NCIS: Tony and Ziva (2025) s01e07 Episode Script
Dark Mirror
1
Mom, Dad, there are
strange men at the house.
Don't go after the girl.
- Promise me.
- I promise.
Sophie knows what to do.
She'll keep her safe.
[grunting]
Ah!
The hospital,
Reigning Fire, Lazar,
it all connects
back to Aaron Graves.
So why would Jonah Markham
want to take down
one of the most dangerous men
in the world?
Seems like our next step is
to find out.
♪
So you grab
the meat of the hand.
Now step through, twist--
[groans]
Apply a little pressure.
There you go.
Okay, that's good.
That's good! [laughs]
TONY:
Breakfast is served.
For my hungry lady.
I give to you
the DiNozzo scramble.
Eggs so perfect, it's like
they're magic.
What's my secret,
you may wonder.
Well, what you do is you save
a splash of beaten egg yolk
and at the very last moment,
you add it, a flourish
of fluffness.
Didn't I show you that
on TikTok?
Or did I show it to TikTok?
[chuckles softly]
You're such a boomer.
Hey.
Gen X. The forgotten generation.
What's Gen X?
[laughing]
And the joke writes itself.
Are you two getting
back together?
BOTH:
No.
Good.
Pass me the bacon.
[phone alarm beeping]
[sighs]
LAZAR:
This is your fight, not mine.
JONAH:
Graves deceived you.
He used your tech to raze
a refugee camp
and made you take the fall.
Your son doesn't talk to you
because Graves lied.
You lied to me.
From the moment
you approached me.
- I freed you.
- Oh, yes,
and now I stand in your apartment,
a convicted escapee.
Different prison,
different bars. Thank you.
We can clear that conviction.
And reconnect you with your son.
After the trial,
my son made it clear he has
no room in his life for me.
I'm not so sure about that.
LAZAR:
What is this?
Six months' worth of chat logs.
Between "you" and your son.
You impersonated me.
- He misses you.
- [scoffs]
Sounds like you were
a good father.
Hey.
We're not just taking out
Aaron Graves.
We do that,
someone else takes his place.
We are taking down
Reigning Fire.
You're right,
it's not your fight.
It's your opportunity.
We have malware dormant
in their system.
But we have to get through
the firewalls you designed
to activate it.
- [inhales shakily]
- Help us,
and we'll expunge your records.
Then you can reunite
with your son.
Fine.
I'll do it.
This time,
we'll get Aaron Graves.
ANNOUNCER:
Please welcome to Secure Con
the CEO of Reigning Fire
Peacekeeping Solutions,
Aaron Graves.
GRAVES:
Two types of weapons:
there's big and small.
There's the catapult
or the dagger.
The warship or the sniper.
Destruction or stealth.
Now, the quest is
to combine these two
into the smallest package
to create maximum devastation.
Small drones that can take out
power, water
You are both big and small.
You are the fucking gunpowder.
And that is exactly
how we see you
at Reigning Fire
Peacekeeping Solutions.
And another thing,
we pay a damn sight more
than the Navy, so wa-hoo!
- [cheering]
- [applause]
♪
[indistinct chatter]
["Maleza" by Carla Morrison playing]
Uh, Jonah Markham.
Mind if I, uh
I can't seem to get any of them
to talk to me, either.
- [chuckles]
- Mm.
Government contracts can't match
private company pay.
Oh, no, actually,
I work for a private--
You're NSA.
Your jacket.
It's, uh
how do you Americans say?
"Off-the-rack?"
Not expensive enough
for the private sector?
Oh, tailors aren't expensive.
And they make a difference.
Well, then, uh
Martine, what tips would you
give to me for approaching
Lorenzo Soccoro Tiera
over there?
- Lorenzo Soccoro Tiera?
- Mm-hmm.
- Don't.
- Really?
He's supposed to be the third
most talented hacker here.
Did you know he's 16?
That's young.
His father died when he was six,
and his mother left
when he was nine.
He hacks to support himself
and his two younger brothers.
You are very aware
for someone in comms.
Maybe.
If I hadn't made it all up.
What does his past matter?
He's a child.
Give them a keyboard or a gun,
if they use it to kill,
they're child soldiers.
Would you like another?
♪
Up, you're up.
[both laughing]
JONAH:
Would you be here next year?
MARTINE: If you have another
cognac with me.
It was French
MARTINE:
New glasses?
- [chuckles]
- You don't like them?
They hide your eyes.
♪
[laughs]
♪
Mmm.
[both laugh]
Are you okay?
Yeah.
Would you excuse me?
Of course.
[phone chimes]
[exhales] Okay.
[woman grunts]
[glass shatters, object thuds]
[woman groans]
[grunting]
Martine
He's been following me
since yesterday and--
Well, if you don't wrap him up,
he'll leak fluids
all over the carpet.
Take these.
Is your car out front
or out back?
Back.
Good.
Tomorrow's rain
should cover our tracks.
♪
You never should have come
to my room.
♪
♪
How did you know?
What?
That you're not just
a bureaucrat, or
[speaks French]
[laughs]
[sighs]
Lorenzo Soccoro Tiera.
You said you made up his past,
but you didn't.
You spies.
You really rely on no one
ever calling your bluffs.
[both laugh]
You're right.
I probably should have killed you.
Yeah, you should.
Was he, um
an assignment?
No.
A risk.
Knew him from Gabon.
He was part of
a Reigning Fire unit
escorting a French ambassador.
I was the attaché.
One day, the ambassador wanted
to go to the beach.
We went in an armed convoy.
A small boy ran out
into the street and fell.
So we stopped.
It was an ambush.
The oldest couldn't have been
older than 14.
Children.
We had cover,
so I yelled to drive around,
but Graves and his men
opened fire
on all of them.
Grown men
killing children with no remorse.
Laughing.
And when it was over,
Graves yelled
Wa-hoo!
Wa-hoo.
Why did you help me?
Graves killed my family.
♪
CLAUDETTE:
Jonah was easy to find.
Interpol put out a press release
about his "heroic" return.
The prick went back to Paris?
And he's taking care
of a fancy new houseguest.
Even pixelated, he's legendary.
Why would Jonah go back?
It doesn't make any sense.
He stole a hundred million
from Interpol,
he faked his own disappearance,
he got Lazar out of prison,
all to go back to Interpol?
We're missing something.
How does this all connect to Graves?
You don't think they're going
to the Reigning Fire
gun show, do you?
The what?
Reigning Fire has
an annual weapons expo.
Like a trade show for expensive
new ways to kill people.
This year, it's in Paris.
In four days.
Mm, so he's back for revenge.
A dish best served Parisian.
Do you think
we can hack his TV again?
Sadly, no.
We got in last time
because he wanted us to,
but now everything is
air-gapped.
His TV, appliances, computers,
even his refrigerator is
not online.
Okay. So we listen
in the old-fashioned way.
We bug him.
A bullet bug would be perfect.
An old CIA specialty.
I have a guy.
So do I. Mine's better.
SOPHIE: [scoffs]
No. Mine's the best.
He talks a lot, though.
Surprising, for a spy.
Wait.
Mine talks a lot.
Muscles. Never wears sleeves.
Jeff?
Yes, Jeff.
- What? Do we have the same bug guy?
- BORIS: Yes!
- Jeff is the best!
- The best.
Ooh, good grip.
Uh, what's happening right now?
I think I like your girlfriend.
Though not like that.
I'm very happy with my songbird.
Oh, yeah. Where is Fruzsi?
I never got to meet her.
Preparing our honeymoon.
She flew ahead to ready
the love nest.
Aw.
Ew
This reads
like an airport novel,
not an official statement.
I wish it were fiction.
I wouldn't believe it, either,
but it's true.
I witnessed it.
Why would DiNozzo and David
go to such great lengths
to imprison you
and then blow up the prison
with a stolen drone?
They were covering their tracks.
As I said in my statement,
I think Tony knew I was
starting to suspect that he--
He'd stolen the 120 million.
Henry suspected the same.
So why was Henry not imprisoned?
We don't know.
What I do know
is he didn't have enough resources
for his investigation,
and it cost him his life.
To get ahead of DiNozzo
and David, we need your help.
We have a list of warrants
we'd like signed.
No stone unturned.
To stop them, we have
to do this the right way.
["The Metro" by Berlin playing]
I'm alone ♪
Sitting in my empty glass ♪
Gabon?
It's the original hard copy
of the report I submitted.
Look at the incident date.
July 16. Same as what was filed.
Look closer.
- Graves changed it.
- JONAH: It's whited out.
The ambassador's envoy was ambushed
on July 14.
Bastille Day.
If anyone investigated
They'd find no records of deaths
with the local police.
Especially no unarmed child.
This is good. Really good.
Tell me this is enough
to take to the directors.
Not yet.
But we have Aaron Graves
on illegally altering
government documents
to hide killing children.
It's not enough. We have
one shot to take him down.
Look, the man sells weapons
to presidents.
They'll protect him
because he wins them wars.
Maximum devastation, destruction.
It has to be enough
that they're afraid
of being buried with him.
Okay, so we'll find more.
We'll dig and dig
until Interpol can't ignore
all the children he slaughtered.
Including your brother.
We've decided
you should stay here, in Milan.
- Really?
- Yes.
- Thank you.
- But
But
your father and I are
- We're leaving again.
- Where are you going?
- Paris.
- You're going back home?
Well, no, 'cause we can't go
to our apartment,
or your mom's apartment.
Can't even go
to our neighborhood in case
someone recognizes us.
But the people
who are framing us are there,
and we need to find out
what they're doing.
And get proof
that you're innocent.
Right, because
until our names are cleared,
we have to keep hiding.
ZIVA:
So, like you said,
we need proof, but to do that,
we need to find out
what their plan is.
TALI:
Wait.
Where are you guys going to stay
if you can't go back
to your apartments?
Hello?
Uh, we're looking for Dr. Lang.
You've come to the right place,
but, uh,
wrong moment, I'm afraid.
He's just popped out.
Uh, you must be Archie,
his boyfriend?
- ARCHIE: No, but they're here right now.
- Put that back.
They're sitting in our living room.
- [Tony and Ziva whispering]
- ARCHIE: Mm-hmm.
Well, I'll be sure
to tell them that part.
Yeah. Mm-hmm.
Okay, bye-bye.
Al wants me to make sure
that you are aware
of how many lines this crosses?
Professionally,
ethically, legally.
We're sorry
to put you in this position,
but, uh, we had no choice.
Ooh. You know that
that is a blaring klaxon
of a phrase
for any therapist, right?
To be fair, we didn't mean
to inconvenience you,
just Dr. Lang.
[laughs]
Class clown.
Well, more of a court jester,
but thank you.
- Very perceptive.
- I am a therapist.
Child psychologist.
Hmm. What else did Dr. Lang say?
Well, he said that
your situation must be severe
for you to ask for his help.
But as his flatmate,
he's leaving it for me to decide.
Well, that's very kind.
We had no other option.
And you'll be leaving
as soon as possible?
Of course.
You and Lang might want
to get out of town just in case.
Well, there's nothing ominous
about that.
Anything else I should know?
Thank you?
I'll make up the guest room.
ZIVA:
Mm.
♪
[munching loudly]
Hey, where's Doctor, uh Al?
Aloysius is already
at the country house.
I'm taking the afternoon train.
Aloysius.
I love it. It's classic.
Great name.
Well, don't say that to him.
He hates it.
Ah.
[sniffing]
Do you need something?
Hmm? No.
Hmm.
Hmm?
Are you evaluating me?
Are you paying me?
[exhales] God, no.
There's your answer.
Uh-huh.
[grunts softly]
SOPHIE:
So you just
left him at Lang's?
Where else would I leave him?
Is there anything special
I should know
about this bullet bug?
Uh, no. You just load it
and aim it
at something tucked away.
Bookshelves are good.
How miserable is Tony right now?
Tony's fine.
He's got a captive audience.
I'm more worried for his audience.
Cromwell. Oliver Cromwell.
I was looking
at that book earlier.
Interesting guy.
Is it a good book?
Are you aware of the phrase, um,
"attention-seeking behavior"?
Vaguely. I mean,
I've heard it once or twice.
I see it often in my patients.
When they
you know, they have that
They have something
that they want to say,
but they have a hard time
expressing it.
Didn't you say
your patients were children?
Yeah.
Big feelings, little bodies.
Well, I'm more of a big body,
little feelings type.
[chuckles]
Okay.
How about a game?
SOPHIE:
How's Lazar?
Like he's missing the building's AC
that Claudette cut off.
Psst.
[whispering]
Ask about Tony.
[scoffs]
That's none of your business.
[whispering]
Since he's part of the team.
You know, you never updated me
on how things are with you and Tony.
We talked.
A little. Not really.
Not really?
Tony and I have always lived
in what's not said, you know,
very comfortably.
Ziva, can I be honest?
You sound like a teenager.
Ugh.
You're on the run
with the father of your child.
What's the worst
that could happen?
You're still
on the run with him?
[mouths]
That's what I said.
Well, it's complicated.
Tali said she doesn't want us
getting back together again.
Oh.
Precisely.
So we're not doing that
to her again.
Plus, didn't work then.
Why would it work now, you know?
Because that was five years ago.
You and Tony are not
the same people now.
Okay. Lazar's at the window.
Copy that.
You're back on speaker.
All right,
I've got the shot,
but he's trying
to open the window,
and it's it's stuck.
What? What's he doing?
[sighs] Screwing up our plans.
Do you have eyes on him?
I think he's
approaching the French doors.
Z, you'll never get a clear
shot from where you are.
Can you go down to the balcony?
ZIVA:
Too many people.
Aw, guys,
Martine is on the way back.
What? How long?
Uh, two minutes.
I need more time.
How about we hack the stoplights?
SOPHIE:
That'll take too long.
Trigger the fire alarm
to clear the balcony.
[alarm ringing]
ZIVA:
It's working.
CLAUDETTE: Heads up, Martine
is entering the building.
ZIVA:
How long do I have?
CLAUDETTE: 45 seconds until
she reaches Jonah's door.
[grunts]
All right, I have my shot.
Claudette, count me down
to the second
Martine walks in through the door.
Three,
two, one,
shoot.
Brought you lunch.
[exhales]
[activates speaker]
LAZAR:
Like they did in prison.
How wonderful.
Japrak?
You found Bosnian
comfort food in Paris?
In the chats,
your son said
it was your favorite.
And pomegranates.
LAZAR:
Are you trying to lessen the guilt
of what you've done to me?
Or is this
some kind of DGSE tactic?
You hacked my records.
- I was curious.
- Mm.
16 is quite young
to be pulled into spycraft.
No one suspects a 16-year-old.
Is this why you care so much
about protecting children?
Hmm?
Because your father recruited you
into a life of constant fear?
If you know who my father is,
then you know how dangerous
it is to admit that.
I'm more scared of your partner.
- [exhales]
- I imagine
you feel a kinship with him
because of what he endured.
But he's no different
from the man you want to kill.
MARTINE:
What do you know about Jonah?
LAZAR:
American,
raised in Serbia by diplomats
who died when the war found them.
MARTINE:
He also had a brother.
He's why Jonah learned to code.
When his family couldn't
get out of the Balkans,
his brother hacked
a charter plane manifest
to get them on the plane.
But half a kilometer away
from the tarmac,
their car was stopped by mercenaries.
Reigning Fire.
Aaron Graves.
[sighs]
If you think doing this
will help save Jonah,
you are mistaken.
Do not imprint whatever regrets
you have about your life
and your son on me.
I've known men like this.
He'll tell you
what you want to hear,
but do what he wants to do.
I am not you.
And if you help us
kill Aaron Graves,
you'll see
Jonah's nothing like him.
[exhales]
I've seen some
terrible things.
The worst
that people
can do to each other,
but, uh
seeing Henry
go down like that was
Yeah, it must've been difficult.
For both of you.
Ziva wanted to go back.
But I stopped her.
How did she feel about that?
Well, she knew
it was the right choice,
'cause we had to, uh
we had to get to Tali.
Still, I imagine
there are some
complicated feelings there.
Complicated feelings
are our gold standard.
Oh.
A horse.
Hmm.
I'm glad she was there, though.
It meant something.
How so?
Well, when we ended things,
romantically,
I had a hole in my life,
and so I just filled it
with work and Tali,
and I just wanted
to make sure she had
everything,
make sure she was safe.
Ziva
[laughs]
is
[clears throat]
a great co-parent.
And she's solid,
but I think that what I did
[sighs]
is I focused on parenting
so that I wouldn't have to think
about what I needed
or feel what I felt.
And,
clearly
there are feelings,
and I missed her.
I still miss her.
That's an insight.
How'd you do that?
Play therapy.
- [exhales]
- It works wonders.
[laughs]
[knocking on door]
Hold on a moment.
[pounding on door]
[door opens]
Hello?
Jonah Markham, Interpol.
Is Dr. Lang at home?
Not at the moment, no.
Ah. I apologize
for the inconvenience
I'm Archie.
Archie.
But I'll need you to let me in.
♪
We'll need access
to Dr. Lang's records.
A client named Ziva David,
in particular.
I think most of his files are
in Al's office.
JONAH:
We have someone there, too.
ARCHIE: I've never seen a warrant
that so disregards
client confidentiality
privileges as much as this.
Our suspects blew up
a weapons factory in France.
Killed an Interpol agent
in Austria.
Suspects?
Don't you mean "allegedly"?
They're terrorists, officially.
And terrorists
don't have privileges.
Well, I could show you
into Al's home study,
but I don't have
his filing cabinet key.
My agents don't need one.
♪
Secretary General?
Well, it's, um, sounds important
for Interpol to send you
to hand-deliver a warrant.
The agent who was killed was
my friend.
Oh, I am very sorry for your loss.
Thank you. He was a good man.
Huh! That explains it.
ARCHIE:
Explains what?
Dr. Lang was military.
Rare to see a woman
with a male therapist.
But now I get it.
It makes total sense
that Ziva would chose him
to be her psychiatrist.
Most of his clients are military.
Men and women.
JONAH: No one understands
a soldier's trauma
like another soldier.
Hmm.
Will that be all?
JONAH: Make sure we haven't
missed anything.
Just a little longer.
But don't worry,
we'll keep things tidy.
Lovely flat, by the way.
Great use of texture.
ARCHIE:
Thank you.
ARCHIE:
Were you a soldier?
JONAH:
Only from behind a desk.
NSA, not quite the same
as combat.
ARCHIE:
Hmm.
Indeed. Much quieter.
[chuckles]
Well, still
can cause quite an impact.
[indistinct chatter]
Thank you for your time.
Oh, by the way,
- who's winning?
- Sorry?
I assume you're the one
about to take the queen,
and they're the one
with the potato chips.
Can I speak with them?
I don't recall seeing
my name on your warrant.
It can be.
Right. Well
[clears throat]
He's left. My patient.
He's a child,
he's not a terrorist.
You may have seen him
on the stairwell.
Will that be all, Mr. Markham?
We have everything we need.
♪
[engine starts]
- [door closes]
- ZIVA: And the question is,
what was Jonah Markham doing here?
[quietly]
Nice.
Well, he was using
anti-terrorism laws
to breach confidentiality
and access your private files.
Very American of him.
Yeah, sounds like him.
Archie handled him perfectly.
Well done.
How'd bullet bugging go?
Well, they're planning
to kill Aaron Graves.
Oh, you should probably wait
to discuss the, uh,
murderous details
till after I've left.
- Apologies. Just--
- Fair point.
Uh, but I do feel
I should mention,
I have my concerns
about Agent Markham.
He ingratiated himself with me
to get me to open up.
No offense,
but that sounds a little bit
like a therapy session.
Yeah, but he's not doing it to help.
It's a controlling mechanism.
What do you know about his past?
As a child, his entire family
was killed in the Balkans.
And, uh, he was the only one
that made it
back to the U.S. alive.
Ah-ha.
Well, I hesitate to analyze
anyone after a brief encounter,
but extreme trauma during childhood
can lead to antisocial
personality disorders.
You may be dealing
with a dark empath.
That has a sort
of Star Wars vibe to it.
They're extroverts with high levels
of cognitive empathy
and narcissistic tendencies.
You see similar traits with
psychopaths, Machiavellians.
- Sounds charming.
- ARCHIE: Yeah, literally.
He, uh, endears himself with people
to give them the impression
that, uh, you know,
he understands their perspective.
He's using Martine.
- Who?
- His girlfriend.
He may feel
that he's in love with her.
But ultimately, it's a means
of maintaining control.
Do you think
she'd be aware of that?
It's unlikely.
Yeah. He's intelligent,
articulate and observant.
And she may feel
more understood by him
than by anyone else.
Be careful.
Hmm.
JONAH:
At Reigning Fire's expo,
you'll both be
in the server room
in this back area
once everything starts.
But if anything goes wrong,
the only exit route
I see is through this hallway.
If that happens,
we'll need to isolate Graves
from his guards.
But ideally,
he'll already be dead.
[exhales] I can't do this.
We're not asking you
to pull the trigger.
What changes
if you kill him, huh?
Like she said,
Reigning Fire is a hydra.
Graves is one head.
It will continue without him.
Yes. Because of you.
Because you made
their tech impenetrable.
Every country wants it,
so no one holds them accountable.
But if we can prove
Reigning Fire's security
can be breached,
the whole hydra dies.
So killing Aaron Graves will
save the world?
All any of us want here is
a little bit of justice.
And peace of mind.
Just help us break through
your firewall. That's it.
We'll do the rest.
Is this what you really want?
Huh?
Make your choice.
[footsteps receding]
[door opens]
[door closes]
Firewall this, airgap that,
and we get through
on an FM radio signal?
In three days, they're
planning on killing Graves
at the Reigning Fire expo.
Which would tank
Reigning Fire's market shares.
I hate to say it, but
it's a solid stock market play.
JONAH:
It's been a while
since I've seen someone
get to you like this.
[sighs]
He said you're like Graves.
Really?
That you use people.
He's trying to turn me against you.
You have to remember,
he's been through a lot.
- The man's scared.
- Yeah, he should be mad.
After everything he's been through.
He'll get there.
We all do.
♪
Come to bed.
[shouts]
We gave them 14 cases,
rock-solid evidence
of Reigning Fire killing
innocent children,
and they still buried it.
Interpol is just as corrupt
as anywhere else.
We should've gone to the press.
The documents would be
traced back to us.
Ten years for theft
of government property.
30 on top of that
because it's classified.
Per document.
Tomorrow, we talk next steps.
To do what?
We showed our hand and lost.
I failed my brother.
We have nothing.
You're right. We have nothing.
No burden of proof.
No guardrails.
No half-assed jail sentence
he could plead down
to two years and probation.
GRAVES:
You are both
big and small.
You are the fucking gunpowder.
This isn't a setback.
It's an opportunity
for real justice.
What?
Real justice is he's dead
and my brother's alive.
He's dead, those kids
in Gabon are alive.
But we won't even get
accountability.
The system won't allow it.
If the system will not
work for us,
then fuck the system.
You told me once that the power
of coding is the freedom.
No bureaucracy,
no hierarchy,
just skill.
Your brother used it
to get you to safety.
We can use it
to destroy Reigning Fire,
destroy Graves.
And get justice for your brother
by any means necessary.
[speaking French]
[chuckling]
Oh, my God, that's so sad.
I missed you hiding in the armoire?
It was classic.
I found a perfect position.
No cramping.
Want me to show you?
No. That's okay.
I did some thinking
and I had some help.
You mean, you had a conversation.
- Is that what that's called? Yes.
- Hmm.
I just wanted to say
I appreciate you.
Well, I, too, had a conversation.
With Sophie.
What did you say?
I said that I didn't know
if I was falling back
into old habits, but
I think there's something here.
Hmm.
Did you know--
and this may sound like I'm doing
that thing that I do,
but I'm not, I promise--
that the first time
[jazz playing on radio]
I ever kissed a girl,
I was listening to an old radio
just like this one.
It wasn't old at the time.
And it was Frankie Valli.
["Samba de Mon Coeur Qui Bat"
by Coralie Clément playing]
"Can't take my eyes off of you."
[chuckles softly]
I don't want to ignore
the thing
that's right in front of me.
Then don't.
[song playing in French]
♪
- [Tony grunts]
- [Ziva chuckles]
[phone ringing]
- [kisses]
- Hmm.
- Wait, where are you going?
- I'm gonna get the phone.
[laughs]
Oh, God, it's Tali.
[phone continues ringing]
It's Tali.
Oh, no, no, no,
she can't see us like this.
Obviously. You're taking it.
But what am?
Hey, hey, my girl, how are you?
TALI:
Where's Mom?
Uh
how about a "good morning"?
"Love you, Dad"?
I really need
her shakshouka recipe,
the one with yogurt.
Could you get her?
Okay. The all-knowing mom
knows this recipe.
What's it called again?
"Sussudio"?
The Phil Collins song?
Remember?
We talked about the '80s?
Genesis? Oh, look!
Here comes Mom.
Uh, have fun.
Ziva!
Your daughter would like
to talk to you.
Oh, hi!
Um, so, uh,
it's a half a cup of yogurt
and, uh, it has to be Greek,
though, remember that.
How did you know
I need the recipe?
Weren't you in another room?
Well, the walls here
are really thin.
So, you and dad didn't sleep
in the same room?
Yeah, regarding that, um
the other day,
you had a stronger reaction
than I expected and--
Really? I don't know, it was
weird seeing you like that.
I wasn't sure you two even
liked each other that much.
What? [scoffs]
You always call Dad a "child,"
Dad's scared to tell you things,
you barely talk
Honey, we almost got married.
Because you felt like
you had to, right? For me.
Don't worry,
I like the way things are.
It was probably for the best.
SOPHIE: Tali, are we still
making shakshouka?
TALI:
Yeah! Love you, Mom, got to go.
- Oh, I love you--
- [disconnect tone beeps]
- [radio static buzzes]
- [door opens, closes]
JONAH [over radio]:
Looks like you were up late.
- Did you finish?
- [Lazar grunts]
LAZAR:
I'm still resolving a bug.
- Where's Martine?
- The office.
I hear you two talked about me.
Yeah. She told me about your brother.
What exactly did she say about him?
Genius hacker, died a hero.
He's why you code.
Hmm. He did show me
the value of it, yes.
I remember the first time
I ever heard
a grenade hit the ground.
My initial thought was,
"That's not what it sounds like
in the movies."
It's not,
what's the word, tinny.
You know?
- There's no high-pitched
- [cup clinks]
It's heavy and dull.
Yes.
My brother died
crouched under a truck.
He died as he lived, petrified.
That was not the picture
Martine painted.
She sees what she wants to see.
My brother was never my hero.
If anything, I might have been
his tormentor.
If that's how you feel,
why go after Graves?
JONAH: Because he was my brother,
he was family.
Graves killed him,
he killed my parents
and got away with it.
What is it that you
actually want from me?
We'll discuss that soon enough.
And stop talking
to Martine about me.
It wouldn't be good for your son.
I'm starving. How about you, hmm?
♪
Jonah's lying to her.
If it was me, I'd like to know.
[indistinct chatter]
[phone chimes]
You're lucky
we're meeting in public.
Otherwise, we'd be doing
a lot more than talking
for what you did to my daughter.
I have no idea
what you're talking about.
You really didn't know, huh?
He didn't tell you?
This isn't real.
It's AI-generated.
It is real. Look at it again.
What else hasn't he told you?
♪
We have an idea
that could clear our names.
CLAUDETTE:
You want to break into
the Reigning Fire expo,
to stop Jonah from killing Graves?
Funny what a grown man will do
for a living.
Magnum, P.I.
Don't see Tom Selleck.
More like Groucho Marx.
ZIVA:
We found Martine and Lazar
outside the server room.
[grunting]
ZIVA:
Jonah has control of the expo tech.
We are on the kill list.
♪
♪
Mom, Dad, there are
strange men at the house.
Don't go after the girl.
- Promise me.
- I promise.
Sophie knows what to do.
She'll keep her safe.
[grunting]
Ah!
The hospital,
Reigning Fire, Lazar,
it all connects
back to Aaron Graves.
So why would Jonah Markham
want to take down
one of the most dangerous men
in the world?
Seems like our next step is
to find out.
♪
So you grab
the meat of the hand.
Now step through, twist--
[groans]
Apply a little pressure.
There you go.
Okay, that's good.
That's good! [laughs]
TONY:
Breakfast is served.
For my hungry lady.
I give to you
the DiNozzo scramble.
Eggs so perfect, it's like
they're magic.
What's my secret,
you may wonder.
Well, what you do is you save
a splash of beaten egg yolk
and at the very last moment,
you add it, a flourish
of fluffness.
Didn't I show you that
on TikTok?
Or did I show it to TikTok?
[chuckles softly]
You're such a boomer.
Hey.
Gen X. The forgotten generation.
What's Gen X?
[laughing]
And the joke writes itself.
Are you two getting
back together?
BOTH:
No.
Good.
Pass me the bacon.
[phone alarm beeping]
[sighs]
LAZAR:
This is your fight, not mine.
JONAH:
Graves deceived you.
He used your tech to raze
a refugee camp
and made you take the fall.
Your son doesn't talk to you
because Graves lied.
You lied to me.
From the moment
you approached me.
- I freed you.
- Oh, yes,
and now I stand in your apartment,
a convicted escapee.
Different prison,
different bars. Thank you.
We can clear that conviction.
And reconnect you with your son.
After the trial,
my son made it clear he has
no room in his life for me.
I'm not so sure about that.
LAZAR:
What is this?
Six months' worth of chat logs.
Between "you" and your son.
You impersonated me.
- He misses you.
- [scoffs]
Sounds like you were
a good father.
Hey.
We're not just taking out
Aaron Graves.
We do that,
someone else takes his place.
We are taking down
Reigning Fire.
You're right,
it's not your fight.
It's your opportunity.
We have malware dormant
in their system.
But we have to get through
the firewalls you designed
to activate it.
- [inhales shakily]
- Help us,
and we'll expunge your records.
Then you can reunite
with your son.
Fine.
I'll do it.
This time,
we'll get Aaron Graves.
ANNOUNCER:
Please welcome to Secure Con
the CEO of Reigning Fire
Peacekeeping Solutions,
Aaron Graves.
GRAVES:
Two types of weapons:
there's big and small.
There's the catapult
or the dagger.
The warship or the sniper.
Destruction or stealth.
Now, the quest is
to combine these two
into the smallest package
to create maximum devastation.
Small drones that can take out
power, water
You are both big and small.
You are the fucking gunpowder.
And that is exactly
how we see you
at Reigning Fire
Peacekeeping Solutions.
And another thing,
we pay a damn sight more
than the Navy, so wa-hoo!
- [cheering]
- [applause]
♪
[indistinct chatter]
["Maleza" by Carla Morrison playing]
Uh, Jonah Markham.
Mind if I, uh
I can't seem to get any of them
to talk to me, either.
- [chuckles]
- Mm.
Government contracts can't match
private company pay.
Oh, no, actually,
I work for a private--
You're NSA.
Your jacket.
It's, uh
how do you Americans say?
"Off-the-rack?"
Not expensive enough
for the private sector?
Oh, tailors aren't expensive.
And they make a difference.
Well, then, uh
Martine, what tips would you
give to me for approaching
Lorenzo Soccoro Tiera
over there?
- Lorenzo Soccoro Tiera?
- Mm-hmm.
- Don't.
- Really?
He's supposed to be the third
most talented hacker here.
Did you know he's 16?
That's young.
His father died when he was six,
and his mother left
when he was nine.
He hacks to support himself
and his two younger brothers.
You are very aware
for someone in comms.
Maybe.
If I hadn't made it all up.
What does his past matter?
He's a child.
Give them a keyboard or a gun,
if they use it to kill,
they're child soldiers.
Would you like another?
♪
Up, you're up.
[both laughing]
JONAH:
Would you be here next year?
MARTINE: If you have another
cognac with me.
It was French
MARTINE:
New glasses?
- [chuckles]
- You don't like them?
They hide your eyes.
♪
[laughs]
♪
Mmm.
[both laugh]
Are you okay?
Yeah.
Would you excuse me?
Of course.
[phone chimes]
[exhales] Okay.
[woman grunts]
[glass shatters, object thuds]
[woman groans]
[grunting]
Martine
He's been following me
since yesterday and--
Well, if you don't wrap him up,
he'll leak fluids
all over the carpet.
Take these.
Is your car out front
or out back?
Back.
Good.
Tomorrow's rain
should cover our tracks.
♪
You never should have come
to my room.
♪
♪
How did you know?
What?
That you're not just
a bureaucrat, or
[speaks French]
[laughs]
[sighs]
Lorenzo Soccoro Tiera.
You said you made up his past,
but you didn't.
You spies.
You really rely on no one
ever calling your bluffs.
[both laugh]
You're right.
I probably should have killed you.
Yeah, you should.
Was he, um
an assignment?
No.
A risk.
Knew him from Gabon.
He was part of
a Reigning Fire unit
escorting a French ambassador.
I was the attaché.
One day, the ambassador wanted
to go to the beach.
We went in an armed convoy.
A small boy ran out
into the street and fell.
So we stopped.
It was an ambush.
The oldest couldn't have been
older than 14.
Children.
We had cover,
so I yelled to drive around,
but Graves and his men
opened fire
on all of them.
Grown men
killing children with no remorse.
Laughing.
And when it was over,
Graves yelled
Wa-hoo!
Wa-hoo.
Why did you help me?
Graves killed my family.
♪
CLAUDETTE:
Jonah was easy to find.
Interpol put out a press release
about his "heroic" return.
The prick went back to Paris?
And he's taking care
of a fancy new houseguest.
Even pixelated, he's legendary.
Why would Jonah go back?
It doesn't make any sense.
He stole a hundred million
from Interpol,
he faked his own disappearance,
he got Lazar out of prison,
all to go back to Interpol?
We're missing something.
How does this all connect to Graves?
You don't think they're going
to the Reigning Fire
gun show, do you?
The what?
Reigning Fire has
an annual weapons expo.
Like a trade show for expensive
new ways to kill people.
This year, it's in Paris.
In four days.
Mm, so he's back for revenge.
A dish best served Parisian.
Do you think
we can hack his TV again?
Sadly, no.
We got in last time
because he wanted us to,
but now everything is
air-gapped.
His TV, appliances, computers,
even his refrigerator is
not online.
Okay. So we listen
in the old-fashioned way.
We bug him.
A bullet bug would be perfect.
An old CIA specialty.
I have a guy.
So do I. Mine's better.
SOPHIE: [scoffs]
No. Mine's the best.
He talks a lot, though.
Surprising, for a spy.
Wait.
Mine talks a lot.
Muscles. Never wears sleeves.
Jeff?
Yes, Jeff.
- What? Do we have the same bug guy?
- BORIS: Yes!
- Jeff is the best!
- The best.
Ooh, good grip.
Uh, what's happening right now?
I think I like your girlfriend.
Though not like that.
I'm very happy with my songbird.
Oh, yeah. Where is Fruzsi?
I never got to meet her.
Preparing our honeymoon.
She flew ahead to ready
the love nest.
Aw.
Ew
This reads
like an airport novel,
not an official statement.
I wish it were fiction.
I wouldn't believe it, either,
but it's true.
I witnessed it.
Why would DiNozzo and David
go to such great lengths
to imprison you
and then blow up the prison
with a stolen drone?
They were covering their tracks.
As I said in my statement,
I think Tony knew I was
starting to suspect that he--
He'd stolen the 120 million.
Henry suspected the same.
So why was Henry not imprisoned?
We don't know.
What I do know
is he didn't have enough resources
for his investigation,
and it cost him his life.
To get ahead of DiNozzo
and David, we need your help.
We have a list of warrants
we'd like signed.
No stone unturned.
To stop them, we have
to do this the right way.
["The Metro" by Berlin playing]
I'm alone ♪
Sitting in my empty glass ♪
Gabon?
It's the original hard copy
of the report I submitted.
Look at the incident date.
July 16. Same as what was filed.
Look closer.
- Graves changed it.
- JONAH: It's whited out.
The ambassador's envoy was ambushed
on July 14.
Bastille Day.
If anyone investigated
They'd find no records of deaths
with the local police.
Especially no unarmed child.
This is good. Really good.
Tell me this is enough
to take to the directors.
Not yet.
But we have Aaron Graves
on illegally altering
government documents
to hide killing children.
It's not enough. We have
one shot to take him down.
Look, the man sells weapons
to presidents.
They'll protect him
because he wins them wars.
Maximum devastation, destruction.
It has to be enough
that they're afraid
of being buried with him.
Okay, so we'll find more.
We'll dig and dig
until Interpol can't ignore
all the children he slaughtered.
Including your brother.
We've decided
you should stay here, in Milan.
- Really?
- Yes.
- Thank you.
- But
But
your father and I are
- We're leaving again.
- Where are you going?
- Paris.
- You're going back home?
Well, no, 'cause we can't go
to our apartment,
or your mom's apartment.
Can't even go
to our neighborhood in case
someone recognizes us.
But the people
who are framing us are there,
and we need to find out
what they're doing.
And get proof
that you're innocent.
Right, because
until our names are cleared,
we have to keep hiding.
ZIVA:
So, like you said,
we need proof, but to do that,
we need to find out
what their plan is.
TALI:
Wait.
Where are you guys going to stay
if you can't go back
to your apartments?
Hello?
Uh, we're looking for Dr. Lang.
You've come to the right place,
but, uh,
wrong moment, I'm afraid.
He's just popped out.
Uh, you must be Archie,
his boyfriend?
- ARCHIE: No, but they're here right now.
- Put that back.
They're sitting in our living room.
- [Tony and Ziva whispering]
- ARCHIE: Mm-hmm.
Well, I'll be sure
to tell them that part.
Yeah. Mm-hmm.
Okay, bye-bye.
Al wants me to make sure
that you are aware
of how many lines this crosses?
Professionally,
ethically, legally.
We're sorry
to put you in this position,
but, uh, we had no choice.
Ooh. You know that
that is a blaring klaxon
of a phrase
for any therapist, right?
To be fair, we didn't mean
to inconvenience you,
just Dr. Lang.
[laughs]
Class clown.
Well, more of a court jester,
but thank you.
- Very perceptive.
- I am a therapist.
Child psychologist.
Hmm. What else did Dr. Lang say?
Well, he said that
your situation must be severe
for you to ask for his help.
But as his flatmate,
he's leaving it for me to decide.
Well, that's very kind.
We had no other option.
And you'll be leaving
as soon as possible?
Of course.
You and Lang might want
to get out of town just in case.
Well, there's nothing ominous
about that.
Anything else I should know?
Thank you?
I'll make up the guest room.
ZIVA:
Mm.
♪
[munching loudly]
Hey, where's Doctor, uh Al?
Aloysius is already
at the country house.
I'm taking the afternoon train.
Aloysius.
I love it. It's classic.
Great name.
Well, don't say that to him.
He hates it.
Ah.
[sniffing]
Do you need something?
Hmm? No.
Hmm.
Hmm?
Are you evaluating me?
Are you paying me?
[exhales] God, no.
There's your answer.
Uh-huh.
[grunts softly]
SOPHIE:
So you just
left him at Lang's?
Where else would I leave him?
Is there anything special
I should know
about this bullet bug?
Uh, no. You just load it
and aim it
at something tucked away.
Bookshelves are good.
How miserable is Tony right now?
Tony's fine.
He's got a captive audience.
I'm more worried for his audience.
Cromwell. Oliver Cromwell.
I was looking
at that book earlier.
Interesting guy.
Is it a good book?
Are you aware of the phrase, um,
"attention-seeking behavior"?
Vaguely. I mean,
I've heard it once or twice.
I see it often in my patients.
When they
you know, they have that
They have something
that they want to say,
but they have a hard time
expressing it.
Didn't you say
your patients were children?
Yeah.
Big feelings, little bodies.
Well, I'm more of a big body,
little feelings type.
[chuckles]
Okay.
How about a game?
SOPHIE:
How's Lazar?
Like he's missing the building's AC
that Claudette cut off.
Psst.
[whispering]
Ask about Tony.
[scoffs]
That's none of your business.
[whispering]
Since he's part of the team.
You know, you never updated me
on how things are with you and Tony.
We talked.
A little. Not really.
Not really?
Tony and I have always lived
in what's not said, you know,
very comfortably.
Ziva, can I be honest?
You sound like a teenager.
Ugh.
You're on the run
with the father of your child.
What's the worst
that could happen?
You're still
on the run with him?
[mouths]
That's what I said.
Well, it's complicated.
Tali said she doesn't want us
getting back together again.
Oh.
Precisely.
So we're not doing that
to her again.
Plus, didn't work then.
Why would it work now, you know?
Because that was five years ago.
You and Tony are not
the same people now.
Okay. Lazar's at the window.
Copy that.
You're back on speaker.
All right,
I've got the shot,
but he's trying
to open the window,
and it's it's stuck.
What? What's he doing?
[sighs] Screwing up our plans.
Do you have eyes on him?
I think he's
approaching the French doors.
Z, you'll never get a clear
shot from where you are.
Can you go down to the balcony?
ZIVA:
Too many people.
Aw, guys,
Martine is on the way back.
What? How long?
Uh, two minutes.
I need more time.
How about we hack the stoplights?
SOPHIE:
That'll take too long.
Trigger the fire alarm
to clear the balcony.
[alarm ringing]
ZIVA:
It's working.
CLAUDETTE: Heads up, Martine
is entering the building.
ZIVA:
How long do I have?
CLAUDETTE: 45 seconds until
she reaches Jonah's door.
[grunts]
All right, I have my shot.
Claudette, count me down
to the second
Martine walks in through the door.
Three,
two, one,
shoot.
Brought you lunch.
[exhales]
[activates speaker]
LAZAR:
Like they did in prison.
How wonderful.
Japrak?
You found Bosnian
comfort food in Paris?
In the chats,
your son said
it was your favorite.
And pomegranates.
LAZAR:
Are you trying to lessen the guilt
of what you've done to me?
Or is this
some kind of DGSE tactic?
You hacked my records.
- I was curious.
- Mm.
16 is quite young
to be pulled into spycraft.
No one suspects a 16-year-old.
Is this why you care so much
about protecting children?
Hmm?
Because your father recruited you
into a life of constant fear?
If you know who my father is,
then you know how dangerous
it is to admit that.
I'm more scared of your partner.
- [exhales]
- I imagine
you feel a kinship with him
because of what he endured.
But he's no different
from the man you want to kill.
MARTINE:
What do you know about Jonah?
LAZAR:
American,
raised in Serbia by diplomats
who died when the war found them.
MARTINE:
He also had a brother.
He's why Jonah learned to code.
When his family couldn't
get out of the Balkans,
his brother hacked
a charter plane manifest
to get them on the plane.
But half a kilometer away
from the tarmac,
their car was stopped by mercenaries.
Reigning Fire.
Aaron Graves.
[sighs]
If you think doing this
will help save Jonah,
you are mistaken.
Do not imprint whatever regrets
you have about your life
and your son on me.
I've known men like this.
He'll tell you
what you want to hear,
but do what he wants to do.
I am not you.
And if you help us
kill Aaron Graves,
you'll see
Jonah's nothing like him.
[exhales]
I've seen some
terrible things.
The worst
that people
can do to each other,
but, uh
seeing Henry
go down like that was
Yeah, it must've been difficult.
For both of you.
Ziva wanted to go back.
But I stopped her.
How did she feel about that?
Well, she knew
it was the right choice,
'cause we had to, uh
we had to get to Tali.
Still, I imagine
there are some
complicated feelings there.
Complicated feelings
are our gold standard.
Oh.
A horse.
Hmm.
I'm glad she was there, though.
It meant something.
How so?
Well, when we ended things,
romantically,
I had a hole in my life,
and so I just filled it
with work and Tali,
and I just wanted
to make sure she had
everything,
make sure she was safe.
Ziva
[laughs]
is
[clears throat]
a great co-parent.
And she's solid,
but I think that what I did
[sighs]
is I focused on parenting
so that I wouldn't have to think
about what I needed
or feel what I felt.
And,
clearly
there are feelings,
and I missed her.
I still miss her.
That's an insight.
How'd you do that?
Play therapy.
- [exhales]
- It works wonders.
[laughs]
[knocking on door]
Hold on a moment.
[pounding on door]
[door opens]
Hello?
Jonah Markham, Interpol.
Is Dr. Lang at home?
Not at the moment, no.
Ah. I apologize
for the inconvenience
I'm Archie.
Archie.
But I'll need you to let me in.
♪
We'll need access
to Dr. Lang's records.
A client named Ziva David,
in particular.
I think most of his files are
in Al's office.
JONAH:
We have someone there, too.
ARCHIE: I've never seen a warrant
that so disregards
client confidentiality
privileges as much as this.
Our suspects blew up
a weapons factory in France.
Killed an Interpol agent
in Austria.
Suspects?
Don't you mean "allegedly"?
They're terrorists, officially.
And terrorists
don't have privileges.
Well, I could show you
into Al's home study,
but I don't have
his filing cabinet key.
My agents don't need one.
♪
Secretary General?
Well, it's, um, sounds important
for Interpol to send you
to hand-deliver a warrant.
The agent who was killed was
my friend.
Oh, I am very sorry for your loss.
Thank you. He was a good man.
Huh! That explains it.
ARCHIE:
Explains what?
Dr. Lang was military.
Rare to see a woman
with a male therapist.
But now I get it.
It makes total sense
that Ziva would chose him
to be her psychiatrist.
Most of his clients are military.
Men and women.
JONAH: No one understands
a soldier's trauma
like another soldier.
Hmm.
Will that be all?
JONAH: Make sure we haven't
missed anything.
Just a little longer.
But don't worry,
we'll keep things tidy.
Lovely flat, by the way.
Great use of texture.
ARCHIE:
Thank you.
ARCHIE:
Were you a soldier?
JONAH:
Only from behind a desk.
NSA, not quite the same
as combat.
ARCHIE:
Hmm.
Indeed. Much quieter.
[chuckles]
Well, still
can cause quite an impact.
[indistinct chatter]
Thank you for your time.
Oh, by the way,
- who's winning?
- Sorry?
I assume you're the one
about to take the queen,
and they're the one
with the potato chips.
Can I speak with them?
I don't recall seeing
my name on your warrant.
It can be.
Right. Well
[clears throat]
He's left. My patient.
He's a child,
he's not a terrorist.
You may have seen him
on the stairwell.
Will that be all, Mr. Markham?
We have everything we need.
♪
[engine starts]
- [door closes]
- ZIVA: And the question is,
what was Jonah Markham doing here?
[quietly]
Nice.
Well, he was using
anti-terrorism laws
to breach confidentiality
and access your private files.
Very American of him.
Yeah, sounds like him.
Archie handled him perfectly.
Well done.
How'd bullet bugging go?
Well, they're planning
to kill Aaron Graves.
Oh, you should probably wait
to discuss the, uh,
murderous details
till after I've left.
- Apologies. Just--
- Fair point.
Uh, but I do feel
I should mention,
I have my concerns
about Agent Markham.
He ingratiated himself with me
to get me to open up.
No offense,
but that sounds a little bit
like a therapy session.
Yeah, but he's not doing it to help.
It's a controlling mechanism.
What do you know about his past?
As a child, his entire family
was killed in the Balkans.
And, uh, he was the only one
that made it
back to the U.S. alive.
Ah-ha.
Well, I hesitate to analyze
anyone after a brief encounter,
but extreme trauma during childhood
can lead to antisocial
personality disorders.
You may be dealing
with a dark empath.
That has a sort
of Star Wars vibe to it.
They're extroverts with high levels
of cognitive empathy
and narcissistic tendencies.
You see similar traits with
psychopaths, Machiavellians.
- Sounds charming.
- ARCHIE: Yeah, literally.
He, uh, endears himself with people
to give them the impression
that, uh, you know,
he understands their perspective.
He's using Martine.
- Who?
- His girlfriend.
He may feel
that he's in love with her.
But ultimately, it's a means
of maintaining control.
Do you think
she'd be aware of that?
It's unlikely.
Yeah. He's intelligent,
articulate and observant.
And she may feel
more understood by him
than by anyone else.
Be careful.
Hmm.
JONAH:
At Reigning Fire's expo,
you'll both be
in the server room
in this back area
once everything starts.
But if anything goes wrong,
the only exit route
I see is through this hallway.
If that happens,
we'll need to isolate Graves
from his guards.
But ideally,
he'll already be dead.
[exhales] I can't do this.
We're not asking you
to pull the trigger.
What changes
if you kill him, huh?
Like she said,
Reigning Fire is a hydra.
Graves is one head.
It will continue without him.
Yes. Because of you.
Because you made
their tech impenetrable.
Every country wants it,
so no one holds them accountable.
But if we can prove
Reigning Fire's security
can be breached,
the whole hydra dies.
So killing Aaron Graves will
save the world?
All any of us want here is
a little bit of justice.
And peace of mind.
Just help us break through
your firewall. That's it.
We'll do the rest.
Is this what you really want?
Huh?
Make your choice.
[footsteps receding]
[door opens]
[door closes]
Firewall this, airgap that,
and we get through
on an FM radio signal?
In three days, they're
planning on killing Graves
at the Reigning Fire expo.
Which would tank
Reigning Fire's market shares.
I hate to say it, but
it's a solid stock market play.
JONAH:
It's been a while
since I've seen someone
get to you like this.
[sighs]
He said you're like Graves.
Really?
That you use people.
He's trying to turn me against you.
You have to remember,
he's been through a lot.
- The man's scared.
- Yeah, he should be mad.
After everything he's been through.
He'll get there.
We all do.
♪
Come to bed.
[shouts]
We gave them 14 cases,
rock-solid evidence
of Reigning Fire killing
innocent children,
and they still buried it.
Interpol is just as corrupt
as anywhere else.
We should've gone to the press.
The documents would be
traced back to us.
Ten years for theft
of government property.
30 on top of that
because it's classified.
Per document.
Tomorrow, we talk next steps.
To do what?
We showed our hand and lost.
I failed my brother.
We have nothing.
You're right. We have nothing.
No burden of proof.
No guardrails.
No half-assed jail sentence
he could plead down
to two years and probation.
GRAVES:
You are both
big and small.
You are the fucking gunpowder.
This isn't a setback.
It's an opportunity
for real justice.
What?
Real justice is he's dead
and my brother's alive.
He's dead, those kids
in Gabon are alive.
But we won't even get
accountability.
The system won't allow it.
If the system will not
work for us,
then fuck the system.
You told me once that the power
of coding is the freedom.
No bureaucracy,
no hierarchy,
just skill.
Your brother used it
to get you to safety.
We can use it
to destroy Reigning Fire,
destroy Graves.
And get justice for your brother
by any means necessary.
[speaking French]
[chuckling]
Oh, my God, that's so sad.
I missed you hiding in the armoire?
It was classic.
I found a perfect position.
No cramping.
Want me to show you?
No. That's okay.
I did some thinking
and I had some help.
You mean, you had a conversation.
- Is that what that's called? Yes.
- Hmm.
I just wanted to say
I appreciate you.
Well, I, too, had a conversation.
With Sophie.
What did you say?
I said that I didn't know
if I was falling back
into old habits, but
I think there's something here.
Hmm.
Did you know--
and this may sound like I'm doing
that thing that I do,
but I'm not, I promise--
that the first time
[jazz playing on radio]
I ever kissed a girl,
I was listening to an old radio
just like this one.
It wasn't old at the time.
And it was Frankie Valli.
["Samba de Mon Coeur Qui Bat"
by Coralie Clément playing]
"Can't take my eyes off of you."
[chuckles softly]
I don't want to ignore
the thing
that's right in front of me.
Then don't.
[song playing in French]
♪
- [Tony grunts]
- [Ziva chuckles]
[phone ringing]
- [kisses]
- Hmm.
- Wait, where are you going?
- I'm gonna get the phone.
[laughs]
Oh, God, it's Tali.
[phone continues ringing]
It's Tali.
Oh, no, no, no,
she can't see us like this.
Obviously. You're taking it.
But what am?
Hey, hey, my girl, how are you?
TALI:
Where's Mom?
Uh
how about a "good morning"?
"Love you, Dad"?
I really need
her shakshouka recipe,
the one with yogurt.
Could you get her?
Okay. The all-knowing mom
knows this recipe.
What's it called again?
"Sussudio"?
The Phil Collins song?
Remember?
We talked about the '80s?
Genesis? Oh, look!
Here comes Mom.
Uh, have fun.
Ziva!
Your daughter would like
to talk to you.
Oh, hi!
Um, so, uh,
it's a half a cup of yogurt
and, uh, it has to be Greek,
though, remember that.
How did you know
I need the recipe?
Weren't you in another room?
Well, the walls here
are really thin.
So, you and dad didn't sleep
in the same room?
Yeah, regarding that, um
the other day,
you had a stronger reaction
than I expected and--
Really? I don't know, it was
weird seeing you like that.
I wasn't sure you two even
liked each other that much.
What? [scoffs]
You always call Dad a "child,"
Dad's scared to tell you things,
you barely talk
Honey, we almost got married.
Because you felt like
you had to, right? For me.
Don't worry,
I like the way things are.
It was probably for the best.
SOPHIE: Tali, are we still
making shakshouka?
TALI:
Yeah! Love you, Mom, got to go.
- Oh, I love you--
- [disconnect tone beeps]
- [radio static buzzes]
- [door opens, closes]
JONAH [over radio]:
Looks like you were up late.
- Did you finish?
- [Lazar grunts]
LAZAR:
I'm still resolving a bug.
- Where's Martine?
- The office.
I hear you two talked about me.
Yeah. She told me about your brother.
What exactly did she say about him?
Genius hacker, died a hero.
He's why you code.
Hmm. He did show me
the value of it, yes.
I remember the first time
I ever heard
a grenade hit the ground.
My initial thought was,
"That's not what it sounds like
in the movies."
It's not,
what's the word, tinny.
You know?
- There's no high-pitched
- [cup clinks]
It's heavy and dull.
Yes.
My brother died
crouched under a truck.
He died as he lived, petrified.
That was not the picture
Martine painted.
She sees what she wants to see.
My brother was never my hero.
If anything, I might have been
his tormentor.
If that's how you feel,
why go after Graves?
JONAH: Because he was my brother,
he was family.
Graves killed him,
he killed my parents
and got away with it.
What is it that you
actually want from me?
We'll discuss that soon enough.
And stop talking
to Martine about me.
It wouldn't be good for your son.
I'm starving. How about you, hmm?
♪
Jonah's lying to her.
If it was me, I'd like to know.
[indistinct chatter]
[phone chimes]
You're lucky
we're meeting in public.
Otherwise, we'd be doing
a lot more than talking
for what you did to my daughter.
I have no idea
what you're talking about.
You really didn't know, huh?
He didn't tell you?
This isn't real.
It's AI-generated.
It is real. Look at it again.
What else hasn't he told you?
♪
We have an idea
that could clear our names.
CLAUDETTE:
You want to break into
the Reigning Fire expo,
to stop Jonah from killing Graves?
Funny what a grown man will do
for a living.
Magnum, P.I.
Don't see Tom Selleck.
More like Groucho Marx.
ZIVA:
We found Martine and Lazar
outside the server room.
[grunting]
ZIVA:
Jonah has control of the expo tech.
We are on the kill list.
♪
♪