Programma Televisivo: NCIS - 20x5
(crickets chirping) You all picked the wrong house.
(grunting) Let's go.
Okay.
(grunting) (panting): We done?
♪ ♪ (indistinct radio transmission) (siren chirps) Oh, God.
Guys.
Over here.
VANCE: I'm a little beat up, but I'll live.
Thank God you're okay, Director.
The cop outside said there was a fatality.
We didn't know if...
I'm fine.
Fine.
Can't say the same for him.
One of your uninvited guests?
Well, some don't know when to leave.
Yo, you all right?
Man, don't do that again.
You'll give me a heart attack.
I appreciate your concern, Agent Torres.
So what happened?
(sighs) I came for a glass of water, I walked in on three guys wearing masks.
Fought 'em off until one pulled a gun, and lucky for me, he missed.
This is the shooter here?
Yeah.
I incapacitated him while the other two ran off.
McGEE: Incapacitated is an understatement.
Looks like you broke his neck.
Well, he started it.
Well, no ID.
Hopefully prints are in the system.
How'd they get in?
I don't know.
The alarm didn't go off.
Did they take anything?
No.
Looks like I interrupted them before they could steal anything.
Or maybe they weren't here to steal.
Okay, we don't need a Bandium alert for this one.
Let's get to it.
McGee.
I'll go check the alarm system.
Knight, talk to the neighbors.
Torres, a bullet nearly hit our beloved director right over there, so find it for me.
Agent Parker, I appreciate you taking this so seriously, but is this all really necessary?
I mean, it could just be a random burglary.
Could be a lot of things.
But I'm not willing to take that chance.
(sighs) Anyone else having a hard time keeping their eyes open?
(sighs) Kidding?
We've been up since 3:00 a.m.
Oh, man, what I wouldn't give for a shower and a shave.
I just want out of these pj's.
We're at work, for crying out loud.
People keep staring at me.
And now you're staring at me. "
Medical Examiners Convention 2013."
Is it me, but does Jimmy have the exact same T-shirt?
Well, Nick, uh, yeah, I believe he does.
(chuckles nervously) Oh, God.
Hmm.
Okay, what did we get?
Well, unfortunately, our John Doe is still a John Doe.
Prints aren't in the system.
Jimmy has his body now, though, so hopefully he can help ID him.
What about the bullet?
I found it lodged in the cabinet.
Kasie's running the ballistics now, but I also talked to local PD.
Two houses in Vance's neighborhood have been robbed in the last four months.
Could be the same guys.
Except they don't have Vance's security system.
Thing is state of the art-- AI, biometrics.
Whoever broke in knew how to bypass it.
So we're looking at pros.
Neighbors see anything?
No, but their video doorbell did.
The same van drove past Vance's house repeatedly the day of the break-in.
Did you get a license plate?
It's a rental.
But the driver used a fake ID and credit card.
I have a BOLO out on the van.
Yeah, this random burglary is sounding less random by the second.
Vance was targeted.
And with two men on the loose, he could still be in danger.
Soon as I get there, I'll call you, okay?
Uh, I got to go.
Director, I think we got a problem.
What is that?
That's my luggage, Agent Parker.
I know what it is.
Where are you going?
Interpol Conference in Berlin.
I told you about it last week.
You're still going to that?
Of course I am.
I go every year.
Yeah.
Well, it's not every year that somebody breaks into your home to kill you.
We don't know that for sure.
Well, it's looking more like it.
And I think whoever broke in might not be finished with you.
I understand your concern, Agent Parker, but I'm not gonna let a threat stop me from doing my job.
I got to say, I think this is a big mistake.
You shouldn't go.
That's not your call to make.
Besides, I won't be going alone.
Olivia, send them in, please.
This is Agent Dominguez, Agent Ford.
They are my protection detail.
Anything happens, they'll be there.
(sighs, clicks tongue) Hey.
Alden Parker.
Nice to meet you.
You're dismissed.
Parker...
Go!
Wait outside.
(exhales) VANCE: Hey!
What the hell are you doing?
You want to go to Berlin?
Fine.
I'm going with you.
I'll be your protection detail.
You?
I'm qualified.
No, you're overkill.
You're a senior agent, Parker.
Your place is here with the team.
They'll be fine.
Besides, I always wanted to see Berlin.
Plane leaves in an hour.
Your bags aren't even packed.
I always keep a go bag in my car.
I'll go get it.
♪ ♪ Okay, we're good.
Great.
(sighs) This way, Director.
Just keep moving.
Don't we have to check in?
I...
already did it.
I took the liberty of getting us adjoining rooms.
How nice.
Hey, um, I'd like to stop in for a quick drink.
It's been a long flight.
We really should go straight to the room.
It's safer.
Parker, it's one drink.
Besides, I want to scope out who's here at the conference.
Director, this way.
Please?
Should've brought Torres instead.
Director Vance!
Hello.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Hey...
It's okay, it's all right.
Stand down.
I know her.
It's good to see you, Director.
You as well.
It's been too long.
Uh, Agent Parker, allow me to introduce Deputy Lena Paulsen of the German Federal Intelligence Services.
BND.
You'll be attending the conference as well?
Oh, yes.
I wouldn't miss the opportunity to talk shop with your director.
He is a bit of a legend in these parts.
Deputy Paulsen and I worked together years ago.
Oh, I worked.
You were too busy eating strudel.
(both laughing) Okay.
Uh...
I understand you'll be at the cyberterrorism panel tomorrow?
Yes, yeah, I'll be there.
Then perhaps afterwards we can talk some more.
Yes.
Until then, Deputy.
Director.
Hey, Jimmy.
JIMMY: McGee!
Good to see you changed your clothes.
Yeah, well, I managed to pop home for an hour.
Couldn't keep working in my sweats, you know?
Yeah, especially now that you're Acting NCIS Director.
I read the memo.
Congratulations.
That's just until Vance gets back.
You don't sound too thrilled.
Uh, to be honest with you, I'm...
(sighs) kind of dreading it.
I'm a field agent.
I don't want to be stuck behind a desk dealing with politicians.
Why not try to enjoy this, you know?
Embrace your newfound power.
You go on longer lunch breaks, use the private bathroom, maybe boss some people around.
Okay, how about I start with asking you for an update?
Not exactly "bossy," but we'll work on it.
Okay.
Uh...
No big mystery as to how our victim died.
This is what you get if you mess with the director, a former boxing champ.
Yeah, remind me never to get on Vance's bad side.
Anything so far as to who our victim may be?
Possibly.
He's had hair plugs installed into his hairline.
They're synthetic plastic plugs which have been banned in the United States for decades.
But they're apparently still quite popular in Eastern Europe, which is possibly where he's from.
(phone chimes) Oh, Knight found the robbers' van abandoned in a D.C.
motel parking lot.
We are bringing in the motel owner now.
Go get 'em, Director.
(chuckles) How many times you gonna sweep the room?
It's clean.
(exhales) Never hurts to be thorough.
You know, Agent Parker, I can handle myself.
It's not the first time that my life has been threatened.
First time on my watch.
Okay, we're good.
Good.
You hungry?
I can order us a couple of schnitzels.
I'm just gonna turn in.
It's been a long day.
Well, you need anything, I'll be, uh...
Right next door, got it.
Thanks, Agent Parker.
Hey.
I'm on my way.
Yeah, okay, a little overpriced, but that'll work.
(muttering) Oh!
(sighs) Going somewhere, Director?
Deputy Paulsen's room perhaps?
I don't know what you mean.
Come on, it's obvious.
The way you couldn't let go of each other when you said goodbye?
The two of you are having a fling.
You've been secretly meeting up at these conventions each year, booking rooms on the same floor, checking in and out at the same time, eh?
You got all that from a handshake?
That, and I ran a background check on her.
(exhales) Why didn't you tell me before?
Well, because it's none of your business.
Uh, it is when your life is in danger.
Well, now that you know...
can I count on your discretion?
Hundred percent.
But if you're planning to see her tonight, I can't let you go alone.
No.
Absolutely not.
This is not a party for three.
I don't need a chaperone.
All due respect, that's not your call to make.
As long as you are on foreign soil, you're my responsibility.
Sorry, Director.
That's the way it's got to be.
Thank you for coming in, Mr.
Sykes.
We just have a few questions about...
Oh, yeah.
Oh, boy, oh, here we go.
This is about the Dateline exposé they did on my motel rooms, isn't it?
Look, I didn't know all that gunk was in there until they waved their black lights around.
You know, it's like I told the reporters, I only rent the rooms, you know?
I-I can't control what people do in 'em.
People are animals.
Mr.
Sykes...
LARRY: I know, it's a health hazard, blah-blah-blah, but I-I swear to you, I got a brand-new cleaning lady coming in first thing on Monday.
Or Tuesday.
As disgusting as that is, we are not interested in your rooms.
Oh.
(chuckling) Forget I said anything, then.
Yeah, I wish I could.
Do you recognize that man?
He would've been a guest at your hotel with two others.
Mm.
Yeah, okay.
Yeah, I remember.
Uh, they came in a few days ago.
Paid cash, kept to themselves, you know.
I didn't really socialize with them.
Do you remember anything else?
One of 'em talked funny.
You know, had an accent.
Russian maybe.
Sorry to interrupt, but this couldn't wait...
Is that the guy from the Dateline exposé?
Oof, seriously, dude, nasty.
I'm cleaning it!
Kasie, what's going on?
I was able to track the fake credit card used to rent the van.
That same card was used to book a flight out of Dulles earlier this morning.
To where?
Berlin.
No such thing as a coincidence.
VANCE: Can't believe this.
What wine did you go with?
Red?
Ah, it's a nice choice.
Could you please give me some space?
Riesling would've been good, too.
You know, something German.
Just saying.
Yeah, Torres.
TORRES: We found the two guys that got away.
They booked a flight to Berlin.
Landed two hours ago.
Lena?
Director!
Stay back.
Stay back.
Lena!
Lena!
Oh, my God.
Call an ambulance.
I'm right here.
(groaning weakly) Help is on the way.
Lena, hang on.
(siren wailing) (woman speaking German over P.A.) Director Vance?
Frauke Biedermann with the BND.
I'm leading the investigation into Deputy Paulsen's attack.
How is she?
Still in intensive care.
Lost a lot of blood.
Is she conscious?
Can I see her?
They had to put her in an induced coma to stabilize her.
May I ask how you and the deputy know each other?
We're work colleagues.
I see.
And is it customary for work colleagues to visit each other's hotel rooms late at night?
So, do you have any suspects yet?
We are still processing the scene.
What about the hotel cameras?
Dismantled.
But the attackers stole the deputy's laptop and phone, so hopefully we can trace them.
(phone rings) (speaking German) I'm sorry, I have to take this.
Is there some way I can reach you?
Yeah, my cell number's on the back.
Thank you.
Oh, one last thing.
The paramedics mentioned the deputy kept repeating the same word-- Festung.
It means "fortress" in German.
Does that mean anything to you?
No.
I'm-I'm sorry.
Had to ask.
We'll be in touch.
We should have, uh, told her about the break-in at your house?
It's clearly connected.
No.
No, no, no.
I think it's best if we keep BND in the dark until we know more.
Right.
Okay, first things first.
Let's get you back to D.C.
I got us on a flight leaving in two hours.
I'm not leaving.
What?
I got to find out who did this.
You're not safe here in Berlin.
If that was somebody that you cared about laying in that hospital bed, would you get on a plane?
Okay.
But if we stay, you got to be straight with me.
The word that that deputy said, Festung?
You know what it means, don't you?
It's how Lena and I met.
So, Festung is the name of an op that you and Deputy Paulsen ran?
VANCE: Six years ago.
Prior to the op, our offices in Europe were chasing a Chechen terrorist named Goran Umarov.
I know him.
Bad dude.
Tried to blow up a U.S.
naval base in France.
Right.
We had received a tip that Umarov was hiding out in a small town near the German border.
We coordinated with the BND to bring him in.
Deputy Paulsen and I put the classified op together.
So, what happened?
Umarov didn't want to go down quietly.
There was gunfire, he was killed.
Whoever came after you and the deputy is obviously connected to that op.
Maybe payback?
Yeah, but why now?
Six years later?
Dig into Umarov's family history.
See who's still around that may want payback.
Also, we're gonna need to learn everything we can about this Operation Festung.
Talk to someone who was actually there on the ground.
All right, being that it was classified, Director, we'll need access to those files.
You'll have them.
Uh, in the meantime, I'm gonna need one of you to find the closest beauty supply store in Berlin.
Why?
You don't want to know.
VANCE: It's a neat little trick.
Where'd you learn that?
The FBI?
Tenth grade.
Used to remove labels from beer bottles, pretend they were soda.
Well, if you don't want to see the inside of a German prison, I suggest you mach schnell.
Jawohl, Director.
(elevator bell dings) (elevator doors open) Ah, like butter.
Yeah, looks like the Germans went through this with a fine-tooth comb.
Yeah, then we'll just have to find what they missed.
I've been thinking.
Whoever attacked me and Lena-- they weren't seeking revenge, or they would've just killed me back at the house.
They were looking for something.
Yeah, maybe they already found it.
Agent Biedermann did say that they stole the deputy's laptop and phone.
No, Lena would never hide anything important in those.
She's way too smart for that.
She means a lot to you, huh?
We talked the whole time.
I used to look forward to these conferences just so I could see her again.
It's the best part of my year.
You ever wish it was more than just once a year?
We'd been discussing it, taking the next step.
I was actually gonna bring it up to her again on this trip, but...
Director, you all right?
The position of her body-- it's all wrong.
How do you mean?
Look at the blood trail.
After she was shot, she crawled toward the credenza.
So?
So...
the phone is on the other end of the room.
Shouldn't she have been crawling toward the phone to call for help instead of away from it?
What do you got?
Bible.
(sighs) Okay.
She's shot, she thinks she's dying, so she needs the comfort of the Good Book.
Not likely.
Lena is a Buddhist.
That's Lena's handwriting.
Why is a Buddhist writing down Bible verses?
Hey, guys.
TORRES: Wow!
Acting Director McGee.
What brings you down to our humble squad room, sir?
I'm dropping off some of Vance's files here.
I'd thought I'd see how you guys are doing.
See that, Jess?
Even at the top of Olympus, he never forgets about us little guys.
(laughs) Yeah, shouldn't you be off doing your director duties?
Oh, please, I've been trying to avoid the director's assistant for hours.
So, any luck tracking anyone on Vance's op or...?
(sighs) I wouldn't know.
I can't even read this thing.
Half of it it's either redacted or in German.
How come we're not talking about the elephant in the room?
What's the elephant in the room?
Vance and the deputy.
What was he doing in her hotel room at night?
Well, two people attending the same conference.
They could just be exchanging ideas.
Oh, they were exchanging something.
Oh, heads up.
Vance's assistant at your three.
(clears throat) Acting Director McGee, I have been looking all over for you.
Um, I was just...
Fraternizing with the agents?
Need I remind you, you have a full plate today-- budget meeting at 4:00, Zoom with the DoD at 5:00, and you're late for a lunch with Senator Roskin.
Is there any way we can maybe reschedule all that?
I'll see you guys later.
Bye, Tim.
(phone chimes) Thank you, Kasie.
She just tracked down a name I pulled from the files.
An NCIS agent who worked on the op in Germany.
Where is he now?
He is retired.
In D.C.
Works part-time as a technical advisor.
For the military?
Not exactly.
MAN: Drop your weapon!
DIRECTOR: And...
cut!
(bell rings) ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: All right, that's lunch!
Well, thank you for seeing us, Mr.
Newcastle.
Oh, call me Phil.
Always happy to help out my NCIS family.
If you don't mind me asking, what exactly do you do here?
Well, basically I advise production on how to make things look legit.
You know, tell them the right jargon, make sure they hold the weapons properly.
Is the movie any good?
It's a piece of crap.
(both laugh) Half the stuff on the script would never happen in real life.
Hey, checks don't bounce and the food's good.
Um, so, Phil, we had spoke on the phone about Operation Festung?
Oh, yeah.
Vance's German op.
So, uh, what do you remember?
We were to take down this terrorist Goran Umarov.
I was assigned to lead the raid.
On Umarov's house?
Yeah.
German intel had Umarov staying there with his girlfriend and three of his guys.
We went in at dawn with orders to take them alive.
So, what happened?
Well, one of my guys accidentally triggered the alarm.
Umarov came out, guns blazing.
We returned fire.
After the smoke was cleared, all five in the house were dead.
Messy.
Is there anything else that you can remember?
Well, yeah.
The diamonds.
Diamonds?
Yeah.
After the raid, we went through Umarov's loot, found a stash of diamonds in a coffee can.
Two, three million.
Easy.
We didn't read anything in the file about diamonds.
Well, they were there.
I saw 'em with my own eyes.
KNIGHT: Okay, Kasie's emailing me the evidence logs from the files.
$3 million in diamonds doesn't just go missing.
Somebody took them.
Yeah, it could be what our bad guys are after.
Oh, got it.
Let's see.
Any mentions of the diamonds?
No.
And guess who signed off on the evidence logs.
Deputy Paulsen.
She would've been the last person to see the diamonds.
Which means...
Maybe Vance's girlfriend wasn't a victim.
Maybe she's a thief.
Uh, me, too, me, too.
I had a wonderful time, yeah.
Well, if you keep ordering bottles of wine like that, I just may have to.
(chuckling) MAN: That could be arranged.
Now, listen, I've got to run, but before I do, I just want to know, do I have your support for that extra funding?
Count on it.
Great, great.
No, thank you, Senator.
And, uh, say hi to Trish and the kids for me, okay?
Sorry, guys.
Where were we?
TORRES: My man!
In the big chair!
Yeah, McGee.
You've really taken to your new role here.
It was just a phone call.
I don't know.
You look pretty comfy behind that desk.
Yeah, what's next, huh?
You gonna rearrange the furniture?
Okay, did you come up here to give me an update or to bust my chops?
Both.
KNIGHT (chuckles): Uh, so we believe that Deputy Paulsen stole millions in diamonds from the raid on Goran Umarov.
She falsified the evidence logs to cover it up.
Well, how can you be sure it was her?
Days after the raid, the deputy took an unplanned trip to Antwerp, Belgium.
And what's at Antwerp?
Well, besides waffles?
Diamonds.
It's the diamond capital of the world.
Yeah, it isn't looking good.
All right.
So our deputy took the diamonds, and now our bad guys want them back.
Any idea yet who these guys are?
Uh, we know one.
Goran's older brother Sergei Umarov.
TORRES: Kasie ran facial recognition on the two guys who boarded the flight to Berlin.
We got one direct match.
Sergei's the real deal.
Former leader of the Chechen mafia, wanted for sex trafficking, arms smuggling.
And seven years ago, Sergei was arrested by Interpol and had been rotting away in a Turkish prison.
So he broke out about two months ago, which would explain...
Why Sergei is after the diamonds now.
Okay, do we know where the diamonds are?
KNIGHT: Not yet.
But Kasie's working on those Bible verses that Vance and Parker found.
Maybe they'll give us something.
Well, let's hope so.
If we can find the diamonds before Sergei does, we can use them to bait him and catch him.
Yeah, but first, uh...
we may have another problem.
Somebody's gonna have to tell Vance that his lady friend is a thief?
Oh...
I forgot about that one.
(sighs) Sorry.
Couldn't have been easy taking that call.
You just...
you take a second.
I'll be outside.
You know, back when I was an agent, I used to look at the older guys in the office.
Most of them were single, they were drinkers...
married to the job.
I always wondered if I would end up that way.
You didn't end up like them.
You got married, had a family.
Yeah, but now I'm alone in that big house.
Job's all I got left.
Yeah, my ex left, and I-I filled my time with all these hobbies-- pastries, birdwatching, piano.
You play the piano?
Like a fiend.
Doesn't matter, though.
It's just, sometimes I think it's...
just a distraction.
You miss being married?
Know what I miss?
Going to the movies with her.
We used to go to this revival house around the corner and see the classics.
Sucks going to the movies alone.
Oh, yeah.
Sitting there...
the lights come down, surrounded by all these couples?
Pretending to read the back of the Goobers box that you brought in?
(chuckles) I guess I was hoping things would be different with Lena.
Was hoping I wouldn't be alone anymore.
Maybe you're not as alone as you think.
I'll be outside.
Agent Parker.
I would have thought you'd be back in D.C.
by now.
Yeah, we've got some unfinished business in Berlin.
Your director, I take it he and the deputy were more than just work colleagues?
Lena was my mentor.
She trained me at the academy.
Like your director, I care about her very much.
So maybe we can help each other.
How do you mean?
I'm a good cop.
I know there's something you're not telling me.
(phone ringing) Sorry, I got to take this.
Uh, to be continued?
I hope so.
Yeah, Kasie.
Oh-ho-ho, that is Sister Kasie to you because I am ready to join a convent.
I have spent hours trying to figure out the passages Deputy Paulsen scribbled down.
(hisses) It's like The Da Vinci Code up in here.
But you cracked it, right?
Tell me you cracked it.
Ah... "
He that is patient is governed by much wisdom."
Proverbs 14:29.
Kasie...
Okay, all right.
Yes, I cracked it, okay?
Turns out, when the deputy wrote down a passage, say, um, Second Kings chapter 14, verse five, she wasn't telling us to go to the passage and find the clue.
The numbers were the clue.
Two, 14, five.
When you put all the numbers from the Bible passages together in a row, you get a bank account and a routing number, specifically a bank in Berlin.
I checked the account and, uh...
(hisses) it's big.
Let me guess, $3 million big.
Yup.
All right, hallelujah, Kasie.
You did it.
Deputy Paulsen must have sold the diamonds and deposited the money.
Only the account isn't in the deputy's name.
It belongs to someone named Elisabeth Wenders.
Wenders?
Who is that, a partner?
Beats me.
But she lives outside of Berlin.
You got an address?
Hey, Jimmy.
JIMMY: Oh, McGee.
To what do I owe the pleasure?
Well, I...
was gonna make an excuse about dropping off some forms, but, uh...
I guess I really just want to talk.
(chuckles) Oh.
Pull up a slab.
What's up?
Is it, uh, acting director stuff?
You still hating it?
Actually...
I don't.
No, I kind of surprised myself.
Talking to senators and dealing with big picture stuff, I'm actually...
I'm actually pretty good at it.
I am not surprised.
Being a director definitely plays to your strengths.
Oh.
You know, when Gibbs left, there was talk of me stepping into his position.
I turned it down because I didn't want to have to make the choice between, you know, family and work.
But being director?
You thinking of a career change?
Well, I-- Let's be clear.
I'm not angling for the director's job here.
I love being an agent, I love Vance, and hopefully he will be here forever.
And when forever ends?
This is it.
Elisabeth Wenders, 56 Osterstrasse.
Do you think this is, uh, Lena's partner in crime?
Well, there's only one way to find out.
Director, it's still my job to protect you, but in case I can't...
(voice speaking German nearby) (teddy bear speaking German) (woman shouting in German) Okay, ma'am.
It's okay.
Hey, hold on.
Who are you?
What do you want?!
It's okay.
My name is Alden Parker.
This is Director Leon Vance.
We are with the U.S.
Naval Criminal Investigative Service.
Oh.
(sighs) Uh, Leon.
(chuckles softly) My sister has told me a lot about you.
You're Lena Paulsen's sister?
Yes.
But why are you here?
The diamonds that your sister stole?
There's some bad people looking to get 'em back, and they've already put Lena in the hospital.
Oh, my God.
And you could be next unless you tell us what is going on.
The people who hurt Lena...
they don't want the diamonds.
They want her.
Why, is she your daughter?
No.
She's Lena's.
Six years ago, after the raid on Goran Umarov was over, Lena went to his house to assess the damage.
She heard crying coming from a closet in the back room, and that's where she found Heidi.
She was only a few months old, stashed under a pile of dirty clothes.
Malnourished, neglected.
So, it was Goran's baby?
Yes.
And Lena didn't know what to do.
The child couldn't go to Goran's next of kin.
The Umarovs are monsters.
Giving Heidi to them would have been too cruel.
So Lena raised the baby as her own.
And enlisted you to help keep her secret.
What my sister did was the right choice.
It was the noble choice.
No.
It was criminal.
Your sister broke the law.
She stole evidence.
She withheld crucial information from the BND.
From me.
The diamonds were Goran's.
They had been in his family for years.
Lena simply took what was rightfully Heidi's and put it in a trust fund for her.
Lena never touched a dime of that money.
Still, she could've told me about the child.
She lied to me.
ELISABETH: Yes.
And she always hated herself for that.
She was only trying to protect Heidi, to give her a better life.
Surely, as a parent, you can understand that.
PARKER: Well, despite your...
your good intentions, Ms.
Wenders, unfortunately your secret is out.
Goran's brother knows about Heidi and he's looking for her.
And if we can find her, so can he.
So, what are we going to do?
We need to get the two of you out of here and go someplace safe.
Agreed.
But where?
Nearest NCIS safe house is a thousand miles from here.
PARKER: Great.
Yeah, text me the address.
Thanks.
McGee came through.
BND is gonna let us use one of their safe houses, no questions asked.
That was fast.
How did he manage that?
Apparently our acting director has some, uh, friends in high places.
Yeah, he's probably already rearranged the furniture.
ELISABETH: Heidi...
(speaks German) HEIDI: Nein.
(speaks German) Nein.
Problem?
She doesn't want to leave.
And she's scared.
I've tried explaining it to her, but...
Do you mind if I talk to her?
(speaking German) Ah.
Mm-hmm.
(laughs) Not...
Nein, nein, nein.
Okay.
Um...
Okay, how do you say "Smokey" in German?
Um...
Smokey.
I speak English, you know.
Thank God.
(chuckles) Your aunt, did she tell you anything about what's going on?
Some bad people hurt Mommy.
But those bad people who hurt her are on their way here.
And that's why we need to leave now.
What if they hurt me?
No, I'm not gonna let that happen.
Your mom has always protected you, and so will I.
But I'm gonna need you to trust me.
Can you do that?
Nick.
Hey.
You wanted to see me?
Yeah, you speak to Parker?
Yeah, I just got off the phone with him.
He is headed to the safe house now with the girl and the aunt.
Oh, that's a relief.
All we got to worry about now is finding Sergei Umarov.
Well, you might not have to look too far.
We tracked the ID Sergei has been using in Berlin.
He rented another car, and, using his GPS, I may be able to find Sergei's current location.
Great.
Then we can call BND to pick 'em up.
Yeah, just finishing up the trace now and...
boom.
McGEE: Where is that?
KASIE: Looks like it's in the industrial part of Berlin.
Some old factory called the Ekkehart...
Power Station?
Wait, you've heard of it?
That's where BND said the safe house is.
Wait, Sergei's at the safe house now?
Parker and Vance are headed right towards them.
VANCE: Did you know she was gonna be here?
PARKER: Nobody said anything to me.
Okay, just, uh...
Just wait in the car.
VANCE: Okay.
Agent Biedermann.
BND never told us you were gonna be here.
I'm in charge of this case.
Of course I'd be here.
You know how much this means to me.
We have everything set up for you inside.
You'll have round-the-clock protection.
(phones ringing) PARKER: Good.
Yeah, McGee.
Is the girl with you?
We never told BND about the girl.
Hey, Parker!
Parker!
(honking horn) Sergei's here!
Let's go, let's go!
(Elisabeth panting) (engine starts) (tires screeching) (Heidi screams) Stop, stop!
You'll hit the girl!
Okay, you okay?
I think so.
VANCE: Come on, get out.
Run as fast as you can.
Let's go.
Let's go.
(panting) (gunfire continues) I got right.
I got left.
Let's go!
(gunfire) Sergei's running.
I got him.
Go!
Cover me.
(Heidi crying) VANCE: Hey.
(Heidi and Elisabeth scream) It's okay, it's okay.
It's all right.
Come with me.
Come on.
Let's go.
This way.
Let's go.
Let's go!
(grunts) This way, this way.
Let's go.
This way.
Let's go.
Stay with me, stay with me.
Stay close.
(Sergei whistles) Heidi.
All right.
(grunting) SERGEI: Heidi.
(screams) No.
Shh, shh.
SERGEI: I'm here to take you home.
Damn it.
Heidi.
It's okay.
Nobody's gonna hurt you, okay?
Trust me.
(whistles) Heidi.
(crying) (crying continues) Found you.
(teddy bear crying) (teddy bear speaking German) Hey!
(grunts) Oh-ho.
You okay?
He's in there.
Hey.
(chuckles) Hey, uh...
thanks for letting me borrow him.
He's a very brave little bear.
Here.
Just like you.
(gasps) Leon.
Hey.
How are you feeling?
Um, how do you Americans say it?
I have been hit by the truck?
(laughing) (laughs softly) Lena, you should know, everything's gonna be all right now.
Heidi is safe.
(sobbing) No one's gonna come after her again.
Oh, I am...
I'm so sorry, Leon.
No.
I never meant...
It's okay.
No, no.
(sighs) I should have told you.
But I only wanted to do what was best for her.
I understand.
You were protecting somebody that you love.
There is so much I want to tell you.
I...
No, no.
(groaning) Save your energy.
Save your energy.
We'll talk later.
Will there be a later?
I almost forgot.
There's someone who wants to see you.
Mommy.
(speaking German) Heidi.
(speaking German) (all speaking German) (sighs) Okay, got it.
Thanks.
McGee spoke with the head of BND.
Turns out that Agent Biedermann was on Sergei's payroll and that's how he learned about the op and yours and Lena's involvement.
Well, I guess there's only one question left, then.
(speaking German) What do we do about her?
She broke the law.
Well, I think that the BND is more interested in their mole problem than a little girl being given a better life by someone doing the right thing.
And if the BND comes around and starts asking questions?
You'll know what to do.
(laughs) (speaking German) Anyway, we should, uh, grab a flight and head home.
Although McGee said not to rush it.
(laughing): Yeah, I bet.
You know, I noticed that there's a...
movie theater near the hotel.
It's playing The Third Man.
Orson Welles, ooh, Joseph Cot
(grunting) Let's go.
Okay.
(grunting) (panting): We done?
♪ ♪ (indistinct radio transmission) (siren chirps) Oh, God.
Guys.
Over here.
VANCE: I'm a little beat up, but I'll live.
Thank God you're okay, Director.
The cop outside said there was a fatality.
We didn't know if...
I'm fine.
Fine.
Can't say the same for him.
One of your uninvited guests?
Well, some don't know when to leave.
Yo, you all right?
Man, don't do that again.
You'll give me a heart attack.
I appreciate your concern, Agent Torres.
So what happened?
(sighs) I came for a glass of water, I walked in on three guys wearing masks.
Fought 'em off until one pulled a gun, and lucky for me, he missed.
This is the shooter here?
Yeah.
I incapacitated him while the other two ran off.
McGEE: Incapacitated is an understatement.
Looks like you broke his neck.
Well, he started it.
Well, no ID.
Hopefully prints are in the system.
How'd they get in?
I don't know.
The alarm didn't go off.
Did they take anything?
No.
Looks like I interrupted them before they could steal anything.
Or maybe they weren't here to steal.
Okay, we don't need a Bandium alert for this one.
Let's get to it.
McGee.
I'll go check the alarm system.
Knight, talk to the neighbors.
Torres, a bullet nearly hit our beloved director right over there, so find it for me.
Agent Parker, I appreciate you taking this so seriously, but is this all really necessary?
I mean, it could just be a random burglary.
Could be a lot of things.
But I'm not willing to take that chance.
(sighs) Anyone else having a hard time keeping their eyes open?
(sighs) Kidding?
We've been up since 3:00 a.m.
Oh, man, what I wouldn't give for a shower and a shave.
I just want out of these pj's.
We're at work, for crying out loud.
People keep staring at me.
And now you're staring at me. "
Medical Examiners Convention 2013."
Is it me, but does Jimmy have the exact same T-shirt?
Well, Nick, uh, yeah, I believe he does.
(chuckles nervously) Oh, God.
Hmm.
Okay, what did we get?
Well, unfortunately, our John Doe is still a John Doe.
Prints aren't in the system.
Jimmy has his body now, though, so hopefully he can help ID him.
What about the bullet?
I found it lodged in the cabinet.
Kasie's running the ballistics now, but I also talked to local PD.
Two houses in Vance's neighborhood have been robbed in the last four months.
Could be the same guys.
Except they don't have Vance's security system.
Thing is state of the art-- AI, biometrics.
Whoever broke in knew how to bypass it.
So we're looking at pros.
Neighbors see anything?
No, but their video doorbell did.
The same van drove past Vance's house repeatedly the day of the break-in.
Did you get a license plate?
It's a rental.
But the driver used a fake ID and credit card.
I have a BOLO out on the van.
Yeah, this random burglary is sounding less random by the second.
Vance was targeted.
And with two men on the loose, he could still be in danger.
Soon as I get there, I'll call you, okay?
Uh, I got to go.
Director, I think we got a problem.
What is that?
That's my luggage, Agent Parker.
I know what it is.
Where are you going?
Interpol Conference in Berlin.
I told you about it last week.
You're still going to that?
Of course I am.
I go every year.
Yeah.
Well, it's not every year that somebody breaks into your home to kill you.
We don't know that for sure.
Well, it's looking more like it.
And I think whoever broke in might not be finished with you.
I understand your concern, Agent Parker, but I'm not gonna let a threat stop me from doing my job.
I got to say, I think this is a big mistake.
You shouldn't go.
That's not your call to make.
Besides, I won't be going alone.
Olivia, send them in, please.
This is Agent Dominguez, Agent Ford.
They are my protection detail.
Anything happens, they'll be there.
(sighs, clicks tongue) Hey.
Alden Parker.
Nice to meet you.
You're dismissed.
Parker...
Go!
Wait outside.
(exhales) VANCE: Hey!
What the hell are you doing?
You want to go to Berlin?
Fine.
I'm going with you.
I'll be your protection detail.
You?
I'm qualified.
No, you're overkill.
You're a senior agent, Parker.
Your place is here with the team.
They'll be fine.
Besides, I always wanted to see Berlin.
Plane leaves in an hour.
Your bags aren't even packed.
I always keep a go bag in my car.
I'll go get it.
♪ ♪ Okay, we're good.
Great.
(sighs) This way, Director.
Just keep moving.
Don't we have to check in?
I...
already did it.
I took the liberty of getting us adjoining rooms.
How nice.
Hey, um, I'd like to stop in for a quick drink.
It's been a long flight.
We really should go straight to the room.
It's safer.
Parker, it's one drink.
Besides, I want to scope out who's here at the conference.
Director, this way.
Please?
Should've brought Torres instead.
Director Vance!
Hello.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Hey...
It's okay, it's all right.
Stand down.
I know her.
It's good to see you, Director.
You as well.
It's been too long.
Uh, Agent Parker, allow me to introduce Deputy Lena Paulsen of the German Federal Intelligence Services.
BND.
You'll be attending the conference as well?
Oh, yes.
I wouldn't miss the opportunity to talk shop with your director.
He is a bit of a legend in these parts.
Deputy Paulsen and I worked together years ago.
Oh, I worked.
You were too busy eating strudel.
(both laughing) Okay.
Uh...
I understand you'll be at the cyberterrorism panel tomorrow?
Yes, yeah, I'll be there.
Then perhaps afterwards we can talk some more.
Yes.
Until then, Deputy.
Director.
Hey, Jimmy.
JIMMY: McGee!
Good to see you changed your clothes.
Yeah, well, I managed to pop home for an hour.
Couldn't keep working in my sweats, you know?
Yeah, especially now that you're Acting NCIS Director.
I read the memo.
Congratulations.
That's just until Vance gets back.
You don't sound too thrilled.
Uh, to be honest with you, I'm...
(sighs) kind of dreading it.
I'm a field agent.
I don't want to be stuck behind a desk dealing with politicians.
Why not try to enjoy this, you know?
Embrace your newfound power.
You go on longer lunch breaks, use the private bathroom, maybe boss some people around.
Okay, how about I start with asking you for an update?
Not exactly "bossy," but we'll work on it.
Okay.
Uh...
No big mystery as to how our victim died.
This is what you get if you mess with the director, a former boxing champ.
Yeah, remind me never to get on Vance's bad side.
Anything so far as to who our victim may be?
Possibly.
He's had hair plugs installed into his hairline.
They're synthetic plastic plugs which have been banned in the United States for decades.
But they're apparently still quite popular in Eastern Europe, which is possibly where he's from.
(phone chimes) Oh, Knight found the robbers' van abandoned in a D.C.
motel parking lot.
We are bringing in the motel owner now.
Go get 'em, Director.
(chuckles) How many times you gonna sweep the room?
It's clean.
(exhales) Never hurts to be thorough.
You know, Agent Parker, I can handle myself.
It's not the first time that my life has been threatened.
First time on my watch.
Okay, we're good.
Good.
You hungry?
I can order us a couple of schnitzels.
I'm just gonna turn in.
It's been a long day.
Well, you need anything, I'll be, uh...
Right next door, got it.
Thanks, Agent Parker.
Hey.
I'm on my way.
Yeah, okay, a little overpriced, but that'll work.
(muttering) Oh!
(sighs) Going somewhere, Director?
Deputy Paulsen's room perhaps?
I don't know what you mean.
Come on, it's obvious.
The way you couldn't let go of each other when you said goodbye?
The two of you are having a fling.
You've been secretly meeting up at these conventions each year, booking rooms on the same floor, checking in and out at the same time, eh?
You got all that from a handshake?
That, and I ran a background check on her.
(exhales) Why didn't you tell me before?
Well, because it's none of your business.
Uh, it is when your life is in danger.
Well, now that you know...
can I count on your discretion?
Hundred percent.
But if you're planning to see her tonight, I can't let you go alone.
No.
Absolutely not.
This is not a party for three.
I don't need a chaperone.
All due respect, that's not your call to make.
As long as you are on foreign soil, you're my responsibility.
Sorry, Director.
That's the way it's got to be.
Thank you for coming in, Mr.
Sykes.
We just have a few questions about...
Oh, yeah.
Oh, boy, oh, here we go.
This is about the Dateline exposé they did on my motel rooms, isn't it?
Look, I didn't know all that gunk was in there until they waved their black lights around.
You know, it's like I told the reporters, I only rent the rooms, you know?
I-I can't control what people do in 'em.
People are animals.
Mr.
Sykes...
LARRY: I know, it's a health hazard, blah-blah-blah, but I-I swear to you, I got a brand-new cleaning lady coming in first thing on Monday.
Or Tuesday.
As disgusting as that is, we are not interested in your rooms.
Oh.
(chuckling) Forget I said anything, then.
Yeah, I wish I could.
Do you recognize that man?
He would've been a guest at your hotel with two others.
Mm.
Yeah, okay.
Yeah, I remember.
Uh, they came in a few days ago.
Paid cash, kept to themselves, you know.
I didn't really socialize with them.
Do you remember anything else?
One of 'em talked funny.
You know, had an accent.
Russian maybe.
Sorry to interrupt, but this couldn't wait...
Is that the guy from the Dateline exposé?
Oof, seriously, dude, nasty.
I'm cleaning it!
Kasie, what's going on?
I was able to track the fake credit card used to rent the van.
That same card was used to book a flight out of Dulles earlier this morning.
To where?
Berlin.
No such thing as a coincidence.
VANCE: Can't believe this.
What wine did you go with?
Red?
Ah, it's a nice choice.
Could you please give me some space?
Riesling would've been good, too.
You know, something German.
Just saying.
Yeah, Torres.
TORRES: We found the two guys that got away.
They booked a flight to Berlin.
Landed two hours ago.
Lena?
Director!
Stay back.
Stay back.
Lena!
Lena!
Oh, my God.
Call an ambulance.
I'm right here.
(groaning weakly) Help is on the way.
Lena, hang on.
(siren wailing) (woman speaking German over P.A.) Director Vance?
Frauke Biedermann with the BND.
I'm leading the investigation into Deputy Paulsen's attack.
How is she?
Still in intensive care.
Lost a lot of blood.
Is she conscious?
Can I see her?
They had to put her in an induced coma to stabilize her.
May I ask how you and the deputy know each other?
We're work colleagues.
I see.
And is it customary for work colleagues to visit each other's hotel rooms late at night?
So, do you have any suspects yet?
We are still processing the scene.
What about the hotel cameras?
Dismantled.
But the attackers stole the deputy's laptop and phone, so hopefully we can trace them.
(phone rings) (speaking German) I'm sorry, I have to take this.
Is there some way I can reach you?
Yeah, my cell number's on the back.
Thank you.
Oh, one last thing.
The paramedics mentioned the deputy kept repeating the same word-- Festung.
It means "fortress" in German.
Does that mean anything to you?
No.
I'm-I'm sorry.
Had to ask.
We'll be in touch.
We should have, uh, told her about the break-in at your house?
It's clearly connected.
No.
No, no, no.
I think it's best if we keep BND in the dark until we know more.
Right.
Okay, first things first.
Let's get you back to D.C.
I got us on a flight leaving in two hours.
I'm not leaving.
What?
I got to find out who did this.
You're not safe here in Berlin.
If that was somebody that you cared about laying in that hospital bed, would you get on a plane?
Okay.
But if we stay, you got to be straight with me.
The word that that deputy said, Festung?
You know what it means, don't you?
It's how Lena and I met.
So, Festung is the name of an op that you and Deputy Paulsen ran?
VANCE: Six years ago.
Prior to the op, our offices in Europe were chasing a Chechen terrorist named Goran Umarov.
I know him.
Bad dude.
Tried to blow up a U.S.
naval base in France.
Right.
We had received a tip that Umarov was hiding out in a small town near the German border.
We coordinated with the BND to bring him in.
Deputy Paulsen and I put the classified op together.
So, what happened?
Umarov didn't want to go down quietly.
There was gunfire, he was killed.
Whoever came after you and the deputy is obviously connected to that op.
Maybe payback?
Yeah, but why now?
Six years later?
Dig into Umarov's family history.
See who's still around that may want payback.
Also, we're gonna need to learn everything we can about this Operation Festung.
Talk to someone who was actually there on the ground.
All right, being that it was classified, Director, we'll need access to those files.
You'll have them.
Uh, in the meantime, I'm gonna need one of you to find the closest beauty supply store in Berlin.
Why?
You don't want to know.
VANCE: It's a neat little trick.
Where'd you learn that?
The FBI?
Tenth grade.
Used to remove labels from beer bottles, pretend they were soda.
Well, if you don't want to see the inside of a German prison, I suggest you mach schnell.
Jawohl, Director.
(elevator bell dings) (elevator doors open) Ah, like butter.
Yeah, looks like the Germans went through this with a fine-tooth comb.
Yeah, then we'll just have to find what they missed.
I've been thinking.
Whoever attacked me and Lena-- they weren't seeking revenge, or they would've just killed me back at the house.
They were looking for something.
Yeah, maybe they already found it.
Agent Biedermann did say that they stole the deputy's laptop and phone.
No, Lena would never hide anything important in those.
She's way too smart for that.
She means a lot to you, huh?
We talked the whole time.
I used to look forward to these conferences just so I could see her again.
It's the best part of my year.
You ever wish it was more than just once a year?
We'd been discussing it, taking the next step.
I was actually gonna bring it up to her again on this trip, but...
Director, you all right?
The position of her body-- it's all wrong.
How do you mean?
Look at the blood trail.
After she was shot, she crawled toward the credenza.
So?
So...
the phone is on the other end of the room.
Shouldn't she have been crawling toward the phone to call for help instead of away from it?
What do you got?
Bible.
(sighs) Okay.
She's shot, she thinks she's dying, so she needs the comfort of the Good Book.
Not likely.
Lena is a Buddhist.
That's Lena's handwriting.
Why is a Buddhist writing down Bible verses?
Hey, guys.
TORRES: Wow!
Acting Director McGee.
What brings you down to our humble squad room, sir?
I'm dropping off some of Vance's files here.
I'd thought I'd see how you guys are doing.
See that, Jess?
Even at the top of Olympus, he never forgets about us little guys.
(laughs) Yeah, shouldn't you be off doing your director duties?
Oh, please, I've been trying to avoid the director's assistant for hours.
So, any luck tracking anyone on Vance's op or...?
(sighs) I wouldn't know.
I can't even read this thing.
Half of it it's either redacted or in German.
How come we're not talking about the elephant in the room?
What's the elephant in the room?
Vance and the deputy.
What was he doing in her hotel room at night?
Well, two people attending the same conference.
They could just be exchanging ideas.
Oh, they were exchanging something.
Oh, heads up.
Vance's assistant at your three.
(clears throat) Acting Director McGee, I have been looking all over for you.
Um, I was just...
Fraternizing with the agents?
Need I remind you, you have a full plate today-- budget meeting at 4:00, Zoom with the DoD at 5:00, and you're late for a lunch with Senator Roskin.
Is there any way we can maybe reschedule all that?
I'll see you guys later.
Bye, Tim.
(phone chimes) Thank you, Kasie.
She just tracked down a name I pulled from the files.
An NCIS agent who worked on the op in Germany.
Where is he now?
He is retired.
In D.C.
Works part-time as a technical advisor.
For the military?
Not exactly.
MAN: Drop your weapon!
DIRECTOR: And...
cut!
(bell rings) ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: All right, that's lunch!
Well, thank you for seeing us, Mr.
Newcastle.
Oh, call me Phil.
Always happy to help out my NCIS family.
If you don't mind me asking, what exactly do you do here?
Well, basically I advise production on how to make things look legit.
You know, tell them the right jargon, make sure they hold the weapons properly.
Is the movie any good?
It's a piece of crap.
(both laugh) Half the stuff on the script would never happen in real life.
Hey, checks don't bounce and the food's good.
Um, so, Phil, we had spoke on the phone about Operation Festung?
Oh, yeah.
Vance's German op.
So, uh, what do you remember?
We were to take down this terrorist Goran Umarov.
I was assigned to lead the raid.
On Umarov's house?
Yeah.
German intel had Umarov staying there with his girlfriend and three of his guys.
We went in at dawn with orders to take them alive.
So, what happened?
Well, one of my guys accidentally triggered the alarm.
Umarov came out, guns blazing.
We returned fire.
After the smoke was cleared, all five in the house were dead.
Messy.
Is there anything else that you can remember?
Well, yeah.
The diamonds.
Diamonds?
Yeah.
After the raid, we went through Umarov's loot, found a stash of diamonds in a coffee can.
Two, three million.
Easy.
We didn't read anything in the file about diamonds.
Well, they were there.
I saw 'em with my own eyes.
KNIGHT: Okay, Kasie's emailing me the evidence logs from the files.
$3 million in diamonds doesn't just go missing.
Somebody took them.
Yeah, it could be what our bad guys are after.
Oh, got it.
Let's see.
Any mentions of the diamonds?
No.
And guess who signed off on the evidence logs.
Deputy Paulsen.
She would've been the last person to see the diamonds.
Which means...
Maybe Vance's girlfriend wasn't a victim.
Maybe she's a thief.
Uh, me, too, me, too.
I had a wonderful time, yeah.
Well, if you keep ordering bottles of wine like that, I just may have to.
(chuckling) MAN: That could be arranged.
Now, listen, I've got to run, but before I do, I just want to know, do I have your support for that extra funding?
Count on it.
Great, great.
No, thank you, Senator.
And, uh, say hi to Trish and the kids for me, okay?
Sorry, guys.
Where were we?
TORRES: My man!
In the big chair!
Yeah, McGee.
You've really taken to your new role here.
It was just a phone call.
I don't know.
You look pretty comfy behind that desk.
Yeah, what's next, huh?
You gonna rearrange the furniture?
Okay, did you come up here to give me an update or to bust my chops?
Both.
KNIGHT (chuckles): Uh, so we believe that Deputy Paulsen stole millions in diamonds from the raid on Goran Umarov.
She falsified the evidence logs to cover it up.
Well, how can you be sure it was her?
Days after the raid, the deputy took an unplanned trip to Antwerp, Belgium.
And what's at Antwerp?
Well, besides waffles?
Diamonds.
It's the diamond capital of the world.
Yeah, it isn't looking good.
All right.
So our deputy took the diamonds, and now our bad guys want them back.
Any idea yet who these guys are?
Uh, we know one.
Goran's older brother Sergei Umarov.
TORRES: Kasie ran facial recognition on the two guys who boarded the flight to Berlin.
We got one direct match.
Sergei's the real deal.
Former leader of the Chechen mafia, wanted for sex trafficking, arms smuggling.
And seven years ago, Sergei was arrested by Interpol and had been rotting away in a Turkish prison.
So he broke out about two months ago, which would explain...
Why Sergei is after the diamonds now.
Okay, do we know where the diamonds are?
KNIGHT: Not yet.
But Kasie's working on those Bible verses that Vance and Parker found.
Maybe they'll give us something.
Well, let's hope so.
If we can find the diamonds before Sergei does, we can use them to bait him and catch him.
Yeah, but first, uh...
we may have another problem.
Somebody's gonna have to tell Vance that his lady friend is a thief?
Oh...
I forgot about that one.
(sighs) Sorry.
Couldn't have been easy taking that call.
You just...
you take a second.
I'll be outside.
You know, back when I was an agent, I used to look at the older guys in the office.
Most of them were single, they were drinkers...
married to the job.
I always wondered if I would end up that way.
You didn't end up like them.
You got married, had a family.
Yeah, but now I'm alone in that big house.
Job's all I got left.
Yeah, my ex left, and I-I filled my time with all these hobbies-- pastries, birdwatching, piano.
You play the piano?
Like a fiend.
Doesn't matter, though.
It's just, sometimes I think it's...
just a distraction.
You miss being married?
Know what I miss?
Going to the movies with her.
We used to go to this revival house around the corner and see the classics.
Sucks going to the movies alone.
Oh, yeah.
Sitting there...
the lights come down, surrounded by all these couples?
Pretending to read the back of the Goobers box that you brought in?
(chuckles) I guess I was hoping things would be different with Lena.
Was hoping I wouldn't be alone anymore.
Maybe you're not as alone as you think.
I'll be outside.
Agent Parker.
I would have thought you'd be back in D.C.
by now.
Yeah, we've got some unfinished business in Berlin.
Your director, I take it he and the deputy were more than just work colleagues?
Lena was my mentor.
She trained me at the academy.
Like your director, I care about her very much.
So maybe we can help each other.
How do you mean?
I'm a good cop.
I know there's something you're not telling me.
(phone ringing) Sorry, I got to take this.
Uh, to be continued?
I hope so.
Yeah, Kasie.
Oh-ho-ho, that is Sister Kasie to you because I am ready to join a convent.
I have spent hours trying to figure out the passages Deputy Paulsen scribbled down.
(hisses) It's like The Da Vinci Code up in here.
But you cracked it, right?
Tell me you cracked it.
Ah... "
He that is patient is governed by much wisdom."
Proverbs 14:29.
Kasie...
Okay, all right.
Yes, I cracked it, okay?
Turns out, when the deputy wrote down a passage, say, um, Second Kings chapter 14, verse five, she wasn't telling us to go to the passage and find the clue.
The numbers were the clue.
Two, 14, five.
When you put all the numbers from the Bible passages together in a row, you get a bank account and a routing number, specifically a bank in Berlin.
I checked the account and, uh...
(hisses) it's big.
Let me guess, $3 million big.
Yup.
All right, hallelujah, Kasie.
You did it.
Deputy Paulsen must have sold the diamonds and deposited the money.
Only the account isn't in the deputy's name.
It belongs to someone named Elisabeth Wenders.
Wenders?
Who is that, a partner?
Beats me.
But she lives outside of Berlin.
You got an address?
Hey, Jimmy.
JIMMY: Oh, McGee.
To what do I owe the pleasure?
Well, I...
was gonna make an excuse about dropping off some forms, but, uh...
I guess I really just want to talk.
(chuckles) Oh.
Pull up a slab.
What's up?
Is it, uh, acting director stuff?
You still hating it?
Actually...
I don't.
No, I kind of surprised myself.
Talking to senators and dealing with big picture stuff, I'm actually...
I'm actually pretty good at it.
I am not surprised.
Being a director definitely plays to your strengths.
Oh.
You know, when Gibbs left, there was talk of me stepping into his position.
I turned it down because I didn't want to have to make the choice between, you know, family and work.
But being director?
You thinking of a career change?
Well, I-- Let's be clear.
I'm not angling for the director's job here.
I love being an agent, I love Vance, and hopefully he will be here forever.
And when forever ends?
This is it.
Elisabeth Wenders, 56 Osterstrasse.
Do you think this is, uh, Lena's partner in crime?
Well, there's only one way to find out.
Director, it's still my job to protect you, but in case I can't...
(voice speaking German nearby) (teddy bear speaking German) (woman shouting in German) Okay, ma'am.
It's okay.
Hey, hold on.
Who are you?
What do you want?!
It's okay.
My name is Alden Parker.
This is Director Leon Vance.
We are with the U.S.
Naval Criminal Investigative Service.
Oh.
(sighs) Uh, Leon.
(chuckles softly) My sister has told me a lot about you.
You're Lena Paulsen's sister?
Yes.
But why are you here?
The diamonds that your sister stole?
There's some bad people looking to get 'em back, and they've already put Lena in the hospital.
Oh, my God.
And you could be next unless you tell us what is going on.
The people who hurt Lena...
they don't want the diamonds.
They want her.
Why, is she your daughter?
No.
She's Lena's.
Six years ago, after the raid on Goran Umarov was over, Lena went to his house to assess the damage.
She heard crying coming from a closet in the back room, and that's where she found Heidi.
She was only a few months old, stashed under a pile of dirty clothes.
Malnourished, neglected.
So, it was Goran's baby?
Yes.
And Lena didn't know what to do.
The child couldn't go to Goran's next of kin.
The Umarovs are monsters.
Giving Heidi to them would have been too cruel.
So Lena raised the baby as her own.
And enlisted you to help keep her secret.
What my sister did was the right choice.
It was the noble choice.
No.
It was criminal.
Your sister broke the law.
She stole evidence.
She withheld crucial information from the BND.
From me.
The diamonds were Goran's.
They had been in his family for years.
Lena simply took what was rightfully Heidi's and put it in a trust fund for her.
Lena never touched a dime of that money.
Still, she could've told me about the child.
She lied to me.
ELISABETH: Yes.
And she always hated herself for that.
She was only trying to protect Heidi, to give her a better life.
Surely, as a parent, you can understand that.
PARKER: Well, despite your...
your good intentions, Ms.
Wenders, unfortunately your secret is out.
Goran's brother knows about Heidi and he's looking for her.
And if we can find her, so can he.
So, what are we going to do?
We need to get the two of you out of here and go someplace safe.
Agreed.
But where?
Nearest NCIS safe house is a thousand miles from here.
PARKER: Great.
Yeah, text me the address.
Thanks.
McGee came through.
BND is gonna let us use one of their safe houses, no questions asked.
That was fast.
How did he manage that?
Apparently our acting director has some, uh, friends in high places.
Yeah, he's probably already rearranged the furniture.
ELISABETH: Heidi...
(speaks German) HEIDI: Nein.
(speaks German) Nein.
Problem?
She doesn't want to leave.
And she's scared.
I've tried explaining it to her, but...
Do you mind if I talk to her?
(speaking German) Ah.
Mm-hmm.
(laughs) Not...
Nein, nein, nein.
Okay.
Um...
Okay, how do you say "Smokey" in German?
Um...
Smokey.
I speak English, you know.
Thank God.
(chuckles) Your aunt, did she tell you anything about what's going on?
Some bad people hurt Mommy.
But those bad people who hurt her are on their way here.
And that's why we need to leave now.
What if they hurt me?
No, I'm not gonna let that happen.
Your mom has always protected you, and so will I.
But I'm gonna need you to trust me.
Can you do that?
Nick.
Hey.
You wanted to see me?
Yeah, you speak to Parker?
Yeah, I just got off the phone with him.
He is headed to the safe house now with the girl and the aunt.
Oh, that's a relief.
All we got to worry about now is finding Sergei Umarov.
Well, you might not have to look too far.
We tracked the ID Sergei has been using in Berlin.
He rented another car, and, using his GPS, I may be able to find Sergei's current location.
Great.
Then we can call BND to pick 'em up.
Yeah, just finishing up the trace now and...
boom.
McGEE: Where is that?
KASIE: Looks like it's in the industrial part of Berlin.
Some old factory called the Ekkehart...
Power Station?
Wait, you've heard of it?
That's where BND said the safe house is.
Wait, Sergei's at the safe house now?
Parker and Vance are headed right towards them.
VANCE: Did you know she was gonna be here?
PARKER: Nobody said anything to me.
Okay, just, uh...
Just wait in the car.
VANCE: Okay.
Agent Biedermann.
BND never told us you were gonna be here.
I'm in charge of this case.
Of course I'd be here.
You know how much this means to me.
We have everything set up for you inside.
You'll have round-the-clock protection.
(phones ringing) PARKER: Good.
Yeah, McGee.
Is the girl with you?
We never told BND about the girl.
Hey, Parker!
Parker!
(honking horn) Sergei's here!
Let's go, let's go!
(Elisabeth panting) (engine starts) (tires screeching) (Heidi screams) Stop, stop!
You'll hit the girl!
Okay, you okay?
I think so.
VANCE: Come on, get out.
Run as fast as you can.
Let's go.
Let's go.
(panting) (gunfire continues) I got right.
I got left.
Let's go!
(gunfire) Sergei's running.
I got him.
Go!
Cover me.
(Heidi crying) VANCE: Hey.
(Heidi and Elisabeth scream) It's okay, it's okay.
It's all right.
Come with me.
Come on.
Let's go.
This way.
Let's go.
Let's go!
(grunts) This way, this way.
Let's go.
This way.
Let's go.
Stay with me, stay with me.
Stay close.
(Sergei whistles) Heidi.
All right.
(grunting) SERGEI: Heidi.
(screams) No.
Shh, shh.
SERGEI: I'm here to take you home.
Damn it.
Heidi.
It's okay.
Nobody's gonna hurt you, okay?
Trust me.
(whistles) Heidi.
(crying) (crying continues) Found you.
(teddy bear crying) (teddy bear speaking German) Hey!
(grunts) Oh-ho.
You okay?
He's in there.
Hey.
(chuckles) Hey, uh...
thanks for letting me borrow him.
He's a very brave little bear.
Here.
Just like you.
(gasps) Leon.
Hey.
How are you feeling?
Um, how do you Americans say it?
I have been hit by the truck?
(laughing) (laughs softly) Lena, you should know, everything's gonna be all right now.
Heidi is safe.
(sobbing) No one's gonna come after her again.
Oh, I am...
I'm so sorry, Leon.
No.
I never meant...
It's okay.
No, no.
(sighs) I should have told you.
But I only wanted to do what was best for her.
I understand.
You were protecting somebody that you love.
There is so much I want to tell you.
I...
No, no.
(groaning) Save your energy.
Save your energy.
We'll talk later.
Will there be a later?
I almost forgot.
There's someone who wants to see you.
Mommy.
(speaking German) Heidi.
(speaking German) (all speaking German) (sighs) Okay, got it.
Thanks.
McGee spoke with the head of BND.
Turns out that Agent Biedermann was on Sergei's payroll and that's how he learned about the op and yours and Lena's involvement.
Well, I guess there's only one question left, then.
(speaking German) What do we do about her?
She broke the law.
Well, I think that the BND is more interested in their mole problem than a little girl being given a better life by someone doing the right thing.
And if the BND comes around and starts asking questions?
You'll know what to do.
(laughs) (speaking German) Anyway, we should, uh, grab a flight and head home.
Although McGee said not to rush it.
(laughing): Yeah, I bet.
You know, I noticed that there's a...
movie theater near the hotel.
It's playing The Third Man.
Orson Welles, ooh, Joseph Cot