Episode
NCIS: Hawaiʻi: Gaijin
Overview
When a Japanese sailor is killed on American soil and evidence links the case to the previous murder of the victim’s girlfriend back in Japan, NCIS must find the murderer before the wrong person is accused and the case triggers a diplomatic crisis.
Details
- Series
- NCIS: Hawaiʻi
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 5
- Air date
- 2021-10-18
- Runtime
- 42 min
Episode context
Gaijin is Episode 5 in Season 1 of NCIS: Hawaiʻi. It aired on 2021-10-18. The runtime is 42 min.
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Episode 4: Paniolo
When a marine is shot, the team investigates. They start by talking to him, he tells them that he went riding and he got shot probably by a hunter. They check out his story and learn he wasn't telling the truth. They go back to see him but he left the hospital, not fully healed. They learn a relative came and helped him. They see the relative, who doesn't know much but they find a bag filled with drugs. They think the bag belongs to his son. So they try to talk to him but he disappeared. They think the boy was asked by a drug ring to deliver the drugs but he changed his mind which means his father is trying to protect him. But the gang will stop at nothing to get them, so they try to find them. When Kai's father doesn't see his doctor, Kai needs to put aside his feelings to help his father.
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