The BEST episodes of NCIS: Los Angeles season 8

Every episode of NCIS: Los Angeles season 8, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of NCIS: Los Angeles season 8!

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: 11/22/2024Network: CBSStatus: Ended
Hot Water
star
8.08
1302 votes

#1 - 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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Unleashed
star
8.04
1420 votes

#2 - 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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Payback
star
7.96
1483 votes

#3 - 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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Uncaged
star
7.94
1397 votes

#4 - 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
star
7.94
1434 votes

#5 - 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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High-Value Target
star
7.91
1293 votes

#6 - 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
7.90
546 votes

#7 - 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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Under Siege
star
7.90
1441 votes

#8 - Under Siege

Season 8 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/29/2017

Hetty goes rogue, leaving the NCIS team completely in the dark, and the mole kidnaps one of the agents.

Directors: Ruba Nadda
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Home Is Where the Heart Is
star
7.83
1316 votes

#9 - Home Is Where the Heart Is

Season 8 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/30/2016

After a maintenance man saved the life of a lieutenant commander, the NCIS team uncovers his dark past which puts a local teenager in danger. Also, Sam must decide which colleague to take to the Los Angeles football game.

Directors: Eric A. Pot
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Golden Days
star
7.82
1373 votes

#10 - Golden Days

Season 8 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/30/2017

A gold heist investigation has the NCIS team working with Hetty’s former Vietnam War colleagues, Retired Admiral AJ Chegwidden, Admiral Sterling Bridges and Retired Captain Charles Langston.

Directors: Ruba Nadda
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The Queen's Gambit
star
7.81
1338 votes

#11 - The Queen's Gambit

Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/2/2016

The NCIS LA team investigates an abduction case while down two members, with Hetty being held in D.C. for questioning, and another still in the ICU following the mission in Syria.

Directors: Dennis Smith
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Battle Scars
star
7.80
1359 votes

#12 - Battle Scars

Season 8 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/23/2017

After a highly decorated Navy Captain, Charles Langston, kidnaps a Veterans Affairs administrator who has been siphoning funds, the NCIS team must work with Hetty’s former Vietnam War colleagues, now-retired Admiral AJ Chegwidden and Admiral Sterling Bridges to solve the case.

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Parallel Resistors
star
7.78
1384 votes

#13 - Parallel Resistors

Season 8 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/13/2016

After a graduate student developing an electromagnetic weapon for the Navy is attacked, the NCIS team discovers a connection to international warfare. Also, Kensi continues grueling physical therapy for her spinal injury.

Directors: Eric Laneuville
Writer: Joe Sachs
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Sirens
star
7.78
1360 votes

#14 - Sirens

Season 8 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/27/2016

After an unknown female assailant kills two men disguised as Sherriff’s deputies in front of Callen’s home, the NCIS team gets a new lead in the ongoing mole investigation. Also, Nell visits a prison to interview an inmate withholding information on the department’s leak.

Directors: Jonathan Frakes
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Glasnost
star
7.78
1373 votes

#15 - Glasnost

Season 8 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/20/2016

After Callen’s father, Garrison is found in an NCIS patient’s hospital room during a radiation poisoning case, Callen must take him to the boatshed for interrogation. Also, the team discusses their Thanksgiving plans.

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Getaway
star
7.78
1461 votes

#16 - Getaway

Season 8 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/19/2017

After the U.S. Treasury Department is hacked, Nell and Eric go undercover inside a couple’s retreat to track a tech savvy husband and wife linked to the crime. Also, Digital Forensics Specialist Dave Flynn arrives from the NCIS Cyber Office in San Diego to run Ops while Eric and Nell are on assignment.

Directors: Tony Wharmby
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Black Market
star
7.77
1308 votes

#17 - Black Market

Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/16/2016

After a Homeland Security agent is poisoned by a notorious Triad assassin, NCIS uncovers a warehouse of counterfeit purses and a money trail to stolen government funds. Also, Nell joins the team in the field.

Directors: James Hanlon
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Crazy Train
star
7.75
1388 votes

#18 - Crazy Train

Season 8 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/6/2016

Callen goes undercover as a patient in a mental health hospital to search for an NSA agent who disappeared while tracking an ISIS cell trying to cross the Mexican border.

Directors: Diana Valentine
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Ghost Gun
star
7.74
1324 votes

#19 - Ghost Gun

Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/23/2016

The murder of a navy machinist with high security clearance sends the team on a city-wide hunt tracking evidence. Also, Anna Kolcheck partners with Callen, and Sam assists Hetty in the on-going mole investigation.

Directors: Benny Boom
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Kulinda
star
7.73
1320 votes

#20 - Kulinda

Season 8 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/8/2017

After a Navy reservist is killed while protecting a city councilman, Sam is sent undercover in a private security firm with links to several criminal organizations. Also, Callen and Anna discuss the next steps in their relationship.

Directors: Tawnia McKiernan
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767
star
7.73
1415 votes

#21 - 767

Season 8 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/26/2017

After an engineer who was developing a new guided missile destroyer is murdered, Callen and Sam go undercover to track his co-worker aboard a plane to Tokyo to sell the classified intel. Also, Deeks plans a surprise get-together for Kensi and her out-of-town friends..

Directors: Benny Boom
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Tidings We Bring
star
7.73
1390 votes

#22 - Tidings We Bring

Season 8 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/18/2016

Sam partners with Anna and Callen with Deeks as the team investigates the disappearance of a Navy Lieutenant Commander who is working with the NSA on foreign cyber threats. Also, the team celebrates the holidays together

Directors: James Hanlon
Writer: Chad Mazero
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From Havana with Love
star
7.72
1400 votes

#23 - From Havana with Love

Season 8 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/9/2017

The NCIS team investigates a defense contractor, Rebecca Larmont, designing a nuclear attack weapon after her estranged husband, Victor Larmont, says he has proof she is selling Navy secrets to a foreign government. Also, Kensi goes undercover as a professional dancer at the Cuban club where the husband works, while Deeks is undercover as the bathroom attendant.

Directors: Dennis Smith
Writer: Joe Sachs
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Queen Pin
star
7.72
1387 votes

#24 - Queen Pin

Season 8 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/12/2017

Sam assumes a former alias in a risky undercover operation to take down an elusive drug lord. Also, Hetty interrupts Callen and Anna’s romantic night to assign them a prisoner escort mission.

Directors: Eric Laneuville
Watch Now:Apple TV