NCIS: Origins (2024) s02e12 Episode Script

1
("THE GAMBLER" BY KENNY ROGERS PLAYING)
On a warm summer's evening ♪
OLDER GIBBS: We had
these agents we worked with.
They weren't part of Franks' team,
but they were always around.
We called them
"the guys."
When you first met them,
it was easy to get them mixed up.
But once you got to know them,
it was pretty clear
they each had their own thing.
JJ Henneberry prided himself
on off-color jokes.
He felt the same about
sandwiches as he did about women:
the more the better.
Carl Loughlin was former DEA,
but his niche in the office
was Fish and Wildlife.
He'd school you
about sea bass all damn day
if you didn't
find an excuse to walk away.
Roger Murphy
well, we stopped counting him
because he did some awful stuff
- and ended up behind bars.
- (DOOR BUZZES)
Artie Finch we counted as half
since he was retired.
He was the guy who trained
Gary Callahan,
- (BARKS)
- turned him into a K9 agent.
But the toughest one to get a handle on
was Dalton Basement.
He moved his office to the basement
'cause there was
too much laughing upstairs.
We called him Dalton Basement,
but his real last name
was something Swedish
that none of us could pronounce.
Dalton was a lot of things.
Number one office shredder,
resident sketch artist,
self-proclaimed expert
on the 63rd Street Chacales.
But most of all,
he was a pain in our ass.
Nothing was ever good enough
for Dalton Basement.
And the person that got the
brunt of his griping was Mary Jo.
He was always wanting something.
Demanding a dustbuster,
bugging her about
his lost letter opener,
arguing that if Franks
had a bendy lamp, so should he.
But unlike the rest of us,
Mary Jo actually took the time
to wonder why Basement
was the way he was.
She thought maybe he moved
to the basement
to really focus on the cases.
Dalton.
After all, she did
hear him say he wanted
- to be SAC someday.
- Oh
You got know when to hold 'em ♪
And then, one day,
she realized something else about him.
Know when to walk away ♪
The reason he kept asking about
the dustbuster and the letter
opener and the bendy lamp
was because it meant more time
talking to her.
At first, she wasn't sure
what to think about that.
You got know when to hold 'em ♪
But then, she started thinking
that maybe it was worth a try.
Maybe Dalton Basement
was worth taking a gamble on.
She knew people in the office
would never understand,
but she and Dalton agreed
no one ever needed to know what
was going on behind closed doors.
When the dealing's done. ♪
RANDY: Hey.
We were starting to get worried.
You lose track of all space and
time in the shower? Happens to me,
like, four times a week.
GIBBS: No, I forgot to put my pager on.
I was helping Diane load up her car.
Oh, yeah? Where's she headed?
Los Angeles.
She decided to take that job.
Wait, what? You guys break up again?
No, it's nothing like that, it's fine.
L.A.'s only two hours away.
She's gonna
come back down on the weekends.
Company's paying for her
to become an accountant
and she couldn't pass it up.
Hey. You get a flat tire or something?
No, Diane's taking that job in L.A., but
they're happily staying together,
and she's coming back on the weekends.
I was asking
if he had car trouble, Randy.
I don't need to know
his personal business.
He doesn't mind me sharing it.
We're all family.
FRANKS: What are we looking at?
Diane is working in L.A.
during the week,
here for the weekends.
I was asking about the two victims
in the damn car, Dominguez.
Oh.
RANDY: Driver is
Lance Corporal Graham Shaw,
22 years old.
Passenger, also a lance corporal.
Isaac Pierson, 23.
Wallets were in their pockets,
so doesn't look like a robbery.
Any witnesses?
Nope. Sheriff spotted the car.
Headlights were off, no hazards.
He pulled over, discovered the bodies.
- When's Tango getting here?
- FRIEDMAN: He's out surfing.
But he will be touched
to know that you were
thinking of him on his day off.
Both of them were shot
through the driver's side, huh?
Window was down.
Yep. Blood's dried.
I put the time of death about 4:00 A.M.
- Explains why no witnesses.
- Yeah.
Anyone check the cooler?
FREIDMAN: Uh, Lala was taking pictures.
There's a couple duffles in the back
and some stuff.
Nothing but Caf-Pows.
Could be the were on a road
trip, headed back to base.
Bought a bunch of caffeine
to stay awake behind the wheel.
That stuff's potent.
(LAUGHS) Tango told me about the mayhem
you caused the last time
you drank some of that.
- (LAUGHS)
- I asked him
not to speak about that.
Well, I'm not gonna tell anybody.
GIBBS: Boss.
FRANKS: Yeah, you find something?
Talk to me. What do you got?
Broken taillight.
Bumper's all busted up.
We saw that already, probie.
You were late on account of your wife
half-moving to L.A., weren't you?
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
So you might want to catch up
before you go pointing out stuff
we already know.
Theory is he was rear-ended.
You see them tire marks?
Our guys get hit, both cars pull over,
other driver shoots them,
peels off without any witnesses.
So we're thinking road rage.
I'm thinking next time
you're gonna roll up late,
you best get your ass
on the radio and let us know.
You had Dominguez worried sick.
(PHONES RINGING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
DALTON: Mary Jo.
I found this unmarked Tupperware
in the back of the fridge.
It's just taking up space.
Do you want me to throw it out?
Dalton,
were you looking in the fridge
for a reason to come talk to me?
GAIL: Hey, is that a Tupperware?
Agent Basement, remember what
we talked about last week?
Refrigerator grievances are my domain.
Come on, let's go discuss
the Tupperware in the kitchen.
All right, come on, Mary Jo is busy.
You can bitch to me as long as you want.
(WHISPERS): You're welcome.
LALA: Mary Jo. Hey.
Why you have that look on your face?
What look?
That's the look you get
when there's something
you don't want to admit, so you
just pretend everything is normal.
I ain't see nothing.
These are your victims.
Their company commander
is Captain Declan.
He's waiting in the conference room.
What?
Nothing.
You expect to lose men in battle.
In training, even.
This is
You sure it was road rage?
LALA: We're not sure of anything yet.
Do you know where they were headed?
My guess is
back to base.
They were due to report tomorrow.
We got back from Kuwait
two weeks ago. I
Pierson and Shaw were tight.
Whole time we were out there,
they talked about how they were
gonna go to Jersey when they got back.
What's in Jersey?
Uh, Pierson had an aunt there.
Said she had huge property,
lots of trails.
You know, they were gonna
go four-wheeling.
Talked about it nonstop.
That's the kind of thing
that gets you through.
You know?
Y'all had a rough go of it out there?
We are light armored reconnaissance.
This time around,
we got assigned to locals
that had property damage from the war.
What kind of damage?
Trigger-happy Marines
accidentally shooting a camel.
- That kind of thing.
- WHEELER: Ladies and gentlemen!
Eyes over here.
Is everyone gathered?
Excuse me a minute.
WHEELER: Mary Jo, where's Dominguez?
Cliff, the hell are you doing out here?
- I've got some announcements.
- And I got
a double homicide
I'm trying to solve in there.
Is Dominguez in there? Get her out here.
I heard my name.
Yeah, hold onto your hat.
Cliff's got some announcements.
Okay, first of all,
Regional Director Barrett
will be visiting the office later today.
- That prickhole?
- Gail.
WHEELER: And in light of the
upcoming restructure, he's handed down
some new directives that need
to be put into practice,
effective immediately.
All photocopies must be logged
with employee ID and justification.
What? Does that include
xeroxes of sea life?
Okay, how about you all
just hold your applause
until I'm finished, okay?
Long-distance calls require
supervisor approval before dialing.
Thermostat to be
locked at 68° in winter,
76° in summer, no adjustments
are permitted.
Interoffice envelopes are to
be reused until they fall apart.
And, in light of recent
happenings at the agency,
all interoffice relationships
must be disclosed.
NADIA: Oh, is this because
of that "handsy scandal" thing
- that happened recently?
- GAIL: Why do they have to be
all up in our business?
Because sex complaints
can bring down nations.
Okay, I banged JJ one time,
all right? We thought we were dying.
Wait, are you talking about the time
we all thought we had Langya virus?
Because by the time
you two saw each other,
we knew we weren't dying.
The adrenaline
was still pumping, Bernard.
What are y'all yelling about in here?
WHEELER: Okay, I don't need
to hear anybody say it out loud.
Just disclose it on the forms,
hand 'em in
by end of day tomorrow.
CARL: Well,
it's a good thing Gail blurted that out.
By the time
you write it down on that paper,
whole office is gonna
know about it anyway.
You know what I mean? (CHUCKLES)
♪
(TELEPHONE RINGS)
Special Agent Björnstjerna.
MARY JO: Dalton.
Mary Jo? What are you doing calling me?
Come downstairs.
- Let's talk about this.
- I am downstairs.
I'm in the dark room.
Why are you calling me from
the other end of the hall?
Look.
We're not disclosing this.
With everything that's going on,
the harassment thing at headquarters,
the scrutiny
if people find out about us,
it could ruin your chance
at ever getting SAC.
Okay?
Okay.
Oh, Mary Jo.
I'll call you later.
What are you doing down here?
What do you need, Gail?
Just your advice.
Do you think I should disclose
my relations with JJ?
I think that ship has already sailed.
No, but she's wondering
if she should make it official
by actually writing it on the form.
What up, ladies?
You told everyone we banged, right?
- Yeah.
- So I should
write it in on the form, then?
That's what we're trying
to figure out, Jeremiah.
Lord help us.
Come on, people, get a move on.
We've all got copies
to make here, not just you.
Hey, I got a couple statements
from the other guys
in Pierson and Shaw's platoon.
Confirmed they were on
the last leg of a road trip
from Jersey to Pendleton.
Is this the line for the copier?
Yeah, since we all have
to log our copies now,
this line is taking forever.
You know, all this talk about
disclosing secret relationships
got me thinking.
Am I the only one that knows about you
and that Jonny guy you're seeing?
- Yeah.
- You're seeing someone?
Yeah, his names, uh, Jonny.
She really likes him.
What? Oh. We're all family.
Who's family?
Lala's boning some guy named Jonny.
Oh. Congrats.
FRANKS: Y'all knuckleheads
know there's another copier out here,
don't you?
- It's broken.
- It's broken.
Listen, I just got off the phone
with Pierson's aunt in New Jersey.
LALA: Did they send someone
to notify her in person?
GIBBS: Yeah,
I think she was still in shock.
She said Pierson was like a son to her,
and Shaw fit right in when they visited.
Did they call her at all
from their road trip?
No, but she said
they were planning to stop
in Atlantic City before
they headed back
cross country to Pendleton.
- For what, to gamble?
- I mean, what else is there
to do in Atlantic City?
FRANKS: Come on, damn it.
Boss, careful,
you're gonna throw out your back again.
(GRUNTS)
My bad, sir. Um, I was trying to fix it.
- Regional Director Barrett.
- BARRETT: This place is
a damn zoo. Where the hell is Mary Jo?
Right here, sir.
My apologies. I had
to step away from my desk.
Yeah, I gathered that.
Good to see you darling.
That red is a standout color on you.
Gonna be straight with you, Wheeler.
There is a lot of scrutiny going on.
They're calling it a "handsy scandal."
It's making life hell.
For me, in particular.
Sir?
There are some dark clouds
that people are trying
to hang over me, Cliff.
Some very dark clouds.
That-that doesn't sound pleasant.
No. In fact, it's downright unpleasant.
What I need is for folks
to look away from the clouds
and to see the sun oh!
on the horizon.
You mean like a metaphoric-type sun?
No, I mean my case-solve rate
throughout the region.
I want it to spike
so high people forget
about anything inappropriate
I may or may not have done,
and as you so kindly
shoved in my face
the last time I was here,
your office has the highest
case-solve rate in the region.
I'd be happy to share some strategies.
No, I already know your strategy. Yeah.
She's sitting downstairs
in a fiery red skirt.
Mary Jo?
She has this place running
like a well-oiled machine.
Effective communication
gets cases solved.
And you
you don't give her enough credit.
I give her all the credit, sir.
My girls don't know
which way is up, Cliff.
As you know, there's a freeze
on hiring, hmm?
- With the restructure.
- (GLASS CLINKING)
(LIQUID POURING)
So
we're gonna do a swap.
I-I Uh
- A per-a permanent swap?
- Mm-hmm.
You're gonna interview all of my girls,
pick whichever one you want, and Mary Jo
comes to work for me, starting today,
get my solve rate
through the roof like yours.
I don't think right now is
the best time for a swap, sir.
We have a pretty
high-profile case, two Marines
- shot dead on the side of the roa
- Nonsense.
(CLEARS THROAT) Uh
To new beginnings.
Uhp. Uhp-uhp.
For you.
For me.
And Ms. Mary Jo.
WHEELER: I know this
is a lot to take in, Mary Jo.
But regional would be a promotion.
It could be a real opportunity
for advancement.
If that's what you want to do.
Is that what you want to do?
Mary Jo?
Do you want to go to regional?
No.
I'm gonna fix this.
Can you excuse me, please?
(DOOR OPENS)
GAIL: Mary Jo,
apparently, those two Marines
that were shot
on the side of the road
they went gambling first.
Lala's trying to get some footage
from the casino, but the casino guys
are stonewalling her. I thought maybe
- you could call
- Gail.
I'm being transferred
to Barrett's office.
It's happening today.
So we're going to create a detailed plan
for you and Nadia
to keep things
running smoothly without me.
You can't get transferred to regional.
Your replacement will
fire me within two days,
but it won't even matter
because I can't be here
without you anyway.
CARL: Mary Jo's
getting transferred to Barrett's office.
Hey.
Hey, Mary Jo's getting the boot.
They're shipping her off to regional.
Mary Jo's leaving us.
Barrett friggin' poached her.
- What?!
- What?!
LALA: What do you mean she's leaving?
- You mean for good?
- Yeah.
I got to go find out more.
(PHONE RINGS)
Yes.
- FRANKS: Cliff!
- I know,
- I'm working on it.
- Listen to me,
you ain't letting my Mary Jo
walk out that door, Cliff!
She's my Mary Jo, too, Mike.
You think I want this?
He said she has
to start over there today.
She's all of our Mary Jo.
Look, I got to hang up. Barrett
wants me to interview his secretaries
for a swap, and I can't let Mary Jo
schedule interviews
for her own replacement.
I got to do it myself.
- Swap? Cliff!
- I said I'm working
on this, okay?
I don't have time for this.
All right, listen up, people.
Let's go code red.
How do we keep Mary Jo here?
Dominguez,
you're good when crap
hits the fan. What do we do?
(SIGHS) Wheeler said
she was supposed to start today.
First thing we need to do
is buy some time.
Rando, how do we buy time?
Uh I don't know.
Um, I'm feeling pretty lightheaded.
Um, maybe we could
lock her in the basement,
say she went missing.
Probie, how?
Probie, you've been to war, man. Think.
Maybe we can say that we need her
- for this case for some reason.
- Right.
Maybe we could say since
the victims went gambling
in Atlantic City,
we need Mary Jo here because
she's super lucky? I'm-I'm sorry,
I'm making no sense. I need to sit down.
LALA: Wait.
Atlantic City, though.
Mary Jo worked the tables there.
GIBBA: What, our Mary Jo
- was a dealer in Atlantic City?
- LALA: Yes.
Our victims went to Pandora's Casino.
Is that where she worked?
- No, but close enough, Probie.
- (PHONE RINGS)
I talked to the pit boss.
He gave me the runaround
when I was asking
to see their footage
from the gaming floor.
We need Mary Jo to stick around
to work her connections, don't we?
RANDY: Okay, got it. Thanks.
That was Woody. He's got something.
Rando, get some fresh air.
Probie, go with him, have him
breathe into a paper bag or something.
I'll fill in Mary Jo.
(LINE RINGS)
- WHEELER: Yes.
- Cliff, call up Barrett.
We need Mary Jo here, working this case.
RANDY (SIGHING): Oh, yeah.
That air did me good.
You know, I totally forgot Mary
Jo used to work at a casino.
I tell you that Tyler Roman
is in my stand-up class?
- The actor?
- Yeah, he stars in
that hit series Beat Watch.
Anyway, he thinks I'm cool
'cause he plays a cop
and I'm, like, a real one,
so he invited me
to his weekly poker game, so maybe after
this crisis is averted,
Mary Jo can give me some tips
so I don't embarrass myself.
'Cause you know, there's probably
gonna be some other actors there.
I wouldn't be surprised
if it was Burt Reynolds.
GIBBS: Hey.
What are you waiting for,
handsome? Get in here.
GIBBS: (SIGHS) You know,
you don't always got to
Sorry.
Never mind. What do you got?
Okay, we found some
extremely significant evidence
in your Marines' car, but
we have some questions first.
Yeah, let's go. Quick answers
so we can move on to the case.
- Okay.
- Is Mary Jo transferring
- to Barrett's office?
- We're trying to stop it.
Okay. Is Lala dating
someone named Jonny,
and did Gail bang JJ?
Yeah, affirmative on both. Yeah.
Is your new bride working in L.A.
and only seeing you on the weekends?
- Yeah.
- Yeah,
- that's not good.
- No, I told you, Phil, it's fine.
Okay? My parents are still
together, my father just
checks into a motel on the
weekends to give my mom space.
Yeah, and my parents haven't spent
more than ten minutes apart
for the last 20 years.
Okay, well, unlike your parents,
Gibbs is not a weird, needy recluse
- who loves knickknacks.
- Yeah, he is,
he's just hiding it
beneath the attractive surface.
RANDY: No, he actually doesn't
- like knickknacks. Doesn't
- (CLEARS THROAT) Gentlemen.
Okay. If you guys
are done fooling around,
we can move on to the aforementioned
significant evidence
from your victims' car.
These are pieces
from the damaged taillight.
We found several small shards
of wood embedded in them.
We think a wooden bat
was used to smash the vehicle
to make it look like it was rear-ended.
So you're saying someone staged
it to look like road rage?
WOODY: Yeah. Found this receipt
wedged in between the seat of the car.
Are you gonna tell them or should I?
Tell us what?
You should have found the receipt.
We don't call you in here
to run blood samples.
(SCOFFS) Yeah, can you imagine?
Why are you pointing at me?
Time stamp on the receipt
puts Pierson and Shaw
eating at the diner
shortly before they were killed.
Do better next time.
MARY JO: Just give him those
names and tell him it's for MJ Hayes.
MJ Hayes.
That's all you need to say. Thank you.
(SCOFFS)
What are you doing in here?
I needed some quiet to concentrate.
Barrett agreed to let me stay
and help out on this case since I
have connections in Atlantic City.
You do?
I was a dealer at a casino.
Past life.
Uh
I think we should tell people about us.
I won't have a shot at SAC for years.
Wheeler's not going anywhere,
Barrett's trying to keep any
complication out of his office.
Maybe you being in a
relationship will make him
pick somebody else
and you can stay.
I can't let you risk
your chance at being SAC.
Anything could happen.
Wheeler could get promoted
to regional tomorrow.
Look, I know I'm not exactly well-liked,
- but I thought we were
- What?
What are you talking about?
Are you ashamed
to tell people you're with me?
No.
No.
(PHONE RINGS)
I'm sorry, I have to take this.
Yeah.
NIS. Mary Jo.
LOU: MJ Hayes, how the hell are you?
You still keeping
the riffraff off the streets?
Lou, you got my message.
Yeah, I heard you called about
12 people trying to hunt me down.
You know, I'm living in your parts now.
I'm busting some heads,
I'm trying to set up
a casino in Indian country.
Well, dang.
What, you don't want to see me, then?
You're breaking my heart here.
No, I was hoping you could
help me get some eye in the sky.
Footage from Pandora's. Yeah, I heard.
You know, you'll never
get a warrant for that.
Half the judges in Jersey
they still play at those tables.
But
I still got my fingers back east,
and hell, for you, I'll kill a guy
to get those tapes if I have to.
- Lou.
- What? I wouldn't.
I know you don't like that stuff, but
listen.
I did already get ahold of
Bobby Leadfoot on your behalf.
Bobby?
- The valet guy?
- Yeah, he works at Pandora's now.
He remembered seeing
your two Marines leaving.
Said they walked out
with 200 large in winnings.
LALA: So they win 200K at the casino,
stop here to eat,
someone murders them
on the side of the road
and steals their money.
Starting to come together, huh?
♪
(DOOR CLOSES)
Yeah, I remember these two. (CHUCKLES)
They looked like babies
and they ate like beavers.
Look, they paid with
a hundred dollar bill.
Left me with another one for the tip.
We don't get a lot of folks in here
rich enough to do something like that.
Made my whole damn week.
And that's how come I remember them.
They in some kind of trouble?
FRANKS: Anyone else see they had
- that kind of cash?
- I don't know.
Excuse me, sir?
Sir.
- FRANKS: You good, Dominguez?
- Yeah.
(GRUNTS)
- (GRUNTS)
- (EXCLAIMS)
- Mike!
- Dominguez!
- Hey!
- What's going on?
- You okay?
- Yeah.
Federal agents! Out of the way!
LALA: He can't be far.
- Truck.
- Yeah.
FRANKS: See someone run through here?
Did you see someone run through here?
(TRUCK ENGINE IDLING)
- Hey.
- Whoa.
Federal agents! Show me your hands!
Hands!
(GRUNTS)
Get off me! I didn't do nothing wrong!
If you didn't do nothing,
then what the hell are you running for?
MAN: Come on, I didn't do nothing, man.
I got two murdered Marines
and you're running
like a bat out of hell.
Don't look good, Kevin Foster.
Whoa, hold up.
You think I killed people?
I'm not a murderer, man.
I'm just a drug dealer.
Mike.
I found those in the glove box.
And that waitress,
Bea, says they toss him
out of here all the time
- for dealing speed to truckers.
- That's right.
Thank you, Bea.
I thought you guys were, like,
drug cops or something.
That's why I freaked out a little bit.
Plus, I'm pretty jacked on my own stuff
right now, so there's that, too.
Call Oceanside PD,
get him booked for dealing.
Hold-hold up. Wait
What if I know something
about your Marines?
Buzz cuts, corner booth, right?
I asked 'em if they were
looking to party.
They said they didn't want any drugs,
but the taller guy said he
wanted something else, though.
What?
If I tell you, are you gonna let me go?
No. But we can put in a
good word to the judge.
Best you're gonna get, dude.
Fine. They left with Sunshine.
She's a, you know, lady of the night.
- Where'd they go?
- I don't know,
off to do "lady of the night" stuff.
CARLA: All of us girls
were happy to come in.
Regional Director Barrett said
this is all about
some kind of secretary swap?
Does that mean whoever you pick
gets to come here and work for you?
Uh, that's what he said.
Oh, that's amazing.
I would jump at the chance
to get out of there.
(CLEARS THROAT) I mean,
I typed up a list of interview questions
you might want to ask us. You know, to
show my initiative.
Okay. What makes you
a valuable secretary?
Well, I'm incredibly patient.
Highly adaptable.
I have a heart murmur
and can't be around cigar smoke,
but Barrett said that was my problem,
so I just started
breathing through my nose.
I'm highly adaptable.
Could you describe
a recent accomplishment?
Yeah. I got my wardrobe sorted out.
I'm sorry?
Oh, RDO Barrett thought that
my closet wasn't
doing my figure justice,
so he took me shopping.
He's feeling much better
about things now.
Oh, I'm sure he'll do
the same thing for Mary Jo.
He picked out really great stuff.
He has a good eye for heels and skirts.
Could you give me details
about how this shopping trip came about?
Oh, of course.
And don't leave out anything.
Mm-hmm.
MARY JO: Appreciate you getting
all this stuff couriered over to me,
but I didn't expect you
to hand deliver it, Lou.
Well, I wanted to see you, MJ.
And besides
you know I love it
when people owe me favors.
I've been owing you favors for years.
You just never cash them in.
I got my guys
to cue up the tape for you.
Your Marines should be
at the table any second now.
Hey, uh
How you doing?
Really?
Oh It's been a day.
You want to talk about it?
There's this guy named Barrett,
he's a real prickhole.
You want me to handle it?
No, Lou, I don't.
Your name will never get brought up.
- Lou.
- I know my business.
Enough.
Hey, there they are.
LOU: Eh,
these boys had a hell of a time.
Over a thousand dollars on
room charges. You got Cristal,
- lobster.
- Hey, look at this, Lou.
They're only betting gray chips.
LOU: Twenties?
MARY JO: Tough to
build a 200 grand bankroll
betting that small.
It's tough, but not impossible
if you're getting hot cards
and you're doubling down.
What are you talking about?
You can double down
till you're blue in the face.
You're not gonna make 200 grand
betting grays.
Hey.
Nadia says that Wheeler's up there
interviewing replacements for Mary Jo?
Yeah.
Well, does she know?
I don't know, she's been
in the rec room all day.
- MARY JO: These guys are amateurs.
- (KNOCKING)
Yeah?
They're barely breaking even.
No way they made that money
at blackjack.
DALTON: Mary Jo?
One minute.
Where are the other tapes, Lou?
Poker room, sportsbook?
Well, my guy said
they only played blackjack.
Hey, uh, Wheeler's up there
interviewing people
I think your guy's holding out on you.
Careful, honey, you're starting
to sound ridiculous.
Hey, what did you say to her?
He didn't mean it like that.
It's just the way he talks.
- Is there something you need, fella?
- Yeah.
I need you to stop
calling her ridiculous.
And I didn't care
for the "honey," either.
- You know who I am?
- Okay, boys.
DALTON: If she says
someone's holding out on you,
- then they're holding out.
- You have no idea
what you're talking about.
- I know about her.
- And I know her
well enough to tell her
when she has her head up her ass.
- (GRUNTING)
- Oh!
DALTON: Stop resisting, Lou.
You're only making it
harder on yourself.
Tell her
she's not being ridiculous.
Enough, Dalton.
I needed the money!
Wait, what?
You want me to let him go?
- No.
- Aah!
Oh! What the hell's going on in here?
Don't let him go, but let him talk.
Lou, what aren't you telling me?
They didn't win any money at the casino.
They came in, they got
$200,000 worth of chips,
they barely gambled, then cashed out.
Why?
They were laundering money.
But the casino didn't
want that getting out,
so they paid me off to keep it from you.
Are you saying they walked in
there with 200 grand in cash?
Where'd they get that from?
Mary Jo.
(SINGSONGY): Mary Jo.
Yeah, I'm here.
What were you doing in the basement?
Um, what? I was looking for a
(CLEARS THROAT) thingamajig.
Hey, what's this I'm hearing about
a gentleman named Jonny?
Oh. Yeah, he's, uh
he's probably not a guy
you'd pick for me.
- Mm?
- But there's something about him,
you know what I mean?
(LAUGHS) Yeah.
But who cares about guys right now.
So you know, I'm not
bringing up the Barrett thing
because if I think about
you leaving, I'll cry,
and we all know
if a woman cries at work,
it takes her two to five years
to recover from the backlash.
(CHUCKLES)
I love you, too, honey.
Did you need something else?
Yeah, case stuff.
Pierson hooked up with this
prostitute named Sunshine.
We think she figured out
that our guys had that 200K
and set them up to get robbed.
- Okay.
- We still don't know
where they got the money to begin with
or why they laundered it.
Okay, what do you need me to do?
Nothing. I'm just telling you
'cause you're part of the case.
FRANKS: Mary Jo, update on the case.
Rando and Probie are in
there working the phones.
You got to figure one of our CIs
got a bead on this Sunshine character.
The Bagpiper and Kung Fu
Calvin said they heard of her.
- You call Twitchy Tony?
- LALA: Yeah,
he said he'd make a few calls,
but hookers aren't really his thing.
FRANKS: That's fair.
Did y'all try Bambi Rose?
She helped you take down
that prostitution ring
a couple years back, didn't she?
Well, get in there
and call her up, Dominguez.
Listen.
I ain't brung up
the Barrett thing 'cause
I don't want to cry at work.
I love you, too, honey.
I owe you.
Bambi Rose for the friggin' win.
She gave me a location on Sunshine.
Oh, thank you so much.
You got her? Where is she?
Yeah, I already said we talked
to Kung Fu Calvin!
Gibbs, Lala's got a location.
All right, Lady Sunshine
works out of the Bay Light Motel
two exits down from the truck stop.
All right,
that's how you do it. Hitch up,
let's get Lady Sunshine in the hot seat.
SUNSHINE: They send these guys overseas
to do a man's job,
but they're really only boys.
Doesn't seem right.
You met him at the truck stop?
Outside the diner there?
Yes!
Sorry, boss.
Um, I still get super pumped
to see Gibbs in interrogation.
He worked so hard to get in there,
it just feels so right, you know?
Go get Mary Jo. She should be here.
- This is her case, too.
- Copy.
GIBBS: How much did he pay you?
Mm, I got different rates
for different people.
You want to know yours?
How much did he pay you?
He was a sweet kid.
He had trouble completing the task,
so I ended up not charging him.
Figured it was the least I could
do since he served his country.
Hey, I'm real sorry they got killed,
but I don't know nothing about it.
Yeah, but you knew he had money.
What do you mean?
They all got to leave the cash
on the table before we start.
He had more than that?
Damn.
How much did he have?
Look, I heard people talking.
I heard it was road rage.
I don't know nothing about any money.
GIBBS: And what else were people saying?
I'm not getting caught up in this.
You don't have
Can I go, please?
Catherine.
Last time something like this happened,
I said what I saw,
I ended up getting locked up
for something I didn't do.
That's not gonna happen.
To girls like me,
this happens all the time.
Well, not this time.
- What's going on?
- Hey.
Gibbs and Lala are making like
the perfect team. He's all, like,
(GRUFF VOICE): "What do you know?"
And she's, like
(IMITATES LALA): "It's okay."
It's working.
SUNSHINE: When the
other one was done with me,
this one came in to use the phone.
Do you know who he called?
Someone they were gonna meet up with.
He kept calling him "sir."
I think his name was "Cap."
"Cap" as in "Captain"?
Kids' CO, what's his name?
Captain Declan.
RANDY: We've got a
home address in the file.
- (KNOCKING)
- FRANKS: Harvey Declan, NIS!
Open up!
(GRUNTS)
Hands! Get your hands up!
Stand up and turn around!
I didn't want to shoot them.
Stand up!
We give you an order, you follow it!
I didn't want to shoot 'em!
(FLOORBOARD CREAKS)
Found this in the trash outside, boss.
Likely used to smash
the back of the car.
Where the hell did you get
this money in the first place?
WHEELER: Declan,
Pierson and Shaw stole the money
while they were in Kuwait.
They took it from a tent holding cash
meant to be distributed
to Kuwaitis who suffered
property loss during the war.
Government cash to reimburse people
for anything from bombed houses
to livestock caught in crossfire.
The three of them stole it together?
Yeah. Declan sent the other two
to launder the money
in Atlantic City. Told them to call him
when they near the base so
they could split it three ways.
He killed them instead,
took all the money for himself,
and made it look like road rage.
Yeah.
Declan said he didn't
mean to do it, but, uh
I think it was just plain greed.
Why'd you call me up here, Cliff?
It was your case, too.
Truth is,
they're all your cases, Mary Jo.
It's been an honor, Cliff.
It's been a real honor to work
here beside you all these years.
Then I hope you won't mind
keeping that run going.
When I was interviewing
Barrett's secretaries,
every one of them had a horror story,
so I took detailed notes
and I submitted them
to Admiral Cane's office.
- What?
- Thanks to the "handsy scandal,"
anonymous reporting of sexual harassment
is taken very seriously.
Barrett's on leave
pending an investigation.
You're not going anywhere, Mary Jo.
Oh.
Thank you.
(CHUCKLES)
("THE GAMBLER" BY KENNY ROGERS PLAYING)
OLDER GIBBS: Mary Jo Hayes didn't
talk about herself much.
For the most part, she kept
her private life private
because she knew that the only
opinion that really mattered
was her own.
He said "Son, I've made a life" ♪
Yeah, I wish you were here, too.
Mary Jo's gonna
give Randy some poker tips.
Yeah, everybody's here.
We're about to play.
Everybody say hi to Diane.
ALL: Hi, Diane!
Hope the job's going good.
Diane, I might get to play
poker with Burt Reynolds.
DALTON: I love Burt Reynolds.
RANDY: Oh, great!
Yes. We're gonna need these.
Okay, get in here, grab a chair.
OLDER GIBBS: We were all
a little surprised
when Mary Jo told us
she was seeing Dalton.
I don't know how I feel about this.
It's not for you to feel anyway.
Okay.
Mary Jo didn't declare
the relationship officially.
She wanted to protect Dalton's
shot at making SAC someday.
But she did declare it to us.
And that night, I realized
maybe Dalton Basement
wasn't as much of a killjoy
as I thought.
It seemed like he made her happy.
And if anyone deserved to be happy,
it was our Mary Jo.
All right. Who's feeling lucky?
- (WHOOPS)
- When the dealing's done. ♪