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Gibbs : [to Kate] Rule #7: Always be specific when you lie.
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Gibbs : [entering the NCIS morgue to meet with the terrorist Ari Haswari, opens a body bag containing Marta's body, one of Ari's partners] She was beautiful.
Ari Haswari : Very.
Gibbs : [noticing that Ari is unmoved] Did you make love to her and then blow her brains out?
Ari Haswari : She would do the same to me.
Gibbs : Why do you do this?
Ari Haswari : The same reason you do.
Gibbs : I don't think so.
Ari Haswari : Then you're lying to yourself.
Gibbs : What now? You go back to the Middle East? Tell them that Marta was Mossad and she blew the op?
Ari Haswari : Yes.
Gibbs : Two out failures in a row. I'd axe your ass if you worked for me.
Ari Haswari : People who blow themselves apart to kill their enemies have lower expectations.
Gibbs : How do you sell Marta as a double agent?
Ari Haswari : My men the FBI permitted to escape, they know the effort I put into this operation, buying Smokey Sams, kidnapping Agent Todd so I could identify Marine 1, and when they search Marta's apartment they will find money and documents traceable to Mossad. Hamas will believe me. Al Quaeda is more wary.
Gibbs : They don't believe you, you're dead.
Ari Haswari : Yes. And if they do I may learn what they plan as the next 9/11. Would you risk losing that opportunity over pride?
Gibbs : [wanting revenge] It's not pride.
Ari Haswari : If not pride then what? Love of country? Sense of duty? I'm sure they exist in you, but what burns is pride my friend. Shalom.
Gibbs : [as Ari leaves Gibbs shoots him point blank in the shoulder, just as Ari did with Gerald earlier] Just wanted to help you convince Al Quaeda.
[Gibbs leaves calmly while Ari laughs at Gibbs resolve]
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Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo : McGee said you were looking for me. Actually he said I was under house arrest. I figured it was your way of making a point.
Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs : Do I have to tell you the name of the creek you're up without a paddle? Or how deep it is?
Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo : About up to my knees?
Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs : Ah, so you're familiar with this creek?
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Tony : Well, what's wrong, other than the Hamas guy?
Gibbs : The Hamas guy! You know: the terrorist, the bastard, the ass! We call him everything but his name. You know why that is?
Tony : Because we don't know his name?
Gibbs : Because you're not working a hot case. I want his name! I want it *today!* And don't tell me it's Moby Dick!
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Caitlin 'Kate' Todd : [regarding the terrorist who shot Gerald and Gibbs] Why did he give you a shot at him?
Gibbs : He needs to face death to feel alive. Maybe, to feel anything.
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[a furious Gibbs is sanding his boat, producing clouds of sawdust]
FBI Agent T.C. Fornell : [coughing] How the hell do you breathe in all this dust?
Gibbs : I don't.
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DiNozzo : I'm sorry I took a long lunch, Boss, but I was working a hot case.
Gibbs : What's a hot case to you, DiNozzo? Shadowing a tight ass?
DiNozzo : That's not fair, Boss.
Gibbs : War is not fair! And we are at war. Until I dismiss you, which could be any moment now, you will fight that war 24/7. That includes eating, sleeping, taking a crap. Got that?
DiNozzo : Yes, Boss. Can I say something?
Gibbs : Only if it has something to do with that bastard I'm after!
DiNozzo : It does.
Gibbs : Then speak!
DiNozzo : Boss... You've really gotta see Moby Dick.
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Gibbs : Where's Kate and Tony?
Timothy McGee : Went to lunch with Ducky.
Gibbs : When?
Timothy McGee : Uh... about an hour... or so... ago.
Gibbs : I want "or so" in minutes, McGee.
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Gibbs : DiNozzo comes back, put him under house arrest.
Timothy McGee : [Gibbs strides off. McGee is clearly disconcerted] Me?
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FBI Agent T.C. Fornell : Directors want your word that you'll forget about Ari. They think you'll blow his cover.
Gibbs : If I get paid back, it won't be by blowing his cover. Why are *you* asking me this and not my director?
FBI Agent T.C. Fornell : He refused to.
Gibbs : [Gibbs finally laughs] Yeah.
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Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs : I need you to profile a terrorist.
Caitlin 'Kate' Todd : What terrorist?
Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs : The one you couldn't stab.
Caitlin 'Kate' Todd : [uncomfortable pause] Ducky tell you that?
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Gibbs : [Gibbs is working on his boat while the TV in the background mentions Ari Haswari's failed mission] Suspected drug dealers. Whose idea was that?
FBI Agent T.C. Fornell : Secret Service.
Gibbs : They give Ari his get out of jail for free pass too?
FBI Agent T.C. Fornell : Nah, CIA did that. All the Directors agreed, including yours. Ari's father was Mossad, probably knocked his mother up to get a son with Arab blood. Sent him to medical school to vet him as a doctor in Gaza. This guy's been a sleeper all his life.
Gibbs : [deadpan] Well, I'd like to put him in a coma.
FBI Agent T.C. Fornell : Al Qaeda fronted this Hamas op. Ari was just having to do what'd make his bones with 'em.
Gibbs : [uncompromising on his answer] You tell that to Gerald.
FBI Agent T.C. Fornell : You forget I lost a man and had three wounded.
Gibbs : No, but it seems you did.
FBI Agent T.C. Fornell : You know better than that.
Gibbs : There's a line, Tobias. That bastard crossed it. You don't make your bones shooting friends.
FBI Agent T.C. Fornell : What d'you want him to do. He's in Al Qaeda.
Gibbs : [smacks boat hard] *I don't know!*
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[Gibbs spent the night in his office chair]
Abby Sciuto : Would you be less grumpy if you slept in a bed?
Gibbs : No, I would not!
Abby Sciuto : I didn't think so.
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[last lines]
Gibbs : [to Ari] Just wanted to help you convince Al Qaeda.
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Gibbs : Contrary to conventional wisdom Kate, eyes can lie!
