[McGee shows Tony's old high school portrait to Ziva, who gushes over it while Tony looks embarrassed]
Ok, ok, have your chuckles. By the way, that was a very good look back in the day.
Tony, if I were you I would burn that film because you do not want anymore of these getting out there.
It shouldn't have gotten out at all but it did, thanks to McSnoop Dog here. Now listen, give me that picture because Gibbs cannot get his hands on this, do you understand me?
Gibbs[walks into squad room] Nice look, helmet-head.
Hey Boss. It is a transitional phase. You know, the 80's.
Where is Captain Westcott, other than at the forefront of your mind?
Gibbs
He's headed home. Doc ok-ed me getting into the ambush and I pushed. Pushed too hard.
It's obvious that you feel a grave responsibility towards this young man.
Gibbs
Ducky, I sent home plenty of Marines like Westcott. I knew their heads weren't right. I hoped that there would be someone on the other side to catch them.
You had no choice. You had to stay behind. It was your duty.
Gibbs
I'm on the other side now. I tried to catch Westcott. I didn't, he wouldn't let me.
And when do you take no for an answer?
Gibbs
I'm angry, Ducky.
You can't fix the world, Jethro. But you can call the boy.
He means how you got Hall and brought him back to us.
PPatterson
[shocked] What? That wasn't me Captain. That was you.
[to himself] I didn't run away.
Gibbs
You didn't run. Forgive yourself for the rest.
I just wish it would've mattered.
PPatterson
[to Gibbs] "The General" never ran from anything. [to Westcott] It mattered. To us.
Gibbs
[answers his phone] Yeah, Duck?
[British accent] Cheerio, Jethro. You'll be interested to know I've discovered something of rather vital importance.
Gibbs
Nice, Tony. Now put Ducky on.
[normal voice] Really? I thought that was kinda good.
[in Autopsy, Ducky head-slaps Tony]
I know a Customs Agent I can talk to, see if he'll issue a BOLO on similar shipments. That might shed some light. Tobias, go back to the FBI and do the same thing. Jethro, MTAC. See if there's any new intel on Syria, North Korea or Iran.
[Diane leaves.]
...Did she just give us orders?
Gibbs
Yeah. But they're good ones.
[examining the body of Eli's assassin]
Suicide by cyanide. A three-word nursery rhyme, and a popular means of escape throughout history, for cowards. Goring, Himmler, Goebbels. Still no identification?
Gibbs
McGee's not having much luck.
Maybe medical records could help, as it seems that cyanide was only expediting the inevitable.
[Ducky rolls a surgical tray with a diseased organ towards Gibbs.]
Gibbs
What's that?
His liver, riddled with inoperable tumors. Doesn't appear to be under treatment. I'd have given him six months.
Gibbs
Made killing himself easier?
[his tone iron hard] Pity does not validate cowardice.
[At NCIS headquarters, Gibbs interrogates McGee's father, Admiral John McGee]
AMAdmiral McGee
[points at the one-way window] Who's behind the glass? Who's watching?
Gibbs
You scared he's gonna see you break?
AMAdmiral McGee
My relationship with my son is none of your damn business.
Gibbs
You make him think he's nothing. You're the one with nothing.
AMAdmiral McGee
[glaring] You will respect this uniform.
Gibbs
Answer the question!
AMAdmiral McGee
This uniform provided for him, for his mother, for this whole family!
Gibbs
Why lie? Why avoid the truth? Why avoid your son?
AMAdmiral McGee
[resignedly] Alright. [he sits down] Because I'm sick. No one could know. Stage 4. I wasn't feeling well when we showed up for the exercises. I knew Haber was top notch, so I transferred to the Borealis. Haber gave me something for the pain... but he knew what was causing it.
Gibbs
He was gonna report it to NAVCENT.
AMAdmiral McGee
Doctor-patient privilege is a little different when it comes to national security. So that meant the end of my career.
Gibbs
It's motive to keep the commander quiet.
AMAdmiral McGee
Gibbs... I've been a lot of things. I've been a lousy father, I've been a son of a bitch. But I'm no murderer.
[Watching on the other side of the glass, McGee is visibly upset, tears running down his face]
[Tony, McGee and Fornell are sitting in the squad room when Gibbs walks in]
How was the desert? They say it's the dry heat. [Gibbs flings his scarf into Fornell's face as he walks to his desk]
Gibbs
What've we got?
The usual. Went to hell while you were gone.
I've got sniper slugs in my living room. The Duckman found a rat in his lab. And, uh, there's a terrorist named Parso...
Gibbs
Yeah I know all that, DiNozzo.
[...]
[Parsons walks into the squad room, to the shock of McGee and Tony]
Gibbs
Yeah, he's ok. [slaps Parsons hard on the back]
PParsons
[awkwardly] It's nice to see that you guys are alive and well. [looks at an unimpressed McGee and Tony] Look, I'm sorry about the––
MTMcGee & Tony
I want my badge back!
PParsons
[Gibbs looks at him] Yeaaahh. I can understand that. Not a problem. [Fornell looks at Parsons in amusement] Now that the case is, uh... [sees Gibbs looking him intently]...dismissed, I'll talk with Director Vance about it.
[still unimpressed] Thank you, Dick.
VVera
[After being told to partner up with Tony since McGee lost his creds.] Oh, I‘be heard stories about this guy. His car blew up, he almost died from the plague. [to Tony] And didn't someone shoot at you a few months ago?
VVera
[Groans, back to Gibbs] I only have two weeks left, Gibbs. I shouldn't even be in the same room with as this moving target.
Gibbs
[Walks away] Go.
[Sighing in annoyance, Vera grabs her gear and begun to head over to Tony, stopping at McGee's desk as he was about to report his creds missing]
VVera
This is your fault, McGee. You're gonna pay. [walks away]
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