DUCKY: Do you think Mister Ryan was connected in any way to the death threat on the Chief of Naval Operations? MCGEE: It's got to be here. Drop your weapon! DUCKY: Regrettably for the moment. ABBY: Assisting in an autopsy. The third bullet removed what was left of the fourth rib, smashing the costal cartilage, took a piece out of the left atrium, and lodged itself against the costal surface of the scapula. GIBBS: McGee is a probie. Probies make mistakes. He was working undercover. GIBBS: McGee's young, but he's a damn good agent. is out to get you. ABBY: Are you denying that more than one of those apply to you? JENNY: Good night. GIBBS: Is that like doppelganger? He has dozens of them. I was the junior partner on the team. ZIVA: Be confident when Metro interrogates you. MCGEE: I don't think it would have made a difference. TONY: I thought that was nine. MCGEE: What'd you find out?
Plan: A: the team; Q: Who realizes that McGee's story may be more accurate than any of them thought? A: protective detail; Q: What was the team doing for the Chief of Naval Operations? A: an argument; Q: What was taking place in an alleyway when McGee shot the man? A: one; Q: How many men did McGee shoot? A: a gun; Q: What did McGee believe the man was aiming at him with? A: a D.C. Metro police detective; Q: Who was the man McGee shot? A: bullets; Q: What is the only thing that McGee left behind that the team cannot find? A: a probie mistake; Q: What does McGee think he made when he can't find any evidence of his involvement in the shooting? A: the detective's meeting; Q: What is Gibbs suspicious of? A: the decedent's partner; Q: Who did the team speak to that helped them realize that McGee's story may be more accurate than they thought? Summary: While the team is on protective detail for the Chief of Naval Operations , McGee spots an argument taking place in an alleyway. He shoots one of the men, who he believed was aiming a gun at him. The deceased turns out to be a D.C. Metro police detective who was working undercover. When the team is unable to find any weapon or bullets left behind by anyone other than McGee, it appears that McGee may have made a probie mistake. McGee begins to doubt himself but Gibbs is suspicious of the detective's meeting, which took place that night. After speaking to the decedent's partner, the team realizes that McGee's story may be more accurate than any of them thought.