NCIS: Hawai'i

Come on, Neal.

Let's go. Let's go. Push!

It's the end, you're there, you're there. Come on, kid.

Hey, you okay?

I... I can't.

What does this tell you?

I'm a failure? No.

It means you're improving.

Hey, look at me.

The difference between being stuck

and being a SEAL is this.

I can give you the tools, Neal.

Only you can use 'em.

But I promise you I will be there

every step of the way helping you out.

On one condition.I don't give up?

No, you quit tripping over the damn steps.

Alex, Jules, we're leaving in five.

Eat now or forever hold your peace.

Gear check.

Toothbrush, floss, hairbrush, backup toothbrush.

Anyone seen my, um...Phone charger.

You lost it. Again.

Here. Keep it at your dad's, and tell me

you didn't just start packing.

He also didn't finish his history paper.

Traitor.Hey, what did I say

about accusing your sister of treason?

And why didn't you finish that paper?

Because I can't find my history book.

Check between your bed and the wall.

And your shoes are in the back.

Tennant.

Okay. See you soon.

Alex!

Got everything. Let's go.

Everything?What?

TENNANT and JULIE: Shoes!

Thanks, Jesse. Yeah.

Mmm. What alchemy is this?

Red-eye with a Bullet.

Figured hand-off day you could use

a little something-something.

You'd think after three years of shared-custody hustle

I'd be past needing a caffeine fix.

I think as long as we have kids,

we'll never be past needing a caffeine fix.

Who's our victim?

Petty Officer First Class Miles Hayward.

He's a Navy recruiter.

HPD was first on the scene,

but they called us in when they saw his ID.

So not a robbery.

No. I mean, the trunk's cleared out,

but they left his wallet and watch.

I count three bullet entry wounds.

Yeah, that matches what forensics found.

Casing here, point-blank,

and then two right here.

You know what this walk tells me?

The killer took the shot before he knew

there was anything valuable in the car.

Maybe it wasn't about what was in the car, but who.

He was targeted.

Yeah, they just wanted it to look like a theft.

Shouldn't have taken the coup de grâce.

This was a hit.

Went through HPD incident reports

from the area last night.

Nothing of note near the crime scene.

Well, Aloha Stadium ceased all fan-attended

operations after it was condemned.

That makes it the perfect spot for tweakers

and drug dealers these days.

Don't forget swap meets and flea markets.

I didn't peg you for an antiquer.

Advantage of being the new guy.

I'm a man of mystery.

Okay, we can learn all about Kai later.

What do we know about Hayward?

Grew up in Montgomery, Alabama.

Joined the Navy at 18 and never looked back.

Multiple deployments at sea

before transitioning to shore duty

as a recruiter here on the islands.

Where he's extended three times.

Found his calling, I guess.On the force,

we gave those assignments to the desk jockeys.

Well, in the service, we have a higher standard

for who represents us to the public.

In this room, do we have a list of who he was recruiting?

Mm-hmm. Right here.

Thank you, Lucy.

Friends? Coworkers?

Hitting the bricks now.

Last known person to see him.One of his recruits.

Kekoa Neal. Teenager from Nanakuli.

Let's go pay him a visit.

We were training until sundown.

I was supposed to meet my friends at Ala Moana,

but I was late.

He got me one Uber.

Always looking out like that.

Did you see anybody else before you left?

He said he had to meet another recruit, but nah.

No one else was there.

How'd you get to know Petty Officer Hayward?

He came to my school,

talking about the Navy gives opportunities.

Said if I put in the work, he puts in the work.

Most of my friends thought it was just talk, you know?

But Hayward was true.

He backed it up.

Only one who ever did.

Seemed like a great guy.

How well did you know him?

We talked sports.

He loved the Crimson Tide.

But other stuff, too, you know? Life stuff.

He knew how to listen.

How about personally?

Anything different in his life recently?

Past couple of weeks, he changed things up.

How so?

He rescheduled some of our training sessions last-minute.

Never did that before.

I think he got injured.

Why do you say that?

He used to run those steps with me every single time.

Never had me do something he wasn't doing, too.

But he stopped the other week for some reason.

You ask him about it?Yeah.

But he shut me down.

Something was wrong.

Uber driver confirms Kekoa went to Ala Moana

around 8:00 p.m.

Hayward put him in the car.

And what about the recruit he was supposed to meet?

Nothing. Could have misheard, been mistaken.

Something was definitely up with Hayward, though.

He rescheduled on a few other kids,

and even called in sick a couple days.

Tell me you have some answers, Ernie.

Depends. We talking Lao Tzu, Socrates?

Gear profile tolerances in the Ford GT40?

Uh, you lost me on the first two,

but let's talk about that third one later.All right, brother.

Uh, any useable footage from around Aloha Stadium?

but Forensics did find some on his body.

Any matches?See for yourself.

I'm just missing the hieroglyphics.

Short answer is not yet.

Okay. Uh, what about

ballistics on the slugs?

Looking at nine millimeter.

Yeah, it's the pumpkin spice latte of bullets.

We need a match to another crime,

which we do not have.

Ah, the autopsy results just came in.

Hey, guys.

Hayward was recovering from

significant muscle and organ trauma

not related to the shooting.

Kekoa mentioned he seemed hurt.Guys.

There was only superficial bruising.

If there was internal damage, there should be

contusions, abrasions...

Guys!

You want to see it on the big screen?

Oh.

That's...

This is what happens

when the body is impacted

with a soft object at force.

A tactic used to send a message

without leaving a mark.

So Hayward gets worked over

and says nothing about it.

I got a warrant and keys to his apartment.

Let's go see what he was hiding.

Ordered at work

and ordered at home.

A little too ordered, if you ask me.

I mean, I don't want to be cynical, but...

But you're gonna be.

This guy just seems a little too good to be true.

Spent every waking hour with his recruits.

Dude loved his job.

Volunteered at homeless shelters on the weekends.That's nice.

When his CO talked about his compassion, I mean,

he ranked Hayward first, Mother Teresa, like,

a distant second.What's wrong with that?

You're always so positive.

And you're never this cynical.

If anybody felt simpatico to Hayward,

I thought it'd be Mr. Conservation Weekend.

I just wanted to know what he had

buried deep down, that's all.

Why can't he just be what he seems?

All of us are hiding something, Luce.