Sloane arrives, uncharacteristically ruffled as she asks Gibbs for a list of the victims.
She frantically reviews the names before recusing herself from the case and bailing.
Torres, though, is dealing with his inner swan.
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Whats that, you ask?
Those birds can go dark real quick.
Kasiezooms and enhancesand finds out its Faith Tolliver (Kate Hamilton).
Aaaaaand cue the angst!
He tells her to brace herself because Faiths on her way to NCIS to give her statement.
When Sloane tries to coach Gibbs on how to question Faith, the men convince her to join him.
So she comes face-to-face with her daughter for the first time since the day she was born.
(Its still dead.)
Also, her sketch yielded multiple tips from the public identifying the shooter as 18-year-old Evan Sykes.
The team swarm the house and find blood everywhere, but no Evan.
Further review of the house shows blood on Evans computer and printer, and empty, bloody ammunition boxes.
Hes restocked, Gibbs says.
This sends Torres and Gibbs into interrogation to ask Noah why his son is doing what hes doing.
He suggests Evan targeted the hospital because he blamed the military for not pushing harder for a lighter sentence.
Hey, that dead plant of Bishops?
Its from Zivas office, and she solicits Gibbss input on trying to save it.
He claims not to know what shes talking about.
(Reminder: Shes talking about howZIVA IS TOTES ALIVE.)
Faith knowsexactlywho Sloane is, having looked for her online.
You made your choice.
You dont get to show up at my door now and pretend that you care, she says.
Then she does the one thing her biological mother taught her and walks away without looking back.
Mosby confirms that his children attend that school and he skates at that ice rink.
He didnt connect Evan with Christopher because the latters last name is Thompson.
She predicts that someone so loving and protective will absolutely know where his mass-shooter kid is hiding.
And sure enough, Noah leads the team to a motel and gives them a room number.
For some reason, Gibbs sends Torres in alone to apprehend Evan.
I dunno; that seems like a weird and heavily armed time for Gibbs to be teaching life lessons.
But there goes Torres, kicking bring up the door.
Sloane offers to someday explain the situation she was in, but Faith isnt interested.
with her phone number on it.
I have the same question, Timmy.
Gibbs informs McGee that he burned Rule 10.
Finally, Bishop heads to Zivas office to pot a new plant.
Then the landlady says what were all thinking about Ziva: The funny thing about hope.
When she gets into your blood, she never leaves you.
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