01x09 - Impostor

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♪ Pour me another one ♪

♪ Castaway, gonna let the sunshine in ♪

♪ I wanna be a castaway ♪

♪ And leave the world behind ♪

♪ Wasting away down by the coast ♪

♪ Pacifico and chasing lime ♪

(SINGING ALONG):
♪ Easy living down in paradise ♪

♪ Pour me another one ♪

♪ Make it a strong one ♪

♪ We're gonna have some fun tonight ♪

♪ Just like the other one ♪

♪ Make it a double rum,
we're gonna castaway tonight ♪

(RAPID BEEPING)

♪ I'm in an island state of mind... ♪

♪ ♪

(GASPS)

♪ ♪

(AIR RAID SIREN WAILING)

This isn't real.

I'm telling you, this all happened.

Don't love the sound of
explosions in the morning.

What did I say about
video games on school days?

It's not a video game.

It's the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Mom, did all these people really die?

(SIGHS) Many did, honey.

But that's why we honor them every year.

And those who survived, too.

Though I'm not sure why your brother...

is showing you this before breakfast.

Because she asked.

It's for a project.

She has to do a report

about a hero who emerged after
the attack on Pearl Harbor.

So did I, remember?

I'm sure the emphasis is more on "hero",

less on "attack".

Mom, she's old enough
to know about the bad, too.

(PHONE VIBRATES)

Ah-ah. Stay put.

Look, I appreciate
your enthusiasm, okay?

But leave the decisions
about your sister up to me.

I'm just trying to help.

So you wouldn't mind helping Julie

find a hero for her project?

That-that's not what I meant.

- And taking her to school?
- But I-I...

Love you.

KAI: No Jesse or Lucy?

They're running security checks

for the Pearl Harbor
Remembrance Day ceremony.

All right, so the boss gets
the old bones in the dank cave.

Never too senior to get my feet wet.

Hey, Commander Chase.
Who discovered them?

Beachcomber searching
for buried treasure.

And they were found in a cave?

"The world's womb",

where life and death intersect.

In this case, more so death.

Everything looks so intact.

CHASE: Sand, seaweed and sediment.

All provided a barrier for the elements.

This poor soul has been forsaken
for... quite some time.

Now's our chance to set it free.

Sorry, sorry, just...
got caught up in the energy.

Tellus heard you.

Well, can you tell us anything
about the remains?

Age? Identity?

Size ten to shoes,
length of the femur...

all point to the remains
belonging to a man.

- And a sailor.
- Hmm.

Those look like old Navy khakis.

It's hard to tell how old, though.

Actually, that's the easy part.

We'll carbon-date the textiles and bones

as soon as we're back at the lab.

And the hard part?

Finding your suspect.

Exit wound.

Shot in the back of the head.

He was m*rder*d.

- Oh!
- Oh! Oh, sorry.

No, I'm sorry. My head's
in this Force Protection Plan.

A handful of Pearl Harbor survivors

are attending the ceremony this week,

not one of them under years old.

Wow. Probably the last year

most of them will be able to make it.

th anniversary. Amazing.

Totally, amazing. But
between the threat assessment

and about a thousand meetings
that should've just been emails,

- my body's about tapped out.
- Oh, come on.

Time to show 'em that it's
"go" muscle, not "show" muscle.

How are you this jaunty?

Oh, it's not 'cause I ate

all of Ernie's chocolate espresso beans.

'Cause I didn't.

Not all of 'em.

Careful, Luce... I will blackmail you

into to doing the rest
of my security interviews.

You know that's not
the worst assignment, right?

WHISTLER: ... codebreakers
worked tirelessly

to crack encrypted Japanese messages.

Um, they managed

to reveal details for the
invasion of Midway Island

and helped shift the tide of the w*r.

Follow me.

Wow. Who'd Whistler tee off

to pull the short straw
on that assignment?

Uh, maybe they chose her
because she's smart

and knows history.

Besides, what do you actually know

about the attack on Pearl Harbor, hmm?

Over , casualties,
ships lost or damaged,

and, not many people know this,

but civilians were k*lled that day.

PHRD Planning Committee?

Going over Protective Service Details

for the commemoration before
we get back to the cold case.

(GROANS) Oh, please don't use that term.

- Protective Service Details?
- No.

- Cold case.
- JESSE: They're like turtlenecks.

You know, once you get in them,
they never really work out

the way you wanted.

All right, well, love it or hate it,

there's no statute
of limitations on m*rder.

Our victim was shot to death
and washed up in this cave.

Anyone want to guess how long ago?

Dude, just tell us.

to years old.

Lucy...

how did you pull that number?

- Am I wrong?
- No, you're, like,

eerily right.

Carbon dating puts them at that range.

Well, details of the trousers.

Textile analysis says it's cotton.

From what I can tell,
this particular uniform

was in use from the ' s to .

Except black shoes were more
widely worn starting spring

of .

I'm impressed.

- But also so curious.
- I...

went down a military rabbit hole

and I found out Coco Chanel
designed the Turks' uniforms.

JESSE: Don't suppose we found

- the nameplate on the victim?
- Not that lucky.

It's gonna be hard
to identify the victim.

KAI: Commander Chase was able

to extract the DNA,
but may not be enough

to ID the victim on its own.

LUCY: Well, this particular uniform

with the black shoes were only worn

by non-aviation officers and chiefs.

Lucy, check the archives
for any missing personnel

that match that profile
and that date range.

JESSE: Can't we run the DNA

against one of those ancestry databases?

Good idea. Get Ernie on it.

Maybe you should give
turtlenecks another shot.

Get out of here.

Hey, Whistler.

Whistler, you seemed focused.

Uh, is this, uh, one of those things

where you pretend to talk about work,

but you really ask about dinner?

No. Actually, I'm headed
over to personnel records.

Which happens to be close
to your office.

And I'm not even hungry for dinner.

(CLICKS TONGUE) Oh, well,

I guess we can walk together.

Oh. Hmm.

Don't suppose you want to come with?

There's this old case involving
old bones and a m*rder.

Ooh, DIA doesn't do bones and murders.

Should be your slogan.

Still, my case is definitely more fun

than having to play tour guide.

I didn't have to play
tour guide. I volunteered.

Oh. Really?

Those who fail to learn from history

are condemned to repeat it.

It's an honor to host these visitors.

And get face time with the brass.

Honestly?

I mean, you are interested
in your career.

Wha... I...

I didn't mean to offend you.

Kind of makes it worse you think
I'm defined by ambition.

I think you're defined
by a lot of things,

some of which I don't
even know about yet,

because I'm still getting...

(BUGLE PLAYS "RETREAT" OVER P.A.)

You don't know things about me
because you don't ask.

I know you like pinot grigio.

And mason jars for cups.

ERNIE: Excuse us.

Can you move, please?

Who are all those people?

Your colleagues.

Oh, yeah, right, but...

what are they all doing there?

Big event. Pearl Harbor Remembrance.

Kind of rings a bell.

CHASE: We've been sucked
into the black hole

of DNA databases.

I managed to pull DNA

from the victim's skull
through the petrous bones

behind the ear...

a technique used
to extract DNA from bones

found at the thousand-year-old
Antikythera shipwreck.

Arr, matey.

You're right. Antikythera is in Greece.

That reference makes no sense.

You run the DNA against
the genealogical database?

Once we got legal approval. Take a look.

Your tree's missing some branches.

ERNIE: In the United States, maybe.

But the DNA's tied to all kinds
of families in Japan,

so we looked into Japanese immigrants.

CHASE: And we were able
to narrow the search further

based on families with naval officers

or chiefs in the s.

- Any hits?
- Yes.

One. But...

this is where it gets weird.

Her victim is...

... him.

Ken Ito.

Ken Ito is a hundred-year-old

Pearl Harbor attack survivor

who's being honored
at this week's ceremony.

All true.

Except for the fact that
he was m*rder*d years ago.

The Secretary of the Navy would
like to stress how delicate

of a situation this is.

He respectfully asks that we make sure

the man he's about to honor
at the ceremony in two days

is not in fact an impostor

or a m*rder suspect.

We can't promise either.

Ken Ito is a local legend.

Served in the Navy over
years and three wars.

Then he retired and fought
for immigrant and civil rights.

His daughter and grandson both
served on the islands in uniform

and also in public office.

They're a legacy family.

JESSE: Only the remains tell us

that this guy isn't actually Ken Ito.

Looks like the real Ken Ito was m*rder*d

as a Navy ensign in .

How could an identity switch
like that happen?

Went through his official
military records...

things get hazy after
the Pearl Harbor attack.

Like all Japanese Americans in uniform,

stood down from service
for at least a year.

Some went home. Many were incarcerated

at the internment camps... it was chaos.

Chaos makes for good cover.

What about the people Ito served with?

His extended family?

He didn't go back to the same
command after the attack.

He was an only child.
Parents died young.

And he seemed to have lost
contact with extended family

before the w*r.

All of this is based
on whether the DNA results

are correct.

Are we ready to accuse a hero
of being an impostor?

JESSE: DNA doesn't lie.

Neither does the b*llet hole
in the victim's skull.

A b*llet hole that tells us nothing

besides he was shot
in the back of the head.

We don't have other leads

to actually solve this m*rder.

No evidence. No motive. No suspects.

You have him.

JESSE: This should be interesting.

You mean because we're
about to interrogate

a hundred-year-old w*r hero
about an -year-old m*rder?

I told you, man. Cold cases.

KAI: Ms. Ito? Special Agents
Holman and Boone. NCIS.

Someone already went
over security protocols

for the ceremony.

Uh, we actually need to
speak with your father

about another matter.

He may have information

related to the disappearance
of a Naval officer.

He hasn't served in the Navy
for years.

We just need to talk to him
and request a DNA sample.

- Why would he have to do that?
- Well...

this would go smoother
if we can just talk to him.

I was in the Navy, too,

and served in the state legislature.

Please, don't handle me.

Look, I only know what it's
like to serve in one w*r.

And your father... he served in three.

We have our jobs, but
he does have our respect.

I'll take you to him.

But I don't know if you'll get
what you're looking for.

Dad's been suffering from
dementia a few years now.

Ryan, will you give us a minute?

RYAN: Yeah.

Of course, Ms. V.

Thank you.

Excuse me, sir.

May we ask you a few questions?

This isn't working.

Rank and serial number, sailor.

Captain Ken Ito,

- -

- - - - .

And when were you commissioned?

June ,

.

JESSE: We found the remains of a sailor

who might have served with you.

Are you kidding?

He's not gonna recognize
anyone based on...

I know him.

Dad?

I met him in the fields.

_

Hell doesn't have pineapple.

_

(LAUGHS) My parents agree with you.

Was hoping you could help with that.

- Or you could help me load this cart.
- I'm serious.

I'm offering you a job.

How would you like to help Uncle Sam?

WORKER: The Japanese joining the Axis.

The Americans don't want someone
like me working for them.

Haven't kicked me out yet.

I'm not you.

You came here for opportunity.

It's standing right in front of you.

But if you've grown fond of the fields,

I'll ask the next guy over.

The man was issei.

First-generation Japanese.

Issei were prohibited from immigrating.

They couldn't serve.

But you recruited him?

Needed help.

For what?

Do you remember the name
of the man in the field?

Ken Ito.

His name was Ken Ito?

No. I'm Ken Ito.

JESSE: That's the thing, sir.

It looks like Ken Ito
actually died years ago.

My rake. Where's my rake?

- Sir, if you don't mind...
- Vicky,

Ryan, who are these men?

Interview's over. Ryan.

Leave. Now.

He's convinced he is Ken Ito.

Probably can't remember
being anyone but.

- Dementia doesn't help.
- It's strange, though.

He told them a story
about pineapple fields.

Ito's memory of the man was triggered

by the crime scene photo.
Could be a lead.

Ito was involved with
the ROTC program here at UH.

If he was recruiting from there, too,

maybe they have records

of our impostor.

Do you know anyone who
could help us look?

I do, actually.

MAGGIE: All right, have a great weekend.

I'll know if you don't do the reading.

Janey!

Hey, I thought you already learned

- everything you needed to from me.
- Oh, Maggie,

we both know I barely
scratched the surface.

Oh, come on. How are my little darlings?

Julie's busy working on a project

- for Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.
- Oh, wow.

- And Alex?
- Trying to convince her w*r is hell,

despite the fact that
she's ten years old.

She's very mature.

And so curious and adaptable.

And she gets it all from you.

And, I think, a little from me.

- (CHUCKLES)
- So I assume you're not here

for help with a fourth grade project.

I need access to the ROTC archives.

I figured since you have some ROTC staff

- in your graduate seminar...
- Yeah,

but not just anybody gets access.

But you're not just anybody.

So, you're saying that the Ken Ito

is some kind of impostor?

It's looking very likely.

Well, if you're gonna steal a life,

you may as well make it a good one.

Doesn't bother you?

Oh, well, yeah, of course.

But, oh, Janey, identity
is what we make of it.

We're all impostors.

We all have a story
that we tell ourselves

until we forget that it's make-believe.

This Ito was just more committed.

Not much of anything now.

- Hmm.
- Spends his days raking a Zen garden.

Ah, the Japanese believe it
to be a metaphor

for the journey to inner understanding.

Well, I wish he'd share

some of that inner
understanding with us.

It's possible that the real Ken Ito

was recruiting Japanese
immigrants for service.

One of them k*lled him
and took on his identity.

Japanese immigrants
weren't allowed to serve,

and no laborer could afford
to enroll in the university.

That's why we want to see the files.

Well, they should be
at the end of this row.

Hey! Federal agent!

Gonna need you to put
your hands on your head

and back towards me.

- MAGGIE: Hey!
- (GRUNTS)

Maggie!

Janey, go after him.

I'm not leaving you. You're hurt.

No, it's... it's just a scratch.

- Take it easy. I'm gonna call an ambulance.
- Janey,

he dropped this.

- Didn't get a look at him, did you?
- No.

But I got a few scratches in.

Enough to pull DNA off our attacker?

- Does it hurt?
- Eh. It's not the first time

I got my bell rung, kiddo.

You should see the other guy.

And you should leave work at work.

Ah, yeah.

Jules, how's the project coming along?

Mom, has anybody asked

if you're really American?

Of course not.

A lot of people were asked
that after Pearl Harbor.

That was a long time ago.

But they're still being
asked that today, right?

Why don't you go do the dishes?

I got to talk to your brother.

She asked me about it...

Executive Order ,

loyalty tests.

Before you got home,
she asked me what a "Jap" was.

Don't use that word.

- Aunt Maggie, back me up.
- MAGGIE: Aunt Maggie is gone.

Aunt Switzerland has taken her place.

She's ten years old.

She doesn't need to be
exposed to this yet.

She's already exposed.

We can't just...

ignore who we are.

No matter how young.

Has anybody asked you?

You know the answer to that.

Then why can't Julie?

It either comes from you,

or it comes from the world.

And the world, sweet Janey,
is a cruel teacher.

(LOCK BEEPS, LATCH CLICKS)

Worked with campus police to try
to ID Maggie's attacker.

No witnesses, no usable
security footage, no leads.

Other than some skin samples
that might get us a suspect.

And the fact that the suspect
wanted what we want:

information on Ken Ito.

Or whoever he is.

LUCY: Could be someone close to Ito,

trying to protect his secret.

Someone's trying to bury the truth.

Except Tennant might
have found it for us.

A photo from the archives.

Time stamp puts it August ,
which lines up with the harvest.

Corroborates the story
about the pineapple fields.

Do we know who these guys are?

The ones in uniform.

I built a machine learning algorithm

that narrowed searches based on

things like military citations,

UH affiliation and w*r
Relocation Authority records.

Ito is on the far left.

The two next to him were sent
to camps on the mainland.

The third joined the th Battalion

and the nd Regiment
but was k*lled in action.

And the civilian?

ERNIE: Alas...

my machine is still learning.

Another dead end. (SIGHS)

Well, we might not know who he was,

but I think I can tell you who he is.

(TAPPING KEYBOARD)

(BEEPING)

JESSE: That's the current Ken Ito.

Hey, I ask about you, right?
Like your...

family, your life?

Even know Jake's favorite Pokémon.

Raichu.

Yeah, 'cause why wouldn't
you evolve your Pikachu?

I agree with him. It's just dumb.

No idea what that means.

Someone said

I don't ask about them, and...

I'm wondering why.

It isn't Lloyd from Fraud, is it?

Because he's very guarded,
for obvious reasons.

No, not Lloyd. Just... someone.

Well, I might be out over my skis,

but I think you're talking
about intimacy, Luce.

So if somebody wants you
to get to know them,

get to know them.

- Sir, we're with...
- NCIS.

I'm Lieutenant Commander Mike Ito.

- Ah, his grandson.
- Do you know

how many lines you've crossed?

As upsetting as this might be to you,

we're within our jurisdiction.

Moral lines.

The sooner we can do our jobs...

You're harassing a hero.

... the sooner we can
get out of your lives.

- A man with dementia.
- There's...

reason to believe that your grandfather

isn't who he says he is.

A decorated combat veteran?

An icon in the immigrant
rights movement?

Which accomplishment do you question?

(SIGHS)

A letter

signed by four retired admirals,
two congresspeople

and ten state representatives,
all vouching for my grandfather.

OLDER MAN: Who is that?

Jiichan, don't bother.

Let them in.

You recognize this man, don't you?

Ensign Ken Ito.

And is that you?

No.

Jiichan...

what are you saying?

It's not me.

He doesn't know what he's talking about.

Do you know what happened to Ken Ito?

Uh, we were fishing.

Kerie-na.

It really is beautiful.

But how is your accent
still this terrible?

Because it's way too early.

(BOTH LAUGHING)

(LAUGHTER FADES)

It was you and Ito on the boat?

The day it all went wrong.

- What are you doing?
- I can't stay here!

- Don't be an idiot.
- Don't try to stop me!

- (GRUNTING)
- (g*nsh*t)

What happened next?

LUCY: Sir?

What are you telling us?

He-he tried to stop me.

Stop you from doing what?

- This needs to end.
- Sir...

did you k*ll Ken Ito?

(CHOKED UP): Yes. I...

I k*lled Ken Ito.

Not looking happy, boss.

Just came from a very
important meeting with SECNAV.

They want to know if we arrest Ken Ito,

we can do it discreetly.

So we don't interfere with
the Pearl Harbor ceremony.

Can we?

Not yet.

We have a confession.

What we have is reasonable suspicion.

JESSE: He admitted to
k*lling the real Ken Ito.

With no details or context.

"I k*lled Ken Ito". Direct quote.

From someone with dementia.

He had motive.

Asian Exclusion Act of .

Japanese weren't allowed
to immigrate to the U.S.

He was in the country illegally.

LUCY: So you think the real Ken Ito

was gonna turn him in?

And our guy k*lled him,
took over his life.

No, there's something more.

Someone wants intel on Ito.

Assaulted my friend to try to get it.

But we still don't know who or why.

ERNIE: There are two mistakes

a person makes on the road to truth.

Not starting... which
we've already done.

And not going all the way. So...

who can our archive attacker be?

Family members trying to bury the truth?

Mm, unlikely.

Both Mike and Vicky Ito were at home

when the attacks happened.

They could've paid someone to do it.

Getting warm, Lucy.

'Cause money does play into this.

I dug into Ken Ito's personal finances.

All very conservative. Decent nest egg.

- (BEEPING)
- Until...

A hundred thousand dollar transfer.

In the last hours, and it
just evaporated into the ether.

Not for medical care or investments

or a sweet campervan.

KAI: He could've paid someone
to go to the archive.

Or paid them off to keep quiet.

Blackmail.

Whatever our suspect got
from the archives

could be the evidence we need.

Where are we at with the DNA Maggie got

from the scratches?

That's not my department, unfortunately.

Can you check in with Chase? Look into

any suspicious contacts with the Itos.

Lot of eyes on this, guys.
They want this resolved

one way or another
before the ceremony tomorrow.

JESSE: Okay.

What's up?

There's no way they're
gonna let Ito stand up

at that ceremony, is there?

He's already off the list.

You all right?

If all this is true, it means
this man left everything behind,

and he served his entire life
to get what most people just...

have.

But maybe m*rder*d someone to do it.

Yeah, but you don't believe that's true.

(SIGHS)

It reminds me of something
Julie said last night.

She wondered if anybody asked me

if I was really American.

How'd you answer?

I didn't.

It was my first time on the mainland,

and I was years old.

I was hanging out off base
when someone drove by

and they yelled at me,
"Go back home to Mexico".

- (SCOFFS)
- (LAUGHS): To Mexico.

It's different on the island, you know?

So it was, like,
the first time I felt that,

and...

I don't know, I sort of wish
someone prepared me for it,

because I don't remember
laughing it off so easily then.

Found our blackmailer.

LUCY: Ito's caretaker.

Ryan Barnett. Had a felony DUI

that was reduced to a misdemeanor,

but his DNA is still in CODIS.

Also wasn't at the house today.

Lying low after the archives.

- Where is he now?
- Ernie has a bead on his cell phone GPS.

Go get him.

This is Barnett's vehicle.

- His phone's inside.
- Yeah? So where is he?

The main branch of the
Honolulu National Bank

is across the street.

There he is.

He's not coming back to his car.

He's got a backup vehicle. Clever.

(BEEPS)

Ryan Barnett,

NCIS. We need to talk.

Hey, relax, okay? Don't make this hard.

He's making it hard.

Just give up, dude.

There's no way out.

(KAI HISSES)

(GRUNTS)

Hands!

You guys didn't want to follow him?

Remember me?

I've never seen you before.

Then where'd you get those?

We pulled DNA from those scratches.

They put you at the UH archives,

where you stole Ken Ito's files.

That's burglary.

You hurt my friend.

That's as*ault.

Then you demanded

a hundred thousand dollars
from the Itos.

That's blackmail.

Okay, look, I'm not the bad guy here.

Ito isn't who he says he is.

It's not really your business.

You don't understand what he's done.

Considering my entire team
is investigating him,

I'd say we do.

No, not about his identity.

About his treason.

He's a w*r criminal.

And I can prove it, but...

I want immunity.

You're negotiating now?

You should be thanking me
for outing him.

But you didn't out him.
You extorted him.

Look...

I used to idolize Ito.

Until I figured out he was an imposter.

He would tell us these stories

about the w*r, about who he really was,

and so I started recording.

And then when you guys showed up, I...

I knew I was right.

And you tried to cash out
before we got to the truth?

Stuff in those archives proved

that he was a Japanese spy.

If I don't help you guys
figure this out...

Then Ito goes free, and you've
just blackmailed a w*r hero.

Try again, Ryan.

Where are the recordings?

This is a recording Ryan Barnett
took of Ken Ito,

or whoever he is, two weeks ago.

But I'm telling you,
you won't like this.

Just hit "play".

(MAN SPEAKING JAPANESE)

That's Japanese. What's he saying?

KAI: He fought with the Japanese

- in Burma.
- ERNIE: He switches to English here.

- Mr. Ito, in English, please.
- I was a spy.

During the w*r, I went to the Japanese

and fed them intel
on American troop positions.

Until the day we were ambushed.

- (SPEAKING JAPANESE)
- _

(g*nsh*t)

(g*nf*re, GRUNTING)

(g*nf*re STOPS)

- (SHOUTS IN JAPANESE)
- (g*nsh*t)

I don't know how I survived that day.

Ito wasn't the hero we all think he was.

He was a spy for the Japanese.

Told you... you wouldn't like it.

(KNOCKING)

Come in.

Did you know?

Sometimes my father would see
something on TV, and...

tell us the story like it was his own.

But you had to have suspected something.

If not,

you don't pay the blackmailer.

I found my father one day

crying out for his mother

after he almost drowned in Kanamarugawa.

He had always told us

he was born and raised in Utah.

So is it the truth,

or is it fantasy?

You didn't want to risk it.

You can't ask me to let it be.

Even if I wanted to.

We're asking you to keep going.

My father's opened up about his past.

Even before he was sick,
he never talked about the w*r.

Something's jogging his memory.

VICKY: Find out who my father really is.

We'll face the truth as a family.

(CLEARS THROAT SOFTLY)

Officials say he served on staff

in the Atlantic Fleet.

But there's a blank spot

between ' and ' .

I find it hard to believe
he managed to work

for the Japanese, get captured,
and end up in Europe.

LUCY: We've looked into POW records

from World w*r II,
but we couldn't find Ken Ito.

Except for a reference
to a classified operation:

Gosei.

Can you access those records?

I might know someone who could help.

Hey, uh... (CLEARS THROAT SOFTLY)

... really can't thank you enough.

All evidence to the contrary.

You've been thanking me
for the last minutes.

Oh. Sorry.

And apologizing.
It's not a personal favor.

Your boss went through proper channels.

I want to be intimate.

Here?

No, not like... No. Um...

I mean, I... I haven't taken the time

to really get to know you.

So... I kind of did.

As in... spying on me?

As in googling.

What'd you find out?

Well, it wasn't about you, exactly.

Ambush in Taji, Iraq, .

There were three casualties,

including...

Captain Noah Whistler.

His younger sister was

at Northwestern at the time.

Rush chair for Tri Delt.

I was a Theta.

(BOTH LAUGH)

I bet he was a great guy.

He was.

So, should I... google you, too?

Like you haven't already.

(BOTH LAUGH)

Okay, um, here are your files. Uh...

declassified and sent
to the Base Historians Office

years ago.

Look at this.

Operation Gosei.

These are OSS records. What's that?

Precursor to the CIA.

"Ambush in Burma". There we go.

It should say that Ito
was taken as a POW.

No, there were no POWs taken that day.

Only an American operative.

TENNANT: Suzuki Kazutoshi?

Born in Fukuoka.

Stowed away to the United States
at ten years old.

Worked in the pineapple fields.

Until you met a Japanese
American ensign...

Ken Ito.

KAI: He was one of William
Donovan's first officers

in what would eventually become the OSS.

And he recruited you
for Operation Gosei.

TENNANT: The U.S. sent
Japanese Americans

to embed in the Imperial Army.

You were a spy.

But not for the Japanese.

KAI: The mission in Burma...
you weren't leading

the Japanese in an attack,
you led them to an ambush.

TENNANT: Your service is undeniable.

But we need to know...

did you m*rder the real Ken Ito?

W-We just wanted to go fishing.

Grab the other side
of the net, will you?

Oh, and pliers.
They're in the tackle box.

Nanda kore?

It's for the fish.

Or people who scuff up my shoes.

What's with the uniform?

- Technically, I'm off duty.
- Then technically,

you're showing off.

Just help me toss the net over.

(SCOFFS)

(SIGHS)

Kirei-na.

It really is beautiful.

But how is your accent
still this terrible?

Because it's way too early.

(BOTH LAUGH)

It's an attack.

Hold on.

Hayaku. We need to help.

I will. As soon as I get you to safety.

What are you doing?

I can't stay here.

- Don't be an idiot.
- Don't try to stop me!

(GRUNTING)

This isn't your fight.

Let me prove myself!

Ito!

(g*nf*re CONTINUES)

(g*nf*re STOPS)

(GRUNTS)

(GROANS)

Ito?

(g*nf*re, EXPLOSIONS IN DISTANCE)

Ito!

We were on the windward side

in the flight path
of the Japanese Zeroes.

Is that when the switch happened?

The Coast Guard

found me on his boat with his effects.

They thought I was Ken Ito.

And... I took the chance.

For the life you wanted.

From that day on, you were him.

No one else figured it out?

My handler at the OSS.

Pretending to be Ken Ito

made me a better spy,

so they made it official.

After Burma, they transferred me back

to the Navy.

Why did you say you k*lled Ken Ito?

In a way, I did.

I took his life.

I hope...

it's a life he'd be proud of.

And now I'm willing to accept
the consequences.

There are no consequences, sir.

Not from us.

And seeing how the change in identity

was sanctioned by the OSS,

this case is closed.

Okay. I tried.

How do we look, Mama?

Perfect.

Hey, sit down for a minute.

Here comes the speech.

When I was ,

Grandpa was stationed
in a place where...

I didn't look like everybody else.

People would ask me,
where was I really from?

I said I was American.

But some didn't see it that way.

And others didn't like
that I was different.

Eventually...

neither did I.

So I lied.

I said I didn't really know
where my mom's family was from.

And I hid stuff about myself.

Why?

Because I didn't think being
myself was good enough.

Doesn't it make you mad?

(EXHALES)

That someday something like this

might happen to you, too?

Yeah.

People shouldn't have to pretend
to be somebody they're not.

Please be seated.

By the way, which hero
did Julie pick for her project?

You.

years later,

Pearl Harbor has an Asian American

Special Agent in Charge.

Told her it was a loose interpretation

of the assignment.

MASTER OF CEREMONY:
Now welcome to the stage,

one of the last remaining survivors

of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

My name is...

Suzuki Kazutoshi.

And it has been the honor of a lifetime

to serve this country.