Mark Harmon credited as playing...
Leroy Jethro Gibbs
- Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Why lie? Why avoid the truth? Why avoid your son?
- Admiral John McGee: Alright.
- [sits down]
- Admiral John McGee: Because I'm sick. No one could know. Stage 4. I wasn't feeling well when we showed up for the exercises. I knew Haber was top notch, so I transferred to the Borealis. Haber gave me something for the pain... but he knew what was causing it.
- Leroy Jethro Gibbs: He was going to report it to NavCent.
- Admiral John McGee: Doctor/Patient privilege is a little different when it comes to National Security. So that meant the end of my career.
- Leroy Jethro Gibbs: It's motive to keep the Commander quiet.
- Admiral John McGee: Gibbs... I've been a lot of things. Been a lousy father, I've been a son of a bitch. But I'm no murderer.
- Timothy McGee: [stares into the interrogation room and begins to cry]
- Ziva David: [after shutting off the news on the plasma] Where's McGee?
- Anthony DiNozzo: Maybe he blew away coming to work this morning.
- Ziva David: Or maybe he met someone last night.
- Anthony DiNozzo: That's doubtful. That might be the reason *I* would be late.
- Ziva David: These days, my friend, I'm not so sure.
- Anthony DiNozzo: You've noticed.
- Ziva David: Yes, I am quite aware you hit um 'dry spell' recently.
- Anthony DiNozzo: Like Lawrence of Arabia.
- Ziva David: [chuckles]
- Anthony DiNozzo: You know, maybe it's not a woman. Maybe it's a flat tire. Maybe he stopped for donuts. Perhaps he slipped in the shower and he can't get up.
- Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Bought one of those for my dad. Let's go! USS Borealis scheduled arrival in one hour. Have a murdered officer on board. Where's McGee?
- Anthony DiNozzo: Overslept.
- Ziva David: Doctor visit.
- [Ziva and Tony look at each other]
- Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Ah ha.
- [Ziva smacks Tony's arm]
- Donald Mallard: Well, hard to say till I get a better look, but I think one can safely assume that that is not a bite from a hungry mosquito.
- Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Maybe a syringe?
- Donald Mallard: Yeah, very possibly. It always intrigues me how some people bruise more easily than others. My cousin Beatrice had incredibly white skin. I remember vividly when she was giving blood when her mother needed a transfusion, her arm had needle marks on it for over two weeks.
- Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Hey, Duck.
- Donald Mallard: Oh, well, I suppose one could assume that this bruising meant that the commander was on the move when he was jabbed.