The BEST episodes of NCIS: Los Angeles

Every episode of NCIS: Los Angeles ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of NCIS: Los Angeles!

NCIS: Los Angeles is a drama about the high stakes world of undercover surveillance at the Office of Special Projects (OSP), a division of NCIS that is charged with apprehending dangerous and elusive criminals that pose a threat to the nation's security, specifically Naval and Marine assets and personnel.

Last Updated: 2/16/2024Network: CBSStatus: Ended
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Ninguna Salida (2)
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8.17
386 votes

#1 - Ninguna Salida (2)

Season 9 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/20/2018

Despite several team members having grave reservations, NCIS travels to Mexico for a risky mission to locate and rescue Mosley’s son.

Directors: John P. Kousakis
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Sans Voir (2)
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8.13
575 votes

#2 - Sans Voir (2)

Season 3 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/15/2012

The team is drawn into a deadly mind game against a master criminal motivated by revenge.

Directors: Terrence O'Hara
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Hot Water
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8.09
1287 votes

#3 - Hot Water

Season 8 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/15/2017

The mole has once again compromised the NCIS team as planted evidence results in the arrests of Callen, Sam, Granger and Deeks, on the day Under Secretary Duggan returns for Hetty’s resignation.

Directors: Dennis Smith
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A Line in the Sand (1)
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8.06
776 votes

#4 - A Line in the Sand (1)

Season 9 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/20/2018

After Sam is shot during a firefight with the cartel, a suspect is interrogated and reveals new information on the whereabouts of Spencer Williams, the man who kidnapped Mosley’s son five years ago.

Directors: Frank Military
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Unleashed
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8.05
1409 votes

#5 - Unleashed

Season 8 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/14/2017

Following the kidnapping of Sam’s wife, Michelle Hanna, Sam goes rogue from the NCIS team and attempts to stop his arch nemesis Tahir Khaled from ever targeting his family again.

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Familia
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8.04
2014 votes

#6 - Familia

Season 2 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/17/2011

Hetty's sudden resignation prompts Callen and the NCIS team to investigate the reason why she would disappear in the hopes of tracking her down.

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Callen, G
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8.02
1908 votes

#7 - Callen, G

Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/25/2010

Callen races against a ruthless adversary to locate a woman who knows the whereabouts of a forgotten fortune earmarked to fund a new war in the Middle East - and also holds the tantalizing key to his unknown past.

Directors: Tony Wharmby
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Till Death Do Us Part
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8.00
716 votes

#8 - Till Death Do Us Part

Season 10 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/17/2019

After months of planning, the NCIS family celebrates the wedding of Kensi and Deeks. Also, an old acquaintance, Anatoli Kirkin, pays Deeks a surprise visit on his wedding day and he isn’t alone.

Directors: Tony Wharmby
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Found
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7.99
2107 votes

#9 - Found

Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/4/2010

The NCIS team races to save one of their own when they receive video evidence of Special Agent Dominic Vail being held hostage months after he was kidnapped.

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Spoils of War
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7.99
1188 votes

#10 - Spoils of War

Season 5 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/1/2014

After learning that Special Agent Kensi Blye disappeared and the Taliban may be he holding her captive, Hetty sends the NCIS: LA team to Afghanistan on a rescue mission.

Directors: Frank Military
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Descent (1)
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7.97
1501 votes

#11 - Descent (1)

Season 4 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/14/2013

A nuclear explosion in the Pacific reignites the search for stolen nuclear weapons and prompts Hetty to shuffle the NCIS: LA partnerships, sending Callen and Kensi overseas and leaving Sam and Deeks teamed up state side.

Directors: Terrence O'Hara
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Blye, K. (2)
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7.96
1987 votes

#12 - Blye, K. (2)

Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/28/2012

The team continues to search for new evidence to prove Kensi Blye’s innocence after a private meeting involving her deceased father’s sniper unit turns deadly.

Directors: Terrence O'Hara
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Payback
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7.96
1471 votes

#13 - Payback

Season 8 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/19/2017

Emotions run high for the team as one agent is held in an unknown location and tortured by the mole, while another discovers he was betrayed by someone he least expected.

Directors: Terrence O'Hara
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Lange, H.
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7.95
2230 votes

#14 - Lange, H.

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/20/2011

The Special Projects team travels to Romania to search for Hetty, while delving into the history of the Comescu crime family, and their connection to Callen. Meanwhile, Eric and Nell discover that Lauren Hunter, the Office of Special Projects' Operations Manager, is a member of the Comescus.

Directors: Tony Wharmby
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Sans Voir (1)
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7.95
1609 votes

#15 - Sans Voir (1)

Season 3 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/15/2012

Callen and the team confront their vengeful adversary, the Chameleon, when an undercover case ignites a deadly mind game orchestrated by the criminal mastermind.

Writer: Gil Grant
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Uncaged
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7.94
1388 votes

#16 - Uncaged

Season 8 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/7/2017

After Sam’s wife, Michelle, is taken from her home, the kidnappers demand the prison release of Tahir Khaled, Sam’s arch nemesis, in exchange for information on her whereabouts.

Directors: Frank Military
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Old Tricks
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7.94
1422 votes

#17 - Old Tricks

Season 8 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/5/2017

After a retirement home resident is kidnapped, the NCIS team uncovers a pair of con artists: Ginger and Edward O’Boyle, who hop from home to home scamming the elderly out of their money. Also, Callen confronts his father on his illegal activity and the danger it places on their family.

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Các Tù Nhân
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7.93
1013 votes

#18 - Các Tù Nhân

Season 9 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/14/2018

While Hetty is being tortured by her captors in Vietnam, Eric and Nell find a clue to her whereabouts, prompting the team to organize a rescue mission with very little information.

Directors: James Hanlon
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Internal Affairs
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7.93
886 votes

#19 - Internal Affairs

Season 7 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/7/2015

Deeks is arrested and interrogated in connection with the murder of his former partner, while the team tries to prove his innocence.

Directors: Eric A. Pot
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Code of Conduct
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7.93
475 votes

#20 - Code of Conduct

Season 11 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/26/2020

Sam, Callen and Roundtree travel to Afghanistan when Marine Lieutenant Colonel Sarah “Mac” MacKenzie asks NCIS to help with a sensitive case after two SEALs claim their chief murdered an unarmed prisoner.

Directors: Frank Military
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To Live and Die in Mexico (3)
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7.92
831 votes

#21 - To Live and Die in Mexico (3)

Season 10 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/30/2018

Gravely injured and unable to communicate with the team in the U.S., Callen, Sam and Kensi, with an unconscious Deeks in tow, search for a safe way home as a cartel boss places a “dead or alive” bounty on their heads. Also, Mosely and retired Navy Admiral Hollace Kilbride beseech their contacts in Mexico and D.C. for assistance with their missing colleagues

Directors: Frank Military
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High-Value Target
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7.92
1282 votes

#22 - High-Value Target

Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/25/2016

Under Secretary of Defense Corbin Duggan takes over the NCIS Los Angeles unit when they fail to find a mole.

Directors: Tawnia McKiernan
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Belly of the Beast
star
7.91
537 votes

#23 - Belly of the Beast

Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/25/2016

The team travels to Syria to apprehend a High Value Target where one team member is severely injured when the mission goes awry.

Directors: Terrence O'Hara
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Talion
star
7.90
1084 votes

#24 - Talion

Season 7 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/2/2016

When Sam receives a distress code from his son Aiden that his school has been taken over by an extremist group, Sam, Callen, Kensi and Deeks rush to San Francisco to protect Aiden and free the hostages.

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Come Together (2)
star
7.90
353 votes

#25 - Come Together (2)

Season 13 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/22/2022

The NCIS team hunts for a heist crew that robs a Los Angeles casino with military-grade power. Also, Kensi and Deeks hear exciting news regarding the adoption and Callen takes a big step in his relationship with Anna.

Directors: John P. Kousakis
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