NCIS: Los Angeles

Sam returned to work with the CIA task force.

Focus of his investigation

was Sudanese ex-governor Tahir Khaled.

That's Khaled's sister, Jada.

How are you gonna handle Jada?

I'm gonna take her back to the United States.

There are times that I have hated my brother,

but I could not betray him like this.

He would have to kill me to restore honor to our family.

You're a spy. Kill him.

Go, go! Go, go, go! Move.

Get down!

You're on American soil now.

You'll be asked to testify against your brother.

What are you talking about?

You'll never see me again.

You made me turn my back on the only family I had left.

Life with my brother was not perfect.

But at least I thought I had you.

Cheer up, Jada.

You're not gonna get traffic like this in Wisconsin.

What is it I will get?

Hmm, thousand types of cheese, great skiing,

and no one trying to murder you.

I will never again see my family or my homeland.

This does not sound like much of a reward to me.

The reward is life on your terms not your family.

New name, new identity.

This horror story, it's over.

You testified against your brother.

I don't have to tell you

how many lives that'll save in the end.

You're a hero.

I don't meet many of those nowadays.

I'm gonna miss having you around, Jada.

What will be my new name?

It's...

I got you, Jada.

Jada.

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I'm not trying to give her a hard time.

I'm just pointing out that she's late.

Yeah, but "late" is a relative concept.

There's nothing relative about showing up

at a specific point in time.

Either you're there or you're not.

Yeah, but I'm talking about L.A. time,

which is a chronological zone unto itself.

See, in this town you get a buffer

of 20 minutes for traffic, cloudy skies--

God forbid it actually rains-- and general selfishness.

None of which changes the fact that Kensi is late.

Again.

That's true.

Where's Sam?

Sam is having a little alone time in the gym.

Jada Khaled is going into witness protection today.

Wow, has he talked to her?

They haven't spoken in four years,

not since Jada found out that Sam was actually NCIS.

Woman was ready to give up her entire life to be with him.

Yeah, I think I'd want some alone time too.

Mm-hmm.

Your coffee's cold.

Compliments of the PSB.

What?! Kensi, no!

Don't make a joke, I am not in the mood for this right now.

Why don't you let me handle the PSB?

Because I don't need you to handle the PSB.

What is the PSB?

- Parking... - Don't...

get him involved in this, okay?

Do you want me to Google PSB right now?

It stands for "parking spot bitch," okay?

What?

Every day, I go to Starbucks,

and this chick in a red Porsche pulls up

about 30 seconds behind me and double-parks,

completely blocking me in, so I can't leave

until she gets her pumpkin-spiced

double-shot flavored concoction

that basic girls like her get on the way to the office,

an office which, unlike me, she arrives to on time.

Are you sure this isn't iced?

Okay, what am I supposed to do?

Badge her and claim it's national security?

Tomorrow morning, we show up in the Challenger,

we block her in after she's blocked you.

That's what I'm talking about.

I'm not sure that blocking the entire street at rush hour

and intimidating the PSB is my idea of subtle.

PSB will be MIA ASAP.

All right, yeah, I just wanted to talk about this.

I wasn't looking to initiate an operation to neutralize her.

That is the perfect solution.

I'm not asking you for a solution.

Sounded like she was asking for help.

I don't understand why you're freaking out so much.

Oh, you are such guys.

Women sometimes just want to talk about something.

They're not looking for advice or a solution.

Wow.

Sometimes I wish I wasn't the only female in this bullpen.

There, I said it.

Sam.

I know you wanted to be alone, but we need to talk.

Did Jada make her flight?

No, it's bad.

Jada's transport vehicle was attacked 20 minutes ago.

Two U.S. Marshals killed, two wounded.

She managed to survive the ambush.

Where is she?

Well, that's our first problem.

The traffic cams on the street went dark

five minutes before the ambush.

Now, the point man on the scene

was a U.S. marshal named Drew Groller.

He's been handling Jada's protective detail

since we brought her back from Sudan.

Groller said the assault team used

smoke grenades to cover their retreat.

Vanished without a trace.

And so did Jada. Without camera coverage

or the ability to see through the smoke,

we can't confirm her whereabouts.

Could have used bigger explosives

on the transport vehicle and killed everyone inside.

Which means they wanted Jada to come out alive.

So she's somewhere hoping that we find her before they do.

Who are these guys?

Marshals captured one of them, Diego Salazar--

a Mexican national with ties to the Molina cartel.

Jada's from Sudan.

She doesn't have any ties to the Molina cartel.

But her brother Tahir is still on the loose.

She testified against him.

Turns out the war criminals

are not the most forgiving of types.

Tahir would have inflicted revenge himself,

but he's stuck in Sudan.

Molina cartel specializes in hits and kidnapping.

Could have outsourced it to them.

You want me to interrogate Diego Salazar?

I had him moved to the boatshed.

He took a bullet to the thigh during the ambush.

The wound's been cleaned and bandaged

but otherwise untreated.

He's probably very uncomfortable at the moment.

Who leaked Jada's convoy route?

Well, The Hague just learned their database was hacked.

The packet of files that were breached

contains Jada's itinerary while in Los Angeles.

I reviewed the hack.

It's the kind of high-end job you only see from nation states

and cartels with the resources of nation states.

This ambush is a bold move.

Would have had to have been approved

by Molina's senior leadership in Los Angeles.

Well, we think that's Alex Molina.

He's the eldest son of Arturo

and rumored to be next in line to the throne.

We "think" Alex?

Well, this is the DEA's only photograph of him,

taken at age 12.

His father made sure he was protected

from the public eye his entire life.

The only Intel we have on Alex indicates

that while he's extremely private,

he does fit the mold of the dashing playboy.

Fortunately, the DEA is close to getting

its first look at Alex as a grown man.

So you combine the Molina cartel with a dashing playboy scion

being investigated by the DEA,

that can only lead to one possible... scenario.

DEA Agent Talia Del Campo.

Exactly.

She was assigned to the case last month.

She recently scored an invite to Alex Molina's mansion

for a pool party, and she just notified us

that she'd, quote-unquote,

"be happy to have Kensi tag along as her plus one."

So charming.

Work with Talia.

Find out everything you can on Alex Molina.

We'll hit the ambush site, debrief Groller.

What about Sam?

Sam is gonna have his hands full.

You think I got emotionally involved with Jada

during that undercover op in the Sudan.

You think it's a risk for me to interrogate Salazar,

but you think it's less of a risk

than me crossing paths with Jada somewhere out there.

I'm not worried about you and Salazar.

And you did get emotionally involved with Jada on that job.

She'll always be my responsibility, Granger.

Then this interrogation's

your way of making sure she stays alive.

How uncomfortable is Salazar allowed to get?

That's entirely up to you, Agent Hanna.

Extra strength pain killers.