The BEST episodes of NCIS: Los Angeles season 1
Every episode of NCIS: Los Angeles season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of NCIS: Los Angeles season 1!
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.
#1 - 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.
#2 - 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.
#3 - Random On Purpose
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/24/2009
Forensic scientist Abby Sciuto joins the Los Angeles NCIS team when a murder case resembles the pattern for a serial killer she has been tracking.
#4 - Missing
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/26/2010
The team rushes to a crime scene after receiving an "agent needs assistance" page and learns that one of their own is in peril.
#5 - Hand-to-Hand
Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/6/2010
When an undercover operation has the NCIS team investigating a MMA gym and its fighters, Sam Hanna is tasked with donning gloves and entering the cage for a one-on-one fight.
#6 - Fame
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/27/2010
NCIS investigates the murder of a Navy officer entangled in the world of Hollywood glitz and glamour as the team is joined at Hetty's request by LAPD liaison Marty Deeks.
#7 - Burned
Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/18/2010
After Callen's cover is blown and compromises the unit, the NCIS team races to find out who is behind the security breach.
#8 - Brimstone
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/15/2009
As the courtyard is being transformed with holiday decorations, the NCIS team races to solve the murder of a Marine by an exploding cell phone and to find the remaining men of his former EOD unit before another deadly explosion kills someone else.
#9 - Ambush
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/17/2009
While Hetty is attending a Senate hearing in D.C., the investigation of a murdered Marine Lance Corporal leads the NCIS team to stolen anti-tank missiles and a dangerous militia group.
#10 - Search and Destroy
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/13/2009
The NCIS team searches Los Angeles for the lead suspect of a murdered Iraqi businessman, a former Marine who had been hired by a private security firm to protect him.
#11 - Predator
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/6/2009
The team is assigned to track down a missing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) after it is compromised during a training exercise killing a marine before it disappears.
#12 - The Bank Job
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/9/2010
While opening a safety deposit box at a local bank, NCIS Special Agent Kensi Blye is shot after three armed assailants enter and hold everyone in the building hostage.
#13 - The Only Easy Day
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/2009
A case involving the murder of a drug dealer turns personal for Special Agent Sam Hanna when he discovers his former Navy Seal comrades are involved.
#14 - Hunted
Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/11/2010
The NCIS team is on the hunt for a terrorist who escaped Army custody during a secretive transfer in Los Angeles.
#15 - LD50
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/2/2010
A crime scene poses a national security risk when the LA team discovers the location was used to create a deadly toxin which is now missing.
#16 - Chinatown
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/2/2010
The death of a lieutenant commander appears to be suicide but the NCIS team uncovers evidence corresponding to murder. Also, Operational Psychologist Nate Getz joins Special Agent Kensi Blye in the field.
#17 - Pushback
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/10/2009
Following the murder of a Russian woman, the NCIS team uncovers evidence that answers who and why Callen was shot six months ago.
#18 - Keepin' It Real
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/3/2009
The NCIS team must find a motive when they discover the body of a marine who had been living a double life as a wealthy bachelor.
#19 - Killshot
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/20/2009
When a United States citizen of North Korean descent is murdered, the secrets to classified software are thought to be lost until NCIS uncovers a suspect from Director Vance's past.
#20 - Past Lives
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/12/2010
The murder of a recently released convict forces Callen to go undercover solo as an old alias, while Sam and the LA team track him from a distance.
#21 - Identity
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/2009
Callen returns back to the NCIS Office of Special Projects to solve a kidnapping case.
#22 - Full Throttle
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/9/2010
After a sailor is killed during an underground street race, the NCIS team determines that his car had been sabotaged and contained confidential Navy equipment. Meanwhile, Callen is forced to take traffic school.
#23 - Blood Brothers
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/16/2010
The investigation of a drive-by shooting has the NCIS team searching Los Angeles for the dead marine's younger brother who may be the next target and the one with the answers.
#24 - Breach
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/5/2010
The death of a Petty Officer leads the NCIS team to a teenager in Sam's life. Meanwhile, Hetty is concerned about the effect that the workload is having on the team.