The BEST episodes of NCIS season 2

Every episode of NCIS season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of NCIS season 2!

Explore the inner workings of the government agency that investigates all crimes involving Navy and Marine Corps personnel, regardless of rank or position. Leading this team is NCIS Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs, a skilled investigator and interrogator who is smart, tough and willing to bend the rules to get the job done.

Last Updated: 5/6/2024Network: CBSStatus: Continuing
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Twilight
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8.03
1417 votes

#1 - Twilight

Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/24/2005

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 bigger plan, it is already too late – the NCIS team will have to face the death of one of their team members.

Directors: Thomas J. Wright
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SWAK
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7.91
1524 votes

#2 - SWAK

Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/10/2005

When Tony opens a mysterious letter thinking it's for him, a small puff of white powder comes out and it releases a possible deadly virus. Kate calls for help and soon she and Tony are isolated in a bio-hazard isolation room for precausion. McGee and Gibbs work to discover who sent the envelope and how to cure their friends before its too late for them. Tony's health gets worse.

Directors: Dennis Smith
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Call of Silence
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7.76
1422 votes

#3 - Call of Silence

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/23/2004

Ernie Yost, an elder Marine veteran confesses to murdering his best friends almost 60 years ago in a war battle and the NCIS's job is to solve all the secrets and save Ernie from prison.

Directors: Thomas J. Wright
See No Evil
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7.68
1691 votes

#4 - See No Evil

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/28/2004

A wife and a 9-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 large amount of money is involved.

Directors: Thomas J. Wright
Writer: Chris Crowe
Lt. Jane Doe
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7.67
1429 votes

#5 - Lt. Jane Doe

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/19/2004

A body of a woman in the Navy uniform is found by two sailors. Ducky links the murder to an unsolved case from 10 years ago, and the team is searching for the serial killer who leaves the note promising to return.

Directors: Dan Lerner
The Bone Yard
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7.67
1595 votes

#6 - The Bone Yard

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/26/2004

NCIS discovers that an area in the Marine's bombing range is where mafia has been dumping the bodies for a while. One of the victims is an undercover FBI agent. The team sets out to find a mole.

Directors: Terrence O'Hara
Heart Break
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7.66
1345 votes

#7 - Heart Break

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/30/2004

A strange case for Gibbs and his team opens when a Navy Commander dies after successful surgery. While researching through the commander's past, the team finds out that he collected a lot of enemies lately and tracks down an ensign making him the prime suspect. Abby soon realizes that they got the wrong man.

Directors: Dennis Smith
Witness
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7.61
1383 votes

#8 - Witness

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/15/2005

Erin Kendall (guest star Danica McKellar) claims to have seen a murder of a sailor in an apartment across from hers. Gibbs assigns the case to McGee who believes that he can resolve it himself. However, due to the lack of physical evidence, McGee turns to the team to help him.

Chained
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7.60
1371 votes

#9 - Chained

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/14/2004

Tony disappears while doing an undercover operation as an escaped prisoner who is forced to stick to a convinct that owns a key to an expensive ancient Iraqi sculpture. The GPS locator that Abby planted on Tony stops working and the team is forced to find Tony before he gets murdered by the thief.

Directors: Thomas J. Wright
Bikini Wax
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7.57
1436 votes

#10 - Bikini Wax

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/29/2005

A petty officer that just returned to his job is found dead in the backstage of the bikini contest. The team finds out that she possibly had a stalker behind her back.

Directors: Stephen Cragg
Vanished
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7.56
1364 votes

#11 - Vanished

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/12/2004

Marine helicopter is discovered in the middle of a crop circle in a rural area and the pilots are missing. Soon, NCIS discoveres 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.

The Meat Puzzle
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7.55
1428 votes

#12 - The Meat Puzzle

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/8/2005

A "meat puzzle" starts when Ducky identifies the pieces of three bodies that were stuffed inside a barrel few months ago and they turn out to be bodies of a judge, prosecutor and jury foreman that worked with Ducky on a rape case 10 years ago. Gibbs believes that Ducky might be the next victim of the killer, so he orders the team to keep him and his mother safe. Even so, Ducky is kidnapped during the investigation and now the team must find him before it's too late.

Directors: Thomas J. Wright
The Good Wives Club
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7.52
1413 votes

#13 - The Good Wives Club

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/2004

A 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've 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 wifes.

Directors: Dennis Smith
Writer: Gil Grant
Red Cell
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7.51
1460 votes

#14 - Red Cell

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/26/2005

After a marine is murdered in the school campus the team discovers a possible suspect for his murder, but they are soon leaded back to zero point when they find the suspect murdered. Tim & Abby discover a trace to a “Red Cell” in the e-mails and the team believes that maybe the marine was involved in a serious game.

Directors: Dennis Smith
Caught on Tape
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7.50
1428 votes

#15 - Caught on Tape

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/22/2005

The team takes on a case of a dead Marine who recorded his death while falling off a cliff. 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 the dead man's back and he tries to persuade each of them to blame each other. Abby reconstructs the case using her computer skills to handle the Marine's camera.

Directors: Jeff Woolnough
Doppelgänger
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7.50
1449 votes

#16 - Doppelgänger

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/18/2005

The team takes upon another strange case when a telemarketer reports a possible murder of a petty officer who appeared to be dying over the phone. However, with the help of Virginia officials, the team finds out that officer's call was just a big joke using the computer skills, until he is actually found dead.

Directors: Terrence O'Hara
Black Water
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7.49
1357 votes

#17 - Black Water

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/11/2005

A dead body of a 2-year-missing Navy officer appears on the bottom of a lake. The team investigates the case with a help of a private detective. Meanwhile, a famous family offers a lot of money in exchange for the information about the missing body. The team is surprised when a bullet is found in a car. Now the disappearance becomes a murder.

Directors: Terrence O'Hara
Terminal Leave
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7.49
1509 votes

#18 - Terminal Leave

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/16/2004

The team must protect an Iraq veteran due to the threats made by the terrorists. While trying to convince an FBI Agent Lina Reyes to help them, the team is convinced that they have discovered the bomber. However, more secrets are about to be revealed.

Directors: Jeff Woolnough
Forced Entry
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7.49
1453 votes

#19 - Forced Entry

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/7/2004

Laura Rowen (guest star Megan Ward), a Marine's wife, shoots an intruder in self defense when he is about to rape her. The team takes upon the case and finds out that the wife is leading a double life while her husband is 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.

Directors: Dennis Smith
An Eye for an Eye
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7.48
1411 votes

#20 - An Eye for an Eye

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/22/2005

When a sailor officer receives a pair of blue eyeballs, the NCIS team starts investigating the case. Gibbs comes on a trace for a past Navy agent that does illegal work.

Directors: Dennis Smith
Writer: Steven Kane
Pop Life
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7.48
1349 votes

#21 - Pop Life

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/1/2005

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.

Directors: Thomas J. Wright
Hometown Hero
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7.45
1387 votes

#22 - Hometown Hero

Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/3/2005

A young Marine is killed in Iraq, but he was investigated by police for a murder on a young girl in his hometown. While going through his personal belongings, they find the body of that girl. The local police believes that the corpsman murdered the girl, but Gibbs believes that he is innocent and he will try to prove it with a help of Faith Coleman.

Conspiracy Theory
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7.42
1403 votes

#23 - Conspiracy Theory

Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/12/2005

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 team discovers that the dead woman was involved in a love triangle and that this may have contributed to her death.

Directors: Jeff Woolnough