No. You're never going to find the perfect woman for Gibbs.
How do you know?
Because he's already found her.
His first wife. That doesn't mean we can't still try, right?
It's futile.
“Safe Harbor” · Season 9, Episode 5
In this episode: Tony DiNozzo (4), Ziva David (4), Timothy McGee (4), Agent Abigail Borin (4), Leroy Jethro Gibbs (2), Abby Sciuto (1), Ducky Mallard (1), Leon Vance (1)
MBMariam Bawali
You have the wrong man, Ziva.
No, you have the wrong man! This journey for freedom is nothing but a way for him to enter this country by using you and your sons!
MMariam
I have lived with him for thirty years. I love him! Nothing changes that.
[places a photo of a bombing on the table] This. This changes it.
MMariam
No. No, I don't believe it.
Then you are lying to yourself! I mean, you have to know the truth deep down. I mean, you must! Yet you allow him to lie to you. To your children.
MMariam
I am protecting my children.
They will resent you for it, Mariam.
MMariam
Perhaps I had suspicions, but have you never turned a blind eye on someone you love?
Yes, and it was a mistake.
Ziva, sometimes people do the wrong things for the right reasons.
People always think the wrong reasons are right. Especially parents.
Well, they've got perspective.
Parents still make mistakes.
Yeah.
My mother never told me what kind of man my father was. Perhaps she thought I was not strong enough to handle it.
Nah, she's just being a mother.
How do you know?
Perspective.
Are you lonely, Gibbs?
You're never alone when you have kids. [kisses Ziva's forehead] 'Night, kid.
Doesn't he know they do not take the trash out on weekends?! Why does he order the same stinky take-out from the same stinky place?!
Because it's the only place open on Saturday at 2am.
He's working weekends. Did he call you guys over the weekend too?
MZMcGee & Ziva
Twice.
About work that we could've done today.
MZMcGee & Ziva
Yeah!
Isn't 16 hours a day enough for him? Don't get me wrong. I love my work. I'm just not married to it you know.
Wait. I think I have a solution!
What? A pet for Gibbs? A new hobby?
A new woman.
[While Tony is speaking, CGIS agent Abigail Borin walks in]
That is the last thing he needs. Grab your gear!
I think Gibbs and Borin make a great couple. Just think of all the fun they'd have giving each other head slaps.
Head slaps are not very romantic Tony.
They can be. In the right context.
[...]
Ducky, what do you think? Gibbs and Borin, date mate material?
Given their combined work ethics, they'd probably never see each other. Which could be a recipe for the world's shortest courtship or extreme longevity.
So nobody's with me on Team Bibbs?
[walks in] No.
We can change the name.
I should change the subject DiNozzo.
At least let him grill you a steak in his fireplace while watching black-and-white television. [Borin laughs] It's more charming than you think.
I'll pass.
Tony, don't take this the wrong way but you smell like the hot cheerleader in my high school homeroom.
That White Diamond DiNozzo?
Farid spilled his laundry detergent all over the place. I got some on my pants...
[...]
[Borin is wiping Tony's bum]
Let me call Abby and see if she's got something to remove that.
[Vance suddenly walks in to everyone's surprise]
Special Agents Borin and DiNozzo, please stop doing whatever it is you're doing.
We were just..er..reexamining the very special bond between the Navy and the Coast Guard, sir.
Is it possible we've done something right for Gibbs? What if it upsets the space-time continuum and sends the earth hurtling towards the sun?
[Gibbs walks to his desk]
Boss, we found the perfect woman for you and we would like you to ask her out.
Who? [points to screen] Dusty? Nice lady. Great cook.
[stares at Gibbs] Did you read that on the screen?
No. I dated her.
So what was wrong with her, Boss?
Nothing. She's perfect.
Perfect. What happened?
There's nothing more boring than perfect. [laughs, they all stare at him]
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