Happy Thanksgiving, friends! This year, I’m grateful for what’s shaping up to be a truly excellent season of NCIS. Let’s recap.
The case of the week starts when two Waterway Volunteers cleaning up river trash make a gruesome discovery. (Sidenote: Where would crime shows be without gruesome discoveries by civilians?) The victim died six days ago from a broken neck, and although NCIS IDs him as Wesley Moore, a Marine Officer Candidate School washout, he was carrying ID stolen from a personnel clerk with the Defense Logistics Agency.
A bit of investigation shows that he used the stolen credentials to enter the DLA and access the DoD’s server. Furthermore, he was in frequent communication with Capt. Alicia Voit, who died that same day during an ambush in Afghanistan led by insurgent leader Aazar Atwa.
She and Moore, who met in Marine Officer Candidate School, had been communicating about 12 recently killed Marines. Bishop suggests the pair were just friends, but Torres doesn’t understand the point of a platonic male/female relationship, which … honestly, that’s just sad.
Sloane points out that Voit and Moore were likely close because they were both orphaned as teens and both had a desire to serve their country. And if Voit asked Moore for help, it’s likely she didn’t know who in the chain of command she could trust, which means McGee and Bishop are off to Afghanistan to investigate.
Meanwhile, Torres and Kasie head to the spot in the river where Moore’s body was likely dumped. Kasie’s not a fan of the grime or the enormous river flies or generally being out of the lab, while Torres is squeamish about snakes. Still, he encounters a cranky Waterway Volunteer, and she finds Moore’s partially submerged car. Spotting three-fifths of a car doesn’t seem like it would take a trained investigator, but what do I know?
Gibbs is using his time to locate Marine Col. Jonah Park, who’s escorting Voit’s body home to New Jersey for burial. Park is extremely reluctant to delay the trip so NCIS can investigate her possible connection to a murder and vows that he won’t leave her side until he can transport her home for her funeral in two days.
When McGee and Bishop arrive at Camp Russell in Kabul, they’re greeted by private military contractor Justin Kinneman, who explains the withdrawal of U.S. forces from the area has been halted due to increased Taliban attacks led by Atwa, who conveniently enough has just been captured.
Atwa immediately tells McGee and Bishop that he’s working with an American and offers a name in exchange for his freedom. Bishop reports back to NCIS that she believes Atwa, and although Gibbs confirms that only an insider would have access to the convoy route intel, Vance refuses to let her make a deal.
She and McGee convince Atwa to talk by threatening to let his men know that he’s working with the Americans, which would be extremely hazardous to his health. But before he can give them a name, he’s felled by a sniper’s bullet, which, again, would have to come from someone with inside knowledge. (Next page: Ducky flies the coop again)
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