14x08 – Enemy Combatant
Car
Keith Messier: Okay, that's it. I have reached my limit of hip-hop.
Mary Messier: No, no, no, don't even think about it. You know Maddie only falls asleep to that song.
Keith Messier: She's already sleeping.
Mary Messier: Well, let's keep it that way.
Keith Messier: I blame you for this. The books said to listen to classical music during pregnancy, not rap... What was that?
Mary Messier: God, we got a flat.
Keith Messier: Relax. Hey, relax. I'm a pro at changing tires. We'll be back on the road before Maddie even notices. Hmm?
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Street
Mary Messier: I know, sweetie. I'm tired, too... Oh. Thank God.
Keith Messier: That must be the tow truck. I'll get 'em.
Mary Messier: Shh-shh-shh-shh-shh.
Keith Messier: Hey! Over here.
Mary Messier: Hey! Keith! Look out!
Keith Messier: Whoa!
Mary Messier: Keith!
Keith Messier: Honey?
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Eleanor Bishop's apartment: bedroom
Eleanor Bishop: Don't move!
Robert Bishop: Oh. Whoa.
Eleanor Bishop: John? Rob?
John Bishop: That was awesome. I mean, that was like... That looked like a cop-show entrance.
Robert Bishop: Very Farrah Fawcett in Charlie's Angels. I approve.
Eleanor Bishop: Oh, God.
George Bishop: Hey, Elle.
John Bishop: George, you just missed it. Sis, go back out, do it again.
Eleanor Bishop: What the hell is going on? What-what are you three doing here?
George Bishop: Surprising you for Thanksgiving.
Eleanor Bishop: You know I hate surprises.
Robert Bishop: Uh, for the record, I did send you a text.
Eleanor Bishop: You sent me three frowny-face emojis.
Robert Bishop: Yeah.
John Bishop: You were in the NSA. You couldn't... Couldn't crack that code?
George Bishop: I thought you'd be happy to see us. You haven't been back home in almost a year. We missed you.
Eleanor Bishop: I-I am happy to see you. You just caught me a little off-guard... Ugh! Now give me hugs... Oh!
George Bishop: Ah. Now, hold on.
Eleanor Bishop: What?
George Bishop: Why are you so dressed up? And out past midnight? And... Wearing perfume?
Robert Bishop: That's Beach by Bobby Brown. You were on a date.
Eleanor Bishop: What? No. I was...
John Bishop: Eh! Deer-in-the-headlights look. Gives you away every time.
George Bishop: Who is he?
Eleanor Bishop: Just don't worry about it.
George Bishop: We just want to make sure he's not a deranged serial killer.
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Eleanor Bishop's apartment: living room
John Bishop: Or a vegan. That would tear this family apart, Elle.
Eleanor Bishop: Okay, I am perfectly capable of judging someone's character on my own, thank you. Plus, there's nothing you'd uncover that an NCIS background investigation hasn't already.
Robert Bishop: So he's one of your coworkers.
Eleanor Bishop: Hello... Where? Yeah. I'm on my way. That was my boss. I got to go.
George Bishop: At this hour?
Eleanor Bishop: Mm-hmm. Job is 24/7. We will talk later. Don't touch anything.
John Bishop: So much easier when we could just read her diary.
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Street
Alexandra Quinn: All right, so we have your numbers. Thanks. We'll be in touch.
Mary Messier: Okay.
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Alexandra Quinn: Well, glad you two could make it.
Nicholas Torres: Well, someone took a wrong turn.
Eleanor Bishop: Yeah, because someone was singing so loud, I couldn't hear the navi.
Alexandra Quinn: Oh. Nice threads. You on a date?
Eleanor Bishop: What? No.
Nicholas Torres: Yes. Well, not with her.
Eleanor Bishop: No, we just carpooled.
Alexandra Quinn: Right.
Eleanor Bishop: Fill us in.
Alexandra Quinn: Yes. Solo driver was headed southbound when he swerved off the road and crashed right into a boulder.
Nicholas Torres: Well, I don't see any skid marks, so I don't think the driver lost control.
Eleanor Bishop: Mm. Could have been deliberate. A little Thelma and Louise action. Love that movie.
Nicholas Torres: Oh, what a surprise.
Eleanor Bishop: What?
Nicholas Torres: What?
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Timothy McGee: So Ranger Burt wants you to go to dinner with his parents. What's the problem?
Abigael Scuito: It's not just any dinner, McGee. It's Thanksgiving dinner. That's like the Super Bowl of meals. And it sends this message that we're really serious.
Timothy McGee: Well, aren't you?
Abigael Scuito: Yeah... No. Maybe. I don't like labels.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Okay. What do we got?
Timothy McGee: Well, boss, driver of the car is Commander Derrick Reza, 45 years old. Works as a Navy chaplain out of the Armed Forces Interfaith Association in Arlington.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Did Duck give you a T.O.D. before he took the body?
Timothy McGee: That's the problem, boss. Duck's time of death estimated as 7:00 p.m. But we've got two witnesses stating that the accident happened shortly after 11:00 p.m... So we have a guy crashing his car after he was already dead for four hours.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: How?
Abigael Scuito: With this.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Clay brick?
Abigael Scuito: Oh, the masonry force is strong within you, Gibbs. Yeah, so I found residue of the clay on the gas pedal. Someone used this brick to depress the gas pedal and send the commander crashing through the guard rail and into that boulder. This was not an accident.
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NCIS: Squad room
Timothy McGee: Hi. Uh, can we help you guys?
George Bishop: We're waiting for Agent Bishop.
John Bishop: Yeah, uh, NCIS Special Agent Eleanor Bishop. How cool does that sound, right?
Robert Bishop: Yeah.
Alexandra Quinn: Oh. And who are you people?
George Bishop: George, John, Robbie. We're Ellie's brothers. You guys must be Tim and Alex.
Timothy McGee: Yes, yes. How you doing? Good to meet you guys. Bishop's talked so much about you. It's good to put faces to the names.
John Bishop: Hmm. So, uh, work with our sister?
Timothy McGee: I do. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's, uh, been just over four years now, actually. I can't imagine this place without her, you know.
John Bishop: Ah. You guys hear that?
George Bishop: Sure did.
Robert Bishop: Sure did.
John Bishop: Sounds like you two are pretty close.
Robert Bishop: Maybe a little too close.
Timothy McGee: Excuse me?
Alexandra Quinn: Huh. This is getting interesting.
Eleanor Bishop: Uh, what are you doing?
George Bishop: Getting to know your coworkers.
John Bishop: Is this the guy you're dating? Seems like your type... Tall, brainy, aloof.
Eleanor Bishop: How did you even get in the building?
George Bishop: Guest pass. We're getting a tour.
Eleanor Bishop: Oh. Huh. Really? On-on whose authorization?
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Mine. Give me an update.
Timothy McGee: Boss, victim is Commander Derrick Reza. Unmarried, no children. His parents in New York have been notified.
Alexandra Quinn: Reza worked as an imam before joining the Navy in 2003. He's one of a handful of Muslim chaplains serving in the military.
Eleanor Bishop: Besides being assigned to the Armed Forces Interfaith Association, Reza was a member of several charitable organizations, so it's hard to imagine he'd have any enemies.
Robert Bishop: Hmm? Oh. Sorry.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Suspects?
Timothy McGee: Well, according to Reza's secretary, his last call was to a Ronald Ayers. He runs a meditation center and Zen garden out of Falls Church.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Okay, check it out. Bishop, Quinn, get with Commander Reza's supervisor and find out who he was interacting with.
Eleanor Bishop: Behave.
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NCIS: Autopsy room
Donald Mallard: I'm aware that in Islam it is believed that the deceased can still feel pain. And that to break the bone of a dead person is like breaking the bone of a living one. I do not wish to add to your suffering.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Hey. You solo today?
Donald Mallard: Ah, 'tis the season. Mr. Palmer had an unfortunate accident attempting to deep fry a turkey, but he's okay.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: You got a cause of death for me?
Donald Mallard: I'm afraid not. Commander Reza's family requested that an autopsy not be performed for religious reasons.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Duck, this is a murder case.
Donald Mallard: Jethro, this man is a chaplain. I do not intend to go against his final wishes if I can avoid it.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Okay. So why'd you call me?
Donald Mallard: Because my initial time of death was correct.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: The commander was dead before the crash.
Donald Mallard: Most definitely. During my on-sight examination, I noticed this deep laceration.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: That from the crash?
Donald Mallard: No. The commander's head was protected by the air bag. No, this wound is inconsistent with his other injuries. Ergo, blunt force trauma no doubt led to his demise.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Anything else?
Donald Mallard: Yeah, I found some debris in the wound. I sent it up to Abby for analysis.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Okay... Thanks, Duck.
Donald Mallard: Well, Commander, let's get you ready to go home.
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Meditation center and Zen garden
Ronald Ayers: I don't understand. I thought you said Derrick was in a car accident.
Timothy McGee: It's an ongoing investigation, Mr. Ayers.
Nicholas Torres: How did you know Commander Reza?
Ronald Ayers: We worked on several community service projects together. Ran in similar circles.
Nicholas Torres: A Muslim chaplain and a Yogi?
Ronald Ayers: Spirituality encompasses all faiths, Agent Torres. It's through inclusion, not division, that one becomes whole.
Nicholas Torres: Neat.
Timothy McGee: Why did Commander Reza call you last night?
Ronald Ayers: Derrick said he had a favor to ask. He didn't go into details. We were supposed to meet today for lunch to discuss.
Nicholas Torres: Last time you saw him?
Ronald Ayers: Uh, just this past Saturday at the harvest festival he organized.
Timothy McGee: You notice anything different in his behavior? Did he seem preoccupied or on edge?
Ronald Ayers: Not at all. He was in great spirits. Derrick helped raise over $25,000 for the local children's hospital.
Nicholas Torres: Well, that's impressive.
Ronald Ayers: That was Derrick. Constantly helping others. He lived to serve this community.
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Armed Forces Interfaith Association
Gareth Bainbridge: As chaplain, Commander Reza interacted with hundreds of parishioners of various faiths.
Eleanor Bishop: Did he ever have any issues with any of them?
Gareth Bainbridge: Not that he told me about.
Alexandra Quinn: So, this interfaith church, do you take confessions here, Mr., uh, Bainbridge?
Gareth Bainbridge: Oh, not me personally. I'm just the office coordinator. But Derrick would often counsel our members.
Eleanor Bishop: Did you notice Commander Reza spending more time with any particular parishioner?
Gareth Bainbridge: Uh... Well, actually, yes, I... I'd noticed one woman he was spending some time with over the past two weeks, but I-I didn't catch her name.
Alexandra Quinn: Can you describe her?
Gareth Bainbridge: Uh, she was late 20s, Middle Eastern, uh, wore a headscarf. Oh, but I can't imagine she'd be involved with his death. It... Looked as if they were friends.
Eleanor Bishop: Thanks.
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NCIS: break room
George Bishop: Are you Nick Torres?
Nicholas Torres: Who's asking?
John Bishop: We're Ellie Bishop's brothers.
Nicholas Torres: Oh, hey. Yeah, she mentioned you guys were here. Nice to meet you... Okay. Nice talk... What, do you guys want my lunch money or...?
John Bishop: We want you to answer a few questions.
Nicholas Torres: About what?
George Bishop: Your relationship with our sister.
Nicholas Torres: My what now? Okay. Look, um, guys, I appreciate the-the protective brother routine, I-I respect it. But, uh, you're barking up the wrong tree here.
George Bishop: So you're not the coworker she's been dating?
Nicholas Torres: Wait. Wait, me date Bishop? No, no. No, no... She's not my type. Like, not at all.
Robert Bishop: Oh. So you think our sister's not good enough for you, is that it?
Nicholas Torres: Okay, listen, that's not what I meant. I meant no disrespect. What I mean is that Bishop and I are real good friends. That-that's all. There's nothing more. That's it... All right, look. Now, you didn't hear it from me, but your sister's been hanging out with this chap from the international desk. Now, my money would be on that guy.
George Bishop: What's his name?
Nicholas Torres: Clayton Reeves.
John Bishop: Clayton Reeves.
Nicholas Torres: Yeah, tall, British, tailored suit, pretty ass jawline... We cool?
George Bishop: We're cool.
Nicholas Torres: Great. Thanks.
Robert Bishop: You do realize he could've taken all three of us down one-handed, right?
George Bishop: Yeah.
John Bishop: The things we do for our sister.
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NCIS: Abby's lab
Timothy McGee: Come on.
Abigael Scuito: Why are you taking this so personally?
Timothy McGee: Because she's our friend. How could Bishop be dating someone and not tell us?
Abigael Scuito: Um, probably because... It's someone we work with.
Timothy McGee: How do you know that?
Abigael Scuito: I overheard Bishop's brothers interrogating Pale Dale in the hall. He started hyperventilating. I had to give him a paper bag. But, you know, Bishop has her reasons. She'll tell us when she's ready.
Timothy McGee: I guess you're right... You're dying to know who it is, too?
Abigael Scuito: You have no idea!
Timothy McGee: Thank you... Look at this. Commander Reza's got some pretty heavily encrypted files on his laptop.
Abigael Scuito: Didn't you say his computer password was "password1?" Doesn't sound like someone that'd be very tech savvy.
Timothy McGee: Oh, a lot of classified files.
Abigael Scuito: Of what?
Timothy McGee: Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp. Personnel, detainee movements, guard assignments, even.
Abigael Scuito: How would a Navy chaplain get his hands on sensitive military documents?
Timothy McGee: Abby, if these get into the wrong hands, this could be a serious threat to national security.
Abigael Scuito: So what was Commander Reza planning on doing with them?
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NCIS: Squad room
Nicholas Torres: Prior to his commandin Arlington, Commander Reza did a two-year tour as a chaplain at Guantanamo Bay.
Eleanor Bishop: All the classified military files found on his laptop had one common thread: Amir Hassan, one of the detainees being held at Gitmo.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: What's his story?
Clayton Reeves: I suppose that's my cue.
Nicholas Torres: We got to get him a bell or something.
Clayton Reeves: Hassan is originally from Jalalabad, Afghanistan. He was picked up by a joint U.S. and U.K. Terrorism task force back in 2005, just outside London. Looks like I'll be assisting with the case.
Eleanor Bishop: The more the merrier.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Why is Hassan being surveilled?
Clayton Reeves: The main target was Dawar Mahdavi. When you're ready.
Eleanor Bishop: I remember him. Dawar Mahdavi was one of the suspected conspirators in the 7/7 attacks in London. Traces of his DNA were found on a backpack worn by one of the suicide bombers.
Clayton Reeves: That brain of yours is brilliant... Truly.
Nicholas Torres: Uh, can we stay on topic here?
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: I agree.
Clayton Reeves: Mahdavi, uh, recruited his men from a mosque he used to frequent. Amir Hassan was one of three men seen with Mahdavi back in 2005. When chatter flagged an up-and-coming attack, they were taken into custody.
Nicholas Torres: Well, that still doesn't explain why Commander Reza had a dossier on Hassan.
Eleanor Bishop: Among those files were video recordings of Amir Hassan's interrogations while at Gitmo. They must be important, or why else would Reza have them?
Nicholas Torres: One problem: they're all in Pashto.
Eleanor Bishop: That's not a problem.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Bishop, get to it.
Nicholas Torres: You know Pashto?
Eleanor Bishop: Mm-hmm.
Clayton Reeves: What did I say? Brilliant.
Eleanor Bishop: Gibbs, there's hours of footage to go through. I mean, I can handle some, but we'll need to loop in a translator.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Yeah, set it up. Torres, talk to the C.O. at Gitmo. Find out what contact Commander Reza had with Amir Hassan.
Clayton Reeves: What about me?
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: I want all the Intel the task force gathered on Hassan.
Clayton Reeves: That's it? I was hoping for something a little bit more challenging.
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NCIS: MTAC
Alexandra Quinn: How long have you been commander at the Gitmo detention group, Colonel Driscoll?
Holt Driscoll: Nearly two years.
Alexandra Quinn: And, uh, you're familiar with Commander Reza and Amir Hassan?
Holt Driscoll: That's affirmative.
Alexandra Quinn: What sort of contact did they have?
Holt Driscoll: As chaplain, Commander Reza had weekly meetings with several of our detainees, including Hassan.
Nicholas Torres: What'd they talk about?
Holt Driscoll: The military doesn't record religious counseling sessions.
Nicholas Torres: Oh, you don't really expect us to believe that, do you?
Holt Driscoll: Doesn't matter to me what you believe, Agent Torres, it's the truth.
Alexandra Quinn: Fine. What can you tell us about Commander Reza?
Holt Driscoll: Well, during his tour here, there was a significant decrease in aggressive behavior among the detainees. I credit Commander Reza for that. He was a calming presence. I was sad to see him go.
Nicholas Torres: Oh, so you liked him?
Holt Driscoll: I like people who do their job. So, yes, I liked him. More than others.
Alexandra Quinn: Meaning what?
Holt Driscoll: Some of my soldiers were suspicious of Commander Reza's closeness with the detainees and believed he was colluding with them.
Alexandra Quinn: And did you look into that?
Holt Driscoll: Of course, but the investigation turned up nothing. I wrote it off as a baseless claim.
Nicholas Torres: Did you give Commander Reza access to Hassan's files?
Holt Driscoll: I don't make a habit of sharing classified military documents with unauthorized personnel.
Nicholas Torres: How'd he get 'em?
Holt Driscoll: No idea. But I plan to find out.
Nicholas Torres: Oh, so do we, Colonel. You can bet on it.
Alexandra Quinn: You really have a way with people, Torres.
Nicholas Torres: Yeah, it's a gift.
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NCIS: Briefing room
Qasim Naasir: Agent Gibbs, it's good to see you.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Qasim. How's life at the annex?
Qasim Naasir: It's going very well. I have you both to thank for that.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Well, you did the work, not us. Bishop bring you up to speed?
Qasim Naasir: Yes, you require some help with some Pashto translations.
Eleanor Bishop: Yes, "some" being hundreds of hours of interrogations. Hope you didn't have any evening plans.
Qasim Naasir: This is top priority. Work comes first.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: That's the right answer... Dinner's on me.
Eleanor Bishop: Mmm.
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NCIS: Hallway / Elevator
Nicholas Torres: Oh, uh, look, it's, uh, MI6 Officer Clayton Reeves. Boy, am I happy to see you.
Clayton Reeves: What's with you?
Nicholas Torres: Oh, me? Oh, nothing, nothing. I'm just tracking down that, uh, mystery woman seen with, uh, Commander Reza.
Clayton Reeves: Yeah.
Nicholas Torres: Have you met Agent Bishop's, uh, brothers?
Clayton Reeves: Hey. Pleasure. Big, big fan of your sister.
Nicholas Torres: See, boys? What'd I tell you? Good luck.
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NCIS: Elevator
Clayton Reeves: You guys, uh, enjoying D.C.? This place has, uh, great, great energy... It's, uh...
John Bishop: You can can the small talk, 007. The jig is up.
Clayton Reeves: I'm sorry?
George Bishop: We know you're dating our sister.
Clayton Reeves: Someone's telling you porkies.
George Bishop: What'd he say?
John Bishop: YThink he just called us fat.
Robert Bishop: YNo, he said that you were told a lie.
John Bishop: What about that trip to Scotland she took? You weren't with her?
Clayton Reeves: No. I was. But we just went as mates. That's all.
Robert Bishop: "Mates" means friends.
John Bishop: Yeah, we got that one.
Clayton Reeves: So, are we... Are we square?
George Bishop: Just one more question. When "mates" travel together, how many hotel rooms do they book? One or two?
Clayton Reeves: Two.
John Bishop: He hesitated.
Clayton Reeves: I took a breath.
George Bishop: Robbie, what do you think?
Robert Bishop: Looks like you're in a spot of bother.
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NCIS: Abby's lab
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: What am I looking at?
Abigael Scuito: It's guts, Gibbs. Automotive innards. Vehicular entrails. The bowels...
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Abbs.
Abigael Scuito: Sorry, there was a Night Gallery marathon last night. This is what McGee and I painstakingly went through to try to put together the navigation system from Commander Reza's car.
Timothy McGee: We were able to extract the data and retrace his movements the day he was killed. Uh, normally, we would've gotten that information from his cell phone, but the commander doesn't own one.
Abigael Scuito: Did you hear that, Gibbs? Someone who hated technology more than you. Mind blown.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: What'd you find?
Abigael Scuito: Voila. A day in the life of Commander Reza.
Timothy McGee: Left his house in the morning. He went to work, had lunch downtown. Stopped at a hotel, went to the bank, headed back to work, then home. And then the crash.
Abigael Scuito: Now, which one of those things is not like the other?
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: The hotel.
Abigael Scuito: Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding! Take it away, McGee.
Timothy McGee: Pulled the list of registered guests staying at Arlington Roads Inn. Now, one of the rooms is registered to Samira Hassan. That's the sister of Amir Hassan, one of our Gitmo detainees who Commander Reza had files on.
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NCIS: Interview room
Samira Hassan: I have done nothing wrong. You have no right to hold me here.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Guess again.
Timothy McGee: You were one of the last people to see Commander Reza alive.
Samira Hassan: I didn't kill Derrick. He was a friend.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: A military officer. And you're the sister of a terrorist. That's an odd pairing.
Samira Hassan: My brother is not a terrorist. I have spent years pleading with your government to look into Amir's arrest, but no one would listen.
Timothy McGee: Is that why you contacted Commander Reza?
Samira Hassan: He's the one who reached out to me... Derrick said he had proof my brother was being wrongfully detained at Guantanamo.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: What proof?
Samira Hassan: All he told me was that someone on the inside was going to help. There are some people who don't want the truth to come out. Derrick was silenced because he knew too much.
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NCIS: hallway
Eleanor Bishop: Samira's telling the truth about her brother. Qasim and I were translating Amir Hassan's interrogations. I noticed that the corresponding transcriptions didn't match what he was saying. Gibbs, someone altered the records to make it look like Hassan was withholding information.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: He was set up.
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NCIS: Director's office
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Hassan was asked to give up Mahdavi's targets.
Clayton Reeves: The altered Gitmo transcript has Hassan's response as: "I will never betray Mahdavi. He is my brother."
Leon Vance: What did Hassan actually say?
Clayton Reeves: "I've only met Mahdavi a few times. He's not my friend. Please, you have the wrong person."
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Bishop and Qasim found dozens more like it.
Clayton Reeves: This was the evidence Commander Reza intended to turn over in order to secure Amir Hassan's release.
Leon Vance: Our intelligence had him as part of a terror cell.
Clayton Reeves: The only thing connecting Hassan to Mahdavi is a few photos of them exiting a mosque at the same time.
Leon Vance: You're telling me that an innocent man spent 11 years in a U.S. military detention camp because he was in the wrong place at the wrong time?
Clayton Reeves: It's a possibility.
Leon Vance: That's not good enough, Officer Reeves. I want solid answers.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: So do we, Leon. Bishop and Qasim are en route to Gitmo now.
Leon Vance: And Commander Reza?
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: If his death is connected to Hassan, we'll find out.
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Gitmo: Interview room
Qasim Naasir: Are you all right?
Eleanor Bishop: No, not really.
Qasim Naasir: What is it?
Sergeant: Right through here.
Eleanor Bishop: Uh, he, uh, won't need those.
Sergeant: It's protocol, ma'am.
Eleanor Bishop: Not ours, Sergeant. Take 'em off.
Qasim Naasir: Amir... [Speaking Pashto]
Eleanor Bishop: He's not gonna talk to me. This place taught him not to trust anyone, especially U.S. agents.
Qasim Naasir: Then we convince him. And we start by telling him the truth.
Amir Hassan: The truth has no place here.
Qasim Naasir: You speak English?
Amir Hassan: A skill I learned in this cage. If you are here to ask me about my extremist connections, you're wasting your time. I'm not a terrorist.
Eleanor Bishop: We know, Amir. We're here to help you... Commander Reza. He was a chaplain here a few years ago.
Amir Hassan: What about him?
Eleanor Bishop: He was working to get you released from Guantanamo. He-he found evidence that you were being wrongfully detained.
Amir Hassan: [Speaking Pashto]
Qasim Naasir: [Speaking Pashto]
Amir Hassan: If this is true, then let me speak to Derrick. I trust him. He wouldn't lie to me.
Eleanor Bishop: Commander Reza is dead.
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NCIS: MTAC
Leon Vance: This is one hell of an oversight, Colonel.
Holt Driscoll: The transcriptions in question were before my time.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: It's not the time to pass the buck.
Holt Driscoll: I am merely stating facts. In 2005, some detainee translations were conducted by private defense contractors. It was a flawed practice. One no longer used at Gitmo.
Leon Vance: I'm afraid that's too little too late, Colonel.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Who was the translator assigned to Amir Hassan?
Holt Driscoll: His name's Brendan Peters. He worked for Wynnewood Security Services.
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Gitmo: Interview room
Amir Hassan: Someone killed Derrick because he was trying to free me?
Eleanor Bishop: That's what we're trying to find out.
Qasim Naasir: Can you think of who might want to go after Commander Reza?
Amir Hassan: How could I possibly know? I've had no contact with the outside world in years... Not with my family... Not with anyone... Derrick restored my faith that I might once again be a free man... He died for nothing.
Eleanor Bishop: That is not true, Amir. He was fighting for you, and so are we.
Amir Hassan: I was put in this place by people like you, Agent Bishop. People who think I'm a terrorist because I'm Muslim... Why should I believe a word you say?
Qasim Naasir: I didn't trust her either. Not when we first met... I was once in a similar situation as you. And when I thought all hope was lost, it was Agent Bishop and NCIS who stood by me. I am alive because of them... Trust only works when it goes both ways.
Amir Hassan: When I met Dawar Mahdavi, I didn't know who he really was or the terrible things he had done. We had only spoken to each other in passing at our mosque... My life ended because of a man I hardly knew... I told the truth, and no one would believe me... No one except for Derrick.
Eleanor Bishop: We can't change what happened to you, Amir, but we are gonna finish what Commander Reza started. And we are not leaving here without you.
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NCIS: Squad room
Clayton Reeves: Admit it. What you did was a serious violation of the guy code.
Alexandra Quinn: Oh, are you still going on about this?
Nicholas Torres: Come on, man, I'm with her. Let it go.
Clayton Reeves: That's easy for Quinn to say. She's not the one you threw to the wolves.
Nicholas Torres: The wolves? Come on, man. Bishop's brothers are, like, little pups. Plus, I thought you could handle yourself. You're a big boy.
Clayton Reeves: Would you care for a demonstration?
Nicholas Torres: Sure.
Alexandra Quinn: Oh, no. No more. Whichever one of you is dating Bishop, just fess up, and we can be done with this.
Nicholas Torres: He flinched.
Clayton Reeves: I blinked.
Alexandra Quinn: Oh, you flinched a little.
Clayton Reeves: That's not proof.
Abigael Scuito: I have proof. I did a statistical analysis of Bishop's personality, and cross-referenced it with everyone in the office to see who would be the most probable match. Torres, you only scored a 17% probability...
Nicholas Torres: Yes!
Abigael Scuito: So you're out. Reeves, you scored an impressive 65%, so that's a possibility.
Nicholas Torres: I told you it was him.
Abigael Scuito: Now, wait. Not so fast, Nick. There's someone else who beat Reeves' score with a whopping 87% probability.
Nicholas Torres: What?!
Abigael Scuito: Leroy Jethro Gibbs.
Clayton Reeves: Are you serious?
Nicholas Torres: Come on, Abby, that's... Ha, ha, ha, ha, that's a good one.
Alexandra Quinn: Actually, I can picture it.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Picture what?
Abigael Scuito: Hey, Gibbs, hey! We were just, uh, you know, sharing some enlightening scientific analysis here.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: How about sharing something else? Like a lead.
Timothy McGee: I got a lead, boss. Been following up on Brendan Peters, the translator assigned to Amir Hassan. Brendan Peters doesn't exist. It's an alias.
Clayton Reeves: Many defense contractors use an nom de guerre for security reasons. Maintains anonymity.
Timothy McGee: I pulled his fingerprints from Gitmo's records, ran it through the system, got a hit. Turns out Brendan Peters is really Ronald Ayers.
Alexandra Quinn: The meditation guy.
Nicholas Torres: Time to bust up someone's chi.
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Meditation center and Zen garden: Parking
Timothy McGee: All right, I got the front.
Nicholas Torres: Got the back.
Timothy McGee: Reeves, take the grounds.
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Meditation center and Zen garden: ground
Ronald Ayers: Don't move. Drop the weapon.
Clayton Reeves: The place is surrounded, Ayers.
Ronald Ayers: Doesn't look that way. Drop it... Take a quick walk.
Nicholas Torres: Yep, real quick.
Clayton Reeves: Don't even say it.
Nicholas Torres: Hero, baby. It's what I do all day, son.
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NCIS: Interview room
Ronald Ayers: I can explain.
Alexandra Quinn: Pulling a gun on a federal agent? Talk about bad karma. Enjoy your next life as a gutter rat.
Ronald Ayers: It's not what it looks like.
Alexandra Quinn: Oh, this should be interesting.
Ronald Ayers: I've been on edge ever since Derrick's murder. I thought your agents were there to kill me. It was just a simple misunderstanding.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Hmm. If that's all it is, you're free to go.
Ronald Ayers: Really?
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: No! Talk!
Ronald Ayers: About what?
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Amir Hassan... His interrogation transcripts... Who altered them?
Ronald Ayers: I did.
Alexandra Quinn: Well, congratulations, you just got downgraded to a flea on a gutter rat.
Ronald Ayers: I didn't have a choice. I was ordered to do it.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: By who?
Ronald Ayers: The defense firm I worked for. We were told to help prolong the confinement of detainees who refused to produce Intel vital to the War on Terror.
Alexandra Quinn: And how do you sleep at night?
Ronald Ayers: I didn't. That's why I quit. I never felt right about what we did at Gitmo... Or for what I did to Amir Hassan.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: You knew he was innocent. And you let him rot in that cell for 11 years?
Ronald Ayers: I'm not proud of what I've done.
Alexandra Quinn: And that's why you killed Commander Reza? To keep your secret?
Ronald Ayers: I didn't kill Derrick. I was helping him. I'm the one who gave him those files on Amir Hassan... I was trying to right a wrong.
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Gitmo
Eleanor Bishop: Amir Hassan was right... I have sent people here... For years, I've... I've known about Gitmo and I've talked about it, but... Seeing it, it's not what I expected.
Qasim Naasir: What did you imagine?
Eleanor Bishop: I don't know. I know there are people detained here who have done horrible things, but... This doesn't feel like justice.
Qasim Naasir: Well, fear often makes us do things that we shouldn't. But that's human.
Eleanor Bishop: What if there's another Amir in there and we just don't know it? He was a 22-year-old kid. And we took away 11 years of his life... Can't ever make that right.
Qasim Naasir: You are not the one responsible for Amir Hassan's arrest. But you are responsible for his release... He's leaving here a free man.
Eleanor Bishop: Still doesn't seem like enough.
Qasim Naasir: Believe me... That is everything.
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NCIS: Squad room
Timothy McGee: Wait, Bishop and Gibbs? No, no, no. Y-You got to be crazy.
Abigael Scuito: Are you questioning the validity of my findings?
Timothy McGee: Statistical data is hardly reliable.
Abigael Scuito: Timothy Farragut McGee, I will have you know that all my data is accurate. It predicted when you and Delilah would move in together, and... When you would get engaged, and... When you would have your first kid.
Timothy McGee: Abby, how could it possibly know that? Come on... Did it say whether it was a boy or girl?
Abigael Scuito: Wouldn't you like to know.
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Clayton Reeves: Where's Gibbs?
Timothy McGee: He's up with Vance. Did you guys find anything?
Nicholas Torres: One of the stops that Commander Reza made on the day he died was to a bank in Arlington.
Timothy McGee: Right, we already knew that. His account showed that he made an ATM withdrawal at 4:45 p.m.
Nicholas Torres: That's right. Except he went there on other business. A teller at the bank confirms that she assisted Reza.
Clayton Reeves: He requested over two years worth of checking account statements.
Timothy McGee: His personal account?
Clayton Reeves: No. Armed Forces Interfaith Association. We pulled the same records and found over $250,000 in withdrawals earmarked for local charities.
Nicholas Torres: Yeah, and we checked with the charities, and none of them have received the donations.
Timothy McGee: Who made the withdrawals?
Clayton Reeves: The primary account holder: Gareth Bainbridge.
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Armed Forces Interfaith Association: parking
Alexandra Quinn: Hi there.
Gareth Bainbridge: Agent Quinn, did we have an appointment?
Alexandra Quinn: We didn't, no. I just had some follow-up questions.
Gareth Bainbridge: Oh, well, of course. Let's, um, talk inside.
Alexandra Quinn: Oh, we can't. They're still processing the crime scene.
Gareth Bainbridge: Excuse me?
Alexandra Quinn: Yeah. You familiar with, uh, BLUESTAR? It's this nifty little spray that helps you, uh, detect washed-out bloodstains. Found a lot of it in your office.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Are you going somewhere?
Gareth Bainbridge: It was an accident.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: What was?
Gareth Bainbridge: When Derrick confronted me about the money, he wouldn't let me explain. He went to call the police, and I pushed him. He tripped and his head hit the desk.
Alexandra Quinn: And instead of calling 911, you decided to try and cover it up?
Gareth Bainbridge: I panicked. I...
Alexandra Quinn: Mm-hmm.
Gareth Bainbridge: I never meant to hurt him. I... You got to believe me.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: We don't.
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NCIS: Squad room
Eleanor Bishop: Oh. Gibbs, you're here.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: I work here, too.
Eleanor Bishop: Yeah. Uh, listen, I wanted to... What happened to my phone?
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Next time you leave the country on assignment, Bishop, tell your brothers.
Eleanor Bishop: How many times did they call? Too many. Got it.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: What?
Eleanor Bishop: Amir Hassan. He held on for all those years believing... The truth would set him free, and it did... Listen, Gibbs. I don't want to lie to you anymore... I wanted to tell you earlier, but I didn't know how to say it, and then more time passed, and it's just that...
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: What, Bishop?
Eleanor Bishop: I broke rule 12. At first, we... Were just good friends. And then a few months ago, it turned into something more... And... I won't apologize for it. Not-not because that would break another rule, but because... Gibbs... I like him. A lot.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Took you long enough.
Eleanor Bishop: That's it?
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Happy Thanksgiving, Bishop.
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Eleanor Bishop's apartment: living room
Reporter: Hope you enjoyed the Thanksgiving halftime show. And we are just moments away from the second half. For those of you just tuning in, after the first half of play, the score is tied, seven...
John Bishop: Hey, what are you doing?
George Bishop: Hey. Come on.
Robert Bishop: Boo! Come on.
Eleanor Bishop: We need to talk.
George Bishop: Can't it wait till after the game?
Eleanor Bishop: No. My place, my rules.
John Bishop: Uh-oh. She's using the mom-tone.
Robert Bishop: Told you we shouldn't have egged Jake's car.
Eleanor Bishop: You what?
John Bishop: To be fair, you never said to not do that, so...
Eleanor Bishop: Ugh! Okay, look. I love you guys, but this needs to stop. You can't just show up here and insert yourselves into my personal life. We're not kids anymore. You're grown men.
John Bishop: Only physically.
George Bishop: Listen, Elle, you're our little sister. Being overprotective is in the big brother description. That's never gonna change.
Eleanor Bishop: Well, can we at least come to a compromise?
John Bishop: Uh, we're listening.
Eleanor Bishop: I'll agree to be more up front and open with you, if you'll agree to give me my personal space and trust my decisions.
George Bishop: Okay, we accept those terms.
Eleanor Bishop: Good, because there's someone I want you to meet... Be nice.
George Bishop: We're always nice.
John Bishop: We're always nice.
Robert Bishop: We're always nice.
Eleanor Bishop: Huh.
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Eleanor Bishop: Hey... George, John, Robert, this is Qasim... My boyfriend.
Qasim Naasir: Hello. Ellie's told me so much about you.
George Bishop: Thank God. We thought it was Gibbs.
