NCIS: Origins (2024) s01e02 Episode Script

1
OLDER GIBBS: It kept me up.
A voice.
A scream.
The kind you feel
instead of hear.
My gut
It wanted me to stop.
I told myself
everything would be okay.
Same as I told her.
And her.
(TV PLAYING INDISTINCTLY)
(SIGHS) I love you.
Don't walk me to the door.
I know you hate watching me drive off.
OLDER GIBBS:
My gut screamed louder.
It begged me to stop.
It said if I drove off,
I'd never see them again.
I hit the gas anyway.
And I drove away.
I drove away from them.
It cost me everything.
I told myself I'd never make
the same mistake again.
(GRUNTS)
But old habits die hard.
Franks said to bring you this.
♪
OLDER GIBBS: I still didn't know
how to listen over all the noise.
I still couldn't face the truth,
and the truth was
the same then as always.
The louder my gut screams,
the bigger the monster
that's lying in wait.
REPORTER 1: Melanie Hewitt's
murder was covered up by the fire.
Can you comment on the
fact that the sniper is now
announcing himself out in the open?
REPORTER 2: When will
the Sheriff's Department
issue another statement?
- They talked to you once already?
- You're not with the sheriff?
- Boss man.
- Who are you with?
Sniper's hide is a hotel
room across the way.
Randy and Gibbs are
sweeping it for evidence.
Sure it's the same guy?
Two unrelated snipers in one week?
Bastard shot right into
the middle of a bonfire party.
Three dead,
all civilians.
Sheriff will pull rank,
but with all we did on the Hewitt case,
there's a good chance we'll
get a joint investigation.
Tribune gave the sniper a name.
They're calling him "Sandman."
Because it happened
on the beach at night. Get it?
It's clever as hell,
and it's gonna catch on.
(SIREN WAILING)
You got to be kidding me.
Forget about your joint investigation.
They're starting up a task force.
Shuffle on over there,
Cliff, and get us on it.
Get us on? (SCOFFS)
No one knows what
the hell NIS even stands for.
- All right.
- Wait, wait, Mike.
They're gonna take the Hewitt files,
and they're gonna
shut the door in our face.
- I said, "All right."
- No. Listen to me.
This started on base, Mike.
Okay? Regional's gonna string me up
unless we get a win here.
Why don't you let me
go get some statements
before they kick my ass off the beach.
♪
WHEELER: Gentlemen.
- You seeing this?
- Yep.
WHEELER: Cliff Wheeler, NIS.
Special agent in charge.
Dr. Tango?
Give me a hand with
that zipper, will you?
It's all jammed up with sand.
They're starting up
a task force out there.
You mind talking fast?
Unsubstantiated theory:
The forehead shot came first.
Everyone starts running,
so center mass was the cleanest shot
he could get for these second two.
Bullets went through and through.
All three were recovered
and couriered to Forensics.
What about the shooter's M.O.?
(SIGHS) Franks says your
new kid was a sniper.
He must be shedding some light.
He's (CHUCKLES) Yeah.
Staunch opinions.
But, you know, he's like,
"Get mad, duke it out, move on."
(CHUCKLES)
Sounds like you.
Excuse me, miss,
we need this area clear.
I'm just helping him with this.
AGENT: You with the Coroner's Office?
No. I'm NIS.
All nonessential personnel need
to leave the cordoned area.
J-Just let me
Hey. Hey. Get off. Get off!
Hey, take it easy.
We've got it from here, miss.
You know what?
I hope you all have sand caught
in your junk for days.
Not you, Dr. Tango, but the rest of you.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
LALA: So, the task force is
taking the Hewitt case files, then?
FRANKS: Yeah, but they can't
stop us from doing our own digging.
- For crying out loud.
- The only thing I got
from the hotel is that he had brown hair
and paid in cash.
The hell is that?
Where's my board at?
It got swiped
by the Game Warden's Office.
I lifted this one from the mess hall.
You're trying to tell me
the board that I went to Office Depot
and bought with my own money's now got
koala bears on it?
There are no koala bears
in this area, Mike.
FRANKS: It's not about the bears.
Koalas aren't actually even bears.
FRANKS: Damn it, Mary Jo!
(EXASPERATED SIGH)
You're welcome, honey.
When you make that copy
of the Hewitt file
for the task force, that's about as fast
as you should move, all right?
No faster than that.
- MARY JO: Ugh.
- RANDY: Curtis Martin.
21-year-old college student.
He was at the beach
for the bonfire party.
- Elizabeth Adams.
- Elizabeth Adams.
22, Martin's girlfriend.
Third victim was Dustin Cruz.
He wasn't there for the party.
- He just happened to be walking by.
- FRANKS: So, to recap,
I talked to the families,
you all just read my notes.
The hell's he been doing on the horn,
for the past 25 minutes?
RANDY: He's on with Forensics.
Woody said ballistics
won't be done till next week.
FRANKS: So, what?
Probie's talking dirty to him
till he gets a different answer?
It doesn't make sense.
He kills Melanie Hewitt,
and then he sets a fire to cover it up,
and then he goes, and shoots
up a beach from a hotel window.
- Why hide and then go public?
- (SIGHS)
Maybe the first one's practice,
now he wants the glory.
(SIGHS)
What?
When I was looking out
the sniper's hide,
I got a feeling.
Prelim and off-the-record,
Woody said that bullets from
Martin and Adams were damaged.
Traces of glass fiber.
Martin and Adams were the ones
shot at center mass.
Sniper wouldn't fire
on a target through a window.
The glass would throw off
the trajectory.
First two shots were to break the glass.
Lovebirds were collateral damage.
That's our real target.
His daddy said he walked
the beach every night.
Sniper knew his routine.
RANDY: Did he say he had any enemies?
FRANKS: Couldn't think of none.
Said he was single, no kids,
he was a numbers guy
that worked at some plant
that's been shut down for remodeling.
So what's the connection?
Why would anybody want these two dead?
Have a think on it. Make it good.
Probie.
You get a gut feeling,
you share it with the group.
Or you could try to prove it first
with Forensics and whatnot,
but that's a lot to sit on, ain't it?
Just 'cause you're scared
of being wrong?
You and Dominguez, head to Melanie's
grandma's house first thing.
See if Melanie ever said anything
about this Dustin Cruz fella.
(GRUNTS, SIGHS)
(BREATH TREMBLING)
(RING CLINKING)
(GROANS, PANTS)
(GROANS)
♪
GIBBS (ECHOING):
Don't you do it. Don't you dare.
(KELLY LAUGHING)
GIBBS: Don't walk me to the door.
I know you hate
watching me drive off.
Don't you do it. Don't you dare.
Don't you dare.
You're early.
Franks and Randy took a ride to Cruz's.
He was, uh, pretty into death metal,
existentially, but nothing to tell us
why he had a target on his back.
Nothing to connect him with Melanie.
We're waiting on a warrant to
search the plant where he worked.
She's around back.
You stalked her before I got here?
Snipers are sneaky as hell, man.
(KNOCK AT FENCE)
MARIA: You arrest Bugs?
No, ma'am.
Special Agent Dominguez.
I told you to arrest him.
LALA: Ma'am,
did you see anything on the news
a couple nights ago about a shooting?
Happened on the beach?
TV blew out last Christmas.
Ms. Perez, Melanie was shot by a sniper.
You said it was a fire.
He set the fire after,
we think to cover his tracks.
LALA: This man is another
victim of the same shooter.
We're trying to find a connection
between him and Melanie.
Hopefully, that will help us
figure out who did this.
Never seen him.
His name is Dustin Cruz.
What is he, Mexican?
Nah. Never saw my Mellie
hang around with them.
Stupid clothesline.
Squirrel got itself
all tangled up in it.
Might be easier to get a new one.
I can fix it.
Oh, it would be no trouble.
I could bring you one.
No.
I said I don't want one.
Mellie hung this one.
I don't want a new one.
(SIGHS)
(CRYING): I don't know
how to be without her.
(MARIA SNIFFLING)
GIBBS: Ms. Perez.
We're gonna get the guy who did this.
You have my word.
Oh, your ring.
It's okay.
In a couple of days,
you can put it back on.
(SNIFFLES)
I put a few pictures together for you.
LALA: Gibbs.
You can't make promises like that.
I'll see you back at the office.
Cliff, all I need is for you to ask
your guy at the FBI to
release the information.
Look, task force isn't
going to agree to any of this.
No, no, no, this has
nothing to do with that.
Sir.
This has nothing to do
with the task force.
This is about the personal
matter I asked you about.
Oh, you mean the thing
I said no to four times already?
Okay, listen. Just so you know,
the task force is putting
the word out, all right?
They had an incident
up at that sniper's nest.
Cliff, I wouldn't ask
if I didn't need it.
They're calling it a safety hazard.
A safety hazard? I'm not
asking for a buzz saw here.
No, the nest. The task force, okay?
One of their boys almost
fell out of that hotel window.
They had to seal the place off.
Not even their own people
are allowed in and out
till they get the glass
back in and up to code.
FRANKS: Oof.
Sounds like a scary situation.
HERM: Kowalski. Sorry, sir.
Excuse me. Kowalski.
Listen, you call your guy at the FBI,
you get the go-ahead, then
it is 100% outside the job,
non-interference, hand to God, please.
(GROANS)
Look, task force doesn't care
if we investigate
as long as we stay out of their way.
I need this done, Mike.
Yeah, I'll get it done.
And then you call your
FBI guy on my thing.
This isn't about quid pro quo.
I can't keep calling in favors
on things that are outside of
Hello, sir. Good greetings.
Boss, just to let you know,
the warrant came through.
We can search Cruz's place of work.
But I-I'm sure you'll
find me when you're ready.
- Hey.
- I'm late for lunch.
Shelly's gonna kill me.
(CAR DOOR CLOSES)
- (SIGHS)
- (CAR ENGINE STARTS)
(CAR DEPARTING)
Tuck 'em away, boys.
Coming through.
Geez.
Hey, Strickland.
Hey.
(SIGHS)
(GRUNTS): Oh, God.
These apes put all the
small lockers on our side.
- You ever notice that?
- Uh-huh.
So, I went to Daly's last night,
and I talked to that bouncer.
- Oh, the one Gibbs threw down with?
- Mm-hmm.
Bouncer said that the fight
started because he accidentally
bumped into Gibbs
and didn't say "excuse me."
Oh, that's freaking hot.
Ooh.
- No.
- Yes, it is.
LALA: No, no.
Yes, it is. Listen. (CHUCKLES)
That happened the night
before he started here.
Self-sabotage?
Oh, that's hot as hell.
I know, a recent widower and all that,
but my God, one bat
from those baby blues
and my panties, they
would be on the floor.
(LAUGHING)
Wait, were you down here waiting for me?
What's going on?
He's like a raw nerve out there.
He blames himself
for what happened to his family.
He's blaming himself
right to the edge of a cliff.
You worried he's gonna get you killed?
You're worried he's
gonna get himself killed.
My God, Dominguez,
you really do take on everyone's crap.
- No.
- Oh, yeah.
Yeah, you take on everyone else's crap,
and you miss
the-the, you
(SIGHS)
Okay.
You've been here working your
ass off for what, two years now?
You're due for a promotion.
And (CHUCKLES)
Franks goes and recruits
some war hero cowboy
with nothing to go home to
and nothing but time on his hands
to work all hours
and get in good with the boys
faster than you can say "sausage fest."
And the next thing you know, bam,
Franks will promote him over you.
And no one will bat an eye.
Thing about Franks is misogyny is about
the only two-dollar word
he can get behind.
Is that why you asked off his team?
Ooh.
(CHUCKLING): Okay.
All right, I'm gonna hit the showers
and get something to eat
before I get cranky.
(CHUCKLES)
♪
RANDY: The plant is
called Isan Manufacturing.
Dustin Cruz has been the CFO
there for the last three years.
The place closed down two months ago
to transition from manufacturing Walkmen
to Discmen type stuff.
The hell's a Disc-med?
It's, like, the latest technology.
Location manager is meeting us
there to show us around.
Boss, just so you know,
I didn't hear anything
when I was by the door, you and Wheeler.
Nothing to hear.
Right, but but even if I did
- Yeah, you didn't.
- I'm just saying,
even if there was anything to hear
in-in any doorway, I'm-I'm the type
Randy, one more word out of you,
I'm gonna shove you out that door,
and I ain't stopping the car to do it.
Now, one of you idiots better
tell me what a damn Disc-med is.
It's a prototype.
We call it the SpinMax-Pro.
Guaranteed not to skip.
I couldn't believe it when I
heard Dustin's name on the news.
He was supposed to come back to
oversee the reopening next year.
- His office was on this floor?
- Yes.
I'll show you there, then I can
grab you his personnel file.
Hey, probie.
Listen, I know how you get.
I need you to keep away
from that sniper's hide.
- The hotel?
- Yeah.
Task force sealed it off for safety.
Last thing we need is to give
them a reason to come at us.
RANDY: Take your time, guys.
(POWERING UP)
I got a computer in here!
It's gonna take a bit
to get her cooking!
Oh.
Sorry.
I said it's gonna be a while, so
What's wrong with it?
I guess it needs to warm up.
(TAPPING KEYS)
Thought you knew about these things.
I read the manual for
the one at the office, but
boss said I couldn't turn it on.
I'll be damned.
One of Melanie Hewitt's?
Got ourselves a connection, boys.
I took another run at
Dustin Cruz's dad and friends.
They were all shocked he had
one of Melanie's totems.
Said he never once mentioned her.
None of his coworkers remember
Melanie coming in, either.
FRANKS: Maybe the
two of them were banging
- and wanted to keep it secret.
- LALA: Uh-uh.
Maria Perez said her granddaughter
wouldn't associate with
a guy who's Mexican.
Ain't she Mexican?
Puerto Rican.
Splitting hairs, ain't it?
Okay, Mike.
Probie, what'd I say about
sharing with the group?
Melanie's grandma said that
the totems were for protection.
Said Melanie got the idea
from a book about Asian tribes.
There were no books
like that in evidence,
but there was this one.
RANDY: The Power
of the Dark Deceiver:
Flesh, Bones and the Occult.
What if her and Cruz were both mixed up
in this black magic stuff
and that's what got them both killed?
Existential death metal.
See what happens when you let it out?
You got to quit stifling the gut.
- Old habits.
- FRANKS: Old habits, my ass.
Now we got a working theory
instead of yapping ourselves in circles.
Damn it, Mary Jo!
It's not her fault our board
got swiped, Mike.
Oh, this new one sucks. It don't
hold tacks with the same gusto.
So call the game warden.
They're the ones that took it.
FRANKS: It's Mary Jo's problem to fix.
She's not doing her job.
So why don't you hire one
of your guys to replace her?
I'm sure you could circumvent
the typing eval.
Wait, what are we talking about?
It's getting late.
Let's call it.
♪
(DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES)
(KEYS CLINKING)
(COUGHING IN NEXT ROOM)
♪
GIBBS: Don't move! (TRICKLING)
(EXASPERATED SIGH)
Dad. What the hell are you doing?
Taking a leak. You mind?
Oh, God.
(SIGHS)
Late night, huh?
(GRUNTS)
Where have you been, son?
Dad, why are you here?
Well, I tried calling, but
you don't answer, so
- I've been busy.
- Well, I've been worried.
You've been hiking in Nepal.
I asked you if I should
still go. You said yes.
Now, if you wanted me to stay,
you should've said that.
What happened to your face?
(SIGHS)
Did they catch the guy?
Who's taking care of the store?
I'm asking you, did they catch him?
There's no one to catch.
It was a bar fight.
How long are you staying?
(GRUNTS)
I'm asking about Shannon
and Kelly, damn it.
Now, did they catch the guy who did it?
He disappeared.
Mexico, they think.
♪
I'll make up the couch.
NIS?
Mike Franks recruited me.
You're a Navy cop now?
Mm.
What are you doing, Leroy?
You're not built for that, son.
(PAGER BEEPING)
(SIGHS)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER MONITOR)
MELANIE (OVER MONITOR):
I am working right now.
Come on. I have to show you guys.
Please don't overreact.
She shot all these herself?
Month's worth.
All documenting her process.
Videos were damaged pretty badly
in the fire,
but a little Windex and superglue,
and I was able to do
a little resurrecting.
This guy here is the main event.
- Looks pretty bad.
- Yeah.
This one was burnt worse than the rest.
I finally got it working
about an hour ago,
but I put it in the machine
and the machine ate it,
so I had to start over again.
Here we go.
(SIGHS)
Say a prayer to the VCR gods.
(STATIC CRACKLING)
(BREATH TREMBLES)
It-it's happening again.
They're watching.
I can feel their eyes.
I'm not paranoid.
I'm not.
What I'm feeling
it's real.
It's four days before she was killed.
They're not gonna stop.
They want me gone.
Abuela, I hope you never
see this, but if you do,
know that I love you.
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
(CRYING, SPEAKING SPANISH)
Abuela
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
WOODY: That's it.
She knew someone wanted her dead.
And I think she knew who.
Look.
The sniper's hide.
The room was sealed by the task force.
What's the light doing on?
Holy mother!
That place is totally haunted.
Someone broke in.
Or that.
Call Franks. Tell him to meet us there.
(ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)
♪
(CLATTERING INSIDE ROOM)
- Federal agents! Freeze!
- Door!
Clear.
BUGS: Stay back.
He saw it, he saw it.
Bugs?
Stay away!
LALA: Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
Bugs, it's okay, man.
BUGS: I can't. I ain't in it.
LALA: Bugs. Bugs.
Look at me.
You remember me from the tunnels?
Let's talk.
I saw it on the news.
This is where I got to do it.
He was angry.
He was watching her.
LALA: You mean Melanie?
Who was watching her?
This is where I got to do it.
- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa,
- We're here, man.
RANDY (DISTORTED): We're with you.
We can talk this through, okay?
- It's gonna be okay.
- LALA: Bugs?
RANDY: It's gonna be okay.
BUGS: I got to do it.
- I got to do it.
- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
RANDY: We're here, man.
We're here with you.
We can talk this through, okay?
It's gonna be okay.
- LALA: Bugs.
- (LIGHTER FLICKERING)
LALA: Step to me. Let's talk.
Boy, you ain't jumping.
You said someone was watching Melanie.
You ain't tapping out
until I get a name.
What?
Guy wants to jump.
If that's what was
staring me back in the mirror,
I might feel the same.
Matter a fact, if I'm being honest,
I probably would've jumped sooner.
Look, son, I ain't asking.
You're gonna tell me
who was watching her.
I said
you're gonna tell me
who was watching her.
Then you can take flight.
LALA: Bugs. Bugs.
- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa,
- RANDY: We're here.
- We're
- (GRUNTS, YELLS)
(GROANS)
(BUGS SOBBING)
LALA: Come on, come on.
Come on. Give me your arm.
- (BUGS SHOUTS)
- (HANDCUFFS FASTENING)
How do you like that, probie?
Saved his ass.
(BUGS COUGHS)
LALA: You're okay.
(BUGS COUGHING)
Close your eyes ♪
Give me your hand, darling ♪
Do you feel my heart beating? ♪
Do you understand? ♪
Do you feel the same? ♪
Am I only dreaming? ♪
Is this burning ♪
An eternal flame? ♪
You've got to be kidding me.
I believe ♪
Randolf.
Randolf!
The task force is demanding
custody of Bugs.
The clock is ticking.
When is Franks starting
the interrogation?
You belong with me ♪
Do you feel the same? ♪
Am I only dreaming? ♪
- Or is this burning
- Burning ♪
An eternal flame? ♪
(OVER HEADPHONES): Say my name ♪
Pregame ritual.
Any time there's a major interrogation,
he pops in some tunes,
puts on his headphones.
GIBBS: "Eye of the Tiger" type stuff?
LALA: Word on the street?
Soft rock power ballads.
Hey, listen, that, uh,
typing eval thing.
I was gunning for Franks.
I shouldn't have
Don't worry about it.
(FRANKS SLAMS ON DESK)
(DOOR OPENS)
(DOOR CLOSES)
You want the crackers this time?
No, thank you, Mary Jo.
♪
Is there someplace we can watch?
Withdrawal.
Ain't no joke.
Promise this will make you feel better.
(SPOON CLATTERS, CLANGS)
Nancy's right.
Just say no, kids.
That is the best chicken soup
on the entire West Coast.
Trina's Southern Soul Food.
I know I might have been brash
back at the hotel.
It's a scary thing,
seeing you knocking
on death's door, son.
You ain't my dad.
Why you got me in here?
I I didn't do nothing wrong.
But you know who did.
Go on.
He says to listen to my gut,
but this and back at the hotel
I would've done different.
Hey, I need you guys upstairs right now.
It's his first time watching.
No, right now. Come on.
Task force is going nuts
over us removing a suspect
from their crime scene.
Sheriff's Department is
on the way over right now
to take custody of Bugs.
We got to connect him to the military.
Wheeler's orders.
- Connect him how?
- Any way we can.
Any Marine or Navy tie
that we can find to argue custody
and finish the interrogation.
Okay.
Jamison, tell me who he is.
You said somebody was watching Melanie.
I need a name, son.
I didn't say that.
Yeah, but you did.
MARY JO: I'm looking for
information on Jamison Boyd.
NIS.
Naval Investigative Service.
Sir, don't get snippy with me.
We're a federal agency, just like you.
Tony, Tony, no, no, no, no, no.
I-I need anything military.
Has he ever worked on a base?
Okay, then did he ever
get fried next to a base?
Give me something.
Hey, sheriff is ten minutes out.
We got to move.
Ms. Perez?
MARIA: Yeah, I'm here. I'm thinking.
One time, Mellie said
that Bugs had a cousin that was Navy.
But I guess that was her trying
to convince me that Bugs
was a good guy, from a good family.
She wanted me to think
that he was her friend,
not her dealer.
She ever say this cousin's name?
Uh, Howie? Harold?
Something like that.
What did Melanie tell you?
What was she into,
some kind of Satan worship?
I can't be in here. Please.
- Please?
- You know a guy
named Dustin Cruz?
Was Melanie seeing him?
Hey.
I need you to sit back down, son.
- You ain't my dad.
- No, I'm not.
No, I am not.
Whatever your daddy
did to you, I am not that.
Look at me.
I'm the good guys.
I want to take care of you.
Have a seat.
I saw it.
I saw it.
(CRYING)
You saw what?
I saw Melanie get killed.
I was at her house.
She was walking to her room,
and then
she was just dead on the floor.
And I'm all hyped up
on crank, you know, and
I was the only person there,
and no one would believe
I didn't kill her.
(CRYING)
You set the fire to cover it up?
(CONTINUES CRYING)
So you'd think it was an accident.
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
But you know who it was, though,
don't you?
You knew who was watching her.
Bugs, you know who was
watching her. Who was it?
(KNOCK ON DOOR)
You know who was watching her.
(KNOCK ON DOOR)
I'm in there working
this guy's daddy issues,
and you two are gonna cut in?
Task force en route
to take custody of Bugs.
Son of a bitch.
We were trying to look for
a military connection to keep him here.
Maria Perez told Gibbs about
a cousin of Bugs being Navy.
We tracked him down.
His name is Hershel Boyd.
Read it.
Read it! (BANGS TABLE)
You enlisted illegally at 16
under your cousin's name, Hershel Boyd.
You were a Navy SEAL,
on track to becoming a SEAL sniper.
That's you, ain't it?
You saw Melanie get killed.
Yeah, you did.
You saw her through
the scope of your M40
right before you pulled the trigger.
You were the one
that was watching Melanie.
You were the one that killed her!
No, no, no.
Then you went and shot up the beach.
When we found you at that hotel,
you were getting high,
reliving your glory.
Whatever your daddy done to you,
you got a whole lot worse coming.
You want to get up out
of this room, don't you, son?
You want to leave?
Hmm?
Look at me.
You ain't never getting out,
not until you talk.
I said talk, boy.
I said talk! Talk!
I said talk!
I said talk! I said talk!
- I did it. I did it!
- Talk!
- Talk!
- I did it!
Huh? Say it so I can hear you.
I killed them. I killed them both.
Why?
Melanie and me were together.
I loved her so much,
but she didn't want me no more.
She wanted Cruz.
(CRYING)
I loved her so much.
(SOBBING)
I loved her so much!
I loved her so much
(DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES OVER MONITOR)
That's it?
Yeah, we got him.
(BUGS SOBBING)
ARTIE: There he is.
Biggest knockout of your career, no?
Jealous boyfriend every time.
Every time, am I right?
I'm right.
LALA: Hey.
I got some icing on the cake for you.
After your win in there,
I ran Bugs' boots
over to the game warden.
He confirmed it.
They were covered in dried crap.
Excrement is 100% bison.
Side note,
warden claims they weren't
the ones who swiped our board.
- Hey.
- Hey.
Write clear numbers this time,
not the scribble you
normally leave here.
Anyway, bison crap places Bugs
near the first sniper's hide.
It'll hold up in court,
thanks to your confession.
Like I said, icing.
HERM: Yo, Franks, I heard your new boy
knocked some sense into
that bouncer at Daly's.
(LAUGHS)
Kowalski.
Look how pretty.
Whoa.
What a miracle.
I heard Wheeler's over the moon.
I'm sure he will release
doves for the press.
Balloons, maybe. Hey.
Hey.
Hey, where you going?
I'm trying to pat you on the back here.
I'm trying to get out of here
before I do something to you
I might get fired for.
Excuse me?
You tell Gibbs he failed his
psych eval, I let that slide,
but you bring that BS into the bullpen?
Yeah, okay. That was a slipup.
Yeah, you're damn right it was a slipup.
You're out here throwing stones.
Let's not forget
what was on your psych eval.
So, that's it, then?
You bring in your new boy,
now you're ready,
gloves come off, you put me in my place?
(CHUCKLES)
I hope you're not implying
I don't like women.
Honey, I love women.
What I don't like
are workplace distractions.
Now, you beat me to crime scenes,
you got a line on evals.
I don't know who you're screwing
for your intel,
but Gibbs, he's all kind of messed up.
And I see you scratching him up
and then licking his wounds
like a dog in heat,
so, lady, if you're gonna bang him,
you get it over with so we can
get back to our damn jobs.
You talk to me like that again,
and I'm going straight to Wheeler.
(CHUCKLES)
Yeah, you do that.
Thing about Wheeler, though,
he don't like distractions, either.
(DOOR CLOSES)
♪
VERA: You're late.
Here.
Wheeler did what you asked.
FBI gave me what I
needed to do my thing.
OLD GIBBS:
I told myself it would be okay.
WHEELER: On behalf of the
Naval Investigative Service,
I am proud to say
that San Diego can finally
breathe a sigh of relief tonight.
Due to the tireless work
of our special agents and staff,
NIS has arrested
the sniper known as Sandman.
OLD GIBBS: I told myself
I'd never make the same mistake again.
Hey.
Look at that.
You did that.
OLD GIBBS: I swore if
the scream came back
I wouldn't just hear it.
I would listen to it.
But old habits die hard.
People, well, they die easier.
Sometimes a lot of them
have to die
for you to learn
to trust your gut,
and I was only just starting to.
(KELLY LAUGHING)
I was only just starting
to listen to the scream
that said the worst monsters
lie in wait.
The worst monsters
let you breathe.
They let you think it's over.
They lull you to sleep,
and then
enter Sandman.