A man on horseback, which I knew was Gibbs (Mark Harmon) finds a DB on the ground. He's then held at gunpoint.
4 Days Earlier: Tony (Michael Weatherly) comments on the graduates' "alcohol-induced purple haze." On the Baltimore PD, every graduate threw up, which he calls good times. Yes Tony if you say so. McGee (Sean Murray) calls him Hendrix. Ziva (Cote de Pablo) thinks he graduated too soon. Ziva is also about to graduate. McGee asks what she's done her degree in. Ziva says she's got her naturalization interview, it's "how an alien becomes a citizen." Tony: "I know what it is ET." Referring to it as due process. Tony saying Ziva graduated from "English as a tenth language" was funny. Gibbs mentions the eighth letter of the alphabet. Tony tells Gibbs it's 'G'. No, it's 'H' for homicide. How could he get that wrong. Vance (Rocky Carroll) tells them TV is covering the Annapolis graduation so they should keep their investigation low key.
They investigate a burnt DB. McGee likens the smell to mesquite. Tony asks him who he thinks he is, Bobby Flay. He doesn't like smores. (Well smores were mentioned in Michael's earlier show, Dark Angel) Tony loves smores. McGee was in the Webelos. Was that like those Weeble toys you used to get, they would roll but not fall over. Okay I know it's not. Tony to McGee: "Zip up, your inner geek is showing."
Ducky (David McCallum) mentions Christopher and the "sand between toes." And AA Milne. The DB put up a fight as there are broken nails. Fire won't generate the necessary temperature to burn. Tony: "thank you Wee Willie Webelos." Ducky will rehydrate the digit with saline, to plump up the finger. McGee uses his scanner to ID the DB as Laura Macy, from NCIS:LA. Well when last we saw her, she only appeared in the NCIS LA intro episodes. Cue flashback. Gibbs: "Marine, agent, daughter." She was in Marseilles up until 4 days ago. What's with the 4 days in this episode.
Vance says this happened on his watch and he wants all the files. Ducky talks to Macy about who do it, whether it was about work or was a result of work. A serrated knife was used to sever her neck from the spinal cord, as in a professional hit. Fire was set in NCIS jurisdiction since it all leads back to Gibbs. Abby (Pauley Perrette) has questions for Gibbs. The last call on the phone was made to Kaylen Burroughs. (Courtney Ford). Allison (Rena sofer) arrives on the scene, knew she wouldn't be far away. Gibbs tells her the pass only gives her limited access. Bell is mentioned and Mexico wants their DB returned. Gibbs says he was just a drug dealer. Gibbs refuses her dinner and beer. She thinks he's avoiding her.
Tony and Ziva on the ship and Tony hones in on the foody smell. "I'm more than I eat. I'm Italian." Ziva: "Jews and Italians are similar that way." Agh, they gave Ziva a typical American expression here, when she uses "that way," instead of saying something along the lines of "in that way." Tony pronounces the dish as "flaan," it's flan. Kaylen denies knowing Macy. Abby examines her laptop and finds the casefile is incomplete. Kaylen refused to testify on the rape charge. Tony says she was on liberty in Marseilles. Her shipmates, Capetanos (Joseph Williamson) and Wachter (Ryan Caltagirone) were on liberty too. Ziva tells Tony that Kaylen was attacked and Tony replies she's a witness in Macy's murder.
Vance approves the return of the DB to Mexico. Alejandro (Marco Sanchez) was in awe of Abby and she tells Vance she needs more time to check her files. Making excuses here. Vance is looking forward to her report. Allison stands behind Vance, just like she did with Bell in the photo. McGee met Macy once. Gibbs calls her a good, outstanding agent, when they visit her mother. Everything's all about Gibbs and his past here and Allison is there so we think she's connected, but she's just a red herring, darn. Her mother let a military man check Macy's files. Some of them are missing and naturally it would be Gibbs' file from the Camp Pendleton investigation, where Macy was the MP who investigated the case. So Macy was killed for covering up what Gibbs did in Mexico, in shooting Pedro.
Tony's eating! A US civillian, Tyler Hammond (Nick Niven) was in the bar with Kaylen. His father, Randall (Richard Burgi) runs a construction company. Tyler was beaten up by Capetanos and Wachter. Tyler says Kaylen is lying and he only witnessed the rape by one of her own. Ziva says she would torture and castrate them. Tony: "spoken like a true - almost American." A rape kit was taken from Kaylen but there aren't any results. Tony checks Capetanos and Wachter's locker and they admit to beating Tyler, but they didn't assault Kaylen or kill Macy. So that leaves Tyler. Gibbs talks with Kaylen and tells her not to call him 'sir.' She admits it was Tyler and Randall. He doesn't want anyone getting away with it since "it's about truth, about a dead NCIS agent...about someone getting away with murder until now." That's a reference to Gibbs and his past action in there.
Abby finds the kit is contaminated and Gibbs asks for the results anyway. She comments he's doing his "Gibbs' thing" to get a confession. Abby knows about Gibbs' history with Macy and they need to talk about Mexico. Flashes to Mexico, to Franks. McGee says Macy was an MP at Pendleton from January '91 to February '92, that's when Gibbs was also there. Now McGee kind of knows but he doesn't put two and two together. Gibbs needs to call Franks to leave but he wouldn't really be so gullible to get caught out like that. He fought off PMCs before. Gibbs leaves a message for him: Rule 44: first things first, hide the women and children.
Gibbs tells Tyler they have his DNA. He admits he raped her but didn't kill anyone. Vance watches Gibbs. Ducky says the pattern matches an army knife. He asks who would be hurt most, like from a single bullet in Mexico. Gibbs knows what he means. Knows what he's lived with for 20 years. Someone wanted it to come out and is forcing Gibbs' hand. Soldiers are at Frank's place. Allison hasn't spoken with Bell. Gibbs believes this is about Bell using her to get to him. She denies everything. It's not for Gibbs to decide if Bell is a criminal or a murderer. Allison says he's a patriot and it's her job to defend him. Gibbs wants her to be honest with him once.
Jason Paul Dean, (Dylan Bruno) an army ranger, matches the sketch Macy's mother described of him; which matches the footage from the disposable phone store; he stole Macy's notebooks. Abby puts the lab in lockdown and confronts Gibbs. There's evidence in her report that Gibbs killed Pedro. He didn't talk to her about it. Gibbs didn't have to. She doesn't believe anyone needs to know the truth, she'd "do anything for you." Gibbs replies he "only ever needed you to do one thing." That's her job. He tells her it doesn't have to be different this time. She needs to send in her report to the task force and he shouldn't have to tell her. Vance says Allison represents Bell's firm and he has a legal right to question her when national security is concerned. She cares about Gibbs. Bell has info on Gibbs.
Gibbs doesn't need a welcome to Mexico, he's been here before, and he retired here too in seasons 3/4. Dean killed Bell, the DB Gibbs came across in the beginning. Gibbs asks who he's working for? Cue cliffhanger for the season finale. At least this story is close to being finished. A shame they killed off Macy, I mean she wasn't in either show, but she was the one with links to Gibbs and she covered for him, much in the same way Allison will help him next episode. It would have been good to have had Allison behind it, one way to get rid of her, but she's Gibbs' friend instead. The title could also be a reference to Gibbs. Can't help but think Allison was referring to Gibbs when she mentioned the patriot line.
Kaylen is a petty officer and yet she wears the uniform of a Chief petty officer. This episode kind of reminded me of the season 8 JAG episode The Killer, where Harm (David James Elliott) and Manetti (Tamlyn Tomita) investigated a serial killer.
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