And this is one of my faves.
It's a rose gold necklace
with crystal pendant.
I'm not sure if you can see on
camera, but it really sparkles.
Oh. How much is that?
$ , but depending
on how much you buy today,
I might be able
to knock a little bit off.
Does it also come in yellow gold?
Yes, and silver,
and they can all be available
to ship by tomorrow morning.
- [SCREAMS]
- Officer Nazar!
m*llitary police! Identify yourself.
We're looking for Chief
Warrant Officer Rafi Nazar!
Where is he?
Cover back.
- Who are you?
- Uh, uh, fiancée.
MAN: Clear!
MAN : Clear!
Do you know where your fiancé is?
Um, Kay, uh, sh-should we reschedule?
What is going on?
You may want to rethink that wedding.
Your fiancé is being charged
with espionage.
[GASPS]
No, not my checking account,
my savings account.
I have already verified my Social Se...
Yeah, I'll hold.
- Is that your bank?
- Yeah.
Fighting the, uh, service fee?
- Not a service fee.
- Overdraft fee?
Actually, no fees at all.
They're giving me money.
- What?! That's great.
- No, it's obviously a mistake.
I noticed a mystery deposit
this morning.
- By who?
- That's what I'm trying to figure out.
How much was it?
Dude, $ , .
Tim, hang up the phone.
- Hang up the phone.
- Wa-Wa-Wait.
- What are you doing? I got to fix this.
- Do you?
Yes, I got... Hello?
Yeah, is this the manager?
- Great. Okay, so what happened?
- McGee.
What?
Look sharp. Big guy's coming in hot.
Uh... Actually, I got to call you back.
Everything all right, sir?
No. Where's Agent Knight?
Right here.
Guess I picked the wrong time
to use the restroom.
- What'd I miss?
- VANCE: We're initiating
a manhunt for a high-priority target.
Chief Warrant Officer Rafi Nazar.
Overnight, stole
highly classified Navy software.
The Navy thinks Nazar plans
to sell the tech to one of our enemies.
- Who's the buyer?
- Navy doesn't know.
What does the technology do?
Controls surveillance drones.
Nazar commands a team
of UAV operators
out of Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling.
As a Navy warrant officer, he has access
to a digital master key, which
operates hundreds of drones.
- He stole the master key?
- VANCE: Correct.
Stole it how? Navy cybersecurity
is bulletproof.
Eh, I don't care how he got it.
I care about what he does with it.
He was last seen by his fiancée
leaving his house two hours ago.
Where's his fiancée now?
In the conference room.
[DOOR OPENS]
- Ms. Barlow, hi.
- Rafi's not a traitor.
He is not a spy. Do you understand me?
We understand you're upset.
Because you're accusing him
of something he did not do.
KNIGHT: Here's what we know.
He's U.A. and we are just
trying to find him.
Why? So you can arrest him?
So we can ask him some questions.
Rafi is a good man.
I'm sure he is, but he has disappeared,
his phone is off,
and there's classified
Navy software that is missing.
Maybe he's in some kind of trouble.
Did you ever think of that?
Have a seat.
This morning, how was he acting?
Totally normal. He made me breakfast.
- And what about last night?
- Um...
We watched a movie
and went to bed around...
What is it?
Kay, if you know something, tell us.
He said he wasn't tired,
so he decided to...
To what?
- [SIGHS]
- Go for a drive.
- What time was that?
- I don't know, um, late.
But when I woke up this morning,
he was right there beside me.
Okay, so he got up,
made you breakfast,
then he left for work?
Yes.
KNIGHT: The best thing that
you can do for your fiancé
right now is to help us find him.
If he contacts you,
will you let us know right away?
- Yeah.
- [KNOCKING ON DOOR]
Got a sec?
Excuse us a moment.
The warrant came through
for Nazar's phone.
No phone calls since his disappearance,
but he got an incoming text
at : this morning.
That's right around the same time
the drone master key was stolen.
- What'd the text say?
- "It's done."
KNIGHT: Maybe Nazar had
a partner who helped him
hack the software.
Were you able to trace the text?
It's me.
[ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYING]
[MUSIC CONTINUES]
♪ Bass, bass ♪
[MUSIC PLAYING LOUDLY]
[MUSIC STOPS]
It's not Nazar.
Clear.
We're back here.
I can't find an I.D.
Don't need one. I know who this guy is.
It's Andre Kopaloff.
He's a black hat hacker.
You guys recognize hackers on sight?
This guy's pretty infamous.
Crazy talented.
Talented enough to hack the Navy?
Oh, he's one of the few in the
world who could probably do it.
So, Nazar had the access,
Kopaloff had the skills,
maybe they partnered up and
stole the drone key together.
Looks like, uh, their
partnership is dead.
So our cyber thief is also a k*ller?
That's our working theory.
Kasie I.D.'d the b*ll*ts
that Jimmy pulled from the body.
Nine millimeters.
Nazar has a nine registered to him.
And Nazar's still in the wind?
Well, we know he's left the city.
Richmond police found his car
abandoned in a strip mall an hour ago.
He hasn't used credit cards
or his cell phone since he disappeared.
Yeah, but he's gonna have to
come up for air eventually.
No way he's gonna sell that drone key
without coming out of the shadows.
VANCE: Why would a decorated C.W.O.
with a sterling service record
suddenly steal and m*rder?
Money.
Or ideology.
Ideology to what?
Well, I think it's a long sh*t,
but we need to consider Taliban.
Nazar was born in Afghanistan.
His family moved to the U.S.
when he was four.
- Great-uncle stayed behind.
- And did what?
Three years ago, he was jailed
for being a Taliban sympathizer.
Well, having criminal relatives
doesn't make you a criminal.
There's more. Nazar, two years ago,
was assigned temporarily to Kabul.
We believe, while he was there,
he made contact with the uncle.
You think he's been radicalized.
Think it's on the table.
He's got top secret security clearance.
I mean, the Navy doesn't
hand those out like candy.
Not to mention the
counterintelligence polygraphs
- that he has to take.
- Which Nazar passed
with flying colors, we know.
We're just throwing out
all theories here.
Taliban controls
the Afghan government now,
so I'm sure they're in the market
for classified U.S. technology.
I think we need something more concrete
- before we make any accusations.
- PARKER: Agreed,
which is why Torres and Knight
are searching Nazar's home as we speak.
Search all you want.
You're not gonna find anything.
Oh, no, yeah, you're right.
I didn't find anything in here.
- What's that?
- It's a g*n case
with no g*n in it.
So?
So, there's supposed to be
a nine millimeter in here.
Where is it?
Rafi must have it.
Yeah. He must.
[SIGHS]
When are you gonna be done?
Just a few more minutes.
You look so happy in this photo.
I was.
I still am.
That was the night he proposed.
He was so nervous at dinner, and then
dessert came.
The ring was inside the chocolate cake.
Only problem was, I started
scarfing it down so fast,
I almost ate the diamond.
How long have you known Rafi?
Um... We met, like, nine months ago.
Whirlwind romance.
When you know, you know.
Have you met his family?
I don't know where you think
you're going with this,
but Rafi is a proud American.
You know what he did the day
after he became a citizen?
He joined the Navy.
That's called patriotism.
And we appreciate his service,
but the fact is,
innocent people don't run and hide.
Where is he?
I'm done answering your questions.
You want to know about Rafi,
go ask his fellow pilots.
See if they think he's a traitor.
PILOT: No. He would never do that.
He's an exemplary C.W.O. and boss.
Chief Warrant Officer Nazar
is definitely not a traitor.
No way in hell he would've done this.
Sorry for cursing, ma'am.
It's okay, Petty Officer.
Thank you for your help.
Could we talk about the, uh,
elephant in the room?
I mean, someone's got to do it.
Sure. Who are you?
Mike Novaski. Navy contracts me
to, uh, debug the software.
What do you know?
I know the Navy should've never
given him top secret clearance.
Why?
Well, I'm definitely not a r*cist, but
somebody's got to say it.
"Rafi Na-zayr"?
You know he wasn't
even born here, right?
Last week, I heard him
talking on the phone, Afghan.
Probably hatching his plot.
It's called, uh, Pashto.
What is?
The language of Afghanistan.
Oh. I don't care.
But you get what
I'm trying to say, right?
Oh, loud and clear.
Point is, talking foreign...
It's a red flag.
[SPEAKING SPANISH]
[SPEAKING MANDARIN]
[CHUCKLES]
Sorry to keep you waiting.
Captain Royce, sir.
Thank you for meeting with us, Captain.
I'm sure you're very busy.
And shocked, frankly.
Uh, still keep thinking
we've made a mistake.
And you've confirmed that it was, uh,
Chief Warrant Officer Nazar?
Through a forensic analysis, yes.
There's a three-step authentication
process to log into our system.
An access card,
a -digit randomized code
sent to his personal device,
and facial rec.
It was him, %,
but I still can't believe it.
That master key that he stole,
how many surveillance drones
does it control?
Every one that's currently
in the air right now.
Exact number is classified, but
it's a lot.
And you can't just simply
change the locks so the key
doesn't work anymore?
Well, we're in the process
of doing that now,
but it's not like flipping a switch.
It takes hours
for a master key change
to propagate across our system.
- And until then?
- It's fully operational.
What is the worst-case scenario here?
That's also not something
I'm authorized to discuss.
Then who is?
The Secretary of the Navy.
This is my worst nightmare.
Worse for the Navy than when John Walker
got in bed with the Soviets in the ' s.
We were cleaning up
his mess for decades.
We cannot let history
repeat itself, Director.
I couldn't agree more.
We have a lead on the buyer?
Only speculation.
I need confirmation.
I can't unleash a counterattack
unless we know
who we're aiming our g*ns at.
What about the suspect? Nazar?
We're still searching for him.
I've spoken with the attorney general.
We are authorizing NCIS,
under Title , ,
to employ any legal
means necessary to apprehend Nazar.
?
You want troops in the streets?
Whatever it takes to get Nazar.
Is there something
the Navy's not telling us?
I've just been informed
that the master key controls
not only surveillance drones,
but also combat drones.
of those are already
flying as we speak.
Nazar has the power to launch an att*ck
against the United States.
NEWS ANCHOR:
A massive manhunt is underway
for a decorated Navy drone pilot,
who's now a m*rder suspect.
Rafi Nazar, last seen yesterday...
PARKER: Nice work on the media blitz.
His face is plastered all over the news.
He can't use his cell phone
or credit card without
triggering the alarm.
He makes his first mistake,
we're gonna nail him.
He made his first mistake.
Nazar just called his fiancée.
So he turned on his phone?
No, he called from a burner phone,
but we were able to get
a warrant on her line as well.
- We have audio?
- Sending it to the plasma now.
- KAY: Hello?
- NAZAR: Baby, it's me.
KAY: Oh, my God, Rafi?
- Are you okay?
- NAZAR: I'm safe, yes.
Not for long.
KAY: What is happening?
They're saying you stole...
NAZAR: Baby, do you trust me?
- No.
- KAY: Yes.
Yes, of course, always.
NAZAR: Then you know I-I didn't do this.
KAY: But why are you running?
NAZAR: You see the news?
They've already convicted me.
I wanted to tell you
I'm going to Afghanistan.
KAY: Are you serious?
Rafi, why?
NAZAR: Someone set me up,
and I'm gonna find out who.
Starting with my uncle.
KAY: Oh, God.
NAZAR: Will you come with me?
KAY: I can't believe this is happening.
KAY: Yes. Yes, I'll come with you.
NAZAR: Get our passports,
and all the money from the safe,
then sneak out of the
house without being seen.
KAY: Okay. Okay. Where are we meeting?
NAZAR: Our favorite restaurant.
One hour.
I love you.
KAY: I love you, too.
We have a guy watching Kay's house?
Calling him now.
Have him detain her
until you and Torres get there.
We need her to tell us
the location of that restaurant.
What if she won't say?
You're the hostage negotiator,
make her say.
McGee.
Forensics. Let's do it.
- Hey, Nick. Good cop, bad cop?
- Dibs on bad cop.
MCGEE: Hey.
- Kasie.
- Oh, hey.
I was just buzzing you.
I know where Nazar is.
- Did you trace the call?
- What call?
Well, Nazar...
Actually, never mind. What do you got?
KASIE: We know he abandoned his car
in a parking lot in Richmond.
From there, I scoured
surveillance and security
footage to track him.
That's him in the blue hat.
He traveled five blocks
from the parking lot
to an AmeriTrain station.
He paid cash to buy a ticket
on the Northwest Regional Line.
He's still on the train?
No. He got off at Union Station.
Back in D.C.
He left the station,
turned northwest
on Massachusetts Avenue.
That's all the sh*ts I have so far,
and according to the timestamp,
that was...
minutes ago.
Restaurant must be downtown.
That's where we're going, too.
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
TORRES: It's Torres and Knight.
Why is this guy holding me
prisoner in my own house?
Were you going somewhere? Hmm?
Maybe to meet Rafi
at your favorite restaurant?
So you were listening.
But that means you heard Rafi
say that he's innocent.
He's not gonna confess. He knew
we had your phone tapped.
What is that?
Hmm?
Let's take a look.
Two passports.
About, what?
bucks.
- Agent Torres.
- You're packing kind of light...
...considering you're
moving to Afghanistan.
Agent Torres, will you please
wait in the car with Leigh?
[DOOR CLOSES]
You know, Agent Torres is a...
a good agent, but he just
doesn't understand love.
How it can make you do crazy things.
Yesterday, you were
planning your wedding.
Today, you're...
running away with a man
the Navy is saying is a traitor.
Your head must be spinning.
It's like a nightmare
I can't wake up from.
If you go to Afghanistan,
your nightmare is just beginning.
You will be the target
of an international manhunt,
and we won't be able to help you.
Or you could help us.
If Rafi truly is the victim of some
huge misunderstanding, you could
put all of this behind you
and go back to your lives,
here in the U.S.
What do you want me to do?
KNIGHT: You're doing just fine, Kay.
Have a seat if you can hear me.
Torres, you in position?
Sure. You and McGee enjoy your lunch,
while I write parking tickets.
You know, people are looking
at me like I kicked their dog.
They're not even real tickets, people.
I'll swap places with you
any time, Torres.
- [CHUCKLES]
- Nah, I'm good.
Nazar's late.
KNIGHT: He'll be here.
So, you want to hear a cool story?
Well, I guess if we're not chatting,
we're looking like a couple of statues,
so, yeah, story time. Let's do it.
[CLEARS THROAT]
So, Jimmy Palmer got a random $ ,
deposited into his bank account,
and he doesn't know from who.
It's crazy, right?
No.
Not crazy?
No. I mean, well, yeah,
it is crazy, but...
I think you're actually getting confused
'cause it happened to me, not-not Jimmy.
Uh...
No, pretty sure it was Jimmy,
unless you work in autopsy,
wear scrubs, and have
cute little dimples.
Wait. You got a mystery $ ,
- put into your bank account, too?
- Yes.
What?
Are you checking your account?
- Yeah.
- Good.
Got him. Pharmacy.
All right, hold positions.
Oh, he looks so scared.
Wave back at him, Kay.
I'm sorry. I don't think I can do this.
Yes, you can. You got this.
I'm sorry. I can't.
All right, move in, now.
Rafi, it's a trap!
Run!
[HORN BLARING]
[EXCITED CHATTER]
KNIGHT: Nick, there he is.
Nazar!
[HORN HONKING]
KNIGHT: Watch out!
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Hey, are you okay?
WOMAN: Oh, my gosh!
He's in the alley.
NCIS.
Show yourself, Nazar.
TORRES: McGee! Knight!
- Clear on this side.
- You got him?
What, you don't have him?
No. He didn't pass you?
No. He has to be here.
Well, obviously, he's not.
We lost him.
KNIGHT: Trying to figure
out how he got away?
I should've had him.
Don't b*at yourself up.
It's not your fault.
I know it's not my...
Wait, you think it's my fault?
I said it's not your fault.
Yeah, but you said it like
everyone thinks it's my fault.
Well, if it's anyone's fault,
it's my fault.
I was the one who
couldn't get Kay Barlow
to just stand there and wave.
- It's definitely Kay's fault, yeah.
- It's her fault.
What is she doing in interrogation?
Cooling her heels.
She knows she's in trouble,
she just doesn't care.
All right, let's see what we got.
Nazar's last known location was here.
McGee is asking MPD to establish
a perimeter one square mile
from that spot. Entry and exit
points are sealed off.
Every car, bus or train
coming out of the area
gets searched... so far, nothing.
So he's still in the perimeter.
I want a hard-target search
of every business,
every warehouse, every apartment
until we find him, and read my lips,
we will find him. All right, let's go.
Wait, guys. I think I know where he is.
I have studied every building
in that perimeter,
and, if I were him,
I know where I'd be hiding.
Hudson Avenue, Northwest.
Great. Let's go get him.
Easier said than done.
Why?
Because it is the
Embassy of Afghanistan.
[KNIGHT SCOFFS SOFTLY]
- Mr. Ambassador.
- Director Vance.
- Nice to make your acquaintance.
- I'll get right to it.
NCIS is hunting a fugitive
named Rafi Nazar.
- We have reason to believe that...
- Say no more, Director.
Mr. Nazar sought asylum here
an hour ago.
Well, thank you for your forthrightness.
We can have a team there
in minutes to pick him up.
That won't be necessary.
We will not be giving him back.
You're protecting a k*ller.
Mr. Ambassador,
Chief Warrant Officer Nazar
committed two heinous crimes:
m*rder and treason.
Allegedly committed.
It is the opinion of the Afghan
government that he is innocent
on both counts.
And how did you arrive at that opinion,
considering that you haven't
reviewed the mountain
of incriminating evidence
that we've gathered?
Do you know how many innocent Afghans
are wrongly imprisoned
in Guantanamo Bay?
Let's not get off the subject. We are...
We've made our decision.
It is within our rights to shield him,
since he is a citizen of Afghanistan.
He's also a citizen
of the United States.
Then treat him like one.
Is he not innocent until proven guilty?
You really believe him,
or are you protecting him
because someone in your new government
just bought the drone key?
I will not be dignifying
that accusation with a reply.
Good day, gentlemen.
So, let me get this straight,
a suspected traitor
is conspiring with an
unstable foreign government
in the middle of Washington, D.C.,
and there isn't anything
we can do about it.
Yup, that about sums it up.
Then you're not gonna like
what I'm about to tell you.
Wait, you have something?
Yeah. Why do you think
I called you down here?
I thought you wanted
to wallow in our sadness.
No, but prepare for more sadness.
According to Internet chatter,
the drone key has just been sold.
To who?
Doesn't mention the buyer,
just the price.
- Free.
- What? Free?
That tech is worth tens of millions.
Unless they were stealing it
for a cause, and not for money.
A cause like arming the Taliban?
Yeah. The key's active
for another seven hours.
Can you remind me why we're not
just storming the embassy?
- Are you seriously asking that?
- No.
Yeah, okay, maybe, yeah.
It's sovereign Afghan territory.
Breaching those walls
is a declaration of w*r.
Afghanistan having control
of our drones,
that's a declaration of w*r.
If they have the key,
doesn't necessarily mean
that they're gonna b*mb us.
They may just steal the technology.
Oh, well, Tim, that makes me
feel so much better.
We can still stop this.
Uh, no, we can't.
All we have to do is lure Nazar
out of the embassy
before he hands over the drone key.
How do we do that?
Leverage.
We have no cards to play.
We have one card left.
She's sitting in interrogation.
We played that card,
and it was a losing hand.
She was willing to give up
her freedom for him,
maybe he's willing to do
the same for her.
SOLDIER: Welcome to
the Embassy of Afghanistan.
Please check your firearm here.
Hey, quick question. When, uh,
Chief Warrant Officer Nazar
arrived, did he check in
a nine millimeter?
Sign here.
Because that w*apon may have been used
in the commission of a m*rder.
This way, please.
Special Agent Parker.
Thank you, Ambassador.
Well...
Chief Warrant Officer Nazar,
good to finally meet you.
I've advised Mr. Nazar to remain silent.
This meeting is a courtesy
to your Secretary of the Navy.
It's not an interrogation.
I understand the ground rules,
but I'm not here
to talk about Mr. Nazar.
I'm here to discuss Kay Barlow.
NCIS has charged her
with aiding and abetting,
obstruction of justice,
and accessory after the fact.
Those three felonies,
served consecutively,
carry a sentence of years.
That is a totally preposterous
sentence for her actions.
I agree,
you've got a fiancée caught up
in tragic circumstances.
My bet is that any jury
will give her the maximum.
I told you this meeting was
going to be a dog and pony show.
Your fiancée will be available
to walk down the aisle when she's .
Have a nice flight to Kabul.
- Wait.
- Rafi, please.
No. I want to speak.
I did not steal that drone key.
Navy says you did.
They're wrong.
Well, if you're innocent,
why are you hiding here?
Kay doesn't deserve
to be caught up in this.
That we both agree on.
What she did,
she was only trying to protect me.
Yeah, well, love's a bitch.
- If I turn myself in...
- Mr. Nazar.
Ambassador, enough.
If I turn myself in...
...will you drop the charges
against her?
If you come with me now,
you can watch us take her cuffs off.
[DOOR CLOSES]
- Hi.
- Hi.
Can I ask a favor?
Go ahead.
I love you.
Are you okay?
- Yes, I'm okay.
- Okay.
Good work.
Thank you. Nice plan.
Thank you.
You know I didn't do this.
All right.
I love you, okay?
I love you, too, Rafi.
It's gonna be okay.
PARKER: Let's go.
Rafi Nazar, you have
the right to remain silent.
Anything you say can and will be used...
[g*nshots]
[TIRES SCREECHING]
- Are you hit?
- No. Who is sh**ting at us?
Parker!
- You okay?
- Call !
Nazar's been hit.
[SIREN WAILING]
How's the wound?
I can't examine it
until I stop the bleeding.
PARKER: Can I help?
You want to hold or cut?
I'll hold.
Use gloves and fresh gauze.
You do this for all
your m*rder suspects?
No, just the ones with information
vital to the security
of the United States.
[SIREN CONTINUES]
Well, that bleeding's
really slowing down.
SANTIAGO: The b*llet appears
to have missed his carotid.
Lucky guy. He's gonna make it.
Reroute us to NCIS.
There's a doctor on staff
that'll cross all the t's
and dot all the I's.
Then you can ask for a transfer
when we get to the hospital.
Listen, Miss...
- Santiago.
- Santiago.
We don't have time.
What this man knows is too important.
- I'm sorry, but procedure states...
- I'll go.
I want to clear my name.
Please.
Take me to NCIS.
What kind of doctor
do you have on staff?
The kind that's never lost a patient.
JIMMY: Autopsy is prepped
and good to go. I just want
to go on the record and say
I don't like it.
I don't like it one bit.
Dude, it's all good.
You're gonna be fine.
g*nsh*t victims that are still alive
belong in a hospital, not a morgue.
Okay, Parker said the EMT
stopped the bleeding,
right, and stabilized him,
so the hard partis over.
- What about the b*llet?
- What about it?
- Is it still lodged inside of his body?
- I didn't ask.
You didn't... Okay...
[GROANING]
Speaking of surprises...
You and McGee. $ , .
- What?
- Yeah.
It's pretty crazy.
You know what's crazy? I keep
checking my bank account.
Three times. Zippo.
[CHUCKLES] Sorry, man.
No, don't be sorry.
Just means that, uh, you're buying
the next times that we go out.
No can do.
Put all the money
into an account for Victoria.
What? What's she gonna do with $ , ?
She's a kid.
The money was earmarked
for her, not for me.
Yeah, the bank still won't
tell me who deposited it.
- [SIREN APPROACHING]
- Here we go.
TORRES: All right, Doc. Showtime.
Our doctor was able
to remove the b*llet,
and he expects Rafi to
make a full recovery.
Oh, thank God.
But who sh*t him?
We don't know.
We're still interviewing witnesses.
But you must have a theory.
The most obvious suspect is
whoever bought the drone key.
The last thing they would want
is for Nazar to reveal their identity.
But that means Rafi did it.
He really stole the key.
Kay...
it's understandable you
didn't believe he was guilty.
I'm not crying about that.
I'm crying because...
...I still love him.
Well, you've seen him,
and he is still alive.
Kay, we have to go now.
You got to believe me,
I did not steal the key.
I'm being framed.
Well, it's working.
It sure looks like
you're committing espionage.
No.
When I enlisted, I swore a pledge
of allegiance to America:
I, Rafi Nazar, do solemnly affirm
that I will support and defend
the Constitution
of the United States
against all enemies,
foreign and domestic.
Which enemy are you,
foreign or domestic?
See, this right here, this is why I ran.
I love my country... but it
doesn't seem to love me anymore.
I knew I'd be presumed guilty
because of my heritage.
Wrong. You're presumed guilty
because of the evidence.
What evidence?
That drone key was downloaded
and stolen by someone
with your access card,
your phone and your face.
It was not me.
Technically, you're right.
No, it was Andre Kopaloff.
- Who?
- The hacker you hired.
Then you thanked him
by sh**ting him to death
with your nine millimeter.
Run ballistics against my g*n.
Conveniently, your w*apon is missing.
It's-it's not... it's not in the case?
Nope.
Something you want to share?
Does facial rec work
when your eyes are closed?
What am I doing here?
You are being interrogated
on suspicion of m*rder, and treason.
What?
Why?
Your fiancé turned you in.
I still can't believe it.
You did the right thing.
KNIGHT: You hired the hacker,
and then you stole Rafi's
phone and access card
- in the middle of the night.
- No.
You already knew his password,
and facial rec still works
even if the face is asleep.
N-No. Why is this happening?
After Kopaloff helped you
steal the key...
...you k*lled him with Nazar's w*apon.
Which we found, by the way.
Hidden under a floor mat in your car,
wrapped in newspaper.
- Rafi must have planted it there.
- It was
today's newspaper, and
Rafi hasn't been back
to your house since yesterday.
We dug through some
of your old social media posts.
Here's a good one.
"America needs a bloody insurgence."
Did you think you deleted that?
Delete doesn't really mean delete
on the Internet.
You have been very careful recently,
but five years ago, your posts were, uh,
shall we say, radical?
"Join the Holy Wars
against the enemies of Islam."
Is that what you think jihad is?
Sometimes w*r is necessary
to wake up the infidels.
That was another one of your posts.
Is that who you sold the drone key to?
The Taliban?
I didn't sell it.
I gave it away.
A heroic sacrifice for the cause.
Kay.
You should educate yourself properly.
Jihad is the internal struggle
of Muslims to do good.
Not evil.
What I did isn't evil.
It's divine retribution.
And you will witness it.
Soon.
- You want to tell her?
- Nah. You tell her.
Okay.
So, it turns out, Kay,
that about ten minutes ago,
the Navy was able to deactivate
the drone key.
It's useless.
Now, that...
is divine retribution.
Well, Kay Barlow was right
about one thing...
Chief Warrant Officer Nazar
was innocent.
She orchestrated the
whole thing from day one.
She dated him not for love
but for his top secret access.
She specifically targeted
him for his birthplace.
And she knew that cultural stereotypes
would make it easy to believe
that he was a traitor.
So, who radicalized her?
Well, meet Lance Johnson
of West Virginia.
He was already on our
domestic t*rror1st watchlist
due to his extremist teachings.
They met online.
We found hundreds of his texts
on her phone, including one
where she orders him to k*ll Nazar
before he could talk to NCIS.
We picked him up an hour ago
and charged him with attempted m*rder.
Well, we should tell
Chief Warrant Officer Nazar.
I already called him
so we could tell him in person.
Good work, gentlemen.
Agent McGee,
would you mind staying for a moment?
Sure.
Yes, Dr. Palmer. Will you
please join me in my office?
[ELEVATOR CHIMES]
Chief Warrant Officer Nazar,
thank you for coming.
We have arrested
the man who tried to k*ll you.
Thank you.
Thank you for believing in me.
Wish we did from the beginning.
I shouldn't have run that morning.
But when I got a call
from one of my pilots
tipping me off about the raid,
I just panicked.
Thank you for your
recommendation to SECNAV, sir.
I've been reinstated to active duty.
You were wronged... it's our job
to make things right.
I wish that's how it worked
in the real world.
Doesn't matter that I've been cleared...
I still get looks from my neighbors.
Listen, man, um...
I know how rough it is.
Your name's different,
you look different,
and somehow people think they
have the license to judge you.
But that's not all, is it?
You're worried about your team?
We were all family
before this happened.
I wouldn't worry about that.
Your fellow pilots and C.O.,
they believed you were innocent.
They're still your family.
Just trust
they're gonna stand up for you.
Director, you wanted to...
Oh. Hey, McGee.
What's, uh, what's going on?
So, you don't know why you're here?
I'm thinking it has something to
do with those $ , deposits.
Mm-hmm.
You know about that?
I do.
- Are we in trouble?
- No.
I just wanted to welcome you
as the newest members
of the Leroy Jethro Gibbs
College Scholarship Club.
That money is from Gibbs?
- That's right.
- MCGEE: That's amazing,
but, I mean, it's way too generous.
Agreed. No, we can't possibly keep it.
Well, you can't give it back.
I should know. I tried.
He donated to you, too?
Yep, years ago,
when my kids were the same age
as yours are now.
Director, why would Gibbs do this?
It's in memory of his daughter, Kelly.
When she was young,
he started a college fund.
When she d*ed,
Gibbs never closed the account.
In fact, he kept adding to it.
So since then, he's helped
a lot of agents' families.
Kids all going to college
in Kelly's honor.
What a legacy, huh?
I don't know what to say.
Just say thank you.
I definitely will.
I just really wish that I
could thank him in person.
Well, hopefully, one day you will.