The Best Episodes of NCIS Season 10
Every episode of NCIS Season 10 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of NCIS Season 10!
From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, a team of special agents investigates any crime that has a shred of evidence connected to Navy and Marine Corps personnel, regardless of rank or position.
Season 10 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "NCIS" season 10 is "Extreme Prejudice", rated 8.2/10 from 1010 user votes. It was directed by Tony Wharmby and written by Gary Glasberg. "Extreme Prejudice" aired on 9/25/2012 and is rated 0.4 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Recovery".
8.2/10 1,010 votes#1 - Extreme Prejudice
Season 10 Episode 1 - Aired 9/25/2012
With NCIS headquarters damaged by the bomb. Gibbs goes on the hunt for Harper Dearing and to bring him down once and for all.
Director: Tony Wharmby
Writer: Gary Glasberg
7.8/10 799 votes#2 - Recovery
Season 10 Episode 2 - Aired 10/2/2012
When the body of a missing NCIS facilities manager is found four months after disappearing on the day of the Navy Yard bombings, the NCIS team is assigned to investigate the strange case for one of their own. Meanwhile, the team is required to complete mandatory psych evaluations with a crisis counselor, and Gibbs is most concerned about Abby’s recurring nightmares since the bombing.
Director: Dennis Smith
Writer: Scott Williams
7.6/10 732 votes#3 - Phoenix
Season 10 Episode 3 - Aired 10/9/2012
While on medical leave, Ducky orders the exhumation of a Navy commanders body from a case closed 12 years ago. As a result, Gibbs tasks Ducky with a slightly different role on the investigation. Meanwhile, the NCIS team investigates the recent death of a Marine. As both cases unfold, the team begins to question whether the two are somehow connected.
Director: Terrence O'Hara
Writer: Steven D. Binder
7.6/10 729 votes#4 - Lost at Sea
Season 10 Episode 4 - Aired 10/23/2012
When a helicopter crew is adrift at sea and later discovered on shore, the NCIS team must determine the cause of the crash and locate the missing pilot. Meanwhile, Tony and McGee channel their inner “Maverick” and “Iceman,” a la “Top Gun,” and Ziva challenges them to a dare.
Director: Tony Wharmby
Writer: Christopher J. Waild
8.1/10 764 votes#5 - The Namesake
Season 10 Episode 5 - Aired 10/30/2012
A petty officer is gunned down in a billionaire’s Ferrari and the investigation leads the NCIS team to discover a link to a man Gibbs was named after.
Director: Arvin Brown
Writer: George Schenck
7.6/10 712 votes#6 - Shell Shock (1)
Season 10 Episode 6 - Aired 11/13/2012
When a Navy Lieutenant who recently returned home from the Middle East is found dead from a brutal attack, the NCIS team questions the victim’s friend, Marine Captain Joe Wescott. Gibbs realizes the Captain is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, but knows his experience overseas may also provide a key link to the crime.
Director: Leslie Libman
Writer: Nicole Mirante-Matthews
7.8/10 735 votes#7 - Shell Shock (2)
Season 10 Episode 7 - Aired 11/20/2012
Gibbs continues to work with Captain Wescott while he retraces his steps in order to help the NCIS team track down a terrorist. With Thanksgiving on the horizon, Abby’s enthusiasm for the NCIS family dinner is building, and Tony’s curiosity is peaking when he learns Ziva is making special plans for the opera.
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Writer: Gina Lucita Monreal
8.1/10 756 votes#8 - Gone
Season 10 Episode 8 - Aired 11/27/2012
As the NCIS team investigates a teenage girl’s abduction, Ziva and Abby work closely with her young friend who witnessed the kidnapping. As the investigation unfolds, Gibbs seeks help from a past contact, Miranda Pennebaker, a well-connected woman with questionable morals. Meanwhile, Tony gets jealous when he learns Ziva is making plans with a mysterious man.
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Writer: Scott Williams
8.5/10 888 votes#9 - Devil's Trifecta
Season 10 Episode 9 - Aired 12/11/2012
Gibbs teams up with FBI Agent Fornell on a joint NCIS/FBI investigation after Fornell becomes the target of a shooting, but they face an unexpected twist in the case when their mutual ex-wife, Diane Sterling, gets involved. Meanwhile, rumors run wild among the group after Diane stays overnight at McGee’s.
Director: Arvin Brown
Writer: Steven D. Binder
7.8/10 775 votes#10 - You Better Watch Out
Season 10 Episode 10 - Aired 12/18/2012
It’s Christmas time and Tony DiNozzo can’t decide if he’ll be naughty or nice when his dad, Anthony DiNozzo, Sr., comes to town for a visit. Meanwhile, the NCIS team is “following the money” in order to solve a murder investigation, and Abby is bursting with excitement over all the holiday festivities.
Director: Tony Wharmby
Writer: George Schenck
8.7/10 1,003 votes#11 - Shabbat Shalom
Season 10 Episode 11 - Aired 1/8/2013
While the NCIS team investigates the link to a dead journalist and a Navy petty officer, Ziva is taken aback by the sudden emotional visit by her father, who she hasn't seen in more than two years. While Ziva questions the purpose of her father's visit as the Director of Mossad, her father insists he is in the U.S. strictly to see his daughter for Shabbat dinner.
Director: Dennis Smith
Writer: Christopher J. Waild
8.6/10 992 votes#12 - Shiva
Season 10 Episode 12 - Aired 1/15/2013
In the aftermath of an event that strikes close to home, the NCIS team unites to seek answers and demand justice in order to protect their most vulnerable colleagues.
Director: Arvin Brown
Writer: Christopher J. Waild, Scott Williams
7.5/10 748 votes#13 - Hit and Run
Season 10 Episode 13 - Aired 1/29/2013
The NCIS team investigates a Marine’s car accident and ignites some upsetting past memories for Abby as a young girl on the trail of her first “case”.
Director: Dennis Smith
Writer: N/A
8.2/10 764 votes#14 - Canary
Season 10 Episode 14 - Aired 2/5/2013
The NCIS team takes on a renowned hacker who could hold the key to tracking down the most-wanted cyber-terrorist in the world, on NCIS.
Director: Terrence O'Hara
Writer: Christopher J. Waild
7.3/10 665 votes#15 - Hereafter
Season 10 Episode 15 - Aired 2/19/2013
On leave from NCIS while still grieving the loss of his wife and his kids’ mother, Director Vance discovers unexpected personal information that causes him to question everything.
Director: Tony Wharmby
Writer: Nicole Mirante-Matthews
8.3/10 783 votes#16 - Detour
Season 10 Episode 16 - Aired 2/26/2013
The NCIS team races to track down Ducky and Jimmy after the two disappear while transporting a body from a crime scene.
Director: Mario Van Peebles
Writer: Steven D. Binder
7.7/10 659 votes#17 - Prime Suspect
Season 10 Episode 17 - Aired 3/5/2013
A media frenzy surrounding an unidentified criminal prompts Gibbs’ barber to question his son’s involvement and ask for Gibbs’ help in ruling out his son as a prime suspect.
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Writer: Frank Cardea, George Schenck
8.5/10 836 votes#18 - Seek
Season 10 Episode 18 - Aired 3/19/2013
A widowed Marine wife, whose husband was seemingly killed by a Taliban sniper, asks Gibbs' help to find out the truth. Meanwhile Vance is conducting interviews for a nanny.
Director: Michael Weatherly
Writer: Scott Williams
7.7/10 680 votes#19 - Squall
Season 10 Episode 19 - Aired 3/26/2013
The team investigates death of a navy medical officer aboard a ship that went through a storm. The prime suspect turns out to be a 4-star admiral, who is also McGee's estranged father.
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Writer: Bill Nuss
7.4/10 652 votes#20 - Chasing Ghosts
Season 10 Episode 20 - Aired 4/9/2013
While the team takes a missing persons case, Tony is disturbed by Ziva's way of coping with her father's death.
Director: Arvin Brown
Writer: Nicole Mirante-Matthews
8.1/10 747 votes#21 - Berlin
Season 10 Episode 21 - Aired 4/23/2013
Ziva continues to pursue revenge against Eli's killer, Ilan Bodnar, and Vance continues to endorse her actions despite orders from Homeland Security to rein them in.
Director: Terrence O'Hara
Writer: Gina Lucita Monreal, Scott Williams
8.2/10 722 votes#22 - Revenge
Season 10 Episode 22 - Aired 4/30/2013
In retaliation for the murders of Eli David and Jackie Vance, the NCIS team feverishly searches for Bodnar despite orders from Homeland Security to relinquish the case.
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Writer: Frank Cardea, George Schenck
7.9/10 680 votes#23 - Double Blind
Season 10 Episode 23 - Aired 5/7/2013
A Department of Defense investigator scrutinizes the NCIS team’s response to the Bodnar case involving the murder of Ziva’s father and Vance’s wife. Meanwhile, the team examines whether a Petty Officer is suffering from paranoia or if his claims of being followed are tied to a matter of national security.
Director: Dennis Smith
Writer: Christopher J. Waild, Frank Cardea
8.4/10 840 votes#24 - Damned If You Do
Season 10 Episode 24 - Aired 5/14/2013
The international manhunt for Eli David's killer turns into a federal witch hunt against Gibbs and the team, which questions their unconventional methods and threatens their future at the agency.
Director: Tony Wharmby
Writer: Gary Glasberg