NCIS: Los Angeles

Pietra Rey from Saão Paulo.

Her father Carlos was gunned down in 2002.

Pietra was 13.KENSI: Get on your knees.

She's also been linked with Revolucao Sociedade Livre,

a Brazilian militia group.

They're deadly fighters.

Mr. Deeks, I'm talking about

NCIS having accepted you into the Academy.

I'm going to the Academy.

Morning.

Thanks.

Come to the door.

Wake up, Galeano.

You've got ten minutes to get your ass ready and...

Impressive.

I thought I'd be the first one here this morning.

I like to start my day with a breakfast of cold matcha

and hot lead.

That was bad, wasn't it?

Uh, it wasn't good.

I'm trying to up my street game.

What?

You know, the verbal body slamswhen someone gets up in my grill

or I'm trying to take down a nasty perp.

Mm-hmm. Like that, uh,Rachelle Chung girl, huh?

She really gotunder your skin.

Hardly, okay? She was a punk.

You haven't been here long, buttrust me, the rest of the team

are big on the witty repartee and catchphrases.

Dropping a sarcastic one-linerafter arresting a suspect

is old-school and consideredpretty unprofessional.

"You make sounds like you're a mean little ass-kicker,

"only I ain't convinced.

You keep talking, and I'm gonna take your head off."

What? I was,I was just saying...

No, I'm-I'm kidding.

It's Mr. Majestyk.

You know, Charles Bronson?

My dad loved all the classic tough guy movies.

Uh, y-yeah, I-I get it. I think.

What's really going on here?

Nothing, I'm just trying to be more sensitive

to how the public and how, you know,

they perceive those of us in law enforcement.

Okay.

And?

I took my little sister

and some of her roommates out for dinner last night.

I just, you know, figured they could use a half-decent meal.

That's nice. How's she doing?

She's good.

She loves UCLA.

You know, she's a part of all the social clubs

and she's making new friends.

But last night, the conversationturned to racial injustice

and police bias,

and I found myself on the wrong side of the law.

Well, did you explain that we do what we do to keep them safe?

Yeah, and it got me thinking, you know, that maybe

it's not enough to just be good at what we do.

We have to be better.

We have to set an example and a standard

that's above and beyond what people expect from us.

We should be seen as a solution, not a problem.

Does that sound stupid?

No, it sounds commendable.

If not a tad ambitious.

You and I are the future of this service

and we need to decide what we want that future to look like.

I'm with you.

Oh. I, uh, had the main line forwarded.

Better take this.

Oh, and, um, in the future, Rountree,

"When I want your opinion,

I'll beat it out of you."

Chuck Norris?

Code of Silence?Really?

Yeah.

That's...

exactly what I'm talking about.

Chuck Norris.

I'll show you Chuck Norris.

Yeah, no problem at all.

Okay, we'll check it out, I'll let you know

if we find anything.

All right, buddy, you, too. Stay safe.

Okay. Hey, Fatima-- okay, bye, bye, bye.

All right, that was Lance Hamilton from the DOJ.

They had a star witness show up dead

at a safe house this morning.

Miguel Galeano?

I just got off the phone with CIA Officer Sabatino

about the same case.

Okay, Lance didn't say that he was involved.

Sabatino didn't mention Lance, either.

Huh. I wonder what the CIA's interest is in this?

Sabatino didn't say over the phone.

But Sam and Callen are gonna meet him at the boatshed.

What about Lance?Well, Lance asked us

to go to the crime scene and make a quick assessment

since he's out of the country and can't do it himself.

Um, but who is this witness?

I don't really know, but I-I can find out.

Hopefully, Sabatino can give Sam and Callen some more info.

Thanks.

Hey, how's, uh, Deeks doing over at FLETC?

Oh, you know, he's fine. It's Deeks, so...

Sure. He's hating it, isn't he?

With every fiber of his body.

What's the hurry here? What--

I think we should pace ourselves, right?

Oh.

You got a problem, Deeks?

No, no. No, I'm good.

I just think there's something

there's something wrong with these shoes.

They used to be so much faster.

You're still on the clock. Let's go.

Oh, yeah, no, I'm definitely-- just...

It's a good trail, though. This is-- it's so scenic.

I feel like I should do a pastel.

What the hell is that?

Excuse me?

On your head.

Oh, yeah. I've been working a cover.

As what, a backup dancer?

How long have you two been in quarantine?

'Cause I'm picking up a very weird Bert and Ernie vibe.

Oh.

Oh, no, make yourself at home.

So what do you need from us besides a haircut?

Ha. Wow.

Is that what I get even after the last time I saved you guys?

Really?You better loosen up that man bun.

I think it's cutting off the blood to your brain.

You're calling that a man bun?

Yeah. What would you call it?I don't know.

A midlife crisis, maybe?Or a cry for help.

I know it hurts, but really, it's no big deal,

no matter how many times I have to pull

your sorry asses out of the fire.

At this point, it's the closest thing I have to a hobby.

Seriously,

why are we here, Sabatino?I don't know.

I'm guessing because you probably

didn't apply yourselves in school?

Do you want to hit him, or should I?

L.A. makes you so hostile.

Have you two ever considered couple's therapy?

Why did they ever take you out of Afghanistan?

Good question. They, uh, pulled me out because,

you know, aside from our obvious success,

the terrorist groups have suddenly become

better funded than ever.

And yet, there's been no uptick in kidnappings,

oil prices are at an all-time low

and the reduction in international travel

has made human trafficking even more difficult.

So where are they getting their money?

We raided a compound

thought to be hiding a high-value target.

Target wasn't there, but we found pallets of that.

Over six million dollars worth of counterfeit cash.

This is counterfeit?

You sure?SABATINO: Mm-hmm.

We didn't even know until we tried to track

the serial numbers.

Man, this is good.

You know, we're talking color-shifting ink,

microprinting, portrait watermarks, holograms.

I mean, you'd have to have millions of dollars' worth

of equipment and materials, not to mention the skill set

to do a superbill like this.

It's got to be state-sanctioned.SABATINO: Yeah, we think so.

The Secret Service tracked it to Brazil,

but we couldn't find the source.

Well, most of the superbills are coming out of Peru.

Traditionally, but nobody there is doing anything this good.

We still don't know who's making it, but we do know

somebody who was trying to bring it into the U.S.

Guy by the name of Miguel Galeano.

He's an enforcer with the Acosta Cartel.

Yeah, he got pinched when that plane went down in New Mexico

full of cocaine. Yeah.

And that plane also had another $18 million

of these phony superbills on board,

but that wasn't made public.

Okay, so what do you need from us?

Galeano was gonna reveal the source of the superbills

as part of a plea deal,

until he wound up dead last night,

while in the custody of your buddy, uh,

the big guy, Lance Hamilton's Department of Justice.

So you want us to help you find who did this?

We think we know who did it.

I want you to help me find her.

She's a Brazilian.

Pietra Rey.

Yeah. You know her?

Yeah.