The BEST episodes written by Steven D. Binder

#1 - House Divided
NCIS - Season 15 - Episode 1
Two months after Gibbs and McGee were last seen fighting an elusive group of rebels in a Paraguay jungle, the NCIS team in D.C. tirelessly searches for their missing colleagues. Also, Vance and Torres are summoned to a congressional hearing regarding the fallout from the Paraguay mission
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#4 - Judgement Day (1)
NCIS - Season 5 - Episode 18
When a former NCIS agent is found dead, the entire team is put in danger as they hunt after the killer.

#5 - Spinning Wheel
NCIS - Season 13 - Episode 11
After Ducky is attacked by a man claiming to have information about his half-brother who died decades ago, the NCIS team searches for the perpetrator, as Ducky recalls the final emotional days he had with his sibling. Also, with the holidays approaching, Bishop and Jake discuss the future of their relationship.

#6 - Daughters
NCIS - Season 16 - Episode 24
Former FBI Agent Tobias Fornell pleads with Gibbs to do whatever is necessary to take down drug dealers and suppliers in the area after his daughter, Emily Fornell, is hospitalized from an opiate overdose. Gibbs is haunted by the personal aspects of the case and his history with vigilante justice.

#7 - Devil's Triad
NCIS - Season 11 - Episode 10
Complications arise when the NCIS team discovers a link between a murder victim and the current boyfriend of Gibbs and Agent Fornell’s ex-wife. Meanwhile, NSA Analyst Ellie Bishop adjusts to joining the NCIS team.

#8 - Double Blind
NCIS - Season 10 - Episode 23
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.

#9 - Into the Light (2)
NCIS - Season 17 - Episode 2
With their lives in danger, Gibbs and Ziva’s rogue investigation takes an unexpected turn when a possible terrorist plot is revealed.

#10 - Detour
NCIS - Season 10 - Episode 16
The NCIS team races to track down Ducky and Jimmy after the two disappear while transporting a body from a crime scene.

#11 - Baltimore
NCIS - Season 8 - Episode 22
After Tony's ex-partner, Danny Price, appears to be the Port-to-Port Killer's latest victim, he revisits his days as a detective in Baltimore, including his first encounter with Gibbs.

#12 - Everything Starts Somewhere
NCIS - Season 18 - Episode 2
Flashbacks reveal the murder case that first introduced young Gibbs to NCIS and his introduction to young, new-to-America Ducky.

#13 - Destiny's Child
NCIS - Season 16 - Episode 1
One month after Director Vance was kidnapped, Gibbs is assigned the role of acting director in his absence while the team searches worldwide for his whereabouts.

#14 - The Admiral's Daughter
NCIS - Season 11 - Episode 23
Director Vance gives DiNozzo a special assignment to bring home an Admiral’s daughter from Paris, but he must turn to his NCIS team for help after he enters a controversial crime scene.

#15 - Once Upon a Tim
NCIS - Season 16 - Episode 14
McGee reluctantly visits his high school after the unique computer password he used as a teenager is linked to the murder of a department of defense contractor. The case escalates when an intruder breaks into McGee’s home in an attempt to steal his archaic high school computer.

#16 - Face the Strange
NCIS - Season 19 - Episode 5
The NCIS team investigates the death of a Navy commander whose body suddenly explodes before Jimmy can examine it.

#17 - Frozen in Time
The Invisible Man - Season 1 - Episode 18
Kate Easton (The Value of Secrets) is on the run from Allianora. Easton is grabbed before Darien can get her to safety and put into cyrogenic suspension by Allianora's (as yet unidentified) employers. The people Allianora work for are collecting scientists for future use under their control. The Agency manages to capture Allianora, but she proves impossible to crack. So Darien secretly cuts her a deal: he'll betray the Agency and help her escape if she'll betray her bosses and help him rescue Kate. Both of them end up double-crossing each other, and Darien ends up in a cyrogenic tube when Allianora scrambles his tracking signal. He manages to escape using his invisibility and rescue Kate. However, when he returns with the Agency, the warehouse and the remaining scientists are gone.
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#18 - The Tie That Binds
NCIS - Season 14 - Episode 10
After the NCIS team tracks evidence from the murder of a Navy captain to Ducky’s deceased mother, Ducky looks back and questions a pivotal life choice he made 37 years ago. Also, the team exchanges holiday gifts, and Gibbs spends Christmas dinner with Fornell.

#19 - Borderland
NCIS - Season 7 - Episode 22
The team tries to track down a serial killer, while Abby heads south of the border to give a speech with McGee in tow.

#20 - Voices
NCIS - Season 15 - Episode 8
An NCIS person of interest in a bribery and fraud case is found murdered after a runner is led to his body by a strange voice. Also, McGee and Delilah disagree on whether to find out the baby’s sex or keep it a surprise.

#21 - Bloodbath
NCIS - Season 3 - Episode 21
While working on just a regular murder case with the rest of the NCIS team, Abby is almost killed by an evidence from the case and soon it becomes clear that the murder was staged, and that someone wants Abby dead. The team discovers some enemies from Abby's past, and they must find out who is the person, before the person kills Abby.

#22 - So It Goes
NCIS - Season 12 - Episode 3
When an NCIS case reveals a connection to Ducky's estranged childhood best friend, he and Special Agent Bishop travel to London for interviews with family and co-workers of his friend. While there, Ducky finds himself reminiscing about the choices he made in his past and the subsequent impact they had on his adult life. Adam Campbell and Alice Krige guests star.

#23 - Sticks & Stones
NCIS - Season 22 - Episode 4
After receiving intelligence on deadly threats to multiple locations that could lead to a catastrophic war, NCIS is called in to try to neutralize the danger.

#24 - Lockdown
NCIS - Season 13 - Episode 5
While visiting a pharmaceutical lab on a murder case, Abby is trapped with no communication to the outside world after armed men take over the building and hold everyone hostage.

#25 - High Tide
NCIS - Season 15 - Episode 11
Torres and Bishop go undercover as a criminal couple available for hire, during an NCIS sting operation tracking illegal drug-running out of the Norfolk civilian marina.

#26 - False Witness
NCIS - Season 8 - Episode 10
The NCIS team investigates the disappearance of a Navy petty officer who is the sole witness in an upcoming murder trial.

#27 - The Numerical Limit
NCIS - Season 15 - Episode 19
Gibbs is granted protective custody of a 10-year-old orphaned refugee, Elena, when an NCIS case reveals she is the target of a violent gang.

#28 - Devil's Trifecta
NCIS - Season 10 - Episode 9
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.

#29 - Rock and a Hard Place
NCIS - Season 11 - Episode 17
After a bomb detonates in the dressing room at a military charity concert, the NCIS team must determine if the target was a washed-up '80s rocker or if the bomb was part of a larger scheme. Meanwhile, Jimmy prepares for fatherhood.

#30 - A Many Splendored Thing
NCIS - Season 14 - Episode 16
Bishop is more determined than ever to seek revenge for the murder of Qasim, her late boyfriend, after Gibbs and the team find a new lead in the Chen case. Also, Torres teaches the agents the art of pickpocketing.

#31 - Up in Smoke
NCIS - Season 9 - Episode 23
The NCIS team analyzes what secrets could be in the hands of a terrorist targeting the Navy when a high-tech bug is found inside a probationary agent’s tooth. Meanwhile, the festivities for Jimmy Palmer’s upcoming wedding continue with the bachelor party.

#32 - Devil's Triangle
NCIS - Season 9 - Episode 7
The NCIS team searches for answers when the current husband of both Gibbs's and Fornell's ex-wife is suspiciously kidnapped.

#33 - Being Bad
NCIS - Season 14 - Episode 2
NCIS uncovers a bomb plot and a long-running theft ring while investigating a death at a Quantico reunion. Also Torres and Quinn adjust to life on Gibbs’ team, including new seating arrangements in the squad room.

#34 - Twisted Sister
NCIS - Season 4 - Episode 9
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.

#35 - Secrets
NCIS - Season 9 - Episode 15
When a Navy captain is found dead with an unusual costume hidden under his uniform, NCIS uncovers a secret society of real-life super heroes and must track down the villain.

#36 - Phoenix
NCIS - Season 10 - Episode 3
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.

#37 - Kill Screen
NCIS - Season 8 - Episode 16
The dismembered fingertips and teeth of a murdered Marine are discovered in the stolen purse of a pickpocketer, launching NCIS on a mission to find a cold-blooded killer.

#38 - Anonymous Was a Woman
NCIS - Season 11 - Episode 4
Gibbs and McGee travel to Afghanistan when a murder case leads them to an Afghan women’s shelter Mike Frank’s secretly supported for years.

#39 - Patience
NCIS - Season 12 - Episode 19
The murder of a petty officer sparks a lead in a 40 year old airport bombing cold case that Gibbs and DiNozzo have been assigned to for the past two years. Also, McGee is jealous that he was not previously briefed on the cold case.

#40 - Check
NCIS - Season 12 - Episode 11
The NCIS team must investigate a series of crime scenes that appear to be copy-cats of previous cases. Also, two of Gibbs' ex-wives, one of which the team has yet to meet, show up at a crime scene to discuss something important with him. Jeri Ryan guest stars.

#41 - Toxic
NCIS - Season 6 - Episode 21
When a government scientist goes missing, Abby is recruited to carry on his work, but the team worries that she may meet the same fate as her predecessor.

#42 - Power Down
NCIS - Season 7 - Episode 8
The team literally finds themselves in the dark when the investigation into the death of a lieutenant is connected to a city-wide blackout.

#43 - Restless
NCIS - Season 9 - Episode 2
The NCIS team uncovers a startling surprise after a young Marine shows up to his homecoming party with a fatal stab wound.

#44 - Moonlighting
NCIS - Season 7 - Episode 20
When an NCIS polygraph specialist's night job takes a dangerous turn, Gibbs, Fornell and the team have to uncover the truth.

#45 - Sharif Returns
NCIS - Season 4 - Episode 13
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.

#46 - Escaped
NCIS - Season 4 - Episode 2
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.

#47 - Family Secret
NCIS - Season 3 - Episode 16
When an ambulance explodes while carrying the remains of a Marine's body that was killed in a car crash, the NCIS team is called in to investigate what actually happened. The investigation leads them to some sudden discoveries -- the DNA of the victim found in the ambulance doesn't match the Marine's DNA; the ambulance was set up to explode; and the family of the dead Marine is hiding a very important secret.

#48 - Out of Control
NCIS - Season 22 - Episode 8
NCIS investigates a murder related to a car that begins driving on its own. Also, Parker is still seeing visions of Lily.

#49 - Bounce
NCIS - Season 6 - Episode 16
A murder prompts the reopening of one of Tony's old investigations, leading Gibbs and DiNozzo to reverse roles to solve the case.

#50 - Brothers in Arms
NCIS - Season 4 - Episode 21
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.