NCIS (TV Series)

Beastmaster (2017)

Mark Harmon: Leroy Jethro Gibbs

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• May Dawson : Jody still won't eat. Sounds funny, but you know, they get depressed.

  Leroy Jethro Gibbs : Yeah, I've seen that before. My daughter, Kelly, she used to ride down by the beach. There was this stable near the water, owned by an old Korean War vet. He started calling her Sergeant Reckless.

  May Dawson : After the war horse. Why?

  Leroy Jethro Gibbs : One summer, his wife died, and her horse wouldn't ride, wouldn't eat. Kelly noticed that, and she made it her project. Horse ignored her. But she kept going back. Every day.

  May Dawson : Until the horse started eating.

  Leroy Jethro Gibbs : Mm-hmm. She knew that that horse just needed a buddy.

  May Dawson : Sergeant Reckless, because like the war horse, your daughter was a lifesaver. So horse sense runs in the family.

  Leroy Jethro Gibbs : No. Uh, that was all her.

  May Dawson : I saw the way that you were with Jody yesterday. You're just what he needs to break his funk.

  Leroy Jethro Gibbs : Funk?

  May Dawson : Everybody here has already tried everything; this horse is as stubborn as they come, and I think he's finally met his match, Gibbs. At least I hope so, anyways, if you're willing. A horse that doesn't eat dies.

• May Dawson : Well, what do you know? Good to have you back, pal. What changed, huh?

  [seeing Gibbs in the stable] 

  May Dawson : Gibbs, you've been here all night?

  [he shrugs] 

  May Dawson : What did you do?

  Leroy Jethro Gibbs : What?

  May Dawson : He's eating. Tell me what you did. I could get you a coffee or an aspirin. That's a mighty hard floor.

  Leroy Jethro Gibbs : [standing up and walking to pet Jody]  No. We don't mind. Do we, Jody? He just needed a buddy.

• Timothy McGee : Our victim, Gunnery Sergeant Tanner, was single and had a spotless record. He was part of Marine Corps Forces Africa. Just spent three months in Liberia, where his unit was sent to train wildlife rangers.

  Ellie Bishop : I've heard of that. U.S. Marines teach non-lethal raid tactics; flash-bangs, rubber bullets.

  Timothy McGee : Apprehending poachers is dangerous business.

  Ellie Bishop : Well, these monkeys aren't endangered, but they're part of the illegal animal trade and sold as pets.

  Nick Torres : Not dead ones. Why the skulls?

  Timothy McGee : Maybe they're a message.

  Ellie Bishop : Revenge for Marine involvement in Africa?

  Nick Torres : Well, that still doesn't explain why the guy was in the park with a wallet full of cash. Maybe the skulls were his.

  Ellie Bishop : What? Why?

  Timothy McGee : Skulls are valuable. There's an entire American subculture obsessed with bone collecting.

  Ellie Bishop : How do you know that?

  Leroy Jethro Gibbs : [appearing next to them]  He dated Abby.

• Leroy Jethro Gibbs : [tracking the suspect vehicle]  You know your trucks.

  May Dawson : I own trucks. Got them and the horses in the divorce. He got everything else.

  Leroy Jethro Gibbs : What else is there?

  May Dawson : His 23-year-old assistant.

  Leroy Jethro Gibbs : [laughs]  You got the better part of that deal.

  May Dawson : Damn right. I don't have to have dinner with the horse's sorority sisters.

• Donald Mallard : It's called bushmeat. Derived from animals native to Africa. Bat, monkey, lion... whatever the local population hunts for protein.

  Leroy Jethro Gibbs : In Liberia?

  Donald Mallard : In many countries all over Africa. It's outlawed by their governments because it destroys the ecosystems.

  Leroy Jethro Gibbs : Duck, this case isn't about rhino horns or elephant tusks.

  Donald Mallard : No, it's about food.

  Leroy Jethro Gibbs : So what's it doing in the U.S.?

  Donald Mallard : Jethro, illegal bushmeat is a worldwide, billion-dollar business. It's smoked, smuggled into the country and then sold on the street to expatriate communities.

  Leroy Jethro Gibbs : A taste of home.

  Donald Mallard : Well, never underestimate the power of nostalgia. Mere pounds can go for hundreds of dollars.

  Leroy Jethro Gibbs : It's a health risk.

  Donald Mallard : Well, the greatest fear is of an unknown and catastrophic disease. You see, smoking the meat does not kill off all the bacteria.

  Ellie Bishop : Sounds like nightmare soup. It's a shame, I used to like soup.