It's a show for you who's starring in the movies
Because we're walking in the land
Walking in the land
Nobody walks in the land
We're walking in the land
Only you know nobody walks in the land
We're walking in the land
Screaming
If you tell me you're picking me up at 9
850, I'm curbside
I got caught up in something
What? You don't have a TV
You don't read the newspaper
You clearly don't spend any time getting ready
Well, maybe I was working out
You don't work out
I run
Yeah, when people are shooting at us
Alright, you know what? I slept in
With who? You barely sleep
There's nobody
Come on, I think it would be great for you to be in a relationship
Sam, how many times are you going to have this conversation?
You are my partner and I'm my mother
I just want you to be happy and find a good girl
Finally
Nice of you gentlemen to join us
Eric
Calvin Lee
Age 31, submarine nuclear physicist
You just made lieutenant commander
And was about to ship out on a six month deployment
As the XO
Until
He hanged himself this morning
And the problem is that his sub
Was test driving a hydrophonic decoy system
Which is a fancy way of saying
That we can now trick those underwater microphones
That track our subs
Anyway, with the XO dead, Sektav wants to know
If the deployment's been compromised
Now
This footage was caught by some
Bachelorettes
Initial forensics puts the time of death
At around 6 a.m. this morning
Well, the suicide was pretty dramatic
And very public
We obviously wanted people to see him
Maybe he was making a statement
Maybe he didn't want back on that sub
He worked awfully hard to become a lieutenant commander
At 31
XO on a sub, it's a pretty big assignment
I don't buy it
The suicidal people usually leave a trail
If you know what to look for
Sam and I'll hit the crime scene
Kenzie, check out the house
And bring Nate
You're actually letting me out again?
On a short leash
And a muzzle
You want a piece of this too?
Don't let him hump your leg
What?
So he parked right there
Tied the rope off
Jumped from here
Or he was tossed
Not looks right for a seller
Assuming it was suicide
Why here?
I don't know, maybe this place
Has some sort of significance
It's near something
Maybe he wanted someone to see him
When they drove by
Or he could find some traffic cams
Or something to shed a little light
On this thing
It's quite a view for your last look at life
Yeah
Quite a view
This is one squared away
Seller
CDs are organized by
Artist
And release date
Very obsessive
Compulsive
Should see his sock drawer
This looks like a girlfriend
Relationship gone sour
It's been known to happen
Of course you'd have to be in a relationship first
Was that aimed at me?
No, I'm just busting your
Chops
Chops, you know how
You like partners, do you?
You're not my partner
Don't make me get the muzzle
Cool
No
NCIS, put your hands up
You got this all wrong
Stop
Nice tackle there, Locker
Nick, a little help
Let me go
Yeah, we don't usually cuff the suspect's feet
Right
Get off me
You okay?
Why did you run?
What did you put in here, huh?
Looks like about two ounces of meth
That's why he ran so fast
But not fast enough
What do we have?
Busted and ignored and leaves pinched
His advice then booked out of there
We chased him down, slapped some ghosts on him
Kenzie, tackle him
I backed you up
Slow down, Superco
Did you question him?
No, figured we'd let him stew for a little while
I think it might be better if it wasn't me
I'll question him
You do some deep breathing exercises
You ever see her run?
She took him down like a cheat on a springbok
A springbok?
I'll see you later
We, uh, hit in the streets
No, I'm taking you back to Hobbs
I'll drive
I don't think so
There's a couple of ways we can do this
I'd like access to a Jag Lawyer
Why do you think you need a lawyer?
I know my rights
All right, I'll ask around
I'll find out who has the best track record
for murder cases
I didn't kill anybody
So what?
You were Calvin Lee's meth dealer
You took two ounces of meth from his house
All right, look pal
We've got 60 open cases on our desks right now
We've got a dead body, illegal drugs, and you
The easiest thing for us to do is just walk away
But if you want us to keep digging
and find something that might prove you innocent
along the way
You gotta give us a reason to keep looking
Calvin got a promotion to Lieutenant Commander
Then a great billet as an XO
So let me guess
You were next in line
It was a career maker
Calvin was a jerk
He was moody, curt, secretive
That job was mine
The process is off for me
For the past week
I've been spiking his soda with methamphetamines
Just small amounts
So what, he failed a drug test?
You can't taste it
It feels like a caffeine high
With a big tour they do a drug test to the whole crew
Between a urinalysis and a search
I figured he'd get bumped off the boat
The job would go to me
But you didn't count on him killing himself
Like Calvin
But I didn't want him dead
And now there's an investigation
I went there to undo some of the damage
No
You went back to cover your ass
Unfortunately for you, it was too late
Now Calvin Lee is dead
Because of you
Okay
Traced amounts of blood on his left shoe
Preliminary tox screen just came in
Looks like he was positive for methamphetamines
But
Calvin Lee did not blow a drug test
In fact, he hasn't had urinalysis in some time
Well, that means nobody but his shipmate Vic
Knew that he had amphetamines in his system
And if Vic's telling the truth, Calvin Lee didn't know
That's probably not why he offed himself
Nothing in his medical file about depression
Or mental illness
We could be looking at a murder
What are the chances this isn't a suicide?
I'd say zero percent
What do you know that we don't?
The words to every TV theme song
And this
Caltran's traffic operator saw him on the bridge
And zoomed in for a closer look
It's definitely Calvin Lee
And he's alone
Body language says no signs of duress
He came with the noose already tied
I'd say that's pretty conclusive
What was that he threw off the bridge?
Yeah
Maybe he was throwing his gun out
Yeah, because you wouldn't want to choke on your gun
Before you strangle yourself to death
I don't know
Clearly
Kenzie? Yeah?
Can you pay Calvin Lee's parents a visit?
Sam and I are going back to the crime scene
Okay
Have fun, guys
Okay
Should I get a gun?
Have you ever carried a weapon? No
Fired a weapon, been trained with a weapon? Uh, no
Then you probably won't need one
And the parents will be warning over their dead son
Which is why you're bringing an operational psychologist with you
Copy that
We're very sorry
For your loss, Mr. and Mrs. Lee
Calvin never shared with you any
Trouble he was having at work
In relationships
Was he depressed?
No, no, no
Calvin was a perfect son
Always
School, Navy
He
He was always trying to do his best
We gave up everything
To come here and have our son
And now
He's gone
You left China?
We had a daughter when we was pregnant
But we will only allow one child
Was your daughter close with Calvin?
When they were younger
But she's gone
She died a long time ago
We're very sorry to hear that
Can you think of any reason
Why Calvin would take his own life?
There must be a mistake
Tell me something
Is this your daughter?
No, this is Shirley
Our son's fiance
Would you know where we could find her?
She's very upset
She said she's going back to Hong Kong
To be with her family, leaving immediately
Perhaps we can have this conversation
A little later
My wife and I
We need more time
Absolutely
We understand
Maybe we're overthinking this
Maybe his death doesn't have anything to do
With the sub's decoy system
Maybe he just got in a fight with his girlfriend
Selfish
What's that?
Suicide
You're basically leaving everybody else
To clean up your mess
It's Tuesday
You sure?
Feels like a Wednesday
Five weeks to the day since Dom went missing
And we're here picking through roadside trash
Because some destroyed meatball
Off themself
Sam, if we had something new
To go on anything, anything at all
We'd be on a 24-7, you know that
But we've got nothing
And it's going to stay that way
As long as we're out here wasting our time with this sort of thing
This isn't a waste of time
I think that's a good analogy
And that submarine remaining question
Besides that, Calvin Lee has a family
At the very least
We're going to give them closure
And that's the same thing we're going to do for Dom's family someday
Ming and Jun Lee
Immigrated here in February of 1979
With their daughter Jane
She was two years old at the time
Calvin, their son, was born six months later at county
They've been running the same antique store
In Chinatown for over 30 years
When did the daughter pass away?
She didn't
The parents said she died years ago
No death certificate on record
But I did find this
Jane Lipsker
Formerly Jane Lee
Now living in the arts district
Where she owns her own eclectic hard metal furniture shop
She got married?
Nope, just changed her name
Why would the parents lie?
Why would she change her name to Lipsker?
This time somebody asked her
Whatever it was, it meant something to him
And he didn't want it found on his body
What are the circumstances
That leads to someone throwing a toilet seat
Out of a moving vehicle?
Kind of stretches the imagination, don't it?
Christmas lights, cats, CD
Oh, this is interesting
I may actually take this one back
To Dust for Prince
Just out of curiosity
Oh
I do not want to meet the owner of this shoe
Size 15
It's a lot of woman
Maybe
Hello
Right place, right size
That's his parting shot to the world
I'm gonna throw you my keys so no one can move my car
Like I said, selfish
Callan
Yeah, we're on it
Eric just found Calvin Lee's sister in the arts district
You know what I like about metal furniture?
What are you kidding, G?
What do you know about designing furniture?
I dabble in things
You do things, you break things
You don't dabble in things
You know
Can I help you?
It depends
If you're Jane Lipsker or Lee
And you are
I'm Callan, this is Sam, we're with NCIS
Which means what exactly?
Naval Criminal Investigative Service
We'd like to ask you some questions about your brother Calvin
What about him?
When was the last time you spoke with him?
Hi, what's going on?
I'm afraid he died early this morning
I'm sorry we had to be the ones to tell you
How?
It appears he took his own life
Calvin
Calvin called me last night
Left a message on my machine
He sounded drunk, which wasn't like him
He was saying goodbye
But I figured it was just because he was shipping out
You two were close?
We talked almost every day
Even if I hate my parents
I have an irrational need to hear how they are
I make fun of him, but
He's really a great brother
He was the good son?
You were the rebel
I was a terror
But they had it coming
Old-school Chinese parents lived for their sons
Mine were a Ji Huo family
We left China because of Ji Huo Shenggu Cheng Tu
The one child policy
I think they resented leaving
And then they only had eyes for him
You know what they call baby girls in China?
Chi Zai Mi Fan
Maggots and rice
Do you have
Any idea why Calvin would have killed himself?
No
He seemed to have it all
Lieutenant Commander
Exo
Beautiful Fiancée
Fiancée
Shoot Li, that's a joke
It was an arranged marriage
My parents are trying to force on him
He wanted nothing to do with her, trust me
Why is that?
Because Calvin
Didn't like girls
Women?
He liked men
He was very discreet, my parents had no idea
He was in a relationship
His name's Jackson
It wasn't easy
Calvin took the don't ask, don't tell
Stuff very seriously and Jackson
Really didn't
There were a lot of ups
A lot of downs
The gay Lieutenant Commander
Think his mom knew?
No moms know these things?
Tell me
Tell mom
That's why you need me
This is funny
Mr. Jackson
You there?
You around?
Sam
Doesn't look like love to me
They find the weapon?
Not yet
None of the neighbors heard anything
Well they seldom do
No signs of forced entry
Only one set of footprints
It's probably the blood found on Lieutenant
Commander Lee's shoes
So I'm thinking he slips the guy's throat
Tosses a few back
Realizing what he's done
It hangs himself at first light
So we call it crime of passion
Murder, suicide
If he killed this guy
It explains why he hanged himself
Explains the suicide
Now we gotta figure out the murder
Corners report confirms the presence
Of methamphetamines in Calvin Lee's system
But no signs of actual meth use
Needle marks, meth mouth
Lung damage
Which is consistent with his shipmate's story
Main cause of suicide in the armed services
Clinical depression, relationship problems
Deployment or combat stress
There's not much combat stress in a sub deployment
And no history of depression
Which leaves relationship
This guy was hiding his relationship from a lot of people
This is a surveillance footage from Jackson's building
Calvin let himself in last night
And then left in a hurry eight minutes later
That's enough time to kill Jackson
Motive?
Any number of reasons
If Jackson wasn't discreet
That would put Calvin's career and family ties on the line
Or maybe Calvin just wanted out
You know, he's about to deploy
He thinks it's best to just end it
Jackson refuses to let him go
And threatens to out count
But still no murder weapon
Maybe he took it with him
I mean, he would have had to drop his weapon somewhere between the crime scene and the overpass
But look at what he's wearing
He didn't change
You saw that blood spatter
How could he manage to kill this guy
And get the knife out of the building without getting blood on himself
Eric, scroll back
It's six o'clock at night
People are coming and going
Dog walking time
Busy apartment building
Go back to the delivery guy
Gotta get past all the nosy neighbors
No one buzzed him in
Annie leaves in a hurry
Can barely see his face
Purposely exits away from camera
That's our guy
Let's check it out
No one had Chinese food delivery last night
It's because it never got delivered
He just needed this to get access to the apartment building
Jolly Chan's Chinese food
Well, it's guaranteed MSG free
Jolly Chan's is in Chinatown
And while they have an excellent Kung Pao chicken
They don't deliver to West Hollywood
Or anywhere near Jackson's apartment
Okay
If the person who ordered the food
Used a credit card to get the food
They're going to get it
If the person who ordered the food
Used a credit card
We might be able to get a name
By matching the contents of the order
To the restaurant's takeout receipts
We've created a monster
But that's the stock of detective work
You might want to start by checking
The bag and its contents for fingerprints
Sure, we can do that
Which we did
Bobby Tang
The owner of the company on the West Adams
And he's got a mugshot
Emphasis on mug
He's a member of the Asian gang here in Regina
One of the most dangerous and organized gangs in LA
Suspected homicide
Torching a business associate's store
With a business associate still in it
I'd say he possesses the necessary skill set
Let's pay him a visit
Eddie, can I ask you a...
No
You didn't even know I was going to ask
Will it cost me money?
I don't think so
Does it involve any legal issues?
No, no, no, I just want to ask you
A hypothetical question
Oh
You mean like a riddle?
Sure
Have you ever known an operational psychologist
That became an agent?
No
Kerwood Ames
A brilliant man
He pioneered several profiling techniques
Wow
Is he still with the agency?
No, he was killed in his second week
On the job
Or was it his second day
Oh
Ames had a gifted mind
But he tended to think logically
Invaluable
For a scientist
Not so much for an agent
Choices they make on the street
Don't always seem to make sense
To the untrained eye
Which is probably what keeps them alive
Why do you ask?
Just curious
Admirable quality
Curiosity
Unless, of course, you're a cat
So this is Bobby Tang's company
You bring the lockpick?
That works
Looks like our buddy Bobby Tang is a video pirate
No
What?
I know what you want to say, don't say it
I'll do it
You don't like my pirate impression?
You be careful
I'll kill you
It's you who asked me to deal with him
I'll do it
You kill him
I'll kill you
You kill him
He's dead
Miss
I know who you're dealing with
You pay
I'll do it
It's for money
Not for the Communist Party
I guess you'll lead and go back to Hong Kong
I'll kill you
We should do it with Bobby Tang
I don't know, but she looks like she's in trouble
Look out
Go to weapon down
Drop down
Drop your weapon down on the ground
Get down
Are you okay?
Yeah
Where'd she go?
That guy got me in the face
I'm not even going to tell you where the guy upstairs got me
I think the guy in the hospital bit me
I see the Ice and Aspirin Club
is at it again
Every time I come here
I feel like I've stepped into a damn
hardy boys' novel
I gather that
you couldn't talk your way out of this one
Yeah, we had a little bit of a language barrier
And then I want you dead barrier
I'll kill you
I want you dead barrier
That knife we got off Bobby Tang
Forensic says it looks like a match
with the one that killed Calvin Lee's
boyfriend Jackson
And Shu Li
In the wind I alerted border patrol
and local law enforcement
And what have we learned from the three Stooges
you took into custody
We're not really sure they speak English
Well, leave them to me
Woman, your banfa
Tiao, come and so
What's that mean?
It means we have ways of making them talk
Your next, Mr. Callan
Still don't know what we're dealing with here, Sam
Could be espionage, could be anything
So what do we have, Kenzie?
Okay
Bobby Tang delivers Chinese food
to West Hollywood and kills Jackson
Calvin finds Jackson's body
hangs himself
Bobby confronts Shu Li
who two taps him in the chest
Shu Li's the only one that's still alive
What do we have on her?
Supposedly she was brought here as part of an arranged marriage
From where?
She's not exactly a well-behaved mail-order bride
She handled that galak like a professional
Well, I can speak to the parents again
and find out how they met her
Maybe they know something they don't realize they know
Would you like to come?
Do you want me to?
What, now you don't want to be out?
No, I do
I should stay
I got a lot of paperwork
The logical stuff
Curwood aims
What are we missing, Sam?
I don't know
What do you think Dan would say?
Probably
Give us some obscure historical fact
about God knows what
Did you know Leonardo da Vinci
was the first person to design
the submarine in the 15th century
and he was also the first
invented a thing to combine
existing machines
to create new and improved ones
How do we know this is just a key?
This is Liam, very sorry to bother you again
but we have a few more questions
I don't know
This is Liam, very sorry to bother you again
but we have a few more questions
Jun is not here
That's okay, I'm sure you can help
I prefer my husband to be here
Why?
He's the strong one
You said Calvin's fiancée, Shuli, went back to Hong Kong
Yes
But she didn't
Did she?
You need to wait for my husband
I can't talk about it
Because you don't want to
or because he won't let you
Okay
I don't usually get this excited
but this is cool on so many levels
I take it it's not a car key
Contraire Montfraire
It is and so much more
It's a high tech cloner
It's like an iron clad flash drive
just jacked up on steroids
It looks like it only needs to be in the vicinity of a computer
and it relays the information to a remote location
Look at this thing, you can disguise this
as any everyday object
Just leave it near someone's computer
and all her secrets are revealed
This one, interestingly enough?
Never been used
Why would the Navy give Calvin a jacked up iron clad?
I don't think they did
I mean, I can't be totally sure
of how any of this works
because most of the code
will come out of it
Most of the code
looks like this
Chinese
Military grade
Nothing that's sophisticated is even on our radar
So if this came from the People's Republic
and wound up on that sub
Every piece of classified information
and new technology on that mission would be compromised
and available to our enemies
Calvin Lee was a Chinese spy
He was a Chinese spy
Calvin's shipmate, Vic, did say that he was
secretive, nervous
a loner
I would be too if I were betraying my country
Imagine living every day wondering
if you were about to be caught constantly
looking over your shoulder
Yeah, imagine that
Maybe he thought he was about to be made
could explain the suicide
Yeah, but why toss this?
Why not hide it first
give it to your handlers
Maybe the Lieutenant Commander
is sending a message
from the grave
Historically, traders were hung
from bridges as a warning to others
Calvin didn't want to be a trader
That's why the cloner had never been used
Calvin refused
So the Chinese threatened him
with the best currency they had
His one vulnerability
His boyfriend, Jackson
Only Bobby Tang went too far
He killed him
So with no way else to turn the suicide
as a final act of defiance against his tormentors
That explains why he tossed this
So maybe Mr. Lee was a true patriot
Died for his country
With the operation blown, the only thing left to do for his handlers
was clean up the mess and cover your tracks
Starting with Bobby Tang
Shu Li, pretending to be his arranged bride
But really a pro brought him
from the home office
to get things done
Well, that's why we have no backstory on her
She's a shooter
Now she's tying up her loose ends
Anyone who may have known
probably starting with the family
And any one of them could be an asset to us
so they're all in danger
How did you meet Shu Li?
Our family was friends of Juno's
I'm sorry, excuse me
Yeah
We've got to get Calvin's parents out of there
Calvin and Sam think that Shu Li's going to try to kill them
Well, she won't move it
Okay, got it
I need to get you guys out of here right now
To go where? We have a customer
Mr. Lee, you are in danger
I need to move you and your wife someplace safe immediately
This is our store, our neighborhood
There is no danger
We think Shu Li might come here to kill you
Let's go to the back door
Mr. Lee, we don't have time for this
Let's go
I got it, I got it
Sorry, I have to do this
Juno, no, no
Juno, stop
Shu Li, tell me slowly
What is it, Shu Li?
Eric, Juno just tried to kill me and his wife
I need backup
I need your GPS account and Sam
Eric, Shu Li's after us
Where's our backup?
Kenzi's in trouble
Eric, I'm in a Chinese restaurant called Fu Chao
I need an exit strategy to get back to my car
Okay, I'm loading the potometry of the building
Come on, come on
Okay, I got you
Don't go out the front, take the side door on your left
It leads into the market
Eric, I need eyes on Jun and Shu Li
I'm looking
I got him
Jun's at your six o'clock, closing it fast
Stay down
Jun is closing it on her and I can't locate Shu Li
Kenzi, you hear me? We're coming in the north gate
Okay, but you need to find these guys
I got eyes on Jun
I got Jun, Sam
Eric, where's Shu Li?
I can't find her
Bing says there are three of them
Kenzi
Go, go, go
Stop
I'll do it, Shu Li
We know about Calvin, we found the clone
It's over
There are several families
All agents of the MSS
We were told we'd be given the gift of a second child
If we would go to America
And raise him to be a spy
Did you resent the MSS?
Our son would be the ultimate socialist hero
We were proud
When did you tell Calvin?
A very young Asian
He always knew
We raised him to go to Annapolis
Join the Navy
But always the loyal China
And what about Shu Li?
Sent from the MSS to be his handler
And make sure we're still committed to the mission
But in the end
He couldn't do it
He was such a sweet boy
He never should have made him do this
But Jun insisted
It was why we came here
Ming
You got a chance to do the right thing
Maybe even start over
If you tell us about the others
Who might still be here
Think about it
Calvin Lee was born to be a sleeper Asian
But deep down inside
You love this country
Store was the perfect cover
Agents could come and go
No questions asked
How many contacts do we think they had?
It's hard to say
Eric's going through the computers, records
Security footage for months
Hey
Ready?
Yeah
Mom
My baby
Mom
I thought I might help Ming
You know
She might tell us more if she actually saw
Her daughter
Emotional witnesses tend to open up more
You may have just blown open
An entire cell of sleeper agents
30 years in the making
You should stick with what you do best
Carry on, everyone
Nice work, buddy
Thanks
You know, you're not that bad a partner after all
Really?
I asked Hedy if
Operational psychologists could ever become
Agents
Oh no
I'm sorry, I so take it back
Is it also intuitive, self-sufficient?
No
Cool
I get it
Absolutely cool
Thanks
Woo