Season 1

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  7.6/10552 votes

  Enter 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

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  7.6/10513 votes

  Enter 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

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  7.7/10423 votes

  Bend, 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

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  8.2/10409 votes

  All'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

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  7.7/10364 votes

  Last 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

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  7.6/10364 votes

  Incognito

  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

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  7.9/10334 votes

  One 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

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  7.8/10335 votes

  Sick 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

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  8.5/10370 votes

  Vivo 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

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  8.8/10456 votes

  Blue 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

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  8.1/10291 votes

  Flight 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

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  7.9/10283 votes

  Touchstones

  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

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  8.2/10294 votes

  Monsoon

  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: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.2/10267 votes

  To 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

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  8.3/10240 votes

  From 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: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.9/10225 votes

  Bugs

  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: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.2/10221 votes

  Darlin', 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

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  8.9/10311 votes

  Cecilia

  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