- Two boys find the body of a Navy commander in a quiet suburban neighborhood; Gibbs and company investigate. EJ Barrett reappears from her hiatus but remains a target. Another man dies, and the gang protect EJ and find and catch the killer.
- Two boys, playing in their quiet suburban neighborhood, respond to the sound of a nearby crash of a pickup truck, and they find the body of the dead driver with a gunshot wound; the victim is a Navy commander, so Gibbs and company investigate. A neighbor tells about a woman and an SUV, and the widow tells about an old friend of the vic from a previous duty station; Abby says that the killer is a careful professional. The gang pursue and find a suspect. EJ Barrett reappears from her hiatus after the resolution of the P2P killer; Tony and EJ bicker with each other. Abby provides a lead to the shooter, so Gibbs, McGee, and Ziva pursue it, and they find him. Gibbs speaks with the SecNav about the Phantom unit and the Watcher fleet, and Tony takes EJ to a safe house, then another man dies. Fireworks break out in a woods, then Gibbs, McGee, and Ziva find and catch the loose cannon. EJ goes to an even safer place, and Ziva receives a phone call.—DocRushing
- Two boys hear an accident. Running to investigate, they discover the driver was shot. The victim is Navy Commander James Barnsway. They interview a neighbor who saw someone speeding off in an SUV, and a pretty blonde who had run off into the woods. She was not Barnsway's wife.
McGee and Ziva interview Cara Barnsway, who identifies the woman as an old Navy connection of Barnsway.
Using GPS from the victim's truck, Abby figures out where he picked up the mysterious woman. They track her using a camera, finding that she had left just a few minutes earlier and probably hitched a ride. They catch the truck and discover she is their former colleague, E.J. Barrett.
She reveals a bullethole in her jacket that had been blocked by her bulletproof vest when Barnsway died. They run facial recognition software in Abby's lab. Barrett and Tony review their relationship before the killer is identified as Marcellus Dane. Barrett claims she was the target, though Ziva is unsure. They trace Dane's phone, but DiNozzo is assigned to watch Barrett at headquarters. They find Dane dead, thrown from a window.
Barrett and DiNozzo are sent into hiding, where Barrett falls asleep almost instantly.
Gibbs visits the Secretary of the Navy, Clayton Jarvis, and explains they have a lead on Casey Stratton, who killed Cade. SecNav brings in Sean Latham, who had previously said that he didn't know Stratton, but now identifies him in a picture as Jonathan Cole. Latham knew Cole from a covert assassination team called Phantom Eight. SecNav foolishly reveals the location of Barrett's safe house, and asks Latham to set up a meeting with Stratton. Latham promises to make the attempt.
Latham and Stratton meet. Latham tries to convince Stratton to lay off Barrett, but gives him her location in return for Stratton leaving the country. Instead, Stratton murders Latham. Stratton then arms himself for an attack on the safe house as DiNozzo and Barrett casually chat.
Stratton blows up the house with a shoulder rocket. Ziva, Gibbs, and McGee track Stratton through the woods and corner him with several dozen agents. Stratton is arrested, and it is revealed that SecNav had sent Stratton to a false location. Barrett and DiNozzo are safe, and they exchange a kiss before Barrett leaves once again.
In the interview room, Stratton reveals that he knows what Gibbs did south of the border. Meanwhile, Ziva's relationship with Ray is on the rocks, as is DiNozzo's current relationship. As they discuss options, Ray calls Ziva, much to Tony's disgust.
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