NCIS: Hawai'i (2021) s02e08 Episode Script
Curtain Call
1
Poor wandering one ♪
Though thou has surely strayed ♪
Take heart of grace,
thy steps retrace ♪
Poor wandering one ♪
CHORUS: Poor wandering one ♪
(VOCALIZING)
Poor wandering one ♪
(SINGER VOCALIZING)
Fair days will shine ♪
Take heart ♪
(VOCALIZING)
Heart ♪
Take mine ♪
(SINGER VOCALIZING)
Take Aah!
(AUDIENCE SCREAMING)
♪
Hey.
Hey, Kai Holman.
(CHUCKLES) Long time.
Yeah.
What you doing, brah?
Ah, just here for the grindz, Tran.
Your pops know you come
across the street for some food?
Yeah, it'll be our secret.
Hey, your loco moco's coming up.
All right.
Hey, I, uh Man, I heard
Margaux's closed up last week.
Yeah, it's a real shame.
It's hard to stay open these days, huh?
People got no money.
But ho'omau. We do what we got to.
Is that a new espresso machine?
Uh, yes, it is.
Ah. Are you selling a lot
of lattes these days?
Uh, makes the tourists
feel like it's "home."
Yeah, I tried to get Pop to install one.
Banned me from
the restaurant for a week.
They're pricey.
Well, tell me about it.
But business is good, so
Yep.
Is it?
Well, usually. (CHUCKLES)
You know, I made some upgrades.
A brand-new kitchen.
Right on.
Oh. Thank you.
(PHONE BUZZING) Oh.
(SIGHS) I got to run.
Mahalo for the moco.
Yeah you.
Here you go.
Good boy.
♪
(KAI SIGHS)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Don't get many calls to the theater.
Well, there's not much of
a drama scene on the island.
Unless you count school plays.
I don't.
Gracie was in a play in the fifth grade.
Man, it was brutal.
The elementary production
not up to your standards?
You know, these kids,
they just refuse to live truthfully
under imaginary circumstances.
You don't say.
Who's our victim?
Petty Officer Second Class
Kendall Wells.
Navy weatherman.
Who moonlights as a
musketeer in the chorus?
Pirate King, actually.
Sorry, what's that now?
He's the Pirate King.
In the show? Second male lead?
Sorry, you just seem
to know a lot about this.
Pirates of Penzance.
I should, I once played
the Pirate King myself.
In high school?
No, dude, in college.
Oh.
Okay, Pirate King.
So, this guy was supposed
to make an entrance, right?
And then he falls during the finale?
Well, this happened early in
the first act. So, no, not the finale.
But, yeah, you got the rest right.
It appears he was strangled
by one of the fly wires.
Which explains the ligature
marks around his neck.
But not the defensive
wounds on his hands.
He got into a confrontation.
Yeah.
Who was onstage when it happened?
The five sisters,
Frederic, and Emma Rose,
who plays Mabel.
KAI: Pirate Queen?
No, just stop. You're
embarrassing yourself.
It was opening weekend
and everyone was so excited.
And then the dream turned
into a nightmare.
KAI: You have any idea why
Kendall was in the rafters?
No, he was supposed to be
offstage for his entrance.
Nobody goes up there.
It's a safety hazard.
How well did you know Kendall?
We've done a couple shows together.
H-he was pretty new to the acting thing,
being in the Navy and all.
But he was good.
Did you notice anything
off about him lately?
Yeah, he was way off. He started
showing up late to rehearsals.
And then said he couldn't help it
because of a secret project
he was working on.
Well, what kind of secret project?
A movie, I think. Something big.
Yeah? Like a movie movie?
He wouldn't say,
but we all had our theories.
Why wouldn't he talk
about a movie he's in?
Well, these big features, they make
you sign nondisclosure agreements.
Or so I hear.
Anyway, I'm pretty sure
I know what it was.
And what's that?
Three initials.
MCU.
Okay, so what does MCU stand for?
Marvel something something?
All right, well, it's fair
to say that Petty Officer Wells
wasn't killed over a superhero movie.
'Cause he wasn't in one.
I checked with his CO.
Wells was a low-level weatherman.
Performed minor maintenance,
weather forecasts,
and the occasional light opera.
None of which lead to murder.
Except Wells did have
a top secret clearance.
As a weather technician?
No. As something else.
But his CO was told
it was a need-to-know only,
and he didn't need to know.
Okay, well, we need to know.
So I'll get us read in.
Yeah.
Uh, can I help you?
Special Agent Boone.
Dang. I was hoping to surprise you.
You did, Alan. By messing with my stuff.
Sorry. I saw these files
weren't alphabetized
or really organized
in any conceivable way.
I have a system, okay?
ALAN: Then again, no one
really uses physical files anymore.
I can digitize them for you.
Or you can not do that, too.
Just want to make the most
of my time on the team.
On the what now?
Alan is filling in for Lucy
while she is Agent Afloat.
Temporarily.
Really?
I know. I was shocked, too.
Being invited to the A-Team?
JESSE: Yeah, okay, well,
first rule of the A-Team:
we don't touch each other's stuff.
Copy.
Any other rules?
Yeah, there's a ton.
But I got to go see Commander
Chase about an autopsy.
No, sir, you do not. I spoke with her.
TENNANT: Okay. What'd she say?
Oh, she was very kind.
Could tell I was nervous
about being around
a dead body for the first time.
She suggested celestite and amethyst.
About the victim, Alan.
Oh, right. The victim.
He had burn marks on his body
from a cattle prod or a stun gun.
Or some other electrical
shocking instrument.
So he was tortured
before he was murdered?
(PHONE BUZZING)
Ernie's got something
on Petty Officer Wells.
I'll go.
TENNANT: No. I'll send Kai.
Let Alan talk you through the rest of
Commander Chase's observations.
Fun.
What do you got, Ernie?
A paradox, a paradox ♪
A most ingenious paradox ♪
Am I supposed to know what that means?
Come on. Really?
Pirates of Penzance.
We've quips and quibbles
heard in flocks ♪
But none to beat this paradox. ♪
- Still nothing.
- What?
I'm a lifelong member of the
Gilbert & Sullivan Society.
Well, seems to be an epidemic.
But does any of this have to do
with Kendall Wells' murder?
Yes. I'm not sure what Wells was into,
but I know where he's been.
Well, sort of.
According to his cell phone GPS,
Wells made regular visits
over the last few weeks
to a particular location on the island.
And where is that?
That's the paradox. It doesn't exist.
Just a big blank spot on the island.
(COMPUTER BEEPS)
Kunia Regional SIGINT Operations Center.
It's "The Hole."
So top secret it can't even be mapped.
But what business would our
singing weatherman have there?
There's only one way to find out.
JESSE: This is it?
Right coordinates.
Doesn't seem all that secure.
Gate's no longer locked,
old-school cameras
with the wires hanging loose.
Yeah, if this was
a military installation
There should be more military.
Let's check it out.
Alan, why don't you stay back and
What are you doing?
We're back in the field. Anything
can happen. Got to be prepared.
Prepared for?
When the hammer falls.
Like last time. I got taken hostage.
JESSE: For two minutes.
By a friendly agent with a cell phone.
I didn't know that at the time.
(SIGHS) Sure.
But you've been in the
field since then, right?
You mean other than today?
What have you been doing
for the last year?
Uh, a stint in economic crime,
then fraud and back to FLETC for
a digital evidence intensive.
All right. Well, second rule
of being on the A-Team:
Most of the time, nothing happens,
- so you don't
- (AUTOMATIC GUNFIRE)
So much for nothing happening.
Stay there, Alan!
♪
Federal agents!
(GASPING) Put your guns down!
(ANXIOUS CHATTER)
JESSICA: Cut!
What the hell is this?
This is truly screwing up my timeline.
You have a warrant
for interrupting my movie?
What exactly do you do here?
We're the media arm for the government.
Film top secret training videos.
That's what we walked into?
The lethal defense portion of
our force continuum training series.
It's, uh, it's been pretty important.
Was Petty Officer Kendall Wells
involved in this, uh, series?
Kenny? No. Why do you ask?
He was killed yesterday.
Oh, my God.
But he did work here?
One of our regulars.
Always on time. Always committed.
What's required to participate
in these videos?
JESSICA: Our screening
process is thorough.
Actors need top secret clearance,
impeccable background,
doesn't hurt to have
some acting experience.
I think we found your people,
Pirate King.
What happened to Kenny?
JESSE: No, we can't
go into too many details,
but it's possible that
Petty Officer Wells was killed
for something he learned here.
JESSICA: I can't
imagine that's the case.
Actors are siloed while they're filming.
They only have access to their scenes.
Usually don't have enough info
- to threaten national security.
- "Usually"?
Well, like my mama said,
anything's possible.
How many productions was Wells in?
Dozens probably.
Been at it a couple of years.
KAI: We're going to need a list
of every actor who participated in them
and access to the training videos.
Well, that's above my pay grade,
but I'll put you in touch
with my bosses.
(LABORED BREATHING)
Perimeter's secure.
I'll do another pass just to make sure.
Alan, it's okay. Stand down.
Okay.
KAI: Hey.
Just been read
into the training program.
Videos, crew lists and actor
contacts are being sent over.
- Great. Let me know when they're here.
- Okay.
- Everything all right?
- Yeah.
Yep, everything's all right.
(SIGHS)
Hey, I, um
I've been working on something off-hours
that I'd like to talk to you about.
Okay.
Go for it.
So, I have been looking into
the Koa brothers' operation.
The Koa brothers were killed in prison.
And we took down their operation.
That is half right.
Yeah, they're dead, but
I think the operation
is still being run.
By AJ Hale.
Your friend who worked for them?
Yep.
He did more than just work for them.
I think he set up
their whole financial structure.
Buying into local businesses
and then funneling cash
through them to launder it.
Now, I have been
looking at these places
Restaurants, a funeral home, bait store.
All have face-lifts.
New equipment, new designs.
And there's no way
the owners can afford it.
So, you think AJ is giving them money?
And then he's cleaning his.
He's acting like a savior.
A man of the people, but it's
it's just a racket.
Well, if that's true, this
has RICO written all over it.
I know, right?
I don't see a Navy nexus.
This is not our jurisdiction.
Not-not technically
Not at all.
This is FBI.
I understand that, but
This is also way too personal for you.
- Conflict of interest.
- It is personal.
It's personal because we're
letting him get away with it.
We should've taken him down
when we had the chance with the Koas.
It's personal because he is
a childhood friend of yours.
Refer this to Whistler.
See if you can get her to buy in.
Then walk away.
All right, I'll reach out to Whistler.
KAI: What are we looking at here?
JESSE: United States Navy
training video 423-DN7.
"Principles of Ordnance
Maintenance, Part Two."
A little hard to follow
without the context of part one.
SOLDIER (ON VIDEO): Fire in the hole!
How many are there?
Dozens. Alan's going
through them as we speak.
He'll flag anything
that's more sensitive than
"proper storage of blasting caps."
How long is that gonna take?
A while.
Which helps solve the Alan problem.
Dude. Be nice.
Look, unless we can find
a way to narrow down
what we're looking for,
it's the best lead we got.
Think I have a workaround.
I've been scouring the cast
lists from the videos Wells was in.
And I found Army Warrant Officer
Angela Pettis.
What's special about her?
ERNIE: She was killed in a hit-and-run
two days ago in San Diego.
- Locals got any leads?
- No, but her autopsy
also came up with
some sort of burn marks
from a stun gun or a cattle prod.
Pettis and Wells
were tortured the same way.
How many videos were they in together?
Uh, just one.
- What's this?
- In the control room,
at the top of each server rack,
you'll find a thermite grenade.
Thermite grenade
ERNIE: Petty Officer Wells
demonstrating a burn switch.
Designed to self-detonate
upon activation.
A defense measure in safe houses.
That's what this whole video is about.
Safe house protocols.
Someone's going after safe house intel.
What did Pettis and Wells actually know?
Not much. They hit a few buttons,
demonstrate what to do in case of
breach or fire, but nothing else.
So why torture them?
KAI: Might not be
what they know but who.
We should find the director
of this training video.
Lennox Kay.
Former Air Force,
current freelance director
and producer for the DoD.
Where is he now?
Lives here on Oahu.
♪
KAI: Front door's open.
Jesse, cover the rear. Kai, with me.
♪
Lennox Kay? Federal agents.
Anyone home?
♪
JESSE: Federal agents.
Put your hands up.
Turn around slowly.
Hey, Jane Tennant.
Looks like we're all late to the party.
Kai, can you call it in? One dead body
and one person of interest.
On it, boss.
Are you gonna put the cuffs on me?
Not a good look
standing over a dead body.
I arrived moments before you.
Got sick of those perfect sunsets again?
Something like that.
I'm sorry, how do you
two know each other?
Charlie 1.
He gave us the assist
in the Manila situation.
How's Captain Milius, anyway?
Charlie 1?
That's what they call me.
Why are you here?
CHARLIE 1: Same reason you are.
Dead guy on the floor.
What are you doing?
I am looking for snacks.
This is an active crime scene.
Yeah, but I already touched these.
Put 'em back.
MCRT and M.E. are on their way.
I could save you the trouble.
I already know who did it.
Who's that?
His name's Harom.
That's all?
What more do you need?
TENNANT: A lot more.
Motive, evidence, context
Last name.
Well, I can't get into it.
Sorry, just
Who's this guy?
That's Charlie 1.
- For real?
- TENNANT: He's a contractor.
Black ops.
Oh, that explains it.
We're not all bad.
Maybe. But none of you should
be working on U.S. soil.
Tell us who Harom is.
(SIGHS)
Kobani. Eight years ago.
Operation Blue Delta.
U.S. trained a Free Syrian Army
as part of the resistance
to the Assad regime.
A lot of those guys switched
sides, became loyalists.
Harom was never in it for ideology.
He's straight-up mercenary.
Like you?
No, sir. I'm a patriot.
And how do you know so much about Harom?
'Cause I'm the one who trained him.
Okay, sure.
Talk soon.
I know, me, too.
(LAUGHS)
Hey, I know that smile. How's Lucy?
Good. Settling into
the aircraft carrier.
Only got lost once this week.
- Yeah, well, that is, that's progress.
- (LAUGHS)
You know, I-I spent like two
months on one of those things
and I could never find the mess.
- Well, she's a quick learner.
- Yeah.
She'll be running that place soon.
Yeah.
You miss her, though, huh?
Yeah, I do.
You want to talk AJ?
Yeah. Yeah. Did you take a look?
I did, it's it's interesting.
"Interesting" in a
criminal conspiracy way?
Um, not sure yet.
Look, he is
He's pouring money
into these businesses.
Way more than they're worth.
Profit margins don't add up.
Well, it could just be bad business.
AJ has control of the Koa organization.
There's millions of their blood money.
He's cleaning it.
There's no other explanation.
Okay, but is there other evidence?
You want to make a RICO case,
you need to prove two or more
instances of racketeering.
We can do that.
That AJ knew he was engaged
in a criminal act.
- We can do that, too.
- We
are not doing anything.
Whistler. This is a solid case.
What is your stake here?
I'm looking after my community.
No, you've been building this
case in your off time. There's more.
AJ and I, we we grew up together.
And he is
he is someone that I thought I knew.
Right. It's personal.
It can be personal and a good case.
If I go out on a limb
Are you going out on a limb?
If I do,
you got to stay clear
and let FBI do what we do.
Sure.
Of course. But does that mean?
I'm gonna take it up the chain.
Okay.
ERNIE: Hmm. Working hard, I see.
I needed a break from the new guy.
I thought Alan was
sequestered in the A/V room.
No, I mean the other new guy.
What kind of person goes by a call sign?
Pilots mostly. Some hackers, I think.
And, weirdly, the towel guy
at the health club.
Makes us call him Sweet-Dog.
It's sketchy, Ern.
Not going by an actual name? Charlie 1?
Come on. What is that?
I won't comment on the nomenclature,
but Charlie 1 was right about Harom.
(COMPUTER BEEPS)
Lennox has a few Ring cameras
set up around his property.
Uh, no sign of the suspects
going in or out.
However,
on the inside he had a SirGawain.
You gonna tell me what that is?
It's a mini indoor spy cam.
Practically undetectable.
Marketed for keeping an eye on the nanny
but equally useful for identifying
homicidal mercenaries.
Well, sadly, he only had the one.
(COMPUTER BEEPS)
(STUN GUN CRACKLING)
(GROANING)
We all know what happened next.
Yeah. Tell me more about Harom.
Okay.
Harom Ahmad.
Made his bones wreaking
international havoc.
JESSE: "Kidnapping for ransom,
murder for hire, causing civil unrest"?
You know. The usual.
Now he's killing actors and directors
all because of some safe house
training video?
My guess: he was paid
to track down someone else
connected to the video,
or a safe house itself.
There's got to be dozens of those.
Yes. Let's narrow it down.
I scoured Lennox's cell phone.
Lennox has over 126 saved text chains.
Which makes him a hoarder, really.
But I shouldn't speak ill of the dead.
Ernie.
The interesting thing
is what's not on it.
A deleted text chain
with an unknown number.
Either Lennox had something to hide
Or someone wanted to make sure
no one found those messages.
You get a trace on the number?
Well, not exactly. At least not yet.
But the SMS records
helped identify the messages
came from Oaxaca, South Coast of Mexico.
CHARLIE 1: Oaxaca's a delightful
region known for its seven moles,
outstanding mescals, and, of course,
its bustling cartel culture.
KAI: It also covers
36 million square miles
and has 570 municipalities.
Harom could be anywhere there.
Not anywhere.
He's looking for a safe house. Why?
Could be for a target held there.
We don't even know if there are
any safe houses in Oaxaca.
We don't.
(CHUCKLES): Why would you assume I do?
Don't you?
Really couldn't say.
(SCOFFS) That's a yes.
No. It's coy noncommitment.
TENNANT: Harom's likely
heading there as we speak.
Someone's in a safe house
he's going to extract or kill.
CHARLIE 1: Solid theory.
I'll let you know what I find.
KAI: Hey.
No, you can't just go by yourself.
That's literally what I'm paid for.
This is our case.
NCIS needs to be involved.
We'll all go together.
That's a lot of declarative statements.
Look, I know you want
to protect your mission.
But if it wasn't for our investigation,
you wouldn't know what Harom
was after or where he was going.
I mean, I would have eventually.
We all want the same thing here.
Yes. What I do and what
you do are different.
A team of federal agents need permission
to operate in a foreign country.
That's phone calls. Red tape. Approvals.
Okay, what do you need?
A small jet and some good fortune.
(SCOFFS)
Can't be responsible
for a bunch of Navy cops
getting shot at on foreign soil.
So just take me.
Wait. What?
Hey, you have no idea what
you'd be walking into.
Actually, I have some idea.
I've done it before.
Otherwise, we might have to detain you
for questioning in
the Lennox Kay murder.
Yeah, okay. Why not?
We leave now?
ALEX: Hello?
Hey. Sorry I had to leave
so quickly, hon.
It's all good.
Jules is cool to stay with Dad
and hang with the baby.
Sensing you're not cool with it?
Nah, I'm just gonna chill at home.
(SIGHS) Okay.
Well, remember the rules, all right?
No parties,
no drinking
In bed by 10:00.
Don't worry, Jane. I'll keep him honest.
Cassandra's there.
Making pasta and making sure
Alex finishes his social studies paper.
How sweet.
Though I have to say,
it feels like this teacher is taking
colonialism from the point
of view of the colonialists.
Uh, yeah. Hey, Alex?
It's aggressively
patriarchal, don't you think?
I never really have. Alex?
I mean, really, the whole concept
of social studies
is completely antiquated.
Yep. Alex, take me off speaker, please.
Yep, done.
And don't worry, I'm not
gonna burn my history book.
That's not what I'm worried about.
I didn't know that you
were gonna have a guest.
Uh, yeah. Cassandra stopped by
to keep me company.
Look, just 'cause you're 18
doesn't mean that
the rules have changed.
Mom, I get it.
Do you?
Yes. Okay? Promise.
Have a safe flight.
Okay. You be
safe, too.
(PHONE BEEPS)
All good at home?
Don't have teenagers.
There's nothing
you can do about it here.
Might as well settle in.
Want a snack?
No, thanks.
But, hey, just so I understand,
what exactly is your objective
when you find Harom?
Between friends?
Is that what we are?
Well, we worked two missions together.
Well, A: this mission is still ongoing,
B: the last one was a quickie.
Didn't even amount to a first date.
Depends on the date.
(LAUGHS)
Let's just see how this one
turns out, Jane Tennant.
That's not fair.
You know my full name.
And I just know your boy band name.
You really need a name to know me?
Oh, no, no. I know plenty.
That so?
Guys who like code names and secret ops
only grow on one kind of tree.
You're former military.
Tier One operator.
Now, the obvious choice
would be SEALs or Delta.
But you're not obvious.
You got tricks.
Let's say Task Force Orange.
(CHUCKLES)
See, you're no enigma, Charlie 1.
But I am starting to worry
that you have a tapeworm.
(LAUGHS)
(ENGINES WINDING DOWN)
(CHARLIE 1 SIGHS)
TENNANT: Oh.
Thought these guys were friends.
Friends of friends, actually.
This stuff's for Harom.
No cuffs, huh?
I'm not law enforcement.
I'm starting to get an idea of
what your objective with Harom.
I'm not law enforcement.
But not a hired killer either.
I need to bring him in,
one way or another.
Let's stick with one way.
Let him answer for his crimes.
You're not a closed book
either, Jane Tennant.
That little guessing game you
played on the plane earlier?
Like ten hours ago?
Good boss.
Sees her team as family
and family as everything.
Believe in law and order,
but you didn't always.
That so?
You've done this before.
Uncertain mission. No parameters.
Questionable company.
CIA, right?
Couldn't tell you if I wanted.
Hola, gentlemen.
Let's roll.
♪
It's definitely remote.
It's one way to keep a safe house safe.
I'd feel safer with my own team.
So, what do we do? Just knock?
No need.
(DOOR BUZZES, UNLOCKS)
Doesn't look open for business.
Which means no one's staying here.
DUGGY: Well, I'm staying here.
At least for a week.
I'm Duggy.
Guessing you two are government.
Special Agent Jane Tennant, NCIS.
Navy police in Mexico?
That's interesting.
And you are?
Charlie 1.
Oh, yeah. Your type I'm used to.
Look, you got identification, Duggy?
Uh, never thought I'd be carded
in the middle of my own safe house.
What can I do for you?
Several people back in the
States were murdered.
All connected to
a safe house training video.
I know that video. I wrote the script.
You did?
Yeah well, the technical script.
I design safe houses.
Facilitate security measures.
And no one else is coming here?
Just me. And my crew during work hours.
Who killed those people?
His name's Harom.
He's a soldier for hire.
You know him?
DUGGY: No.
He'd be wasting his time coming here.
How many of these safe houses
you know about?
All of 'em.
If I'm not building 'em,
I'm updating 'em.
So, you know where
every safe house is located?
Yeah.
All right, we need to
get out of here now.
Why?
Because your Harom's target.
(METALLIC CLUNKING)
♪
Where'd the cavalry go?
No clue.
All right, I count at least five.
No one's being kept here.
What do they want?
They want you, Duggy.
Why would they want me?
Because you know where all
the safe houses are.
And how they operate.
♪
Harom's gonna cut the comms and feeds.
We've got maybe two minutes.
Or less.
All right, you got a secure line?
Uh, no line, no Internet.
We're not operational yet.
Just this sat phone.
That'll do.
Harom was flagged at
the Oaxaca International Airport
about three hours before
Tennant and Charlie 1 landed.
Then he disappeared.
I've been trying to get boss
on the phone. No signal.
Can you track her?
Well, no signal means no signal.
Wherever she is, it's
another black hole.
So we're in the dark.
(PHONE RINGING)
That's the secure line.
So answer it.
What? Really?
Boss, that you?
Hey, guys. We got a situation
and not a lot of time.
KAI: Okay, what's going on?
Harom and his guys
are at the safe house.
They're about to breach
any moment. We need help.
I'm contacting the Federales
and the FBI right now.
Who's the target?
Duggy Atwater, safe house architect.
We have him secure right now
but not for long.
All right, listen, I need
you to alert all agencies:
safe houses may be compromised.
- Got it.
- Gonna need some idea where
you are so we can send backup.
(EXPLOSION)
(STATIC HISSING)
Boss?
Ernie?
They're in. We got to go.
They jammed the signal.
Can you get a trace on the sat line?
I-I can try to pick up
any satellites in the area.
(TYPING)
Maybe you can reverse engineer.
Track the last signal from Tennant's
cell phone before it went dead.
Look for any government
black holes in the area.
- Good call.
- Okay, keep at it.
Jesse and I will see
about getting that backup.
They jammed comms and breached.
We need an exit strategy.
Okay, every safe house has
an escape tunnel, right?
First thing we built.
Uh, there's a trap door
at the other end of the house.
- All right, we move.
- Out there?
With them inside?
You got a better idea?
I got a safer one.
The panic room at the end of the hall.
Four-inch-thick, steel-plated.
I'd rather not be a sitting duck
in a steel cage.
Harom will eventually breach it.
What other defenses do we have?
Not much yet.
No IR sensors, no motion detectors.
Uh, the burn switch is
only active in the server room.
The tunnel it is.
♪
We got to move before
(GROANS)
(PAINED GROANING)
(MUTTERING)
- How bad?
- I'm fine.
That doesn't look fine to me.
You got a first aid kit?
Yeah, in the panic room.
We don't have time.
- We need to get to the tunnel.
- They know where we are.
We won't make it.
Listen, that is
stinkin' thinkin', Duggy.
TENNANT: He's right.
Panic room's our best bad option.
- Lead the way.
- All right.
♪
I got a general location.
Rural housing community
Loma Bonita in Oaxaca.
Three hours from the airport.
Not a lot of good it'll do.
I can't get through to the backup.
A lot of these smaller Federale stations
are manned by two agents.
Haven't been able to get ahold
of the FBI Legal Attaché Office
in Mexico City either.
Don't worry, I have.
Figured I'd rattle some
cages on your behalf.
My colleagues put in
a call to the Federales
who escorted Tennant and Charlie 1.
No response.
Not good news.
We're on it.
There's a joint Mexico-DEA
task force in the area,
and they're heading to the safe house.
How long?
20 to 30 minutes.
Let's pray they make it there on time.
All right, where's the panic room?
(MECHANICAL CLICKING)
(ELECTRONIC BEEPING)
- This place gonna hold?
- It certainly should.
Once we're locked inside,
it'll take them hours to breach.
You two should be safe in here.
We'll all be safe.
Until backup arrives.
This is too risky.
You stay in here with Duggy.
I'll draw Harom away.
Look, you don't need to impress me.
I already know you're a badass.
It's a smart move.
Okay. You're right.
But I'm the only one who can walk.
CHARLIE 1: Hey, wait.
Wait! Wait, wait!
This is really stupid, Jane.
♪
(GRUNTING)
(MUFFLED COLLAPSING)
It's Tennant. We got to go now.
- That was low.
- It worked, didn't it?
Think I got 'em all, but I don't want
to stick around and find out. Let's go.
(CHARLIE 1 GROANING)
- Watch your step.
- Right here.
♪
Keep moving.
HAROM: Put the guns down.
CHARLIE 1: Harom.
Long time.
Get on your knees.
No one else needs to get hurt.
Says the woman who tried
to burn me alive.
Get on your knees!
Hand over the architect.
And I'll make it quick.
You know we can't do that.
Then I'll kill you first.
You sure about that?
Harom. Think fast!
(HAROM GROANING)
He's wounded.
Not dead.
CHARLIE 1: Good.
I was looking forward
to some alone time with him.
(ENGINE APPROACHING)
TENNANT: Here comes the cavalry.
Told you my team would deliver.
(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)
♪
The architect is safe,
Harom's in custody,
and the boss and Charlie 1
are on their way back home.
Taking out Harom and his crew
is next-level G.I. Jane.
She didn't even need the backup.
Well, they were happy for the ride home.
I got it, guys.
I found the connection.
What do you mean, Alan?
Took me hours to scour
the training videos.
Then create a universal matrix
of every actor, crew member,
and production staff,
but I found out who Harom is after.
Duggy Atwater. Safe house architect.
Yes.
How did you?
We were on that a day ago.
Yeah. Case solved.
Harom's done.
But I've been down in
the media room for 36 hours.
Didn't eat.
Or sleep. Or
Dude, we're so sorry.
Everything was just moving so fast.
JESSE: Yeah
but good work, though.
Mm, yeah.
Not cool, guys.
Not cool at all.
Hey, Alan. Alan.
Wait up.
Look
you A-Teamed the crap out of this.
All right, man?
Heard it all worked out?
Yeah. I spoke to Tennant.
Uh, also spoke to my boss about AJ.
Oh, yeah?
Did he agree to take the case?
Yeah.
But there's a problem.
What kind of problem?
Well, we did some digging
on AJ's investments, and
the businesses you identified
weren't the only ones to receive cash.
Okay. And?
One of them was your father's.
No.
No, my dad would never
But he did, Kai.
When?
Two years ago.
Wally's Eatery received
a $50,000 investment.
Look, I don't need to tell you
what the optics on this are.
A federal agent's father
taking blood money.
- We are not sure that's what happened.
- No.
But we will need to
question your father.
When?
Soon.
Okay.
You'll want to talk to him.
♪
TENNANT: I think you
should've stayed at the hospital.
For this? 'Tis but a scratch.
Besides,
I like to sleep in my own bed
any chance I can get.
Same.
I learned something
else about you today.
Do tell.
You like to be in control.
Is that a bad thing? (LAUGHS)
No. It's just a thing.
(CHUCKLES)
I'm guessing you've been
burned in the past.
By a spouse, a colleague, a parent?
Well, since it's clear
you're too proud to tell me
how grateful you are
for saving your ass
(LAUGHING)
I mean, I feel like we saved each other.
In lieu of a thank you,
I'll take a first name.
Charlemagne.
- What?
- (CHARLIE 1 LAUGHS)
First emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
Also known as Charles I.
Very cute.
Blame my history-teaching mother.
Well, Charlemagne,
your secret is safe with me.
Mm-hmm.
(CHUCKLES)
(SIGHS)
(CLATTERING)
Oh, great, you're up early, Alex.
Thank goodness.
I'm gonna need you to get Julie
because I am exhausted
Hey, Jane. Alex is still sleeping.
But I'd be happy to grab Jules.
Uh
Maybe make you some
oatmeal pancakes first?
Alex!
Poor wandering one ♪
Though thou has surely strayed ♪
Take heart of grace,
thy steps retrace ♪
Poor wandering one ♪
CHORUS: Poor wandering one ♪
(VOCALIZING)
Poor wandering one ♪
(SINGER VOCALIZING)
Fair days will shine ♪
Take heart ♪
(VOCALIZING)
Heart ♪
Take mine ♪
(SINGER VOCALIZING)
Take Aah!
(AUDIENCE SCREAMING)
♪
Hey.
Hey, Kai Holman.
(CHUCKLES) Long time.
Yeah.
What you doing, brah?
Ah, just here for the grindz, Tran.
Your pops know you come
across the street for some food?
Yeah, it'll be our secret.
Hey, your loco moco's coming up.
All right.
Hey, I, uh Man, I heard
Margaux's closed up last week.
Yeah, it's a real shame.
It's hard to stay open these days, huh?
People got no money.
But ho'omau. We do what we got to.
Is that a new espresso machine?
Uh, yes, it is.
Ah. Are you selling a lot
of lattes these days?
Uh, makes the tourists
feel like it's "home."
Yeah, I tried to get Pop to install one.
Banned me from
the restaurant for a week.
They're pricey.
Well, tell me about it.
But business is good, so
Yep.
Is it?
Well, usually. (CHUCKLES)
You know, I made some upgrades.
A brand-new kitchen.
Right on.
Oh. Thank you.
(PHONE BUZZING) Oh.
(SIGHS) I got to run.
Mahalo for the moco.
Yeah you.
Here you go.
Good boy.
♪
(KAI SIGHS)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Don't get many calls to the theater.
Well, there's not much of
a drama scene on the island.
Unless you count school plays.
I don't.
Gracie was in a play in the fifth grade.
Man, it was brutal.
The elementary production
not up to your standards?
You know, these kids,
they just refuse to live truthfully
under imaginary circumstances.
You don't say.
Who's our victim?
Petty Officer Second Class
Kendall Wells.
Navy weatherman.
Who moonlights as a
musketeer in the chorus?
Pirate King, actually.
Sorry, what's that now?
He's the Pirate King.
In the show? Second male lead?
Sorry, you just seem
to know a lot about this.
Pirates of Penzance.
I should, I once played
the Pirate King myself.
In high school?
No, dude, in college.
Oh.
Okay, Pirate King.
So, this guy was supposed
to make an entrance, right?
And then he falls during the finale?
Well, this happened early in
the first act. So, no, not the finale.
But, yeah, you got the rest right.
It appears he was strangled
by one of the fly wires.
Which explains the ligature
marks around his neck.
But not the defensive
wounds on his hands.
He got into a confrontation.
Yeah.
Who was onstage when it happened?
The five sisters,
Frederic, and Emma Rose,
who plays Mabel.
KAI: Pirate Queen?
No, just stop. You're
embarrassing yourself.
It was opening weekend
and everyone was so excited.
And then the dream turned
into a nightmare.
KAI: You have any idea why
Kendall was in the rafters?
No, he was supposed to be
offstage for his entrance.
Nobody goes up there.
It's a safety hazard.
How well did you know Kendall?
We've done a couple shows together.
H-he was pretty new to the acting thing,
being in the Navy and all.
But he was good.
Did you notice anything
off about him lately?
Yeah, he was way off. He started
showing up late to rehearsals.
And then said he couldn't help it
because of a secret project
he was working on.
Well, what kind of secret project?
A movie, I think. Something big.
Yeah? Like a movie movie?
He wouldn't say,
but we all had our theories.
Why wouldn't he talk
about a movie he's in?
Well, these big features, they make
you sign nondisclosure agreements.
Or so I hear.
Anyway, I'm pretty sure
I know what it was.
And what's that?
Three initials.
MCU.
Okay, so what does MCU stand for?
Marvel something something?
All right, well, it's fair
to say that Petty Officer Wells
wasn't killed over a superhero movie.
'Cause he wasn't in one.
I checked with his CO.
Wells was a low-level weatherman.
Performed minor maintenance,
weather forecasts,
and the occasional light opera.
None of which lead to murder.
Except Wells did have
a top secret clearance.
As a weather technician?
No. As something else.
But his CO was told
it was a need-to-know only,
and he didn't need to know.
Okay, well, we need to know.
So I'll get us read in.
Yeah.
Uh, can I help you?
Special Agent Boone.
Dang. I was hoping to surprise you.
You did, Alan. By messing with my stuff.
Sorry. I saw these files
weren't alphabetized
or really organized
in any conceivable way.
I have a system, okay?
ALAN: Then again, no one
really uses physical files anymore.
I can digitize them for you.
Or you can not do that, too.
Just want to make the most
of my time on the team.
On the what now?
Alan is filling in for Lucy
while she is Agent Afloat.
Temporarily.
Really?
I know. I was shocked, too.
Being invited to the A-Team?
JESSE: Yeah, okay, well,
first rule of the A-Team:
we don't touch each other's stuff.
Copy.
Any other rules?
Yeah, there's a ton.
But I got to go see Commander
Chase about an autopsy.
No, sir, you do not. I spoke with her.
TENNANT: Okay. What'd she say?
Oh, she was very kind.
Could tell I was nervous
about being around
a dead body for the first time.
She suggested celestite and amethyst.
About the victim, Alan.
Oh, right. The victim.
He had burn marks on his body
from a cattle prod or a stun gun.
Or some other electrical
shocking instrument.
So he was tortured
before he was murdered?
(PHONE BUZZING)
Ernie's got something
on Petty Officer Wells.
I'll go.
TENNANT: No. I'll send Kai.
Let Alan talk you through the rest of
Commander Chase's observations.
Fun.
What do you got, Ernie?
A paradox, a paradox ♪
A most ingenious paradox ♪
Am I supposed to know what that means?
Come on. Really?
Pirates of Penzance.
We've quips and quibbles
heard in flocks ♪
But none to beat this paradox. ♪
- Still nothing.
- What?
I'm a lifelong member of the
Gilbert & Sullivan Society.
Well, seems to be an epidemic.
But does any of this have to do
with Kendall Wells' murder?
Yes. I'm not sure what Wells was into,
but I know where he's been.
Well, sort of.
According to his cell phone GPS,
Wells made regular visits
over the last few weeks
to a particular location on the island.
And where is that?
That's the paradox. It doesn't exist.
Just a big blank spot on the island.
(COMPUTER BEEPS)
Kunia Regional SIGINT Operations Center.
It's "The Hole."
So top secret it can't even be mapped.
But what business would our
singing weatherman have there?
There's only one way to find out.
JESSE: This is it?
Right coordinates.
Doesn't seem all that secure.
Gate's no longer locked,
old-school cameras
with the wires hanging loose.
Yeah, if this was
a military installation
There should be more military.
Let's check it out.
Alan, why don't you stay back and
What are you doing?
We're back in the field. Anything
can happen. Got to be prepared.
Prepared for?
When the hammer falls.
Like last time. I got taken hostage.
JESSE: For two minutes.
By a friendly agent with a cell phone.
I didn't know that at the time.
(SIGHS) Sure.
But you've been in the
field since then, right?
You mean other than today?
What have you been doing
for the last year?
Uh, a stint in economic crime,
then fraud and back to FLETC for
a digital evidence intensive.
All right. Well, second rule
of being on the A-Team:
Most of the time, nothing happens,
- so you don't
- (AUTOMATIC GUNFIRE)
So much for nothing happening.
Stay there, Alan!
♪
Federal agents!
(GASPING) Put your guns down!
(ANXIOUS CHATTER)
JESSICA: Cut!
What the hell is this?
This is truly screwing up my timeline.
You have a warrant
for interrupting my movie?
What exactly do you do here?
We're the media arm for the government.
Film top secret training videos.
That's what we walked into?
The lethal defense portion of
our force continuum training series.
It's, uh, it's been pretty important.
Was Petty Officer Kendall Wells
involved in this, uh, series?
Kenny? No. Why do you ask?
He was killed yesterday.
Oh, my God.
But he did work here?
One of our regulars.
Always on time. Always committed.
What's required to participate
in these videos?
JESSICA: Our screening
process is thorough.
Actors need top secret clearance,
impeccable background,
doesn't hurt to have
some acting experience.
I think we found your people,
Pirate King.
What happened to Kenny?
JESSE: No, we can't
go into too many details,
but it's possible that
Petty Officer Wells was killed
for something he learned here.
JESSICA: I can't
imagine that's the case.
Actors are siloed while they're filming.
They only have access to their scenes.
Usually don't have enough info
- to threaten national security.
- "Usually"?
Well, like my mama said,
anything's possible.
How many productions was Wells in?
Dozens probably.
Been at it a couple of years.
KAI: We're going to need a list
of every actor who participated in them
and access to the training videos.
Well, that's above my pay grade,
but I'll put you in touch
with my bosses.
(LABORED BREATHING)
Perimeter's secure.
I'll do another pass just to make sure.
Alan, it's okay. Stand down.
Okay.
KAI: Hey.
Just been read
into the training program.
Videos, crew lists and actor
contacts are being sent over.
- Great. Let me know when they're here.
- Okay.
- Everything all right?
- Yeah.
Yep, everything's all right.
(SIGHS)
Hey, I, um
I've been working on something off-hours
that I'd like to talk to you about.
Okay.
Go for it.
So, I have been looking into
the Koa brothers' operation.
The Koa brothers were killed in prison.
And we took down their operation.
That is half right.
Yeah, they're dead, but
I think the operation
is still being run.
By AJ Hale.
Your friend who worked for them?
Yep.
He did more than just work for them.
I think he set up
their whole financial structure.
Buying into local businesses
and then funneling cash
through them to launder it.
Now, I have been
looking at these places
Restaurants, a funeral home, bait store.
All have face-lifts.
New equipment, new designs.
And there's no way
the owners can afford it.
So, you think AJ is giving them money?
And then he's cleaning his.
He's acting like a savior.
A man of the people, but it's
it's just a racket.
Well, if that's true, this
has RICO written all over it.
I know, right?
I don't see a Navy nexus.
This is not our jurisdiction.
Not-not technically
Not at all.
This is FBI.
I understand that, but
This is also way too personal for you.
- Conflict of interest.
- It is personal.
It's personal because we're
letting him get away with it.
We should've taken him down
when we had the chance with the Koas.
It's personal because he is
a childhood friend of yours.
Refer this to Whistler.
See if you can get her to buy in.
Then walk away.
All right, I'll reach out to Whistler.
KAI: What are we looking at here?
JESSE: United States Navy
training video 423-DN7.
"Principles of Ordnance
Maintenance, Part Two."
A little hard to follow
without the context of part one.
SOLDIER (ON VIDEO): Fire in the hole!
How many are there?
Dozens. Alan's going
through them as we speak.
He'll flag anything
that's more sensitive than
"proper storage of blasting caps."
How long is that gonna take?
A while.
Which helps solve the Alan problem.
Dude. Be nice.
Look, unless we can find
a way to narrow down
what we're looking for,
it's the best lead we got.
Think I have a workaround.
I've been scouring the cast
lists from the videos Wells was in.
And I found Army Warrant Officer
Angela Pettis.
What's special about her?
ERNIE: She was killed in a hit-and-run
two days ago in San Diego.
- Locals got any leads?
- No, but her autopsy
also came up with
some sort of burn marks
from a stun gun or a cattle prod.
Pettis and Wells
were tortured the same way.
How many videos were they in together?
Uh, just one.
- What's this?
- In the control room,
at the top of each server rack,
you'll find a thermite grenade.
Thermite grenade
ERNIE: Petty Officer Wells
demonstrating a burn switch.
Designed to self-detonate
upon activation.
A defense measure in safe houses.
That's what this whole video is about.
Safe house protocols.
Someone's going after safe house intel.
What did Pettis and Wells actually know?
Not much. They hit a few buttons,
demonstrate what to do in case of
breach or fire, but nothing else.
So why torture them?
KAI: Might not be
what they know but who.
We should find the director
of this training video.
Lennox Kay.
Former Air Force,
current freelance director
and producer for the DoD.
Where is he now?
Lives here on Oahu.
♪
KAI: Front door's open.
Jesse, cover the rear. Kai, with me.
♪
Lennox Kay? Federal agents.
Anyone home?
♪
JESSE: Federal agents.
Put your hands up.
Turn around slowly.
Hey, Jane Tennant.
Looks like we're all late to the party.
Kai, can you call it in? One dead body
and one person of interest.
On it, boss.
Are you gonna put the cuffs on me?
Not a good look
standing over a dead body.
I arrived moments before you.
Got sick of those perfect sunsets again?
Something like that.
I'm sorry, how do you
two know each other?
Charlie 1.
He gave us the assist
in the Manila situation.
How's Captain Milius, anyway?
Charlie 1?
That's what they call me.
Why are you here?
CHARLIE 1: Same reason you are.
Dead guy on the floor.
What are you doing?
I am looking for snacks.
This is an active crime scene.
Yeah, but I already touched these.
Put 'em back.
MCRT and M.E. are on their way.
I could save you the trouble.
I already know who did it.
Who's that?
His name's Harom.
That's all?
What more do you need?
TENNANT: A lot more.
Motive, evidence, context
Last name.
Well, I can't get into it.
Sorry, just
Who's this guy?
That's Charlie 1.
- For real?
- TENNANT: He's a contractor.
Black ops.
Oh, that explains it.
We're not all bad.
Maybe. But none of you should
be working on U.S. soil.
Tell us who Harom is.
(SIGHS)
Kobani. Eight years ago.
Operation Blue Delta.
U.S. trained a Free Syrian Army
as part of the resistance
to the Assad regime.
A lot of those guys switched
sides, became loyalists.
Harom was never in it for ideology.
He's straight-up mercenary.
Like you?
No, sir. I'm a patriot.
And how do you know so much about Harom?
'Cause I'm the one who trained him.
Okay, sure.
Talk soon.
I know, me, too.
(LAUGHS)
Hey, I know that smile. How's Lucy?
Good. Settling into
the aircraft carrier.
Only got lost once this week.
- Yeah, well, that is, that's progress.
- (LAUGHS)
You know, I-I spent like two
months on one of those things
and I could never find the mess.
- Well, she's a quick learner.
- Yeah.
She'll be running that place soon.
Yeah.
You miss her, though, huh?
Yeah, I do.
You want to talk AJ?
Yeah. Yeah. Did you take a look?
I did, it's it's interesting.
"Interesting" in a
criminal conspiracy way?
Um, not sure yet.
Look, he is
He's pouring money
into these businesses.
Way more than they're worth.
Profit margins don't add up.
Well, it could just be bad business.
AJ has control of the Koa organization.
There's millions of their blood money.
He's cleaning it.
There's no other explanation.
Okay, but is there other evidence?
You want to make a RICO case,
you need to prove two or more
instances of racketeering.
We can do that.
That AJ knew he was engaged
in a criminal act.
- We can do that, too.
- We
are not doing anything.
Whistler. This is a solid case.
What is your stake here?
I'm looking after my community.
No, you've been building this
case in your off time. There's more.
AJ and I, we we grew up together.
And he is
he is someone that I thought I knew.
Right. It's personal.
It can be personal and a good case.
If I go out on a limb
Are you going out on a limb?
If I do,
you got to stay clear
and let FBI do what we do.
Sure.
Of course. But does that mean?
I'm gonna take it up the chain.
Okay.
ERNIE: Hmm. Working hard, I see.
I needed a break from the new guy.
I thought Alan was
sequestered in the A/V room.
No, I mean the other new guy.
What kind of person goes by a call sign?
Pilots mostly. Some hackers, I think.
And, weirdly, the towel guy
at the health club.
Makes us call him Sweet-Dog.
It's sketchy, Ern.
Not going by an actual name? Charlie 1?
Come on. What is that?
I won't comment on the nomenclature,
but Charlie 1 was right about Harom.
(COMPUTER BEEPS)
Lennox has a few Ring cameras
set up around his property.
Uh, no sign of the suspects
going in or out.
However,
on the inside he had a SirGawain.
You gonna tell me what that is?
It's a mini indoor spy cam.
Practically undetectable.
Marketed for keeping an eye on the nanny
but equally useful for identifying
homicidal mercenaries.
Well, sadly, he only had the one.
(COMPUTER BEEPS)
(STUN GUN CRACKLING)
(GROANING)
We all know what happened next.
Yeah. Tell me more about Harom.
Okay.
Harom Ahmad.
Made his bones wreaking
international havoc.
JESSE: "Kidnapping for ransom,
murder for hire, causing civil unrest"?
You know. The usual.
Now he's killing actors and directors
all because of some safe house
training video?
My guess: he was paid
to track down someone else
connected to the video,
or a safe house itself.
There's got to be dozens of those.
Yes. Let's narrow it down.
I scoured Lennox's cell phone.
Lennox has over 126 saved text chains.
Which makes him a hoarder, really.
But I shouldn't speak ill of the dead.
Ernie.
The interesting thing
is what's not on it.
A deleted text chain
with an unknown number.
Either Lennox had something to hide
Or someone wanted to make sure
no one found those messages.
You get a trace on the number?
Well, not exactly. At least not yet.
But the SMS records
helped identify the messages
came from Oaxaca, South Coast of Mexico.
CHARLIE 1: Oaxaca's a delightful
region known for its seven moles,
outstanding mescals, and, of course,
its bustling cartel culture.
KAI: It also covers
36 million square miles
and has 570 municipalities.
Harom could be anywhere there.
Not anywhere.
He's looking for a safe house. Why?
Could be for a target held there.
We don't even know if there are
any safe houses in Oaxaca.
We don't.
(CHUCKLES): Why would you assume I do?
Don't you?
Really couldn't say.
(SCOFFS) That's a yes.
No. It's coy noncommitment.
TENNANT: Harom's likely
heading there as we speak.
Someone's in a safe house
he's going to extract or kill.
CHARLIE 1: Solid theory.
I'll let you know what I find.
KAI: Hey.
No, you can't just go by yourself.
That's literally what I'm paid for.
This is our case.
NCIS needs to be involved.
We'll all go together.
That's a lot of declarative statements.
Look, I know you want
to protect your mission.
But if it wasn't for our investigation,
you wouldn't know what Harom
was after or where he was going.
I mean, I would have eventually.
We all want the same thing here.
Yes. What I do and what
you do are different.
A team of federal agents need permission
to operate in a foreign country.
That's phone calls. Red tape. Approvals.
Okay, what do you need?
A small jet and some good fortune.
(SCOFFS)
Can't be responsible
for a bunch of Navy cops
getting shot at on foreign soil.
So just take me.
Wait. What?
Hey, you have no idea what
you'd be walking into.
Actually, I have some idea.
I've done it before.
Otherwise, we might have to detain you
for questioning in
the Lennox Kay murder.
Yeah, okay. Why not?
We leave now?
ALEX: Hello?
Hey. Sorry I had to leave
so quickly, hon.
It's all good.
Jules is cool to stay with Dad
and hang with the baby.
Sensing you're not cool with it?
Nah, I'm just gonna chill at home.
(SIGHS) Okay.
Well, remember the rules, all right?
No parties,
no drinking
In bed by 10:00.
Don't worry, Jane. I'll keep him honest.
Cassandra's there.
Making pasta and making sure
Alex finishes his social studies paper.
How sweet.
Though I have to say,
it feels like this teacher is taking
colonialism from the point
of view of the colonialists.
Uh, yeah. Hey, Alex?
It's aggressively
patriarchal, don't you think?
I never really have. Alex?
I mean, really, the whole concept
of social studies
is completely antiquated.
Yep. Alex, take me off speaker, please.
Yep, done.
And don't worry, I'm not
gonna burn my history book.
That's not what I'm worried about.
I didn't know that you
were gonna have a guest.
Uh, yeah. Cassandra stopped by
to keep me company.
Look, just 'cause you're 18
doesn't mean that
the rules have changed.
Mom, I get it.
Do you?
Yes. Okay? Promise.
Have a safe flight.
Okay. You be
safe, too.
(PHONE BEEPS)
All good at home?
Don't have teenagers.
There's nothing
you can do about it here.
Might as well settle in.
Want a snack?
No, thanks.
But, hey, just so I understand,
what exactly is your objective
when you find Harom?
Between friends?
Is that what we are?
Well, we worked two missions together.
Well, A: this mission is still ongoing,
B: the last one was a quickie.
Didn't even amount to a first date.
Depends on the date.
(LAUGHS)
Let's just see how this one
turns out, Jane Tennant.
That's not fair.
You know my full name.
And I just know your boy band name.
You really need a name to know me?
Oh, no, no. I know plenty.
That so?
Guys who like code names and secret ops
only grow on one kind of tree.
You're former military.
Tier One operator.
Now, the obvious choice
would be SEALs or Delta.
But you're not obvious.
You got tricks.
Let's say Task Force Orange.
(CHUCKLES)
See, you're no enigma, Charlie 1.
But I am starting to worry
that you have a tapeworm.
(LAUGHS)
(ENGINES WINDING DOWN)
(CHARLIE 1 SIGHS)
TENNANT: Oh.
Thought these guys were friends.
Friends of friends, actually.
This stuff's for Harom.
No cuffs, huh?
I'm not law enforcement.
I'm starting to get an idea of
what your objective with Harom.
I'm not law enforcement.
But not a hired killer either.
I need to bring him in,
one way or another.
Let's stick with one way.
Let him answer for his crimes.
You're not a closed book
either, Jane Tennant.
That little guessing game you
played on the plane earlier?
Like ten hours ago?
Good boss.
Sees her team as family
and family as everything.
Believe in law and order,
but you didn't always.
That so?
You've done this before.
Uncertain mission. No parameters.
Questionable company.
CIA, right?
Couldn't tell you if I wanted.
Hola, gentlemen.
Let's roll.
♪
It's definitely remote.
It's one way to keep a safe house safe.
I'd feel safer with my own team.
So, what do we do? Just knock?
No need.
(DOOR BUZZES, UNLOCKS)
Doesn't look open for business.
Which means no one's staying here.
DUGGY: Well, I'm staying here.
At least for a week.
I'm Duggy.
Guessing you two are government.
Special Agent Jane Tennant, NCIS.
Navy police in Mexico?
That's interesting.
And you are?
Charlie 1.
Oh, yeah. Your type I'm used to.
Look, you got identification, Duggy?
Uh, never thought I'd be carded
in the middle of my own safe house.
What can I do for you?
Several people back in the
States were murdered.
All connected to
a safe house training video.
I know that video. I wrote the script.
You did?
Yeah well, the technical script.
I design safe houses.
Facilitate security measures.
And no one else is coming here?
Just me. And my crew during work hours.
Who killed those people?
His name's Harom.
He's a soldier for hire.
You know him?
DUGGY: No.
He'd be wasting his time coming here.
How many of these safe houses
you know about?
All of 'em.
If I'm not building 'em,
I'm updating 'em.
So, you know where
every safe house is located?
Yeah.
All right, we need to
get out of here now.
Why?
Because your Harom's target.
(METALLIC CLUNKING)
♪
Where'd the cavalry go?
No clue.
All right, I count at least five.
No one's being kept here.
What do they want?
They want you, Duggy.
Why would they want me?
Because you know where all
the safe houses are.
And how they operate.
♪
Harom's gonna cut the comms and feeds.
We've got maybe two minutes.
Or less.
All right, you got a secure line?
Uh, no line, no Internet.
We're not operational yet.
Just this sat phone.
That'll do.
Harom was flagged at
the Oaxaca International Airport
about three hours before
Tennant and Charlie 1 landed.
Then he disappeared.
I've been trying to get boss
on the phone. No signal.
Can you track her?
Well, no signal means no signal.
Wherever she is, it's
another black hole.
So we're in the dark.
(PHONE RINGING)
That's the secure line.
So answer it.
What? Really?
Boss, that you?
Hey, guys. We got a situation
and not a lot of time.
KAI: Okay, what's going on?
Harom and his guys
are at the safe house.
They're about to breach
any moment. We need help.
I'm contacting the Federales
and the FBI right now.
Who's the target?
Duggy Atwater, safe house architect.
We have him secure right now
but not for long.
All right, listen, I need
you to alert all agencies:
safe houses may be compromised.
- Got it.
- Gonna need some idea where
you are so we can send backup.
(EXPLOSION)
(STATIC HISSING)
Boss?
Ernie?
They're in. We got to go.
They jammed the signal.
Can you get a trace on the sat line?
I-I can try to pick up
any satellites in the area.
(TYPING)
Maybe you can reverse engineer.
Track the last signal from Tennant's
cell phone before it went dead.
Look for any government
black holes in the area.
- Good call.
- Okay, keep at it.
Jesse and I will see
about getting that backup.
They jammed comms and breached.
We need an exit strategy.
Okay, every safe house has
an escape tunnel, right?
First thing we built.
Uh, there's a trap door
at the other end of the house.
- All right, we move.
- Out there?
With them inside?
You got a better idea?
I got a safer one.
The panic room at the end of the hall.
Four-inch-thick, steel-plated.
I'd rather not be a sitting duck
in a steel cage.
Harom will eventually breach it.
What other defenses do we have?
Not much yet.
No IR sensors, no motion detectors.
Uh, the burn switch is
only active in the server room.
The tunnel it is.
♪
We got to move before
(GROANS)
(PAINED GROANING)
(MUTTERING)
- How bad?
- I'm fine.
That doesn't look fine to me.
You got a first aid kit?
Yeah, in the panic room.
We don't have time.
- We need to get to the tunnel.
- They know where we are.
We won't make it.
Listen, that is
stinkin' thinkin', Duggy.
TENNANT: He's right.
Panic room's our best bad option.
- Lead the way.
- All right.
♪
I got a general location.
Rural housing community
Loma Bonita in Oaxaca.
Three hours from the airport.
Not a lot of good it'll do.
I can't get through to the backup.
A lot of these smaller Federale stations
are manned by two agents.
Haven't been able to get ahold
of the FBI Legal Attaché Office
in Mexico City either.
Don't worry, I have.
Figured I'd rattle some
cages on your behalf.
My colleagues put in
a call to the Federales
who escorted Tennant and Charlie 1.
No response.
Not good news.
We're on it.
There's a joint Mexico-DEA
task force in the area,
and they're heading to the safe house.
How long?
20 to 30 minutes.
Let's pray they make it there on time.
All right, where's the panic room?
(MECHANICAL CLICKING)
(ELECTRONIC BEEPING)
- This place gonna hold?
- It certainly should.
Once we're locked inside,
it'll take them hours to breach.
You two should be safe in here.
We'll all be safe.
Until backup arrives.
This is too risky.
You stay in here with Duggy.
I'll draw Harom away.
Look, you don't need to impress me.
I already know you're a badass.
It's a smart move.
Okay. You're right.
But I'm the only one who can walk.
CHARLIE 1: Hey, wait.
Wait! Wait, wait!
This is really stupid, Jane.
♪
(GRUNTING)
(MUFFLED COLLAPSING)
It's Tennant. We got to go now.
- That was low.
- It worked, didn't it?
Think I got 'em all, but I don't want
to stick around and find out. Let's go.
(CHARLIE 1 GROANING)
- Watch your step.
- Right here.
♪
Keep moving.
HAROM: Put the guns down.
CHARLIE 1: Harom.
Long time.
Get on your knees.
No one else needs to get hurt.
Says the woman who tried
to burn me alive.
Get on your knees!
Hand over the architect.
And I'll make it quick.
You know we can't do that.
Then I'll kill you first.
You sure about that?
Harom. Think fast!
(HAROM GROANING)
He's wounded.
Not dead.
CHARLIE 1: Good.
I was looking forward
to some alone time with him.
(ENGINE APPROACHING)
TENNANT: Here comes the cavalry.
Told you my team would deliver.
(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)
♪
The architect is safe,
Harom's in custody,
and the boss and Charlie 1
are on their way back home.
Taking out Harom and his crew
is next-level G.I. Jane.
She didn't even need the backup.
Well, they were happy for the ride home.
I got it, guys.
I found the connection.
What do you mean, Alan?
Took me hours to scour
the training videos.
Then create a universal matrix
of every actor, crew member,
and production staff,
but I found out who Harom is after.
Duggy Atwater. Safe house architect.
Yes.
How did you?
We were on that a day ago.
Yeah. Case solved.
Harom's done.
But I've been down in
the media room for 36 hours.
Didn't eat.
Or sleep. Or
Dude, we're so sorry.
Everything was just moving so fast.
JESSE: Yeah
but good work, though.
Mm, yeah.
Not cool, guys.
Not cool at all.
Hey, Alan. Alan.
Wait up.
Look
you A-Teamed the crap out of this.
All right, man?
Heard it all worked out?
Yeah. I spoke to Tennant.
Uh, also spoke to my boss about AJ.
Oh, yeah?
Did he agree to take the case?
Yeah.
But there's a problem.
What kind of problem?
Well, we did some digging
on AJ's investments, and
the businesses you identified
weren't the only ones to receive cash.
Okay. And?
One of them was your father's.
No.
No, my dad would never
But he did, Kai.
When?
Two years ago.
Wally's Eatery received
a $50,000 investment.
Look, I don't need to tell you
what the optics on this are.
A federal agent's father
taking blood money.
- We are not sure that's what happened.
- No.
But we will need to
question your father.
When?
Soon.
Okay.
You'll want to talk to him.
♪
TENNANT: I think you
should've stayed at the hospital.
For this? 'Tis but a scratch.
Besides,
I like to sleep in my own bed
any chance I can get.
Same.
I learned something
else about you today.
Do tell.
You like to be in control.
Is that a bad thing? (LAUGHS)
No. It's just a thing.
(CHUCKLES)
I'm guessing you've been
burned in the past.
By a spouse, a colleague, a parent?
Well, since it's clear
you're too proud to tell me
how grateful you are
for saving your ass
(LAUGHING)
I mean, I feel like we saved each other.
In lieu of a thank you,
I'll take a first name.
Charlemagne.
- What?
- (CHARLIE 1 LAUGHS)
First emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
Also known as Charles I.
Very cute.
Blame my history-teaching mother.
Well, Charlemagne,
your secret is safe with me.
Mm-hmm.
(CHUCKLES)
(SIGHS)
(CLATTERING)
Oh, great, you're up early, Alex.
Thank goodness.
I'm gonna need you to get Julie
because I am exhausted
Hey, Jane. Alex is still sleeping.
But I'd be happy to grab Jules.
Uh
Maybe make you some
oatmeal pancakes first?
Alex!