

And your babys best chance

(crying)

This opportunity...

doesnt come around much.

You have come this far,

but you could go

and so could your baby.

If you let him go.

You seem so sure.

Because I know. All right?

We all end up

but one thing

is giving your baby

More than anything else,

And Ill help you get

to get clean and turn

I promise.

Okay? Okay.

Okay, I will. Thanks.

Tanya... what did Vicious

Well, thats just the thing.

It was to Vicious.

Who was he selling the baby to?

He said he had a

Rich people.

Like, a-a doctor

Lawyer.

Let me save you some time,

Its already been

Yeah. How?

My wife figured out what kind

to make this adoption happen.

You call paying a drug dealer

"pulling strings"?

Stupid, I know.

Oh, it is way more than stupid.

After I got Albert

the plea deal, he said if there

And he meant anything.

So you said, "How about a baby?"

Our third adoption

and we were crushed.

Albert said

for 25 grand, he would find us

a healthy

I was desperate

$25,000.

Never expecting

JIMMY:

Hear the good news?

Yeah.

Uh, great. I mean, bittersweet,

the original

Im sorry.

Am I interrupting something?

Oh, no. Just...

just deleting a bunch of spam.

Yeah, I just wanted to,

Drop off a little something.

Jimmy, why?

You didnt have to.

Yes, you did. Trust me.

That would be the idea, yeah.

Do I open it now or...?

Yeah. Okay. (laughs)

Just o-open it.

Its not Jeromes,

but its-its someones.

Someone who doesnt need

Who?

I dont know.

But that is why

He knows people.

Thank you, Jimmy.

Merry Christmas.

Oh, and Kasie?

Im a big believer in fate.

I know theres nothing good

about your dad

but if nothing else,

To us.

I sometimes think maybe my dad

shove from above.

Well, were all glad

Hey.

Weve got the hang of this now.

(fusses)

Yeah. Hes looking stylish, too.

What? Cody?

Consider that

McGEE:

The agency tracked down

Pete and Judy Shaw

of Fairfax.

Mm-hmm.

Oh, thats... thats great.

I got a plane to catch.

May the Force be with you,

Really good job, you guys.

Thanks.

Okay, then, little

Yeah, so, uh...

we tell Gibbs now, right?

Mm-hmm.

You know, they say,

But this? (sighs)

This, Jerome, you are...

most definitely taking with you.

Or as my father used to say...

"No greater love than this,

that one should lay down

WOMAN: Hey, baby.

No, Mom, Im fine, really.

I actually finished that work

and was thinking maybe I could

Oh! Wed love to

Hey.

You still coming?

Are you kidding me?

I wouldnt miss it

Special Agent Gibbs?

Ms. Miles.

Lydia, yes.

I spoke with your Agent McGee

Special Agent Sloane.

Thank you so much for arranging

Of course. We were overjoyed.

We worked it all out with Tanya.

She spoke very highly

I take it the child is with you?

Absolutely.

Great.

Hi.

All right, here we are. Hi.

Thank you so much for coming.

And there he is.

Oh.

Wonderful. Well,

No.

Sorry. Its just wed like to...

deliver him ourselves,

Actually, that might be better.

but didnt want

before you got here.

Theyve been let down before.

Yes, we know.

Why dont I just, uh, go on

and break the good news

Great.

This is a nice neighborhood.

Good schools. I checked.

Thats good.

Mm-hmm. Yeah.

Good schools.

Hey, you two.

You should get over there.

Right. Okay.

Bye, buddy.

(clears throat)

Are you okay? Got it?

Ooh.

Oh, how adorable.

(Bishop chuckles)

Congratulations.

Thank you.

(chuckles):

Come on.

That was weird.

Yeah. Just kind of came out.

(both chuckle)

(sighs) Okay.

Hey, uh, hold on.

You did good.

Yeah. You did, too.

We both did.

And you did good, too, bud.

Yeah.

You...

are going to a great home.

Youre gonna love it there.

Absolutely.

All right, thats

Oh, wow.

(exhales) Okay.

(Torres sighs)

BISHOP:

Pete and Judy,

these are the agents I

Theyve been taking

Our baby?

Yeah, your baby.

PETE:

Its a miracle, right?

Its got to be a miracle.

Sure feels like it.

Does he have a name?

Thats up to you.

JUDY:

Thank you so much.

(chuckles): Oh.

Congratulations.

(sighs)

Here.

(chuckles)

Merry Christmas, Gibbs.

Merry Christmas to you, Jack.

You still going skiing?

Its a little late now.

Why? You got a better plan?

I was just thinking about

Kentuckys finest.

Oh.

I want to crack that.

(laughs)

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