The BEST episodes of NCIS: Sydney season 3

Every episode of NCIS: Sydney season 3, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of NCIS: Sydney season 3!

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.

Last Updated: 6/20/2026Network: Paramount+Status: Continuing
Killer
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7.61
112 votes

#1 - Killer

Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/12/2026

The team faces the battle of their lives to stop The Collective and save those they hold dear.

Watch Now:Amazon
Lone Wolf (1)
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7.60
99 votes

#2 - 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.

Lone Wolf (2)
star
7.55
102 votes

#3 - 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.

Sucker Punch
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7.49
187 votes

#4 - 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.

Directors: Catherine Miller
Watch Now:Amazon
The Collective
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7.48
108 votes

#5 - The Collective

Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 4/14/2026

When a Marine linked to Mackey’s ill-fated rescue mission in Afghanistan is found dead, old enemies emerge and the person she cares for most comes under threat.

True Blue
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7.48
188 votes

#6 - 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.

Directors: Jennifer Leacey
Writer: Justin Monjo
Black is White
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7.44
184 votes

#7 - 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.

Directors: Catherine Miller
Watch Now:Amazon
South of Nowhere
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7.43
152 votes

#8 - 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.

Gut Instinct
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7.41
200 votes

#9 - 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.

Directors: Jennifer Leacey
The Truth is Outback
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7.38
186 votes

#10 - 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”.

Directors: David Caesar
Flight Club
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7.37
109 votes

#11 - Flight Club

Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 4/28/2026

When a high-tech military drone kills a teenage girl, the team investigates whether the murderer is man … or machine.

Ticker
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7.36
108 votes

#12 - Ticker

Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 4/21/2026

Lives hang in the balance when a hospital ward is taken hostage, and the team must wrestle with an impossible dilemma: who is more deserving of a heart?

Watch Now:Amazon
Lost in Translation
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7.35
187 votes

#13 - 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.

Directors: David Caesar
Writer: James Cripps
Watch Now:Apple TV
Turkey Shoot
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7.33
191 votes

#14 - 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.

Directors: Grant Brown
Rough Diamond
star
7.33
107 votes

#15 - Rough Diamond

Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 5/5/2026

The death of a former Marine wanted for murder leads the team to a sinister plot involving a disgraced journalist, one of Australia’s richest men and lab-grown diamonds.

Gold Digger
star
7.32
182 votes

#16 - 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".

Directors: Grant Brown
Hunter
star
7.30
105 votes

#17 - Hunter

Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 5/12/2026

The team is pulled back into The Collective’s web when an FBI agent is found dead in Fiji, and Mackey faces an unplanned family reunion.

Berthed
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7.30
94 votes

#18 - Berthed

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/17/2026

The team investigates the suspicious death of a U.S. Naval officer who’d just learned he was going to be a father, leading to the discovery of a scandalous secret.

Death Card
star
7.28
115 votes

#19 - Death Card

Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 4/7/2026

The team is drawn into the mystical world of fortune telling when a tarot card is found near a drowned U.S. Naval officer depicting the exact manner of his death.

Van Life
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7.17
95 votes

#20 - Van Life

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/10/2026

Mackey is enlisted to run a secret solo investigation into the disappearance of her boss’ son and his girlfriend. But when a van turns up with the girlfriend’s body inside, it’s all hands on deck to locate the boss’ son – who is either in grave danger or a killer.