Petty Officer Jake Miller is found dead under a lawnmower at the golf course where he works part time.
Millers manager confirms what in his Naval records show: that Millers a terminally shy guy.
When McGee and Torres check out Millers apartment, they discover an elaborate ham radio set-up.
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This delights McGee because he was a total ham radio head as a kid.
When I was a kid, my dad used to sneak me into the cockfights, Torres offers.
Whos a good boy?
Benjis a good boy!
His handle was Jaybird, and when pressed, McGee tells Torres that his old handle was Timinator.
Then the line goes dead, and McGee cant get him back.
Bishop, Reeves, and Gibbs make the hourlong drive only to find the car gone.
Small towns, amirite?)
Thankfully, Gibbs the human crime sniffer-outer spots a veterinary clinic in the middle of the dumpy strip mall.
If it was a closed trash can, could that befruit of the poisonous tree?
Or did Cho open himself up to that by inviting them in?
Lawyers, just discuss.)
Cho says he saved the guys life but didnt get his name and number.
Gibbs sets him up with a sketch artist.
What they need now is motive.
Ive never done cocaine before, but I think he was doing it wrong, Palmer offers.
Never change, you beautiful man!
Isolated except for ham radio, that is.
There, he was anonymous and confident.
This sparks a thought in McGee: Maybe Ricochets a play on an actual name.
Its the same dog McGee met earlier; Rick and Miller use the same dog walker.
Turning sand into cocaine seems like magic to me, Torres says.
But apparently a bag of coke sand ended up at the golf course.
They nab Moncada and confirm that his blood is a match for Millers shirt and rake.
Since a cartel is involved, he refuses to squeal for fear of getting killed.
Then Torres speaks to Moncada in Spanish, asking him to let NCIS help.
Of course, its Torres.
(Wilmer Valderramastotallychanneling his role as aconquistador vampire inFrom Dusk Till Dawnhere, and I love it.)
Now that they have El Gatos number, the DEAs able to find the location and make an arrest.
Well done, all!
Its so crooked that it makes me uncomfortable, and she doesnt even care.
Id love for this to be a metaphor for her character, but I doubt it.
If that turns out to be the case, though, remember that I called it first!
Still, it looks like Jacks settled in and here to stay, unsettling office art and all.
