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 - 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.
#2 - Enigma
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/24/2004
Gibbs risks his career when his former commanding officer is accused of stealing the funds.
#3 - 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.
#4 - 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.
#5 - 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.
#6 - Prime Cut
Season 21 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/29/2024
After discovering the remains of a Marine captain, the NCIS team travels to Texas to interrogate the suspected killer.
#7 - 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.
#8 - 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.
#9 - 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.
#10 - 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.
#11 - 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.
#12 - Strange Invaders
Season 21 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/1/2024
After discovering a Navy pilot's body riddled with unusual wounds, NCIS' investigation draws the team into the rabbit hole of UFO conspiracy theories.
#13 - 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.
#14 - 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.
#15 - 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.
#16 - 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.
#17 - 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.
#18 - Capitol Offense
Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/7/2008
A distinguished senator asks Gibbs for help in solving the murder of a young female Naval officer.
#19 - 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.
#20 - 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.
#21 - 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.
#22 - Nine Lives
Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/21/2008
Gibbs' hunt for the killer of a marine puts him on a collision course with an old friend.
#23 - Outlaws and In-Laws
Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/3/2009
A murder investigation prompts Gibbs and the team to play family counselor to his former mentor, Mike Franks, in the hopes of preventing a bloody international conflict.
#24 - 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.
#25 - 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.