Or does it make you an easy target for predators?
The trouble begins when a private jet headed from New Orleans to D.C. stops communicating.
“Hell of a day to quit smoking,” quips the captain on the ground.
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It’s unclear if she’s referencingAirplane!, and the young’uns around her certainly don’t get it.
She hacks it and sends the plane false data, prompting the autopilot to crash land in a reservoir.
Vance responds, “It was a team effort.”
Um, no, it was Abby.
Despite the manifest, Abby’s sure her brother is fine.
“If Luca were dead, I would feel a disturbance in the Force.
It’s very strong in my family.”
Sidenote: This is the secondStar Warsreference of the night.
DiNozzo and McGossip are chatting about Tony’s recent split from Zoe (!!
), and DiNozzo claims he caught the breakup bug from Bishop.
Also, what do we think of this breakup news?
Iiiiiinteresting, particularly in light of thebummer news about Michael Weatherlythat broke earlier today.
Okay, back to the case.
They also find a badly burned body wearing a coat that says Chef Luca.
Well, that’s not good.
Does this makemethe weirdo or Abby?
Percy wants to know why all the photos are taken on Halloween.
No, that’s just how she dresses, says DiNozzo, who’s consulting via phone.
Luca’s apartment turns up a stash of cash, two guns, and a high-tech bug.
In light of that, Vance asks Gibbs to bring Iron Mana.k.a.
Jenner Blyein for questioning.
Gibbs either doesn’t understand the reference or doesn’t appreciate it.
), they finally find him.
He heard about the crash and the search of his apartment and came straight to Abby.
You’re under arrest."
Oooh, Abby issteamed.
YES, WHICH IS WHY HE SHOULD HAVE A LAWYER, GOOD GOD.
Of course, Gibbs understands sign language, which Abby knew.
She explains that Luca’s drawn to strays, but he says this woman is different.
Luca’s…kind of dim, I guess?
Gibbs concludes that she wanted Blye’s tech secrets and used Luca for his access as the executive chef.
And then, Luca’s phone rings; It’s Eva, calling for Gibbs.
But before he can explain further, he collapses and dies.
It’s the ’80s all over again," DiNozzo says.
Luca’s relieved to hear that Eva was working with Pavlenko, which makes her a good guy.
Unless she killed him, of course, Abby points out.
And now I’m picturing some kind of wackyWeekend at Bernie’ssituation.
Luca’s not surprised that Pride finds him in a restaurant.
“Abby put a tracking unit in my shoe, didn’t she?
It’s like college all over again.”
But she does have a gun and threatens to shoot her way out, if pressed.
She escapes into the crowd of tourists outside, and Pride detains Luca at the office.
“Eva’s a spy.
She pretended to be your friend.
She seduced you; she drugged you; she dumped you in a roadside motel,” Pride says.
“You’re just like Abby!
So untrusting,” he replies.
Um, I don’t think that’s a faith/fear thing.
“Nothing to worry about,” he says smugly, taking a swig of bottled water.
Then he immediately drops from the poison.
Blye’s lucky and survives, at which point he agrees to answer questions about Project Manta Ray.
The theory is that Russia tricked Blye into selling them Manta Ray.
A quick trace of the signal sends Pride and Percy to Paulina Kurteva of the Russian diplomatic corps.
They should get together and write a book.
Pride questions Paulina, who claims she doesn’t know Eva.
At first Bishop declines, then blurts that she doesn’t feel any different.
They’re still them, but they’re not together anymore.
It’s sad, but it’s right.
Thank you for that," she says.
And here’s hoping this is the last bit of closure Bishop needs to moooooove on.
Paulina’s hiding in a wardrobe, and Eva escaped (but presumably not to Narnia).
At HQ, Percy tries to reason with Luca about Eva.
He still refuses to doubt her.
“That’s not how faith works,” Luca replies.
Okay, fine, this is obviously heading toward an ending that vindicates Luca’s trust in her.
But really, what a twist if he’d turned out to be the secret puppetmaster!
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Pride brings Paulina in for questioning.
So, yeah, she denies knowing about Manta Ray or any assassinations by Eva.
Um, because he’s standing right next to you, 1,000 miles away from New Orleans?
Sebastian tries to calm her down and says Luca’s like Schrodinger’s cat.
“As long as you don’t open that box, your brother’s still alive.”
(Being a Russian spy sounds really unglamorous.
That, or Russian dentistry isthe worst.)
It’s Huxley, the Blye director of security.
Eva pushes Luca to safety and makes a crazy dash up the stairs, Pride on her heels.
“Time to come in, Eva,” he says.
Also, she’s shocked to learn that she has a transmitter in her tooth.
“This is how I’ve lived my entire life.
Not as a person, but as a tool,” she says, defeated.
“But Luca sees me differently.”
Faith over fear affirmed, and okay, fine, this is better than Luca the criminal mastermind.
With his help, they locate Manta Ray and put the wheels in motion to destroy it.
Wait, wait, wait.
Do people in New Orleans really,actuallysay that?
