 Gibbs s team is called in when a troubled teenager takes his classmates hostage by wearing an explosives around his chest. While Gibbs is taken hostage, DiNozzo must lead the team to diffuse the situation. Things are further complicated when the teenager makes his demand, he wants to see his mother, who has been reported as deceased. But the teen says he has seen his mother recently. Gibbs soon realizes the teen is not acting entirely on his own, someone else is manipulating the situation. They must figure a way to save all the hostages, and the teenager.