Season 1
7.6/10528 votesEnter Sandman (1)
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/14/2024
Gibbs starts his career as a newly minted special agent at the fledgling NCIS Camp Pendleton office, where he forges his place on a gritty ragtag team.
Director: Niels Arden Oplev
Writer: David J. North, Gina Lucita Monreal
7.6/10494 votesEnter Sandman (2)
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/14/2024
Gibbs and the gritty ragtag team continue their investigation at the fledgling NCIS Camp Pendleton office.
Director: Niels Arden Oplev
Writer: David J. North, Gina Lucita Monreal
7.7/10407 votesBend, Don't Break
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/21/2024
A murder near Camp Pendleton leads Gibbs and the team to a suburban mall in San Diego, where Gibbs takes matters into his own hands. Jackson Gibbs pays Franks an unexpected visit.
Director: John Terlesky
Writer: Jon Worley
8.2/10388 votesAll's Not Lost
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/28/2024
Still grieving the loss of his wife and daughter, Gibbs helps the team work a case involving a missing girl. The moment that irrevocably changed Gibbs' life is revealed.
Director: Hanelle M. Culpepper
Writer: Michael J. Ballin, Thomas Aguilar
7.7/10344 votesLast Rites
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/4/2024
With the countdown on to an execution, Franks races to extricate the location of a missing body from a death row inmate and honor a promise he made to the victim's sister before time runs out.
Director: Lionel Coleman
Writer: Margarita Matthews
7.6/10346 votesIncognito
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/11/2024
Gibbs goes undercover for the first time with Lala as NIS works the case of a dead Navy seaman who may have been sharing top-secret intel that poses a threat to national security. Also, Lala struggles with her place on the team and an unexpected development in her personal life.
Director: Pete Chatmon
Writer: Shalisha Francis
7.9/10313 votesOne Flew Over
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/25/2024
NIS investigates the murder of a dementia-afflicted Jane Doe. Also, flashbacks reveal the first time Gibbs met Franks
Director: Jessica Lowrey
Writer: Gina Lucita Monreal, Margarita Matthews, Rafael Samano
7.8/10316 votesSick as Our Secrets
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 12/2/2024
Gibbs and the team investigate the case of a Navy priest who was killed in the confessional booth and may have been targeted by mistake. Meanwhile, Randy shows Gibbs the ropes of working a protective detail while struggling with a personal situation.
Director: Edward Ornelas
Writer: Stephen Day, Daniel J. Egbert
8.5/10345 votesVivo o Muerto
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/9/2024
The case of a missing woman who disappeared after a night of clubbing with a Navy seaman takes the team to Mexico, where they learn of a possible connection to Gibbs' past.
Director: Loren Yaconelli
Writer: Gina Lucita Monreal, Michael J. Ballin, Thomas Aguilar, Rafael Samano
8.8/10416 votesBlue Bayou
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/16/2024
As Leroy Jethro Gibbs prepares for his first Christmas without his wife and daughter, flashbacks reveal the unlikely journey that led to his first day on the job as a special agent.
Director: John Terlesky
Writer: David J. North, Gina Lucita Monreal, Brendan Fehily
8.1/10266 votesFlight of Icarus
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1/27/2025
The team investigates the death of a famed Marine commander's son, while a pivotal part of Franks' past involving his family is revealed.
Director: Ruben Garcia
Writer: Gina Lucita Monreal, Jennifer Corbett
7.9/10255 votesTouchstones
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 2/3/2025
When the evidence room is broken into and significant cash goes missing, the team looks into a connection to a recent case. Also, Lala opens up to Gibbs, and Kowalski struggles to move forward.
Director: Anya Adams
Writer: David J. North, Gina Lucita Monreal, Brendan Fehily
8.2/10264 votesMonsoon
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 2/10/2025
The team investigates the brutal murder of a veteran who fell on hard times after serving in Vietnam, leading Franks to reflect on his own struggles following the war. Also, Gibbs considers a new path forward.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.2/10234 votesTo Have and to Hold
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 3/24/2025
The team works the case of an investment advisor found dead shortly after her release from prison. Also, Mary Jo is left reeling by an unexpected development in her personal life.
Director: Diana Valentine
Writer: Shalisha Francis
8.3/10205 votesFrom the Ashes
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 3/31/2025
The team investigates the brutal murder of a military sergeant found burned in her car, a case Franks suspects could have a connection to the assault of his estranged wife.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.9/10185 votesBugs
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 4/14/2025
Vera receives an unexpected call from Bugs, who claims he's ready to answer more questions from prison after being identified as the sniper known as Sandman.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.2/10176 votesDarlin', Don't Refrain
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 4/21/2025
After the shocking developments in the Sandman case, the team works with the FBI to investigate further; while Wheeler struggles to hold onto his job, his family reaches a crisis point.
Director: Pamela Romanowsky
Writer: David J. North, Gina Lucita Monreal, Brendan Fehily
8.8/10232 votesCecilia
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 4/28/2025
When the murder of Pedro Hernandez is unearthed, Gibbs faces a reckoning. But when he needs his team most, the loyalty of one is brought into question.
Director: Niels Arden Oplev
Writer: Gina Lucita Monreal