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The Best Episodes of NCIS: Los Angeles

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The Best Episodes of NCIS: Los Angeles

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. 8.9/10(507 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.

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  2. 8.8/10(468 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.

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  3. 8.6/10(502 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.

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  4. 8.6/10(432 votes)

    #4 - 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.

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  5. 8.6/10(442 votes)

    #5 - 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.

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  6. 8.6/10(351 votes)

    #6 - 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.

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  8. 8.6/10(220 votes)

    #7 - 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.

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  9. 8.5/10(449 votes)

    #8 - 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.

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  10. 8.5/10(475 votes)

    #9 - 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.

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  11. 8.5/10(348 votes)

    #10 - Talion

    S7:E24

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

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  12. 8.5/10(360 votes)

    #11 - Under Siege (2)

    S8:E14

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

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  13. 8.5/10(387 votes)

    #12 - 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.

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  14. 8.5/10(323 votes)

    #13 - 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.

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  15. 8.5/10(444 votes)

    #14 - 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

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  16. 8.5/10(295 votes)

    #15 - 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.

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  17. 8.5/10(372 votes)

    #16 - 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

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  18. 8.4/10(402 votes)

    #17 - Spiral

    S6:E12

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

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  19. 8.4/10(331 votes)

    #18 - 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.

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  20. 8.4/10(368 votes)

    #19 - 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.

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  21. 8.4/10(370 votes)

    #20 - False Flag

    S10:E24

    Callen and Sam work with Navy Captain Harmon "Harm" Rabb, Jr. (David James Elliott) to locate a group of ISIS sympathizers aboard the USS Allegiance. Also, Hetty enlists her friend, Lieutenant Colonel Sarah "Mac". Mackenzie (Catherine Bell), to help obtain information from a Russian diplomat.

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  22. 8.4/10(272 votes)

    #21 - New Beginnings (2)

    S14:E21

    The NCIS team continues the case with ATF and the stolen weapons. Also, Callen and Anna decide on an impromptu wedding.

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  23. 8.3/10(439 votes)

    #22 - Personal

    S2:E17

    Deeks' morning routine is disrupted when he is shot during a convenience store robbery, leaving the NCIS team to investigate whether he was the assailants' intended target.

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    Director:Kate Woods
  24. 8.3/10(428 votes)

    #23 - 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.

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  25. 8.3/10(467 votes)

    #24 - 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.

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  26. 8.3/10(412 votes)

    #25 - Crimeleon

    S3:E15

    With Assistant Director Granger critiquing every move, the NCIS team must track down a chameleon-like killer who has evaded law enforcement agents, including their very own Special Agent G. Callen, across several countries.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Till Death Do Us Part" is the best rated episode of "NCIS: Los Angeles". It scored 8.9/10 based on 507 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)".