Melissa (Samaire Armstrong) is proud of being 30 days sober and of finally dumping her abusive boyfriend.
Abbys faster on the uptake and gently asks Reeves if hesa friend of Bill.
Abby offers him a listening ear should he ever need it.
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Gibbs and Torres head to ONI, where Capt.
Redding had been about to call NCIS.
They find Melissas blood on the wall and a towel.
Reeves blames himself for dropping the ball when his friend needed her.
Bishop encourages Reeves to tell Gibbs how he knows Melissa.
(And also for being horrible investigators who couldnt put the clues together themselves.)
In fact, she says, Melissa recently had to hide out at Eddies cabin while her bruises healed.
Naturally, this is the next place the team checks.
The police are already on the scene because Eddies dead, shot by Melissa in self defense.
But he was drunk,they both reached for the gun, and she came out on top.
Furthermore, she claims to have no idea where the laptop might be.
He also had enough oxycodone in his system to make him easy pickings.
When Jack ushers Melissa into the room, she asks Palmer if he minds.
Do I mind, Agent Gibbs?
No, Gibbs says.
I dont mind, Palmer tells Jack.
Jack gets her talking about their relationship, and she mentions Eddies control issues.
In fact, hed recently changed the lock on their storage unit to limit her access to her bicycle.
Changed the lock, you say?
To the storage unit!
He pushes back, mentioning the beatings and the cigarette burns he endured.
Bishop wonders why he didnt get a new foster family, and he tells her thatwasthe new family.
Then Reeves finds the laptop inside the only taped-up Christmas box.
Unfortunately, Abby finds that the drone softwares already been removed.
All they can do is hope it hasnt been sold.
Even knowing how this case turns out, I have to say that they lookdelicious.Ill take two.
Ummm, the team should already be doing this!
Jacks insights thus far havent been terribly impressive, TBH.
Reeves and Gibbs track down Melissa at her ladies meeting, where shes leaving with Nancy.
Nancy purrs innuendos at Gibbs as she leaves (smart lady!
), and then Gibbs compliments Melissa on doing 30 meetings in 30 days.
He confirms that he knows the lingo because hes got a friend in the program.
So Abbys tasked with pulling time and location data from Eddies car.
As Reeves and McGee wait for the results, Reeves asks what friend Gibbs has in the program.
McGee is more surprised to learn that Gibbshasa friend, and Im disgusted overall by their gossiping.
Hello, do they not remember what that second A stands for especiallyReeves?
But thats because she doesnt know that man as Melissas boyfriend Eddie; she knows him asherboyfriend, Austin.
Also, now I see why they cast those similar-looking women.
Eddie/Austins got a jot down, yo!
Hiya, dark web!
How could any crime show operate without you?
So whos selling it?
Also, Palmer learns that the oxycodone/cayenne mixture was delivered via…all together now…chicken pot pie!
We then cut to Melissa in a restaurant, taking a call from the property manager.
(She saved his picture in her phone, which is so very weird.
Do you assign photos to your criminal associates?)
When she realizes its a setup, she ditches the sweetie-pie persona.
Reeves confirms this by sniffing the whiskey and Coke in the glass in front of her.
