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00:00Previously on NCIS
00:01Look, I'm telling you guys, Deputy Director LaRoche is dirty.
00:04It's time you know the truth.
00:06He was a double agent working for CEPDEF this entire time.
00:09Olivia Garcia, she's an old girlfriend of mine.
00:13My name is Mateo. I'm 18 years old.
00:16Why'd you tell me I have a son?
00:17I know. And I'm sorry.
00:20I would like to be a part of Mateo's life.
00:25You didn't give up your life for nothing, dear boy.
00:28You saved your agency.
00:30Taliyah.
00:37Alright, order for Steven with a PH,
00:41Jen with two N's, and sadly just Mike.
00:45Here you go.
00:47Oh, it's a capital morning at Capital X Coffee.
00:49How may I help you?
00:50Mobile order for Kayla?
00:52With a K.
00:54Pull it right out.
00:58Sorry, he's got a strong arm.
01:02Here you go, cutie.
01:05Oh, that's...
01:05Oh, he sees her badge.
01:08Thinks you're a superhero.
01:09Oh, smart kid.
01:11What's his name?
01:13Evan.
01:14Well, Evan...
01:16You can be a superhero too.
01:19Sound good?
01:20Thanks.
01:21You're welcome.
01:23Order for Kayla with a K.
01:27Happy Capital Day.
01:33Duty calls.
01:35See you around, Evan.
01:36Bye.
01:42You couldn't text director?
01:43I'm calling his dad.
01:46We still on for dinner?
01:48Well...
01:49It depends.
01:50Who's picking?
01:51I am.
01:53In that case, I'm busy.
01:59Kayla!
02:03Kayla!
02:05Kayla!
02:09It depends.
02:09It depends.
02:13It tend to be bothering you.
02:14It depends.
02:21We'll never forget you.
02:21You're my first time.
02:22What is it?
02:23It depends.
02:27Want to be very clear with me?
02:28A captain in order of Burn Mountain.
02:28Но not about your needs.
02:29For you.
02:31You are welcome.
02:32You're welcome.
02:35You're welcome.
02:35I'm Diego.
02:36Hello.
02:57It started without me.
03:00You still having trouble sleeping?
03:02I'm fine.
03:04It's been a month.
03:05You barely walked away from a suicide bombing.
03:10Other people didn't.
03:16Well, maybe this will help.
03:19The FBI and ATF just closed the case.
03:23And their conclusion?
03:25A disturbed kid with a bomb in his backpack.
03:28A lone wolf.
03:30Lone?
03:31Yes.
03:32I read the ATF report.
03:34That bomb was sophisticated.
03:37Professional.
03:38It had parts you can't just buy at Home Depot.
03:41This wasn't just some kid Googling at 3 a.m.
03:44This was training.
03:45Or guidance.
03:46Or both.
03:49Now, you're making assumptions.
03:51No, they are.
03:52They missed something.
03:55Just like I did.
03:57Kayla.
03:59It's not your fault.
04:02Sometimes agents don't see everything.
04:06If the FBI misreads this bombing, they'll misread the next one.
04:11What if this wasn't a one-off?
04:16Come on.
04:19What do you want?
04:22I want to do everything I can to make sure it never happens again.
04:31MPD says the vehicle belongs to Navy Petty Officer Victor Lee.
04:35Worked at the Naval Research Lab.
04:38Pretty sure this man was carrying the explosive.
04:41Extensive damage to the torso.
04:43Piece of fabric fused to his shoulder.
04:46Looks like it could be remnants of a bag or a backpack.
04:50Young man.
04:51Backpack bomb.
04:53Sounds familiar.
04:54Coffee shop bombing from last year.
04:56Yeah, the FBI thought that was the lone wolf.
04:58Maybe the lone wolf had some friends.
05:00Careless ones, because unless their target was an empty alley,
05:03I'd say the device went off early.
05:05Then what was the real target?
05:08Phone and laptop aren't going to help.
05:13Is that Mateo?
05:15You guys are getting thick as thieves.
05:17Yeah.
05:18We've been bonding lately.
05:19So what is it?
05:20Baseball?
05:21Laser tag?
05:22Geo hash.
05:24I am so afraid to ask.
05:26Geo hash is a form of coding.
05:27Latitude and longitude compressed.
05:29I'll tell you what, this kid gets some pretty amazing computer skills.
05:32Hmm.
05:32Who could have guessed that?
05:34We told him about the internship program, you know, in NCIS Cyber.
05:37So Mateo's going to come by tomorrow.
05:38Take a tour.
05:40It's a big step.
05:41It's just a tour.
05:43You know, I don't know for sure that it's going to happen.
05:45We've got a Navy bomber to deal with here.
05:48Negative on the Navy part.
05:49Petty Officer Lee is alive and well, currently holding Warrior II in a hot yoga class two blocks over.
05:55If our bomber is a Navy, who is he?
05:58We've got one wallet here, extra crispy.
06:03Ryan or Ryan Wallace, 19, organ donor.
06:07I'd say the ship has sailed on that one.
06:09Ryan Wallace lives in Reston, registered vehicles, a blue Honda.
06:15You mean like that one?
06:18Oh, yeah, it could be.
06:21Be careful.
06:25Maybe our bomber left behind something useful, like info on his actual target.
06:29Targets, plural.
06:31We're going to clear the area, get the bomb squad back in here.
06:35I don't think those backpacks are filled with school supplies.
06:43I found a manufacturing defect.
06:46This capacitor was cracked before the explosion, causing the premature detonation in the alley.
06:50Oh, good luck for the bomber.
06:53Very good luck for everyone else.
06:55Because the other six devices, all fully punctual.
06:59He had made it to his targets.
07:01We would be counting dozens of bodies, not just his.
07:04I confirmed our bomber's DNA.
07:07Ryan Wallace, 19, single, no next of kin.
07:10Device data?
07:12Laptop and foam were completely destroyed in the blast.
07:14The apartment was basically a mattress and a router.
07:17All we've got are the contents of his car.
07:20Trash, receipts, and this.
07:24Agnor's bliss.
07:25It's a sci-fi space opera that's a little too niche, even for me.
07:28And I read the Dune glossary.
07:30So we've got nothing?
07:32Not nothing.
07:33Keep walking.
07:33I compared all of the alley bombs to last year's coffee shop device.
07:38Same parts, same sidering technique, same assembly sequence.
07:42That's not a coincidence.
07:44No, that's a signature.
07:46Someone's training people to build these.
07:48So it's not one bomber.
07:49It's a network.
07:50Which means we need to reopen the FBI's coffee shop case.
07:53I figured out what got missed.
07:55We pulled the original witness list.
07:58And what was on it?
08:00The director's daughter was there?
08:02According to this, she stepped outside just before the blast.
08:06And we never heard about it?
08:07Vance and Kayla probably wanted to avoid the media attention.
08:10And I haven't seen her since his funeral.
08:14I heard she took personal leave.
08:16Okay, so maybe we don't make Kayla relive the day that almost killed her?
08:20There are plenty of others to start with.
08:22Maybe they can help.
08:24The FBI was wrong about that coffee shop.
08:26They called my son the lone wolf.
08:28My dad, he detonated that bomb.
08:30I'm not denying that.
08:31But he didn't do it on his own.
08:34NCIS agrees, Mr. Hammersmith.
08:39Uh, call me Hank.
08:41Listen, Hank, we are investigating a second backpack bombing.
08:45We believe that it may be connected to the one from last year.
08:49I knew it wasn't just Danny.
08:52Well, these are the items that we recovered from the latest bomber.
08:58Does anything look familiar?
09:00Anything connect to your son?
09:03None of this rings a bell.
09:06Danny kept things to himself.
09:10His whole life was online.
09:12He talked about chatting with friends.
09:16But I never bothered to check in.
09:22Told myself it was just a phase.
09:26The mood swings, the anger, him pulling away from family.
09:32Whatever was going on with my son, I missed it.
09:36It's hard to know what's going on when any teenager's head.
09:43But I could have asked.
09:46Don't let me keep you.
09:50It's, uh, it's actually my son.
09:52Just checked in for an internship tour.
09:55That's good.
09:57Stay close.
09:59If your family doesn't fill the space,
10:03someone else will.
10:05I think these, uh, friends, your son met online?
10:09Yeah.
10:11On that website, Archive.
10:13That's where he said they talked.
10:17Archive is a private online community, invitation only.
10:20FBI looked at this last year.
10:22They only checked the lobby.
10:24I found an encrypted back room
10:26where the real conversations happen.
10:28Isolated, angry young men find each other,
10:31validate each other, and spiral.
10:32Only managed a glimpse so far.
10:34But I'm tracing traffic sites.
10:36Sorry to interrupt.
10:37Uh, you guys remember Mateo?
10:39How could we forget?
10:40Last time you were here was eventful.
10:44Yeah.
10:45Well, you guys saved my mom's life.
10:46And she says that I should thank you
10:48every chance that I get.
10:49Well, she's raising you right.
10:50Though I'm guessing she's not the one
10:52who taught you geohashing.
10:54Actually, Mateo taught himself.
10:55He, uh, also taught himself Python, C++.
10:59Right, Dad, you're doing the thing again.
11:02What bragging?
11:03Saying tech stuff that nobody else understands.
11:07Oh, hold my beer.
11:09I am about to go full techno babble.
11:12My server trace just came back.
11:14Archive's traffic is bouncing
11:16through a physical relay node in Bethesda.
11:18It's a server farm.
11:19I know that corner.
11:21Used to be a flower shop.
11:22Best peonies in the tri-state.
11:25Point being, it closed last year.
11:27Been vacant ever since.
11:28Apparently not.
11:30According to GPS,
11:31our alley bomber's Honda
11:33was parked at that address
11:34the day before the explosion.
11:36Okay, so it's not a flower shop.
11:38Uh, more like backpack bomber HQ.
11:40All right, let's find out.
11:41Grab your gear.
11:43All right, well, Mateo,
11:44sorry, I didn't think we were gonna jump into this.
11:45No, no, no, go.
11:48Uh, this totally beats a tour.
11:49Go.
11:50I'll get him down to Jimmy.
11:51That man lives to play a tour guide.
11:54Nice, thanks, Casey.
12:03Federal agents, hands up.
12:04What?
12:05Hey, it's down.
12:08NCIS.
12:09Okay, we're cooperating.
12:11This has to be a mistake.
12:13Not from where I'm standing.
12:15You need to talk to the boss.
12:17The boss?
12:18Easy.
12:19Let me see your hands.
12:21Whatever you say, Agent Knight.
12:27Kayla?
12:34One.
12:36One, two.
12:37One, two, three.
12:39You've been late
12:39for two force protection briefings this week.
12:42You left early yesterday.
12:45Took three calls
12:46in the middle of a security update.
12:47Is this mid-work
12:47or a performance review?
12:49Keep your guard up.
12:51Distraction makes you vulnerable.
12:52Let's go.
12:54You've been moonlighting.
12:57Are you having me followed?
13:00I'm the director of a federal agency
13:02and I'm also your father.
13:03It's my job to know things.
13:05You've been building
13:06a private operation
13:08outside NCIS.
13:16Moonlighting is against agency policy, Kayla.
13:19And doing it as the director's daughter.
13:21That's worse.
13:22We're not hacking banks
13:23or wiretapping phones.
13:25My group monitors online activity.
13:27Creating accounts
13:28and using aliases
13:30to infiltrate extremist chat rooms.
13:32Something that most agencies already do.
13:34Not like this.
13:35I checked.
13:36They only look for threats.
13:38We look for patterns.
13:40People on the path to violence
13:41so we can stop them
13:42before they get there.
13:43It's not easy.
13:45Or cheap.
13:46I apply for private grant money.
13:48Totally legal,
13:49fully independent.
13:52Very smart.
13:54So you're not gonna tell me
13:55to shut it down?
13:57No.
13:59But you can't live in two worlds.
14:02There's a reason
14:03it's against policy.
14:04Things get missed.
14:06First, you didn't want me
14:08working at NCIS at all.
14:09Now you only want me
14:10working at NCIS?
14:11You've earned your place.
14:13You have a future.
14:15Maybe even in the director's chair
14:17one day.
14:18Wow.
14:19Seems like my future's
14:20already been decided.
14:21Kayla.
14:22What about what I want?
14:27What do you want?
14:34We're not building bombs.
14:35We're trying to stop them.
14:37We monitor extremist rhetoric online,
14:39separate noise from credible threat,
14:41then pass leads
14:42to the appropriate agencies.
14:44How come we haven't heard of you?
14:45We're privately funded.
14:46And not hearing about us
14:48is the whole point.
14:49When do you have time
14:50for all of this?
14:51You're still an agent.
14:52I can do both.
14:53I'm good at it.
14:55Maybe too good.
14:56Our latest alley bomber
14:58was parked outside
14:59this storefront.
15:00We thought he was using
15:02this place as a staging ground.
15:04Now it looks like
15:04he was casing it.
15:06One of these bombs
15:06was likely meant
15:07for you and your team.
15:10That's not entirely bad news.
15:13It's not?
15:14If someone's targeting us,
15:15it means we struck a nerve,
15:17which proves I was right
15:18to build this operation.
15:19These attacks aren't isolated.
15:21Your people are still in danger.
15:23You need to consider their safety.
15:28Emergency shutdown.
15:30Go home and wait
15:30for further instructions.
15:33What about you?
15:34I'm not going home.
15:36I'm going back to NCIS.
15:38We've got work to do.
15:41Okay, we are now entering
15:42the main cyber operations bullpen.
15:45Dr. Palmer,
15:46you really don't have to
15:47read from the cards.
15:48Well, Casey insisted
15:50that I stay on script,
15:51so...
15:51if accepted into our internship program,
15:55you would work here.
15:57That is a lot of screens.
15:59Oh, yeah, yeah.
16:00We love our screens.
16:01So are you thinking about
16:03cybersecurity as a career?
16:06Honestly,
16:07never thought about it at all
16:09until recently.
16:12Hmm.
16:14I'm sorry.
16:14The cards say that Curtis
16:15is supposed to take over
16:16from here,
16:17and I don't see a Curtis.
16:19So, um...
16:20Tell you what.
16:21You stay put,
16:22and I will track him down.
16:28It will be great down here.
16:31Agent Torres,
16:32you gonna be my next tour guide?
16:34Oh, no.
16:35No, no, no.
16:36Just came to grab
16:37some reports from cyber.
16:39But if you got that tech gene
16:40from your dad,
16:42we could use someone like you.
16:45Ah, I very much doubt that.
16:49Hey.
16:51You good?
16:53Yeah.
16:54It's just this place,
16:56NCIS.
16:57The weight of it
16:58can be a little overwhelming.
17:01You know?
17:04Yeah.
17:06When we went back
17:07and analyzed the traffic
17:08after the coffee shop attack,
17:10Archive Trotter had surged.
17:12Anger, validation, escalation.
17:14What about the alley bombing?
17:16The opposite.
17:17Traffic fell into
17:18what we call a coordinated quiet.
17:19Everybody knows something's up.
17:21So they stay low.
17:22My group knew a storm was coming.
17:24Just not where.
17:26We missed it.
17:28So what's fueling the storm?
17:29Why are these guys so angry?
17:30Anti-corporate rage.
17:32Young men who feel powerless
17:33and invisible.
17:34They think that big companies
17:35are in control of their jobs,
17:37their debt, their future.
17:38That's why they can't get ahead.
17:40The coffee shop was, uh,
17:41a corporate chain.
17:42Exactly.
17:43And around the corner
17:44from your alley bombing,
17:46a major corporate headquarters.
17:48Coordinated symbolism,
17:49identical bomb building.
17:50Someone is leading this group.
17:53More like instructing them,
17:55grooming them,
17:56fueling their anger.
17:57You got a name?
17:58I've got five.
17:59All influential usernames.
18:01No real identities yet,
18:02but that's where I was hoping
18:03NCIS could help.
18:05Casey and McGee are already digging in.
18:06We struck gold.
18:08No real names yet,
18:09but all five usernames
18:10share the same encryption fingerprint,
18:12same key and checksum.
18:13He's doing that thing again.
18:15These five users
18:16are all the same person.
18:18Great.
18:18How do we find them?
18:19No idea.
18:20We've exhausted
18:21every digital lead.
18:23Maybe we stop looking online.
18:25One of those usernames,
18:27they mentioned a favorite
18:27coffee shop in Glen Echo.
18:29Well, I thought you said
18:29they hated coffee shops.
18:31Corporate chains,
18:32so this one must be local.
18:34Mom and pop.
18:35Well, if we seek out that shop,
18:36we can monitor their Wi-Fi
18:37for that same encryption fingerprint.
18:39Our puppet master logs on
18:40and we grab him.
18:42We should loop in
18:43the local chief of police,
18:44keep media exposure minimal
18:45and avoid a turf war.
18:48What?
18:49It's smart.
18:51Your dad would agree.
18:53Let's go fishing.
18:59Moonbeams and coffee beans?
19:01I can smell the patchouli from here.
19:03It's definitely not a franchise.
19:06Anything?
19:08No hits on the Wi-Fi signal.
19:11Still got nothing.
19:15I haven't really checked in
19:18since your dad's funeral.
19:21How are you?
19:23I miss him.
19:26Small things, most of all.
19:29Going to dinner together,
19:31movies.
19:33You know, we used to box
19:34once a month, rain or shine.
19:38I haven't been back to that gym since.
19:42Well, for what it's worth,
19:44I think he'd be proud of what you built.
19:48I'm not so sure he was.
19:50So he knew about it.
19:55Yeah, my dad was NCIS, too.
19:59Different office.
20:01Same shadow.
20:03Okay, your dad's shadow's a lot bigger.
20:08There's always the question,
20:09and are we honoring the legacy?
20:15We're trying to outrun it.
20:21That's him.
20:22Our puppet master is inside.
20:24He's logging into Archive
20:26on a laptop.
20:28You see anything?
20:30No way.
20:31You gotta be kidding me.
20:35Wait.
20:38That's...
20:39Gabriel LaRoche.
20:40The former NCIS deputy director.
20:43What's he doing here?
20:45I think we are about to find out.
20:50Can we help you?
20:51You need to shut down
20:52this operation immediately.
20:55Oh, we don't work for you anymore.
20:58Well, Agent Knight,
21:01apparently you didn't get the memo.
21:13You just burned our best sleep.
21:15Because of your stunt,
21:16the man that we were about to identify
21:18walked out of that coffee shop
21:20and we never got eyes on him.
21:22You're welcome.
21:23What gives you that authority?
21:24I'm the new U.S. Associate Attorney General.
21:26I can terminate any investigative line
21:28I believe has been legally compromised.
21:30Compromised how?
21:32Kayla Vance's private operation.
21:34Turns out,
21:35it's been funded with criminal money.
21:38I'm assuming you have proof
21:40because that is a serious accusation.
21:42It's a serious problem.
21:44Dirty money contaminates the work.
21:46Now, every case her group touched
21:48is compromised, including yours.
21:50Any arrests that we make
21:51based on her intel
21:53collapses in court.
21:55I spared you a humiliating defeat.
21:58Financial reviews don't usually require
22:00an associate AG
22:01to personally crash a stakeout.
22:06Unless there's something bigger.
22:08The money trail is real.
22:10I intend to follow it
22:11wherever it leads.
22:12And meanwhile,
22:13we let network of domestic terrorists walk?
22:16NCIS is free to continue
22:18the bombing case
22:18without Kayla Vance.
22:21She and I need to talk.
22:23There are plenty of places
22:24in this building to do that.
22:26You chose here?
22:28I'm sure you heard.
22:30Latest interim director
22:31just accepted an ambassador
22:32post overseas.
22:33This office just became vacant.
22:39You gotta be kidding me.
22:40I thought we were done with LaRoche.
22:41Associate Attorney General LaRoche.
22:44I don't get it.
22:45I've added every grant,
22:46every donor,
22:47every transfer.
22:48I built that operation carefully.
22:50We believe you.
22:51So where did dirty money
22:53suddenly come from?
22:54We need to rebuild
22:55any of the evidence
22:55provided to us
22:56by Kayla's group.
22:57Yeah, before whoever's
22:58behind these bombing strikes again.
23:01We might be too late.
23:03Archive's been quiet
23:04since we got back
23:05from the coffee shop.
23:06Quiet?
23:07Like, before the alley bomb?
23:09Something's coming.
23:10You've been sidelined.
23:13More like summoned.
23:15LaRoche wants me upstairs.
23:17You go deal with that,
23:19we'll handle the rest.
23:24Dammit.
23:26What?
23:27Mateo
23:27missed his entire tour.
23:29He's on his way out.
23:34I'm so sorry about this, okay?
23:36This is not exactly
23:37the day I had in mind.
23:38Yeah, me neither.
23:39But, hey,
23:40I got to see a real investigation.
23:41I got to, uh,
23:43go to the cyber basement
23:44and I saw two fights
23:46outside of HR, so...
23:48Well, I was hoping
23:50for something more convincing.
23:52Right.
23:53About that, uh...
23:58I think there's something
23:59that I got to tell you.
24:03Oh.
24:06Hey.
24:08You got to say anything.
24:10I...
24:10I don't.
24:11No.
24:13Look, I...
24:14I know that I've been excited
24:15about you playing
24:16for this internship
24:17and everything,
24:17but I...
24:18You know,
24:19I don't want you doing something
24:20just because you think
24:20it's going to make me happy.
24:22You got to figure out
24:23what works best for you.
24:26Right.
24:29I...
24:29I don't think NCIS
24:30is for me.
24:33Well, it's okay.
24:34You know?
24:37Like, hey,
24:38you need me, or...?
24:39It's just that Casey
24:39found something
24:40on the bomb schematics,
24:42but, uh...
24:43I can't wait.
24:44Thanks.
24:45Come on.
24:50I found these plants
24:51sitting in an open
24:52thread on Archive,
24:54and they're not just blueprints.
24:55It's a step-by-step guide
24:57to building a pipe bomb.
24:59I'm tracing everyone
25:00who downloaded the file.
25:01Him questioning her
25:03in that office.
25:04If LaRoche is pulling stunts,
25:05that means the case
25:06against Kayla's thin.
25:08Maybe.
25:08But the dirty money
25:09is real.
25:10Kayla's grant funding
25:11didn't all come
25:12from private foundations.
25:13Some of it was rooted
25:14through a slush fund.
25:15Not so much dirty money
25:17is opaque.
25:18Dirty plays better
25:19in a headline.
25:19And on LaRoche's resume.
25:21If he can prove Kayla
25:22knowingly took tainted funds,
25:24and right now,
25:25that's what it looks like.
25:26Her name's the only one
25:27on all the filings
25:28and applications.
25:29You believe that?
25:30No, not for a second.
25:31But if this goes public,
25:33the leak won't matter.
25:34LaRoche is ambitious,
25:35not reckless.
25:36He wouldn't move
25:36without more.
25:38There's more.
25:40Access logs just came back
25:41on the slush fund.
25:43According to this,
25:44the last time anyone
25:45looked at the dirty money
25:46account was two months ago.
25:47Tell me it wasn't Kayla.
25:51Uh, I don't think LaRoche
25:54is going after Kayla.
25:57The last person
25:58to access that dirty account
26:00was your father.
26:02Two days before his death.
26:03Credential login,
26:04two-factor authentication.
26:06No.
26:08Record is clear.
26:09My father would never
26:11knowingly touch dirty money.
26:13Perhaps he believed
26:14the ends justified the means.
26:15You don't get to rewrite
26:17his legacy based on guesses.
26:19Not rewriting or guessing.
26:21I'm following the evidence.
26:23A powerful man,
26:25a father used untraceable funds
26:27to help his little girl.
26:30It's not hard to imagine.
26:33You're wrong.
26:34There's another explanation.
26:35Then let's hear it.
26:36Otherwise, I have to assume
26:37you're involved.
26:41This interrogation is over.
26:44Agent Vance and I
26:45were simply talking.
26:46Well, from now on,
26:47you can talk to her lawyer.
26:52I think I already have
26:54what I need.
27:11I'm pretty sure a sideline
27:13doesn't mean overtime.
27:15I'm not working the case.
27:16I'm reviewing my mistakes.
27:18The coffee shop, the alley.
27:20I missed something.
27:22Just like I missed
27:23the dirty money.
27:25You did not build
27:26a slush fund.
27:28Apparently, I built
27:29something that used one.
27:31And my dad knew.
27:33Nobody believes that your dad
27:34was moving dirty cash.
27:36Belief doesn't matter.
27:37Proof does.
27:43My dad warned me.
27:46Last time we talked,
27:47we argued.
27:49He tried to warn me
27:50about living in two worlds.
27:52Things can get missed.
27:55Which is why
27:55I was going to leave.
27:59I was going to quit NCIS.
28:02I took his warning to heart.
28:03He was going all in
28:04on my new initiative,
28:05but before I could tell him.
28:09He was gone.
28:12After that,
28:13leaving NCIS
28:14felt like betrayal.
28:17Like I was walking
28:18out on him twice.
28:20You think you'd see it
28:21that way?
28:22I don't know.
28:24And now I never will.
28:33What's this?
28:35It's from the
28:36alley bomber's car.
28:38It's cheap
28:39Star Wars knockoff.
28:41No.
28:42I've seen this before.
28:50The coffee shop bomber.
28:52Danny Hammersmith?
28:53He was reading
28:53this same book.
28:54Kayla.
28:55We have to go back
28:55through Archive.
28:56There might be a connection.
28:57Kayla, you cannot
28:58work this case.
28:59If LaRoche finds out
29:00that is your badge,
29:02do not hand him
29:03that win.
29:17Where's Parker?
29:19Why?
29:19What happened?
29:20I traced the bomb schematics.
29:21The last person
29:23to download them
29:23didn't bother to
29:24mask their IP address.
29:25Hank Hammersmith.
29:28The grieving father?
29:30Of last year's
29:30coffee shop bomber.
29:32It looks like he's
29:33picking up where
29:34his son left off.
29:42Hank's cell phone's
29:43still off.
29:45Agent stopped his home
29:46and found bomb parts.
29:47Grieving father builds
29:49a bomb and disappears.
29:50He has a target.
29:51Wait, so he's part
29:52of the bombing network?
29:53Or a father out
29:54for revenge.
29:55I guess who?
29:56People who radicalized
29:57his son.
29:58Been running language
29:59analysis on archive posts.
30:00Take a look at this.
30:03Those are the posts
30:04we got from Kayla.
30:06We're not supposed
30:06to use that intel.
30:07I know, but the same
30:08praises.
30:09Keep repeating, right?
30:10Violence is the
30:11language of power.
30:13Martyrs are the
30:14seeds of tomorrow.
30:15These are all lines
30:16quoted from the
30:17same source.
30:19Agnor's Bliss.
30:20The book is about
30:21the John DeFarian
30:21resistance violently
30:22rising up against
30:24the Crick.
30:25Alien overlords
30:26who enslave citizens
30:27with dead crystals.
30:29So, space capitalism?
30:30Exactly.
30:31And Agnor's Bliss
30:32is the book's version
30:34of heaven reserved
30:34for martyrs who fight back.
30:36Farmers think
30:36they're dying for a cause.
30:38But how do they go
30:39from space opera
30:40to pipe bombs?
30:42Grooming.
30:43Take a look at this photo
30:44just posted online
30:45by a fan.
30:46That's the author,
30:46Isaac Wren.
30:47And he's outside
30:48of the mom and pop
30:49coffee shop.
30:50Well, time stamp
30:51matches our stakeout
30:51from yesterday.
30:52It was him.
30:53The author's our
30:54puppet master.
30:55We need to bring him in.
30:56Light's right, though.
30:56This all traces back
30:57to Kayla.
30:58We can't use this
30:58for an arrest.
30:59Yeah, but we can't
31:00use it to stop a bomb.
31:01Hank saw this book,
31:02and if he figured out
31:03that Wren is behind this...
31:04The author's the target.
31:07Okay, Isaac Wren
31:08is speaking at a
31:09sci-fi convention
31:10downtown right now.
31:11All right,
31:12alert convention security.
31:13Have him conduct
31:14a fire evacuation.
31:17Attention.
31:18Fire alarm has been activated.
31:20Please press the power
31:21to the nearest exit.
31:24Taurus McGee,
31:25South Corridor.
31:26Night with me.
31:27Attention.
31:28Does this mean
31:29the hall-age panel
31:30has been canceled?
31:31He moved.
31:31Outside.
31:33NCIS.
31:34Isaac Wren?
31:35Where is he?
31:35He was on the main stage.
31:36He's being escorted out.
31:38Escorted by who?
31:39One of your agents.
31:40She said it was
31:41a security precaution.
31:42Kayla.
31:46Two bombers died
31:47with your book
31:47in their hands.
31:48I don't know
31:49what you're talking about.
31:50I write fiction,
31:50and that is it.
31:52And right now,
31:52I'm just trying
31:53to get to my car.
31:54You need to come
31:55with me to NCIS.
31:56I'm done talking now.
32:02You're not just
32:03inspiring these attacks.
32:04You're directing them,
32:05aren't you?
32:07What is that?
32:09Driver,
32:10that's not mine.
32:12I think it is.
32:14Mr. Hammersmith?
32:15He's not my driver.
32:21There.
32:22She's in the SUV.
32:23Yeah,
32:23with our bomber.
32:25Wait.
32:25If we move in,
32:27we could spook this guy,
32:28and we don't know the play.
32:30All right,
32:30then let's find out.
32:32Touch that door again,
32:34and you can die right here.
32:44Mr. Hammersmith,
32:46please put down
32:47that detonator
32:47that's in your hand.
32:51He killed my son.
32:53He filled his head
32:55with poison.
33:00I've got a clear shot
33:01on the driver.
33:01Negative.
33:02You shoot,
33:02and that detonator
33:03goes off.
33:05Hank,
33:06please,
33:08let us help you.
33:10Help?
33:12Nobody helped my son.
33:14I didn't even help my son.
33:16It's Casey.
33:18We've got to see this.
33:20The FBI pretended to care,
33:21and then moved on.
33:23Danny was just a...
33:25another statistic.
33:26He wasn't to me.
33:28Your son changed my life.
33:31The coffee shop attack
33:32is the reason why
33:33I built a team
33:34to find kids like Danny
33:35before people like Ren
33:36get to them.
33:39What are you doing?
33:40Who are you talking to?
33:42People who can get justice
33:43for your son.
33:44You're lying.
33:45N-C-I-S just pulled
33:46Isaac Wren's financials.
33:48He shorted stocks
33:49before both bombings.
33:51He set the attacks
33:52in motion
33:52and then cashed in.
33:54And we have the proof.
34:00You use my boy
34:04for money.
34:05No, no, no.
34:10Hank,
34:12please listen to me.
34:15He's going to prison
34:15for the rest of his life,
34:17which means you can live
34:18the rest of yours.
34:21For your son.
34:26I miss him so much.
34:31I know what that feels like.
34:36But we have to move on
34:39for them.
34:55Detonator's secure.
35:01Uh-uh.
35:02Hands up.
35:03Hey, look,
35:04I didn't do a thing.
35:05The guy was trying
35:06to kill me.
35:06Whoa!
35:07Hands.
35:21Agent Parker.
35:24Merely.
35:26Isaac Wren
35:27pled no contest
35:28securities fraud
35:29and domestic terrorism.
35:30Turns out he was broke.
35:32But instead of waiting
35:33for book royalties,
35:35he radicalized
35:36and then monetized
35:37his most passionate followers.
35:39Lucky for us,
35:40he didn't go into politics.
35:45I trust the case will stick.
35:47We rebuilt everything
35:48from the ground up.
35:49Nothing tied to Kayla.
35:51Good work.
35:52Tell that to Kayla.
35:53She disobeyed orders.
35:55She stopped the bomb.
35:57Firing her won't play well.
35:59She's not being fired.
36:00For that or anything else.
36:03There's no concrete evidence
36:04that she knew
36:05those funds flowing
36:06into her account
36:06were tainted
36:07or that she knew
36:08her father was the one
36:09who moved them.
36:09He didn't.
36:10There's no evidence
36:11that Vance ever
36:12touched that money.
36:13So the fact that
36:14it's connected
36:15to his daughter
36:16is just a coincidence?
36:18I think he was
36:19looking out for her.
36:21Found the dirty money
36:22and died before
36:23he could warn her.
36:25Interesting theory.
36:26Yeah,
36:26more plausible than yours.
36:30I agree.
36:31Which is why
36:32I'm dropping
36:32my investigation.
36:35I thought
36:36you'd be pleased.
36:37You came in here
36:38guns blazing,
36:39making accusations,
36:40threatening careers,
36:41now you just walk away.
36:43Like you said,
36:44there's no evidence
36:45that Vance
36:46moved that money.
36:47Then who did?
36:49That's for someone
36:49else to find out.
36:50Right now,
36:52my job is to restore
36:53confidence in this agency.
36:55I didn't know
36:55that was a problem.
36:56No, it will be
36:57tomorrow morning.
36:58News advances
36:59connection to that
37:00slush fund,
37:00hits the media cycle.
37:03Thankfully,
37:04I'll be there
37:04to step in,
37:06publicly clear his name,
37:07protect his legacy,
37:08and safeguard
37:09this institution.
37:12You came to play
37:13the hero?
37:14Why?
37:14What do you get
37:15out of all of this?
37:25Everything is a game
37:26to you,
37:27political chess.
37:28And you know
37:28the rules.
37:30Start turning
37:31over pieces,
37:33we both lose.
37:36Me?
37:36I got nothing to hide.
37:38Why do I find
37:39that hard to believe?
37:51I figured this
37:52was neutral ground.
37:53For what?
37:55LaRoche backed off?
37:56I don't have to sneak
37:57around NCIS?
37:58No.
38:00But you still have
38:01a big decision to make.
38:04for my organization.
38:06The funding's tainted,
38:08the reputation's shot,
38:10and needs rebuilding
38:11from scratch.
38:12That sounds like
38:13a full-time job.
38:15A job I'd love.
38:20But not one I'm sure
38:22I can take.
38:23Well, while you decide,
38:25you said that you miss
38:27your monthly boxing sessions
38:28with your dad.
38:29Looking for a new, uh,
38:31sparring partner?
38:32You serious?
38:33Well, I mean,
38:34I know Leon Vance,
38:35but I got my gear
38:35in the car.
38:36Well, before you grab it,
38:38let me make sure
38:38mine's still here.
38:39Like I said,
38:40I haven't been back
38:41in months.
38:49Oh, my God.
38:52Everything okay?
38:54That's his handwriting.
39:00It's from my dad.
39:04He must have left it here
39:05after our last session.
39:15It's an NCIS discharge form
39:17with my name on it.
39:20He filled it out
39:21and signed it.
39:27dated just before he died.
39:39He wasn't choosing for me.
39:46He was making room
39:47for you to choose.
40:05What up, Jimmy?
40:06You adding something
40:07to the wall of fame?
40:08Yeah, like father,
40:09like daughter.
40:10Yeah, who knows?
40:11Maybe Mateo
40:11will be up here soon.
40:13Well, after his visit,
40:14he didn't seem
40:15too convinced.
40:16Yeah, that's what I thought.
40:17But then Curtis called me.
40:18He said that right
40:19after I left,
40:20that Mateo asked
40:21to use a workstation
40:22to fill out
40:22an internship application.
40:25Hmm.
40:27That's not what
40:27he said to his dad.
40:29Maybe he wants
40:30to keep it a surprise.
40:32Or maybe,
40:34like Kayla,
40:35he just wants
40:36to earn it on his own.
40:39Have a good night, Nick.
40:40Well, tell me what to do.
40:42Okay.
40:44Okay.
41:10Hey, Mattel.
41:13Wait up.
41:16Agent Torres,
41:17what are you doing here?
41:19We need to talk.
41:21About what?
41:23About your internship
41:24application.
41:27Why?
41:29Like I told my dad,
41:31NCIS isn't for me.
41:33Yeah, well,
41:34that's not what
41:35you told Curtis.
41:36Well, I
41:38started an application
41:39and then I
41:40changed my mind.
41:41Can I go now?
41:42What were you doing
41:43at that workstation?
41:45Nothing.
41:46Drop it.
41:49Why are you lying to me?
41:51I said,
41:52drop it.
41:57Mattel,
41:58keep your hands
41:58where I can see them.
42:03Turn around
42:03and walk away.
42:04they could be watching.
42:07Who could be watching?
42:10Don't make me do this.
42:12I tell you,
42:13don't.
42:19I'll do it.
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