14x12 – Off the Grid
Diner
Elaine: Want me to freshen that, Gibbs?
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Mm. I'm good, Elaine.
Customer: Yo! Anytime today will be fine.
Elaine: Be right there.
Customer: Yeah.
Elaine: Crazy morning. Darlene called in sick. I'll get you a cup to go.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: No rush. Take your time.
Customer: Ah, so your vacation's over?
Elaine: Sorry it took so long.
Customer: Yeah, I ordered wheat bread.
Elaine: Give me a minute.
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Street
Bodie Whitman: You sure you got nothing? I mean, a half day?
Worker: Sorry, pal.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Hey, Bodie.
Bodie Whitman: Man... No. I thought you were dead.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: No, that's wishful thinking, Bubba. Wishful thinking.
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NCIS: Squad room
Nicholas Torres: What's that?
Alexandra Quinn: A flower arrangement.
Nicholas Torres: Oh, yeah, see, um... No frou-frou flowers around my desk, thanks.
Alexandra Quinn: Relax, Fabio, they're for Bishop. She had a horrible week. I mean, the funeral, and then she had to clear out Qasim's apartment.
Nicholas Torres: That's a nice thought. Put my name on the card, I'll pay for half.
Alexandra Quinn: No, they're from me, Nick.
Clayton Reeves: On my way. I've been summoned to the British embassy.
Alexandra Quinn: Another debriefing about Willoughby?
Clayton Reeves: MI6 special-op director's in town on a fact-finding mission.
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Eleanor Bishop: Hey.
Clayton Reeves: Hey... You good?
Eleanor Bishop: I'm fine.
Clayton Reeves: Are you sure?
Eleanor Bishop: Mm-hmm... Hey, um... Any more on Kai Chen?
Clayton Reeves: Gibbs told you not to get involved.
Eleanor Bishop: Qasim's flash drive, what'd you do with it?
Clayton Reeves: Nothing yet. I haven't found a translator I can trust.
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Alexandra Quinn: How you doing?
Eleanor Bishop: I'm fine, really. These are very pretty.
Nicholas Torres: Yeah, we thought you'd like them.
Alexandra Quinn: Really?
Eleanor Bishop: Something's up.
Leon Vance: Anyone hear from Gibbs? He was supposed to teach an 8:00 field training class. He never showed.
Eleanor Bishop: Uh, it's not like Gibbs to be late for anything.
Timothy McGee: He's not answering his home phone or his cell.
Nicholas Torres: Yeah, that's, uh... Strange.
Leon Vance: Find him.
Eleanor Bishop: Uh, he usually calls if he's gonna be late.
Timothy McGee: Something's wrong.
Nicholas Torres: Or maybe he's doing something private that's none of our business.
Alexandra Quinn: Yeah, exactly.
Timothy McGee: Well, you know what, we heard the director. He said we need to find him, so let's find him. Quinn, Bishop, you guys go to Gibbs' house.
Eleanor Bishop: Uh, no, I really don't feel comfortable doing that. Going into his house when he's not there?
Timothy McGee: Torres, you're with me.
Nicholas Torres: Ooh, I like it when you take charge. Where we going?
Timothy McGee: Same place Gibbs goes every morning.
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Gibbs's house: porch
Alexandra Quinn: Well, the good news is his truck isn't here. Wouldn't want to find Gibbs in the basement, a victim of a power-tool accident.
Eleanor Bishop: He doesn't use power tools... Door is never locked when he's home.
Alexandra Quinn: I guess it never is. Gibbs?
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Street
Timothy McGee: It was written at 8:10. Gibbs has never gotten a parking ticket before in his life.
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Gibbs's house: living room
Alexandra Quinn: All right, well, nothing unusual in the basement, besides a boat. That's not strange. Bishop, you find anything upstairs?
Eleanor Bishop: Well, I found something interesting on the nightstand in his bedroom.
Alexandra Quinn: What?
Eleanor Bishop: The Sensitive Man's Survival Handbook.
Alexandra Quinn: No. That's probably a paperweight.
Eleanor Bishop: Uh-uh. There's a bookmark on page 351.
Alexandra Quinn: Go figure. I didn't see that one coming.
Eleanor Bishop: Mm-hmm... This is a waste of time. We're not gonna find anything.
Alexandra Quinn: Oh, no.
Eleanor Bishop: What?
Alexandra Quinn: I accidentally hit this against the faucet.
Eleanor Bishop: I'm sure Gibbs has other plates.
Alexandra Quinn: No, not like this one. Looks like his daughter Kelly made it for him.
Eleanor Bishop: Ooh.
Alexandra Quinn: Ugh.
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Diner
Elaine: Gibbs was in a little earlier than usual. Said he was teaching an 8:00 class.
Timothy McGee: Did he seem concerned about anything?
Elaine: No. As a matter of fact, he was a bit more chatty than usual.
Nicholas Torres: Gibbs? Leroy Jethro Gibbs?
Elaine: Mm-hmm.
Nicholas Torres: What was he saying?
Elaine: I asked him if he wanted me to top off his coffee, and he said, "I'm good."
Timothy McGee: And that's chatty?
Elaine: For Gibbs, the bar is low. He normally responds with a look. He also told me to take my time with the check. That's why I was surprised when he disappeared.
Nicholas Torres: Disappeared?
Elaine: I left him waiting for his coffee to go. When I brought it, he was gone. He left a 20 on the table, which is way too much. And poof.
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Dinner / NCIS: Abby's lab
Abigael Scuito: Ah. McGee, you found him. Gibbs is okay. Where was he?
Timothy McGee: Abby, I need you to ping his cell.
Abigael Scuito: So you didn't find him?
Timothy McGee: Look, just do it, okay? I'll explain later.
Abigael Scuito: Oh, I don't like snooping on Gibbs.
Timothy McGee: Abby, trust me, you have to do this.
Abigael Scuito: This is against my better judgment.
Nicholas Torres: What are you doing?
Abigael Scuito: That's funny.
Timothy McGee: What? What's funny?
Abigael Scuito: Not like funny "ha-ha." Like funny weird. Gibbs' phone is across the street from the diner.
Nicholas Torres: Where you going?
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Street
Nicholas Torres: McGee, are you gonna tell me what's going on?
Timothy McGee: Calling Gibbs' cell.
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NCIS: Director's office
Timothy McGee: The post office sent over an inspector. He opened up the mailbox, and there they were.
Nicholas Torres: Yeah, telephone, wallet, badge, and I.D.
Leon Vance: Was he robbed?
Nicholas Torres: Hard to tell. No money in the wallet, but all his credit cards are in there.
Timothy McGee: Could Gibbs have dumped his stuff in the mailbox?
Leon Vance: Maybe he was getting rid of anything that could I.D. him.
Nicholas Torres: Undercover 101. You want to get rid of anything on you that has your real name on it.
Leon Vance: Exactly.
Timothy McGee: Well, Agent Quinn is gathering surveillance and traffic videos of the area around Gibbs' truck and the mailbox, so we'll see if they can tell us something there.
Leon Vance: McGee, unlock his phone and find the last calls in and out.
Timothy McGee: Uh, Director, Gibbs doesn't lock anything.
Nicholas Torres: And I can't believe he still uses a flip phone.
Timothy McGee: Besides, I already checked. The last two calls were exchanges with Rebecca Chase.
Leon Vance: Who called who?
Timothy McGee: She called him. He called her back.
Leon Vance: Hmm.
Nicholas Torres: Who is Rebecca Chase?
Timothy McGee: Gibbs' ex-wife number two. Actually, she may be number three. I'm not... I get confused on the order sometimes there.
Leon Vance: When were the calls?
Timothy McGee: One was late last night, the other early this morning.
Leon Vance: All right, let's not dismiss anything. She might know something. I'll give her a call.
Timothy McGee: I'll take this stuff to Abby, see if maybe she can pull a fingerprint or touch DNA from someone that is not Gibbs.
Leon Vance: Great.
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NCIS: Squad room
Alexandra Quinn: You know there are over 4,200 traffic surveillance cameras in D.C.? More than any other city in the U.S... Homeland is streaming me video feed from the traffic camera closest to the diner... Bishop... Why are you looking at Kai Chen's file?
Eleanor Bishop: I was deleting it.
Alexandra Quinn: Please, for your own sanity, leave tracking Chen to the others.
Eleanor Bishop: I will.
Alexandra Quinn: Bishop, I've known you since FLETC and I know how persistent you are... Look, I understand you're in a bad place right now.
Eleanor Bishop: I'm better. We need to focus on Gibbs. You get the surveillance videos?
Alexandra Quinn: I'm just waiting. Homeland is streaming them to me now.
Eleanor Bishop: Mm-Kay. Anything I can do?
Alexandra Quinn: Yes, you can get your mind off revenge. Chen will get his, okay? You need to stay out of it. You know he is a very dangerous man.
Eleanor Bishop: Don't worry, Alex, I hear you.
Alexandra Quinn: Do you?
Eleanor Bishop: Mm-hmm... I'm gonna go see what Abby's come up with on Gibbs.
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NCIS: Warehouse
Abigael Scuito: Oh... Hug... How are you?
Eleanor Bishop: I wish everyone would stop asking me that. I am okay. Promise. I just want to get back to work.
Abigael Scuito: I've just been... I've been so worried about you and now Gibbs.
Eleanor Bishop: You find anything in his truck?
Abigael Scuito: No... And my mind is spinning like a top, I'm conjuring up all these horrible fates, you know. It's like he just vanished. It was... Like that, he was gone. But then again, maybe he's just doing, like, a Superman thing. You know, like, there was a, uh, like a damsel in distress, but... But I mean, who knows? This is what's driving me crazy. We know nothing.
Eleanor Bishop: Abby... He's only been gone a couple hours. And if anyone can take care of himself, it's Gibbs.
Abigael Scuito: You're right... I mean, you're... You're definitely right... I need to center myself... I need to focus. Gibbs is gonna be fine... Gibbs is gonna be super fine.
Eleanor Bishop: Hey, any luck with his things?
Abigael Scuito: Um, the only prints on them are Gibbs'. I'm testing for DNA now.
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NCIS: Squad room
Alexandra Quinn: Well, Gibbs rushed out of the diner at 7:22. And then this camera picks him up.
Timothy McGee: He's looking right into the camera.
Nicholas Torres: He wanted us to see this.
Alexandra Quinn: Very interesting... And here's the other camera at the other end of the block... Is Gibbs limping or is it me?
Timothy McGee: I think he is.
Nicholas Torres: McGee, do you recognize this guy?
Timothy McGee: No.
Nicholas Torres: Quinn, zoom in on the plate.
Alexandra Quinn: I can't make it out.
Nicholas Torres: Yeah, it looks like five, something, "E." Yeah, I can't make it out, either.
Timothy McGee: I'll shoot the image down to Abby, see if she can enhance it.
Alexandra Quinn: All right, I'll go see what she can find.
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NCIS: Abby's lab
Alexandra Quinn: Hey... Oh, what are you doing?
Abigael Scuito: The three Ps. Positive pyramid power. We have to get Gibbs back.
Alexandra Quinn: Uh, did you have a chance to, uh, look at the license plate? That was fast. Um, did you run it? Oh, okay. Um, well, I have all the faith in the three Ps, uh, to bring Gibbs back. So, when he does come back, I need a favor.
Abigael Scuito: Oh, no. That's seven years bad luck.
Alexandra Quinn: Uh, no, I think that's mirrors.
Abigael Scuito: Oh, my God. Quinn! It's the Kelly plate. What happened?
Alexandra Quinn: It was an accident. It was this morning.
Abigael Scuito: Gibbs is gonna be heartbroken.
Alexandra Quinn: I know, but he-he won't be if he never finds out. And I heard you are the master at this, so can you fix it?
Abigael Scuito: I can do my best.
Alexandra Quinn: Thanks.
Eleanor Bishop: Got a name and an address. Bodie Whitman. Lives in Baltimore.
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NCIS: Director's office
Leon Vance: Bodie Whitman. I remember that name.
Timothy McGee: He spent ten years in a federal prison for his part in an armed robbery.
Leon Vance: Was one of Gibb's last undercover cases.
Timothy McGee: It's before my time.
Leon Vance: It was... 2001. Whitman was a foot soldier in a militant antigovernment militia led by his older brother... Gibbs infiltrated the group using his backstopped alias, Leland Robert Spears.
Timothy McGee: So, you and Torres are right. Gibbs dumped anything that could identify him, went back undercover.
Leon Vance: What the hell was Gibbs thinking? These guys are psychos.
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NCIS: Squad room
Leon Vance: Ramsay Whitman. He's Bodie's older brother. He was behind the hijacking of a Navy truck by an antigovernment militia. Two Marine Guards were killed. The truck was transporting spent nuclear fuel rods, radioactive isotopes. The intent was to make a dirty bomb.
Timothy McGee: So, Gibbs went undercover as Spears.
Leon Vance: A month after the hijacking.
Nicholas Torres: How did he infiltrate the group?
Leon Vance: He was backstopped as an ex-con, disgruntled former Marine with antigovernment sentiments. He was embedded with the group for months. We had very little contact with him.
Nicholas Torres: Been there.
Leon Vance: The object was to find the fuel rods before they could use them. According to Gibbs, only Ramsay Whitman knew where they were hidden.
Eleanor Bishop: Were they ever recovered?
Leon Vance: No. They're still out there.
Nicholas Torres: What were they planning to attack?
Leon Vance: D.C. Metro subway.
Alexandra Quinn: I remember that op went south when I was in Philly.
Leon Vance: We never found out why, but Ramsay got spooked. The gang scattered, and Gibbs disappeared with the others. The only one that got arrested was Ramsay's brother, Bodie, but he wasn't connected to the hijacking.
Nicholas Torres: Did Gibbs blow his cover and testify at trial?
Leon Vance: No. Wasn't needed.
Timothy McGee: Prison record says Bodie got five years for harboring his brother. Badass that he is, Bodie got some more time for attacking a guard.
Eleanor Bishop: So, what happened to the rest of the militia?
Leon Vance: Three of them were killed in a standoff with the FBI a year later.
Alexandra Quinn: And Ramsay Whitman's still on the wall.
Leon Vance: I want you to dig out every file we have on the case. Locate every agent that worked on it.
Eleanor Bishop: Where the hell did Gibbs go with the brother?
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Gas station
Bodie Whitman: I think ten bucks' worth should get us to Baltimore.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Here, here, here. Why don't you fill 'er up.
Bodie Whitman: Wow. Look at you, Mr. Leland Spears. I guess you're doing well.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Let me say this about that, Bubba. You will be, too.
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Hannah: Okay, well, I'm gonna have to wrap this up.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Excuse me, ma'am? Ma'am, excuse me, I wonder if you'd help me.
Hannah: Yes?
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: I lost my phone, and, uh, need to make a short call to my wife, just tell her I'll be late. Uh, I'm sorry, she's a real worrier, you know?
Hannah: Don't be long. I've got to get going myself.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Thank you so much.
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NCIS: Squad room
Nicholas Torres: Vance caught up with Gibbs' ex-wife.
Timothy McGee: Yeah?
Nicholas Torres: Yeah. It wasn't anything... They were just making plans to go to dinner tonight.
Timothy McGee: He was gonna have dinner with Rebecca?
Nicholas Torres: Yeah... Want to get that?
Timothy McGee: Yeah.
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Gas station
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Didn't answer.
Hannah: Oh, I'm sorry.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: At least I tried, huh?
Hannah: That's all you can do.
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NCIS: Squad room
Timothy McGee: That was weird.
Nicholas Torres: Hmm?
Timothy McGee: Whoever it was just hung up on me. I'm gonna call back.
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Gas station
Bodie Whitman: What was that all about? You know her?
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Some lady with phone trouble. You okay?
Bodie Whitman: Yeah. I just got a headache.
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Car / NCIS: Squad room
Hannah: Hello.
Timothy McGee: Hi. Did you just call my number?
Hannah: No. A man just borrowed my phone to make a call.
Timothy McGee: Could you describe him?
Hannah: Who is this?
Timothy McGee: This is Special Agent McGee with NCIS, ma'am.
Hannah: This is crazy.
Timothy McGee: What did the man look like?
Hannah: Well... He's 50-something, has silver hair and incredible blue eyes.
Timothy McGee: Is he with a younger man in an SUV?
Hannah: Yes. They're still here. Did you want me to give him the phone?
Timothy McGee: No. No. To give him the phone? Do not approach them. Don't even look in their general direction. Where are you?
Hannah: At a gas station off I-95, just north of Savage Park, Maryland. What do you want me to do?
Timothy McGee: Nothing. Nothing. It's best that you probably leave there. Thank you.
Timothy McGee: Gibbs is with Bodie Whitman on the I-95, halfway between here and Baltimore.
Nicholas Torres: According to Bodie's driver's license, that's where he lives.
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NCIS: MTAC
Fred Pettis: It was the summer of '96, and we were running surveillance on a chop shop... Just me and a couple of hotshot young agents named Gibbs and Vance.
Leon Vance: That's Director Vance. And if I remember, those two hotshots bailed your ass out of one hell of a firefight that night.
Fred Pettis: Is that the story you've been telling all these years, Leon? Come here! Oh, it's good to see you.
Leon Vance: You, too, Fred.
Fred Pettis: Well, we both know you didn't pull me off the back nine at National to reminisce, so... Why the hell am I here?
Leon Vance: An old case of yours has resurfaced.
Fred Pettis: Which one? My undercover I.D. Damn, I was hoping it wasn't that one.
Leon Vance: You remember Deputy Director Doyle Roden of the Department of Energy.
Doyle Roden: Special Agent Pettis.
Fred Pettis: Doyle. Uh, where's Gibbs?
Doyle Roden: You mean Spears.
Fred Pettis: Yeah.
Leon Vance: He crossed paths with Bodie Whitman this morning. Made contact, then went dark.
Doyle Roden: What do you think Gibbs' intentions are, Director?
Leon Vance: I'm not sure, but my guess is he's trying to get a second crack at Ramsay Whitman, who's been on our Most Wanted Wall for the last 15 years.
Doyle Roden: And that's not the only thing that's gone missing. Finding those nuclear fuel rods... Still my responsibility. Want to get those back before there's some sort of terrorist catastrophe.
Fred Pettis: Well, Th-this is great, but I'm retired. 12 years now. I got three grandchildren. Two I even like. Why the hell would I want to risk my ass diving back into that Dumpster fire?
Leon Vance: I'm not asking you to, Fred. I want you two to put your heads together, see if you remember anything that's not in the files.
Fred Pettis: Okay. Let's get started.
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Car
Nicholas Torres: Engine trouble, McGee?
Timothy McGee: I'm pushing 70.
Nicholas Torres: Well, I'm just saying, you know, given the situation, you know, you might want to push a tiny bit harder.
Timothy McGee: Look, I don't like the idea of Gibbs running solo either, but... He'll manage. This isn't his first rodeo.
Nicholas Torres: Have you ever ridden a bull, McGee?
Timothy McGee: No. Actually, that's not true, I did ride a mechanical bull once at the Hoppy Gnome Bar. Really wasn't my finest hour, though. What about you? Have you ridden one?
Nicholas Torres: Only one... Robert.
Timothy McGee: The bull was named Robert?
Nicholas Torres: Yeah... A big bastard, too. But we locked eyes. I couldn't back down. I mounted up, and that, you know, that gate just exploded open. Oh, he was ferocious. He was whipping me back and forth like I was a ragdoll, and as the seconds ticked by, the crowd coming to life, "Torres, Torres. Torres... Torres." They kept chanting my name.
Timothy McGee: Yeah. Yeah, I got that part.
Nicholas Torres: That day I... I faced a monster, McGee, and I managed to come out on top.
Timothy McGee: Why would they name a bull Robert?
Nicholas Torres: Doesn't matter. What does matter is that I had to face that very same bull two weeks later. And he was pissed off, man. And... This time he knew my weakness. And he tossed me, like, 20 feet.
Timothy McGee: How did you learn to bull-ride?
Nicholas Torres: I didn't... And that was part of the problem. But my analogy still applies.
Timothy McGee: What analogy?
Nicholas Torres: Working deep undercover is like riding the rodeo, McGee. You have to trust your instincts. You got to hang on tight. I do know one, uh, one rule for survival. Never battle the same bull twice. Moral of the story is...
Timothy McGee: Drive faster.
Nicholas Torres: Thank you.
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Bodie Whitman's apartment
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Tell you something, Bubba. You're gonna have a hard time getting your security deposit back.
Bodie Whitman: Yeah. Yeah. That is, uh... Least of my worries. Two months behind on the rent.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Okay. Get this show on the road. Call Ramsay.
Bodie Whitman: Slow down, Spears... You know how crazy he gets. Say the wrong thing, and he flips.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Unbelievable. What you're telling me is you're still afraid of him.
Bodie Whitman: You know, we've only talked a couple times over the years. I have no idea where he is. And that's the way he wants it.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Absolutely. I get that.
Bodie Whitman: We can't mess with him. And I got to make sure this buyer of yours is for real, or he will get spooked.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Let me say this about that... In the car, I thought this was a done deal. And I am taking your word that Ramsay still has the fuel rods... What is your problem? Get him on the phone or I am gone!
Bodie Whitman: I don't just call him.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: What does that mean?
Bodie Whitman: Look, we've got this way of contacting each other in an emergency. I call it the Bat-Signal, and the only time I've used it since he went underground was to tell him our father died.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: I'm waiting.
Bodie Whitman: I post our father's antique watch on this online auction site... Ramsay's got the exact watch on this wish list, and, you know, he'll get an e-mail when it's posted, and hopefully he responds.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: How?
Bodie Whitman: Calls me back. An untraceable burn phone.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Bubba, come on. Come on. Post it. What the who? You want this or not?
Bodie Whitman: Yeah.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: All right.
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Street
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Got your phone?
Bodie Whitman: Yeah. Don't worry. If he calls, we won't miss it. It's just around the corner. We can eat there. Or if you want, we can bring the food back.
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Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Hey!
Nicholas Torres: I'm sorry. My bad.
Bodie Whitman: You okay?
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Yeah. Thought maybe that guy grabbed my wallet.
Bodie Whitman: Hey, nice picture, Spears.
Timothy McGee: Yeah.
Bodie Whitman: Come on. Takeout's across the street.
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Street
Bodie Whitman: Can't believe you're back in D.C.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Since last summer. I lived in Idaho for a long time.
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Car
Bodie Whitman: Yeah, well, I rotted in jail for ten years. Made me hate the government even more.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Absolutely, Bubba.
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Street
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Gonna give this country a wake-up call.
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Car
Bodie Whitman: Got that right. I tell you, it's been needing one for a long time.
Timothy McGee: I'm really impressed with the way you slipped Gibbs that wallet and bug.
Nicholas Torres: The reverse-pickpocket. You like that? Little trick I learned back in Ciudad Del Este. Handy when you want to plant evidence. Not that I ever done that... I'm getting hungry. What time is it? I practiced on you... Looks expensive.
Timothy McGee: It is.
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Bodie Whitman's apartment
Bodie Whitman: Can't believe you still got that Marine haircut.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: It reminds me, every morning when I look in the mirror, just how much I hate how this government controls my life.
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Car
Timothy McGee: Sure doesn't sound like Gibbs.
Nicholas Torres: It's not. It's Spears.
Bodie Whitman: No caller I.D.
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Bodie Whitman's apartment
Bodie Whitman: It's got to be him. Let's hope he's in a good mood. Hey, big bro... Yeah, I'm okay. Got my good days. And you? Of course it's important. You'll never guess who I ran into. Leland Spears. He's got a proposition. He wants to talk to you.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Hey, Bubba.
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Car
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: What are the odds, huh? Me running into your brother?
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Bodie Whitman's apartment
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Well, yeah. Yeah, you still got the stuff, I got a buyer.
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Car
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Oh, yeah. Yeah, real deep pockets. He'll make us all rich.
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Bodie Whitman's apartment
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: I need an answer. Pronto... He said he will let us know.
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Car
Timothy McGee: Well, sounds like we're gonna be here for a little bit.
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NCIS: Squad room
Eleanor Bishop: Hey.
Clayton Reeves: Hey.
Eleanor Bishop: How'd it go at the embassy? You learn anything from MI6?
Clayton Reeves: It was informative. Intel suggests Chen might be on a yacht in the Aegean, off the coast of Greece. They have a boat under surveillance.
Eleanor Bishop: It's hopeful.
Clayton Reeves: If Gibbs finds out you're working on this and I'm helping you, he'll kill us both.
Eleanor Bishop: I'm willing to take that chance.
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Abigael Scuito: Hey, Quinn.
Alexandra Quinn: Hey.
Abigael Scuito: Mission accomplished.
Alexandra Quinn:That's fantastic. How'd you get rid of the crack?
Abigael Scuito: The crack? What crack? Night.
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Bodie Whitman's apartment
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Bubba, red queen on black king.
Bodie Whitman: Huh. Thanks... Ramsay?
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Car
Bodie Whitman: Uh-huh... You sure?
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Bodie Whitman's apartment
Bodie Whitman: Yeah, yeah, he's still here... Okay. I will tell him.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: That was quick. Everything okay?
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Car
Bodie Whitman: Yeah. Yeah, Ramsay's, uh, gonna set up a meeting.
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Bodie Whitman's apartment
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Bitchin'. Now you're talkin'. Where?
Bodie Whitman: Oh, he's gonna call back.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Hey. Put the gun down.
Bodie Whitman: You know, what Ramsay really said is that Leland Spears is a federal agent.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Oh, that's good. That's good. Where'd he come up with that one?
Bodie Whitman: I don't know.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Well, he's insane. You know that. Paranoid. That's what happened the last time. Bubba, don't-don't blow this. This is our chance to get a message to the government. We will all get rich.
Bodie Whitman: You playing me, Spears? Or whatever the hell your name is?
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: He's messin' with you just like he always did.
Bodie Whitman: Shut up! I am not going back to prison, man!
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Of course you're not. In any event, he is crazy. Okay. Okay, o-okay, okay, okay. S-Say-say that Ramsay... Is right. I mean, say that I am a fed.
Bodie Whitman: Uh-huh.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Then what? What? You shoot me, and you get the gas chamber. That what you want, Bubba? So far, Bodie, you haven't done anything wrong. All you've done... Is talk to your brother. No crime in that... Let's end it right here. Put the weapon down.
Bodie Whitman: You know what makes quite a statement, too? Shooting a federal agent.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: You're not gonna get away with it. I'm not alone. There are other agents outside the door. They're listening to everything we've said.
Bodie Whitman: Don't take me for a fool.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: McGee!
Timothy McGee: Right here, boss.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Torres!
Gunshots
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Put the weapon down.
Gunshots
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NCIS: Squad room
Eleanor Bishop: Gibbs... Thank God you're okay.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Sure you're ready to be back at work?
Eleanor Bishop: It's where I need to be... How about you?
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Well, I'm gonna feel better when we catch Ramsay Whitman. Probably spooked him, he's gonna disappear again. Where's Quinn?
Eleanor Bishop: Uh, she just went down to see Abby.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Tell her I'm with Ducky.
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NCIS: Autopsy room
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: He didn't have to die, Duck.
Donald Mallard: You had no choice.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Don't know if it'll help your autopsy, but he was constantly popping those things.
Donald Mallard: Tetrabenazine. Uh, it's prescribed for involuntary jerking and writhing movements.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Huh. I thought he was strung out.
Donald Mallard: No. No. I just requested his prison medical records. They show he was diagnosed with Huntington's disease. Take a look... It's progressive and debilitating. I can confirm it with a brain scan.
Alexandra Quinn: Hey, Duck. Well, I have information on the last call Bodie Whitman received.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: From his brother?
Alexandra Quinn: Yeah. Uh, we traced it to a cell tower in Tazewell County.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: You find anything on the phone that made the call?
Alexandra Quinn: Well, as suspected, it was a cheap burner phone. It was purchased six years ago. There's no record of the buyer. We did try to ping it and it was turned off.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Ramsay destroyed that phone as soon as he hung up.
Donald Mallard: Excuse me... Ramsay's the brother? Well, I don't know if this will help you, but Huntington's is a rare disease. And if they were full siblings, there's a 50-50 chance the brother could suffer from the same disorder.
Alexandra Quinn: Well, Tazewell County's a small county... I mean, how many cases of Huntington's disease can there be in the area?
Donald Mallard: Not many. It's a lead I can follow.
Alexandra Quinn: I'll help you, Ducky.
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NCIS: Director's office
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Leon, you wanted to see me?
Leon Vance: Mm-hmm.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Why are you looking at those two?
Leon Vance: I think I almost got you killed... 15 years ago, when you went undercover to take down Ramsay Whitman, he somehow found out that the federal government was closing in on him. He disappeared.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: And yesterday, between two phone calls to his brother, he learned that Leland Spears was a federal agent.
Leon Vance: When we realized that you were with Bodie Whitman, I called these two in to help, and now we have a leak.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: A retired NCIS agent and the deputy director of U.S. Department of Energy.
Leon Vance: Mm-hmm... Yes, Pamela... Send 'em in.
Donald Mallard: Jethro, there is someone in Tazewell County who's being treated for Huntington's disease... Alex.
Alexandra Quinn: Uh, may I use your computer, Director?
Leon Vance: Certainly. Tazewell County, Huntington's disease?
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Following a lead, Leon... That's the wrong name, but his age is about right. He doesn't look anything like the radical skinhead killer I remember. Get us a warrant, Leon. See if one of 'em got a call from Tazewell County yesterday.
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NCIS: Abby's lab
Abigael Scuito: Once upon a time, there lived a very, very nasty man. Ramsay Whitman was angry and disgruntled...
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Abbs.
Abigael Scuito: And he killed two Marines and vanished into thin air.
Timothy McGee: Or not.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: What do we know about John Manning?
Timothy McGee: Nothing, till 11 years ago, when he moved to Northwest Virginia. Married a local woman there, a schoolteacher. They have two kids together. Girl's seven, boy's five.
Nicholas Torres: Yeah, residential real estate broker, well liked in the community, member of the Rotary Club, deacon in his church. He, uh, coaches his daughter's soccer team. They went eight and two. They're actually pretty good.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: You're sure that these two guys are the same guy?
Abigael Scuito: Oh, yeah. Salient facial features are a 96% match.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Yeah, I know this guy. Ramsay Whitman's spooked. Come on, we got to move fast.
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Ramsay Whitman's house: car
Wife: Okay, we're just gonna go to Grandma's, okay?
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Ramsay Whitman's house: alley
Wife: I have a dentist appointment tomorrow.
Ramsay Whitman: Don't worry, I'll call him.
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Gibbs's Car
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Wait. See if Ramsay's leaving with the family.
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Quinn's car
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Rather not make the takedown in front of the kids.
Nicholas Torres: Roger that.
Alexandra Quinn: You know, half of me is hoping we're wrong about this guy.
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Ramsay Whitman's house: car
Ramsay Whitman: When you get to your mother's, wait for my call.
Wife: Okay, you're really scaring me, John. Can't you tell me what's going on?
Ramsay Whitman: No. Not-not now. Just... Get going. Please.
Wife: Okay.
Ramsay Whitman: I love you.
Wife: I love you, too.
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Gibbs's Car
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: All right, Torres, you're with me.
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Quinn's car
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: McGee and Quinn, take the back. Let's go.
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Street
Timothy McGee: Hey, go inside and be quiet.
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Ramsay Whitman's house: living room
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: NCIS!
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Ramsay Whitman's house: garden
Ramsay Whitman: I'm unarmed. I'm going to unlock the door.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Step out.
Ramsay Whitman: Leland Spears. Never thought I'd see you again, Bubba.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Gibbs. It's NCIS Special Agent Gibbs.
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NCIS: Observation room
Leon Vance: How'd he explain the tats to his wife?
Nicholas Torres: He said that she knew that he had a past, riding with bikers.
Alexandra Quinn: The warrant paid off. Deputy Director Roden got a call from Ramsay's burn phone yesterday.
Leon Vance: Text Gibbs.
Ramsay Whitman: I'm willing to tell you anything you want to know.
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NCIS: Interrogation room
Ramsay Whitman: But I need you to promise me something.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: No deals... You killed two Marines.
Ramsay Whitman: I'm just thinking about my wife and kids. They don't know anything about what happened... Or who I was... I don't want them brought into this.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: They won't be... If you cooperate.
Ramsay Whitman: What do you want to know?
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Where are the nuclear fuel rods?
Ramsay Whitman: Buried. About 500 feet from where we hijacked the truck.
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NCIS: Observation room
Ramsay Whitman: I carefully selected the spot because it's near an auto salvage yard.
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NCIS: Interrogation room
Ramsay Whitman: We unloaded the barrels and the truck drove away.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: We tracked that truck halfway across the state.
Ramsay Whitman: Figured you would.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Okay, write it all down. And include how Deputy Director Roden at the Department of Energy tipped you off... Both times.
Ramsay Whitman: You know.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Yeah. Write it.
Ramsay Whitman: When I'm finished... Can I see my brother's body?
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Gibbs's house: living room
Repporter: It's been almost 15 years since the nuclear fuel rods were stolen.
Alexandra Quinn: Gibbs?
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Yeah.
Alexandra Quinn: Well, came by to tell you that the FBI picked up Deputy Director Roden.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Is he talking?
Alexandra Quinn: Yeah, apparently he's always been antigovernment. He took the job at the DoE just to get on the inside. And the FBI is now looking at all of his other cases to see how much damage he's done.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Quinn, you could've called me or... Told me about that in the morning.
Alexandra Quinn: Yeah, uh... There's something else. I feel so guilty about this.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: I was wondering what happened to that.
Alexandra Quinn: Well, it was when you were missing. Bishop and I came here to look for you, and I... I don't know what happened. I... It was an accident... I just broke the dish in half.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Yeah. But it's fixed. You could've just snuck it back in here.
Alexandra Quinn: That's not my style.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Don't beat yourself up over that.
Alexandra Quinn: I do, I do. I beat myself up over it, because I-I know how... Horrible it is to lose something special. I... When I was 16, my mother gave me this bracelet, and it was from my grandmother, and... I lost it. It's... I haven't been able to tell her.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Yeah, well, Kelly made this for her mom and me when she was in third grade. I guess I used it too much... It got a crack. It was hairline at first, but... Turned into something bigger. But look at it now... It's like new. How'd you do this?
Alexandra Quinn: You believe in miracles?
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: No.
Alexandra Quinn: You believe in Abby?
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: With all my heart.
Alexandra Quinn: All right. I'll see you tomorrow.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: Quinn, tell your mom about the bracelet.
Alexandra Quinn: Yeah, no... Long story.
Leroy Jehtro Gibbs: I got time.
