: Damn NCIS. ABBY: Yeah. Come on! Could be any one of our five. DOCK - DAY
DUCKY: Yeah, there are multiple purposes for hydrofluoric acid on a Naval Base. DOCK - DAY
GIBBS: What if the body was put into acid not only to dispose of it, but...
KATE: But to make certain that it couldn't be identified. DUCKY: Possibly. GIBBS: And Johns Hopkins. GIBBS: Anyone reported missing? GIBBS: Had to make room in the freezer for the body. GIBBS: The COB's at the end of the passageway trying to keep an eye on us. Help me take measurements for the sketches. Is Agent McGee cute? MCGEE: Must have been a prototype. No one looks like him in any of them. SKIPPER: I don't believe that to be the case. SKIPPER: We're tasked with intercepting and destroying it... theoretically, anyway. Someone took his place on one of those subs. TONY: Maybe the murderer didn't want us to know the submariner was dead. VEITCH: Well, the presence of a woman on board a submarine is a tremendous inconvenience. We have good reason to believe that he was a submariner.
Plan: A: NCIS Norfolk Case Agent Timothy McGee; Q: Who works on a case of a partially dissolved corpse found in a barrel of acid? A: the Norfolk Naval Base; Q: Where was the corpse found in a barrel of acid? A: the Major Case Response Team; Q: Who does McGee call in to help him with the case? A: the killer; Q: Who took steps to prevent the body from being identified? A: identity theft; Q: What is the motive for the murder? A: a submariner; Q: What was the victim of the acid barrel murder? A: no one; Q: Who has been reported missing? A: an impostor; Q: What does Gibbs believe is on one of the submarines? A: Kate; Q: Who is sent underwater with Gibbs to vet five possible suspects? A: place; Q: What is Gibbs trying to prevent a sarin attack from taking? Summary: NCIS Norfolk Case Agent Timothy McGee works on a case of a partially dissolved corpse found in a barrel of acid at the Norfolk Naval Base, and calls in the Major Case Response Team to help him. As the investigation continues, it soon becomes apparent that the killer took steps to prevent the body from being identified. Gibbs quickly comes to believe that the motive for the brutal murder was identity theft and his suspicions are further confirmed when it is revealed that although a submariner is dead, no one has been reported missing, leading Gibbs to believe that an impostor is on one of the submarines. Tony, Abby, and McGee are tasked with identifying the deceased, while Gibbs and Kate are sent underwater on a submarine to vet five possible suspects, one of whom might have been responsible for the murder and to also prevent a possible sarin attack from taking place.