All language subtitles for NCIS - S12E04 - Choke Hold.en

NARRATOR:
Previously on NCIS:

Stay away from NCIS!

This is Echo Bravo Nine.
We have been targeted by a missile.

Everybody brace for impact.

- We've yet to pick up a beacon.
- Get me the Russian embassy.

PAVLENKO: My office received word
of a downed aircraft.

I was not aware that
it may have been one of yours.

It is ours, Mr. Pavlenko.
Target of a surface-to-air missile.

The passengers.
Where are the special agents?

You made this too difficult,
Agent Gibbs.

Boss. Get in the truck!

Sergei Mishnev.
Our intel says Sergei survived.

- I hit him. He went down.
- He got up.

And wherever he is now, good
chance he'll be gunning for us.

Not if we find him first.

Did you see that kid's face
when I flashed my cuffs?

She was 12 and sneaking a smoke
in the park.

- That was probably her first.
- Thanks to me,

she'll think twice
before smoking a second one.

You're welcome,
health-care system.

Park's closed, ma'am.
Move along.

Hey, unless you wanna
put your hands together

for old Simon and Garfunkel here,
move along.

Oh, man. She's been strangled.

Unit 20-21, reporting an ADW
in Town Center West.

Request backup
and EMT code three.

Jeez, somebody got her good.

Oh, man,
she's still alive, Dave.

- Expedite medical assistance.
- It's okay, ma'am.

Everything's gonna be fine.
We're gonna help.

Don't touch me.

No. No.

Maybe. No.
Saw that one on HBO.

Definitely not. Okay, Tony.
This list of sexy moves

in the bedroom is made-up,
like you said.

I didn't say made-up.
I said exotic.

- You've heard of these things?
- Not just heard of them, McGoo.

- The amount of--
- Stop. I'm sorry I asked.

Number six, though, seriously?
Really? You?

Want me to tell you
about number six?

No. Wait-- Yes.

It was a long time ago,
in France.

I was young, innocent, flexible.

Before number six,
I didn't know a woman could--

Fire a jump shot.
But she could dunk it. Women.

- WNBA, I follow it.
- You don't have to do that.

The women are just
as competitive as the men.

You don't have to change the
subject. I'm not the sex police.

Kind of, you are.

Um, hello? I'm married.

I have more sex than
the two of you combined.

From what I hear,
that's not how that works--

All right.
Give me that magazine, smart ass.

Let's see. Hmm. Yes, yes, yes.

Definitely yes. Definitely no.
And yes.

- Number six?
- Are you double-jointed?

It was kind of an accident.
Jake and I went camping,

- and camp-- We were on--
- Grab your gear.

Navy research scientist
was attacked in the park.

- He still alive?
- Yes, she is.

- That's not entirely true.
- The victim's dead, sir.

Wait a second. Dispatch said

Naval research scientist
Sofia Glazman was found alive.

- That report was later amended.
- Victim was alive

when we found her. Had a piece
of wire cutting into her neck.

Looked like it was pulled tight.
So we waited for EMTs.

- She say anything?
- Could barely talk.

We asked about the attack,
who did it.

She just kept asking us not to
move her. Begging us not to.

When the EMTs
couldn't get to the wire,

we had no choice
but to get her to the hospital.

She passed out from blood loss.
They loaded her into the ambulance.

BILIK:
And that's when things got ugly.

We understood why
she didn't want to be moved.

- The body's in there.
- What happened?

Nobody saw the device, sir.

- McGEE: What's Ducky doing here?
- At least somebody

- got the updated report.
- Thanks, guys.

Yeah.

Ah, Jethro, there was a mix-up
in the initial case report.

I trust you were able to avoid
the confusion?

- Two body bags, Duck?
- Ah, I see confusion still reigns.

I know rule number two
is "always wear gloves,"

but when there's this much blood...

- Rain gear.
- In the truck.

When the head is detached
from the body,

it's standard procedure
to transport them separately.

Hence, the two body bags.

- I'm more interested in how.
- I think I found that out, boss.

What is that,
a motorized garrote?

Man, did you see The Counselor?
That was a pretty good movie.

I mean, what a cast.
You got Brad Pitt...

- There's a bone stuck in this.
- A cervical vertebra.

This thing acts
like a wire noose.

Keeps getting tighter until
it pulls all the way closed.

- Explains the blood spray.
- The carotid artery acts

quite literally as a spigot.

No buttons, no timers, just on.
Once the motor starts,

- it doesn't stop.
- Well, apparently, that one did.

That's why the victim
begged not to be moved.

I guess the motor
must have jammed,

but when they loaded her
onto the ambulance...

Upon facing the guillotine,
it was common for the condemned

to ask for a sharpened blade.

- Make it clean, fast.
- DUCKY: Yeah, well, this execution

was purposely neither.

They're sending a message.

Sofia was like a granddaughter
to me.

Dr. Havana, do you know anyone
who could've done this?

I won't look at those.

And we will need her laptop
and notes back again today.

We have a test run
tomorrow morning.

- It should be Sofia running it.
- You lab was working on

- laser technology?
- Next big stick in warfare.

- These lasers aren't weaponized.
- Data transfer?

Yes. Very good.

I read that NASA
is sending data to the moon

at 662 megabits per second.

Word is that by using each color
on the light spectrum,

that transfer speed
could be multiplied.

Johns Hopkins. And MIT.

- Humblebrag much?
- HAVANA: I'm a Caltech man.

Sworn enemies
don't get extra credit.

Aren't both of your mascots
beavers?

- Uh, so this laser tech is valuable?
- Maybe in ten years

when it's cost-effective,
but for now,

everyone's just trying
to make it work.

- Including Ms. Glazman.
- I recruited her

when she was at Moscow Institute
of Physics and Technology.

Her parents died
when she was young.

Practically raised herself.
Becoming a U.S. citizen

and working here
was a chance to start fresh.

- Was she seeing anyone?
- No.

How could she have time
to have friends or a social life?

She spent every spare minute
in the lab.

Looks like a friend to me.

Nelly Benin.
Sofia's college lab partner in Moscow.

Sofia was recruited by us.
Nelly stayed on

and worked for the Russians.

But the two
kept a professional rivalry.

- Rivalry.
- Professional, I said.

The two of them
were best of friends.

Hey, Gibbs. I know this looks
like a lot of fun.

But it's actually science
giving me unexpected answers.

I don't know what to expect.
Never seen one of those before.

I know. It's fascinating, huh? I mean,

if only there were another use for it,
then it would be cool.

- Bike lock.
- Ha, ha. I like where your head's at.

This motorized garrote would,
indeed, keep your bike safe,

but you'd never be able
to move it again.

At least not very easily.
This is braided alloy.

- It's very, very hard to cut.
- Impressive.

Oh, you should see the guts.

Which were super hard to get to
and to reset.

Every cog and coil
is custom-engineered

for size and strength.
It's a perfect killing machine.

It's not that perfect, Abs.
It broke down.

Yeah, that's what
stumped me too. At first.

But then I swabbed the inside,

and I found a thin layer of a residue
on the relay switch.

- Get prints?
- No. And there's no hairs.

There's no fibers.
But when I process the sticky gunk,

it's actually a smoke residue,

specifically from a strain
of Cannabis sativa.

- Grass?
- Ha, ha. Yeah. Grass.

If you grew up in the '60s.

Um, and our killer
must've smoked a lot of it

when they were building this thing.

- We used to call that a stoner.
- That term is still culturally relevant.

- How's it relevant to our case?
- If you can find our killer's stash,

I can match it.

[CELL PHONE RINGING]

- Yeah, DiNozzo. Go.
- Just got a call.

Director Vance wants us to meet
him ASAP at the Pentagon.

- About what?
- He didn't say.

I'm just as in the dark
as you are.

SECNAV called, wanted to have
a meeting off the books,

- and here we are.
- In the basement.

Don't they have
secret war rooms for this?

- And we're heading to one.
- The SECNAV asked me to join?

It's my idea.
Need you to guard the war room.

How do you do it?
It's like pigs at the trough.

Some places,
it really is a trough, ma'am.

- Fenway, Wrigley.
- Mm-hm. Mostly stadiums.

Director Vance, Agent Gibbs,
I apologize for the location.

Well, like Gibbs said,
we've been to worse.

You're investigating the murder
case of an NRL scientist.

My office was contacted
by a foreign embassy

- claiming to have helpful intel.
- Which embassy?

I promised Secretary Kerry
to keep this meeting off the radar.

- In order to protect everyone.
- Which embassy, Madam Secretary?

[YELPS]

- All yours.
- Heh. Yeah, no. I'm-- No, thanks.

So is that just how you
pick up women, then?

- You just wait outside the door?
- No, I'm waiting on a friend.

- Oh. My idea is better.
- Yeah. Yeah.

So you work down here?

Mm...

Counselor Pavlenko.

NCIS Agent...

- DiNozzo.
- Of course.

You are the one who led
the Fins onto Russian soil.

Yeah, that's right.
It was a rescue team, actually,

because help didn't seem
to be coming from anybody else.

In here, counselor.

Was that the secretary
of the Navy?

Heh.

Agent Gibbs.

I was relieved
to learn of your safe return

after the helicopter accident.

It was no accident.
It was a missile.

- Which is not why we're here.
- Why are we here?

This time, it is our turn to go
through the proper channels,

and ask for help.

Your help.

- Nelly Benin.
- Victim's former lab partner.

- We're already looking into her.
- I can help.

Benin was a valued asset
of our scientific community.

Was?

PAVLENKO:
Moscow has reason to believe

she is now in the employ
of terrorist Sergei Mishnev.

The same man who you claim
shot you down, Agent Gibbs.

Benin's colleague. Found in
his Moscow flat two days ago.

A sophisticated weapon.
Same killer?

Benin. She is here in Washington.

Why?

You want us to find
your missing scientist.

- Gibbs.
- It's all right, madam.

Agent Gibbs has highlighted
the embarrassing truth.

We are asking NCIS
to find Benin

and stop her
by any means necessary.

And in return, you just want
this kept quiet. Save face.

Tell your embassy this matter
will have our full attention.

Justice has requested a
Joint Terrorism Task Force leader.

FBI will be assisting
in the manhunt.

WOMAN: I knew the Cold War
was heating up,

but meeting in the men's room
is downright sexy.

You think?
Well, it's need-to-know.

- I didn't catch your name.
- I didn't throw it.

Mm. Maybe you could write it down
for me, then,

right next to your little phone number.

Hmm.

Director Vance,
Special Agent Gibbs and DiNozzo,

I'd like you to meet
FBI Special Agent Pendergast.

She will be your partner
for the duration of this case.

Pleased to meet you.

[CHUCKLES]

Okay.

- McGEE: Why are we meeting in here?
- Ask Agent Pendergast.

I did a quick check.
She's a former Deputy U.S. Marshal

turned Joint Terrorism
Task Force leader.

- An FBI man hunter.
- And I always catch my prey.

Got a question, Gumby?

Sorry. I won't be good
with names.

Um, my name is McGee.

I'm wondering why
we're having this meeting in MTAC.

It's a secure briefing.

We usually just brief
in the squad room, ma'am.

- Call me Leia.
- Like the princess.

- I hate Star Wars.
- Nobody hates Star Wars.

You do when you're named
Leia, Agent DiNozzo.

- Yet you know his name.
- We met earlier.

Okay.

Nelly Benin. Russian scientist.
Suspected of ties

to a terror group, the murder
of a colleague in Moscow,

and our Navy Research Lab
scientist last night in D.C.

Target entered the U.S.
with her Russian passport

before it was flagged
by Interpol.

BOLO's already doing the rounds
with transportation authorities.

- That it?
- I got this case an hour ago.

NCIS had a head start.
Let's see what you got,

kick down some doors
and find our killer.

Come on. I showed you mine.
Show me yours.

- Tell her.
- We've already done

- some digging on Benin.
- And?

And none of it makes any sense.
Up until the suspected murder

two days ago,
she was a model Russian citizen.

BISHOP: Only thing on her record
is a ticket for streaking

at the Sochi Olympics.
Pretty ballsy,

but hardly a precursor
to terrorism and murder.

- Russian intel is--
- Really difficult to verify.

- That's putting it nicely.
- I understand your hesitation,

but Benin is our best
and only suspect in this murder,

and our orders
are to hunt her down.

As a suspect, not prey.

If half of what I've heard
about NCIS is true,

you guys must have something
the FBI doesn't.

Who are you?
What are you doing here?

Who was the 27th president
of the U.S.?

FBI Special Agent Leia Pendergast,
to catch a killer, Taft.

No. Wait. Yes, you're right.

But why would Gibbs
send you down here alone?

He said we'd get along.
Might have been sarcasm, though.

Well, he probably noticed that.

- Not a hunter?
- The opposite.

- You're a breeder, then?
- What? No.

Um, I found a deleted e-mail
sent to our headless victim.

It's from a junk account,
but it mentions a meeting at a bar

- around the time of the murder.
- How'd you get this?

Dr. Havana
from the Navy Research Lab

- turned over her hard drive.
- Liberty Square Bar

is on the other side of the park
where the body was found.

Victim was headed to this
meeting when she was attacked.

- Can you trace the junk account?
- Already did. There's no name,

but it originated in Moscow, Russia.

Meaning our missing scientist
could have sent it.

Benin lured her former
lab partner to her death.

Yeah, looks that way.

- I like her.
- Why? Because she winked at you?

Talk about no boundaries.
Man hunter.

- I know, right?
- She's only flirting with you

to get closer to her prey.
The case? She's using you.

- GIBBS: What do we got?
- A problem with the timeline.

- And airport security.
- TONY: Here we go again.

Just because your wee little McGee
shows up on the full-body scanner.

It's an invasion of privacy.
But that's not what I'm talking about.

There was an unrelated security
delay at Dulles last night.

Something the Russians
couldn't have known about.

While the attack was happening,
Benin was stuck at the terminal.

- Couldn't have killed Glazman.
- She's still our only suspect.

You sound like Leia.

[COMPUTER BEEPS]

Our victim's getting a call
on her cell phone

from the Liberty Square Bar.
Same bar from the e-mail.

- Smells like a trap.
- Or could be something else.

- I'm listening.
- McGee and I have been working

- on a loose theory.
- What if Benin is running?

The flight, the e-mail,
and now we know

- the Russian intel is shoddy.
- What if she's trying to defect?

The Russians don't want
their scientist sharing state secrets.

- So they accuse her of murder?
- She didn't kill our scientist.

Which means she probably
didn't kill the guy in Moscow.

If she knows
we're monitoring Glazman's cell,

that call could be her reaching out.

And if she's strapped to a bomb
waiting for us to show up?

- It was just a theory.
- TONY: We don't know what's going on.

We are going to the bar anyway,
and we're gonna find out.

- We start by asking nicely.
- Am I updating the FBI?

- No. No, not yet.
- Got it. Uh, if Leia asks?

Jeez, DiNozzo,
make something up.

She's your girlfriend.

[CHUCKLES]

Why? Did she say something?
Did she mention me by name?

[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING
OVER SPEAKERS]

It's a popular place.

Looks like Barry's having a good time.
Think our Russian

- joined the mishegoss?
- At the bar. Your one o'clock.

She's drinking.
That good or bad?

- Time to test your theory.
- MAN: Hey, happy Bar Mitzvah, Barry.

So is that vodka or water?

Gin. And I'm waiting
for someone.

I'm only asking
because it would say a lot about you,

your plans for the evening.

My plans? Who are you?

I'd be worried if that glass
was filled with water.

It would tell me
you don't wanna lose control

of your faculties, or your nerve.

If you're planning
on doing something bad.

So if I said this was water,

you would think I'm dangerous?

- Killer, perhaps?
- Yeah.

But I don't think you are.

Well, maybe you're wrong.

Insurance.

In case I don't like
what you have to offer.

So choose your next words
carefully.

If you're looking to defect,
we can help.

Then why didn't you just say so?

- Everything all right, McGee?
- Yeah, I think so, boss.

No, everything is far from okay.

But it's a start.
My name is Nelly Benin,

and I'm seeking asylum
in the United States.

Gibbs. NCIS. Why don't we
get you out of here?

Okay, fine,
but let's two things straight.

I didn't kill anybody.

And I have to pee.

- Wait. What about that bomb?
- There isn't one.

I just pulled out the insides
of an old calculator.

GIBBS:
I got this.

So that, of course,
was accounting.

The big abacus gave it away. Ha, ha.
And here's the wall.

Ah, the wall has seen
a lot of action lately.

Sergei Mishnev is your
number one? That's odd.

- You must want him pretty bad.
- Don't question wall.

LEIA:
Your team has desks in here?

God. The big orange room?
That'd give me a headache.

No. We're in the
Stephen J. Cannell annex.

- I watched The A-Team.
- Pardon me?

And Rockford
and The Greatest American Hero.

- Really?
- You found her, didn't you?

- I'm sorry. Who?
- Heh.

- And this was going so well.
- The tour?

[SCOFFS]

Yet you continue
selling me bull?

Hardcastle and McCormick.
Underrated Cannell classic.

21 Jump Street. Kind of fascist
and weird, but I'm into it.

Sorry.

Not used to playing
the tough guy.

But you still think
I'm dangerous.

- Your bluff was too good.
- I didn't find out my friend was dead

until I got here.

[GASPS]

Things are going so well today.

There. All better.

Jeez. Come on. Let's go.

Pardon.

- Something wrong?
- Marijuana.

This proves I had nothing
to do with the murders.

Well, that depends.

I don't know who that woman was,
but I know who she's working for.

Sergei Mishnev. Leader of a
rogue military group in Russia.

Yeah. Yeah, I know who he is.

Well, I didn't,
not until last week

when he approached me
in a café outside my apartment.

That's him. He knew I was
working for the government lab.

But he wanted me to join him
in a private sector.

- Hmm. Doing what?
- He refused to say.

That's how I knew it wasn't
a normal job offer.

So I politely turned him down.

You are going to help me
after this?

Let me stay in the U.S.?

Mikhail.

A co-worker.

I told him about the job.

He said he'd received the same offer
by the same man.

On the same day.

Yeah, well,
you both turned him down.

The next morning, I got a call.
Mikhail had been murdered,

and unless I took the job,
I was next.

When do I talk to your consulate
about formal naturalization?

Murder suspects
don't get citizenship.

- I'm not a killer.
- Then finish the story.

[SIGHS]

Sofia and I had been competing
on the same laser research.

But she was the only one
I could turn to.

It never occurred to me
they would find out

and go after her too.

Sergei and his group want me dead
because I refused to work for them.

- Russia has police.
- Sergei said it'd do no good.

He said he had many friends.

That's a big jump, from murder
suspect to innocent victim.

The fact that I had anything
to do with this is a lie.

Who told you I murdered
my friends?

I know you have our scientist.

Nice to see you too.

[DOOR OPENS]

Madam Secretary.
I miss anything?

- The Russians calling us liars.
- So the usual, then?

Very good.
I know you've had Miss Benin

in custody for hours.
Call it intuition.

I hope it's not the same intuition
that told you

that Nelly Benin is our killer,
because she's not.

Now you're calling me a liar.

The usual.
You gave us bad intel, Bad Anton.

I know. Moscow doesn't always
tell me everything,

which can put me
in an awkward position.

So why the secret meetings?
The urgent manhunt?

I believe you call it,
"Better safe than sorry."

But since she is no longer
a murder suspect, all the better.

We have a government plane
waiting at Dulles

for her safe and immediate return.

Well, that's assuming
that we have her.

Madam Secretary,

I do not think you want to open
an international wound over a scientist.

You did.

I will tell Moscow we have
your absolute cooperation.

[DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES]

Ass. But he's right, Leon.

We can't spend political
capital here.

I was just sitting down
to write a note,

- and then Pavlenko walked in.
- No. You sit wherever you like.

I wanna know how the hell the
Russians found out we had Benin.

- Get me Agent Gibbs.
- WOMAN: Certainly. Hold on, please.

- Hey.
- I knew you found Benin.

Couldn't talk to you
until we talked to her. You understand.

- No, I don't.
- We missed this room on the tour.

- Check it out.
- No more tours, no more lies.

Well, have a seat.
Let's talk about it.

If you killed me right here,
right now,

my dead body would refuse
to sit at that table.

Did you tell the Russians
we had Benin?

Treason?

Ah. Light treason.
We've done some digging.

You've been assigned
to protect three Russian emissaries

in the last three months,
and in fact, the Russian embassy

specifically requested
your assignment to this case.

- Treason.
- For hire.

Twenty-eight thousand dollars
was deposited in your bank account

at the beginning of the month
from an offshore account.

- I could kill you.
- Then it'd be treason and murder.

You've lied to me,
and you've made accusations,

but now you're wasting my time.
I'm not your leak.

I believe you.
So tell us who sent the money,

- and everyone else can.
- Go ahead, trace the account.

- Now who's wasting time?
- Belongs to my father.

- Your father has Russian ties?
- No. Heh.

- I can't believe you.
- I'm trying to believe you.

My father has money.
A lot of it.

He didn't come into it
until after I was 17.

But now he sends me
$28,000 every year.

Not because I want it,
or because I need it.

Just because
it's, uh, some kind of tax benefit.

Our relationship
has always been a little, um...

Challenging.

- What would you know about it?
- Well, it's a long story.

Well, then, we should skip it,
because I have a job to do,

and our Russian scientist
has a flight to make.

And you have prey to catch.

- Always do.
- Except this one

wasn't running from you.
And she's still being hunted.

This group wants me dead,
and you're sending me back?

Sergei will find me.

Clearly, my government doesn't
care about stopping him.

Your government has made
a lot of things clear.

The United States grants asylum
to political refugees

and those fleeing religious persecution.
How is this different?

I'm sorry.

Please. I have value.

Am I too late?

- For what?
- We identified our killer.

Using your description from the bar,
I got a hit on our hit woman.

Renata Atal.

Russian expat wanted in connection
with multiple murder-for-hires

- involving unusual weapons.
- Motorized garrote would qualify.

I put out the BOLO.
We know who's after Benin.

Which means we can get her
back to protect her.

- No, we can't.
- DiNozzo and McGee get this?

- They weren't in the bullpen.
- Get it to their cell phone.

Okay. Why?

Let me go to your news media.

If I cannot win your sympathy,
then maybe...

- I get it, okay?
- You'll help me?

No. You're not worth
starting a war over,

but like I said, I get it.

Thank you for that, at least.

Why are we in here?
What's happening?

[CELL PHONE RINGS]

- Hello.
- Stay in the car.

- I think we're being followed.
- You are.

- What? Where are you?
- Following you.

- And our hit woman now.
- What? The whole time?

Yeah, I had a hunch.
Now, stay in the car, Leia.

Tony, what are you gonna do--?

- He hung up? What do we do now?
- Get down.

[TIRES SQUEALING]

- Turn off the engine.
- Hands on the wheel.

It's over.

I know.

- Hey, hands on the wheel! No!
- No, no, no, stop!

[GASPS]

[TONY GROANS]

How did this woman know
I was being transferred?

First, you refuse to grant me asylum.

Then, you use me as bait
to lure my assassin out into the open.

And now you still plan
on turning me in to those responsible?

- We don't have proof.
- Outside of this building,

Pavlenko was the only one
who knew I was being transferred.

It does appear someone
tipped off the hit woman.

- Yeah, and it still wasn't me.
- I ask about treason one time.

Enough.

- What do we got?
- Well, dwindling shot clock.

The Russians are expecting
their scientist back.

I'd rather die than look over my
shoulder the rest of my life.

LEIA:
We don't have enough evidence

to connect Pavlenko
to the rogue Russians or to Mishnev.

- Body.
- Headless hit woman's with Ducky.

- Her SUV is down in the garage.
- Abby's on it, but no word yet.

Then you don't know
what we've got.

Well, I--

[PHONE RINGS]

- DiNozzo.
- VANCE: I need Gibbs.

Uh, yes. Director, hold on.
Uh, it's Director Vance.

- He's looking for you, boss.
- Yeah, I'll bet he is.

You know, he's not here right now.
I could ta--

- Hello? He hung up.
- Oh, can't imagine.

- Excuse me?
- GIBBS: Pendergast! With me!

The Berserkers
of Old Norse literature

were known for fighting
in a bloodthirsty and trancelike state.

Hence, the term
"going berserk." Yeah.

One theory suggests
that it was the ingestion

of a hallucinogenic mushroom,
the Amanita muscaria,

that made these warriors
lose their heads, so to speak.

That's not what made
our killer lose hers.

And Miss Atal preferred dope.

We used to call it Mary Jane,
Miss, uh...?

- Leia. FBI.
- Ah.

Oh, well,
her body reeked of the drug,

so she wasn't in a berserk fury.

She would find herself relaxed

and mildly euphoric
as she killed others.

Doubt her own death
felt very good.

Facing a lifetime of prison,
suicide was preferable,

and it would have prevented her
from being questioned.

- Tell me you got something.
- Well, plenty to suggest

that she killed our Navy scientist.

The murder weapon,
similar markings on the neck.

- We need her employer.
- That's something

- the body did not provide.
- Gibbs.

- Abs.
- You.

- Abby.
- Um, I processed the weed residue

on our third garrote.
Matches the first two.

- Definitely our killer.
- We know. The SUV?

Still processing that,
but so far, nada, zilch.

But before you ask,
I ran a deep background

on both Renata Atal
and Anton Pavlenko.

- What's the connection?
- Our hit woman was a pro,

so if Pavlenko is connected to her--

- He's no dummy, either.
- We just need more time.

Time's up, Agent Gibbs.
There's nothing we can do

to delay this further.

We have our, um--
We have our murderer.

It's time to give the Russians
what they want.

Ah. Came yourself this time, Anton.

My people are waiting
with the plane.

- I was hoping we could talk.
- Heh, right.

You tell Sergei I said howdy.

What would make you think
he and I are friendly?

You lied.
You're lying right now.

If I motivated you to find Benin faster,
then it was worth it

so you could protect her,
prevent escalation.

- War, even.
- We're already fighting one.

Yes, and we are on
the same side. Against Sergei.

Look, I had nothing to do
with those deaths.

How can I prove that to you?

Perhaps next time?

I know where to find you.

[ELEVATOR DINGS]

No, no. No, I won't go.
Not with him.

Take it easy or you'll be flying
in handcuffs. Come on.

I hope that will not be necessary,
Miss Benin.

I give you my word,
we will return you home

- peacefully and safely.
- No. No. No.

[IN RUSSIAN]

Don't do this.

Stand down, DiNozzo.

Agent Gibbs, do something.

This isn't the way, Benin.

[IN RUSSIAN]

For God's sake,
somebody do something.

- What did you do?
- My job.

I guess Benin was dangerous
after all. But don't worry.

I will tell Moscow the truth
when I get back.

The truth?
You're gonna tell the truth?

That the Americans were of great help,

and that she is no longer a threat
or our concern.

But it didn't have to end
like this, Gibbs.

[SPEAKING IN RUSSIAN]

So Pavlenko wanted her dead?

This proves he's behind the hit woman
and part of the terrorist group.

Yeah, maybe,
but with diplomatic immunity.

Where's Gibbs?

- Right here, Madam Secretary.
- Save the formality.

How the hell did this happen
in our own house?

Thank you.
That was base security.

Pavlenko has left the Navy yard.

Gibbs?

Madam Secretary.

I usually used glycerin
to get out stains.

- DUCKY: Yeah, I have some in Autopsy.
- Gibbs?

You said give the Russians
what they want.

We did.

- You had blanks in your gun?
- Hunter knows what weapon to use

- to get the job done.
- You and Gibbs didn't tell me?

It was my one condition
for going along with this crazy thing.

I see. So this isn't because
I'm better at my job?

- What?
- The stall tactics on you,

following you to get to the hit woman...

- Oh. You think that was because--
- Smarter. Me.

What about the fact that I used
my contacts with the Russians

- to sell this whole thing?
- Dangerous. You.

LEIA: You're unbelievable.
TONY: Thank you. Now,

about getting that phone number
in writing...

You're the detective, Tony.

You know what "Tony" is
spelled backwards?

Y-not. Think about it.

- You overheard that.
- Didn't have a choice.

Gibbs would never leave you
out of the loop on this.

- He didn't.
- You knew?

You were just-- Wait.

So why bother fighting with her?

She fights back.

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

I have a type.