A soda company gives Phoebe $7,000 after she finds a dismembered thumb in a can of soda. Chandler is smoking again, to his friends' dismay.
When a petty officer is brutally gunned down on the freeway, Gibbs and the team discover that the officer had been living a double life.
Harm and Mac are sent to a small naval station in Florida to try an enlisted man accused of murdering a civilian. The men were allegedly involved in a sordid love triangle involving the base's resident Lolita.
The squad investigates two homicides: the immolation of a would-be musician and the stabbing of a socialite. The newest detective to the squad, John Clark, Jr., attempts to both learn a new job and fit into the squad despite interference from his father.
Kelly is upset when a gay couple receives custody of the baby instead of her. With the newspaper struggling to stay afloat, Steve accepts advertising from a cigarette manufacturer.
