TEXT: MUSIC IN: EXT. MOUNTAIN - NIGHT (SFX: HELICOPTER B.G.) (MUSIC OVER ACTION/ SEALS RAPPEL FROM HELICOPTER ONTO THE CLIFF) (PREPARE TO RAPPEL) JOHNSON: This way. (FILTERED) (PAUSE) Team One, go! (MUSIC OVER ACTION/SEALS RAPPEL) PORCARO: Lieutenant, planning on joining us? JOHNSON: I'm on my way. (MUSIC OVER ACTION/ JOHNSON RAPPELS OFF THE CLIFF) (SFX: JOHNSON SCREAMS/FALLS TO THE GROUND) (CUT TO BLACK) (THEME MUSIC UP OVER OPENING TITLE/SCENES/ CREDITS AND OUT) [SCENE_BREAK] INT. SQUAD ROOM - DAY TONY: Hey. KATE: Good morning. TONY: How was your weekend? KATE: Uh, let's see. I paid bills, did laundry, went shopping, vacuumed. I bet you don't even own a vacuum. TONY: I lease. KATE: Okay, so what did you do this weekend that left that smile plastered all over your face? TONY: I watched a great movie. KATE: Let me guess, a horror flick? TONY: Halloween Eight. I think it's the best Halloween ever. It makes Halloween Seven look like Halloween Five. KATE: I can't even believe they made one of them, much less eight. It's gotta be a "Men are from Mars" thing. TONY: Arianna liked it. KATE: Arianna? I thought you broke up with her. TONY: What makes you think that? KATE: Oh, I don't know. Maybe because you came in the other day and said, "I broke up with Arianna." TONY: Oh, you don't know much about dating, do you? KATE: Oh, why don't you enlighten me. TONY: Well, there's always one phony breakup that precedes
SUMMARY:
Routine training results in the death of a U.S. Navy SEAL lieutenant just days before he was due to deploy on a classified hostage rescue operation. The death is initially dismissed as an equipment malfunction, but Abby discovers that the link attaching the lieutenant to his rappelling rope was made of a weaker material than factory standard, suggesting sabotage and potentially murder. Pressure is applied by the CIA for the investigation to be wrapped up within 38 hours so the operation can continue or else the entire mission, which is of national security importance, will be scrubbed. As the case goes on, Gibbs discovers that the lieutenant had a secret, and that his wife might be holding back vital information about his death. Meanwhile, Abby deals with her relationship with McGee.