The Best Episodes Directed By Arvin Brown

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   9.0/10(1 votes)

   #1 - Beauty Contest

   S1:E125/12/1998

   Joey and Pacey enter a beauty competition; Jen regrets her breakup with Dawson.

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   #2 - 285 South

   S1:E611/10/1999

   Michael's monomaniacal urge to find the geodesic dome that's been stalking his dreams leads him to hijack Maria's car to Texas.

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   8.2/10(5 votes)

   #3 - Once a Crook

   S11:E510/22/2013

   DiNozzo returns to his Baltimore Police Department days when he sees a felony suspect from a 15-year-old case at the NCIS crime scene of a murdered Petty Officer.

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   8.2/10(6 votes)

   #4 - Pay to Play

   S14:E912/6/2016

   The NCIS team investigates a series of escalating threats against congresswoman Jenna Flemming, while Director Vance oversees her temporary protection detail.

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   8.1/10(8 votes)

   #5 - The Tie That Binds

   S14:E1012/13/2016

   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.

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   #6 - Royals and Loyals

   S8:E410/12/2010

   The team hopes to avoid an international incident when an American officer is killed on a British ship.

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   8.0/10(5 votes)

   #7 - Rock and a Hard Place

   S11:E173/18/2014

   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.

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   #8 - Bounce

   S6:E162/17/2009

   A murder prompts the reopening of one of Tony's old investigations, leading Gibbs and DiNozzo to reverse roles to solve the case.

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   #9 - Corporal Punishment

   S5:E1011/27/2007

   While trying to track down a delusional and violent Marine who thinks he's still in Iraq, the NCIS team learn that the man has been the subject of a secret experiment - and it comes with a high price to pay.

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    #10 - The Penelope Papers

    S9:E310/4/2011

    The line between McGee's personal and professional life is blurred when NCIS uncovers a connection between his grandmother and the murder of a Navy Lieutenant.

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    7.8/10(6 votes)

    #11 - Devil's Trifecta

    S10:E912/11/2012

    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.

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    7.8/10(6 votes)

    #12 - Shiva

    S10:E121/15/2013

    In the aftermath of an event that strikes close to home, the NCIS team unites to seek answers and demand justice in order to protect their most vulnerable colleagues.

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    7.8/10(8 votes)

    #13 - Pandora's Box (I)

    S14:E152/14/2017

    After Abby's homeland security think tank is compromised and she is found in possession of a real bomb, the NCIS team discovers the leader of the group has been murdered and a theoretical terror playbook has been stolen. The crossover continues on NCIS: New Orleans S03E14 Pandora's Box (II).

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    7.7/10(6 votes)

    #14 - The Namesake

    S10:E510/30/2012

    A Petty Officer is gunned down in a billionaire’s Ferrari and the investigation leads the NCIS team to discover a link to a man Gibbs was named after.

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    7.7/10(7 votes)

    #15 - The San Dominick

    S12:E510/21/2014

    During a joint Coast Guard and NCIS training exercise at sea, Gibbs and CGIS Agent Borin spot a deceased man overboard, who is discovered to be a missing crew member from a ship 60 nautical miles away.

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    7.6/10(5 votes)

    #16 - Alleged

    S11:E214/15/2014

    After a Navy officer is found dead on a rural road, the NCIS team must ascertain if the murder was the result of a bar fight or because he knew too much about an attack on a fellow female officer.

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    7.6/10(5 votes)

    #17 - Devil’s Triad

    S11:E1012/10/2013

    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.

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    7.5/10(8 votes)

    #18 - The Missionary Position

    S9:E204/10/2012

    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.

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    7.5/10(6 votes)

    #19 - Chasing Ghosts

    S10:E204/9/2013

    While the team takes a missing person case, Tony is disturbed by Ziva's way of coping with her father's death.

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    7.5/10(8 votes)

    #20 - Flesh and Blood

    S7:E121/12/2010

    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.

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    7.5/10(11 votes)

    #21 - Blood Brothers

    S13:E1011/24/2015

    The Secretary of Defense calls on NCIS to help a sailor who is battling leukemia to locate a donor for a bone marrow transplant, after two of his siblings are killed in the line of duty.

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    7.4/10(8 votes)

    #22 - Murder 2.0

    S6:E610/28/2008

    Gibbs and his team are searching for a cyber serial killer who takes videos of his victims. The team quickly finds out that the videos of the dead victims are false.

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    7.4/10(7 votes)

    #23 - Broken Arrow

    S8:E711/9/2010

    The team is surprised when Gibbs asks Tony's father to join them in a murder investigation.

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    7.2/10(8 votes)

    #24 - Sins of the Father

    S9:E1011/22/2011

    After Anthony DiNozzo, Sr. is found in a car with a dead body in the trunk and no memory of the previous night, the NCIS team must figure out if he is capable of murder.

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    7.1/10(13 votes)

    #25 - The Best Policy

    S1:E73/18/2009

    When Lightman is hired to find a corporate spy at a pharmaceutical company, he discovers a high-level conspiracy surrounding a new drug that could put thousands of lives at risk. The team is also hired by the State Department to assist with negotiations for the release of two Americans imprisoned in Yemen.

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