NCIS s20e21 Episode Script

1
The hard drive is a backup
of my personal photo library.
There's something about
these photos that's important.
BILLINGS: Bring the hard drive
to Rock Creek Park.
I'm the man asking for that hard drive
- one last time.
- NCIS.
- Who do you work for?
- KASIE: I finished processing
Senator Miller's photo libraries,
and I might have found
a connection to the Russians.
That's Delilah's former T.A.
Evelyn Shaw, and the other
two are Rene and John Watts.
We've recently arrested
all three of these people
for being Russian sleeper spies.
They were active volunteers
on Senator Miller's
last reelection campaign.
Four Russian spies?
All with an interest
in the same U.S. senator?
Doesn't sound like a coincidence.
Sounds like we need to keep digging.
GUS: Glad you're here for this, Susan.
'Cause the one thing
that we can't ever take lightly
is moisture alerts.
It's Gwen, actually.
Granted, the sensors under
these floors are pretty old,
so sometimes there's a delay,
or it might not go off at all.
So when they warn of increased humidity
and liquid contamination, it's up to us
- to check it out.
- No spills allowed, got it.
This is no mere library, after all,
but home of top secret documents
and files dating back hundreds of years.
And these files have two enemies.
- Fire and water.
- What about spies?
And spies.
Fire, water, spies. Make that three.
Which is why only folks
who have top-level
security clearance
can get into this wing.
We're talking federal agents,
your legislative committee members.
And us janitors.
We're not janitors, Gwen, we
are the Custodians of Classified
History.
Cool.
(GASPS)
♪
(TORRES SPEAKING SPANISH)
Okay, okay, okay.
Te quiero. Okay, chao chao.
Oh, your mom again, huh?
Yeah, she
What, what do you mean "again"?
Oh, nothing. Just, you know,
seems like you've been calling
her from work a lot lately.
No, I haven't.
Yeah, you have.
Almost every day this week.
Okay, what if I have?
Well, nothing, it's just, you know
PARKER: So, check out these babies.
A baker's dozen
courtesy of the Cannoli King
of Mulberry Street.
Help yourself.
Ooh, who doesn't love a cannoli?
And what son doesn't call his mother?
Shouldn't we all be calling
our parents more often?
Depends on the parents.
Yeah, I hope you don't mind me asking.
- Oh
- Just, you know, checking on you, Nick.
It's fine.
Yeah, we just want to
make sure you're okay.
Have a cannoli. Make you feel better.
I feel fine.
Although I did skip lunch.
Mmm!
Hangry.
I'm a little hangry, yes.
See, my timing's perfect.
Yes, and, uh, cannolis
are like my kryptonite.
Mm, from the Cannoli King, no less.
Yeah, King's an old friend of mine
in town on business.
We're gonna grab dinner tonight.
Barring, uh,
any late-night cases falling our way.
Deja vu, anyone?
Seriously.
What?
What? We had almost
this exact same conversation
over pastries two months ago.
Oh, come on, this again?
We're gonna go back to believing
in jinxes, just like that?
Well, just like that, you tempted fate,
and a late-night case fell in our lap
when we were having a really quiet day.
Yeah, well, maybe this time
I'm tempting fate once again
just to prove that jinxes do not
(PHONES CHIMING)
do not exist.
- Body at the National Archives.
- Mm-hmm.
Well, in this case
I guess I would have to say,
"Take the guns and leave the, uh"
No. No Godfather quotes.
But we are taking the cannolis.
(HUMMING)
MCGEE: Okay, our victim is
Navy Reserve Lieutenant
and National Archives security guard
Louis Dacey, 42 years old.
Yeah, his fellow employees
wondered why he didn't
punch out last night
or show up to work today.
He lives alone,
so no one reported him missing.
Victim has a deep stab
wound under his armpit.
Too soon for time of death?
Well, I'll need
to take him back to autopsy
in order to get an exact time,
but based on rigor mortis, I'd say it's
definitely yesterday.
All right, we'll need
security cam footage
and their, uh, visitor logs.
Already being sent over.
Looks like our killer
was doing some research
on Russia before the victim showed up.
All right, we have clearance
to handle these files.
Let's get a complete inventory of what's
here to see, what might be missing.
Yeesh. That's gonna take a while.
Well, in that case
I'd better cancel dinner.
What, with the Cannoli King?
No way, no way.
Yes way.
- Duty calls.
- What about us?
- We're not off-duty.
- Yeah, seriously.
It's not like we haven't
gathered evidence
or transported a dead body
a thousand times before.
And you're always reminding us to have
a life outside of the job, so, um,
the same applies to you.
You sure?
Absolutely. Say hi to the King.
We'll call you with any updates.
And bring us back more cannoli.
(KNIGHT GROANS)
Really hope Parker forgets
the last thing I said to him.
Yeah, me, too.
I'm a little cannoli'd out.
Are you too cannoli'd out to, uh,
help me go through these files?
As soon as I upload
this Archives database.
Can't know what files are missing
till we know what was there
to begin with.
I just got their visitor log.
42 people entered by way
of their retinal scanner yesterday.
Well, that'll help us
narrow down our suspect.
Now we just need time of death.
That sounds like my cue.
Hey, you finished the autopsy already?
Yeah, well, the stab wound made
a cause of death rather obvious.
Victoria's waiting on me to help her
with a school project,
the old potato battery trick.
She actually came up with a new take
on an old classic.
You know, so what she did was
- Jimmy?
- Yeah?
- Time of death?
- Right.
Uh, coagulation
within our victim's wound
suggests the fatal thrust was delivered
roughly 30 hours ago.
So about 6:30 last night?
Yeah, give or take an hour.
All right, now we'll cross-check
that time against visitor logs.
- On it.
- And I am out.
Night, Jimmy.
Night, Jess. I love you.
And I love you, Nick.
And I love you, Tim.
Heck, I love all of you.
Have a great night, everyone.
According to last night's visitor log,
the only person to enter
that wing of the Archives
was Senator Constance Miller
at 6:19 p.m.
Can we just back up a second here?
- For what?
- MCGEE: Wait, hold on.
Uh, Nick, I would also like
to back this up, but first,
Senator Miller?
Wait. She was the one who was targeted
by the Russian spy about two months ago.
Yes, the case with the knockout gas.
Eh, Parker's gonna want
to hear about this.
Yeah, McGee, everything okay?
Yeah, sorry to interrupt
your dinner, but, um
you remember Senator Miller?
She had the safe
that the Russians
were trying to break into.
Yeah, I remember. Uh, why?
Well, visitor logs have her
at the Archives
yesterday right around
the same time as the murder.
- Really?
- Yeah.
So, at the very least,
she could be a witness.
Now we're gonna go pay her a visit
at her place if you want to join us.
Well, actually, I would, but
Oh, but if you're still eating
No, no, it's not that.
It's just
Um you may not find her there.
I have no idea how my name
got on their visitor log.
I haven't been
to the Archives in months.
But you have been there before?
Well, research for committee
meetings is part of the job,
so, yes, I
(INHALES DEEPLY) I'm sorry.
Am I actually a murder suspect?
No, Senator, we were hoping
you'd be more of a witness.
That said, to officially clear you,
we-we still need to know where you were
at the time of the murder.
So, my alibi?
Yeah.
I was with a friend.
Great. And that friend's name
so we can corroborate?
Do you want to take this one?
- She's not talking to me.
- Or me.
Um
She was at my place two nights
ago, same as last night.
I knew it.
I had a feeling this whole, uh,
Cannoli King story was a cover-up
for something much better.
And I had a feeling when she
gave you her card in my office.
Okay, now that you two are
done airing your feelings,
can we get her out of there, please?
I got some questions about all of this.
MCGEE: Kasie just sent this up.
This is the precise moment
the senator's retinal ID
was used to enter
the Top Secret Access Wing
from the Archives lobby.
You got to assume he's wearing
special contact lenses.
Biometric technology
keeps getting better.
Enough to perfectly match my retina?
It's like he stole my eyes.
You ever seen him before?
Never, but don't you guys have
a bad guy database or something?
Kasie's running facial recognition now.
And as for how he stole your eyes,
he'll tell us that when we
catch him, whoever he is.
Nate Billings might know.
That Russian spy we caught trying
to break into the senator's
safe two months ago.
Rule 39. No coincidences.
First a Russian spy wants
the photos in her safe,
then her retinal ID is used to steal
classified documents on Russia.
And kill a security guard.
Okay, now I'm officially terrified.
(WATCH CHIMES)
And late for a committee vote.
Please tell me you'll get this guy.
Yeah, count on it. I'll see you out.
I know the way, Alden.
Just catch this creep, okay? Soon.
Okay, then, for starters,
where do we find this Billings guy?
I'm already searching
his records, but, uh,
first, the Cannoli King?
Yeah, is that an actual person
or just a steamy metaphor?
The Cannoli King is very real.
Constance, she's just
something else.
She's a senator.
Can we please get back to the case?
Weird, apparently Russia filed
for extradition after Billings' arrest,
but the State Department blocked it,
angling for something in return.
Where's Billings being held?
That information is "need to know."
Well, we need to know.
Won't the State Department tell us?
One way to find out. Keep digging.
This is great! And about time, frankly.
You finally told Knight.
No, more like I blurted out
my love for Jess in front
of the entire squad room.
Yeah, but I still don't see the problem.
The problem is that Jess and I
have worked really hard
to keep what we have out of the office.
She's not big on public displays
of affection. Neither am I.
Well, what'd she say?
I assume you called her afterwards?
Well, I was going to, but
when I didn't hear from her right away,
I started wondering.
Wondering?
If I really embarrassed her.
Or worse yet, you know,
what if she doesn't
feel the same?
(LAUGHS): Oh, dear.
Are we back
in junior high school already?
Oh, I love it.
I know how crazy it sounds, all right?
But it's just where my mind goes.
(COMPUTER CHIMES)
Speaking of crazy.
Still no match.
On every local, global, criminal,
and civilian database we've got.
We are looking at a ghost.
GRECO: Our State Department database
is the same as yours, gentlemen.
Doubt we'd have any luck trying
to identify your killer.
Well, it's more the Russian connection
that we're wondering about.
Which is why we'd like
to talk to Nate Billings.
We understand that you
blocked Russia's bid
for his extradition?
Yeah, I-I can confirm that.
Our efforts to, uh, broker a deal
to get something in return for Billings
went nowhere.
That was, until this morning.
And what happened this morning?
At 0600 today,
the Kremlin offered to release
four international political prisoners
in exchange,
for these convicted Russian spies.
John and Rene Watts,
currently on a flight to Moscow
in exchange
for two Canadian prisoners.
Evelyn Shaw,
transporting tomorrow in exchange
for an American prisoner.
And Billings, the one
that you're looking for,
he's scheduled to transport later today
for a British prisoner.
Stu, if I could interrupt
you just for a second
I prefer Counselor, Agent Parker,
or Mr. Greco, if you will.
We State Department lawyers like
to keep things professional.
Yeah, of course, Counselor,
but you are aware
that all four of these spies
were arrested separately
by our team in the last six months?
Well, then you're doing a hell of a job.
But given that, on top
of our break-in at the Archives
and now with the timing
of this Russian deal,
how does that not sound suspicious?
And what is suspicious about
a four-for-four prisoner swap?
With no ulterior motive?
All right, trust me,
gentlemen, we are actively
investigating every angle of this.
But the international effort
to get our citizens released
from whatever
Russian gulag they're in
has been going on for years.
That's all well and fine, but
But ulterior motives or not,
gentlemen, this makes this deal
only one thing to me
and that's too good to pass up.
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
Okay. Chao chao.
Hey, for the record, that was my sister.
Not my mom.
And she's doing fine.
- Good to hear.
- Yeah, that's great.
Now, the-the part
I don't understand still
is all the secrecy.
Dude, secrecy? I just said
No, not you. Cannoli King.
Oh. They're consenting adults,
so what's with all the sneaking around?
Well, I don't think
it's sneaking around.
I think it's more
professional discretion.
You know, keeping one's personal life
completely out of the workplace.
Mm, speaking of which,
you and Jimmy?
What about us?
Oh, are you gonna pretend
it didn't happen?
Uh, and what's that?
That Jimmy didn't completely throw
professional discretion
out the window last night?
It was pretty epic.
Oh, well, you know, if I had any idea
what either of you were talking about
Oh, would you cut the act?
You know damn well
what I'm talking about.
You just don't want
to acknowledge it in here.
No, Nick, Nick,
"professional discretion."
Okay. Damn, you're good.
I need us all to be good
'cause we have a problem.
- Why, what's up?
- We may not know that guy,
but you might recognize these faces.
There's Nate Billings again.
Yeah, those are the fake parents
from that Russian spy girl.
MCGEE: Yeah, and who could forget
Evelyn, Delilah's T.A.-turned-spy?
All Russian spies arrested by us,
and now all suddenly headed back
to Russia in a prisoner exchange.
Right after our mystery man breaks
- into the National Archives?
- Exactly.
Given the timing,
they have to be connected.
In ways that I shudder to think about.
Parker, could you believe that guy?
Did, uh, Counselor Greco
at least give you Billings' location?
Far too reluctantly.
He's being transported
on the USS Cortland.
It's about three hours off our coast.
- Can we get on it?
- Pulled some strings.
There's a supply chopper
leaving in a half an hour.
It can carry two agents
to the ship before
Billings gets delivered to the Russians.
- I'm in.
- Me, too.
Good.
So the State Department
really doesn't see a threat?
Their attorney seems a bit
too distracted with his
"too good to pass up" deal
to see much of anything.
So if the Russians are
planning something big
It'll be up to us alone to stop it.
I understand not talking about it
in the squad room, but we
are on international waters.
And still technically at work.
Come on, Knight, just tell me.
(LAUGHS) Okay, I'll make a deal.
You stop asking me
about whatever Jimmy said.
Oh, you know what he said.
And I won't ask why you got touchy
about your mom the other day.
I didn't get touchy.
Then I guess we're done talking.
Got to make it fast, Agents.
Chopper heads back in ten minutes.
It's the Dream Team.
I was hoping I'd see
you two again before I go.
We don't have a lot of time, Nate.
If that's your actual real name.
Look, NCIS might
be responsible for landing me in prison,
but at least I'm finally headed home.
So here's one last chance
for you to tell us why
you targeted the senator.
Now, that's adorable.
And while I hardly expect
a hero's welcome since
I obviously fell short of my objective,
I do know my country will reward me
for not betraying my mission.
Should we even bother?
I mean, give it a try.
Try what?
What else have you got?
We have got a mystery man
who broke into the National
Archives two days ago.
Killed a guard, stole some files.
Any idea who he is?
No.
I I don't know.
You don't know?
Or you don't know
how he got the senator's retinal scan?
I've never seen him.
You know what would be adorable, too?
If we believed you.
- Where did you get that picture?
- KNIGHT: Oh, I just told you.
He broke into the Archives,
and his name is?
Yuri.
It's just Yuri.
He was my handler.
I guess he had to take matters
into his own hands after I failed.
Failed what?
Getting the senator's hard drive.
Why did you want it?
What was Yuri looking for
in the Archives?
I don't know. I'm a chess piece.
I do my job, I don't ask questions.
We just wasted three hours
on a helicopter ride for this.
I will tell you anything else.
My real name?
You really want to know?
So now you want to talk?
If Yuri is involved now in the field,
doing his own dirty work
I'm much better off here.
That's up to the State Department.
Well, then you talk to them.
- (BEEPING)
- (KNOCKING)
Wheels up in two.
Or let me talk to them, please?
Yeah, we'll, we'll do what we can.
Please. I'd really rather stay.
Yeah, we hear you, man. Hang in there.
No, I mean it.
It won't go well for me there.
I know it won't!
(DOOR CLOSES)
You know, when Piper and I split,
she said we were living proof
of the old saying
"never go to the bathroom
where you eat."
That's the PG version, obviously.
Well, Jess and I are not splitting up,
at least I hope not.
You guys still haven't talked yet?
Haven't been able to reach her.
Probably because she's still
on a chopper over the Atlantic.
But if you want an opinion
on workplace romance, call my ex-wife.
How about the senator?
How about an update?
- Well played.
- JIMMY: First of all,
uh, we're pretty sure
the killer most likely
Yuri. We now know his name is Yuri.
That Yuri likely tossed so many files
and documents around in order to
better conceal the one he took.
And do we know which file that is?
Only by its title: "Russian
defector Ilya Sokolov, 1985."
(SIGHS)
What would Yuri want
with an old defector?
Do we know where this guy is now?
Is he even alive?
The answers to those questions
are likely in the missing file.
And now in the hands of Yuri.
(PHONE CHIMES)
Wherever he is, find him.
GRECO: Damn it, Director,
that is just unacceptable!
I simply cannot believe
you would go behind my back
and meddle
in my Russian prisoner exchange.
Cool your jets, Counselor.
NCIS has every right
to follow up with any convict
that we captured.
Yet you have no right
to just send in agents
who ruined everything!
Whoa, whoa, easy! Let's
at least wait till our agents
get back from the ship
before accusing them
of killing your deal.
Well, that's a nice choice of words.
What?
Apparently, Nate Billings
was just found hanging
from a bedsheet in his holding cell.
GRECO: There's nothing
"apparently" about it.
Billings killed himself after
whatever your agents told him.
Our agents reported
that Billings got spooked
when he saw that photo of Yuri.
Oh, please
I'm sympathetic to your murder case,
but enough with this
mysterious Yuri character.
Are you serious, pal?
What I'm serious about, pal,
is avoiding an international crisis.
Luckily, the Watts couple
are on a flight now.
They just landed in Moscow,
and the Canadians are
gonna get their prisoners.
And what about Evelyn, where's she?
What, you, you think I would tell you?
With Billings dead, I'd be
damned if I let you two meddle
with my last bargaining chip.
Well, we got other places to be, so
Well, not me. I'm, I'm
gonna stay right here
until the agents come.
Like hell you are.
Yeah, send security.
The big guys.
You're throwing me out?
Unless you'd rather walk.
You'll be hearing from my bosses.
First of all, "the big guys"?
That was a nice touch.
Eh, well.
And I can't believe Billings.
Yeah, choosing death
over facing this Yuri guy?
Which is why I'll be hearing
from that blowhard's bosses.
I don't know how much longer I
can run interference.
- PARKER: Won't need it, hopefully.
-
All right, in the meantime
keep meddling.
Hey, Ducky.
Ah. (CHUCKLES)
Greetings from Edinburgh, Timothy.
And it's good to see you, too,
Agent Parker.
Back to your homeland, Ducky?
Well, it's stop number 14
in my 35-city lecture tour.
Scotland is just as lovely
as when I left it.
It's my next vacation spot. Can't wait.
I was just telling Dr. Mallard
about the missing file on Ilya Sokolov.
He actually remembers him.
Ah, from the old NIS days.
Sokolov was a brilliant scientist.
He was widely considered to be
the top polymath
in the former Soviet Union.
The Soviets put him
to work in every field until
the Berlin Wall came down,
then he defected,
changed his name and pursued
a quiet life as a college professor.
You recall where, Duck?
Well, last I heard, he was teaching
in a small town called Towson.
Well, he'd be retired by now.
And how about the name change?
Yeah, what was it?
Something from an old television show.
Kuryakin.
Ivan Kuryakin.
I remember that show. Thanks, Duck.
You're still the best, Duck.
Oh, I do what I can.
(CHUCKLES)
PARKER: Mr. Kuryakin?
(MAN SPEAKING RUSSIAN ON RADIO)
(DOOR OPENS)
MCGEE: Parker.
Dead. And still warm.
Damn.
Poor old man was tortured to death.
(FAUCET SQUEAKS)
(WHISTLING NEARBY)
NCIS. Come out of the shower.
Ah. Yuri.
Valkov, yes.
Yuri Valkov.
Get your hands up.
Oh, man. How'd I miss that?
Get on the ground.
Actually, do you mind
if I go back in there
and rinse this off?
Contact lenses may have helped you fool
the Archives' retinal scanner, Yuri,
but fingerprints don't lie.
It's no wonder
facial rec gave us nothing,
since your oligarch daddy spent
millions keeping his golden boy
off everyone's radar
and thinking he's above the law.
I do come from a successful family.
But "oligarchs"?
It's nothing more
but tacky American propaganda.
Yeah, and how about breaking
into the National Archives
to find and kill
an old Russian defector?
Is that propaganda, too?
I'll confess to that.
Sokolov was a traitor.
And the poor security guard, he was just
a hapless victim of bad timing.
What?
You don't like my confession?
I don't like you.
And I'm trying to fathom why Billings
would kill himself rather than face you.
He was weak.
That's what weak men do.
He called you his handler.
What were you handling?
What's the bigger plan?
(SIGHS)
The bigger plan is
for me to go to prison
and serve my time.
Nothing left to handle.
"Nothing left to handle"?
I don't like the sound of that.
Whatever his mission was,
for him to give up so easily
means it's already been accomplished.
(PHONES CHIME)
It's Jimmy.
I'll go.
JIMMY: Based on these bruises and burns,
Sokolov was clearly tortured,
but that's not what killed him.
Just like the Archives' security guard,
there's a deep stab wound
straight through Sokolov's aorta.
Well, I'm no torture expert,
but Yuri wouldn't finish a guy off
until after he got what he wanted.
Well, whatever he wanted,
he could've sent to Russia right then.
Hopefully Kasie can unlock
his cell phone.
Yeah, I'll go check it out.
I love you, Jimmy.
You're a funny man, Nick Torres.
Hey, you know I'm kidding, right?
Yeah, and I deserve it
after embarrassing myself
and Jess.
Well, she wouldn't discuss it either.
Believe me, I tried.
Oh, no.
What do you mean "oh, no"?
You didn't say anything
that wasn't true.
Life is too short,
and we don't say it enough anyways.
Hey, look, I know.
Guess I just had a much
different image in my head
of how I would say it to Jess
for the first time.
Well, that time will come again.
Don't beat yourself up for it.
Wow.
"Wow"?
It's just usually me saying
stuff like that.
Hey, I got wisdom, too, man.
I know you do I it's just,
lately you've been a little, uh
Well, you've been calling
your mother a lot.
Bro, again with my mom?
McGee and Knight are on me
about that, too.
Yeah, what'd you tell 'em?
Nothing.
Do you want to tell me?
(CLEARS THROAT) I don't know.
Maybe, maybe it's all these
immigration cases we've been working on
in the last couple of months.
Made me a little sentimental?
I've just been thinking
about the sacrifices
that Mom made for me
and my sister, that's all.
Very understandable.
Why not tell McGee and Jess?
I guess I just didn't realize it
until they asked.
I'm also holding out until
Knight says she loves you back.
- (LAUGHS)
- Oh, Nick, please don't say anything
Hey, I'm kidding. Relax.
Believe me,
I will gladly stay out of it.
For now.
(DOOR OPENS)
I was able to access Yuri's
call history, and, sure enough,
he made a bunch of calls
in the last two days
to a number with the telltale
Russian country code.
So whatever info Sokolov gave Yuri,
he relayed straight to Russia.
Mm-hmm, as far as his photos,
whatever Yuri has them encrypted with,
it's nothing I've ever seen before.
Yeah, same here.
I think I'm almost in, though.
So, Jess?
Talk to Jimmy lately?
(CLEARS THROAT) Uh, no, Kasie.
I haven't really had the chance
in the last 36 hours.
You know, with all the helicopter rides
and Russian spies killing
themselves. (CHUCKLES)
Oh, yeah, sure, your typical workday,
- Got it.
- (LAUGHS)
Just as long as you're not mad at Jimmy.
What? No, I'm
not mad at anyone.
I do kind of wish
people would stop asking me
about what Jimmy may
or may not have blurted.
Oh, he blurted it.
Aren't those photos unlocked yet?
- Uh
- (COMPUTER CHIMES)
Ooh, as a matter of fact, they are.
KASIE: Looks like
top secret National Archive files.
KNIGHT: Oh, wait.
What are those here?
Is that Senator Miller?
(TYPES)
Wait, didn't she tell us that
she'd never seen Yuri before?
She sure did.
Maybe this is what
Billings meant about Yuri
taking matters into his own hands.
Well, at least now
we know how Yuri was able
to forge the senator's retinal ID.
Take a look at this high-res shot.
There's software on the dark web
that can reproduce those eyes
with fingerprint accuracy.
Well, that would explain it.
But now we got an even bigger problem.
If Parker's new squeeze
is cozying up to Yuri,
could she be a Russian asset?
Well, if she is, I sure don't
want to be the one to tell Parker.
Really?
(PARKER SIGHS)
No.
Leon, there's no way.
No way she could be
manipulating you for cover?
For intel? To serve as her alibi?
She's not The Manchurian Candidate.
Yeah, but she did make the first move.
She gave you her card in my office.
Which proves my point.
What Russian asset
would be so obvious?
Only one way to find out.
- Me?
- Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
But shouldn't I recuse myself?
Given our prior you know.
Oh, it's your prior "you know"
that might just get her
to confide in you.
(SIGHS)
Still, I was thinking, uh,
maybe McGee or really anyone but
Nope. She's all yours.
Oh, man, this is gonna be so good.
(SIGHS)
Thanks for coming in, Senator.
So, it's "Senator" now?
What can I do for you, Agent?
His name is Yuri Valkov.
You might recognize him
as the man who used
your retinal ID to break
into the National Archives.
So you got him?
We did.
But only after you said
you'd never seen him before.
So I'm, uh
I'm sure there's a good explanation.
Well, I certainly recognize the outfit.
I wore it to a recent fundraiser.
Thousand dollars a plate.
But you still don't recognize him?
Do you know how many photos
I posed for that night?
How many hundreds of donors?
Then you don't know him?
Of course I don't.
But I can comb through the donor files
and see if there's any record
of him, if that helps.
It would help.
You understand
I know you're just doing
your job, Alden,
but that doesn't make it
any less hurtful
that you would doubt me.
But I don't doubt you.
Like you said, I'm just doing my job.
MILLER: There's doing your job, Alden
Okay and then there's
accusing me of
Well, now I just feel dirty.
Yeah. Me, too.
- (PHONE CHIMES)
- Yeah, we shouldn't even be here.
What the hell?
KNIGHT: What is it, Director?
Yes, we just heard. We
I know.
Squad room's empty.
Is everybody hiding from me?
Well, we thought about it. You okay?
Living a dream.
Welcome to our nightmare.
Torres and Knight are
currently trying to gather
as much intel on Evelyn's
whereabouts as possible.
VANCE: Bad news from Interpol.
John and Ren e Watts
allegedly fell off a balcony
just hours after landing in Moscow.
What?
Seems the Russians want their spies back
just to shut 'em up for good.
About Yuri, we're guessing.
Whatever he was up to.
Tell me that the State Department
is calling off their precious deal.
Oh, you would think so,
but what Russia does
with its spies is of no concern
to Counselor Greco,
long as the international
prisoners are released.
Even if it gets Evelyn killed?
Last we heard, they are
prepping her for transport.
From where, exactly, is anyone's guess.
So, if she gets to Russia, only to meet
the same fate as these three
Whatever she knows about Yuri
and his mission dies with her.
Yeah, whatever you can find out,
Tommy, I appreciate it.
Okay, please call me back
if you hear anything.
- Anything?
- Nothing.
Yeah. Most of our usual sources
haven't even heard of a Russian deal.
Yeah, same here.
Even my friends at the State
Department are in the dark.
Enough with the bad news already!
We're trying to find some good
news, Agent Parker, believe me.
PARKER: Then come back
when you have some, all right?
Wait.
I have something to say.
No. No need to say it, Knight. Look.
Jimmy, Kasie, I'm sorry.
Oh, no, it-it's not that. Uh
No, no, no. But it is.
See, the last couple days
have gotten to me, along
with the countless favors
I just called in
that are gonna get us nowhere
Uh, yeah, I get that, uh, but this is
more of an announcement for the room.
(SIGHS): Uh
So, I know this is, uh,
hardly the time or place, uh,
but now that I have
you all here (CHUCKLES)
and you want some good news, um
here it is.
Here what is?
I love you, too, Jimmy.
Hello?
(CLEARS THROAT)
Now can we all get back to work, please?
That was awesome.
What did I tell you, man?
I needed that.
You needed that?
I got it. Evelyn's location.
Where?
In a State Department vehicle
headed for the Russian embassy.
- Good game.
- (CHUCKLES)
(TIRES SCREECH)
Mr. Greco. Counselor.
Nope. Absolutely not.
Hello, Tim. You came to see me off?
No, no, Evelyn, you do not have to go.
Uh, yes, she does. Agent?
Okay, fellas, what's your business?
We're NCIS, Agent, okay? All good.
MCGEE: Knight, Torres,
we got her out back
by the delivery entrance.
- TORRES: Roger that.
- The delivery entrance?
GRECO: To avoid meddlers.
PARKER: Or more likely,
to not be seen
before you disappear for good.
From America, maybe, but
Russia's not so bad in spring.
I could really use a fresh start.
Like the one
your fellow spies never got?
You Do not listen to them.
Billings and the Watts couple, huh?
Billings took himself out.
The Watts story, it's unconfirmed.
Are you saying they're dead?
Yes, and you will be, too, if you go.
- Do not listen to them.
- MCGEE: Evelyn.
Delilah still says that you were
the absolute smartest T.A.
she has ever had.
- Aww, Delilah, really?
- Yes.
And in spite of how things ended up,
she would not want anything bad
to happen to you,
and neither would I.
Convict or not, Evelyn,
you still have the right
to turn down this deal.
GRECO: But not to
deny an American prisoner
a chance to come home.
Or you could save
countless lives by helping us.
PARKER: There'll be other offers
that don't involve you getting killed.
No, Agent, there will not be
any other offers, okay?
Come on, oh are you just
gonna stand there?
I got a daughter about this one's age,
so I'd like to hear more.
My man.
(SCOFFS)
Unbelievable.
Evelyn, why don't you just come back
to NCIS with us,
and we'll talk about it.
What do you say?
Aww, Yuri. (LAUGHS SOFTLY)
You know him.
Of course I do.
Ooh, is this a mug shot?
That's too bad.
He was such a sweetheart.
That is not a description
that we have heard before.
Uh, okay, don't get me wrong.
He was trouble. (LAUGHS)
But, I mean, not at first.
Yuri is who recruited me.
Got me into ecology and stuff
coming out of undergrad.
So, when did you get the sense
that he was trouble?
Once he started pushing me
to get him that universal access key.
Yuri was behind that?
All of it.
Though once he knew
I wasn't getting the key,
he pretty much ghosted me.
(SCOFFS) Such a dude move.
That key could have been used
to access bank codes,
oil reserves, launch nukes.
So when you say Yuri
was behind all of it
Global chaos. You know.
Revenge, destruction.
That was pretty much
all Yuri talked about.
Okay. What's next?
And what kind of global chaos
was Yuri planning when we caught him?
Got to be some way to find out.
Yeah, but I'm just not
so sure that it's Evelyn.
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
A private word with you,
Agent Parker? Outside?
Outside? Are we gonna fight?
I volunteer if you'd rather not.
Nobody's gonna fight. Just a question.
Next time, I promise.
(DOOR CLOSES)
All right, Parker, who was it?
Hey, back off.
Who told you when and where
we were transporting our prisoner?
I don't divulge my sources.
Well, then, I hope you're happy.
The Russians have gone silent
since you killed my deal.
For all we know, they're gonna
kill the American prisoner
if they haven't already.
He's already dead.
Senator Miller?
As a member of the Foreign
Relations Committee,
my sources say the American prisoner
died of natural causes three weeks ago.
Are you saying the Russians
were bluffing the whole time?
Sure sounds like it.
Well, I now, I still
need to verify that,
but that still doesn't answer
my question, Parker.
Who told you?
Are you really that dim? I told him.
And if you've got a problem with that,
you can take it up with my boss.
VANCE: And on your way out, Mr. Greco,
the FBI's in the lobby
with some questions
about your finances.
My finances?
Yes, some, uh, portfolio
with the Central Bank of Russia?
They Well, they can
better explain it.
Right this way. Come on.
W-Wait a minute.
H-Hold on, you checked my portfolio?
They-they looked at my finances?
Well, that explains a lot.
I never did like that guy.
You're just the gift
that keeps on giving today.
Well, we are still
on the same side here.
Thank you. No, really.
And, uh, if I can make it up to you?
Oh, no, Alden. We're done.
Right.
(SCOFFS) Wait, you sure?
Quite sure.
Besides, you're still in love
with your old girlfriend.
(SCOFFS)
Women know things, you know?
Thank you.
Parker,
Torres.
Come with me.
Thanks for getting back to me
on such short notice.
What do you have for us, Doctor?
I understand you have
Yuri Valkov in custody.
We have. He's currently in county jail,
awaiting arraignment.
And his mental state?
Funny you should ask, Ducky.
Yuri seems far too content
for someone about
to spend life in prison.
Oh, that's what I would expect from him
now that he's accomplished his mission.
You know his mission?
I learned from a Russian contact
that before Sokolov defected,
the Soviets had him working on a project
that was most troubling.
And what's the project?
Something that falls into the category
of weapons of mass destruction.
That's troubling.
Any idea what kind of weapon, Duck?
I'm still working on it,
but the mere knowledge of its existence
conjures up a frightening scenario.
Sokolov's doomsday device
had to be what Yuri was after.
What, even after 30-some years?
Well, technology's more advanced now.
Whatever Sokolov was working on then,
it'd just be more feasible now.
So if Yuri maybe managed
to torture any details
about the device out of Sokolov
And already sent it to Russia
Well, they could already be building
a prototype to use against us.
That's a lot of coulds and maybes.
Yeah, the only person who knows
for sure right now: Yuri.
Well, surely, you can
make some kind of a deal.
We tried, Ducky, he's not biting.
More than content
to go to prison, like I said.
And take whatever he knows with him.
Leaving us with no way to get it.