The BEST episodes of NCIS season 1
Every episode of NCIS season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of NCIS season 1!
Explore the inner workings of the government agency that investigates all crimes involving Navy and Marine Corps personnel, regardless of rank or position. Leading this team is NCIS Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs, a skilled investigator and interrogator who is smart, tough and willing to bend the rules to get the job done.
#1 - Yankee White
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/2003
An official Navy Commander dies while on Air Force One. Marine NCIS agents decide to take the investigation in their own hands and force a Secret Service Agent to help. Now the NCIS team will have to find out whether or not the Navy Officer's death was due to natural causes.
#2 - Sub Rosa
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/18/2003
A decomposed body is discovered in a tub of acid at a naval base and Ducky and Abby learn that the victim was a submariner. Gibbs discovers that there have been no reports of a sub crewmember missing, so he deduces that one of the subs has an imposter on board. With this new information, the team must find out which sub the man posing as the victim is in and what intentions he may have towards the sub.
#3 - Hung Out to Dry
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/2003
During a training exercise, a marine's parachute fails to open and he crashes into a parked car where two teenagers were making out. The NCIS team heads to the scene and has to determine if the marine's death was accidental or a murder.
#4 - One Shot, One Kill
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/10/2004
The team investigates when a Marine recruitment officer is found shot to death by a sniper with a grudge, who leaves a white feather behind.
#5 - The Immortals
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/14/2003
The NCIS team investigates when a seaman's body is found at the bottom of the sea in his dress whites, with a ceremonial sword. They discover that he was addicted to a MMORPG. Now, the team must figure out how involved he was in the game and how far he would go to get revenge on his arch enemy, another sailor.
#6 - Marine Down
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/16/2003
After a marine widow receives a call from her dead husband, the NCIS team takes on the case and has to exhume the body to deduce whether the call was a prank or not.
#7 - Bête Noire
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/2/2004
A terrorist holds Ducky, Gerald, and Kate hostage while NCIS investigate how exactly the terror organization member got a job at the navy base.
#8 - Minimum Security
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/25/2003
The NCIS team head to Cuba to investigate a Navy translator's connection to smuggling at a detention center after he suddenly dies at the wheel of his car when returning to the U.S. from Guantanamo Bay.
#9 - High Seas
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/4/2003
An NCIS agent who used to work under Gibbs asks for the team's help investigating a case where sailors on an aircraft carrier are dying of a drug overdose, but have no history of any kind of drug abuse.
#10 - Reveille
Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/25/2004
The terrorist from Bête Noire returns with a plan to attack the President. Gibbs and his team follow the clues to reveal his identity and find Kate who is kidnapped.
#11 - Left for Dead
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/6/2004
After being buried alive, a woman comes out of the grave with amnesia and the only thing she remembers is that there is a bomb aboard a Navy ship. While trying to help Jane Doe recover her identity, the team finds out that not everything is what it seemed at first.
#12 - Dead Man Talking
Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/27/2004
An NCIS agent has been murdered while investigating a case and the team's job is to find out what happened...
#13 - The Curse
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/28/2003
A Navy lieutenant who was reported missing nearly ten years ago has been found by a deer hunter. When the NCIS team arrives at the scene to investigate, they see that his remains have been mummified. Now, they have to find out what happened to him and what happened to the one million dollars that he had on his ship.
#14 - Seadog
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/7/2003
When a Navy commander's body washes up on shore along with the bodies of two drug runners, Gibbs refuses to believe that the sailor who was killed was dirty.
#15 - My Other Left Foot
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/3/2004
The NCIS team is called in when a severed leg bearing a marine tattoo is found in a trash bin, leading them to a small town where a murder scheme is afoot.
#16 - Missing
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/4/2004
A marine goes missing after a date with a reporter. During the investigation, the team discovers that three former members of his unit are dead and suspect the unit commander to be a serial killer.
#17 - The Good Samaritan
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/17/2004
A navy dentist stops near the parked car to help a stranded motorist who pulls out a gun. The team investigates a murder with the help from a local sheriff, Charley, when they find out about a the similar murder of the Navy civilian employee in the was going through the nasty divorce,the wife is suspected but her alibi is perfect.
#18 - Split Decision
Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/11/2004
A Marine is found murdered by an anti-tank weapon, and the investigation leads N.C.I.S. to a local militia group.
#19 - UnSEALeD
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/6/2004
The team is looking for an ex-SEAL who escaped from prison in search of revenge. He is determined to find the real murderer of his wife.
#20 - Eye Spy
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/13/2004
When a Navy commander, who was a technical advisor to a civilian contractor for a Navy weapon, is found dead on the beach, the NCIS team investigates the murder using satellite technology.
#21 - A Weak Link
Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/18/2004
Gibbs and his team investigate the death of a SEAL that occurred during a training exercise. As the investigation progresses, they come to suspect that the death was a murder rather than an accident.
#22 - The Truth Is Out There
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/16/2004
When the body of a sailor is found after a party in an illegal night club, the team investigates a number of possible leads - including blackmail and accidental death.
#23 - Enigma
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/24/2004
Gibbs risks his career when his former commanding officer is accused of stealing the funds.