1 00:00:04,288 --> 00:00:07,155 Well, I tell you what, it is good to be home. 2 00:00:07,224 --> 00:00:09,157 Just got back to port an hour ago, 3 00:00:09,226 --> 00:00:11,159 I've already got my land legs back. 4 00:00:11,228 --> 00:00:13,161 Oh, I appreciate that, Captain, but 5 00:00:13,230 --> 00:00:15,897 Gloria's making her blue-ribbon lasagna tonight. 6 00:00:17,368 --> 00:00:18,700 Yep. 7 00:00:18,769 --> 00:00:20,369 Word is she even baked a cherry pie, 8 00:00:20,437 --> 00:00:22,871 so maybe she missed me as much as I missed her. 9 00:00:22,940 --> 00:00:24,873 You bet. 0800 tomorrow morning, 10 00:00:24,942 --> 00:00:26,875 and we'll get right into... 11 00:00:29,013 --> 00:00:31,013 I got to call you back. 12 00:00:40,958 --> 00:00:42,457 Gloria? 13 00:00:46,530 --> 00:00:48,730 Gloria? 14 00:00:49,767 --> 00:00:51,600 (thump in distance) 15 00:00:53,203 --> 00:00:54,703 (thump) 16 00:00:56,106 --> 00:00:58,307 (thump) 17 00:00:58,375 --> 00:00:59,808 Gloria? 18 00:00:59,877 --> 00:01:01,376 (thump) 19 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:04,379 (thump) 20 00:01:09,086 --> 00:01:10,919 Gloria! 21 00:01:10,988 --> 00:01:14,988 ♪ NCIS 17x20 ♪ The Arizona Original Air Date on April 14, 2020 22 00:01:15,012 --> 00:01:22,112 == sync, corrected by elderman == @elder_man 23 00:01:22,136 --> 00:01:40,769 ♪ ♪ 24 00:01:42,586 --> 00:01:44,252 Look, I... 25 00:01:44,321 --> 00:01:46,561 That's... Yes, that's-that's what I've been trying to say 26 00:01:46,623 --> 00:01:48,523 for the last five minutes, okay? 27 00:01:48,592 --> 00:01:50,092 No. 28 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:52,527 I cannot help you here, okay? 29 00:01:52,596 --> 00:01:55,364 Just tell everyone, okay? Aunts, uncles, cousins, 30 00:01:55,432 --> 00:01:57,666 just... stop calling me! 31 00:01:59,002 --> 00:02:00,535 Damn, that was harsh. Yeah. 32 00:02:00,604 --> 00:02:03,138 If I talked to my family like that, my mom would kill me. 33 00:02:03,207 --> 00:02:04,639 Yeah, it wasn't family. 34 00:02:04,708 --> 00:02:06,319 Some guy, I don't even know him. Why is he calling you? 35 00:02:06,343 --> 00:02:07,776 Because people don't proofread. 36 00:02:07,845 --> 00:02:09,211 See, last night, 37 00:02:09,279 --> 00:02:11,246 Aunt Lupe Garcia of Falls Church 38 00:02:11,315 --> 00:02:14,750 decided to send an invite to her entire enormous family 39 00:02:14,818 --> 00:02:17,619 to Uncle Roland's potluck birthday fiesta, 40 00:02:17,688 --> 00:02:21,089 and she accidentally mistyped the RSVP number. 41 00:02:21,158 --> 00:02:23,558 So now I have every Garcia and their mother 42 00:02:23,627 --> 00:02:25,138 calling to tell me who they're bringing 43 00:02:25,162 --> 00:02:26,428 and what dish. Well, okay, 44 00:02:26,497 --> 00:02:28,341 next time someone calls you, you should just ask them 45 00:02:28,365 --> 00:02:29,831 to send out a corrected e-mail. 46 00:02:29,900 --> 00:02:32,300 Aunt Lupe is the only one with the list, okay? 47 00:02:32,369 --> 00:02:34,603 She BCC'd everyone else, 48 00:02:34,671 --> 00:02:36,304 and I can't get ahold of Aunt Lupe. 49 00:02:36,373 --> 00:02:38,640 (phone rings) Oh, come on. 50 00:02:38,709 --> 00:02:40,175 McGee. 51 00:02:40,244 --> 00:02:42,611 You have the wrong number. 52 00:02:42,679 --> 00:02:44,646 I can't live like this. 53 00:02:44,715 --> 00:02:46,648 Torres eat your yogurt again? 54 00:02:46,717 --> 00:02:48,650 Uh, no, boss. I keep getting these calls... 55 00:02:48,719 --> 00:02:49,719 Grab your gear. 56 00:02:49,753 --> 00:02:51,019 Uh, we got a dead body? 57 00:02:51,088 --> 00:02:53,088 I don't know what we got. 58 00:02:54,358 --> 00:02:55,424 (phone rings) 59 00:02:55,492 --> 00:02:57,492 Oh, got to be kidding me. 60 00:03:00,664 --> 00:03:02,709 CAPLINGER: Well, if you talk to her, please have her call me 61 00:03:02,733 --> 00:03:04,099 at once? Thank you. 62 00:03:04,168 --> 00:03:06,768 The gentleman on the phone is Admiral Michael Caplinger. 63 00:03:06,837 --> 00:03:08,870 He's head of the Fleet Forces Command. 64 00:03:08,939 --> 00:03:11,373 He just got back from a major-level exercise, 65 00:03:11,442 --> 00:03:12,974 45 days at sea. 66 00:03:13,043 --> 00:03:15,143 Abductee is his wife Gloria. 67 00:03:15,212 --> 00:03:17,646 She was last seen at a speaking engagement last night. 68 00:03:17,714 --> 00:03:19,948 TORRES: Her purse and keys are missing, but the car's 69 00:03:20,017 --> 00:03:21,983 in the garage. Nothing on the intruder so far 70 00:03:22,052 --> 00:03:23,718 other than the broken glass, obviously, 71 00:03:23,787 --> 00:03:25,120 when they broke in. 72 00:03:25,189 --> 00:03:26,221 Hey, Gibbs? 73 00:03:26,290 --> 00:03:27,823 Canvass the area. Find a witness. 74 00:03:27,891 --> 00:03:29,324 What do you got, Bishop? 75 00:03:29,393 --> 00:03:31,660 Well, it looks like there was some sort of scuffle. 76 00:03:31,728 --> 00:03:34,563 Stool's tipped over, there's blood on the floor, 77 00:03:34,631 --> 00:03:37,399 and the back door was open. (phone rings in distance) 78 00:03:37,468 --> 00:03:40,535 So, Gibbs, if the intruder forced Gloria out the door, 79 00:03:40,604 --> 00:03:42,304 it's possible that she was incapacitated. 80 00:03:42,372 --> 00:03:43,372 Gloria? 81 00:03:43,407 --> 00:03:44,706 I've got her. 82 00:03:44,775 --> 00:03:46,007 I've got her on the phone. 83 00:03:46,076 --> 00:03:47,542 Where is she? Hold on, honey. 84 00:03:47,611 --> 00:03:49,055 She's with a friend. She didn't realize 85 00:03:49,079 --> 00:03:50,712 she had her phone off from last night, 86 00:03:50,781 --> 00:03:52,647 but she's okay, she's okay. 87 00:03:52,716 --> 00:03:54,149 No, honey, I'm fine. 88 00:03:54,218 --> 00:03:57,853 So... if that wasn't Gloria's blood, 89 00:03:57,921 --> 00:03:59,855 whose was it? 90 00:03:59,923 --> 00:04:01,923 Door's open. (Caplinger speaking indistinctly) 91 00:04:03,060 --> 00:04:04,793 And there's a note. 92 00:04:10,100 --> 00:04:11,900 "I took it!" 93 00:04:11,969 --> 00:04:13,735 Took what? 94 00:04:13,804 --> 00:04:15,070 Admiral. 95 00:04:15,138 --> 00:04:17,472 What kind of burglar leaves a note? 96 00:04:18,609 --> 00:04:20,041 What is it? 97 00:04:20,110 --> 00:04:21,643 There anything missing in there? 98 00:04:24,081 --> 00:04:25,747 Yeah. 99 00:04:25,816 --> 00:04:27,749 It's a Purple Heart. 100 00:04:27,818 --> 00:04:29,284 My daughter's. 101 00:04:29,353 --> 00:04:31,620 Are you telling me whoever broke in here 102 00:04:31,688 --> 00:04:33,421 stole that and left everything else? 103 00:04:33,490 --> 00:04:35,690 That doesn't make any sense. 104 00:04:35,759 --> 00:04:38,727 Gibbs, there's some writing on the back of this. 105 00:04:38,795 --> 00:04:40,729 "Stargazer Motel. Room eight. 106 00:04:40,797 --> 00:04:42,397 I'll be waiting." 107 00:04:42,466 --> 00:04:45,700 What is that-- some kind of threat? 108 00:04:52,342 --> 00:04:54,576 (toilet flushes) 109 00:04:54,645 --> 00:04:57,279 NCIS. Come out slowly, 110 00:04:57,347 --> 00:04:59,714 your hands on top of your head. 111 00:05:08,659 --> 00:05:10,792 Sir, we have reason to believe that you... 112 00:05:10,861 --> 00:05:12,794 You bet your ass I did. 113 00:05:12,863 --> 00:05:15,797 Name's Joseph Smith. Write it down. 114 00:05:15,866 --> 00:05:17,966 I broke into the admiral's house, 115 00:05:18,035 --> 00:05:19,734 stole the Purple Heart, 116 00:05:19,803 --> 00:05:22,871 the whole shebang. 117 00:05:28,245 --> 00:05:29,811 TORRES: Uh, Gibbs? 118 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:31,813 You want me to grab him? I don't think 119 00:05:31,882 --> 00:05:33,281 he's gonna outrun you, Nick. 120 00:05:33,350 --> 00:05:34,749 SMITH: Let's go, people. 121 00:05:34,818 --> 00:05:36,251 Get the cuffs. 122 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:37,919 Haul me out. 123 00:05:37,988 --> 00:05:40,822 Mr. Smith, hold on a second. 124 00:05:40,891 --> 00:05:43,258 I'd like to ask you a few questions. 125 00:05:43,327 --> 00:05:45,026 I bet you would. You'd like to know 126 00:05:45,095 --> 00:05:47,329 where your Purple Heart is, don't you? 127 00:05:47,397 --> 00:05:49,831 Well, I'm not gonna say a damn thing 128 00:05:49,900 --> 00:05:51,900 till I get a root beer. 129 00:06:03,743 --> 00:06:05,109 Gibbs, you know the admiral. 130 00:06:05,178 --> 00:06:06,304 This is his wife Gloria. 131 00:06:06,305 --> 00:06:08,638 Ma'am. Gibbs, the Caplingers 132 00:06:08,707 --> 00:06:10,474 have asked for a moment of our time. 133 00:06:10,542 --> 00:06:12,876 We wanted to talk to you about the Purple Heart. 134 00:06:12,945 --> 00:06:14,478 It was awarded to our daughter. 135 00:06:14,546 --> 00:06:15,879 Her name was Julia. 136 00:06:15,948 --> 00:06:17,948 She was a first lieutenant in the Marines. 137 00:06:18,016 --> 00:06:19,983 She was finishing up her last week 138 00:06:20,052 --> 00:06:21,952 in Afghanistan... 139 00:06:22,020 --> 00:06:24,054 and she was on a patrol convoy... 140 00:06:26,191 --> 00:06:28,658 Lead vehicle was hit with an IED. 141 00:06:28,727 --> 00:06:30,727 Julia went to assist the wounded. 142 00:06:30,796 --> 00:06:33,797 Second IED detonated. 143 00:06:33,866 --> 00:06:35,732 We're sorry for your loss. 144 00:06:35,801 --> 00:06:37,000 Admiral, Mrs. Caplinger, 145 00:06:37,069 --> 00:06:38,435 know that we hear you. 146 00:06:38,504 --> 00:06:39,736 And if all else fails, 147 00:06:39,805 --> 00:06:41,605 a replacement medal will be issued. 148 00:06:41,673 --> 00:06:42,939 I'll see to it myself. 149 00:06:43,008 --> 00:06:44,641 Afraid it's not quite that easy. 150 00:06:44,710 --> 00:06:46,776 My father was an admiral, too, 151 00:06:46,845 --> 00:06:48,678 but the job that he took the most pride in 152 00:06:48,747 --> 00:06:50,580 was being a grandfather to Julia. 153 00:06:50,649 --> 00:06:53,850 He engraved a message on the back of that medal by hand, 154 00:06:53,919 --> 00:06:56,108 and he passed away two months after she did. 155 00:06:56,109 --> 00:06:58,855 Director Vance, that Purple Heart, it's... 156 00:06:58,924 --> 00:07:00,790 it's irreplaceable. 157 00:07:00,859 --> 00:07:01,791 We'll get it back. 158 00:07:01,860 --> 00:07:02,792 We already have 159 00:07:02,861 --> 00:07:04,261 the intruder in custody. 160 00:07:04,329 --> 00:07:06,296 So you have a location on the medal? 161 00:07:06,365 --> 00:07:08,265 Uh, no. Well, what's the holdup? 162 00:07:08,333 --> 00:07:10,000 Suspect's 95. I don't understand-- 163 00:07:10,068 --> 00:07:11,501 is that code for something? 164 00:07:11,570 --> 00:07:12,836 No, it's his age, ma'am. 165 00:07:12,905 --> 00:07:14,871 Are you telling me that a 95-year-old man 166 00:07:14,940 --> 00:07:16,465 broke the leaded glass on my front door? 167 00:07:16,489 --> 00:07:17,408 Yes, sir. 168 00:07:17,409 --> 00:07:19,543 He's old, but he's not done kickin' yet. 169 00:07:19,611 --> 00:07:21,044 He's smarter than a whip. 170 00:07:21,113 --> 00:07:23,113 He's also a pain in the ass. 171 00:07:23,182 --> 00:07:24,714 Meaning what, exactly? 172 00:07:24,783 --> 00:07:27,050 Well, he demanded a root beer before he talked. 173 00:07:35,794 --> 00:07:36,927 Um... 174 00:07:38,564 --> 00:07:39,863 Mmm. 175 00:07:39,932 --> 00:07:41,498 Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm. 176 00:07:41,567 --> 00:07:43,233 Mr. Smith, 177 00:07:43,302 --> 00:07:45,702 how-how did you get cut? 178 00:07:45,771 --> 00:07:48,305 If you're gonna talk to me... 179 00:07:48,373 --> 00:07:50,006 call me Joe. 180 00:07:50,075 --> 00:07:52,409 Okay. How'd you get hurt, Joe? 181 00:07:52,477 --> 00:07:53,910 I tripped 182 00:07:53,979 --> 00:07:55,745 on a stool. 183 00:07:55,814 --> 00:07:57,881 The admiral needs to read a book 184 00:07:57,950 --> 00:07:59,082 on feng shui. 185 00:07:59,151 --> 00:08:00,684 Where's the Purple Heart? 186 00:08:00,752 --> 00:08:02,252 I'll tell you what, 187 00:08:02,321 --> 00:08:04,154 you answer my questions, 188 00:08:04,223 --> 00:08:06,623 and then I'll answer your questions. 189 00:08:08,994 --> 00:08:12,095 What do you know about World War II? 190 00:08:13,131 --> 00:08:14,331 1939 191 00:08:14,399 --> 00:08:15,732 to '45. 192 00:08:15,801 --> 00:08:17,767 Uh, the Axis powers versus 193 00:08:17,836 --> 00:08:19,002 the Allies. 194 00:08:19,071 --> 00:08:20,437 You. 195 00:08:20,505 --> 00:08:22,505 What was the date 196 00:08:22,574 --> 00:08:24,474 of the attack on Pearl Harbor? 197 00:08:25,811 --> 00:08:27,010 Uh... 198 00:08:27,079 --> 00:08:28,011 Too slow. 199 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:29,446 You. 200 00:08:29,514 --> 00:08:31,448 How many casualties 201 00:08:31,516 --> 00:08:33,617 on the U.S.S. Arizona? 202 00:08:33,685 --> 00:08:35,118 I... 203 00:08:35,187 --> 00:08:37,120 know it was a lot. 204 00:08:37,189 --> 00:08:39,422 Eighty? 205 00:08:39,491 --> 00:08:40,991 Huh? 800? 206 00:08:41,793 --> 00:08:43,593 How many people died... 207 00:08:43,662 --> 00:08:47,530 on the U.S.S. Arizona? 208 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:50,100 Uh, I... 209 00:08:50,168 --> 00:08:52,035 I-I actually don't know. 210 00:08:52,104 --> 00:08:54,037 And you two work for the Navy? 211 00:08:54,106 --> 00:08:56,873 You're a disgrace, both of you. 212 00:08:56,942 --> 00:08:58,708 Get me the guy in charge. 213 00:08:58,777 --> 00:08:59,876 I'm wasting my time 214 00:08:59,945 --> 00:09:01,945 talking to you two clowns. Okay, 215 00:09:02,014 --> 00:09:03,446 let's take it down a notch. Get that 216 00:09:03,515 --> 00:09:05,148 gray-haired leatherneck. 217 00:09:05,217 --> 00:09:06,616 Or I'm gonna 218 00:09:06,685 --> 00:09:07,784 say... 219 00:09:07,853 --> 00:09:09,052 "lawyer." 220 00:09:10,122 --> 00:09:11,955 McGEE: Listen, sir... 221 00:09:12,024 --> 00:09:13,323 Okay. 222 00:09:13,392 --> 00:09:15,792 Uncle Frank, you have the wrong number. 223 00:09:17,229 --> 00:09:19,663 Oh, and, uh, by the way, don't bring guacamole, 224 00:09:19,731 --> 00:09:21,598 because cousin Maria's already bringing some. 225 00:09:21,667 --> 00:09:23,400 Yeah. With the good chips. 226 00:09:23,468 --> 00:09:25,435 You're welcome. 227 00:09:25,504 --> 00:09:26,603 Hey, boss. 228 00:09:26,672 --> 00:09:28,104 What do we know? 229 00:09:28,173 --> 00:09:29,973 Oh, Joseph Smith. 230 00:09:30,042 --> 00:09:32,575 About all he had on him was his license. 231 00:09:32,644 --> 00:09:33,855 No vehicle registered to his name. 232 00:09:33,879 --> 00:09:35,679 And he didn't have a car at the motel. 233 00:09:35,747 --> 00:09:37,714 So he might have been on foot... (phone ringing) 234 00:09:43,722 --> 00:09:45,455 You gonna get that? 235 00:09:45,524 --> 00:09:47,324 Nah. I'll let it go to voice mail. 236 00:09:47,392 --> 00:09:50,260 Where's the Purple Heart, McGee? Boss, we searched 237 00:09:50,329 --> 00:09:52,629 that motel top to bottom, we didn't find a thing. 238 00:09:52,698 --> 00:09:53,698 What about his house? 239 00:09:53,732 --> 00:09:55,298 Uh, address on his license is old. 240 00:09:55,367 --> 00:09:57,801 We haven't been able to track down a current residence. 241 00:09:57,869 --> 00:10:00,036 There's a ton of Joseph Smiths in the area. 242 00:10:00,105 --> 00:10:02,005 It's also possible he's living with a relative. 243 00:10:02,074 --> 00:10:05,308 So, long story short, we don't know where the Purple Heart is. 244 00:10:05,377 --> 00:10:07,811 Did you get the guy his root beer and just ask him? 245 00:10:07,879 --> 00:10:09,979 BISHOP: Hey, Gibbs. We need your help. 246 00:10:10,048 --> 00:10:12,615 TORRES: Joe gave us a quiz, and we failed. 247 00:10:12,684 --> 00:10:14,324 Did he tell you where the medal is or not? 248 00:10:14,386 --> 00:10:16,019 Not. He said that 249 00:10:16,088 --> 00:10:18,555 we were a disgrace to the Navy. 250 00:10:18,623 --> 00:10:21,124 Gibbs, he only wants to talk to you. 251 00:10:24,196 --> 00:10:26,930 Agent Gibbs... Omar, don't talk to me now. 252 00:10:35,741 --> 00:10:37,474 Got a place for empties? 253 00:10:37,542 --> 00:10:40,210 I've got a grieving family upstairs. 254 00:10:40,278 --> 00:10:42,345 One way or another, that Purple Heart 255 00:10:42,414 --> 00:10:44,848 is going back to them. 256 00:10:44,916 --> 00:10:46,383 Where is it? 257 00:10:46,451 --> 00:10:48,518 What do you know about war? 258 00:10:48,587 --> 00:10:51,020 Look, you got your root beer. 259 00:10:51,089 --> 00:10:53,022 You got me. 260 00:10:53,091 --> 00:10:54,657 Time to talk. 261 00:10:54,726 --> 00:10:56,059 It ain't about 262 00:10:56,128 --> 00:10:58,061 a fizzy drink. 263 00:10:58,130 --> 00:10:59,529 It's about 264 00:10:59,598 --> 00:11:02,165 getting someone with perspective 265 00:11:02,234 --> 00:11:03,833 to set it down, 266 00:11:03,902 --> 00:11:06,069 to sit down in front of me... 267 00:11:06,138 --> 00:11:08,138 and listen. 268 00:11:17,449 --> 00:11:18,782 (clears throat) 269 00:11:18,850 --> 00:11:21,851 What do you know about war, son? 270 00:11:21,920 --> 00:11:23,864 Enough to know I don't want to go back. 271 00:11:23,865 --> 00:11:25,063 Well, I do. 272 00:11:25,263 --> 00:11:28,768 December 7, 1941. 273 00:11:28,994 --> 00:11:31,261 Attack on Pearl Harbor. 274 00:11:31,329 --> 00:11:35,098 I was on the USS Arizona. 275 00:11:35,167 --> 00:11:37,600 When I die, 276 00:11:37,669 --> 00:11:39,602 I want my ashes 277 00:11:39,671 --> 00:11:41,604 interred on tat ship. 278 00:11:41,673 --> 00:11:44,441 Any survivor of the Arizona has the right 279 00:11:44,509 --> 00:11:45,775 to be laid to rest there. 280 00:11:45,844 --> 00:11:48,378 Yeah. (chuckles) Well... 281 00:11:48,447 --> 00:11:51,448 February '41, 282 00:11:51,516 --> 00:11:53,883 I enlisted in the Navy. 283 00:11:53,952 --> 00:11:55,285 If you do the math... 284 00:11:55,353 --> 00:11:56,553 You were too young. I... 285 00:11:56,621 --> 00:11:58,822 was only 16. 286 00:11:58,890 --> 00:12:01,124 I had an older brother. 287 00:12:01,193 --> 00:12:03,660 Henry Smith was his name. 288 00:12:03,728 --> 00:12:07,330 I used his birth certificate to join. 289 00:12:07,399 --> 00:12:10,567 I served under his name. 290 00:12:12,704 --> 00:12:15,605 But I'm telling you, I served. 291 00:12:15,674 --> 00:12:17,674 Have to confirm that. 292 00:12:17,742 --> 00:12:19,476 It'll take time. 293 00:12:19,544 --> 00:12:22,011 Red tape means years. 294 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:24,747 I'm 95 years old. 295 00:12:26,151 --> 00:12:29,152 I read an article about 296 00:12:29,221 --> 00:12:31,321 Admiral Caplinger. 297 00:12:31,389 --> 00:12:32,922 Said he used to be 298 00:12:32,991 --> 00:12:35,425 commander of the Pacific Fleet. 299 00:12:35,494 --> 00:12:37,594 He attended every interment 300 00:12:37,662 --> 00:12:40,263 on the USS Arizona 301 00:12:40,332 --> 00:12:41,931 when he was out there. 302 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:43,800 That means 303 00:12:43,869 --> 00:12:46,436 he's got connections. 304 00:12:46,505 --> 00:12:49,873 He's got perspective. 305 00:12:49,941 --> 00:12:51,608 So, I wrote him, 306 00:12:51,676 --> 00:12:54,644 asked him for his help. 307 00:12:54,713 --> 00:12:56,679 Three letters. 308 00:12:56,748 --> 00:12:59,716 He never answered any of them. 309 00:12:59,784 --> 00:13:01,150 He was at sea. 310 00:13:01,219 --> 00:13:03,286 I want it from the admiral in writing, 311 00:13:03,355 --> 00:13:05,688 with his signature, 312 00:13:05,757 --> 00:13:09,392 saying my ashes will be interred 313 00:13:09,461 --> 00:13:11,394 on that ship. 314 00:13:11,463 --> 00:13:14,197 Once I have that, I'll give him back 315 00:13:14,266 --> 00:13:16,332 his Purple Heart. 316 00:13:16,401 --> 00:13:17,441 It's not the way to do it. 317 00:13:18,703 --> 00:13:20,470 You see that? 318 00:13:20,539 --> 00:13:22,305 I'm telling you, 319 00:13:22,374 --> 00:13:24,541 I was on the Arizona 320 00:13:24,609 --> 00:13:26,676 when those bombs hit. 321 00:13:26,745 --> 00:13:28,912 And I want his word 322 00:13:28,980 --> 00:13:31,214 that I'll be laid to rest there. 323 00:13:31,283 --> 00:13:33,249 Blackmail is not the way to get it done. 324 00:13:33,318 --> 00:13:35,585 I tried to do it the right way. 325 00:13:35,654 --> 00:13:38,154 Now I'm doing it my way. 326 00:13:47,059 --> 00:13:50,163 On the morning of December 7, 1941, 327 00:13:50,164 --> 00:13:52,598 the Japanese launched a surprise attack 328 00:13:52,667 --> 00:13:55,835 on the U.S. Naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. 329 00:13:55,904 --> 00:13:59,038 Now, 15 minutes in, a Kate attack plane dropped 330 00:13:59,107 --> 00:14:01,841 an 800-kilogram bomb onto the USS Arizona. 331 00:14:01,910 --> 00:14:05,344 It ignited a million pounds of gunpowder 332 00:14:05,413 --> 00:14:09,215 in a cataclysmic explosion that tore the ship apart 333 00:14:09,284 --> 00:14:11,484 and sunk it. TORRES: Over 2,400 334 00:14:11,553 --> 00:14:13,986 Americans died in the attack of Pearl Harbor. 335 00:14:14,055 --> 00:14:17,857 And almost half were crewmen aboard the Arizona. 336 00:14:17,926 --> 00:14:21,160 I started looking stuff up, too, after Joe shamed us. 337 00:14:21,229 --> 00:14:23,629 Hmm. Well, this 338 00:14:23,698 --> 00:14:27,466 is the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor. 339 00:14:27,535 --> 00:14:28,679 That's where Joe wants to be buried? 340 00:14:28,703 --> 00:14:29,903 Yeah, the wreckage of the ship 341 00:14:29,938 --> 00:14:31,137 is still underwater. 342 00:14:31,205 --> 00:14:33,039 And any survivor of the Arizona 343 00:14:33,107 --> 00:14:35,141 can have their ashes placed within the ship, 344 00:14:35,209 --> 00:14:36,909 among their fallen comrades. 345 00:14:36,978 --> 00:14:38,144 Where are we with Joe Smith? 346 00:14:38,212 --> 00:14:39,512 Well, the math checks out. 347 00:14:39,581 --> 00:14:41,881 Yeah, Joe, uh, turned 16 in January 348 00:14:41,950 --> 00:14:43,749 of 1941, and there is a record 349 00:14:43,818 --> 00:14:46,185 of a Henry Smith having enlisted in the Navy 350 00:14:46,254 --> 00:14:49,021 in February of '41 at the age of 18. 351 00:14:49,090 --> 00:14:52,358 He served as an electrician's mate aboard the Arizona. 352 00:14:52,427 --> 00:14:54,860 That was Joe, serving under his brother's name. 353 00:14:54,929 --> 00:14:57,107 Well, actually, we're not sure which one of them that is. 354 00:14:57,131 --> 00:14:59,198 The rest of the service records 355 00:14:59,267 --> 00:15:01,567 for Henry Smith were lost in the war. 356 00:15:01,636 --> 00:15:02,604 Got a picture of the brother? 357 00:15:02,628 --> 00:15:05,138 No. Joe said he wasn't big into pictures. 358 00:15:05,139 --> 00:15:07,273 He wasn't big on his brother, either. They were 359 00:15:07,342 --> 00:15:09,275 estranged, and brother Henry died 360 00:15:09,344 --> 00:15:11,510 in a car accident at the age of 30. 361 00:15:11,579 --> 00:15:13,613 Well, put Joe's picture up. 362 00:15:15,350 --> 00:15:17,183 That him or not? 363 00:15:17,251 --> 00:15:19,585 Well, the bone structure is similar, 364 00:15:19,654 --> 00:15:23,089 but it's impossible to say for sure if that's Joe. 365 00:15:23,157 --> 00:15:25,124 JIMMY: Almost done here, Joe. 366 00:15:25,193 --> 00:15:26,626 Well, make it quick. 367 00:15:26,694 --> 00:15:29,962 I didn't sign up to be prodded like a 4-H hog. 368 00:15:30,031 --> 00:15:31,464 Um, you should be happy 369 00:15:31,532 --> 00:15:33,010 that we're trying to help you out at all. 370 00:15:33,034 --> 00:15:35,868 I didn't ask for a nanny up my ass, either. 371 00:15:35,937 --> 00:15:37,603 Actually, you did. See, when you confess 372 00:15:37,672 --> 00:15:39,705 to a crime, you earn yourself an escort. 373 00:15:39,774 --> 00:15:40,973 What's his problem? 374 00:15:41,042 --> 00:15:42,820 Oh, he's been getting some annoying phone calls. 375 00:15:42,844 --> 00:15:44,710 He's usually way more pleasant than this. 376 00:15:44,779 --> 00:15:46,612 Hey. I mean, uh... 377 00:15:46,681 --> 00:15:49,582 Well, at any rate, uh, 378 00:15:49,651 --> 00:15:51,917 Joe, your scars are consistent with third-degree burns 379 00:15:51,986 --> 00:15:54,487 that occurred a significant amount of time ago. 380 00:15:54,555 --> 00:15:56,422 And the majority of Arizona survivors 381 00:15:56,491 --> 00:15:58,758 did suffer burns from the fires. 382 00:15:58,826 --> 00:16:00,259 There you go. 383 00:16:00,328 --> 00:16:02,662 I like this kid. 384 00:16:02,730 --> 00:16:04,141 I was also able to dig up your brother's 385 00:16:04,165 --> 00:16:06,799 1953 autopsy report. 386 00:16:06,868 --> 00:16:09,168 It says that he was killed instantly 387 00:16:09,237 --> 00:16:12,338 when his head hit the car windshield, and... 388 00:16:14,742 --> 00:16:16,575 I'm sorry. I didn't mean to... 389 00:16:16,644 --> 00:16:18,477 Idiot had a few in him. 390 00:16:18,546 --> 00:16:20,813 Got what was coming to him. 391 00:16:20,882 --> 00:16:23,416 Well, bottom line, there's no mention 392 00:16:23,484 --> 00:16:27,319 of any previous scars or injuries on Henry's body. 393 00:16:27,388 --> 00:16:28,988 Ah. 394 00:16:29,057 --> 00:16:31,090 Thank you, my friend. 395 00:16:31,159 --> 00:16:32,658 Thank you. 396 00:16:32,727 --> 00:16:34,427 Wait a second. That doesn't prove anything. 397 00:16:34,495 --> 00:16:36,573 The explosion on the Arizona threw some men overboard 398 00:16:36,597 --> 00:16:37,997 that weren't burned at all. 399 00:16:38,066 --> 00:16:40,266 What do you call that? 400 00:16:40,334 --> 00:16:42,201 A rug burn? 401 00:16:42,270 --> 00:16:45,004 (scoffs) Wait. 402 00:16:45,073 --> 00:16:47,573 Where are you going? Joe... Where is he going? 403 00:16:48,910 --> 00:16:51,977 Joe? Joe, listen to me. 404 00:16:52,046 --> 00:16:53,713 I want to believe you, okay? 405 00:16:53,781 --> 00:16:56,015 We all want to believe you. Yeah. 406 00:16:56,084 --> 00:16:58,684 Then tell the admiral to pull a few strings. 407 00:16:58,753 --> 00:17:02,555 No, Admiral Caplinger has no real power in this situation. 408 00:17:02,623 --> 00:17:03,903 This all comes down to us proving 409 00:17:03,958 --> 00:17:05,157 that you were on that ship. 410 00:17:05,226 --> 00:17:06,559 So the best thing for you to do is 411 00:17:06,627 --> 00:17:08,227 tell us where the Purple Heart is. 412 00:17:08,296 --> 00:17:10,863 Then we can release you and we can focus on the case. 413 00:17:10,932 --> 00:17:12,865 Nah. 414 00:17:12,934 --> 00:17:15,534 I'm not falling for that. 415 00:17:15,603 --> 00:17:17,403 What? I know the drill. 416 00:17:17,472 --> 00:17:19,472 Old people get conned 417 00:17:19,540 --> 00:17:22,141 and then tossed aside. 418 00:17:22,210 --> 00:17:25,010 Joe. Joe? 419 00:17:25,079 --> 00:17:29,048 The medal stays where it is as... 420 00:17:30,051 --> 00:17:31,183 What do you call 'em? 421 00:17:31,252 --> 00:17:32,818 What? 422 00:17:32,887 --> 00:17:33,685 Leverage. 423 00:17:33,709 --> 00:17:35,422 Where are you even going right now? 424 00:17:35,423 --> 00:17:38,157 You realize that you're not in charge here, right? 425 00:17:41,062 --> 00:17:43,562 Okay, fine. You're in charge. 426 00:17:43,631 --> 00:17:45,871 You have all the leverage. Is that what you want to hear? 427 00:17:45,933 --> 00:17:48,100 I want to hear that you got some DNA proof 428 00:17:48,169 --> 00:17:50,002 that I was on the Arizona. 429 00:17:50,071 --> 00:17:52,671 I was in the hospital with my burn right after. 430 00:17:52,740 --> 00:17:55,407 Track down some old jar with a skin sample. 431 00:17:55,476 --> 00:17:57,042 I know how it works. 432 00:17:57,111 --> 00:17:59,111 I watched CSI. 433 00:17:59,180 --> 00:18:01,046 Actually, our best bet at proving it is 434 00:18:01,115 --> 00:18:03,082 for you to tell us everything you can remember 435 00:18:03,151 --> 00:18:04,583 about the attack. 436 00:18:04,652 --> 00:18:06,952 I don't think so. Look, we're out of leads here. 437 00:18:07,021 --> 00:18:08,854 Okay? So any detail that you can remember 438 00:18:08,923 --> 00:18:10,497 about that day-- it could lead us... 439 00:18:10,498 --> 00:18:12,669 I told you, I'm not talking about it. I thought you wanted 440 00:18:12,693 --> 00:18:14,727 someone to sit down in front of you and listen. 441 00:18:14,796 --> 00:18:16,095 I've said my piece. 442 00:18:16,164 --> 00:18:17,730 Now I'm done talking. 443 00:18:17,799 --> 00:18:19,365 Go get the DNA 444 00:18:19,433 --> 00:18:21,867 and be grumpy someplace else. 445 00:18:21,936 --> 00:18:24,737 Life's too short to get all out of shape 446 00:18:24,806 --> 00:18:28,507 over crap phone calls, you schmuck. 447 00:18:32,814 --> 00:18:34,246 (scoffs) 448 00:18:34,315 --> 00:18:35,614 SLOANE: At home 449 00:18:35,683 --> 00:18:37,950 in the middle of a workday? What you up to? 450 00:18:38,019 --> 00:18:39,952 Well, I'm working. 451 00:18:40,021 --> 00:18:41,954 Okay. 452 00:18:42,023 --> 00:18:43,923 Uh, listen, I looked at the recordings 453 00:18:43,991 --> 00:18:46,125 from Interrogation. 454 00:18:46,194 --> 00:18:48,727 From what I can tell, Joe is hiding something. 455 00:18:48,796 --> 00:18:51,630 Jack, that's who these guys are. They hide everything. 456 00:18:51,699 --> 00:18:53,332 And by "these guys," you mean 457 00:18:53,401 --> 00:18:56,402 World War II vets like your dad? 458 00:18:56,470 --> 00:18:57,770 What do you got? 459 00:18:57,839 --> 00:19:00,072 Kasie tracked down a surveillance camera 460 00:19:00,141 --> 00:19:02,074 outside of the motel. 461 00:19:02,143 --> 00:19:04,677 Joe wasn't traveling on foot after all. 462 00:19:04,745 --> 00:19:06,111 You find the cab? 463 00:19:06,180 --> 00:19:07,646 Bishop's working on it. 464 00:19:07,715 --> 00:19:09,595 Good chance that the cabbie might know something 465 00:19:09,650 --> 00:19:11,450 about what Joe did with the Purple Heart. 466 00:19:11,519 --> 00:19:14,653 In order to find the medal, 467 00:19:14,722 --> 00:19:16,989 we got to get Joe to talk. Ah! 468 00:19:17,058 --> 00:19:19,124 To prove he was on the Arizona, 469 00:19:19,193 --> 00:19:21,360 we got to get Joe to talk. 470 00:19:22,396 --> 00:19:24,663 Huh. And according to McGee... 471 00:19:24,732 --> 00:19:26,432 (grunts) 472 00:19:27,735 --> 00:19:29,668 ...Joe refuses to speak at all now. 473 00:19:29,737 --> 00:19:32,104 He thinks we can prove his story with DNA. 474 00:19:32,173 --> 00:19:34,240 Yeah, so I heard. 475 00:19:35,343 --> 00:19:37,576 Two things get my dad talk. 476 00:19:41,382 --> 00:19:43,349 This is one of 'em. 477 00:19:43,417 --> 00:19:45,384 A slide projector? 478 00:19:45,453 --> 00:19:48,888 Something about watching memories in a dark room 479 00:19:48,956 --> 00:19:50,556 makes one feel safe, maybe? 480 00:19:50,625 --> 00:19:52,725 Oh, yeah. 481 00:19:52,793 --> 00:19:55,227 And what was the other thing that got your dad talking? 482 00:19:57,265 --> 00:19:59,632 Having a job to do. 483 00:19:59,700 --> 00:20:01,267 Hmm. 484 00:20:04,705 --> 00:20:07,006 Appreciate the help. Mm. 485 00:20:07,074 --> 00:20:09,541 You know, figured you being an electrician and all. 486 00:20:09,610 --> 00:20:11,176 We got time to kill. 487 00:20:11,245 --> 00:20:13,545 DNA doesn't work as fast 488 00:20:13,614 --> 00:20:16,582 they make it seem on TV. 489 00:20:16,651 --> 00:20:19,685 You doing some kind of slide show for the family? 490 00:20:19,754 --> 00:20:23,355 No. I wanted to fix it for a friend. 491 00:20:23,424 --> 00:20:25,357 I was never big on pictures. 492 00:20:25,426 --> 00:20:29,361 My mom had a few I was supposed to end up with, 493 00:20:29,430 --> 00:20:33,265 but she sent me to live with my uncle. 494 00:20:33,334 --> 00:20:35,668 My brother was supposed to pick me up. 495 00:20:35,736 --> 00:20:37,369 He didn't. 496 00:20:37,438 --> 00:20:40,372 So, that's the end of that. 497 00:20:40,441 --> 00:20:43,309 Ah. 498 00:20:45,179 --> 00:20:47,046 You're looking at me 499 00:20:47,114 --> 00:20:50,382 like I spent 95 years without... 500 00:20:50,451 --> 00:20:51,884 Hmm? 501 00:20:51,953 --> 00:20:54,653 (laughs) 502 00:20:56,457 --> 00:20:58,590 I knew... love. 503 00:20:59,827 --> 00:21:01,627 I did. 504 00:21:01,696 --> 00:21:05,464 It just never, ever lasts, does it? 505 00:21:11,105 --> 00:21:13,105 Ah. 506 00:21:18,012 --> 00:21:20,346 Hey. Uh. 507 00:21:22,183 --> 00:21:24,149 I did it! 508 00:21:24,218 --> 00:21:26,819 I still got it. (laughs) 509 00:21:37,832 --> 00:21:38,964 You said you were 510 00:21:39,033 --> 00:21:41,166 doing this for a friend. I am. 511 00:21:41,235 --> 00:21:43,135 I'm not your friend. 512 00:21:43,204 --> 00:21:44,737 What is this? 513 00:21:44,805 --> 00:21:46,638 Some kind of trick 514 00:21:46,707 --> 00:21:48,741 to make me talk about it? 515 00:21:48,809 --> 00:21:52,177 I told you to do your DNA thing. 516 00:21:52,246 --> 00:21:54,179 Joe, we got nothing. 517 00:21:54,248 --> 00:21:56,315 We need something to go on here. The things 518 00:21:56,384 --> 00:21:59,485 I saw that day shouldn't come out of anyone's mouth. 519 00:21:59,553 --> 00:22:01,620 You've seen war. 520 00:22:01,689 --> 00:22:03,489 How many people 521 00:22:03,557 --> 00:22:05,924 did you tell about the worst of it? 522 00:22:05,993 --> 00:22:07,659 Hey. 523 00:22:07,728 --> 00:22:09,928 If it was so bad, 524 00:22:09,997 --> 00:22:12,197 why do you want to be buried there? 525 00:22:12,266 --> 00:22:16,201 Why are you asking me questions you know the answers to? 526 00:22:18,439 --> 00:22:20,439 Just leave me alone. 527 00:22:37,958 --> 00:22:39,491 What are we doing here? 528 00:22:39,560 --> 00:22:41,894 Seriously? I just told you. 529 00:22:41,962 --> 00:22:43,462 Oh, yeah. I wasn't listening. 530 00:22:43,531 --> 00:22:45,731 I was reading about Pearl Harbor on my phone. 531 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:48,200 If that dude's gonna quiz me again, I'm gonna be ready. 532 00:22:48,269 --> 00:22:51,370 Well, the guy who dropped off Joe at the motel drives 533 00:22:51,439 --> 00:22:53,338 cab number 6234. 534 00:22:53,407 --> 00:22:55,374 Name is Kevin Deacon. 535 00:22:55,443 --> 00:22:56,542 Uh, excuse me. 536 00:22:56,610 --> 00:22:58,477 We're looking for a driver named Kevin Deacon. 537 00:22:58,546 --> 00:23:01,480 Yeah. Second cab is his. 538 00:23:01,549 --> 00:23:02,893 He went around the corner to get some coffee. 539 00:23:02,917 --> 00:23:03,849 Should be right back. 540 00:23:03,918 --> 00:23:05,584 Thank you. 541 00:23:05,653 --> 00:23:07,386 (phone rings) 542 00:23:10,091 --> 00:23:12,424 McGee. 543 00:23:12,493 --> 00:23:13,725 Aunt Lupe. 544 00:23:13,794 --> 00:23:14,860 Oh, thank God you called. 545 00:23:14,929 --> 00:23:16,862 Uh, I-I've been waiting... 546 00:23:16,931 --> 00:23:19,665 Ooh. No hablo español. 547 00:23:19,733 --> 00:23:22,568 Uh... uno momento. 548 00:23:22,636 --> 00:23:25,404 Tell her to send out the right RSVP number to everyone. 549 00:23:25,473 --> 00:23:26,505 Okay. 550 00:23:26,574 --> 00:23:28,874 Aló? 551 00:23:28,943 --> 00:23:30,342 Sí. 552 00:23:30,411 --> 00:23:32,511 No, no, no, no, es su amigo. 553 00:23:32,580 --> 00:23:34,546 Ah, qué bonito. Okay. 554 00:23:34,615 --> 00:23:36,682 (speaks Spanish) Okay, muy bien. 555 00:23:36,750 --> 00:23:40,018 Él estará allí. 556 00:23:40,087 --> 00:23:41,420 Gracias. 557 00:23:41,489 --> 00:23:44,056 Be there at 6:00. You're bringing the enchiladas. 558 00:23:44,125 --> 00:23:45,190 Wait, what? 559 00:23:45,259 --> 00:23:46,603 Yeah, she felt so bad about the trouble 560 00:23:46,627 --> 00:23:49,061 that, uh, she invited you to the party. 561 00:23:49,130 --> 00:23:52,164 It'd be so rude to not show up for Tía Lupe. 562 00:23:55,002 --> 00:23:56,502 That's our guy. 563 00:23:57,505 --> 00:23:59,838 Hey, uh, Kevin Deacon? 564 00:24:00,875 --> 00:24:02,441 Yeah. 565 00:24:02,510 --> 00:24:05,410 NCIS. You dropped off a fare this morning 566 00:24:05,479 --> 00:24:07,279 at the Stargazer Motel? 567 00:24:09,483 --> 00:24:11,783 Someone needs to move this cab. 568 00:24:11,852 --> 00:24:13,412 Hey, you got to get this out of the way! 569 00:24:22,568 --> 00:24:24,434 Yes, sir, understood. 570 00:24:24,709 --> 00:24:26,242 Admiral Caplinger. 571 00:24:26,310 --> 00:24:28,310 He's done playing the old man's games. 572 00:24:28,379 --> 00:24:29,912 He wants to press charges. 573 00:24:29,981 --> 00:24:31,501 We got a lot of loose ends around here. 574 00:24:31,549 --> 00:24:34,016 Cabbie. He ran. We don't know why. 575 00:24:34,085 --> 00:24:35,484 Actually, I have an idea. 576 00:24:35,553 --> 00:24:36,485 Seems that Mr. Deacon 577 00:24:36,554 --> 00:24:38,354 has a rap sheet a mile long 578 00:24:38,423 --> 00:24:39,423 for fraud. Yeah. 579 00:24:39,490 --> 00:24:40,890 So? Gibbs, I know 580 00:24:40,958 --> 00:24:42,391 that you believe Joe. 581 00:24:42,460 --> 00:24:44,026 I know that you respect him. 582 00:24:44,095 --> 00:24:46,262 But we have to consider the alternative. 583 00:24:46,330 --> 00:24:47,696 You think he's lying. Look, 584 00:24:47,765 --> 00:24:50,044 the cabbie ran as soon as he knew we were there about Joe. 585 00:24:50,068 --> 00:24:51,600 This could all be some sort of a con. 586 00:24:51,669 --> 00:24:53,836 Could be Joe refuses to talk about Pearl Harbor 587 00:24:53,905 --> 00:24:55,337 because he wasn't there. 588 00:24:55,406 --> 00:24:56,839 Because his brother was the one 589 00:24:56,908 --> 00:24:58,074 who served and not him. No. 590 00:24:58,142 --> 00:24:59,920 I'm not buying it. Why would he lie about that? 591 00:24:59,944 --> 00:25:01,010 Stolen valor? 592 00:25:01,079 --> 00:25:02,745 I-It happens all the time. 593 00:25:02,814 --> 00:25:04,380 Joe and his brother were estranged. 594 00:25:04,449 --> 00:25:06,449 This could be Joe's final victory 595 00:25:06,517 --> 00:25:07,917 in his family beef. 596 00:25:07,985 --> 00:25:09,852 Or who knows? It could be for financial gain. 597 00:25:09,921 --> 00:25:11,387 What the hell are you doing, Jack? 598 00:25:11,456 --> 00:25:13,122 What am I doing? What are you doing? 599 00:25:13,191 --> 00:25:14,423 Gibbs, 600 00:25:14,492 --> 00:25:15,836 take a look at what's in front of us 601 00:25:15,860 --> 00:25:18,027 and tell me what we're doing for the victims here. 602 00:25:18,096 --> 00:25:19,528 I want you to charge 603 00:25:19,597 --> 00:25:21,597 Joe Smith with theft, breaking and entering 604 00:25:21,666 --> 00:25:24,433 and obstruction of justice. I'm not doing that, Leon. 605 00:25:24,502 --> 00:25:26,702 He's not lying. 606 00:25:26,771 --> 00:25:29,438 You cannot ask me to walk in there 607 00:25:29,507 --> 00:25:30,955 and tell him that we've given up on him. 608 00:25:30,979 --> 00:25:32,209 Gibbs. 609 00:25:32,210 --> 00:25:33,487 Just because you knew your father 610 00:25:33,511 --> 00:25:35,678 does not mean you know Joe. 611 00:25:43,955 --> 00:25:45,955 (door closes) 612 00:25:48,559 --> 00:25:50,559 I said to leave me be. 613 00:25:54,165 --> 00:25:55,831 We found the cabbie 614 00:25:55,900 --> 00:25:57,833 that dropped you off at the motel. 615 00:25:57,902 --> 00:25:59,735 He ran from us, Joe. 616 00:25:59,804 --> 00:26:01,337 You know why? 617 00:26:01,405 --> 00:26:03,339 I don't know. He know where the Purple Heart is? 618 00:26:03,407 --> 00:26:04,874 No. 619 00:26:06,978 --> 00:26:09,078 Heard there might be fireworks. 620 00:26:09,147 --> 00:26:10,513 You really think Joe's lying? 621 00:26:10,581 --> 00:26:12,148 No idea. What? 622 00:26:12,216 --> 00:26:14,283 You made a pretty good case up in my office. 623 00:26:14,352 --> 00:26:17,019 Yeah, well, it could all be true or not. 624 00:26:17,088 --> 00:26:19,755 Either way, Gibbs needed a push to find out. 625 00:26:20,758 --> 00:26:22,191 Oh, wow. 626 00:26:22,260 --> 00:26:23,959 Full house here, huh? 627 00:26:24,028 --> 00:26:26,862 Hey, Joe. Look at me. 628 00:26:32,203 --> 00:26:33,769 This all some kind of con? 629 00:26:33,838 --> 00:26:37,473 Con? You think this is some kind of con? 630 00:26:37,542 --> 00:26:38,941 The Arizona. 631 00:26:39,010 --> 00:26:41,076 Were you on it or not? 632 00:26:42,113 --> 00:26:43,779 Would you like me to show you 633 00:26:43,848 --> 00:26:45,381 my arm again? No. 634 00:26:46,617 --> 00:26:48,217 No, I want you to prove it to me. 635 00:26:48,286 --> 00:26:49,685 You prove it! 636 00:26:51,088 --> 00:26:52,621 That's your job! 637 00:26:52,690 --> 00:26:54,190 Get the DNA. 638 00:26:54,258 --> 00:26:56,525 There is no DNA, Joe. 639 00:26:58,129 --> 00:27:00,863 You are the only DNA we have. 640 00:27:00,932 --> 00:27:04,166 What's in your head? Your story? Something. 641 00:27:04,235 --> 00:27:07,236 Anything that we can verify. 642 00:27:17,582 --> 00:27:19,315 What do you think you're doing? 643 00:27:21,552 --> 00:27:24,520 You say you were on the Arizona. 644 00:27:24,589 --> 00:27:26,288 What'd you see, Joe? 645 00:27:27,291 --> 00:27:28,557 Huh? 646 00:27:29,794 --> 00:27:30,794 What'd you smell? 647 00:27:33,598 --> 00:27:35,497 What'd you taste? 648 00:27:40,238 --> 00:27:41,370 Damn it, Joe. 649 00:27:41,439 --> 00:27:44,206 You want to go back? There's only one way to go back. 650 00:27:44,275 --> 00:27:45,741 Right now. 651 00:27:46,777 --> 00:27:50,012 Was it your brother or was it you? 652 00:27:50,081 --> 00:27:51,347 It was me! 653 00:27:57,755 --> 00:28:00,556 I was on the quarterdeck, 654 00:28:00,625 --> 00:28:03,359 waiting for colors. 655 00:28:03,427 --> 00:28:07,263 And then me and Ozzie O'Connor were-were gonna 656 00:28:07,331 --> 00:28:09,565 catch the liberty launch 657 00:28:09,634 --> 00:28:11,700 and toss the football 658 00:28:11,769 --> 00:28:13,836 on the beach. 659 00:28:15,172 --> 00:28:18,307 Then I heard a plane approaching. 660 00:28:21,445 --> 00:28:23,545 I looked up. 661 00:28:27,018 --> 00:28:29,752 I saw the red ball on its wing, 662 00:28:29,820 --> 00:28:32,721 and I knew. 663 00:28:32,790 --> 00:28:34,590 I ran to my battle station 664 00:28:34,659 --> 00:28:36,792 in the gun pit, 665 00:28:36,861 --> 00:28:40,763 and that's when we caught the big bomb. 666 00:28:40,831 --> 00:28:42,564 (sobs) 667 00:28:42,633 --> 00:28:46,101 It was like the devil opened his mouth 668 00:28:46,170 --> 00:28:48,003 and made a noise 669 00:28:48,072 --> 00:28:50,606 that was all screaming. 670 00:28:50,675 --> 00:28:52,574 The steel! 671 00:28:52,643 --> 00:28:54,543 The fire! 672 00:28:56,847 --> 00:28:59,248 The men. 673 00:29:00,851 --> 00:29:03,786 I got orders to go topside. 674 00:29:03,854 --> 00:29:07,022 What I saw was body parts 675 00:29:07,091 --> 00:29:09,491 all over the deck. 676 00:29:09,560 --> 00:29:12,294 Men stumbling through, 677 00:29:12,363 --> 00:29:13,996 no hair, 678 00:29:14,065 --> 00:29:15,497 no clothes... 679 00:29:17,268 --> 00:29:20,135 ...charred to the bone. 680 00:29:20,204 --> 00:29:22,471 The smell... 681 00:29:22,540 --> 00:29:24,440 (exclaims) 682 00:29:24,508 --> 00:29:26,675 I threw up. 683 00:29:28,412 --> 00:29:31,447 That's when the plane... 684 00:29:31,515 --> 00:29:35,284 strafed us again. 685 00:29:35,353 --> 00:29:39,154 My arm was screaming, 686 00:29:39,223 --> 00:29:41,357 like nerves exposed. 687 00:29:43,194 --> 00:29:45,361 Shrapnel was hitting 688 00:29:45,429 --> 00:29:47,763 what was already raw. 689 00:29:49,300 --> 00:29:53,168 I was loaded into a rescue launch. 690 00:29:53,237 --> 00:29:56,405 I pulled three men out of the water. 691 00:29:56,474 --> 00:29:59,441 Two I didn't know. The third... 692 00:30:01,112 --> 00:30:03,946 The third was Ozzie... 693 00:30:06,450 --> 00:30:08,183 ...O'Connor. 694 00:30:08,252 --> 00:30:11,019 He was trying to put a piece of flesh 695 00:30:11,088 --> 00:30:14,323 back on his face. 696 00:30:14,392 --> 00:30:16,392 I remember thinking about 697 00:30:16,460 --> 00:30:18,394 all the times 698 00:30:18,462 --> 00:30:20,229 his mother must have 699 00:30:20,297 --> 00:30:22,664 kissed that cheek. 700 00:30:22,733 --> 00:30:25,701 And how we should have been 701 00:30:25,770 --> 00:30:29,371 tossing a football. 702 00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:32,074 Then I got hit by... 703 00:30:32,143 --> 00:30:35,611 God knows what. 704 00:30:35,679 --> 00:30:39,248 I fell in the water, 705 00:30:39,316 --> 00:30:42,251 woke up in the hospital. 706 00:30:42,319 --> 00:30:45,788 I don't even know... 707 00:30:45,856 --> 00:30:48,524 who rescued me. 708 00:30:48,592 --> 00:30:51,994 The point is, we saved each other. 709 00:30:54,265 --> 00:30:55,764 All of us. 710 00:30:58,536 --> 00:31:00,669 You've been in a war. 711 00:31:02,339 --> 00:31:05,274 You know why I want to go back. 712 00:31:06,310 --> 00:31:08,577 Shipmates are your brothers. 713 00:31:08,646 --> 00:31:11,447 More than my own blood. 714 00:31:11,515 --> 00:31:14,583 A bond... 715 00:31:14,652 --> 00:31:16,785 that never leaves. 716 00:31:18,989 --> 00:31:20,489 I want to be laid to rest 717 00:31:20,558 --> 00:31:22,558 with my family. 718 00:31:23,828 --> 00:31:25,828 I want to go home. 719 00:31:42,513 --> 00:31:44,513 This is what you wanted, Joe. 720 00:31:48,886 --> 00:31:50,853 With my signature. 721 00:31:51,989 --> 00:31:53,188 When you die, 722 00:31:53,257 --> 00:31:55,157 your ashes will be 723 00:31:55,226 --> 00:31:58,060 interred on the Arizona. 724 00:32:05,069 --> 00:32:07,803 But we still don't have any hard proof. 725 00:32:07,872 --> 00:32:09,338 Can Gibbs really promise that? 726 00:32:09,406 --> 00:32:12,541 No. No, he can't. 727 00:32:15,546 --> 00:32:17,045 Joe? 728 00:32:17,114 --> 00:32:19,047 All right, then. 729 00:32:19,116 --> 00:32:21,650 I'll take you 730 00:32:21,719 --> 00:32:24,019 to the Purple Heart. 731 00:32:24,088 --> 00:32:26,955 It's back at the hotel. 732 00:32:28,926 --> 00:32:30,225 I don't get it. 733 00:32:30,294 --> 00:32:31,738 How could the Purple Heart be at the motel? 734 00:32:31,762 --> 00:32:33,173 We searched that place, like, five times. 735 00:32:33,197 --> 00:32:34,630 Well, we should've done it six. 736 00:32:34,698 --> 00:32:36,131 We got a hit on the BOLO. 737 00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:37,332 Cabbie Deacon? 738 00:32:37,401 --> 00:32:38,778 Yeah, MPD picked him up for speeding. 739 00:32:38,802 --> 00:32:40,869 They're holding him for us. I'll update Vance. 740 00:32:47,478 --> 00:32:49,912 Look, man, I can't go back to prison. 741 00:32:49,980 --> 00:32:52,347 And what exactly were you afraid you'd be going back for? 742 00:32:52,416 --> 00:32:55,017 Mr. Deacon, the more cooperation 743 00:32:55,085 --> 00:32:57,786 we get here, the more a judge might understand. 744 00:32:58,822 --> 00:33:00,589 Yesterday, I dropped off a fare 745 00:33:00,658 --> 00:33:02,691 across the street from the old man's place. 746 00:33:02,760 --> 00:33:04,226 You know him? Uh-uh. He saw me. 747 00:33:04,295 --> 00:33:05,494 He called me over. 748 00:33:05,563 --> 00:33:06,975 He was outside getting some air or something. 749 00:33:06,976 --> 00:33:07,699 What did he say? 750 00:33:07,723 --> 00:33:09,730 He offered me 200 bucks on top of my fare 751 00:33:09,934 --> 00:33:11,066 to drive him around. 752 00:33:11,135 --> 00:33:12,145 All I had to do was show up today, 753 00:33:12,169 --> 00:33:14,870 pretend to be his grandson, and... 754 00:33:14,939 --> 00:33:16,338 sign him out. 755 00:33:16,407 --> 00:33:17,472 Sign him out of where? 756 00:33:17,541 --> 00:33:19,274 The nursing home. That's where he lives. 757 00:33:19,343 --> 00:33:20,820 I mean, they made it seem like the guy 758 00:33:20,844 --> 00:33:22,010 ain't doing too good, like... 759 00:33:22,079 --> 00:33:24,479 he's really sick, man. 760 00:33:25,616 --> 00:33:27,282 Purple Heart's right in there. 761 00:33:37,995 --> 00:33:39,928 You use a screwdriver? No, wouldn't need one. 762 00:33:39,997 --> 00:33:41,630 It just popped right off. 763 00:33:45,169 --> 00:33:46,735 You know, 764 00:33:46,804 --> 00:33:48,303 I didn't want to... 765 00:33:48,372 --> 00:33:50,405 talk about that day. 766 00:33:50,474 --> 00:33:52,975 But I feel like 767 00:33:53,043 --> 00:33:56,478 I did something that kept it from being forgotten. 768 00:33:59,016 --> 00:34:01,650 You want to talk about what you saw? 769 00:34:03,988 --> 00:34:05,320 Uh, 770 00:34:05,389 --> 00:34:06,755 it may... 771 00:34:06,824 --> 00:34:08,757 make you lighter, too. 772 00:34:08,826 --> 00:34:10,192 Hmm? 773 00:34:12,196 --> 00:34:13,228 Come on. 774 00:34:13,297 --> 00:34:15,163 Give it a shot, son. 775 00:34:22,306 --> 00:34:23,338 It's empty. 776 00:34:23,407 --> 00:34:24,573 What? 777 00:34:24,642 --> 00:34:26,808 That's impossible. 778 00:34:26,877 --> 00:34:29,511 Yeah, I'm telling you, there's nothing in there. 779 00:34:29,580 --> 00:34:31,279 No, I-I put it in there. 780 00:34:31,348 --> 00:34:32,581 I know I s... 781 00:34:32,650 --> 00:34:33,949 It was, uh... (groans) 782 00:34:34,018 --> 00:34:35,951 It was just... (groans) 783 00:34:36,020 --> 00:34:38,120 Joe. Joseph. I put it in the safest place possible. 784 00:34:38,188 --> 00:34:40,455 I was always gonna give it back. 785 00:34:40,524 --> 00:34:42,791 Sit down. Joe. (groaning) 786 00:34:42,860 --> 00:34:44,026 Joe. 787 00:34:44,094 --> 00:34:45,861 (exhales) 788 00:34:52,720 --> 00:34:53,886 Hey. 789 00:34:53,955 --> 00:34:55,521 So, how is he? 790 00:34:55,589 --> 00:34:57,356 It was a massive heart attack. 791 00:34:57,425 --> 00:34:59,725 He's in surgery. (sighs) 792 00:34:59,794 --> 00:35:01,260 Well, we, uh... 793 00:35:01,329 --> 00:35:03,529 we spoke to the nursing home where Joe lives. 794 00:35:03,597 --> 00:35:06,365 He was being treated for coronary artery disease, 795 00:35:06,434 --> 00:35:08,767 and he's in the early stages of dementia. 796 00:35:08,836 --> 00:35:09,902 What? Yeah. 797 00:35:09,971 --> 00:35:11,770 How early? 798 00:35:11,839 --> 00:35:13,817 McGEE: Nurse says he has his good days and his bad days, 799 00:35:13,841 --> 00:35:16,241 but he was diagnosed before he started writing letters 800 00:35:16,310 --> 00:35:18,243 to the admiral. (sighs) 801 00:35:18,312 --> 00:35:20,245 He knew the end was coming. 802 00:35:20,314 --> 00:35:23,082 He wanted to make sure his ashes were back on the Arizona. 803 00:35:23,150 --> 00:35:24,283 SLOANE: Or maybe 804 00:35:24,352 --> 00:35:26,285 he was just confused. 805 00:35:26,354 --> 00:35:28,554 What if Joe's memories were really just stories 806 00:35:28,622 --> 00:35:30,189 his brother told him? 807 00:35:30,257 --> 00:35:32,992 This whole thing could just be in his head. 808 00:35:35,162 --> 00:35:36,228 Hey, did you find anything? 809 00:35:36,297 --> 00:35:38,397 Nope. We, uh... we questioned Deacon again. 810 00:35:38,466 --> 00:35:40,566 He swears he never saw a Purple Heart, 811 00:35:40,634 --> 00:35:42,534 and he said that Joe never even mentioned it. 812 00:35:42,603 --> 00:35:43,347 You search the cab? 813 00:35:43,371 --> 00:35:45,305 Yeah, and it wasn't at Deacon's place either. 814 00:35:45,306 --> 00:35:46,950 So Joe's the only one who knows what he did with it, 815 00:35:46,974 --> 00:35:48,640 and now even he doesn't know. 816 00:35:48,709 --> 00:35:50,709 Well, that might not be entirely true. 817 00:35:50,778 --> 00:35:51,944 According to Gibbs, 818 00:35:52,013 --> 00:35:54,079 Joe insists that he put the medal in a safe place. 819 00:35:54,148 --> 00:35:56,415 That feeling was probably real. Yeah, well, 820 00:35:56,484 --> 00:35:57,844 feeling isn't really much to go on. 821 00:35:57,885 --> 00:35:59,318 Yeah, he could've buried it anywhere 822 00:35:59,387 --> 00:36:01,820 and thought that he put it in the vent. 823 00:36:01,889 --> 00:36:03,989 Or, more likely, he could've just transposed 824 00:36:04,058 --> 00:36:05,591 a few of the details. 825 00:36:05,659 --> 00:36:07,760 You mean like maybe it was a different vent? 826 00:36:07,828 --> 00:36:11,764 BISHOP: So, Joe knew that he removed a vent cover 827 00:36:11,832 --> 00:36:13,766 and put the Purple Heart inside. 828 00:36:13,834 --> 00:36:15,768 We think he remembered 829 00:36:15,836 --> 00:36:18,570 the location of the vent incorrectly. 830 00:36:18,639 --> 00:36:20,606 (soft clattering) 831 00:36:20,674 --> 00:36:23,008 Well, he didn't need a screwdriver. 832 00:36:27,581 --> 00:36:28,847 It's here. 833 00:36:28,916 --> 00:36:31,683 (gasps, chuckles) 834 00:36:40,094 --> 00:36:42,027 Is it damaged? 835 00:36:46,100 --> 00:36:48,367 No. (chuckles) 836 00:36:48,436 --> 00:36:50,302 It's perfect. 837 00:36:50,371 --> 00:36:51,371 Thank you. 838 00:36:51,439 --> 00:36:53,338 Thank you. (sniffles) 839 00:36:53,407 --> 00:36:55,474 Hey, Gibbs. We found it. 840 00:36:55,543 --> 00:36:56,875 Joe was right. 841 00:36:56,944 --> 00:36:59,678 He kept it in the safest place possible. 842 00:36:59,747 --> 00:37:01,513 Never even left the house. 843 00:37:01,582 --> 00:37:04,016 That's great, Bishop. 844 00:37:04,085 --> 00:37:05,617 That's good work. 845 00:37:06,954 --> 00:37:08,387 Uh, I'll call you back. 846 00:37:08,456 --> 00:37:09,788 Agent Gibbs, 847 00:37:09,857 --> 00:37:11,523 we did all we could. 848 00:37:11,592 --> 00:37:14,793 Unfortunately, Mr. Smith died in recovery. 849 00:37:14,862 --> 00:37:17,930 Do you know where the body should be sent? 850 00:38:07,414 --> 00:38:09,248 JIMMY: Your hunch was right, Gibbs. 851 00:38:09,316 --> 00:38:11,683 I was able to find two pieces of metal embedded in the skin 852 00:38:11,752 --> 00:38:13,085 beneath Joe's burns. 853 00:38:13,154 --> 00:38:14,553 "Shrapnel 854 00:38:14,622 --> 00:38:16,855 hit what was already raw." 855 00:38:16,924 --> 00:38:17,968 That's exactly what Joe said. 856 00:38:17,992 --> 00:38:19,591 He wasn't kidding. 857 00:38:19,660 --> 00:38:21,860 Kasie was also able to determine that one of the pieces 858 00:38:21,929 --> 00:38:22,973 was actually a minuscule... 859 00:38:22,997 --> 00:38:25,297 It was part of a bolt, Gibbs, 860 00:38:25,366 --> 00:38:26,565 complete with fire damage. 861 00:38:26,634 --> 00:38:28,400 There's a... 862 00:38:28,469 --> 00:38:30,736 I'm sorry, Dr. Palmer. I-I got a little excited. 863 00:38:30,804 --> 00:38:32,048 By all means, sir, it's all you. 864 00:38:32,072 --> 00:38:34,973 So, a section of the USS Arizona's superstructure 865 00:38:35,042 --> 00:38:37,776 is on display at the Arizona State Capitol Museum. 866 00:38:37,845 --> 00:38:40,445 I made a call and I was able to convince a very nice lady 867 00:38:40,514 --> 00:38:41,880 to rush us a sample 868 00:38:41,949 --> 00:38:43,282 of one of these bolts. 869 00:38:51,492 --> 00:38:52,758 It's a match. 870 00:38:52,826 --> 00:38:54,092 Mm-hmm. So not only 871 00:38:54,161 --> 00:38:55,594 was Joe on the Arizona 872 00:38:55,663 --> 00:38:57,140 when it was attacked, he also has been carrying 873 00:38:57,164 --> 00:39:00,732 a tiny piece of the ship inside of him ever since. 874 00:39:00,801 --> 00:39:02,601 VANCE: I called the memorial. 875 00:39:02,670 --> 00:39:04,648 They're making arrangements now for Joe's interment. 876 00:39:04,672 --> 00:39:06,004 Gibbs, 877 00:39:06,073 --> 00:39:07,873 Joe's going back to the Arizona. 878 00:39:17,151 --> 00:39:19,318 (knocking) Hey. 879 00:39:19,386 --> 00:39:20,686 Hey, boss. 880 00:39:21,755 --> 00:39:23,088 It's over there, by the door. 881 00:39:23,157 --> 00:39:25,257 Ah. Great. 882 00:39:25,326 --> 00:39:27,993 The longer you marinate steaks, the better they are. 883 00:39:28,062 --> 00:39:29,628 Oh, no, I'm actually, uh... 884 00:39:29,697 --> 00:39:31,630 I'm actually gonna use it for enchiladas. 885 00:39:31,699 --> 00:39:32,898 Yeah, Torres says that, uh, 886 00:39:32,967 --> 00:39:34,967 grilling 'em really brings it to the next level. 887 00:39:35,035 --> 00:39:37,636 It's for that, uh, party next weekend I had mentioned. 888 00:39:37,705 --> 00:39:39,371 I'm actually looking forward to going. 889 00:39:39,440 --> 00:39:41,607 Yeah, well, keep it as long as you need it. 890 00:39:41,675 --> 00:39:43,008 Thanks. 891 00:39:43,077 --> 00:39:45,677 Um, boss, listen, uh, 892 00:39:45,746 --> 00:39:48,013 I know, uh... 893 00:39:48,082 --> 00:39:51,183 I know that Joe didn't like me very much, but, uh, 894 00:39:51,252 --> 00:39:53,018 you sure you don't want me to go with you? 895 00:39:53,087 --> 00:39:54,620 Oh, he liked you, McGee. 896 00:39:54,688 --> 00:39:57,222 Just how those guys are. 897 00:39:57,291 --> 00:39:58,557 No. 898 00:39:58,626 --> 00:39:59,558 I'm good. 899 00:39:59,627 --> 00:40:01,026 Go home to your family. 900 00:40:01,095 --> 00:40:02,794 Thanks. 901 00:40:02,863 --> 00:40:04,930 All right. 902 00:40:06,200 --> 00:40:07,532 Hey, McGee. 903 00:40:07,601 --> 00:40:09,034 Yeah. 904 00:40:15,276 --> 00:40:17,376 You got a minute? 905 00:40:17,444 --> 00:40:20,045 Yeah. 906 00:40:20,114 --> 00:40:21,747 Yeah. What's up, boss? 907 00:40:28,922 --> 00:40:31,857 Uh... 908 00:40:31,925 --> 00:40:34,426 I want to tell you something about Joe. 909 00:40:39,166 --> 00:40:41,500 Something about me. 910 00:40:47,741 --> 00:40:50,776 What I saw in Kuwait-- 911 00:40:50,844 --> 00:40:53,712 before that, I was different. 912 00:40:53,781 --> 00:40:56,581 It took something from me. 913 00:40:56,650 --> 00:40:58,650 That's what war does. 914 00:41:03,123 --> 00:41:05,891 Sometimes I think if my girls 915 00:41:05,959 --> 00:41:08,293 had been there when I got home, 916 00:41:08,362 --> 00:41:10,796 maybe they wouldn't have recognized me. 917 00:41:16,437 --> 00:41:19,938 Maybe there wouldn't have been enough of me left 918 00:41:20,007 --> 00:41:21,840 for them to hang on to. 919 00:41:23,510 --> 00:41:25,811 Maybe the best of me 920 00:41:25,879 --> 00:41:27,479 was gone. 921 00:41:29,383 --> 00:41:31,383 You come home 922 00:41:31,452 --> 00:41:33,318 and you're like half a person. 923 00:41:34,955 --> 00:41:36,722 The other half of you is still back there, 924 00:41:36,790 --> 00:41:40,292 where at least it made sense. 925 00:41:41,795 --> 00:41:43,729 Where, even with the bullets 926 00:41:43,797 --> 00:41:46,131 and the blood and the chaos, 927 00:41:46,200 --> 00:41:48,467 you knew what mattered. 928 00:41:51,038 --> 00:41:52,471 You knew that the guy next to you 929 00:41:52,539 --> 00:41:54,473 was willing to die for you 930 00:41:54,541 --> 00:41:56,541 and you for him. 931 00:42:01,048 --> 00:42:03,048 And you look around and think... 932 00:42:05,085 --> 00:42:07,953 ...it shouldn't take a war 933 00:42:08,021 --> 00:42:10,021 to make the world that simple. 934 00:42:29,767 --> 00:42:36,867 == sync, corrected by elderman == @elder_man