The BEST episodes of NCIS: Los Angeles season 4
Every episode of NCIS: Los Angeles season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of NCIS: Los Angeles season 4!
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 - 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.
#2 - Endgame
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/25/2012
Following Callen's public shooting of the Chameleon, all is not well with the NCIS: LA team, as Callen is placed on suspension and Hetty adjusts to retired life.
#3 - The Gold Standard
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/11/2012
The NCIS: Los Angeles team investigates the strange and brazen heist executed by gunmen in costumes that could directly impact the U.S. economy. Meanwhile, as Deeks testifies on a case, Granger insists on partnering up with a very reluctant Kensi.
#4 - Recruit
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/2/2012
A drone strike on a bomb-making compound in Afghanistan reveals the body of a recently retired Marine, leaving the NCIS: LA team to investigate why the Marine returned to Afghanistan and whether or not he betrayed the country he fought for.
#5 - Kill House
Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/5/2013
Callen, Sam, Kensi and Deeks go undercover as an elite tactical force in order to investigate an ambush tied to a cartel kingpin with terrorist connections.
#6 - The Fifth Man
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/9/2012
The NCIS: LA team investigate a compromised intel operation after four people connected to the classified project are killed at a diner explosion. As Deeks and Kensi are on the trail of those involved, they learn that a wayward teenage girl might be related and Kensi can’t help but be empathetic to her situation.
#7 - Paper Soldiers
Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/15/2013
A distraught widow is suspicious of the circumstances surrounding her Marine husband’s last battle and Sam and Callen help to determine if there has been a cover-up. Meanwhile, Hetty summons Operational Psychologist Nate Getz to be her “pawn” and the rest of the NCIS: LA sense another evaluation on the horizon.
#8 - Free Ride
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/18/2012
Callen, Sam, Kensi and Deeks spend Christmas aboard an aircraft carrier investigating the death of a fellow NCIS special agent. Meanwhile, Nell and Eric make the most of the holidays back at headquarters and Hetty takes a trip.
#9 - Out of the Past (1)
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/30/2012
When a CIA agent who worked with Sam Hanna over eight years ago seeks his help and is soon found dead of an apparent suicide, Hanna and Callen suspect foul play and a bigger conspiracy. Meanwhile, Deeks finds his inner "dog whisperer" with Kensi as the two go undercover and enter a dog show with a prized poodle.
#10 - Wanted
Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/5/2013
Sam fears for his family’s safety when his wife is called to resume a former CIA cover after a case suggests ties to the infamous Sidorov and his stolen nuke.
#11 - Lohkay
Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/26/2013
Callen is concerned that Sam might be too invested after he takes on a missing persons case for an Afghani elder who helped him years ago when he was wounded on a mission.
#12 - Purity
Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/9/2013
When cyanide in a communal water jug lethally poisons a lieutenant and leaves a Navy pilot in serious condition, the NCIS: LA team investigates whether this is an isolated incident or an early test for large-scale water contamination.
#13 - Collateral
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/27/2012
The NCIS: LA team questions the motive behind the murder of a retired CIA agent turned millionaire and in the process also questions what Hetty knows about the case.
#14 - Drive
Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/8/2013
A former defendant of Deeks is targeted for discovering information that could dismantle a lucrative car shipping operation with links to a global terrorist ring. Meanwhile, the NCIS: LA team tackles the large-scale stolen car operation from the inside when Kensi goes undercover in an auto body shop.
#15 - Dead Body Politic
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/23/2012
The NCIS: LA team investigates the tragic death of a U.S. senatorial candidate’s staffer who is run over crossing the street. The high-profile case becomes a matter of national security as the agents must determine whether it is an isolated tragic incident or a politically connected plot that might put others in danger.
#16 - Parley
Season 4 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/7/2013
Deeks goes undercover to obtain information about an infamous arms dealer looking to get back in the business, but the woman he befriends leads the operation in a dangerous directon. Meanwhile, Kensi confronts new emotions as she runs surveillance on Deeks and his female source.
#17 - History
Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/19/2013
An NCIS: LA investigation leads the team to question a lone survivor of a former terrorist organization, while Kensi and Deeks follow the trail into the woods
#18 - Rude Awakenings (2)
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/13/2012
The team continues their investigation into the death of a CIA agent, that leads to a dangerous ring of Russian super agents. In a race against time, Hanna risks having a secret exposed.
#19 - Red (1)
Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/19/2013
Callen and Sam fly to Idaho and join forces with NCIS: Red, a mobile team of agents who live together and investigate crimes in various locations, when a murder weapon found there matches one used in a national security case in Los Angeles.
#20 - Resurrection
Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/23/2013
A body is stolen after a special task force successfully takes down an infamous cartel boss, leaving the NCIS: LA team to investigate the leak and track down the missing body.
#21 - The Chosen One
Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/29/2013
Callen goes undercover to infiltrate a network of Chechen terrorists who are recruiting foreign fighters to join their cause and planning their next attack in the U.S.
#22 - Red (2)
Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/26/2013
While the LA team chases leads digitally and locally, the Red team travels in their mobile trucks, nicknamed 'Laverne and Shirley', in a race to track down a cunning terrorist before he disappears.
#23 - Raven & the Swans
Season 4 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/30/2013
Callen questions Hetty’s motivations when a bizarre case involving a mysterious woman is revealed to be an undercover agent from her past.
#24 - Skin Deep
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/20/2012
The NCIS: LA team heads to the beach to question the possible link between a surfer, an Internet video and a dead Naval tech scientist. Meanwhile, as Callen and Hanna investigate the victim’s intelligence connections, Deeks and Kensi go undercover to catch their suspects and some waves.