NCIS New Orleans (2014) s05e22 Episode Script
Chaos Theory
1 (protesters shouting) Hey! Get your hands off! I'm exercising my First Amendment right! What were you gonna do with this? You can't detain me! What? Interesting venue for our third date.
I didn't think beignets at Café Du Monde would impress.
MAN (over P.
A.
): Welcome, one and all, to the military (continues indistinctly) MAN (over P.
A.
): the world's best engineers and scientists.
This definitely isn't doughnuts.
(both laugh) No, it's not.
ALICE: Oh, no! (beeping) Oh, God.
Ma'am, what's the problem? Call the police.
It's a bomb.
- What? Did you just say? - Leave! Get out of here.
I'm gonna help.
Everybody! We have an active bomb on the premises.
Please clear the area! This thing will go off in less than a minute, and who knows how much damage it can cause.
Like I said, there is an active bomb on the premises! Please clear the area as quickly as possible! I'm a ballistics expert, but I have explosive experience.
I think I can deactivate it.
You have any experience? One day training.
How can I help? Okay, the key is to separate the blast cap from the timer.
It looks like there's a couple false wires.
Yeah, somebody knew what they were doing.
I can separate the elements to give you a better look.
This is ridiculous.
Let's run.
Most of the wires are yellow and red, but-but there's a single green.
Looks right to me.
That's my vote, too.
Here goes nothing.
(beeping) (beeping stops) Holy crap.
I think that worked.
NEILA: Hey, Ben, you know how you said you wanted to impress me? Well, consider me impre NCIS:New Orleans 5x22 Chaos Theory Boom, boom, boom, boom Bang, bang, bang, bang Boom, boom, boom, boom How, how, how, how Hey, hey You gotta come on.
(siren wailing) What do we know, Hannah? Device went off at 10:04 a.
m.
Two dead.
Seven critically wounded.
I was told there were Navy victims.
Seaman Apprentice Ben Frisell, DOA.
Seaman Apprentice Neila Diseris survived.
They rushed her to Mercy Hospital.
PRIDE: And the other DOA? HANNAH: Yeah, Dr.
Alice Logan.
She was on-site to present a seminar on modern ballistics.
According to witnesses, she was attempting to disable the device.
Why would she do that? I believe she thought she could help.
According to NOPD, there were close to 1,000 people in attendance this morning.
Tragedy could've been much worse if our Sailors hadn't helped clear the room.
- Anything else to follow up on? There was a protest group here, Survivors for Peace.
Lasalle and Gregorio are questioning them now.
See if they found anything.
I'm gonna join Sebastian and Loretta.
Okay.
Over the years, I've worked more than my fair share of bomb scenes.
It's not the chaos that gets to me.
It's the smell, right? Ah The heavy chemical residue leaves a metallic taste in your mouth, and the human element It's like cooked meat.
Stays in your clothes for days.
Does that smell give us anything to work with forensically? Well, there was a benefit to the explosion being inside, there's more particulates in the air.
I'm getting cordite and sulfur.
Can it help you identify the materials used in the device? Yeah, and how they might behave.
So some bombs are, uh, directional.
You've seen a Claymore mine? The ones that have "This side toward enemy" printed on them? Yeah, well, this device had a similar blast pattern.
It was intended to explode in just one direction.
Unfortunately, it blew towards the door, injuring anyone who was still trying to flee.
Suggests a targeted attack.
Ah, it's too soon to tell.
Able to collect any remnants of the device? Nothing useful, not here at least.
Where else would it be, Sebastian? The force of the explosion was concentrated towards the door.
Notice anything interesting? Yeah, there's a void here.
Yeah, right where Seaman Diseris was standing when the device detonated.
According to the EMTs, she was hit with a lot of shrapnel.
Some of which may be valuable evidence.
Get to the hospital.
Collect whatever you can.
LASALLE: Sorry to keep you waiting.
Lot of folks to interview.
Not a problem.
I know the drill.
Been through it before.
A woman we interviewed earlier told us your daughter was the victim of a mass shooting, is that true? Yes.
She was 18.
Sorry for your loss.
I'm not the only one.
Everyone in my group has lost someone important.
Your group's named Survivors for Peace.
Travel around the country staging protests against gun shows.
We're not staging anything.
We attempt to engage our fellow Americans in dialogue.
Anything else you engage in at these events? My daughter was shot five times with 300 PRC rounds.
Designed for Special Forces.
We're trying to bring attention to the destructive power of these modern weapons.
Incidents like this morning's brings a lot of attention.
Our entire platform is about getting rid of weapons like this.
We'd never use one.
We understand, but there are dozens of others in your group who have a different opinion.
Yeah, like a man that was arrested before the bombing, appeared to have a gallon of blood in his possession.
Brock O'Driscoll is not a member of my group.
He's a bottom-feeder.
He's trying to use our suffering as a way to make a name for himself.
And how exactly does he do that? Check his social media.
He'll do anything for attention.
Anything? My rights are being violated.
I demand to be released immediately.
You're not in my custody.
You're gonna have to take it up with NOPD after you explain this.
I don't know what that is.
It's blood, Brock.
It's probably not human blood, but I wouldn't put anything past you considering your history.
That's not mine.
Officers found it in your backpack.
Assuming you were gonna go full Carrie on someone at the show.
I don't even know what that means.
Coy's not your play, Brock.
Not after the videos that you've been posting online.
You're a professional disruptor.
You perform childish pranks at public events for as many clicks as possible.
- You're familiar with my work.
- Mm-hmm.
Yeah, I am.
So is every law enforcement agency in the state.
What can I say? The public wants outrage.
I give it to them.
What I want to know is what made you step up your game today.
You think I planted the bomb? Why else would there be a line of federal agents waiting to interview you? - No.
No, no, no, no.
No, you got me wrong.
See, I-I create spectacle, okay? Not-not carnage.
Okay, nuance is lost on us, Brock.
You're gonna have to do better than that.
Look, there was someone else.
He went into the museum with a backpack.
He came out a minute later without it.
He ran right into me.
No one else noticed it? They were noticing me.
Okay.
I'm gonna need a full description, and you better hope for the both of us that you have a keen eye for detail.
Go.
This is a composite of our suspect Brock O'Driscoll claims ran out of the arms show minutes before the device detonated.
We're running it against security videos and facial recognition.
Could be a wild goose chase.
O'Driscoll covering his ass.
Could be a lot of things.
But we got to follow every lead.
We got two dead, a Sailor fighting for her life, seven critically wounded.
And considering the size of the device, we might've been looking at a lot worse.
Yeah.
We're six hours out from the bombing.
There's 300 federal agents and law enforcement officers working the case.
What do we know? Major arms show in the heart of the city.
Working theory is some kind of terrorism or political statement.
- Yeah, but there wasn't any chatter, according to the FBI, before or after the explosion.
Every weapons manufacturer in the country was at this event, but the bomb was found at Dr.
Logan's booth on her table.
You thinking this was a targeted attack? I think we need to deep dive our victims, especially Alice Logan.
Well, what we know now is she is the foremost ballistics specialist in the Southeast.
Consulted with law enforcement.
Testified at trials.
Taught a class at Quantico.
Yeah, nothing that's controversial.
(phone beeping) Dig into her personal life.
Find any enemies, secrets.
You know the drill.
You got it, King.
What? Good news? Neila Diseris woke up.
- Okay.
- Grab Sebastian.
Go question her.
How you holding up, Seaman Diseris? Uh, I don't know.
They said I need to stay overnight, but I, uh, think I can go back to base tomorrow.
No.
Surgeons removed 20 pieces of shrapnel from your chest.
You're not going anywhere anytime soon.
If you're here to get my statement, I already gave it to the FBI.
Actually, not here to get your statement.
Then, uh? Well, the surgeons did remove the 20 pieces of shrapnel, right? But there's still one piece inside of you? Lodged near my spinal cord.
- They say it's not life-threatening.
GREGORIO: No.
But it could be helpful in our investigation.
The fragment that we're talking about, it appears to have some numbers on it.
And this could be the identifying part of the cell phone that was used as the detonator.
Might help us find the suspect.
I was listening very carefully when the doctor spoke to me.
Removing that fragment is risky.
Yeah, we know.
If the surgery went wrong, it could result in permanent nerve damage.
Yeah, we know that, too.
Okay.
You know, but you don't care.
No, no, that's not what he's saying.
- Right? NEILA: Ben was standing in front of me when the bomb went off.
Just ten feet.
He was there, and then he was ripped apart.
Somehow, I'm going to walk out of this.
- It's a gift I won't squander.
SEBASTIAN: Right, but I-I don't think that's necessarily the way to look at this, okay? You have the opportunity to help catch the person who did this.
- Sorry.
No.
- Look, Seaman Diseris We understand.
Thanks for listening.
Any luck getting the piece of shrapnel? Seaman Diseris refuses to have the operation.
Yeah, 'cause we didn't try hard enough to convince her.
She barely survived the blast.
We got to give her some time.
We don't have time.
All right? The longer that we wait, the more the chances are that the suspect gets away or worse, sets off another bomb.
I understand the stakes, Sebastian, as well as anyone else here.
But we cannot force this woman to put her life at risk again.
- You know that.
- Okay.
We're gonna use different methods to find our suspect.
We can table that debate for right now.
I think we found our suspect.
Got a match on facial recognition? Oh, no, better than that.
NOPD pulled up surveillance footage from a coffee shop a few blocks from the blast.
Alan Van Scyoc.
According to the credit card he used to pay for his breakfast.
Commercial real estate developer.
Born and raised in New Orleans.
Not the typical profile on a terrorist.
Because he's not a terrorist.
I read about this case.
His brother Carl, right? Yeah.
Carl is on trial for murder.
Accused of killing an unhappy business partner.
Carl and his partner were both shot during an alleged carjacking.
PRIDE: Prosecution says that Carl set the whole thing up.
Pulled the trigger himself.
PATTON: Entire trial hinges on the testimony of the state ballistics expert.
Dr.
Alice Logan.
SEBASTIAN: Yeah.
This would explain why the bomb was set to only go off in one direction.
To make sure Alice Logan didn't survive.
GREGORIO: This bombing had nothing to do with protesters or politics.
It was a hit.
ANNOUNCER: Bus 35 going to El Paso leaving in 15 minutes.
Listen, I'm not gonna be able to make it, okay? ANNOUNCER: to El Paso leaving in 15 minutes.
Well, you'll have to reschedule.
Just apologize to them, Pete.
Tell them, you know, I got the flu.
I'm gonna be home in bed all day.
Yeah.
I feel awful.
Hey, can I call you back? Something weird is (siren wailing) NCIS! Alan Van Scyoc.
You're under arrest.
VAN SCYOC: I don't understand why I'm here.
That's incredibly hard to believe.
Considering you had $20,000 cash in your bag and a bus ticket to El Paso.
I was going on a business trip.
You were going on the run.
- Why would I? HANNAH: The bombing that killed Dr.
Alice Logan.
Yeah.
I heard about it.
You were there, Alan.
No, I wasn't.
I had a meeting.
Alan, stop.
This is a, uh, composite from witnesses who saw you entering the museum before the device went off.
Doesn't look anything like me.
How about this? (scoffs) PRIDE: Well, that's you right there.
In front of the arms show.
- With a backpack.
- What's in the backpack, Alan? You think I'm involved in this tragedy? - We know you are.
- I'm a businessman! Where'd you get the components to make the bomb? - Why would I? - Dr.
Alice Logan.
She was about to testify against your brother at his murder trial.
Her ballistics evidence would've sealed his fate.
That's just crazy.
Yeah.
Agreed.
Why are we here? PRIDE: You don't seem like a bad guy, Alan.
No record, active in the community.
Your brother, Carl, though-- he's not nice at all.
He's been accused of blackmail, extortion, fraud.
Then he murders a disgruntled business partner.
They were in a carjacking.
That's your brother's story, but we know that he was the shooter.
Look, somehow, you got involved in this.
Maybe it was family loyalty.
Maybe Carl strong-armed you into planting the bomb.
I didn't do anything.
No? You did this.
Please take those away.
And this! Alan, dozens of law enforcement agents are searching your home, your office.
Every detail of your life.
They're gonna find something.
They always do.
Your only option right now is to explain to us what happened.
I think I'd like to call my lawyer now.
Lawyered up, didn't he? Yeah.
I was sure we had him.
Planting a bomb in a crowded space takes a certain cold-blooded poise.
Something about this guy just isn't adding up.
Well, Gregorio and the FBI finished searching his home and his office.
No sign of any bomb components or residue of explosives.
Okay, so he built the bomb somewhere else.
I mean, the guy was a real estate developer.
He had who knows how many properties.
- Yeah, but - He delivered the bomb, Dwayne.
We have the evidence.
You really think Alan Van Scyoc planned this thing? I think he's displaying classic signs of grief, but less for the victims and more for himself.
(phone beeps) - We need more proof.
- Well, ask and you shall receive.
Sebastian thinks he might have something, but he needs a DNA sample from Van Scyoc.
Well, I'm sure they gathered something in the search of his house.
Have Gregorio bring it to the lab.
You got it.
(sighs) So, I couldn't find any significant pieces of the bomb at the crime scene.
- Mm-hmm.
And since Seaman Diseris refuses to have the piece that's still lodged in her removed - Which is her right.
Which is her right.
I know.
I know.
It just makes it more difficult for us, you know? There's a piece of evidence that's sitting there that could potentially close the case.
Can't touch it.
Yeah.
Right by her spine.
She's scared, Sebastian.
Yeah, well, if it was you or me in that position But it's not.
(sighs heavily) Well, you're right.
It's just this young woman who was out on a date minding her own business, and then, like that, her life changes.
Okay, so you're frustrated with her, and you sympathize? (sighs heavily) I don't know where I'm at.
You know what it is? It's the it's the senseless nature of it all, right? I mean, I know that I'm a cop, and I'm supposed to have this armor built up, and usually I do, but it's just when the violence is so random.
You know, I mean, anybody could have been caught in that blast.
That's that's what I can't get used to.
You never get used to it.
It's chaos.
Best way of dealing with it is finding order in the chaos.
That's what we do.
You said you found something else? Yeah, I got pieces of the backpack that the bomb was left in.
Notably, the zipper here.
And the zipper can help because? Well, you know this little metal tab thingie at the end? Mm-hmm.
That's really good for scraping off epithelial cells.
(machine chirps) Which I did.
Are you seeing if it's a match to Alan Van Scyoc? SEBASTIAN: And it is.
Van Scyoc definitely handled the backpack.
Like I said, baby-- order in the chaos.
The U.
S.
Attorney will be indicting Van Scyoc this afternoon.
He'll be going away for a long time.
Less than 24 hours between a bombing and a closed case.
Team did good work.
I'm proud of you all.
Got to give it to Sebastian on this one.
He sealed the deal with the DNA.
No, it was a team effort, you know? I'm just glad we were able to shut that guy down.
Yeah.
I'm gonna update Director Vance.
You should go home, get some rest.
You earned it.
LASALLE: Let's get out of here.
- I'm beat.
- I'll drive.
SEBASTIAN: I still got evidence back at the lab.
Got to check it in at the NOPD locker and make sure all that's squared away.
I'll come with if you want.
No, that's all right.
I got it.
You can go home.
You did good work.
You should be satisfied.
Thanks.
See you later.
All right, that's ten boxes at my count.
Sorry, Lana.
I know it's a lot.
Bunch of agencies dropped off a few more right before I came here.
- It's the job, right? - Yeah.
Plus, I get to tell everyone that I'm friends with the agent that broke the bombing case wide open.
Oh, I wouldn't say that.
No, because you're humble and a hero.
(laughs) I'm not Listen, I'm still the same guy from game night.
Okay? I still blow on my 20-sided die three times before I roll it just like anybody else.
- No one does that, Sebastian.
- That's their loss.
I'm gonna go get the rest of the boxes.
Okay.
Um, and I'm gonna make you a cup of my world-famous hot cocoa.
- Oh, I'm down.
Just, uh, can you use real milk? 'Cause almond milk gives me, like, a whole Deal.
- Hey, Sebastian? - Yeah.
You really are an inspiration to geeks everywhere.
(high-pitched ringing) PRIDE (echoing): Sebastian? WADE: I don't think he can hear us.
(Sebastian exhales) PRIDE: Sebastian, can you hear me? (siren wailing) Sebastian, are you okay? No.
I I don't know.
How is he? Oh, he's good to move.
No neck pain or broken bones.
Need to get him to the ER.
You hear that, Sebastian? You're gonna go with them.
- I can't.
I got to go find Lana.
- I'm sorry, dear.
She didn't make it.
Chaos.
-You're in shock.
- No.
Lana was right there.
She was she was gonna make me cocoa, and then chaos.
Tammy was right.
Okay.
Look, you need to go with them now.
- No.
No.
No.
No! - Whoa, whoa, whoa.
I got to work the scene.
WADE: There is no scene.
Firefighters are fighting the blaze.
It's it's the evidence.
We'll get in there as soon as we can.
We'll find the evidence.
That's not No, that's not what I mean.
I mean, the-the device was in the evidence that I that I brought in.
You're sure? Oh, my God.
Yeah, I'm positive.
I should've checked it.
I should've checked it before I brought it in.
Look, Sebastian It's not your fault.
I got to get in there.
I got to go in and see - Get him to the hospital now.
- Copy that.
I should have known, I should have done something.
- You're all right.
- All you have to do is let these professionals take care of you.
You'll be all right.
If Sebastian's right it means someone sabotaged all the evidence we had against Alan Van Scyoc.
According to ATF's initial examination, today's explosive device matches the signature of the one at the arms show.
We thinking Alan Van Scyoc made them both? Well, he's been in our custody for almost 24 hours now.
Even if he is the bomb maker It's highly unlikely he had the means to plant the second device in our evidence.
So, who did have the means? That's the million dollar question.
We need an answer quick.
I just spoke to the U.
S.
Attorney; with all the evidence up in smoke, he has to let Van Scyoc loose.
- What? He's giving us ten hours to make a new case.
Well, clearly whoever planted the second device wanted this result.
- We got to find out who.
- Well, dozens of law enforcement and first responders handled that evidence.
Get the names, get the backgrounds, find out what connection he had to Alan Van Scyoc.
Which still leaves the question of remaking our initial case against Van Scyoc.
Working theory is that he planted the first bomb to kill Dr.
Alice Logan.
Who was going to testify against Alan's brother in a murder trial.
Okay.
So we start from scratch.
Recanvass, reexamine, reinterview.
Find a piece of evidence that keeps Van Scyoc in custody.
Okay.
(phone beeping) Is that Pride at the hospital? Yeah.
He went to check on Sebastian.
- Is he okay? - It's hard to say.
Sebastian checked himself out.
(sighs) Come on, damn it.
(sniffles) (pants) Hey.
- Careful there, Sebastian.
- (groans) I'm all right.
Not really.
Just hoping to see something that I missed.
You're in no condition.
Uh, doctor said I'm fine.
Doctor said you have a concussion.
They're just being cautious.
So am I, get down.
(panting) Okay.
(grunts) Find you a place to sit down, okay? - Just stay there.
- Okay.
You know that, uh, three percent of the population are sociopaths? Was it four percent? It was three percent.
I think I read that somewhere.
Where you going with this? They're just the ones that cause most of the suffering in the world.
You know, thieves, con men, murderers Just three percent.
It sucks.
They do keep us busy, don't they? Yeah, I'm not gonna stand back and let a couple of people do all this.
Appreciate your dedication, Sebastian, but you're not 100% - I'm fine.
Your nose is bleeding.
(sniffles) (sighs) (sniffles) - Find anything new here? - (groans) No.
Whole thing's been picked over by every forensic investigator in the city.
But, uh when I was climbing the ladder, I got hit by something.
- Yeah, dizziness.
- Yeah, well.
Something else.
If we gather every scrap of digital data I'm talking surveillance, traffic cams, cell phones from the attendees and the protesters, everything in a, in a five-block radius The investigators already went through all that.
Well, yeah.
Individually.
Looking for one single suspect, Alan.
Now we know that he had help.
So if we gather all the data in one place I might be able to recreate the morning virtually.
Maybe see something that we missed the first time.
You really up for this? They killed Lana, Pride.
She was funny and sweet, and she was working on her master's degree, you know? And now she's she's just gone.
Your nose is bleeding again.
It's funny.
I used to get queasy whenever I would get a nosebleed, but now now I don't feel anything.
Okay.
Let's give your idea a try.
Come on.
We have reexamined every detail of Alan Van Scyoc's life.
Not a scrap of evidence that connects him to either of the bombings.
Doesn't make any sense.
There's got to be something else that connects him or Or his brother, who currently resides in the parish jail.
Yeah.
Alan been in contact with him? No.
No, only contact Carl has had is with the lawyers or witnesses for his defense.
Well, hopefully Sebastian can get inspiration here and can give us a leg up.
We're running out of time before Alan's released from custody.
We'll set up a task force for Sebastian.
Two dozen investigators putting together footage from cell phones, security cameras taken from around the time of the museum bombing.
You think it'll work? Well, about to find out.
Oh, good, you're here.
Uh, guys, can we have the room for a minute, please? Thanks.
This mean you found something? Just wait for it.
I got a whole thing planned.
We don't really have time for showmanship.
Oh, I promise it's worth it.
Even I was impressed.
How did you? So, we used the phones of all the witnesses and the attendees and combined it all into sort of, like, a a Voltron of digital data.
So, what is a Voltron? I'll explain that more in-depth later.
Right now just-just watch what we got here.
PATTON: Now, we don't have permission from everyone to use their phones.
- But we accessed them anyway.
"Accessed" as in hacked? Well, we needed a complete picture here.
Yet it's inadmissible.
I know.
Uh, just-just watch it, okay? So, this is a 3-D rendering combining all the footage that's basically about 30 minutes before the bombing.
PATTON: And we can literally navigate through the crowds and the streets.
HANNAH: Alan Van Scyoc is in here somewhere? Yeah, I'm glad that you asked.
P, will you do the honors, please? PATTON: Now, this is 20 minutes before Alan entered into the museum with the backpack.
PRIDE: And this second suspect is handing it to him.
HANNAH: Alan doesn't look too happy about it.
Yeah.
I think Alan was coerced here.
HANNAH: Can we get a better angle of suspect number two? PATTON: How's that? So, I already started facial recognition.
But that that's got to be our mastermind.
Okay.
Who is this guy? GREGORIO: His name is Colton Wolf.
Former ATF.
Bomb expert as well as ballistics.
SEBASTIAN: Yeah, he was head of the Texas State Crime Lab until about 18 months ago when he was fired for cause.
Yeah.
Ballistics was called into question.
He was cutting corners, and when the scandal came to light Dozens of cases thrown out.
Suspects released.
Lawsuits.
Wolf's career was ruined.
Guess who was in charge of the investigation when he got fired? - Dr.
Alice Logan.
- Yep.
So there was a motive for murder.
- Revenge.
- Yeah.
He had the expertise to make both devices.
First one he used to murder Dr.
Logan, and the second to, uh destroy evidence.
- Any idea where Colton Wolf is? LASALLE: We're still working on it.
Texas Rangers went to his house.
He's not there.
What does this have to do with Alan Van Scyoc? Not Alan.
His brother Carl.
Hired Wolf as an expert witness in his murder trial.
They had multiple meetings at the parish jail.
And more than likely hatched a plan to take out Dr.
Logan.
Unfortunately, we can't use any of Sebastian's videos.
All of our evidence is circumstantial.
And whether Alan was part of the plan or just a patsy, we can't tell.
He's not gonna talk to us while he's in custody.
Plus, he's about to be released, which means he'll probably disappear.
- (sighs) Yeah, they both will.
We need hard evidence to prove Wolf's involvement.
Seb Where'd he go? (grunts softly) Making a break for it, huh? (sighs) I can walk on my own, and I can heal at home.
Hospital can use the room for someone who needs it.
But you need it.
The evidence in your body is the only way to catch two killers.
I can't let you leave.
You're not gonna strong-arm me into having a dangerous operation.
Yeah, you're right.
That-that wouldn't be my place.
But I just want to talk.
I've got nothing left to say.
Okay, I'll talk.
Um I was completely out of line yesterday when I tried to force you to cooperate.
I didn't understand what you had been through.
I do now.
And how's that? I just went through it, too.
The second bombing.
I was there.
My friend died and, uh changed everything.
(sighs) Well, then, you should have the operation.
Trust me, Neila, I would if I could, all right? I guess that's where our experiences they differ.
So there's nothing left to say.
You're scared.
All right, I get it.
You want more time.
I would, too.
But-but we don't have any, and I'm-I'm worried.
(scoffs) About what? Honestly? Uh, pretty much everything in my life.
You know, am I gonna be late for work? Did I leave the stove on? Did I annotate my senior year thesis rigorously enough? What? It's just, I'm a worrier, okay? That's, like, my thing.
But right now, I'm I'm worried about you.
(sighs) You know, yesterday, you could've run, but you decided to stay with Ben.
You tried to make a difference.
That's who you are.
And I'm worried about how you're gonna feel a month from now, a year from now when you realize that you could have made a difference today.
I can't.
I feel powerless, okay? I don't know if you do, too.
You were minding your own business, and then, suddenly, everything fell apart around you.
That's not your fault.
Well, I just want it to stop.
We can't stop chaos.
But a friend of mine told me that we can, uh, at least find some order in it.
Now you can walk away.
I'm not gonna stop you.
Just know that right now, you're the only person who can restore some order for the rest of us.
And I know that I, for one I'd really appreciate it.
(sighs) Okay.
I'll do it.
Yeah? Oh.
Oh.
Oh, that's amazing.
That's - Hey! - Hey! - You hear that? - Yeah, I did.
Oh, man, I feel giddy, you know, like I could float.
Might be the head injury.
I think it is.
Yeah, I feel real dizzy.
I need to sit.
Sebastian.
Sebastian? Help! (siren wailing) WOMAN (over P.
A.
): Dr.
Brown to Oncology.
Dr.
Brown to Oncology.
I have no idea what just happened.
What happened is, you overdid it and nearly cracked your head open.
How long have I been out? Two hours.
(sighs) Neila.
She, uh she said she was gonna help us.
They're wrapping up the operation now.
It went well.
She's gonna be fine.
You, on the other hand-- what the hell were you thinking? (sighs) I don't know.
I just, I wanted to work the case.
And you did, Sebastian.
We got the shrapnel.
Gonna have it analyzed.
Yeah? Well, all right.
Help me up.
Let's go to the lab.
Uh No.
(groans loudly) Yeah.
You're not going anywhere.
Doctor says you have brain swelling.
- You need to rest.
- I can still work.
I will kick your ass and leave scars if you even try to make a move out of the bed.
I think I'm gonna stay.
I think it's a good choice.
You did good, Sebastian.
But if you ever try anything like that again I know.
She'll kill me.
She'll have to wait in line.
LASALLE: This is what the surgeons removed from Neila Diseris-- a cell phone memory card.
HANNAH: Is that a serial number? - Partial, yes.
- Yeah, but enough to trace where the phone was purchased.
- And by who.
Colton Wolf.
Yeah, bought this phone and two others in a shop last week in Houston.
Now I dug into his browsing history.
He spent a lot of time on the dark web looking for explosives.
Which clearly he found.
Yeah, Wolf's our bomb-maker, and he had Alan Van Scyoc plant the first device, and then, he snuck in the second device in our evidence.
You know what my next question's gonna be.
Where is he? Yeah.
That's the problem.
We tracked his movements from Houston within the last few days.
He checked into a hotel outside of town.
- Oh, yeah, he definitely was here.
- Yeah.
But he's been off the grid since the morning of the bombing.
We need to find him.
Yeah, I guess by now, he knows we're looking.
He could be anywhere.
There is one person that could help us-- Alan Van Scyoc.
Yeah, but our time is up.
Van Scyoc is being released from custody, and we don't have enough to hold him.
We may not be able to arrest him again, but we may be able to get him to cooperate.
Yeah, but Wolf helped him kill a woman who would probably put his brother in prison forever.
Why would he help us? Pride had an instinct that he was in over his head.
Brother or no brother, he may not want to live with blood on his hands.
Alan is at a hearing for his release.
I'll call Pride, meet him at the courthouse.
Alan Van Scyoc.
I don't need to talk to you.
Judge says I'm free to go.
You're right.
You don't have to say a word to us, but this isn't over.
I'm not involved in this mess.
You know that's not true.
The judge said We know what the judge said, and we're not here to arrest you.
We're here to get your assistance.
Three people are dead, more injured, lives changed.
All right, we know you're involved.
I didn't But we don't believe that you meant to be.
We think your brother and Colton Wolf forced you.
If you're okay with the damage that's been done, then you should leave.
But if you're not, you need to talk to us.
LASALLE: This isn't going away, Alan.
All right? You're gonna feel the weight of this for the rest of your life unless you do something about it.
It wasn't supposed to be a bomb.
It was supposed to be a warning.
Just a dead fish wrapped in Dr.
Logan's deposition, just to back her off.
- Who told you that? - Colton.
I had no idea.
You have to believe me.
We do believe you, Alan.
Now you need to come back to NCIS with us.
We'll work this whole thing out.
I just want to make this right.
(groaning) (groaning) Everybody down! Get off the street! Move! Move! Move! Special Agent Pride, NCIS.
We got a shooting outside the federal courthouse.
One victim.
All right, we need backup and an ambulance.
Suspect was on the balcony.
High-powered rifle.
- Did you get him? - No.
He's fleeing.
- Go after him, Christopher.
- Am I dying? No, no, no.
You're gonna hang on, Alan.
You understand me? You're gonna hang on.
That's what's gonna happen here.
Pride, it's Colton Wolf.
He's heading northeast on Chartres! One suspect, armed and dangerous.
He's fleeing.
This man needs medical attention! I'm on my way! Â (sirens wailing) (panting) Want to go first? After you, King.
(both panting) You good? Time of my life.
Wolf! You're surrounded.
There's nowhere to go.
(sirens wailing) It's over, Wolf.
Get your hands up, Wolf! Nowhere to run! Don't do it! Alan Van Scyoc is gonna survive.
And when he gets out of the hospital, he'll testify that his brother colluded with Colton Wolf to set both bombs.
Big brother's going for life.
Yeah, only wish Wolf would have survived to do the same.
He took the coward's way out.
Yeah, well, thankfully, we had some heroes help us out on this one.
You know, Neila Diseris deserves a commendation for what she did.
Already spoke to her C.
O.
about just that.
Navy's lucky to have her.
Not for nothing, but Sebastian-- he deserves a commendation, too.
I mean, he put his life on the line for this one, literally.
You know, I mentioned that to him before he left the hospital.
He said no.
He said he was just doing his job.
Hmm.
Sounds like something you'd say, King.
You know, Sebastian's turned into a pretty darn good field agent, hasn't he? Yeah, he has.
He is smart, he's brave, he's strong.
Real-life superhero.
Aah! Aah! Oh, why don't you call What's wrong now, Sebastian? Soup is so hot! Did you cook it in a cauldron? Following the instructions on the can.
This is canned soup? And now I got to fix you Yeah, well, I was trying to concentrate on your very specific instructions for the grilled cheese sandwich.
Yeah.
About that What's wrong with the sandwich, Sebastian? Uh, nothing.
It's-it's fine.
Just, supermarkets have whole islands full of international cheeses, and you went with American.
Just kind of It's simple comfort food, Sebastian.
Like from your childhood.
Well, there was nothing comforting about my childhood.
If you're looking for sympathy, I'm already playing nurse maid.
Aah.
(groans softly) You did get pretty scared when I passed out, though, huh? Of course I did.
'Cause you love me? Of course I do, you idiot.
Also, I can't afford the mortgage if you die, so I love you, too, Gregorio.
You know why? Because I cooked for you? Definitely not.
That's No.
'Cause you bring order to my chaos.
I'm prayin' to that sweet melody Cool.
You're gonna eat that? Yeah.
If I ever get feeling back in my tongue Put it in your mouth! Okay, all right.
Okay, I'm eating.
Here we go.
Mmm.
I didn't think beignets at Café Du Monde would impress.
MAN (over P.
A.
): Welcome, one and all, to the military (continues indistinctly) MAN (over P.
A.
): the world's best engineers and scientists.
This definitely isn't doughnuts.
(both laugh) No, it's not.
ALICE: Oh, no! (beeping) Oh, God.
Ma'am, what's the problem? Call the police.
It's a bomb.
- What? Did you just say? - Leave! Get out of here.
I'm gonna help.
Everybody! We have an active bomb on the premises.
Please clear the area! This thing will go off in less than a minute, and who knows how much damage it can cause.
Like I said, there is an active bomb on the premises! Please clear the area as quickly as possible! I'm a ballistics expert, but I have explosive experience.
I think I can deactivate it.
You have any experience? One day training.
How can I help? Okay, the key is to separate the blast cap from the timer.
It looks like there's a couple false wires.
Yeah, somebody knew what they were doing.
I can separate the elements to give you a better look.
This is ridiculous.
Let's run.
Most of the wires are yellow and red, but-but there's a single green.
Looks right to me.
That's my vote, too.
Here goes nothing.
(beeping) (beeping stops) Holy crap.
I think that worked.
NEILA: Hey, Ben, you know how you said you wanted to impress me? Well, consider me impre NCIS:New Orleans 5x22 Chaos Theory Boom, boom, boom, boom Bang, bang, bang, bang Boom, boom, boom, boom How, how, how, how Hey, hey You gotta come on.
(siren wailing) What do we know, Hannah? Device went off at 10:04 a.
m.
Two dead.
Seven critically wounded.
I was told there were Navy victims.
Seaman Apprentice Ben Frisell, DOA.
Seaman Apprentice Neila Diseris survived.
They rushed her to Mercy Hospital.
PRIDE: And the other DOA? HANNAH: Yeah, Dr.
Alice Logan.
She was on-site to present a seminar on modern ballistics.
According to witnesses, she was attempting to disable the device.
Why would she do that? I believe she thought she could help.
According to NOPD, there were close to 1,000 people in attendance this morning.
Tragedy could've been much worse if our Sailors hadn't helped clear the room.
- Anything else to follow up on? There was a protest group here, Survivors for Peace.
Lasalle and Gregorio are questioning them now.
See if they found anything.
I'm gonna join Sebastian and Loretta.
Okay.
Over the years, I've worked more than my fair share of bomb scenes.
It's not the chaos that gets to me.
It's the smell, right? Ah The heavy chemical residue leaves a metallic taste in your mouth, and the human element It's like cooked meat.
Stays in your clothes for days.
Does that smell give us anything to work with forensically? Well, there was a benefit to the explosion being inside, there's more particulates in the air.
I'm getting cordite and sulfur.
Can it help you identify the materials used in the device? Yeah, and how they might behave.
So some bombs are, uh, directional.
You've seen a Claymore mine? The ones that have "This side toward enemy" printed on them? Yeah, well, this device had a similar blast pattern.
It was intended to explode in just one direction.
Unfortunately, it blew towards the door, injuring anyone who was still trying to flee.
Suggests a targeted attack.
Ah, it's too soon to tell.
Able to collect any remnants of the device? Nothing useful, not here at least.
Where else would it be, Sebastian? The force of the explosion was concentrated towards the door.
Notice anything interesting? Yeah, there's a void here.
Yeah, right where Seaman Diseris was standing when the device detonated.
According to the EMTs, she was hit with a lot of shrapnel.
Some of which may be valuable evidence.
Get to the hospital.
Collect whatever you can.
LASALLE: Sorry to keep you waiting.
Lot of folks to interview.
Not a problem.
I know the drill.
Been through it before.
A woman we interviewed earlier told us your daughter was the victim of a mass shooting, is that true? Yes.
She was 18.
Sorry for your loss.
I'm not the only one.
Everyone in my group has lost someone important.
Your group's named Survivors for Peace.
Travel around the country staging protests against gun shows.
We're not staging anything.
We attempt to engage our fellow Americans in dialogue.
Anything else you engage in at these events? My daughter was shot five times with 300 PRC rounds.
Designed for Special Forces.
We're trying to bring attention to the destructive power of these modern weapons.
Incidents like this morning's brings a lot of attention.
Our entire platform is about getting rid of weapons like this.
We'd never use one.
We understand, but there are dozens of others in your group who have a different opinion.
Yeah, like a man that was arrested before the bombing, appeared to have a gallon of blood in his possession.
Brock O'Driscoll is not a member of my group.
He's a bottom-feeder.
He's trying to use our suffering as a way to make a name for himself.
And how exactly does he do that? Check his social media.
He'll do anything for attention.
Anything? My rights are being violated.
I demand to be released immediately.
You're not in my custody.
You're gonna have to take it up with NOPD after you explain this.
I don't know what that is.
It's blood, Brock.
It's probably not human blood, but I wouldn't put anything past you considering your history.
That's not mine.
Officers found it in your backpack.
Assuming you were gonna go full Carrie on someone at the show.
I don't even know what that means.
Coy's not your play, Brock.
Not after the videos that you've been posting online.
You're a professional disruptor.
You perform childish pranks at public events for as many clicks as possible.
- You're familiar with my work.
- Mm-hmm.
Yeah, I am.
So is every law enforcement agency in the state.
What can I say? The public wants outrage.
I give it to them.
What I want to know is what made you step up your game today.
You think I planted the bomb? Why else would there be a line of federal agents waiting to interview you? - No.
No, no, no, no.
No, you got me wrong.
See, I-I create spectacle, okay? Not-not carnage.
Okay, nuance is lost on us, Brock.
You're gonna have to do better than that.
Look, there was someone else.
He went into the museum with a backpack.
He came out a minute later without it.
He ran right into me.
No one else noticed it? They were noticing me.
Okay.
I'm gonna need a full description, and you better hope for the both of us that you have a keen eye for detail.
Go.
This is a composite of our suspect Brock O'Driscoll claims ran out of the arms show minutes before the device detonated.
We're running it against security videos and facial recognition.
Could be a wild goose chase.
O'Driscoll covering his ass.
Could be a lot of things.
But we got to follow every lead.
We got two dead, a Sailor fighting for her life, seven critically wounded.
And considering the size of the device, we might've been looking at a lot worse.
Yeah.
We're six hours out from the bombing.
There's 300 federal agents and law enforcement officers working the case.
What do we know? Major arms show in the heart of the city.
Working theory is some kind of terrorism or political statement.
- Yeah, but there wasn't any chatter, according to the FBI, before or after the explosion.
Every weapons manufacturer in the country was at this event, but the bomb was found at Dr.
Logan's booth on her table.
You thinking this was a targeted attack? I think we need to deep dive our victims, especially Alice Logan.
Well, what we know now is she is the foremost ballistics specialist in the Southeast.
Consulted with law enforcement.
Testified at trials.
Taught a class at Quantico.
Yeah, nothing that's controversial.
(phone beeping) Dig into her personal life.
Find any enemies, secrets.
You know the drill.
You got it, King.
What? Good news? Neila Diseris woke up.
- Okay.
- Grab Sebastian.
Go question her.
How you holding up, Seaman Diseris? Uh, I don't know.
They said I need to stay overnight, but I, uh, think I can go back to base tomorrow.
No.
Surgeons removed 20 pieces of shrapnel from your chest.
You're not going anywhere anytime soon.
If you're here to get my statement, I already gave it to the FBI.
Actually, not here to get your statement.
Then, uh? Well, the surgeons did remove the 20 pieces of shrapnel, right? But there's still one piece inside of you? Lodged near my spinal cord.
- They say it's not life-threatening.
GREGORIO: No.
But it could be helpful in our investigation.
The fragment that we're talking about, it appears to have some numbers on it.
And this could be the identifying part of the cell phone that was used as the detonator.
Might help us find the suspect.
I was listening very carefully when the doctor spoke to me.
Removing that fragment is risky.
Yeah, we know.
If the surgery went wrong, it could result in permanent nerve damage.
Yeah, we know that, too.
Okay.
You know, but you don't care.
No, no, that's not what he's saying.
- Right? NEILA: Ben was standing in front of me when the bomb went off.
Just ten feet.
He was there, and then he was ripped apart.
Somehow, I'm going to walk out of this.
- It's a gift I won't squander.
SEBASTIAN: Right, but I-I don't think that's necessarily the way to look at this, okay? You have the opportunity to help catch the person who did this.
- Sorry.
No.
- Look, Seaman Diseris We understand.
Thanks for listening.
Any luck getting the piece of shrapnel? Seaman Diseris refuses to have the operation.
Yeah, 'cause we didn't try hard enough to convince her.
She barely survived the blast.
We got to give her some time.
We don't have time.
All right? The longer that we wait, the more the chances are that the suspect gets away or worse, sets off another bomb.
I understand the stakes, Sebastian, as well as anyone else here.
But we cannot force this woman to put her life at risk again.
- You know that.
- Okay.
We're gonna use different methods to find our suspect.
We can table that debate for right now.
I think we found our suspect.
Got a match on facial recognition? Oh, no, better than that.
NOPD pulled up surveillance footage from a coffee shop a few blocks from the blast.
Alan Van Scyoc.
According to the credit card he used to pay for his breakfast.
Commercial real estate developer.
Born and raised in New Orleans.
Not the typical profile on a terrorist.
Because he's not a terrorist.
I read about this case.
His brother Carl, right? Yeah.
Carl is on trial for murder.
Accused of killing an unhappy business partner.
Carl and his partner were both shot during an alleged carjacking.
PRIDE: Prosecution says that Carl set the whole thing up.
Pulled the trigger himself.
PATTON: Entire trial hinges on the testimony of the state ballistics expert.
Dr.
Alice Logan.
SEBASTIAN: Yeah.
This would explain why the bomb was set to only go off in one direction.
To make sure Alice Logan didn't survive.
GREGORIO: This bombing had nothing to do with protesters or politics.
It was a hit.
ANNOUNCER: Bus 35 going to El Paso leaving in 15 minutes.
Listen, I'm not gonna be able to make it, okay? ANNOUNCER: to El Paso leaving in 15 minutes.
Well, you'll have to reschedule.
Just apologize to them, Pete.
Tell them, you know, I got the flu.
I'm gonna be home in bed all day.
Yeah.
I feel awful.
Hey, can I call you back? Something weird is (siren wailing) NCIS! Alan Van Scyoc.
You're under arrest.
VAN SCYOC: I don't understand why I'm here.
That's incredibly hard to believe.
Considering you had $20,000 cash in your bag and a bus ticket to El Paso.
I was going on a business trip.
You were going on the run.
- Why would I? HANNAH: The bombing that killed Dr.
Alice Logan.
Yeah.
I heard about it.
You were there, Alan.
No, I wasn't.
I had a meeting.
Alan, stop.
This is a, uh, composite from witnesses who saw you entering the museum before the device went off.
Doesn't look anything like me.
How about this? (scoffs) PRIDE: Well, that's you right there.
In front of the arms show.
- With a backpack.
- What's in the backpack, Alan? You think I'm involved in this tragedy? - We know you are.
- I'm a businessman! Where'd you get the components to make the bomb? - Why would I? - Dr.
Alice Logan.
She was about to testify against your brother at his murder trial.
Her ballistics evidence would've sealed his fate.
That's just crazy.
Yeah.
Agreed.
Why are we here? PRIDE: You don't seem like a bad guy, Alan.
No record, active in the community.
Your brother, Carl, though-- he's not nice at all.
He's been accused of blackmail, extortion, fraud.
Then he murders a disgruntled business partner.
They were in a carjacking.
That's your brother's story, but we know that he was the shooter.
Look, somehow, you got involved in this.
Maybe it was family loyalty.
Maybe Carl strong-armed you into planting the bomb.
I didn't do anything.
No? You did this.
Please take those away.
And this! Alan, dozens of law enforcement agents are searching your home, your office.
Every detail of your life.
They're gonna find something.
They always do.
Your only option right now is to explain to us what happened.
I think I'd like to call my lawyer now.
Lawyered up, didn't he? Yeah.
I was sure we had him.
Planting a bomb in a crowded space takes a certain cold-blooded poise.
Something about this guy just isn't adding up.
Well, Gregorio and the FBI finished searching his home and his office.
No sign of any bomb components or residue of explosives.
Okay, so he built the bomb somewhere else.
I mean, the guy was a real estate developer.
He had who knows how many properties.
- Yeah, but - He delivered the bomb, Dwayne.
We have the evidence.
You really think Alan Van Scyoc planned this thing? I think he's displaying classic signs of grief, but less for the victims and more for himself.
(phone beeps) - We need more proof.
- Well, ask and you shall receive.
Sebastian thinks he might have something, but he needs a DNA sample from Van Scyoc.
Well, I'm sure they gathered something in the search of his house.
Have Gregorio bring it to the lab.
You got it.
(sighs) So, I couldn't find any significant pieces of the bomb at the crime scene.
- Mm-hmm.
And since Seaman Diseris refuses to have the piece that's still lodged in her removed - Which is her right.
Which is her right.
I know.
I know.
It just makes it more difficult for us, you know? There's a piece of evidence that's sitting there that could potentially close the case.
Can't touch it.
Yeah.
Right by her spine.
She's scared, Sebastian.
Yeah, well, if it was you or me in that position But it's not.
(sighs heavily) Well, you're right.
It's just this young woman who was out on a date minding her own business, and then, like that, her life changes.
Okay, so you're frustrated with her, and you sympathize? (sighs heavily) I don't know where I'm at.
You know what it is? It's the it's the senseless nature of it all, right? I mean, I know that I'm a cop, and I'm supposed to have this armor built up, and usually I do, but it's just when the violence is so random.
You know, I mean, anybody could have been caught in that blast.
That's that's what I can't get used to.
You never get used to it.
It's chaos.
Best way of dealing with it is finding order in the chaos.
That's what we do.
You said you found something else? Yeah, I got pieces of the backpack that the bomb was left in.
Notably, the zipper here.
And the zipper can help because? Well, you know this little metal tab thingie at the end? Mm-hmm.
That's really good for scraping off epithelial cells.
(machine chirps) Which I did.
Are you seeing if it's a match to Alan Van Scyoc? SEBASTIAN: And it is.
Van Scyoc definitely handled the backpack.
Like I said, baby-- order in the chaos.
The U.
S.
Attorney will be indicting Van Scyoc this afternoon.
He'll be going away for a long time.
Less than 24 hours between a bombing and a closed case.
Team did good work.
I'm proud of you all.
Got to give it to Sebastian on this one.
He sealed the deal with the DNA.
No, it was a team effort, you know? I'm just glad we were able to shut that guy down.
Yeah.
I'm gonna update Director Vance.
You should go home, get some rest.
You earned it.
LASALLE: Let's get out of here.
- I'm beat.
- I'll drive.
SEBASTIAN: I still got evidence back at the lab.
Got to check it in at the NOPD locker and make sure all that's squared away.
I'll come with if you want.
No, that's all right.
I got it.
You can go home.
You did good work.
You should be satisfied.
Thanks.
See you later.
All right, that's ten boxes at my count.
Sorry, Lana.
I know it's a lot.
Bunch of agencies dropped off a few more right before I came here.
- It's the job, right? - Yeah.
Plus, I get to tell everyone that I'm friends with the agent that broke the bombing case wide open.
Oh, I wouldn't say that.
No, because you're humble and a hero.
(laughs) I'm not Listen, I'm still the same guy from game night.
Okay? I still blow on my 20-sided die three times before I roll it just like anybody else.
- No one does that, Sebastian.
- That's their loss.
I'm gonna go get the rest of the boxes.
Okay.
Um, and I'm gonna make you a cup of my world-famous hot cocoa.
- Oh, I'm down.
Just, uh, can you use real milk? 'Cause almond milk gives me, like, a whole Deal.
- Hey, Sebastian? - Yeah.
You really are an inspiration to geeks everywhere.
(high-pitched ringing) PRIDE (echoing): Sebastian? WADE: I don't think he can hear us.
(Sebastian exhales) PRIDE: Sebastian, can you hear me? (siren wailing) Sebastian, are you okay? No.
I I don't know.
How is he? Oh, he's good to move.
No neck pain or broken bones.
Need to get him to the ER.
You hear that, Sebastian? You're gonna go with them.
- I can't.
I got to go find Lana.
- I'm sorry, dear.
She didn't make it.
Chaos.
-You're in shock.
- No.
Lana was right there.
She was she was gonna make me cocoa, and then chaos.
Tammy was right.
Okay.
Look, you need to go with them now.
- No.
No.
No.
No! - Whoa, whoa, whoa.
I got to work the scene.
WADE: There is no scene.
Firefighters are fighting the blaze.
It's it's the evidence.
We'll get in there as soon as we can.
We'll find the evidence.
That's not No, that's not what I mean.
I mean, the-the device was in the evidence that I that I brought in.
You're sure? Oh, my God.
Yeah, I'm positive.
I should've checked it.
I should've checked it before I brought it in.
Look, Sebastian It's not your fault.
I got to get in there.
I got to go in and see - Get him to the hospital now.
- Copy that.
I should have known, I should have done something.
- You're all right.
- All you have to do is let these professionals take care of you.
You'll be all right.
If Sebastian's right it means someone sabotaged all the evidence we had against Alan Van Scyoc.
According to ATF's initial examination, today's explosive device matches the signature of the one at the arms show.
We thinking Alan Van Scyoc made them both? Well, he's been in our custody for almost 24 hours now.
Even if he is the bomb maker It's highly unlikely he had the means to plant the second device in our evidence.
So, who did have the means? That's the million dollar question.
We need an answer quick.
I just spoke to the U.
S.
Attorney; with all the evidence up in smoke, he has to let Van Scyoc loose.
- What? He's giving us ten hours to make a new case.
Well, clearly whoever planted the second device wanted this result.
- We got to find out who.
- Well, dozens of law enforcement and first responders handled that evidence.
Get the names, get the backgrounds, find out what connection he had to Alan Van Scyoc.
Which still leaves the question of remaking our initial case against Van Scyoc.
Working theory is that he planted the first bomb to kill Dr.
Alice Logan.
Who was going to testify against Alan's brother in a murder trial.
Okay.
So we start from scratch.
Recanvass, reexamine, reinterview.
Find a piece of evidence that keeps Van Scyoc in custody.
Okay.
(phone beeping) Is that Pride at the hospital? Yeah.
He went to check on Sebastian.
- Is he okay? - It's hard to say.
Sebastian checked himself out.
(sighs) Come on, damn it.
(sniffles) (pants) Hey.
- Careful there, Sebastian.
- (groans) I'm all right.
Not really.
Just hoping to see something that I missed.
You're in no condition.
Uh, doctor said I'm fine.
Doctor said you have a concussion.
They're just being cautious.
So am I, get down.
(panting) Okay.
(grunts) Find you a place to sit down, okay? - Just stay there.
- Okay.
You know that, uh, three percent of the population are sociopaths? Was it four percent? It was three percent.
I think I read that somewhere.
Where you going with this? They're just the ones that cause most of the suffering in the world.
You know, thieves, con men, murderers Just three percent.
It sucks.
They do keep us busy, don't they? Yeah, I'm not gonna stand back and let a couple of people do all this.
Appreciate your dedication, Sebastian, but you're not 100% - I'm fine.
Your nose is bleeding.
(sniffles) (sighs) (sniffles) - Find anything new here? - (groans) No.
Whole thing's been picked over by every forensic investigator in the city.
But, uh when I was climbing the ladder, I got hit by something.
- Yeah, dizziness.
- Yeah, well.
Something else.
If we gather every scrap of digital data I'm talking surveillance, traffic cams, cell phones from the attendees and the protesters, everything in a, in a five-block radius The investigators already went through all that.
Well, yeah.
Individually.
Looking for one single suspect, Alan.
Now we know that he had help.
So if we gather all the data in one place I might be able to recreate the morning virtually.
Maybe see something that we missed the first time.
You really up for this? They killed Lana, Pride.
She was funny and sweet, and she was working on her master's degree, you know? And now she's she's just gone.
Your nose is bleeding again.
It's funny.
I used to get queasy whenever I would get a nosebleed, but now now I don't feel anything.
Okay.
Let's give your idea a try.
Come on.
We have reexamined every detail of Alan Van Scyoc's life.
Not a scrap of evidence that connects him to either of the bombings.
Doesn't make any sense.
There's got to be something else that connects him or Or his brother, who currently resides in the parish jail.
Yeah.
Alan been in contact with him? No.
No, only contact Carl has had is with the lawyers or witnesses for his defense.
Well, hopefully Sebastian can get inspiration here and can give us a leg up.
We're running out of time before Alan's released from custody.
We'll set up a task force for Sebastian.
Two dozen investigators putting together footage from cell phones, security cameras taken from around the time of the museum bombing.
You think it'll work? Well, about to find out.
Oh, good, you're here.
Uh, guys, can we have the room for a minute, please? Thanks.
This mean you found something? Just wait for it.
I got a whole thing planned.
We don't really have time for showmanship.
Oh, I promise it's worth it.
Even I was impressed.
How did you? So, we used the phones of all the witnesses and the attendees and combined it all into sort of, like, a a Voltron of digital data.
So, what is a Voltron? I'll explain that more in-depth later.
Right now just-just watch what we got here.
PATTON: Now, we don't have permission from everyone to use their phones.
- But we accessed them anyway.
"Accessed" as in hacked? Well, we needed a complete picture here.
Yet it's inadmissible.
I know.
Uh, just-just watch it, okay? So, this is a 3-D rendering combining all the footage that's basically about 30 minutes before the bombing.
PATTON: And we can literally navigate through the crowds and the streets.
HANNAH: Alan Van Scyoc is in here somewhere? Yeah, I'm glad that you asked.
P, will you do the honors, please? PATTON: Now, this is 20 minutes before Alan entered into the museum with the backpack.
PRIDE: And this second suspect is handing it to him.
HANNAH: Alan doesn't look too happy about it.
Yeah.
I think Alan was coerced here.
HANNAH: Can we get a better angle of suspect number two? PATTON: How's that? So, I already started facial recognition.
But that that's got to be our mastermind.
Okay.
Who is this guy? GREGORIO: His name is Colton Wolf.
Former ATF.
Bomb expert as well as ballistics.
SEBASTIAN: Yeah, he was head of the Texas State Crime Lab until about 18 months ago when he was fired for cause.
Yeah.
Ballistics was called into question.
He was cutting corners, and when the scandal came to light Dozens of cases thrown out.
Suspects released.
Lawsuits.
Wolf's career was ruined.
Guess who was in charge of the investigation when he got fired? - Dr.
Alice Logan.
- Yep.
So there was a motive for murder.
- Revenge.
- Yeah.
He had the expertise to make both devices.
First one he used to murder Dr.
Logan, and the second to, uh destroy evidence.
- Any idea where Colton Wolf is? LASALLE: We're still working on it.
Texas Rangers went to his house.
He's not there.
What does this have to do with Alan Van Scyoc? Not Alan.
His brother Carl.
Hired Wolf as an expert witness in his murder trial.
They had multiple meetings at the parish jail.
And more than likely hatched a plan to take out Dr.
Logan.
Unfortunately, we can't use any of Sebastian's videos.
All of our evidence is circumstantial.
And whether Alan was part of the plan or just a patsy, we can't tell.
He's not gonna talk to us while he's in custody.
Plus, he's about to be released, which means he'll probably disappear.
- (sighs) Yeah, they both will.
We need hard evidence to prove Wolf's involvement.
Seb Where'd he go? (grunts softly) Making a break for it, huh? (sighs) I can walk on my own, and I can heal at home.
Hospital can use the room for someone who needs it.
But you need it.
The evidence in your body is the only way to catch two killers.
I can't let you leave.
You're not gonna strong-arm me into having a dangerous operation.
Yeah, you're right.
That-that wouldn't be my place.
But I just want to talk.
I've got nothing left to say.
Okay, I'll talk.
Um I was completely out of line yesterday when I tried to force you to cooperate.
I didn't understand what you had been through.
I do now.
And how's that? I just went through it, too.
The second bombing.
I was there.
My friend died and, uh changed everything.
(sighs) Well, then, you should have the operation.
Trust me, Neila, I would if I could, all right? I guess that's where our experiences they differ.
So there's nothing left to say.
You're scared.
All right, I get it.
You want more time.
I would, too.
But-but we don't have any, and I'm-I'm worried.
(scoffs) About what? Honestly? Uh, pretty much everything in my life.
You know, am I gonna be late for work? Did I leave the stove on? Did I annotate my senior year thesis rigorously enough? What? It's just, I'm a worrier, okay? That's, like, my thing.
But right now, I'm I'm worried about you.
(sighs) You know, yesterday, you could've run, but you decided to stay with Ben.
You tried to make a difference.
That's who you are.
And I'm worried about how you're gonna feel a month from now, a year from now when you realize that you could have made a difference today.
I can't.
I feel powerless, okay? I don't know if you do, too.
You were minding your own business, and then, suddenly, everything fell apart around you.
That's not your fault.
Well, I just want it to stop.
We can't stop chaos.
But a friend of mine told me that we can, uh, at least find some order in it.
Now you can walk away.
I'm not gonna stop you.
Just know that right now, you're the only person who can restore some order for the rest of us.
And I know that I, for one I'd really appreciate it.
(sighs) Okay.
I'll do it.
Yeah? Oh.
Oh.
Oh, that's amazing.
That's - Hey! - Hey! - You hear that? - Yeah, I did.
Oh, man, I feel giddy, you know, like I could float.
Might be the head injury.
I think it is.
Yeah, I feel real dizzy.
I need to sit.
Sebastian.
Sebastian? Help! (siren wailing) WOMAN (over P.
A.
): Dr.
Brown to Oncology.
Dr.
Brown to Oncology.
I have no idea what just happened.
What happened is, you overdid it and nearly cracked your head open.
How long have I been out? Two hours.
(sighs) Neila.
She, uh she said she was gonna help us.
They're wrapping up the operation now.
It went well.
She's gonna be fine.
You, on the other hand-- what the hell were you thinking? (sighs) I don't know.
I just, I wanted to work the case.
And you did, Sebastian.
We got the shrapnel.
Gonna have it analyzed.
Yeah? Well, all right.
Help me up.
Let's go to the lab.
Uh No.
(groans loudly) Yeah.
You're not going anywhere.
Doctor says you have brain swelling.
- You need to rest.
- I can still work.
I will kick your ass and leave scars if you even try to make a move out of the bed.
I think I'm gonna stay.
I think it's a good choice.
You did good, Sebastian.
But if you ever try anything like that again I know.
She'll kill me.
She'll have to wait in line.
LASALLE: This is what the surgeons removed from Neila Diseris-- a cell phone memory card.
HANNAH: Is that a serial number? - Partial, yes.
- Yeah, but enough to trace where the phone was purchased.
- And by who.
Colton Wolf.
Yeah, bought this phone and two others in a shop last week in Houston.
Now I dug into his browsing history.
He spent a lot of time on the dark web looking for explosives.
Which clearly he found.
Yeah, Wolf's our bomb-maker, and he had Alan Van Scyoc plant the first device, and then, he snuck in the second device in our evidence.
You know what my next question's gonna be.
Where is he? Yeah.
That's the problem.
We tracked his movements from Houston within the last few days.
He checked into a hotel outside of town.
- Oh, yeah, he definitely was here.
- Yeah.
But he's been off the grid since the morning of the bombing.
We need to find him.
Yeah, I guess by now, he knows we're looking.
He could be anywhere.
There is one person that could help us-- Alan Van Scyoc.
Yeah, but our time is up.
Van Scyoc is being released from custody, and we don't have enough to hold him.
We may not be able to arrest him again, but we may be able to get him to cooperate.
Yeah, but Wolf helped him kill a woman who would probably put his brother in prison forever.
Why would he help us? Pride had an instinct that he was in over his head.
Brother or no brother, he may not want to live with blood on his hands.
Alan is at a hearing for his release.
I'll call Pride, meet him at the courthouse.
Alan Van Scyoc.
I don't need to talk to you.
Judge says I'm free to go.
You're right.
You don't have to say a word to us, but this isn't over.
I'm not involved in this mess.
You know that's not true.
The judge said We know what the judge said, and we're not here to arrest you.
We're here to get your assistance.
Three people are dead, more injured, lives changed.
All right, we know you're involved.
I didn't But we don't believe that you meant to be.
We think your brother and Colton Wolf forced you.
If you're okay with the damage that's been done, then you should leave.
But if you're not, you need to talk to us.
LASALLE: This isn't going away, Alan.
All right? You're gonna feel the weight of this for the rest of your life unless you do something about it.
It wasn't supposed to be a bomb.
It was supposed to be a warning.
Just a dead fish wrapped in Dr.
Logan's deposition, just to back her off.
- Who told you that? - Colton.
I had no idea.
You have to believe me.
We do believe you, Alan.
Now you need to come back to NCIS with us.
We'll work this whole thing out.
I just want to make this right.
(groaning) (groaning) Everybody down! Get off the street! Move! Move! Move! Special Agent Pride, NCIS.
We got a shooting outside the federal courthouse.
One victim.
All right, we need backup and an ambulance.
Suspect was on the balcony.
High-powered rifle.
- Did you get him? - No.
He's fleeing.
- Go after him, Christopher.
- Am I dying? No, no, no.
You're gonna hang on, Alan.
You understand me? You're gonna hang on.
That's what's gonna happen here.
Pride, it's Colton Wolf.
He's heading northeast on Chartres! One suspect, armed and dangerous.
He's fleeing.
This man needs medical attention! I'm on my way! Â (sirens wailing) (panting) Want to go first? After you, King.
(both panting) You good? Time of my life.
Wolf! You're surrounded.
There's nowhere to go.
(sirens wailing) It's over, Wolf.
Get your hands up, Wolf! Nowhere to run! Don't do it! Alan Van Scyoc is gonna survive.
And when he gets out of the hospital, he'll testify that his brother colluded with Colton Wolf to set both bombs.
Big brother's going for life.
Yeah, only wish Wolf would have survived to do the same.
He took the coward's way out.
Yeah, well, thankfully, we had some heroes help us out on this one.
You know, Neila Diseris deserves a commendation for what she did.
Already spoke to her C.
O.
about just that.
Navy's lucky to have her.
Not for nothing, but Sebastian-- he deserves a commendation, too.
I mean, he put his life on the line for this one, literally.
You know, I mentioned that to him before he left the hospital.
He said no.
He said he was just doing his job.
Hmm.
Sounds like something you'd say, King.
You know, Sebastian's turned into a pretty darn good field agent, hasn't he? Yeah, he has.
He is smart, he's brave, he's strong.
Real-life superhero.
Aah! Aah! Oh, why don't you call What's wrong now, Sebastian? Soup is so hot! Did you cook it in a cauldron? Following the instructions on the can.
This is canned soup? And now I got to fix you Yeah, well, I was trying to concentrate on your very specific instructions for the grilled cheese sandwich.
Yeah.
About that What's wrong with the sandwich, Sebastian? Uh, nothing.
It's-it's fine.
Just, supermarkets have whole islands full of international cheeses, and you went with American.
Just kind of It's simple comfort food, Sebastian.
Like from your childhood.
Well, there was nothing comforting about my childhood.
If you're looking for sympathy, I'm already playing nurse maid.
Aah.
(groans softly) You did get pretty scared when I passed out, though, huh? Of course I did.
'Cause you love me? Of course I do, you idiot.
Also, I can't afford the mortgage if you die, so I love you, too, Gregorio.
You know why? Because I cooked for you? Definitely not.
That's No.
'Cause you bring order to my chaos.
I'm prayin' to that sweet melody Cool.
You're gonna eat that? Yeah.
If I ever get feeling back in my tongue Put it in your mouth! Okay, all right.
Okay, I'm eating.
Here we go.
Mmm.