Favorite NCIS Episodes
Unfortunately saddled with the label of "old person television," the original NCIS, now a flagship of CBS and current title of the "world's most watched show," is a still a very good show, now going into it's 15th season. Can it be cheesy? Hell, yes.
But, the show is a throwback to an era where weekly stakes were as simple as catching the perp every show. So it has the excuse of not having the scope of Game of Thrones or even the moral ambiguity of Breaking Bad. It is a refreshingly retro and simple show.
Despite going through multiple showrunners and actors, the casting and chemistry of its main cast is still its biggest draw and writing compliments them when the show still periodically knocks one out of the park.
This list is NCIS at it's most witty, personal, but most of all at its very best...
But, the show is a throwback to an era where weekly stakes were as simple as catching the perp every show. So it has the excuse of not having the scope of Game of Thrones or even the moral ambiguity of Breaking Bad. It is a refreshingly retro and simple show.
Despite going through multiple showrunners and actors, the casting and chemistry of its main cast is still its biggest draw and writing compliments them when the show still periodically knocks one out of the park.
This list is NCIS at it's most witty, personal, but most of all at its very best...
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- DirectorDonald P. BellisarioStarsMark HarmonSasha AlexanderMichael WeatherlyAboard Air Force One a Naval officer dies after eating with the Potus, then a Marine officer (connected with AF1) also dies in Georgetown in the same way. Abby identifies the cause, and Gibbs thwarts an attempt to assassinate the PotUS.
- DirectorDennis SmithStarsMark HarmonSasha AlexanderMichael WeatherlyA guard finds the disemboweled body of an NCIS agent in an elevator; the gang investigate. Gibbs feels responsibility. The victim has pursued a cold case involving a theft of $12M+ from the Navy. NCIS finds the thief and the killer.
- DirectorPeter EllisStarsMark HarmonSasha AlexanderMichael WeatherlyA foreign agent enters the autopsy room via an unconventional method; he then takes captive Ducky, Gerald, and, later, Kate. He demands evidence pertaining to a body in the room. He eventually asks to see Gibbs, who obliges him; he loses.
- DirectorDennis SmithStarsMark HarmonSasha AlexanderMichael WeatherlyTony opens a letter, literally SWAK, dispersing a fine white powder; the gang does the drill. Kate and Tony get a free trip to Bethesda. Gibbs and company find both the bad lady and the solution of a two-year-old rape case at the USNA.Creator Don Bellisario at Peak-Don Bellisario. This is easily one of his most tightly constructed scripts.
- DirectorThomas J. WrightStarsMark HarmonSasha AlexanderMichael WeatherlyA Medal of Honor recipient from WWII turns himself in and confesses to the team the murder of his friend 60 years ago.Charles Durning guests as a decorated US Marine who confesses to murdering his buddy during the Battle of Iwo Jima. This is an early Very Special Episode.
- DirectorThomas J. WrightStarsMark HarmonSasha AlexanderMichael WeatherlyDucky faces the "meat puzzle" of concurrently reconstructing three cadavers dissected into many small pieces. Ducky IDs one body, and the gang ID the others and a fourth. Ducky is the fifth target, which causes the NCIS team to act.
- DirectorDennis SmithStarsMark HarmonMichael WeatherlyCote de PabloGibbs regains consciousness, but he's lost his memory since 1991. He starts to remember a few things; Jen helps, then an old buddy, then Ziva. Gibbs gets back his memory and a solution, gives a severe warning, becomes ignored, then quits.
- DirectorTerrence O'HaraStarsMark HarmonMichael WeatherlyCote de PabloA sailor dies on ship, but by the time the team arrive to investigate he is the only person left onboard.
- DirectorArvin BrownStarsMark HarmonMichael WeatherlyCote de PabloBloody water emits from a shower head in base housing at Quantico; Gibbs and company investigate; something has disappeared; a second man dies. The killer leaves clues, which suggest more deaths. They solve the game and nab the bad guy.
- DirectorJames Whitmore Jr.StarsMark HarmonMichael WeatherlyCote de PabloDucky is attacked at a crime scene, leading to the revelation of a painful past.
- DirectorTerrence O'HaraStarsMark HarmonMichael WeatherlyCote de PabloGunmen rob the credit union at Quantico and kill a guard; Gibbs and company investigate; they question whether getting cash was the objective of the robbers. The team make several connections, then they round up the bad guys at a burial.
- DirectorJames Whitmore Jr.StarsMark HarmonMichael WeatherlyCote de PabloAfter an elaborate setup Tony and Ziva break into a classified Navy facility; however, that test is itself a ruse by which to identify a mole within the NCIS. Gibbs and Lee meet in the chat room, and Gibbs says that now they work together.
- DirectorDennis SmithStarsMark HarmonMichael WeatherlyCote de PabloTony and McGee unsuccessfully try to follow Lee's pickup man; a satellite leads the gang to a house with a secret room and a dead body; a second stakeout produces a different result, which takes the team to a solution, a catch, and more.
- DirectorThomas J. WrightStarsMark HarmonMichael WeatherlyCote de PabloA woman Naval officer dies during a break-in at an ISP facility in or near Washington, DC, then electric power goes down throughout the entire metro area; Gibbs and company investigate in the dark; they solve the case and grab the bad guy.
- DirectorTerrence O'HaraStarsMark HarmonMichael WeatherlyCote de PabloGibbs and company investigate a body wearing a dress-blue uniform of a three-star admiral; Tony recognizes the victim; they first suspect another P2P killing; however, Ducky suggests otherwise. The gang find both the killer and the motive.In the midst of a boring season arc, the show goes back into the past with this refreshing mini origin story...
- DirectorBethany RooneyStarsMark HarmonMichael WeatherlyPauley PerretteOn the eve of Thanksgiving, DiNozzo and Bishop experience a weather delay at the D.C airport when Gibbs informs them of an elevated terror threat specific to area airports. An impostor posing as an air marshal leads them to the real threat.
- DirectorThomas J. WrightStarsMark HarmonMichael WeatherlyPauley PerretteThe team investigates the murder of a deep-sea diver outside a high-tech decompression chamber where the body and suspects have to stay for four days.
- DirectorTony WharmbyStarsMark HarmonMichael WeatherlyPauley PerretteThe NCIS, FBI and MI6 teams continue the international manhunt for an escaped British spy who's targeting current and former agents. Anthony DiNozzo bids farewell to NCIS.
- DirectorTerrence O'HaraStarsMark HarmonPauley PerretteSean MurrayDuring a hit-and-run investigation, Palmer tries to prevent a stranger from jumping off the ledge of a building.Giving the spotlight to the show's biggest punching bag makes it all the more affectionate when we view him in a different light...