Commander Harris and Clayton Waters are the victims in this episode of NCIS: Los Angeles when Ambassador Kelly (Julie Chen) escapes what appears to be an assassination attempt. The team is unable to get to Tunisia where the crime took place so Callen and Sam make a mission to the crime scene in order to take photos for a digital rendering of the scene.
Once back at home, the team is working to figure out what happened and why the ambassador was under attack. But surveillance evidence and other items at the crime scene lead the team to focus on a top secret op that could lead to lives being in jeopardy if terrorists got word about them. They had apparently been trying to kidnap Harris, but were unsuccessful.
Throughout the episode, we saw the team working separately, but also together as a solidified unit, showing they work well as a team and can communicate even when they banter with one another. Let’s take a look at some of the top moments from the episode “In the Line of Duty.”
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10. Digital rendering
The team is unable to get to the crime scene in order to process the bodies of the deceased to get evidence. They are able to get a digital rendering made of the scene, complete with a model of the bodies, after Callen and Sam secretly go to the scene in Tunisia in order get what they need.
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Dogleg
The rendering of the crime scene shows that one of the victims was holding a piece of paper with the word Dogleg on it. It turns out to be a reference to a top secret Op that could put Americans working in Tunisia in danger.
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8. Be safe
Since there is a lot of danger associated with this case, Sam and Callen split up from Kensi and Deeks so they have more room to investigate without a full team at risk. Kensi and Deeks aren’t too happy and they tell the guys to “be safe.” The scene below is when Callen and Sam are working during the investigation and get information from the Ambassador.
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7. Technical difficulties
A small humorous moment occurs when Eric has technical difficulties bringing up surveillance footage to show Callen and Sam footage of Ambassador Kelly and Commander Harris in a deep discussion. The scene below is a clip from the beginning when the consulate in Tunisia is under attack.
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6. Got your back
Kensi and Deeks go to reinterview a witness who kept information from them. As they are leaving, they spot suspicious men exiting a vehicle and Deeks tells Kensi his supicions before asking if “you have my back.” Her answer, of course, is “always.”
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5. Honeymoon
While on video conference with Sam and Callen after the two successfully get data from the crime scene, Kensi and Deeks comes in where the latter asks how the honeymoon is. Sam gives him a hard time, asking if “you really want to go there?” alluding to the relationship between Kensi and Deeks.
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4. Adorable partner banter
Kensi and Deeks are looking at the rendering for evidence when Deeks brings up Mr. Magoo, but Kensi has no idea what he is referring to. They exchange flirty banter with one another, which Deeks calls “adorable.”
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3. Glass boot
Munil al Zarzi turns out to be the terrorist the team is looking for. His boot print was not only found at the digital rendering of the crime scene, but it was seen on the door of Beck’s home where he had gone to kidnap the man in an attempt to get information on Dogleg.
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2 Operation rescue
It turns out that Captain Beck is the one the terrorists are attempting to kidnap when a conversation with the Ambassador and surveillance footage leads Callen and Sam to conclude Harris was the original target. Along with the FBI, the team puts together an organized operation to rescue Beck from the people holding him hostage.
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1. Goodnight
After saying goodbye to the FBI agent they were working with on the case, Deeks jokes about wanting a Hetty bobblehead after seeing the 3D imaging device. The team, of course gives him a hard time and the agent comments that the team seems to work well together. After saying goodbye, Deeks fondly calls his “dysfunctional” family pet names as he says goodnight.