While the NCIS team investigates the link between a dead journalist and a Navy petty officer, Ziva is taken aback by a sudden visit from her father, who she hasn't seen in more than two years.
A serial killer has kidnapped Alicia and McGarrett before they could catch him so the rest of their team race against time to find them.
As serial killer Dr Madison Gray returns, McGarrett and Five-O find themselves sucked into her twisted mind games.