The WORST episodes of NCIS: Los Angeles
Every episode of NCIS: Los Angeles ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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.
#1 - 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.
#2 - 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.
#3 - 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.
#4 - A Farewell to Arms
Season 14 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/26/2023
When a mystery woman attacks the founder of an AI company, the NCIS team must identify the woman before the next major global conflict ensues. Also, Kilbride’s ex-wife, Elizabeth, comes to visit and asks him to think about reconnecting with their son.
#5 - Identity
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/2009
Callen returns back to the NCIS Office of Special Projects to solve a kidnapping case.
#6 - 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.
#7 - 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.
#8 - Forest for the Trees
Season 6 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/9/2015
Callen and Sam are kidnapped when they follow an anonymous tip about a missing NSA agent. When the team discovers they are nowhere to be found, they realize it could have been a trap set by terrorists.
#9 - 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.
#10 - 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.
#11 - 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.
#12 - Fukushu
Season 13 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/17/2021
NCIS takes the case personally when an LAPD officer’s father, a beloved elderly Japanese American veteran, is the victim of a vicious hate crime.
#13 - Shame
Season 14 - Episode 14 - Aired 3/5/2023
When a petty officer is found dead with an apparent suicide note, the NCIS team must investigate the mystery surrounding his death. Also, Callen and Anna begin wedding planning and Sam has a heart to heart with his daughter.
#14 - 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.
#15 - 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.
#16 - 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.
#17 - Perception
Season 13 - Episode 15 - Aired 4/10/2022
Rountree and his younger sister are pulled over by police and treated harshly in a clear case of racial profiling. Also, NCIS investigates the death of a Navy photographer who was assigned to document the building of a new weapons station.
#18 - Under the Influence
Season 13 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/27/2022
The NCIS team helps a U.S. ambassador search for her missing daughter, Gia, a popular social media influencer. Also, Agent Aliyah De León returns to support the team with the case.
#19 - 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.
#20 - 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.
#21 - 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.
#22 - Black Wind
Season 6 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/2/2015
Callen and Sam go undercover as food truck owners in Mexico to find the source of an anthrax poisoning before it’s used to create a bioweapon.
#23 - Hard for the Money
Season 13 - Episode 18 - Aired 5/1/2022
NCIS investigates the murder of a woman employed in the Navy’s missile defense program and its connection to stolen Navy missile technology. Also, a strict social worker stresses out Deeks, and Sam debates selling his boat.
#24 - 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.
#25 - Unspoken
Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/2/2015
The NCIS team searches for Sam’s former partner, Ruiz, who disappears during an undercover operation to buy a deadly explosive.