MUSIC IN:
EXT. STREET - DAY
(MUSIC OVER ACTION/ZIVA DRIVES THROUGH DOWNTOWN TRAFFIC)
(SFX: HORNS HONKING)
(SFX: MOTORCYCLE ENGINE REVS NEAR ZIVA)
(INTERCUT SCENE FROM PARIS, FRANCE)
(VOICE: "Ziva! Ziva! Ziva!")
(SFX: CARS CRASH)
(MUSIC OVER ACTION/ZIVA CHASES THE MOTORCYCLE)
(SFX: BOMB EXPLODES IN OUTDOOR CAFé)
(SFX: MOTORCYCLE RIDES O.S.)
(MUSIC OVER ACTION/ZIVA LOOKS UP AND DOWN THE SIDEWALK)
(SFX: MUFFLED VOICES B.G.)
ZIVA: (SHOUTS) Federal agents! Halt! Hands up in the air! Now! (BEAT) Eschel?
(SFX: POLICE SIRENS B.G.)
(MUSIC OUT)
(THEME MUSIC UP OVER OPENING TITLE/SCENES/ CREDITS AND OUT)
[SCENE_BREAK]
INT. NCIS SQUAD ROOM - DAY
(SFX: COMPUTER GAME B.G.)
ABBY: Is he here yet? Is he here yet?
MCGEE: Abby, do you think I'd be playing this game if he was?
ABBY: Ah...
MCGEE: I will call you as soon as he gets here, okay? I promise.
ABBY: But what if his flight was delayed? Or worse? What if he missed his connecting flight?
MCGEE: Well, then he will be here tomorrow.
ABBY: Not good enough, McGee! A team needs a leader. He's our glue. He's our spine. Without him we're like.... Phylum cnidaria.
MCGEE: Jelly fish.
ABBY: Exactly!
MCGEE: Are you saying I'm spineless?
ABBY: Of course not, Timmy. I'm going to check his flight.
MCGEE: Abby, you're getting powder all over my keyboard.
ABBY: What's your point?
MCGEE: My point is, Abby, you are really, really overdoing the sugar thing again.
ABBY: Well, I'm eating for two. (BEAT) Relax. I was referring to the health food freak over there. Every time I go past her desk, I have this irresistible urge to shove a cheeseburger down her throat.
MCGEE: I think she's kind of hot.
ABBY: Oh, you think she's hot?
MCGEE: Yeah, you know, for a probie.
LEE: You two do realize I can hear you, right?
ABBY: We do now, very Special Agent Lee. His flight landed on time! Where is he?
(ELEVATOR DINGS/ DOORS OPEN/ CLOSE)
ABBY: (GASPS) Oh, yay! You're home! Welcome back! I missed you! Oh....
TONY: I missed you, too, Abby.
ABBY: Oh, did you have fun? Did you go to that cool bar in Dusseldorf?
TONY: You know, I tried. But, you know, that security conference kept us pretty busy.
ABBY: Mmm....
TONY: I'm having trouble breathing here.
ABBY: I'm sorry!
TONY: McGee! Look at you! Mm-hmm! All grown up. So what did I miss the last two weeks?
MCGEE: Well, nothing I couldn't handle, Boss.
TONY: Good! And to think the Director didn't have any faith in you!
MCGEE: What do you mean the Director?
TONY: Gather 'round, people. I come bearing gifts. (TO ABBY) For the lovely lady.
ABBY: Ah, Tony. It's beautiful.
TONY: Not to mention incredibly expensive. Euro is stronger than it used to be. For my Senior Field Agent.... oh...
MCGEE: Oh... The Very Best of David Hasselhoff.
TONY: You don't like it?
MCGEE: I repeat. The Very Best of David Hasselhoff.
(F/X: TONY HITS MCGEE)
MCGEE: What was that for?
TONY: You listen to Yanni. And you have an unauthorized game on your computer.
MCGEE: Okay, it's your game, Tony.
TONY: Yeah, and you shouldn't have beaten my high score. And for Ziva... das lederhosen! One size fits all. Where is the little Israeli?
LEE: Late, Sir. Second time this week.
TONY: Agent Lee, my favorite probie-slash-hall monitor. I'll bet you're wondering what the newest member of Team Dinozzo gets. Well, we saved the best for last here. This was not easy getting through customs, but...
LEE: A stapler?
TONY: It's a German stapler.
LEE: But it says "Made in China", Sir.
TONY: Oh, yeah. It's that German, Eurasian, China. It's a global village, Lee. Get used to it.
LEE: She's over an hour late, Sir. That's unusual, even for her.
TONY: What did I tell you about worrying, Probie?
LEE: That it's your job.
TONY: See? You're learning!
LEE: But she's not answering her - I'm sorry, Sir. She's not answering her cell phone either.
TONY: Okay, there is only one thing you need to know about Officer David.
LEE: Don't make her angry.
TONY: So technically, really, there's two things. The other is.... she can take care of herself.
[SCENE_BREAK]
INT. ISRAELI EMBASSY - DAY
ZIVA: (LOUDLY) I cannot wait any longer! Produce Officer Bashan or I start with your hands and I will not stop until....!
BASHAN: (IN HEBREW) Officer David, what did I tell you about terrorizing my men? Leave us alone, please.
(DOOR CLOSES)
BASHAN: Come, Ziva. Sit. Okay, what seems to be the problem?
ZIVA: Why was I not told about this operation?
BASHAN: I suppose the simple answer would be... your father did not want you to know.
ZIVA: And he wonders why I barely talk to him anymore, Michael.
BASHAN: A fact I know he regrets... very much, Ziva. Very much.
ZIVA: I spent a year building relationships and trust with NCIS. How do you suggest I explain this to them?!
BASHAN: I realize this places you in an awkward position, but Ziva...
ZIVA: (LOUDLY) They were sloppy - blatant!
BASHAN: And you should have known better! The Americans can be quite prudish in their attitudes, Ziva.
ZIVA: You call what happened prudish?
BASHAN: That depends. Did you or did you not sleep with him?
ZIVA: Who?
BASHAN: Anthony Dinozzo, your new team leader.
ZIVA: Why do you ask that?
BASHAN: Starting three months ago, Ziva, he's been visiting your apartment at least one night a week.
ZIVA: My father has you spying on me?
BASHAN: I assumed that was the reason for your visit.
ZIVA: Well, you assumed wrong, Officer Bashan. I am here because an hour ago a Mossad assassination team killed three people in Georgetown.
BASHAN: We have no active operations scheduled in George--
ZIVA: Michael, don't lie to me. I was there. I tried to stop it.
BASHAN: What exactly did you see?
ZIVA: Officer Namir Eschel.
BASHAN: (BEAT) No. Impossible.
ZIVA: I spoke to him. I... I let him go.
BASHAN: (IN HEBREW/INTO PHONE) Secure line to Tel Aviv. I need to speak to the director. Immediately. (IN ENGLISH) Tell him... tell him it concerns family.
ZIVA: Do you realize how close I came to shooting Eschel today?
(SFX: HANGS UP PHONE)
BASHAN: Namir Eschel is dead, Ziva. Your father and I attended his funeral six months ago.
MUSICAL BRIDGE TO:
INT. NCIS SQUAD ROOM - DAY
MCGEE: (INTO PHONE) Ziva, just call us as soon as you get the message. We're not worried. Just give us a call please.
(HANGS UP PHONE)
TONY: Okay, now I'm starting to worry.
MCGEE: You think she's all right?
TONY: Well, if she was all right, she'd be here, McGee.
MCGEE: The question is, what would Gibbs do in a situation like this?
SHEPARD: He'd find her, Tony.
TONY: I'm working on it, Director!
SHEPARD: Work harder. Metro Police just found her car on a sidewalk in Georgetown.
MCGEE: Actually, it's not that unusual when Ziva's driving.
SHEPARD: Yeah, I drove all the way through Eastern Europe with her. I should know, McGee. But in my experience, the FBI doesn't usually concern themselves with traffic accidents.
MCGEE: Tony, isn't that the guy who tried to put you away for a murder?
TONY: Yes, it is. And thank you for bringing up a painful memory, McGee. (TO SHEPARD) You knew they were coming, Director?
SHEPARD: Calm down, Tony. I only just got the call ten minutes ago.
TONY: What do they want with Ziva?
SHEPARD: We're about to find out. Together. (TO SACHS) Agent Sachs, Director Shepard.
SACKS: Director Shepard.
MUSICAL BRIDGE TO:
INT. ISRAELI EMBASSY - DAY
BASHAN: We have confirmed your report. The man you saw killed was Abdul Wazir, the former Syrian Army Colonel. Wanted for crimes against the State of Israel.
ZIVA: It seems I'm not the only one my father likes to keep in the dark.
BASHAN: Oh, this was not a sanctioned action, Ziva. We had no hand in this.
ZIVA: You mean officially.
BASHAN: Officially or unofficially. We knew he was in American custody. Offers protection in turn for supplying information on Al Qaeda cells in Iraq.
ZIVA: Protection from what?
BASHAN: Us.
ZIVA: The two men guarding him?
BASHAN: F.B.I. agents.
ZIVA: Oh dear God, Michael....
BASHAN: Obviously, Eschel faked his own death. He's operating without orders, making his own decisions.
ZIVA: Of perhaps that is merely a cover my father designed for him.
BASHAN: Do you really believe he would jeopardize our relations with the Americans like this?
ZIVA: There are days I don't know what to believe anymore, Michael.
BASHAN: You have not been dismissed yet, Officer David.
ZIVA: I have to contact NCIS.
BASHAN: Your orders are to remain here until we figure out a strategy to deal with this.
ZIVA: Eschel murdered two Americans and a man in their custody. Our strategy is simple. Find him and kill him!
BASHAN: There are complications.
ZIVA: Which NCIS can help us with!
BASHAN: You left your car at the crime scene this morning.
ZIVA: It was disabled. I was trying to prevent the attack.
BASHAN: The Americans do not see it this way.
ZIVA: Director Shepard will.
(BASHAN EXCLAIMS IN HEBREW)
BASHAN: Ziva, the F.B.I. has already issued a warrant for your arrest.
ZIVA: On what charges?
BASHAN: Espionage and murder.
(MUSIC UP AND OUT)
[SCENE_BREAK]
INT. ISRAELI EMBASSY - DAY
BASHAN: This is a political nightmare. I'm asking for your patience, Ziva. We need time to deal with this.
ZIVA: You'd hold me against my will, Michael?
BASHAN: I will do what's best for you.
(DOOR OPENS)
BASHAN: Your father, he will find the solution to this, Ziva.
ZIVA: Like he did for my brother Ari?
BASHAN: Escort her to guest quarters. (WHISPERS) Do not forget to confiscate her weapons.
ZIVA: I'm sorry for this.
BASHAN: As am I.
(DOOR CLOSES)
ZIVA: I was talking to you!
(MUSIC OVER ACTION/ZIVA ATTACKS THE SECURITY OFFICER)
ZIVA: Have you ever been tied up by a woman before? Huh? Did you like it? Then today is not your lucky day.
MUSICAL BRIDGE TO:
INT. NCIS SQUAD ROOM - DAY
(DOOR OPENS)
TONY: Very professional.
SACKS: Your Director kicked us both out, Dinozzo.
TONY: Only because you couldn't keep your soup cooler shut.
SACKS: Well, your Mossad liaison officer killed two FBI agents today. Sorry if that pisses me off!
TONY: Where's your proof?
SACKS: Proof? Car abandoned at the crime scene. The Syrian was on their most wanted list. She's disappeared. And, oh yeah, her brother was a Hamas terrorist.
TONY: Where I come from, that's called circumstantial.
SACKS: Wait a minute! Where's that? Narnia? (BEAT) It's a fantasy movie. The Chronicles of Narnia.
TONY: I know what it is! Okay story, excellent special effects.
SACKS: They were definitely kicking.
TONY: That's not my point. Six months ago, you were convinced that I killed a woman and chopped off her legs.
SACKS: Hell, I'm still not convinced you didn't.
TONY: Exactly.
SACKS: So Ziva David is being framed? By who?
TONY: Well, that's what I intend to find out.
SACKS: Good luck with that.
SHEPARD: You two! Up here, now.
TONY: Director, will you please tell Agent Slacks...
SACKS: Sacks! It's Sacks.
TONY: Will you please tell Agent Slacks that we're going to be handling this one in-house?
SHEPARD: I just assured your Director that the F.B.I. will be getting NCIS's complete cooperation in this matter.
SACKS: Thank you, Ma'am.
SHEPARD: If Ziva attempts to contact you, or anyone on your team, I want you to notify both myself and Agent Sacks immediately.
TONY: This is complete bull--
SHEPARD: This is an order from your Director, Agent Dinozzo. Is that clear enough for you?
TONY: Almost crystal, Ma'am.
SACKS: I give you my word that I will try and keep an open mind on this.
TONY: Yeah?
SACKS: Yeah.
TONY: Okay. Listen, uh... about what happened between us before...
SACKS: (OVERLAP) No hard feelings. I got it.
TONY: No, I was going to say, I still pretty much hate your guts, Sacks.
SACKS: Me, too, Dinozzo. Me, too.
SHEPARD: Tony? That question you asked me earlier, what would Gibbs do? Gibbs isn't here. You are.
(DOOR CLOSES)
[SCENE_BREAK]
INT. LAB - DAY
ABBY: Gibbs. This is really, really bad. Ziva has disappeared, and everyone's saying that she's just like her brother. I really, really need you to call me. Please.
(SFX: PHONE RINGS)
ABBY: (INTO PHONE) Gibbs?!(BEGIN TELEPHONE INTERCUTS)
ZIVA: (INTO PHONE) Abby, it's Ziva.
(SCENE CUT)
ABBY: (INTO PHONE) Ziva, are you all right?
(SCENE CUT)
ZIVA: (INTO PHONE) No, and don't say my name so loud.
ABBY: (V.O./FILTERED) Sorry!
(SCENE CUT)
ABBY: (INTO PHONE) Where are you?
(SCENE CUT)
ZIVA: (INTO PHONE) At a safe place at the moment.
ABBY: (V.O./FILTERED) The F.B.I. was here.
(SCENE CUT)
ABBY: (INTO PHONE) And Tony was freaking out.
(SCENE CUT)
ABBY: (V.O./FILTERED) And the Director...
ZIVA: (INTO PHONE) Abby, I need you to do a favor for me.
ABBY: (V.O./FILTERED) You name it.
ZIVA: (INTO PHONE) First, you can't tell anyone I've spoken to you.
(SCENE CUT)
ABBY: (INTO PHONE) Except Tony, right?
ZIVA: (V.O./FILTERED) No. Not even Tony. If I talk to him, he'll get in trouble with the F.B.I.
ABBY: (INTO PHONE) What do you need?
(SCENE CUT)
ZIVA: (INTO PHONE) A phone number.
(SCENE CUT)
ABBY: (INTO PHONE) All right. I'll call you back at this number.
TONY: Abby?
(SFX: HANGS UP PHONE)
TONY: Who was that?
ABBY: Where?
TONY: On the phone.
ABBY: Oh, um... it was the nuns.
MCGEE: The nuns?
ABBY: Yep. You know, nuns with the big white hats and the...
MCGEE: Habits. Yeah, they're called habits. Big white hats.
ABBY: Yep, they called to say that... bowling practice is cancelled.
MCGEE: Bowling nuns?
ABBY: Geez, McGee! What? Are you on some sort of anti-nun crusade here?
MCGEE: What?
TONY: Okay. All right. Lay off the nuns. I need to contact Gibbs. If we're going to get Ziva out of this, I'm going to need his advice.
ABBY: Well, last I heard he was still in Mexico.
TONY: Well, there must be some way to contact him.
[SCENE_BREAK]
EXT. BEACH HOUSE - DAY
(SFX: HAMMERING B.G.)
MIKE FRANKS: Ah, damn it!
GIBBS: Hey, you say something?
MIKE FRANKS: Four months and you still don't understand the meaning of the word siesta, Probie?
GIBBS: The roof's not going to fix itself, Mike. Tropical storm season's only a few weeks away.
MIKE FRANKS: Did you ever stop to think that I might like rain?
GIBBS: Yeah, just maybe not inside your house!
MIKE FRANKS: Don't you have a boat to build or something?
GIBBS: Yeah, well the problem with that, Mike, is I'm using all my good lumber to fix your dog-rot house.
MIKE FRANKS: I've got a better idea. Why don't you use it to build your own... somewhere down there?
GIBBS: Hey, you just say the word. I'll be gone.
MIKE FRANKS: Oh, tempt me, Jethro. I ain't nearly drunk enough. But until then, I was thinking your next project would be a nice little hot-tub. Say yay big? Right over there.
GIBBS: Teak or redwood?
CHARO: Hola, gentlemen.
MIKE FRANKS: Gentlemen!? She can't be talking to you and me, Gunny!
CHARO: You? No. Senor Gibbs, si. I hope you're not letting him work you so hard.
GIBBS: Nah.
MIKE FRANKS: He's living here for free! What does he expect?!
CHARO: Perhaps some day he will tell us.
MIKE FRANKS: Hey, how much do I owe you?
CHARO: (CHUCKLES) Twenty-five American. And you have a phone call.
MIKE FRANKS: Okay.
CHARO: Not you. Leroy Jethro.
GIBBS: Who is it?
CHARO: A woman. And she sounded muy upset.
MIKE FRANKS: Ha ha. Probably that lady director of yours. About to have a nervous breakdown.
GIBBS: (INTO PHONE) Yeah, Gibbs?
ZIVA: (V.O./FILTERED) Hola!
(BEGIN TELEPHONE INTERCUTS)
(SCENE CUT)
ZIVA: (INTO PHONE) Ah, how's Mexico?
GIBBS: (V.O./FILTERED) Ziva!
(SCENE CUT)
GIBBS: (INTO PHONE) How'd you get this number?
ZIVA: (V.O./FILTERED) From Abby.
(SCENE CUT)
ZIVA: (INTO PHONE) And if it helps, I forced it out of her.
GIBBS: (V.O./FILTERED) No.
(SCENE CUT)
GIBBS: (INTO PHONE) It doesn't. What's wrong?
ZIVA: (V.O./FILTERED) Why does something always have to be wrong? Can't I just--
(SCENE CUT)
ZIVA: (INTO PHONE) ... Speak with an old friend?
(SCENE CUT)
ZIVA: (V.O./FILTERED) Do a little catching up?
GIBBS: (INTO PHONE) Today, Ziva!
(SCENE CUT)
ZIVA: (INTO PHONE) Okay. I may be in a little bit of trouble.
(SCENE CUT)
GIBBS: (INTO PHONE) Yeah? Define little.
(SCENE CUT)
ZIVA: (INTO PHONE) I am currently on the run from the F.B.I., NCIS, Mossad, and my father.
(SCENE CUT)
GIBBS: (INTO PHONE) Geez! What'd you do?
ZIVA: (V.O./FILTERED) I did nothing, Gibbs.
(SCENE CUT)
ZIVA: (INTO PHONE) I swear, I did nothing.
GIBBS: (V.O./FILTERED) Where's--
(SCENE CUT)
GIBBS: (INTO PHONE) ... Dinozzo!?
ZIVA: (V.O./FILTERED) He can't help me.
(SCENE CUT)
GIBBS: (INTO PHONE) Well, you should talk to Jenny. Jenny can help you.
(SCENE CUT)
ZIVA: (INTO PHONE) I can't.
GIBBS: (V.O./FILTERED) Ziva! Look, I'm retired!
(SCENE CUT)
GIBBS: (INTO PHONE) I'm three thousand miles away! What do you think I can do that they can't do?
(SCENE CUT)
ZIVA: (INTO PHONE) Honestly? I don't know.
(SCENE CUT)
ZIVA: (V.O./FILTERED) I was hoping, maybe...
(SCENE CUT)
ZIVA: (INTO PHONE) ... you'd save me?
(SCENE CUT)
MCGEE: (V.O.) Two days.(END TELEPHONE INTERCUTS)
[SCENE_BREAK]
INT. NCIS SQUAD ROOM - DAY
MCGEE: (V.O.) How long are these guys going to be here?
LEE: Officer David was here for a year. Who knows how badly she compromised our security.
MCGEE: What did you say, Probie?
LEE: Oh, come on, McGee. You think we don't spy on our allies, too? It happens all the time.
TONY: Agent Lee.
LEE: Sir?
TONY: Shut up and keep an eye on the Feds. McGee, you're with me. We've got places to be.
SACKS: Should be done here, Dinozzo, in another... oh, five - six more hours.
[SCENE_BREAK]
INT. AUTOPSY ROOM - DAY
TONY: First off, this is a strictly voluntary thing. Ziva's a fugitive. Anyone caught helping or assisting her in any way will be in serious trouble. Palmer?
JIMMY: Um.... by serious, you mean like, get fired?
DUCKY: He means, Mister Palmer, instead of attending medical school next month, you will most likely be in prison.
JIMMY: Oh.
ABBY: I'm in!
DUCKY: Danger, intrigue, a damsel in distress? I'm actually looking forward to it.
MCGEE: Me, too.
JIMMY: Um... I'm not exactly the type that would do well in prison, guys.
TONY: No one's going to think any less of you if you want out, Palmer.
JIMMY: Really?
TONY: Well, no. We probably would. At least I know I would.
JIMMY: All right, then I want a code name. Something cool sounding.
TONY: All right. No one can know about this, especially the Director. Are we all good with that? All right, then let's figure out how to find her. McGee, I want you on her electronic tracks.
TONY: (CONT.) Cell phone, computer, toaster oven if you have to. Ducky, please talk to your contacts in the F.B.I. I want to know everything about that Georgetown crime scene. Palmer, how does "Black lung" sound?
JIMMY: Like a horrible and painful way to die.
TONY: I mean as your code name.
JIMMY: Oh, I like it!
TONY: Yeah. All right. Well then, you're in charge of supplies, Black Lung. Which means lunch and at this point, probably dinner. Abs, I need you to go--
ABBY: I talked to Ziva yesterday.
TONY: You don't bowl with nuns. I should have seen that coming.
ABBY: I do! Ziva made me promise not to tell.
DUCKY: Why would Ziva care if we knew that you bowled with nuns?
TONY: I think she means that Ziva didn't want us getting in trouble, Ducky.
DUCKY: It's a bit late for that. Where is she?
ABBY: All I have is this phone number.(SFX: TONY DIALS THE CELL PHONE)
(PHONE RINGS)
TONY: Well, there's no answer. Abby, are you sure that this-(INTO PHONE) Ziva?
(BEGIN TELEPHONE INTERCUTS)
(SCENE CUT)
ZIVA: (INTO PHONE) Tell Abby I'm going to kill her.
(SCENE CUT)
TONY: (INTO PHONE) We love you, too.
(SCENE CUT)
ZIVA: (INTO PHONE) I'm hanging up now.
TONY: (V.O./FILTERED) No, you're not!
(SCENE CUT)
TONY: (INTO PHONE) You're going to tell me what the hell is going on here.
(SCENE CUT)
ZIVA: (INTO PHONE) Your phone could be tapped, Tony.
TONY: (V.O./FILTERED) Well, then I'll come to you.
(SCENE CUT)
TONY: (INTO PHONE) I'm also trying to get a hold of Gibbs right now, but I'm not having any luck.
ZIVA: (V.O./FILTERED) Gibbs?
(SCENE CUT)
ZIVA: (INTO PHONE) Why didn't you say so?
GIBBS: (INTO PHONE) Dinozzo.
(SCENE CUT)
GIBBS: (V.O./FILTERED) You have ten seconds to tell me why I am not building ....
(SCENE CUT)
GIBBS: (INTO PHONE) ... a teak hot tub in Mexico. Nine....
(MUSIC UP AND OUT)
MUSIC IN:
INT. BASEMENT - DAY
ZIVA: Target's name was Abdul Wazir. A Syrian wanted for crimes against the State of Israel. Terminated by this man, Mossad Officer Namir Eschel. My former teammate when I was stationed in Paris.
GIBBS: Who's supposed to be dead.
ZIVA: Apparently he's gotten better.
GIBBS: Being dead makes for a good cover.
ZIVA: I would agree, but my father claims to have no knowledge of his activities.
GIBBS: I'd believe him. How many times do I have to tell you, I don't believe --
(DOOR OPENS)
ZIVA: In coincidences? I know.
TONY: Lucky for you, neither do I. According to the F.B.I., I should be the one aiming my weapon at you.
GIBBS: You were set up. The only Mossad liaison officer in D.C....
TONY: Just happens to be present during a Metsada-style hit.
(INTERCUT FLASHBACK SCENE OF BOMBING)
ZIVA: Oh, God. I'm an idiot. He led me to the scene. Eschel framed me. (CURSES IN HEBREW) Filthy rotting pig!
GIBBS: Yeah, but the question is, why?
TONY: I thought you might be needing this. Uh... I meant the NCIS cell phone. That's my coffee, Boss.
GIBBS: Do I still look like your boss?
TONY: Uh... well, maybe if you shaved. And a haircut wouldn't hurt. The smile thing's definitely throwing me off, too.
GIBBS: (OVERLAP) It's good... it's good to see you again, McGee.
TONY: Dinozzo.
GIBBS: What'd I say?
ZIVA: You called him McGee.
GIBBS: Oh, that's probably because if I left him in charge, you wouldn't be on the F.B.I.'s ten most wanted list right now.
TONY: Hm... but you do remember?
GIBBS: That I left you in charge? Yeah, I remember I left you in charge, Dinozzo. What I forgot is your taste in coffee. It stinks!
TONY: I like sugar. It's my weakness. What's our plan?
ZIVA: Things are bad enough for NCIS as it is, Tony. You can't--
TONY: I don't remember asking your opinion, Officer David!
ZIVA: You see? He's been completely insufferable since you left.
GIBBS: Is that true, Tony?
TONY: When I need to be.
GIBBS: Yeah? Hm... maybe you were the right man for the job. Our plan is to find this guy before he gets out of the country.
MUSICAL BRIDGE TO:
INT. LAB - DAY
MCGEE: (V.O.) How do we put out a BOLO without the (ON CAMERA) F.B.I. finding out about it?
TONY ON TAPE: (RECORDED VOICE) I knew you'd ask me that, McGee.
TONY: See? I knew you'd ask me that, McGee.
MCGEE: And?
TONY: And I ... I don't know. Any suggestions?
ABBY: We could tell the F.B.I. about Eschel and let them track him down.
TONY: When they ask how we know about him?
ABBY: They'll know we talked to Ziva.
(SFX: FLATULENCE)
TONY: McGee!
MCGEE: Tony, what if we lie?
TONY: Sacks is a self-centered egotistical jack hole, but he's not an idiot. He'll know.
MCGEE: No, I mean lie on the BOLO. Instead of looking for a rogue Mossad spy wanted for murder, we put out a BOLO for a wife-beater.(SFX: KEYBOARDING B.G.)
TONY: That's underhanded, devious...
ABBY: And it's completely getting me hot.
TONY: I'm glad to see I'm finally rubbing off on him.
TONY ON TAPE: (RECORDED VOICE) Do it!
(SFX: FLATULENCE)
MUSICAL BRIDGE TO:
INT. PICK UP TRUCK - DAY
ZIVA: It's one of our own safe houses. We park on a dirt access road two hundred meters behind it and enter from the back.
GIBBS: You know he's not going to be here. That's the first place Mossad's gonna try to reacquire him.
ZIVA: Mossad does not know about this particular one. I set this one up for Ari.
GIBBS: How's Eschel know about it?
ZIVA: When Ari infiltrated NCIS three years ago, Eschel was part of his recovery team.
GIBBS: An F.B.I. agent was killed then, too. Let's get this over with. I've got a beach in Mexico waiting for me.
(SFX: TRUCK STARTS/DRIVES O.S.)
[SCENE_BREAK]
INT. SAFE HOUSE - DAY
(DOOR OPENS)
ZIVA: (SHOUTS) Move or we shoot! Clear!
GIBBS: He's dead. Rigor mortis has already set in.
ZIVA: How do you know he's not faking it?
GIBBS: Well, shoot him if you don't believe me. Better hope that's not Eschel.
ZIVA: Why? You want to kill him yourself now?
GIBBS: Uh-huh. But I won't. Neither will you. We capture him alive. We kill him, there's no way to prove you weren't involved with the hit. He look familiar?
ZIVA: He's not Mossad. Eschel is obviously trying to tie up his loose ends.
GIBBS: Yeah. Well, that's what you were. Spread out, and start looking around.
ZIVA: What for, exactly?
GIBBS: Anything that'll help us find out where he went.
ZIVA: Right.(DOOR OPENS)
MUSICAL BRIDGE TO:
FAATIN AMAL: She looks a bit like her brother, don't you think?
ESCHEL: More like her father.
FAATIN AMAL: Who is the man?
ESCHEL: Someone who shouldn't be with her. Retired Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs.
(SFX: ESCHEL DIALS THE CELL PHONE)
MUSICAL BRIDGE TO:
INT. NCIS SQUAD ROOM - DAY
(PHONE RINGS)
SACKS: (INTO PHONE) Sacks. Who is this? How do I know this is legit? (TO AGENTS) I've got a tip, guys. House in Fairfax.
MUSICAL BRIDGE TO:
INT. SAFEHOUSE - DAY
(MUSIC OVER ACTION/GIBBS AND ZIVA LOOK THROUGH THE CUPBOARDS)
GIBBS: There's nothing here.
ZIVA: Eschel was always good at covering up his tracks. (BEAT) What is it?
[SCENE_BREAK]
INT. HOTEL ROOM - DAY
ESCHEL: (V.O./IN HEBREW) How the hell? (V.O./IN ENGLISH) He's made us!
FAATIN AMAL: Impossible! I placed that camera myself!
[SCENE_BREAK]
INT. SAFE HOUSE - DAY
(MUSIC OVER ACTION/GIBBS SEARCHES FOR THE HIDDEN CAMERA)
[SCENE_BREAK]
INT. HOTEL ROOM - DAY
(SFX: COMPUTER BEEP TONES)
FAATIN AMAL: We need to detonate now.
ESCHEL: No, we wait for the F.B.I., Faatin. It must look like Ziva killed herself, instead of surrendering.
FAATIN AMAL: If she leaves before they get there, Namir?
ESCHEL: I will delay her.
(SFX: TELEPHONE BEEP TONES)
[SCENE_BREAK]
INT. SAFE HOUSE - DAY
GIBBS: He was watching us.
ZIVA: It could have been left from when Ari was here.
(PHONE RINGS)
ZIVA: He was watching us.
GIBBS: (INTO PHONE) What?(BEGIN TELEPHONE INTERCUTS)
(SCENE CUT)
ESCHEL: (INTO PHONE) I heard you retired.
(SCENE CUT)
GIBBS: (INTO PHONE) Yeah. I heard you were dead.
(SCENE CUT)
ESCHEL: (INTO PHONE) To the Mossad, I am.
GIBBS: (V.O./FILTERED) They know you're live now.
(SCENE CUT)
GIBBS: (INTO PHONE) I plan on fixing that.
ESCHEL: (V.O./FILTERED) Poor Director David.
(SCENE CUT)
ESCHEL: (INTO PHONE) First his son's a traitor, and now his daughter...
(SCENE CUT)
ESCHEL: (V.O./FILTERED) ... By this time tomorrow, he'll be working in a kibbutz!
(SCENE CUT)
ESCHEL: (INTO PHONE) Unless, of course, he kills himself first.
(SCENE CUT)
ESCHEL: (V.O./FILTERED) Is it true?
(SCENE CUT)
ESCHEL: (INTO PHONE) Did you kill Ari Haswari?(END TELEPHONE INTERCUTS)
[SCENE_BREAK]
INT. SAFE HOUSE - DAY
ZIVA: He's delaying us.
GIBBS: Why?
ZIVA: I'm his loose end, remember?
GIBBS: He called the F.B.I.
ZIVA: That's not what I'm worried about. When our safe house was compromised in Paris, Eschel blew it up!
[SCENE_BREAK]
EXT. SAFE HOUSE - DAY
(SFX: CAR BRAKES TO A STOP)
(MUSIC OVER ACTION/AGENTS ALL RUN TOWARD THE FRONT DOOR)
[SCENE_BREAK]
INT. HOTEL ROOM - DAY
ESCHEL: (V.O.) Shalom, Ziva.
[SCENE_BREAK]
EXT. SAFE HOUSE - DAY
(SFX: SAFE HOUSE EXPLODES)
(MUSIC OUT)
MUSIC IN:
INT. NCIS SQUAD ROOM - NIGHT
SACKS: We're still not sure what the hell happened, Dinozzo. Or if she was even in there when then place blew up.
TONY: Bodies?
SACKS: No, it was incinerated. We won't even be able to process the scene until at least tomorrow.
TONY: What makes you think she was there?
SACKS: A tip.
TONY: From who?
SACKS: Anonymous. My guess is probably somebody inside Mossad trying to make nice.
TONY: Someone tying up loose ends.
SACKS: For all we know she blew up the place to cover her own tracks.
TONY: She was only looking for the guy who set her up.
SACKS: You mind telling me how you know that?
TONY: Because that's what I'd do.(ELEVATOR DINGS/ DOORS SLIDE CLOSED)
TONY: Not good, Ducky.
DUCKY: You did manage to call them, didn't you?
TONY: I got Gibbs' voice mail. I don't think he ever learned how to use it.
DUCKY: And the number Abby has for Ziva?
TONY: Not picking up.
DUCKY: Then there's only one thing for you to do.
TONY: I know! Let the Director know they're probably dead and resign for disobeying a direct order.
DUCKY: You'll do nothing of the sort, Anthony Dinozzo.
TONY: And why is that?
DUCKY: Because the man who did that is still out there. And I'll be damned if we let him get away with it!
TONY: What would Gibbs do, right? I've got a bulletin for you, Ducky. I am not Gibbs.
DUCKY: No, you're not. Gibbs quit. You're still here.
TONY: Why wasn't I with Ziva? I turned over my responsibility to him without even thinking about it.
DUCKY: Gibbs is one of the most capable ag--
TONY: Was, Ducky! You didn't see him. I mean, he didn't even look like Gibbs. I think he went native down there.
DUCKY: Uh, Tony?
TONY: His hair is all long and crazy looking. And he's got this scraggly beard. He looks like a pirate or something. His eyes are all bloodshot, probably from drinking hooch from morning to night with Franks.
GIBBS: They call it a "redeye" for a reason... the flight I was on all night to get here.
TONY: Oh, geez! You're all right! Good. All right. Thank god.
GIBBS: Yeah, thank Ziva. Already been blown up twice, Tony. Don't think I got a third one in me. Space seventy-three. Presents in the back for Autopsy and Abby. Don't be seen. Hey, Duck!
DUCKY: Welcome home, Jethro.
GIBBS: Oh, you got the wrong guy. I'm just visiting. You might want to tell Palmer it's going to be a late night.
[SCENE_BREAK]
INT. SHEPARD'S OFFICE - NIGHT
(DOOR OPENS/ CLOSES)
GIBBS: I really miss that view. Harbor isn't bad, either.
SHEPARD: I had a feeling I'd be seeing you soon, Jethro. How is she?
GIBBS: She's scared. Not that she'll ever admit that.
SHEPARD: NCIS can't help her.
GIBBS: Well see, that's why I'm here. I'm not NCIS. I retired. Remember?
SHEPARD: I shouldn't even be talking to you.
GIBBS: Anyone asks, just tell them two old partners catching up.
SHEPARD: My agency has been harboring a foreign operative for over a year, one that I personally vouched for and insisted we needed.
GIBBS: She didn't do it.
SHEPARD: You think I don't know that? I'm just telling you what they're saying all over the Beltway. I give it twenty-four hours before they ask for my resignation.
GIBBS: Don't give it to them. She was set up.
SHEPARD: By whom?
GIBBS: A former Mossad officer. Claims it was to get back at Ziva's father.
SHEPARD: What do you think?
GIBBS: My gut says it was more than that.
SHEPARD: I agree. This is bigger than the director level of NCIS or Mossad. This incident could jeopardize relations between both of our countries for years.
GIBBS: I figure someone hired him to do just that.
SHEPARD: Well, I could think of ten countries and a dozen terrorist groups that fit that bill.
GIBBS: Oh, yeah. I can, too. Which is why I want you to do me a favor.
SHEPARD: Name it.
GIBBS: It's late. Go home. Catch up on some sleep.
SHEPARD: Plausible deniability.
GIBBS: Yeah. Something like that. Thank you.
SHEPARD: Jethro, it's good--
GIBBS: I'm not back, Jen. I'm just doing a favor for a friend.
SHEPARD: I was just talking about your hair. It's good to see it long again. It reminds me of when we were undercover in Serbia.
GIBBS: Serbia?
SHEPARD: Do you remember that little farmhouse we were holed up in? A whole week with nothing to do but --
GIBBS: No. No, I don't, Jen. Memory is a little fuzzy on some things.
(DOOR OPENS/ CLOSES)
MUSICAL BRIDGE TO:
INT. BASEMENT - NIGHT
(MUSIC OVER ACTION/ZIVA WAITS IN GIBBS' BASEMENT)
[SCENE_BREAK]
INT. LAB - NIGHT
MCGEE: We matched the dead guy's prints. Balash Sassanid. Arrested five years ago for reckless driving. An illegal from Iran. Student visa expired last year, Boss.(SFX: KEYBOARDING B.G.)
TONY AND GIBBS: (IN UNISON) Good job, McGee.
GIBBS: What about the cell phone Eschel called us on, Abs?
ABBY: I isolated the grid the call came in on.
TONY: Nice work, Abs.
ABBY: Actually, no, Tony. The grid includes the entire city of Woodbridge, Virginia. He could be anywhere in it.
GIBBS: Great. We've got nothing.
TONY: Well, an ex-Mossad officer working with an Iranian student is something, Gibbs.
GIBBS: Not if it doesn't help us find Eschel in time.
TONY: McGee, the BOLO we put out yesterday. Any hits? You completely forgot about that, didn't you?
MCGEE: This one's on me, Boss. We have multiple hits. Six hits on men fitting his general description. Three in Delaware, one in Pennsylvania, two in Virginia. Closest match. A local cop saw a man fitting his exact profile at a Freemont Inn.
GIBBS AND TONY: (IN UNISON) Where, McGee?
MCGEE: Woodbridge, Virginia.
MUSICAL BRIDGE TO:
INT. NCIS SQUAD ROOM - DAY
TONY: (V.O.) I'm telling you, Gibbs, (ON CAMERA) don't call her. She won't wait for us.(SFX: CELL PHONE TOUCH TONES)
GIBBS: She will if I tell her to.(BEGIN TELEPHONE INTERCUTS)
[SCENE_BREAK]
INT. BASEMENT - DAY
(SFX: PHONE RINGS)
ZIVA: (INTO PHONE) You found him?
(SCENE CUT)
GIBBS: (INTO PHONE) The Freemont Inn in Woodbridge. I'll swing by and pick you up.
ZIVA: (V.O./FILTERED) There's no time....
(SCENE CUT)
ZIVA: (INTO PHONE) Gibbs! He won't stay in one place for more than twenty-four hours. I'll meet you there.
GIBBS: (V.O./FILTERED) Ziva....
(SCENE CUT)
GIBBS: (INTO PHONE) This isn't a debate.
(SCENE CUT)
GIBBS: (V.O./FILTERED) We go in together or we don't go--
(ZIVA HANGS UP THE CONNECTION)
(END TELEPHONE INTERCUTS)
TONY: Let me guess. She's going without us?
GIBBS: If she kills him, there won't be any way to prove the Israelis weren't behind this.
TONY: Yeah, I know. Let's roll. Hey! Hey! No. This is my team now, Gibbs. My rules. And Dinozzo's rule one? I don't sit on the sidelines when my people are in trouble. You got a problem with that, let's remember who's got the badge and who's the civilian.
GIBBS: You done?
TONY: Yeah.
(SFX: GIBBS HITS TONY)
GIBBS: I was going to say get McGee. I'll meet you there.
TONY: You know, I could arrest you for striking a Federal officer.
GIBBS: I know that.
TONY: All right. Just so you know.(ELEVATOR DINGS/ DOORS SLIDE CLOSED)
[SCENE_BREAK]
INT. HOTEL ROOM - DAY
ESCHEL: I trust the rest of my money will be wired to my account shortly?
FAATIN AMAL: Of course. Would you mind? Careful, it's delicate.
(SFX: MUFFLED GUNFIRE)
(SFX: ESCHEL GASPS IN PAIN)
FAATIN AMAL: I'm sorry, but no one can know my country was behind this, Eschel. And with you gone, no one will.(FAATIN AMAL SMOTHERS ESCHEL)
(DOOR OPENS)
(MUSIC OVER ACTION/ZIVA WALKS THROUGH THE ROOM)
(SFX: GUNFIRE)
(SFX: EMPTY CHAMBER CLICKS)
(MUSIC OVER ACTION/ZIVA AND FAATIN AMAL FIGHTING)
ZIVA: Who hired you?
FAATIN AMAL: Mossad.
ZIVA: Liar! Who?!
FAATIN AMAL: Go on, do it! You'll never make me talk.
ZIVA: I believe you.
FAATIN AMAL: Then kill me, make your daddy proud, Jew!
(SFX: ZIVA THROWS HER KNIFE INTO THE WALL)
FAATIN AMAL: (SHOUTS) What are you doing!?
ZIVA: Not making you a martyr. You're under arrest.
FAATIN AMAL: Your time with the Americans has made you soft. You should not have thrown your knife away.
(SFX: ZIVA AND FAATIN AMAL CONTINUE FIGHTING)
FAATIN AMAL: Get up!
(SFX: ZIVA AND FAATIN AMAL CONTINUE FIGHTING)
FAATIN AMAL: Not so tough now, are you?(SFX: FAATIN AMAL SPITS ON ZIVA)
(SFX: ZIVA MOANS)
[SCENE_BREAK]
EXT. HOTEL - DAY
(MUSIC OVER ACTION/TRUCK BRAKES TO A STOP)
[SCENE_BREAK]
INT. HOTEL ROOM - DAY
FAATIN AMAL: I thought I told you to... (SHOUTS) get up!
(SFX: ZIVA MOANS)
ZIVA: Who are you?
FAATIN AMAL: VEVAK.
ZIVA: Iranian Intelligence?
FAATIN AMAL: Yes. And you have our thanks. The Americans will never trust your country again.
(SFX: ZIVA LAUGHS)
ZIVA: It was easier than I thought. Making you talk.
(SFX: ZIVA AND FAATIN AMAL CONTINUE FIGHTING)
(DOOR OPENS)
MCGEE: Ziva, are you okay?
ZIVA: I'm okay, McGee.
GIBBS: You should have waited.
TONY: Who is she?
ZIVA: Iranian Intelligence. They were behind it all.
GIBBS: How do you plan on proving that?
ZIVA: I've been with NCIS for a year. I'm not just a killer anymore. I'm an investigator. Now can I go home?
REPORTER: (V.O.) The F.B.I. reports they've apprehended the Iranian...
[SCENE_BREAK]
INT. SHEPARD'S OFFICE - DAY
REPORTER: (ON TV) .... Terrorist believed to be responsible for the death of two of their agents. Two other terrorists were also killed in a standoff with Federal authorities in Northern Virginia.
(REPORTER CONTINUES B.G.)
TONY: Federal authorities? They mean us! Four stinkin' letters. N.C.I.S.
SHEPARD: It's either that story, Tony, or the F.B.I. charges you with interfering in their investigation.
TONY: I can live with Federal authorities.
SHEPARD: Welcome home, Ziva!
ZIVA: Well, I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for Gibbs.
TONY: And me.
ZIVA: True. But mostly Gibbs.
SHEPARD: Speaking of which...?
TONY: He's in the squad room.
[SCENE_BREAK]
INT. NCIS SQUAD ROOM - DAY
SHEPARD: Where is he, McGee? Abby's lab?
MCGEE: Gibbs left, Ma'am. Said he had a plane to catch.
TONY: Are you sure about that, McGee?
MCGEE: Yeah, Tony. I'm sure.
TONY: No - because he didn't even say goodbye to me!
MCGEE: Director, he wanted me to give this to you.
TONY: Oh, nice snap. Where was that taken?
SHEPARD: Serbia.
ZIVA: When?
SHEPARD: A lifetime ago, Ziva.
Plan: A: a Mossad agent; Q: Who did Ziva witness perform an assassination? A: Mossad; Q: Who was the assassination not authorized by? A: a double agent; Q: What is Ziva suspected of being by the FBI? A: help; Q: What does Ziva ask Gibbs for? A: Mexico; Q: Where is Gibbs? A: NCIS; Q: What organization did Gibbs retire from? A: Tony; Q: Whose leadership skills are tested to the limit? A: the line; Q: What do Tony and the rest of the team put their careers on to prove Ziva's innocence? A: her innocence; Q: What is Tony determined to prove before the FBI can arrest Ziva? Summary: After witnessing a Mossad agent perform an assassination, which was not authorized by Mossad, Ziva is suspected by the FBI to be a double agent. Now a fugitive and on the run, Ziva is forced to ask for help from Gibbs, who is in Mexico after retiring from NCIS. Tony finds his leadership skills being tested to the limit as he and the rest of the team put their careers on the line, determined to prove her innocence before the FBI can arrest her.