NCIS: Sydney

Once you tell me why your number's

on a Russian assassin's phone.

He had a heart attack

and then his pacemaker failed and made it worse?

Its failure may have caused the heart attack.

They can't guarantee he comes back at this point.

Rankin had a listening device inside of his pacemaker.

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There you are!

Hey!

Up here! Up here!

Oh, my God!

- -

Hey.

Did you see where those girls went?

Whoa! Sick shirt, bro.

-Check out this guy's fit. -

Sorry, what's your name, bro?

Our tests indicate signs of brain function,

but what that means is anyone's guess at this point.

I read somewhere about Ritalin

being used to rouse coma patients.

Let me stop you right there.

There is no safe way to speed this up.

For now, Colonel Rankin's fate is entirely his own.

I'm sorry.

Hey.

How you holding up?

We, uh, wanted to give you an update.

We traced the origin of the pacemaker.

It was stolen from a shipment of humanitarian aid

bound for Dili.

What?

We found a listening device inside the pacemaker.

-So... -

..whoever put that thing inside him

was listening the whole time?

- -Excuse me.

This is Mackey.

Why would anyone...

Why would they do that?

They made him do things, didn't they?

Did people get hurt?

Well, your husband had a gun to his head.

So, whatever he did, he wasn't the man in there.

Oh, God. I feel so stupid.

Why do you say that?

The last few months, he'd become so distant.

Was traveling all over the Indo-Pacific.

He hardly answered my calls.

I actually wondered whether he was having an affair.

Then he started writing letters.

We hadn't done that since college.

It all makes sense now.

He knew someone was monitoring whatever he said.

Well, do you still have the letters?

I'm not sure. They're, uh, private.

Well, that's why we need them, Natalie.

Sorry. We're needed harborside.

Hang in there, okay?

We'll find out what happened.

You don't think I can dance? I can dance.

You know, I'm like Usher meets Timberlake.

- Meets Gollum? - What's the update?

DeShawn thinks he can dance.

Oh, come on. Everyone can dance.

You'd have some sick moves, wouldn't you, Macka?

Cut the rug when you can.

-Boss don't dance. -Really? How come?

'Cause boss don't dance.

Copy that.

So, um,

deceased is Petty Officer First Class Rueben Daniels, 26.

-In town on the USS Pascal. -

-Made port two days ago. -Still had his phone and wallet.

Location services were turned off.

Someone didn't want anybody knowing what he'd been up to.

But his recent pics might help clear things up.

Find out who she is.

What have we got, Rosie?

Uh, well, judging by his wounds,

I'd say he's been shot multiple times.

There's no exit wounds, so I'm thinking maybe low caliber.

We got a time of death?

It's gonna be tricky as he's been frozen.

-Frozen? -Yeah.

As if by Queen Elsa herself.

What?

So I'm clear,

someone shot him, put him on ice

and then carted him here to a public place.

-Why risk it? - Hmm.

And why does he smell like the fish markets on a Sunday?

Speak for yourself.

What is it?

Our killer leaves him here

with the best view in the house.

ID still on him.

Who does that?

Rueben Daniels. Naval reservist in college.

Went into active duty straight after.

Just off a maritime security tour in the Red Sea.

Blue flamer. Was he staying on base?

Negative. He's been on liberty ever since he made port.

Crashing with an Aussie friend, Craig Beachley.

-'Creg'? - Sure.

Like Daniel Craig.

You mean Daniel 'Crayg'.

No, he means Daniel 'Creg' 007.

Hmm. I think you'll find it's Daniel 'Crayg' 007.

So this 'Creg' didn't report his friend missing?

No. Neither did 'Crayg'.

Look, we did catch a break with our mystery woman, though.

Mmm. Kim Dang. Vietnamese national.

Arrived here nine months ago

to study English at the ASN Language College.

Okay. Find out what she knows.

I think I solved why his clothes stank of fish.

Turns out his clothing was covered

in dried plasma from a gastropod.

Plasma, as in...

As in plasma.

Um, a fluid made up of proteins.

Why was he covered in plasma?

Because when two abalone feel very strongly for one another...

The dead seaman is covered in dead semen. From an abalone.

Okay. Didn't see that coming.

So how do you suggest we broach the idea

that our dead guy was into the Aussie abalone scene?

Let me get this straight, there is no Aussie abalone scene.

So you've looked into it?

No, I haven't 'cause no such thing exists.

-At least not the way you mean. -And which way is that?

Craig Beachley.

-Sergeant Jim Dempsey. AFP. -Hi.

Special Agent Mackey. NCIS.

-Can we have a word? -Yeah, sure. Wh-what's up?

Rueben Daniels. His CO said that he's been bunking with you.

Oh, yeah. Yeah. That...that's right.

When did you last see him?

Oh...night before last.

And he didn't come home last night?

No, I...I just assumed that he hooked up.

With, um...

..her, maybe?

Listen, there's, uh, no easy way to say this, mate,

but Rueben's dead.

Yeah. We found his body this morning.

Do you know of anyone who might wanna hurt him?

What?

Oh, no. I, um... No.

Let's take this inside, yeah? Come on.

Yeah.

So, uh, talk me through the timeline.

Rueben made port two nights ago?

Yeah, that's right. Um...

He came here. He dumped his kit and then we went out.

You go anywhere they serve seafood?

The fish markets maybe?

They found, uh, abalone... residue all over him.

We didn't go anywhere near the fish markets.

We grabbed a feed at the local

and then we...we came back here and just crashed.

Then you woke up the next morning...

Yeah, 6am, as per. I went to work.

And...

Yeah, that's the last time I saw him.

Here's the thing.

Rueben's phone and wallet were on him when we found the body,

which means we can rule out robbery.

Okay.

And when that happens,

we usually find that whoever committed the murder

is known to the deceased.

Wait, and you...you think that I had something to do with it?

Are you kidding?

-Did you? -Well, he's my best mate.

Kim Dang.

Ah, there she is.

Looks like she's been a student at ASN

for almost nine months now.

Okay, great. Um, is she in?

Uh, classes are finished for today.

By 10:30 in the morning?

Where were you guys when I was in school?

We like to give our students time

to practice their language skills in the real world.

I get it. Is Kim in tomorrow?

Classes are online tomorrow.

What about the day after?

Also online.

Can I take a look at Kim's file?

Um...

I'm just gonna... Here.

Wow.

Model student, huh?

She's been marked present for the whole of this week already.