NCIS

Is that a drone?

Yeah.

What are you looking at?

Trees.

Why those trees?

There's plenty of 'em over there.

I like these trees better.

Listen, kid, I'm kind of busy, all right?

My friend Jeremy had a drone,

but his mom took it away from him.

He tried tying his hamster to it

'cause he wanted to make him fly.

I'm not allowed to play with Jeremy anymore.

- Can I fly your drone? - No.

- Why not? - 'Cause it's expensive.

How much does it cost?

You ask a lot of questions.

What's so interesting about those trees anyway?

Kid, if I give you five bucks, will you leave me alone?

I got to go.

Damn it.

Uh...

I was gonna get a workout in, but... I'll come back.

Room's big enough for the two of us.

- So how's it going? - Good. You?

Same.

So, uh...

Got a body in a park.

Parker out sick or something?

No, he's just running late.

I saw him going into the multipurpose room

earlier for a workout.

Vance was in there, too.

Hmm. That must've been a fun workout.

Yeah, tell me about it.

I was on the elevator up with them the other day.

They acted like complete strangers.

Can't blame Parker for being upset.

CID went after Jess,

- Vance did not have her back. - I'm over it.

Parker sure isn't.

Well, I hope they patch things up soon.

I hate it when Mom and Dad fight.

Sorry I'm late. What do we got?

Victim is Navy Chief Warrant Officer Martin Hodges.

A family found him this morning.

One of the kids said that, uh, Hodges had a gun on him,

but we haven't been able to locate it.

His car's in the parking lot. Torres is going through it now.

And the drone?

Kid said Hodges was flying it.

Apparently, he, uh, claimed to be looking at the trees,

kid didn't believe him.

Any idea what he was looking at?

Camera's smashed. Hopefully, Kasie can bring it back to life.

Got a cause of death, Jimmy?

Well, we have multiple puncture wounds

in the chest and abdomen.

No obvious signs of a struggle,

so my guess is, he never saw the attack coming.

Everything okay?

My weapon certification's expired.

The training coordinator's been on my ass

- about getting recertified. - I've been there.

I've been meaning to do it, but who's got the time?

Can't put that off forever.

Those coordinators do not mess around.

They make you do it.

Hey, guys, check this out.

Found it in his pocket.

Wait, let me see this.

You got to be kidding me.

What? You know her?

Yeah, I used to.

Her name's Olivia Garcia.

She's an old girlfriend of mine.

We used to date back in the day,

before I met Delilah.

What is our victim doing with a photo of her?

Maybe it's a husband or boyfriend?

Or something worse.

I found some sketchy things in his truck:

Taser, zip ties, and duct tape.

We could be looking at a kidnapping.

We made contact with your ex yet?

No.

I've left, uh, several voicemails.

Even went by her house.

Yeah, neighbors say that they haven't seen her in a while,

but they also say she travels a lot, so...

What do we know?

Dr. Olivia Garcia, 42,

works as a microbiologist at a research facility in Virginia.

Yeah, single mom, has a teen son studying abroad.

We have a few calls out to him now.

How well did you know her?

We went out for about six months.

She's smart. She's funny.

You know, we-we got along great,

uh, but she, uh, she called it off

to, uh, focus on her career.

I haven't talked to her since, but...

What?

Well, she-she did send me an email

about two months ago.

She said that, uh, she wanted to get together,

talk to me about something.

What about?

I never found out.

Now I feel bad, though.

Well, what if she was in trouble,

and, you know, I wasn't there for her?

We don't know that anything's happened yet.

She could be traveling, just like her neighbors said,

so for now just focus on the case.

Okay?

All right, tell me about our victim.

Chief Warrant Officer Martin Hodges,

38 years old, single, he was a drone pilot for the Navy.

Yeah, his C.O. said he's been tired at work lately.

Says he might be, uh, moonlighting.

Yeah, as a kidnapper.

We find anything on his phone?

Didn't find it at the scene or at the apartment,

but we got his laptop.

Hard drive was locked, but Kasie's working on it now.

Training coordinator again?

Let me get rid of him.

Parker.

Yes, but...

Yeah, I'm in the middle of a case, though.

Isn't there any way that we can shuffle...?

Wh...

What if I promise not to use my gun?

No, no, no. No, no, no. No, no, I understand.

Fine.

Let me guess, time to pay the piper?

They're making me go to FLETC

to redo my weapons recertification.

When?

Now. I'll be gone for 24 hours.

Come on, can't you get out of it?

No, no, no, it's mandatory. Done deal.

I hate leaving you guys like this.

Well, don't worry about the case.

We'll contact you with any updates.

Who knows? You might have fun.

Maybe you'll make a friend.

I'm going to FLETC, Knight, not sleepaway camp.

See you in 24.

Don't break anything while I'm gone.

Hey, Kase. Any luck, uh, salvaging our drone?

I mean, I'm good, but I am not that good.

Look at this thing. It's toast.

Whoever did this even took the SD card.

So there's no way to know what our victim was looking at?

No. I even checked the maps of the park

and the surrounding areas,

- see if any points of interest popped up. - And?

It's a city park. Take your pick.

- Lots to choose from. - So we've got nothing?

I didn't say that.

Now, I managed to break into Hodges' hard drive.

A week before he was killed,

he received a money transfer from an unknown source.

So maybe he was paid to kidnap McGee's ex

and then killed afterwards to cut ties?

Could be. I'm working on back-tracing the payments now.

Fingers crossed, it leads to our killer.

- And McGee's ex. - Man, I can't believe it.

A few weeks ago, Torres's ex Bishop gets taken.

Now McGee's. What is up with exes lately?

- I know. It's weird, right? - It's super weird.

I got so spooked, I even reached out to a few of my exes

- to make sure they were okay. - How'd that go?

Let's just say, now I have two coffee dates and a dinner

I don't want to go to.

- Oh. - What's wrong?

McGee's ex might be in more trouble than we thought.

Torres just spoke with the local PD.

A missing persons report was filed for her six weeks ago.

Cease fire.

Six weeks? How come we didn't know about this sooner?

Uh, the detective handling the case got backlogged

and hadn't put it in the system yet.

D.C.'s finest. You know, with that amount of time missing,

- the chance that Olivia is still alive is... - Yeah, I know.

- It's not good. - How's McGee holding up?

He and Torres went down to Olivia's workplace

to speak to some of her coworkers.

Some place called, uh,

Trask Underground Research Facility.

Detective said it was Olivia's last known whereabouts.

Okay, give me an update when they get back.

Uh, how's the certification going?

Hasn't started yet. Hopefully, it won't be too bad.

Hi. Leon Vance. Where do I sign in?

Got to go.

Thank...

What are you doing here?