And it's another beautiful morning here in the Southland.
Clear and sunny skies with a high for the day of 78 degrees.
Current temperature outside is a crisp 60.
Still no traffic problems in this early hour.
Clear cruising on most of the major freeways,
but watch out for construction at the entrance to the
one-off line in Hollywood.
Fourth and spring. No problem.
See that sunrise?
Yeah.
Another day in paradise, right?
Not a morning person?
Okay, okay. If you want my money, take it.
It's not your money I want.
Help! Help!
Help me!
I got it.
Cowboy bar on sunset.
With the mechanical bull?
Yeah.
Heady plus mechanical bull plus tequila equals bar fight.
Trust me, I've been there.
Dom? Is that a Dom?
Uh, no. This is one of only 500
Alpha Centauri Imperial Class Guardian bobbleheads
in the entire world.
It's just not a Dom.
You're playing with an alien Dom.
At work.
There is a difference between dolls and bobbleheads.
And Imperial Class Alpha Centauri's are only part alien.
The other part is cyborg, I mean everyone.
How about Disneyland?
I hate Disneyland.
Kenzie hates Disneyland.
The happiest place on earth?
I have issues with grown men in furry costumes.
Unless it's Thursday night?
What are we talking about?
The quality of time with the team.
Apparently it's been too long since we hung out.
Unless there's a corpse involved.
With your brainstorming ideas.
Bowling.
It's great competition.
Builds come rottering.
You can wear those funny shoes.
No bowling.
Okay.
What about the cowboy bar on sunset?
Oh, that sounds like fun.
They have a mechanical bullheading.
Oh.
No.
Never mind.
Mr. Callan.
You received an e-mail this morning.
More specifically, Jason Tedrow received an e-mail.
Who's Jason Tedrow?
Alias.
Freminal case.
I don't remember it.
You're on assignment in Afghanistan.
A case that now involves all of us.
Why is that?
Because the man who sent you the e-mail was killed two hours ago.
Cabby's name is Joey Gale.
Former Navy Systems Technician.
How'd he end up driving a cab?
Four years ago, we took Gale and his accomplices down
for planet electronic heist of five million dollars
from the Naval Advanced Defense Research Fund.
Gale was the inside guy.
Montrel Perez.
He's a cruise leader.
Sociopath with gang ties.
Fourth Street flats.
Flats.
Rough boys.
Tighten it.
John Donnelly.
No prior record.
Bunked with Perez who dragged him into it.
How'd you catch him?
Deep cover up.
I went in as Jason Tedrow, dirty MP.
Spent months getting close to them.
Told him I knew they had taken the money
and that I could use my connections
to sabotage the investigation.
They believed me.
I asked for a cut, and on the day of the payoff,
NCIS arrested all of us.
Now, Gale and Donnelly.
Struck up a deal to testify against Perez.
They each did four years and got released,
but Perez wasn't so lucky.
He's doing a 10-year stretch
at the Naval Consolidated Brig at Miramar.
So where does this crew think their buddy Tedrow ended up?
Shipped off to a brig in South Carolina.
In the five million?
Gone.
Gale uses access to transfer the money
from the fund to an outside account,
but the money was gone from the outside account
when the investigators got access.
Gale and the rest of them passed lie detector tests.
They had no idea where that money went.
NCIS got the convictions that they wanted,
but the five million dollars was never found.
Which leads us back to the email Gale sent Jason Tedrow.
Right.
Now, Gale's been tracking down the money
since he was paroled three weeks ago.
He found an account number.
Now he wants Jason Tedrow's help getting it.
Well, I get in touch with someone he hasn't seen for so long.
I'm just a naturally likable guy.
Oh, he was desperate.
I could be a little bit above.
Given their history,
Gale must have thought Tedrow was one of the only people he could trust.
Honor among thieves.
Gale connected the money to a shell corporation,
but the account was closed approximately two hours ago,
right around the time that this happened.
This is the traffic cam on the corner.
He tossed a murder weapon so he wouldn't be caught with it.
It wasn't a mugging, it was an execution.
Someone knew that he was getting close to the money.
Kenzie, head down to the brig in Muir Mar.
Find out what Perez knows.
And if Perez has ties to the flats,
then he's a suspect.
Could have ordered to hit from prison.
All right. On my way.
Where's John Donnelly?
Paroled three weeks ago like Gale,
but no driver's license, no utility bills,
no credit cards off the grid.
I'll find him.
How is our old friend Jason Tedrow?
It's just another alias, Eddie.
An alias that reminds me of something Theodore Redca once wrote.
My soul, like some heat-maddened summer fly,
keeps buzzing at the sill.
Which eye is eye?
Well, I've been a lot of people.
Yes.
But you enjoyed being Jason Tedrow best.
It bothers me too, Mr. Hanna.
He's going to the lower wall for us.
Keep an eye on him.
He's good at spotting tails.
And you're good at running them.
Stay close.
Don't let him get away.
Stay close.
Long wall for naught.
Mr. Callan is one of our own.
Oh, my God.
Jason.
Hi.
Been a while.
Mom!
Jason, this is Michael.
My son.
Hi.
What is this?
You think you can just waltz back into my life?
That should be glad to see me.
You disappeared.
I was in prison.
That's not an excuse.
You didn't even say goodbye.
That would have made it harder.
I didn't want you to have to deal with this, too.
The only person who decides what I am fit to deal with is me.
I've dealt with plenty.
And I'm doing just fine.
I'm looking for your brother.
John?
He's still a lost cause.
Figures you'd be looking for him.
Houston.
In the kitchen.
Have you got it?
Come here.
Jason Tedrow.
This is Tommy Boyd.
My fiance.
Nice to meet you.
Likewise.
Jason's an old friend of John's.
He was just leaving.
You're getting married?
Met him right after you vanished.
You thought I was just going to wait for you?
No.
No, I...
I get it.
Last I heard, John was hanging out in front of the supply depot in East LA.
Just looking to pick up odd jobs.
Trying to make ends meet.
Thanks.
Jason.
I've moved on.
Please.
Don't come back.
You know I spotted your tail a half mile into my drive.
If you spotted me, you would have tried to shake me.
Uh-huh.
It was that Leapfrog maneuver on Olympic that gave you away.
You wish.
What?
You got involved with John Donnelly's sister during the case?
No.
She was never a suspect or a witness, okay?
It was deep cover.
I just used her to gain the trust of her brother's crew.
Okay.
So I got close to her.
She doesn't know my real name,
and the man she fell in love with doesn't even exist.
What about the kid?
He was never a suspect either, but he did seem a little shifty.
Who's the kid's father?
I don't know.
I need you to log in, please.
Thanks.
Agent Bly, NCIS.
That's me.
Lieutenant Commander Neil Corby, Jag.
Montreal Perez is my client.
And?
You're assuming I have conditions.
We arrested him.
You defended him?
And our relationship is adversarial by nature.
I need something.
You have it.
Namely the cooperation of my client.
Quit pro quo.
I scratch your back. You scratch mine.
Easy now, Agent Bly. We just met.
What do you want?
I'm petitioning the Court of Appeals
for reduction in my client's sentence.
I'd appreciate the support of NCIS at the hearing.
I will see what I can do.
Much obliged.
So now, let's scratch your itch.
Here comes our boy.
You smell her?
Counselor, put a leash on your client.
Or I'll do it myself.
Agent Bly is prepared to help us get you out of here
earlier than planned, Montrell.
All you have to do is answer some questions.
For this piece, I'll do it for free.
Joey Gale is dead.
And not from natural causes?
Gunned down the street this morning.
Well, I hope it hurt.
I didn't do it.
Yeah, but you're tight with people who could.
Prison records show you made a dozen calls
to 4th Street Flats members over the last month.
Ain't no crime to phone home.
What about John Donnelly?
Well, I hope he's next.
Gale and Donnelly turned on me.
Karma's a bitch.
Montrell, please stop making yourself a suspect
in this case.
I'm sorry.
Please stop making yourself a suspect in this case.
Knock it off.
I haven't had a visitor in a long time.
Let me try to work this out, man.
We're done.
Okay, okay, okay.
Call me, huh?
I ain't going anywhere.
Maybe we could go on a date.
The package for you.
I'm a Jag lawyer, Corby.
You read the card.
You know, national security classified document protocol.
Yeah, he doesn't really have clearance to know
about this location.
He sent them through central NCIS
mail dispatch in San Diego.
In record time.
I hate flowers.
Giving points for trying.
Yeah.
Here we go.
I'll handle it.
This crowd can smell a cop a mile away.
That smell like a cop?
I actually smell like baby powder,
but that's a whole different conversation.
They're scaring me.
John.
I just want to talk.
Jesus.
Trying to get yourself killed?
Trying to stop myself from getting killed.
You all right?
I heard about Gail.
Thought maybe I was next.
I haven't seen anyone run that fast.
It's time you got caught with that Marines
girlfriend in San Diego.
That guy was a knuckle-drager,
and the only reason I ran is because
you broke the land speed record
getting out of that bar after you realized
you had buddies with him.
Isn't this where you tell me all the good
for a guy who did 48 months in the brig?
I'm a thief. I'm not a liar.
How'd you find me?
Kristen.
Bet you was glad to see you.
Not as much as I'd hoped.
Look, I saw the report on Gail this morning, too.
And you heard it with a botch mugging,
and you thought I killed it.
I didn't say that.
Don't feel bad. I thought the same thing about you.
So the five million's still missing, isn't it?
I don't know anything about the money.
I just know I don't want to be looking over at my shoulder
the rest of my life.
You think Perez could have done this?
Sick bastard.
You know, when I was locked up,
every time I talked to my sister,
she made a point of asking me if I'd heard from you.
Work a heart pretty bad.
I made a mistake.
You're damn right.
And to make up for it,
you're going to call my little sister
and apologize for all the things you did.
John!
This is the security cam from Jet Plastics.
No plates.
Guy in a mask.
No way to ID the driver.
Gail and Donnelly are both dead.
That leaves Montreal Perez.
Guy in an SUV didn't take a shot at Jason Tedrell.
Why not?
Callan.
You okay?
Jason Tedrell didn't jump his player until the end.
Gail and Donnelly, you're more than me.
Oh, he was trying to shoot you too when you missed.
Well, Gail and Donnelly both testified against Perez in court.
He hated them for that.
He could buy himself a 4th Street Flats hit squad
for a whole lot less than $5 million.
All right.
I'll take another shot at him.
Thought you hated flowers.
Pulled up everything on Kristen Donnelly's fiancé, Tommy Boyd.
And?
Skeletons in the closet.
Five years at Folsom State Prison for armed robbery.
Served as full sentence. Released in 2002.
Anyone else think Kristen's got a thing for bad boys?
Hmm.
Hey, moving on.
Boyd's records show an incident where he was a minor.
Underage drinking and a DUI.
He was acquitted, but the details of the case were sealed by the court.
Work with Eric. Get it unsealed.
All right.
Kristen has no idea she's married an ex-con.
You don't know that?
I know her.
She'd never go down that path again.
It's not your place to look out for her. She's a part of this case.
Boyd just drops into her life after I leave.
It could be a coincidence.
Somebody dropped a hammer on Gail and Donnelly.
A prez making hits from prison?
It's a good theory. It's not the only theory.
Do you think it's Boyd? Or do you want it to be Boyd?
Sam, just as you said, I'll be okay.
What is this?
I was thinking ping pong.
Ping pong.
More specifically, a ping pong night.
A team outing. And not the brag or anything.
But I'm really good.
Fortunately for you, it's easy to pick up.
Come on.
Serve it up.
There you go.
How's the case?
Kelly wants to work alone.
Ah, behavior that conflicts with one of the fundamental tenets of Navy SEAL psychology.
Teamwork.
One of the fundamental tenets of G. Kalin is to tackle ping solo.
It's the way he makes sense of the world.
He's been doing it his whole life.
You debrief him after every case.
You know it's not in the files.
And that's all you're gonna say?
That's all I can say.
If it affects NCIS, it's my job to speak up.
But as far as the innermost thoughts of the field agents are concerned,
it's my job to make sure that they stay confidential.
You trust him more than anyone else.
What if he doesn't need my help this time?
He'll be ready to offer it anyway.
What about the girl, Kristen Donnelly?
Nothing he can't handle.
Did I mention I have one of the sickest topspin serves you've ever seen?
No.
Ready?
Sure.
Free lesson?
Yeah.
Yeah, I just got, I got to warm up next time.
I got this rotator cuff thing.
You ever get that?
Like, you in the gym?
Probably not.
Be sure.
I'm gonna get that.
You in the gym?
Probably not.
Beat your ass.
Pictionary.
Thank you, sir.
Right this way, ma'am.
This isn't a social call.
How did you guess?
The flowers weren't nice enough to warrant a same-day visit.
I hate flowers.
But the gesture didn't go unnoticed.
What branch of NCIS are you with, anyway?
I made an inquiry and got hit with a kind of clearance request
you'd expect from Langley.
There's been another shooting.
John Donnelly.
And we think Montreal Perez may have had something to do with it.
May ask why?
I can think of about 5 million reasons.
A less tactful attorney might suggest your efforts are better spent
trying to locate this alleged hitman
rather than assigning blame to a prisoner already serving his time.
Perez is a legitimate suspect.
And if you still want us to support his appeal,
he needs to tell us everything he knows.
Oh, he told me he talked to you any time.
So long as it's face-to-face.
And they say chivalry is dead.
Just run it through my office first, okay?
Of course.
Thank you for the flowers.
You said you didn't like flowers.
I kind of like that you sent them.
No.
What are you doing here?
Kristen doesn't know, does she?
Know what?
That you got sent to Folsom State Prison
for a liquor store robbery that left the owner paralyzed?
I was 18.
I'm not the guy who pulled the trigger.
It takes a hell of a lot more than talking like a cop to rattle me
She'll leave me she finds out she's out with people disappoint her
How'd you meet
At a bar
Well, what do you what do you want from me? I want you to convince me that you had nothing to do with John Donnelly's murder
But that liquor store thing I was a kid caught up with the wrong crap, right? It's not an excuse. It's what happened
But I serve every day of my sentence
We all make mistakes. Yeah, we do
The one mistake I'll never make is walking out of Kristen
It's more than I could say for you
Whoever you are
You
Police he didn't shoot you there is that
You mind explaining how this visit is connected to our case
Is my partner interrogating me your partner is watching your back
Something's wrong with this guy. It's just it's got some demons. No, we all
He said he met Kristen in a bar, but it just feels like there's more to it
Then there probably is
But he does seem to care about Kristen and the boy I
Don't know
four years ago walking away seemed like the right thing to do but
I told her so many lies
The deeper you get the easier it is to leave the lies in place and just disappear
The best thing you can do is find a man who killed her brother
I
Got a call from Miramar Naval Brig Perez just got a visit from Andres Rodrigo aka icy Andres
He's a fourth-street flats enforcer who's a prime suspect in I don't know eight
Homicides now unfortunately police can't make anything stick due to the fact that witnesses against senior icy
tend to suffer from such maladies as a natural strangulation
Untimely dismemberment and unfortunate spills down empty elevator shafts. I'm not the only one who thinks he delivers that information a little too cheerfully
Yeah, don't hate. I love my job question Perez again, but don't tell his lawyer. Let's see how he does without culture
Go behind Corby's back. Oh
Intrigue betrayal. This is getting good. Sometimes he's so cheerful. I just want to punch him repeatedly
Since Corby said Perez will see you anytime then he doesn't need to know
Have another sit down smile alive look like you're interested. Oh be still my beating heart another chance to hear the latest penitentiary pickup lines
We'll dress you in something tight
He will be so bewitched and bothered he won't even notice when you plant this little bug on him
Nice
Put that on just for me sure I did
John Donnelly was killed at a drive-by shooting this afternoon
They're the only one in that crew that isn't dead you don't seem to be too scared about being next
scared
Right. I'm a big dog in here
Untouchable
The most
Do you like having me here
Then give me something I can use or I'm gone
Or what you want to know what happened to the money you stole
Off the record sure
You
Stole five mil
4.5 of which I never saw again
In a bank got my name on it. I'm gonna tell you something I haven't told anybody before
Not even that Jack lawyer mine Corby
Four years ago the night before the trial I got a phone call
God the other end of the line was wearing one of those voice distorted things. He told me I was going down
But I go walk away with some cash I did my time get my mouth shut
Do you have any idea who it might have been?
Could have been any of a dozen guys, I know a bunch of my old flats boys
Maybe even this bent MP named Ted Drow
Gail and Donny said they got calls too. They told the guy know thought they do their time get out find the money
Yes, they were wrong
Is that all
For today
You think I'm coming back. Yeah, I should do
It'll be like silent to the labs
Only you're hotter than the FBI chief and I'm a lot smarter than the creepy old killer guy
I
Killa started working on this plan four years ago. He spoke to Perez and the others before the trial
Sounds like he had inside information in the case
Promise you'd run all visits with Perez through me first. Oh, I'm sorry
Someone must have screwed up at the office
Mumbra, what is it with you man? You jealous? I'm trying to kick it to this hot agent man
Are you saw the way she touched my shoulder?
Also stayed in fast what happened you started choking a class press press who's the man on the phone?
Who is who took the money?
Can see
It's too late
He's dead
Initial toxicology results indicate that Perez was poisoned sodium cyanide
It's a colorless salt that induces cardiac arrest
Slip it into someone's food or drink and it could take hours to kill him
Hey, I got something on Kristen Donnelly's fiancee remember that sealed case on Tommy Boyd's record the DUI
You got as a minor. Yeah, well, I finally managed to access the court records and get it unsealed
Tommy was acquitted due to a technicality his quarter sign lawyer discovered an error in the arrest paperwork and got the prosecutor to seal the case
That's pretty good for a public defender. Yeah
It was Neil Corby
Corby's a former Navy Petty officer after graduating law school
He went the public defender route for four years and then decided he was a military man at heart
Next stop is Jag. Perez said he didn't tell anyone about the phone call
Corby knew about it
So neither Perez was lying to me trying to make me feel special
Well, Corby knows more about this case than he's letting on
I hate flowers
Oh
You and Neil Corby and don't hold back what you bring along layer beaten on me. He's out with this is Corby
He saved my ass on a DUI charge when I was 17 I owed him I kept in touch
I mean the way my life was headed. I I figured I could use a lawyer who was a buddy and four years ago
He he called in the favor
He want me to get close to a girl Kristen Donald the woman you supposedly met in a bar
No, I did he told me where she would be and he sent me in why to keep tabs on her brother John
Apparently he just got sent to prison and Corby seemed to think that he might have known about some missing money
But as far as I could tell John didn't know anything in either to Kristen and you fell for her when she told me she was pregnant
I figured it was meant to be
Her and that boy in my family
But doesn't matter how it started
That'll I care about now
Is she in some kind of danger from Corby now why should I believe you cuz you're not the only one that cares about her
Corby represented Perez in the trial he had insidious information about what went down
Got to the money swiss or to another account and he got nervous that downly might find out so you hired Tommy boy to keep an eye
On but in the end it was Joey Gale who put it all together
We better talk to Kenzie. Yeah
Oh
Thank you for meeting me I have to apologize
I'm very sorry about Perez well, this isn't exactly the way I envisioned our first date
The cases hit a dead end
There was another guy who got arrested four years ago cricket MP Jason Tedra
Yeah, I read his name in the case file. They just got released from Charleston. All right, I'll check it out
I already did several times every time I went to Charleston to visit one of my clients over the past four years
I made it a point to try to meet him
One time the warden told me Tedra was in the infirmary another time Tedra was on work duty
He was even in solitary with Jason Tedra was always something man's like a ghost
So now he's out. You can see why I've taken an interest
Yes
Certainly does sound suspicious. It does
I started considering all the possibilities with Tedra and I landed on this one
There's this story. It's passed around the Jag guys
NCIS has an undercover operator who can turn himself into anyone at any time for any reason
Gets his man and he's gone like some urban legend doesn't even have a real name
just
Callan
Yeah, I'm not a huge fan of urban legends. I
Know there was an undercover NCIS element involved in the case four years ago. I
Think Jason Tedra and Callan are the same guy
Which means you are
Wearing a wire and he is listening to every word of this. So
Either he shows his face right now
I pull the trigger and we do bleeding out all over that seat
Corby
Tommy
Why is Boyd here the hell are you doing? I followed you from your house. I'm making sure you don't hurt Kristen
She doesn't even know where the money is turn around walk away. Look whatever favor. I owed you was paid
It's not that easy. Yeah, I figured you say that
You want to shoot a federal agent you go right ahead
You're okay hang in there I got you hang in there hang in there. You're okay. You're all right
Oh, it's not that bad. You'll be okay. Come on
Callan I've never heard
I
Had a protector you did I win
I
Don't know this Jason Tedro guy, but he's becoming a pain in my ass is he retired now almost
Good job
Hmm congratulations are in order
Jason Tedro has officially ridden off into the sunset
What about Kristen she has her son Michael
Is there anything you don't know plenty
But whether such things are worth knowing however is debatable
What do I do
Ask yourself a question
Which I is I then tell her the truth. I'm certain she'll return the favor
Which truth the one that sets you free
What are you drawing looks good
Hi, I'm sorry for showing up. I just I probably should have called why start now
That's Tommy doctors say he can come home tomorrow
He's a good man
Yes, he is
Michael's not your son I
Should have told you the moment you came back, but I was so angry I
Wanted you to wonder I wanted you to suffer like I had after you left
I was wrong
The last thing I
My real name goodbye Jason
I
We were waiting on you why the team outing remember Tommy reservations
Do I even want to know what he chose? I chose I hope you all enjoy karaoke as much as I do
but if not
deal with it
You don't have to
And miss the opportunity to show up your pathetic Mick Jagger impersonation with my spring steam not a chance you spring steam this I got it here
We're stumped. I don't know meeting us there. I guess that he doesn't show but he's got himself a hot date instead
Guess he'll just have to hear you some other time. Hey, what are you gonna sing? I?
Thought a little Ella Fitzgerald. I've been told I sound just like her
You