But back to terrorism, after Mann takes her leave, Gibbs gets a phone call from Sharif, who informs Gibbs that he has the gas and that he wants six Chechen operatives released from Afghanistan or he will distribute the gas everywhere. Just to give Gibbs a taste, Sharif reveals he has tested the gas on six civilians — and Gibbs, scaring the shit out of him as Gibbs does not know how he would have been exposed.
After decontamination Gibbs receives word from McGee that Sharif conducted his second gas test under the guise of pest control officer spraying peoples' houses. Gibbs goes hunting for DiNozzo and sends Ziva after him, but DiNozzo is at Benoit’s apartment trying to find out what is bugging her. The subsequent conversation reveals the true natures of the diminutive and uppercase “no.” While she retires to the ladies room, DiNozzo snoops her computer and finds a previous suitor has come calling in an unwelcome fashion. A rift is brewing. At the same time, DiNozzo negotiates a communal bath but is drawn away by the news of another gas exposure. He calls Ziva and is on his way.
Confidently, it turns out, director Shepard reveals to Gibbs and Mann that Sharif has been working for a pest control company but has recently taken leave, sending the NCIS/CID team into action. Mann and Shepard trade clipped sentences. While the sniping is going on, Gibbs begins to experience the effects of the gas, contains himself and leaves. This alarms Shepard. Shepard and Mann joust again about Gibbs’s health.
Per usual, the episode accelerates from here. McGee and Abby are able to trace a portable gaming console being used by Sharif to a train station. Dane Hogan is tapped as the gas source and gives up Sharif and adds that he has attenuated the gas so it cannot be used as an aerosol. NCIS notes that Sharif has withdrawn a large amount of money all in ones to use as a dispersion device for the gas, which now has to be ingested to be active. It is discovered that Sharif dissolved the gas in dimethysulfoxide, a lipid soluble delivery system that can facilitate transport of chemicals through the skin. Gibbs chases Sharif in the train station as the effects of the gas ravage the NCIS agent. In the final confrontation, Gibbs collapses and Mann enters in the nick of time to dispatch Sharif to his just reward. Gibbs and Mann can finally kiss.
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