NCIS Guide
Pilot. Navy NCIS: The Beginning
Writer: Donald P. Bellisario, Don McGill
Director: Donald P. Bellisario, Scott Brazil
Guest star: Alan Dale (NCIS Director Tom Morrow) , Tom Jay Jones (unknown), Karri Turner (Lt. Harriet Sims), Tamlyn Tomita (Lt. Cmdr. Tracy Manetti), Paul Norwood (unknown), Joseph Hodge (unknown), Zoe McLellan (PO Coates), Faran Tahir (Amad Bin Atwa), W.K. Stratton (Cmdr. Teddy Lindsey), Robyn Lively (Special Agent Viv Blackadder), Michael Muhney (Major McBurney), Alicia Coppola (Lt. Cmdr. Faith Coleman), Patrick Labyorteaux (Lt. Bud J. Roberts, Jr.), John M. Jackson (R. Adm. Albert Jethro Chegwidden), David James Elliott (Cmdr. Harmon Rabb, Jr.), Catherine Bell (Lt. Col. Sarah MacKenzie)
Global rating: 9.2
The pilot that aired few weeks after the show's premiere, was aired as a JAG episode, but also a pilot titled "Navy NCIS: The Beginning". The episode is a 1-hour combination of two episodes that aired as JAG, "Ice Queen (1)" and "Meltdown (2)".
A murdered JAG officer teams up the JAG staff with agents of the Naval Criminal Investigative Services (NCIS).
1. Yankee White
Writer: Donald P. Bellisario, Donald P. Bellisario, Don McGill
Director: Donald P. Bellisario
Guest star: Alan Dale (NCIS Director Tom Morrow), Vivienne Bellisario (Mysterious Redhead), Joe Spano (FBI Agent T.C. Fornell), Pancho Demmings (Asst. M.E. Gerald Jackson) , Asante Jones (Detective Andy Kochifis), Jeremy Overstreet (Agent Bowman), Gary Grubbs (Coroner Elmo Poke), Gerry Becker (Secret Service Agent William Baer), Lawrence Pressman (Secret Service Director), Gregory Itzin (FBI Director), Dane Northcutt (Marine Major Kerry), Gerald Downey (Navy Cmdr. Ray Trapp), Robert Bagnell (Leonard Rish), Gerald McCullouch (FBI Agent), Michael Adler (Navy Capt. Burger), Steve Bridges (George W. Bush), Michael Maize (Security Guard), Richard Anthony Crenna (Chief Steward), Dwayne Macopson (Marine Major Carl Pritchard), Doris E. McMillon (News Anchor), Paul Majors (NCIS Agent)
Global rating: 9.3
While on Air Force One, a Navy Commander dies. Agents from NCIS decide to take the investigation into their own hands and also force Secret Service Agent Kate Todd to help. Now the NCIS team has to figure out if the Navy Officer's death was of natural causes or not.
2. Hung Out to Dry
Writer: Don McGill
Director: Alan J. Levi
Guest star: Pancho Demmings (Asst. M.E. Gerald Jackson) , Lee Reherman (Sgt. Tuers), Brandon Davis (Jimmy), Patrick Labyorteaux (Lt. Bud J. Roberts, Jr.), Julie Gonzalo (Sarah Schaefer), Keith Diamond (Sgt. Gregory Nutt), Rick Pasqualone (Cpl. Paul Dafelmair), Dave Power (Cpl. Dave Ramsey), James Macdonald (Capt. Faul), Brian Wade (Marine Lance Corporal), Christina Souza (Rosemarie Fuentes), Austin Noah Marques (Billy Fuentes), Chaney Kley (Corporal Paul Brinkman)
Global rating: 9.1
During a training exercise, a marine's parachute fails to open and he crashes into a parked car where two teenagers were making out. The NCIS team heads to the scene and has to determine if the marine's death was accidental or a murder.
3. Seadog
Writer: John C. Kelley, Donald P. Bellisario
Director: Bradford May
Guest star: Pancho Demmings (Asst. M.E. Gerald Jackson), Joe Spano (FBI Agent T.C. Fornell), Alan Dale (NCIS Director Tom Morrow), Vivienne Bellisario (Mysterious Redhead) , Miguel A. Gaetan (Carlos), Homie Doroodian (Seth Shakir), Elena Lyons (Diane Fontaine), Jodi Bianca Wise (Jenny), Joe Torry (Darryl Wilkins), Dempsey Pappion (Basketball Player), Benny Nieves (Frank Trujillo), William R. Moses (DEA Agent Kent Fuller), Mark Holton (Sergeant Linn), Merle Dandridge (Marcy Carruthers), Dar Dixon (Captain Tom Bradstone), Chris Olivero (Dave Simmons), Melissa Lee (Sarah Parker), Sam Sarpong (Bobby Jackson), Gregory Itzin (FBI Director), Emilie de Ravin (Nancy)
Global rating: 9.0
When a Navy commander's body washes up on shore along with the bodies of two drug runners, Gibbs refuses to believe that the sailor who was killed was dirty.
4. The Immortals
Writer: Darcy Meyers
Director: Alan J. Levi
Guest star: Kieran Mulroney (Lt. Reynolds), Nina Alexander (Ricky), Casey Nelson (Petty Officer Murray), Chad W. Murray (Seaman Russell MacDonald), Mark Sivertsen (Commander Rivers), Julian Bailey (PO Ronald Zuger), Brooks Almy (Mrs. McDonald), Elizabeth Morehead (Medical Corpsman), David Andriole (Lieutenant Commander Robbins), Yvonne DeLarosa (Clerk), Eamon Hunt (Chief Petty Officer Morris), Colin Bain (Engign Ray), Bradley Snedeker (Petty Officer Carnahan), Michael McLafferty (Kyle), Jeni C. Wilson (Lisa), Jeff Peterson (Brad)
Global rating: 8.8
The NCIS team investigates when a seaman's body is found at the bottom of the sea in his dress whites, with a ceremonial sword. They discover that he was addicted to a Wizards and Warriors style role-playing game. Now, the team must figure out how involved he was in the game and how far he would go to get revenge on his arch enemy, another sailor.
5. The Curse
Writer: Jeff Vlaming, Donald P. Bellisario, Donald P. Bellisario, Don McGill
Director: Terrence O'Hara
Guest star: Jim Pirri (Randy Wiles), Robert Pine (Golfer Ben), Chris Ellis (Gunnery Sargeant), David Ramsey (Special Agent Richard Owens), Lauren Bowles (Mary Wiles), Melora Hardin (Erin Toner), Tommy Hinkley (Disbursing Officer), Jonathan Wade-Drahos (Lt. Greg Pallini), Bill Birch (State Trooper Dan Lynch), Travis Aaron (Lt. Schilz (Uncredited))
Global rating: 8.8
A Navy lieutenant who was reported missing nearly ten years ago has been found by a deer hunter. When the NCIS team arrives at the scene to investigate, they see that his remains have been mummified. Now, they have to find out what happened to him and what happened to the one million dollars that he had on his ship.
6. High Seas
Writer: Jeff Vlaming, Larry Moskowitz
Director: Dennis Smith
Guest star: Pancho Demmings (Asst. M.E. Gerald Jackson) , Joel Gretsch (NCIS Special Agent Stan Burley), Jonathan T. Floyd (PO2 Gil Niles), Anson Scoville (PO2 Peter Shrewe), Charlie Hofheimer (PO1 Bobby Wilkes), Carlos Gomez (Chief Petty Officer Reyes), Corbin Allred (Corpsman Milano), Larry Sullivan (Flight Surgeon), Monti Sharp (Handler), Gil McKinney (Crewman), Rigo Sanchez (Boyfriend), Eddie Diaz (Petty Officer Gomer), Alex Avant (Clerk), Sal Landi (Cmdr. Stovic), Robert Baker (Seaman), John Littlefield (Stovic's Aide), Bruno Gioiello (Air Boss), David Ramsey (Agent Richard Owens), Jonathan Sadowski (Lt. Norski)
Global rating: 8.9
An NCIS agent who used to work under Gibbs asks for the team's help investigating a case where sailors on an aircraft carrier are dying of a drug overdose, but have no history of any kind of drug abuse.
7. Sub Rosa
Writer: Frank Cardea, George Schenck
Director: Michael Zinberg
Guest star: Sean Murray (Special Agent Tim McGee), Pancho Demmings (Asst. M.E. Gerald Jackson) , James Black (Crewman), Mik Scriba (Mr. Walters), Peter Onorati (Chief of the Boat), Glenn Morshower (Cmdr. Robert Peters), Michael Lowry (Lt. Com. Akron), Ben Murphy (Capt. Veitch), David Monahan (PO Drew), David O'Donnell (Jeb), Reed Rudy (Air Transport Officer), Mat Hostetler (Mess Specialist), Jamie Moss (Seaman Apprentice), J. Robin Miller (Lt. Connors), Eric Ladin (P.O. Thompson)
Global rating: 9.1
A decomposed body is discovered in a tub of acid at a naval base and Ducky and Abby learn that the victim was a submariner. Gibbs discovers that there have been no reports of a sub crewmember missing, so he deduces that one of the subs has an imposter on board. With this new information, the team must find out which sub the man posing as the victim is in and what intentions he may have towards the sub.
8. Minimum Security
Writer: Donald P. Bellisario, Philip DeGuere
Director: Ian Toynton
Guest star: Jessica Steen (NCIS Special Agent Paula Cassidy), Pancho Demmings (Asst. M.E. Gerald Jackson) , Heath Freeman (Benjamin Frank), Michael Shamus Wiles (Jimmy the Bartender), Kevin McCorkle (Col. Dan McClafferty), Erick Avari (William Gamal), Joseph Bey (Nasser Al Jazair), Casey McCarthy (Biker Chick), Paul Vinson (Biker), E. Roger Mitchell (M.P.), Hrach Titizian (Tariq Abassi)
Global rating: 9.0
The NCIS team head to Cuba to investigate a Navy translator's connection to smuggling at a detention center after he suddenly dies at the wheel of his car when returning to the U.S. from Guantanamo Bay.
9. Marine Down
Writer: John C. Kelley
Director: Dennis Smith
Guest star: Pancho Demmings (Asst. M.E. Gerald Jackson), Alan Dale (NCIS Director Tom Morrow), Vivienne Bellisario (Mysterious Redhead) , Carlos Sanz (Gonzales), Jennifer Tighe (Sarah Kidwell), John Rubinstein (CIA Director Bob), Richard Brooks (Lieutenant Colonel Walsh), Jason Brooks (Marine Major Danny O\'Donnell), Rebecca Boyd (Lisa Peary), Erich Anderson (Jack Canton), Crystal Allen (Laura), Ron Baker (Major Craig Peary), Michael Sarysz (Corporal James Travis), Victor Bonavida (Zack), George Stumpf (Crew Chief)
Global rating: 9.1
After a marine widow receives a call from her dead husband, the NCIS team takes on the case and has to exhume the body to deduce whether the call was a prank or not.
10. Left for Dead
Writer: Donald P. Bellisario, Don McGill, Don McGill
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Guest star: Pancho Demmings (Asst. M.E. Gerald Jackson) , Norbert Weisser (Dr. Rutger), Kenneth Tigar (Diggar Aldridge), Jim Rash (Dr. Joel Sanderson), Elena Jovis (Blonde Chemist), Al Espinosa (Tom Verne), Asante Jones (Detective Andy Kochifis), Derek de Lint (Dr. Stephen Brauer), Phil Abrams (Hotel Manager), Daniella Kuhn (Saleswomen), Michael Edward Rose (Walter Richter), Sherilyn Fenn (Jane Doe / Suzzanne McNeil)
Global rating: 8.7
After being buried alive, a woman comes out of the grave with amnesia and the only thing she remembers is that there is a bomb aboard a Navy ship. While trying to help Jane Doe recover her identity, the team finds out that not everything is what it seemed at first.
11. Eye Spy
Writer: George Schenck, Frank Cardea, Dana Coen
Director: Alan J. Levi
Guest star: Sean Murray (Special Agent Tim McGee), Pancho Demmings (Asst. M.E. Gerald Jackson) , Greg Zola (Worth), James Morrison (CIA Assistant Director Jonathan Overmeier), Marguerite MacIntyre (Commander Lauren Tyler), Bruce Gray (CIA Director Roper), Mercedes Colón (Gina), Katy Boyer (Lieutenant Egan), Victor McCay (Ash), Parry Shen (Ben Richmond), Patrick Macmanus (Seaman Apprentice Sparks), Howard Dell (Gym Manager), John Marrott (Master Chief PO Roo), Jane Hajduk (Attractive Woman)
Global rating: 8.9
When a Navy commander, who was a technical advisor to a civilian contractor creating a handheld sonar scanner, is found dead on the beach, the NCIS team investigates the murder using satellite technology.
12. My Other Left Foot
Writer: Jack Bernstein
Director: Jeff Woolnough
Guest star: Josh Holloway (Police Officer), Tony Pasqualini (Man), Terry Rhoads (Stanley Borden), Tom McCleister (Captain Brent Peters), Jack Kyle (Frank Roberts), Stacy Haiduk (Melissa Dorn), Dean Norris (Gunnery Sergeant Vestman), Kim Wimmer (Darlene), Bonnie Bartlett (Dr. Silvia Chalmers)
Global rating: 8.9
The NCIS team is called in when a severed leg bearing a marine tattoo is found in a trash bin, leading them to a small town where a murder scheme is afoot.
13. One Shot, One Kill
Writer: Gil Grant
Director: Peter Ellis (II)
Guest star: Pancho Demmings (Asst. M.E. Gerald Jackson), Sheila Frazier (ZNN Reporter Debra Green) , Geoff Meed (Corporal David Stenson), Andy Umberger (FBI Agent Freedman), Blake Shields (Potential Recruit), Michael Gaston (Major Dorden), Francesco Quinn (Gunnery Sergeant Freddie Alvarez), Brad Hawkins (Sergeant Aaron Barnes), T.J. Thyne (Carl), Noah Segan (Kyle Hendricks), Alex Solowitz (Dave), Chad Doreck (Leo), Zakk Moore (Potential Recruit), Kent Shocknek (Reporter Guy Ross)
Global rating: 9.0
The team investigates when a Marine recruitment officer is found shot to death by a sniper with a grudge, who leaves a white feather behind.
14. The Good Samaritan
Writer: Jack Bernstein
Director: Alan J. Levi
Guest star: Pancho Demmings (Asst. M.E. Gerald Jackson) , Sean McGowan (Lieutenant Wallace), Kirk B.R. Woller (Lt. Commander Wayne Julius), Kate McNeil (Commander Margaret Green), Heidi Dippold (Laura/Linda Seeger), Stephanie Hodge (Sheriff Charlene Dupray)
Global rating: 8.8
A navy dentist stops near the parked car to help a stranded motorist who pulls out a gun. The team investigates a murder with the help from a local sheriff, Charley, when they find out about similar murders of a Navy civilian employee and a pilot who was going through a nasty divorce.
15. Enigma
Writer: John C. Kelley
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Guest star: Joe Spano (FBI Agent T.C. Fornell), Pancho Demmings (Asst. M.E. Gerald Jackson), Alan Dale (NCIS Director Tom Morrow) , Jeff Austin (Colonel Mike Granger), Barton Tinapp (Man), David Rountree (FBI Surveilance Technician), John Rosenfeld (FBI Agent Charles), Terry O'Quinn (Marine Colonel Will Ryan), Kevin McClatchy (Lt. David Cameron), Grinnell Morris (FBI Agent Carlson)
Global rating: 8.8
Gibbs risks his career when his former commanding officer is accused of stealing funds.
16. Bête Noire
Writer: Donald P. Bellisario
Director: Peter Ellis (II)
Guest star: Jessica Steen (NCIS Special Agent Paula Cassidy), Alan Dale (NCIS Director Tom Morrow), Pancho Demmings (Asst. M.E. Gerald Jackson), Rudolf Martin (Terrorist) , Constance L. McCrory (Evidence Clerk), Robert Cicchini (NCIS Special Agent Daniel Snyder), Tim Kelleher (NCIS Special Agent Chris Pacci), Jennifer Gatti (Negotiator Arkin), Ali Afshar (Qassam), Matthew Del Negro (Balboa), Joe Sabatino (HRT Leader Horowitz)
Global rating: 9.3
A terrorist holds Ducky, Gerald and Kate hostage while the rest of the NCIS team tries to figure out how the terrorist got inside and how to get their people out safely.
17. The Truth Is Out There
Writer: Jack Bernstein
Director: Dennis Smith
Guest star: James Huang (P.O. Wong), Ryan Tasz (P.O. David Bowman), Chris Johnson (P.O. James Morgan), Harry Hutchinson (Alexandria Cop), Adam Wylie (Darin Spotnitz), Jennifer Lyons (Zoey), Brian Thompson (Master Chief P.O. Vince Nutter), Reginald Ballard (Antwane Mann), Alex Weed (Johnny), Leonard Roberts (P.O. Howard Carter)
Global rating: 8.8
When the body of a marine is found after a party in an illegal night club, the team investigates a number of possible leads - including blackmail and accidental death.
18. UnSEALed
Writer: Thomas L. Moran
Director: Peter Ellis (II)
Guest star: Sean Murray (Special Agent Tim McGee) , Tim Abell (P.O. Jack D. Curtin), Al Sapienza (Cmdr. William Foley), Leon Russom (Grandpa), Barbara Tarbuck (Grandma), Alicia Coppola (Lt. Cmdr. Faith Coleman), Randy J. Goodwin (Defense Lawyer), Tim Kelleher (NCIS Special Agent Chris Pacci), Roxana Zal (Mrs. Foley), Cody Estes (Kevin Curtin), Cristi Harris (Vicki Spain), Archie Drury (Rod Spain)
Global rating: 8.8
The team is looking for an ex-SEAL who escaped from prison in search of revenge. He is determined to find the real murderer of his wife.
19. Dead Man Talking
Writer: George Schenck, Frank Cardea
Director: Dennis Smith
Guest star: Sean Murray (Special Agent Tim McGee) , Jamie Luner (Amanda Reed / Lt. Cmdr. Hamilton Voss), Cristine Rose (Pat Stone), John Marshall Jones (Detective Hanley), Tim Kelleher (NCIS Special Agent Chris Pacci), Fredric Lehne (Captain Graves), Edmund L. Shaff (Building Manager Norm), Loren Lazerine (Security Guard George), Nick Jaine (Jason Patel), Richard Augustine (Janitor)
Global rating: 9.0
An NCIS agent has been murdered while investigating a case and the team's job is to find out what happened.
20. Missing
Writer: John C. Kelley
Director: Jeff Woolnough
Guest star: Sean Murray (Special Agent Tim McGee) , Steve Rankin (Sgt. Bill Atlas), Dayna Devon (Attractive Girl), Jenya Lano (Carol Powers), Alex Meneses (Waitress Vanessa), Derek Webster (Major Joe Sacco), Cole Griffin (Marine Corporal Jackson), Jacobi Wynne (Corporal), Michael Goetz (Bartender), Robert Floyd (Police Officer)
Global rating: 9.1
A marine goes missing after a date with a reporter. During the investigation, the team discovers that three former members of his unit are dead and suspect the unit commander to be a serial killer.
21. Split Decision
Writer: Bob Gookin
Director: Terrence O'Hara
Guest star: Sean Murray (Special Agent Tim McGee), Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer) , Erin LeShawn Wiley (Corporal Patricia McClain), Laz Alonso (S Sgt. Steven Washington), Sam Witwer (S Sgt. Rafael), Bellamy Young (ATF Special Agent Melinda Stone), Scott MacDonald (Militia Leader), Michael Graziadei (Chuck), Stuart Stone (Dillon), Adam Hendershott (Josh), Kevin Sizemore (Marine Sgt. William Moore)
Global rating: 8.9
When a body of a murdered marine is found in the forest, the investigation leads to the local militia and a weapon deal gone wrong.
22. A Weak Link
Writer: Jack Bernstein
Director: Alan J. Levi
Guest star: Sean Murray (Special Agent Tim McGee), Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer) , Matt Battaglia (P.O. Porcaro), Robert Joseph (Lt. Commander Folsom), Ross Gibby (P.O. Vengal), Ryan Culver (Man), Austin Priester (P.O. Kenny), Tom Hughes (Lt. Rick Johnson), Adam Baldwin (Commander Michael Rainer), Johnny Sneed (CIA Agent Andy Kramer), Julie Benz (Mrs. Denise Johnson), Doug Savant (Father Larry Clannon), Kathryn Gordon (Young Pregnant Woman)
Global rating: 8.8
Gibbs and his team investigate the death of a SEAL that occurred during a training exercise. As the investigation progresses, they come to suspect that the death was a murder rather than an accident.
23. Reveille
Writer: Donald P. Bellisario
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Guest star: Jessica Steen (NCIS Special Agent Paula Cassidy), Sheila Frazier (ZNN Reporter Debra Green), Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer), Rudolf Martin (Ari Haswari), Sean Murray (Special Agent Tim McGee), Joe Spano (FBI Agent T.C. Fornell) , Matt Sigloch (Man), Paul Perri (Man), Matthew Rauch (Man), Josie Davis (Marta), Dan Lundy (Technician), Robert Cicchini (NCIS Special Agent Daniel Snyder), Nicholas Guilak (Bassam), Amir Talai (Simi)
Global rating: 9.2
The terrorist who previously held a part of the NCIS team hostage, returns with a plan to attack the President. Gibbs and his team must follow the clues to reveal his identity and find Kate, who was kidnapped by the terrorist.
24. See No Evil
Writer: Christopher Crowe
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Guest star: Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer) , Abigail Breslin (Sandy Watson), Ely Pouget (Julie Watson), William Mapother (Kyle Grayson), David Keith (Navy Capt. Mike Watson), Audrey Wasilewski (Shirley Wilkes), Nick Warnock (Marine Staff Sgt.)
Global rating: 9.2
A wife and an 8-year-old blind daughter of a Navy Captain are kidnapped and the Captain is a hostage in his own office, communicating with kidnappers, who watch his every step via computer camera. NCIS team investigates the scheme where a large amount of money is involved.
25. The Good Wives Club
Writer: Gil Grant
Director: Dennis Smith
Guest star: Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer) , Kendall Clement (Foreman), Betsy Brandt (P.O. Barbara Swain), Matthew Carmody (Lt. J.G. Chaplain Brett Evans), Tara Buck (P.O. Debra Marshall), Kate Hodge (NCIS Agent Jane Melankovic), Jerry O'Donnell (Navy Lt. Cmdr. Scott Willis), Michael Canaan (MP), Blayne Weaver (P.O. Darell Baum), Spencer Garrett (Commander Spencer)
Global rating: 8.9
The mummified remains of a woman are found in the abandoned compound. The team discovers that the woman was missing for several months, was wearing a wedding dress when she died, and might have been a victim of a serial killer. The search for the murderer leads them to Florida, where they start looking for another woman who mysteriously disappeared after going to work. One of the clues they have is the old manual for good wives.
26. Vanished
Writer: George Schenck, Frank Cardea
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Guest star: Don Swayze (Logan Clay), Robert Rusler (Marine Lt. Colonel Curtis Teague), Tom Bower (Sheriff Miller Thompson), Jeremy Garrett (Marine Capt. Patrick Barnett), Timothy Bottoms (Ritt Everett), Jennifer Hall (Daphne Everett), Rob Boltin (Marine Capt. Todd Newell), Todd Kimsey (Police Capt. Grant)
Global rating: 8.6
A marine helicopter is discovered in the middle of a crop circle in a rural area and the pilots are missing. Soon, NCIS discovers that only one of the pilots was on the flight, that there is a decade long feud going on in town, and that the missing pilot is out for revenge.
27. Lt. Jane Doe
Writer: Craig Van Sickle, Steven Long Mitchell, Donald P. Bellisario, Craig Van Sickle, Steven Long Mitchell
Director: Dan Lerner
Guest star: Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer) , Chris Heuisler (Navy Seaman Joe Wilkins), Don Jeffcoat (Navy Seaman Tom Jennings), Kent Faulcon (Cmdr. Reynolds), Amy Sloan (P.O. Cynthia Cluxton), David Marciano (Bartender), Ben Reed (Chief P.O. Ian Goetz), Jack Kehler (Tom Wilson), Julia Rose (Female Bartender), Mariela Santos (Jane Doe / Janice Santos)
Global rating: 8.9
A body of a woman in a Navy uniform is found by two sailors. Ducky links the murder to an unsolved case 10 years ago, and starts behaving strangely. A serial murderer leaves a note on the body, promising to return.
28. The Bone Yard
Writer: John C. Kelley
Director: Terrence O'Hara
Guest star: Joe Spano (FBI Agent T.C. Fornell), Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer) , John Rosenfeld (FBI Agent Charles), Michael Guarnera (Vic Gera), Laird MacIntosh (Corporal Stinson), Matthew Atherton (Captain Chet Starling), Chris Ellis (Gunnery Sgt. John Deluca), Joe Tabb (Ricky Napalitano), Oleg Zatsepin (Sal Balducci), Chas. Floyd Johnson (AFIP Medical Examiner), Blue Deckert (Federal Marshal), Mary Pat Gleason (Nurse Wells), Curt Doussett (Police Officer Randall), Robert Costanzo (Jimmy Napalitano)
Global rating: 9.0
The NCIS team finds a place where the mob has been dumping bodies for a long time, and one of the victims is an undercover FBI agent. The FBI suspect a mole and arrest Fornell. Gibbs sets out to find the real mole and clear Fornell.
29. Terminal Leave
Writer: Roger Director
Director: Jeff Woolnough
Guest star: Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer) , David Henrie (Willy Shields), Mary Page Keller (Lt. Commander Michaela "Micki" Shields), Elizabeth Peña (FBI Agent Lina Reyes), Bobby Neely (Roland Alan Moore), Tim Ryan (Greg Boyen), Jesse Head (Lyle Chamber), Rebecca Staab (Greta Boyen), Sean O'Bryan (David Shields), Alex S. Alexander (Sara Turcott), Amanda Fuller (Jennifer Shields), Suzanne Rico (Reporter Suzanne McRobert)
Global rating: 8.9
When an Iraq veteran is threatened by a group of terrorists, the NCIS team steps in to protect her. While trying to convince an FBI Agent to help them, the team is convinced that they've discovered the bomber. However, things might not be what they seem.
30. Call of Silence
Writer: Roger Director
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Guest star: Charles Durning (Ernie Yost), Marc D. Wilson (M.P. Jenkins), Bennet Guillory (Henry), Jason Alan Smith (Cpl. Wade Kean), Marc Senter (Pvt. Chip Stearns), Hugh Holub (Superintendant), Lt. Col. Douglas Griffith (Himself), Garette Ratliff Henson (Young Cpl. Ernie Yost), Scott Miles (Pvt. Ferris Bellows), Lloyd Kino (Hiroshi Yoshida), Kevin Sizemore (Marine Sgt. William Moore), Alicia Coppola (Lt. Cmdr. Faith Coleman)
Global rating: 9.3
Ernie Yost, an elderly Marine veteran and Medal of Honor winner, shows up at NCIS headquarters, and calmly confesses to murdering his best friend during a WWII battle. It's up to NCIS to prove his guilt or innocence with little evidence or witnesses from that event from the 1940's.
31. Heart Break
Writer: Frank Cardea, George Schenck
Director: Dennis Smith
Guest star: Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer), Jessica Steen (NCIS Special Agent Paula Cassidy), Vivienne Bellisario (Mysterious Redhead) , Michael Dempsey (Coach Morgan), Nathan Wetherington (Ensign Evan Hayes), Matthew Ness (Spenser), Derrex Brady (Navy Corpsman), Mary Wyckliffe (Nurse Dooley), Stacy Edwards (Commander Janice Byers), Billy Brown (Chief P.O. Velat), Tyler Kain (Tiffany), Ben Ziff (Jonathan), Charles Walker (Man)
Global rating: 8.8
A Navy Commander dies after a successful surgery. While researching the commander's past, the team finds out that he earned a lot of enemies lately and tracks down a ensign, making him the prime suspect. Soon Abby realizes that they've got the wrong man.
32. Forced Entry
Writer: Jesse Stern, John C. Kelley
Director: Dennis Smith
Guest star: Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer) , Megan Ward (Laura Rowens), Neil Hopkins (Jeremy Davison), Sterling Macer Jr. (Marine Sgt. Chris Hegarty), Lindsay Price (Navy Lt. Pam Kim), Missy Yager (Michelle Davison), Josh Daugherty (Devon Kane), Harriet Margulies (Attractive Older Woman)
Global rating: 9.0
A Marine's wife shoots an intruder in self defense when he is about to rape her. The team finds out that the wife was leading a double life, while her husband was serving overseas. Allegedly, she has been chatting with a stranger on the net and had no idea about his true intentions. The team believes that she might have lured him to her home, not knowing that he is a serial rapist.
33. Chained
Writer: Frank Military
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Guest star: Frank Whaley (Jeffery White), John Thaddeus (Lane Danielson), Annie Corley (Deputy Secretary of State Anna Elliot), Miguel Perez (Federal Marshal Van Driver), Dan Warner (Federal Marshal), Don S. Davis (MTAC Control Officer), Ken Strunk (Gas Station Owner), Jason Christopher (Motorcycle Rider)
Global rating: 9.0
While posing as an escaped prisoner and sticking to a convict who knows the location of a stash of valuable stolen Iraqi aniquities, Tony becomes untraceable. The GPS locator that Abby planted on him doesn't work anymore, and the team must find Tony, because his life is in jeopardy.
34. Black Water
Writer: Juan Carlos Coto, Juan Carlos Coto, John C. Kelley
Director: Terrence O'Hara
Guest star: Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer) , Gina St. John (ZNN Reporter Cindy Ames), Mike Starr (Monroe Cooper), Mark D. Espinoza (Sheriff Lester), Michael Weaver (Thomas McAllister), Lorna Scott (Sally Parker), Rob Luke (P.A.), Robin Riker (Saleena Lockhart), Jimmy Palumbo (Stage manager)
Global rating: 9.0
A Navy officer's body, which was missing for 2 years, is found in a car pulled from a lake by a private investigator, who now wants to have the reward posted by the family. The disappearance turns out to be a murder when the team finds a bullet inside the car.
35. Doppelgänger
Writer: Jack Bernstein
Director: Terrence O'Hara
Guest star: Ange Billman (Sales Person #2), Michael Archer (Sales Person #1), Kimberly Oja (Karen Wilkerson), Craig Welzbacher (George Mansur), Willie C. Carpenter (Arthur Gruden), Rob Benedict (Aaron Alan Wright), Chad Willett (Detective Primo Monteleone), Will Burke (Detective Todd Miller), Grant Garrison (P.O. Niles Wilson), Rebecca McFarland (Detective Rachel Rapp), John Doman (Police Lt. Cheney), Jeremy Guskin (Roland Kesta)
Global rating: 9.1
The team takes upon an unusual case when a telemarketer reports a possible murder of a petty officer who appeared to be dying over the phone. With the help of the Virginia officials, the team finds out that the officer faked his own death and they need to locate him after learning more info about him.
36. The Meat Puzzle
Writer: Frank Military
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Guest star: Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer) , Nina Foch (Mrs. Vanessa Mallard), Morgan Weisser (Vincent Hanlan), Pat Healy (Jonathan Hanlan), Holmes Osborne (Fred Hanlan), Lee Garlington (Mary Hanlan), Dave Shalansky (Delivery Man), Jesse D. Goins (Jeffrey Wilson)
Global rating: 9.2
A "meat puzzle" stars when Ducky identifies the pieces of three bodies that were stuffed inside a barrel few months ago. They turn out to be bodies of a sheriff and a prosecutor that worked with Ducky on a rape case 10 years ago. Gibbs believes that Ducky might be the next victim, so he orders to keep him and his mother safe.
37. Witness
Writer: George Schenck, Frank Cardea
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Guest star: Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer) , Danica McKellar (Erin Kendall), Conor Dubin (Jeremy Pryor), Jack McGee (Detective Curtis Floyd), Christopher Stapleton (Lt. Don Wade), Alana Stelling (P.O. Meg Walker), Colleen Porch (Jill Meyers), Tina Lifford (Dr. Pamela Fox), Dave Price (Meteorologist)
Global rating: 9.0
A woman claims to have seen a murder of a sailor in an apartment across from hers. Gibbs trusts McGee to make a decision as to if they should investigate when they learn that there is a lack of evidence.
38. Caught on Tape
Writer: Christopher Crowe, John C. Kelley, Gil Grant
Director: Jeff Woolnough
Guest star: Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer) , Kevin Sizemore (Marine Sgt. William Moore), Marieh Delfino (Judy Moore), David Lipper (Marine Sgt. Roger Caine), John Lacy (Park Ranger Kett), Tim de Zarn (David Runion)
Global rating: 8.8
A Marine falls off a cliff, and his camera records him falling. The prime suspects are his wife and his best friend with whom he had a picnic in the camp. Gibbs finds out they had an affair behind a dead man's back and he tries to persuade one another to blame each other. In the meantime, Abby reconstructs the case using her computer skills to handle the Marine's camera.
39. Pop Life
Writer: Frank Military
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Guest star: Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer) , Mya (Samantha 'Jade' King), Daya Vaidya (Keisha 'Summer Diamond' Scott), Scott Alan Smith (Detective Mark Mauceri), Kiko Ellsworth (Willie Taylor), Conrad Roberts (Benjamin King), Steven Brand (Ian Alfred 'Buldog' Hitch), Shang Forbes (DJ), Mark Griffin (Blue McGinty)
Global rating: 8.6
NCIS starts the investigation after petty officer Manda King is found dead in the bartender's bed. The suspect is the owner of the competing club where Manda's sister sings.
40. An Eye for An Eye
Writer: Steven Kane
Director: Dennis Smith
Guest star: Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer) , Carlos Lacamara (Joe Tabaraz), Madison Mason (Marine Lt. Colonel Bushnell), Mark Adair-Rios (Ignacio 'Iggy' Mejia), Cleo King (Della Robinson), Daniel Jay Shore (P.O. Benjamin Horlacher), Tania Raymonde (Anna Real), Virginia Reece (Allison Donovan), Kristin Proctor (1st Lt. Susan Ellsworth), Anthony Heald (Prof. Guyman Purcell)
Global rating: 8.8
When a Petty Officer working in the Intelligence receives a pair of blue eyeballs in the mail, the NCIS team starts investigating the case. The sailor commits suicide during the investigation, which leads the team to one of his lecturers, who is working for the CIA in Panama.
41. Bikini Wax
Writer: David North
Director: Stephen Cragg
Guest star: Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer) , Jon Sklaroff (Jonathan Redding), Tamara Craig Thomas (Lisa Kerr), Lochlyn Munro (Kevin Holt), Larry Cedar (Jason Kaplan), Tasha Dixon (Gina Shepard), Nicole Pano (Sally), Sarah Prikryl (Tiffany Jordon), Teck Holmes (Jamel Jones), Lamont Thompson (Police Lt. Sommers), Nathan Anderson (Luke Walters), Emma Bates (P.O. Jordan's former rackmate)
Global rating: 8.7
A petty officer who had just returned to her job is found dead backstage at a bikini contest. The team suspects that the victim may have had a stalker.
42. Conspiracy Theory
Writer: Frank Military
Director: Jeff Woolnough
Guest star: Joe Spano (FBI Agent T.C. Fornell), Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer) , Kevin Quigley (William the Truthteller), Jonathan Redford (Corpsman Timothy Morgan), Robert Ray Manning Jr. (Officer Alex Taylor), Jennifer Dundas (Lynn Simons), Molly Hagan (Audrey Vetter), Dan Ziskie (Captain Ross Vetter), Brigid Brannagh (Catherine Reynolds), Dean McDermott (Lt. Cmdr. Allan Witten), Hilary Angelo (P.O. Jessica Smith)
Global rating: 9.0
The team investigates a suicide case, believing that the main reason of her death is a nervous breakdown, but Ducky believes that she was actually murdered. FBI Special Agent Fornell helps them in the investigation. The traces lead them to revelation that she was involved in a love triangle.
43. Red Cell
Writer: Christopher Silber
Director: Dennis Smith
Guest star: Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer) , Jesse Heiman (Frederick Pippin), Kaj-Erik Eriksen (Frank Smith), Judd Trichter (Hunter Huxley), Jon Wellner (Simon Frankel), Floyd Van Buskirk (Rodney Garrison), Maria Delle Grazie (Ashley Simmons), Amy Tipton (Liza Taylor), Jeff Wincott (Marine Gunnery Sgt. Leeka), Sherman Augustus (Marine Cpt. Daniel Lemay), Matt DeCaro (Chief Daryl Bello), Troian Avery Bellisario (Sarah McGee), Billy Aaron Brown (Man in Mask/Donny Potter), Chase Ryan Jeffery (Kyle Zolin)
Global rating: 9.0
A marine is found murdered on the school campus, and the NCIS discovers a suspect immediately. However, they are back at zero point when they find the suspect murdered. Tim & Abby discover a trace in the e-mails, called "Red Cell," which leads them to believe that the marine must have been involved in a serious death game.
44. Hometown Hero
Writer: George Schenck, Frank Cardea
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Guest star: Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer) , Hosea Chanchez (Marine Lance Cpl. Jaime Ramos), Alicia Coppola (Lt. Cmdr. Faith Coleman), Anne Judson-Yager (Emmy Pole), Shashawnee Hall (Police Chief Jeff Whalen), Zack Ward (Police Officer Billy Krieg), Vincent Angell (Bruce Webb), Elizabeth Connors (Kathy Webb), Paul Rae (Steve Hager), Matt Bushell (Marine Lt. Rob King), Matt Funke (P.O. Justin Dobbs), Amanda MacDonald (Norah Webb), Tim Barraco (Service Technician)
Global rating: 8.9
After a young Navy corpsman is killed in Iraq while saving the lives of several marines, the body of a young woman is found with his belongings in storage at his hometown. The evidence seems conclusive that the Petty Officer was a murderer, but Gibbs believes that he was innocent and decides to prove it so that he can be buried with full honors.
45. SWAK
Writer: Donald P. Bellisario
Director: Dennis Smith
Guest star: Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer) , Tamara Taylor (NCIS Special Agent Cassie Yates), Steven Eckholdt (Navy Cmdr. Dr. Brad Pitt), Kelsey Oldershaw (Navy Nurse Lt. Emma Ingham), Mariette Hartley (Hanna Lowell), Olivia Burnette (Sarah Lowel), Ty Upshaw (Security Guard), Bibi Amos (Receptionist), Rizwan Manji (Dr. Pandy)
Global rating: 9.5
When Tony opens a mysterious letter thinking it's for him, a small puff of white powder comes out, releasing a possible deadly virus. Kate calls for help and as a precaution, she and Tony are isolated in a bio-hazard isolation room. While McGee and Gibbs are determined to discover who sent the envelope and how to cure their friends before it's too late for them, Tony's health gets worse.
46. Twilight
Writer: John C. Kelley
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Guest star: Rudolf Martin (Ari Haswari), Alan Dale (NCIS Director Tom Morrow), Joe Spano (FBI Agent T.C. Fornell), Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer) , Dennis Cockrum (Terrorist), Benjamin John Parrillo (Rex Eberlee), Ryan Culver (Navy Lt. Curtis Janssen), Shane Conrad (Navy Lt. Dean Westfall), Sasha Maxime (Virginia State Police Officer), Frank Cranston (NSA Officer)
Global rating: 9.5
A group of serial terrorists seek revenge and send Ari on an assignment to kill Gibbs. The NCIS team goes on a hunt after him, but when they discover that Ari has a second plan, it is already too late... the NCIS team will have to face the death of one of their team members.
47. Kill Ari (1)
Writer: Donald P. Bellisario
Director: Dennis Smith
Guest star: Pancho Demmings (Gerald Jackson), Rudolf Martin (Ari Haswari), Alan Dale (NCIS Director Tom Morrow), Lauren Holly (NCIS Director Jenny Shepard) , Sasha Alexander (Special Agent Kate Todd), Sasha Maxime (Virginia State Police Officer), AJ Tannen (Mossad Agent), Cote de Pablo (Mossad Agent Ziva David)
Global rating: 9.4
After the terrorist's attack, the NCIS team is shocked and is trying to cope with Kate's sudden death, each in their own way. Now, their mission is to collect all the possible info on Ari and find a way to stop him before he does any more damage. Meanwhile, while feeling guilty over Kate's death, Gibbs is informed that the NCIS director is leaving, and the replacement is Jenny Shepard, a woman Gibbs worked with in the past and had a romantic history with.
48. Kill Ari (2)
Writer: Donald P. Bellisario
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Guest star: Joe Spano (FBI Agent T.C. Fornell), Lauren Holly (NCIS Director Jenny Shepard), Pancho Demmings (Gerald Jackson), Rudolf Martin (Ari Haswari), Alan Dale (NCIS Director Tom Morrow) , Gloria Votsis (Dana), Cote de Pablo (Mossad Agent Ziva David), Sasha Alexander (Special Agent Kate Todd)
Global rating: 9.2
Still stressed over Kate's death, Gibbs is even more hurt when Ari kidnaps Ducky and decides to play with his mind. Gibbs sends Tony to follow Ziva, and after Jenny and Gibbs are almost shot to death, he is even more determined to finish once and for all with Ari, and Ziva's strange connection to Ari will be just the help that he needs.
49. Mind Games
Writer: George Schenck, Frank Cardea
Director: William Webb
Guest star: Stephanie Mello (NCIS Tech Cynthia Sumner), Jessica Steen (NCIS Special Agent Paula Cassidy) , Chad Donella (John Briggs), Tom Wright (Warden Sam Kelleher), Scott Williamson (Virginia Governor Charles Norin), Christopher Shyer (Kyle Boone), Lawrence Monoson (Adam O'Neill)
Global rating: 8.9
Gibbs is ordered to talk to a convict that is about to be executed, in order to discover information about the place where he hid his victims, but when the plan doesn't work, the team must solve the case in their own way.
50. Silver War
Writer: John C. Kelley, John C. Kelley, Joshua Lurie
Director: Terrence O'Hara
Guest star: Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer), Vivienne Bellisario (Mysterious Redhead), Lauren Holly (NCIS Director Jenny Shepard) , Jason Grutter (Camera Man), Byrne Offutt (Judd Kearns), Burnadean Jones (Sally Smith), John Berg (General Grant), Larry Clarke (Director), Robert Blanche (Brett Willis), Barbara Niven (Dr. Elaine Burns)
Global rating: 8.9
When a corpse of a man is found inside a cast iron coffin that comes from the Civil War, the team discovers that the victim, a Staff Sergeant, was buried alive. During the investigation, Abby processes the cell phone he was buried with for clues. Meanwhile, Gibbs is informed by his new boss, Jenny Sheppard, that Ziva David is now on his team as a Mossad liaison officer.
51. Switch
Writer: Gil Grant
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Guest star: Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer) , Andrew Caple-Shaw (P.O. Jerry Smith), Wilson Bethel (P.O. John Kirby), Merritt Wever (Wendy Smith), Vern Urich (Nervous Man), Maria Bertrand (Young Woman), Richard F. Whiten (Police Lt. Jody Hampton), Geoffrey Lower (Navy Cmdr. Robert Morris)
Global rating: 8.7
When a non-commissioned officer is shot to death on the freeway, the NCIS team takes upon the investigation. The first lead, a fact that the victim was leading a double life, takes them to a possible solution of the crime, but the tables are turned when the victim's dying message is discovered and it leads them to a totally different clue.
52. The Voyeur's Web
Writer: David North
Director: Dennis Smith
Guest star: Lauren Holly (NCIS Director Jenny Shepard), Stephanie Mello (NCIS Tech Cynthia Sumner), Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer) , Colby Paul (Skateboard Kid #1), Malik Kirkwood (Skateboard Kid #2), Mikki Padilla (Leanne Roberts), Marty Papazian (Sgt. Jake Roberts), John Eric Bentley (Capt. Arthur Caldwell), Bradley White (Bart Powell), Nat Faxon (Carter Finch), Brittney Powell (Jamie Carr), Michael Bellisario (Charles 'Chip' Sterling)
Global rating: 8.9
The NCIS team takes upon a strange case - a Marine's wife was murdered live on the Internet. The investigation reveals that two housewives were running a live Internet sex site and now they are both missing. While looking for them, the team will try to track down the webmaster and solve the alleged murder case.
53. Honor Code
Writer: Christopher Silber
Director: Colin Bucksey
Guest star: Lauren Holly (NCIS Director Jenny Shepard) , Susse Budde (Laura Osgood), Joseph Castanon (Zach Tanner), Michael Reilly Burke (Frank Connell), Michael Bellisario (Charles 'Chip' Sterling), Dominic Pace (Vincent Pazzo), Jack Stehlin (Navy Cmdr. Harry Wilder), Brian Fitzpatrick (Willis Hirst), Paul Webster (Lt. Cmdr. Alex Tanner), Mary Matilyn Mouser (Kelly Gibbs)
Global rating: 9.2
When a 6-year-old boy informs the NCIS team that his father was kidnapped, the team discovers that the missing father is actually a Lt. Commander working on a secret project named Honor, and that he is the only one who has the code that can open the project. While Gibbs gets closer with the boy, the rest of the team discovers that the project has been hacked in and the information inside has been deleted. Is the missing man innocent or is he actually the guilty one?
54. Under Covers
Writer: Lee David Zlotoff
Director: Aaron Lipstadt
Guest star: Lauren Holly (NCIS Director Jenny Shepard), Joe Spano (FBI Agent T.C. Fornell), Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer) , Sonny Surowiec (C.K. Cord), Matthew Kaminsky (Henry Spivey), Michelle Krusiec (Maya), Phillip Rhys (Yussif), Eric Steinberg (Marcos Siazon), Michael Bellisario (Charles 'Chip' Sterling)
Global rating: 9.4
When bodies of two hired assassins are delivered to the NCIS team, Ziva and Tony go undercover assuming the victim's identities in order to find the person who hired the assassins for their mission. While working on the case, Ziva ad Tony spend some quality time in a luxury hotel and the attraction between them arises. Gibbs discovers that his team is not the only one working on the case.
55. Frame-Up
Writer: Laurence Walsh
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Guest star: Joe Spano (FBI Agent T.C. Fornell), Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer) , Casey Weiant (Mina Campbell), Jarrod Crawford (Marine M.P. Sgt. Brooks), Randy Wayne (Grant Bridges), Matt Malloy (George Stuart 'Petri'), Don Franklin (FBI Special Agent Ron Sacks), Michael Bellisario (Charles 'Chip' Sterling), Lindsay Price (Navy Lt. Pam Kim), David Brant (NCIS Special Agent David Brant), Elizabeth Ann Bennett (Carla Johnson)
Global rating: 9.4
Tony is accused of murdering a woman whose body was found at Quantico, and the team must prove his innocence. All the possible evidence proves that Tony is guilty, and the team will give their best to set their agent and a friend free.
56. Probie
Writer: Frank Cardea, George Schenck
Director: Terrence O'Hara
Guest star: Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer), Stephanie Mello (NCIS Tech Cynthia Sumner) , Gary Sommers (John Benedict), Christopher Allport (Metro Police Cpt. Dan Karzin), William Gregory Lee (Metro Police Sgt. Keith Archer)
Global rating: 9.2
While on duty, McGee kills a man who is later discovered to be an undercover police officer. When Jenny decides to approve the investigation on McGee, the NCIS team is forced to prove that McGee is not guilty, pushing Gibbs' relationship with Jen to the limit. Meanwhile, Tony is troubled by his past.
57. Model Behavior
Writer: David North
Director: Stephen Cragg
Guest star: Stephanie Mello (NCIS Tech Cynthia Sumner), Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer) , Judi Shekoni (Natalie Vance), John Pleshette (Tom Crawley), Mini Anden (Hannah Bressling), Kent Shocknek (Reporter Guy Ross), Eliska Sursova (Keenya Desoto), Jeffrey Pierce (Marine Sgt. Michael McMannis), Wendy Braun (Cindy Sanchez), Gomez Warren (AV Tech)
Global rating: 8.6
While filming a reality show on a Marine base, a supermodel dies, and the NCIS team must discover who is the model's murderer. They discover a love triangle between the model and three other men, all suspects. Meanwhile, Jenny is disturbed when Gibbs doesn't attend an award ceremony where he is one of the honorees.
58. Boxed In
Writer: Dana Coen
Director: Dennis Smith
Guest star: Daniel Roebuck (Port Security Chief Matthew Lake), James Martin Kelly (Mookie Perkins), Morocco Omari (NCIS Special Agent Thomas Survoy), Tony Armatrading (William N'Diaye)
Global rating: 9.2
While on investigation at a shipyard, looking for smuggled weapons, Tony and Ziva disappear and it's up to NCIS to find them. Abby tries to track them down by tracking down their GPS chips, but they seem to be out of reach. Meanwhile, Tony and Ziva, trapped in a container, find evidence which could help them solve the case.
59. Deception
Writer: Jack Bernstein
Director: Leslie Libman
Guest star: Jesse Plemons (Jason Geckler), Helen Eigenberg (Lt. Cmdr. Amanda Wilkerson), Austin Stout (Tim), Zac Efron (Danny), P.J. Byrne (Ross Logan), Eric Lange (William Lafferty), Phil Morris (Navy Capt. Paul Martino), Gary Kraus (Security Officer Chuck Parnell)
Global rating: 9.0
When a Commander in charge of a shipment of fuel rods for nuclear power stations disappears, the NCIS team is called in. The team must solve the case in time, before the person who kidnapped the Commander finds out the secret location of the fuel rods or harms the Lt. Commander.
60. Light Sleeper
Writer: Christopher Silber
Director: Colin Bucksey
Guest star: Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer) , Tim Griffin (Marine Sgt. Malcolm Porter), Karl Makinen (Marine Staff Sgt. James Dawson), Keone Young (Lee Sung), Esther K. Chae (Yoon Dawson), Ruth Rudnick (Gina Goodwin)
Global rating: 9.1
The NCIS team investigates the murder of two Marine wives, and must find the murderers before they attack their next target, another woman.
61. Head Case
Writer: George Schenck, Frank Cardea
Director: Dennis Smith
Guest star: Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer) , Thea Rose (Chrissy Wayne), Greta Sesheta (Receptionist), Jamie Martz (P.O. 1st Class Marc Hobie), Ivar Brogger (Simon Katz), Scott Atkinson (Lt. Cmdr. Kyle Ross), Stephanie Michels (Sean Oliver), Bruce French (Floyd Vernon), Chelsea Field (Jocelyn Wayne), Rick Sparks (Seaman Fred Randall), Caleb Brown (P.O. 3rd Class Michael Jones)
Global rating: 9.0
While discovering an illegal automotive chop shop, the NCIS team stumbles upon a severed head of a Navy Captain hidden in one of the cars from the shop. When they find possible suspects, the team will have to find the rest of the body and find the murderer.
62. Family Secret
Writer: Steven D. Binder
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Guest star: Stephanie Mello (NCIS Tech Cynthia Sumner), Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer) , Michael Holden (Dr. Wayne Dobson), Evan Helmuth (EMT Jeff Beilsman), John L. Adams (EMT Seth Patterson), Troian Avery Bellisario (Sarah McGee), Ellen Hollman (NCIS Special Agent Tina Larsen), Brandon Largent (Corporal Kenneth Merrill), Conor O'Farrell (William Danforth), Jeremy Brandt (Corpsman)
Global rating: 9.0
When an ambulance explodes while carrying the remains of a Marine's body that was killed in a car crash, the NCIS team is called in to investigate what actually happened. The investigation leads them to some sudden discoveries -- the DNA of the victim found in the ambulance doesn't match the Marine's DNA; the ambulance was set up to explode; and the family of the dead Marine is hiding a very important secret.
63. Ravenous
Writer: Richard C. Arthur
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Guest star: Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer) , Todd Allen (Park Ranger James Landis), Michelle Harrison (Park Ranger Bobby Hendricks), Chris Payne Gilbert (Wesley Rowan), Scott Leet (Jason Edom), Alex Frost (Jerry)
Global rating: 9.2
When a Petty Officer's dog tags are found in a national forest by a group of teens, the NCIS team is called in to investigate. While searching for the campsite of the sailor, the team finds out that there was another person, possibly a woman, with him. The investigation takes them to an even more higher discovery -- there could be a serial killer killing women in the national forest.
64. Bait
Writer: Laurence Walsh
Director: Terrence O'Hara
Guest star: Stephanie Mello (NCIS Tech Cynthia Sumner) , Paul Schulze (Marine Major Ken Meyers), Mauricio Mendoza (Rico Caldas), Ruth Zalduondo (Angela Meyers), Chase Kim (SRT Sniper), Michael Welch (Kody Meyers), Jade Carter (Marine Capt. Daniel Wise), Linsey Godfrey (Stephanie Phillips), Charles Duckworth (Joe Bennes), Alexandra Krosney (Nadia Harcourt)
Global rating: 9.3
The NCIS team must stop a teenage student from detonating a bomb attached to his body, while he's taking the other students hostage at a Quantico base high school. Gibbs tries to stop him when he enters the classroom, only to realize that there may be someone else controlling the teenage student from the outside. Meanwhile, while Gibbs is in the classroom, Tony is left in charge.
65. Iced
Writer: Dana Coen
Director: Dennis Smith
Guest star: Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer) , Matt Iseman (DC Metro Officer Talbot), Suzanne Rico (Reporter Suzanne McRobert), Benjamin Brown (Marine Capt. Arvidas), Austin Majors (Jeremy Hodges), Seth Adkins (Sean Hodges), Aris Alvarado (Tomas Zepeda), Michael Esparza (Marine Lance Corporal Jose Silva), Douglas Spain (Ceasar Bernal)
Global rating: 9.0
Gibbs and the team are called in when a couple of kids stumble upon the body of a missing Marine in a frozen lake. As the NCIS team searches the frozen lake bed for clues, they come across three more bullet-ridden bodies. During the autopsies, Ducky and Gibbs discover that the three additional victims had gang tattoos. With this crucial piece of information, the team works to uncover the Marine's connection with a deadly street gang.
66. Untouchable
Writer: George Schenck, Frank Cardea
Director: Leslie Libman
Guest star: Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer) , Adria Dawn (NCIS Tech Sandra Frasier), Jonathan Fraser (Secret Service Officer Jack Lyon), Mark Harelik (Ron Levinson), Kimberlee Peterson (Navy Lt. Keira Napleton), Scott Paulin (Navy Capt. Kevin Dorn), Nina Foch (Mrs. Victoria Mallard)
Global rating: 9.1
When a Pentagon cryptographer is found dead, the NCIS team has to discover whether the person was or wasn't a Pentagon mole, and if the person committed suicide. As the investigation continues, the team discovers that the person wasn't alone when she died, so someone must have murdered her. So, the team has to find the person, a mole, who murdered the cryptographer.
67. Bloodbath
Writer: Steven D. Binder
Director: Dennis Smith
Guest star: Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer) , Vincent Young (Mikel Mawher), Mimi Kuzyk (Ginger Stevenson), Eddie Jemison (Terry Spooner), Sondra Currie (Lillian Hencheck), Ken Lerner (Albert Hencheck), Richard Keith (Frank Dreyer), Gregory Crane (ERT Member)
Global rating: 9.4
While working on just a regular murder case with the rest of the NCIS team, Abby is almost killed by an evidence from the case and soon it becomes clear that the murder was staged, and that someone wants Abby dead. The team discovers some enemies from Abby's past, and they must find out who is the person, before the person kills Abby.
68. Jeopardy
Writer: David North
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Guest star: Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer), Stephanie Mello (NCIS Tech Cynthia Sumner) , Connor Trinneer (James Dempsey), Tim Russ (Jerry Kemper), Tamara Taylor (NCIS Special Agent Cassie Yates), Alex Nesic (Alex Rudd), Rodney Scott (Brian Dempsey)
Global rating: 9.2
The NCIS team must protect Ziva when a suspect dies while being in custody, and her tactic might be the reason why the person died. The things become much more dangerous when the suspect's brother kidnaps Jenny, and demands the release of his brother in exchange for Jenny, but he has no idea that his brother is dead.
69. Hiatus (1)
Writer: Donald P. Bellisario
Director: Dennis Smith
Guest star: Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer), Muse Watson (Mike Franks) , Mary Matilyn Mouser (Kelly Gibbs), Jamison Jones (Lt. Gelfand), Marcus Reynaga (Paramedic), Ariel Felix (Alon ATU), Randy Flagler (Gibbs' C.O), Adam Lieberman (U.S. Customs Officer Cruz), Aloma Wright (Nurse Ethel Washingtown), Tess Lina (Nurse Maria Baliad), Jarvis W. George (Navy Lt. Morgan Tolliver), Burt Bulos (Abog Galib), Christopher Maher (Capt. Aris Mahir), Darby Stanchfield (Shannon Gibbs), Cotter Smith (NCIS Special Agent in Charge Sam Stevens), Brett Cullen (Navy Capt. Todd Gelfand)
Global rating: 9.3
While working on an assignment, Gibbs is seriously injured in an explosion, and taken to a hospital, where he recalls his painful past, which he has always hidden from others. The rest of the team must proceed with the investigation and put their feelings towards Gibbs's injury aside. Tony is left in charge, which may cause a bit of trouble.
70. Hiatus (2)
Writer: Donald P. Bellisario
Director: Dennis Smith
Guest star: Stephanie Mello (NCIS Tech Cynthia Sumner), Muse Watson (Mike Franks), Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer) , Pepper Sweeney (TBA), Darby Stanchfield (Shannon Gibbs), Tyrees Allen (NSO Deputy Director Dean Welsh), Tess Lina (Nurse Maria Baliad), Kevin West (Mario), Susan Santiago (Camila Charo), Jarvis W. George (Navy Lt. Morgan Tolliver), Alan Pietruszewski (Navy Captain Tom Zill), Burt Bulos (Abog Galib), Christopher Maher (Capt. Aris Mahir), Cotter Smith (NCIS Special Agent in Charge Sam Stevens), Brett Cullen (Navy Capt. Todd Gelfand), Mary Matilyn Mouser (Kelly Gibbs)
Global rating: 9.4
The NCIS team must work on an assignment against a terrorist group without Gibbs, who is still recovering from the explosion. Gibbs has to fight with memory loss, while he's visited by his mentor and his former boss. His help is needed, especially when the team discovers that Gibbs is the only person who has information about the terrorists' plans, so he needs to retrieve his memory before the terrorists attack.
71. Shalom
Writer: John C. Kelley, Donald P. Bellisario, John C. Kelley
Director: William Webb
Guest star: Sheila Frazier (ZNN Reporter Debra Green), Muse Watson (Mike Franks), Liza Lapira (NCIS Special Agent Michelle Lee), Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer) , Saba Homayoon (Faatin Amal), Paul Lacovara (Mossad Security Officer), Eyal Podell (Namir Eschel), Susan Santiago (Camila Charo), Eli Danker (Mossad Officer Michael Bashan), Don Franklin (FBI Agent Ron Sacks)
Global rating: 9.3
When Ziva accidentally witnesses a political assassination, she learns that the FBI is looking to arrest her and escapes, while the NCIS team, led by Tony, looks to prove that Ziva is innocent. However, when things get more complicated, Ziva seeks help from the one person who always trusted her, Gibbs.
72. Escaped
Writer: Steven D. Binder, Steven D. Binder, Christopher Silber
Director: Dennis Smith
Guest star: Stephanie Mello (NCIS Tech Cynthia Sumner), Joe Spano (FBI Agent T.C. Fornell), Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer), Liza Lapira (NCIS Special Agent Michelle Lee) , Courtney Gains (Gary Silverstin), Harriet Margulies (Attractive Older Woman), Janiece Jary (Woman), Sarah Spiegel (Young Woman), Paul Clausen (Young Man), Payton Spencer (Emily Fornell), Mary Matilyn Mouser (Kelly Gibbs), Judyann Elder (Marny Mathers), Brandon Barash (Ex-Petty Office Derrick Paulson), Wayne Pere (Stanley Springer), Hal Holbrook (Mickey Stokes)
Global rating: 9.3
Gibbs is forced to come back out of his retirement to help Fornell, who is being threatened by a convict that escaped from prison. The convict threatens both Fornell and his daughter Emily. Gibbs and the NCIS team re-open the convict's old robbery case, and question a retired sailor who is the only one who contacted the convict after he was sent to prison. The investigation will lead the NCIS team to a surprising discovery.
73. Singled Out
Writer: David North, David North, John C. Kelley
Director: Terrence O'Hara
Guest star: Heather Avery Clyde (Lt. Anne Sullivan (uncredited)), Mieko Hillman (Jennifer Murphy), Mike Beaver (Larry West), Claire Coffee (Nikki Crawshaw), Daniel Hagen (Calvin Hopper), Misha Collins (Justin Farris), Seamus Dever (Graham Thomas)
Global rating: 9.1
An abandoned car is found full of blood, registered to a missing Navy lieutenant. The NCIS team learns that the missing lieutenant was profiling men, trying to find a perfect man for herself. When they find out that the woman intended to go to a seminar at a local hotel, Ziva goes undercover to find more information. Ducky is busy going through the profiles of the men. Jenny makes a secret offer to Tony.
74. Faking It
Writer: Shane Brennan
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Guest star: Muse Watson (Mike Franks) , Armando Molina (Miguel Fernandez), V.J. Foster (Arkady Kobach), Nolan North (Officer Lou Giotti), Albie Selznick (Marty Allen), Ravil Isyanov (Nikolai Puchenko), Geoff Pierson (Roy Carver)
Global rating: 9.1
After police pull over a driver and arrest him for a concealed weapon, a car crashes into their patrol car with a dead man behind the wheel. The arrested man turns out to be Russian and Homeland Security claim he was working for them. The Russian is linked to an old case that Mike Franks worked on. Mike comes out of retirement to put the Russian behind bars.
75. Dead and Unburied
Writer: Nell Scovell
Director: Colin Bucksey
Guest star: Liza Lapira (NCIS Special Agent Michelle Lee), Stephanie Mello (NCIS Tech Cynthia Sumner), Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer) , Tom Kiesche (Bob Whitehead), Derek Webster (Marine Capt. Stengel), Elisa Donovan (Rebecca Kemp), Rachel Boston (Siri Albert), Matt Winston (Rick Carvell), Rebecca Wisocky (Jody Carvell)
Global rating: 9.3
When a missing Lance Corporal is found dead in a vacant house, the NCIS team discovers that he was buried in the backyard and then exhumed. They learn about his identity and that he was to be deployed to Iraq, but he never showed up for duty. The investigation leads them to a new clue---he had two fiancées. Abby runs the DNA samples from the two women to find out if the DNA is a match to the soil found on the dead man's body.
76. Witch Hunt
Writer: Steven Kriozere
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Guest star: Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer) , Robert Reinis (Drew Paragon), David Earnest (Marine Sgt. Erik Niles), Mary Matilyn Mouser (Kelly Gibbs), Kali Majors (Sarah Niles), Katie A. Keane (Laurie Niles), Graham Shiels (Martin Jansen), Susan Diol (Dr. Leslie Burke), Garikayi Mutambirwa (Augie Breen), Scott Michael Campbell (Robert Miller), Cheryl White (Rebecca Biddle)
Global rating: 9.4
It's Halloween and the NCIS team is busy investigating a ransom case. A Marine's daughter has been kidnapped after the kidnapper attacked a Marine in his home. The investigation leads them to a fact that the couple has been separated. They decide to focus on the wife's ex-boyfriend, after learning that the woman is the one who destroyed their marriage. Meanwhile, McGee and Tony are stunned by Abby's Halloween costume.
77. Sandblast
Writer: Robert Palm
Director: Dennis Smith
Guest star: Susanna Thompson (Army Lt. Col. Hollis Mann), Scottie Thompson (Jeanne Benoit) , Enzo Cilenti (Mamoun Sharif), David M. Fabrizio (Marine Col. Frederick Cooper), Arnell Powell (Abraham Moussalah), Blake Bashoff (Josh Cooper)
Global rating: 9.2
When a Marine Colonel dies in an explosion at a military golf course, the NCIS team must investigate a suspected terrorist attack with the help from the Army Criminal Investigative Division (CID). The CIA gives them a lead to an abandoned warehouse, but it turns out to be a trap---the warehouse is set to explode. McGee uses his computer skills to break into the secret government files to uncover the terrorist cell.
78. Once a Hero
Writer: Shane Brennan
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Guest star: Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer), Liza Lapira (NCIS Special Agent Michelle Lee), Scottie Thompson (Jeanne Benoit) , Ned Schmidtke (Congressman Frank Getz), Laura P. Vega (Maria), Michael Gilden (Marty Pearson), Ming Lo (Davey Chen), Jonathan M. Woodward (Andy Nelson), Francesco Quinn (Luis Romero)
Global rating: 9.2
When an honored Marine veteran is found dead in a hotel, the NCIS team must find out what happened to him. Soon they realize that the Marine didn't commit suicide and that he was a homeless man. After going through his stuff, they find compromising evidence against him, and Gibbs is determined to prove the man's innocence.
79. Twisted Sister
Writer: Steven D. Binder
Director: Terrence O'Hara
Guest star: Scottie Thompson (Jeanne Benoit), Liza Lapira (NCIS Special Agent Michelle Lee), Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer) , Fidel Gomez (Jordan Block), John Cabrera (Officer Samuel Tate), Katherine Bailess (Madison), April Matson (Carolyn), Troian Avery Bellisario (Sarah McGee)
Global rating: 9.4
McGee breaks the rules, risking his NCIS job, to help his sister Sarah, who shows up disoriented and bloodied. While he works on figuring out what happened to his sister, the NCIS team is investigating a case of a Navy sailor, who is somehow connected to McGee's sister. Both Tony and Abby are busy with love problems, while McGee turns out to have another secret.
80. Smoked
Writer: John C. Kelley, Robert Palm
Director: Dennis Smith
Guest star: David Dayan Fisher (Trent Kort), Scottie Thompson (Jeanne Benoit), Liza Lapira (NCIS Special Agent Michelle Lee), Joe Spano (FBI Agent T.C. Fornell), Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer) , Marcella Lentz-Pope (Amy Bright), Rico Anderson (Rick Samson), Christopher Michael Moore (Miles Larson), Michael Gilden (Marty Pearson), Mandy June Turpin (Karen Bright), Don Franklin (FBI Agent Ron Sacks)
Global rating: 9.3
When a burnt and mummified body of a missing and wanted person is found on a Marine base, stuck in a chimney, NCIS must work with FBI. The burnt man turns out to be a suspected serial killer. Then both teams visit the man's family and discover something shocking. Also, the NCIS team must deal with the book McGee wrote about them, using "fictional" characters.
81. Driven
Writer: John C. Kelley, Ric Arthur, John C. Kelley, Nell Scovell
Director: Dennis Smith
Guest star: David Dayan Fisher (Trent Kort), Scottie Thompson (Jeanne Benoit), Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer) , Jennifer Lynne Wetzel (Navy Lt. Roni Seabrook), Sandra Hess (Regine Smidt), Ajay Mehta (Parviz Najar), Corey Stoll (Martin Quinn), Deidrie Henry (Tracy Taylor), Kevin Alejandro (Jaime Jones), Peter Giles (Torsten Engler), Lawrence Pressman (Dr. Russell Pike)
Global rating: 9.4
When a robotic vehicle named "Otto," a part of a high level project of the Department of Defense, causes a death of a Navy Lieutenant, and then later almost kills Abby, the NCIS team must find out who sabotaged the vehicle and murdered the Navy Lieutenant. Meanwhile, Ziva realizes that Tony keeps on visiting the hospital. What is he doing there?
82. Suspicion
Writer: Shane Brennan
Director: Colin Bucksey
Guest star: Scottie Thompson (Jeanne Benoit) , Mark Derwin (Marine Major Bradley Raines), Brian Howe (Sherriff Tom Barrett), Jon Curry (Deputy Tyler Barrett), Cas Anvar (Masoud Tariq), Lynsey Bartilson (Ruby Rae), John Beasley (Daryl Hardy), Victor Raider-Wexler (Patrick Carmody), Necar Zadegan (Marine Lt. Rihama Shaheen)
Global rating: 9.1
When a Marine intelligence officer is found murdered in a small town motel room, the NCIS team must find the person who murdered her, even though the local town authorities had already "investigated" the crime three days earlier. Gibbs needs to determine if the crime is related to a terrorist cell.
83. Sharif Returns
Writer: Steven D. Binder
Director: Terrence O'Hara
Guest star: Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer), Scottie Thompson (Jeanne Benoit), Susanna Thompson (Army Lt. Col. Hollis Mann) , Enzo Cilenti (Mamoun Sharif), Victor Webster (Dane Hogan), David Starzyk (Allan J. Carter), David Barrera (Charlie Milla), Rob Brownstein (Wayne Gordon), Brandon Molale (Army CID Special Agent Jack Reynolds)
Global rating: 9.1
When the NCIS team learns that the missing 10 kilograms of highly toxic chemical weapons are now in the hands of Mamoun Sharif, a wanted terrorist, they will have to find a way to find the man and stop him before it's too late with the aid from Army Lt. Col. Hollis Mann and constant phone calls from Sharif himself.
84. Blowback
Writer: Christopher Silber
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Guest star: David Dayan Fisher (Trent Kort), Armand Assante (La Grenouille), Stephanie Mello (NCIS Tech Cynthia Sumner) , Corey Stoll (Martin Quinn), Assaf Cohen (Eli "Goliath" Lisack), Jim Parrack (Nick Hurley), Fred Tate (Charles Harrow), David Batiste (Max Phillips), Sandra Hess (Regine Smidt)
Global rating: 9.2
After catching an international arms dealer, the NCIS team learns that Navy's highly classified weapons system will be sold to "La Grenouille," an important arms dealer. To stop the transaction, the team will send Ducky undercover. Meanwhile, another government agency appears to be working on the same case, with different plans.
85. Friends & Lovers
Writer: John C. Kelley
Director: Dennis Smith
Guest star: Scottie Thompson (Jeanne Benoit), Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer), Liza Lapira (NCIS Special Agent Michelle Lee) , Daz Crawford (Matt Barrows), Debbie Campbell (Mary Elizabeth Donahue), Brady Smith (David Cross), Jonno Roberts (Scott Pell), Corri English (Lisa Delgado), Dean Cechvala (Frank Holtz), J.R. Cacia (Detective John Carson), Michael Whaley (Detective J.D. Morris)
Global rating: 9.2
When a dead body of a sailor is found in an abandoned part of the town, all the evidence seem to point that the person died from unintentional drug overdose, but when the team uncovers more evidence, it turns out to be a murder. Meanwhile, Tony bonds with a local detective while working on the case.
86. Dead Man Walking
Writer: Nell Scovell
Director: Colin Bucksey
Guest star: Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer), Liza Lapira (NCIS Special Agent Michelle Lee) , Marc Vann (Mark Sadowski), Scott Klace (Dr. Timothy Hass), Erin Torpey (Holly Stegman), Diane Delano (Dee Dee Chesney), Kate Norby (Diane Russio), Matthew Marsden (Navy Lt. Roy Sanders)
Global rating: 9.4
When a Navy Lieutenant becomes the victim of radiation poisoning, the NCIS team must find the person who's behind the crime. The Lieutenant, who is working for the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency), claims that only his two colleagues knew about his assignment, and whoever it was, the person tried to stop the Lieutenant's next investigation.
87. Skeletons
Writer: Jesse Stern
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Guest star: Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer), Susanna Thompson (Army Lt. Col. Hollis Mann) , Corin Nemec (Len Grady), Alexandra Lydon (Natalie Dalton), Philip Anthony-Rodriguez (Former Marine LCPL Lloyd Jackson), Brian Markinson (Marine EOD Sgt. Dan Trask), Chris Tardio (Former Marine PFC Kenneth Dixon), Brian Cousins (Jacob Torrance), Erinn Bartlett (Madeline Torrance)
Global rating: 9.2
When an explosion at a military cemetery mausoleum reveals a crypt full of a mixture of body parts, the NCIS team must inform the families of the victims, hoping to find a connection between the dismembered victims, and narrow down the suspects to find out who is behind the hideous crime. Meanwhile, Abby is dealing with a personal problem, and the only person she can talk to about it is Gibbs.
88. Iceman
Writer: Shane Brennan
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Guest star: Muse Watson (Mike Franks), Scottie Thompson (Jeanne Benoit) , Jeremy Roberts (Marine Cpl. Liam O'Neill), Steven Elder (Nick Taylor), Stephanie Venditto (Dr. Jane Leisten), Navid Negahban (Jimmy Shaloub)
Global rating: 9.1
When a supposedly frozen to death Marine turns out alive on Ducky's autopsy table, the NCIS team has to find out about the victim's movements last few days to uncover what happened to him and who left him for dead. As the investigation progresses, the team learns about the victim's trip to Baghdad via a private cargo plane and discovers a link to Gibbs' past.
89. Grace Period
Writer: John C. Kelley
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Guest star: Scottie Thompson (Jeanne Benoit), Susanna Thompson (Army Lt. Col. Hollis Mann), Jessica Steen (NCIS Special Agent Paula Cassidy) , Sasha Roiz (NCIS Agent Rick Hall), Jacory Gums (NCIS Agent Jim Nelson), Haaz Sleiman (Abdul Wahid), Dominic Rains (Jamal Malik), Ankur Bhatt (Salman Umar), Shaun Duke (Azid Abu Selom)
Global rating: 9.4
When a weekend call to the NCIS tip line from an unknown source about possible terrorist activity results in the death of two agents sent into a trap, the NCIS team will have to find out who were the people responsible with the help from Agent Paula Cassidy, who holds herself responsible for the tragedy.
90. Cover Story
Writer: David North
Director: Dennis Smith
Guest star: Steve Braun (Landon Grey), Jayne Brook (Lyndi Crawshaw), Wilson Cruz (Todd Ryder), Nynno Ahli (Rick Green), Chris Akers (Johnny Smokerson)
Global rating: 9.4
McGee is under high pressure during the murder investigation of a Petty Officer based on the character for his latest book, with very little information to go on.
91. Brothers In Arms
Writer: Steven D. Binder
Director: Martha Mitchell
Guest star: Joe Spano (FBI Agent T.C. Fornell), Scottie Thompson (Jeanne Benoit), David Dayan Fisher (Trent Kort) , J.C. MacKenzie (Mitchell Reese), Mo Gallini (Andre Jones), Patrick Robert Smith (Tim Gerber), Peter Birkenhead (Elroy Webster), Sara Botsford (Dr. Helen Berkley)
Global rating: 9.1
Director Shepard makes a huge mistake by meeting a man alone to inform her about La Grenouille, as their meeting turns into a murder of the informant. Now the NCIS team must gather all the existing info and try to finally hunt down their enemy.
92. In the Dark
Writer: Steven D. Binder
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Guest star: Scottie Thompson (Jeanne Benoit), Susanna Thompson (Army Lt. Col. Hollis Mann), Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer) , Terry Bozeman (Navy Cmdr. Doug Jakobsen), Katie Lowes (Bryn Landers), John Billingsley (Jackson Scott)
Global rating: 9.2
When a blind photographer shoots the body of a Petty Officer on film, the NCIS team uses his special insight to investigate the crime. Meanwhile, both Gibbs and Tony are having commitment issues in their relationships.
93. Trojan Horse
Writer: Shane Brennan, Donald P. Bellisario
Director: Terrence O'Hara
Guest star: Armand Assante (La Grenouille), David Dayan Fisher (Trent Kort), Scottie Thompson (Jeanne Benoit), Stephanie Mello (NCIS Tech Cynthia Sumner), Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer) , Celestin Cornielle (Marine Cpl. Keener), Michelle Wolff (Marine Srgt. Maria Sanchez), Gary Morgan (Mario Vincetti), Aleksandra Kaniak (Russian Nurse), Corie Vickers (NCIS Special Agent Lynn Davis), Vladimir Skomarovsky (Colonel-General Dimitri Borov), Sima Kostov (Darya Borov), Marcy Harriell (Nurse Carly Marcano), Brian George (Dr. Ameen Temani), Sandra Hess (Regine Smidt), Michael Patrick McGill (Joey Kelly)
Global rating: 9.3
When Jenny has to attend an overseas conference, Gibbs is made acting director, but he prefers to ignore his duties and lead the investigation of the murder of a man, who was found dead in a taxi headed to the NCIS headquarters.
94. Angel of Death
Writer: Donald P. Bellisario
Director: Terrence O'Hara
Guest star: Stephanie Mello (NCIS Tech Cynthia Sumner), David Dayan Fisher (Trent Kort), Armand Assante (La Grenouille), Scottie Thompson (Jeanne Benoit), Joe Spano (FBI Agent T.C. Fornell), Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer), Liza Lapira (NCIS Special Agent Michelle Lee) , Sky Soleil (Bill), Dayo Ade (ER Orderly), Roxana Brusso (Noemi Cruz), Shandra Thigpen (Nurse Annie Hayes), Shelly Cole (Bernadette Watkins), Mike Erwin (Devon Watkins), Alan Smyth (Nick Kerry), Webster Williams (Colonel Jasper Shepard), Payton Spencer (Emily Fornell), Craig Nigh (Melvin), Samantha Bailey (Little Angel)
Global rating: 9.0
When Jenny returns from her European trip, the entire NCIS team will be forced to take a Homeland Security polygraph test, and the deepest secrets of each agent are about to be revealed. Plus, an unarmed Tony and Jeanne are held hostage by a ruthless drug dealer.
95. Bury Your Dead
Writer: Shane Brennan
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Guest star: Scottie Thompson (Jeanne Benoit), Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer), David Dayan Fisher (Trent Kort), Armand Assante (La Grenouille) , Webster Williams (Col. Jasper Shepard), Mesrop Agjanyan (Henri Rousseau)
Global rating: 9.3
The NCIS team uncovers a huge secret, as their mission to capture La Grenouille comes to an explosive and deadly conclusion.
96. Family
Writer: Steven D. Binder
Director: Martha Mitchell
Guest star: Nick Searcy (Joseph Barnes), Owen Beckman (Nicholas Barnes), Rick Otto (Adrian Nelson), Margaret Easley (Sara Nelson), Schuyler Yancey (P.O. Christopher Munoz)
Global rating: 9.1
During an autopsy, Ducky makes a startling discovery that turns a murder of a Petty Officer into a search for a missing infant. Meanwhile, Tony has to deal with his feelings for Jeanne.
97. Ex-File
Writer: Alfonso H. Moreno
Director: Dennis Smith
Guest star: Susanna Thompson (Army Lt. Col. Hollis Mann) , Kathleen York (Stephanie Flynn), John Mallory Asher (Fred Rinnert), Lilli Birdsell (Jill Reynolds), Myk Watford (Army Major Eric Sweigart), Robin Dunne (Army Lt. Joseph Marsden)
Global rating: 9.1
Lt. Colonel Mann joins Gibbs in an investigation of the murder of a Marine Captain who had access to highly classified information. Things get very personal for Gibbs when one of the witnesses in the case turns out to be one of his ex-wives.
98. Identity Crisis
Writer: Jesse Stern
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Guest star: Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer), Joe Spano (FBI Agent T.C. Fornell) , Dorian Brown (FBI Special Agent Courtney Krieger), Torri Higginson (Dr. Jordan Hampton), Nikita Ager (Shannon O'Hara), Joe Egender (Robert Graves), Emerson Brooks (Navy Lt. Carl Greer)
Global rating: 9.1
When Ducky realizes that one of his cadavers used for research is actually a victim of murder, the NCIS team identifies him as a criminal genius who is capable of deleting the past.
99. Leap of Faith
Writer: George Schenck, Frank Cardea
Director: Dennis Smith
Guest star: Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer) , Titus Welliver (Navy Capt. Roger Walsh), Robin Thomas (Dr. Neil Fleming), Susan Kelechi Watson (NCIS Intel Analyst Nikki Jardine), Adam Huss (Navy Seal Lt. Michael Arnett), John Vickery (Interpol Inspector Hugh Benson), Mark Matkevich (Jake), Deanna Russo (Ashley), Edward Conna (Metro Police Srgt. Frank Thompson), Kimberly Atkinson (NCIS Special Agent Roberta Wells), Alaina Kalanj (Dana Arnett)
Global rating: 9.2
The NCIS team is called in to stop a naval officer from committing suicide by jumping off a rooftop, but when the suicide attempt turns into a murder, the NCIS team will have to find out who did it.
100. Chimera
Writer: Dan E. Fesman
Director: Terrence O'Hara
Guest star: Steven Culp (Navy Cmdr. William Skinner), Bill Heck (Cory Mitas), James O'Shea (Navy Lt. Sean Ferris), Graham McTavish (Aleksei), Rick Kelly (Navy Captain), Christian Svensson (Pirate #1), Jordan Marder (Pirate #2), Craig Gellis (Civilian Crewman #1), Walter Wong (Civilian Crewman #2), Roshawn Franklin (Crew Chief Rogers), Eiji Inoue (Navy Lt. Cmdr. Satoshi Takada)
Global rating: 9.3
While investigating a mysterious death on a top-secret naval research ship at sea, the NCIS team finds it abandoned and containing a deadly secret that may cost them their lives.
101. Requiem
Writer: Shane Brennan
Director: Tony Wharmby
Guest star: Stelio Savante (Danny Coyle), Darby Stanchfield (Shannon Gibbs), Brenna Radding (Kelly Gibbs), Michael A. Shepperd (Mailman), Cameron Goodman (Maddie Tyler), Anne-Marie Johnson (Marine Col. Stacey Radcliffe), Mark Totty (Army Major Max Bourdais, Ret), Nick Spano (Marine Sgt. Rudi Haas)
Global rating: 9.3
Gibbs finds himself emotionally challenged when he agrees to investigate a crime connected to a friend of his daughter, who was killed years ago, and the investigation leads to a shocking conclusion.
102. Designated Target
Writer: Reed Steiner
Director: Colin Bucksey
Guest star: Xolile Tshavalala (Sayda Zuri), Basil Wallace (Delphin Abaka), Jonathan Adams (Thomas Zuri), Stephen Lee (Chuck Bayliss), Anthony Starke (Derrick Choyce), Demetrius Grosse (Atif Nukudna), Matt Riedy (Navy Rear Adm. Kenneth Kirkland), Dierdre Holder (Woman)
Global rating: 9.1
A murder investigation of a Navy Rear Admiral takes a shocking turn when a woman, a political refugee, returns home to search for her husband.
103. Lost & Found
Writer: David North
Director: Martha Mitchell
Guest star: Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer) , Dominic Scott Kay (Carson Taylor), Chris William Martin (Brian Matthews/Taylor), Karis Campbell (Navy Lt. Elaine Taylor), J.R. Bourne (Det. Marshall Collins), Candice Coke (Det. Danielle Hamilton), Jeff Marlow (Survivalist Trainee #1), David Raibon (Survivalist Trainee #2)
Global rating: 9.2
The NCIS team has to babysit a 9-year-old son of a missing man, a survivalist who is somehow connected to a cold case murder. The investigation leads the team into the wilderness, where they discover a shocking truth about the man's past.
104. Corporal Punishment
Writer: Jesse Stern
Director: Arvin Brown
Guest star: Paul Telfer (Marine Corporal Damon Worth), Jose Zuniga (Navy Capt. Dr. Adrian De La Casa), Amy Carlson (Karen Sutherland), Patrick Fabian (Ray Vincent), Marcius W. Harris (Chris Jenkins), John Siciliano (Marine PFC Nathan Stone)
Global rating: 9.0
While trying to track down a delusional and violent Marine who thinks he's still in Iraq, the NCIS team will learn that the man may have been the subject of a secret experiment - and it comes with a high price to pay.
105. Tribes
Writer: Reed Steiner
Director: Colin Bucksey
Guest star: Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer) , Shaun Toub (Khalid Mohammed Bakr), Jonathan LaPaglia (FBI Special Agent Brent Langer), David Haydn-Jones (Marine Capt. Jim Mills), James Parks (Brian Sikes), Jennifer Hetrick (Dr. Donna Dunlap), Walid Amini (Marine Lance Corp. Abdul Bakr), Fred Toma (Sunni Man)
Global rating: 8.8
After a young Muslim Marine is murdered near his Mosque, Ducky refuses to perform autopsy due to his religious beliefs, so the NCIS team tries to talk to the father of the deceased, and they send McGee to plant a bug in the Mosque, only to discover that the FBI already planted their bug.
106. Stakeout
Writer: Frank Cardea, George Schenck
Director: Tony Wharmby
Guest star: Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer) , Susan Kelechi Watson (NCIS Intel Analyst Nikki Jardin), Gretchen Egolf (Det. Andrea Sparr), Reggie Lee (Jonathan Chow), Kevin Rankin (Dennis Moran), Ned Vaughn (Navy Capt. Dean Pullman), Cyd Strittmatter (Joanne Wright), Abigail Mavity (Jordyn Wright), Philip Lenkowsky (Squeegee Man), Amy Lyndon (Goldilocks), Adria Dawn (Sandra Frasier), Jerry Kernion (Scott Rowe)
Global rating: 9.2
The NCIS team goes on a stakeout in a warehouse to catch a suspected thief of a high-tech naval radar, but they accidentally end up witnessing a murder. Meanwhile, Ducky hides a secret from the rest of the team.
107. Dog Tags
Writer: Dan E. Fesman, Alfonso H. Moreno
Director: Oz Scott
Guest star: Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer) , Rachel Kimsey (Petty Officer Erica Perelli), Roger R. Cross (Lt. Cmdr. David Warfield), Jorge-Luis Pallo (Lt. Matthew Sanchez), Brian Gross (Petty Officer Colin Dixon), Matt Corboy (Petty Officer Lance Tolliver), Derrick McMillon (Lt. Scott Bowen), Tripp Pickell (Petty Officer Pete Bidwell), Brian Jones (Uniformed Guard), James Ryen (Seaman)
Global rating: 9.1
When a Navy dog handler is found murdered, the NCIS team must determine if his dog is responsible; and Abby decides to fight for the dog's life by trusting her instinct about the dog's innocence.
108. Internal Affairs
Writer: Jesse Stern, Reed Steiner
Director: Tony Wharmby
Guest star: Rocky Carroll (NCIS Asst. Director Leon Vance), David Dayan Fisher (Trent Kort), Joe Spano (FBI Agent T.C. Fornell), Scottie Thompson (Jeanne Benoit) , Rob Arbogast (FBI Special Agent Wentworth)
Global rating: 9.3
The dead body of La Grenouille finally surfaces and the entire NCIS is put under the investigation by the FBI, with Jenny as the prime suspect for his murder.
109. In the Zone
Writer: Linda Burstyn
Director: Terence O'Hara
Guest star: Rocky Carroll (NCIS Asst. Director Leon Vance) , Ektimal Shbib (Iraqi Woman), Aleene Khoury (Tabina), Samantha Klein (Nurse), Sammy Sheik (Iraqi Militia Guard at Road Block), Wolf Amer (Iraqi Militia Guard at Shed), Susan Kelechi Watson (NCIS Intel Analyst Nikki Jardine), Josh Stamberg (Marine Major Ike Varnai), Rick Hoffman (Kelvin Ridgeway), Patrick Fischler (George Stenner), Elie Khoury (Jameel), Tony Daly (Marine Capt. John Rankin), Brooklyn McLinn (Marine Sgt. Jim Gilroy), Anne Bedian (Hamida), Jennifer O'Dell (Dina Rankin), Matt McTighe (Allan Hayes)
Global rating: 8.9
Two members of the NCIS team are sent to Baghdad to investigate a mortar attack that turned into murder.
110. Recoil
Writer: Dan E. Fesman, Frank Cardea, George Schenck
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Guest star: Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer) , Michael Hagerty (Andy Hoffman), Ella Thomas (Heidi), Mia Lee (Newscaster), Steve Kazee (Michael Locke), Nick Chinlund (Det. Steve Rosetti), Scott Holroyd (Navy PO Kevin Massey)
Global rating: 9.1
While on an undercover mission, Ziva's life is put in grave danger when the serial killer she's been tracking becomes suspicious of her.
111. About Face
Writer: Alfonso H. Moreno, Reed Steiner, Jesse Stern
Director: Dennis Smith
Guest star: Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer), Rocky Carroll (NCIS Asst. Director Leon Vance) , John Hughes (Enis Watley Frank), Christopher Darga (Skip Harris), Adam O'Byrne (Mike Norman), Jacob Moore (Richie Rose Tyler), Stephen Saux (Patrick Turner), Scott Checansky (Milo Suskavcevic)
Global rating: 9.1
Palmer is put in grave danger after he gets shot at while at a crime scene. However, while he's the only one to have seen the shooter, a mental block prevents him from being able to describe the shooter's face, leaving Tim and Abby to try to help him work through it.
112. Judgment Day (1)
Writer: Steven D. Binder, David North
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Guest star: Muse Watson (Mike Franks), Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer) , Wyatt Smith (Frankie), Reginald James (LAPD Det. Monroe), Betsy Rue (Sasha Gordon), Oleg Taktarov (Viggo Drantyev), Jeff Witzke (Attendant), Terrence Hardy Jr. (George), Marc Vahanian (William Decker)
Global rating: 9.5
When a former NCIS agent is found dead, Director Shepard heads to L.A. for the funeral with Tony and Ziva in tow. But an old assignment that Jenny was on with the deceased, comes back to haunt her, in a big way.
113. Judgment Day (2)
Writer: Christopher J. Waild, David North, Steven D. Binder
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Guest star: Sheila Frazier (ZNN Reporter Debra Green), Rocky Carroll (NCIS Asst. Director Leon Vance), Muse Watson (Mike Franks), Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer) , Oleg Taktarov (Viggo Drantyev), Kathleen Gati (Natasha Lenkov), Mike Muscat (File Clerk)
Global rating: 9.5
When one of their own is killed, the team must find the killer before they get to another member - Gibbs.
114. Last Man Standing
Writer: Shane Brennan
Director: Tony Wharmby
Guest star: Merik Tadros (Michael Rivkin), Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer), Liza Lapira (NCIS Special Agent Michelle Lee) , Natalie Denise Sperl (Milaana Shishani), Owen Thomas (Brian Duane Roberts), Bradford Anderson (Second Geek), Jerry Shea (Third Geek), Jill Czarnowski (Girl Geek), Andrew Hwang (Nervous Asian Man), Michael Nouri (Eli David), Jenny O'Hara (Alice Brodie), Eric Jungmann (Andy Pringle), Jonathan LaPaglia (Special Agent Brent Langer), Jonathan Mangum (Special Agent Daniel T. Keating), Austin Basis (Dallas)
Global rating: 9.3
When a petty officer is found murdered, Gibbs learns about the mysterious connection between the disbanding of his team and the case.
115. Agent Afloat
Writer: Dan E. Fesman, David North
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Guest star: Chris Mulkey (Navy Captain Richard Owens), Eric Nenninger (Navy Corpsman Taylor Henley), James Martinez (Navy Lieutenant Eduardo Almeida), Marc Jablon (Navy Lieutenant Jonah Kaplan), William Marquez (Doctor Javier Delgado), Rene L. Moreno (Hector Cruz), Kate Lacey (Navy Ensign Christina Solomon), Roberto Sanchez (Jose), Austin Priester (Navy Lieutenant Bryce Armstrong), Julie Dickens (Console Operator), Ward Roberts (Pilot), Ariel Mirabal-Ramos (Ensign), Anthony Brandon Wong (Navy Captain Doctor Russell Nguyen)
Global rating: 9.3
While investigating a mysterious suicide of a Navy Lieutenant aboard an aircraft carrier, DiNozzo learns that the suicide may actually be a part of a much deadlier scheme.
116. Capitol Offense
Writer: George Schenck, Frank Cardea
Director: Dennis Smith
Guest star: Sheila Frazier (ZNN Reporter Debra Green) , Tim DeKay (Senator Patrick Kiley), Susan Floyd (Lynn Tripp Kiley), Marcus Chait (Cole Erickson), William Bumiller (Admiral Charles Graves), Bill Sage (Reed Talbot), Sara Sanderson (Tiffany), Jeff Barnett (David)
Global rating: 8.8
When Senator Patrick Kiley seeks Gibbs' help to solve the murder of a young Naval officer, the NCIS team find themselves pushed inside the world of Washington politics.
117. Heartland
Writer: Jesse Stern
Director: Tony Wharmby
Guest star: Geno Monteiro (Sergeant Seth Welch), Ralph Waite (Jackson Gibbs), Richard Lineback (Chuck Winslow), Kayla Mae Maloney (Emily Kingston), Sean Harmon (Young Gibbs), Dendrie Taylor (Janet LaCombe), Christian Campbell (Nick Kingston), Erik Eidem (Marine Cpl. Ethan LaCombe)
Global rating: 9.4
Secrets from Gibbs' past are revealed when the NCIS team has to travel back to his hometown to resolve a murder investigation.
118. Nine Lives
Writer: Linda Burstyn, Dan E. Fesman, David North
Director: Dennis Smith
Guest star: Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer), Joe Spano (FBI Agent T.C. Fornell) , Jon Huertas (Jack Kale), Ray Abruzzo (Rick Azarri), Mercedes Renard (Elizabeth Adler), Mark Allan Stewart (Stefano Delmar), Matthew Mahaney (FBI Agent Bruce Rivers), Gina St. John (ZNN Reporter Cindy Ames), Lauren Rose Lewis (FBI Assistant)
Global rating: 8.9
While on the hunt after a marine's brutal murderer, the NCIS team and Gibbs find themselves working against FBI Agent Fornell yet again.
119. Murder 2.0
Writer: Steven D. Binder
Director: Arvin Brown
Guest star: Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer) , Naama Kates (Rose Woodhouse), Patrick J. Adams (Tommy Doyle), Max Gail (Sam Loomis), Kristen Bush (Marine Sergeant Alice Hardy), Tim Rettley (Marine Sergeant Jack Burrell), Brian Groh (Billy Cole), Charles Noland (Bob Simms), Mike Kersey (Janitor Harry Cooper), Kent Shocknek (Reporter Guy Ross)
Global rating: 9.4
The NCIS team investigates a crime during the Halloween season, where a psychotic murderer leaves clues of its next victim's identity on the net.
120. Collateral Damage
Writer: Alfonso H. Moreno
Director: Terrence O'Hara
Guest star: Liza Lapira (NCIS Special Agent Michelle Lee) , Rey Valentin (Dwayne Wilson), Eric Martsolf (Paul Harris), Anthony Montgomery (Marine Corporal George Linden), Peggy Stewart (Elderly Lady), Lenny Schmidt (Eddie Banasek), Michael Swan (Ray Vittorio), Louis Iacoviello (Curtis Rayner / James Meyers), Chelsey Crisp (Grace Pendland), Helena Barrett (Attractive Recruit), Melonie Mack (Jenny Page), Tanner Blaze (Tommy Page), Peter Gannon (Bartender), Billy Finnigan (Joey Vittorio), Jonathan LaPaglia (Special Agent Brent Langer)
Global rating: 8.9
Gibbs is put in a tough spot when he has to handle an assistant rookie assigned to his team by Vance to investigate a bank robbery case.
121. Cloak
Writer: Jesse Stern
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Guest star: Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer), Liza Lapira (NCIS Special Agent Michelle Lee) , Jude Ciccolella (Secretary of the Navy Phillip Davenport), Rich McDonald (Naval Secretary Robert Deckard), Julian Berlin (Didi)
Global rating: 9.3
A shocking secret surfaces when the team is pushed into a war game, and one team member will face serious consequences.
122. Dagger
Writer: Reed Steiner, Christopher J. Waild
Director: Dennis Smith
Guest star: Liza Lapira (NCIS Special Agent Michelle Lee) , David Eigenberg (Ted Bankston), Tiffany Espensen (Amanda), Katherine Herzer (Small girl), Troy R. Brenna (Kidnapper)
Global rating: 9.2
After a surprising reveal, the NCIS team is forced to prevent the heist of government secrets by using information from questionable sources.
123. Road Kill
Writer: Steven Kriozere
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Guest star: Tracy Scoggins (Tabitha Summers), Antonio Sabàto Jr. (Dale Kapp), Brian Letscher (Sam Bennett), Kai Lennox (Adam Parker), Andrew Rothenberg (Bruce Solomon), John Henry Canavan (Jake Munro), Christopher McDaniel (Petty Officer Greg Collins), Brian Norris (Lucas), Michelle Mulitz (Carrie), Brie Mattson (Popular Girl)
Global rating: 8.9
While investigating the death of a petty officer in a car crash, the NCIS team learns of his violent secret life; underground street fighting.
124. Silent Night
Writer: George Schenck, Frank Cardea
Director: Tony Wharmby
Guest star: Peter Coyote (Ned Quinn), Kay Lenz (Connie Quinn Wheeler), Ryan Bittle (Metro Detective Justin Kemp), Carla Gallo (Melissa Wheeler Fox), Eric Stonestreet (Harvey Ames), Wesley Jonathan (Greg), Charles Carroll (Dr. Pryor), Bill Stevenson (Hector), Ralph Waite (Jackson Gibbs [uncredited])
Global rating: 9.2
During the week of Christmas, the NCIS team is working overtime searching for a prime suspect who was thought to have been dead for 17 years.
125. Caged
Writer: Alfonso H. Moreno
Director: Leslie Libman
Guest star: Robert Wisdom (Warden Gene Halsey), Martha Hackett (Celia Roberts), Stephanie Niznik (Sharon Bellows), Janina Gavankar (Angela Lopez), Lisa Rieffel (Brenda Carter), Michael Hyatt (Judy Williams), Channon Roe (Sergeant Gordon Lambro), Kyle Searles (Aaron), Rebekah Brandes (Zoe Bellows), Tonya Cornelisse (Kayla Vicari), Isaiah Mustafa (Oliver Newcomb), Jamie Renee Smith (Rhiannon)
Global rating: 9.0
The NCIS team must reveal the truth behind the murder of a jail guard which resulted in a prison riot and McGee being held captive by the inmates.
126. Broken Bird
Writer: Jesse Stern
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Guest star: Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer), David Dayan Fisher (Trent Kort) , Torri Higginson (Dr. Jordan Hampton), W. Morgan Sheppard (Marcin Jerek), Bernard White (Afghani Ambassador Qasim Saydia), Naz Deravian (Mosuma Daoub), Dariush Kashani (Ezmaray Daoub), Kym Hoy (Cheryl Young), Sharni Vinson (Jeannette), Tim Chiou (Petty Officer Kevin Lim), Nick McDow (Javid), Salman Bokhari (Young Afghani Man)
Global rating: 8.8
Secrets from Ducky's past are revealed when he ends up stabbed at the crime scene.
127. Love & War
Writer: Steven D. Binder, David North
Director: Terrence O'Hara
Guest star: Chris Carmack (Kevin Nelson), Danneel Harris (Jessica Shore), Christine Woods (Rebecca Jennings), Eva Tamargo (Adrianna Lopez), James Urbaniak (Dr. Rod Daniels), Michael Toland (Navy Captain Thomas Jennings), David Pease (Sheriff Lee Chandler)
Global rating: 8.9
The NCIS team investigates a bizarre murder of a Navy Captain whose suspicious private life might be the reason why he got killed.
128. Deliverance
Writer: Dan E. Fesman, Reed Steiner
Director: Dennis Smith
Guest star: Muse Watson (Mike Franks) , Kurt Caceres (Marine Staff Sergeant Vincente Medina), Jesse Garcia (Marine Private First Class Tomas Tamayo), Kari Coleman (Maggie Scott), Joseph Julian Soria (Victor "Popeye" Carmado), Chad Todhunter (Pete Lewis), Frank Alvarez (Rico), Eloy Mendez (Chuy), Ana Mercedes (Glenda), Hector A Garcia (Mickey Diaz)
Global rating: 8.7
The NCIS team finds themselves involved in a city gang while investigating the death of a Marine, and Gibbs must face his past once again when he finds a message at the scene of the crime.
129. Bounce
Writer: David North, Steven D. Binder
Director: Arvin Brown
Guest star: Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer) , Paul Greene (Renny Grant), Scott Connors (Marine Sergeant Mitch Wilkins), April Parker-Jones (Elaine Davis), Emily Foxler (Desk Clerk), Terrel Clayton (Navy Commander Carl Davis), Matt Crabtree (Curt Carver), Ana Maria Lagasca (Maid), Jonathan Nail (Business Man)
Global rating: 9.4
When one of Tony's old cases ends up re-opened, he switches roles with Gibbs to finally solve the crime.
130. South by Southwest
Writer: George Schenck, Frank Cardea
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Guest star: Lance Henriksen (Sheriff Clay Boyd), Tim Guinee (Bart Lemming), Mira Furlan (Dina Risi), Barry Livingston (Meek Looking Man), Zach Lewis (NCIS Mailroom Clerk Roy), Matt Miller (NCIS Agent Jack Patterson), Robert Ri'chard (Navy Seaman Richard Zell), Patrick St. Esprit (Navy Commander Weidman), Aaron Norvell (Uniformed Cop #1), John Roderick Davidson (Uniformed Cop #2)
Global rating: 9.1
When a fellow agent is murdered, the NCIS teams heads into the desert to locate a woman who might hold the answer to the mystery murder.
131. Knockout
Writer: Jesse Stern
Director: Tony Wharmby
Guest star: Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer) , Paula Newsome (Jackie Vance), Obba Babatunde (Joe Banks), Rochelle Aytes (Tara Kole), Lou Beatty Jr. (Issac Curtis), Ray Campbell (Tatum Dell), Oscar Torre (Xavier Rios), Khamani Griffin (Jared Vance), China Anne McClain (Delilah "Lily" Vance), Deprece Reddick (Spit), Amin Joseph (Campbell)
Global rating: 8.2
The death of a boxer leads Vance to borrow the NCIS team and start investigating his death, while Gibbs digs into Vance's past.
132. Hide and Seek
Writer: Dan E. Fesman
Director: Dennis Smith
Guest star: Ronnie Gene Blevins (Ronald Nowakowski), Carlease Burke (D'Arcy McKinna), Rico Rodriguez (Travis Buckley), Carolyn McDermott (Zane's Mom), Tessa Munro (Travis's Mom), Markus Flanagan (Navy Commander Mike Taffet), Rebecca Creskoff (Hillary Taffet), Braeden Lemasters (Noah Taffet), Kendall Ryan Sanders (Zane Wilson), Amelia Bryn Smith (Rebecca Taffet)
Global rating: 8.8
When a kid discovers a weapon that someone was killed with, the entire family ends up under investigation, as the NCIS team has to find out who was the last one that used the weapon and who got shot with it.
133. Dead Reckoning
Writer: Christopher J. Waild, Reed Steiner, David North
Director: Terrence O'Hara
Guest star: Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer), David Dayan Fisher (Trent Kort) , James Ellis Lane (U.S. Marshal), Lisa Cohen (Nurse), Christian Clemenson (Perry Sterling)
Global rating: 8.9
Gibbs has to put his personal feelings aside and work with Trent Kort who returns in order to track down a dangerous criminal.
134. Toxic
Writer: Steven D. Binder
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Guest star: Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer) , John Brantley Cole Jr. (Orderly), Keith Burke (FBI Agent), Tavis Danz (Marine PFC Marco Riggs), Julie Claire (Lois Heller), Daniel Travis (Drew), Mim Drew (Marie), Felice Heather Monteith (FBI Agent Samantha Morris), Andrew Borba (Doctor Phillip Heller), Marianne Muellerleile (Hannah Dunstan), Peter Jason (Marine Sergeant Major Robert King), Christopher Cousins (Jordan Jones)
Global rating: 9.0
Abby has to take over a top secret government mission when their scientist goes missing, but soon realizes things may not be as they seem to be, while the rest of the team worries about Abby's safety.
135. Legend (1)
Writer: Shane Brennan
Director: Tony Wharmby
Guest star: Merik Tadros (Michael Rivkin) , Michael Bolus (Max Talia), Barrett Foa (Tech Operator Eric Beal), Brian Avers (Mattie Ray), Brian Burnett (Benji Kass), Peter Cambor (Operational Psychologist Nate Getz), Daniela Ruah (Special Agent Kensi Blye), LL Cool J (Special Agent Sam Hanna), Louise Lombard (Special Agent Lara Macy), Chris O'Donnell (Special Agent G. Callen), Jhon Doria (Stephano Kass), Liisa Evastina (Young Russian Woman)
Global rating: 8.8
The team heads to LA to work with the team there to investigate a murder, which soon turns into something bigger. Meanwhile, Tony begins snooping into Ziva's private life.
136. Legend (2)
Writer: Shane Brennan
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Guest star: Merik Tadros (Michael Rivkin) , Louise Lombard (Special Agent Lara Macy), Peter Cambor (Operational Psychologist Nate Getz), Daniela Ruah (Special Agent Kensi Blye), Dilshad Vadsaria (Shakira Zayd), Nick E Tarabay (Haziq Khaleel), Joseph Eid (Jumah), Jill Czarnowski (MTAC Technician), Emiliano Torres (Hood #1), Patrick Wolff (Hood #2), Liisa Evastina (Young Russian Woman), Chris O'Donnell (Special Agent G. Callen), LL Cool J (Special Agent Sam Hanna), Barrett Foa (Tech Operator Eric Beal)
Global rating: 8.6
In Los Angeles, Gibbs and McGee continue working with the NCIS division in order to track a terrorist cell. Agent Callen goes undercover, while a psychologist uncovers the truth about the relationship between Gibbs and Agent Macy. Meanwhile, Tony fears that Ziva may not be loyal to NCIS.
137. Semper Fidelis
Writer: Jesse Stern
Director: Tony Wharmby
Guest star: Merik Tadros (Michael Rivkin), Joe Spano (FBI Agent T.C. Fornell) , John Wickersham (ICE Agent Thomas Sherman), Jaime Murray (ICE Agent Julia Foster-Yates), William Allen Young (FBI Director Barry Hutchins), Tom Kemp (Assistant Secretary of ICE Len Gregory), Steven M. Gagnon (CIA Director Roger Kirkwood), Jude Ciccolella (Secretary of the Navy Phillip Davenport)
Global rating: 9.1
When an ICE agent is murdered after a security breach at the SecNav's residence, the NCIS team is forced to work with the FBI and the ICE in order to solve the murder. Meanwhile, Tony faces Rivkin.
138. Aliyah
Writer: David North
Director: Dennis Smith
Guest star: Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer), Merik Tadros (Michael Rivkin) , Inger Tudor (Doctor Sandra Holdren), Michael Nouri (Mossad Director Eli David), Arnold Vosloo (Mossad Officer Amit Hadar), Omid Abtahi (Salim)
Global rating: 9.3
After Tony's confrontation with Rivkin, the NCIS team flies to Israel for a final showdown, where they aren't exactly welcomed by Ziva's father, the head of Mossad. Gibbs has to make a tough choice as the situation gets even more complicated.
139. Truth or Consequences
Writer: Jesse Stern
Director: Dennis Smith
Guest star: Marcus Brown (Navy Petty Officer Dominic Dimarco), Sonita Henry (Captain Rebecca "Becky" Hastings, USAF), Todd Lowe (NCIS Special Agent Chad Dunham), Mercedes Mashn (Police Officer Heather Kincaid), Omid Abtahi (Saleem Ulman), Noa Tishby (DEA Agent Claire Connell)
Global rating: 9.3
With the past still left unresolved, the NCIS team must find a way to put it aside and concentrate on another investigation, but while looking for Ziva's replacement, the team comes to a stunning revelation.
140. Reunion
Writer: Steven D. Binder
Director: Tony Wharmby
Guest star: Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer) , Eamonn Roche (Hector Stuckley), Ian Reed Kesler (Police Officer Howard Shelly), Oliver Muirhead (Jay Danorth), Valarie Rae Miller (NCIS Special Agent Bryn Fillmore), Sarah Utterback (Elaina Marcus), Charles Parnell (Marine Colonel Dick Jestern), Courtney Henggeler (Scorpio Sinn), Elijah Trichon (Young Howard Shelly), Timm Perry (Young Alan Sandrich), Stevens Gaston (Young Jeff Ross), Chad Addison (Young Eric Jurel)
Global rating: 9.5
Gibbs is forced to dig into the past when a murder of a Marine and his two friends turns out to be linked to past issues. Meanwhile, Gibbs faces a tough challenge as he holds Ziva's fate in his hands.
141. The Inside Man
Writer: Frank Cardea, George Schneck
Director: Tony Wharmby
Guest star: Jack Conley (Metro Detective Danny Sportelli), Kelly Overton (Metro Detective Megan Hanley), Erin Cahill (Navy Lieutenant Jessica Summers), Julian Acosta (Matt Burns), H. Richard Greene (Thomas Victor), Clyde Kusatsu (Benjamin Franklin), Kevin Will (Will Sutton), James Shanklin (Navy Captain Martin Armstrong), Jackie Geary (NCIS Agent Susan Grady), Christinna Chauncey (Andrea Morton), Johnny Chavez (Driver), Benjamin Fitch (Mechanic), Cazimir Milostan (Officer)
Global rating: 9.1
When a blogger that accused NCIS of a cover-up turns up dead, the NCIS team has to find out who killed him and take another look at the closed case.
142. Good Cop, Bad Cop
Writer: David North, Jesse Stern
Director: Leslie Libman
Guest star: Erik Palladino (Marine Staff Sergeant Daniel Cryer (aka Daniel Shalev)), T. J. Ramini (Mossad Officer Malachi Ben-Gidon), Joseph Kamal (Captain Kassib Yosef), Todd Lowe (NCIS Special Agent Chad Dunham), Brett Rickaby (Steve Diamond), Stoney Westmoreland (Larry Diamond), Kwabena Darkwah (First Mate Bahir Numas)
Global rating: 9.4
The NCIS team is called in to investigate the murder of a Marine found halfway around the world, and the investigation takes a surprising turn when Ziva turns out to be connected to the deceased Marine.
143. Code of Conduct
Writer: Christopher J. Waild, Christopher J. Waild, Reed Steiner
Director: Terrence O'Hara
Guest star: Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer) , Stefanie von Pfetten (Sara Korby), Brooke Nevin (Rachael Sparks), McKinley Freeman (Marine Sergeant Ross Barnes), Brian Patrick Wade (Marine Private David Singer), Perry Anzilotti (Ted Rogers), Teo Olivares ("Speak"), Daniel Lee Robertson III ("See"), Patric Knutsson ("Hear"), Mona Patterson (Ballerina #1), Lu Patterson (Ballerina #2)
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When a Marine known for his love of practical jokes is found dead on Halloween, the NCIS team is called in to investigate, and they soon learn that his jokes may have been the reason why someone killed him.
144. Outlaws and In-Laws
Writer: Jesse Stern
Director: Tony Wharmby
Guest star: Muse Watson (Mike Franks) , Robert Patrick (Colonel Merton Bell), Diane Venora (Shada Shakarki), Tehima Sunny (Leyla Shakarji), Paul Telfer (Marine Corporal Damon Werth), Lela Loren (NCIS Special Agent Isabella Cortez), Donald Sage MacKay (Navy Commander Kerry Killmartin), Marlon John (PMC #2)
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When one of Gibbs' boats is found with two murdered soldiers, Gibbs is forced to investigate the involvement of his mentor Mike Franks, and prevent a possible international confrontation.
145. Endgame
Writer: Gary Glasberg
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Guest star: Paula Newsome (Jackie Vance), Kelly Hu (Lee Wuan Kai), Todd Lowe (NCIS Special Agent Chad Dunham), Lindy Booth (Amanda Barrow), Penny Johnson Jerald (Joanne Torrence), Alla Korot (Linda DeMarco), Theodore Perkins (Army Cadet Clay Waring), Leonard Wu (Navy Midshipman Alex Delapena), Kent Shocknek (Guy Ross)
Global rating: 10.0
Vance's family is once again put into danger when an assassin from his past returns to threaten their safety, and the team works on helping Vance face his troubled past.
146. Power Down
Writer: Steven D. Binder, David North
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Guest star: Brian Dietzen (Asst. M.E. Jimmy Palmer) , Cara Buono (Navy Commander Sarah Resnik), Roderick McCarthy (Dane Frazier), Corey Sorenson (Anthony Paxton), Frank Caeti (Gamer Nerd), Roger Ranney (Elevator Repairman), Ryan Honey (Colin Stone)
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The team needs to use other resources when an attempted robbery leads to the death of a Lieutenant and the entire city suffers a major blackout.
147. Child's Play
Writer: Reed Steiner
Director: William Webb
Guest star: Gabriel Olds (Gregg Norvell), Lisa Sheridan (Krista Dalton), Francis Capra (Eddie Castillo), Madeline Carroll (Angela Kelp), Carlease Burke (D'Arcy McKinna), Emily Swallow (Darlene Kelp), Spencer Daniels (Brett Murphy), Ty Panitz (Younger Boy), Reese C. Hartwig (Older Boy)
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When a death of a Marine leads the NCIS team to a government think thank with employed child prodigies, the team has to protect a 12-year-old child who may be the next target of the killer.
