Such an optimist, that one!
Palmer escorts the body back to land, leaving Gibbs and Bishop on board with an uncooperative crew.
Then the sub receives an unexpected order to dive to stealth depths and maintain radio silence.
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Theyre trapped in a submarine with a murderer.
Sothatsnot suspicious or anything.
The Memphis is acting on orders that arent coming from the Pentagon.
So whos sending them, and what do they have to do with Whites death?
Off go Torres and McGee.
Whites bunk reveals that hed hidden an electrical manual for the galley behind an old Moby Dick cover.
So why was he hiding it?
Again, the captain is spectacularly unhelpful.
After he leaves, Weapons Officer Hardy explains that everyones on edge because they got new orders.
He grudgingly tells Gibbs and Bishop that the Pentagon told them to prep all of their defenses.
It means the submarine is preparing for war, Gibbs tells Bishop.
Yeah, that should probably be higher up the list, Gibbs mutters.
Then he and McGee chat about retirement a bit.
Then Torres surprises McGee by saying he might want a family one day, too.
Yoooo, this seasons going to end with a Torres/Bishop elopement, my dudes.
They arrive at the self-storage center to find the unit in question on fire, a victim of arson.
Sloanes alarmed to discover that Millers blog is full of hawkish rantings about preemptive war.
This guy should not be talking to anyone on a nuclear sub, she warns.
They track down Ross as the intercom issues dire-sounding instructions to the crew to man their battle stations.
She asked White to look into it, and he was killed a day later.
The agents want to know why on Earth she didnt report all of this to them.
Then she locks them in the fire suppression room until further notice.
Alas, they cant get in touch with Gibbs and Bishop with the new intel.
McGee and Torres successfully locate Miller in his shack, surrounded by computers.
Youre too late, Miller crows.
And youre a weird, creepy hermit, Torres replies.
Its not a sick burn if its true.
Thats when Gibbs and Bishop storm in to say that the codes might be false.
Gibbs draws on Hardy, and Ross draws on Gibbs andit.
And then, miraculously, a message arrives with the orders to stand down and surface.
Such a handy cover!)
Still, Hardy insists that they need to fire their weapons.
If we dont launch, were going to die!
If not today, then soon enough.
The captain realizes whats been happening and has Hardy taken into custody.
Um, just asking, but Ross is in trouble here too, right?
She withheld crucial information about Hardy that almost caused literal global thermonuclear war!
Hell be one of the agency historians, tasked with preserving knowledge for future generations.
The rest of the team joins him as he explores his new office.
Its a bit of a shambles, and nowhere near shipshape, but it will be soon.
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