16-21 to Dispatch.
We're pulling up to the warehouse now.
Roger that, 16-21.
Dispatch said the 911 caller reported a van parked out front.
Well, it looks like they're gone now,
but head around back just in case we flush 'em out.
Got a craving for a Lucky Dog.
Nothing's open this late anymore.
It's after 2:00 already.
It's the best time for a gourmet delicacy.
Served from a cart.
You've got no idea what they actually put in those hot dogs.
Sometimes it's better not to ask.
NOPD!
Palmer!
Unit 16-21 requesting immediate backup. Shots fired.
Palmer?! Officer down! Officer down!
Palmer?!
*CREDITS*
Mayor Taylor.
Thanks for coming, Dwayne.
Terrible thing.
The officer was ambushed
before he could even enter.
Mark Palmer, 12-year veteran of the NOPD.
Which makes me wonder why I'm here.
Walk with me.
I'm hoping for your discretion.
What I'm about to tell you is... sensitive.
Understood.
As you know, the D.A.is taking a fresh look
into some excessive force cases from the past few years,
three of which involved the officer
who was killed last night.
You think his murder's connected to those cases?
I don't know what to think. Evidently,
Palmer reached out to the Force Investigation Team
who looks into complaints against officers.
Said he had information to share.
I'm guessing he never got a chance to share it.
He was supposed to meet with the F.I.T. investigator
and the D.A. today.
I'm still not sure how this involves NCIS.
One of the excessive force cases involved a Navy sailor.
- Did this sailor threaten Officer Palmer? - No.
In fact, he dropped the whole case,
which, unfortunately, happens too often.
But one thing Black Lives Matter and the community has shown us is,
we can't let these...
incidents get swept under the rug.
This information that Officer Palmer had...
You think it has something to do with the sailor's case?
If it does, we need to know.
Palmer implied what he had to say would...
bring down some bad cops.
NOPD's not gonna appreciate us interfering.
No one knows I'm asking for this,
except for the NOPD investigator Maya Hidalgo.
Please.
I'll see what I can find out.
Don't think I've forgotten about Bahrain.
You still owe me a rematch.
Ha! You know, a new tennis club opened here recently.
Any time. I just hope your serve's gotten better.
I plan to show you very soon.
Please, sit.
Well, I'm surprised that D.C. could spare you.
We don't get to see the deputy director here that often.
Actually, the reason I'm here is mostly to see you.
Oh.Hannah,
you know how furious I was about what Van Cleef did to you.
Yeah, well,
he damaged a lot of women's careers.
And thanks to you, he won't do it to anyone else.
I just wish I'd known what was going on when it was happening.
Maybe I could have helped.
- I appreciate that. - Look,
it got crazy with the pandemic lockdowns,
but no one has forgotten what you risked coming forward.
Have you thought about your future at NCIS?
Because the executive staff certainly has.
What'd you have in mind?
London.
You want to transfer me?
We want you to run the office.
It's a promotion to GS-14.
Your background in counterintelligence
makes you a perfect fit.
Okay, look, that might have been tempting
when my daughter and ex were there,
locked down for six weeks, but they're back now.
Opportunities like this don't come along often.
You're in a unique position here.
Because the brass is worried about blowback
from what happened with Van Cleef?
They've certainly recognized
they need more women in leadership positions,
which is why this is important to me, too.
NCIS owes you
and all of those women a debt.
I intend to see it paid.
I can't move to London, Lydia.
I told them you'd say that.
But don't think I'm letting this go.
There must be some way we can make this up to you.
Ow! Damn it.
You know how to work that thing?
How hard could it be? Carter does it all the time.
Yeah, you break his machine, he really gonna be pissed.
Carter's in Charleston at a training seminar.
He'll never know. And look at that. Huh?
Hit it on the first swing, baby.
I thought you said you don't like
those frou-frou drinks.
Trying new things, I'm expanding my horizons.
What's going on? 'Cause that doesn't sound like you.
Nothing's going on. I'm in a great mood.
Yeah, this really doesn't sound like you.
No. Don't tell Carter,
but this is actually really delicious. You want some?
Hey.
Hey, Pride, someone's been calling for you.
Said that he's the station manager at WWOZ.
What's going on?
Are you getting into radio?
You getting your own talk show?
I doubt anybody would want to listen.
But, actually, WWOZ is gonna broadcast
one of those Saturday night concerts
- I've been arranging the last few weeks. - Wow.
You still doing them from the street outside your bar?
No. Too many people are showing up now outside of the bar.
We're setting up
in the park this Saturday.
They're gonna do the whole show over the radio?
That's the plan
if we can get it all coordinated.
Sounds like a lot of work.
Yeah, well, it's worth it
if the music helps people get through these tough times.
Yeah.
So, what have we learned about last night's shooting?
Evidently, a 911 caller
reported a break-in at the warehouse just after 2:00 a.m.
They refused to leave a name.
They get a number?
Yeah. I'm tracing it now.
All right, good. Listen,
we need to get an ID on that caller.
Oh, I'm working on it. As soon as I get something,
I'll let you know.
Okay.
Timing of the shooting was weird, Pride.
The killer started firing the second Officer Palmer
entered the building.
- Probably heard 'em pull up. - Yeah.
But why didn't he leave out the back, try and get away?
It's a good question.
Sebastian's checking out the scene now.
Maybe there's some reason
that the shooter didn't want to leave.
Yeah.
Hey, did you, uh, track the complaint filed by the sailor?
Yeah. It's pretty thin.
Hey, why are we looking into this?
It doesn't really feel like an NCIS case.
Mayor Taylor took an interest.
Okay.
Ensign Nathan Cox accused
an Officer Lenny Yates of using excessive force
while breaking up a fight.
- Did he describe the excessive force? - No.
And there's nothing that says what the fight was about
or who else was involved.
Why did Ensign Cox withdraw the complaint?
Officially, he didn't. He didn't want
to give any further statement to the NOPD, so they let it go.
But guess who Yates' partner was the night
he broke up the fight.
Mark Palmer.
He was Yates's partner up until eight months ago.
So he most likely would have known
- what went on with Ensign Cox. - Yeah.
And I'm guessing it's way worse than what was in that report.
Ensign Cox was hospitalized for almost a week
after the incident.
Mayor's hoping he'll talk to us.
We'll see.
Hannah and I are heading to Belle Chasse.
You know, it's kind of weird
that the mayor wants you to run a shadow investigation.
I just feel like there's something
she's not sharing with me.
Well, whatever it is, the NOPD's gonna be pissed
that we're involved anyway, so...
Yeah, you've got that right.
Assuming you're Hidalgo?
And you must be the legendary Special Agent Pride.
Well, looks like fun.
I'll leave you to it.
I've worked a lot of sensitive cases,
but this is the first time I've ever had the mayor get involved.
Not trying to step on any toes.
You can step on anything you want
if it helps me get to the truth.
I've been working these cases for months,
and last night I lost the only lead I had.
You got no idea what Palmer was gonna reveal?
He wouldn't say until
an immunity deal was in place.
And now we may never know.
Am I in some kind of trouble?
N-No. Not at all. We were concerned
you might be the victim of a crime.
About a year ago, involving the NOPD?
That was nothing. Just a misunderstanding.
A week in the hospital
is a little more than a misunderstanding.
I'm good, okay?
I don't want any more trouble.
We're on your side here. We want to make this right.
And how are you gonna do that?
Sure as hell can't keep away the nightmares.
Look, Nathan, we really need your help.
You got to talk to us so we can stop this
from happening to someone else.
There were two of them.
You only included Yates in your report.
Well, his partner was there, too.
This guy?
Talk to us, please.
Yeah.
Look, I shouldn't have got involved, okay?
I should've just walked away.
The report says you were heading back
to the base alone that night.
My boys wanted to keep partying,
but I needed some shut-eye.
And I saw this guy pushing up on his girlfriend,
getting real physical.
So you stepped in?
The dude sucker-punched me.
But I gave as good as I got.
Then these cops show up out of nowhere,
started beating the hell out of me.
Now, my training kicked in, so I defended myself.
Then one of them used their Taser on me.
Now I'm down.
And they keep shocking me.
Five or six times.
Yelling at me.
Part of me wanted to die right there on that pavement.
Why wasn't any of this in your complaint?
After I reported it, this detective showed up.
Started asking me questions about how drunk I was
and how I started the whole thing.
Made it clear that it was my word against theirs.
You think he was trying to get you to drop the complaint?
I know he was.
He pretended to be sincere, acting like he was worried
I'd get discharged or arrested for assaulting an officer.
So you let it go.
That detective was right about one thing.
Nobody's gonna believe the word of a Black man over two cops.
We do.
Look, this detective, do you remember his name?
Donovan Blakely. He worked patrol
until two years ago when he made detective.
Force Investigative Team?
No. Narcotics. There's no reason
he should've been following upon an excessive force complaint.
Unless he had a personal reason.
Covering up for his friends?
Hey.
I traced the 911 call that reported
the break-in at the warehouse.
Did you get a name, P?
No, the phone was pay-as-you-go.
It's been off-line since just after the call was made.
Fake 911 call sounds like a setup.
We know the shooter fired
as soon as Palmer entered the building.
Mm-hmm. Day before, he was supposed to spill
whatever secrets he was keeping.
This is starting to sound like it wasn't just
- a random cop killing. - Yeah.
More like a well-planned execution.
These three guys had multiple complaints
filed against them over the years.
Yeah, it's hard to get rid of bad cops.
The union fights termination every step of the way,
claiming these officers have qualified immunity
whenever they want.
Immunity protects officers from civil suits.
It doesn't give them license to abuse their authority.
Try telling them that.
They should be ashamed to wear the badge.
Worked a couple cases with an Alfonso Hidalgo...
Lieutenant now, used to be in Homicide.
My dad...
and my younger brother's on patrol in the 2nd District.
Aunts and uncles, too.
The family business.
All good cops.
Helped push through a lot of great changes in the NOPD
over the last 20 years.
Sounds like you're doing your part, too.
If I was doing it better, these dirtbags would be behind bars.
What do you figure Palmer was gonna tell you and the D.A.?
I assume about how badly they beat Ensign Cox.
Except Cox admitted that he fought back before he got shot.
So they had a pretty solid defense
against the excessive force charge.
Yeah.
Doesn't seem like enough to murder a fellow officer over.
You think Palmer had something else.
Yeah.
But we need to figure out what that was.
Oh, my God, you're crazy.
Why didn't you move?
The flight was full, and I didn't want to make a big fuss.
It was the guy's emotional support animal.
It's a pig.
Oh, hey, this is my friend
- and coworker Hannah. - Hi, Hannah.
- This is Kara. - Hi.
I've been hearing your name around here a lot.
It's nice to meet you.
You, too.
Hopefully, we can do it in person soon.
I-I would like that, yeah.
Yeah, me, too.
Hey, I'll call you later tonight, okay?
Or, instead of a call, maybe we could actually get together.
That's probably not safe.
I'm around a lot of people every day.
I promise to keep appropriately socially distanced.
Yeah, right. All right, we'll talk about it.
I-I got to go.
We're in the middle of a big case right now.
Or we could do Saturday.
Doesn't your boss put on those weekly concerts in the Bywater?
Okay, we'll talk about it later.
Hey, I have another call coming in.
- Talk to you later, gorgeous. - Bye.
- Bye, bye, bye-bye-bye. - What call?
Huh?
Oh, no, I thought there was something. It's my phone.
Was a little glitch.
And you got tested for COVID. You're negative.
So?
So, why are you avoiding seeing Kara for, like, what,
four weeks now?
- I'm not avoiding her. - Except you are.
No, I'm just trying to get to know her.
Yeah, wouldn't that be easier
if you were in the same place?
Well?
Oh, are those refugee camps?
I'm gonna go out on a limb here
and say that our bad cops don't have that much reach.
Yeah, I was hoping to find the family of Farid Mokrani.
Who's that?
He's my informant from Algeria.
The one Van Cleef exposed.
Yeah.
ISIS showed up at his house
and murdered him in front of his family.
That's on Van Cleef, Hannah, not you.
Yeah, but I was responsible for him,
and I should've protected him.
So now you're looking for his family.
I have been, for years.
After he was murdered, his wife and his two daughters fled.
I tracked them down to this refugee camp,
but, you know, they were gone.
Do you know where they are now?
They're not in any of the records that I've been able to access,
but when I met with Deputy Director Scarborough this morning,
she said that NCIS owed me.
Well, it sounds like you got an idea on how to collect.
Yeah, U.S. intelligence agencies
keep highly classified databases on refugees
in order to monitor terrorist connections.
Well, maybe NCIS can help you access those databases.
Scarborough would have that pull.
Well, if it were me, I'd be asking for a big fat raise, too.
I need you to see the order yourself, Jimmy.
I can't afford to miss another shipment!
Loretta, Loretta?
Hey, looks like things haven't slowed down any.
Well, some days are better than others.
Today isn't one of them.
Hey, well, I heard the parish is facing budget reductions.
Your department gonna be okay?
Ten percent reduction across the board,
and the intakes are still way up.
So, no.
I got to tell you, this is really strange, Dwayne.
It was the mayor's idea.
I mean, she wanted to meet somewhere
we wouldn't be seen together.
You know...
you asked for discreet.
This private enough for you, Zahra?
Well, I was actually hoping for an empty office,
but this works.
Leave you to it, then.
Well, why don't you stick around, Loretta.
We both value your counsel.
Hidalgo reached out to you?
Yeah, she did.
Gave us files on the excessive force cases she's investigating.
My team's combing through 'em, looking for any red flags.
We also talked to the sailor who filed the complaint last year.
What did you find?
He got beat up bad
by two NOPD officers, one of them being your dead cop.
Third guy, a detective,
he helped them cover it up.
You're investigating NOPD?
That why you didn't want people seeing you?
Yeah, yeah.
This looks like a pattern that's been going on for years,
these guys covering up for each other.
But I got a feeling you already knew this.
I suspected.
But you were parish sheriff for years, Dwayne.
I wanted you to draw your own conclusion.
Well, doesn't matter what any of us suspect.
Okay? We-we got no evidence.
All we got is the sailor's testimony,
and they will say that he's lying.
Cops know how to work the system.
These guys are dirty.
We'll find the proof.
I wouldn't count on it.
Have you any idea how often medical examiners
get pressured to label
excessive force deaths as accidents, not homicides?
Well, if there's ever a time to change things, it's now.
And we've heard that public outcry before.
And now here we are, back in the same place again!
Oh, hi, guys.
Sebastian, what are you doing here?
Getting gloves.
'Cause it's the supply closet.
- Okay, g-get out! Out! - Okay, all right.
Well, I got something to show you
whenever this is all...
- Out! - My foot!
I'll be right there.
Dr. Wade.
No, you have to reroute them to Orleans Parish.
I have to deal with this.
These last few months have been rough on her.
Seeing Loretta struggle like this
makes me wonder how any of us are gonna get through it.
You okay?
Huh? Oh, yeah, it's fine.
She just has to blow off some steam every now and then.
Well...
you've been helping her out so much the last couple months.
I mean, I've been trying, you know?
It's like she's fighting a battle that never ends.
There's not a whole lot I can do to make it better either.
Luckily, it's a lot less frustrating
to just solve a crime.
This is all from Officer Palmer's murder?
Yeah. I checked out the scene like you asked.
NOPD found three .45-caliber bullet casings
in the shadows here.
The shooter was set up right across from the entrance,
so he must've been waiting there for a while.
- Were they able to pull prints? - No.
And no DNA either, but that's not really that surprising
since pulling DNA off of a bullet casing
only has a one percent success rate.
You building up to something here?
Am I that easy to read now?
- Yes. - Yeah. Okay.
So, I, uh, was reading this new study...
Out of the Netherlands of all places, which is crazy
'cause you know how tall they...
I'm gonna give you five seconds, Sebastian.
Right, okay. So, it was all about a new way
of testing for DNA off of bullet casings.
- Four. - It's really cool what they do.
So, they take the bullet casings and they put it
in this chemical cocktail for, like, 30 minutes.
Like if you had laundry, right?
And you had a really bad stain...
- Two. - Anyway, so, it breaks down the cells
and it allows you to isolate the DNA
so you can test it, and I did it, and it worked.
And I have ID'd the shooter.
- Lamont Russell? - Yeah.
He's got a real long rap sheet, too.
He's got, uh, multiple convictions
for armed robbery, assault.
Any ties to Blakely or Yates?
Nothing I found so far.
Let's go talk to Officer Palmer's partner,
see if she remembers him
having any dealings with this guy.
If there's a connection between Lamont Russell and our cops,
- we need to find it. - Yeah.
Officer Laughton's sergeant says
she hasn't responded to any calls or texts.
She miss work?
She took a few days' leave,
but no one's heard from her since.
Looks like no one's home.
Officer Laughton?
Step back.
Hands where I can see them.
Easy.
Special Agent Dwayne Pride.
- I said hands up! - All right.
All right, take it easy. We're law enforcement.
Oh, yeah? Who the hell you think I'm afraid of?
Has somebody from NOPD been physically threatening you?
More like harassed.
I found a dead rat in my mailbox this morning.
Report it to your C.O.?
I can't make accusations against fellow officers without proof.
My career would be over.
So you know who did it?
The same ones who stuffed anonymous notes into my locker
a few weeks ago.
Told me to request a change of partner or else.
Or call me all hours of the night.
Warning me my time is up.
They had a problem with you working with Officer Palmer?
I think they blamed me for how Mark was changing.
Were you guys close?
We weren't, like, friends who'd hang out or anything.
Honestly,
we probably wouldn't have gotten tight a couple years ago, but
he went through a pretty nasty divorce.
Lost custody of his kids.
Started regretting a lot of his actions.
He even came to church with me a couple times.
His friends didn't like that?
Thought I was a bad influence, I guess.
Especially when Mark started saying he needed to make amends.
These cops who are harassing you...
would they be Donovan Blakely and Lenny Yates?
Like I said, I've got no proof of that.
What about this guy?
Lamont Russell?
You ever see him with Palmer or the other two cops?
No. Who is he?
He's the guy who shot your partner.
And could have killed you
if you'd been closer.
Look...
I know how hard it is to cross that blue line.
But if you know anything...
we could sure use it.
These men... they've done a lot worse
than leave a dead rat in a mailbox.
I don't know who.
But Mark told me
that he and his friends
had protection in the department.
Protection...
that came from pretty high up.
- Hey. - Hey.
NOPD's got a BOLO out for Lamont Russell.
Yeah, he's a cop killer. Kill first, talk later.
Okay, so we need to get to him first.
Any connection between him and either Blakely or Yates?
Not yet, but I did find something interesting
in the files the investigator sent me.
One name keeps popping up. It's Lieutenant Simon Gore.
He's senior supervisor who signed off
on a lot of internal reviews,
including most of the complaints against the three cops.
He has his own share of excessive force investigations
back when he was in uniform, too.
Well, sounds like he could be their protection.
Let Pride know.
Okay.
Hannah Khoury.
You weren't kidding when you said it was a big ask.
Both CIA and DIA are still refusing access
to any classified databases on refugees.
Sometimes it's like they just
don't know we're all on the same side.
I'm not giving up yet,
but I may actually have something better.
Okay, I'm listening.
An intelligence agent I know
worked in the region around the same time
Farid's family disappeared.
Part of his job was identifying and photographing refugees
with possible ISIS ties.
And he'll share those photos?
Eyes only.
O-Of course.
Then I'll forward them through the secure network.
Just a warning, there are a lot.
Yeah, but it's a start. Thanks.
I told you we owed you a debt and I meant it.
- Keep me updated. - Of course.
Hey.
You know this Lieutenant Simon Gore?
Not personally.
I do know he was forcibly retired last year
when NOPD brought in fresh leadership.
He have a particularly strong relationship
with any of the cops we're investigating?
Talked to my dad about him. He says Gore was old school.
A lot of guys looked up to him.
Blakely and Yates among those?
Palmer, too.
I don't remember inviting you onto my property.
Lieutenant Gore, I'm Detective Maya Hidalgo with NOPD.
Yeah, I know who you are.
Best thing about retirement's
I don't have to talk to you anymore.
We just want to ask you about a few cases you supervised.
Well, isn't that just too bad?
You're not NOPD.
No, sir.
Special Agent Dwayne Pride, NCIS.
Promise we won't take too much of your time.
You're not taking any of it.
'Cause you're both leaving right now.
Lieutenant, you can tell us what we need to know here,
in the comfort of your home, or I can get the chief involved.
But one way or another, I need some answers.
What cases?
A few internal reviews you signed off on
as senior supervisor.
Internal reviews?
Those are all excessive force complaints?
That's right, going back several years.
Well, I don't want to go downtown...
but I guess I can spare a little time.
Let me get my readers.
Waste of time.
W-What do you mean?
It was your agent who found the connection.
He was adamant about refusing to talk, right up until
he realized it was about the excessive force cases.
He's not worried about what's in these files.
He's worried about something, though.
We just haven't found it yet.
Relax. You're do great on your test, Naomi.
Ten more minutes of studying and then straight to bed.
Okay?
I love you, too. Good night.
Basira.
Lydia?
She's here.
Yeah, she changed her last name to Idrissi.
That's why she wasn't in the refugee databases.
I found her.
It's getting late, Gregorio. Pick it up in the morning.
Thanks, but I'm fine. Actually, I might have found
the incident that spooked the lieutenant
you and Hidalgo talked to,
and you were right, the case never came up
in an excessive force complaint.
But it might be worth killing someone to keep it quiet?
About a year ago,
Detective Blakely got into an altercation with a Jasper Taggert,
who had diagnosed mental disabilities.
Taggert lived in a group home and worked part-time
bagging groceries.
Blakely claimed he resisted arrest
on a public nuisance charge,
which is why he had to get rough.
How rough?
Well, I called the group home to talk to Taggert
and try and find out.
Turns out that the beating that Blakely gave him
put him into a coma.
And that's not in the report?
Not at all.
Lieutenant Simon Gore signed off on it
without any further review.
Well, we need to talk to Taggert
and get the rest of his story on the record.
Yeah, we can't do that, Pride.
Jasper Taggert died three months ago.
People can enjoy the concert with their friends and family,
but at a safe distance.
Been hearing a lot about these concerts for weeks.
- How long you been doing them? - Oh...
a few months. Started small, in the street outside the bar.
Eventually, so many people showed up,
we had to put the band up on the balcony.
And then we outgrew that, too.
Folks need to let loose. I know I sure do.
Yeah, you and me both.
This is incredible, Dwayne.
Well, well, we'll see how it goes.
This is our first time here in the park,
so I'm a little nervous.
- We'll start setting up. - Fantastic.
Let me know if you need anything,
and thanks for doing this.
Only special agent I know
that sidelines as a concert promoter.
Yeah, well, it puts a smile on my face.
Yeah. A lot of other people's, too.
I, um, I spoke to the lady who runs the group home
that Jasper Taggert used to live in.
She have anything we can use?
Well, she said that Taggert used to get agitated,
but never violent.
She never bought Blakely's version
of how the beating went down.
Yeah. Taggert never woke from his coma
to give a different version.
And he didn't have any family to follow up, either.
She, um, tried to make an excessive force complaint
on his behalf, but a cop warned her
that he would file additional charges
against Taggert if she didn't let it go.
She ID'd the cop.
Lenny Yates.
Covering for Blakely just like Blakely covered for him.
Yeah, he'll just say she just misunderstood.
And we still got no evidence to prove otherwise.
You think that the group home manager
would have access to Taggert's medical records?
I can call and ask.
Yeah, well, if she does,
have them sent to Loretta.
Maybe she can help us find something.
Okay. Will do.
Oh, and hey, good luck out here.
Looks like it's gonna be great.
Oh, yeah, well, fingers crossed.
Khoury.
Oh, my God. Are you sure?
With the correct last name,
we were able to find Basira Idrissi
at a refugee camp in Morocco.
Those camps are brutal.
From what we can tell, the family's been there
- almost two years. - Have you talked to her?
Someone from the embassy is on with her now,
but it's a terrible connection.
Basira?
I don't know if you remember me.
I... No, I-I did nothing wrong.
Why am I here?
No, you're not in any trouble, I promise.
I knew Farid.
You. I know you.
Hannah Khoury.
You are the reason Farid is dead.
I know.
And I am eternally sorry for that.
Do you know what they did to him?
I do.
The only reason that we are alive
is because I took my daughters and ran.
Our family, our whole lives...
We left everything behind
and we're still not safe.
My country owes you a debt.
We want to help.
The last time you said you'd help, my husband was tortured
and killed in front of me.
There must be something that we can do.
You can get my daughters out of here before they die, too.
The camp...
is dangerous.
They are older now.
I can't protect them much...
Basira?
We'll get them money, food...
You heard what she said.
We need to get them out of there.
The State Department won't approve refugees...
Okay, well, go over their heads.
Basira has been fighting to keep her children safe
for the past seven years because Van Cleef ruined her life.
Whatever it takes, we have to make this happen.
I'm sorry my schedule's so crazy.
I get it... Your job sounds intense.
Sometimes. That's why talking to you is so nice.
But it is starting to feel like you've always got an excuse.
Excuse?
Kind of sounds like you think I'm making stuff up.
Look, if you don't want to meet,
- just say so. - Oh... What?
Of course I want to see you.
Then come to the concert tonight.
It's gonna be so fun.
Kara, I... I just...
Or don't.
I'm a grown-up. I think you are, too.
If this isn't gonna happen,
let's not waste each other's time.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Let's just take a second.
I got to run.
Hey...
Can you believe this girl?
I talk to her all the time.
Yeah, except she's right.
You're avoiding her.
You know, a real friend would be supportive
instead of being an ass.
What's going on?
This girl's, like, the best thing to happen to you in ages.
Yeah, and the reason it's so good is
because I'm actually getting to know her.
I'm not just jumping into bed
and sleeping with her, getting bored and moving on.
You know, it is possible to date somebody
and not have sex with them, right?
So you've proven.
The point is that you've been raving about Kara
for weeks.
Maybe getting bored's not the thing you're really scared of.
That's my last soda.
Ah. Wow, look at that.
I can be supportive
and be an ass.
Got your text.
The manager of the group home
got me access to Jasper Taggert's medical records.
Oh, I appreciate you taking a look.
I know how busy you are
and it's not really an NCIS official...
I'm happy to help.
I-I want to get these men as much as you do.
I just wish I had something more useful for you.
Seems to be a recurring theme on this case.
What I can tell you is
that Mr. Taggert's blood work showed high levels
of benzodiazepine at the time he was hospitalized.
They prescribe that for anxiety.
That would make him more sedate, right?
Exactly. Not overly aggressive,
as the arrest report claimed.
And can you see these injuries around the wrist?
They indicate that he was restrained during the beatings,
not just afterward as Detective Blakely claimed.
Pretty evident what happened here.
We just don't have any way to prove it.
No,
not without corroborating testimony from the victim.
Every time it feels like
we're getting close, we just hit another dead end.
Well, if it were that easy,
we'd have gotten rid of the bad cops a long time ago.
You okay, Loretta?
Sometimes, don't you just have the feeling
that we are fighting the same battles over and over again?
Sometimes.
Not sure what else to do but just...
keep fighting.
Hannah.
Yeah, Khoury?
NOPD spotted the man who killed Officer Palmer.
They're in pursuit. Sebastian and I just got here.
Federal agents, let us through.
All right, do what you can to defuse the situation.
Lenny Yates is already here.
Yeah, Blakely, too.
Caught sight of him and gave chase.
Yeah, the suspect came at me.
I was in fear for my life, so I took appropriate action.
If we're gonna get those two, we need Lamont Russell alive.
We're too late, Pride.
So Detective Blakely claims
that Russell advanced on him.
Says he ordered him to stop, but Russell kept coming.
Yeah. Conveniently, there were no other witnesses
here to contradict him.
- Russell have a gun? - Yeah, he did,
but Blakely and Yates definitely had enough time to throw one down.
Still means that the shooting appears justified.
Yeah, well, it could wrap the whole case up in a bow.
If those two were the ones that killed Palmer,
there's no way to prove it now.
We've been investigating from the shadows.
It's time to change tactics.
See if we can't shake things up.
NCIS!
Well, you must Bethe one working
with our industrious F.I.T. investigator.
Guess you've been talking to your buddy Lieutenant Gore.
Simon was a great cop... gave over 20 years on the force.
Protecting you and your friends
every step of the way.
Look, why don't you go back to busting drunk sailors
or whatever it is you guys do?
None of this has anything to do with you.
Well, you're wrong there, Blakely.
You abuse the badge
and that reflects on all of us who wear it.
So it has everything to do with me.
Now, I may not have enough to make a case against you yet,
but I don't ever give up.
So get ready.
I'm coming for you.
Hannah, come in.
- They said no, didn't they? - I told you it'd be hard.
We won't be able to get American visas
for Basira and the girls for months, if ever.
They don't have months.
We need to get them out of there now.
Let me finish.
The Navy reached out
and were able to get the family approved to settle in the E.U.
until things get worked out.
We're moving them right now.
Agent Khoury!
You did it. We're leaving.
Basira, are the girls with you?
Yeah, we're all here.
They say... they say they are taking us to Berlin,
that we'll have a small apartment there.
That's wonderful.
I don't know how to thank you.
No, no need to thank me.
I just hope everything is better for all of you.
Mama!
I'm sorry, they say we have to go.
Go, go.
Basira, good luck.
As-salaam alaikum.
Wa alaikum as-salaam.
Uh...
Thank you, Lydia.
It's the least we could do.
But don't think I've given up on seeing you
in a leadership position someday.
I mean, who knows?
Maybe one day we'll get you on this side of the desk.
? Do you know we got a funky groove ?
? Guess what, baby ?
? It'll make you move, you're damn right ?
? Look, everybody, everybody, come on, get up ?
? Get on up, get on up ?
? I showed her what is in the funk... ?
Will you just relax and enjoy the music?
Kara just texted. She said she's headed this way.
Okay, well, try not to look so terrified then.
I really don't want to blow this.
- Just... - Oh, God, okay, here we go.
- Here we go. - Breathe, breathe with your lungs.
- Hi! - Hi.
- Hey. How are you? - Hi. How are you?
You actually showed up.
Of course. I wouldn't miss this.
I got us the whole circle
so you don't have to worry about six feet apart.
This is so sweet.
Yeah. Um, this is Sebastian.
- Hi. - He helped me hold the circle,
- so thank you. - Mm-hmm.
You can go now. Thank you so much.
Oh, yeah, but the band's just...
I'm gonna go. I'm gonna get out of here.
Um, it was, uh, great meeting you.
- It was nice to meet you. - Have a great time.
- See you at home. - Yeah.
Okay!
This is really romantic.
Yeah, well...
I figured we'd start things off right, so...
Yeah.
You look beautiful.
? Everybody, everybody, come on, get up ?
? Get on up, get on up ?
? I showed her what is in the funk ?
? You bet I showed her what is in the funk, girl... ?
Another successful night, Dwayne.
- Congratulations. - Yeah.
Wish I could say the rest of the day went as well.
I heard. Blakely shot the one man who could implicate him
in Officer Palmer's murder.
Yeah. And made sure it looked like a clean shoot
in the eyes of the law.
So... does this mean we give up?
You ever known me to give up, Zahra?
Can't say I have. It's one of the things I like about you.
One way or another, I'm gonna take those guys down.
They'll come after you if it looks
- like you're out to get the NOPD. - Yeah.
They'll come after both of us.
You want to step away from all this, I'll understand.
You ever known me to give up, Dwayne?
Nah.
I can't say that I have, Zahra.
I ran for office so that I could fix this city.
You tell me what you need.
Whatever the blowback,
we'll do this together.
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