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The Best Episodes of NCIS: Los Angeles Season 13

Every episode of NCIS: Los Angeles Season 13 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of NCIS: Los Angeles Season 13!

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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
    NCIS: Los Angeles Season 13 Episode 1 - Subject 17
    7.7/10(354 votes)

    #1 - Subject 17

    S13:E1

    While Callen suspects Hetty of keeping secrets about his past and Joelle surfaces in her quest to capture Katya, NCIS must track down an informant whose life is in danger. Also, Kensi and Deeks work to expand their family.

    Director:Dennis Smith
    Writer:R. Scott Gemmill

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  2. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 13 Episode 2 - Fukushu
    5.8/10(443 votes)

    #2 - Fukushu

    S13:E2

    NCIS takes the case personally when an LAPD officer’s father, a beloved elderly Japanese American veteran, is the victim of a vicious hate crime.

    Director:Dennis Smith
    Writer:Kyle Harimoto

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  3. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 13 Episode 3 - Indentured
    6.7/10(348 votes)

    #3 - Indentured

    S13:E3

    Sam and Kilbride clash when a case involving an arms dealer responsible for the slaughter of ATF agents leads them to a well-connected colonel and friend of Kilbride, accused of supplying militia groups with guns. Also, Kensi and Fatima go undercover at a rehab facility to question the arms dealer’s girlfriend.

    Director:Eric A. Pot
    Writer:Frank Military

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  4. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 13 Episode 4 - Sorry for Your Loss
    7.5/10(280 votes)

    #4 - Sorry for Your Loss

    S13:E4

    As Callen continues hunting Katya, Kilbride enlists NCIS to help find a truckload of stolen guns. The assignment becomes more challenging when their suspect, the son of a mob boss they believe was planning to sell them, is found dead.

    Director:Eric A. Pot
    Writer:Chad Mazero

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  5. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 13 Episode 5 - Divided We Fall
    8.1/10(303 votes)

    #5 - Divided We Fall

    S13:E5

    When an NCIS mission to protect a compromised undercover agent goes completely sideways, the agents are individually interrogated to find out what really happened. Also, Kilbride must make a difficult decision.

    Director:Terence Nightingall
    Writer:Andrew Bartels

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  6. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 13 Episode 6 - Sundown
    7.5/10(271 votes)

    #6 - Sundown

    S13:E6

    Sam negotiates and Rountree goes undercover, when a man takes a busload of hostages and threatens to blow it up unless his daughter’s war crimes are posthumously cleared.

    Director:Suzanne Misako Saltz
    Writer:Lee A. Carlisle

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  7. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 13 Episode 7 - Lost Soldier Down
    7.3/10(263 votes)

    #7 - Lost Soldier Down

    S13:E7

    NCIS investigates the apparent suicide of a Navy intelligence officer who leapt to his death after taking LSD. Also, while Kensi is away, Deeks makes plans to redo the backyard without her input.

    Director:Daniela Ruah
    Writer:Indira G. Wilson

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  8. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 13 Episode 8 - A Land of Wolves
    6.9/10(320 votes)

    #8 - A Land of Wolves

    S13:E8

    The NCIS team scrambles to find Kensi, when she is attacked and kidnapped by a mysterious militia group while helping a group of migrants cross the border.

    Director:Tawnia McKiernan
    Writers:Adam Key, Justin Kohlas

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  9. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 13 Episode 9 - Under the Influence
    6.6/10(289 votes)

    #9 - Under the Influence

    S13:E9

    The NCIS team helps a U.S. ambassador search for her missing daughter, Gia, a popular social media influencer. Also, Agent Aliyah De León returns to support the team with the case.

    Director:John Peter Kousakis
    Writer:Anastasia Kousakis

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  10. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 13 Episode 10 - Where Loyalties Lie
    7.2/10(251 votes)

    #10 - Where Loyalties Lie

    S13:E10

    When a civilian scientist working with the marines is killed, and her advanced radar technology stolen, the NCIS team must scramble to find the missing technology and the culprit. Deeks worries about how to tell Callen that he's selling the bar.

    Director:Tawnia McKiernan
    Writer:Matt Klafter

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  11. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 13 Episode 11 - All the Little Things
    7.6/10(259 votes)

    #11 - All the Little Things

    S13:E11

    When a newborn child is found abandoned on a Navy ship, Kensi and Deeks search for the mother on board before she dies of complications. Also, Nate meets with Admiral Kilbride and learns about the CIA project from the ‘70s and ‘80s involving children.

    Director:Terrence O'Hara
    Writer:R. Scott Gemmill

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  12. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 13 Episode 12 - Murmuration
    7.5/10(254 votes)

    #12 - Murmuration

    S13:E12

    The NCIS team investigates an unidentified aircraft that flies into U.S. airspace and crashes into a Navy plane. Also, Deeks and Kensi begin to prepare for their foster inspection.

    Director:James Hanlon
    Writer:Samantha Chasse

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  13. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 13 Episode 13 - Bonafides
    7.5/10(249 votes)

    #13 - Bonafides

    S13:E13

    When DOJ Agent Lance Hamilton's partner is killed, Sam dons his previous undercover persona of "Switch" to find the culprit. Also, Kensi, Deeks, Rountree and Kilbride work to catch an aerospace engineer who stole classified Navy schematics.

    Director:Terrence O'Hara
    Writer:Kyle Harimoto

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  14. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 13 Episode 14 - Pandora's Box
    7.2/10(251 votes)

    #14 - Pandora's Box

    S13:E14

    NCIS investigates the robbery of a high-end arts storage by going undercover as potential buyers on the black market, to find who is behind the stolen items.

    Director:Daniela Ruah
    Writers:Chad Mazero, Lee A. Carlisle

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  15. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 13 Episode 15 - Perception
    6.2/10(367 votes)

    #15 - Perception

    S13:E15

    Rountree and his younger sister are pulled over by police and treated harshly in a clear case of racial profiling. Also, NCIS investigates the death of a Navy photographer who was assigned to document the building of a new weapons station.

    Director:Benny Boom
    Writer:Faythallegra Claude

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  16. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 13 Episode 16 - MWD
    7.3/10(245 votes)

    #16 - MWD

    S13:E16

    NCIS investigates the kidnapping of Master Sergeant Boomer, a military working dog. Also, Sam looks to sell his boat so he can take care of his father who is suffering from Alzheimer's.

    Director:Suzanne Misako Saltz
    Writer:R. Scott Gemmill

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  17. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 13 Episode 17 - Genesis
    7.6/10(244 votes)

    #17 - Genesis

    S13:E17

    The NCIS team helps Naval intelligence officer Akhil Ali locate a fellow officer who went missing while recruiting foreign assets as potential sources of intelligence. Also, Callen and psychologist Nate Getz track down a man Callen believes was present for his training when he was young.

    Director:John Peter Kousakis
    Writer:Andrew Bartels

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  18. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 13 Episode 18 - Hard For The Money
    7.4/10(223 votes)

    #18 - Hard For The Money

    S13:E18

    NCIS investigates the murder of a woman employed in the Navy’s missile defense program and its connection to stolen Navy missile technology. Also, a strict social worker stresses out Deeks, and Sam debates selling his boat.

    Director:Rick Tunell
    Writers:Matt Klafter, Indira G. Wilson

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  19. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 13 Episode 19 - Live Free or Die Standing
    7.8/10(280 votes)

    #19 - Live Free or Die Standing

    S13:E19

    The NCIS team works with DEA Agent Talia Del Campo to find a missing whistleblower set to testify against gun manufacturers marketing to drug cartels.

    Director:Daniela Ruah
    Writer:Eric Christian Olsen

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  20. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 13 Episode 20 - Work & Family
    7.3/10(251 votes)

    #20 - Work & Family

    S13:E20

    NCIS investigates after two men are blown up by their own explosives while attempting to break into a military base. Also, Callen wants to take the next step with Anna, and Sam moves in with his father, Raymond.

    Director:Dennis Smith
    Writer:R. Scott Gemmill

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  21. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 13 Episode 21 - Down The Rabbit Hole
    8.0/10(258 votes)

    #21 - Down The Rabbit Hole

    S13:E21

    The NCIS team must quickly find Callen after he falls for Katya’s trap using Sam’s deepfake to coordinate a weapons deal.

    Director:Frank Military
    Writer:Frank Military

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  22. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 13 Episode 22 - Come Together
    8.1/10(250 votes)

    #22 - Come Together

    S13:E22

    The NCIS team hunts for a heist crew that robs a Los Angeles casino with military-grade power. Also, Kensi and Deeks hear exciting news regarding the adoption and Callen takes a big step in his relationship with Anna.

    Director:John Peter Kousakis
    Writer:Kyle Harimoto

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Season 13 Ratings Summary

"Subject 17" is the best rated episode of "NCIS: Los Angeles" season 13. It scored 7.7/10 based on 354 votes. Directed by Dennis Smith and written by R. Scott Gemmill, it aired on 10/10/2021. This episode is rated 1.9 points higher than the second-best, "Fukushu".