"So," Jack offered as Andrew watched Jacob leave the commissary. "You know Carter?"

"Yeah," Andrew offered turning back to the man sitting across from him. "We dated for a few years when we were younger. That was before she went to the academy. But, we were always great friends, still are. It's the reason I'm here probably. Samantha and I have always talked about everything."

"Makes it easier for her to talk to you about what happened," Jack offered as he looked at his coffee. "I'm not much for Shrinks –"

"Neither is she."
"But, I'm sure talking to a friend is better than talking to Mckinzie."

"Mckinzie is a quack; he's the type of shrink that gives us a bad name."
"You don't like him either," Jack asked finally looking to Andrew.

Andrew raised his brow as he studied Jack a moment. "She hasn't told you all anything, has she?" At Jack's confused expression Andrew sighed heavily. "The Air Force wanted her to talk to that nut case after she came back from a black ops mission in Egypt that went to hell. Sam's got a great heart; she'll give most people the benefit of the doubt. Even after everything … she believes most people are good by nature. He's one of those people from the start that she didn't trust. She told me he rubbed her the wrong way.

"She requested to speak with another shrink, she tried to be diplomatic asking to speak to a woman on the staff that she had previously worked with but, Mckinzie denied her and he ordered her off active duty, telling her CO that her inability to be cooperative with him was a symptom blah blah blah. She refused to talk to Mckinzie and went to see the woman instead. The other psychiatrist went to bat for her. Three sessions later and she told the base commander that Sam was fine and Mckinzie was screwing up. Mckinzie got reassigned."

Jack couldn't help but smile. "I knew I liked Carter for a reason. So how'd he end up here? This isn't a punishment assignment."

"Mckinzie's a kiss ass."

Jack chuckled at Andrew's blatant remark before taking a sip of his coffee. The Shrink just earned himself a few points …