- Mike Franks: [Gibbs reads a letter from Franks] Too many years of lighting up finally caught up with me, probie. For 3 decades, I outran every bullet aimed at me. Can't out run this - not with these lungs. Only got a few months left to go. And I plan to live 'em.
- Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Never one to disappoint, were you, Mike?
- Trent Kort: You think I sent her in there on purpose? To gain what exactly?
- Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs: If she gets hurt, you answer to me!
- [Gibbs leaves]
- Trent Kort: Is he threatening me, Director?
- Leon Vance: If he wasn't, I am.
- Jimmy Palmer: Why the change in method?
- Dr. Donald 'Ducky' Mallard: This is no longer about method, or clue-trail gamesmanship, Mr. Palmer. It's about hurting those responsible for putting him in this situation.
- Jimmy Palmer: Situation?
- Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Operation: Frankenstein.
- Leon Vance: Good morning, Mr. Secretary.
- Secretary of the Navy Phillip Davenport: Like Hell it is, Leon. This better be damn important!
- Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Agent's dead. Another critical. I don't know how much more important it can get.
- Special Agent Timothy McGee: Abby, this is not just another random suspect. This guy is very bad news. If something were to happen to you, I'd...
- [Long pause]
- Abby Sciuto: You'd what McGee?
- [They hug]
- Leon Vance: And now somebody has to take the heat.
- Secretary of the Navy Phillip Davenport: Special Agents Barret and Gibbs have failed to stop him.
- Leon Vance: You can't blame them, Mr. Secretary. For once, the weight does not fall on the bottom of the pyramid. This operation was your call. Accept it.
- Navy Lieutenant Jonas Cobb: You know, I thought I was being trained to do the right thing.
- Secretary of the Navy Phillip Davenport: Drop the gun, Lieutenant. We can talk about this. We want to help you.
- [Long pause]
- Navy Lieutenant Jonas Cobb: Liar.
- Ziva David: Then don't go, stay.
- Ray Cruz: I can't.
- Ziva David: Well, tell them I threatened to divorce you.
- Ray Cruz: [Holding up his left hand] They know I'm not married.
- Ziva David: Well, if you keep doing this, you'll never be.
- Special Agent Timothy McGee: I ran that cell phone number that Cobb keyed into this sedan. I.D.'s blocked. It's a secure government line.
- Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Well, unsecure it, McGee.
- Special Agent Timothy McGee: Whoever it belongs to has a significant clearance level.
- Ziva David: [sees] That's Ray's cell phone number.
- NCIS Special Agent Erica Jane 'EJ' Barrett: Why didn't he kill me? I was fighting like hell, but why didn't he do it right there?
- Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo: You were a message, not a victim. Consider yourself lucky.
- NCIS Special Agent Erica Jane 'EJ' Barrett: Levin's dead. Cade may not make it. They were *my* responsibility. Where exactly is the luck in that? You think Gibbs would have let Cobb leave Europe? You think any of this would have happened if anybody else had been leading the case?
- Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo: Stop beating yourself up. We've all lost people in the field. You're a good agent.
- NCIS Special Agent Erica Jane 'EJ' Barrett: [about Cobb] Tony, he's not doing this because he wants to. Cobb's doing this because he *has* to.
- NCIS Special Agent Erica Jane 'EJ' Barrett: Agent Levin died because I screwed up.
- Ziva David: No, Agent Levin died because it was his time. There was nothing you could do about it.
- Navy Lieutenant Jonas Cobb: Now what kind of lesson would you learn if my actions were humane?
- Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs: You failed as a Navy Officer. You were a disappointment to the CIA, a disappointment to your dad. And you want to teach me a lesson? Where is she?
- Navy Lieutenant Jonas Cobb: Who's the one holding the sidearm now?
- Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo: Uncle Sec Nav. She could have mentioned that.
- Ziva David: Maybe she did not want you to think less of her. I know what it's like to have a relative in a place of power. It can... influence things. We'll find her.
- Secretary of the Navy Clayton Jarvis: Director Vance, I'm authorizing Agent DiNozzo access to sensitive compartmental information commensurate with a black op. None of your other team members need to know, is that clear?
- Leon Vance: Actually Clay, I'm a little concerned.
- Secretary of the Navy Clayton Jarvis: Secretary Jarvis, when we're talking shop. So an agent is selling top secret information. And they'll need to be dealt with appropriately.
- Leon Vance: Mr. Secretary, I'd like to discuss this first.
- Secretary of the Navy Clayton Jarvis: There's nothing else to talk about. If you're uncomfortable with this, Agent DiNozzo and I can do it without you.
- [Sec Nav hands DiNozzo a file]
- Secretary of the Navy Clayton Jarvis: Take a look. That's who you're handling. Do whatever it takes. Any questions?