David McCallum credited as playing...
Donald Mallard
- Leroy Jethro Gibbs: What do you got?
- Donald Mallard: The results of Ms. Trainer's autopsy tell a sad story. Her body exhibits extensive damage consistent with narcotics abuse.
- Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Too young to go out like this, Duck.
- Donald Mallard: Well, drugs don't discriminate with age, Jethro. It's an equal opportunity serial killer. But while an overdose was the cause of death, I do not believe it was of her own choosing.
- Ret. General Charles T. Ellison: Thank you for taking the time, Dr. Mallard. Gibbs says you're the best of the best.
- Navy Lieutenant Laura Ellison: I didn't know NCIS had an oncologist.
- Leroy Jethro Gibbs: He's our medical examiner.
- Navy Lieutenant Laura Ellison: I know I might look it, but I'm not dead yet.
- Donald Mallard: Jethro told me about your unique sense of humor. He also asked me for assistance, as I know several specialists who are the best of the best.
- Ret. General Charles T. Ellison: Do you think any of them can help Laura?
- Navy Lieutenant Laura Ellison: Dad, we've gone over this, okay? My prognosis is not going to change. The treatments haven't worked.
- Ret. General Charles T. Ellison: But one could.
- Leroy Jethro Gibbs: Laura, your dad's right--you don't quit.