TEXT: MUSIC IN: INT. KIDWELL HOUSE - DAY (DOOR CLOSES) LAURA: (V.O.) They wouldn't even tell Sarah how he died. O'DONNELL: (V.O.) I'm sure his command had a good reason. LAURA: (V.O.) Maybe, but if it was my husband... I'd want to know. O'DONNELL: (V.O.) I still can't believe Jim's dead. It's almost like he's standing here with us. LAURA: How's Sarah handling it? (CAMERA PANS TO SARAH ON THE COUCH) (SFX: PHONE RINGS) SARAH: (INTO PHONE) Kidwell residence. KIDWELL: (V.O./FILTERED) This is Jim. SARAH: Who? Who is this? What are...? KIDWELL: (V.O./FILTERED) Sarah, this is Jim....don't believe...don't believe them. (SARA DROPS THE PHONE TO THE FLOOR) O'DONNELL: Sarah! VOICE: (V.O./FILTERED) Sarah! Sarah! It's Jim! I'm not....I'm not dead! (MUSIC OUT) (THEME MUSIC UP OVER OPENING TITLE/SCENES/ CREDITS AND OUT) [SCENE_BREAK] EXT. NCIS FIRING RANGE RANGE OFFICER: (OVER P.A.) Shooters at the ready position. TONY: Nervous, Kate? KATE: Shaking. (SFX: HORN) (SFX: GUNFIRE) RANGE OFFICER: (OVER P.A.) Cease fire! Cease fire! Clear and lock all weapons! All locked. Now shooters check your targets. KATE: (V.O.) Are you nervous, Tony? TONY: Nice tactical reload. You only got your guy twice. I win. KATE: What are you talking about
SUMMARY:
The team is called to investigate when a dead Marine's wife receives a phone call from her husband who supposedly died under suspicious circumstances. However, the case is complicated when someone impersonates the Marine's CO and Tony. As the investigation continues, the Marine turns up embalmed , having been killed two days after his funeral supposedly took place. Gibbs suspects CIA involvement, and the team soon find themselves tracking a rogue operative who killed the first Marine as a part of a cover-up in regards to a classified mission that ended in disaster and is now attempting to kill off the dead Marine's partner to make sure that the investigation is wrapped up while he flees with the money the CIA previously paid in an attempt to save the two kidnapped Marines. As such, the team find themselves racing against the clock as they attempt to rescue the deceased Marine's partner before another murder takes place and take down the rogue CIA agent once and for all.