Épisode Super soldat S05E10

5x10 – Corporal punishment

Bethesda Naval Hospital

Announcer: Code Red in secure inpatient wing, second level. Code Red. Floor supervisor report to station immediately. This is a Code Red.

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NCIS: Squad room

Anthony DiNozzo: Come on, Iron Fist, hit me with your best shot.

Timothy McGee: Could you be careful, please? This is number 14. It's the first appearance of Sabertooth.

Anthony DiNozzo: Does that make you want to hit me?

Timothy McGee: It's really tempting. But I think I'm gonna pass. Maybe Ziva'll do it.

Ziva David: Maybe Ziva will do what?

Anthony DiNozzo: Been working on my six-pack. You know... Abs.

Ziva David: You and Abby have been drinking?

Anthony DiNozzo: No, abdominals. No more beer gut for me. I've been training hard-core, getting the core hard-carved. Hard as wood.

Timothy McGee: To match your head.

Anthony DiNozzo: You know, I think you're afraid that if you hit me as hard as you could, I'd think I was being tickled with a feather.

Ziva David: I will take a swing at your six-pack.

Anthony DiNozzo: Well... It's more like a four-pack and then there's this one sort of long, stubborn one, never mind... Do it.

Timothy McGee: As hard as she can?

Anthony DiNozzo: As hard as you can.

Timothy McGee: You know that's how Houdini died.

Anthony DiNozzo: Ziva, did you kill Houdini?

Ziva David: It is possible. I do not remember all their names.

Anthony DiNozzo: Okay, hold on... Okay, do it.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Escaped mental patient.

Timothy McGee: Exactly what I'm thinking, boss.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Bethesda Naval Hospital. Attacked an orderly busted up the place. Come on, let's go.

Anthony DiNozzo: Hey, come on, I don't need the rescue. Seriously, give me your best shot. Right now.

Ziva David: Oh, yeah! Not bad. Not as good as Gibbs, though.

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Bethesda Naval Hospital: Secure room

Anthony DiNozzo: Cramped quarters.

Chris Jenkins: In-patient wing. It's a secure unit.

Anthony DiNozzo: Least it's meant to be.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: How long's he been here?

Chris Jenkins: Got shipped home from Iraq about two weeks ago. He's been receiving treatment for post-traumatic stress.

Ziva David: What happened to him?

Chris Jenkins: Beats the hell out of me. Guy didn't talk much. That's typical of PTSD. The shrink's been trying to get him to open up as part of his treatment.

Ziva David: What's the other part?

Chris Jenkins: Meds. Combination of antidepressant paroxetine and mild sedatives that help him sleep.

Anthony DiNozzo: Might want to consider something a little stronger.

Ziva David: He did this with his bare hands?

Chris Jenkins: Yeah.

Ziva David: Impressive.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Outside.

Chris Jenkins: You already done in here?

Anthony DiNozzo: Yeah. Don't need to look the one place we know he's not.

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Bethesda Naval Hospital: hallway

Timothy McGee: Corporal Damon Werth, Force Recon, part of the Second Marines stationed in Ramadi. Transferred out 15 days ago, ahead of his unit. Brief stops at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, then here.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: What happened after he went out the window?

Chris Jenkins: He jacked a ride pulling out of the driveway.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Where's the driver?

Chris Jenkins: There was a lot going on, I...

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Where's the driver?!

Chris Jenkins: I don't know.

Timothy McGee: Boss, I could pull up the exterior cameras, might be able to see something... In fact, I could probably be doing that right now, instead of talking about it.

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Bethesda Naval Hospital: street

Anthony DiNozzo: All right, listen up, people. Our fugitive has been on the run for 90 minutes.

Ziva David: It has been three hours, Tony.

Anthony DiNozzo: Average foot speed over uneven ground, barring injuries, is four miles per hour.

Ziva David: He's not on foot. He's in a car.

Anthony DiNozzo: What I need from each and every one of you is a hard-target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse in the area. Our fugitive has a name and it is...

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Corporal Damon Werth.

Timothy McGee: Hey. The Tommy Lee Jones speech, every time we have a fugitive, really?

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: He's not just a fugitive. Werth took a hostage.

Ziva David: Who?

Timothy McGee: Dr. Adrian De La Casa. BOLO out on his car. De La Casa's one of the attending psychiatrists on the ward, had the graveyard shift.

Ziva David: Involved in Werth's treatment? Might help his chances.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: He knows who he's dealing with.

Anthony DiNozzo: At least someone does. What does De La Casa think of Werth?

Timothy McGee: Well... Patient exhibits paranoia, delusional fantasies, hyperactivity, tendency towards violent outbursts.

Ziva David: What does Werth think of De La Casa?

Timothy McGee: Doesn't say.

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Ray Vincent: I think I'm staring at the man in charge right now.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: You are?

Ray Vincent: I'm gonna find out what Corporal Werth's status is.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: So are we.

Ray Vincent: Yes, sir... Apologies. Senator Hawkins. Ray Vincent. Senator's Public Affairs. You're Gibbs? You need to work fast. This could be a potential PR disaster.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: It's always my primary concern.

Ray Vincent: See, the thing is, in three days, the senator is scheduled to give Corporal Werth the Silver Star... Your missing Marine's a hero.

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NCIS: Squad room

Anthony DiNozzo: When you're dealing with a guy on the run, you gotta climb inside his head think his thoughts. What would he do? Where would he go?

Timothy McGee: Did a one-armed man murder his wife?

Anthony DiNozzo: Would he dress up like a clown and join a traveling circus? Like Jimmy Stewart in The Greatest Show on Earth.

Ziva David: Do any of your ideas come from reality?

Anthony DiNozzo: Sure. Just not your reality.

Ziva David: Could you try to zero in on Werth's reality?

Anthony DiNozzo: Considering that the dude skipped the loony bin, maybe a little bit of non-linear fuzzy logic is the key to tracking him.

Timothy McGee: Maybe he was accused of a crime he didn't commit and is trying to promptly escape to the Los Angeles underground.

Anthony DiNozzo: He's not the A-Team, McGee.

Timothy McGee: He might be, aside from a single medical incident that delayed his career Corporal Werth is your poster boy for the Marine Corps.

Anthony DiNozzo: Performance evals?

Timothy McGee: Rapid improvement in every facet since he enlisted four years ago. Strength, speed, stamina, mental acuity, everything.

Ziva David: Steady promotion up the ranks, due to make Sergeant.

Timothy McGee: The only time Werth has been away from the Marines was to go to England for a joint training exercise with British SAS.

Anthony DiNozzo: That was his vacation?

Ziva David: How did he do?

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: He aced it.

Ray Vincent: I have to brief the senator and then try to run interference with the media. You'll update me every half hour, yes? The clock is ticking on this, people... Sophie, yeah. Let the senator know that I just met with NCIS and it's under control.

Anthony DiNozzo: The suit fill you in on what happened in Iraq?

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Werth's unit was ambushed and captured. He was being tortured when he broke loose. He killed his interrogators and carried all three of his men to safety.

Ziva David: Waou!

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Leathernecks nicknamed him "Corporal Punishment." What else you got?

Timothy McGee: Werth's life. Locations of interest. Boot camp at Parris Island, stationed at Quantico then LeJeune before shipping out overseas.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Family?

Ziva David: Unmarried. No siblings. His father is retired SAS, mother is a behavioral therapist. They live in Michigan.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Senator Hawkins' home state. Friends in the area?

Anthony DiNozzo: Yeah, I don't think he had any friends outside of the Corps, boss.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Dr. De La Casa?

Timothy McGee: Navy Captain. Resides in Reston, Virginia.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: He works at Bethesda.

Anthony DiNozzo: So he'd have to take the Dulles Toll Road every day. So he would have a SmartTag, McGoo... Scanned on 267 yesterday. Again this morning, entering Virginia.

Timothy McGee: Tried to triangulate De La Casa's cell, but it's either switched off or Werth's laying low in the countryside, out of range... Wait, SmartTag, just entered the District.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Try his cell again.

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Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Hello?

Damon Werth: Who is this?

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Gibbs. NCIS. I'm looking for a Dr. Adrian De La Casa.

Damon Werth: Well, look harder.

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Timothy McGee: Northwest DC. If he leaves his cell on, I can get an exact location.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Do it on the way.

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Garage

Ziva David: Just lights.

Timothy McGee: For what?

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Dr. De La Casa?

Adrian De La Casa: Yes... I thought you were him coming back.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Where'd he go?

Adrian De La Casa: I don't know. He did something with my laptop and disappeared.

Anthony DiNozzo: What's with the lights?

Timothy McGee: Boss?

Anthony DiNozzo: Now he knows what we look like.

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NCIS: Conference room

Adrian De La Casa: I kept trying to get through to him, but he didn't seem to recognize me.

Donald Mallard: Well, it's not unusual for PTSD victims to exhibit dissociative behavior.

Adrian De La Casa: You're the medical examiner?

Donald Mallard: I am. But I have also done an extensive study of the science of psychological profiling.

Adrian De La Casa: Well, the patient.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Corporal Werth.

Adrian De La Casa: Werth... He didn't speak for some time after he took the wheel. He seemed confused by his surroundings.

Donald Mallard: Well, what gave you that impression?

Adrian De La Casa: He kept mumbling something about sand or the lack thereof.

Donald Mallard: Expected to find himself in the desert.

Adrian De La Casa: I believe so. I tried to talk to him, he stopped the car, and accused me of manipulating the environment. Of making him see things that weren't there.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Why you?

Adrian De La Casa: He may have thought I was a voice in his head... Obviously, I tried to convince him otherwise. He subdued me, bound me.

Donald Mallard: You didn't resist.

Adrian De La Casa: I was afraid for my life. He picked up on that fear. Made him feel in control.

Donald Mallard: He could've been riding an adrenaline high following his escape.

Adrian De La Casa: Then he asked about PFCs Whitney, Stone and Heatherton.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: The other men in his unit.

Adrian De La Casa: He wanted to know where they were, where we were keeping them.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Where are you keeping them?

Adrian De La Casa: We're not keeping them.

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NCIS: Hallway

Anthony DiNozzo: Boss... McGee managed to blah, blah, blah computer-geek stuff and he figured out that the video feed was being accessed from a public site a few blocks from the garage.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: While he watched us.

Anthony DiNozzo: Yep, that is exactly true. Last files accessed on De La Casa's laptop...

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Were Patient logs.

Anthony DiNozzo: Yeah. Three names in particular...

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Whitney, Stone, and Heatherton.

Anthony DiNozzo: Well, that's kind of creepy, that you can... Whitney and Heatherton were treated and released for wounds sustained in combat. Transferred to LeJeune for redeployment.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Stone?

Anthony DiNozzo: His injuries were the most severe. He's undergoing rehabilitative physical therapy at Walter Reed.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Werth is on his way there.

Anthony DiNozzo: Is he going to break out of one hospital just to break into another one? I'm going to go warm up the car.

Donald Mallard: Jethro, Werth's behavior is consistent with post-traumatic stress. But he didn't harm De La Casa unnecessarily.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: He still had the mental capacity to booby trap the car.

Donald Mallard: It shows that somewhere in his mind, he's operating clearly.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: It's his training, Ducky.

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NCIS: Plateform

Donald Mallard: As a syndrome, PTSD is in its infancy, even though the symptoms had long been recognized by returning soldiers.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Shell shock.

Donald Mallard: Yeah. Well, there was a landmark legal case The Buffalo Creek Disaster. A West Virginia coal mining community was utterly destroyed when a dam gave way during a heavy rainstorm...

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NCIS: Squad room

Donald Mallard: Psychologists descended upon the ruined valley to identify the common malady that afflicted the survivors.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Nightmares, insomnia, paranoia, depression, memory loss.

Donald Mallard: You know the symptoms well... Now, I'm of the opinion that Werth is replaying a scenario that he's already completed.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: He thinks he's still at war?

Donald Mallard: Well, it's not uncommon for PTSD victims to respond to a trigger of some sort. I've read accounts of Buffalo Creek survivors where they became hysterical at the mere sound of raindrops on a tin roof.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: You think Werth has a trigger, Ducky?

Donald Mallard: I think you should be careful.

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Walter Reed: hallway

Leroy Jethro Gibbs:McGee, David... Perimeter.

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Walter Reed: Gym room

Officer: It's Stone right there.

Karen Sutherland: That's it, Nate. Don't be afraid to put all your weight on it.

Nathan Stone: It feels weird.

Karen Sutherland: It'll feel less weird once you get used to it.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: PFC Stone?

Nathan Stone: Yes, sir.

Karen Sutherland: Call me when you're done.

Nathan Stone: Thanks, Karen.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: You heard from Corporal Werth?

Nathan Stone: Got him in a brig at Bethesda. They won't even let me in to see him.

Anthony DiNozzo: He broke out this morning.

Nathan Stone: Good. He's not a prisoner. Shouldn't be treated that way in the first place.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: He may try to find you.

Nathan Stone: Hope he does. He saved my life. I'd give it right back to him if he need it. 'Cause of him, I might even be able to return to combat.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: You do that, Devil Dog.

Nathan Stone: Houra.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Corporal Werth doesn't realize that he ever left. He thinks you're in trouble.

Nathan Stone: Corporal wouldn't hurt me.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Yeah, but would he hurt someone else if they got in his way?

Nathan Stone: What do you want from me?

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Walter Reed: Security center

Timothy McGee: Well, let's see what we've got here. Cameras on the north and south gates.

Ziva David: Possible point of entry from the fire escape... That's odd.

Timothy McGee: Dr. De La Casa. I thought he was headed home.

Ziva David: Why would he come here?

Timothy McGee: He didn't.

Ziva David: Werth has his badge... Gibbs, Werth is here.

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Walter Reed: Gym room

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: I know.

Damon Werth: Drop your weapons! Kick 'em away.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: You don't want to do this, Corporal.

Damon Werth: Nate, come on, we're getting out of here.

Nathan Stone: I'm okay, Corporal. I'm safe.

Damon Werth: Stop moving.

Anthony DiNozzo: We're not.

Damon Werth: The other two! PFC Stone, get up now! That's an order! Your leg.

Nathan Stone: Left it in the desert... Remember? You carried me out on your back.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Corporal, you're safe now. You and your men, you rescued them. We're here to help you.

Nathan Stone: Trust him, Damon. He's a grunt.

Damon Werth: He's one of us?

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: We have to take you into custody. You understand that? Put it down... McGee, back off!

Anthony DiNozzo: Boss...

Nathan Stone: Damon, don't do it! Damon! No, don't shoot him! Don't shoot him!

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Sit down!

Nathan Stone: Damon!

Anthony DiNozzo: Stay down!

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NCIS: Squad room

Abigael Scuito: Oh, my God! Oh, my God!

Ziva David: Abby! Calm down! Tony has a broken nose. McGee has a dislocated shoulder. But we caught the guy.

Abigael Scuito: What is he even doing here? He should be locked up. He's an animal.

Ziva David: He's not an animal. He's a man.

Abigael Scuito: Are you defending him? He attacked for no reason. The guy's a killing machine.

Ziva David: He's a Marine. Who was willing to give up everything for his country. We have a responsibility to him.

Abigael Scuito: Oh, spare me the samurai code of honor. Noble respect for your combatant, it's admirable but he tried to kill Tony and he tried to kill McGee. Oh, my God! Oh, my God!

Ziva David: And me, too. Believe me, we are fine... Calm down.

Abigael Scuito: Ziva, can't you just let me get it out for a second? I mean, I'm not like you. I'm not some totally emotionless perfect warrior. God...

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NCIS: Director's office

Jennifer Shepard: Agent Gibbs, you've met Karen Sutherland.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Briefly. You okay?

Karen Sutherland: I'm fine. How are your people?

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: They're busted up a little, they'll be all right.

Jennifer Shepard: Ms. Sutherland is a research and development engineer at Biotech.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Defense contract.

Karen Sutherland: I specialize in next-generation prosthesis designing, fitting, modifications.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Lot of business lately.

Karen Sutherland: Too much, unfortunately. But we're trying to create something positive out of all the loss.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Have you seen your share of traumatized warriors?

Jennifer Shepard: I'm sure, 30 years ago, most of the returning vets you work with would have died in the field.

Karen Sutherland: Well, broken bodies are easier to heal than broken minds. My company also develops alternative therapies to treat the psychological conditions.

Jennifer Shepard: Competition for DARPA funding must be intense.

Karen Sutherland: If I may, what's going to happen to Corporal Werth now that he's in your custody?

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Why exactly do you want to know?

Karen Sutherland: Personal curiosity.

Jennifer Shepard: It seems a great many people are interested in Werth's well-being. I've had several calls from Senator Hawkins' office, about a Silver Star presentation.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Werth abducted a Navy medical officer, assaulted Federal agents.

Karen Sutherland: But you don't intend to charge him. He was not in his right mind.

Jennifer Shepard: Then he should probably go back to the shrinks.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: For all the good it did the first time around.

Jennifer Shepard: What would you have us do with him, Ms. Sutherland?

Karen Sutherland: Well, that's not my place. I just witnessed his incident. It was frightening... I'm concerned.

Jennifer Shepard: We all are. What do you intend to do with Corporal Werth, Agent Gibbs?

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Talk to him... Marine to Marine.

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NCIS: Observation room

Donald Mallard: Why didn't you have that looked at in the ER?

Ziva David: I am fine.

Donald Mallard: You shouldn't be embarrassed. Invincibility is not a human characteristic.

Ziva David: Gibbs is going to interrogate him?

Donald Mallard: Yes. I'm sure that Gunnery Sergeant Gibbs has a notion of how to get through to Corporal Werth's troubled mind.

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NCIS: Interrogation room

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: You got yourself in a mess, Corporal. Gonna have to get yourself out. What seems to be the problem? What seems to be the problem, Marine?!

Damon Werth: I want to kill someone, sir!

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Anyone in particular?

Damon Werth: Anyone will do, sir.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Does that feel right to you, son?

Damon Werth: No, sir. It does not... I'm not right, sir. But it's not my fault.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Tell me what it feels like.

Damon Werth: Needles and pills.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Needles and pins?

Damon Werth: No, sir. Needles and pills... They put a cloud in my head. It's dark behind my eyes. I can't see in there.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Who drugged you?

Damon Werth: I don't know... I can't find it. I can't... Remember... You got to help me.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: At ease, son... I will.

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NCIS: Hallway

Donald Mallard: His symptoms are in no way exclusive to post-traumatic stress.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: You believe him?

Donald Mallard: Irritability, delusion, hostility... All of these could be an adverse reaction to any number of medications. And in his field evaluation, I find references to anxiety, paranoia, and they all predate his capture.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Too long in Iraq?

Ziva David: I do not get the impression he suffered in the field.

Donald Mallard: Yes. That does seem to be his natural habitat. Look, you have established a rapport. Perhaps you could convince him to part with urine and blood samples.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: I made a promise to this Marine. Plan to keep it.

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NCIS: Abby's lab

Abigael Scuito: So, I guess he's a liar, too. Other than low concentrations of sedatives and anti-depressants, his blood was clean of drugs.

Donald Mallard: Well, the results of Werth's urinalysis should confirm that then.

Abigael Scuito: I can't just turn off one part of my head right now and turn on the other part.

Donald Mallard: Abby.

Abigael Scuito: You know what? I don't even care.

Donald Mallard: Abby... I need you to draw upon that considerable capacity that you have for empathy, for a moment.

Abigael Scuito: I don't want to help him.

Donald Mallard: This young man you deem to be a villain may, in fact, be a victim.

Abigael Scuito: What are we looking for?

Donald Mallard: Probenecid, spironolactone, furosemide and any other uricosurics and diuretics.

Abigael Scuito: Masking agents.

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NCIS: Squad room

Anthony DiNozzo: Look at me. Like Jack Nicholson in Chinatown.

Timothy McGee: Stupid can!

Anthony DiNozzo: You know what happened to the kitty cat who got too curious? Don't make me break out my Jack, 'cause I will.

Ziva David: Straw?

Timothy McGee: No, I'm good. I got the one arm. Thank you.

Anthony DiNozzo: Maybe it was you, McGee. The one-armed man? Thought it was one of those vets we met at the Walter Reed Hospital.

Timothy McGee: Wrong case, Tony.

Anthony DiNozzo: We even have a case? We already got the guy. What are we doing? What did we miss? What's happening?

Timothy McGee: They gave him painkillers.

Ziva David: Ah!

Anthony DiNozzo: My fingers are finging. You hear that?

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Ray Vincent: Excellent work, Agent Gibbs. You'll be receiving a commendation...

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Where is he?

Jennifer Shepard: Orders from SecNav. Werth is being transferred back to Bethesda.

Ray Vincent: The doctor will see to him.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Make sure he's presentable for your photo-op?

Ray Vincent: The man is entitled to his medal.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: All you care about is selling the war.

Ray Vincent: You don't support the war?

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: I support the men fighting it.

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Donald Mallard: Jethro! A complex series of masking agents hampered detection, but we've managed to find Oxymetholone stacked with Nandrolone...

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NCIS: Elevator

Donald Mallard: In addition, countless other compounds that we have yet to identify. Anabolic steroids.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Steroids?

Donald Mallard: Well, testosterone levels far beyond even the most reckless of bodybuilders. The science at work here is very advanced, with every indication that it's been going on for years. Werth's behavior is likely the result of steroid-induced psychosis.

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NCIS: Garage

Donald Mallard: Someone is using that Marine as a lab rat.

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NCIS: Squad room

Timothy McGee: Abby's mapping Werth's blood work. Already found a bunch of steroids, well covered. Would have been masked from standard drug testing.

Anthony DiNozzo: Drug testing's big bucks, McGiggle. NFL, NBA, Major League Baseball... They all face the same problem.

Timothy McGee: Don't forget the Tour de France.

Anthony DiNozzo: How could I? Those short little shorts.

Ziva David: He could have been injected his entire career. Werth is not just a Marine with post-traumatic stress. Someone has tried to create a super-soldier.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: He's in a hospital bed... Weak. 19 years old. He's just been rejected by the Corps.

Ziva David: His dream of becoming a Marine over before it starts.

Anthony DiNozzo: Because he's Four F, has an anemic blood disorder.

Timothy McGee: Three years later, he's ripping through boot camp. Attending physician calls the improvement in his blood-cell count miraculous.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: It's not a miracle, it's an experiment.

Timothy McGee: Someone turned Damon Werth into Captain America.

Anthony DiNozzo: Werth's Swiss cheese brain means he can't name the mad scientist. Any chance the attending was Dr. De la Casa?

Timothy McGee: No such luck. As far as I can tell, they didn't cross paths till a couple weeks ago.

Ziva David: Then who? Who would benefit from an experiment like this?

Anthony DiNozzo: Well, there's big money in pharmaceuticals. What?

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Find out what kind of research the Biotech corporation does, and everything on Karen Sutherland. DiNozzo.

Anthony DiNozzo: Yeah, boss.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: You're with me.

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Biotech Corporation: Karen Sutherland's lab

Anthony DiNozzo: The pursuit of juicy government contracts spurs a lot of R&D.

Karen Sutherland: Yeah, it runs the gamut from pills that will keep a person awake for days at a time to biomechanical exoskeletons to... Nanoparticle technology.

Anthony DiNozzo: A hell of a company. I feel like James Bond walking into Q's laboratory.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Well, DARPA's money did pay for night vision, lasers and stealth.

Karen Sutherland: And the Internet. That's a light-emitting diode. It speeds the healing process... Might help the damaged cartilage in your nose, Agent DiNozzo.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Your company builds super-soldiers.

Karen Sutherland: Not a term we use in-house, Agent Gibbs. Connotes killing power. Our mission is to increase human effectiveness, durability and longevity.

Anthony DiNozzo: What point in the development process do you begin field testing on human subjects?

Karen Sutherland: We're subject to government oversight.

Anthony DiNozzo: That's too bad. All these cool toys, and someone else tells you how to play with 'em. Can I ask you a question? You ever jump the gun a bit with the... Magic pills? Cut through the red tape? Work out the kinks?

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: In-house?

Karen Sutherland: Corporal Werth. His condition is pharmaceutically-based.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Steroids.

Karen Sutherland: I appreciate you've taken a special interest in his case.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: And you, too.

Karen Sutherland: He's highly decorated. You're highly decorated. Silver Star? That's a lot in common.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: You've done your research.

Karen Sutherland: That's the word on my door... Well, he is a Marine, and you're an... Ex-Marine.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: No such thing as ex-Marines... Put our lives in each other's hands... Accept that you're part of something greater.

Karen Sutherland: That sounds like a religion.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: More a faith.

Karen Sutherland: Well, steroids are extremely hazardous. Carry many health risks. I wish I could help you, Agent Gibbs, but... Our company does not conduct dangerous experiments on human test subjects.

Anthony DiNozzo: In case you were wondering, he doesn't care about the medals. I keep his in a drawer.

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NCIS: Squad room

Ziva David: She's lying.

Timothy McGee: Of course she is. They do human testing on power drinks. Why not Biotech? Abby, I really... I need my arm to access these financial records... You have nothing to do?

Abigael Scuito: I created a blueprint of all the compounds that Werth was given. If you can find me an existing experiment, I can match it and prove that he was their guinea pig.

Timothy McGee: I need to get Biotech to open their ultra-secret books. If there's anything you can do that could get you off of me...

Abigael Scuito: Tony! I'm so glad you... Smell like garbage.

Anthony DiNozzo: Yeah. I know. I was going through Karen Sutherland's trash.

Ziva David: Find anything?

Anthony DiNozzo: She recycles and composts. Who composts?

Abigael Scuito: Those a pretty extreme lengths to go to for this guy. But... I understand now. No true warrior should be felled by invisible forces. It's dishonorable... And that other thing I said... I know that's not really true.

Anthony DiNozzo: What does that mean? What she just said. What other thing?

Ziva David: That I do not have feelings. I do have feelings, though I do not express myself the way Abby does.

Timothy McGee: No one expresses themself the way Abby does. Themself? Themselves? Themself.

Anthony DiNozzo: What were you having feelings about? You said you were having feelings?

Ziva David: I said I have feelings. Not that I am having feelings.

Timothy McGee: That is a pretty sophisticated grammatical differentiation.

Anthony DiNozzo: Don't change the subject with your big words, McNerd. Ziva said she had a feeling. Tell us about this feeling. What was this feeling?

Ziva David: I felt... Overwhelmed... Temporarily. Which does not often happen to me, when we were wrestling with Werth... What? What is this look?

Anthony DiNozzo: Nothing. You like him.

Ziva David: I thought he was powerful.

Timothy McGee: You really like him.

Ziva David: No, I am saying he is stronger than any man I have encountered, but strength should not decide a battle. There is a weapon for every fight.

Timothy McGee: You itching for a rematch?

Anthony DiNozzo: Want to roll around on the ground with him some more?

Ziva David: I am trying to describe something complicated.

Anthony DiNozzo: It's not complicated, Ziva. It's Conan.

Timothy McGee: To her Red Sonja?

Anthony DiNozzo: Nice.

Ziva David: It only lasted a moment.

Anthony DiNozzo: You had a moment. A moment and a feeling. And a smack to the head. Broken nose, dislocated shoulder. It's been a banner day.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Easy on the painkillers, DiNozzo.

Timothy McGee: Director have any luck, boss?

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Public affairs guy is stonewalling. His main concern is keeping Werth docile for the ceremony.

Anthony DiNozzo: They don't wanna know how he got that way.

Timothy McGee: Or they know already.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: What do we know?

Timothy McGee: Looks like Karen Sutherland is the bleeding heart she appears to be.

Ziva David: Volunteer consultant with Doctors Without Borders. Donates to several charities for the mentally disabled.

Anthony DiNozzo: If she's got a fault, it's that she cares too much.

Timothy McGee: Which is something we might be able to exploit, boss.

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NCIS: Conference room

Karen Sutherland: I told you that information is proprietary. I can't discuss it with you.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Cutting-edge research. Financial temptation must be hard to resist.

Karen Sutherland: You're wasting your time if you think I'm selling secrets.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: McGee.

Timothy McGee: You spent your summer traveling through Africa with a team of doctors.

Karen Sutherland: You've been poking around my life?

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Only fair.

Timothy McGee: This report from the World Health Organization features several children who received treatment for land mine injuries. Called their rapid healing "miraculous."

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: I hear "miracle," I look for answers.

Karen Sutherland: Can't just take it on faith, huh?

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: You didn't sell any secrets.

Timothy McGee: You gave them away for free. Your heart's in the right place. Your LED device is low-cost, highly effective, but it is corporate property.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: The super-soldier program.

Karen Sutherland: If anything on this comes back to me, my career is over... Hope it answers all your questions... You could've just asked nicely.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: This is nicely.

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NCIS: Abby's lab

Abigael Scuito: Platelet acceleration, human growth hormone and cybernetic implants. These people have read way too many sci-fi comics.

Timothy McGee: Some of these experiments are more "fi" than "sci." One of 'em makes people glow in the dark.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: What do we got?

Abigael Scuito: A couple of surprises.

Ziva David: Good or bad?

Abigael Scuito: Would it surprise you to learn that Karen Sutherland has reviewed every single human research project at her company since you met with her?

Timothy McGee: Time stamps on the files she downloaded.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Worried her company might be responsible.

Ziva David: Are they?

Timothy McGee: For a lot of questionable experiments, definitely. But as far as our guy...

Abigael Scuito: This is the map I compiled of all the chemical compounds that are running through Werth's blood.

Timothy McGee: This is a blueprint of the chemical compounds the Biotech Corporation is experimenting with.

Ziva David: None of them match.

Abigael Scuito: No.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Werth's not their test subject.

Timothy McGee: Sutherland'll be relieved. She's not responsible.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Someone else is.

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NCIS: Plateform

Anthony DiNozzo: The Director managed to get a list of every super-soldier proposal competing for funding from DARPA.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: None involved steroids.

Anthony DiNozzo: Whatever's been done to Werth was... Somebody's pet project, but they didn't leave a trail.

Ziva David: He's the only evidence the experiment ever took place. The only one who knows who did it.

Anthony DiNozzo: If he could remember.

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NCIS: Squad room

Timothy McGee: So if the experiment went wrong, and Werth's behavior over the past several days would suggest it has, then if he does remember...

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: He's in danger.

Ziva David: We need to protect him.

Anthony DiNozzo: All that's standing in our way is a senator and the entire military medical complex. I'm sure they'll be happy to see us.

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Bethesda Naval Hospital: hallway

Ray Vincent: Oh no! Nothing, sir. I'm losing you... Sunspots, X-rays, tunnel. Agent Gibbs, you and your team are not welcome here. You are not to interfere with Corporal Werth's treatment. I'll have you forcibly removed!

Anthony DiNozzo: Sorry about that. Clumsy. Not supposed to use in a hospital.

Adrian De La Casa: Especially my hospital.

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Bethesda Naval Hospital: Secure hallway

Adrian De La Casa: Corporal Werth is safe here. Except perhaps from himself.

Timothy McGee: You'll excuse us if we don't take you at your word.

Adrian De La Casa: Look, I'm taking every measure to rectify past mistakes. I'm ashamed to admit I missed a diagnosis.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: You verified Dr. Mallard's findings.

Adrian De La Casa: Werth is on a rapid detox program which should flush his system of the steroids in three to five days.

Anthony DiNozzo: There a reason we had to do all your work for you?

Adrian De La Casa: We try our best, but we can't keep up with the numbers... We don't have the time or the facilities to extend that type of attention to every patient who presents with PTSD.

Ziva David: I want to see him.

Adrian De La Casa: He's under heavy sedation. He's fine.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: No, she asked to see the patient.

Timothy McGee: Probably not a good idea to stand in her way.

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Bethesda Naval Hospital: office

Anthony DiNozzo: Geez.

Timothy McGee: What, no funny movie reference?

Anthony DiNozzo: It's not funny.

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Bethesda Naval Hospital: Werth's room

Adrian De La Casa: The IV contains clonazepam while his system clears itself.

Ziva David: Can he speak?

Adrian De La Casa: He's somewhat clear when he's awake.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Is his mind returning?

Adrian De La Casa: I hope so.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Corporal Werth? Damon?

Damon Werth: Where am I?

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Hospital.

Damon Werth: What's all this?

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: We're getting the steroids out of you.

Damon Werth: Steroids?

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Yeah... You remember?

Ziva David: Who did this to you?

Damon Werth: Who did this to me?

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Damon? Damon? Hey, Damon?

Adrian De La Casa: Like I said, he's very weak.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Damon!

Adrian De La Casa: Wait... This isn't right.

Ziva David: What's happening?

Adrian De La Casa: The system's crashing. It's set too high.

Ziva David: What is that?

Adrian De La Casa: Adrenaline... Hold him down.. Hold him! Hold him! Give it to him. You're gonna be all right, Marine.

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Bethesda Naval Hospital: office

Anthony DiNozzo: She's pulling a Pulp Fiction.

Timothy McGee: On an Hulk.

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Bethesda Naval Hospital: Werth's room

Anthony DiNozzo: What just happened?

Adrian De La Casa: I don't understand this. His machine was cranked up to the wrong level. The sedative was poisoning him.

Anthony DiNozzo: So you tried to kill him? Bury the evidence of your little science experiment?

Adrian De La Casa: I don't understand this... I set the rate, wrote the orders clear as day.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Who carries out your orders?

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Bethesda Naval Hospital: hallway

Anthony DiNozzo: Jenkins! Going down?

Fight

Anthony DiNozzo: I said going down.

Timothy McGee: You should probably stay down.

Anthony DiNozzo: That's a nice watch. A little ostentatious for my tastes. Must've been hell to pay for.

Timothy McGee: Especially on an orderly's salary.

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NCIS: Interrogation room

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Found a loophole in the system.

Anthony DiNozzo: Doctors fill out orders. You take the drugs from the pharmacy.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: But occasionally, they don't make it to their intended destination.

Anthony DiNozzo: Yeah, you made quite a little business out of that, haven't you? What is the street value of... Nandrolone, and Oxymetholone and Winstrol? You even know what these things do? Liver, kidney disease, sterility, roid rage. This guy here... Beat his wife half to death. At least three others are dead.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: They're all patients of yours.

Chris Jenkins: They did that to themselves.

Anthony DiNozzo: Werth goes off the reservation, the cops are circling the hospital. And then someone amps his machine up to 11.

Chris Jenkins: I don't know what happened, all right? These things can be unreliable sometimes.

Anthony DiNozzo: Didn't want Werth to start talking about who was sticking the needle in him?

Chris Jenkins: Listen, I didn't stick the needle in any of those guys.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Who did?

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Bethesda Naval Hospital: Werth's room

Damon Werth: I'm embarrassed by my behavior. It doesn't even feel like me in my memory.

Ziva David: We have determined the source of the steroids, but not who did this to you.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: You remember?

Damon Werth: It hasn't come back yet.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Disappointing.

Ziva David: Would have to be someone close to you, someone who has been with you wherever you go. Perhaps someone in your unit.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: We have to investigate them... Unless... You remember who it is... Courage doesn't have anything to do with medals. It's simple. You run to the gunfire, not away from it.

Damon Werth: I don't know what I'd do, Gunny, if I couldn't be a Marine. It's in my blood.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: I can't imagine how it felt... When your own blood was keeping you out.

Ziva David: The orderly was just your most recent supplier. You gave yourself the steroids. And the masking agents, so no one would ever find out. All so you could become some... Super-Marine.

Damon Werth: No... Just a Marine.

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Bethesda Naval Hospital: hallway

Ray Vincent: That's it. Ceremony's off.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs: You're canceling it?

Ray Vincent: Have to. The senator can't step on stage with that guy.

Ziva David: He won't get the medal?

Ray Vincent: That's up to the Marine Corps, but I sincerely doubt it. He'll be lucky to be just discharged. This is a nightmare... Ray Vincent... When? Great! I'm on my way.