NCIS

ZNN breaking news.

He's not breathing. Get the doc up here, stat!

I got the mayor breathing down my neck

and you two are out there blowing up half the city.

Doc! That scientist is the key to stopping

that flesh-eating virus.

Dying is not an option.

I promise you, we're not zipping up any body bags today, sir,

or my name isn't...

...Dr. Pimmy Jalmer.

McGEE: "As Dr. Jalmer worked

"to revive his patient,

"using a locally harvested bee pollen remedy,

the KC3000 enters with terrifying news."

KASIE (robotic voice): I have terrifying news.

Special Agent Rick Soares

has contracted the flesh-eating virus.

I am sorry.

God help us.

Thanks so much.

I just knew Agent Soares wasn't really dead.

But I did not see the kidney transplant

from that Icelandic archer.

Well, that's why they call it a twist.

That's why they call me your number one fan.

Thank you very much. I appreciate that.

No, really. I-I'm your number one fan.

Hi. Who, uh, can I make this guy out...

* *

McGEE: Right there-- that's creepy.

And you have no idea how this got in your book?

-No clue. -We should dust it for prints.

Eh, already tried that.

Only prints on it are mine. I'm, uh,

hoping I can make a handwriting match

from some of this old fan mail here.

"I know what you did."

-What exactly did you do? -I have no idea,

but the IP address here redirects

to the promotional website for my first book.

-Ah, well. -There you go.

-Mm-hmm. -There what goes?

Well, they're accusing you of copying your older books.

Okay. Explain.

Well, you know how in your first book,

you had "L.J. Tibbs."

Tibbs, Gibbs.

Do you see where I'm going with this?

Yeah, that was a coincidence.

Okay, is, uh...

Agent Rick Soares a coincidence?

Soares, Torres?

You pitched me Soares.

I pitched you a badass Miami detective.

This guy's wearing a cardigan.

And who pitched Agent Knightshade?

And why is she always sharpening a knife?

And what's up with this little gem?

Whoa. Looking good, McGee.

You should wear one of those to your meeting today.

-What meeting? -Your publicist called.

Accidentally got routed to my voicemail.

I guess you've got an interview with some big

muckety-muck book critic today?

Today?

After the beating I just got from these two,

paperwork actually sounds like a lot of fun, so...

Paperwork can wait. We got a case.

And we are going to get a special guest

today at the crime scene.

There's our special guest.

We'll make an agent out of you yet.

Uh, pass. I just wanted to see how the other half lives.

Mm, well, the other half is really smelly

-right now. -Mm-hmm.

Oh, this is nothing.

You guys want to smell something really, really bad?

Not particularly, no.

Yeah, I guess that makes sense.

Uh, C.A.P.--

I'm guessing that stands for "captain."

Yeah, that's all we got until you get in there.

Chop, chop.

So, apparently, the dumpster hadn't been emptied

-in over three weeks. -Uh, it's been cold.

Body could've been in there for a while.

Torres is out talking to the neighbors now.

Uh, so far, no one's seen anything.

Well, they're seeing it all now.

Taking a lot of pictures.

McGEE: I know her.

You got to be kidding me.

-Are you following me? -No. (chuckles)

You sure? Because it seems like you're following me.

I-I only listen to the police band for my podcast.

I have a podcast. A-And when I heard "Navy captain,"

I thought there was a chance y-you might show up.

Is this you?

Did you write this? "I know what you did"?

-No. -You're sure?

Your eyes are your best feature. I would never scratch them out.

Also, you're scary when you get mad.

But also, kind of hot-scary?

Forget about it. I'm sorry.

Oh, forgotten. (chuckles)

I'm your number one fan, remember?

And if you really are sorry, I...

have an idea how you could make it up to me.

Is that something we do now?

'Cause that's a new one.

Uh...

-We got a new one back here, too. -Okay. Good?

Whoever this guy is, he's down two ears.

"Down"?

Yeah.

They're missing.

That's a new one.

Hey, Jimmy. I heard through the grapevine

you got something even better than missing ears.

Does the grapevine have an ID yet?

I like to know the person's first name

before I remove their liver.

Meet Captain Seth Myers.

No relation.

-Oh. -He was assigned to NAS Pax River.

Oh, this file is...

-very brief. -You mean blank.

We noticed. It's not even like it's even classified.

It's just empty. Which is weird.

Do you want more weird?

I live for weird.

In addition to Captain Myers'

ears being removed,

he was, also, apparently, uh...

...jack-o'-lanterned.

Am I supposed to know what that...

Right. Jack-o'-lantern.

Also, he's missing several fingers

and has burn marks over most of his body here.

If I didn't know any better, I'd say he was tortured.

-Tortured for what? -Maybe has something to do

with his job at Pax River, whatever that is.

Well, he had to report to someone.

Just have to find out who.

Uh...

There's actually something else I'd like to talk to you about,

Special Agent Parker, but since I chickened out,

I'm just gonna stand here for a few seconds

like a complete idiot.

Yeah, Captain Myers is assigned to my team.

There's not much to tell you. Smells like soup.

Laughs too loud.

Is he in some kind of trouble?

What exactly does your team do?

Don't you have Myers' file?

Yeah, you-you were just holding it.

All that has is his service photo.

Yeah, we were hoping that you could maybe tell us why.

Um, I'm sorry, could you please remove the...

Sorry, I've got a VR meeting soon I can't miss.

It's been one fire after another

since Myers took emergency leave.

-When did he leave? -(beeping)

Oh, hold that thought. Duty calls.

Hey, everyone. Sorry I'm late.

Oh, actually, I'm on time, so whoever

isn't here is late.

Hello?

Hello? Oh, crap.

Um, I think there's something wrong with your Wi-Fi.

Captain Myers is dead.

Okay?

What happened?

You tell me. Starting with what Myers did for you

and why he took that emergency leave.

Now I feel bad about the soup comment. Um...

I'm the liaison between the Navy

and a group of MIT nerds.

Okay, what do you liaise?

We're trying to cheaply retrofit old aircraft

to be flown remotely.

Okay, it's 2025. You can-you can just say "drones," so...

Cheap drones.

We're hoping to give a second life

to decommissioned aircraft with off-the-shelf parts.

-Myers was our lead engineer. -Until he took leave.

Yeah, he said he had a family emergency.

I approved it myself.

I put it in his file, which was normal

two weeks ago, by the way.

Well, somebody must have changed it.

I don't see how. Our security is pretty tight.

The Russians, Chinese--

they would kill to get our tech stack.

Maybe they did.

We think that Captain Myers

was tortured before he was killed.

Course he was.

What is that supposed to mean?

It means there's no way in hell