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Somebody better
be dead or dying.

When?

Has it been confirmed?

Are you sure?

Okay. Okay, got it. Understood.

McGee, get your ass
into the office.

Wake everyone up.

Do not pass go,
do not collect $200.

I'm not entirely sure,
but from what I just heard,

I-I, uh...

I think World War III
is about to start.

*

All right, we'll hold the fort
down until you get here.

You got it, Director.

Isn't he on
his way to Venezuela?

They're turning
the plane around.

Oh, that doesn't sound good.

Then you're gonna love this.

NCIS Naples just intercepted
an encrypted message

out of Belarus.

Looks like Belarus is
planning a surprise attack.

Well, finally making
a move on Ukraine.

No, no. Targets
are all over Europe.

What?
Yeah.

But what's the surprise?

I mean, NATO will know
the second that Belarus

starts moving
any ground troops.

Belarus isn't
using ground troops.

They're using ballistic
missile launchers.

The mobile kind.

Clearly a gift
from the Russians.

Finally making good
on their threat

to bring the fight to Europe.

And using Belarus as a proxy.

Intel says they could
launch at any moment.

Are we gonna talk about
what Kasie is wearing?

I was at an all-night
D&D session.

I'm missing the final showdown.

Yeah, sucks.
I know you spent weeks

collecting healing potions.

You know the
barbarian's gonna eat

all the pizza
while I'm gone.

Hmm. I'm 10% nerdier
just for listening to that.

Hey, has anyone heard from Jess?
She's not answering her cell.

She's off for a couple days.
She's camping.

Yeah, I already sent someone
to go find her.

Okay, so if Knight is busy
roasting marshmallows,

what are we doing?

I mean, stopping
missile launches

isn't exactly
our department.

Actually, in this case, it is.

Apparently, Naples picked up
the Belarus transmission

using a-- an algorithm created
by someone in your office.

A shocking display
of competence.

As a result, NSA feels your
team is the best shot we have

to decode
the rest of message.

The rest of the message?

NSA thinks the location
of those missile launchers

is embedded in the transmission.

If we can find out where Belarus
is hiding those launchers...

We can take them out before
they can do any damage.

And kill this baby in the crib.

Not my favorite idiom, but okay.

I just finished briefing
the President on Air Force One.

I impressed upon him
the need for speed.

He ordered a carrier
strike group

to haul ass to the Baltic Sea.

When we find those launchers,
we blast them to hell.

Uh, just throwing it out there,

maybe talk to Belarus's
ambassador?

Let them know that we know
about the attack?

Negative. CIA feels if
Belarus even gets whiff

that we're onto them,
they'll launch.

And we have no idea how big
this attack is going to be.

And our embassies, our bases,

they're already
in enough danger.

Excuse me, gentlemen.

Should we prepare our
Naples office for evacuation?

Negative. Belarus might notice.

We could still give our
embassies a warning on the D.L.

Are you listening?

We can't risk this getting out.

Our people are sitting ducks
out there!

Can you please
play 3D chess for once?

Can you please get
your head out of your ass?!

Hold it, hold it.

I take that back.

Let's, uh, slow the roll.

We're all on the same team.

Now is not the time
to be fighting each other.

No, it's not.

That was Command Center
at NORAD.

They find out where those
missile launchers are?

No.

They just lost contact
with Air Force One.

Air Force One, as in...?

Air Force One.

I think I'd better
get my team started

on finding
those missile launchers.

Good idea.

Jimmy?

Ow-- Ouch.

What are you doing here?

I was checking your pulse.

I meant in my RV.

Well, McGee sent me
to check on you

because you weren't
answering your phone.

That's because I turned it...

Why were you checking my pulse?

To see if you're still alive.

And why wouldn't I be alive?

Because you weren't snoring
and I-I got worried.

And--
Will you please let go?

Please? Please? Ah!

Ooh.

I don't snore.
Of course
you don't.

Except for all the times
that you snore.

Agree to disagree.

But why are you
in my RV?

I'll explain
on the way back to NCIS.

I need a lift anyway.

How'd you get here?

The Man Van, but it's not
really built for offroad.

Flat tire. I get it.

Two.

Well, so much for my time off.

How soon will you be back?

We're an hour away.

I already brought
Jess up to speed.

Did NORAD actually lose contact
with Air Force One?

Yeah, apparently it was
just a technical glitch.

But their entire
comms system is down.

Right before Belarus is about
to launch a surprise attack?

That can't be a coincidence.

No one thinks it is.

So what is it?

We have to assume

it's some kind
of Russian cyberattack

to degrade our command
and control capabilities

before Belarus
launches those missiles.

So Air Force One is
operationally dead in the water?

At least until they can land.

And when
is that gonna be?

Just shy of an hour.

We might not have an hour.

That's the best we can
do right now, Senator.

Have you heard anything new
from the NCIS office in Florida?

Florida?

Didn't NCIS Naples intercept
the original transmission?

Um, NCIS Naples
is in Italy.

Who is this idiot?

This idiot...

is the President Pro Tempore
of the United States Senate.

Which makes me the fourth
in the line of succession.

Which, given the fact
the Speaker of the House

is also on Air Force One,
makes me in charge.

Um, I think you might've
skipped the Vice President.

Uh, colonoscopy.

I'm sorry, what?

Who gets a colonoscopy
at 3:00 a.m.?

Emergency colonoscopy.

As a result of
"life-threatening GI distress."

So the entire chain of command
is out of commission,

just as we're about
to be attacked?

That can't be
a coincidence, either.

No, and we have people
working on it.

But our job right now
is to focus on Belarus.

Once we figure out
where they're hiding

those missile launchers,
what are our options?

We drop a cluster
of MOABs, sir.

Then we send ground troops
in to--

No ground troops.

Sir, it's the only way to verify

those launchers
are out of commission.

What about tactical nukes?

What about them?

With that kind
of firepower,

we won't need ground
troops to verify crap.

Plus, it'll make anyone
think twice

about attacking us again.

Or, uh, backfire
and start World War III.

Belarus started this.

If we fire first,
we'll be the ones starting it.

Okay, Smarty Pants,
you got a better idea?

Yeah.
Something else.

Like...?

Okay, this is the part
of the Belarus transmission

that's left to decrypt.

Hopefully,
it tells us the location

of their missile launchers.

All right, did-did Curtis
really write the code

that intercepted
the original message?

Yeah, the guy makes one hell
of a Dungeon Master, too.

Wow. All right,
where do we start?

I say we warm up with
a little frequency analysis.

Hmm.
After you.

Don't touch that!

It's already running my custom
ultra-wideband demodulator.

I mean, you can touch it
if you want.

Thank you.

You'll just mess everything up!

Forget I said that.
Touch whatever you'd like.

Appreciate the help.
Thank you.

Team work makes the dream work.

I'm just a little shook up
about the rumor we might drop a,

you know... nuclear bomb.

Well, it's a small,
low-yield nuclear bomb.

Is that supposed
to make me feel better?
Well,

the other option is a massive
spread of conventional MOABs.

And supposedly they'd cause
more collateral damage

than a single tactical nuke.

Wait. Am I pro-nuke?

Hello!
Pandora's box, anyone?

I'm sure once
we open that door again,

we will not be the only ones
to walk through it.

And will anyone care about
collateral damage at that point?

I think the people who aren't
killed by the MOABs might care.

And I feel really silly
having this conversation

in my Dungeon Master outfit.
Do you have any--

Overalls, back office.
Thank you.

Okay. What are we doing, McGee?

Uh, not sure, but...

But I think we're doing it.
Looks like Curtis's program

found the locations to
those missile launchers.
Oh.

Wait. What's happening?
I don't know.
Looks like some kind

of secondary...
System alert.

System alert.

Don't touch anything!
Don't touch anything!

What did you touch?!
What?

Get the general on the horn.

You have locations
on those missile launchers?

We do.
I'm logging into the
Pentagon's secure server

as we speak.

But I got good news.

Our Orion satellite cluster
just picked up

a second transmission
out of Belarus.

Well, Space Force
hasn't reported anything.

Well, our tech's algorithm found
it hiding in a chirp signal.

Huh.
What's the transmission say?

We've got people
decoding it now.

But it was sent
the moment that one

of our sub attack groups
started moving.

Belarus must know
we're on to them.

Which means the transmission
could be a stand-down order.

Maybe.

I'll order a tactical pause.

Give your people enough time
to finish decoding the message.

In the meantime,

what we need is--

Stand by.

This is General Bran--

Yes, sir.

Of course, sir.

Well, if you have

been listening you know that
there's a second transmission.

Yeah--

Yes, sir, I understand.

Sir.

Godspeed.

Let me guess. Naples, Florida?

Good guess.

We're not pausing
our attack, are we?

No.

We are not.

Okay, maybe we should just, uh,

take a second
and slow everything down here.

I agree.

Unfortunately,
we're out of time.

General--
We have been given
a direct order.

My team just needs
another half an hour

to decrypt that second message.

You don't even have
another minute.

Curtis, have you
started uploading

those target
coordinates yet?

I was just about to.

Don't.

Excuse me?
Excuse me?

General, the stakes
are too high to rush this.

Upload those coordinates now.

Look, man,
I'm not gonna do that!

Yes, Director.

Agent Parker is uploading
the missile locations

to the Pentagon
as we speak.

We'll, uh, we'll
keep you posted.

Why is no one talking?

You're Agent McGee, correct?

Yes, sir.

Arrest Agent Parker.

Excuse me?

Excuse me?

And then upload the locations

of those missile launchers
immediately.

Well, what is happening?

Agent Parker is refusing
a direct order.

Well, sir, technically,
NCIS agents

aren't in the chain of command
and don't have to follow--

Enough of this.

They're not giving us
time to decrypt

the new message
before they attack.

That's crazy.

Agent McGee, are you going
to arrest Agent Parker

or not?

That's gonna be a hard pass.

Cut it, Curtis.

Thanks for the quick
vote of confidence.

Figure you know
what you're doing.

You do know what
you're doing, right?

I guess we should
call Vance back and brief him.

You want to flip for it?
Yeah, I got it.

That's weird, I'm
not getting a signal.

I think I know why.
We got company.

Agents on every floor.

Cell jammer stays on
until you hear from me.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. What
are you guys doing here?

Arresting you both.

What?
You gotta be kidding.

Cuff 'em. All communication

in and out of this building
has been cut off.

If you don't want
to stay at your desks,

we are happy to arrest you

for interfering
with an FBI operation.

Wait a minute.
Have you guys been hiding

in the parking lot or something?

Actually, yes.
When I saw you hesitate,

I requested authority

to take over
in case you dropped the ball.

And you did!

Now, where are
the launcher locations?

No. Not until we decode
that second message.

What if Belarus
is standing down?
What if they're not?

Well, don't you think
we should find out

before we, you know,
drop a nuclear bomb?

That's not your call. You've
been given a direct order.

I'm not required to follow
an order I deem illegal.

And facilitating the
release of a nuclear weapon

under these circumstances
feels a little illegal to me!

Well, even if the message
contains a stand-down order...
The timing of the message

tells me that Belarus knows...
...it could be--
It could just be a decoy

to delay the counterattack!
...that they lost

the element of surprise!
And you're falling for it!

Every blood is on your hands!
They haven't launched yet!

They might be calling
off the attack!

But we don't know that!
I just told McGee that!

Well, then I'll wipe
the blood on your shirt.
Why don't you go ahead?

Let's see what happens.
I'll make sure the FBI director

knows when the world blows up,
it's your fault!
Go ahead!

Why don't you tell him?!
Oh, you don't think he knows?
No, I'll wipe the blood...

*

Hey!

Over there with the others.

I said move, Tiny.

Still nothing?
Nope.

Everyone's cell is going
straight to voicemail.

Yeah, well, I'm sure
they're all really busy.

So...

So...

This is silly.

It's silly, right?
Yeah. Just...

I mean, we never had
a problem talking to each other

before we started dating.

No, never had a problem.

Though, to be fair, uh,

we haven't really talked
since we stopped.

What are you talking about?

I've been back for weeks.

No, I mean a-alone.
Just the two of us.

I thought you were avoiding me.

I thought you were avoiding me.

Uh, it's fine.

It's-- You-you can
just leave that.
Okay. Hey, hey,

someone is calling.
Oh. No, no, it's--
No, it's-it's fine.

It's fine. It's fine.
Got it, got it, got it.

And it's, uh...

MateQuest.

You are on MateQuest?

I-I just, um... It's a, uh...

Dating app. Yeah, I know.
It's...

It's fine. Because...

we broke up.

Yeah, I remember.

If you could just go ahead

and toss that out the window, please.

Or I could answer it.
No, you cannot.

I mean, don't you want to know
who's calling you?

Mm-mm.
I could just kind of, like...

Oh.

I'm so sorry. I-I answered it.

I don't think-- That's rude.

Sorry.

Hello, this is Jimmy.

Hello. Hello? Anybody there?

Hey, Romeo. Relax. It's me.

Nick?
Yeah. Are you guys
headed back to NCIS?

It's Nick. Agent Torres
Nick. Uh, uh, yeah.

Hey, we're headed
back right now.
Don't come in.

Wait, did you and Jimmy
match on MateQuest?

No, Nick's my MateQuest WingMan.

What's a MateQuest Wingman?

No, it's fine.
I don't want to know.

Phones are blocked.

For some reason, this app is the
only way I could get a call out.

Why are the phones
blocked?

No time.

I'm worried they're gonna
track me if I stay on too long.

And pretty soon,

they're gonna find out
one of their guys is missing.

Pull over. Don't come in.

I'll call you as soon as I can.

Hopefully.

I'm at three percent.

z

This should keep you warm.

But never call me Tiny again.

Yes, sir, Parker and
McGee are being debriefed

and then I'm taking them
in to be formally charged.

And you should have the location
of those Belarus

missile launchers any second.

Starting upload now.

What's going on?
I-I don't know.

I just got booted
from the system.

Well-well, get back in.
I'm trying,

but every time I open a port,

s-someone's locking me out.

Board says

it's coming
from inside this room,

but that-that's
impossible.

Everyone, quiet.

Oh, hi.

I just thought maybe
we all should take a time-out.

You know, see what
that second message says.

Get him out of here.

Yes, sir.
All right,
look out, boys.

I've been taking tae kwon do.
On your feet.

Come on.

And checkmate.

Pizza, anyone?

Why would the phones
be blocked?

Not my department.

And I don't think
well when I'm hungry.

Someone even blocked access
to our email server.

Yeah, probably has something
to do with, uh, Belarus

and the attack.

Well, I'm guessing we're
just gonna have to wait

for Torres to call us back.

Yeah. Hopefully soon.

If you're bored, you can
kill time on... MateQuest.

Look, Jess, I-I...
Relax.

I'm teasing.

It's not like I didn't already
know you're seeing other people.

Yeah?

What makes you say that?

Well, last month,
you accidentally sent me a text

that was clearly meant
for somebody else.

You're teasing me again.

Jennifer.

Uh...

Oh. Well,
the app says you have a...

...JoyJingle.

If I even want to know
what that means.

It's just...
It's a-- it's a message.

Hopefully
it's from Torres.

Well, in case it's from
Jennifer...

It's from Kasie.

Is everybody on this app?

You've been gone a while.

What's it say?

I think she wants us
to check my laptop.

Okay. Picking up on that.

Oh.

I think she's trying
to send us something.

Picked up on that, too.

Why is Kasie connecting
my laptop

to the NCIS security cameras?

And why all the FBI?

Maybe they're trying to help
with the Belarus thing?

I don't think they're helping.

What the hell is going on?

Look, pal, your boss
is making a mistake.

A big one.
I don't know.

I think maybe we're the
ones making a mistake.
McGee,

we got to give our people time
to decode that second message.

It could be a stand-down order.

Well, what if it's just a trick,
like Sweeney said?

All the more reason
to see what it says!

Before Sweeney
starts World War III!

Well, what if we're the ones
that start World War III?!

Hey, man!

I was hoping you kept your
spare key in your back pocket.

Never get arrested without it.

Yeah, I couldn't reach mine.

I lost a few pounds, you know?

My-my pants were riding low
on my hips.

Yeah. I noticed.
You look good.
Oh, thanks.

All right.

This elevator's
not going anywhere.

What now?

Now...

...we take our agency back.

Could you have made
even more noise?

I'm not the one that was
sneezing every other second.

I'm allergic to
dust mites, okay?

I don't hear Kasie.

Wonder if
the FBI's got her.

Kasie!
Whoa!

Oh, thank God.
I-I heard a crash back there,

and then
I thought...

Actually, I don't know
what I thought,

but I was about to hit something
with a bat.

Hey. Where'd you two come from?

Well, we, uh,
came up the elevator shaft

and through
the ventilation ducts.

That's badass.

Yeah, we left an FBI agent
tied up in the elevator.

Hopefully, nobody notices.

Oh, no, they're all over
the building.

I actually watched Torres
duct tape one to a freezer tray

on the
security cameras.

That was fun.

Where's Torres now?

Mm, don't know.
That guy moves pretty fast.

Please tell us
that you were able to decode

that second message
from Belarus.

Still working on it.

Then we're too late.

The FBI must've uploaded
the location

of those missile launchers
by now.

Actually, no. It looks like

someone locked them out
of MTAC's systems.

Then cut

all internal access
to the security cameras.

Who?
Don't know.

Someone loyal to the mutiny.

By the way,
we're all going to jail, right?

Kasie, we can't ask you to get

more involved in...
Oh, please. Don't insult me.

Okay? Plus, I have been
dying to write,

"Stopped World War III"
on my résumé for years.

Okay, now look,
the problem is,

the FBI's gonna get back
into MTAC's systems pretty soon.

Okay, what if we
cut the power?

How?

Main conduit is-is down
in the evidence garage.

We got FBI crawling
all over the place.

Yeah, without security cameras,

we'd be flying blind.

Oh, ye of little faith.

You got something
up your sleeve?

You really don't think that
I've just been sitting here

letting you guys
have all the fun, do you?

Come on.

Okay, this guy
keeps doing a loop.

He leaves the
back stairwell open

for about 20 seconds.

No way, barely 15.

And that is why

you would always burn
the microwave popcorn.

Okay, guys,
please stop fighting.

Is it 20 or is it 15?

When the FBI first locked down
the building,

I quietly opened

an outside TCP portal

in an app I knew
they'd never notice.

This MateQuest app?

Oh, you're not on it?

'Cause everyone else is.

Okay, can we just focus?
Can we do that?

Uh, I figured it might be handy

to have a portal
to the outside world,

so when internal access
to the security cameras

went down, it was pretty easy to
reroute them to Jimmy's laptop.

I figured the cameras
might come in handy, too.

You figured right.

You sure there's
no one in the evidence garage?

We don't have a camera in there,

but, uh, we haven't seen anyone
go down yet.

All right, thanks.
If, uh, if Torres calls again...

We haven't seen Torres
in a while,

so he's either been captured
or his cell phone died.

Well, if he does,

please tell him what
we're trying to do here.

Speaking of which,
we should probably brief Vance.

He's not on this app, is he?

No, but I'm sure the FBI

has already told him
what's happening.

He's got to be losing
his mind right now.

Yeah. It's probably better

if we can't get ahold of him.
You ready?

Oh. Electrical blueprints.
Yeah.

Have fun storming the castle.

Aka committing treason.

Okay, they are gonna be off
the radar for a few minutes.

And we are back to
just... sitting here.

Awkwardly.

No, no. We agreed that, uh,
feeling awkward is silly.

Right?
Right. Very, very silly.

Yeah.

I think we-we said we were
gonna talk about... something.

Sounds vaguely familiar, yeah.

Yeah. About what?

I'm not exactly sure, but, uh,
just off the top of my head,

we broke up when
you were across the country,

but now you're back
and we're working together,

so has anything really changed?

And we should probably
establish some ground rules

because everyone around us
is walking on eggshells.

Oh.

Could you have made
any more noise coming in?

I'm not the one
with squeaky shoes.

I'm still
breaking them in.

All right, where's that
electrical conduit?

We got to move fast.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Hey, you can relax.

Hey, I didn't hear
any squeaky shoes,

but I did hear the two of you
fighting, like, a mile away.

Good to see you, too, brother.
Look who's here.

I love this team.

What're you doing down there?

It's kind of like magic.

My phone died.

I thought I could find
a charger in evidence.

Okay, or a coincidence.
I still love it.

What's the plan?
We're cutting the power to MTAC.

It'll stop the upload

and give Kasie time to decrypt
that second message.

It's a good plan.

Blueprints.

All right.

Main power line is here,

branches off to the J box here,

which means the MTAC conduit...

there.

Not behind that
concrete, I hope.

No, exactly behind
that concrete.

What is
MTAC's electrical line

doing behind a giant chunk
of concrete?

Probably so nobody does
what we're about to do.

You don't think this is
something you should've, uh,

I don't know, mentioned?

I just found
this out myself.

I mean, I would've remembered
to bring my sledgehammer.

Wait, wait.

Do you remember
that smash-and-grab case

that Sawyer
was working on?

Bad guys used
sledgehammers.

They're not slated for
destruction until next week.

Okay, here we go.

Here we go.

Game on.

Here.

What about the noise?

There's no way
the FBI's not gonna hear us.

Well, they can't hear us
if they can't hear us.

Which means what, exactly?

Another minute,
we'll be back in the system.

As soon as you find out

where those Belarus
missile launchers are,

upload the data
directly to the Pentagon.

And you, find out
where Agent Yarketti is.

He hasn't reported in.
30 seconds.

I finally got you right
where I want you, Parker.

Almost there.

♪ Come on, feel the noise...

What the hell is that?
I think it's Quiet Riot, sir.

Oh, thanks, genius. Where
the hell is it coming from?

♪ Wild, wild, wild

♪ So you think
I got an evil mind? ♪

I've always wanted to do this.

♪ I don't know why

♪ I don't know why

♪ So you think
my singing's out of time ♪

♪ It makes me money...

Shut it down.

I don't care what you have to do
to do it, just shut it down!

Sir, I'm back
in the system.

Can you shut the music off?

No, but I got
the launch coordinates.

Upload them now.

♪ So come on, feel the noise

♪ Girls, rock your boys

♪ We'll get wild, wild, wild

♪ Wild, wild, wild

♪ Come on, feel the noise

No, no, no!
♪ We'll get wild

♪ Wild, wild

I have no idea
what just happened.

I do.

It's Parker.

He's still in
the damn building. Let's go.

Yes, sir.
Go, go, go!

Fan out! Find him!

Did we do it?

I'm gonna say yes.

We did something,
that's for sure.

McGee?
Uh...

We didn't just
cut the power to MTAC.

We blew everything. Power's out
probably in the entire building.

That's good, right?

No. No. If there's no power
in the building...

Kasie's not gonna be able to
finish decrypting the message.

Yeah, and Sweeney probably knows
that we're still here.

The FBI cell jammer
must be down, too.

Um, it's Director Vance.
What do I do?

Don't answer it.

Well?

All right, I think I found
the feed to Kasie's lab.

Just need to reconnect it
to the main power line.

Not gonna happen.

The electrical panel is toast.
We melted almost every breaker.

Maybe we hot-wire the lab and
feed it another power source.

Like what?

This.

The backup to the doors.

The emergency batteries.

They power the roller doors
in case of an outage.

We can use that to restore
the power to the lab.

Great idea.

I think I'll steal it.

Hands on your heads.

You're all really,
really under arrest.

Sweeney.
Not...

...another word.

Does MTAC have power?
FBI AGENT
Affirmative.

Forensics and autopsy, too.

Let me know the second
you're ready to upload

those target coordinates.
Copy that.

Sweeney.

So I say, "Not another word,"

and you just keep on talking.

If you give up
those launch coordinates,

we're dropping a nuke.

Your guy just said the power
is on in forensics.

Please give Kasie more time
to decrypt the message.

If this is really
a stand-down order,

we can call off our attack.

You think I don't know that?

But Air Force One
has been compromised,

the V.P. is unconscious
in a surgical suite,

and the decision to launch
a nuclear attack

has been made by
the Acting Commander in Chief.

He's shooting from the hip
with the nuclear football.

We don't have the luxury
of taking our time on this.

It could take another hour
to decrypt this tr...

KASIE
Um, hi. Is this thing on?

Um, I heard all that
"We don't have

the luxury of second-guessing"
business,

but I thought you should know,

my babies are breathing again,

and I am really close

to decrypting
that second message.

FBI AGENT
Sir, we have
the target coordinates.

Like really, really close.

Should we upload?

No.

Hold the upload.

Kasie, you got three minutes.

Yes, sir.

You better be right, or
we're both in a lot of trouble.

If I'm wrong, the whole world's
in a lot of trouble.

What do you think's happening?
I don't know.

But McGee and Parker were
clearly able to cut the power.

So we'll just have
to wait to find out.

Do you have any
cards around here?

I feel like maybe we could play
some Go Fish or something.

Actually, um...

...I'd like to circle back
to something you said before.

About...

About how
if anything has changed

now that I'm back in D.C.

Right.

Well... has anything changed?

Do you want anything to change?

Well, one thing I know
hasn't changed is, uh...

I still love you.

I was going to say

we both have things
we need to work out, but...

yeah.

That hasn't
changed, either.

I still love you, too.

Wouldn't it be nice
if that were enough?

Someone should write a song.

But you're right.

We both have things
that we need to work out.

Jess, you
deserve someone

who will chase down
future job opportunities

around the world with you,
you know, like Indiana Jones.

Leave at a moment's notice.

Someone who'll give you
everything that you want.

And that's not me.

I mean, at least not right now.

And you deserve that stability
that you so badly need.

That I want you to have, and
I wish I could give it to you.

But, hell, maybe there's a...

a checkbox on that on MateQuest?

You trying
to replace Nick as my WingMan?

Is that what we're saying here?

I mean,
what do I got to do?

You just got to say nice things
about me in my profile.

Oh, I could do that all day.

Not gonna happen.

No, of course not.

Time's up.

You are clear...
Wait!

Wait! Wait.

I just... Oh.

Give me. Wait.
Give me... give me a sec.

Okay. Elevator was out.

Kasie!
I have to...

Kasie!
Did you decode the message?

Yeah.
Let's see!

Tell the chairman of the Joint
Chiefs I need to talk to him.

According
to the second transmission,

Ukrainian Special Forces
took out the Belarus launchers

30 minutes ago.

Pentagon needs
to task a satellite ASAP

to confirm, but...

We need to call off our attack.

Yes!

Yes! Yes!

Yes!

Hello!

Is something happening?

Hello!

*

Details are scarce,

but sources in Brussels
have now confirmed

that a major terrorist attack

was thwarted
by Ukrainian Special Forces

three days ago.

While the specifics
of the operation

are yet to be fully disclosed...

Sir, the troublemakers are here.

All right, send them in.

I know you both have a...

classified Department of Defense
hearing to attend,

so, I won't keep you.

You know, I'd be more than happy
to pay for...

Oh, I don't think
you can afford what you broke.

And the extra
three minutes

you gave Ms. Hines--
that didn't come cheap, either.

Ignoring direct orders

from the CJCS is
a good way to lose

not only your job
but also your freedom.

Both of you.

Gentlemen,

does the year 1956 ring a bell?

Do we get a hint?
No.

1956,

the United States received
simultaneous reports

of an unidentified aircraft
flying over Turkey,

followed by a report

that a British bomber
was shot out of the sky.

Our top analysts believed
that this was the start

of a Soviet offensive.

We were minutes away
from launching a nuclear attack

against Moscow, but do you know
why we didn't it?

Yes, Agent Sweeney?

That British bomber wasn't
actually shot out of the sky.

It was just
a mechanical failure.

And the unidentified aircraft

over Turkey was actually
a wedge of swans.

Cygnus olor,

if I'm not mistake...

We can just say swans.
Correct.

Those events were simply
ill-timed coincidences,

and they almost started
World War III.

Funnily enough,

we had a few of our own

ill-timed coincidences
this week.

The communications failure
aboard Air Force One

was not the result
of a cyberattack.

Sir?

It was the remnant

of a malicious code

that Leonard Rish's daughter
uploaded

last year.
Apparently,

it wasn't thoroughly purged
from the system.

And the Vice President?

Bad chicken. In fact,

an entire delegation
from China went down.

But the Belarus attack--
that was real.
Yes.

Yes, it was.

And Ukrainian Special Forces did
destroy those missile launchers.

But apparently,

before Naples had even
decoded that very first message.

So by the time we
got to the party,

it was already over.

Gentlemen,

the reason we didn't attack
the Soviets in 1956

wasn't because
the system worked.

The system failed.

The reason we
didn't attack

was because of individuals...

...who rose above
their station,

at great personal risk...

...to do what they
believed was right.

Thus,

it is my honor

to inform both of you

that myself, along with the
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs,

are recommending
to the President

that you both be awarded

the Distinguished Medal
of Public Service

for your
exceptional efforts

in protecting
your country

and our NATO allies.

Just don't do it again.

At least not in my building.

So.
So.

You see that coming?
I didn't see that coming.

No, I did not.

Oh, yeah, yeah.

But really...

if there are any honors
being given out...

FYI, that's not
a complete sentence.

You can be such a bastard
sometimes.

You're really gonna
make me say it?

Yup.

Damn you, Parker.

You were right.

I was wrong. Okay?

Was that supposed
to be a compliment?

Don't get used to it.

Well, you're being too hard
on yourself.

If you didn't give Kasie
those extra three minutes

to decode that message,
then it was...
Don't remind me.

I've been up the past two nights
thinking about it because, um...

...I almost didn't.

So why did you?

I don't really like
to talk about it, but...

...I'm very much a man
guided by my faith.

Uh, my father

preached the gospel
every Sunday,

my mother led
the church choir.

And...

when it came
down to the wire,

my faith told me

that a shoot-first,
ask-questions-later mindset

isn't such a good idea when
it comes to nuclear weapons.

How about you?
Why'd you do it?

Something Einstein said.

"I don't know what weapons World
War III will be fought with,

but World War IV will be fought
with sticks and stones."

And one day,
my soul will be judged, too.

And I just couldn't let someone
who is that bad at geography...

...play footsie
with Armageddon.

I'll drink to that. In fact,

if we're both free men
after the hearing,

want to grab a beer?

Eh. You buying?

Don't push your luck.

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