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The Best Episodes of NCIS: Los Angeles Season 4

Every episode of NCIS: Los Angeles Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of NCIS: Los Angeles Season 4!

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 4 Ratings Summary

"Endgame" is the best rated episode of "NCIS: Los Angeles" season 4. It scored 7.8/10 based on 408 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Shane Brennan, it aired on 9/25/2012. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "The Recruit".

  • Endgame
    7.8/10408 votes

    #1 - Endgame

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/25/2012

    Following Callen’s public shooting of the Chameleon, all is not well with the NCIS: LA team, as Callen is placed on suspension and Hetty adjusts to retired life.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Shane Brennan

  • The Recruit
    7.6/10365 votes

    #2 - The Recruit

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/2/2012

    A drone strike on a bomb-making compound in Afghanistan reveals the body of a recently retired Marine, leaving the NCIS: LA team to investigate why the Marine returned to Afghanistan and whether or not he betrayed the country he fought for.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: R. Scott Gemmill

  • The Fifth Man
    7.8/10381 votes

    #3 - The Fifth Man

    Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/9/2012

    The NCIS: LA team investigate a compromised intel operation after four people connected to the classified project are killed at a diner explosion. As Deeks and Kensi are on the trail of those involved, they learn that a wayward teenage girl might be related and Kensi can’t help but be empathetic to her situation.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Dead Body Politic
    7.4/10344 votes

    #4 - Dead Body Politic

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/23/2012

    The NCIS: LA team investigates the tragic death of a U.S. senatorial candidate’s staffer who is run over crossing the street. The high-profile case becomes a matter of national security as the agents must determine whether it is an isolated tragic incident or a politically connected plot that might put others in danger.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Out of the Past (1)
    7.8/10364 votes

    #5 - Out of the Past (1)

    Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/30/2012

    When a CIA agent who worked with Sam Hanna over eight years ago seeks his help and is soon found dead of an apparent suicide, Hanna and Callen suspect foul play and a bigger conspiracy. Meanwhile, Deeks finds his inner “dog whisperer” with Kensi as the two go undercover and enter a dog show with a prized poodle.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Frank Military

  • Rude Awakenings (2)
    7.8/10354 votes

    #6 - Rude Awakenings (2)

    Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 11/13/2012

    The NCIS: LA team continues their investigation behind the death of a CIA agent that leads to a dangerous ring of Russian super agents. In a race against time, Hanna risks having a secret exposed.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Skin Deep
    7.5/10330 votes

    #7 - Skin Deep

    Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/20/2012

    The NCIS: LA team heads to the beach to question the possible link between a surfer, an Internet video and a dead Naval tech scientist. Meanwhile, as Callen and Hanna investigate the victim’s intelligence connections, Deeks and Kensi go undercover to catch their suspects and some waves.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Collateral Damage
    7.7/10332 votes

    #8 - Collateral Damage

    Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/27/2012

    The NCIS: LA team questions the motive behind the murder of a retired CIA agent turned millionaire and in the process also questions what Hetty knows about the case.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Gold Standard
    7.5/10327 votes

    #9 - The Gold Standard

    Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 12/11/2012

    The NCIS: Los Angeles team investigates the strange and brazen heist executed by gunmen in costumes that could directly impact the U.S. economy. Meanwhile, as Deeks testifies on a case, Granger insists on partnering up with a very reluctant Kensi.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Free Ride
    8.0/10340 votes

    #10 - Free Ride

    Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 12/18/2012

    Callen, Sam, Kensi and Deeks spend Christmas aboard an aircraft carrier investigating the death of a fellow NCIS special agent. Meanwhile, Nell and Eric make the most of the holidays back at headquarters and Hetty takes a trip.

    Director: Jonathan Frakes

    Writer: N/A

  • Drive
    7.7/10341 votes

    #11 - Drive

    Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 1/8/2013

    A former defendant of Deeks is targeted for discovering information that could dismantle a lucrative car shipping operation with links to a global terrorist ring. Meanwhile, the NCIS: LA team tackles the large-scale stolen car operation from the inside when Kensi goes undercover in an auto body shop.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Paper Soldiers
    7.7/10342 votes

    #12 - Paper Soldiers

    Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 1/15/2013

    A distraught widow is suspicious of the circumstances surrounding her Marine husband’s last battle and Sam and Callen help to determine if there has been a cover-up. Meanwhile, Hetty summons Operational Psychologist Nate Getz to be her “pawn” and the rest of the NCIS: LA sense another evaluation on the horizon.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Chosen One
    7.6/10327 votes

    #13 - The Chosen One

    Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 1/29/2013

    Callen goes undercover to infiltrate a network of Chechen terrorists who are recruiting foreign fighters to join their cause and planning their next attack in the U.S.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Kill House
    8.0/10345 votes

    #14 - Kill House

    Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 2/5/2013

    Callen, Sam, Kensi and Deeks go undercover as an elite tactical force in order to investigate an ambush tied to a cartel kingpin with terrorist connections.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • History
    7.4/10319 votes

    #15 - History

    Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 2/19/2013

    An NCIS: LA investigation leads the team to question a lone survivor of a former terrorist organization, while Kensi and Deeks follow the trail into the woods

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Lohkay
    7.5/10311 votes

    #16 - Lohkay

    Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 2/26/2013

    Callen is concerned that Sam might be too invested after he takes on a missing persons case for an Afghani elder who helped him years ago when he was wounded on a mission.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Wanted
    7.9/10351 votes

    #17 - Wanted

    Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 3/5/2013

    Sam fears for his family’s safety when his wife is called to resume a former CIA cover after a case suggests ties to the infamous Sidorov and his stolen nuke.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Red (1)
    7.4/10576 votes

    #18 - Red (1)

    Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 3/19/2013

    Callen and Sam fly to Idaho and join forces with NCIS: Red, a mobile team of agents who live together and investigate crimes in various locations, when a murder weapon found there matches one used in a national security case in Los Angeles.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Red (2)
    7.3/10355 votes

    #19 - Red (2)

    Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 3/26/2013

    While the LA team chases leads digitally and locally, the NCIS: Red team travels in their mobile trucks, nicknamed "Laverne and Shirley", in a race to track down a cunning terrorist before he disappears.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Purity
    7.5/10332 votes

    #20 - Purity

    Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 4/9/2013

    When cyanide in a communal water jug lethally poisons a lieutenant and leaves a Navy pilot in serious condition, the NCIS: LA team investigates whether this is an isolated incident or an early test for large-scale water contamination.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Resurrection
    7.6/10325 votes

    #21 - Resurrection

    Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 4/23/2013

    A body is stolen after a special task force successfully takes down an infamous cartel boss, leaving the NCIS: LA team to investigate the leak and track down the missing body.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Raven & the Swans
    7.8/10351 votes

    #22 - Raven & the Swans

    Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 4/30/2013

    Callen questions Hetty’s motivations when a bizarre case involving a mysterious woman is revealed to be an undercover agent from her past.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Parley
    7.8/10351 votes

    #23 - Parley

    Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 5/7/2013

    Deeks goes undercover to obtain information about an infamous arms dealer looking to get back in the business, but the woman he befriends leads the operation in a dangerous directon. Meanwhile, Kensi confronts new emotions as she runs surveillance on Deeks and his female source.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Descent
    8.3/10450 votes

    #24 - Descent

    Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 5/14/2013

    A nuclear explosion in the Pacific reignites the search for stolen nuclear weapons and prompts Hetty to shuffle the NCIS: LA partnerships, sending Callen and Kensi overseas and leaving Sam and Deeks teamed up state side.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A