The Best Episodes of NCIS: Los Angeles Season 1

Callen returns back to the NCIS Office of Special Projects to solve a kidnapping case.

Director: James Whitmore Jr.

Writer: Shane Brennan

A case involving the murder of a drug dealer turns personal for Special Agent Sam Hanna when he discovers his former Navy Seal comrades are involved.

Director: Terrence O'Hara

Writer: R. Scott Gemmill

The team is assigned to track down a missing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) after it is compromised during a training exercise killing a marine before it disappears.

Director: Tony Wharmby

Writer: N/A

The NCIS team searches Los Angeles for the lead suspect of a murdered Iraqi businessman, a former Marine who had been hired by a private security firm to protect him.

Director: Steve Boyum

Writer: Gil Grant

When a United States citizen of North Korean descent is murdered, the secrets to classified software are thought to be lost until NCIS uncovers a suspect from Director Vance's past.

Director: David Barrett

Writer: Shane Brennan

The NCIS team must find a motive when they discover the body of a marine who had been living a double life as a wealthy bachelor.

Director: Leslie Libman

Writer: N/A

Following the murder of a Russian woman, the NCIS team uncovers evidence that answers who and why Callen was shot six months ago.

Director: Paris Barclay

Writer: Shane Brennan

While Hetty is attending a Senate hearing in D.C., the investigation of a murdered Marine Lance Corporal leads the NCIS team to stolen anti-tank missiles and a dangerous militia group.

Director: Rod Holcomb

Writer: N/A

Forensic scientist Abby Sciuto joins the Los Angeles NCIS team when a murder case resembles the pattern for a serial killer she has been tracking.

Director: Steven DePaul

Writer: Speed Weed

As the courtyard is being transformed with holiday decorations, the NCIS team races to solve the murder of a Marine by an exploding cell phone and to find the remaining men of his former EOD (explosive ordnance disposal) unit before another deadly explosion kills someone else.

Director: Terrence O'Hara

Writer: R. Scott Gemmill

The death of a Petty Officer leads the NCIS team to a teenager in Sam's life. Meanwhile, Hetty is concerned about the effect that the workload is having on the team.

Director: Perry Lang

Writer: R. Scott Gemmill, Shane Brennan

The murder of a recently released convict forces Callen to go undercover solo as an old alias, while Sam and the LA team track him from a distance.

Director: Elodie Keene

Writer: N/A

The team rushes to a crime scene after receiving an "agent needs assistance" page and learns that one of their own is in peril.

Director: David Barrett

Writer: Gil Grant

A crime scene poses a national security risk when the LA team discovers the location was used to create a deadly toxin which is now missing.

Director: Jonathan Frakes

Writer: Speed Weed

While opening a safety deposit box at a local bank, NCIS Special Agent Kensi Blye is shot after three armed assailants enter and hold everyone in the building hostage.

Director: Terrence O'Hara

Writer: N/A

The death of a lieutenant commander appears to be suicide but the NCIS team uncovers evidence corresponding to murder. Also, Operational Psychologist Nate Getz joins Special Agent Kensi Blye in the field.

Director: Alan J. Levi

Writer: N/A

After a sailor is killed during an underground street race, the NCIS team determines that his car had been sabotaged and contained confidential Navy equipment. Meanwhile, Callen is forced to take traffic school.

Director: David Barrett

Writer: N/A

The investigation of a drive-by shooting has the NCIS team searching Los Angeles for the dead marine's younger brother who may be the next target and the one with the answers.

Director: Karen Gaviola

Writer: N/A

When an undercover operation has the NCIS team investigating a MMA gym and its fighters, Sam Hanna is tasked with donning gloves and entering the cage for a one-on-one fight.

Director: Paris Barclay

Writer: N/A

NCIS investigates the murder of a Navy officer entangled in the world of Hollywood glitz and glamour as the team is joined at Hetty's request by LAPD liaison Marty Deeks.

Director: Dennis Smith

Writer: Speed Weed

The NCIS team races to save one of their own when they receive video evidence of Special Agent Dominic Vail being held hostage months after he was kidnapped.

Director: James Whitmore Jr.

Writer: R. Scott Gemmill

The NCIS team is on the hunt for a terrorist who escaped Army custody during a secretive transfer in Los Angeles.

Director: Steven DePaul

Writer: N/A

After Callen's cover is blown and compromises the unit, the NCIS team races to find out who is behind the security breach.

Director: Steve Boyum

Writer: N/A

Callen races against a ruthless adversary to locate a woman who knows the whereabouts of a forgotten fortune earmarked to fund a new war in the Middle East - and also holds the tantalizing key to his unknown past.

Director: Tony Wharmby

Writer: Shane Brennan