Ziva pracuje v utajení, aby mohli dopadnout brutálního vraha nevěrných manželek námořníků Hoffmana. Hoffman po své páté vraždě odjíždí se Zivou autem. Akce se ale zvrtne a Zivě jde o život. V sebeobranně pak Hoffmana zastřelí. Případ je zdánlivě vyřešený, dokud Abby na vražedné zbrani nenajde otisk prstu, který nepatří ani vrahovi ani obětem. Zdá se, že Hoffman má napodobitele, který se pokusil hodit svou vraždu na něj. Podezření padá na jednoho z hostů baru, kde si Hoffman vybíral oběti, ale Ziva je přesvědčená o jeho nevině...

The episode opens by showing a man washing his hands in a bloody sink. He wipes the blood off his face. His phone rings and he says he'll be right there. He puts a shirt on and grabs his coat. The camera shows a wide angle of the living room and there is a young dead woman on a large sheet of plastic on the floor. Her stomach has been cut open. The man walks out the door and gets into the waiting blue car. He says " Hi gorgeous" and leans over to kiss a woman. It is Ziva.

As the car turns onto the next street we see a parked brown maintanence van. DiNozzo is inside. He tells Gibbs that they have left and Gibbs tells him to get inside. We then see Gibbs and McGee in a sedan and they are tracking the GPS in Ziva's car. DiNozzo sneaks into the mans house. It cuts to Ziva smiling and asking the man where they are going on their mystery date. He says "It woudn't be a mystery if I told you Gina" (We now know she is working undercover.) He asks her about leaving the bar early the night before. She says her husband was calling from Fallujah (Iraq). She asks what he did when she left, and he says he just went home and went to bed. She asks if she should get on the expressway. He says no. She says " I like a man who keeps secrets."

Cut to Gibbs and McGee. They are trailing Ziva by two blocks. Gibbs speeds up to close the gap. Cut to Tony. He is in the house. He has gone in to plant bugs. He sees the dead woman on the floor. He calls Gibbs. He tells him they don't need the bugs, the have Hoffman's latest victim; number five. Gibbs asks about her finger and Tony tells him that her ring finger has been removed. Gibbs hands McGee the phone and tells him to call Ziva and give her the distress code, they are going to take Hoffman down. Ziva answers her phone and McGee says "Bernard?" She realizes the signal and says "No, sorry, wrong number". She hangs up and sits the phone down. She tells him that if he isn't going to say where they are going, that she needs a ladies room. ( Probably so they can arrest him.) Hoffman picks up the phone and checks the call. He asks "Who's Gibbs?" She says it's a wrong number. He says it's second on her speed dial. She says he's an ex-boyfreind and asks for her phone. He hands the phone back and pulls out a revolver and says "Drive."