There’s no horsing around as the team attempts to stamp out a bushmeat smuggling ring.
TonightsNCIStook us on quite a gallop, didnt it?
We open at Rock Creek Park, where mounted police officer Sgt.
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Dawsons horse Jasper hears a noise and leads her to the body of Gunnery Sgt.
Remi Tanner, who was crushed by stones left over from White House renovations in the 1950s.
Tanner was killed at night when the park was closed, and only his phone is missing.
McGee points out that theres a subculture of Americans dedicated to bone collecting.
This blows Bishops mind: Why do you know that?
Gibbs explains, He dated Abby, which is all the context Bish needs.
Its goofy but productive, and Torres seems baffled by all the fuss over horses.
Can we take a second to give it up for Elisabeth Rohms work in this episode?
He explains that Cole was arresting him for smoking pot in public when Cole took off after another suspect.
Turns out, Jodys freaking out because he was shot, too.
WHAT KIND OF MONSTER SHOOTS A HORSE?
Gibbs soothes Jody as they wait for help to arrive.
He says Coles horse seemed to recognize a scent and took off, mid-arrest.
That horse was like a scud missile.
Then he corrects himself.
Nelsons the only one amused.
Dawson shows up at NCIS HQ next.
Gibbs takes Dawson to visit Abby, whos puzzling over a parking stub in Tanners truck.
The getting-to-know-you chat ends when they find a staggering amount of exotic animal carcasses in the shack.
Its illegal, yet its a billion-dollar worldwide business smuggling it to expats who want a taste of home.
Unfortunately, Cole died from his wounds, and Jody isnt eating.
Gibbs and Dawson hope the familiar scent and sight will help Jody heal and start eating again.
He tells Vance hell help in any way he can.
But Abby has a line on the origin: Liberias Gbarma District… which just had an Ebola outbreak.
Do I fundamentally misunderstand airport security in 2017?
), and they start flipping through photos of known African smugglers.
The back of one smugglers head catches Bishops eye.
They move in, taking them down using the non-lethal tactics that Tanner trained rangers to use in Liberia.
Reeves hands out pepper spray canisters to the group, who ominously advance on Timmy Clear Eyes.
He was there all night and has bonded with the sad horse.
He just needed a buddy, Gibbs explains.
