Gibbs and his agents investigate a Marine who died when his parachute failed to open during a training exercise, and Gibbs turns to Lt Roberts to get the necessary search warrants to prove his theory.
When Maddie, who runs the hotel kiosk, agrees to help out London (the owner's daughter) by going on a double date with her, she ends up pretending that she's rich too with disastrous results.
LEVERAGE Consulting & Associates opens for business as the crew takes on the case of a reservist (real-life Iraq War veteran Jake McLaughlin) who’s been wounded in Iraq by private military contractors. To get the veteran the medical rehabilitation he needs but can’t afford, the team goes after the security firm to break their cover-up and expose the truth about the incident.
Mulder and Doggett become trapped on an oil rig manned by crewmen infected with the mysterious black oil virus.
The wife of a deputy district attorney is found dead on the beach, the apparent victim of a serial killer. The murderer's chosen weapon is a cattle prod that he uses to torture his victims prior to killing them. The squad's investigation becomes a race against the clock to prevent another woman from dying.
