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The Best Episodes of NCIS: Los Angeles Season 11

Every episode of NCIS: Los Angeles Season 11 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of NCIS: Los Angeles Season 11!

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.
Genres:Action & AdventureDramaCrimeMystery
Network:CBS

Season 11 Ratings Summary

"Let Fate Decide" is the best rated episode of "NCIS: Los Angeles" season 11. It scored 8/10 based on 385 votes. Directed by Christine Moore and written by Kyle Harimoto, it aired on 9/29/2019. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Decoy".

  • Let Fate Decide
    8.0/10385 votes

    #1 - Let Fate Decide

    Season 11 Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/2019

    Callen and Sam work with Navy Capt. Harmon Rabb, Jr. to apprehend spies aboard the USS Allegiance. Also, Hetty partners with Marine Lt. Col. Sarah “Mac” Mackenzie to neutralize a missile attack in the Middle East, and Kensi and Deeks are trapped in a mobile CIA unit in Iraq while under attack by ISIS.

    Director: Christine Moore

    Writer: Kyle Harimoto

  • Decoy
    7.5/10312 votes

    #2 - Decoy

    Season 11 Episode 2 - Aired 10/6/2019

    Faced with multiple cases worldwide, the NCIS team splits up, with Callen and Sam working with Mossad Agent Eliana Sapir in Tel Aviv, and Kensi partnering with DOJ Agent Lance Hamilton in Los Angeles.

    Director: Dennis Smith

    Writer: Kyle Harimoto

  • Hail Mary
    7.8/10279 votes

    #3 - Hail Mary

    Season 11 Episode 3 - Aired 10/13/2019

    Callen and Sam run protection detail for retired Navy Admiral Kilbride in an operation to locate a missing Naval intelligence officer.

    Director: Benny Boom

    Writer: R. Scott Gemmill, Frank Military

  • Yellow Jack
    7.9/10286 votes

    #4 - Yellow Jack

    Season 11 Episode 4 - Aired 10/20/2019

    While Callen and Sam are aboard the USS Allegiance, the ship is placed under quarantine for possible Ebola exposure. Also, Kensi and Deeks investigate the murder of a petty officer who recently departed the USS Allegiance and is linked to the Ebola exposure.

    Director: Terrence O'Hara

    Writer: Andrew Bartels

  • Provenance
    7.3/10315 votes

    #5 - Provenance

    Season 11 Episode 5 - Aired 10/27/2019

    The NCIS team searches for a stolen painting valued at $40 million after online chatter indicates the artwork is being sold on the black market to fund terrorist activity.

    Director: Lily Mariye

    Writer: Jordana Lewis Jaffe

  • A Bloody Brilliant Plan
    7.6/10374 votes

    #6 - A Bloody Brilliant Plan

    Season 11 Episode 6 - Aired 11/3/2019

    The NCIS team reluctantly aligns with two former criminals from England, Ricky Dorsey and Frankie Bolton, after a powerful arms dealer kidnaps Ricky’s daughter in an attempt to obtain a dangerous weapons system.

    Director: Terence Nightingall

    Writer: Frank Military

  • Concours d’Elegance
    7.4/10273 votes

    #7 - Concours d’Elegance

    Season 11 Episode 7 - Aired 11/10/2019

    The NCIS team links the theft of an undersea drone prototype to a video game streamer’s elaborate party. Also, Callen and Sam cross paths again with insurance broker Katherine Casillas, who insures the gamer’s property and processions.

    Director: Yangzom Brauen

    Writer: Lee A. Carlisle

  • Human Resources
    7.7/10264 votes

    #8 - Human Resources

    Season 11 Episode 8 - Aired 11/17/2019

    After a Navy lieutenant disappears from the scene of a car accident, the NCIS team processes the crime scene and discovers his laptop is missing along with recently accessed confidential information for retired Navy SEALs.

    Director: James Hanlon

    Writer: Joe Sachs

  • Kill Beale: Vol. 1
    8.2/10299 votes

    #9 - Kill Beale: Vol. 1

    Season 11 Episode 9 - Aired 11/24/2019

    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

  • Mother
    8.5/10370 votes

    #10 - Mother

    Season 11 Episode 10 - Aired 12/1/2019

    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

  • Answers
    6.6/10352 votes

    #11 - Answers

    Season 11 Episode 11 - Aired 12/8/2019

    While the team investigates the theft of a computer virus, Callen and Sam consider their future at the agency, Kensi and Deeks discuss having children, and Eric and Nell analyze the impact of Eric’s undercover assignment on their relationship. Also, the team tracks Mara a crooked upscale banker

    Director: Frank Military

    Writer: Kyle Harimoto

  • Groundwork
    7.4/10255 votes

    #12 - Groundwork

    Season 11 Episode 12 - Aired 1/5/2020

    CIA Officer Veronica Stephens asks the team for help when an agricultural engineer Hetty asked her to bring to the United States disappears

    Director: Benny Boom

    Writer: Erin Broadhurst

  • High Society
    7.5/10263 votes

    #13 - 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

  • Commitment Issues
    7.6/10246 votes

    #14 - Commitment Issues

    Season 11 Episode 14 - Aired 2/16/2020

    The NCIS team investigates the murder of a Naval warfare engineer at a spoken poetry event. Also, Callen asks Nell to assist him in a worldwide search for Anna's whereabouts.

    Director: James Hanlon

    Writer: Jordana Lewis Jaffe

  • The Circle
    7.9/10259 votes

    #15 - The Circle

    Season 11 Episode 15 - Aired 2/23/2020

    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

  • Alsiyadun
    7.5/10255 votes

    #16 - Alsiyadun

    Season 11 Episode 16 - Aired 3/1/2020

    When Fatima is captured while on a mission and held for ransom, Callen and Sam enlist a deep undercover CIA agent, Kadri, to help get her back.

    Director: Dennis Smith

    Writer: R. Scott Gemmill

  • Watch Over Me
    7.6/10250 votes

    #17 - Watch Over Me

    Season 11 Episode 17 - Aired 3/8/2020

    When an FBI agent is killed while trying to track the location of an undercover agent, NCIS must find the missing agent before the criminals he was investigating do

    Director: Dan Liu

    Writer: Kyle Harimoto

  • Missing Time
    7.5/10253 votes

    #18 - Missing Time

    Season 11 Episode 18 - Aired 3/22/2020

    While NCIS investigates the disappearance of a department of defense officer who was looking into a recent UFO sighting, Anna makes a bold decision about her future.

    Director: Yangzom Brauen

    Writer: Andrew Bartels

  • Fortune Favors the Brave
    7.7/10262 votes

    #19 - Fortune Favors the Brave

    Season 11 Episode 19 - Aired 3/29/2020

    While Sam investigates the murder of an Iranian exile working to overthrow the current regime, he must also try to save Agent Rountree, a new agent who’s having an unexpectedly adventurous first day on the job, when he accidentally triggers a bomb. Also, Nell makes a decision about her future with NCIS.

    Director: Eric A. Pot

    Writer: R. Scott Gemmill

  • Knock Down
    7.2/10252 votes

    #20 - Knock Down

    Season 11 Episode 20 - Aired 4/12/2020

    The team assists the DOJ in the investigation of an arsonist who targets an FBI safe house that's protecting a political activist seeking asylum; Eric deals with the aftermath of Nell leaving the team.

    Director: Tony Wharmby

    Writer: Jordana Lewis Jaffe

  • Murder of Crows
    7.2/10239 votes

    #21 - Murder of Crows

    Season 11 Episode 21 - Aired 4/19/2020

    The team helps a former NCIS tech operator search for her missing ex-partner, whom they fear might be working with the gun runners they failed to take down years ago; Deeks reels when his bar gets a negative review.

    Director: Suzanne Misako Saltz

    Writer: Chad Mazero

  • Code of Conduct
    8.3/10280 votes

    #22 - Code of Conduct

    Season 11 Episode 22 - Aired 4/26/2020

    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