Quotes
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Leon Vance : Agent Barret, Kort... meet NCIS legend Mike Franks.
Mike Franks : Director. Okay if I stay for this educational briefing?
Trent Kort : This is uh, sensitive agency information.
Leon Vance : And this is my agency. I can't think of a better reason for him to stay other than it makes you so uncomfortable.
Mike Franks : I'll take this to my grave.
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NCIS Special Agent Erica Jane 'EJ' Barrett : Kort claims to be the one who interevene in Hawaii.
Leon Vance : Well, I'm reluctant to take anything Kort has to say at face value.
[Gibbs laughs]
Leon Vance : Would you care to share, Agent Gibbs?
Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs : Well, as far as confirmation, his face has some value. It's no glass slipper.
Leon Vance : You proposing we stuff the eye back in the socket - see if it fits?
Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs : If you're looking for volunteers...
Leon Vance : Agent Gibbs and I have a... bit of a history with this particular operative.
NCIS Special Agent Erica Jane 'EJ' Barrett : Oh. Then it should make it easier to initiate inter-agency cooperation.
Leon Vance : [Vance chuckles] Nothing's ever easy with Trent Kort.
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Leon Vance : But he uses bait to attract his targets. He's never baited you.
Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs : No, not me. He feels a kinship with me because I got skipped over.
Leon Vance : In favor of Barrett.
Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs : There is no witness. He videoed himself. He's using it to bait the trap.
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Leon Vance : I'm your boss, Gibbs. And we've been tight. Sometimes tight like a damn noose. So if I backed off on our friendship - maybe I had to step back take a deep breath and do my job. I have other people I have to answer to.
Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs : Maybe - maybe when bodies were showing up in Europe, but when it's in my own backyard! And you promote that - ROOKIE over me?
Leon Vance : That wasn't my decision.