First, the murder or is it?
(Its totally not.)
Do I have to do everything for you,NCIS?)
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The team divide and conquer.
Joann tells DiNozzo that Jennings called to say his wife was making violent threats.
Each woman says she witnessed the other shoot Jennings when she arrived at the house.
Jennings cut both of them off when the money ran out.
In light of this, the team argue about who had more motive.
Im surprised it didnt come up.
(Seriously, writers, Im here for script consults.
Voice of reason Gibbs suggests having both women take a polygraph.
Theres so much reasonable doubt, a jury would never convict, Gibbs sighs.
Shortly afterward, Abby discovers that fiber in Jennings wound is from an electric blanket.
Covering him in that would make the time of death appear up to two hours later than it was.
This gives Gibbs an idea, but to confirm it, he needs McGee to explain cloud computing.
Aww, Gibbs is all of our grandpas!
But if Jennings committed suicide, how did he shoot himself in the head?
The team presses both women until they crack.
Jennings called both women to say he was killing himself.
(Joann obviously learned a lot in law school.)
The team swiftly cuffs them and charges them with insurance fraud.
Book em, Danno, and etc.
NEXT: The DiNozzos are a dynamite case-cracking team
Now, lets tackle tonights B plot.
DiNozzo Seniors a bit of a lost pup in this episode.
when a disheveled homeless woman approaches them and calls Senior dad.
Junior gives her money, and they both look concerned as she wanders away.
At Gibbs that night, Senior mentions how much this encounter bothered him.
Ever-practical Gibbs suggests that Senior make it his mission to go find her.
The police can run her prints, but it could take weeks.
Man, if only Senior knew someone who can do it faster!
But of course, Abbys just finishing the search.
Further research shows that her parents are dead and she has no siblings.
They pull her last known address from a drivers license that expired five years ago.
Senior ends up at his sons apartment that night having been unable to find Susan.
Maybe Im trying to make amends.
Hey, thats the second Tony has no kids reference this season.
Maybe the secret Ziva baby people are on to something!
The manager says Susan hoped to reconnect with her father, who never accepted that she was gay.
Wait, wait, wait.
This is a gay, homeless, mentally ill, orphaned veteran with a brain tumor?
Man,NCISis not messing around tonight.
Anyway, the manager says Susan loved to feed the pigeons in the park near her old work.
As the DiNozzos head to the park, they muse that Susan never learned that her father had died.
In her mind, shes still searching for him, Senior says.
They both agree that theyre happy they were able to patch things up.
And then they find a waxy, feverish Susan on a bench.
Junior calls an ambulance as Senior lays a soothing hand on her forehead.
He also reminds Senior that Susan thinks hes her dad.
Senior knows this and settles by her bedside, telling her, I couldnt leave my daughter alone.
We have a lot of years to make up for.
Susan apologizes for running away, but Senior takes the blame.
And I had no right to do that.
Hes … definitely not just talking to Susan here.
I lost you, my beautiful little girl.
And now, youre a beautiful woman.
Hes teary when he tells her he loves her, and she replies, I love you, too.
