NCIS: Los Angeles

You look and sound worse

than when we pulled you out of Laos.

Dark days.

There's still time to figure this out,

but it's finally just a lifetime of bad decisions.

My time in the triangle... Agent orange.

I'm so sorry.

Hetty: Where is Owen Granger? This is for you.

Hetty's voice: "Don't blame the doctors or the nurses,

"but I've had enough of hospitals for one life,

"and I have some unfinished business to take care of.

Be safe... og..."

Nell: Admiral Albert Jethro chegwidden.

Former Navy seal, commander of jag.

Henrietta called, said she was in trouble,

so here I am... Once more into the breach.

Radio weatherman: Southern California weather, we have low clouds

and dense fog overnight into our mid-morning hours.

Visibility, in some cases, is...

Man: Good morning. You have yourself a beautiful day.

Good morning to you.

Oh, you...

Thank you, god bless you. You're a angel.

You know, I need this more than you would ever...

All right, then.

Hello, there.

How are you today?

Mm-hmm. All right.

Hey!

Mr. Mercedes. Mmm!

Roll your window down a sec.

Come on.

It's another fine day in la la land.

You should roll your window down.

Take it in. Savor it.

What the...

Whoa, hey, hey. Stay out of my car, man.

I said stay out of my car!

You run, I shoot you.

I got money. I will give you money.

But first, you need to put the gun away

and get the hell out of my car.

Put your seat belt on. Okay, fine.

How's 20? Is 20 good?

That's 53.

I don't carry cash on me.

I use credit cards.

Look, it's 53 bucks.

It's all I have, take it.

I said put your seat belt on.

How long have you been in here, Beale?

Smells like it's been at least two hours.

It has not been two hours, it's...

Closer to three.

That thing's not gonna shoot itself.

Promise?

You want to talk?

Talk? No. I'm-I'm-I'm fine.

Actually, I'm good.

You know, uh...

Nell has switched back to her 2014 shampoo.

You know, the coconut/mango one,

so I'm-I'm-I'm- I'm good.

All right, all right. I'll see you in there.

Okay. Sam?

I have not fired my gun since I went undercover

at the couples retreat.

Since you blew up the SUV.

With a person inside of it.

First time.

Taking a man's life is a horrible thing,

but it was necessary in this case.

Uh, I-i know that,

but I wish that I could forget it ever happened.

The opposite.

You have to acknowledge what you did,

process it for what it is...

A job that had to be done.

It's not for everyone, and that's okay.

That's why whose who can handle it

protect those who can't.

Do you ever struggle with it?

At first I did, but, you know,

the path became clear.

Must be nice. Listen, Beale,

only you can decide which side you're on.

Either one is okay, but you can't be both.

Duty calls. It always does.

Callen: What do we got?

Not much.

No surveillance video, no solid eyewitnesses,

but va administrator Robert Bryant

was apparently kidnapped on his way to work this morning

in his own car by a homeless man.

There was a kidnapping in broad daylight,

and no one can ID this guy? Deeks: I buy it.

People treat the homeless like they're invisible.

A few witnesses say it may have been an older black man,

but that is all we have.

The secretary of the va would like.

NCIS's assistance on this case.

So they're hoping it was an everyday carjacking,

and not a disgruntled vet, correct?

Ding, ding, ding. I'm guessing we're not

the only agency working on this. Nell: We're not.

And the secretary would, and I quote,

"be obliged if we could find out who did this

before anyone else does." All right.

Why don't you two head down to the va and talk

to his coworkers?

See if he had any troubles before this.

Sam, what do you think, Bryant's house? Yep.

No, we could go to Bryant's house.

Where's that, in hancock park?

Is it a Lloyd Wright? Maybe it's a Wallace neff.

Kensi here is a neff-head.

Or we can just ignore you and head to the va.

Yeah, we could do that, too, I guess.

Sam: I don't want to hear it. Callen: Wasn't even thinking it.

Sam: The algorithm is Pre-conceptually false.

You can't calculate traffic patterns in a vacuum

without accounting for human error.

Ah, the mighty Sam Hanna is human.

I didn't err, g.

Took a principled stance not to use waze.

I know, that's why we're late.

NCIS agent Callen.

This is my partner, agent Sam Hanna.

Ah, NCIS in the flesh. Mmm.

I just found out you guys existed.

And you are?

Not allowed to let you inside, but also

extremely, incredibly sorry about it.

Well, agent Morris, inside of Bryant's house is

a critical part of our investigation

into his kidnapping.

Which is why you'll have full access

the millisecond we close ours.

You know, we could work together. That would be amaze-balls.

What do you guys have?

Nothing. Which is why we need to go inside.

You owe us one.

Rude. I literally just met you and you.

I don't owe squat.

The FBI collectively owes us for shooting our friend,

undersecretary of defense duggan.

Well, I'm still not letting you inside.

Then why don't you tell us

what you know? To be honest,

not much more than you do.

There's been no ransom call,

and Bryant has no obvious enemies.

If you ignore the nine million vets

trying to get help at the va.

The guy does seem to be living the good life.

Dude owns, like, 12 brionis.

How do you think the vets would feel

if they found out the guy telling them no

was walking around in $7,000 suits?

Brioni.

How do you know what that is?

Well, I'm committed to finding a value-mate,

and I do my research.

You sure you're okay?

Yeah, yeah.

Is this because I didn't butter your muffin this morning?

No.

Is this because I made you listen

to the Oprah story podcast in the car again?

Look, you and I both know I love Oprah,

and I love Phil donahue,

so I'm very conflicted about that whole thing.

Okay. So this is you just being normal?

Yeah, normal.

So you have my ID, my paperwork.

Everything you could possibly need from me.

That's right. But I still can't see a doctor

about the arthritis that's keeping me up at night? That's correct.

Until I get an initial assessment? Correct.

And the next available appointment you have for one

is eight weeks from now?

Uh, 53 days, to be exact.

Man: Shame!

That is unacceptable,

inexcusable and indefensible.

Look at her.

She sacrificed for this country.

Your job is to thank her for it.

I know, and... I'm sorry, ma'am, is he with you? No.

But he took the words right out of my mouth.

Okay, sir, I'm sorry,

but please, if you could just take your place...

No, ma'am, I'm sorry, 'cause I cannot do that.

I want this woman seen by a doctor today.

In fact, I want every single fine veteran waiting here

seen by a doctor today.

Now, that should cover it. You make it happen.

Kensi: Excuse us, federal agents. No, no, no, don't touch it.

No-nobody touch it. Can you help me with this?

Stand back. All right. Federal agents.