The Best Episodes of NCIS Season 10

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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: Scott Williams, Gina Lucita Monreal

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: Frank Cardea, Christopher J. Waild

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

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

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

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

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

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

While on medical leave, Ducky orders the exhumation of a Navy commander’s 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

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

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

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

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