TV-Serie: NCIS - 20x6
[grunting] Stay out of your head.
Stay in the moment.
You know what to do.
[groans] But you didn't do it.
And now you're on the mat.
Want to tell me why?
Because I was in my head?
Yes, you were.
[grunts] Full disclosure, it's my favorite place to be.
Your technique is solid.
Your dedication, -unquestionable.
-But I hesitated.
Kasie, you're full of spirit, but you lack self-confidence.
Is my joyous spirit enough to allow me to belt up?
Not until you get out of here and trust here.
Oh, my stomach?
Your gut.
Trust your instincts. "
She who hesitates is lost."
Okay.
Elbows down.
Hands up.
Come on, Kasie.
Defend.
I see her.
Don't worry.
It'll be quick.
[car door opens] [exhales] Okay.
[car door closes] Okay.
Arm down.
Now pull!
Watch the leg.
Kasie.
Watch the leg.
Hey, move.
Kasie.
Move!
[gasps] ♪ All right, let's try this again.
You know at some point, we are gonna have to stage an intervention.
Yeah, I don't think he can hear us.
Having some tech trouble, McGee?
Yes, everything in the building is running slow, and it is driving me crazy.
My computer seems fine.
Torres?
Running like a dream.
Nah, impossible.
It's affecting all my devices.
It's got to be a network-wide slowdown.
Look at this.
-See that?
-That was slow?
Are you kidding?
It's lagging by at least a fourth of a second.
Here, I'll load it again.
Ah, I see what the problem is.
It's a you thing, McGee.
A what?
You know, like when something stinks but you're the only one that can smell it.
Or it's hot and you're the only one who's cold.
See, it's like a you thing.
Not an us thing.
Anybody know why the computers are running slow?
I've been trying to send a Bandium alert and it's taking forever.
You see that?
Not just a me thing.
[phones chiming] Finally.
McGEE: Looks like we have a body, but...
All I'm getting is that annoying spinning beach ball.
-Yeah.
Me too.
-Yeah, it's 'cause the computers are running slow.
See?
It's an us thing now.
Those fourths of a second add up fast.
This guy must really love his cat.
Not his cat.
The neighbor said, uh, this guy didn't live here.
The house is occupied by a Lieutenant Mary Laredo.
Well, then she must love her cat.
Prince Charming.
That's his name.
just got off the phone with Base Operations.
They said Laredo is deployed to the USS Camden.
Headed towards the Gulf, currently on radio silence.
So, who is this guy?
He kind of looks familiar.
No idea.
They said Laredo lives alone.
Jimmy, you want to...
oh, yeah, fingerprints.
Right, on it.
He seems pretty beat up.
Like a prizefighter.
Yeah, but this wasn't a beating.
I mean, based on the location of deep tissue swelling and the urticaria, I'd said that we're looking at an acute anaphylactic angioedema.
Jimmy?
Uh, it was a deadly allergic reaction.
Where's an EpiPen when you need one?
I say we blame the cat.
Well, I won't know the allergen trigger till I get him back to autopsy, but I highly doubt that it was airborne.
Also, based on the amount of the swelling here, I doubt that this was an accident.
Yeah, you're not kidding about that.
McGEE: Why, what'd you find?
It's what I didn't find.
Fingerprints.
Anywhere.
The house was wiped?
Yeah, seems like somebody was covering their tracks.
Got something, guys.
Check it out.
There was blood here.
And looks like somebody tried to clean it.
Not before the cat walked right through it.
Well, there's no cuts or abrasions on our victim here, so it wasn't his blood.
It must belong to the killer.
Maybe Prince Charming got a few good gouges in before he ran...[beeps] Jimmy, you okay?
Yeah, the, uh...
fingerprint match just came back.
Guys...
This is Otis Khatri.
NCIS Agent Khatri?
Otis from downstairs?
Afraid so.
Well, with the swelling, I didn't recognize him.
I never met him.
What, uh, what can you tell me?
Oh, he was a good man.
Yeah, this is crazy.
Everyone loved Otis.
Yeah, well, apparently not everyone.
JIMMY: Hey, Kasie.
Sorry I'm late.
Took forever to get Otis processed.
I think we're all still in shock.
Uh, Kasie?
Hello?
Hey, look, Kase, if you're trying to prank me here, all right, today is not the day.
Hey, this is Kasie.
I'm not here right now, but leave a message and I'll hit you back later.
[beep] Kase, I'm in your lab right now.
I even remembered to bring my controller, you know, just like we planned.
Only thing missing is you.
Agent Otis Khatri worked on the contingency response team.
He oversaw international humanitarian support operations.
I know.
I recommended him.
In that job, you see people at their lowest, after natural disasters, wars.
But Otis was a natural fixer.
He always knew how to help.
He was a good agent.
I presume you've notified his next of kin.
His sister is on her way in.
But she did tell us why Otis was at Lieutenant Laredo's house.
Cat-sitting.
Turns out our best lead is that runaway cat.
Well, courts generally prefer to have their witnesses be human.
Well, we have reason to believe that Prince Charming may have the killer's DNA on his paws.
But you got to find him first.
I once tracked a caribou in the tundra for 11 miles.
How hard could it be to find a house cat?
You care to elaborate on why you were in the tundra following a caribou?
Oh, how much time do you have?[phone chimes] But, uh, it'll have to wait.
This is Jimmy.
Sounds like he's got something urgent.
Good, let's hope something more promising than a runaway cat.
[doors slide open] Jimmy, what's the emergency?
Kasie's missing.
-What?
-Her favorite video game, Slayers, Spells and Starcraft 4 dropped last night, and we had planned for a month to play it at lunch, today's lunch, -and she never shows up.
-Okay, slow down.
She's...
Kasie never flakes on people, all right?
And she never passes up an opportunity to show off her badassery skills as Kana-Hune.
Kana-who?
Hune.
It's, uh, Kasie's monster-slaying avatar, it's this Kana-Hune.
Something bad has happened.
I can feel it.
I-I keep calling her cell phone-- it keeps going straight to voice mail.
Jimmy, deep breath.
Kasie's fine, okay?
[chuckles] You don't know that.
Actually, I do.
She requested a personal health day this morning.
But why?
Kasie's perfectly healthy.
Not really our business, is it?
But she would've told me if...
Why-why didn't she tell me?
That is a good question, but maybe the answer isn't, uh...
you know, our business either?
[sighs] You're right.
Yeah, sorry.
Uh...
Having Otis on my table here is making me a bit paranoid.
I get it, I get it.
But, uh, let's just focus on the case and keep your mind busy.
Right, uh, busy mind, good.
Uh, cause of death, as I suspected, was anaphylaxis.
You figure out from what yet?
Sesame oil.
Which shouldn't come as a surprise.
Otis's file lists a serious allergy to...
sesame.
He obviously wasn't -careful about what he ate.
-No, no, no.
His bestie down in the motor pool said that Otis was constantly checking ingredient labels.
Maybe he missed one.
Uh, even so, the levels that were in his blood-- this couldn't have been an accident.
So either it was a deliberate suicide or...
Someone dosed him.
The same someone who wiped down every print in Laredo's house.
Whoever it was, I can't imagine Otis just eating something without asking what was in it first.
It's called lying, Jimmy.
Yeah, but for him to trust whoever gave it to him, that means...
Otis probably knew his killer.
I just don't get it.
Why would someone want to kill my brother?
Well, we're, uh, we're hoping that you can help us figure that out.
Can you tell us anything about his life outside of work?
His work was his life.
Otis was so proud to be part of NCIS.
He joked that he was a modern-day superhero.
Didn't need a cape or wings, because he had a computer.
Mm.
Laptop is mightier than the sword.
You must be McGeek.
[chuckles] Haven't heard that one in a while.
Yeah, maybe we should bring that back.
Oh, I-I'm sorry.
I think Otis meant it as a compliment.
-He only used it with me.
-Yeah.
Were you and your brother close?
Very.
E-Even though his work was classified, he-he still found ways to tell me about all the good he was doing.
But...
But what?
This last week he didn't want to talk about work.
Did he say why?
Something wasn't right.
I just thought that he was overworked.
But now...
Can you give us a list of people Otis was close to?
Maybe who knew he was cat-sitting.
Well, like I said, NCIS was Otis' life.
His co-workers were his closest friends.
All the people who would have known he was cat-sitting are probably in this building.
Hey, Jimmy, what are you doing here?
Oh, just helping out while Kasie's gone.
Ooh, you sure you're up for it?
Because, uh, there's a lot of buttons in here.
Well, thanks to Abby's Lab for Dummies, -piece of cake.
-Okay.
Parker said there was an update.
Yeah.
I was able to pull a clue off of Otis' laptop.
[chuckles] I hope you like cake.
[harsh beep] Oh, let's see.
Uh, that should have worked.
Okay, I...
okay, I see.
I see what I did wrong here.
I guess I should have pressed this button.[harsh beeping] Okay, Jimmy, less beeping and more cake.
That's an entirely new sound I've never heard before.
-Okay, I'll come back.
-Okay, no, no, no, wait.
Hold on, hold on.
I-I've got it, I've got it.
Okay, uh, I wasn't able to get into Otis' user account here, but I did pull a partial print off the battery flap that the killer forgot to wipe.
Okay, you've got my attention back.
So I enlarged the fingerprint.
Want to make sure I got a good image before I put it into AFIS.
Like so.
[harsh beeping] [scoffs] Kasie makes this look so much easier than it is.
All right, Jimmy, do you know what -you're doing here?
-Aah!
There was a time when I did, Nick.
That time is now gone.
-What's going on?
-I didn't touch anything.
Nothing.
What did you do to my babies?
Yeah, your babies don't like Jimmy.
He makes them cry.
[beeping stops] [sighs] I'm so glad you're back.
Okay.
Um, what are you doing in my lab?
All right, that's my cue to leave.
If you guys get a hit on those prints, just give me a call.
Wait, prints?
Whose prints?
-The killer's.
-Oh, right, yeah.
Duh.
My bad.
And, uh, who's the victim?
Oh, Kase, you haven't heard?
It was Otis.
Otis?
As in NCIS Otis?
He was murdered?
When?
It was yesterday.
I mean, then entire crime scene was wiped clean.
But I did manage to pull a partial print from inside of his laptop.
That's what I was running when you came in and I...
Oh.
That was fast.
Print must already be in the system.
Oh, you know what, I-I got it from here, Jimmy.
Um, thank you so much for your help...
This isn't what it looks like.
Good.
Because what it looks like is that your fingerprints are on our murder victim's laptop.
Kasie, seriously, we don't need to question you in Interrogation.
I think you should.
Just tell us why your fingerprints were on Otis' laptop.
Respectfully, if this was anyone else, you would bring them into Interrogation as a murder suspect.
-Did you kill Otis?
-Of course not.
Then why aren't you telling us why your fingerprints...
I will.
In Interrogation.
Please, we need to stick to the rule.
For Otis and for me.
And for you.
Oh, uh, Kase, that's where we usually sit.
Oh, we can switch places later.
I'll be happy to answer all of your questions after you answer a few of mine.
Okay.
Who's interviewing who here?
And she has a notebook?
Special Agent Timothy McGee, do you recall receiving multiple shipments of electronic equipment from China?
What is happening right now?
Wh-What does this have to do with Otis' murder?
I will get to that.
A few months back you received an IC distributor, two GL microprocessors, a temperature-sensing...
Crystal oscillator.
Yeah.
How'd you know all that?
Well, I'm asking the questions here.
No, actually, we're the ones that are supposed to ask the questions.
What are the parts for, Agent McGee?
I ordered those parts to restore an old Beary Smyles.
A Beary who?
It's a talking electronic bear I wanted since I was six years old.
I recently found him at a swap meet.
But he was broken.
Needed a full electronic overhaul.
Kasie, what...
Hold on.
So this list of parts was to repair a talking bear?
Oh, not just any talking bear.
The talking bear.
Beary Smyles was the most expressive, intelligent toy of the '80s.
That'’s why it was a gadget on my bucket list.
You know, McGee can be very cute.
Is it me, or do you just kinda want to hug him right now?
I am officially clearing Special Agent Timothy McGee, which in turn closes cases number BX57, concluding my investigation, and clearing the entire Major Case Response Team.
Kasie, who are you talking to?
Did you just say that you were investigating us?
Oh, I was, but now I'm not.
Okay, we can switch places now.
Uh, j...
don't bother.
Kasie, uh, what the hell is going on?
There's a mole at NCIS.
Come again?
Funny story.
I was recruited by DCIS to do an internal investigation to find a suspected mole in NCIS, which means I've actually been investigating all of the teams that I work with, aka, um...
you.
[laughs] Oh, my God.
Oh, it feels so good to finally say that out loud.
It took so long to clear you all.
How long has this been going on for?
Oh, for about two or three...
You've been spying on us for three weeks?
...months.
Does Vance know about this?
Well, my handler said that Director Vance...
You got a handler?
VANCE: This is not acceptable.
If there is a mole in NCIS, I should have been informed.
Director Vance, we both know when it comes to mole hunting, everyone is placed on a need-to-know basis.
That's why I was meeting with Ms.
Hines off-site.
Is that a polite way of saying that DCIS thought I was a suspect?
Everyone is a suspect.
Except Kasie?
We cleared Ms.
Hines before we tapped her as our inside operative.
With all due respect to Ms.
Hines, why choose her?
-Ouch.
-She's the one person who works hands-on with almost every agent in the building.
So she can conduct her investigation without drawing suspicion.
Not to mention her superb skills collecting forensic evidence.
And what did you find, Ms.
Hines?
It looks like Agent Khatri was attempting to bypass internal security on the NCIS network.
For what purpose?
I haven't been able to figure it out.
I'm sorry.
Maybe if I had help I could have moved more quickly.
You didn't give her a support team?
Given the sensitivity of the investigation, we thought it best she work alone.
VANCE: This is a huge assignment for any agent to do by themselves, let alone a forensic scientist.
Wasn't your call.
Well, it is now.
I have a dead agent and nobody can tell me why.
Ms.
Hines, you said Parker's team has been cleared?
That's correct, Director.
Good.
Then Agent Parker, you can take over the investigation from here.
I don't think that's warranted.
Or we can go to SECNAV and explain why you put one of my people in danger without proper backup.
I'm gonna need everything you got on that mole.
-Of course.
-VANCE: And I'll make sure that Ms.
Hines updates you as information arises after I have reviewed it.
In the meantime, you're with us.
Getting the support you should have received from the start.
This is our case now.
Move fast.
Find that mole.
Hey, guys.
[sighs] So I just went over Kasie's report, and she is right.
Otis was definitely trying to access our secure servers.
What?
Any idea why?
It looks like he was trying to transfer data out of the building.
So he was the mole.
I don't believe it.
Who was he working for?
Well, maybe himself.
Found this list in a dummy file hidden on his laptop.
All big corporations in oil and tech.
-Almost looks like a client list.
-All those places would pay big for the intel we have.
So Otis was an industrial spy?
That is a dangerous game to play.
Maybe that's what got him killed.
I don't buy it.
Otis was one of the good guys.
I'm a pro at judging character.
Really?
Mm, I don't know.
You couldn't tell that Kasie was spying on us.
Oh, that's different, okay, 'cause Kasie was fighting the good fight and she was being Kasie.
Well, I'm actually impressed that she pulled it off.
Yeah.
Going undercover is not easy.
Wait a minute.
Is that why she was making me play that weird game of 20 questions at the wine bar?
I can't believe she thought I could actually be the mole.
Yeah, she was just doing her job.
She had to investigate everyone.
Hey, how much of our personal info do you think she accessed?
Why, Tim?
You worried about something specific?
Mm, I got nothing to hide.
PARKER: Okay, Kasie says that she has a lead on what intel Otis was trying to steal.
So, uh, who's going down to the lab?
Not it.
Not trying to get my fingerprints lifted before lunch.
And I'm still knee-deep in my cat hunt, trying to track down Prince Charming's microchip.
Looks like you're up.
Well, I would, uh, I would love to, but actually, um...
Can't think of anything?
Can't think of anything.
Meeting in the shadows at night with secret agents?
Kasie, this is like some Grisham novel stuff.
Uh, there's a lot less action than you think.
I spent most of my time plotting and scheming.
Mostly in my head, which I'm supposed to be avoiding, actually, so...
Hey, you dig up any dirt on me?
Oh, don't be silly.
-You're clean as a whistle.
-I know, I know.
But still, you had to investigate me, right?
Um, actually, you weren't on the list.
Oddly, that kind of hurts.[sighs] Get in line.
I've been getting dirty looks all day.
If you want the truth, going undercover is lonely.
I'll bet.
I don't know how Torres did it for so long.
I hated keeping so many secrets from my friends.
I actually took the personal day so I could finish clearing the team as soon as possible.
Hey, Kase, heard you got an update.
That's it?
No questions?
No lectures about betrayal?
Well, actually, uh, now that you mention it, how deep did you go on your personal record search?
Oh, deep.
Whatever you, uh, whatever you saw, you gonna keep that confidential, right?
If it didn't have anything to do with mole hunting, it went in one eyeball and out the other.
Great, great, okay.
Speaking of mole hunting, I hear you have a lead on the intel Otis was trying to steal?
Yes.
Now that you were able to unlock his laptop, I was able to use it to create a tracer program.
It'll search for anything Otis tried to remove from our servers.
Hey, if you promise not to make my babies cry again, I'll let you start it up.
Come on, Kase.
You can do it, Jimmy.
Yay.
See?
It wasn't so hard.
[chimes] Though that was a little quick.
Because there's no missing intel from the NCIS servers.
Wait, so Otis wasn't stealing secrets?
Oh, he most definitely was.
Just not from us.
Take a look.
-What is that?
-Uh, data.
Lots of it.
All from outside sources.
Otis wasn't stealing from NCIS.
He was using the NCIS system to steal from somebody else.
McGEE: Well, the good news is Otis didn't sell any NCIS intel.
And the bad news?
He was stealing all kinds of proprietary intel from corporate America.
And doing what with it?
Well, judging by the data encryption he used, I'd say Otis was running some kind of dark web ransomware scheme.
So, basically, blah, blah and blah?
He was stealing people's data and then demanding money to give it back.
So, the client list Kasie found?
McGEE: Probably more like a victims list.
Why would Otis risk using government servers for a crime?
Probably needed the storage space I mean, the guy stole a huge amount of data.
A civilian server would choke on it.
And I'm guessing the data overload is what caused ours to slow down.
So let's give the data back.
Well, we can't.
At least not until we find Otis' encryption key to unlock it.
And Otis is dead.
Ten bucks says his killer knows where the key is.
[meows] Now the killer's DNA is probably still on Prince Charming's paws.
Any new leads on Grumpy Cat?
Still working on it.
Calling all the shelters I can, but nothing yet.
All right, let's go with motive.
Who would want to see Otis dead?
I would say maybe one of these companies decided to not pay the ransom.
McGEE: According to an unencrypted ledger I found, every company on that list has agreed to pay up except for one.
Stay Home Market, Inc.
McGEE: It's a conglomerate of worldwide delivery services, including the home food delivery company Home Stretch Eats.
Oh, I cannot survive without Home Stretch eats.
Hey, isn't that the company that has that loser CEO that throws raves around the world?
Travis Baltoni.
Well, considering that, uh, Prince Charming has been able to evade our in-house animal tracking expert...
I said I was still -working on it.
-Okay.
Okay.
Hopefully Mr.
Baltoni will be easier to find.
Oh, this is cool.
NCRS teleconference.
It's uh, it's "IS."
Uh, Mr.
Baltoni...
Aw, call me Travis, man.
Unless that's illegal.
-Why would that be illegal?
-Are you at a party?
I'm on a yacht in Ibiza.
Here, everything is a party.
Occupado.
Try the lower deck.
I don't know if I should be jealous or annoyed by this guy.
I know what you mean.
It's very confusing.
So, your company admitted to being hit with a ransomware attack.
Let me cut to the chase.
I didn't kill your hacker.
Okay, but you hadn't agreed to pay him, either, So what was your plan?
Tasked my entire IT department to find him.
Then, I was gonna kill him.
Okay.
You do know you're talking to federal agents, right?
A man has limits.
Just this morning, the guy tripled the ransom.
Wait, whose morning?
Ibiza afternoon, D.C.
morning.
You feel me?
Tripling the price is lame no matter the time zone.
Otis was dead this morning.
That means the new ransom demand came in after he was killed.
Then who sent it?
Otis might have a partner.
Mr.
Baltoni.
Uh, sorry, Travis.
We would like access to your servers.
That way we can work together to find that hacker, hopefully retrieve your data.
I may look young and sound stupid, but if NCIS could have gotten back my data, you already would have.
Well, we still can.
Too late.
You were wrong.
I actually did pay the ransom, right before you called.
Who'd you send the money to?
No way.
I have a subsidiary IPO coming up next week.
I'm not risking our data leak going public.
That won't happen, but we still need to know who you sent the money to.
Oh, sounds like there's a line growing.
Good luck catching the bad guy.
Peace.
Okay, yeah, definitely more annoyed than jealous.
KASIE:And we're sure I'm the best person to go undercover?
I mean, you or Parker could easily trace the ransomware payment in Stay Home Market's server.
Yeah, they would stick out like sore thumbs at Stay Home Market.
-We're just too old.
-Yeah.
-No offense.
-None taken.
Now, Kasie, you've been working on this thing for months.
The reality is you're better equipped than any of us.
I don'’t feel better equipped.
Oh!
We have a warrant.
What if we just asked them nicely who they paid, huh?
Their CEO made it very clear he's not going to share any info.
Yeah, we go in through the front door, they're gonna start -tossing records out the back.
-Oh.
So you're sending me in through an air vent.
Well, it is the safest way to get into the server room undetected.
TORRES: Parking lot, utility tunnel, air vent, server room.
Your comms should be working.
You want to give 'em a go?
Test, test, this is Kasie Hines, aka Ellen Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo.
Well, luckily you aren't fighting aliens in space.
-And now for your camera.
-Okay, going undercover as me was hard enough, but as a whole new person?
That's...
that's a whole new thing.
Well, hopefully you don't run into anyone.
But you know I am not a good liar or negotiator or swimmer, for that matter.
Well, we promise there will be no swimming.
All you need to do is get to that central server and find out who Baltoni sent the ransom to.
And this time you're not working alone.
The whole team has your back.
Okay.
-Hey.
-You all hooked up?
Yep.
I just, um...
Hey, you know, ever since I revealed my secret Bourne identity...
You mean spied on us?
Um, you haven't been down to the lab.
Oh, I've just been stuck looking for this stupid cat.
Don't tell Parker, but tracking caribou-- so much easier.
Okay.
But I hope it's not because you feel like I betrayed you or something.
And if you do, I just want to apologize.
It was...
Stop right there.
See?
I knew it, I knew it.
That is totally your mad face.
No, this is my annoyed face.
And I'm making it because you have absolutely nothing to apologize for.
Well, agree to disagree.
Kasie, if anything, I'm proud of you.
You took a flying leap out of your comfort zone, and that takes guts.
I know, but maybe if I had...
No, no maybes, no buts.
You're overthinking this.
And in this line of work, that's a good way to end up on your ass.
[phone dings] Oh, Prince Charming's owner just resurfaced.
Lieutenant Laredo?
And?
She says that Prince Charming runs away a lot, but he never gets far.
-That's promising.
-And in order to get him back, she just sings his favorite song.
So what's the song you have to sing?
LAREDO: ♪ Meow, meow ♪ My puffy, scruffy bubbly boo ♪ ♪ My dearest Prince Charming ♪ I'’ll always love you.
♪ That's rough.
I have to sing this song to get that cat back.
Yeah, okay, hey, you want to trade places?
Oh, uh, no.
I-I would rather military crawl through a ventilation shaft.
You have fun.
Take a video for me.
LAREDO: ♪ Meow, meow ♪ My puffy, scruffy bubbly boo.
♪ ♪ Meow, meow ♪ My puffy, scruffy bubbly boo.
♪ Oh, people are so worried about digital security these days, they really kind of forget about how...
Shh, Kasie.
You need to whisper.
[whispering]: Oh, I'm sorry.
I was saying they really kind of forget about good, old-fashioned air vents.
Guys, I am feeling real action hero vibes.
[chuckles] Okay, just remember to be quiet and don't scream if you see a rat.
Wait, what?
Rats?!
You did not tell...
And don't worry, Kasie, there aren't gonna be any rats.
Are you kidding me?
What are you doing?
Me?
You're the one lying to her.
There could totally be rats.
I can still hear you.
Okay, Kasie, you got this.
All right?
Just-just keep moving forward.
The server room should be ahead to your left.
And we are right here with you.
I know it.
And hey, I just want to say...
Okay, here comes more apologies.
Uh, no.
That is so two hours ago.
I did my job.
And you know what?
Yeah, I kicked ass.
Much better.
Digging into each of your personnel files made me feel so much closer to you.
And you guys are some of the finest people I have ever met.
Well, except for McGee's obsession with some online store called Lovey's Sensory Chest.
Okay, all right, slow your roll.
Oh, and I just realized that is probably what you wanted me to keep a secret.
I do apologize for that.
Lovey's Sensory Chest?
TORRES: Mm, you wild man.
It's a kids store, okay?
They sell tactile toys and developmental games for children.
The owner's name is Sam Lovey.
If you say so.
[sighs] Kasie, will you tell them, please?
No, it was my job to investigate, not to judge.
Well, I'm feeling judged right now.
Wait, hold up.
[grunting softly] I think I found the central server.
Sam Lovey's gonna have to wait.
[grunts] Ooh.
KASIE: Okay, I'm in.
All right, Rambo.
Okay let's start with that far server.
The one with the access terminal.
No, the access terminal behind you.[door opens] Copy that.
What are you doing in here?
Kasie, say something.
Uh...
is that a carton of milk?
Maybe something else.
Gross.
It's boxed water.
Save the environment much?
I usually use a glass or a stainless steel travel mug.
Do you work here?
'Cause you feel more Facebook than Snapchat.
Are you calling me old?
That would be rude.
And against policy.
So, back to what are you doing here?
I, uh...
Huh?
WOMAN: What department are you in?
What's your name?
Okay, breathe, Kasie.
Do not let this girl call you a Boomer.
You got this.
I don't know about that.
Y-You don't know your name?
Are-are you good?
Okay, this is sus.
I'm gonna call security.
Okay, Kasie, stop overthinking this.
Just channel that-that inner badass aquatic elf warrior thing that you play on the video game.
Be, uh...
Kana-Hune.
What?
That's my name.
Kana-Hune.
Oh.
Is that Polynesian?
You owe me answers.
Like what are you doing with that water in here?
I, uh...
Huh?
KASIE: This is the brain of our beloved company.
And you bring open liquid in a paper container?
Read a sign much?
No liquid in the server room, ever.
Get out.
Okay.
[door closes] That was awesome.
Go, Kana-Hune.
Yeah, whoever that is.
Okay.
I am at the server.
Now what?
Well, based on the Unix shell, let's do a frame-based approach to access the core.
I like the way you think.
I'm in.
Looking for the Stay Home Market account server.
Search by any payments directly authorized by the CEO in the last five hours.
Okay, got something.
Sending it over now.
All right, got it.
According to this, Baltoni moved the money to an offshore account in the Caymans.
Oh, that has to belong to Otis.
-That's odd.
-What is?
McGEE: Well, the account was set up to auto-transfer the money back out as soon as the money was deposited.
Maybe Otis didn't want the money to be traced.
Well, if that's the case, Otis sure was moving the money into some interesting places.
Interesting how?
He's been donating it all to charity.
So an NCIS agent steals millions and then gives it away?
Yep.
Otis donated his cash to over a dozen charities.
Two million to Cancer Research and Diagnostics of America alone.
At first, we thought, well, maybe he's using these nonprofits to launder the money.
A cancer charity?
Classy.
Do any of these charities have any known connections to Otis?
Tough to say.
We'd have to interview all of them to know for sure.
So, what, we just break down the door of, uh, Cancer Research and Diagnostics of America?
Ooh, that may not be necessary.
Look at this.
Stay Home Market, Inc.
pledged two million dollars to the CRDA last year but never paid a cent.
And a year later, Otis ransomed Stay Home Market for the exact same amount.
Hmm.
Isn't that a coincidence?
All right, cross-check the other companies that he ransomed.
See if any of them also made pledges that they never kept.
Okay, every company on this list made a public pledge to donate but never actually paid.
Well, get all the PR and none of the pain?
Yeah, until Otis forced it on 'em.
He wasn't stealing money for himself.
'Cause he was some kind of, uh, Robin Hood hacker.
PARKER: Forcing companies to make good on pledges which they never intended to honor.
[meowing] Well, look what the cat dragged in.
I can't believe singing that stupid song actually worked.
Yeah, well, I can't believe you doubted me.
That's a handsome cat.
And he knows it, too.
Bloody paws and all.
Isn't that right, Prince Charming?
You didn't lick your paws 'cause you knew you had a murder to solve.
Well, or he was too spoiled to actually clean himself.
Either way, the prince has a date with Kasie to test the blood.
Small problem.
Kasie's not down there.
She's off briefing the DCIS.
Kasie, thanks for coming.
Yeah, I didn't know it was optional.
Go ahead, hop in.
Ah.
Cool office.[chuckles] Sorry.
I know meeting like this must seem a little odd, but in our work you can never be too careful.
Odd?
Not at all.
It's actually my second creepy van of the day.
[chuckles] Okay, let's get started.
JIMMY: You owe me, Jess.
I promised Kasie I would never touch her babies again.
We need to know whose blood is on those paws.
All right, buddy, do not get aggro.
I'm just gonna give you some grub.
Do not attack me again.
Wait, what?
Again?
[growls, meows]
Stay in the moment.
You know what to do.
[groans] But you didn't do it.
And now you're on the mat.
Want to tell me why?
Because I was in my head?
Yes, you were.
[grunts] Full disclosure, it's my favorite place to be.
Your technique is solid.
Your dedication, -unquestionable.
-But I hesitated.
Kasie, you're full of spirit, but you lack self-confidence.
Is my joyous spirit enough to allow me to belt up?
Not until you get out of here and trust here.
Oh, my stomach?
Your gut.
Trust your instincts. "
She who hesitates is lost."
Okay.
Elbows down.
Hands up.
Come on, Kasie.
Defend.
I see her.
Don't worry.
It'll be quick.
[car door opens] [exhales] Okay.
[car door closes] Okay.
Arm down.
Now pull!
Watch the leg.
Kasie.
Watch the leg.
Hey, move.
Kasie.
Move!
[gasps] ♪ All right, let's try this again.
You know at some point, we are gonna have to stage an intervention.
Yeah, I don't think he can hear us.
Having some tech trouble, McGee?
Yes, everything in the building is running slow, and it is driving me crazy.
My computer seems fine.
Torres?
Running like a dream.
Nah, impossible.
It's affecting all my devices.
It's got to be a network-wide slowdown.
Look at this.
-See that?
-That was slow?
Are you kidding?
It's lagging by at least a fourth of a second.
Here, I'll load it again.
Ah, I see what the problem is.
It's a you thing, McGee.
A what?
You know, like when something stinks but you're the only one that can smell it.
Or it's hot and you're the only one who's cold.
See, it's like a you thing.
Not an us thing.
Anybody know why the computers are running slow?
I've been trying to send a Bandium alert and it's taking forever.
You see that?
Not just a me thing.
[phones chiming] Finally.
McGEE: Looks like we have a body, but...
All I'm getting is that annoying spinning beach ball.
-Yeah.
Me too.
-Yeah, it's 'cause the computers are running slow.
See?
It's an us thing now.
Those fourths of a second add up fast.
This guy must really love his cat.
Not his cat.
The neighbor said, uh, this guy didn't live here.
The house is occupied by a Lieutenant Mary Laredo.
Well, then she must love her cat.
Prince Charming.
That's his name.
just got off the phone with Base Operations.
They said Laredo is deployed to the USS Camden.
Headed towards the Gulf, currently on radio silence.
So, who is this guy?
He kind of looks familiar.
No idea.
They said Laredo lives alone.
Jimmy, you want to...
oh, yeah, fingerprints.
Right, on it.
He seems pretty beat up.
Like a prizefighter.
Yeah, but this wasn't a beating.
I mean, based on the location of deep tissue swelling and the urticaria, I'd said that we're looking at an acute anaphylactic angioedema.
Jimmy?
Uh, it was a deadly allergic reaction.
Where's an EpiPen when you need one?
I say we blame the cat.
Well, I won't know the allergen trigger till I get him back to autopsy, but I highly doubt that it was airborne.
Also, based on the amount of the swelling here, I doubt that this was an accident.
Yeah, you're not kidding about that.
McGEE: Why, what'd you find?
It's what I didn't find.
Fingerprints.
Anywhere.
The house was wiped?
Yeah, seems like somebody was covering their tracks.
Got something, guys.
Check it out.
There was blood here.
And looks like somebody tried to clean it.
Not before the cat walked right through it.
Well, there's no cuts or abrasions on our victim here, so it wasn't his blood.
It must belong to the killer.
Maybe Prince Charming got a few good gouges in before he ran...[beeps] Jimmy, you okay?
Yeah, the, uh...
fingerprint match just came back.
Guys...
This is Otis Khatri.
NCIS Agent Khatri?
Otis from downstairs?
Afraid so.
Well, with the swelling, I didn't recognize him.
I never met him.
What, uh, what can you tell me?
Oh, he was a good man.
Yeah, this is crazy.
Everyone loved Otis.
Yeah, well, apparently not everyone.
JIMMY: Hey, Kasie.
Sorry I'm late.
Took forever to get Otis processed.
I think we're all still in shock.
Uh, Kasie?
Hello?
Hey, look, Kase, if you're trying to prank me here, all right, today is not the day.
Hey, this is Kasie.
I'm not here right now, but leave a message and I'll hit you back later.
[beep] Kase, I'm in your lab right now.
I even remembered to bring my controller, you know, just like we planned.
Only thing missing is you.
Agent Otis Khatri worked on the contingency response team.
He oversaw international humanitarian support operations.
I know.
I recommended him.
In that job, you see people at their lowest, after natural disasters, wars.
But Otis was a natural fixer.
He always knew how to help.
He was a good agent.
I presume you've notified his next of kin.
His sister is on her way in.
But she did tell us why Otis was at Lieutenant Laredo's house.
Cat-sitting.
Turns out our best lead is that runaway cat.
Well, courts generally prefer to have their witnesses be human.
Well, we have reason to believe that Prince Charming may have the killer's DNA on his paws.
But you got to find him first.
I once tracked a caribou in the tundra for 11 miles.
How hard could it be to find a house cat?
You care to elaborate on why you were in the tundra following a caribou?
Oh, how much time do you have?[phone chimes] But, uh, it'll have to wait.
This is Jimmy.
Sounds like he's got something urgent.
Good, let's hope something more promising than a runaway cat.
[doors slide open] Jimmy, what's the emergency?
Kasie's missing.
-What?
-Her favorite video game, Slayers, Spells and Starcraft 4 dropped last night, and we had planned for a month to play it at lunch, today's lunch, -and she never shows up.
-Okay, slow down.
She's...
Kasie never flakes on people, all right?
And she never passes up an opportunity to show off her badassery skills as Kana-Hune.
Kana-who?
Hune.
It's, uh, Kasie's monster-slaying avatar, it's this Kana-Hune.
Something bad has happened.
I can feel it.
I-I keep calling her cell phone-- it keeps going straight to voice mail.
Jimmy, deep breath.
Kasie's fine, okay?
[chuckles] You don't know that.
Actually, I do.
She requested a personal health day this morning.
But why?
Kasie's perfectly healthy.
Not really our business, is it?
But she would've told me if...
Why-why didn't she tell me?
That is a good question, but maybe the answer isn't, uh...
you know, our business either?
[sighs] You're right.
Yeah, sorry.
Uh...
Having Otis on my table here is making me a bit paranoid.
I get it, I get it.
But, uh, let's just focus on the case and keep your mind busy.
Right, uh, busy mind, good.
Uh, cause of death, as I suspected, was anaphylaxis.
You figure out from what yet?
Sesame oil.
Which shouldn't come as a surprise.
Otis's file lists a serious allergy to...
sesame.
He obviously wasn't -careful about what he ate.
-No, no, no.
His bestie down in the motor pool said that Otis was constantly checking ingredient labels.
Maybe he missed one.
Uh, even so, the levels that were in his blood-- this couldn't have been an accident.
So either it was a deliberate suicide or...
Someone dosed him.
The same someone who wiped down every print in Laredo's house.
Whoever it was, I can't imagine Otis just eating something without asking what was in it first.
It's called lying, Jimmy.
Yeah, but for him to trust whoever gave it to him, that means...
Otis probably knew his killer.
I just don't get it.
Why would someone want to kill my brother?
Well, we're, uh, we're hoping that you can help us figure that out.
Can you tell us anything about his life outside of work?
His work was his life.
Otis was so proud to be part of NCIS.
He joked that he was a modern-day superhero.
Didn't need a cape or wings, because he had a computer.
Mm.
Laptop is mightier than the sword.
You must be McGeek.
[chuckles] Haven't heard that one in a while.
Yeah, maybe we should bring that back.
Oh, I-I'm sorry.
I think Otis meant it as a compliment.
-He only used it with me.
-Yeah.
Were you and your brother close?
Very.
E-Even though his work was classified, he-he still found ways to tell me about all the good he was doing.
But...
But what?
This last week he didn't want to talk about work.
Did he say why?
Something wasn't right.
I just thought that he was overworked.
But now...
Can you give us a list of people Otis was close to?
Maybe who knew he was cat-sitting.
Well, like I said, NCIS was Otis' life.
His co-workers were his closest friends.
All the people who would have known he was cat-sitting are probably in this building.
Hey, Jimmy, what are you doing here?
Oh, just helping out while Kasie's gone.
Ooh, you sure you're up for it?
Because, uh, there's a lot of buttons in here.
Well, thanks to Abby's Lab for Dummies, -piece of cake.
-Okay.
Parker said there was an update.
Yeah.
I was able to pull a clue off of Otis' laptop.
[chuckles] I hope you like cake.
[harsh beep] Oh, let's see.
Uh, that should have worked.
Okay, I...
okay, I see.
I see what I did wrong here.
I guess I should have pressed this button.[harsh beeping] Okay, Jimmy, less beeping and more cake.
That's an entirely new sound I've never heard before.
-Okay, I'll come back.
-Okay, no, no, no, wait.
Hold on, hold on.
I-I've got it, I've got it.
Okay, uh, I wasn't able to get into Otis' user account here, but I did pull a partial print off the battery flap that the killer forgot to wipe.
Okay, you've got my attention back.
So I enlarged the fingerprint.
Want to make sure I got a good image before I put it into AFIS.
Like so.
[harsh beeping] [scoffs] Kasie makes this look so much easier than it is.
All right, Jimmy, do you know what -you're doing here?
-Aah!
There was a time when I did, Nick.
That time is now gone.
-What's going on?
-I didn't touch anything.
Nothing.
What did you do to my babies?
Yeah, your babies don't like Jimmy.
He makes them cry.
[beeping stops] [sighs] I'm so glad you're back.
Okay.
Um, what are you doing in my lab?
All right, that's my cue to leave.
If you guys get a hit on those prints, just give me a call.
Wait, prints?
Whose prints?
-The killer's.
-Oh, right, yeah.
Duh.
My bad.
And, uh, who's the victim?
Oh, Kase, you haven't heard?
It was Otis.
Otis?
As in NCIS Otis?
He was murdered?
When?
It was yesterday.
I mean, then entire crime scene was wiped clean.
But I did manage to pull a partial print from inside of his laptop.
That's what I was running when you came in and I...
Oh.
That was fast.
Print must already be in the system.
Oh, you know what, I-I got it from here, Jimmy.
Um, thank you so much for your help...
This isn't what it looks like.
Good.
Because what it looks like is that your fingerprints are on our murder victim's laptop.
Kasie, seriously, we don't need to question you in Interrogation.
I think you should.
Just tell us why your fingerprints were on Otis' laptop.
Respectfully, if this was anyone else, you would bring them into Interrogation as a murder suspect.
-Did you kill Otis?
-Of course not.
Then why aren't you telling us why your fingerprints...
I will.
In Interrogation.
Please, we need to stick to the rule.
For Otis and for me.
And for you.
Oh, uh, Kase, that's where we usually sit.
Oh, we can switch places later.
I'll be happy to answer all of your questions after you answer a few of mine.
Okay.
Who's interviewing who here?
And she has a notebook?
Special Agent Timothy McGee, do you recall receiving multiple shipments of electronic equipment from China?
What is happening right now?
Wh-What does this have to do with Otis' murder?
I will get to that.
A few months back you received an IC distributor, two GL microprocessors, a temperature-sensing...
Crystal oscillator.
Yeah.
How'd you know all that?
Well, I'm asking the questions here.
No, actually, we're the ones that are supposed to ask the questions.
What are the parts for, Agent McGee?
I ordered those parts to restore an old Beary Smyles.
A Beary who?
It's a talking electronic bear I wanted since I was six years old.
I recently found him at a swap meet.
But he was broken.
Needed a full electronic overhaul.
Kasie, what...
Hold on.
So this list of parts was to repair a talking bear?
Oh, not just any talking bear.
The talking bear.
Beary Smyles was the most expressive, intelligent toy of the '80s.
That'’s why it was a gadget on my bucket list.
You know, McGee can be very cute.
Is it me, or do you just kinda want to hug him right now?
I am officially clearing Special Agent Timothy McGee, which in turn closes cases number BX57, concluding my investigation, and clearing the entire Major Case Response Team.
Kasie, who are you talking to?
Did you just say that you were investigating us?
Oh, I was, but now I'm not.
Okay, we can switch places now.
Uh, j...
don't bother.
Kasie, uh, what the hell is going on?
There's a mole at NCIS.
Come again?
Funny story.
I was recruited by DCIS to do an internal investigation to find a suspected mole in NCIS, which means I've actually been investigating all of the teams that I work with, aka, um...
you.
[laughs] Oh, my God.
Oh, it feels so good to finally say that out loud.
It took so long to clear you all.
How long has this been going on for?
Oh, for about two or three...
You've been spying on us for three weeks?
...months.
Does Vance know about this?
Well, my handler said that Director Vance...
You got a handler?
VANCE: This is not acceptable.
If there is a mole in NCIS, I should have been informed.
Director Vance, we both know when it comes to mole hunting, everyone is placed on a need-to-know basis.
That's why I was meeting with Ms.
Hines off-site.
Is that a polite way of saying that DCIS thought I was a suspect?
Everyone is a suspect.
Except Kasie?
We cleared Ms.
Hines before we tapped her as our inside operative.
With all due respect to Ms.
Hines, why choose her?
-Ouch.
-She's the one person who works hands-on with almost every agent in the building.
So she can conduct her investigation without drawing suspicion.
Not to mention her superb skills collecting forensic evidence.
And what did you find, Ms.
Hines?
It looks like Agent Khatri was attempting to bypass internal security on the NCIS network.
For what purpose?
I haven't been able to figure it out.
I'm sorry.
Maybe if I had help I could have moved more quickly.
You didn't give her a support team?
Given the sensitivity of the investigation, we thought it best she work alone.
VANCE: This is a huge assignment for any agent to do by themselves, let alone a forensic scientist.
Wasn't your call.
Well, it is now.
I have a dead agent and nobody can tell me why.
Ms.
Hines, you said Parker's team has been cleared?
That's correct, Director.
Good.
Then Agent Parker, you can take over the investigation from here.
I don't think that's warranted.
Or we can go to SECNAV and explain why you put one of my people in danger without proper backup.
I'm gonna need everything you got on that mole.
-Of course.
-VANCE: And I'll make sure that Ms.
Hines updates you as information arises after I have reviewed it.
In the meantime, you're with us.
Getting the support you should have received from the start.
This is our case now.
Move fast.
Find that mole.
Hey, guys.
[sighs] So I just went over Kasie's report, and she is right.
Otis was definitely trying to access our secure servers.
What?
Any idea why?
It looks like he was trying to transfer data out of the building.
So he was the mole.
I don't believe it.
Who was he working for?
Well, maybe himself.
Found this list in a dummy file hidden on his laptop.
All big corporations in oil and tech.
-Almost looks like a client list.
-All those places would pay big for the intel we have.
So Otis was an industrial spy?
That is a dangerous game to play.
Maybe that's what got him killed.
I don't buy it.
Otis was one of the good guys.
I'm a pro at judging character.
Really?
Mm, I don't know.
You couldn't tell that Kasie was spying on us.
Oh, that's different, okay, 'cause Kasie was fighting the good fight and she was being Kasie.
Well, I'm actually impressed that she pulled it off.
Yeah.
Going undercover is not easy.
Wait a minute.
Is that why she was making me play that weird game of 20 questions at the wine bar?
I can't believe she thought I could actually be the mole.
Yeah, she was just doing her job.
She had to investigate everyone.
Hey, how much of our personal info do you think she accessed?
Why, Tim?
You worried about something specific?
Mm, I got nothing to hide.
PARKER: Okay, Kasie says that she has a lead on what intel Otis was trying to steal.
So, uh, who's going down to the lab?
Not it.
Not trying to get my fingerprints lifted before lunch.
And I'm still knee-deep in my cat hunt, trying to track down Prince Charming's microchip.
Looks like you're up.
Well, I would, uh, I would love to, but actually, um...
Can't think of anything?
Can't think of anything.
Meeting in the shadows at night with secret agents?
Kasie, this is like some Grisham novel stuff.
Uh, there's a lot less action than you think.
I spent most of my time plotting and scheming.
Mostly in my head, which I'm supposed to be avoiding, actually, so...
Hey, you dig up any dirt on me?
Oh, don't be silly.
-You're clean as a whistle.
-I know, I know.
But still, you had to investigate me, right?
Um, actually, you weren't on the list.
Oddly, that kind of hurts.[sighs] Get in line.
I've been getting dirty looks all day.
If you want the truth, going undercover is lonely.
I'll bet.
I don't know how Torres did it for so long.
I hated keeping so many secrets from my friends.
I actually took the personal day so I could finish clearing the team as soon as possible.
Hey, Kase, heard you got an update.
That's it?
No questions?
No lectures about betrayal?
Well, actually, uh, now that you mention it, how deep did you go on your personal record search?
Oh, deep.
Whatever you, uh, whatever you saw, you gonna keep that confidential, right?
If it didn't have anything to do with mole hunting, it went in one eyeball and out the other.
Great, great, okay.
Speaking of mole hunting, I hear you have a lead on the intel Otis was trying to steal?
Yes.
Now that you were able to unlock his laptop, I was able to use it to create a tracer program.
It'll search for anything Otis tried to remove from our servers.
Hey, if you promise not to make my babies cry again, I'll let you start it up.
Come on, Kase.
You can do it, Jimmy.
Yay.
See?
It wasn't so hard.
[chimes] Though that was a little quick.
Because there's no missing intel from the NCIS servers.
Wait, so Otis wasn't stealing secrets?
Oh, he most definitely was.
Just not from us.
Take a look.
-What is that?
-Uh, data.
Lots of it.
All from outside sources.
Otis wasn't stealing from NCIS.
He was using the NCIS system to steal from somebody else.
McGEE: Well, the good news is Otis didn't sell any NCIS intel.
And the bad news?
He was stealing all kinds of proprietary intel from corporate America.
And doing what with it?
Well, judging by the data encryption he used, I'd say Otis was running some kind of dark web ransomware scheme.
So, basically, blah, blah and blah?
He was stealing people's data and then demanding money to give it back.
So, the client list Kasie found?
McGEE: Probably more like a victims list.
Why would Otis risk using government servers for a crime?
Probably needed the storage space I mean, the guy stole a huge amount of data.
A civilian server would choke on it.
And I'm guessing the data overload is what caused ours to slow down.
So let's give the data back.
Well, we can't.
At least not until we find Otis' encryption key to unlock it.
And Otis is dead.
Ten bucks says his killer knows where the key is.
[meows] Now the killer's DNA is probably still on Prince Charming's paws.
Any new leads on Grumpy Cat?
Still working on it.
Calling all the shelters I can, but nothing yet.
All right, let's go with motive.
Who would want to see Otis dead?
I would say maybe one of these companies decided to not pay the ransom.
McGEE: According to an unencrypted ledger I found, every company on that list has agreed to pay up except for one.
Stay Home Market, Inc.
McGEE: It's a conglomerate of worldwide delivery services, including the home food delivery company Home Stretch Eats.
Oh, I cannot survive without Home Stretch eats.
Hey, isn't that the company that has that loser CEO that throws raves around the world?
Travis Baltoni.
Well, considering that, uh, Prince Charming has been able to evade our in-house animal tracking expert...
I said I was still -working on it.
-Okay.
Okay.
Hopefully Mr.
Baltoni will be easier to find.
Oh, this is cool.
NCRS teleconference.
It's uh, it's "IS."
Uh, Mr.
Baltoni...
Aw, call me Travis, man.
Unless that's illegal.
-Why would that be illegal?
-Are you at a party?
I'm on a yacht in Ibiza.
Here, everything is a party.
Occupado.
Try the lower deck.
I don't know if I should be jealous or annoyed by this guy.
I know what you mean.
It's very confusing.
So, your company admitted to being hit with a ransomware attack.
Let me cut to the chase.
I didn't kill your hacker.
Okay, but you hadn't agreed to pay him, either, So what was your plan?
Tasked my entire IT department to find him.
Then, I was gonna kill him.
Okay.
You do know you're talking to federal agents, right?
A man has limits.
Just this morning, the guy tripled the ransom.
Wait, whose morning?
Ibiza afternoon, D.C.
morning.
You feel me?
Tripling the price is lame no matter the time zone.
Otis was dead this morning.
That means the new ransom demand came in after he was killed.
Then who sent it?
Otis might have a partner.
Mr.
Baltoni.
Uh, sorry, Travis.
We would like access to your servers.
That way we can work together to find that hacker, hopefully retrieve your data.
I may look young and sound stupid, but if NCIS could have gotten back my data, you already would have.
Well, we still can.
Too late.
You were wrong.
I actually did pay the ransom, right before you called.
Who'd you send the money to?
No way.
I have a subsidiary IPO coming up next week.
I'm not risking our data leak going public.
That won't happen, but we still need to know who you sent the money to.
Oh, sounds like there's a line growing.
Good luck catching the bad guy.
Peace.
Okay, yeah, definitely more annoyed than jealous.
KASIE:And we're sure I'm the best person to go undercover?
I mean, you or Parker could easily trace the ransomware payment in Stay Home Market's server.
Yeah, they would stick out like sore thumbs at Stay Home Market.
-We're just too old.
-Yeah.
-No offense.
-None taken.
Now, Kasie, you've been working on this thing for months.
The reality is you're better equipped than any of us.
I don'’t feel better equipped.
Oh!
We have a warrant.
What if we just asked them nicely who they paid, huh?
Their CEO made it very clear he's not going to share any info.
Yeah, we go in through the front door, they're gonna start -tossing records out the back.
-Oh.
So you're sending me in through an air vent.
Well, it is the safest way to get into the server room undetected.
TORRES: Parking lot, utility tunnel, air vent, server room.
Your comms should be working.
You want to give 'em a go?
Test, test, this is Kasie Hines, aka Ellen Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo.
Well, luckily you aren't fighting aliens in space.
-And now for your camera.
-Okay, going undercover as me was hard enough, but as a whole new person?
That's...
that's a whole new thing.
Well, hopefully you don't run into anyone.
But you know I am not a good liar or negotiator or swimmer, for that matter.
Well, we promise there will be no swimming.
All you need to do is get to that central server and find out who Baltoni sent the ransom to.
And this time you're not working alone.
The whole team has your back.
Okay.
-Hey.
-You all hooked up?
Yep.
I just, um...
Hey, you know, ever since I revealed my secret Bourne identity...
You mean spied on us?
Um, you haven't been down to the lab.
Oh, I've just been stuck looking for this stupid cat.
Don't tell Parker, but tracking caribou-- so much easier.
Okay.
But I hope it's not because you feel like I betrayed you or something.
And if you do, I just want to apologize.
It was...
Stop right there.
See?
I knew it, I knew it.
That is totally your mad face.
No, this is my annoyed face.
And I'm making it because you have absolutely nothing to apologize for.
Well, agree to disagree.
Kasie, if anything, I'm proud of you.
You took a flying leap out of your comfort zone, and that takes guts.
I know, but maybe if I had...
No, no maybes, no buts.
You're overthinking this.
And in this line of work, that's a good way to end up on your ass.
[phone dings] Oh, Prince Charming's owner just resurfaced.
Lieutenant Laredo?
And?
She says that Prince Charming runs away a lot, but he never gets far.
-That's promising.
-And in order to get him back, she just sings his favorite song.
So what's the song you have to sing?
LAREDO: ♪ Meow, meow ♪ My puffy, scruffy bubbly boo ♪ ♪ My dearest Prince Charming ♪ I'’ll always love you.
♪ That's rough.
I have to sing this song to get that cat back.
Yeah, okay, hey, you want to trade places?
Oh, uh, no.
I-I would rather military crawl through a ventilation shaft.
You have fun.
Take a video for me.
LAREDO: ♪ Meow, meow ♪ My puffy, scruffy bubbly boo.
♪ ♪ Meow, meow ♪ My puffy, scruffy bubbly boo.
♪ Oh, people are so worried about digital security these days, they really kind of forget about how...
Shh, Kasie.
You need to whisper.
[whispering]: Oh, I'm sorry.
I was saying they really kind of forget about good, old-fashioned air vents.
Guys, I am feeling real action hero vibes.
[chuckles] Okay, just remember to be quiet and don't scream if you see a rat.
Wait, what?
Rats?!
You did not tell...
And don't worry, Kasie, there aren't gonna be any rats.
Are you kidding me?
What are you doing?
Me?
You're the one lying to her.
There could totally be rats.
I can still hear you.
Okay, Kasie, you got this.
All right?
Just-just keep moving forward.
The server room should be ahead to your left.
And we are right here with you.
I know it.
And hey, I just want to say...
Okay, here comes more apologies.
Uh, no.
That is so two hours ago.
I did my job.
And you know what?
Yeah, I kicked ass.
Much better.
Digging into each of your personnel files made me feel so much closer to you.
And you guys are some of the finest people I have ever met.
Well, except for McGee's obsession with some online store called Lovey's Sensory Chest.
Okay, all right, slow your roll.
Oh, and I just realized that is probably what you wanted me to keep a secret.
I do apologize for that.
Lovey's Sensory Chest?
TORRES: Mm, you wild man.
It's a kids store, okay?
They sell tactile toys and developmental games for children.
The owner's name is Sam Lovey.
If you say so.
[sighs] Kasie, will you tell them, please?
No, it was my job to investigate, not to judge.
Well, I'm feeling judged right now.
Wait, hold up.
[grunting softly] I think I found the central server.
Sam Lovey's gonna have to wait.
[grunts] Ooh.
KASIE: Okay, I'm in.
All right, Rambo.
Okay let's start with that far server.
The one with the access terminal.
No, the access terminal behind you.[door opens] Copy that.
What are you doing in here?
Kasie, say something.
Uh...
is that a carton of milk?
Maybe something else.
Gross.
It's boxed water.
Save the environment much?
I usually use a glass or a stainless steel travel mug.
Do you work here?
'Cause you feel more Facebook than Snapchat.
Are you calling me old?
That would be rude.
And against policy.
So, back to what are you doing here?
I, uh...
Huh?
WOMAN: What department are you in?
What's your name?
Okay, breathe, Kasie.
Do not let this girl call you a Boomer.
You got this.
I don't know about that.
Y-You don't know your name?
Are-are you good?
Okay, this is sus.
I'm gonna call security.
Okay, Kasie, stop overthinking this.
Just channel that-that inner badass aquatic elf warrior thing that you play on the video game.
Be, uh...
Kana-Hune.
What?
That's my name.
Kana-Hune.
Oh.
Is that Polynesian?
You owe me answers.
Like what are you doing with that water in here?
I, uh...
Huh?
KASIE: This is the brain of our beloved company.
And you bring open liquid in a paper container?
Read a sign much?
No liquid in the server room, ever.
Get out.
Okay.
[door closes] That was awesome.
Go, Kana-Hune.
Yeah, whoever that is.
Okay.
I am at the server.
Now what?
Well, based on the Unix shell, let's do a frame-based approach to access the core.
I like the way you think.
I'm in.
Looking for the Stay Home Market account server.
Search by any payments directly authorized by the CEO in the last five hours.
Okay, got something.
Sending it over now.
All right, got it.
According to this, Baltoni moved the money to an offshore account in the Caymans.
Oh, that has to belong to Otis.
-That's odd.
-What is?
McGEE: Well, the account was set up to auto-transfer the money back out as soon as the money was deposited.
Maybe Otis didn't want the money to be traced.
Well, if that's the case, Otis sure was moving the money into some interesting places.
Interesting how?
He's been donating it all to charity.
So an NCIS agent steals millions and then gives it away?
Yep.
Otis donated his cash to over a dozen charities.
Two million to Cancer Research and Diagnostics of America alone.
At first, we thought, well, maybe he's using these nonprofits to launder the money.
A cancer charity?
Classy.
Do any of these charities have any known connections to Otis?
Tough to say.
We'd have to interview all of them to know for sure.
So, what, we just break down the door of, uh, Cancer Research and Diagnostics of America?
Ooh, that may not be necessary.
Look at this.
Stay Home Market, Inc.
pledged two million dollars to the CRDA last year but never paid a cent.
And a year later, Otis ransomed Stay Home Market for the exact same amount.
Hmm.
Isn't that a coincidence?
All right, cross-check the other companies that he ransomed.
See if any of them also made pledges that they never kept.
Okay, every company on this list made a public pledge to donate but never actually paid.
Well, get all the PR and none of the pain?
Yeah, until Otis forced it on 'em.
He wasn't stealing money for himself.
'Cause he was some kind of, uh, Robin Hood hacker.
PARKER: Forcing companies to make good on pledges which they never intended to honor.
[meowing] Well, look what the cat dragged in.
I can't believe singing that stupid song actually worked.
Yeah, well, I can't believe you doubted me.
That's a handsome cat.
And he knows it, too.
Bloody paws and all.
Isn't that right, Prince Charming?
You didn't lick your paws 'cause you knew you had a murder to solve.
Well, or he was too spoiled to actually clean himself.
Either way, the prince has a date with Kasie to test the blood.
Small problem.
Kasie's not down there.
She's off briefing the DCIS.
Kasie, thanks for coming.
Yeah, I didn't know it was optional.
Go ahead, hop in.
Ah.
Cool office.[chuckles] Sorry.
I know meeting like this must seem a little odd, but in our work you can never be too careful.
Odd?
Not at all.
It's actually my second creepy van of the day.
[chuckles] Okay, let's get started.
JIMMY: You owe me, Jess.
I promised Kasie I would never touch her babies again.
We need to know whose blood is on those paws.
All right, buddy, do not get aggro.
I'm just gonna give you some grub.
Do not attack me again.
Wait, what?
Again?
[growls, meows]