10.0/102 votes#1 - Unleashed (2)
Season 8 Episode 24 - Aired 5/14/2017
Following the kidnapping of Sam's wife, Michelle Hanna, Sam goes rogue from the NCIS team and attempts to stop his arch nemesis Tahir Khaled from ever targeting his family again.
Director: John Peter Kousakis
Writer: R. Scott Gemmill
10.0/101 votes#2 - Come Together
Season 13 Episode 22 - Aired 5/22/2022
The NCIS team hunts for a heist crew that robs a Los Angeles casino with military-grade power. Also, Kensi and Deeks hear exciting news regarding the adoption and Callen takes a big step in his relationship with Anna.
Director: John Peter Kousakis
Writer: Kyle Harimoto
9.5/102 votes#3 - This Is What We Do
Season 9 Episode 8 - Aired 11/19/2017
The team must find assailants who illegally crossed the border and attacked California Highway Patrol officers; Homeland Security sends Nell's older and bossy sister to assist with the case.
Director: John Peter Kousakis
Writer: R. Scott Gemmill
9.0/103 votes#4 - Inelegant Heart
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 10/6/2014
The NCIS: LA team find out that one of their own has been compromised as they investigate the murder of a Navy contractor involved in illegal transactions of confidential data.
Director: John Peter Kousakis
Writer: R. Scott Gemmill
9.0/101 votes#5 - Goodbye, Vietnam
Season 9 Episode 14 - Aired 3/11/2018
Callen, Sam, Kensi and Deeks join Hetty’s team from the Vietnam War, Sterling Bridges, A.J. Chegwidden and Charles Langston, in a dangerous and off-the-books rescue mission to save Hetty from her captors in Vietnam. Also, Mosley calls in Nell’s sister, homeland security specialist Sydney Jones, to assist the team in Los Angeles with processing evidence connected to Hetty’s time in Vietnam.
Director: John Peter Kousakis
Writer: R. Scott Gemmill
9.0/101 votes#6 - Genesis
Season 13 Episode 17 - Aired 4/24/2022
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.
Director: John Peter Kousakis
Writer: Andrew Bartels
8.5/102 votes#7 - The Guardian
Season 10 Episode 23 - Aired 5/12/2019
Callen and Sam travel to the USS Allegiance in the Persian Gulf to work with Navy Captain Harmon "Harm" Rabb, Jr. (David James Elliott) when the NCIS team uncovers ISIS sympathizers who are targeting military locations.
Director: John Peter Kousakis
Writer: R. Scott Gemmill
8.5/102 votes#8 - A Tale of Two Igors
Season 12 Episode 18 - Aired 5/23/2021
Deeks is kidnapped by an associate of Kirkin’s in need of his help and NCIS investigates the shooting of a militarized dolphin equipped with a Russian microchip. Also, Beale makes Nell an interesting offer and Hetty returns.
Director: John Peter Kousakis
Writer: R. Scott Gemmill
8.0/104 votes#9 - Without Reservations
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 3/8/1987
Frankie and Face visit Murdock at his job in a restaurant, and all three become hostages of mobsters out to kill a patron, the US Attorney General.
Director: John Peter Kousakis
Writer: Bill Nuss
8.0/103 votes#10 - Glasnost
Season 8 Episode 9 - Aired 11/20/2016
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.
Director: John Peter Kousakis
Writer: Andrew Bartels
8.0/102 votes#11 - High Society
Season 11 Episode 13 - Aired 1/13/2020
After a rise in deaths caused by black market opioid use, the NCIS team links the street drug to funding for terrorist activities
Director: John Peter Kousakis
Writer: Chad Mazero
6.5/102 votes#12 - Party Crashers
Season 9 Episode 1 - Aired 10/1/2017
Season 9 begins with Hetty turning in retirement papers and disappearing. A new executive director arrives and immediately makes staffing changes. Meanwhile, Sam, still mourning his wife’s death, insists that Callen find a new partner.
Director: John Peter Kousakis
Writer: R. Scott Gemmill
3.5/102 votes#13 - Under the Influence
Season 13 Episode 9 - Aired 2/27/2022
The NCIS team helps a U.S. ambassador search for her missing daughter, Gia, a popular social media influencer. Also, Agent Aliyah De León returns to support the team with the case.
Director: John Peter Kousakis
Writer: Anastasia Kousakis
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"Unleashed (2)" is the best rated episode directed by John Peter Kousakis. It scored 10/10 based on 2 votes. It was written by R. Scott Gemmill. It aired on 5/14/2017 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Come Together".