Director Shepard takes a huge risk and agrees to meet an informant alone, but the meeting goes bad and her contact is killed. Gibbs and the NCIS team attempt to gather the information the man was going to supply or risk losing their nemesis once again.

Gibbs ignores the bureaucratic paperwork associated with his "acting" director duties and leads an investigation for a murder victim found in a taxi headed to NCIS headquarters. Meanwhile, Jenny discovers a secret about her past.