Plot
The episode begins with Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo (Michael Weatherly) shooting two armed suspects at a dock before diving into the water to save his superior Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Mark Harmon) and a young woman (Cameron Goodman) from a submerged car. DiNozzo then attempts to resuscitate them.
The narrative focuses twenty-four hours earlier. The young woman, Maddie Tyler arrives at NCIS to see Gibbs. Tyler was the childhood best friend of Kelly Gibbs, Gibbs' daughter. Her father, a retired Marine, has passed away and she has no one but Gibbs to advise her about a personal issue. She asks for his help regarding her Marine ex-boyfriend Rudi Haas (Nick Spano), whom she believes is stalking her. At her apartment, Gibbs confronts Haas and warns him to stay away. After returning to NCIS he, DiNozzo, Timothy McGee (Sean Murray) and Mossad liaison officer Ziva David (Cote de Pablo) initiate an investigation on Haas. Tyler later calls Gibbs to tell him Haas has returned. By the time Gibbs arrives, he finds her home ransacked and witnesses Tyler being forced into a Jeep.
After the team find the Jeep, they also find Haas dead. Following an autopsy, Medical Examiner Donald Mallard (David McCallum) confirms that Haas has been murdered sometime before Tyler's kidnapping, meaning somebody else took her. It is revealed that Haas was under investigation after he and two other Marines were suspected of stealing four million dollars of aid money to Iraq, but the money could not be found. Throughout the case, NCIS Director Jenny Shepard (Lauren Holly) believes Gibbs has become personally involved because of his relationship with Tyler. Gibbs also reminisces about Kelly and Shannon, his first wife, before they were murdered. Meanwhile, the rest of the team discover that Haas did not in fact stalk Tyler, but was in fact watching for the arrival of her mail; he and two others used Tyler's address to send a letter with details leading to the location of the four million dollars. However, Gibbs already came to that conclusion and works on his own.
Returning to Tyler's apartment, Gibbs receives a letter leading to the money. He retrieves it and manages to get into contact with the kidnappers. Gibbs bargains the money for Tyler's freedom, to which they agree. After arriving at the docks, Gibbs hands them half the money and will release the other half when Tyler is free. By then the kidnappers become hostile and attempt to kill them; Gibbs manages to free her and run to a car. With no where to go, Gibbs reverses the car into the water. DiNozzo witnesses this, and rescues the two. Before he is revived, Gibbs hallucinates that he is visited by his wife and daughter and is reassured that everything is fine.
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