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The Best Episodes of NCIS: Los Angeles Season 2

Every episode of NCIS: Los Angeles Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of NCIS: Los Angeles Season 2!

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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 2 Episode 1 - Human Traffic
    8.0/10(435 votes)

    #1 - Human Traffic

    S2:E1

    When one of their own disappears while undercover, the team must work alongside LAPD on a case involving human-trafficking, money laundering and drugs.

    Director:James Whitmore Jr.
    Writer:Shane Brennan

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  2. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 2 Episode 2 - Black Widow
    7.9/10(417 votes)

    #2 - Black Widow

    S2:E2

    After a mysterious hit squad takes out a Special Agent on assignment, the NCIS team jumps into action before the next target is set.

    Director:Kate Woods
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 2 Episode 3 - Borderline
    7.8/10(392 votes)

    #3 - Borderline

    S2:E3

    The NCIS team jumps into action when video surveillance footage shows an ambush on a humvee transporting Marines in the desert. Meanwhile, Nate returns from his mystery assignment.

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

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  4. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 2 Episode 4 - Special Delivery
    7.6/10(395 votes)

    #4 - Special Delivery

    S2:E4

    The team investigates the murder of a Marine who had top-level security clearance, and the corpse is missing a hand.

    Director:Tony Wharmby
    Writer:Gil Grant

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  5. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 2 Episode 5 - Little Angels
    7.9/10(418 votes)

    #5 - Little Angels

    S2:E5

    The team races against time to save a Naval Commander's daughter after seeing a video of her being buried alive.

    Director:Steven DePaul
    Writer:Frank Military

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  6. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 2 Episode 6 - Standoff
    7.8/10(422 votes)

    #6 - Standoff

    S2:E6

    Callen's ex-partner (Marisol Nichols) takes a Navy recruitment center hostage.

    Director:Dennis Smith
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 2 Episode 7 - Anonymous
    7.8/10(380 votes)

    #7 - Anonymous

    S2:E7

    After terrorists kill a state department employee and a plastic surgeon, the team searches for the only witness who can identify the killers' surgically altered faces.

    Director:Norberto Barba
    Writer:Christina M. Kim

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  8. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 2 Episode 8 - Bounty
    7.8/10(372 votes)

    #8 - Bounty

    S2:E8

    Wanted terrorists and top secret information are all involved in NCIS's investigation into the kidnapping and murder of a retired army Sergeant.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 2 Episode 9 - Absolution (1)
    8.0/10(403 votes)

    #9 - Absolution (1)

    S2:E9

    When a murdered antiques dealer's book of top-secret information goes missing, Hetty sends the NCIS team on a mission to find it.

    Director:Steven DePaul
    Writer:R. Scott Gemmill

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  10. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 2 Episode 10 - Deliverance (2)
    8.2/10(400 votes)

    #10 - Deliverance (2)

    S2:E10

    Hetty and the NCIS team continue to search for an elusive book that has the attention of several foreign security agencies.

    Director:Tony Wharmby
    Writers:Frank Military, Shane Brennan

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  11. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 2 Episode 11 - Disorder
    7.8/10(389 votes)

    #11 - Disorder

    S2:E11

    Kensi connects personally with a discharged Navy Intelligence officer suffering from post traumatic stress disorder who is the sole survivor of a deadly dispute being investigated by the NCIS team.

    Director:Jonathan Frakes
    Writers:Gil Grant, Shane Brennan

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  12. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 2 Episode 12 - Overwatch
    7.6/10(371 votes)

    #12 - Overwatch

    S2:E12

    The NCIS team uncovers an experimental Navy tracking system when a body containing a top-secret residue is stolen from an autopsy room. Meanwhile, Callen challenges Hetty on the rock wall.

    Director:Karen Gaviola
    Writer:Shane Brennan

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  13. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 2 Episode 13 - Archangel
    7.8/10(374 votes)

    #13 - Archangel

    S2:E13

    The team looks for the person responsible when classified pentagon documents are uploaded to a blog site.

    Director:Tony Wharmby
    Writer:Shane Brennan

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  14. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 2 Episode 14 - Lockup
    7.8/10(369 votes)

    #14 - Lockup

    S2:E14

    Sam goes undercover as a prisoner to track down a terrorist group responsible for several bombings around the world.

    Director:Jan Eliasberg
    Writers:Christina M. Kim, Frank Military, Shane Brennan

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  15. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 2 Episode 15 - Tin Soldiers
    7.8/10(367 votes)

    #15 - Tin Soldiers

    S2:E15

    After Callen catches a man breaking into his house, a former KGB operative leads the NCIS team to a shipment of counterfeit computer chips entering the United States.

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

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  16. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 2 Episode 16 - Empty Quiver
    8.0/10(390 votes)

    #16 - Empty Quiver

    S2:E16

    Suspicious of an undercover venture involving a deal between corrupt cops and military personnel, Callen and Sam try to expose the illegal operation by posing as California highway patrol officers.

    Director:James Whitmore Jr.
    Writer:Shane Brennan

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  17. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 2 Episode 17 - Personal
    8.3/10(449 votes)

    #17 - 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.

    Director:Kate Woods
    Writer:Shane Brennan

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  18. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 2 Episode 18 - Harm's Way
    7.8/10(359 votes)

    #18 - Harm's Way

    S2:E18

    Sam resumes a former alias and boards a one-way flight to Yemen in hopes of tracking down a terrorist group's leader and rescuing the hostage son of a Saudi Prince.

    Director:Tony Wharmby
    Writer:Shane Brennan

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  19. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 2 Episode 19 - Enemy Within
    7.7/10(368 votes)

    #19 - Enemy Within

    S2:E19

    NCIS investigates whether the life of a Venezuelan politician is in danger after a Navy Intelligence Commander who is responsible for tracking his moves suddenly disappears.

    Director:Steven DePaul
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 2 Episode 20 - The Job
    7.9/10(388 votes)

    #20 - The Job

    S2:E20

    When an attempted robbery takes place at a secure facility on a Marine base, Kensi must determine what the thief intended to steal.

    Director:Terrence O'Hara
    Writers:Christina M. Kim, Frank Military

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  21. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 2 Episode 21 - Rocket Man
    7.7/10(356 votes)

    #21 - Rocket Man

    S2:E21

    After a rocket engine expert is killed, NCIS tech operator Eric Beale goes undercover for the first time to ensure that the classified technology used to build satellites is safe.

    Director:Dennis Smith
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 2 Episode 22 - Plan B
    8.1/10(425 votes)

    #22 - Plan B

    S2:E22

    Deeks resumes an old alias he is not fond of in order to protect his best friend and chief informant from a criminal group that wants him dead.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 2 Episode 23 - Imposters
    7.8/10(379 votes)

    #23 - Imposters

    S2:E23

    A Navy SEAL imposter's death gives the team a lead on a missing canister used to make deadly bombs.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:R. Scott Gemmill

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  24. NCIS: Los Angeles Season 2 Episode 24 - Familia
    8.4/10(435 votes)

    #24 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Shane Brennan

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Human Traffic" is the best rated episode of "NCIS: Los Angeles" season 2. It scored 8/10 based on 435 votes. Directed by James Whitmore Jr. and written by Shane Brennan, it aired on 9/21/2010. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Black Widow".