TEXT: MUSIC IN: INT. CONVENIENCE STORE - DAY (MUSIC OVER ACTION/TEENS PLAY VIDEO GAMES) (SFX: VIDEO GAMES B.G.) VIDEO VOICE: (V.O.) Near miss. Near miss. Target not acquired! Taking fire! Near miss! Taking fire. Reload.(SFX: VIDEO GAME GUNFIRE B.G.) LEO: You so suck! DAVE: This machine sucks! It's impossible! VIDEO VOICE: You're hit, game over! Insert fifty cents to continue. LEO: No way. You still owe me three bucks for the tacos. DAVE: Screw it. You know what? The damn thing's rigged to make you lose anyways. VIDEO VOICE: Kill shot! Kill shot! Target destroyed! Kill shot! Kill shot! Kill shot! Bonus level! Kill shot! Kill shot! Kill shot! Kill shot! Kill shot! High score. Mission accomplished. You are the new high scorer. (SFX: VIDEO GAME GUNFIRE B.G.) MUSICAL BRIDGE TO: INT. RECRUITING CENTER - DAY DAVE: So you're telling me if we sign up now, you can guarantee us we go to Hawaii? ALVAREZ: Let's just say, you sign an open contract, I will bust my ass to get you any duty station you want. Hawaii, Italy, Spain... DAVE: Iraq? ALVAREZ: I ain't gonna lie to you, boys. Iraq might be a problem. What with boot camp, S-O-I, follow-on schools.... we're talking over a year and a half of training. Iraq will be pretty much be over by the time you boys graduate. Sorry. You were talking about wanting to go there, right? LEO: Yeah. Yeah sure. ALVAREZ: The truth is most Marines don't see combat. I mean, look at me. Been in the Corps sixteen years. Closest I've ever come to a bullet is
SUMMARY:
When an over-embellishing marine recruiter is killed, the NCIS team quickly discover that a highly intelligent and skilled sniper was behind the attack. Initially, the team believes the sniper had a grudge against the recruiter, but when a second attack occurs the investigation takes on a wider scope and as a result, the FBI are called in, bringing Gibbs into direct conflict with his old friend Fornell. After hitting several dead ends, the team realize that the killer had left a "calling card" in the form of a white feather at each scene and was most likely targeting recruiters in revenge for being rejected by the Corps. Hoping to lure out the killer, Gibbs dons his old Marine uniform and takes over the recruitment office with Kate as his new "commanding officer", while DiNozzo and the FBI team lie in wait.