( BEAT) Until now. (TONY RUNS UP THE STAIRS)
TONY: Director Shepard? ABBY: Gibbs had to duck for cover before the bomb went off. Abu Sayyaf is planning a terrorist attack on the Navy. And you quit. But if that frigate signals a heave-to and prepare to be boarded, Pinpin Pula will blow the Cape Fear. DUCKY: An emotional repression of memory? DUCKY: Jethro would have pursued the killer of his wife and daughter to hell and back. GELFAND: And he remembers the explosion. GIBBS: Kuwait. GIBBS: No. HOSPITAL ROOM - DAY
GIBBS: Khobar Towers. HOSPITAL ROOM - DAY
GIBBS: NCIS. He fled to Mexico. He ran from Gibbs, even though the plan was that he was supposed to get arrested in front of the crew. Heave-to. How did Pinpin Pula know Gibbs and Galib would be in the ship's laundry? I don't want to know Agent Gibbs! I killed Ari! I know very little about his life before we met. I only remember Jenny as a...
MIKE FRANKS: Jenny? I retired. I'm the Director of NCIS. If Galib was dead...
TONY: Who did Gibbs follow into the laundry? MIKE FRANKS: Nah. SHEPARD: Well, Gibbs' blank is the last fifteen years. So his memory is up to at least June of ninety-one when he was released from Bethesda. TONY: Hands. TONY: He blew up Galib and put Gibbs in a coma. To him, it's nineteen ninety one and he's a Marine Gunny Sergeant wounded in Desert Storm. We were partners. You were the Special Agent in charge. ZIVA: Another question.
Plan: A: Gibbs; Q: Who resigns from NCIS? A: 1991; Q: What year does Gibbs wake up believing it's? A: Kuwait; Q: Where was Gibbs wounded in 1991? A: the last 15 years; Q: What does Gibbs have no memory of? A: Director Shepard; Q: Who contacts Mike Franks to help Gibbs regain his memory? A: Mike Franks; Q: Who is Gibbs' mentor and partner? A: an amnesiac Gibbs; Q: Who does Director Shepard hope to help regain his memory? A: 1996; Q: When did Franks retire? A: his warnings; Q: What did Franks feel was ignored about the attack on the Khobar Towers? A: Ducky; Q: Who does Shepard tell about Gibbs's past? A: the bomb; Q: What did the team discover the agent was dead before? A: Pinpin Pula; Q: Who is the person who killed the agent? A: his credentials; Q: What did Pinpin Pula use to board another ship? A: Tony; Q: Who does Gibbs give his badge to? A: Cape Fear; Q: What ship does Pula want to blow up? A: Ziva; Q: Who visits Gibbs in an attempt to revive his memory? A: Gibbs' situation; Q: What did Ziva appear nonchalant about? A: their shared connection; Q: What does Ziva tell Gibbs to help him remember Ari? A: NCIS headquarters; Q: Where is Gibbs taken after he recovers his memory? A: the frigate's shipment; Q: What does the director refuse to heed warnings about? A: disastrous consequences; Q: What happens when the director refuses to heed warnings from Gibbs, Jenny and other Navy officers? A: Mexico; Q: Where does Gibbs go to stay at Franks's house? Summary: Gibbs wakes up believing it's 1991 and he was wounded in Kuwait, with no memory of the last 15 years. Director Shepard contacts Gibbs' NCIS mentor and partner, Mike Franks in hopes of helping an amnesiac Gibbs regain his memory as only he knows the details to an impending terrorist attack, and he remembers up until 1996 when Franks retired after his warnings about the impending attack on the Khobar Towers were ignored. She also delves into Gibbs' past and shares with Ducky about his murdered wife and daughter. The team discover the agent was dead before the bomb, and realise Pinpin Pula killed and impersonated the agent, then used his credentials to board another ship. Meanwhile, Tony and the team discover Pinpin Pula wants to blow up the ship Cape Fear . Ziva, who had appeared nonchalant about Gibbs' situation, visits Gibbs in a desperate and emotional attempt to revive his memory by telling him about their shared connection with Ari. Gibbs recovers his memory and is taken back to NCIS headquarters. The director in charge of the frigate's shipment refuses to heed warnings from Gibbs, Jenny and other Navy officers leading to disastrous consequences. Finally, Gibbs hands his badge to Tony and resigns before heading to Mexico to stay at Franks's house.