The WORST episodes of NCIS: Hawai'i
Every episode of NCIS: Hawai'i ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of NCIS: Hawai'i!
Jane Tennant, the first female Special Agent in Charge of NCIS Pearl Harbor, and her unwavering team of specialists balance duty to family and country while investigating high-stakes crimes involving military personnel, national security and the mysteries of the sun-drenched island paradise itself.
#1 - Pilot
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/20/2021
An experimental Naval aircraft crashes on Oahu, and Tennant and her team must find who is behind it before classified state secrets are exposed.
#2 - Good Samaritan
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/27/2023
When a Navy deserter accidentally comes out of hiding, his family becomes a target that drives the NCIS team and Charlie 1 to investigate who is after them. Meanwhile, Lucy surprises the team by returning to Hawai'i from her agent afloat job early.
#3 - Rescuers
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/8/2021
When a Navy petty officer is murdered, Jane and the team investigate while protecting the victim’s friend and colleague.
#4 - Cabin Fever
Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 5/1/2023
After the mysterious death of an astronaut in a highly sensitive Mars simulation, the NCIS team must send Ernie into the habitat to investigate alone.
#5 - License to Thrill
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/26/2024
After a brazen daytime robbery of a Navy Federal Credit Union, the NCIS team tracks down a group of adrenaline-seeking thieves. Meanwhile, Tennant grows suspicious of Sam Hanna’s reasons for being in Hawai’i.
#6 - Lost
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/3/2022
NCIS crosses paths with Whistler’s team while investigating a shipping container filled with contraband weapons. Also, Tennant debates arresting Alex’s friend’s dad, knowing it will cause her friend to move away.
#7 - Rising Sun
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/16/2023
When Special Agent Pike is ambushed while working undercover with a local Japanese crime family, the team must find the person responsible for orchestrating the attacks. Also, Kai goes deeper into his investigation regarding an old friend turned criminal.
#8 - Dead on Arrival
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/4/2024
When a Navy pilot is found murdered at a local military resort, the team goes undercover to discover a criminal enterprise hiding in plain sight.
#9 - Prisoners' Dilemma (2)
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/19/2022
Special Agent Tennant’s team, along with NCIS agents Nick Torres and Jessica Knight, learns about plans for an attack on RIMPAC (The Rim of the Pacific Exercises) in Oahu, the world’s largest international maritime warfare exercise.
#10 - Gaijin
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/18/2021
When a Japanese sailor is killed on American soil and evidence links the case to the previous murder of the victim’s girlfriend back in Japan, NCIS must find the murderer before the wrong person is accused and the case triggers a diplomatic crisis. Also, Captain Milius makes a personal request to Tennant.
#11 - Crash and Burn
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/19/2024
Following the crash of a prisoner transport plane, the NCIS team must find the convicts that escaped onto the island. Meanwhile, Sam Hanna and Tennant are tasked with locating a high-profile Russian prisoner known as “The Chemist”.
#12 - Boom
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/2021
Tennant and NCIS must take down a notorious team of international thieves using WWII explosives on armored trucks before they complete their final big job and disappear. Also, Kai searches for a new place to live; Lucy and Whistler have a standoff about their previous encounter; and Ernie’s mission in the field is more alarming than he expected.
#13 - Blind Curves
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/26/2022
The NCIS team’s investigation takes them deep into the world of illegal street racing after a Marine staff sergeant’s body is discovered in a junkyard. Also, Tennant is concerned Alex is hiding something from her, and Whistler is anxious about introducing Lucy to her co-workers.
#14 - Recruiter
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/4/2021
Kai goes undercover with one of Hawai`i’s oldest surf gangs when a petty officer who’s trying to help wayward kids find a new path in the Marines is murdered.
#15 - Paniolo
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/11/2021
When a beloved Paniolo (Hawaiian cowboy) is shot while out riding his horse, Jane and her team must gain the trust of the Paniolo community to help find the culprits and protect the Paniolo's life. Also, Kai tries to convince his stubborn father to see a doctor.
#16 - Family Ties
Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/13/2023
When Navy residents discover their vehicles were burglarized overnight, the NCIS team connects it to a series of peculiar crimes and tracks down an unlikely bandit. Also, Whistler struggles with an uncooperative CI and Alex weighs his college options.
#17 - Nurture
Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/18/2022
The NCIS team investigates a shipwreck carrying exotic animals that now threaten the native wildlife on Oahu. Also, Alex sustains a career-ending injury and Kai asks Melanie, a fish and wildlife agent, out on a date.
#18 - Stolen Valor
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/3/2022
Tennant and the NCIS team suspect foul play when they investigate a fatal car crash involving a Navy officer who turns out to be an imposter. Also, Whistler finds herself in danger when she goes undercover to learn the truth behind the accident.
#19 - Monster
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/14/2022
Kai goes undercover as a chef in a local restaurant to gather intel on a notorious criminal kingpin who has a connection to the eatery. Also, Jane discovers that a school on the mainland has recruited Alex on a baseball scholarship, which he’s kept secret from his family.
#20 - T'N'T (2)
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/28/2022
NCIS Agents Nick Torres and Jessica Knight travel to Hawai’i when they learn a key witness in one of their old cases has turned up there with crucial evidence.
#22 - Nightwatch
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/2/2022
When a navy seaman is involved in a murder, the NCIS team is called to work the case on their day off. Also, Lucy finds out Whistler turned down a promotion in D.C. to stay in Hawai’i.
#23 - Run and Gun
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/12/2024
After Tennant passes her medical and psych evaluations, she's surprised to see Sam's conducting her final interview to clear her return to work. Also, when the team discovers a breach in the U.S. Marshal's database, Sam joins Tennant in Las Vegas to locate the hacker.
#24 - Operation Red Rabbit
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/1/2024
When the fiancée of a vanished naval officer seeks the help of NCIS, the team reveals his secrets go much deeper than she suspected. Meanwhile, Sam recruits Kai to be his wingman.
#25 - Legacy
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/29/2021
When an anti-capitalist protestor is murdered, Jane and the team investigate and find themselves caught in a war between eco-activists and a tech billionaire fighting over a piece of land. Also, Jane and Captain Joe go on a date.