Gibbs and his agents investigate a Marine who died when his parachute failed to open during a training exercise. Gibbs turns to Lieutenant Roberts to get the necessary search warrants to prove his theory.
Mac gets entangled in a crime scene when a shooting occurs in his local coffee shop during breakfast. He is forced to choose between chasing the gunman and saving a life.
Convinced he will be sent to jail, Hal imparts fatherly advice and confesses to Malcolm about his poor work ethic.
Whitey throws Lucas and Nathan off the bus, stranding them 50km from home; Brooke is injured during the game; tempers flare at a business function.
Booth is keen to investigate the death of a Secret Service agent, which turns up just before a presidential visit to the area, but the Secret Service do not share his enthusiasm for his involvement in the case.