NCIS (TV Series)

Beneath the Surface (2018)

Mark Harmon: Leroy Jethro Gibbs

Quotes 

• Jimmy Palmer : Did you know that Halloween's origins come from the Celtic festival for the dead called Samhain?

  Nick Torres : I'm not much of a Halloween guy.

  Jimmy Palmer : Yeah. Neither are the Celts. They believed that, uh, ghosts roamed the earth on All Hallow's Eve, so they'd dress up in costumes, leave little treats along their doorstep just to appease the evil spirits.

  Leroy Jethro Gibbs : [entering]  Yeah? Appease me. What do you got?

• Leroy Jethro Gibbs : There's an ocean between you and Kohl.

  Nick Torres : I'd say more like a creek. Had the same training, same hobbies, same tastes. What if I slip up?

  Leroy Jethro Gibbs : It's about choices, Torres. You've made yours.

  Nick Torres : And what choice is that?

  Leroy Jethro Gibbs : You chose the life where you catch the bad guys. He picked the one where you kill 'em. For money.

  Nick Torres : Then why doesn't that make me feel better?

  Leroy Jethro Gibbs : Because you're a good guy, and this is a dirty business. And if you didn't feel that way, then I'd start to worry about you.

• Nick Torres : [learning a personal acquaintance was murdered]  Man, I knew this guy looked familiar. I-I took the same class before I went undercover. This guy was a rock star.

  Timothy McGee : Yeah, but you said that he failed out.

  Nick Torres : Yeah, he had an authority problem. But he was good. He was really good.

  Leroy Jethro Gibbs : How'd he end up dead in a truck stop bathroom?

  Nick Torres : I don't know. We were close during training. We were always trying to one-up each other. Then we lost touch after he failed out.

  Ellie Bishop : Well, he's got no work record, no social media presence, but he lives here in D.C., rents a condo in Georgetown.

  Leroy Jethro Gibbs : Go, Torres. Take Bishop with you.

• Nick Torres : You know, when I was undercover, I had a few aliases, but nothing like this. I knew a lot of smugglers who did.

  Leroy Jethro Gibbs : Okay. What's he smuggling?

  Nick Torres : Drugs, guns. People?

  Leroy Jethro Gibbs : You asking me or you telling me?

  Nick Torres : I don't know, is there another option?

  Leroy Jethro Gibbs : Sure. Go find it.

• Kasie Hines : I'm sure Bishop told you about my little... toilet tantrum earlier, but I just want to say that I've calmed down now, and all is right on Planet Kasie.

  Leroy Jethro Gibbs : Toilet tantrum?

  Kasie Hines : She... didn't tell you?

  Leroy Jethro Gibbs : No. I was asking about the case.

  Kasie Hines : Yeah, but you said "How you doing?". When you ask about the case, you say "What do you got?". I'm just saying, consistency helps.

  Leroy Jethro Gibbs : All right, fine. What do you got?