5.9/10422 votesLoading...#1 - 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
6.2/10348 votesLoading...#2 - 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
6.3/10324 votesLoading...#3 - The Frogman’s Daughter
Season 12 Episode 10 - Aired 2/14/2021
When Sam’s daughter Kam is kidnapped after leading citywide protests he will stop at nothing to find her. Also Deeks rejoins NCIS and Callen searches for answers about Anna
Director: Tawnia McKiernan
Writer: Jordana Lewis Jaffe, Indira G. Wilson
6.5/10231 votesLoading...#4 - Shame
Season 14 Episode 14 - Aired 3/5/2023
When a petty officer is found dead with an apparent suicide note, the NCIS team must investigate the mystery surrounding his death. Also, Callen and Anna begin wedding planning and Sam has a heart to heart with his daughter.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.6/10351 votesLoading...#5 - Answers
Season 11 Episode 11 - Aired 12/8/2019
While the team investigates the theft of a computer virus, Callen and Sam consider their future at the agency, Kensi and Deeks discuss having children, and Eric and Nell analyze the impact of Eric’s undercover assignment on their relationship. Also, the team tracks Mara a crooked upscale banker
Director: Frank Military
Writer: Kyle Harimoto
6.6/10277 votesLoading...#6 - 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
6.7/10336 votesLoading...#7 - 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
6.9/10308 votesLoading...#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
7.0/10274 votesLoading...#9 - Cash Flow
Season 12 Episode 4 - Aired 12/6/2020
The body of a murdered Navy reservist is found by thieves in the midst of a robbery and NCIS must work with the burglars to find the killer. Also, Kensi and Deeks struggle to decide if they are ready to make the leap and buy a house.
Director: Yangzom Brauen
Writer: Kyle Harimoto
7.1/10538 votesLoading...#10 - The Only Easy Day
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/2009
A case involving the murder of a drug dealer turns personal for Special Agent Sam Hanna when he discovers his former Navy Seal comrades are involved.
Director: Terrence O'Hara
Writer: R. Scott Gemmill
7.2/10383 votesLoading...#11 - A Line in the Sand
Season 9 Episode 23 - Aired 5/20/2018
After Sam is shot during a firefight with the cartel, a suspect is interrogated and reveals new information on the whereabouts of Spencer Williams, the man who kidnapped Mosley's son five years ago.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.2/10252 votesLoading...#12 - Knock Down
Season 11 Episode 20 - Aired 4/12/2020
The team assists the DOJ in the investigation of an arsonist who targets an FBI safe house that's protecting a political activist seeking asylum; Eric deals with the aftermath of Nell leaving the team.
Director: Tony Wharmby
Writer: Jordana Lewis Jaffe
7.2/10239 votesLoading...#13 - Murder of Crows
Season 11 Episode 21 - Aired 4/19/2020
The team helps a former NCIS tech operator search for her missing ex-partner, whom they fear might be working with the gun runners they failed to take down years ago; Deeks reels when his bar gets a negative review.
Director: Suzanne Misako Saltz
Writer: Chad Mazero
7.2/10239 votesLoading...#14 - 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
7.2/10239 votesLoading...#15 - 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
7.2/10232 votesLoading...#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
7.2/10200 votesLoading...#17 - Let it Burn
Season 14 Episode 8 - Aired 11/27/2022
NCIS investigates an arson attack at Global West Ventures Corp, a naval defense contractor. Also, Rountree connects with an ex and Kilbride gives Callen files on Pembrook.
Director: Rick Tunell
Writer: Indira G. Wilson
7.3/10483 votesLoading...#18 - Predator
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/6/2009
The team is assigned to track down a missing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) after it is compromised during a training exercise killing a marine before it disappears.
Director: Tony Wharmby
Writer: N/A
7.3/10404 votesLoading...#19 - Breach
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1/5/2010
The death of a Petty Officer leads the NCIS team to a teenager in Sam's life. Meanwhile, Hetty is concerned about the effect that the workload is having on the team.
Director: Perry Lang
Writer: Shane Brennan, R. Scott Gemmill
7.3/10356 votesLoading...#20 - 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
7.3/10295 votesLoading...#21 - Under Pressure
Season 9 Episode 12 - Aired 1/7/2018
After napalm is detected at a crime scene, the NCIS team investigates the sole casualty for possible links to terrorism.
Director: Diana Valentine
Writer: Joe Sachs
7.3/10295 votesLoading...#22 - Choke Point
Season 10 Episode 20 - Aired 4/14/2019
After a Navy Seal is attacked while moonlighting at a security job for a successful marijuana dispensary, Sam personally vows to apprehend the suspect out of respect for the Navy Seal brotherhood
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Writer: R. Scott Gemmill, Joe Sachs
7.3/10315 votesLoading...#23 - Provenance
Season 11 Episode 5 - Aired 10/27/2019
The NCIS team searches for a stolen painting valued at $40 million after online chatter indicates the artwork is being sold on the black market to fund terrorist activity.
Director: Lily Mariye
Writer: Jordana Lewis Jaffe
7.3/10318 votesLoading...#24 - The Bear
Season 12 Episode 1 - Aired 11/8/2020
When a Russian bomber goes missing while flying over U.S. soil, Callen and Sam must track it down in the desert and secure its weapons and intel before the Russians on board destroy the plane. Meanwhile, Hetty gives Nell a cryptic assignment.
Director: Dennis Smith
Writer: R. Scott Gemmill
7.3/10251 votesLoading...#25 - Overdue
Season 12 Episode 7 - Aired 1/3/2021
The NCIS team's murder investigation of a man who sold military information leads to the abduction of a doctor whose cutting edge neurotechnology could be developed into advanced weaponry. Team members are interviewed by FLETC to see if Deeks would make a good NCIS agent. Callen tries to have an important talk with Arkady.
Director: Terrence O'Hara
Writer: Chad Mazero
The Worst Episodes of NCIS: Los Angeles
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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
Worst Episodes Summary
"Fukushu" is the worst rated episode of "NCIS: Los Angeles". It scored 5.9/10 based on 422 votes. Directed by Dennis Smith and written by Kyle Harimoto, it aired on 10/17/2021. This episode scored 0.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Perception".