When a hotshot financial advisor is found shot at a naval station, NCIS investigates the case by interviewing the victim's three-dimensional hologram of herself, which she created before her death.

After a civilian research vessel in the North Atlantic picks up a small boat of wounded Navy officers, NCIS arrives on the ship and is forced to hide after discovering terrorists on board. Also, Agent Knight takes a paper doll with her on the mission to capture photos for her niece's grade school class.