(jazz/pop music playing)
♪ ♪
GREGORIO: It's Tuesday night.
Don't any of these people have work tomorrow?
Uh, it's also New Orleans.
We work hard, and we party harder.
That's why you should come out with me. No.
Me and some friends, we're going to a club...
I'm good.
Got room service and a nice hot bath
calling my name. (clears throat)
What? What's the problem, Perce?
Well, all right, name one friend you've made,
other than the team, since you've been back.
Hi, babe.
George and I are very close.
The doorman is paid to be nice to you.
Come out, unwind.
We just "unwound" at Pride's bar.
That was a drink after work.
This is dancing. We're gonna have fun.
Fun? You know I don't have fun. Yeah.
Stop it.
Well, you're gonna have to stop hiding sometime.
All right, Dr. Phil, relent.
If you change your mind, you know where to find me.
All right. ♪ Do it. ♪
Be careful. ♪ Do it, do it. ♪
Good night.
(exhales)
That's one way to greet your husband.
Ex-husband.
♪ Boom, boom, boom, boom ♪
♪ Bang, bang, bang, bang ♪
♪ Boom, boom, boom, boom ♪
♪ How, how, how, how ♪
♪ Hey, hey ♪
♪ You gotta come on. ♪
How'd you get that cut over your eye?
Rogue marine tried messing with me.
How'd you find me?
Uh, your mom told me where you were.
She always had a soft spot for me.
She's old and easily confused. Just give me a chance to explain.
Preferably without a gun pointed at my chest.
An FBI agent? I did not see that one coming.
She told you that, too?
Well, she's behind the times, 'cause I'm NCIS now.
Back in New Orleans? You hate it here.
It's much better without you being here.
I got to admit, you're really sexy with that gun.
Terrifying, but sexy.
Okay, it's been peachy catching up,
but I'm gonna call the cops now.
Wait, hold on a second. Wait, wait, wait, wait.
I'm in trouble here. You think?
Look, just give me two minutes to explain.
And if you still feel it, you can shoot me.
The Aufieros want me dead.
You stole $80 million from the FEMA funds
that were for New Orleans after Katrina.
The whole city wants you dead, including me.
Look, there might have been a little bit of embezzlement...
Followed by ten years of you living high on the hog
in a tropical paradise.
Des Moines is many things. Paradise is is not.
Des Moines, Iowa?
Ten years ago, Joe Aufiero forced me to steal that money.
He said he'd kill me if I didn't.
And you, too, for that matter.
So I did the only thing I could...
became an informant for the FBI
to help take Joe down.
Bull. It all happened right after you left me.
I gave the Feds everything I had,
and they put me in WITSEC-- I couldn't tell anybody.
I can make one call to the FBI right now
and verify your story. Do it.
If you were in WITSEC,
why would you come back to New Orleans?
There's a target the size of Louisiana on you right now.
The Aufieros figured out where I was.
Sent someone to kill me.
I'm a marked man.
And you are the only person I can trust.
(knock on door) SONJA: Hey, Gregorio, bath time's over.
We caught a case.
I'll be right there, Percy.
Shh, shh, shh.
What are you doing? Shut up.
Securing a fugitive until I verify your story.
Then I'll throw you to the wolves.
Last time we did this, way more fun. (knock on door)
SONJA: Let's go, Gregorio. Be quiet.
Don't move.
Coming.
SONJA: About time. Sorry.
Hello, ladies. So much for a night off.
SONJA: Ho, no rest for the wicked.
Are there more NOPD here than usual?
Yeah, well, we wanted extra manpower
to protect the crime scene,
considering who the victim is.
Alex Aufiero. Joe's youngest son.
As in the Aufiero crime family?
You know this kid, Gregorio?
What do we know?
I'd know more if Forensic Agent Lund
would give me a little room.
I'm sorry, there's just this substance
on the victim's jacket-- it's fascinating.
Well, you'll get your chance. First things first.
Lieutenant Aufiero, he was shot three times,
point-blank range in the chest.
Bled out before EMTs could arrive.
Can I... can I go now? Yes.
I think that the killer left this trace evidence behind.
SONJA: We talking fingerprints, biologicals?
Right now I'd classify it as schmutz,
but I'm gonna bring it back to the lab
and get a more detailed explanation.
Witnesses?
Gas station attendant
came right out that door after the shots were fired,
and filmed a man fleeing the scene in Alex's car.
Oh, no.
Well, it's sad, right? Young kid.
Could be our shooter
that used Alex's car to get away.
I'll put a BOLO out.
So last year, Joe Aufiero died in prison.
His family's still active in organized crime.
We don't need another gang war on our hands.
Alex joined the Navy after his father was convicted,
became a war hero.
Wanted nothing to do with the family business.
Why do you know so much about him?
Because my ex-husband worked with the Aufieros.
Took Alex under his wing.
I don't know what was harder for him,
his father's guilt or McKinley's disappearance.
Well, it wasn't easy for either one of you.
Look, bottom line, this kid had nothing to do
with organized crime.
Well, it doesn't mean he wasn't targeted
to send a message to his family.
All right, I'll check with the FBI,
see if they have any intel on the Aufieros.
Be right back. Hey.
You okay?
Never better.
You knew the victim personally?
All the more reason to get cracking
on finding out who did this.
GREGORIO: Don't worry about me.
You've got to be kidding me.
Picked the lock? Is that a new skill?
A man's got to grow.
Food just arrived.
I have been dreaming about this spread.
You know how pissed off I am right now?
Have a glass of Brézé. Make you feel better.
Same one from our fifth anniversary. Alex Aufiero was murdered.
But you know that since you fled the crime scene
in his car.
I was gonna tell you
right before your friend interrupted us.
My friend, the NCIS agent, who was coming to take me
to investigate the homicide you're involved in!
Alex was a good kid. I didn't kill him.
Every cop in the city is after you right now.
No more lies, Ethan.
I haven't lied. Call the FBI.
They'll tell you I was in WITSEC,
and that someone tried to attack me.
I called, and they confirmed it.
So, see? I'm in danger.
Okay, and you thought it was a good idea
to escape my hotel room and come here and have dinner
in the middle of a restaurant?
Nobody's gonna shoot me here. And I was hungry.
Oh... Besides, I left a note.
It's not like I'm a flight risk.
You are the definition of a flight risk,
and maybe a murderer.
Come on, baby, let me explain.
Do not "baby" me.
You have 30 seconds. You better start talking.
I've never explained anything in 30 seconds.
25 seconds.
T, relax. We've got plenty of time to sort this out.
Don't tell me to relax. LASALLE: Ethan McKinley.
NCIS. Get your hands up.
Gregorio?
Oh, this just got awkward.
GREGORIO: Wait, guys, I know this looks bad.
You were having a bottle of wine with a wanted fugitive,
who happens to be your ex-husband.
So, yeah, it doesn't look good.
Chris, let her talk.
What more do we need to know?
All right, this bastard stole $80 million
from New Orleans, and is the prime suspect
in Alex Aufiero's murder.
"Bastard's" a strong word.
He said he didn't kill Alex.
We tracked Alex's stolen car
to around the corner.
McKinley's fingerprints were all over it.
Not my smartest move.
Look, I'm the first one that wants
to see him locked up, okay?
I was gonna arrest him.
Why didn't you?
Look, he may be a bastard,
but he's an FBI informant whose life is in danger.
He's the reason Joe Aufiero's in prison.
Someone took a shot at him while he was in WITSEC.
Multiple shots, actually.
I would describe it as a hail of bullets.
None of what you just said
clears him of Alex's murder.
I was trying to get the full story, Percy.
Look, I got your back, but Pride...
he's gonna want a better explanation.
PRIDE: Don't know whether to be furious with you
or worried.
You knew McKinley was in New Orleans,
connected to Alex's murder,
but you said nothing. He's my ex-husband.
He claims his life was in danger.
I was just trying to sort it out.
Alone? Without your team?
Trust works both ways.
Okay, it was a bad judgment call.
Yes, it was.
And you need to take a step back.
Let the rest of us handle the case.
Whoa, I grew up with this guy.
I know him better than anyone.
And he knows you.
Ethan McKinley can't be trusted.
He'll take advantage of every angle
to get out of this mess, especially his ex-wife.
You're not gonna let me be a part of this case?
Haven't decided yet. Take five.
Get your head on straight.
I'll talk to the man of the hour.
Oh, good, the boss is here.
I was wondering if we could get something to snack on.
You guys interrupted my dinner.
Ten years ago, New Orleans was on its knees,
devastated.
A lot of good people worked hard to bring it back.
You took advantage of them.
Used them to make a profit.
You're angry.
I understand. I was used, too.
If you talk to T...
We did.
Well, then, she told you.
I'm one of the good guys.
Just because you informed on Joe Aufiero
doesn't mean you're good.
It means you got caught.
Cooperating with the FBI was an act of self-preservation,
not altruism.
You're a thief and a parasite.
Wow.
Tough room.
This is us being nice.
You don't want to see tough.
Look...
I am flawed.
I have made some huge mistakes.
But I spent ten years flipping burgers in a diner
after helping take down the most dangerous man in New Orleans.
That should buy me some consideration.
Alex Aufiero
was murdered tonight.
You were with him. And fled the scene.
Which makes you our prime suspect.
I had to run.
If I hadn't, I would have been dead, too.
Alex saved my life.
That bullet that killed him was meant for me.
You can spin anything.
It's not spin.
All right, I went to Alex tonight out of desperation.
His brothers have a vendetta against me.
They already tried
to kill me once.
I was hoping Alex could reason with them, but...
(sighs) ...he never got the chance.
After everything you've done in your life,
why should we believe you?
Because I can identify Alex's killer.
GREGORIO: I was just a child when I met Ethan.
He took care of me. You know, he was...
my everything.
I even believed his lies. (scoffs)
Been there.
And then, I learned
he was conning people our whole marriage.
He embezzled
that FEMA money right under my nose.
And that's when I left him.
And I decided I'd never let anyone
deceive me the way he did ever again.
And so, you joined the FBI to put people like him away. Right?
And everything I've done in the last ten years
has been motivated by that man's betrayal.
Yet here I am again.
No.
No, now this time,
you get to confront your demon.
Beat him down once and for all.
Finally move on.
I hope so.
We got something, ladies.
Got to start somewhere.
SONJA: Okay, who are we looking at?
Vincenzo Moretti.
It's the button man for the Aufiero family
from way back.
He's connected to a dozen or so contract murders.
Including Alex Aufiero's.
At least, according to McKinley.
Why would the Aufieros put a hit out on one of their own?
Well, McKinley claims he was the target.
Retribution for informing.
Alex played the hero, took a bullet to save him.
Question is, do we believe him?
Well, Alex got a Silver Star for doing the same thing.
If Ethan identified Vincenzo, you can bet he has an angle.
Yeah, self-preservation.
SONJA: Well, there's a warrant out
for Vincenzo's arrest for two years.
The cops can't find him.
Well, that's convenient.
The suspect McKinley feeds us is hard to find.
Well, the best con men always stick to the truth,
except for one detail.
Just got to figure out what that detail is.
We find Vincenzo Moretti, we figure it out.
Oh, looks like someone's
enjoying their night.
What? Oh, the rum.
Uh, that's, uh, that's not for drinking.
It's for analysis.
You guys remember that schmutz that I found on the victim
at the crime scene? Well, I was able to get
a little bit more specific,
and I found molasses, caramel and coconut.
Yeah, we get it. It's rum.
Well, it's not just any rum.
It's a special proprietary blend
called Vieux Carré Gold.
And it is distilled
by Old New Orleans Louisiana Rum.
Distillery was shut down over a year ago.
It's been abandoned ever since.
Great hideout for a wanted killer.
Sebastian, get Patton. Let's find out.
(train whistle blows nearby)
PRIDE: Open comms, everyone.
We're moving.
Got eyes on the front of the building.
No vantage to see inside.
Yeah, same here, King.
There's multiple doors, but only one looks viable.
Yeah, and Vincenzo's a wanted fugitive.
If he's in there, he won't come easily.
We need to take him alive to confirm McKinley's story.
We breach the building, we may be walking into an ambush.
Yeah, might need backup.
Should we wait for NOPD?
PATTON: Backup's already here, baby.
What are you talking about, Patton?
PATTON: You need eyes in an abandoned building
with no cameras.
That's why Triple P is on the case.
Yo, dude, you're stepping on my pitch, man.
PRIDE: Well, let's get to it.
I got to go.
SEBASTIAN: Pride?
Okay.
Thermal camera sends images
back to Patton in the van.
He'll be able to tell us if Vincenzo's inside.
PRIDE: You see anything, Patton?
Nope. Nothing, but empty space so far.
Wait a minute, I think I got your target.
How do you know it's him?
There's a glowing blue area on his hip.
That would be a gun.
Vincenzo's in a storage room along the riverside wall.
All right, Chris, Sonja,
come in through the back.
Flush him out to me and Gregorio in the front.
LASALLE: You got it.
What about me?
You keep monitoring their movements.
You're our eyes, Sebastian.
All right, Patton, we're in position.
Give us the exact location of the suspect.
PATTON: He's left the storage room.
You should have eyes on him.
LASALLE: I got him.
NCIS, get your hands up!
SONJA: Suspect's fled!
Patton, can you see him?
He's moving north towards the front exit.
In pursuit.
He's running up the stairs.
(gunshots)
Drop the gun now!
(body thuds on floor)
You okay?
So much for taking him alive.
I just ran initial ballistics.
Vincenzo's gun matches the one used to shoot Alex Aufiero.
Confirms McKinley's story that Vincenzo's our murderer.
Still doesn't tell us why.
McKinley claims he was Vincenzo's target.
Alex took a bullet for him in some sort of act of heroism.
See, I just, I don't think that that's true.
I think Alex was always the target.
I found this envelope addressed to Alex
in Vincenzo's jacket. I think he took it off the body.
What's inside? It's empty.
About to take it down to the lab right now to analyze it.
Just don't know why Vincenzo would take it.
Look, I know my ex is a compulsive liar,
but his story checks out so far.
Someone tried to kill him while he was in WITSEC in Iowa.
PRIDE: Agreed.
Not sure an empty envelope's
enough to contradict his story.
Well, it's not just an empty envelope
that contradicts his story. Vincenzo's phone does, too.
I saw Alex get killed.
I don't need to see the crime scene photos.
Not a crime scene photo.
Found it on Vincenzo's phone.
Proof of death for whoever hired him.
If you were his target,
why would he take Alex's photo?
Must have made a mistake.
He shot Alex at point-blank range.
Then stopped long enough to take a photo...
and search the body for this envelope.
Alex...
was always his target.
I want to know why.
You should ask Vincenzo.
Vincenzo's dead.
What?
How'd that happen?
Tried to shoot Gregorio. She had to take him out.
She's fine, by the way.
(chuckling): Yeah, I have no doubt.
She's always been able to take care of herself.
Even if she wasn't so sure of it.
PRIDE: I'm trying very hard
to understand what happened here.
You claim the Aufieros
made an attempt on your life while you were in hiding.
Not a claim, wasn't hiding-- Witness Security.
And you came back to New Orleans
to ask for Alex Aufiero's help making peace
just before a hit man kills him.
We must have both been targets.
Well, I understand why the Aufieros would want you dead.
You helped send their father away
for stealing $80 million in FEMA funds, but...
why would they want to kill their little brother, too?
Something else you should have asked Vincenzo
before you shot him.
That's not the tone you want to take
with the only man standing between you
and another Aufiero hit man.
There's a piece you're not telling me,
and it's not doing you any favors.
I've been honest.
I'm slightly offended you keep suggesting otherwise.
There's still plenty of time to get you transferred
to a federal cell until we can figure this all out.
On what charges?
Let's keep in mind, I haven't done anything.
The Aufieros are out for my blood.
I have no idea what was in that envelope
or why Alex was killed.
But I'm as good as dead.
I need your help.
(door opens)
He's lying. How can you tell?
His lips are moving.
(chuckles)
He's right about one thing.
We don't have anything to charge him with.
The FBI's waiting to take him back into WITSEC.
No, we need more time with him. Ethan McKinley didn't come
all the way back to New Orleans 'cause he was afraid.
Fear was never a motivation for him.
Well, whatever his angle,
you got to figure it out quick.
I'll focus on Alex. (phone beeps)
Try to learn why his family
would want to have him killed.
How you gonna do that?
Guess I'm gonna have a chat with Alex's older brothers.
(sighs)
(door closes)
That's our baby brother in there.
We'd like to bring him home.
WADE: Of course you would.
But his murder is still
an open investigation.
MATT: Well, that's not what we heard.
Yeah, we heard you got the killer and he's dead.
That's case closed, as far as I'm concerned.
It's a little more complicated than that.
Well, we're here to make it simple for you.
Give us some papers to sign, let us have our brother,
and there won't be any problems.
Didn't realize there were problems.
You the man in charge?
Special Agent Pride.
So, Matt and Theo Aufiero,
Joe's other sons.
You knew our dad?
Used to see him around the yard
when I'd visit my old man in prison.
Well, then you should get it.
Our father makes some mistakes and we pay the price.
You won't let us have Alex
because you assume that we're criminals.
It's discrimination.
Is that what it is?
Don't assume you're criminals.
We know you run your family's business.
We run a music club.
And Vincenzo Moretti,
the man who murdered your brother,
he's been doing your dirty work for years.
If we had our own brother murdered,
why would we come into a building full of cops
to collect his body?
(chuckles) Well, that...
(clears throat) ...that's a good question.
You're gonna be hearing from our lawyer.
(Wade scoffs)
That display of bravado
is about more than brotherly love.
They want Alex's body for some reason. Why?
I might be able to answer that.
I analyzed the empty envelope
we got from Vincenzo's body.
What I found is pretty explosive.
It looks like a magnification of a white envelope.
An envelope with the faintest of logos embossed in it:
two Hs intertwined.
And what's it a logo for?
Holden and Holden law firm,
but that's not the explosive part.
They've been representing the Aufieros for years.
It's not a surprise that Alex would have an envelope
from the family's firm.
Still doesn't tell us what was inside.
Well, Lasalle and Percy are on their way
to the law firm now to try to find out.
Well, they'll get hit with client confidentiality.
Won't get far.
They might not need to.
See, I found something else
on the inside of the envelope.
Is this the explosive part?
SEBASTIAN: It is.
Magnetized ink containing iron oxide.
(Sebastian chuckles)
I oversold the explosive part.
I get it, okay?
It's just that forensic material analysis,
it's a, it's a real subtle science.
(Pride clears throat) Anyway, the point is,
at the bottom of every check or bank record,
there's a code with account and routing numbers.
They're printed with the same kind of ink.
You're saying that bank documents
were inside this envelope.
Yeah, and a bank card.
I was able to reconstruct the routing number
based on the pattern of the ink residue.
It belongs to Cayman Limited Trust.
They do a pretty brisk business
in offshore, anonymous accounts.
It's where all the biggest thieves
hide their money these days.
Any idea how much money?
No, but it's got to be a lot.
I mean, Cayman Limited won't even open up
one of these accounts with a deposit
of less than $10 million.
(whistles)
Now I'm starting to understand
why the Aufieros had their brother killed.
We struck out at the Aufieros' law firm.
Dropped the iron curtain the minute they heard we were feds.
But a paralegal admitted Alex
had an appointment there the day he died
to collect his portion of his father's will.
That's all I need to do my magic.
Tapped into the law firm's security cam feed, found this.
SONJA: Now, this is two hours before Alex's murder.
20 minutes later...
...he came back out.
PRIDE: That's the envelope he was killed for.
Wait for it.
Boom. McKinley was waiting in his car.
Something he conveniently left out of his story.
That's not all he was lying about.
Des Moines PD sent me crime scene photos
from the attempt on Ethan's life.
SONJA: Whoa, it looks like it was an epic gun battle.
Too epic. Vincenzo Moretti is connected
to a dozen contract killings,
all murdered like Alex, up close and in public.
Why change his M.O.?
You think this was staged?
I know it was.
Like I said, Ethan was never motivated by fear.
Money, on the other hand...
A whole lot of money.
Seems to be motivating Theo and Matt Aufiero, too.
And Ethan came back to New Orleans
to con Alex out of his inheritance.
But Alex's brothers had him killed
before McKinley could succeed, took the bank documents.
So when McKinley's plan "A" didn't work out...
He came running to me for a plan "B,"
figured our little investigation
would lead him to the Aufieros and the money.
Must be a hell of a lot of dough in that account.
Yeah. About $80 million.
The FEMA funds.
Stolen by Joe Aufiero
with McKinley's help and never recovered.
That money's been sitting in that account all these years
until Alex was ready to collect it.
But why wouldn't Joe split it amongst all three of his sons?
'Cause Alex was his favorite,
the one he was hoping would carry on his legacy.
Yeah, but Navy hero Alex seems like the type
who would return the money when he realized it was stolen.
That's 80 million reasons why his brothers want him dead.
And based on their desperate behavior,
trying to get Alex's body at the morgue,
they haven't gotten access to the money yet,
which means we have a chance to return it to New Orleans,
take down what's left of the Aufieros.
And we figure out the piece that they're missing,
and get to it before they do...
Ethan's the only one that could fill in the blanks.
Interrogation's all yours.
No, I'm playing it his way this time.
I'm gonna con him.
McKINLEY: Where are you taking me?
Safe house.
Safe house in the Ninth?
Kind of a contradiction, isn't it?
Look at this place, they haven't even rebuilt.
Someone stole their money.
Look, T, I know I did wrong.
I had a lot of time to think,
all those lonely, winter nights in Iowa.
I learned humility.
And if I could fix it all...
Maybe you can.
What if you helped return the $80 million?
Took the Aufieros down, got your life back.
My life means nothing to me.
But our life,
what we had,
I'd do it in a nanosecond.
Ethan.
Remember that first trip we made? Anguilla.
Just you, me and umbrella drinks.
(sighs) No lies, no resentment, not a care in the world.
You know I've always loved you, T.
(sighs)
I'm gay.
Not the response I was expecting.
Yeah, well, there's a lot about me you don't know.
(sighs) Gay, huh?
So, in a way,
my betrayal kind of gave you a chance to find yourself.
Wow. How does my personal revelation become your victory?
I'm just saying.
I've always been good for you.
You do know what gay means, right?
Can we just focus on the case?
Excuse me.
I-I wish I knew where the money was.
It's in an offshore account under Alex's name.
That's why his brothers killed him.
Probably why they tried to kill you.
Yeah, they thought I knew about the account.
Yeah, I wish I did, but...
it's too late now. They got the money.
They haven't accessed it yet.
They tried to get Alex's body.
I'm figuring they needed a fingerprint or eye scan.
Hey, listen.
We got a chance, with your help, to stop them.
Please.
(sighs)
I want to help you, T.
I-I want to spend the rest of my life making up for what I did,
but I have no idea how to get that money.
(scoffs)
Let me sweep the house. Stay here.
(sighs)
(car beeps)
(car dinging)
GREGORIO: Some people never change.
You hotwire cars now, too?
Not very well, apparently.
That was all me.
See, I have an app on my phone that remotely shuts my car off
because I knew you'd try to escape.
Come on, what did you expect?
$80 million is a lot of money, T.
Can't blame me for trying.
Oh, I blame you for a lot of things.
And I know you have some kind of devious plan to get that money.
Doesn't matter now, because I am going to jail.
Sure your little team is waiting in the bushes
ready to arrest me.
No, you're not going anywhere, Ethan.
You're gonna help the Aufieros steal that money
or I will throw your sorry ass in jail.
♪ Standing at that bus stop... ♪
McKINLEY: Hey, boys.
Long time no see.
Nice joint.
Classy.
♪ Waiting for the driver... ♪
Unbelievable.
You got nerve showing your face here.
What I got is a business opportunity.
How would you two like to be $80 million richer?
MATT: No idea what you're talking about.
McKINLEY: Alex's inheritance.
You stole a bank card and the account number,
but you can't access the money without him,
which I bet you wish you had known before you had him killed.
Whoa, whoa, whoa! Come on.
Everybody just calm down.
(laughing): God. Wha... hey, hey, hey.
MATT: Hey, shut up! THEO: Hold still.
This is a $400 shirt.
You ratted on our dad.
We're not taking any chances. You hold still.
It's a good thing we didn't give him a wire.
All I need is some Wi-Fi access, a few keystrokes,
I turned his cell phone into a mic
and their security camera into my private screening room.
Clever.
Frightening but clever.
Oh, don't worry.
Big Brother Patton only uses his power for good.
Yeah, well, the jury's still out
on whether saving Ethan's an act of goodness.
All right, I'm clean.
Look, look! I'm clean.
Why should we trust you?
I'm not asking for trust.
Trust is overrated in business.
Need, on the other hand, very useful.
We need each other to get that money.
No one can access the account without the other.
Yeah, well, unless you can bring Alex back from the dead,
I believe that ship has sailed.
I can do better.
I can be the dead.
Whoa, whoa! Oh, I am more than happy to help with that.
McKINLEY: Theo, that's my jugular.
Think he's in over his head?
Nah, Ethan's always liked a close shave.
Look, you guys, I know your brother better than anybody.
I know his favorite color. I know his first girlfriend.
I know the name of every sailor in his basic training class.
Without his fingerprints or his eyes, you can't get the money.
Actually, I got both.
Ten years ago,
your dad sent me to set up that account for Alex.
Instead of bringing him along, I became him.
Went to the bank, gave them my biometrics.
And now I am the only one that can access that account.
All I need is that bank card.
That is genius.
Mm-hmm. He's always 12 chess moves ahead.
McKinley's counting on the fact
that greed outweighs anger.
Okay.
So what's the plan?
You believe this is gonna work?
I don't know we got a lot of options.
We want the money returned to the city.
We want Matt and Theo Aufiero behind bars.
Yeah, but how can we trust McKinley will stay on script?
Simple. We can't.
Come on.
I look good, right?
You look fine.
At least admit this is the perfect con.
It's a sting operation, not a con.
Yeah, but really, what's the difference?
Handcuffs and prison sentences.
And if it's not the Aufieros going away, it'll be you.
PRIDE: We need every penny of the $80 million
transferred into the Aufiero account.
That's how we're gonna make our case against them.
Patton and I will monitor the transaction.
And we're arresting the brothers
as soon as the money is deposited.
Piece of cake.
You deviate one inch from the plan
and you're done. Understood?
We are all part of the same team.
Don't worry.
You can trust me.
SONJA: McKinley's here.
God, he's enjoying this way too much.
Hi.
I would like to access my account and make a transfer.
Of course. And how much were you planning on transferring today?
The entire balance.
(gasps)
$80 million?
Please wait here, Lieutenant Aufiero.
What do you think that's about?
Can't just transfer $80 million
without jumping through some hoops.
Uh, Lieutenant Aufiero?
Lloyd Williams.
I was your father's banker for years.
Of course, Mr. Williams.
Uh, right this way, please.
WILLIAMS: I just wanted to give you my condolences
on your father's passing last year.
I'm surprised you weren't at the funeral.
Oh, I was overseas. I would love to catch up,
but I have to complete my business and get back to base.
Uh, we met before.
You were in high school,
playing basketball against my son's team.
Ha. Yeah, you were point guard.
McKINLEY: Yeah, well, long time ago.
Well, I mean, my boy towered over you,
and he's barely six feet.
This isn't good.
I had a growth spurt in college.
You know how it is.
Actually, I don't.
Lieutenant Aufiero. Is that...
Yes, it is. Oh, my goodness.
Hi, uh, I'm sorry to interrupt.
Dwayne Pride, NCIS.
So, you know Lieutenant Aufiero?
Yes, sir. I, uh, I watched him
receive a Silver Star for bravery.
He pulled three marines out of a burning Humvee
under enemy fire.
Including a close friend.
Wow, that's an incredible story.
PRIDE: Incredible man.
I'm sorry, I-I just, I just had to say hello and say thank you.
All right, Lieutenant Aufiero, let's access your account,
shall we? Okay.
Now, first, I'll need your fingerprint there.
(beeping)
And now an ocular scan.
All right. Everything seems to be in order.
Uh, to what account would you like the balance transferred?
Here you go.
All done.
Thank you for your business.
No. Thank you.
SONJA: Patton confirmed the money's been transferred.
I'm heading out.
(scoffs) I just made a career case for you
and you can't trust me to walk 50 feet to the SUV?
You really want me to answer that?
(laughs)
Hey. All joking aside,
I want to thank you for giving me another chance.
For, um, I don't know, believing in me when...
I didn't give you any reason to.
(tires screeching)
Ethan, get down.
Get your hands up!
Gun on the ground. Gun on the ground, slow. Okay.
Okay.
SONJA: His brother's unconscious.
I'm calling 911.
Where the hell is McKinley?
He can't have gotten far.
(phone chimes)
We got a bigger problem. Patton just texted.
The money's not in Aufieros' account.
What do you mean?
Somehow McKinley transferred it
back to Alex's Cayman account.
So he's the only one who has access to it?
That son of a bitch played us.
THEO: So you want to tell me how my brother's doing,
or what? Matt's fine.
He's got a broken wrist and a couple bruised ribs.
The two of you got bigger problems, Theo.
Like colluding with Ethan McKinley
to steal $80 million.
Attempting to kill a federal agent?
We didn't know she was a cop.
Oh, and that makes it so much better?
And we weren't trying to kill anyone.
We were trying to stop McKinley
from taking our dead brother's money.
That money doesn't belong to you,
and it didn't belong to your brother, either.
All right? It belongs to the city of New Orleans.
And you hired a hit man to kill your brother,
probably because he was an upstanding citizen
and would've returned the money.
Then we got you on tape agreeing
to commit bank fraud with McKinley.
You might want to check the tape.
'Cause I don't remember
agreeing to anything.
See, the first rule of surviving as an Aufiero
is you need to always assume you're being recorded.
Oh, yeah.
And that's gotten you so far.
SONJA: We questioned both Matt and Theo.
Neither one of them will confess.
We still can't connect them to the hit on their brother.
And we reviewed the tapes of the meeting with McKinley,
and they never actually agreed
to helping him steal the $80 million.
And since the $80 million is no longer in their account,
they are looking at a few years in prison,
not the 30 to life they deserve.
McKinley planned the whole thing.
Figured out a way to transfer the money
back into Alex's account, and then used the Aufieros
as a diversion to escape custody.
Yeah, but how'd he know Matt and Theo would show up
at the exact moment he left the bank?
Simple. Found a warning text from Ethan on Theo's phone.
He knew they'd try to kill him,
and he knew I'd protect him no matter what.
Hey, don't beat yourself up, Gregorio.
He played us all.
No, I'm not beating up on myself,
I'm just trying to figure out his next move.
Well, he doesn't have many. I mean, you steal $80,000,
you might be able to slip away, but $80 million?
He'll be flagged at every border,
airport, train station, hotel around the world.
It's just a matter of time.
No, not Ethan. If he doesn't want to be found,
he'll just disappear.
Without a care in the world.
Can't believe you left without saying good-bye to me.
I hate good-byes, T.
Yet you came to the one place you knew I'd find you.
(sighs)
I am a hopeless romantic.
But I figured, if you showed up,
we'd have a second chance.
Mm.
Just you, me, our happy place.
You should tell that to the flight attendant
currently residing in your suite.
You know what's really bothering me?
The fact that you were so confident
that you thought I'd put my life on the line
to save yours at that bank.
That's love, T.
It's okay to admit it.
It's why I waited here for you.
We are meant for each other.
God, back in the day, I would've done anything for you.
Followed you anywhere.
Well, that's 'cause I was yours and you were mine.
Yeah, not anymore.
I didn't jump in front of that car out of love,
I did it because it's my job.
Just like this is my job.
Ethan McKinley, you're under arrest.
You are truly the only person in this world
who can still surprise me.
(handcuffs click)
(blues rock playing loudly)
Hey! Hey.
How was your trip?
Well, it was...
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, hang on.
(music quiets)
Sorry. Go ahead.
Island is still as beautiful as I remember.
Company was lacking.
How about a drink?
Please.
Thank you.
Mm.
You might want to just leave that.
Right there.
Thank you.
Aufiero brothers and McKinley are behind bars.
We recovered money that's gonna make a difference
in a lot of people's lives.
All because of you.
Yeah, well.
I spent a lot of years chasing Ethan's ghost.
Changed who I am as a person.
Now that I caught him, I just don't know
who I'm gonna be, you know?
Time to find out.
SONJA: No more excuses. I know you just
got off the plane, but...
We're going dancing. Oh, yeah?
Uh-huh. I don't know if you can keep up with me, though.
Oh-- that is some tough talk
coming from someone who's been a shut-in for six months.
GREGORIO: Yeah, well, maybe...
but I'm not the same girl I used to be, so...
♪ I'm just killing time ♪
♪ I'm just a-killing time. ♪ to be, so...