[in Autopsy]
[re: Captain Wallace] Doin' a little street fighting.
Presumably he took his role as a vigilante quite seriously.
[chuckles] I take it you do not approve.
Duck, it's not their job, they could get hurt.
Jethro, most of them already have been. Aside from their love of comic books, what most of these crime fighters have in common is being victims of violent crime themselves, or abuse, or tragedy. I mean, take a look at Captain Wallace. [shows Gibbs a file] His wife died in childbirth, and then his daughter died when a balcony collapsed in a shopping mall.
McGee said his specialty was building code violations.
It's hardly a coincidence. Whereas others might have succumbed to depression, or drug abuse, these men and women have channeled their angst into something positive. Who's to judge?
[notices Ziva pacing] McGee, what's Ziva doing?
Director Vance volunteered her to speak at a high school career day.
In what language, Vulcan?
I can hear you, Tony. I do not need you making this worse. Back up.
I think you mean back off.
Why are you so uptight, Ziva?
Public speaking is not my thing. It makes me nervous.
Nervous? What are you talking about? I've seen you take down armed terrorists without breaking a sweat.
I don't like Bayar's line of work but I'll tell ya, he's got great taste in women. She is smokin'!
Obviously a professional woman, Tony. You think the Aston Martin was expensive, a month of your salary might buy you an hour of her time.
[grins widely] Au contraire, mon Ziva.
Dorneget! [Dorneget turns and looks at him in shock, Gibbs motions him over] Come here. Gear up. You're going with McGee.
Gear up? [Gibbs looks at him] For a field assignment?
But I need to be back at the evidence locker.
[Dorneget turns around to conceal his excitement but runs straight into Director Vance]
Yes sir. [run to the elevator]
[flashes badge and ID] Special Agent Timothy McGee, NCIS.
[flashes badge and ID] Special Agent Ned Dorneget.
[The TSA officer in charge looks strangely at Dorneget, who realizes his ID is upside down]
OOfficer
You two are NCIS agents?
OOfficer
[in disbelief] You kidding me? I applied to NCIS twice, got shot down both times.
[On the stairs above the bullpen holding her cellphone, whispering loudly] Hey McGee, Vance isn't here either.
Uh, doesn't his son have a soccer game in Alexandria?
No that is next week. Tony's ignoring my phone calls, and it is very unlike Gibbs to just disappear like this. [whispering loudly] Something is going on!
Actually, I think Tony said something about being on SECNAV's PSD today.
That's probably a cover. I think they must be at some kind of..."Man Day". [McGee looks confused] You know, when men take a day to do "man" things together?
Just because I am a woman, they do not have the courtesy to tell me where they are going, and when they are coming back!
That's right! Which makes this even worse. [angrily dials her phone] I'm gonna call Tony again!
[Tony enters squad room]
[he and Ziva tail Tony] Hey, where have you been? We've been calling. What's going on?
Man Day is over and he's still ignoring us. [follows Tony] I'm not going to be ignored!
Glenn Close, Fatal Attraction. It's a good one, Ziva. Your impression of a hot lady with crazy eyes is dead on, by the way. You are a, uh, sphinx of a minx. Game on, fellas, just like we planned it.
Tony, do not try to talk your way out of this by calling me hot.
He also called you crazy, Ziva.
I will unleash crazy on him if he does not apologize for leaving me out of the loop.
Are you sure this is the place?
You know what happens if you don't trust the authority of McMaps! All right.
[Tony and Ziva prepare to search a van]
[whispers to Ziva] Be like Silence of the Lambs meets Scooby Doo.
[opens van door] Freeze! Hands up!
AAmanda
Do I look like I'm running?
Amanda Baylor, you have the right....to take a bath! You smell like a wild goat!
Too busy for personal hygiene?
AAmanda
When I'm focused, I'm focused.
[to Ziva] Well, McGee likes 'em gamey, but I'm not sure he'll go for this one.
AAmanda
Ohh, I clean up nice.
Why don't you put the computer down and step out here. Let's go, Animal Kingdom, c'mon. [Amanda steps out of van]
So, who are you working with?
AAmanda
Ummm, I don't know.
Well, we know some stuff about the blackmail and about the AUTEC account.
We also know that you are in cahoots with someone inside Wickes Steel.
Did you just use the word cahoots?
AAmanda
Alright, somebody hired me through Wilkes, but, uh, I don't have a name. Didn't want one.
Was it Ridgeway? Did you kill him?
AAmanda
I don't kill people, I hack! I really haven't left the van.
No kidding. Next time, hacker, why don't you crack a window?
Uhh no, Vance nailed you with the shredding detail, huh?
Yes, from redacted, to unredacted, to recycling to... Tony, I have a question. Do you believe?
Uhh, well unexplained things, secrets, occurrences that we're really not supposed to talk about.
Uhhh. I believe that there are moments, experiences that someone like McGee with his trusty computer couldn't justify.
When Gibbs left tonight, I thought I saw it again.
I've been thinking about that. Boss don't bounce.
You cannot expect a person to keep things bottled up inside forever. Can you? [they look at each other]
