21.0022.00Continuing this evening is the hit drama series following a team of special agents who investigate Navy and Marine Corps-related crimes. In tonights episode, a double homicide at a Marine base exposes a case of domestic violence and an international espionage ring. At NCIS HQ, Tony, McGee and Ziva are reluctantly preparing for an afternoon of seminars, when Gibbs interrupts them with big news: Sensitivity training is going to have to wait, he exclaims, double homicide at Quantico. The agents gather their things and follow Gibbs to the crime scene. At the home of Marine Sergeant Malcolm Porter, the bodies of two women have been discovered Sun Porter, the Korean wife of the sergeant, and her friend Ming Crane. Found by Yoon Dawson, the wife of Sergeant James Dawson, the bodies are only recently dead. After a swift assessment, Ducky speculates that the positions of the bodies suggest that the women knew their killer. Ziva, meanwhile, is more interested in a crack in the wall. The sign of an unhappy marriage, opines the cynical Gibbs, suspecting domestic violence. Funny, replies Ziva, I thought it looked like a hole in the wall. It emerges that the women were shot twice from across the room, then twice again from close range, in what appears to have been an organised hit. No bullet casings are visible, suggesting that the killer cleaned up after the crime. We may be dealing with a professional, explains Ducky. These women were not so much murdered as executed. The prime suspect is now Malcolm Porter. This theory is supported by an interview with Yoon Dawson who reveals that Porter was a very controlling husband who drank heavily and never allowed his wife to speak Korean at home. Yoon and her friends have long suspected that Porter beat his wife. When Ziva discovers a gun case in the bedroom containing empty shells, the agents are in no doubt that Porter is their man, so they head to a bar on the outskirts of the base, following a tip-off from Yoons husband, James Dawson. McGee is the first to arrive at the bar in question, but there is no sign of the target. Just then, the other agents catch up and spot Porters truck. Gibbs, Tony and Ziva draw their guns and surround the vehicle, but their caution is unneccassary Porter is slumped over the steering wheel in a drunken stupor. As he is dragged from his car, Porter assumes he is being arrested for drinkdriving and asserts that he had not intended to drive. He is apparently shocked on discovering the real reason for his arrest, but the agents are not convinced. Back at the lab, a gun discovered in Porters truck is identified as the type which killed the two women; while bruises on Sun Porters knuckles and wrists suggest a history of violence.Theres no need to be gentle with him, Jethro, advises a normally passive Ducky, in reference to Gibbss imminent interrogation of the suspect. However, the case has yet to reveal its myriad twists. The now sober Porter seems genuinely upset by his wifes death and is appalled at the accusation that he might be responsible for any violence, let alone the murder: She was the one abusing me! he yells, and Gibbs believes him. The agents head back to Quantico to speak to James and Yoon Dawson, but Yoon has silently disappeared through a broken window in her house. Could the killer of the two women have returned to abduct a third, or could the seemingly timid Yoon herself be somehow involved? Abby and McGee do some digging and discover that Yoon had made regular calls to a payphone the Korean quarter, including one just before her disappearance. The agents stake out the phone question, and it is here that their investigation takes a dramatic turn as the payphone rings and a market worker answers, Yoon appears in a disguise and fires shots into the crowd. After what began as an apparently domestic incident, the hunt is now on for a Korean spy.
Executive Producers Mark Horowitz, John C Kelley Writer Christopher Silber Director Colin Bucksey A Belisarius Production in association with Paramount Network Television
Tagged in NCIS