When a missing lance corporal is found dead in a vacant house by a real-estate broker giving two potential buyers a tour, the NCIS team discovers that he was buried in the backyard and then exhumed. They also learn about his identity and that he was to be deployed to Iraq, but he never showed up for duty. The investigation leads them to a new clue - he had two fiancées who are aghast at learning that they were both engaged to the same man. Abby runs the DNA samples from the two women to find out if the DNA is a match to the soil found on the dead man's body and later finds out that the team are looking for a third woman who might have been sleeping with the victim.
MUSIC IN: EXT. HOUSE - DAY JODY: It's a great neighborhood. Very quiet, very private. It has an oversized backyard. That's a big plus. The whole house has been newly renovated. There are upgrades all over the place. Stainless appliances, air-purification system. Total move-in condition. The furniture is rented, but if you like it, I can have the company make you a deal. [SCENE_BREAK] INT. LIVING ROOM - DAY (DOOR OPENS) JODY: Amy, you are going to love the kitchen, but first I'm going to show you guys the living room. It has a wall-mounted flat screen and a gas log fireplace. You won't believe how easy this is. One push of a button. Isn't that cozy? (SFX: FIRE LIGHTS) (SFX: JODY GASPS/ SCREAMS) (MUSIC UP AND OUT) (THEME MUSIC UP OVER OPENING TITLE/SCENES/ CREDITS AND OUT) [SCENE_BREAK] INT. LIVING ROOM - DAY DUCKY: Make sure you capture the back of his head, too, if you would be so kind. MCGEE: You got it. JIMMY: Sorry! MCGEE: (OVERLAP) Sorry! DUCKY: There's no rush, gentlemen. Our patient isn't going anywhere. MCGEE: Well, Ducky, the old Gibbs is back. DUCKY: The old Gibbs? GIBBS: McGee! Over here. Hands and knees. On the floor. MCGEE: Okay. Um... you're not going to step on me, are you? Footprints! Footprints. Looking for footprints. It's a pretty tight weave. DUCKY: It looks like sisal. It's a naturally stiff fiber, woven from the leaf of the cactus plant. It doesn't mat, trap dust or build static. Makes it ideal for carpeting, but personally, I prefer a good shag. From a criminal-investigative standpoint. MCGEE: I don't see any dirty footprints. DUCKY: I think it's safe to assume that our friend didn't stroll in here on his own. TONY: You look happy to see me, Boss! (BEAT) Oh, it's the coffee. Ran the military ID our local LEOs got off the body. Lance Corporal James Finn stationed at Quantico. Went UA when his unit was shipped to Iraq six months ago. MCGEE: Looks like he's got a pretty good reason for not showing. GIBBS: Find out where he was buried. DUCKY: It won't be far, McGee. Had the trip been longer, some bits would have fallen off. MCGEE: Okay, I'll check the backyard. TONY: Scene's not going to sketch itself. (F/X: JIMMY BUMPS INTO TONY) (SFX: JIMMY GROANS) DUCKY: Perhaps it would be better if you fetched the gurney, Mister Palmer. I've seen all I need to see here. JIMMY: Yes, Doctor. (PASSAGE OF TIME) TONY: It's a tidy crime scene. DUCKY: Quite. It appears to be a body drop. A tertiary crime scene. Or quaternary. Or quinary. I could go on. TONY: Oh, you did. It's an odd decorating choice. Although the corpse does give the place a certain lived-in look. DUCKY: You can see, he brushed the dirt off his face. TONY: Oh, geez!! (F/X: TONY BUMPS INTO GIBBS) TONY: Sorry. DUCKY: Hello. (CHUCKLES) Nicrophorus americanus. Also known as the carrion beetle. Come here, you little monkey! Ah ah! Yeah, a reminder that Shakespeare got it wrong. We are not food for worms. It's the flies and beetles that feast upon us. GIBBS: I'm more interested in why someone did this, Doctor. DUCKY: Well, then I'll have to research the predatory, manipulative, grandiose nature of this behavior. But my first impression is that we're dealing with a complete loon. TONY: That Master's in psych is starting to pay off, Ducky. (SFX: DUCKY CHUCKLES) [SCENE_BREAK] EXT. HOUSE - DAY JODY: Merciful God in Heaven! I have seen a lot of things selling real estate, but can you imagine walking in and seeing that? ZIVA: When was the last time you were here? JODY: Yesterday morning for a showing. ZIVA: And everything was normal? JODY: There was no rotting corpse in the living room if that's what you mean. ZIVA: Who else had access? JODY: A couple of dozen real estate women. The keys are in a lock box on the front door. ZIVA: Who's the owner? JODY: A local contractor... and me. I buy and Bob fixes. We split the profits. ZIVA: Bob? JODY: Robert Whitehead. The contractor. ZIVA: A number where he can be reached? JODY: Yeah. ZIVA: So who put the body here? You or Bob? JODY: Neither of us! You know, it is an empty house. If you're looking to ditch a body, that's a real plus. RICK: Jody! I came as fast as I could. Are you okay? JODY: It's my husband. I called him. (TO RICK) Just duck under the tape, Rick. ZIVA: Stop! It's a crime scene! RICK: Crime scene. Honey, you all right? ZIVA: She's fine. JODY: I am not fine. I had to cancel my one o'clock showing! MCGEE: (V.O.) I think I found where he was buried... [SCENE_BREAK] EXT. BACK YARD - DAY MCGEE: I checked for footprints, but it rained last night. So everything is pretty washed out. GIBBS: You got access? MCGEE: Well, there's side access at street level. Chain link fence around the yard, but anyone with gloves could have scaled it. ZIVA: Wait for me! TONY: Did the real estate agent solve the big mystery? ZIVA: No. But she owns the property with a contractor, and every real estate agent in town had access. TONY: I think the mystery is how they expect to sell a house for six hundred grand when it only has two and a half bathrooms. MCGEE: Well, you know what they say. Location, location.... location. So, judging from the marks around the edges, I'd say the digger used a garden spade. The soil is not real packed, so it would have been easy digging for a male or female. GIBBS: You see that? MCGEE: Black plastic bags. TONY: Garbage bags. GIBBS: Body bag. Get it back to Abby. Have a soil sample. I want ground-penetrating radar. MCGEE: Uh, Boss, those techs are booked weeks in advance. I'm going to tell them it's an emergency, and I will not budge until they show. GIBBS: Who's staying with McGee? ZIVA: I can, if you want Tony to check out the other real estate women. TONY: Fine with me. GIBBS: Tony! Stay with McGee. ZIVA: You shouldn't have licked your chops like a hungry wolf. MUSICAL BRIDGE TO: INT. SQUAD ROOM - DAY TONY: Much better. Before I smelled like dirt and sweat. Now I smell like dirt, sweat, and sandalwood. ZIVA: Good morning! What are you doing at my desk?! TONY: I couldn't find my deodorant, so I used yours. ZIVA: You, you didn't. TONY: Yeah, we're partners. What's the big deal? ZIVA: A hair! TONY: Come on. You attach electrodes to men's testicles. You're getting squeamish about a hair? I'm not going to feel bad. Those ground-radar techs didn't show 'till dawn. McGee and I watched the sunrise together. It was very "Brokeback Mountain." MCGEE: He had me at "Howdy." ZIVA: How romantic. I'm sorry I missed it. MCGEE: Well, I can show it to you on my new phone. It takes video. Behold the majesty of the sun. ZIVA: On a two inch screen? Are we all getting those? MCGEE: Nope. I bought it. ZIVA: Expensive? MCGEE: Not really. TONY: Ha! Yeah, really. You've been dropping a lot of cash lately, McGee. New phone, new watch, new teeth. What's up? GIBBS: Ducky matched the dental records. The body downstairs is Lance Corporal Finn. Ziva, when did you - McGee! How long does it take to put on a clean shirt? MCGEE: Ten seconds. With buttons a little longer. (BEAT) Rhetorical question. ZIVA: Contractor's off the hook. He's been out of town for a week. Going to check on the real estate agents this morning. TONY: That's all you did? ZIVA: No, while you and McGee were watching the sunrise, I was pulling Lance Corporal Finn's SRB, and I have to say it was.... spotty. He was UNC on the range and failed his swim qual. GIBBS: So they made him a supply clerk. ZIVA: Right. Six months ago he signed out on a three day pass before deploying to Iraq, and he never returned home. GIBBS: Get me his C.O. TONY: He's in Iraq. (BEAT) I'll contact MTAC. MCGEE: I've put in a request for Finn's bank records, earning statements, and medical records. TONY: Night wasn't a total loss. Ground radar picked up a shovel about ten feet from the gravesite. Already sent it to Abby. (GIBBS WALKS O.S.) MCGEE: Yep. The old Gibbs is back. [SCENE_BREAK] INT. ABBY'S LAB - DAY GIBBS: Do you see something, Abs? ABBY: Beauty. I mean it's tragic, but if you were to see this tableau in a museum, you'd swear it was a brilliant commentary on the human condition. GIBBS: What? A corpse staring at the TV set? ABBY: It says it all. GIBBS: Well, it doesn't say who put him there, or why? ABBY: That's for us to find out. (GASPS) You shaved your mustache! I liked you with a little hair on your face. GIBBS: I've still got my eyebrows. ABBY: Good point. I found Finn's blood, hair, and fingerprints on the plastic. So he was probably wrapped in it. But I didn't find any other prints on the plastic or the shovel. GIBBS: Any chance of grabbing the gravedigger's sweat off the handle? ABBY: After being underground, it's unlikely. Strange case, huh? I had this friend once that used to display road kill in his living room. He got an NEA grant -- GIBBS: Abby? ABBY: Next I analyzed the soil. It's compost material, rocks, and small sticks. Nothing's over an inch long. That indicates it was processed through a screen. GIBBS: Pretty clean for dirt. ABBY: Well, it's a commercial product. But the house was just re-landscaped, so it's not surprising. I sent the acidity levels to Ducky. I then inventoried Finn's personal items. GIBBS: Got anything with a date on it? ABBY: Nope, sorry. No credit card or purchase receipts. I guess he was a cash guy. I mean, if you can call a guy with thirty-one dollars and seventy-one cents a cash guy. His clothes were Dockers from Sears. No judgments. The shirts are large, the shoes are off-brand. And his underwear are boxer/briefs, like you wear, Gibbs. GIBBS: You're fishing, Abs. ABBY: So, are they regular boxers? Trunks? Bikinis? Nothing?(GIBBS WALKS O.S.) [SCENE_BREAK] INT. AUTOPSY ROOM - DAY DUCKY: Mister Palmer, have you finished the chromatographic analysis of his volatile fatty acid? JIMMY: Yes, Doctor. DUCKY: Well, let's plug the numbers into the computer and see how long our friend has been leaking into the topsoil. Agent Gibbs will be here soon, and he will ask... (SFX: DOORS SLIDE OPEN) GIBBS: How'd the Lance Corporal die, Doctor? DUCKY: How he died may take me a while. Try when did he die? GIBBS: That's my next question. DUCKY: That I can answer. It's a tricky calculation. One has to factor in temperature, soil acidity, and the variety and volume of insects who now call Lance Corporal Finn home. GIBBS: Give me a round number. JIMMY: Ninety-two days with a three percent margin of error. DUCKY: It would appear you deserted before you died. (SFX: DOORS SLIDE OPEN) ZIVA: Gibbs, Lance Corporal Finn's fiancé is upstairs. She saw a report in the local news last night. GIBBS: How, Doctor? DUCKY: As soon as I know, you'll know. (SFX: DOORS SLIDE OPEN) ZIVA: Her name is Siri Albert. She's twenty-five. [SCENE_BREAK] INT. SQUAD ROOM - DAY ZIVA: Lives in Manassas and works as a physical therapist. TONY: Finn's fiancé is here. I put her in the conference room. ZIVA: You did? I did! TONY: No, I did. ZIVA: His fiancé? TONY: Yeah, his fiancé. ZIVA: Tall. Light brown hair. TONY: Red head.(DOOR OPENS) (MUSIC UP AND OUT) MUSIC IN: INT. CONFERENCE ROOM - DAY SIRI: Someone has made a huge mistake. James isn't dead. He's been writing me letters from Iraq. ZIVA: It's a common name. SIRI: The news said he was born in Jackson, Pennsylvania. It's a small town. ZIVA: That James Finn has been dead three months. SIRI: He left for Iraq three months ago. I saw him the morning he went away, and I just got a letter from him last week. He says he misses me and he's working a lot. GIBBS: We'll need those. SIRI: Okay. But I want them back. [SCENE_BREAK] INT. SQUAD ROOM - DAY REBECCA: It's his handwriting. I recognize it. They've been coming for months. Now I want to know who that other woman is!? TONY: We're not here to talk about that. REBECCA: Is she saying that she's engaged to Jimmy, too? (LAUGHS) 'Cause if that's true, he'd better hope he's dead, or else I'll kill him! MUSICAL BRIDGE TO: INT. CONFERENCE ROOM - DAY SIRI: James and I connected on a deep spiritual level. From then on, anytime he was in town, he was with me. ZIVA: How often did you see him? SIRI: He would come and go a lot, but I understood. That's how it is with Special Ops. ZIVA: Lance Corporal Finn's record does not indicate he was involved with Special Operations. SIRI: He said his missions were top secret. He wanted to tell me more, but he didn't want to put me in danger. TONY: (V.O.) When did you last see... [SCENE_BREAK] INT. SQUAD ROOM - DAY TONY: .... Lance Corporal Finn? REBECCA: Six months ago, before he left for Iraq. TONY: How'd you meet? REBECCA: At a bar two years ago. I was there with some girlfriends, and when I got up to go to the lady's room, he blocked my path. Said he couldn't keep his eyes off of me. MCGEE: And that worked? REBECCA: What worked is that when we talked, he had something to say. Most guys won't shut up about their online war games. But this guy, he had seen real action. And I was feeling patriotic that night. So I invited him to come home with me. The s*x was fantastic. [SCENE_BREAK] INT. CONFERENCE ROOM - DAY ZIVA: When did you two get engaged? SIRI: About a week before he left. James wanted to borrow thirty thousand. ZIVA: Did he tell you what the money was for? SIRI: Gambling debts. And if he didn't pay, they were gonna hurt him. GIBBS: Who? SIRI: He said it was better if I didn't know, because of the danger. REBECCA: (V.O.) Look! MUSICAL BRIDGE TO: INT. SQUAD ROOM - DAY REBECCA: I didn't give him the money! I loaned it to him. MCGEE: So you drew up a legal document? REBECCA: No, but we had an oral agreement. I mean, he promised to pay me back... with interest! I mean, I maxed out all of my cards! So you better find that money! MUSICAL BRIDGE TO: INT. CONFERENCE ROOM - DAY ZIVA: What was he like the last time you saw him? SIRI: He was sweet. We made love right before he left. GIBBS: Did he use a condom? SIRI: I'm on the pill. (BEAT) We were engaged. [SCENE_BREAK] INT. HALLWAY - DAY GIBBS: (INTO PHONE) Abs, can DNA still be recovered from Lance Corporal Finn's skivvies?(BEGIN TELEPHONE INTERCUTS) ABBY: (V.O./FILTERED) It would take the ... (SCENE CUT) ABBY: (INTO PHONE) ...cooperation of weather and protection. He was wrapped in plastic, and it's been cold, so there's... (SCENE CUT) ABBY: (V.O./FILTERED) ... a decent chance. GIBBS: (INTO PHONE) Well, run the tests. We'll do a cheek swab on his fiancés. ABBY: (V.O./FILTERED) Wait. (SCENE CUT) ABBY: (INTO PHONE) Did you say fiancés? Like plural? Huh. Kinky! (END TELEPHONE INTERCUTS) [SCENE_BREAK] INT. CONFERENCE ROOM - DAY SIRI: Ah. Is that it? ZIVA: For now, Siri. I need to follow you home and pick up his belongings. SIRI: I want them back when James returns. ZIVA: He's dead. He can't return. SIRI: Look, I know he's not dead. I would feel it in my heart. We're soul mates. MUSICAL BRIDGE TO: INT. AUTOPSY ROOM - DAY (SFX: SIRI GASPS/CRIES) SIRI: (CRYING) No. MUSICAL BRIDGE TO: INT. SQUAD ROOM - DAY TONY: Agent Lee, I need legal help. We have a suspect who's refusing a cheek swab. LEE: I'll file for a DNA search warrant. What's the name? TONY: Rebecca Kemp. I'll email you the info. Listen, do you miss working with us? LEE: I think the legal department is more my speed. Why? Do you miss me? TONY: Uh, sure. (TO GIBBS) Boss! Agent Lee is getting us our cheek swab. GIBBS: Is Rebecca paranoid or guilty? TONY: Uh, might just be angry. At Finn, us, and the world. GIBBS: Go back with her to her apartment. Get Finn's stuff. And no, I don't want to wait for a search warrant. (REBECCA SIGHS) (ZIVA AND SIRI WALK INTO THE SQUAD ROOM) ZIVA: I'll grab my coat. Wait at the elevator. SIRI: Okay. REBECCA: Hey, you! Where's my money!? Yeah, you! Did you and Jimmy spend it!? SIRI: Please get away from me! I don't know you. REBECCA: I am Jimmy's fiancé. SIRI: James loved me!! REBECCA: He used you. SIRI: (SHOUTS) You liar!! (SFX: GIRLS FIGHT/WRESTLE) TONY: Chick fight! REBECCA: Get off of me!(MUSIC OVER ACTION/GIRLS FIGHTING) SIRI: Get off! Get off of me! ZIVA: Stop it! GIBBS: Hey, get off her! Get off her!(ELEVATOR DINGS/ DOORS OPEN) (SFX: GIRLS SHRIEK B.G.) GIBBS: Get up!!(SFX: REBECCA GASPS) [SCENE_BREAK] INT. AUTOPSY ROOM - DAY GIBBS: How'd this guy die, Doctor? DUCKY: As I told you, when I know, you'll know. GIBBS: Know faster. DUCKY: Shaving off your mustache has brought back your usual impatience. GIBBS: Good! That means I'm doing my job. DUCKY: I do have a potential cause of death, but it's by no means airtight. You see this fracture? GIBBS: Well, yeah. You're pointing right at it. DUCKY: The brain revealed an epidural hematoma, verified by this CAT scan. Though it's far from massive. Statistically, it's only fatal in about seventeen percent of cases. GIBBS: Blunt force trauma? DUCKY: Most likely. We're looking at a baseball bat or a golf club. Perhaps wielded by a disgruntled fiancé. GIBBS: You tell me how, I'll figure out who. (SFX: DOORS SLIDE OPEN) MUSICAL BRIDGE TO: INT. MTAC ROOM - DAY SHEPARD: (INTO PHONE) Intelligence has placed La Grenouille in Nairobi. That might mean a shipment to Somalia. We'll continue to monitor these activities. Just do your best. GIBBS: Mission trouble? SHEPARD: That's need-to-know. Initiate the video conference Special Agent Gibbs requested. (TO GIBBS) Have you figured out why somebody would unbury a body? GIBBS: That's need-to-know. SHEPARD: You can't pull that one with me, Jethro. I'm your boss. TECHNICIAN: (V.O.) Iraq standing by, Ma'am. STENGEL: (ON MONITOR) I got your email concerning Lance Corporal Finn. I assume you've been over his SRB. GIBBS: Yeah, we have, Skipper. We'd like to know what's not on the record. STENGEL: (ON MONITOR) Finn wasn't one of my stronger Marines. Wasn't surprised he went U.A. GIBBS: Did he have any enemies in the company? STENGEL: (ON MONITOR) He was well-liked. Played poker. Not well, but covered his debts. Liked to talk about his sexual exploits in detail. You know how Marines love that. GIBBS: How does a dead Marine stateside send letters home from Iraq? STENGEL: (ON MONITOR) I wondered about that myself. Get over here, Marine! Meet Lance Corporal Hagan... soon to be Private Hagan. Before deployment, Finn gave him... a couple hundred bucks to pop letters in the mail to two women. First batch started six months ago. The second three months later. Got enough to last the rest of our deployment. GIBBS: I'm going to need those. STENGEL: (ON MONITOR) I'll send them on the next flight out. SHEPARD: Two fiancées....is that a Marine thing? GIBBS: Oh, that's need-to-know, too, Director. MUSICAL BRIDGE TO: INT. ABBY'S LAB - DAY ABBY: Do you see it yet? MCGEE: No. ABBY: Keep looking! MCGEE: Abby, I've been staring at this thing for five minutes. I don't see anything that I would consider to be art. ABBY: But you took the picture! MCGEE: Just because Ducky told me to. I'm sorry. ABBY: That's okay. I'm sure you find other things beautiful. MCGEE: Like Gibbs breaking up a chick fight? ABBY: I can't believe I missed that! MCGEE: Well, I've got good news. Guess what is now playing on McGee TV? ABBY: I hug and kiss technology! (SFX: VIDEO PLAYS) SIRI: (ON TAPE) You liar!!(SFX: GIRLS SHOUT B.G.) ABBY: Oh, meow! Which one's Siri? MCGEE: The one Gibbs is pulling off the other girl. ABBY: It's always good to have a face to put with genetic material. MCGEE: Did you get a match on her off of Finn's clothing? ABBY: Yeah, but not just her. There's a party in Finn's pants. I found genetic material from two distinct females. MCGEE: Siri and... ABBY: The mystery woman. MCGEE: That would explain why Rebecca refused a cheek swab. Told us she hadn't seen him in six months. ABBY: Play it again. MCGEE: Plus, Rebecca's got a lot of anger in her. ABBY: Oh, I wouldn't assume Siri is innocent. MCGEE: Why not? ABBY: Look at the fight. Siri initiates it. She may not be as sweet as she looks. GIBBS: (ON TAPE) Get off her! ABBY: This is my favorite part. GIBBS: Which part? [SCENE_BREAK] INT. EVIDENCE GARAGE - NIGHT TONY: I was lucky to get out of Rebecca's apartment alive. She threw this at my head. ZIVA: Wow. Finn was reading Moby Dick? TONY: No, she was throwing it. I took it so she couldn't re-arm. ZIVA: Okay, let's see what he had at Siri's place. Razor and a toothbrush. TONY: Razor and a toothbrush. ZIVA: Three pairs of white underwear. TONY: Three pairs pinkish underwear. ZIVA: One white sock with a gold toe. TONY: Don't you hate it when you leave one black sock at one fiancé's house, and the other one at the other's house? ZIVA: One pair of blue jeans. TONY: One black mesh t-shirt. Do women really like these? ZIVA: Depends on who's wearing it. TONY: So if I'm-- ZIVA: No! It's not much to go on.(SFX: DOORS SLIDE OPEN/ CLOSE) TONY: Only one place left to check. Ha ha! ZIVA: Ha! Tony just put his hands in another man's pocket, and it made him very happy. TONY: Found a pre-paid calling card. GIBBS: That's it? ZIVA: Yes. GIBBS: No engagement rings? TONY: Do you want those, too? (BEAT) I'll go to Siri's and get the ring, and any other gifts Finn might have given her. McGee, you've got Rebecca. ZIVA: How could they have been so clueless? GIBBS: Well, he's dead, so maybe they weren't. (PHONE RINGS) ZIVA: (INTO PHONE) Officer David.(BEGIN TELEPHONE INTERCUTS) (SCENE CUT) JODY: (INTO PHONE) This is Jody Carvell. I am standing outside... (SCENE CUT) JODY: (V.O./FILTERED) .... Of the Larson Lane house. (SCENE CUT) JODY: (INTO PHONE) Are you aware that the police tape is still up? (SCENE CUT) ZIVA: (INTO PHONE) Yes, it's an ongoing investigation. (TO GIBBS) It's the real estate agent. JODY: (V.O./FILTERED) Okay... (SCENE CUT) JODY: (INTO PHONE) ....for how much longer? It costs me money every day I can't show... (SCENE CUT) JODY: (V.O./FILTERED) ... this house. ZIVA: (INTO PHONE) Yes, but I... JODY: (V.O./FILTERED) This is outrageous. You clearly don't get it. ZIVA: (INTO PHONE) No, I'm sorry-- JODY: (V.O./FILTERED) I would like to speak to your supervisor, if I could. ZIVA: She wants to have a word with my supervisor. (GIBBS HANGS UP THE PHONE) (SFX: DOORS SLIDE CLOSED) [SCENE_BREAK] INT. HALLWAY - DAY (KNOCK ON DOOR) MCGEE: Ms. Kemp, it's NCIS. We need to speak with you again. (KNOCK ON DOOR) (DOOR OPENS) [SCENE_BREAK] INT. LIVING ROOM - DAY MCGEE: Rebecca? Rebecca? What happened? Did you call nine one one? Hold on. (INTO PHONE) Yes, I've got a woman here who's shot, needs immediate medical attention! (REBECCA GASPS) (MUSIC UP AND OUT) MUSIC IN: INT. SQUAD ROOM - DAY ON MONITOR: Why would someone unbury a body?(SFX: KEYBOARDING) TONY: (V.O./READS) "Why would someone unbury a body?" (ON CAMERA) I can answer that. To send the message. Like, "Hi, I'm dead." "Never get engaged to two women at the same time?" ZIVA: It would be easier to just rent a billboard. Second question. (ON MONITOR) Where's the money? TONY: (V.O.) Where's the money? (ON CAMERA) Ah! Maybe in Siri's engagement ring. I've got to bring this down to Abby. ZIVA: I can save you an elevator trip. (SFX: ZIVA EXHALES ON THE RING) TONY: Oh, that's nice. ZIVA: It's creating condensation. On a real diamond, that evaporates immediately. TONY: It's staying. ZIVA: Because it's a fake. TONY: Give it one more try just to make sure. ZIVA: I'm not blowing on you again! Question three. TONY: (READS) Why buy a shovel? ZIVA: Oops! No, sorry. TONY: (READS) Why bury a shovel? Yeah, I have no answer to that idea. But here, how about this one? (SFX: KEYBOARDING) (ON MONITOR) Who is Darkman? ZIVA: (READS) Who is Darkman? TONY: That is the question. Liam Neeson in the nineteen-ninety cult classic directed by Sam Raimi about a mentally unstable scientist who seeks revenge. GIBBS: You left out "Who Shot Rebecca?" ZIVA: That was my next question. TONY: Siri claims she was out walking at the time of the shooting. No witnesses. GSR test came back negative. ZIVA: Even if Siri shot Rebecca, I don't think she killed Finn. I saw her face when she saw his body. TONY: If Siri is innocent, she'd assume that Rebecca's guilty and she'd seek revenge. ZIVA: Shooting someone in broad daylight is just dumb. GIBBS: Well, you're not thinking like a jealous woman, Ziva. MCGEE: They're keeping Rebecca in the hospital overnight. She lost a lot of blood, but the wound was through and through. GIBBS: Anything on the shooter? MCGEE: Said she didn't get a good look at her. TONY: How'd she know it was a her? MCGEE: Rebecca said she heard a female voice at the door. When she opened it, bang. TONY: Siri. MCGEE: Maybe not. When I went back to search Rebecca's place, I found this between couch pillows. GIBBS: Rebecca shot herself. MCGEE: I think so. She lost a lot today. Her fiancé, her life savings. ZIVA: Her respect. MCGEE: Could have been a failed suicide attempt. TONY: Or a bid for sympathy. ZIVA: Or an attempt to escape discovery that she had s*x with Finn the day he died. TONY: What's your gut tell you, Boss? GIBBS: Take your shirt off. TONY: There we go. MCGEE: Well, I know it's kind of messy... GIBBS: Your shirt, McGee. Take it off now. (MUSIC OVER ACTION/MCGEE TAKES OFF HIS SHIRT) GIBBS: Take it down to Abby. Or would you rather wait for a search warrant? MCGEE: Rebecca's DNA. I need to borrow one of your shirts. TONY: Are you afraid all that white might burn out Abby's corneas? MCGEE: Do not make me walk around like this all day. Come on, help me out. TONY: All right, I can't resist a damsel in distress. Here. Take this. I'll get a fresh one. ZIVA: Wow, it's just like Chippendale's.... without the bow ties or muscles. [SCENE_BREAK] INT. SHEPARD'S OFFICE - DAY (DOOR OPENS/ CLOSES) SHEPARD: Give me a second. I just have to finish this email to Kofi Annan. GIBBS: Kofi can wait. SHEPARD: What is it, Jethro? GIBBS: The Finn case. SHEPARD: Yes? You're lost on this one? GIBBS: Puzzled. They barely knew Finn, yet they let him move in. Loaned him money. SHEPARD: They trusted a man who took advantage them. If you're in a relationship and the other person is keeping secrets, how would you know? GIBBS: You'd know. SHEPARD: I didn't. GIBBS: Who lied to you? SHEPARD: You did! Not exactly lied, but you just didn't tell me the whole truth either. GIBBS: You're comparing me to Finn? SHEPARD: I'm just saying that you can be involved with someone without fully knowing them. How could you not tell me about your family? GIBBS: Finish your email. SHEPARD: You wanted my advice. Just don't be too hard on the fiancés. Finn duped them. And I shouldn't have brought up the past. I know you had your reasons for not wanting to talk about it. (DOOR CLOSES) GIBBS: We're talking about it now. SHEPARD: Now is not Paris. GIBBS: Your priorities were clear in Paris. SHEPARD: I had a job to do in Europe. GIBBS: If I had told you about my first wife, would it have made a difference? SHEPARD: We'll never know, will we? (DOOR OPENS/ CLOSES) MUSICAL BRIDGE TO: INT. BASEMENT - NIGHT (PHONE RINGS) GIBBS: (INTO PHONE) Yeah, Gibbs.(BEGIN TELEPHONE INTERCUTS) (SCENE CUT) DUCKY: (INTO PHONE) You went home early. GIBBS: (V.O./FILTERED) I stayed until twenty-one thirty. DUCKY: (INTO PHONE) Oh, that's early for you. (SCENE CUT) GIBBS: (INTO PHONE) You called to talk about my work hours, Doctor Mallard? DUCKY: (V.O./FILTERED) No, Agent Gibbs. (SCENE CUT) DUCKY: (INTO PHONE) I had a hunch which led me to trim-- (SCENE CUT) DUCKY: (V.O./FILTERED) ... Lance Corporal Finn's nose hairs. (SCENE CUT) DUCKY: (INTO PHONE) I don't think he'd done it for some time. I discovered something under the microscope. Among the keratin proteins, I found translucent fibers of glass. (SCENE CUT) DUCKY: (INTO PHONE) Fiberglass? DUCKY: (V.O./FILTERED) Exactly. He must have.... (SCENE CUT) DUCKY: (V.O./FILTERED) .... inhaled them in. I'd say most likely ... (SCENE CUT) DUCKY: (V.O./FILTERED) ...from insulation. GIBBS: (INTO PHONE) Maybe the house wasn't just a body drop. DUCKY: (V.O./FILTERED) Oh, he's speaking softly... (SCENE CUT) DUCKY: (INTO PHONE) ...but Lance Corporal Finn has more to say.(END TELEPHONE INTERCUTS) [SCENE_BREAK] INT. BASEMENT - NIGHT (SFX: GIBBS FLIPS HIS CELL PHONE CLOSED) [SCENE_BREAK] INT. AUTOPSY ROOM - DAY DUCKY: Ah, would you mind cleaning up, Mister Palmer? JIMMY: Not at all, Doctor. DUCKY: I know you've been putting in long hours recently. DUCKY: Well, I appreciate the can-do attitude. Good night! JIMMY: Good night, Doctor. (ELEVATOR DINGS/ DOORS OPEN/) DUCKY: Agent Lee! You're working late. LEE: Still organizing paperwork on the Weaton case, Doctor Mallard. I need the autopsy report. DUCKY: What happened to the one I sent up to legal yesterday? LEE: I'm afraid I shredded it by mistake. DUCKY: Well, you must be more careful. LEE: I know. I'm sorry, Doctor Mallard. DUCKY: No worries. (ELEVATOR DINGS/ DOORS OPEN) DUCKY: I'm sure Mister Palmer will give you what you need. LEE: Okay. Thank you! (SFX: DOORS SLIDE OPEN/ CLOSED) (SFX: LIGHT CLICKS OFF) (MUSIC OVER PASSIONATE KISSING) (SFX: MOANS AND SQUEALS B.G.) [SCENE_BREAK] INT. LIVING ROOM - DAY WHITEHEAD: WHITEHEAD: That's about how it looked three months ago. The living room floor is the last thing we closed up. (CONT.) We ran the AC ducts under this section. The damn inspector was weeks late. GIBBS: Do you have security at night here, Bob? WHITEHEAD: Not on a job this size. We used standard fiberglass insulation, CDX sub floor. Do you see something? GIBBS: Yeah, your joist. Twenty-four inches on center. I'd have built it at sixteen. WHITEHEAD: Then you wouldn't have made a profit. GIBBS: That joist there look discolored to you? WHITEHEAD: Could be mold. GIBBS: Mold spreads from the bottom up. TONY: Amido Black. On it, Boss. MCGEE: (INTO PHONE) We'll be there soon. (TO GIBBS) Boss, Abby ran the pre-paid phone card we found in Finn's pocket. It had only one call on it. It was to a self-storage company in Dale City, Virginia. GIBBS: Good. Call the storage facility. MCGEE: I did. I was just taking a breath. I called the self storage place. Finn paid for the unit in cash. Only signed in once. So I figure that Ziva and I should probably go down there and check it out. Sorry about the breath. TONY: Kind of reminds me of Pacific Heights. GIBBS: Don't tell me. A movie. TONY: Yeah, interesting plot. Yuppie couple buys their dream house. And then the tenant from hell tries to destroy it. Michael Keaton's best work. It looks like organic material. Would a two by six match Finn's head injury? GIBBS: Ducky thinks a blunt object hit his temple. TONY: Or maybe his temple hit a blunt object? Which would have landed him nose first in this insulation. JODY: Oh, my god! Bob! Why are you letting them destroy our property? WHITEHEAD: They're cops, Jody. GIBBS: What is she doing here? WHITEHEAD: I called her. She should know what's going on. JODY: Well, it's coming out of your profits, Bob! WHITEHEAD: What a minute, Jody! JODY: That sisal's expensive! TONY: You need to calm down, Mrs. Carvell. JODY: Calm down? I just found a dead guy in the living room. And I am losing money every day. Oh, and my father just died of leukemia, so don't you tell me to calm down! [SCENE_BREAK] EXT. SELF STORAGE UNIT - DAY MCGEE: I'm thinking before we open this up, maybe we should rub some Vicks under our noses.(SFX: CAR BRAKING STOP) ZIVA: I don't think we'll find a body. MCGEE: I hope not. I hate that. [SCENE_BREAK] INT. STORAGE UNIT - DAY (SFX: STORAGE DOOR SLIDES OPEN) ZIVA: Nothing? MCGEE: Well, whatever Lance Corporal Finn was planning on putting in here, he didn't get a chance to. ZIVA: McGee, give me your flashlight. MCGEE: What, you didn't bring your own? ZIVA: It's too heavy. It pulls my pants down. Now close the door. (SFX: STORAGE DOOR SLIDES CLOSED) (PASSAGE OF TIME) ZIVA: To the right! To the right! MCGEE: Yeah. ZIVA: Just... more to the... more to the left. MCGEE: I'm doing it. Okay. ZIVA: Okay, hold it! MCGEE: Yeah!(SFX: ZIVA GRUNTS) ZIVA: Ah... (SFX: MCGEE GRUNTS) ZIVA: Ah, too small to hold a body. MCGEE: Big enough to hold a head. (BEAT) Is that what I think it is? ZIVA: Oh, yes. Gold. MUSICAL BRIDGE TO: INT. ABBY'S LAB - DAY TONY: Hey, got another DNA sample to test. It's a rush job. ABBY: Oh, should I put it in front of my other rush jobs? TONY: Yes. ABBY: Okay, I'll make it a rush rush job and I'll get right on it. Unless I get a rush rush rush job. TONY: Thanks, Abs. ABBY: Hey, um.. could you tell Gibbs that I got the results back from Rebecca's DNA. It does not match the genetic material in Finn's shorts. TONY: That means we're.... ABBY: Looking for a third woman. (MUSIC UP AND OUT) [SCENE_BREAK] INT. AUTOPSY ROOM - DAY (ELEVATOR DINGS/ DOORS OPEN/ CLOSE) DUCKY: Since you revisited the crime scene, I decided I want to revisit the body. Something is troubling me. TONY: Me, too. DUCKY: Oh, what's that, Tony? TONY: Well, Finn had two entrees and still had room for dessert. Makes me wonder if there was anything, you know, special about him? DUCKY: Like what? (BEAT) Oh, like that! Did he have extra women because he had something extra for the women? Well, take a look for yourself. Sadly, the first thing the maggots eat is the soft tissue. Still, you've given me an idea. (SFX: DRAWER SLIDES OPEN) TONY: To vomit? DUCKY: No, to reexamine the soft tissue. Thanks, Tony. TONY: I do what I can. Ducky, is there anyway to psychologically "unsee" something? [SCENE_BREAK] INT. SQUAD ROOM - DAY ZIVA: Finn's bag contained one hundred and twenty ounces of gold, worth about seventy-eight thousand, four hundred dollars at today's conversion rate. GIBBS: Mint numbers? MCGEE: We're tracing them now. The coins were purchased over the Internet in three batches. I should have the dates here in a moment. ZIVA: We figured sixty thousand came from the fiancés and Finn must have tossed in the rest. (INTO PHONE) Officer David. MCGEE: Okay, first batch of gold purchased nine months ago, and paid for with a money order. The second batch... ZIVA: That was Abby. She was searching non-standard databases with the third woman's DNA. She got a hit on a bone marrow donor bank. GIBBS: Pull it up. ZIVA: That's not what I expected. GIBBS: Her father died of leukemia. Pick her up. Take Dinozzo with you. MUSICAL BRIDGE TO: EXT. FINN HOUSE - DAY (SFX: CAR BRAKES TO A STOP) TONY: You interrogated her and didn't pick up she had s*x with Finn? ZIVA: It was an interview, not an interrogation. And excuse me if my brain didn't go to the s*x place. (SFX: CAR DOOR CLOSES) TONY: Mine would. ZIVA: I'm sure that's why you have a leg up on other investigators. TONY: See? You say "leg up?" I instantly went to the s*x place. (SFX: CAR ACCELERATES) ZIVA: (SHOUTS) Hey! TONY: (SHOUTS) Hey! Pull over! Hey stop! (SFX: TIRES SCREECH) TONY: Stop! (SFX: CAR DOOR OPENS) JODY: I'm sorry. I need to go. I have a showing. TONY: NCIS. RICK: What's going on? Hey! Hey! Stop pointing the gun at my wife!(DOOR CLOSES) ZIVA: She tried to rat on us. TONY: She means rabbit. ZIVA: Rabbit, yes! JODY: I was in a hurry for a showing. RICK: What? Are you arresting her? TONY: We're taking her to NCIS to answer a few questions. RICK: Well, I'm coming, too. JODY: Rick, you don't have to come! RICK: (OVERLAP) Jody, I'm your husband. MUSICAL BRIDGE TO: INT. INTERROGATION ROOM GIBBS: So why didn't you tell us you knew Lance Corporal Finn. JODY: I was afraid my husband would find out. GIBBS: That you killed him? JODY: I didn't kill James. It was an accident. He fell. He hit his head. I did not kill him. I loved him. I swear to God. GIBBS: Do you have any idea how many murderers "swear to God" they didn't do it? JODY: I come from a good Catholic family. When we swear to God, we mean it. [SCENE_BREAK] INT. OBSERVATION ROOM (DOOR OPENS) DUCKY: Room for one more? ZIVA: I haven't see you in observation for a while, Ducky. DUCKY: I've learned as much as I can from the dead. It's time to listen to the living. [SCENE_BREAK] INT. INTERROGATION ROOM GIBBS: You met in a bar. JODY: Yes. How did you know that? GIBBS: When? JODY: Nine months ago. GIBBS: Did you sleep with him that night? JODY: No. GIBBS: That's right. I forgot. You're from a good Catholic family. Did you sleep with him the second night? (BEAT) Your husband never knew. JODY: I would tell him that I had a late showing, and I'd meet James at the house on Larson Lane. I know that that sounds immoral, but it is not what you think! GIBBS: Well, let me guess. You have a deep, spiritual connection? JODY: Exactly. I had already decided I was going to leave my husband. I just had to wait for... GIBBS: Your father to die. JODY: The way you say it -- it sounds horrible. GIBBS: Oh, yeah. It is! JODY: If Dad knew I was getting a divorce, he'd have disowned me. [SCENE_BREAK] INT. OBSERVATION ROOM ZIVA: She inherited two million dollars last month when Dad died. DUCKY: Oh. [SCENE_BREAK] INT. INTERROGATION ROOM GIBBS: How about if you were a murderer? JODY: I didn't kill James. GIBBS: You buried him. JODY: No. I did not even know that he was dead. I will admit that we had a fight. James wanted to borrow money, and I refused, and he got angry, and he said that we were through. He got up to leave. I just wanted him to stay. I uh... took his cigarettes... [SCENE_BREAK] INT. HOUSE - FLASHBACK FINN: Give them back! JODY: No! FINN: Now! JODY: Not unless you promise to-- (SFX: FINN GRUNTS) JODY: James! [SCENE_BREAK] INT. INTERROGATION ROOM JODY: I just got in my car and I drove for hours. I came back to check on him, see if he was okay. But... GIBBS: He was dead, so you buried him. JODY: No! James was gone. I thought that he was fine until I went to that house for the showing the other day. (CRYING) And there he was! And I can only think of one explanation. It was the hand of God! [SCENE_BREAK] INT. OBSERVATION ROOM ZIVA: Can Gibbs arrest God? TONY: I don't know. It's like the Thing trying to bring in the Hulk. DUCKY: She's telling the truth. TONY: Where are you going? DUCKY: To tell Gibbs.(DOOR OPENS/ CLOSES) ZIVA: What do you think? TONY: I'm glad the glass is bulletproof. [SCENE_BREAK] INT. INTERROGATION ROOM (DOOR OPENS) DUCKY: Excuse me. Uh... could I have a word with you? GIBBS: Working. DUCKY: It's related and important. [SCENE_BREAK] INT. HALLWAY - DAY (DOOR CLOSES) DUCKY: She's telling the truth. (SFX: REBECCA B.G.) GIBBS: God put the body there? DUCKY: No. Someone who was playing God. She didn't bury him. GIBBS: Is your gut telling you this? DUCKY: I've been watching her. She feels guilt, empathy, remorse. That doesn't fit the psychological profile. GIBBS: She's deceitful, conniving, an adulteress, which does. DUCKY: I'm trying to give you my professional opinion. GIBBS: Then tell me after I have finished interrogating the suspect.(DOOR OPENS/ CLOSES) [SCENE_BREAK] INT. SQUAD ROOM - DAY DUCKY: Timothy, do you have a moment? MCGEE: Well, actually, I'm watching Jody Carvell's husband. DUCKY: Yes, I know. I want to have a word with him. MCGEE: Sure. DUCKY: Yeah, and for you to tape it with that new cell phone of yours. MCGEE: Tape you? DUCKY: No, no, no, no, no. Not me, him. Surreptitiously, of course. MCGEE: Of course. (MCGEE AND DUCKY WALK TO THE DESK) MCGEE: Here you go, Mister Carvell. RICK: Thank you. MCGEE: Uh, this is our medical examiner, Doctor Mallard. DUCKY: Call me Ducky. Everyone does. RICK: Ah, Rick. DUCKY: Strange, isn't it, Rick? Someone committed a murder. Standard. But then they covered it up. Standard. And then they uncovered it. Far from standard. RICK: You think my wife was involved? DUCKY: No. And that's the problem. MUSICAL BRIDGE TO: INT. INTERROGATION ROOM JODY: James was a big man. There is no way that I could have picked him up and buried him. GIBBS: Oh, that's easy. You roll him onto the plastic. You drag him out. JODY: Without ruining these nails? Look at them. They are so perfect. MUSICAL BRIDGE TO: INT. SQUAD ROOM - DAY DUCKY: I tried to convince Agent Gibbs that your wife was telling the truth. I'm afraid he doesn't believe me. Tell me, Rick, why does that please you? RICK: What? DUCKY: Well, you just flashed a slight reflective smile when I said that Gibbs didn't believe your wife. RICK: I did not! DUCKY: Timothy? (MUSIC OVER ACTION/MCGEE REVIEWS CAMERA FOOTAGE) DUCKY: (V.O./RECORDED) I'm afraid he doesn't believe me. (ON CAMERA) I don't know if God was watching your wife and Finn that night, but you were. RICK: My wife and the dead guy? DUCKY: Yes. When your wife ran out of the house, you buried the body. RICK: My god, man. Why would I do that? DUCKY: Because you wanted the money. Well, you had to wait until her father died, before you could implicate her in the murder. But once she got her inheritance, you disinterred the body. RICK: You have a vivid imagination, Ducky. But uh... imagination doesn't prove anything. DUCKY: Yeah, you're quite right there. But evidence does. Ah, good. Abby, have you lifted the DNA from the shovel handle yet? You know, from the sweat we discovered on the handle? ABBY: Oh, yeah! Right. I've got it running. I'm ready to check it. I just need a sample. DUCKY: Well then, test it against the saliva on this. RICK: You're right! I tried to cover up her murder, but I didn't kill him! That cheating bitch did! MCGEE: Boss, Mister Carvell here admitted to Ducky he buried the body. JODY: Oh, my God! It was you?! RICK: Who else cleans up your messes? I was watching the two of you from the window. JODY: You watched us make love? RICK: That's not what I'd call it. GIBBS: Then what happened? RICK: They had a fight. She hit him on the head, and she ran. JODY: Rick. He's lying! RICK: All I did was bury him. DUCKY: Oh, I'm afraid you did a bit more than that. RICK: Right. I unburied him. MCGEE: Sit down. DUCKY: A reexamination of the conjunctival and facial tissues reveal petechial hemorrhages suggesting asphyxia. So I looked for atelextasis in his lungs, which results from shallow breathing due to an obstruction, such as plastic. And there it was. Lance Corporal Finn was buried alive. RICK: He was dead! I know he was dead! JODY: You b*st*rd! You killed him! GIBBS: Ziva, get her out of here. McGee, handcuff him and get a sworn statement! JODY: (SHOUTS) I hope you fry! RICK: (SHOUTS) Go to hell! Go to hell. ABBY: Wow. I've got to come up here more often. [SCENE_BREAK] INT. ELEVATOR - DAY (ELEVATOR DINGS/ DOORS OPEN) (ZIVA BUMPS INTO GIBBS/MOANS) ZIVA: Gibbs! I screwed up. GIBBS: Well, yeah. You almost spilled my coffee. ZIVA: When Tony and I ran out to pick up Jody, I left Finn's bag of gold by my desk... GIBBS: Hm-hmm. ZIVA: I know I should have taken it to evidence, but we were focusing on-- GIBBS: Here's the inventory. ZIVA: You took it to evidence! It says here the bag contained eighteen thousand dollars worth of gold. We are sixty thousand dollars short. (BEAT) You gave Siri and Rebecca back the money they loaned Finn.(ELEVATOR DINGS/ DOORS CLOSE) (ELEVATOR DINGS/ DOORS OPEN/ CLOSE) (GIBBS AND ZIVA WALK INTO THE SQUAD ROOM) GIBBS: I thought I'd save the courts some paperwork. ZIVA: You wouldn't be getting soft? Of course, not. You shaved your mustache. MCGEE: Boss, reception called this morning. They said that someone is here with information about - sorry - about a case. I went to meet her and um... this is Jessica Coleman. James Finn's fiancé.
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