NCIS

Gibbs: I study you, Leon. Vance: I know you do. I study you back, Gibbs. Gibbs: It feels wrong... digging into your life like that. But I do it because sometimes I can't understand why you make the god-awful decisions that you do. Vance: I feel the same way. The only difference is, you're not responsible for my actions, Gibbs, but I am for yours. Gibbs: I should'a been on this case from the beginning. Vance: I'm sorry about Mike Franks. Gibbs: Thank you. Vance: But you called him in. Figured I'd see him and I'd bend. Gibbs: You always do, whatever he's got on ya. Vance: There's nothing on me! I'm your boss, Gibbs. And we've been tight, sometimes tight like a damn noose. So, if I backed off on our friendship, maybe I had to step back take a deep breath, and do my job. I have other people I have to answer to. Gibbs: Maybe, maybe, when bodies were showing up in Europe. But when it's in my own backyard, and you promote that... rookie over me? Vance: That wasn't my decision.

(In the elevator. Ziva is crying) Ziva: There is always another monster. Tony: (Pauses) Yep. Ziva: I mean, we pursue them, but we just keep making targets of ourselves. Tony: Better us than someone who didn't sign up for it. Ziva: I don't think I can take anymore. (Tony hugs Ziva) Tony: Hey, we're gonna get him. OK?(The elevator door opens to reveal McGee and Abby hugging each other) Bring it in.

Kort: Of course, we maintain a pipeline of information within all our sister agencies. Tony: You referring to Ray Cruz? Franks: Great. Another name. Tony: The CIA agent who's been dating Ziva? Is he your "pipeline?"

(After he unzips Franks' body bag) Gibbs: Bye, Mike.

(Gibbs and Franks enter MTAC, where Vance and Barrett are talking with Trent Kort) Vance: Barrett, Kort. Meet NCIS legend, Mike Franks. Franks: Director. Alright if I stay for this educational briefing? Kort: (To Vance) This is, er, sensitive agency information. Vance: And this is my agency. I can't think of a better reason for him to stay, other than that it makes you so uncomfortable. Franks: (To Kort) I'll take this to my grave.

(Gibbs and Tony are walking with Trent Kort, who has lost his left eye.) Kort: Can you walk on this side, DiNozzo? Still getting used to the limited peripheral vision. Tony: You know, flounders only have eyes on one side of their head? I think that's typical of most bottom feeding mud suckers.

Gibbs: No coincidence you were in Hawaii with the Port-to-Port Killer. Kort: I wasn't with him. I was pursuing him. Tony: (Sarcastically) Bang up job you did there, Kort.

(Gibbs is telling the ghost of Mike Franks about the case. He imagines McGee, Tony and Ziva giving him a report on Agent Barrett's findings.) Tony: Sergeant Kevin Jerico was walking to his quarters at Pearl when a strange noise drew him to an alley way. McGee: It was a wind up teddy bear playing a drum. When Jerico examined it, he was attacked from behind. Ziva: He struggled, suffered lacerations to his hands and neck. As he lost consciousness, he saw a bald man drop into the ally. Franks: Much better! Tony: Crowd responded to the screams. Must have scared off the attacker or the bald man was admitted to the hospital minus an eyeball. Ziva: Admission forms give him name as Gavin O'Ryan. He disappeared without being discharged. McGee: There are no records of a Gavin O'Ryan residing in Hawaii. There are also no records of a Gavin O'Ryan on any flight, in or out of Hawaii, surrounding the date in question. I will go enlist Abby's help to pursue this further. Tony: I will pursue the same mystery using "archaic" and "old school" techniques. Ziva: While pretending to have a question for Ducky, I will follow Agent Barrett, and accidently overhear details in her investigation. (The three of them leave. Gibbs gets up, Franks follows) Gibbs: If only, huh? Franks: And what did you find so interesting in all of that? Gibbs: Well, the teddy bear. That was new.

Franks: They're reading! Gibbs: Barrett's report. Franks: You just wait for them to finish? Gibbs: Yeah... excrutiating. Franks: Skip this part!