When a naval officer is murdered while moonlighting in community theatre, the NCIS team recruit a familiar face to help lead them to a ruthless international killer; Kai enlists Whistler to open an investigation into an old friend turned criminal.
Lucca represents Maia as a federal investigator interviews her about the Rindell scandal. Adrian and Diane become involved in another police brutality case, which involves an old acquaintance of Diane's.
A Pakistani-American college student finds himself thrown into the pit of NYC's judicial system after the brutal murder of a young woman on the Upper West Side.
Stone and Chandra make their combined defence official; Box reconstructs Naz's movements on the night of the murder; Trevor Williams is questioned once again.
Stone finds himself in the spotlight after Freddy's plan to force a mistrial misfires; the trial reaches a climax.