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The Only Easy Day is the second episode of NCIS: Los Angeles Season One.

Synopsis[]

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Kensi and Dom on a stakeout.

The team investigate a raid that a group of former SEALS carried out a drug dealer's house with the case becoming personal for Sam after he learns that the SEALS in question are people that he trained and that they've disgraced the uniform but the team soon uncover information suggesting that the double-crossing might run much deeper than they originally thought and could even involve a a member of the LAPD who may also be a dirty cop.

Cast[]

Main Characters[]

Name Portrayed by Occupation
G. Callen Chris O'Donnell Special Agent-in-Charge, NCIS:OSP
Kensi Blye Daniela Ruah Special Agent, NCIS:OSP
Sam Hanna LL Cool J Special Agent, NCIS:OSP
Henrietta Lange Linda Hunt Operations Manager, NCIS:OSP
Nate Getz Peter Cambor Operational Psychologist, NCIS:OSP
Dominic Vail Adam Jamal Craig Special Agent, NCIS:OSP

Recurring Characters[]

Name Portrayed by Occupation
Eric Beale Barrett Foa Tech Operator, NCIS:OSP
Rose Schwartz Kathleen Rose Perkins Medical Examiner

Guest Characters[]

Name Portrayed by Notes
Douglas Grozen Rod Rowland LAPD Detective
Morris Raspen Brian Gross SEAL, U.S. Navy
Gail Ramirez Seidy Lopez SEAL, U.S. Navy
Kurt Holgate Matt Battaglia SEAL, U.S. Navy
Mekowitz Albert Garcia LAPD Detective
Heather Kinga Philipps
Waitress Whitney Anderson
Sheriff Barry Levy
Detective Cory Patt

Detailed Summary[]

Three men raid a house with several kilos of drugs inside killing several people inside before escaping back into the ocean.

Inside the operations center, Sam is giving Dom pointers on disarm someone at gunpoint until they are called upstairs by Eric. Eric shows the team house-security cam footage of a double homicide and robbery on a suspected drug dealer. Eric explains that the suspects were using military hand signals which is why NCIS is involved. Sam identifies the suspects as SEALS through their hand signals and identifies one by name, Kurt Holgate. Eric digs into Holgate and his team quickly and finds that they are off duty with nothing involving drugs in their history. Dom, meanwhile, finds another member of Holgate's SEAL team, David Ramirez, who was shot and killed three weeks prior in a grocery store from what was believed by the LAPD to be gang activity.

Sam and Callen head to meet Holgate where Sam characterizes Holgate as occasionally acting as a lone wolf. The pair see Holgate enter and Sam approaches him exchanging a few pleasantries and small talk. Callen, videotaping the exchange around a corner, notes that Holgate didn't ask Sam why NCIS was there. Nate evaluates the videotape noting that Holgate is trying hard to appear relaxed, but seems to be hiding something. Nate offers to talk to the coroner about any forensics that may indicate SEALs involvement to which he gets teased about liking the coroner. Eric identifies another member of the SEAL team as Timothy Jackson and that he is missing as of the same night of the shooting.

Sam and Callen check out Jackson's trailer to which they find an old picture of the team. Callen goes over several theories about what could of happened but Sam shuts them down citing the high standards of the SEALs. Meanwhile, Kensi and Dom are on surveillance duty where Dom confides in Kensi that he thinks he's on Sam's bad side, to which Kensi refutes stating that Sam holds himself to a particularly high standard to which he applies to everyone else. Dom admits it's hard to be the new guy and Kensi retorts that at least he's not the new girl, citing some unusual assignments like wearing a bikini or crawling through air ducts, but also finishing that it gets better. The pair spot Holgate and another man meeting and Kensi decides to risk getting closer in order to hear what the men are saying. Holgate side-eyes Kensi but to through them off their suspicions, she pretends to be mad at her boyfriend over the phone and keys a car. She get the plates in order to reimburse the owner for the paint job.

Callen and Sam identify the fourth member of the Holgate's SEAL team, Morris Raspen. The pair talks to Gail Ramirez, David Ramirez's wife, and inquire about Timothy Jackson and Morris Raspen. Gail mentions that Raspen is the newest member of the team and Jackson missed an informal, habitual check-in with her on Friday.

Eric doesn't find anything unusual about Jackson's life but identifies a diner where his credit card was used on the day of the shootings.

Nate meets with Rose, the coroner working on the homicide victims' bodies. After a bit of flirting regarding dream analysis, Rose reveals that ballistics were inconclusive and one of the victims was a cop undercover as a drug dealer.

Callen and Sam head over to the diner as they learn about the undercover cop and Sam identifies Jackson's motorcycle. The two interview the waitress who explains that the SEALs in question had an argument that they eventually took outside. Callen receives a phone call from Eric and learns that a body washed up on Point Dume that matches Jackson. Sam and Callen arrive on the beach where the body was found and Sam identifies the man as Jackson.

Sam, Callen, Eric, and Nate corroborate what the waitress said with the diner's surveillance camera and determine how they can learn the truth from the SEALs. Sam abruptly exits conflicted about the case. Hetty finds Sam beating up a punching bag and consoles him on the case, stating that being a SEAL is not just what defines him.

Dom and Kensi follow Holgate in a car, but as Holgate does a cleaning run, they lose him as he ditches his vehicle. While Holgate is in the wind, Sam and Callen find Raspen and bring him into interrogation.

Hetty once more has her peace interrupted by the sounds of a punching bag and finds Dom letting off some steam from losing Holgate earlier. Hetty consoles Dom stating that they all mess up and cites some anecdotes about Callen and Sam messing up on the job.

Sam goes to check out the crime scene and encounters Grozen, an LAPD detective, at the crime scene as well. Grozen reveals that his partner was murdered in the robbery-homicide and demands the full cooperation of the Navy threatening telling the news about rogue SEALs.

Sam informs Callen of his chance encounter with Grozen revealing that there were two undercover cops at the beach house. Callen confronts Raspen about this new knowledge in interrogation and Raspen claims that Grozen shot his partner and that if Grozen is a cop, he's a dirty one. Raspen reveals that Jackson learned that one of the suspects in Ramirez's death was connected to the Mexican cartel and lived in the beach house. Jackson wanted to go after Ramirez's killer and bailed. Raspen and the team had to follow, improvising by taking the weapons already in the bach house. Nate evaluates Raspen's visual cues and concludes that he's telling the truth. Sam replaces Callen in interrogation who demands to know where Holgate is. Sam reminds Raspen of the SEALs vow of no man getting left behind and blames Raspen and their team for leaving behind Timothy. Sam then begins to blame Raspen for leaving behind Holgate, who may be in danger, by refusing to reveal his location leading to Raspen disclose Holgate's location.

Sam, Grozen, and another cop head to the motel Holgate is in and arrest him. Sam turns Holgate over to Grozen and the other cop and once Sam leaves, Grozen pulls a gun on Holgate and demands to know where the money is. Eric and Nate are watching a video feed of Grozen's action and notify Callen, posing as Raspen, as they pull up at a golf course. Nate and Eric identify a sniper in the trees by the clubhouse who Kensi and Dom quickly take down leading to Grozen shooting Holgate, non-fatally and Sam shooting Grozen from the pond.

Major Events[]

Trivia[]

  • The episode title is based on an old SEAL motto, "The only easy day was yesterday".
  • This was the second episode of the first season to air. However, this was the third episode of the series filmed. The presentation order of the episodes was reordered so that this episode would air before Killshot.

External Links[]

Press Release for episode 1.02

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