Programa de TV: NCIS - 22x6
Oh, my...
MAN: Oops.
Oops.
Am I in trouble?
Hey, trouble.
Come get me.
I'll come and get you.
Oh, my God!
What is it?
We should do it in the panic room.
We should totally do it in the panic room.
Ooh.
Fancy.
After you.
It's like a James Bond movie.
Q wishes he had gadgets like this.
McGEE: Hey, man.
Yo.
Huh.
What you got there?
Oh, I got some ibuprofen, some vitamin C and some good old-fashioned electrolytes.
Were you expecting Knight to be under the weather or...
I can almost guarantee it.
I was her plus-one at Robin's graduation party last night.
Oh, Knight's sister?
Mm-hmm.
Where's she graduating from?
Some online hat-making academy.
It's, uh, not exactly a degree I would throw a party for.
Oh, not a party.
A rager.
Dude, it was a Knight you've never seen.
Ooh.
Do tell.
First of all, she started going toe-to-toe with her sister, right?
And she's, like, starts with a couple of beers, right?
And then, all of a sudden, it's like, "I'm switching to guns!"Tequila.
What?
I wouldn't be surprised if she calls in sick.
Who's calling in sick?
Oh, Knight, uh...
drank a lot last night.
Yeah, she's gonna be hurting this morning.
Oh.
Do I detect a bit of schadenfreude, Agent Torres?
Parker, me?
No.
I'm just so sad that she's gonna be in a world of pain today.
Good morning.
Ooh.
Do I have something on my face?
How are you feeling?
You know, just last night...
Oh.
Fine.
Woke up early, went for a run.
Finished up those ROIs that I've been trying to get to.
It's as though you're in top shape, Agent Knight, just like I'd expect.
What's all this?
You thought I was gonna be hungover.
A rhino would have been hungover after last night.
Oh, please.
It was just a couple of drinks.
Besides, I am not the one who forgot his jacket.
That's not my jacket.
Sure it is.
You put it on my shoulders when I was cold.
On your shoulders?
Yeah.
When I was cold.
Huh.
I think I know my own jacket.
Especially...
since it's sitting over there on my chair.
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a case.
So many questions.
So many questions.
Like whose jacket is this?
And how did you end up wearing it home?
You can discuss Agent Knight's wardrobe choices later.
Y'all need to get to Georgetown.
There's a body at the Hemstead Court.
This one needs to stay on the DL.
There was an attempted robbery at the home of Freddy Martin.
CEO of Radmore Freddy Martin.
The defense contractor?
The very big defense contractor.
Why's it on the DL?
Because the secretary of defense says it is.
Seems like a lot of blood for a single gunshot wound.
That's because the bullet severed the carotid artery.
It's a perfect shot, really.
If the goal was to make as much of a mess as possible.
If you didn't know that there was intruders in the apartment, why were you in the panic room?
Oh, uh, we were having, um, a discussion.
And, uh, when during this...
discussion did you realize that there was a break-in?
When a giant man in a mask appeared in the doorway.
At which point you shot him.
At which point I had a panic attack.
I shot him.
McGEE: Oh.
You have a very brave wife, Mr.
Martin.
She's not his wife.
I am.
Sheila.
Melinda.
Sorry about the robe.
Keep it.
Listen, baby, I can...
Explain?
I doubt it.
But I'm dying to hear you try.
Uh, Mrs.
Martin, I'm Special Agent Park...
Hold that thought.
You can't go back there.
Freddy, we need to speak.
Alone.
Give us the room.
I'm afraid that's not how crime scenes work.
Very well.
Freddy.
Outside.
Ma'am, you won't be going anywhere until I've had the chance to question you.
By all means.
Shall we speak in the bloodbath that was my bedroom or next to the woman who's sleeping with my husband?
How about we all go outside?
What a novel idea.
Oh, that was awkward.
Yeah, so let's do our thing so we can get out of here before round two starts.
McGEE: Well, Nick's still combing through the security footage.
But whoever broke in here didn't touch the safe, the cash or any of the jewelry.
Okay.
So, what were they after?
I don't think it was a what.
I think it was a who.
Yeah, I found this underneath the body after I rolled him over.
We have a blackout hood, zip ties...
Oh.
And chloroform.
Not looking like a robbery.
Looking more like a kidnapping.
McGEE: Freddy Martin, CEO of Radmore.
It's a defense company worth over $200 billion last year.
Good reason to try to abduct him.
It's probably why his company has a kidnap and ransom policy on him.
They even helped pay for his panic room.
Well, Freddy Martin will have to answer a few more questions.
Yeah, well, he's on private plane right now headed to Geneva for the NATO summit.
Alongside a DoD-assigned security detail.
Are we ignoring the mistress in the room?
What if this doesn't have to do with business but with his...
complicated domestic situation?
Well, Melinda Martin didn't seem very happy when she saw Sheila wearing her robe.
And she did not seem surprised.
Well, maybe Melinda's sick of seeing other people wear her clothes and hired a few guys to make Freddy disappear.
She's meeting with Vance now.
One of us needs to talk to her again.
Seriously?
Well, you know, it seems like you two had a connection.
When she told me to hold her bag or because she gave me her coffee order when she got here?
I mean, either way, you already have an in.
Yeah.
Besides, McGee and I have another case that, uh, really needs our attention.
Why is my jacket in an evidence bag?
Okay, first off, Knight, that is not your jacket.
Yes, we need to find the rightful owner.
And since you don't seem to remember...
Hey, that's my coffee.
The lamps, the sconces-- all covered with fingerprint dust.
But that is not the main issue.
And what's the main issue, Mrs.
Martin?
Discretion.
I need your word this won't leak to the press.
I can assure you that my agents will never...
I can get over the ruined Kashan rugs.
I can even overlook the rudeness of some of your agents.
But if I read that my home turned into a Quentin Tarantino movie in some two-bit D.C.
gossip blog...
Mrs.
Martin.
Please.
I've known your husband for some time.
NCIS will get to the bottom of this.
Quietly.
Now Agent Knight will show you out.
To the conference room, actually.
We still have a few more questions for you.
Well, I'm perfectly comfortable here.
And make it quick.
I've already missed half the day's appointments cleaning up Freddy's mess.
About that mess-- would you say there's a lot of bad blood between you and Mr.
Martin?
What would make you think that there's bad blood?
Literally every word out of your mouth.
And you did walk in on him and his...
Whore?
Yes.
But Freddy and I have an arrangement.
Our marriage has been dead for years.
So, you knew about his affair?
Me and half the Beltway.
Freddy's affairs are the worst kept secret in D.C.
Isn't that right, Leon?
I don't know Freddy that well.
Well, maybe this arrangement hasn't been working out too well lately.
And what would give you that idea?
The dead man on your bedroom floor, for starters, and the fact that his friends intended to kidnap your husband.
This is what can't get out.
Where were you last night, Mrs.
Martin?
I took a last-minute flight to the Vineyard.
And let me save you some time, Agent Useless.
If I was going to have my husband kidnapped...
it would have worked.
I think a skosh to the left, Jimmy.
Wait, your left or my left?
Camera left, Jimmy.
Always camera left.
Okay.
I'm sorry.
It's a little tricky with the rigor mortis and all.
Ugh.
Are you guys trying to take a selfie with the bad guy?
No.
No, of course not.
We're trying to unlock his iPhone.
Hoping he set up facial ID.
Anything to tell us who he was working for?
Well, his fingerprints aren't in any of our systems, but, uh, he appears to be about a 45-year-old male, he had a rib sandwich for his final meal, and judging by the plaque that we found in his arteries, he probably would have had a cardiac arrest that killed him in the next five years, you know, if he hadn't been shot.
Be really helpful to get into that phone.
Well, we'd have to guess his six-digit passcode, and we only have five tries left before we're locked out.
You know, statistically speaking, it would be his anniversary.
Or, if he had a dog, its birthday.
Who knows their dog's birthday?
Who doesn't?
Um...
I don't know, why don't you try, mm...
110115.
Ooh, I'm in.
How did you know that?
Educated guess.
JIMMY and KASIE: Oh...
Not very smart keeping your passcode on your ankle like that.
You able to get an ID?
No, it looks like a burner phone.
No identifying information.
Take a look at this.
Mrs.
Martin, not finished asking my questions yet.
Oh, I'm done.
I'm done with questions.
I'm done with these hideous orange walls, and I'm done with you, Agent Knight.
I'm just trying to do my job.
And good luck with that.
Mrs.
Martin, you can't leave.
You can't hold me here.
I'm not a suspect.
Not a suspect.
No.
I just got a call from Agent Parker.
Knight, check your phone.
We found evidence on the dead kidnapper's phone.
E-Evidence of what?
Your husband wasn't the target of the abduction attempt.
You were.
So Mrs.
Martin was the kidnappers' intended target.
Yeah.
I don't think they realized what they were in for.
Well, we need to put this to bed fast.
Sec def has already called me twice before breakfast.
Right in the middle of your Wheaties?
Apparently, he woke up to several missed calls from Melinda.
As in, 12.
I think he's hoping that we can do something to stop her from calling again, and I can't say that I blame him.
So, where are we?
We're working on motive first and putting Mrs.
Martin in protective custody with...
Agent Knight.
Agent Knight?
And Mrs.
Martin agreed to this? "
Agree" is a strong word, but Knight is currently with Mrs.
Martin and packing a bag for the safe house.
Being stuck in an enclosed space with Melinda Martin might actually be against the Geneva Convention.
The good news is everybody is highly motivated to solve this quickly and return Mrs.
Martin to her natural habitat.
dealing with here is...
You're still processing evidence from the crime scene?
Uh, well, not exactly.
Yeah, we are waiting on some of Mrs.
Martin's, uh, financial records.
And, in the interim, you just decided to do a CSI on Knight's leather jacket?
Okay, what'd you find?
Okay, so we have a...
crumpled tissue.
All right.
Unused.
And then, we have a box of Tic Tacs.
Also got a mysterious barcode glued on the inside pocket of Knight's borrowed coat here.
We got a ringer with garment industry experience doing a full analysis for us.
Oh, that's good.
That sounds good.
I'm sure you'll find the owner in no time.
And maybe they'll know why someone tried to kidnap Melinda Martin.
Uh, yeah, so she's actually kind of tricky to pin down.
Melinda's got her hands full in all kinds of powerhouse D.C.
organizations, but she keeps a very low profile.
Yeah, doesn't do any publicity and she rarely lets herself be photographed.
What kind of organizations?
Talking about the Smithsonian, the NEA, the Kennedy Center.
I doubt someone tried to abduct her for her house seats.
Oh, those are just her hobbies.
Main event is the Brighter Days Fund.
It's a foundation she started to find homes for orphan children.
Yeah, with an endowment north of $50 million.
And get this: Melinda's the only one authorized to access the funds.
That's 50 million reasons to grab her.
All right, I'll have Knight get into it with Melinda, see if we can get a suspect list from her.
A lifetime of despair and loneliness.
That's what you're setting yourself up for, Agent Knight.
Because I'm wearing comfortable shoes?
Because it shows that you're using your career to hide from something.
Hide from what?
Who knows?
Meaningful relationships, proper skin care.
Have you considered freezing your eggs?
Uh, you know what?
I could do this all day, but I'm still not gonna go anywhere, so how about we shift the topic from me and my eggs to you and your foundation?
Can you think of anyone who would want access to the endowment?
Oh, I know-- Jenny Dumane.
Last week, at the board luncheon, I caught Jenny Dumane sticking one of my napkin rings in her purse.
I didn't have the heart to tell her it wasn't my real silver.
But...
Jenny's too lazy to plan a kidnapping.
Why do you look like you're gonna go play tennis?
'Cause I'm going to go play tennis.
You were the target of a violent abduction attempt.
We need to keep you secure.
Nothing is more secure than the Georgetown tennis club.
You have to submit your S.A.T.
scores just to be a probationary member.
Mrs.
Martin, I have a job to do.
And I have an 11:00 a.m.
match, which I don't intend to miss.
You're going to miss it because we're going to the safe house.
No, we are not.
Because we both know that you can't legally compel me to do anything.
As my protective detail, you must go where I go.
You're right.
I'm just gonna call for extra backup.
I figured a squad of uniformed naval security should do the trick.
Unless, of course, you think that Big Sal and his boys will draw too much attention.
I don't think that that is necessary.
I'm sure you're perfectly capable of keeping me safe.
So, let's make a deal.
I am all ears.
We go to the club today, just this once, and then I will follow you to whatever flea trap you want.
And no more complaining.
One more condition: you have to change.
Change what?
Everything.
Hey, Jimmy.
Any luck getting an ID on our dead body's tattoo?
I just sent the photographs up to Kasie.
It's in her hands now.
And, um...
What about, uh...
the other thing?
Oh, you mean the barcode from your mystery jacket.
Yeah.
I used my family's connections in the dry cleaning industry.
Turns out these barcodes are an excellent system for tracking down customers.
You found the jacket's owner?
Got an e-mail from Sunnydaze Dry Cleaning just before you got here.
It's got to be someone that Knight was flirting with that night at the party.
Mm...
What's that now?
Did McGee not tell you what this was for?
No.
No, McGee didn't tell me, but I, you know...
I'm sure I can figure that out.
And, uh...
That's okay.
Because, uh, I just...
I just want Jess to be happy.
You know?
And-and if that happiness lies with...
Herman Goldweather, an actuary from Bethesda, then...
...good for her.
Okay, that can't be, man.
Tell me about it.
I mean, I thought Jess always went for the cool guys.
Yeah, um...
Look, I'm not talking about Knight.
I'm talking about how is this guy wearing the same jacket as me?
I'm sure it looks much better on you.
Uh...
Oh, Kasie, hey.
Doesn't Nick's jacket look great on him?
I do not care.
Hey, I finally got an ID on our suspect.
Ugh!
But it wasn't easy.
Every federal database I ran that tattoo through was a dead end.
So, I tried looking past the tattoo design to the ink colors themselves.
Did you know there are only 23 shades of blue?
So, when I found both royal and powder blue in our tattoo, I figured it was as good as a partial print.
As it turns out, those two shades are used together exclusively by the Kansas City Royals, who won the World Series on November 1st, 2015.
11/01/15, just like the tattoo.
I ran the tattoo through the Missouri bureau database and, voila-- got a name.
Edward Silvino, petty loan shark who just so happened to break his parole to come all the way up to D.C.
The question is why.
Game, set, match.
And that is how you do a nooner, Sheila.
Marjorie, you sexy beast.
All right, I will see you on Tuesday.
Thank you.
All right.
You have a great forehand.
Is it me, or did it look like you were having fun?
Oh, that was just me blending in.
Okay.
Maybe a little bit of fun.
This life of leisure has its perks.
No offense.
None taken.
I know what you think of me.
But I don't think you're getting the full picture.
What do you see here?
A whole lot of gin and tonics at 12:15 on a Tuesday afternoon.
Look closer.
This is a marketplace.
The business of Washington.
Campaign donations, legislative bills.
They just got funding for the Veterans Jobs Project.
Cheers.
Everyone here is working.
Including you?
Me especially.
Marjorie is worth tens of thousands to my foundation.
Maybe slightly less since we didn't let her win.
It's exhausting, but the money I raise changes lives.
Well, Mrs.
Martin, I held up my end of the bargain, so now it's time to head back to the safe house.
Call me Melinda.
You earned it with that serve.
And, um, I'm sorry.
For what?
For being so hard on you when you were only doing your job.
Thank you.
Though I think you're only being nice to me because I helped you whup Sheila's ass.
Well, that certainly didn't hurt.
Well, this is good news.
We have an ID on the person who tried to abduct you.
Uh, Edward Silvino.
Does that name ring a bell?
No, I've never heard it before.
Who is he?
Some loan shark out of Kansas City.
I left something very important at the penthouse.
We need to make a pit stop.
Just talked to Knight.
Melinda forgot her Invisalign.
They're headed back to the penthouse.
No threat too imminent to ignore your dental health.
Melinda definitely had a reaction to our dead guy's ID.
Knight thinks she's hiding something.
Oh, she's definitely hiding something.
The reason that we couldn't find her financial records isn't because they were buried in rich-people tax shelters.
It's because prior to 2002, she didn't have any records.
The woman's one of the most powerful philanthropists in D.C.
You're saying she didn't even have a checking account?
Not even a piggy bank.
So I looked for other evidence that she existed before 2002.
Nothing.
No previous addresses, no photos.
The only personal detail that I could find of hers was a wedding announcement in the Post."Melinda Martin Willis "grew up in Rhode Island and attended Jamestown Prep."
I'm assuming you talked to Jamestown Prep?
I did.
Melinda Willis did graduate from there.
But she died 22 years ago.
Seems that our D.C.
socialite isn't who she says she is.
I thought you just needed your Invisalign.
It was a metaphor.
The silver lining is I, uh, finally have an excuse to redecorate, sell it or...
burn it down.
I never liked it here.
Why not?
It's beautiful.
When it's not covered in blood.
It's just something to hide behind, really.
An extremely elegant facade.
Melinda, when I told you that guy who tried to abduct you was from Kansas City, you looked like you got hit in the gut.
What's going on?
I haven't been completely honest with you, Agent Knight.
I need to show you something.
So, this was recorded the day before those men broke into the house.
Let me guess.
This has to do with Kansas City?
I think it speaks for itself.
What exactly am I looking for here?
Got to be kidding me.
Melinda?
Melinda!
How's it going, McGee?
Well, same as it was 45 seconds ago, but another 30, I should have access to the panic room's remote control panel.
You doing okay?
Let's just say I'm not a fan of small, enclosed spaces.
All right, all right.
Maybe use that anxious energy to scan the security footage and see what Melinda was doing after she locked you in there.
You know, not as sympathetic a response as I was hoping, but good idea.
McGEE: Don't worry, Jess, almost there.
Maybe.
It's a really sophisticated system.
This door could keep out a nuclear winter.
Yeah, I heard all of that, McGee.
Okay, what do we got?
Uh, when Melinda was 18, she stole this dead woman's identity, moved to D.C., becomes this powerful socialite.
Yeah, now someone's trying to kidnap her.
Okay, it looks like Melinda left in a hurry.
But then she stopped to make a phone call on her way out.
McGEE: Send, uh, over the footage, I'll see if I can catch the number.
Love to know where she's going.
I don't know where she's going, but I know where she came from.
I did some digging on the old ring that Knight found in Melinda's jewelry box.
Turns out it is a class ring from Mount Washington High in Kansas City.
I was able to find some of their old yearbooks online.
This one is from 22 years ago.
Whoa.
That's our Melinda.
Mm, her real name is April Day.
She grew up in a trailer park outside of Kansas City and graduated homecoming queen and valedictorian, then poof-- disappeared.
Along with her homecoming king.
Good-looking couple.
We should track this dude down.
See if he knows why Melinda skipped town.
Don't bother.
He's been dead for 20 years.
His name was Jason Marino.
You know the guy?
Not exactly.
But I definitely know his mother.
Carla Marino, matriarch of the biggest organized crime family in the Midwest.
Drugs, gun running, racketeering.
Carla's ruthless.
One of the worst I've ever seen.
And no one's ever been able to take her down?
I spent years on an FBI task force trying to.
Never got close.
Every time we got a confidential informant, they'd end up dead.
And her son Jason-- was he in the family business?
No.
Just a kid when he was killed.
Motorcycle accident after high school.
He's the only thing Carla ever loved.
After he died, it only made her meaner.
So Melinda Martin, wife of the most powerful defense contractor in the country, used to be connected to the Kansas City mob.
And I'm thinking maybe still is.
That'd be very convenient for Carla.
There's a lot of money to be made skimming off the defense industry.
And I wouldn't put it past her to pluck a girl out of the sticks and then plant her into D.C.
society.
And the kidnapping?
What...
Well, maybe their partnership went south and Carla and Melinda had a falling out.
If you're here, I'm assuming Knight's out of the panic room.
Yeah.
We had a hit on the phone number that Melinda dialed before she took off.
It's a cell phone belonging to a Brian Carter.
He's an Episcopalianminister from upstate New York.
So, why is our mob-adjacent socialite calling a small-town minister?
I'm guessing it wasn't to confess her sins.
But then again, maybe it was.
Did you ping the cell?
Yeah.
He's been in Rock Creek Park for the last hour.
Could be meeting up with Melinda.
You want me to grab Nick, check it out?
Go.
I don't know, Parker.
Melinda's a lot of things, but Kansas City gangster is not one of 'em.
Says the agent who just spent two hours locked in a panic room.
Okay, I'm not saying I trust her.
I'm just saying that we're still missing a piece of the Melinda puzzle.
Well, we're still missing all of Melinda.
Headed to Rock Creek Park to meet up with Torres and McGee.
If we find her, I will say hello.
Just watch your back.
If Carla Marino really is involved...
Well, she's a piece of work.
Yeah, copy that.
Don't.
McGEE: The minister's cell phone should be down here somewhere.
By the way, what happened to the leather?
You're not wearing your jacket.
I don't know what you're talking about.
People change their jackets.
Especially when, uh, they're identical to the one a certain balding accountant wears.
He's an actuary, Tim.
Details matter.
Isn't that Melinda's SUV?
Yeah.
Hands where we can see 'em.
Dead.
Hey, I got tire tracks here.
Looks like heavy truck.
I got high-heel prints heading into the park.
Melinda was definitely here.
Yeah, I wonder what she was doing.
Meeting with the minister, somebody started shooting and then she just took off?
Or Melinda lured the minister here, shot him herself.
Oof.
Get in the truck.
On your knees!
Get down!
Guess you made it out of the panic room, huh?
Yeah, good guess.
You should have stayed there.
I was trying to protect you.
That's my job.
Now you want to tell me what the hell's going on?
Shut up!
She wants to talk to you.
Well, hello, April.
You've been a very hard woman to find.
Carla Marino, I presume?
This is NCIS Special Agent Knight.
I told you to shut up.
April, you know what I want.
Screw all the way off, Carla!
All right, have it your way, dear.
I'm happy to move to plan B.
What's plan B?
Whoa, guys, slow down.
Get up!
Get up.
No, no, no, no, no!
Isn't kidnapping and assaulting a federal agent enough felonies for one day?
Stop!
Shut up!
Sit down!
Listen to me.
Listen to me.
She is unarmed, she is tied up.
We can walk away.
You can walk away.
Please, n...
No.
Open.
No...
McGEE: Burning a hole in that photo.
Always good to keep an eye on Carla Marino.
Even symbolically.
But I have to admit-- killing a minister?
That's a new low, even for her.
Yeah, no witnesses.
But a, uh, traffic cam caught a meat truck with Missouri plates speeding away from the park.
BOLO's already out.
Any word from Knight?
She's not answering her cell.
No.
Torres, you find Knight?
No, but I found her phone.
And, uh, Melinda's, too.
Knight's car is still here.
They got grabbed.
But I found something else weird.
Looks like Carla's goons ran some kind of medical test first.
There was blood on the gauze and saliva on the swab.
Both belong to Melinda Martin.
You're telling me the bad guys gave Melinda a physical?
It doesn't really seem like a mobster thing to do.
Well, it's almost as if they're looking for a kidney.
Organized crime types don't really like waiting in the transplant line.
There's got to be easier ways for Carla to get a kidney.
We're missing something.
And the sooner we figure out what, the sooner we find Knight.
All right, metro PD got a hit on the meat truck.
Heading west on the Woodrow Wilson Bridge.
Go.
I know this seems hopeless.
But I am your protection detail And it would look really bad if I let you freeze to death.
Jackpot.
So, while I save us, how about you answer a few questions.
Deal?
Okay.
Why did the Kansas City mob take a full medical panel of you in the back of a meat truck?
I mean, come to think of it, it's pretty much my only question.
It's a long story.
We're not going anywhere.
It was a long time ago.
The Marino family had taken over Kansas City.
And I happened to be in love with Carla Marino's son, Jason.
And he didn't want anything to do with his family's awful business or with his mother, so we ran away.
And on our way through Maryland, Jason...
was killed.
He was hit by a car, going to get some food.
But I had to keep running, because...
I was three months pregnant.
And I knew if Carla found me, she would take my baby.
And then a miracle happened.
Um...
I found a church that would arrange a small service for Jason.
Brian Carter's church.
Yes.
I was broke and scared.
And I wasn't even close to ready to being a single parent.
And he helped me accept that the best way to protect my baby was to find a loving family who could take care of her.
A place where Carla could never find her.
That must have been really hard.
Have you seen her since?
No.
We made sure that I knew absolutely nothing about the adoptive parents.
In case Carla ever found me.
And that's why Carla took the blood sample.
Yeah.
I'm guessing she's probably trying to track down my daughter using my DNA or something.
And if that doesn't work, she'll probably try and torture me.
We are not gonna let that happen, because I'm gonna get us out of here.
Looks like we're gonna have to play another game of doubles to make that happen.
What?
Hey, what's going on?
You stay back.
I'd say the cavalry's here, but...
I guess you guys don't need us.
What I need is to find my daughter.
We will.
I just need you to keep talking, okay?
After the break-in, as soon as I realized that Carla had found me, I called Reverend Carter.
We agreed to meet, to figure out the best way to warn my daughter.
He was the only one who knew where she was.
But Carla's men followed you.
Yes.
And when he wouldn't give them what they wanted, they shot him.
Wait here.
We have to get to my daughter before Carla does.
Once that woman gets her hooks in, you have no idea what she's capable of.
Is there anything that you can tell us, any detail about her adoptive parents that would help find her?
The only thing that I know about my daughter is the date she was born and the city we were in.
You must be Lauren.
I've waited a long time to meet you.
Well, it looks like you will be waiting a lot longer.
What?
Who are you?
I'm the federal agent you tried to kill.
No idea what you mean.
I'm...
I was just looking for my granddaughter.
Well, you found me instead.
Oh, wow.
That is a lot of firepower to be packing for a flower shop.
Well, Alden, you know it is dangerous for a woman in the city.
Don't worry.
We'll keep you safe.
Double espresso.
Three sugars.
You remembered.
Better nurse it.
That's the last good coffee you'll have for 20 to 30 years.
What was the name of that barber?
Lived over in Lawrence.
Ran a card room in the back.
Leo Pitkin.
He had an espresso setup by the poker table.
Now, he knew how to make a coffee, huh?
Whatever happened to him?
You had him killed, Carla.
Allegedly.
I did hear a rumor he was informing for you, though.
Allegedly.
You also had two of your men force a lab tech at FamilyGeneTracker.com to run Melinda's DNA against their database.
That's how you found her daughter.
And that's how we found her, too.
Can we move this along?
I do have a plane to catch.
Private, by the way.
You're not going anywhere.
Alden, please.
I didn't kidnap or kill anybody.
And my gun has a permit.
It was just a coincidence that you walked into that flower shop?
Well, of course not.
I'm a concerned grandmother who's been looking for her kin.
And losing hope.
Until...
I was sitting at my periodontist's office last week.
I saw a copy of this fancy publication, Georgetown Living Magazine.
And guess who was inside.
Melinda Martin.
The sweet girl who very un-sweetly took my Jason from me.
Naturally, I told my associates about her.
Is that a crime?
No, Carla.
The crime is what you ordered them to do about it.
I'm sure when you ask them, they will take full responsibility for their crimes.
Oh, you did already ask them.
And they did take responsibility.
So what is this?
MAN: Oops.
Oops.
Am I in trouble?
Hey, trouble.
Come get me.
I'll come and get you.
Oh, my God!
What is it?
We should do it in the panic room.
We should totally do it in the panic room.
Ooh.
Fancy.
After you.
It's like a James Bond movie.
Q wishes he had gadgets like this.
McGEE: Hey, man.
Yo.
Huh.
What you got there?
Oh, I got some ibuprofen, some vitamin C and some good old-fashioned electrolytes.
Were you expecting Knight to be under the weather or...
I can almost guarantee it.
I was her plus-one at Robin's graduation party last night.
Oh, Knight's sister?
Mm-hmm.
Where's she graduating from?
Some online hat-making academy.
It's, uh, not exactly a degree I would throw a party for.
Oh, not a party.
A rager.
Dude, it was a Knight you've never seen.
Ooh.
Do tell.
First of all, she started going toe-to-toe with her sister, right?
And she's, like, starts with a couple of beers, right?
And then, all of a sudden, it's like, "I'm switching to guns!"Tequila.
What?
I wouldn't be surprised if she calls in sick.
Who's calling in sick?
Oh, Knight, uh...
drank a lot last night.
Yeah, she's gonna be hurting this morning.
Oh.
Do I detect a bit of schadenfreude, Agent Torres?
Parker, me?
No.
I'm just so sad that she's gonna be in a world of pain today.
Good morning.
Ooh.
Do I have something on my face?
How are you feeling?
You know, just last night...
Oh.
Fine.
Woke up early, went for a run.
Finished up those ROIs that I've been trying to get to.
It's as though you're in top shape, Agent Knight, just like I'd expect.
What's all this?
You thought I was gonna be hungover.
A rhino would have been hungover after last night.
Oh, please.
It was just a couple of drinks.
Besides, I am not the one who forgot his jacket.
That's not my jacket.
Sure it is.
You put it on my shoulders when I was cold.
On your shoulders?
Yeah.
When I was cold.
Huh.
I think I know my own jacket.
Especially...
since it's sitting over there on my chair.
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a case.
So many questions.
So many questions.
Like whose jacket is this?
And how did you end up wearing it home?
You can discuss Agent Knight's wardrobe choices later.
Y'all need to get to Georgetown.
There's a body at the Hemstead Court.
This one needs to stay on the DL.
There was an attempted robbery at the home of Freddy Martin.
CEO of Radmore Freddy Martin.
The defense contractor?
The very big defense contractor.
Why's it on the DL?
Because the secretary of defense says it is.
Seems like a lot of blood for a single gunshot wound.
That's because the bullet severed the carotid artery.
It's a perfect shot, really.
If the goal was to make as much of a mess as possible.
If you didn't know that there was intruders in the apartment, why were you in the panic room?
Oh, uh, we were having, um, a discussion.
And, uh, when during this...
discussion did you realize that there was a break-in?
When a giant man in a mask appeared in the doorway.
At which point you shot him.
At which point I had a panic attack.
I shot him.
McGEE: Oh.
You have a very brave wife, Mr.
Martin.
She's not his wife.
I am.
Sheila.
Melinda.
Sorry about the robe.
Keep it.
Listen, baby, I can...
Explain?
I doubt it.
But I'm dying to hear you try.
Uh, Mrs.
Martin, I'm Special Agent Park...
Hold that thought.
You can't go back there.
Freddy, we need to speak.
Alone.
Give us the room.
I'm afraid that's not how crime scenes work.
Very well.
Freddy.
Outside.
Ma'am, you won't be going anywhere until I've had the chance to question you.
By all means.
Shall we speak in the bloodbath that was my bedroom or next to the woman who's sleeping with my husband?
How about we all go outside?
What a novel idea.
Oh, that was awkward.
Yeah, so let's do our thing so we can get out of here before round two starts.
McGEE: Well, Nick's still combing through the security footage.
But whoever broke in here didn't touch the safe, the cash or any of the jewelry.
Okay.
So, what were they after?
I don't think it was a what.
I think it was a who.
Yeah, I found this underneath the body after I rolled him over.
We have a blackout hood, zip ties...
Oh.
And chloroform.
Not looking like a robbery.
Looking more like a kidnapping.
McGEE: Freddy Martin, CEO of Radmore.
It's a defense company worth over $200 billion last year.
Good reason to try to abduct him.
It's probably why his company has a kidnap and ransom policy on him.
They even helped pay for his panic room.
Well, Freddy Martin will have to answer a few more questions.
Yeah, well, he's on private plane right now headed to Geneva for the NATO summit.
Alongside a DoD-assigned security detail.
Are we ignoring the mistress in the room?
What if this doesn't have to do with business but with his...
complicated domestic situation?
Well, Melinda Martin didn't seem very happy when she saw Sheila wearing her robe.
And she did not seem surprised.
Well, maybe Melinda's sick of seeing other people wear her clothes and hired a few guys to make Freddy disappear.
She's meeting with Vance now.
One of us needs to talk to her again.
Seriously?
Well, you know, it seems like you two had a connection.
When she told me to hold her bag or because she gave me her coffee order when she got here?
I mean, either way, you already have an in.
Yeah.
Besides, McGee and I have another case that, uh, really needs our attention.
Why is my jacket in an evidence bag?
Okay, first off, Knight, that is not your jacket.
Yes, we need to find the rightful owner.
And since you don't seem to remember...
Hey, that's my coffee.
The lamps, the sconces-- all covered with fingerprint dust.
But that is not the main issue.
And what's the main issue, Mrs.
Martin?
Discretion.
I need your word this won't leak to the press.
I can assure you that my agents will never...
I can get over the ruined Kashan rugs.
I can even overlook the rudeness of some of your agents.
But if I read that my home turned into a Quentin Tarantino movie in some two-bit D.C.
gossip blog...
Mrs.
Martin.
Please.
I've known your husband for some time.
NCIS will get to the bottom of this.
Quietly.
Now Agent Knight will show you out.
To the conference room, actually.
We still have a few more questions for you.
Well, I'm perfectly comfortable here.
And make it quick.
I've already missed half the day's appointments cleaning up Freddy's mess.
About that mess-- would you say there's a lot of bad blood between you and Mr.
Martin?
What would make you think that there's bad blood?
Literally every word out of your mouth.
And you did walk in on him and his...
Whore?
Yes.
But Freddy and I have an arrangement.
Our marriage has been dead for years.
So, you knew about his affair?
Me and half the Beltway.
Freddy's affairs are the worst kept secret in D.C.
Isn't that right, Leon?
I don't know Freddy that well.
Well, maybe this arrangement hasn't been working out too well lately.
And what would give you that idea?
The dead man on your bedroom floor, for starters, and the fact that his friends intended to kidnap your husband.
This is what can't get out.
Where were you last night, Mrs.
Martin?
I took a last-minute flight to the Vineyard.
And let me save you some time, Agent Useless.
If I was going to have my husband kidnapped...
it would have worked.
I think a skosh to the left, Jimmy.
Wait, your left or my left?
Camera left, Jimmy.
Always camera left.
Okay.
I'm sorry.
It's a little tricky with the rigor mortis and all.
Ugh.
Are you guys trying to take a selfie with the bad guy?
No.
No, of course not.
We're trying to unlock his iPhone.
Hoping he set up facial ID.
Anything to tell us who he was working for?
Well, his fingerprints aren't in any of our systems, but, uh, he appears to be about a 45-year-old male, he had a rib sandwich for his final meal, and judging by the plaque that we found in his arteries, he probably would have had a cardiac arrest that killed him in the next five years, you know, if he hadn't been shot.
Be really helpful to get into that phone.
Well, we'd have to guess his six-digit passcode, and we only have five tries left before we're locked out.
You know, statistically speaking, it would be his anniversary.
Or, if he had a dog, its birthday.
Who knows their dog's birthday?
Who doesn't?
Um...
I don't know, why don't you try, mm...
110115.
Ooh, I'm in.
How did you know that?
Educated guess.
JIMMY and KASIE: Oh...
Not very smart keeping your passcode on your ankle like that.
You able to get an ID?
No, it looks like a burner phone.
No identifying information.
Take a look at this.
Mrs.
Martin, not finished asking my questions yet.
Oh, I'm done.
I'm done with questions.
I'm done with these hideous orange walls, and I'm done with you, Agent Knight.
I'm just trying to do my job.
And good luck with that.
Mrs.
Martin, you can't leave.
You can't hold me here.
I'm not a suspect.
Not a suspect.
No.
I just got a call from Agent Parker.
Knight, check your phone.
We found evidence on the dead kidnapper's phone.
E-Evidence of what?
Your husband wasn't the target of the abduction attempt.
You were.
So Mrs.
Martin was the kidnappers' intended target.
Yeah.
I don't think they realized what they were in for.
Well, we need to put this to bed fast.
Sec def has already called me twice before breakfast.
Right in the middle of your Wheaties?
Apparently, he woke up to several missed calls from Melinda.
As in, 12.
I think he's hoping that we can do something to stop her from calling again, and I can't say that I blame him.
So, where are we?
We're working on motive first and putting Mrs.
Martin in protective custody with...
Agent Knight.
Agent Knight?
And Mrs.
Martin agreed to this? "
Agree" is a strong word, but Knight is currently with Mrs.
Martin and packing a bag for the safe house.
Being stuck in an enclosed space with Melinda Martin might actually be against the Geneva Convention.
The good news is everybody is highly motivated to solve this quickly and return Mrs.
Martin to her natural habitat.
dealing with here is...
You're still processing evidence from the crime scene?
Uh, well, not exactly.
Yeah, we are waiting on some of Mrs.
Martin's, uh, financial records.
And, in the interim, you just decided to do a CSI on Knight's leather jacket?
Okay, what'd you find?
Okay, so we have a...
crumpled tissue.
All right.
Unused.
And then, we have a box of Tic Tacs.
Also got a mysterious barcode glued on the inside pocket of Knight's borrowed coat here.
We got a ringer with garment industry experience doing a full analysis for us.
Oh, that's good.
That sounds good.
I'm sure you'll find the owner in no time.
And maybe they'll know why someone tried to kidnap Melinda Martin.
Uh, yeah, so she's actually kind of tricky to pin down.
Melinda's got her hands full in all kinds of powerhouse D.C.
organizations, but she keeps a very low profile.
Yeah, doesn't do any publicity and she rarely lets herself be photographed.
What kind of organizations?
Talking about the Smithsonian, the NEA, the Kennedy Center.
I doubt someone tried to abduct her for her house seats.
Oh, those are just her hobbies.
Main event is the Brighter Days Fund.
It's a foundation she started to find homes for orphan children.
Yeah, with an endowment north of $50 million.
And get this: Melinda's the only one authorized to access the funds.
That's 50 million reasons to grab her.
All right, I'll have Knight get into it with Melinda, see if we can get a suspect list from her.
A lifetime of despair and loneliness.
That's what you're setting yourself up for, Agent Knight.
Because I'm wearing comfortable shoes?
Because it shows that you're using your career to hide from something.
Hide from what?
Who knows?
Meaningful relationships, proper skin care.
Have you considered freezing your eggs?
Uh, you know what?
I could do this all day, but I'm still not gonna go anywhere, so how about we shift the topic from me and my eggs to you and your foundation?
Can you think of anyone who would want access to the endowment?
Oh, I know-- Jenny Dumane.
Last week, at the board luncheon, I caught Jenny Dumane sticking one of my napkin rings in her purse.
I didn't have the heart to tell her it wasn't my real silver.
But...
Jenny's too lazy to plan a kidnapping.
Why do you look like you're gonna go play tennis?
'Cause I'm going to go play tennis.
You were the target of a violent abduction attempt.
We need to keep you secure.
Nothing is more secure than the Georgetown tennis club.
You have to submit your S.A.T.
scores just to be a probationary member.
Mrs.
Martin, I have a job to do.
And I have an 11:00 a.m.
match, which I don't intend to miss.
You're going to miss it because we're going to the safe house.
No, we are not.
Because we both know that you can't legally compel me to do anything.
As my protective detail, you must go where I go.
You're right.
I'm just gonna call for extra backup.
I figured a squad of uniformed naval security should do the trick.
Unless, of course, you think that Big Sal and his boys will draw too much attention.
I don't think that that is necessary.
I'm sure you're perfectly capable of keeping me safe.
So, let's make a deal.
I am all ears.
We go to the club today, just this once, and then I will follow you to whatever flea trap you want.
And no more complaining.
One more condition: you have to change.
Change what?
Everything.
Hey, Jimmy.
Any luck getting an ID on our dead body's tattoo?
I just sent the photographs up to Kasie.
It's in her hands now.
And, um...
What about, uh...
the other thing?
Oh, you mean the barcode from your mystery jacket.
Yeah.
I used my family's connections in the dry cleaning industry.
Turns out these barcodes are an excellent system for tracking down customers.
You found the jacket's owner?
Got an e-mail from Sunnydaze Dry Cleaning just before you got here.
It's got to be someone that Knight was flirting with that night at the party.
Mm...
What's that now?
Did McGee not tell you what this was for?
No.
No, McGee didn't tell me, but I, you know...
I'm sure I can figure that out.
And, uh...
That's okay.
Because, uh, I just...
I just want Jess to be happy.
You know?
And-and if that happiness lies with...
Herman Goldweather, an actuary from Bethesda, then...
...good for her.
Okay, that can't be, man.
Tell me about it.
I mean, I thought Jess always went for the cool guys.
Yeah, um...
Look, I'm not talking about Knight.
I'm talking about how is this guy wearing the same jacket as me?
I'm sure it looks much better on you.
Uh...
Oh, Kasie, hey.
Doesn't Nick's jacket look great on him?
I do not care.
Hey, I finally got an ID on our suspect.
Ugh!
But it wasn't easy.
Every federal database I ran that tattoo through was a dead end.
So, I tried looking past the tattoo design to the ink colors themselves.
Did you know there are only 23 shades of blue?
So, when I found both royal and powder blue in our tattoo, I figured it was as good as a partial print.
As it turns out, those two shades are used together exclusively by the Kansas City Royals, who won the World Series on November 1st, 2015.
11/01/15, just like the tattoo.
I ran the tattoo through the Missouri bureau database and, voila-- got a name.
Edward Silvino, petty loan shark who just so happened to break his parole to come all the way up to D.C.
The question is why.
Game, set, match.
And that is how you do a nooner, Sheila.
Marjorie, you sexy beast.
All right, I will see you on Tuesday.
Thank you.
All right.
You have a great forehand.
Is it me, or did it look like you were having fun?
Oh, that was just me blending in.
Okay.
Maybe a little bit of fun.
This life of leisure has its perks.
No offense.
None taken.
I know what you think of me.
But I don't think you're getting the full picture.
What do you see here?
A whole lot of gin and tonics at 12:15 on a Tuesday afternoon.
Look closer.
This is a marketplace.
The business of Washington.
Campaign donations, legislative bills.
They just got funding for the Veterans Jobs Project.
Cheers.
Everyone here is working.
Including you?
Me especially.
Marjorie is worth tens of thousands to my foundation.
Maybe slightly less since we didn't let her win.
It's exhausting, but the money I raise changes lives.
Well, Mrs.
Martin, I held up my end of the bargain, so now it's time to head back to the safe house.
Call me Melinda.
You earned it with that serve.
And, um, I'm sorry.
For what?
For being so hard on you when you were only doing your job.
Thank you.
Though I think you're only being nice to me because I helped you whup Sheila's ass.
Well, that certainly didn't hurt.
Well, this is good news.
We have an ID on the person who tried to abduct you.
Uh, Edward Silvino.
Does that name ring a bell?
No, I've never heard it before.
Who is he?
Some loan shark out of Kansas City.
I left something very important at the penthouse.
We need to make a pit stop.
Just talked to Knight.
Melinda forgot her Invisalign.
They're headed back to the penthouse.
No threat too imminent to ignore your dental health.
Melinda definitely had a reaction to our dead guy's ID.
Knight thinks she's hiding something.
Oh, she's definitely hiding something.
The reason that we couldn't find her financial records isn't because they were buried in rich-people tax shelters.
It's because prior to 2002, she didn't have any records.
The woman's one of the most powerful philanthropists in D.C.
You're saying she didn't even have a checking account?
Not even a piggy bank.
So I looked for other evidence that she existed before 2002.
Nothing.
No previous addresses, no photos.
The only personal detail that I could find of hers was a wedding announcement in the Post."Melinda Martin Willis "grew up in Rhode Island and attended Jamestown Prep."
I'm assuming you talked to Jamestown Prep?
I did.
Melinda Willis did graduate from there.
But she died 22 years ago.
Seems that our D.C.
socialite isn't who she says she is.
I thought you just needed your Invisalign.
It was a metaphor.
The silver lining is I, uh, finally have an excuse to redecorate, sell it or...
burn it down.
I never liked it here.
Why not?
It's beautiful.
When it's not covered in blood.
It's just something to hide behind, really.
An extremely elegant facade.
Melinda, when I told you that guy who tried to abduct you was from Kansas City, you looked like you got hit in the gut.
What's going on?
I haven't been completely honest with you, Agent Knight.
I need to show you something.
So, this was recorded the day before those men broke into the house.
Let me guess.
This has to do with Kansas City?
I think it speaks for itself.
What exactly am I looking for here?
Got to be kidding me.
Melinda?
Melinda!
How's it going, McGee?
Well, same as it was 45 seconds ago, but another 30, I should have access to the panic room's remote control panel.
You doing okay?
Let's just say I'm not a fan of small, enclosed spaces.
All right, all right.
Maybe use that anxious energy to scan the security footage and see what Melinda was doing after she locked you in there.
You know, not as sympathetic a response as I was hoping, but good idea.
McGEE: Don't worry, Jess, almost there.
Maybe.
It's a really sophisticated system.
This door could keep out a nuclear winter.
Yeah, I heard all of that, McGee.
Okay, what do we got?
Uh, when Melinda was 18, she stole this dead woman's identity, moved to D.C., becomes this powerful socialite.
Yeah, now someone's trying to kidnap her.
Okay, it looks like Melinda left in a hurry.
But then she stopped to make a phone call on her way out.
McGEE: Send, uh, over the footage, I'll see if I can catch the number.
Love to know where she's going.
I don't know where she's going, but I know where she came from.
I did some digging on the old ring that Knight found in Melinda's jewelry box.
Turns out it is a class ring from Mount Washington High in Kansas City.
I was able to find some of their old yearbooks online.
This one is from 22 years ago.
Whoa.
That's our Melinda.
Mm, her real name is April Day.
She grew up in a trailer park outside of Kansas City and graduated homecoming queen and valedictorian, then poof-- disappeared.
Along with her homecoming king.
Good-looking couple.
We should track this dude down.
See if he knows why Melinda skipped town.
Don't bother.
He's been dead for 20 years.
His name was Jason Marino.
You know the guy?
Not exactly.
But I definitely know his mother.
Carla Marino, matriarch of the biggest organized crime family in the Midwest.
Drugs, gun running, racketeering.
Carla's ruthless.
One of the worst I've ever seen.
And no one's ever been able to take her down?
I spent years on an FBI task force trying to.
Never got close.
Every time we got a confidential informant, they'd end up dead.
And her son Jason-- was he in the family business?
No.
Just a kid when he was killed.
Motorcycle accident after high school.
He's the only thing Carla ever loved.
After he died, it only made her meaner.
So Melinda Martin, wife of the most powerful defense contractor in the country, used to be connected to the Kansas City mob.
And I'm thinking maybe still is.
That'd be very convenient for Carla.
There's a lot of money to be made skimming off the defense industry.
And I wouldn't put it past her to pluck a girl out of the sticks and then plant her into D.C.
society.
And the kidnapping?
What...
Well, maybe their partnership went south and Carla and Melinda had a falling out.
If you're here, I'm assuming Knight's out of the panic room.
Yeah.
We had a hit on the phone number that Melinda dialed before she took off.
It's a cell phone belonging to a Brian Carter.
He's an Episcopalianminister from upstate New York.
So, why is our mob-adjacent socialite calling a small-town minister?
I'm guessing it wasn't to confess her sins.
But then again, maybe it was.
Did you ping the cell?
Yeah.
He's been in Rock Creek Park for the last hour.
Could be meeting up with Melinda.
You want me to grab Nick, check it out?
Go.
I don't know, Parker.
Melinda's a lot of things, but Kansas City gangster is not one of 'em.
Says the agent who just spent two hours locked in a panic room.
Okay, I'm not saying I trust her.
I'm just saying that we're still missing a piece of the Melinda puzzle.
Well, we're still missing all of Melinda.
Headed to Rock Creek Park to meet up with Torres and McGee.
If we find her, I will say hello.
Just watch your back.
If Carla Marino really is involved...
Well, she's a piece of work.
Yeah, copy that.
Don't.
McGEE: The minister's cell phone should be down here somewhere.
By the way, what happened to the leather?
You're not wearing your jacket.
I don't know what you're talking about.
People change their jackets.
Especially when, uh, they're identical to the one a certain balding accountant wears.
He's an actuary, Tim.
Details matter.
Isn't that Melinda's SUV?
Yeah.
Hands where we can see 'em.
Dead.
Hey, I got tire tracks here.
Looks like heavy truck.
I got high-heel prints heading into the park.
Melinda was definitely here.
Yeah, I wonder what she was doing.
Meeting with the minister, somebody started shooting and then she just took off?
Or Melinda lured the minister here, shot him herself.
Oof.
Get in the truck.
On your knees!
Get down!
Guess you made it out of the panic room, huh?
Yeah, good guess.
You should have stayed there.
I was trying to protect you.
That's my job.
Now you want to tell me what the hell's going on?
Shut up!
She wants to talk to you.
Well, hello, April.
You've been a very hard woman to find.
Carla Marino, I presume?
This is NCIS Special Agent Knight.
I told you to shut up.
April, you know what I want.
Screw all the way off, Carla!
All right, have it your way, dear.
I'm happy to move to plan B.
What's plan B?
Whoa, guys, slow down.
Get up!
Get up.
No, no, no, no, no!
Isn't kidnapping and assaulting a federal agent enough felonies for one day?
Stop!
Shut up!
Sit down!
Listen to me.
Listen to me.
She is unarmed, she is tied up.
We can walk away.
You can walk away.
Please, n...
No.
Open.
No...
McGEE: Burning a hole in that photo.
Always good to keep an eye on Carla Marino.
Even symbolically.
But I have to admit-- killing a minister?
That's a new low, even for her.
Yeah, no witnesses.
But a, uh, traffic cam caught a meat truck with Missouri plates speeding away from the park.
BOLO's already out.
Any word from Knight?
She's not answering her cell.
No.
Torres, you find Knight?
No, but I found her phone.
And, uh, Melinda's, too.
Knight's car is still here.
They got grabbed.
But I found something else weird.
Looks like Carla's goons ran some kind of medical test first.
There was blood on the gauze and saliva on the swab.
Both belong to Melinda Martin.
You're telling me the bad guys gave Melinda a physical?
It doesn't really seem like a mobster thing to do.
Well, it's almost as if they're looking for a kidney.
Organized crime types don't really like waiting in the transplant line.
There's got to be easier ways for Carla to get a kidney.
We're missing something.
And the sooner we figure out what, the sooner we find Knight.
All right, metro PD got a hit on the meat truck.
Heading west on the Woodrow Wilson Bridge.
Go.
I know this seems hopeless.
But I am your protection detail And it would look really bad if I let you freeze to death.
Jackpot.
So, while I save us, how about you answer a few questions.
Deal?
Okay.
Why did the Kansas City mob take a full medical panel of you in the back of a meat truck?
I mean, come to think of it, it's pretty much my only question.
It's a long story.
We're not going anywhere.
It was a long time ago.
The Marino family had taken over Kansas City.
And I happened to be in love with Carla Marino's son, Jason.
And he didn't want anything to do with his family's awful business or with his mother, so we ran away.
And on our way through Maryland, Jason...
was killed.
He was hit by a car, going to get some food.
But I had to keep running, because...
I was three months pregnant.
And I knew if Carla found me, she would take my baby.
And then a miracle happened.
Um...
I found a church that would arrange a small service for Jason.
Brian Carter's church.
Yes.
I was broke and scared.
And I wasn't even close to ready to being a single parent.
And he helped me accept that the best way to protect my baby was to find a loving family who could take care of her.
A place where Carla could never find her.
That must have been really hard.
Have you seen her since?
No.
We made sure that I knew absolutely nothing about the adoptive parents.
In case Carla ever found me.
And that's why Carla took the blood sample.
Yeah.
I'm guessing she's probably trying to track down my daughter using my DNA or something.
And if that doesn't work, she'll probably try and torture me.
We are not gonna let that happen, because I'm gonna get us out of here.
Looks like we're gonna have to play another game of doubles to make that happen.
What?
Hey, what's going on?
You stay back.
I'd say the cavalry's here, but...
I guess you guys don't need us.
What I need is to find my daughter.
We will.
I just need you to keep talking, okay?
After the break-in, as soon as I realized that Carla had found me, I called Reverend Carter.
We agreed to meet, to figure out the best way to warn my daughter.
He was the only one who knew where she was.
But Carla's men followed you.
Yes.
And when he wouldn't give them what they wanted, they shot him.
Wait here.
We have to get to my daughter before Carla does.
Once that woman gets her hooks in, you have no idea what she's capable of.
Is there anything that you can tell us, any detail about her adoptive parents that would help find her?
The only thing that I know about my daughter is the date she was born and the city we were in.
You must be Lauren.
I've waited a long time to meet you.
Well, it looks like you will be waiting a lot longer.
What?
Who are you?
I'm the federal agent you tried to kill.
No idea what you mean.
I'm...
I was just looking for my granddaughter.
Well, you found me instead.
Oh, wow.
That is a lot of firepower to be packing for a flower shop.
Well, Alden, you know it is dangerous for a woman in the city.
Don't worry.
We'll keep you safe.
Double espresso.
Three sugars.
You remembered.
Better nurse it.
That's the last good coffee you'll have for 20 to 30 years.
What was the name of that barber?
Lived over in Lawrence.
Ran a card room in the back.
Leo Pitkin.
He had an espresso setup by the poker table.
Now, he knew how to make a coffee, huh?
Whatever happened to him?
You had him killed, Carla.
Allegedly.
I did hear a rumor he was informing for you, though.
Allegedly.
You also had two of your men force a lab tech at FamilyGeneTracker.com to run Melinda's DNA against their database.
That's how you found her daughter.
And that's how we found her, too.
Can we move this along?
I do have a plane to catch.
Private, by the way.
You're not going anywhere.
Alden, please.
I didn't kidnap or kill anybody.
And my gun has a permit.
It was just a coincidence that you walked into that flower shop?
Well, of course not.
I'm a concerned grandmother who's been looking for her kin.
And losing hope.
Until...
I was sitting at my periodontist's office last week.
I saw a copy of this fancy publication, Georgetown Living Magazine.
And guess who was inside.
Melinda Martin.
The sweet girl who very un-sweetly took my Jason from me.
Naturally, I told my associates about her.
Is that a crime?
No, Carla.
The crime is what you ordered them to do about it.
I'm sure when you ask them, they will take full responsibility for their crimes.
Oh, you did already ask them.
And they did take responsibility.
So what is this?