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GIBBS: I learned everything I know from A-T-F.
COOKE: Special Agent Todd just informed me Corporal Patty McClain and the weapons are in custody. (INTO PHONE) Mom? A young sheepherder made the mistake of impregnating the daughters of a local warlord. Agent Stone! DUCKY: Well, some blood and tissue residue on the stump, though not nearly enough for this to be the impaling instrument of his demise. Enlisted in the Marine Corps, nineteen ninety three. He was an Armorer attached to the Ordnance Maintenance Center at Quantico. He'd been blown apart by a weapon - a SMAW. Is this the A-T-F lady who's working with us? JIMMY: Sweet science? MCGEE: Oh, uh... Corporal McClain says she spent the night of Staff Sergeant Grimm's death at the Two Moon Motel on U.S. One with her boyfriend. No operating system. Responsible for weapons inventory and custody cards. STONE: ATF. STONE: The buyer won't like it. TONY: Complete and total sleaze. TONY: Undercover time? Tell him you found a new supplier. The trigger grips have been replaced with the military variant.
Plan: A: Jimmy Palmer; Q: Who is Ducky's new assistant? A: the injured Gerald Jackson; Q: Who is Jimmy Palmer replacing? A: Gibbs; Q: Who poses as a weapons supplier? A: a tree stump; Q: What was the marine impaled on? A: a SMAW; Q: What weapon was used to kill the marine? A: decommissioned military weapons; Q: What was being sold on the black market? A: Tony; Q: Who goes undercover? A: the buyer; Q: Who does Tony meet? A: an undercover ATF operation; Q: What does Tony stumble into? A: Bellamy Young; Q: Who played ATF Special Agent Stone? Summary: As Ducky meets his new assistant, Jimmy Palmer who is replacing the injured Gerald Jackson, Gibbs and the team handle the case of a marine found impaled on a tree stump after being shot with a SMAW . The investigation uncovers the sale of decommissioned military weapons on the black market. Tony goes undercover and meets the buyer, only to stumble into an undercover ATF operation. Working with ATF Special Agent Stone ( Bellamy Young ), Gibbs poses as a weapons supplier to complete the deal, and must double-cross everyone in order to find the corrupt person at the center of the investigation, and the one responsible for the marine's death.