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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.

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.

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.

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.

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, 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?

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?

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 off road.

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?

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.

I think you might've
skipped the vice president.

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, 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.

After you.

Don't touch that!

It's already running my custom
ultra-wide band 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?

Not sure, but...

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

found the locations to
those missile launchers.

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.

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,

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, we'll keep you posted.

Why is no one talking?

You're agent McGee, correct?

Yes, sir.

Arrest agent Parker.

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?! 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,

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.

It's fine.

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

someone is calling. 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... Matequest.

You are on mate quest?

I-I just, it's a...

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?

I could just kind of, like.

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. Yeah.

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

Wait, did you and Jimmy
match on mate quest?

No, Nick's my mate quest wingman.

What's a mate quest 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.

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, 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... mate quest.

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.

Well, the app says you have a

joy jingle.

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.

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. 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!

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, 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.

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?

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...
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.

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 mate quest app?

You're not on it?

'Cause everyone else is.

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

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, we haven't seen
anyone go down yet.

All right, thanks. If, 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 a hold of him. You ready?

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,
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,
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.

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,

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.

What the hell is that?
I think it's quiet riot, sir.

Thanks, genius. Where
the hell is it coming from?

I've always wanted to do this.

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.

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? 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.

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?
- 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...

Hi. Is this thing on?

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.

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.

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

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 check box on that on mate quest?

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.

I could do that all day.

Not gonna happen.

No, of course not.

Time's up.

- You are clear...
- Wait!

Wait! Wait.

I just...

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!

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

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.

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.

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.

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?

You buying?

Don't push your luck.

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