7.6/10341 votes#1 - Subject 17
Season 13 Episode 1 - Aired 10/10/2021
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
5.9/10422 votes#2 - Fukushu
Season 13 Episode 2 - Aired 10/17/2021
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
6.7/10336 votes#3 - Indentured
Season 13 Episode 3 - Aired 10/24/2021
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
7.5/10267 votes#4 - Sorry for Your Loss
Season 13 Episode 4 - Aired 10/31/2021
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
8.1/10289 votes#5 - Divided We Fall
Season 13 Episode 5 - Aired 11/7/2021
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
7.5/10258 votes#6 - Sundown
Season 13 Episode 6 - Aired 11/21/2021
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
7.3/10252 votes#7 - Lost Soldier Down
Season 13 Episode 7 - Aired 1/2/2022
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
6.9/10308 votes#8 - A Land of Wolves
Season 13 Episode 8 - Aired 1/9/2022
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
Writer: Adam Key, Justin Kohlas
6.6/10277 votes#9 - Under the Influence
Season 13 Episode 9 - Aired 2/27/2022
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
7.2/10239 votes#10 - Where Loyalties Lie
Season 13 Episode 10 - Aired 3/6/2022
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
7.6/10247 votes#11 - All the Little Things
Season 13 Episode 11 - Aired 3/13/2022
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
7.5/10244 votes#12 - Murmuration
Season 13 Episode 12 - Aired 3/20/2022
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
7.4/10235 votes#13 - Bonafides
Season 13 Episode 13 - Aired 3/27/2022
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
7.2/10239 votes#14 - Pandora's Box
Season 13 Episode 14 - Aired 3/27/2022
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
Writer: Chad Mazero, Lee A. Carlisle
6.2/10348 votes#15 - Perception
Season 13 Episode 15 - Aired 4/10/2022
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
7.2/10232 votes#16 - MWD
Season 13 Episode 16 - Aired 4/17/2022
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
7.6/10231 votes#17 - Genesis
Season 13 Episode 17 - Aired 4/24/2022
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
7.3/10210 votes#18 - Hard For The Money
Season 13 Episode 18 - Aired 5/1/2022
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
Writer: Matt Klafter, Indira G. Wilson
7.7/10266 votes#19 - Live Free or Die Standing
Season 13 Episode 19 - Aired 5/1/2022
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
7.3/10238 votes#20 - Work & Family
Season 13 Episode 20 - Aired 5/8/2022
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
8.0/10245 votes#21 - Down The Rabbit Hole
Season 13 Episode 21 - Aired 5/15/2022
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
8.0/10233 votes#22 - Come Together
Season 13 Episode 22 - Aired 5/22/2022
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
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!
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 13 Ratings Summary
"Subject 17" is the best rated episode of "NCIS: Los Angeles" season 13. It scored 7.6/10 based on 341 votes. Directed by Dennis Smith and written by R. Scott Gemmill, it aired on 10/10/2021. This episode is rated 1.7 points higher than the second-best, "Fukushu".