The BEST episodes of NCIS: Sydney
Every episode of NCIS: Sydney ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of NCIS: Sydney!
The eclectic team of U.S. NCIS Agents and the Australian Federal Police (AFP) are grafted into a multi-national taskforce to keep naval crimes in check in the most contested patch of ocean on the planet.
#1 - Blonde Ambition
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/29/2023
When JD's son is kidnapped by an international assassin in exchange for a wanted criminal in NCIS custody, the team frantically tries to get his son back safely without trading in a criminal.
#2 - Bunker Down
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/22/2023
A glitzy tech launch turns into a disaster, leaving half of NCIS: Sydney trapped underground, and the others scrambling to save the day before the clock and the oxygen runs out.
#3 - Mango Madness
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/4/2025
The team battles searing temperatures to investigate the death of a U.S. Marine corporal killed during a joint training exercise between U.S. and Australian troops.
#4 - Sting in the Tail
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/11/2025
The team races to find a missing stinger missile on the eve of a World War II commemoration ceremony.
#5 - Heart Starter
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/7/2025
NCIS: Sydney will do whatever it takes to crack the case of a rogue assassin on the run during NCIS Special Agent DeShawn Jackson’s chaotic first day as boss.
#6 - Lone Wolf (1)
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/24/2026
The team investigates a targeted explosion that wiped out a bomb squad with ties close to home.
#7 - True Blue
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/21/2025
Growing increasingly worried about Blue’s strange behavior, Doc takes matters into his own hands and breaks into her apartment. Inside, DeShawn and Evie stumble onto a startling revelation that forces the team to question just how well they really know one of their own.
#8 - Sucker Punch
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/18/2025
Confronted with Australia’s first case of Ebola, the team races to uncover how patient zero, a U.S. Navy scientist, contracted the deadly virus, only to have their search for answers complicated by a top-secret military research agency as two of their own fight for their lives.
#9 - Black is White
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/11/2025
When a U.S. Navy attaché is found dead with a USB lodged in his throat, the team tracks a killer believed to have ties to an international chess tournament in Sydney.
#10 - Fire in the Hole
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/14/2025
When a young girl finds the body of a former U.S. Navy officer floating in the harbor, the team is led to an 18th-century sailing ship hosting a pirate-themed wedding, where DeShawn and Evie go undercover to investigate. Meanwhile, Mackey and JD are pulled in to prevent a potential tragedy on the harbor that could rip the U.S.-Australia alliance apart.
#11 - Lone Wolf (2)
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 3/31/2026
With multiple lives in danger, including their own, the team races to stop a bomber’s path of destruction.
#12 - Truth Sabre
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/28/2025
NCIS: Sydney is thrown into the murky world of online conspiracies after a car owned by a U.S. Navy cyber engineer explodes just as her teenage daughter was about to take a driving lesson.
#13 - Gut Instinct
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/14/2025
The discovery of two missing U.S. Navy aviators adrift in the Coral Sea leads the team to expose a sinister terrorist plot.
#14 - Extraction
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/15/2023
When the suspicious death of an old Drug Squad colleague pulls Evie back into a secret undercover operation, DeShawn is torn between loyalty to his friend and loyalty to his team.
#15 - Hell Weak
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/14/2025
The suspected suicide of a former U.S. Navy SEAL leads NCIS: Sydney to a wellness retreat to investigate a group of his fellow former SEAL buddies.
#16 - Breathless
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/21/2025
The suspicious death of a U.S. Navy choir singer performing with a pop star draws NCIS: Sydney into the world of obsessive fans.
#17 - Back in the USSR
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/21/2025
When the body of a long-missing U.S. Naval engineer is discovered buried in concrete, the team enlists Doc Roy’s old friend to assist in the investigation.
#18 - South of Nowhere
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/3/2026
The team races to an Antarctica research base to investigate why a climate scientist killed a colleague on Polar Night Eve – and make it out before their plane engine freezes and they’re trapped in darkness for six months.
#19 - Blood is Thicker Than Vodka
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/28/2025
The discovery of an exsanguinated sailor takes NCIS: Sydney into the world of modern-day vampires, family feuds, and bespoke vodka.
#20 - The Truth is Outback
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/4/2025
When a U.S. Navy pilot goes missing at a UFO hotspot in the Outback after being chased by blinding lights, the team must discover if the truth is really “out there”.
#21 - Doggiecino Day Afternoon
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/8/2023
The team races to save one of their own when Doc Roy and his dog are involved in a hostage situation at their local dog cafe
#23 - Lost in Translation
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/28/2025
The team’s hunt for a high-value U.S. target accused of murdering an Australian soldier takes an unexpected turn when the suspect claims to have evidence of a war crime.
#24 - Turkey Shoot
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/9/2025
When an American sailor accused of murder is shot dead, the team discovers he was the subject of a popular true-crime podcast and investigates whether a superfan took justice into their own hands.
#25 - Gold Digger
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/2/2025
When a U.S. naval officer is arrested for murder while trying to destroy a treasure map, the team must navigate jurisdictional politics to uncover the truth while racing to find the fabled “Yamashita’s Gold".