The BEST episodes of NCIS season 10

Every episode of NCIS season 10, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of NCIS season 10!

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.

Last Updated: 12/13/2024Network: CBSStatus: Continuing
Damned If You Do
star
7.99
2099 votes

#1 - Damned If You Do

Season 10 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/14/2013

The international manhunt for Eli David's killer turns into a federal witch hunt against Gibbs and the team, which questions their unconventional methods and threatens their future at the agency.

Directors: Tony Wharmby
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Shabbat Shalom (1)
star
7.97
2330 votes

#2 - Shabbat Shalom (1)

Season 10 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/8/2013

While the NCIS team investigates the link to a dead journalist and a Navy petty officer, Ziva is taken aback by the sudden emotional visit by her father, who she hasn't seen in more than two years. While Ziva questions the purpose of her father's visit as the Director of Mossad, her father insists he is in the U.S. strictly to see his daughter for Shabbat dinner.

Directors: Dennis Smith
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Shiva (2)
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7.94
2462 votes

#3 - Shiva (2)

Season 10 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/15/2013

In the aftermath of an event that strikes close to home, the NCIS team unites to seek answers and demand justice in order to protect their most vulnerable colleagues.

Directors: Arvin Brown
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Seek
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7.89
2303 votes

#4 - Seek

Season 10 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/19/2013

The wife of a Marine who specialized in K-9 bomb detection urges the NCIS team to investigate the recent death of her husband in Afghanistan. Meanwhile, Director Vance asks for the team’s assistance as he interviews nannies.

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Double Blind
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7.89
2104 votes

#5 - Double Blind

Season 10 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/7/2013

A Department of Defense investigator scrutinizes the NCIS team’s response to the Bodnar case involving the murder of Ziva’s father and Vance’s wife. Meanwhile, the team examines whether a Petty Officer is suffering from paranoia or if his claims of being followed are tied to a matter of national security.

Directors: Dennis Smith
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Detour
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7.86
2102 votes

#6 - Detour

Season 10 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/26/2013

The NCIS team races to track down Ducky and Jimmy after the two disappear while transporting a body from a crime scene.

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Canary
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7.84
2290 votes

#7 - Canary

Season 10 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/5/2013

The NCIS team takes on a renowned hacker who could hold the key to tracking down the most-wanted cyber-terrorist in the world, on NCIS.

Directors: Terrence O'Hara
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Berlin
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7.83
2270 votes

#8 - Berlin

Season 10 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/23/2013

While the NCIS team investigates the murder of a Mossad officer in Virginia, Tony and Ziva depart for Berlin as they track her father’s killer.

Directors: Terrence O'Hara
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Revenge
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7.80
2190 votes

#9 - Revenge

Season 10 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/30/2013

In retaliation for the murders of Eli David and Jackie Vance, the NCIS team feverishly searches for Bodnar despite orders from Homeland Security to relinquish the case.

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Gone
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7.76
2422 votes

#10 - Gone

Season 10 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/27/2012

As the NCIS team investigates a teenage girl’s abduction, Ziva and Abby work closely with her young friend who witnessed the kidnapping. As the investigation unfolds, Gibbs seeks help from a past contact, Miranda Pennebaker, a well-connected woman with questionable morals. Meanwhile, Tony gets jealous when he learns Ziva is making plans with a mysterious man.

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The Namesake
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7.74
2661 votes

#11 - The Namesake

Season 10 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/30/2012

A petty officer is gunned down in a billionaire’s Ferrari and the investigation leads the NCIS team to discover a link to a man Gibbs was named after.

Directors: Arvin Brown
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Devil's Trifecta
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7.70
2375 votes

#12 - Devil's Trifecta

Season 10 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/11/2012

Gibbs teams up with FBI Agent Fornell on a joint NCIS/FBI investigation after Fornell becomes the target of a shooting, but they face an unexpected twist in the case when their mutual ex-wife, Diane Sterling, gets involved. Meanwhile, rumors run wild among the group after Diane stays overnight at McGee’s.

Directors: Arvin Brown
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Chasing Ghosts
star
7.68
2213 votes

#13 - Chasing Ghosts

Season 10 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/9/2013

When a Navy reservist returns home to find her husband missing and her living room covered in blood, she turns to the NCIS team to bring him home. Meanwhile, Tony suspects that Ziva is planning a risky move to avenge her father’s death.

Directors: Arvin Brown
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Shell Shock (2)
star
7.68
2591 votes

#14 - Shell Shock (2)

Season 10 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/20/2012

Gibbs continues to work with Captain Wescott while he retraces his steps in order to help the NCIS team track down a terrorist. With Thanksgiving on the horizon, Abby’s enthusiasm for the NCIS family dinner is building, and Tony’s curiosity is peaking when he learns Ziva is making special plans for the opera.

Directors: Thomas J. Wright
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Extreme Prejudice
star
7.67
2955 votes

#15 - Extreme Prejudice

Season 10 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/25/2012

With NCIS headquarters damaged by the bomb, Gibbs goes on the hunt for Harper Dearing and to bring him down once and for all.

Directors: Tony Wharmby
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You Better Watch Out
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7.67
2236 votes

#16 - You Better Watch Out

Season 10 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/18/2012

It’s Christmas time and Tony DiNozzo can’t decide if he’ll be naughty or nice when his dad, Anthony DiNozzo, Sr., comes to town for a visit. Meanwhile, the NCIS team is “following the money” in order to solve a murder investigation, and Abby is bursting with excitement over all the holiday festivities.

Directors: Tony Wharmby
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Recovery
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7.66
2668 votes

#17 - Recovery

Season 10 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/2/2012

When the body of a missing NCIS facilities manager is found four months after disappearing on the day of the Navy Yard bombings, the NCIS team is assigned to investigate the strange case for one of their own. Meanwhile, the team is required to complete mandatory psych evaluations with a crisis counselor, and Gibbs is most concerned about Abby’s recurring nightmares since the bombing.

Directors: Dennis Smith
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Phoenix
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7.65
2693 votes

#18 - Phoenix

Season 10 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/9/2012

While on medical leave, Ducky orders the exhumation of a Navy commanders body from a case closed 12 years ago. As a result, Gibbs tasks Ducky with a slightly different role on the investigation. Meanwhile, the NCIS team investigates the recent death of a Marine. As both cases unfold, the team begins to question whether the two are somehow connected.

Directors: Terrence O'Hara
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Squall
star
7.59
2301 votes

#19 - Squall

Season 10 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/26/2013

A massive storm brings the NCIS team aboard the USS Borealis, where everyone becomes a suspect once the crime scene proves that Mother Nature wasn’t the only culprit. Tension builds when McGee discovers that his estranged father, Navy Admiral John McGee, was on board during the incident.

Directors: Thomas J. Wright
Writer: Bill Nuss
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Hereafter
star
7.57
2130 votes

#20 - Hereafter

Season 10 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/19/2013

On leave from NCIS while still grieving the loss of his wife and his kids’ mother, Director Vance discovers unexpected personal information that causes him to question everything.

Directors: Tony Wharmby
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Shell Shock (1)
star
7.56
2651 votes

#21 - Shell Shock (1)

Season 10 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/13/2012

When a Navy Lieutenant who recently returned home from the Middle East is found dead from a brutal attack, the NCIS team questions the victim’s friend, Marine Captain Joe Wescott. Gibbs realizes the Captain is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, but knows his experience overseas may also provide a key link to the crime.

Directors: Leslie Libman
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Prime Suspect
star
7.52
2171 votes

#22 - Prime Suspect

Season 10 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/5/2013

A media frenzy surrounding an unidentified criminal prompts Gibbs’ barber to question his son’s involvement and ask for Gibbs’ help in ruling out his son as a prime suspect.

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Lost at Sea
star
7.49
2591 votes

#23 - Lost at Sea

Season 10 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/23/2012

When a helicopter crew is adrift at sea and later discovered on shore, the NCIS team must determine the cause of the crash and locate the missing pilot. Meanwhile, Tony and McGee channel their inner “Maverick” and “Iceman,” a la “Top Gun,” and Ziva challenges them to a dare.

Directors: Tony Wharmby
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Hit and Run
star
7.47
2215 votes

#24 - Hit and Run

Season 10 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/29/2013

The NCIS team investigates a Marine’s car accident and ignites some upsetting past memories for Abby as a young girl on the trail of her first “case”.

Directors: Dennis Smith
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