- Special Agent Jethro Gibbs: Ziva, sometimes people do the wrong things for the right reasons.
- Ziva David: People always think the wrong reasons are right - espeically parents.
- Special Agent Jethro Gibbs: Well, they got perspective.
- Ziva David: Parents still make mistakes.
- Special Agent Jethro Gibbs: Yeah.
- Ziva David: My... mother... never told me what kind of a... man... my father was. Perhaps she did not think I was not... strong enough to handle it.
- Special Agent Jethro Gibbs: Nah. She was just being a mom.
- Ziva David: How do you know?
- Special Agent Jethro Gibbs: Perspective.
- Ziva David: Are you lonely, Gibbs?
- Special Agent Jethro Gibbs: Never alone when you have kids.
- [Gibbs kisses Ziva's forehead]
- Special Agent Jethro Gibbs: Night, kid.
- Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo: I think Gibbs and Borin would make a great couple. Just think of all the fun they'd have giving each other head slaps.
- Ziva David: Well, head slaps are not very romantic, Tony.
- Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo: Well, they can be - in the right context.
- Secretary of the Navy Clayton Jarvis: They're still on board the vessel, therefore, legally still at sea.
- Rebeka Hooper: Being a Muslim woman, I know the discrimination they're facing.
- Leon Vance: While I share...
- Secretary of the Navy Clayton Jarvis: This has nothing to do with them being Muslim. Let's make that very clear!
- Rebeka Hooper: [to Vance] Do you always let your assistant interrupt you like this?
- Leon Vance: ...This happens to be the Secretary of the United States Navy.
- Abby Sciuto: No. You're never going to find the perfect woman for Gibbs.
- Special Agent Timothy McGee: How do you know?
- Abby Sciuto: 'Cause he's already found her.
- Special Agent Timothy McGee: His first wife.
- Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo: Boss, we found a perfect woman for you, and we would like you to ask her out.
- Special Agent Jethro Gibbs: Who? Dusty? Nice lady. Great cook.
- Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo: Did you see that on the screen?
- Special Agent Jethro Gibbs: No. I dated her.
- Special Agent Timothy McGee: So what was wrong with her, boss?
- Special Agent Jethro Gibbs: Nothing. She's perfect.
- CGIS Special Agent Abigail Borin: Perfect? What happened?
- Special Agent Jethro Gibbs: There's nothing more boring than perfect.
- [Gibbs laughs]
- Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo: Ducky, what do you think? Gibbs and Borin - date/mate material?
- Dr. Donald Mallard: Well, given their combined work ethic, they'd probably never see each other. Which could be a recipe for the worlds shortest courtship, or extreme longevity.
- Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo: So nobody's with me on team Bibbs?
- CGIS Special Agent Abigail Borin: [Entering] No!
- Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo: We can change the name.
- CGIS Special Agent Abigail Borin: You should change the subject, DiNozzo.
- CGIS Special Agent Abigail Borin: Guess what? Post 9/11, the Coast Guard works for Homeland Security. Which means we can yank your family off that boat right now. But they're not going to America. They're going to Gitmo.
- Farid Bawali: We came here to escape violence, Agent Gibbs. I was protesting an oppressive regime. They threatened to kill my family. I realize Muslim refugees do not get a great deal of sympathy in your country.
- Special Agent Jethro Gibbs: That's not true. We take everybody. We just have rules about how they get here.
- Special Agent Timothy McGee: Isn't 16 hours a day enough for him? I mean, don't get me wrong? I'm just not married to it, you know?
- Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo: Wait. I think I have a solution.
- Ziva David: What? A pet for Gibbs? A - a new hobby?
- Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo: A new woman.
- CGIS Special Agent Abigail Borin: [Entering] That is the last thing he needs. Grab your gear!
- Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo: [Handing his pants to Abby] Think you can get it out?
- Abby Sciuto: Yep.
- [Abby cuts off a piece of DiNozzo's pants]
- Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo: Maybe I should have been more specific.
- Abby Sciuto: [Abby tosses DiNozzo's pants back to him. As she passes Gibbs] I'll explain later. I hope.
- Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo: Abby'll explain later. She hopes.
- Special Agent Jethro Gibbs: Okay, let me guess, Sec Nav doesn't want any more surprises. He's had his fair share.
- Leon Vance: I think he's looking for a reason to get more involved in this, and I don't want to give him one. Find the killer - nothing more.
- CGIS Special Agent Abigail Borin: You know, I spent three years on a cutter off Miami. The ones who make it to shore are usually the ones you don't want as neighbors.
- Dr. Donald Mallard: And why is that?
- Special Agent Jethro Gibbs: [entering] Because they were willing to do anything to survive.
- Mariam Bawali: Wait. I cannot turn a blind eye anymore.
- Ziva David: Mariam, it is too late.
- Mariam Bawali: No, there is still a chance to do right by my children.
- Hakim Bawali: How can you forgive those who deserve to be punished?
- Mariam Bawali: Because this punishment does not accomplish anything, Hakim. It would just take away another child from another mother who loves him.
- Special Agent Jethro Gibbs: I'm not your family. So don't lie to me. You're not protesting your government. You're protesting mine - with bombs. Someone finally closing in on you...? Forcing you to run here?
- [entering the squad room, Vance sees DiNozzo bent over, and Borin wiping the seat of his trousers with a handkerchief]
- Leon Vance: Special Agents Borin and DiNozzo, please stop doing whatever it is you're doing.
- Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo: Just reexamining that very special bond between the Navy and the Coast Guard, sir.
- Farid Bawali: [in interrogation] I want my family to be free.
- Special Agent Jethro Gibbs: I want whoever killed the United States Coast Guard Petty Officer. And that's for starters.
- Farid Bawali: [sneers] Why do you care so much about the death of *one* man?
- [In the observation room, Borin bridles...]
- Special Agent Jethro Gibbs: Just hold on a second.
- [He glances at the two-way mirror and nods]
- Leon Vance: I'll hold your coffee.
- [Borin hands her coffee to Vance and storms into the interrogation room]
- Dr. Donald Mallard: There's an Albanian proverb: "Fire, water and governments know nothing of mercy."