NCIS Los Angeles s06e05 Episode Script

Margaret.
Staying in again? Yeah.
Saves money.
- We'll talk when I get back.
- I'll be here.
Well, happy weekend, one and all.
Here's what we know.
At 12:02 p.
m.
Today, six heavily armed men attacked the DOD's West Coast office of accounting and contracting.
From all indications, it was professional and well-organized.
Monies for many of the DOD's Pacific Rim operations - flow through this office.
- Including, shall we say, some of the Pentagon's more covert endeavors.
- Like our operation.
- Indeed.
Funding for NCIS' special projects is generated there.
Wait, so does this mean we're not getting paid? That can be arranged, detective.
Because it's a weekend, there were only nine employees at the time of the attack.
Five left the office for lunch - and four ate in.
- They killed two accountants - and one security guard.
- So somebody survived.
Yes.
Milton Mulrooney.
He moves into the men's room at 12:01 p.
m.
One minute later, the shooters cut the video feed - to the security camera's hard drive.
- Let's go talk to him.
That would prove difficult.
He disappeared after the attack.
Milton Mulrooney swiped his ID at a parking-garage exit - two minutes after the shooters left.
- No one has seen him since.
- Do we have a motive? - It's too soon to tell.
- FBI just secured the scene.
- Get down there and relieve our friends from the bureau.
- This is our investigation now.
- Got it.
- Find Milton Mulrooney, you two.
- Yes, ma'am.
- This guard pushed the alarm.
- Find out - who's the highest-ranking survivor.
- Okay.
- Why wait till Sunday? - Less people to deal with.
- Found this in the men's room.
- Sure, we gotta get in his room.
So, what was the purpose? Was it a hit? Well, if it's a hit, why do it at work? It's a lot easier to target civilians outside of this place.
Maybe the purpose was to steal something.
Yeah, but if it was a robbery, why kill everyone? And why was this Milton Mulrooney running? Maybe he's what they took.
I don't think they wanted him alive.
That's Doug Ouellet.
He's in charge of the entire office.
Thanks.
- I'm sorry.
- Thank you.
I can't stop shaking.
These people were all my friends.
We'd like to know if anything was taken.
If we gave you and some of your staff access, is that something you'd be able to do? I think so, yeah.
Can you think of any reason why someone would do this? Pretty obvious, right? I mean, wanna know about DOD's covert operations the easiest way? Follow the money.
- Yeah, Hetty.
- We found Milton Mulrooney.
Get back here now.
Facial rec picked up Milton Mulrooney moving across the San Ysidro border into Mexico.
Eric tracked his car into the Zona Norte district - of Tijuana.
- Sex district? This extreme exposure of covert operations could mean the lives of dozens of operatives.
By direct order of SECNAV, you are to enter Mexico and find Milton Mulrooney.
For the moment, he's all we've got.
Now, we've submitted a request to the Mexican government to allow you to operate within their borders.
But SECNAV is not waiting for an answer.
- So we're going in black.
- Yes, and without a net.
Something goes south, this is not a sanctioned operation.
You'll be rogue agents, subject to the full prosecution - of the Mexican government.
- SECNAV was adamant about this.
I bet she was.
- Go.
- Hacking the navigation system in Milton's car, we tracked him to a brothel called the Cottontail Men's Club.
According to your truck's GPS, it's a mile south of you.
Got it.
Thank you.
I was feeling a little naked.
He understood you.
He must speak English.
Let's see if you understand me with my accent.
Give your guns to my men.
No problem, no problem.
We'll give you the guns.
We'll give you the guns.
And the keys to your truck.
And your phones.
And also, my American friends, your earwigs.
Yeah, you heard me.
Let me guess, DEA.
DEA Agent Banuelos.
We've been working on a very long-term operation here.
We can't have a relationship with the Mexican government compromised by some NCIS cowboys.
There has been a major intelligence breach.
Of covert operation budgets.
I know exactly what you're doing here, Agent Callen.
And you can do what you want as citizens, not agents.
Hey! Oh, fellas, we're on the same side here.
G.
- We need our weapons.
- Of course.
We weren't gonna let you walk around naked.
Ha-ha-ha.
Give them the guns.
- You gotta be kidding me.
- Untraceable, and definitely not the weapons of American agents.
- We need a vehicle.
- Of course.
We pick up Milton, get a cell phone, call Hetty, and get out of here.
What's our cover? Clown car? No.
DEA Agent Banuelos.
Good.
We've lost all communication and GPS signals from Callen and Sam.
We thought that might happen.
Unfortunately, SECNAV had to inform several agencies of our operation.
They were most likely watching as Callen and Sam crossed the border.
Inform me as soon as they make contact again.
Got it.
Are you eating the crime scene? Okay, first off, Mom, I'm wearing gloves.
- Deeks, people died here.
- Not from this food.
- Are you kidding me? - If you have to know, they're mine, and I got them in a vending machine.
And they're delicious.
- Well, give me some.
- No.
- Give me some.
- You made fun of them, why would I? - Because I'm starving.
- Heh, of course you are.
Don't eat the whole bag.
I'm - We found something.
- What did you find? Excuse me? - I said, what did you find? - He said, what did you find? There are several servers missing.
- And what was on those servers? - Thousands of documents.
Budgets, all relating to covert operations.
- We're compiling a list.
- How many ops were compromised? Hundreds.
At least.
And, uh, there's something else you should know.
I usually stay in for lunch.
If I hadn't forgotten mine at home, I'd have been here.
- Day of the Dead.
- Well, down here they say dying is part of the journey.
Yeah? Let's just get this guy and get the hell out of here.
What can I get you? I'll take a couple shots of mescal.
Are you looking for anything in particular? Beauty, fun.
You've come to the right place.
Here are some of the girls that are upstairs.
- Take your time.
- I always do.
So you're an accountant.
Your office is attacked.
You run down to a brothel in Mexico? Stress relief.
I think this is our guy in charge.
We wanna rent the place for the whole night.
- Who do we talk to? - Really? Sure.
Just so you know, for someone like you, I'm available as well.
- I figured that.
- Healthy ego.
I like it.
That's not the only thing that's healthy.
"That's not the only thing that's healthy"? It's a character.
We're in a brothel.
Drink up.
Enjoy the fruits.
You wanted to talk about renting the entire bar? - Yeah.
Upstairs too.
- Yeah, what's the program? Everybody available? We pick the ones we want? - What's the occasion? - Some Marines - coming down from Pendleton.
- Actually, that's not true.
DEA.
Agent Banuelos.
We got two cars outside full of Mexican and American federal agents.
- We can turn this upside down.
- Or you just tell us the location of one man, an American.
Fat, dark curly hair, came in a few hours ago.
You know who we're talking about.
Person you need to speak to is Carmen.
Room 6 upstairs.
- No one will give you a problem.
- Then it's a deal.
- I'm done for the night.
- We just wanna talk.
- About what? - Looking for a big man.
Curly hair, glasses.
His name is Milton Mulrooney.
Haven't seen him.
You need to talk to my boss.
- Your boss told us to talk to you.
- You got the wrong girl.
We know he's been here.
- Is he in trouble? - No, he's in danger.
But we're here to help him, Carmen.
He's hiding outside of TJ.
In the desert.
Six heavily armed men coming across the street.
Six guys at the office.
We're not the only ones looking for Milton.
Get your stuff.
Smile and keep walking.
- Carmen.
- Just keep walking.
Hey! Hey, stop! We're walking out of here.
Easy.
- Too many.
We gotta lose them.
- Sam.
Hold her.
I'll get the car.
Sam! Move! Get out.
Get out.
Come on.
Come on! Hit that.
- This is where Milton is? - Yeah.
You saw who was after us.
You know we're here to help.
Milton Mulrooney? Oh, no.
We're NCIS agents.
We're taking you back to the United States.
Do you have ID? No.
- Why did you bring them here? - They forced me.
- Pedicure is over.
Let's go.
- Kill me first.
- We're not here to kill anyone.
- We're here to protect him.
- Tell them what happened in town.
- There are men looking for you.
They shot at us, and we barely got away.
Probably the same men that killed everyone at the office.
He's been through enough.
Can't you just leave him alone? - This doesn't concern you.
- I'm his fiancée.
- We are to be married.
- Usually what "fiancée" means.
What concerns my husband concerns me.
- Hey.
He's not your husband.
- No.
He's my soul mate.
He's going to take my sister, grandmother and mother back to the United States.
Give us citizenship.
Great.
Put your shoes on, let's go all live the American dream.
- You've clearly never been married.
- No, I haven't.
And apparently neither have you.
Now, I need to borrow a phone.
You've never been married? Must be lonely.
I saw him first.
He saved my life.
- That bond can never be broken.
- She's got a point.
I need a cell phone.
You think I'm stupid? You guys are Navy cops.
You don't have ID or a cell phone? - I promise you we're agents.
- I don't doubt that.
- Then why don't you trust us? - Because it's the government that's trying to kill me.
We're getting out of here.
What's the code? - Put the phone down.
- Easy.
- I think they're telling the truth.
- Juanita.
Take their guns and the phone.
Big gun.
Security cameras show the bad guys dumped the getaway cars here at 1:20.
They're pros.
They move fast.
Guess they burned the inside to destroy any physical evidence.
Eric, I sent you a VIN.
You run it for me? - Unit in the area - They burnt the trunk too.
- Eric says cars are stolen.
- Got some, uh, clothing.
Maybe a Halloween mask.
Ooh.
- I got servers.
- What? - They would not burn those.
- Well, they did.
Oh.
Which means they downloaded the classified information first.
Cars were burnt five minutes after the shooting.
Not to mention you need a power source.
These are servers, not laptops.
Maybe they didn't need the information.
Maybe they just needed it to be gone.
So destroy information about a covert government operation.
Well, then you kill everybody that knows about it.
- You're tickling my conspiracy bone.
- Oh, I didn't even know you had one.
- But I'm glad I tickled it.
- So whatever was on these drives was obviously bad enough that somebody went to all this trouble.
And someone at the Department of Defense knows what that is.
Look, let's all calm down.
Legend is, Grandma killed her second husband with that pan.
- Hey, we're the good guys.
- Oh, I like your voice.
- It's smooth like honey.
- Mama! It's a nice voice.
Milton, I believe them.
I'm sorry.
I just can't trust anyone right now.
Why do you think the government's after you? Either we're here to kill you so we already know the answer Or you're here to protect me, and you really don't know.
Either way, it doesn't hurt to tell us what's going on.
Okay.
One of my coworkers, Margaret - Who is this Margaret? - She's just somebody I work with.
This is the first time I heard of her.
Is she pretty? - Aminta, please.
- I have the right to know the truth.
- Baby, you know I love you.
- Margaret's dead, okay? Anyway, Margaret and I discovered monies that were allocated to a series of black operations conducted by a Delta unit codenamed Duster.
- Okay.
- The monies were allocated to operations that never existed, and were never sanctioned by the Department of Defense.
So you think a Delta unit robbed the government? Of over $40 million.
Yesterday, we reported it to our superior.
- Doug Ouellet? - Yeah.
And here's the thing.
Everybody knows Margaret and me always bring our lunch.
We don't go out.
So you think the Delta unit hit the office? - You tell me.
Who else could it be? - And you think Ouellet is involved? I have no idea.
Could be him or anybody he spoke to up the chain of command in DOD.
Milton, if there's a Delta unit hunting you, you need to let us get you back to the States now.
- It's the same men from the bar.
- Give me the phone.
Now.
- The gun.
- The code is 7007.
That's a walkie-talkie.
Pick it up.
- Should I get it? - Go.
- They'll kill her.
- No.
They wanna talk.
No service.
Come on.
Ain't someone else got another phone? The phones work here.
Try mine.
Who am I speaking with? I'd like to ask you the same thing.
Let's begin this way.
We just destroyed the cell tower.
It will be days before it's repaired.
This is going to be just about us.
So if you wanna see another sunrise, we dictate the terms.
I couldn't get anything from the burnt servers.
But there was an off-site backup where the files were stored.
I'm sorry, why destroy the servers if the information was backed up? Because it destroyed the record of who authored the documents.
So we searched the backup, and we found one small anomaly.
Two budgets.
Same name, same dates.
Both had an allocation of monies to a Delta Unit Duster, - but there was one small difference.
- Each budget had the Delta unit listed under the oversight of different house subcommittees.
Neither had security clearances for the other's operations.
- And since they're all black ops - Neither committee knew where the money was going.
Were they hiding an unsanctioned op? No.
We think Duster received money for operations that never occurred.
Great.
So just good old-fashioned fraud.
And someone in the accounting office found out.
So what you're saying is that a Delta unit killed all those people and then destroyed the servers to cover it up? - That's exactly what we're saying.
- So you're accusing some of the most honorable men in our military of murder and fraud.
Okay.
How much money are we talking about? - Forty-one million dollars.
- It's enough to test your honor.
- Ouellet had to know about this.
- Which is why he forgot his lunch.
- Go pick him up, now.
- Yeah.
Get me the name of the Army general in charge of Delta Unit Duster.
- Quickly.
- On it.
So to be very, very clear, we want Milton Mulrooney.
We get him, we walk away.
And for the rest of you, life goes on.
- That's not gonna happen.
- You don't send him out, I guarantee you every person in that house dies today.
At what cost to you? We're gonna take some of you with us.
I saw you using six-shooters.
Keep looking outside the window.
Now, the situation is clear.
You send out Milton Mulrooney, or we're coming in to get him.
There's no doubt the monies were allocated to your unit.
I was made aware of these allegations All I'm willing to tell you right now is: I stand behind my men.
They're the best of the best.
Save the recruiting speech.
I need access to your Delta unit.
These men operate with very little oversight.
We don't give them missions.
We give them objectives.
Well, if they wanna clear their name, you can give them the objective - of speaking to me.
- I don't even know where they are.
That sounds like obstructing an investigation.
I'll try to get them to talk to you, but I can't promise anything.
- These men determine their own fate.
- Unless I determine it.
Sooner or later, it will happen.
- They're out of the country.
- Where? Where? The last communication I had from them was Tijuana.
All right, I'll meet them face-to-face.
You make that happen, general.
Sir, the Delta unit's in Tijuana.
- Sam and Callen are in Tijuana.
- I'm aware of that.
- Okay.
So, what do we do, wait? - Hell, no.
Arrange for a chopper immediately.
Get me to Mexico.
How dare you do this to me after what I've been through.
It's a slick trick.
Two budgets.
Left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing.
Using the big bureaucracy to rip off the government of $41 million.
- I have nothing to do with that.
- Ouellet, sit down.
Guys, we found the smoking gun.
Doug Ouellet has a Swiss bank account - with nearly $3 million in it.
- Money came in as income from a weapons broker based out of El Paso, Texas - called Millennial Arms.
- Probably used the company to launder the money and get it out of the country.
So we know about the Swiss bank account and $3 million and the arms company in Texas you used to launder it.
I don't know what you're talking about.
I wanna speak to - Please don't say the L-word.
- Lesbian? No, you can.
You can say "lesbian.
" Just can't say "lactate" or "lactation.
" - You can say "lollipop.
" - I was thinking "lawyer.
" I mean, you can play it that way, but you were the first one in the door, and that does hold a prize.
- Tell him what he's won, Deeks.
- Well, you've won a fantastic vacation to the Alcatraz of the Rockies.
That's right, the federal prison in beautiful Florence, Colorado.
Your account has $3 million in it.
Your partners have the other 38.
So, what's it gonna be, Doug? Door number one, where you spend the rest of your life behind bars? Or door number two, and you're out in time to be a grandpa? Be smart.
You didn't pull the trigger.
Do you really hold loyalty to these guys? Oh, and, Doug, these supplies are limited.
So this offer isn't gonna last forever.
Uh-oh.
What? What do you mean "uh-oh"? Guys, flag on the play.
The ID used to open the account has Doug Ouellet's name, - but not his photo.
- You've gotta be kidding me.
- What is it? If I was involved, - Mm.
Why would I have passed the information about the fraud up to the congressional investigators and the DOD? What are we missing? That's where I found it, right on the floor right there.
Hey, do me a favor.
Be Milton, - and crouch down on the toilet.
- Got it.
- Yikes, okay.
- Hold this.
Hold it so a bullet could go through it but not hit you.
All right.
- No.
- No, this doesn't line up - to any of the hits.
- That means it wasn't shot here.
But this makes it look like somebody was trying to shoot him.
But they weren't.
Milton is working with them.
They were trying to kill Ouellet.
They tried to get to him before he got up the chain of command.
Except, Ouellet forgot his lunch.
They're moving into position.
You have any fuel around the house? Gasoline, kerosene, anything like that? - Yeah, I think in the storage room.
- Show me.
- The walls are thicker in here.
- It's to keep the storage cool.
You'll be safe in here.
- Can you use this? - Not me.
I got a gun.
- You use it.
- Me? I saw how you handled yourself with that shotgun.
You can do it.
Stop it.
You might be sexy, but you're loco.
- Who do you think I am, Zorro? - I got the gasoline.
Now find some glass bottles and rags.
Quickly.
Come on, come on.
I'm gonna need you and one of your sisters to cover this side.
There are six of them, machine guns, and just two of you.
Plus Milton, your sisters and your mom.
That makes eight of us.
It's a fair fight.
My family owned a restaurant in Tijuana.
The cartel forced us to pay for protection money until we went out of business.
It killed my father.
The restaurant was all we had.
What are you saying? You just wanna give up? In Mexico, there are predators and prey.
Then let me show you how to hunt.
I wanna show you something.
We could offer it in exchange for our lives.
We could offer them a million dollars, they're not gonna let us walk out.
- Is this yours? - No, Milton.
- Milton? - That's over 100 grand in cash.
What's a government accountant doing with cash like that? That's getaway money.
You had to show them the money.
So you're the man inside, diverting cash for these guys.
Shut up.
Give the walkie-talkie to Carmen.
I will blow your head off.
Bring it to me.
- I'm coming out.
- Good.
- He stole this money? - He stole a lot more than that.
He also got a lot of people killed.
Hey, stop, stop! Get off him.
He lied.
He promised us everything.
- He was using us.
- Right now, we have bigger problems - to deal with.
- Sure do, you're all dead.
You have no idea who you're dealing with.
An hour from now, they're gonna be burning your bodies.
- Hey, hey! - Where are you? There's nobody that can hear you.
You have 15 minutes to send him out, or everybody dies.
These five men crossed into Mexico six hours ago.
They're fast, and judging from the bags they're carrying - Heavily armed.
- This footage puts the Delta unit in Tijuana when General Keys said they were there.
To the best of our knowledge, these are the men in the unit.
Army Rangers, Green Berets, covert operations in Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq, Russia.
Ultimately, Delta units are highly trained military assassins.
I've often heard Delta mockingly refer to Navy SEALs as lifeguards.
Not many people can get away with that.
These aren't the men you want hunting you.
You call me as soon as you hear from Granger.
Yeah.
Time's up.
Last chance.
We know Milton's working with you.
You start firing those SAWs in here, there's a good chance you'll kill him.
That just means a better split for us.
No, you need him.
He probably set up the accounts you transferred that money into.
That is gonna suck to have all that money and no access to it.
The stories we tell ourselves to make it all seem okay.
Why go through with all this, then, huh? I don't see you and Milton as BFFs.
You need him alive.
I'll see you in hell, stranger.
- Do it.
- Here it comes! They're moving in! No! Mama.
Are you okay? Shotgun is done.
Eleven bullets left.
Five for me, six for you.
Give me the extra one, that means you like me? Means I'm a better shot.
Oh, yeah? Really gonna have this conversation right now? It's now or never.
Soon as they sense we're out, it's over, G.
I'm out.
I'm waiting.
You fired six shots.
I didn't hear you reload.
All right, plan B.
Get up.
Turn around.
Hey, sexy man.
Take this.
It's been good for me.
Get out there.
Move any closer, he dies, you get nothing.
Really? How long do you intend to hold that position? Hours? Days? What's your endgame here? You let the girls go.
When we get a couple of miles, you can have Milton.
Seeing that you're using a blade, I'm gonna assume that you're out of ammo too.
Looks like I guessed right.
Otherwise I'd be dead, right? Stop moving, or I'll cut his throat.
Go ahead.
Do it.
Or don't.
Either way, you're dead.
Three bodies.
We got three bodies.
Bathroom all clear.
- Granger.
- Clear.
- We count six dead.
- That's all of them.
We are secure.
I repeat, we are secure.
Copy that.
So how did you find us? These guys have been tracking this group for the last 24 hours.
Meet the real Delta Unit Duster.
Soon as they heard about the accusations against them, they went hunting for these guys.
So who are our dead friends? Part of an arms-dealing team that was laundering money - for Milton Mulrooney.
- We owe you guys.
- Navy SEAL? - Yeah.
We always love saving you lifeguards.
I have never had anyone sacrifice for me or my family like you did.
- You're welcome.
- You're welcome.
Your partner told us that you are a very lonely man.
We need to have a talk.
You are welcome to our home anytime.
- Thank you.
- You can stay now if you want.
Agent Callen is urgently needed back in the States.
- No, I'm not.
- Yes, you are.
- Ha, ha.
Goodbye.
- Goodbye.
Yes, Agent Hanna, this is the gym bag with the money.
- How much did you say was in here? - I didn't.
I just said a lot.
"A lot" is all relative, assistant director.
- Does $8000 seem like a lot to you? - On our salary? Hell, yeah.
You wouldn't have left some cash behind with those ladies, would you? Laundered money the Treasury's just gonna destroy anyway? We'd never do that.
It's not like they helped save our lives or anything.
What was in that bag is in that bag.
- That's your story? - That's our story.
Mine too, gentlemen.
Mine too.