7.9/10421 votes#1 - Human Traffic
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/2010
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
7.8/10400 votes#2 - Black Widow
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/21/2010
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: N/A
7.7/10378 votes#3 - Borderline
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/28/2010
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
7.6/10383 votes#4 - Special Delivery
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/5/2010
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
7.9/10401 votes#5 - Little Angels
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/12/2010
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
7.8/10406 votes#6 - Standoff
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/19/2010
Callen's ex-partner (Marisol Nichols) takes a Navy recruitment center hostage.
Director: Dennis Smith
Writer: N/A
7.7/10368 votes#7 - Anonymous
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/26/2010
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
7.8/10359 votes#8 - Bounty
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/9/2010
Wanted terrorists and top secret information are all involved in NCIS's investigation into the kidnapping and murder of a retired army Sergeant.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/10390 votes#9 - Absolution (1)
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/16/2010
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
8.1/10388 votes#10 - Deliverance (2)
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/23/2010
Hetty and the NCIS team continue to search for an elusive book that has the attention of several foreign security agencies.
Director: Tony Wharmby
Writer: Shane Brennan, Frank Military
7.8/10376 votes#11 - Disorder
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/14/2010
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
Writer: Shane Brennan, Gil Grant
7.6/10358 votes#12 - Overwatch
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/11/2011
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
7.8/10362 votes#13 - Archangel
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 1/18/2011
The team looks for the person responsible when classified pentagon documents are uploaded to a blog site.
Director: Tony Wharmby
Writer: Shane Brennan
7.8/10355 votes#14 - Lockup
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 2/1/2011
Sam goes undercover as a prisoner to track down a terrorist group responsible for several bombings around the world.
Director: Jan Eliasberg
Writer: Christina M. Kim, Shane Brennan, Frank Military
7.7/10355 votes#15 - Tin Soldiers
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 2/8/2011
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
8.0/10377 votes#16 - Empty Quiver
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 2/15/2011
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
8.3/10432 votes#17 - Personal
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 2/22/2011
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
7.8/10348 votes#18 - Harm's Way
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 3/1/2011
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
7.7/10356 votes#19 - Enemy Within
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 3/22/2011
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: N/A
7.9/10373 votes#20 - The Job
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 3/29/2011
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
Writer: Christina M. Kim, Frank Military
7.7/10343 votes#21 - Rocket Man
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 4/12/2011
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: N/A
8.0/10410 votes#22 - Plan B
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/3/2011
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/10365 votes#23 - Imposters
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 5/10/2011
A Navy SEAL imposter's death gives the team a lead on a missing canister used to make deadly bombs.
Director: N/A
Writer: R. Scott Gemmill
8.4/10422 votes#24 - Familia
Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 5/17/2011
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: N/A
Writer: Shane Brennan
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.
Genres:Action & AdventureDramaCrimeMystery
Network:CBS
Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Human Traffic" is the best rated episode of "NCIS: Los Angeles" season 2. It scored 7.9/10 based on 421 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".