Peter Porte

Ron, Diane and Leslie attend an awards dinner, where Ron is nominated for a prestigious woodworking award. Jerry fails to invite some of his friends to his holiday party.

McGee's personal and professional lives intersect when a dad from his children's school is linked to a break-in at a government storage bunker.

Jess avoids her feelings for Nick by taking care of her dad in Portland. While attending a work party with Reagan, Nick panics that they really don't know each other.

The team must track down the person who compromised a classified vaccine project; Deeks returns to the field and struggles with his emotions.

The team reviews the 1966 shipboard killing of a young woman, previously thought to have jumped overboard; Major Kitchener stands trial for running Rush's car off a bridge.

Bonnie and Christy go to great lengths to help a sick friend; Violet struggles with the realities of pregnancy.