NCIS (TV Series)

Skeleton Crew (2017)

Brian Dietzen: Jimmy Palmer

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• Jimmy Palmer : Dr. Mallard pulls these off so well, but I don't think I have the right neck for it. Guy at the zoo did say I have giraffe-like features.

  Abby Sciuto : What's wrong with how you usually dress?

  Jimmy Palmer : This week is my first official week flying solo. I thought that wearing one of the doctor's bowties would make me feel less anxious about filling his shoes.

  Abby Sciuto : You have handled things by yourself before. You're gonna be great. You don't have to be an imitation of Ducky. You just have to be Jimmy.

  Jimmy Palmer : You know, you're right. I am a fully capable medical examiner. This is my opportunity. This is my chance. This is my shot.

  Abby Sciuto : No! No! Please don't start singing "Hamilton" again, okay? 'Cause it gets stuck in my head, like, all day.

  Jimmy Palmer : I can't help it. It's educational and it's entertaining.

• Jimmy Palmer : Now, judging by the size of the wound and the moss-like debris inside of it, I would say she was hit with a large rock.

  Leroy Jethro Gibbs : Time of death?

  Jimmy Palmer : Between 3:00 and 4:00 a.m. the night she was abducted.

  Jack Sloane : [clearing her throat]  Sorry. Tickle in my throat.

• Jimmy Palmer : I found some fibers under her fingernails. Now, Abby has since confirmed that it's red nylon, probably from the killer's devil costume.

  Leroy Jethro Gibbs : She fought back.

  [Jack clears her throat] 

  Leroy Jethro Gibbs : Anything you'd like to add, Jack?

  Jack Sloane : No. It's your... rodeo.

  [seeing his expression of impatience] 

  Jack Sloane : But if you really did want to hear my professional opinion, I'd say that murder wasn't the killer's original intent. If so, he would have used the knife he stabbed her husband with; instead, he uses a rock. Look at this.

  [showing them a crime scene photo] 

  Jack Sloane : See how he ties her hands? They're bound in front, not in back, which is a better stress position. And he ties a cloth around the rope?

  Leroy Jethro Gibbs : He wanted to make her comfortable.

  Jack Sloane : Pretty considerate for a killer, wouldn't you say?

  Jimmy Palmer : Okay, so if he didn't want to kill her, why did he?

  Jack Sloane : Something must have happened and he panicked. Maybe Helen figured out who her captor was.

  Leroy Jethro Gibbs : You think they knew each other?

  Jack Sloane : I think it was more than that. Your suspect had feelings for her. Maybe even loved her. Know anyone who fits that bill?