NCIS: Los Angeles

Oh, my God, is that Joelle's finger?

The leg couldn't be salvaged below the knee.

She lost her leg?

I'm inside you, Kensi.

You'll never get me out of your head now.

-Two, please. -There you are, ma'am.

Thank you.

Anytime.

You got it.

Oh, thank you.

This is too frustrating.

Let's go upstairs.

You have too much?

You are so hot.

Housekeeping.

Oh, my God.

Kens.

Yeah?

You want to talk about this before we go inside?

What is there to talk about?

It sucks, that's it. There's nothing to say.

It is what it is, it just sucks.

I-I have another test in here, so I can, I can try again later.

Kens... we're gonna get pregnant.

You realize that after today it is full-blown IVF?

That's egg retrieval. That's more shots.

That's more money, which, by the way, we don't have.

I was in the office. I understand.

So we get one shot at this, Deeks,

and if we're lucky, it works.

If we're not lucky...

we have to sell our house to get a second chance.

I know.

I am so sick of being hopeful

and crashing every time.

I woke up this morning and I said,

"Today's the day to take the test.

"I'm gonna say a little prayer,

"I'm gonna...

It's gonna be-- It's gonna be our day."

I know. I thought the same thing.

And then nothing.

But it's okay that it's not.

Hey.

Hey. Hey.

Sorry, just when you have a minute,

I gotta show you something.

Sure. We'll be right in.

It's okay that today is not our day.

-Shall we? -Yeah.

But I love you.

Love you, too.

What do we have?

There's something else I gotta show you,

-but a case just came in. What do you got?

This is Lieutenant Commander Susan Sorensen

from the Office of Naval Intelligence.

Whoa. Did ONI send this to us?

They did. She was found dead this morning at 7:34

by the hotel maid.

Anything from the hotel security cameras?

Mm-mm.

Looks like someone got into the system,

erased all the drives.

This was a professional job.

What's the Office of Naval Intelligence say?

Sorensen's branch director at ONI, Captain Chris Behr called,

wanting to speak to us.

He's on his way up from San Diego right now.

Kensi and Deeks, -meet us at the crime scene. -Got it.

But before you do that, there's something you need to see.

This came into NCIS headquarters at Quantico this morning.

Kessler.

That's definitely the Santa Monica Pier.

"Dear Agent Blye, wish you were here.

"Oh, right, you are.

"Hope there are no hard feelings.

Life can be too short. David."

The good news is

he doesn't know where you work or he would have sent it here.

Okay, let's do a forensic analysis of this photo

to see if it was a composite.

We don't even know if he's here in L.A.

If it is real, let's analyze it for anything

that can tell us the exact time and date it was taken.

If we can get that,

then check the security cameras.

Hopefully use that to track him down.

Well, hold on, the trouble is he was pardoned

by our former president.

So far, he's a free man that has done nothing wrong.

Come on. "Life is too short"? That's an obvious threat

-to a federal officer. -It's a veiled threat, Deeks.

We'll never get a conviction off of it and you know it.

Let's just find him before he finds Kensi.

Rountree's on his way. I'll fill him in.

We'll hit the crime scene,

you meet us there with Rountree.

Kensi, Deeks, we're gonna keep you close to home.

You up for this?

Of course I am.

All right.

You guys talk to Captain Behr when he gets there.

Copy that.

Watch your six.

NCIS.

One moment.

Something's up.

These are not LAPD, and they're not FBI.

They'd be wearing their jackets.

They're also not so willing to identify themselves.

Only Agents Callen and Hanna.

Wait here.

You didn't mention what agency you're with.

No, I didn't.

This way, please.

-Where's the body? -It's been removed.

By who?

By me.

Joelle.

The CIA

-has an interest in this? -Very much so.

With the approval of SECNAV

and the Director of Central Intelligence,

I'll be a liaison, coordinating and overseeing

NCIS's investigation.

So you're in charge?

Think of it as a partnership

where I have oversight of everything.

You're back to work already.

Why not?

I don't know, I thought maybe you'd take some more time.

Lieutenant Commander Susan Sorensen.

An outstanding intelligence officer by all accounts.

Any chance this was personal?

No. Not with how the security cameras were hacked.

The put the drives into continuous overwrite

and then locked everybody out.

Some of the hotel staff did say she was seen

with a man last night.

We have any idea who he is?

That is the million- dollar question.

Here's how we found her.

What's the CIA doing here?

We have concerns.

You care to elaborate?

I'm waiting for confirmation on something.

-Confirmation of what? -Look, the CIA collects,

controls, contorts

and analyzes information.

NCIS investigates.

I requested your team specifically.

I really need your help on this.

All right.

Our team's gonna need access to the hotel staff.

Of course.

Let the other NCIS agents in.

And let them speak to the witnesses.

Yes, ma'am.

One of the advantages of having your leg cut off.

Everyone starts talking to you

like you're the queen of England.

Was she gagged?

She must've been.

And check out the photo of her fingers.

Looks like they were burnt with a lighter or a blowtorch.

She was tortured.

Possibly for information.

Any idea what she was working on?

That is a question for her branch director, Officer Behr.

-He's on his way to us now. -Take a look around.

Find me something.

I want the guy that did this.

It's not the greatest day for Kessler to show back up.

Is there ever a good day for Kessler to reappear?

That's a good point.

Does he scare you?

No.

Really?

I've seen worse.

Yeah, but he's incredibly intelligent.

So am I.

-And highly disturbed. -And I'm very, very skilled.

Well, he scares me.

I mean, granted, I'm a guy wearing a pink sweatshirt

who cries every time -he watches E.T. -What's your point, Deeks?

You yelled out his name a couple weeks ago

while you were sleeping.

Okay.

I've been dreaming of him.

Well... he did what he said he was gonna do then.

He's in your head.

I don't know if this, this is the day