NCIS

Oh, thank you for coming so soon.

I am at my wit's end.

They are flying into my store, bothering customers.

I mean, this is bad for business.

Don't worry. I got you.

I haven't met a hive yet, I couldn't handle.

Let's see. Looks like we're dealing with a bombous species.

Maybe Apis Malefra.

Okay, well, whatever they are, I want them gone.

We'll find these sweeties at new home.

Wait, wait. Aren't you going to wear one of those bee suits?

No. No, the smoke will distract them.

See, the trick is to find the queen and remove her from the hive, then the others will fall into place.

You want to come watch?

No. No, I'm terrified of bees.

I read somewhere that they can smell fear and they attack.

Yeah, that's a common misconception.

Trust me, these babies are harmless.

All you gotta do is keep your cool.

Oh, my God.

Oh! Oh!

It's the last day!

Ah! I was right!

There's no fear!

All right, John Morgan, we were leaving in five minutes.

I am not kidding.

I swear to God.

It's rougher and rougher trying to get these kids to get ready for your school.

It's like pulling...

Whoa, what'd I do?

Oh, it's not you.

It's these stupid outlets. They're so loose.

I can't plug anything in.

Really again?

I can't even make my coffee, and I need my coffee.

Tim, you wouldn't like me without my coffee.

Okay, I'll call an electrician to look at the outlets, okay?

Right! We'll add it to our list of problems with this kitchen.

What are you talking about? We got a beautiful kitchen.

Oh, it was beautiful.

Yeah, before our kids started banging into the cabinets and

leaving their handprints everywhere, oh, the sink started leaking.

Tim, we've been here, what, eight years,

and we've never updated one thing?

What are you saying?

I'm thinking maybe it's time for a kitchen remodel.

Honey, I'm not so sure.

I mean, do we really want all these workers in our house?

You know, can we even afford it? We got the summer school tuition for the kids.

We got a big family trip next fall.

Well, we can make it work. We'll stretch.

I can push it up until next year.

And eight years becomes nine.

Thank you. We'll figure it out, okay?

It's not like, you know, the kitchen is a total disaster.

We'll fix this, too.

There we go.

An exterminator found the trash bags early this morning.

Any ID? First on the scene didn't want to go poking inside the bag.

They saw the tattoo on the arm, so they called us.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. What are you doing?

Wow, they're bothering me.

Yeah, but don't kill them. They're nature's pollinators.

They're spread flowers, feed birds.

Just pretend they're not there, okay? Just ignore them.

Hey, guys, sorry I'm late.

Oh, yeah.

Oh, you took it down already? I was hoping to still be up.

Jimmy, really, dude?

Oh, the suit? Well, I'm part of an amateur beekeeper club.

We meet in the park every other Sunday, checking the hives, you know?

So when I heard about this one, this guy gets it, fellow bee lover.

Yeah, though, truthfully, I'm actually in it for the honey.

Yeah, I love that stuff. I put it on everything.

Yeah, it's a problem.

Okay, Winnie the Pooh, can we move on to our victim, please?

Oh, right.

Let's see, victim appears to be an adult male.

Based on a lack of blood here, I would say he was most likely

killed and dismembered elsewhere, and then his body dumped here.

You see a wallet in there, anywhere?

Yeah, he appears to be naked.

If you want to run his prints through AFIS, I can lend you a hand.

Hey, Gabe, did you do the honors?

- Wait, sorry, what do I do? - I'll do it.

Oh, smokes.

You okay? Yeah, sorry.

I'm a little distracted.

Delilah and I have been talking about a kitchen remodel.

Well, fun.

Yeah, you're going to get a pizza oven?

No, you've got to get a pizza oven, bro.

What?

Nothing, but a remodel?

It's a major marriage stress.

Me and my ex did a remodel once.

Yeah, what happened?

We got divorced.

Uh, Parker, we have a problem.

He's not in our system?

No, he is.

Marine Captain Tom Riley.

According to this, he died two years ago in San Diego.

That's impossible.

His body was killed within the week.

So how does a guy die twice?

- Appreciate coming in, major thanks? - No problem.

Although, to be honest, I'm a bit confused what I'm doing here.

Your agent on the phone said that you found Tom Riley's body in DC?

That's correct. Yeah.

Tom Riley died in an accident two years ago off San Diego.

I know because I was there.

I was his CO.

I signed off on the accident report.

This has to be a mistake.

Afraid not.

Prints and dental records matched.

Tell us about the accident.

It was a tragedy.

Helicopter crash.

Four Marines coming back from a training mission.

And Riley was the pilot?

They hit some bad weather ten miles off the coast.

Heavy turbulence.

Riley tried to stabilize, but they went down over the water.

We retrieved all of the bodies except for Riley's.

He was presumed dead.

Any idea why he didn't return to base after the accident?

Or tell anyone he was alive?

Maybe he wanted out.

Why?

Riley was a troubled Marine.

He received more disciplinary actions than I care to count.

There was talk that he may not have been sober on the day of the accident.

That it might have been his fault.

- Hey Jerry. - Whoa, stop!

What? What is it?

I broke a jar of honey there earlier right about where you're standing.

There might still be some residue left.

You brought honey in here?

Oh, it's from my beekeeper club.

You know, I wanted to bring it in and share it with you guys, but then I accidentally dropped it.

Night was right. You got a problem.

You find anything on the body?

Well, I managed to put Captain Riley back together again, and I learned that he was killed 48 hours ago.

Give or take.

Stabbed multiple times and bled out prior to dismemberment.

Any idea where the kill site was?

No, but I did find these metal pieces around the cuts.

I should have an evidence photo here somewhere.

Ah, yes.

I think it's the honey.

What are they? Part of the murder weapon?

I don't know.

Casey's running analysis right now.

But I'll tell you something, Parker.

Whoever killed our victim here knew exactly what they were doing.

The dismemberment, the precision of the cuts.

This person has definitely killed before.

You're saying this is serial killing?

Possibly.

In addition to these metal rings, I also found small smears of blood around each one of the stab wounds.

Casey ran a quick analysis and the blood does not belong to our victim.

Could belong to the killer?

Or to another victim?

Hey, guys. I hope I'm not interrupting.

Delilah, hey.

Well, well, well.

It isn't my favorite McGee.

Honey, hey. What are you doing here?

Well, I just got the best news and I could not wait to tell you one person.

So I was talking with my friend at work, Dina, about our kitchen remodel.

You guys remodeling?

Yeah, we're getting a pizza oven.

We're in the early stages.

We're still talking about it, so.

Well, Dina has a sister who works as a producer on one of those reality shows.

You know, the ones where they remodel your house.

Well, Dina spoke with her sister and they want to come over to

our house tomorrow night to interview us about being on the show.

On the TV show?

You know what this means?

If this works out, they'll pay for our dream kitchen.

Hey, that's amazing, guys. That's great news.

Honey, I'm not so sure about this.

Tim, it's a free remodel.

It is the answer to our prayers, please.

Okay, great.

Because I already signed the release forms.

I just need your signature.

Right... here and here.

Okay.

Delilah.

Long time, no see?

- Hi. - What's going on?

Mickey and Delilah are going to remodel their kitchen on reality TV.

Really?

Congrats.

Thank you, Parker.

Oh, I gotta go.