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LAUGHTON: 16-21 to Dispatch.

We're pulling up to the warehouse now.

MAN [over radio]: Roger that, 16-21.

Dispatch said the 911 callerreported a van parked out front.

Well, it looks like they're gone now,

but head around back just in case we flush 'em out.

[train passing nearby]

Got a craving for a Lucky Dog.

Nothing's open this late anymore.

It's after 2:00 already.

It's the best time for a gourmet delicacy.

Served from a cart.

You've got no idea what theyactually put in those hot dogs.

Sometimes it's better not to ask.

[door creaks open]NOPD!

[gunfire]Palmer!

Unit 16-21 requesting immediate backup. Shots fired.

Palmer?! Officer down! Officer down!

Palmer?!

♪ Boom, boom, boom, boom

♪ Bang, bang, bang, bang

♪ Boom, boom, boom, boom

♪ How, how, how, how

♪ Hey, hey

♪ You gotta come on.

[siren wailing]

PRIDE: Mayor Taylor.

Thanks for coming, Dwayne.

Terrible thing.

The officer was ambushed

before he could even enter.

Mark Palmer, 12-year veteran of the NOPD.

Which makes me wonder why I'm here.

Walk with me.

I'm hoping for your discretion.

What I'm about to tell youis... sensitive.

Understood.

As you know, the D.A.is taking a fresh look

into some excessive force casesfrom the past few years,

three of whichinvolved the officer

who was killed last night.

You think his murder's connected to those cases?

I don't know whatto think. Evidently,

Palmer reached outto the Force Investigation Team

who looks into complaintsagainst officers.

Said he had informationto share.

I'm guessing he never got a chance to share it.

He was supposed to meet with the F.I.T. investigator

and the D.A. today.

I'm still not sure how this involves NCIS.

One of the excessive forcecases involved a Navy sailor.

Did this sailor threaten Officer Palmer?No.

In fact, he droppedthe whole case,

which, unfortunately,happens too often.

But one thing Black Lives Matterand the community has shown us

is, we can't let these...

incidents get sweptunder the rug.

This information that Officer Palmer had--

you think it has something to dowith the sailor's case?

If it does,we need to know.

Palmer impliedwhat he had to say would...

bring down some bad cops.

NOPD's not gonna appreciate us interfering.

No one knowsI'm asking for this,

except for the NOPDinvestigator Maya Hidalgo.

Please.

I'll see what I can find out.

Don't think I've forgottenabout Bahrain.

You still owe mea rematch.

Ha! You know, a new tennis clubopened here recently.

Any time. I just hopeyour serve's gotten better.

I plan to show you very soon.

[both laugh]

Please, sit.

Well, I'm surprised that D.C. could spare you.

We don't get to see the deputy director here that often.

Actually, the reason I'm here is mostly to see you.

Oh.Hannah,

you know how furious I wasabout what Van Cleef did to you.

[sighs] Yeah, well,

he damaged a lot of women's careers.

And thanks to you,he won't do it to anyone else.

I just wish I'd known what wasgoing on when it was happening.

Maybe I could have helped.

I appreciate that.Look,

it got crazy with the pandemic lockdowns,

but no one has forgotten what you risked

coming forward.

Have you thoughtabout your future at NCIS?

Because the executive staffcertainly has.

What'd you have in mind?

London.

You want to transfer me?

We want you to run the office.

It's a promotionto GS-14.

Your background in counterintelligence

makes you a perfect fit.

Okay, look, that might have been tempting

when my daughter and ex were there,

locked down for six weeks, but they're back now.

Opportunities like this don't come along often.

You're in a unique position here.

Because the brass is worried about blowback

from what happened with Van Cleef?

They've certainlyrecognized

they need more women in leadership positions,

which is why this is important

to me, too.

NCIS owes you

and all of those women a debt.

I intend to see it paid.

[sighs] I can't move to London, Lydia.

I told them you'd say that.

But don't think I'm letting this go.

There must be some way we can make this up to you.

[whirring]Ow! Damn it.

PATTON: You know how to work that thing?

How hard could it be? Carter does it all the time.

Yeah, you break his machine, he really gonna be pissed.

Carter's in Charlestonat a training seminar.

He'll never know.And look at that. Huh?

Hit it on the first swing, baby.

I thought you said you don't like

those frou-frou drinks.

Trying new things, I'm expanding my horizons.

What's going on? 'Cause thatdoesn't sound like you.

Nothing's going on.

I'm in a great mood.

Yeah, this really doesn't sound like you.

No. Don't tell Carter, but this is

actually really delicious. You want some?

PRIDE:Hey.

Hey, Pride,someone's been calling for you.

Said that he'sthe station manager at WWOZ.

What's going on?

Are you getting into radio?

You getting your own talk show?

[laughs] I doubt anybody would want to listen.

But, actually, WWOZ is gonna broadcast

one of those Saturdaynight concerts

I've been arrangingthe last few weeks.

Wow.You still doing them from the street outside your bar?

No. Too many people are showingup now outside of the bar.

We're setting up

in the park this Saturday.

They're gonna do the whole show over the radio?

That's the plan

if we can get it all coordinated.

Sounds likea lot of work.

Yeah, well, it's worth it

if the music helps people get through these tough times.

Yeah.

So, what have we learned about last night's shooting?

Evidently, a 911 caller

reported a break-in at the warehouse just after 2:00 a.m.

They refused to leave a name.

They get a number?

Yeah. I'm tracing it now.

All right, good. Listen,

we need to get an ID on that caller.

Oh, I'm working on it. As soon as I get something,

I'll let you know.

Okay.

Timing of the shooting was weird, Pride.

The killer started firing the second Officer Palmer

entered the building.

Probably heard 'em pull up.Yeah.

But why didn't he leaveout the back, try and get away?

It's a good question.

Sebastian's checking outthe scene now.

Maybe there's some reason

that the shooter didn't want to leave.

Yeah.

Hey, did you, uh, track the complaint filed

by the sailor?

Yeah. It's pretty thin.

Hey, why are we looking into this?

It doesn't really feel like

an NCIS case.

Mayor Taylor took an interest.

Okay.

Ensign Nathan Cox accused

an Officer Lenny Yates of using excessive force

while breaking up a fight.

Did he describe the excessive force?No.

And there's nothing that says what the fight was about

or who else was involved.

Why did Ensign Cox withdraw the complaint?

Officially, he didn't. He didn't want

to give any further statementto the NOPD, so they let it go.

But guess who Yates' partner was the night

he broke up the fight.

[typing]

[computer chirps]

Mark Palmer.

He was Yates's partner up until eight months ago.

So he most likely would have known

what went on with Ensign Cox.Yeah.

And I'm guessing it's way worsethan what was in that report.

Ensign Cox was hospitalized for almost a week

after the incident.

Mayor's hoping he'll talk to us.

We'll see.

Hannah and I are heading to Belle Chasse.

You know, it's kind of weird

that the mayor wants you to run a shadow investigation.

I just feel like there's something

she's not sharing with me.

Well, whatever it is, the NOPD's gonna be pissed

that we're involved anyway, so...

Yeah, you've gotthat right.

Assuming you're Hidalgo?

And you must be the legendary Special Agent Pride.

GREGORIO:Well, looks like fun.

I'll leave you to it.

I've worked a lot of sensitive cases,

but this is the first time I'veever had the mayor get involved.

Not trying to step on any toes.

You can step on anything you want

if it helps me get to the truth.

I've been working these cases for months,

and last night I lost the only lead I had.

You got no idea what Palmer was gonna reveal?

He wouldn't say until

an immunity deal was in place.

And now we may never know.

COX: Am I in some kind of trouble?

HANNAH:N-No. Not at all.We were concerned

youmight be the victim of a crime.

About a year ago,involving the NOPD?

That was nothing. Just a misunderstanding.

GREGORIO: A week in the hospital

is a little more than a misunderstanding.

I'm good, okay?

I don't want any more trouble.

We're on your side here. We want to make this right.

And how are yougonna do that?

Sure as hell can'tkeep away the nightmares.

Look, Nathan, we really need your help.

You got to talk to us so we can stop this

from happening to someone else.

There were two of them.

You only included

Yates in your report.

Well, his partner was there, too.

This guy?

Talk to us, please.

Yeah.

Look, I shouldn't have got involved, okay?

I should've just walked away.

The report says you were heading back

to the base alone that night.

My boys wanted to keep

partying, but I needed some shut-eye.

And I saw this guy pushing up on his girlfriend,

getting real physical.

So you stepped in?

The dude sucker-punched me.

But I gave as good as I got.

Then these cops show up out of nowhere,

started beating the hell out of me.

Now, my training kicked in, so I defended myself.

Then one of them used their Taser on me.

Now I'm down.

And they keep shocking me.

Five or six times.

Yelling at me.

Part of me wanted to die right there on that pavement.

Why wasn't any of this in your complaint?

After I reported it, this detective

showed up.

Started asking me questions about how drunk I was

and how I started the whole thing.

Made it clear that it was my word against theirs.

You think he was trying to get you to drop the complaint?

I know he was.

He pretended to be sincere, acting like he was worried

I'd get discharged or arrested for assaulting an officer.

So you let it go.

That detective was right about one thing.

Nobody's gonna believe the wordof a Black man over two cops.

We do.

Look, this detective,do you remember his name?

Donovan Blakely. He worked patrol

until two years agowhen he made detective.

Force Investigative Team?

No. Narcotics.There's no reason

he should've been following upon an excessive force complaint.

Unless he had a personal reason.

Covering up for his friends?

PATTON:Hey.

I traced the 911 call that reported

the break-in at the warehouse.

Did you get a name, P?

No, the phone waspay-as-you-go.

It's been off-line since just after the call was made.

Fake 911 call sounds like a setup.

We know the shooter fired

as soon as Palmer entered the building.

Mm-hmm. Day before, he was supposed to spill

whatever secrets he was keeping.

This is starting to sound like it wasn't just

a random cop killing.PRIDE: Yeah.

More like a well-planned execution.

PRIDE: These three guys had multiple complaints

filed against them over the years.

Yeah, it's hard to get rid of bad cops.

The union fights termination every step of the way,

claiming these officers have qualified immunity

whenever they want.

Immunity protects officers from civil suits.

It doesn't give them license to abuse their authority.

Try telling them that.

They should be ashamed to wear the badge.

Worked a couple cases with an Alfonso Hidalgo--

lieutenant now, used to be in Homicide.

My dad...

and my younger brother's on patrol in the 2nd District.

Aunts and uncles, too.

The family business.

All good cops.

Helped push through a lot of great changes in the NOPD

over the last 20 years.

Sounds like you're doing your part, too.

If I was doing it better, thesedirtbags would be behind bars.

What do you figure Palmer was gonna tell you

and the D.A.?

I assume

about how badly they beat Ensign Cox.

Except Cox admitted that hefought back before he got shot.

So they had a pretty solid defense

against the excessive force charge.

Yeah.

Doesn't seem like enoughto murder a fellow officer over.

You think Palmer had something else.

Yeah.

But we need to figure out what that was.

GREGORIO: Oh, my God, you're crazy.

Why didn't you move?

The flight was full, and Ididn't want to make a big fuss.

It was the guy's emotional support animal.

It's a pig.

Oh, hey, this is my friend

and coworker Hannah.KARA: Hi, Hannah.

This is Kara.Hi.

I've been hearing your name around here a lot.

It's nice to meet you.

You, too.

Hopefully, we can do it in person soon.

I-I would like that, yeah.

Yeah, me, too.

Hey, I'll call you later tonight, okay?

Or, instead of a call, maybewe could actually get together.

That's probably not safe.

I'm around a lot of people every day.

I promise to keep appropriatelysocially distanced.

[scoffs] Yeah, right.All right, we'll talk about it.

I-I got to go.

We're in the middle of a big case right now.

Or we could do Saturday.

Doesn't your boss put on thoseweekly concerts in the Bywater?

Okay, we'll talk about it later.

Hey, I have another call coming in.

Talk to you later, gorgeous.GREGORIO: Bye.

Bye, bye, bye-bye-bye.What call?

Huh?

Oh, no, I thought there was something. It's my phone.

Was a little glitch.

And you got tested for COVID. You're negative.

So?

So, why are you avoiding seeing Kara

for, like, what, four weeks now?

I'm not avoiding her.Except you are.

No, I'm just trying to get to know her.

Yeah, wouldn't that be easier

if you were in the same place?

Well?

Oh, are those refugee camps?

I'm gonna go outon a limb here

and say that our bad cops don't have that much reach.

Yeah, I was hoping to find the family of Farid Mokrani.

Who's that?

He's my informant from Algeria.

The one Van Cleef exposed.

Yeah.

ISIS showed up at his house

and murdered him in front of his family.

That's on Van Cleef, Hannah, not you.

Yeah, but I wasresponsible for him,

and I should've protected him.

So now you're looking for his family.

I have been, for years.

After he was murdered, his wifeand his two daughters fled.

I tracked them down to this refugee camp,

but, you know, they were gone.

Do you know where they are now?

They're not in any ofthe records that I've been able

to access, but when I met with

Deputy Director Scarborough this morning,

she said that NCIS owed me.

Well, it sounds like you got an idea on how to collect.

Yeah,U.S. intelligence agencies

keep highly classified databases on refugees

in order to monitor terrorist connections.

Well, maybe NCIS can help you access those databases.

Scarborough would have that pull.

Well, if it were me, I'd beasking for a big fat raise, too.

I need you to see the order yourself, Jimmy.

I can't afford to miss another shipment!

Loretta,Loretta?

Hey, looks like thingshaven't slowed down any.

Well, some days are better than others.

Today isn't one of them.

Hey, well, I heard the parish is facing budget reductions.

Your department gonna be okay?

Ten percent reduction across the board,

and the intakes are still way up.

So, no.

I got to tell you, this is really strange, Dwayne.

It was the mayor's idea.

I mean, she wanted to meet somewhere

we wouldn't be seen together.

[sighs] You know...

you asked for discreet.

This private enough for you, Zahra?

Well, I was actually hoping for an empty office,

but this works.

Leave you to it, then.

Well, why don't you stick around, Loretta.

We both value your counsel.

Hidalgo reached out to you?

Yeah, she did.

Gave us files on the excessiveforce cases she's investigating.

My team's combing through 'em, looking for any red flags.

We also talked to the sailor whofiled the complaint last year.

What did you find?

He got beat up bad

by two NOPD officers,one of them being your dead cop.

Third guy, a detective,

he helped them cover it up.

You're investigating NOPD?

That why you didn't want people seeing you?

Yeah, yeah.

This looks like a patternthat's been going on for years,

these guys covering up for each other.

But I got a feelingyou already knew this.

I suspected.

But you were parish sheriff for years, Dwayne.

I wanted you to draw your own conclusion.

Well, doesn't matter what any of us suspect.

Okay? We-we got no evidence.

All we got is the sailor's testimony,

and they will say that he's lying.

Cops know how to work the system.

These guys are dirty.

We'll find the proof.

I wouldn't count on it.

Have you any idea how often medical examiners

get pressured to label

excessive force deaths as accidents, not homicides?

Well, if there's ever a time to change things, it's now.

And we've heard that public outcry before.

And now here we are, back in the same place again!

Oh, hi, guys.

Sebastian, what are you doing here?

Getting gloves.

'Cause it's the supply closet.

Okay, g-get out! Out!Okay, all right.

[phone ringing]Well, I got somethingto show you

whenever this is all...

Out!My foot!

PRIDE: I'll be right there.

[groans] Dr. Wade.

No, you have to reroute them to Orleans Parish.

I have to deal with this.

[sighs] These last few months have been rough on her.

Seeing Loretta struggle like this

makes me wonder how any of us are gonna get through it.

You okay?

Huh? Oh, yeah, it's fine.

She just has to blow offsome steam every now and then.

Well...

you've been helping her outso much the last couple months.

[sighs] I mean,I've been trying, you know?

It's like she's fightinga battle that never ends.

There's not a whole lot I can doto make it better either.

Luckily, it's a lot less frustrating

to just solve a crime.

This is all fromOfficer Palmer's murder?

Yeah. I checked out the scene like you asked.

NOPD found three .45-caliber bullet casings

in the shadows here.

The shooter was set upright across from the entrance,

so he must've been waiting there for a while.

Were they able to pull prints?No.

And no DNA either, but that's not really that surprising

since pulling DNA off of a bullet casing

only has a one percent success rate.

You building upto something here?

Am I that easy to read now?

Yes.Yeah. Okay.

So, I, uh, was reading this new study--

out of the Netherlands of all places, which is crazy

'cause you know how tall they...

I'm gonna give you five seconds, Sebastian.Right, okay.

So, it was all about a new way

of testing for DNA off of bullet casings.

Four.It's really cool what they do.

So, they take the bullet casingsand they put it

in this chemical cocktail for, like, 30 minutes.

Like if you hadlaundry, right?

And you hada really bad stain...

Two.Anyway,

so, it breaks down the cells

and it allows you to isolate the DNA

so you can test it, and I did it, and it worked.

And I have ID'd the shooter.[computer beeping]

Lamont Russell?Yeah.

He's got a real longrap sheet, too.

He's got, uh, multiple convictions

for armed robbery, assault.

Any ties to Blakely or Yates?

[sighs] Nothing I found so far.

Let's go talk to

Officer Palmer's partner, see if she remembers him

having any dealings with this guy.

If there's a connection betweenLamont Russell and our cops,

we need to find it.Yeah.

♪

SEBASTIAN:Officer Laughton's sergeant says

she hasn't respondedto any calls or texts.

She miss work?

She took a few days' leave,

but no one's heardfrom her since.

Looks like no one's home.

Officer Laughton?

Step back.

Hands where I can see them.

PRIDE: Easy.

Special Agent Dwayne Pride.

I said hands up!All right.

All right, take it easy.We're law enforcement.

Oh, yeah? Who the hell you think I'm afraid of?

PRIDE: Has somebody from NOPDbeen physically threatening you?

More like harassed.

I found a dead ratin my mailbox this morning.

Report it to your C.O.?

I can't make accusations againstfellow officers without proof.

My career would be over.

So you know who did it?The same ones

who stuffed anonymous notesinto my locker a few weeks ago.

Told me to request a change of partner or else.

Or call me all hours of the night.

Warning me my time is up.

They had a problem with you working with Officer Palmer?

I think they blamed mefor how Mark was changing.

Were you guys close?

We weren't, like, friends who'd hang out or anything.

Honestly, we probably wouldn't

have gotten tight a couple years ago, but

he went through a pretty nasty divorce.

Lost custody of his kids.

Started regretting a lot of his actions.

He even came to churchwith me a couple times.

His friends didn't like that?

Thought I wasa bad influence, I guess.

Especially when Mark startedsaying he needed to make amends.

PRIDE: These cops who are

harassing you...

would they be Donovan Blakely and Lenny Yates?

Like I said, I've got no proof of that.

What about this guy?

Lamont Russell?

You ever see him with Palmer or the other two cops?

No. Who is he?

He's the guy who shot your partner.

And could have killed you

if you'd been closer.

Look...

I know how hard it is to cross that blue line.

But if you know anything...

...we could sure use it.

These men--they've done a lot worse

than leave a dead rat in a mailbox.

I don'’t know who.

But Mark told me

that he and his friends

had protection in the department.

Protection...

that came from pretty high up.

Hey.GREGORIO: Hey.

NOPD's got a BOLO out for Lamont Russell.

Yeah, he'’s a cop killer.Kill first, talk later.

Okay, so we need to get to him first.

Any connection between him and either Blakely or Yates?

Not yet, but I did findsomething interesting

in the filesthe investigator sent me.

One name keeps popping up.It's Lieutenant Simon Gore.

He's senior supervisor who signed off

on a lot of internal reviews,

including most of the complaintsagainst the three cops.

He has his own share ofexcessive force investigations

back when he was in uniform, too.

Well, sounds like he could be their protection.

Let Pride know.

Okay.[phone ringing]

Hannah Khoury.

You weren'’t kiddingwhen you said it was a big ask.

Both CIA and DIA are still refusing access

to any classified databases on refugees.

Sometimes it'’s like they just

don't knowwe'’re all on the same side.

I'’m not giving up yet,

but I may actually have something better.

Okay, I'’m listening.

An intelligence agent I know

worked in the region around the same time

Farid'’s family disappeared.

Part of his job was identifyingand photographing refugees

with possible ISIS ties.

And he'’ll share those photos?

Eyes only.

O-Of course.

Then I'’ll forward them through the secure network.

Just a warning, there are a lot.

Yeah, but it'’s a start. Thanks.

I told you we owed you a debt and I meant it.

Keep me updated.Of course.

[exhales]

Hey.

You knowthis Lieutenant Simon Gore?

Not personally.

I do know he was forcibly retired last year

when NOPD brought in fresh leadership.

He have a particularlystrong relationship

with any of the copswe'’re investigating?

Talked to my dad about him. He says Gore was old school.

A lot of guys looked up to him.

Blakely and Yatesamong those?

Palmer, too.[door opens]

I don'’t rememberinviting you onto my property.

Lieutenant Gore, I'’m Detective Maya Hidalgo with NOPD.

Yeah, I knowwho you are.

Best thing about retirement's

I don'’t have to talk to you anymore.

We just want to ask you about a few cases you supervised.

Well, isn't that just too bad?

You'’re not NOPD.

No, sir.

Special AgentDwayne Pride, NCIS.

Promise we won'’t taketoo much of your time.

You're not taking any of it.

'Cause you'’re both leaving right now.

Lieutenant, you can tell us what we need to know here,

in the comfort of your home,or I can get the chief involved.

But one way or another, I need some answers.

What cases?

A few internal reviews you signed off on

as senior supervisor.

Internal reviews?

Those are all excessive force complaints?

That'’s right, going back several years.

Well, I don'’t want to go downtown...

...but I guess I can

spare a little time.

Let me get my readers.

Waste of time.

W-What do you mean?

It was your agent who found the connection.

He was adamant about refusing to talk, right up until

he realized it was about the excessive force cases.

He'’s not worried about what'’s in these files.

He'’s worried about something, though.

We just haven'’t found it yet.

HANNAH: Relax. You'’re do great on your test, Naomi.

Ten more minutes of studying and then straight to bed.

Okay?

I love you, too. Good night.

Basira.

Lydia?

She'’s here.

Yeah, she changed her last name to Idrissi.

That'’s why she wasn't in the refugee databases.

I found her.

It's getting late, Gregorio. Pick it up in the morning.

Thanks, but I'’m fine.Actually, I might have found

the incidentthat spooked the lieutenant

you and Hidalgo talked to,

and you were right, the case never came up

in an excessiveforce complaint.

But it might be worth killing someone to keep it quiet?

About a year ago, Detective Blakely

got into an altercationwith a Jasper Taggert,

who had diagnosedmental disabilities.

Taggert lived in a group home and worked part-time

bagging groceries.

Blakely claimed he resisted arrest

on a public nuisance charge,

which is why he had to get rough.

How rough?

Well, I called the group home to talk to Taggert

and try and find out.

Turns out that the beating that Blakely gave him

put him into a coma.

And that'’s not in the report?

Not at all.

Lieutenant Simon Gore signed off on it

without any further review.

Well, we need to talk to Taggert

and get the rest of his story on the record.

Yeah, we can'’t do that, Pride.

Jasper Taggert died three months ago.

People can enjoy the concert with their friends and family,

but at a safe distance.

Been hearing a lotabout these concerts for weeks.

How long you beendoing them?Oh...

a few months. Started small, in the street outside the bar.

Eventually, so many people showed up,

we had to put the band up on the balcony.

And then we outgrew that, too.

Folks need to let loose.I know I sure do.

Yeah, you and me both.

This is incredible, Dwayne.

Well, well, we'’ll see how it goes.

This is our first time here in the park,

so I'm a little nervous.

We'’ll start setting up.Fantastic.

Let me know if you need anything,

and thanks for doing this.

HANNAH: Only special agent I know

that sidelines as a concert promoter. [chuckles]

Yeah, well, it puts a smile on my face.

Yeah. A lot of otherpeople's, too.

I, um, I spoke to the lady who runs the group home

that Jasper Taggert used to live in.

She have anything we can use?

Well, she said that Taggert used to get agitated,

but never violent.

She never bought Blakely'’s version

of how the beating went down.

Yeah.Taggert never woke from his coma

to give a different version.

And he didn'’t have any family to follow up, either.

She, um, tried to make an excessive force complaint

on his behalf, but a cop warned her

that he would file additional charges

against Taggert if she didn'’t let it go.

She ID'd the cop.

Lenny Yates.

Covering for Blakely just likeBlakely covered for him.

Yeah, he'’ll just say she just misunderstood.

[scoffs]

And we still got no evidenceto prove otherwise.

You think thatthe group home manager

would have access to Taggert'’s medical records?

I can call and ask.

Yeah, well, if she does,

have them sent to Loretta.

Maybe she can help us find something.

Okay. Will do.

Oh, and hey, good luck out here.

[phone rings]Looks like it'’s gonna be great.

Oh, yeah, well, fingers crossed.

[laughs]

Khoury.

Oh, my God. Are you sure?

SCARBOROUGH: With the correct last name,

we were able to find Basira Idrissi

at a refugee camp in Morocco.

Those camps are brutal.

From what we can tell,the family'’s been there

almost two years.Have you talked to her?

Someone from the embassy is on with her now,

but it'’s a terrible connection.

[exhales]

Basira?

I don'’t know if you remember me.

I... No, I-I did nothing wrong.

Why am I here?

No, you'’re not in any trouble, I promise.

I knew Farid.

You. I know you.

Hannah Khoury.

You are the reason Farid is dead.

I know.

And I am eternally sorry for that.

Do you know what they did to him?

I do.

The only reason that we are alive

is because I took my daughters and ran.

Our family, our whole lives--

we left everything behind

and we'’re still not safe.

My country owes you a debt.

We want to help.The last time you said

you'’d help, my husband was tortured

and killed in front of me.

There must be something that we can do.

You can get my daughters out of here before they die, too.

The camp....

is dangerous.

They are older now.

I can'’t protect them much...[beep]

Basira?

Basira?[tapping keys]

Basira?

We'’ll get them money, food...

You heard what she said.

We need to get them out of there.

The State Departmentwon'’t approve refugees...Okay, well,

go over their heads.

Basira has been fighting to keep her children safe

for the past seven years becauseVan Cleef ruined her life.

Whatever it takes, we have to make this happen.

I'm sorry my schedule'’s so crazy.

I get it-- your job sounds intense.

Sometimes. That'’s why talking to you is so nice.

But it is starting to feel likeyou'’ve always got an excuse.

Excuse? Kind of sounds like

you think I'’m making stuff up.

[sighs] Look, if you don'’t want to meet,

just say so.Oh... What?

Of course I want to see you.

Then come to the concert tonight.

It's gonna be so fun.

Kara, I... I just...

Or don'’t.

I'’m a grown-up. I think you are, too.

If this isn'’t gonna happen, let's not

waste each other'’s time.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Let's just take a second.

I got to run.

Hey...

Can you believe this girl?

I talk to her all the time.

Yeah, except she'’s right.

You'’re avoiding her.You know,

a real friend would be supportive

instead of being an ass.

What'’s going on?

This girl'’s, like, the bestthing to happen to you in ages.

Yeah, and the reason it'’s so good is

because I'’m actually getting

to know her. I'm not just jumping into bed

and sleeping with her, getting bored and moving on.

You know, it is possible to date somebody

and not have sex with them, right?

So you'’ve proven.

The point is that you'’ve been raving about Kara

for weeks.

Maybe getting bored's not the thing you'’re really scared of.

That'’s my last soda.

Ah. Wow, look at that.

I can be supportive

and be an ass. [clicks tongue]

Got your text.

The manager of the group home

got me accessto Jasper Taggert's

medical records.Oh, I appreciate you taking a look.

I know how busy you are

and it'’s not really an NCIS official...

I'’m happy to help.

I-I want to get these men as much as you do.

I just wish I had somethingmore useful for you.

Seems to be a recurring theme on this case.

What I can tell you is

that Mr. Taggert'’s blood work showed high levels

of benzodiazepine at the time he was hospitalized.

They prescribe that for anxiety.

That would make himmore sedate, right?

Exactly. Not overly aggressive,

as the arrest report claimed.

And can you see these injuries around the wrist?

They indicate that he was

restrained during the beatings,not just afterward

as Detective Blakelyclaimed.

Pretty evident what happened here.

We just don't haveany way to prove it.

No, not without

corroborating testimonyfrom the victim.

Every time it feels like

we'’re getting close, we just hit another dead end.

Well, if it were that easy,

we'd have gotten ridof the bad cops a long time ago.

You okay, Loretta?

Sometimes, don't you just have the feeling

that we are fighting the same battles over and over again?

Sometimes.

Not sure what else to do but just...

keep fighting.

[phone rings]

Hannah.

Yeah, Khoury?

NOPD spotted the man who killed Officer Palmer.

They're in pursuit. Sebastian and I just got here.

Federal agents, let us through.

PRIDE: All right, do what you can to defuse the situation.

Lenny Yates is already here.

Yeah, Blakely, too.

Caught sight of himand gave chase.

Yeah, the suspect came at me.

I was in fear for my life, so I took appropriate action.

If we're gonna get those two, we need Lamont Russell alive.

We'’re too late, Pride.

[indistinct chatter]

SEBASTIAN: So Detective Blakely claims

that Russell advanced on him.

Says he ordered him to stop, but Russell kept coming.

Yeah. Conveniently, there were no other witnesses

here to contradict him.

Russell have a gun?Yeah, he did, but

Blakely and Yates definitely hadenough time to throw one down.

Still means that the shooting appears

justified.Yeah, well, it could wrap the whole case up in a bow.

If those two were the ones that killed Palmer,

there'’s no way to prove it now.

PRIDE: We'’ve been investigating from the shadows.

It'’s time to change tactics.

See if we can'’t shake things up.

NCIS!

Well, you must bethe one working

with our industriousF.I.T. investigator.

Guess you'’ve been talking to your buddy Lieutenant Gore.

Simon was a great cop-- gave over 20 years on the force.

Protecting you and your friends

every step of the way.

Look, why don'’t you go back to busting drunk sailors

or whatever it is you guys do?

None of this has anything to do with you.

Well, you'’re wrong there, Blakely.

You abuse the badge

and that reflects on all of us who wear it.

So it has everything to do with me.

Now, I may not have enough to make a case

against you yet,

but I don'’t ever give up.

So get ready.

I'’m coming for you.

Hannah, come in.

They said no, didn'’t they?I told you it'’d be hard.

We won'’t be able to get American visas

for Basira and the girls for months,

if ever.They don'’t have months.

We need to get them out of there now.

Let me finish.

The Navy reached out

and were able to get the familyapproved to settle in the E.U.

until things get worked out.

We'’re moving them

right now.

Agent Khoury!

You did it. We'’re leaving.

Basira, are the girls with you?

Yeah, we'’re all here.

They say... they say they are taking us to Berlin,

that we'’ll have a small apartment there.

That'’s wonderful.

I don'’t know how to thank you.

No, no need to thank me.

I just hope everything is better for all of you.

[engine starts]GIRL: Mama!

I'’m sorry, they say we have to go.

Go, go.

Basira, good luck.

As-salaam alaikum.

Wa alaikum as-salaam.

Uh...[monitor clicks off]

Thank you, Lydia.

It'’s the least we could do.

But don'’t think I'’ve given up on seeing you

in a leadership position someday.

I mean, who knows?

Maybe one day we'’ll get you on this side of the desk.

♪

♪ Do you know we got a funky groove ♪

♪ Guess what, baby

♪ It'll make you move, you're damn right ♪

♪ Look, everybody, everybody, come on, get up ♪

♪ Get on up, get on up

♪ I showed her what is in the funk... ♪

Will you just relax and enjoy the music?

Kara just texted.She said she's headed this way.

Okay, well, try not to look so terrified then.

I really don'’t want to blow this.

Just...Oh, God, okay, here we go.

Here we go.breathe, breathe with your lungs.

KARA: Hi!Hi.

Hey. How are you?Hi. How are you? [laughs]

You actually showed up.

Of course.I wouldn't miss this.

I got us the whole circle

so you don't have to worryabout six feet apart.

This is so sweet.

Yeah.Um, this is Sebastian.

Hi.He helped me hold

the circle, so thank you.Mm-hmm.

You can go now. Thank you so much.

Oh, yeah, but the band's just...

I'm gonna go. I'm gonna get out of here.

[clears throat] Um, it was, uh, great meeting you.

It was nice to meet you.Have a great time.

See you at home.Yeah.

Okay!

This is really romantic.

Yeah, well...

I figured we'd start things off right, so...

Yeah.

You look beautiful.

♪

♪ Everybody, everybody, come on, get up ♪

♪ Get on up, get on up

♪ I showed her what is in the funk ♪

♪ You bet I showed her what is in the funk, girl... ♪

Another successful night, Dwayne.

Congratulations.Yeah.

Wish I could say the rest of the day went as well.I heard.

Blakely shot the one man who could implicate him

in Officer Palmer'’s murder.

Yeah. And made sure it looked like a clean shoot

in the eyes of the law.

So... does this mean we give up?

You ever known meto give up, Zahra?

Can'’t say I have. It's oneof the things I like about you.

One way or another,I'’m gonna take those guys down.

They'’ll come after you if it looks

like you'’re out to get the NOPD.Yeah.

They'’ll come after both of us.

You want to step away fromall this, I'’ll understand.

You ever known me to give up, Dwayne?

[laughs]: Nah.[laughs]

I can'’t say that I have, Zahra.

I ran for office so that I could fix this city.

You tell me what you need.

Whatever the blowback,

we'll do this together.

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