The Best Episodes of NCIS: Los Angeles

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

Writer: Eric Christian Olsen, Babar Peerzada

Anna Kolcheck returns to warn Callen that he is in danger and he must now work with an archenemy to stop an underground trafficking ring.

Director: Diana Valentine

Writer: Andrew Bartels

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

The team searches for new evidence to prove Kensi Blye’s innocence after she is taken into custody as the lead suspect in a murder investigation involving her deceased father’s sniper unit.

Director: Jonathan Frakes

Writer: N/A

The NCIS team must determine whether a dishonorably discharged Marine is the target of an international set-up or if he committed murder

Director: Tony Wharmby

Writer: R. Scott Gemmill

After Sam’s undercover mission in Sudan turns deadly, Callen and the NCIS team must track down their missing agent before it is too late.

Director: Karen Gaviola

Writer: Frank Military

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: N/A

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

Callen and Sam join forces with Anna Kolcheck and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), when Arkady Kolcheck warns NCIS that a notorious international weapons dealer has returned to the states. Also, the case requires Eric to go undercover as a bank IT technician.

Director: James Whitmore Jr.

Writer: Jordana Lewis Jaffe

Callen and Sam travel to San Francisco to search for Beale after he's kidnapped during a clandestine mission for Hetty.

Director: Eric A. Pot

Writer: Samantha Chasse

Sam, Callen and Rountree travel to Afghanistan when Marine Lieutenant Colonel Sarah "Mac" MacKenzie asks NCIS to help with a sensitive case after two SEALs claim their chief murdered an unarmed prisoner.

Director: Frank Military

Writer: Frank Military

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

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

A botched assignment forces Hetty to fire Deeks and send him back to the LAPD. Meanwhile, an awkward goodbye between Kensi and Deeks leaves her with unexpected emotions for her old partner

Director: Steven DePaul

Writer: N/A

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: N/A

Writer: N/A

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

Director: N/A

Writer: N/A

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: N/A

Writer: N/A

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

Director: N/A

Writer: N/A

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: N/A

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

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: N/A

Writer: N/A

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

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

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

Kensi is transported to a missile launch facility to help thwart a takeover of nuclear weapons.

Director: James Whitmore Jr.

Writer: Frank Military