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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    NCIS: Sydney Season 3 Episode 7 - Gold Digger
    1.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Gold Digger

    S3:E7

    When a U.S. naval officer is arrested for murder while trying to destroy a treasure map, the team must navigate jurisdictional politics to uncover the truth while racing to find the fabled “Yamashita’s Gold".

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. NCIS: Sydney Season 3 Episode 1 - Gut Instinct
    3.3/10(3 votes)

    #2 - Gut Instinct

    S3:E1

    The discovery of two missing U.S. Navy aviators adrift in the Coral Sea leads the team to expose a sinister terrorist plot.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. NCIS: Sydney Season 3 Episode 2 - True Blue
    3.7/10(3 votes)

    #3 - True Blue

    S3:E2

    Growing increasingly worried about Blue’s strange behavior, Doc takes matters into his own hands and breaks into her apartment. Inside, DeShawn and Evie stumble onto a startling revelation that forces the team to question just how well they really know one of their own.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. NCIS: Sydney Season 3 Episode 6 - Sucker Punch
    3.8/10(3 votes)

    #4 - Sucker Punch

    S3:E6

    Confronted with Australia’s first case of Ebola, the team races to uncover how patient zero, a U.S. Navy scientist, contracted the deadly virus, only to have their search for answers complicated by a top-secret military research agency as two of their own fight for their lives.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. NCIS: Sydney Season 3 Episode 8 - Turkey Shoot
    5.2/10(2 votes)

    #5 - Turkey Shoot

    S3:E8

    When an American sailor accused of murder is shot dead, the team discovers he was the subject of a popular true-crime podcast and investigates whether a superfan took justice into their own hands.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. NCIS: Sydney Season 3 Episode 3 - Lost in Translation
    5.4/10(4 votes)

    #6 - Lost in Translation

    S3:E3

    The team’s hunt for a high-value U.S. target accused of murdering an Australian soldier takes an unexpected turn when the suspect claims to have evidence of a war crime.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. NCIS: Sydney Season 3 Episode 5 - Black Is White
    5.5/10(4 votes)

    #7 - Black Is White

    S3:E5

    When a U.S. Navy attaché is found dead with a USB lodged in his throat, the team tracks a killer believed to have ties to an international chess tournament in Sydney.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. NCIS: Sydney Season 3 Episode 4 - The Truth Is Outback
    6.3/10(5 votes)

    #8 - The Truth Is Outback

    S3:E4

    A U.S. Navy pilot goes missing at a UFO hotspot in the Outback after being chased by bright lights.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. NCIS: Sydney Season 2 Episode 8 - Blood Is Thicker Than Vodka
    6.7/10(213 votes)

    #9 - Blood Is Thicker Than Vodka

    S2:E8

    The discovery of an exsanguinated sailor takes NCIS: Sydney into the world of modern-day vampires, family feuds, bespoke vodka and a nocturnal matriarch with a penchant for blood.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. NCIS: Sydney Season 1 Episode 1 - Gone Fission
    6.8/10(570 votes)

    #10 - Gone Fission

    S1:E1

    The death of an American seaman on a U.S. nuclear submarine during an AUKUS ceremony on Sydney Harbour is investigated in a joint effort between America's NCIS agents afloat and the Australian Federal Police.

    Director:Shawn Seet
    Writer:Morgan O'Neill

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  11. NCIS: Sydney Season 1 Episode 2 - Snakes in the Grass
    7.1/10(442 votes)

    #11 - Snakes in the Grass

    S1:E2

    When a Navy compliance officer is found dead in a waterhole from a snakebite, the team works to uncover the origin of the rare deadly taipan that is uncommon to the area where the officer was discovered.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. NCIS: Sydney Season 1 Episode 4 - Ghosted
    7.2/10(385 votes)

    #12 - Ghosted

    S1:E4

    When a U.S. petty officer's body is found in Sydney's historic and haunted Rocks area, a decades-old Navy Cross medal holds the clue to solving the murder, leading the team on a wild ghost chase to catch a killer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. NCIS: Sydney Season 2 Episode 2 - Fire in the Hole
    7.2/10(261 votes)

    #13 - Fire in the Hole

    S2:E2

    When a young girl finds the body of a former U.S. Navy officer floating in the harbor, the team is led to an 18th-century sailing ship hosting a pirate-themed wedding, where DeShawn and Evie go undercover to investigate. Meanwhile, Mackey and JD are pulled in to prevent a potential tragedy on the harbor that could rip the U.S.-Australia alliance apart.

    Director:Jennifer Leacey
    Writer:Andrew Anastasios

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  14. NCIS: Sydney Season 1 Episode 3 - Brothers in Arms
    7.3/10(411 votes)

    #14 - Brothers in Arms

    S1:E3

    When a shark spits out an arm wearing U.S. Navy equipment, the team's investigation tests the loyalty of a band of former Navy divers.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. NCIS: Sydney Season 1 Episode 5 - Doggiecino Day Afternoon
    7.3/10(391 votes)

    #15 - Doggiecino Day Afternoon

    S1:E5

    The team races to save one of their own when Doc Roy and his dog are involved in a hostage situation at their local dog cafe.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. NCIS: Sydney Season 1 Episode 6 - Extraction
    7.3/10(355 votes)

    #16 - Extraction

    S1:E6

    When the suspicious death of an old Drug Squad colleague pulls Evie back into a secret undercover operation, DeShawn is torn between loyalty to his friend and loyalty to his team.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:James Cripps

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  17. NCIS: Sydney Season 2 Episode 1 - Heart Starter
    7.5/10(267 votes)

    #17 - Heart Starter

    S2:E1

    NCIS: Sydney will do whatever it takes to crack the case of a rogue assassin on the run during NCIS Special Agent DeShawn Jackson's chaotic first day as boss.

    Director:Jennifer Leacey
    Writer:Morgan O'Neill

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  18. NCIS: Sydney Season 2 Episode 4 - Truth Sabre
    7.5/10(217 votes)

    #18 - Truth Sabre

    S2:E4

    The team is thrown into the murky world of online conspiracies after a car owned by a U.S. Navy cyber engineer explodes just as her teenage daughter was about to take a driving lesson.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. NCIS: Sydney Season 2 Episode 7 - Breathless
    7.5/10(243 votes)

    #19 - Breathless

    S2:E7

    The suspicious death of a US Navy chorister draws NCIS: Sydney into the world of obsessive fans, pop stars, and earworms, as they learn how deadly the music business can be.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. NCIS: Sydney Season 2 Episode 3 - Back in the USSR
    7.6/10(225 votes)

    #20 - Back in the USSR

    S2:E3

    When the body of a long-missing U.S. Naval engineer is discovered buried in concrete, the team enlists Doc Roy's old friend to assist in the investigation.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. NCIS: Sydney Season 2 Episode 5 - Shucked
    7.6/10(207 votes)

    #21 - Shucked

    S2:E5

    When a petty officer is found murdered and frozen, it leads the team into a twisted underworld of seafood and sex trafficking.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. NCIS: Sydney Season 2 Episode 6 - Hell Weak
    7.6/10(226 votes)

    #22 - Hell Weak

    S2:E6

    The suspected suicide of a former U.S. Navy SEAL leads NCIS: Sydney to a wellness retreat to investigate a group of his fellow former SEAL buddies.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. NCIS: Sydney Season 2 Episode 9 - Mango Madness
    7.6/10(193 votes)

    #23 - Mango Madness

    S2:E9

    The team battles searing temperatures to investigate the death of a U.S. Marine corporal killed during a joint training exercise between U.S. and Australian troops.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. NCIS: Sydney Season 1 Episode 7 - Bunker Down
    7.8/10(363 votes)

    #24 - Bunker Down

    S1:E7

    A glitzy tech launch turns into a disaster, leaving half of NCIS: Sydney trapped underground, and the others scrambling to save the day before the clock and the oxygen runs out.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. NCIS: Sydney Season 1 Episode 8 - Blonde Ambition
    7.9/10(355 votes)

    #25 - Blonde Ambition

    S1:E8

    When JD's son is kidnapped by an international assassin in exchange for a wanted criminal in NCIS custody, the team frantically tries to get his son back safely without trading in a criminal.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Gold Digger" is the worst rated episode of "NCIS: Sydney". It scored 1/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 12/2/2025. This episode scored 2.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Gut Instinct".