Mark Harmon credited as playing...
Leroy Jethro Gibbs
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- Special Agent Jethro Gibbs: My dad told me a story once. It dates back maybe thirty years after the Civil War. My great-great-grandmother and grandfather had fathers that fought on either side. These two old warriors, they probably shot at each other on the battlefield. They couldn't even look at each other at their own kids' wedding. But they did come to live with each other in the same house, and they spent every day for the rest of their lives on the front porch, in a couple of wicker rocking chairs, rocking back and forth.
- NCIS Director Leon Vance: Well, here's hoping. We got better things to do than be Franks's family counselor.
- Special Agent Jethro Gibbs: [getting up] Yeah.
- NCIS Director Leon Vance: I guess they worked out their differences, your relatives. They mellowed with time, right?
- Special Agent Jethro Gibbs: Way I heard it, those two never said a word.
- Special Agent Jethro Gibbs: I left him with the boat. He trailered it to the west coast. It was a gift for my goddaughter.
- NCIS Director Leon Vance: And this is how he repays you.
- Special Agent Jethro Gibbs: Those two men you killed, why were they after you?
- Mike Franks: Damn, Probie. I was hoping you could tell me.
- Mike Franks: You gonna stand there glaring at me, probie or you gonna give me a hand with the bags... or you gonna shoot me?
- Special Agent Jethro Gibbs: No, I thought I'd ask you a few questions first, then I may shoot you.
- Special Agent Jethro Gibbs: You know, Mike, I'm used to shells and bodies and cover ups as your big finale. Something starts off like this, I don't want to think about the count.
- Special Agent Jethro Gibbs: Shoved him off and disappeared.
- NCIS Director Leon Vance: That last part's the part that I *really* don't like. If he's gone underground, that means this isn't over yet. You got any idea where he might be?
- Special Agent Jethro Gibbs: Your guess is as good as mine, Leon.
- NCIS Director Leon Vance: For some reason, I doubt that's true. But I'm going to give you some leeway on this, Gibbs. As it is your friend, your boat, *your* mess... My patience will evaporate quickly if another body shows up before Franks does.
- Dr. Donald 'Ducky' Mallard: There is a fine line between cowboy and outlaw.
- Special Agent Jethro Gibbs: And with the level of overkill here, your conclusion is...?
- Dr. Donald 'Ducky' Mallard: Mike Franks has crossed that line.