When a Navy Petty Officer is murdered, the NCIS: Hawaii team step in to protect his girlfriend, a fellow Navy Officer from any further attacks.
This episode has examples of...
- Hypocrite: Eddie insists that Tracy wasn't forced to do anything when they were kids, everyone has free will, and have to deal with the consequences for their choices. All while blaming her to him going to jail despite being his choice to rob a corner store and set fire to it after to cover his tracks that resulted in the deaths of two people.
- Never My Fault: Eddie, the suspect, blames Tracy, his intended victim, for him going to jail for the deaths of two people because Tracy refused to provide a false alibi to protect him. Despite the fact it was his idea to set fire to the corner store he robbed to cover his tracks after robbing it.
- Noodle Incident: Jesse is still peeved about an incident where Pike left him stranded in the middle of the ocean on a sand bar for six hours to chase down a suspect on his own. Pike insists that it was a matter of miscommunication and not something he did deliberately.
- Remember the New Guy?: Downplayed as this episode introduces CGISnote Agent Neil Pike whom the team had worked with once before. Its played with as while Jane and Jesse both know him, Lucy and Kai whom has been with the team only a year to a few months respectfully are meeting him for the first time.
