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The exploits of the Los Angeles–based Office of Special Projects (OSP), an elite division of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service that specializes in undercover assignments.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    NCIS: Los Angeles Season 10 Episode 17 - Till Death Do Us Part
    9.0/10(522 votes)

    #1 - Till Death Do Us Part

    S10:E17

    After months of planning, the NCIS family celebrates the wedding of Kensi and Deeks. Also, an old acquaintance, Anatoli Kirkin, pays Deeks a surprise visit on his wedding day and he isn’t alone.

    Director:Tony Wharmby
    Writer:R. Scott Gemmill

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  2. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 8 Episode 13 - Hot Water (1)
    8.9/10(475 votes)

    #2 - Hot Water (1)

    S8:E13

    The mole has once again compromised the NCIS team as planted evidence results in the arrests of Callen, Sam, Granger and Deeks, on the day Under Secretary Duggan (Jackson Hurst) returns for Hetty’s resignation.

    Director:Dennis Smith
    Writer:Anastasia Kousakis

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  3. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 7 Episode 5 - Blame It on Rio
    8.7/10(513 votes)

    #3 - Blame It on Rio

    S7:E5

    NCIS Special Agent DiNozzo partners with the NCIS: Los Angeles team to search the city after his prisoner escapes custody on a flight from Singapore to Los Angeles.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 7 Episode 19 - The Seventh Child
    8.7/10(448 votes)

    #4 - The Seventh Child

    S7:E19

    Callen and the team try to save a child in imminent danger who has been brainwashed by a terrorist cell. Also, Deeks and Kensi discuss having children.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 8 Episode 23 - Uncaged (1)
    8.7/10(358 votes)

    #5 - Uncaged (1)

    S8:E23

    After Sam's wife, Michelle, is taken from her home, the kidnappers demand the prison release of Tahir Khaled, Sam's arch nemesis, in exchange for information on her whereabouts.

    Director:Frank Military
    Writer:Frank Military

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  6. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 3 Episode 22 - Neighborhood Watch
    8.6/10(481 votes)

    #6 - Neighborhood Watch

    S3:E22

    Kensi and Deeks are sent undercover as married couple Melissa and Justin when evidence points to a Russian sleeper cell in a suburban neighborhood.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 7 Episode 10 - Internal Affairs
    8.6/10(440 votes)

    #7 - Internal Affairs

    S7:E10

    Deeks is arrested and interrogated in connection with the murder of his former partner, while the team tries to prove his innocence.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 7 Episode 24 - Talion
    8.6/10(357 votes)

    #8 - Talion

    S7:E24

    Sam receives a distress code from Aiden saying that his school is being taken over by an extremist group.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 8 Episode 15 - Payback (3)
    8.6/10(396 votes)

    #9 - Payback (3)

    S8:E15

    As the team races to save Kensi from Ferris/Sullivan, they find themselves questioning who they can trust when old faces resurface.

    Director:Terrence O'Hara
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 8 Episode 24 - Unleashed (2)
    8.6/10(329 votes)

    #10 - Unleashed (2)

    S8:E24

    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

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  11. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 10 Episode 1 - To Live and Die in Mexico
    8.6/10(456 votes)

    #11 - To Live and Die in Mexico

    S10:E1

    Gravely injured and unable to communicate with the team in the U.S., Callen, Sam and Kensi, with an unconscious Deeks in tow, search for a safe way home as a cartel boss places a “dead or alive” bounty on their heads. Also, Mosely and retired Navy Admiral Hollace Kilbride beseech their contacts in Mexico and D.C. for assistance with their missing colleagues

    Director:Frank Military
    Writer:Frank Military

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  12. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 10 Episode 21 - The One That Got Away
    8.6/10(302 votes)

    #12 - The One That Got Away

    S10:E21

    After Anna Kolcheck escapes from prison with her cellmate, Callen and the NCIS team assist with the investigation and search for her whereabouts.

    Director:Eric A. Pot
    Writers:Andrew Bartels, Erin Broadhurst

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  13. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 11 Episode 10 - Mother
    8.6/10(382 votes)

    #13 - Mother

    S11:E10

    Akhos Laos , a former black ops agent originally recruited and trained by Hetty Lange, returns to seek revenge on Hetty for the life she introduced him to, on the 250th episode

    Director:Dennis Smith
    Writers:Eric Christian Olsen, Babar Peerzada

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  14. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 14 Episode 19 - The Reckoning
    8.6/10(235 votes)

    #14 - The Reckoning

    S14:E19

    When four people, including a CIA officer, are shot and killed in broad daylight, the NCIS team suspects the attacks have something to do with DRONA. Also, Pembrook meets with Callen and gives more insight into his past.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 3 Episode 17 - Blye, K. (2)
    8.5/10(455 votes)

    #15 - Blye, K. (2)

    S3:E17

    The NCIS: LA team continues to search for new evidence to prove Kensi Blye’s innocence after a private meeting involving her deceased father’s sniper unit turns deadly.

    Director:Terrence O'Hara
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 8 Episode 14 - Under Siege (2)
    8.5/10(370 votes)

    #16 - Under Siege (2)

    S8:E14

    Hetty goes rogue, leaving the NCIS team completely in the dark, and the mole kidnaps one of the agents.

    Director:Ruba Nadda
    Writer:R. Scott Gemmill

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  17. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 9 Episode 14 - Goodbye, Vietnam
    8.5/10(337 votes)

    #17 - Goodbye, Vietnam

    S9:E14

    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

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  18. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 10 Episode 13 - Better Angels
    8.5/10(374 votes)

    #18 - Better Angels

    S10:E13

    The NCIS team works with the Global Criminal Tribunal when a Syrian seeking justice, David Sarraf, is brutally attacked while delivering evidence that would prove chemical weapons were used on civilians. Also, Kensi stays at the crime scene and comforts Sarraf who is pinned behind a vehicle.

    Director:Diana Valentine
    Writer:Frank Military

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  19. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 2 Episode 24 - Familia
    8.4/10(435 votes)

    #19 - Familia

    S2:E24

    Hetty's sudden resignation prompts Callen and the NCIS team to investigate the reason why she would disappear in the hopes of tracking her down.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Shane Brennan

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  20. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 3 Episode 1 - Lange, H.
    8.4/10(472 votes)

    #20 - Lange, H.

    S3:E1

    The Special Projects team travels to Romania to search for Hetty, while delving into the history of the Comescu crime family, and their connection to Callen.

    Director:Tony Wharmby
    Writer:Shane Brennan

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  21. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 3 Episode 24 - Sans Voir (2)
    8.4/10(398 votes)

    #21 - Sans Voir (2)

    S3:E24

    The L.A. team is drawn into a deadly mind game against a master criminal motivated by Revenge.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 4 Episode 24 - Descent
    8.4/10(465 votes)

    #22 - Descent

    S4:E24

    A nuclear explosion in the Pacific reignites the search for stolen nuclear weapons and prompts Hetty to shuffle the NCIS: LA partnerships, sending Callen and Kensi overseas and leaving Sam and Deeks teamed up state side.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 5 Episode 13 - Allegiance
    8.4/10(416 votes)

    #23 - Allegiance

    S5:E13

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 5 Episode 19 - Spoils of War
    8.4/10(410 votes)

    #24 - Spoils of War

    S5:E19

    After learning that Special Agent Kensi Blye disappeared and the Taliban may be he holding her captive, Hetty sends the NCIS: LA team to Afghanistan on a rescue mission.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 6 Episode 12 - Spiral
    8.4/10(409 votes)

    #25 - Spiral

    S6:E12

    The team investigate an arms dealer but are interrupted as the suspect's building is overrun by terrorists.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Till Death Do Us Part" is the best rated episode of "NCIS: Los Angeles". It scored 9/10 based on 522 votes. Directed by Tony Wharmby and written by R. Scott Gemmill, it aired on 3/17/2019. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Hot Water (1)".