When several women are found murdered in a similar fashion, Rossi revisits a cold case that has haunted him for 25 years, causing him to suspect that the original killer is at work again.
The NCIS team investigates the murder of a Navy lieutenant commander while dealing with her distraught husband. Meanwhile, Ziva ponders the future when Ray returns.
Maggie's emotional instability worsens. She refuses her medication, becomes combative and flees the hospital. Abby finds solace with Kovac. The gang member girlfriend of Benton's deceased nephew knows who killed the dead boy who was hated for his antigang stance. Corday undergoes questioning in a malpractice suit and lies under oath to hide her error. Greene finds out that his brain tumor is malignant and inoperable, giving him eight weeks to live. He is forced to reveal his devastating news to Corday.
Harm and Mac are assigned to an assault and battery case involving the owner of a bar which has become very popular with enlisted men.
When the word "rapist" is found written on the gravestone of a popular male college student who was fatally shot 25 years ago, the team uncovers the fact that the college staff and police had ignored female students who had accused him of date rape before his death. Now, those coeds are suspects in his murder.