NCIS: Sydney

30 meters to run.

Clear, clear, on my six.

-Breach right. -Golf-1, coming around.

At the breach.

After it blows, we've got one minute.

Three, two, one.

Get against the wall!

Take him!

Give me your hands. Give me your hands!

Sierra 4, Golf Alpha. We are jackpot.

Get on your knees.

American.

-Check it out. -American.

-Stay there. Stay there. -Under. Under.

American.

Heroin!

What's he doing, bribing us?

Get the 'terp.

Status on the interpreter?

Where's Rashid?

I don't know, I turned my back, bailed.

We've lost him, he's fled.

Contact!

Enemy, south road!

Incoming!

Um, hello?

I come in peace.

-Whoa! -Whoa! Almost set you on fire!

Believe me, I do not wanna go through that again.

We haven't officially met.

I'm Travis. People call me Trigger.

People call me Blue.

So what do you think?

I think it looks like C-3PO exploded in here.

Yeah.

Sick. Wait till you see the rest of the improvements.

Improvements?

Well, think about it as, uh, self-improvement.

I didn't ask for self-help advice.

Well, I was just being constructive.

You were being irritating.

What are you guys talking about?

Sergeant Jim Dempsey thinks that I can be combative.

Me!

I mean, if anything, I have a light touch, right?

Right, Evie?

Je... wa... Uh! Argh!

There she is.

Ready to get back in the saddle?

Yep, and get my lab back.

Job. Get my job back. That was weird.

I don't know why I just said 'lab'. I'm fine.

Why wouldn't I be fine with what Trigger's done with my lab?

The lab. It's not my lab.

Yeah, 'cause you seem fine.

Relax, Blue. No one's gonna take your lab.

Okay? But AFP have made a P-35 request.

Not a P-35 request.

What's a P-35 request?

Hard copy application.

With an actual pen?

On actual paper.

Yeah, the first time you applied,

you weren't as forthcoming as they'd have liked.

Yeah, it's no biggie.

Just between your background as a hacker and...

Techno-libertarian.

Yeah, and your ability to digitally alter almost anything,

they'd just prefer it if you reapplied 'el' naturel.

Also, we're out of toner.

So, until you're officially back on deck,

you're not to be involved in any investigations, okay?

Yep.

No more lies, okay? You got this.

Heads up.

Urgent tasking coming through from Carter.

Girl, I know those ain't my Lucky Charms.

Rashid Rahmati.

CAT-3 interpreter

for the Allied Forces

in Afghanistan.

Privy to classified operations,

protected identities and source meetings.

High-level access.

Which is problematic, given he was also a Taliban spy.

Well, it says here that he's missing.

He was, until last night.

Entered Australia on a fake Iranian passport.

We believe he's operational.

What makes you say that?

The fact that a few hours ago,

he was seen fleeing the home of a dead Australian soldier.

Given the US's interest in Rashid,

the Australian Defence Force has approved a joint investigation.

Okay, just so I'm clear.

Are we solving the death of an Aussie soldier

or capturing an American target?

Preferably both, Sergeant.

But if push comes to shove, the priority is Rashid.

Especially the neighbors.

I don't want anybody coming or going.

Just me, or does she kind of look like...

No, she definitely looks like...

Special Agent Michelle Mackey, NCIS.

Sergeant Dayna Jasek, ADFIS.

Jim Dempsey. Seeing double.

Could have saved you a trip.

Last I checked, victim is an Australian soldier.

Well, last I checked, the suspect is an American target,

which is why it's now our investigation.

Joint investigation.

Led by NCIS.

Who are currently at my crime scene.

D, perimeter and check.

E, bag and tag.

You were saying something about your crime scene?

You can see it, right?

Warrant Officer Second Class Lachlan Yates, 45.

Part of Special Air Service Regiment's 2 Squadron.

Tip of the spear.

Neighbor's security camera

caught Rashid leaving out the back

shortly after estimated time of death.

How did Rashid gain access?

Glass panel on the front door was smashed.

Yates was beaten to death and the house was ransacked.

Shame you couldn't get here earlier.

Might have been some actual police work left for you.

Oh, the day's still young.

What do we know, Rosie?

Well, you'd conclude from the abrasions and contusions

that this was a blunt-force death.

And if we weren't so, uh, short-sighted?

Then you find a much more complicated story.

You see the traces of vomit around the mouth?

Cutaneous petechiae, the bloodshot eyes?

None of that's related to trauma.

Fight might not have killed him.

Hmm!

Got something.

Window's smashed.

Looks like a break-in.

But check this.

Lubricant spray, used for lock picking.

So why smash a window if you can pick a lock?

Receipt from a money transfer.

It's made through a foreign exchange company.

Popular way to pay people in sanctioned countries.

Yeah, like Iran.

This is from Yates to Rashid, three and a half grand.

That's the cost of Rashid's flight.

So Yates flew in his own killer?

Nice of you to leave so much actual police work for us.

I don't like it, Evie.

I don't like it at all.

I know, Deshawn.

But if it's still itchy, you need to see a doctor.

I'm not talking about that.

And neither should you. I'm talking about...

I'm talking about them.

Doppelgängers. Clones.

When they meet, bad things happen.

Yeah, don't forget twins.

Blue and her brother almost kicked off Jonestown 2.0.

We're splitting the atom, Evie.

And we all know how that ends.

-With an update? -Yes, coming right up, boss.

Yes, yes, yes.

Courtesy of ADFIS.

Warrant Officer Class II Yates.

A total of seven rotations in Afghanistan.

Last one in 2020.

He was prosecuting a kill-capture target

designated Objective Arrowhead.

We were there in 2020?

We're there now. We just don't advertise it.

During the raid, his team was caught

in a Taliban rocket strike.

Rashid was the interpreter.

He abandoned them just before the attack.

Taliban strike, Taliban spy.

Okay, so why spend a lot of cash on

flying in the guy who killed your buddies?

ADFIS cracked Yates's laptop.

According to emails between Rashid and Yates,

Rashid claimed to know what really happened in that village.

Said the evidence is here in Sydney. Doesn't say what it is.

Any other survivors?

Yeah, one. Sergeant Henry Ascott.

Yeah, multiple tours in Afghanistan.

Gulf of Aden, Africa.

Awarded the Bronze Star in 2018.

American medal.

That can be awarded to partners who fought alongside them.

Cooperation. It's a beautiful thing.

Wouldn't want to be caught in that crossfire.

Attack rendered Henry temporarily blind.

He was medically discharged. No current address or cell.

Henry can give us a firsthand account of the attack, so...

So let's find him and ask.