The WORST episodes of NCIS
Every episode of NCIS ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of NCIS!
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 - Enigma
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/24/2004
Gibbs risks his career when his former commanding officer is accused of stealing the funds.
#2 - 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.
#3 - Dead Reckoning
Season 6 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/31/2009
Gibbs and the team must work with the shady Trent Kort to put away one of NCIS's most wanted.
#4 - Knockout
Season 6 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/17/2009
The death of a boxer leads Vance to borrow the NCIS team and start investigating his death, while Gibbs digs into Vance's past.
#5 - Jack-Knife
Season 7 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/9/2010
When a Marine is found dead, Gibbs, Fornell and the team hit the open road to bust an illegal trucking operation.
#6 - The Missionary Position
Season 9 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/10/2012
Following the murder of a Marine, Tony and Ziva join Ziva’s longtime friend and mentor in Columbia in a search for a missing Marine Lieutenant and Navy Chaplain. Meanwhile, Jimmy Palmer decides who will be his best man.
#7 - 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.
#8 - Cadence
Season 12 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/10/2015
DiNozzo returns to the military academy he attended as a teenager after a murdered Marine and alumni of the school is found clutching the photo of a current student. Also, Bishop and her husband invite Gibbs and the team out for a special dinner.
#9 - No Good Deed
Season 12 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/7/2015
DiNozzo is partnered with his girlfriend ATF Special Agent Zoé Keates after evidence reveals that the murder weapon in an NCIS case was originally purchased for the controversial ATF sting operation “Operation Fast and Furious.” Also, Anthony DiNozzo Sr. returns to town for a special dinner to meet his son’s girlfriend.
#10 - Cabin Fever
Season 12 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/17/2015
The NCIS team suspects Gibbs' arch-nemesis is behind an explosion at a global terrorism summit. Gibbs elects to sit out the investigation in order to help a grief-stricken Fornell, whose life is on the verge of imploding following his wife’s murder.
#11 - Designated Target
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/13/2007
A murder investigation of a Navy Admiral takes a shocking turn when a woman, a political refugee, returns home to search for her husband.
#12 - Double Identity
Season 7 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/9/2010
Gibbs and the team investigate the shooting of a Marine and uncovers more to his life than anyone would have ever imagined.
#13 - 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.
#14 - Mother's Day
Season 7 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/2/2010
Secrets arise when Gibbs former mother-in-law surfaces as a witness in a murder investigation.
#15 - Switch
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/18/2005
When an officer is shot to death on the freeway, the NCIS team takes upon the investigation. The first lead, a fact that the victim was leading a double life, takes them to a possible solution of the crime, but the tables are turned when the victim's dying message is discovered and it leads them to a totally different clue.
#16 - Bad Impressions
Season 23 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/28/2026
The team races to help one of their own who has been framed for murder and caught in a widening conspiracy that could compromise national security.
#17 - Hide and Seek
Season 6 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/24/2009
When a young boy finds a murder weapon, the team must trace ownership of the gun to find who used it last and who was murdered.
#18 - Model Behavior
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/13/2005
While filming a reality show on a Marine base, a supermodel dies and the NCIS team must discover who is the model's murderer. They discover a love triangle between the model and three other men, all suspects. Meanwhile, Jenny is disturbed by Gibbs when he doesn't want to attend an award ceremony in his honor.
#19 - Flesh and Blood
Season 7 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/12/2010
Gibbs is worried about Tony's ability to handle his job when Tony's father turns out to be linked to their newest investigation, an assassination attempt on a foreign prince.
#20 - South by Southwest
Season 6 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/24/2009
When a fellow agent is murdered, the NCIS teams heads into the desert to locate a woman who might hold the answer to the mystery murder.
#21 - 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.
#22 - Conspiracy Theory
Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/12/2005
The team investigates a suicide case, believing that the main reason of her death is a nervous breakdown, but Ducky believes that she was actually murdered. FBI Special Agent Fornell helps them in the investigation. The team discovers that the dead woman was involved in a love triangle and that this may have contributed to her death.
#23 - 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.
#24 - Love & War
Season 6 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/27/2009
The team discovers a link between a sergeant's murder and his possibly treasonous private life.
#25 - 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.