The BEST episodes written by Andrew Bartels
#1 - Old Tricks
NCIS: Los Angeles - Season 8 - Episode 16
After a retirement home resident is kidnapped, the NCIS team uncovers a pair of con artists: Ginger and Edward O’Boyle, who hop from home to home scamming the elderly out of their money. Also, Callen confronts his father on his illegal activity and the danger it places on their family.
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#2 - Zero Days
NCIS: Los Angeles - Season 5 - Episode 18
The NCIS: LA team is called in to determine if the computer system that controls Russian missiles is at risk after Eric overhears his friend, a computer systems expert, being attacked during online game play. Meanwhile, Kensi is shocked when a familiar face from her past shows up in Afghanistan.
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#3 - The One That Got Away
NCIS: Los Angeles - Season 10 - Episode 21
After Anna Kolcheck escapes from prison with her cellmate, Callen and the NCIS team assist with the investigation and search for her whereabouts.
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#4 - Allegiance
NCIS: Los Angeles - Season 5 - Episode 13
While in Afghanistan, Kensi and Granger join the team on a joint case when a federal agent in Los Angeles tied to Hawala, an ancient system of money transfer, is murdered.
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#5 - No More Secrets
NCIS: Los Angeles - Season 10 - Episode 22
The NCIS team travels to Cuba for an unsanctioned mission after Callen gets a lead on Anna Kolcheck’s whereabouts.
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#6 - Humbug
NCIS: Los Angeles - Season 6 - Episode 11
The team investigates a burglary at a cyber-security company, but Callen must steer clear of the crime scene after Hetty reveals his girlfriend, Joelle, is one of the lead witnesses. Also, the team discusses their personal holiday travel plans.
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#7 - Battle Scars
NCIS: Los Angeles - Season 8 - Episode 21
After a highly decorated Navy Captain, Charles Langston, kidnaps a Veterans Affairs administrator who has been siphoning funds, the NCIS team must work with Hetty’s former Vietnam War colleagues, now-retired Admiral AJ Chegwidden and Admiral Sterling Bridges to solve the case.
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#8 - Red Rover, Red Rover
NCIS: Los Angeles - Season 12 - Episode 13
To rescue Joelle from further torture by the Russians, Callen and NCIS must offer up Anna as bait to Katya. Also, Callen finally discovers who accused him of being Russian spy.
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#9 - Glasnost
NCIS: Los Angeles - Season 8 - Episode 9
After Callen’s father, Garrison is found in an NCIS patient’s hospital room during a radiation poisoning case, Callen must take him to the boatshed for interrogation. Also, the team discusses their Thanksgiving plans.
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#10 - Smokescreen (1)
NCIS: Los Angeles - Season 10 - Episode 14
The NCIS team partners with the FBI to locate a terrorist cell in Los Angeles believed to be prepping for an imminent attack.
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#11 - The Grey Man
NCIS: Los Angeles - Season 6 - Episode 8
Kensi and Deeks go undercover to investigate the murder of a homeless man who was a former marine and CIA agent and discover his connection to the Mexican cartel.
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#12 - Warrior of Peace
NCIS: Los Angeles - Season 9 - Episode 16
Callen pursues every alternative when the Diplomatic Security Service apprehends his father, Nikita Aleksandr Reznikov, as part of an exchange for two American photographers being held hostage in Iran.
#13 - Missing Time
NCIS: Los Angeles - Season 11 - Episode 18
While NCIS investigates the disappearance of a department of defense officer who was looking into a recent UFO sighting, Anna makes a bold decision about her future.
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#14 - The Circle
NCIS: Los Angeles - Season 11 - Episode 15
Anna Kolcheck returns to warn Callen that he is in danger and he must now work with an archenemy to stop an underground trafficking ring.
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#15 - Reentry
NCIS: Los Angeles - Season 9 - Episode 20
Callen, Sam and Nell travel to the Angeles Forest to search for pieces of a failed rocket launch, including a top-secret government device. Also, Hetty tries to help Keane acclimate to life in the states.
#16 - Angels & Daemons
NCIS: Los Angeles - Season 7 - Episode 13
The team investigates the murder of tech entrepreneur turned venture capitalist who secretly developed a daemon, a background computer program that allows for undetectable data collection.
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#17 - The Prince
NCIS: Los Angeles - Season 10 - Episode 3
Callen and Sam are assigned protection duty for Deputy Crown Prince Kamal after an unknown assassin targets his decoy upon his arrival in Los Angeles.
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#18 - Fool Me Twice
NCIS: Los Angeles - Season 9 - Episode 9
Callen and the team question CIA Agent Joelle Taylor’s backstory after she escapes from a kidnapping and turns to Callen for help.
#19 - Divided We Fall
NCIS: Los Angeles - Season 13 - Episode 5
When an NCIS mission to protect a compromised undercover agent goes completely sideways, the agents are individually interrogated to find out what really happened. Also, Kilbride must make a difficult decision.
#20 - If the Fates Allow
NCIS: Los Angeles - Season 12 - Episode 6
Before Christmas, Hetty assigns Callen the case of his former foster brother and his wife who, upon reentry into the U.S., are framed for smuggling drugs across the border in her oxygen tanks. Also, Deeks is struggling with losing his job.
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#21 - Yellow Jack
NCIS: Los Angeles - Season 11 - Episode 4
While Callen and Sam are aboard the USS Allegiance, the ship is placed under quarantine for possible Ebola exposure. Also, Kensi and Deeks investigate the murder of a petty officer who recently departed the USS Allegiance and is linked to the Ebola exposure.
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#22 - Where There's Smoke...
NCIS: Los Angeles - Season 7 - Episode 23
Sam and Callen go undercover as firefighters when top secret information about suspected terrorists is stolen from a secure Department of Defense container at the site of a fire.
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#23 - Sleeping Dogs
NCIS: Los Angeles - Season 14 - Episode 16
When the NCIS team receives a cryptic, urgent message, Fatima and Rountree must work together to solve the case. Also, Kilbride plans to visit his son, and Callen asks Sam to be his best man.
#25 - Driving Miss Diaz
NCIS: Los Angeles - Season 7 - Episode 3
The NCIS: Los Angeles team investigates a 20-year old Peruvian massacre after a well-known fashion model, believed to be one of the survivors, is now a potential target. Also, Kensi goes undercover as the model's assistant and Deeks as her chauffeur.
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#26 - Fighting Shadows
NCIS: Los Angeles - Season 6 - Episode 18
When three FBI agents are killed in an explosion following a successful undercover sting operation, the team searches for the person behind the attack. Meanwhile, Deeks and Kensi realize the team knows about their relationship, as Hetty pairs Kensi with Sam and Deeks with Callen during the investigation.
#27 - Genesis
NCIS: Los Angeles - Season 13 - Episode 17
The NCIS team helps Naval intelligence officer Akhil Ali locate a fellow officer who went missing while recruiting foreign assets as potential sources of intelligence. Also, Callen and psychologist Nate Getz track down a man Callen believes was present for his training when he was young.
#28 - Survival of the Fittest
NCIS: Los Angeles - Season 14 - Episode 7
When a Marine falls ill during a training mission due to an attack by a genetic weapon, the NCIS must track down the person responsible for unleashing it. Also, Deeks struggles with balancing work and home life when Rosa comes down with the flu.