The BEST episodes of NCIS season 4

Every episode of NCIS season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of NCIS season 4!

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
Angel of Death
star
7.83
1610 votes

#1 - Angel of Death

Season 4 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/22/2007

When Jenny returns from her European trip, the entire NCIS team will be forced to take a Homeland Security polygraph test, and the deepest secrets of each agent are about to be revealed. Plus, an unarmed Tony and Jeanne are held hostage by a ruthless drug dealer.

Directors: Dennis Smith
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Shalom
star
7.75
1807 votes

#2 - Shalom

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/19/2006

Ziva witnesses a bombing which kills two FBI agents and a Syrian informant. It's discovered this is a political assassination and the F.B.I. is now looking for Ziva. Ziva avoids the F.B.I. and contacts Gibbs, who is enjoying his retirement in Mexico, for help. The N.C.I.S. team, led by Tony, must prove that Ziva is innocent. Ziva, with Gibbs help, proves her innocence by capturing the bad guys and evidence.

Directors: William Webb
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Driven
star
7.74
1509 votes

#3 - Driven

Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/12/2006

When a robotic vehicle named "Otto," a part of a high level project of the Department of Defense, causes a death of a Navy Lieutenant, and then later almost kills Abby, the NCIS team must find out who sabotaged the vehicle and murdered the Navy Lieutenant. Meanwhile, Ziva realizes that Tony keeps on visiting the hospital. What is he doing there?

Directors: Dennis Smith
Watch Now:Apple TV
Dead Man Walking
star
7.70
1417 votes

#4 - Dead Man Walking

Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/20/2007

When a Navy Lieutenant becomes the victim of radiation poisoning, the NCIS team must find the person who's behind the crime. The Lieutenant, who is working for the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency), claims that only his two colleagues knew about his assignment, and whoever it was, the person tried to stop the Lieutenant's next investigation.

Directors: Colin Bucksey
Writer: Nell Scovell
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Suspicion
star
7.69
1371 votes

#5 - Suspicion

Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/16/2007

When a high-level Marine intelligence officer is found murdered in a small motel room, the NCIS team must find the person who murdered him. After discovering that the person was already dead for three days, and that the town authorities had "investigated" the crime, Gibbs is determined to solve the case, which could be related to a terrorist cell, and not let the town authorities get in his way.

Directors: Colin Bucksey
Watch Now:Apple TV
Blowback
star
7.67
1467 votes

#6 - Blowback

Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/6/2007

After catching an international arms dealer, the NCIS team learns that Navy's highly classified weapons system will be sold to "La Grenouille," an important arms dealer. To stop the transaction, the team will send Ducky undercover. Meanwhile, another government agency appears to be working on the same case, with different plans.

Directors: Thomas J. Wright
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Twisted Sister
star
7.67
1695 votes

#7 - Twisted Sister

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/21/2006

McGee breaks the rules, risking his NCIS job, to help his sister Sara, who shows up disoriented and bloodied. While he works on figuring out what happened to his sister, the NCIS team is investigating a case of a Navy sailor, who is somehow connected to McGee's sister. Both Tony and Abby are busy with love problems, while McGee turns out to have another secret.

Directors: Terrence O'Hara
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Trojan Horse
star
7.65
1472 votes

#8 - Trojan Horse

Season 4 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/8/2007

When Jenny has to attend an overseas conference, Gibbs is made acting director, but he prefers to ignore his duties and lead the investigation of the murder of a man, who was found dead in a taxi headed to the NCIS headquarters.

Directors: Terrence O'Hara
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Witch Hunt
star
7.61
1382 votes

#9 - Witch Hunt

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/31/2006

It's Halloween and the NCIS team is busy investigating a ransom case. A Marine's daughter has been kidnapped after the kidnapper attacked a Marine in his home. The investigation leads them to a fact that the couple has been separated. They decide to focus on the wife's ex-boyfriend, after learning that the woman is the one who destroyed their marriage. Meanwhile, McGee and Tony are stunned by Abby's Halloween costume.

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Friends & Lovers
star
7.61
1528 votes

#10 - Friends & Lovers

Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/13/2007

When a dead body of a sailor is found in an abandoned part of the town, all the evidence seem to point that the person died from unintentional drug overdose, but when the team uncovers more evidence, it turns out to be a murder. Meanwhile, Tony bonds with a local detective while working on the case.

Directors: Dennis Smith
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Once a Hero
star
7.60
1567 votes

#11 - Once a Hero

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/14/2006

When an honored Marine veteran is found dead in a hotel, the NCIS team must find out what happened to him. Soon they realize that the Marine didn't commit suicide and that he was a homeless man. After going through his stuff, they find compromising evidence against him, and Gibbs is determined to prove the man's innocence.

Directors: Thomas J. Wright
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Cover Story
star
7.60
1551 votes

#12 - Cover Story

Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/10/2007

McGee is under high pressure during the murder investigation of a Petty Officer based on the character for his latest book, with very little information to go on.

Directors: Dennis Smith
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Grace Period
star
7.54
1519 votes

#13 - Grace Period

Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/3/2007

When a weekend call to the NCIS tip line from an unknown source about possible terrorist activity results in the death of two agents sent into a trap, the NCIS team will have to find out who were the people responsible with the help from Agent Paula Cassidy, who holds herself responsible for the tragedy.

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Smoked
star
7.53
1650 votes

#14 - Smoked

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/28/2006

When a burnt and mummified body of a missing and wanted person is found on a Marine base, in a furnace, NCIS must work with FBI. The burnt man turns out to be a serial killer. The both teams visit the man's family and discover something shocking. Also, the NCIS team must deal with the book McGee wrote about them, using "fictional" characters.

Directors: Dennis Smith
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Sandblast
star
7.53
1536 votes

#15 - Sandblast

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/7/2006

When a Marine Colonel dies in an explosion at a military golf course, the NCIS team must investigate a suspected terrorist attack with the help from the Army Criminal Investigative Division (CID). The CIA gives them a lead to an abandoned warehouse, but it turns out to be a trap---the warehouse is set to explode. McGee uses his computer skills to break into the secret government files to uncover the terrorist cell.

Directors: Dennis Smith
Writer: Robert Palm
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Sharif Returns
star
7.52
1484 votes

#16 - Sharif Returns

Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/23/2007

When the NCIS team learns that the missing 10 kilograms of highly toxic chemical weapons are now in the hands of Mamoun Sharif, a wanted terrorist, they will have to find a way to find the man and stop him before it's too late with the aid from Army Lt. Col. Hollis Mann and constant phone calls from Sharif himself.

Directors: Terrence O'Hara
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Escaped
star
7.50
1663 votes

#17 - Escaped

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/26/2006

Gibbs is forced to come back out of his retirement to help Fornell, who is being threatened by a convict that escaped from prison. The convict threatens both Fornell and his daughter Emily. Gibbs and the NCIS team re-open the convict's old robbery case, and question a retired sailor who is the only one who contacted the convict after he was sent to prison. The investigation will lead the NCIS team to a surprising discovery.

Directors: Dennis Smith
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Faking It
star
7.50
1556 votes

#18 - Faking It

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/10/2006

After police pull over a driver and arrest him for a concealed weapon, a car crashes into their patrol car with a dead man behind the wheel. The arrested man turns out to be Russian and Homeland Security claim he was working for them. The Russian is linked to an old case that Mike Franks worked on. Mike comes out of retirement to put the Russian behind bars.

Directors: Thomas J. Wright
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Singled Out
star
7.49
1635 votes

#19 - Singled Out

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/3/2006

An abandoned car is found full of blood, registered to a missing Navy lieutenant. The NCIS team learns that the missing lieutenant was profiling men, trying to find a perfect man for herself. When they find out that the woman intended to go to a seminar at a local hotel, Ziva goes undercover to find more information. Ducky is busy going through the profiles of the men. Jenny makes a secret offer to Tony.

Directors: Terrence O'Hara
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Brothers in Arms
star
7.48
1483 votes

#20 - Brothers in Arms

Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/24/2007

Director Shepard makes a huge mistake by meeting a man alone to inform her about Le Grenouille, as their meeting turns into a murder of the informant. Now the NCIS team must gather all the existing info and try to finally hunt down their enemy.

Directors: Martha Mitchell
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Dead and Unburied
star
7.43
1379 votes

#21 - Dead and Unburied

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/17/2006

When a missing Lance Corporal is found dead in a vacant house, the NCIS team discovers that he was buried in the backyard and then exhumed. They learn about his identity and that he was to be deployed to Iraq, but he never showed up for duty. The investigation leads them to a new clue---he had two fiancées. Abby runs the DNA samples from the two women to find out if the DNA is a match to the soil found on the dead man's body.

Directors: Colin Bucksey
Writer: Nell Scovell
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Skeletons
star
7.43
1468 votes

#22 - Skeletons

Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/27/2007

When an explosion at a military cemetery mausoleum reveals a crypt full of a mixture of body parts, the NCIS team must inform the families of the victims, hoping to find a connection between the dismembered victims, and narrow down the suspects to find out who is behind the hideous crime. Meanwhile, Abby is dealing with a personal problem, and the only person she can talk to about it is Gibbs.

Writer: Jesse Stern
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Iceman
star
7.42
1561 votes

#23 - Iceman

Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/20/2007

When a supposedly frozen to death Marine turns out alive on Ducky's autopsy table, the NCIS team has to find out about the victim's movements last few days to uncover what happened to him and who left him for dead. As the investigation progresses, the team learns about the victim's trip to Baghdad via a private cargo plane and discovers a link to Gibbs' past.

Directors: Thomas J. Wright
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In the Dark
star
7.41
1525 votes

#24 - In the Dark

Season 4 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/1/2007

When a blind photographer shoots the body of a Petty Officer on film, the NCIS team uses his special insight to investigate the crime. Meanwhile, both Gibbs and Tony are having commitment issues in their relationships.

Directors: Thomas J. Wright
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