NCIS: Hawai'i

Careful, Gracie, you'll tie yourself in knots.

You want to do the rest?No.

That's your job.

It's just a stupid knot.

Stupid knot,

stupid boat with stupid songs

that you used to love.

Come on. I took the day off for this course.

What beats this?

A few things come to mind.

Well, you promised to try to have a good time.

I promised to come.

One last time.

Gracie, you used to love sailing with your friends.

: Yeah, Dad, when I was a kid.

Well, we signed up for six weeks, so...

Yeah, but... Sarah invited me to go camping

with her cousins next weekend.

Well, how old are her cousins?

They're basically in college.

How old?

Seventeen.

No.

You know the rules.

No adults, no camping.

It's at Ahupua'a.

It's super safe.

I'm 15, Dad.

You're treating me like a kid.

Everyone else in my class is going on trips like these.

Port side! Ship in distress!

Call it in.

: Thank you.

You okay?

Wait...

Nobody move.

Everyone get in a straight line.

Follow all our commands exactly as we...

Listen...

You keep quiet.

Don't say anything about my job

or that you're my daughter.

Why? Just trust me, Gracie.

Don't say anything stupid.

You! What are you doing?

Phone.

Uh, I left it on shore.

Pocket.

I'm sorry. I'm nervous.

Hey.

We're gonna be okay.

Great. Thank you so much for coming all this way

and bringing this. I appreciate it.

Tell everyone there I said hi, okay? Thanks.

Jesse, what are you doing?

Supposed to be phones off for daddy-daughter day.

Hello? Jesse?

Look, we'll do whatever you say.

You'll shut up if you know what's good for you.

There's no need for anyone to get hurt.

Just tell us what you want and we'll...

I want you to shut up and stay seated.

Is this your sailboat?

No.

You just seem in charge.

Think the guys with guns are in charge right now.

How'd this happen?

I work at the marina.

I got in early. I was fueling up,

and suddenly there's a gun in my face.

He forced me onto the boat. Told me to keep sailing.

Then they stopped when they found you.

Why us?

No idea.

Look, I'm sorry. I should have warned you.

But they told me if I did anything, they would kill me.

Everything's gonna be okay.

How can you be so calm?

We got to keep it together for the kids, right?

Where are you taking us?

I'm sorry. I had to drop my dad off.

I didn't understand your m...

message.

These kids are scared.

His voice faded away again.

What happened to Jesse?

We think he and his daughter's sailing class

are being held up by pirates.

I'm sorry. Pirates?

In Hawai'i.

That's what it looks like.

And we're listening to his phone?

He was able to get a call off

without them knowing.

So far, he indicated there are

eight civilians and four pirates.

They're headed west. But the connection's spotty.

You can let the kids go.

There's an island close to here.

I told you to shut up.

Not sure how much more he can give us

without tipping his hand.

Ernie, where are we on tracking the boat?

The pirates disabled the AIS.

But we have its last known location and the distress call.

I'm trying to triangulate Jesse's phone,

but we're missing at least

one base station.Meaning?

We're trying to sit on a two-legged stool.

He said they were doing a deep sea sail.

Maybe a one-legged stool.

Why would they take over an unarmed training boat?

They're after something on board.

Or someone.

Come on, Jesse. Give us something else.

We need more resources.

Kai, check in with the Coast Guard.

They've already been alerted. Lucy,

call Whistler at FBI.

Let's start reaching out to the families.

With any luck, we'll get to them before the pirates...

I need to get off this boat.

Shut your mouth right now!

Listen, kid.

You need to sit back down and be quiet.

I can't.You don't have a choice.

He's having a panic attack.

Go back to your spot.

I need to help him.You heard me.

Let me take care of him.

: Definitely not worth it.

I mean, you have to think of the kids, right?

Bandile, cut it out.

Who are you?Question is,

who are you?

'Cause you don't work the boat, that's for sure.

Search the deck.

Find something that tells us who he is.

Got his phone.

Give it to me.

Are you a cop?

A Fed?

That doesn't matter.

Where is he?

Status.

Ernie.

We lost contact 15 minutes ago.

Phone's either turned off or in the ocean.

Looking for a ping for anyone else's phone on that boat.

Pirates would've turned them off.

I'm all ears on alts.

Okay. What else can we track?

The boat's last location

before the pirates disabled the AIS.

I have the itinerary from the sailing school.

Could assist with the Coast Guard's SAROPS program.

Ernie, use the data points to project the radius

of where the sailboat could be.

Work with the Coast Guard on this.

Maybe it'll help update their search plans.

Aye, aye, Captain.

That's a lot of ocean.

Yeah, and the radius is growing every minute.

Need to find that boat quick, then.

Assuming Jesse's still...

Hey, we only know what we know.

Yeah.

We heard gunshots.

I need your head in the game, Lucy.

Okay?

We need a lead on where they are and why they were taken.

Anything that gets us closer to finding them.

Maybe they're taking the boat to international waters.

They ransom the kids,

sail off.

Okay, but why these kids?

Easy pickings?

Or something specific?

Crime of opportunity or design.

Okay. Divide and conquer.

Kai, I spoke to the CGIS SAC.

I'm sending you on-site as the NCIS liaison.

I'd like to go, too.

But you hate the ocean.

Yeah.

All right. Ernie and I will look

into the families.

I already started compiling records.

Or you could just ask them.

Go. Find Jesse.