The Best Episodes of NCIS Season 18
Every episode of NCIS Season 18 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of NCIS Season 18!
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 18 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "NCIS" season 18 is "Sturgeon Season", rated 7.2/10 from 576 user votes. It was directed by Michael Zinberg and written by Scott Williams. "Sturgeon Season" aired on 11/17/2020 and is rated 1.3 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Everything Starts Somewhere".
7.2/10 576 votes#1 - Sturgeon Season
Season 18 Episode 1 - Aired 11/17/2020
Gibbs and Fornell attempt to track down the leader of a drug ring who supplied drugs to Fornell's daughter. Also, the team deals with the case of a missing cadaver from the NCIS autopsy room.
Director: Michael Zinberg
Writer: Scott Williams
8.5/10 619 votes#2 - Everything Starts Somewhere
Season 18 Episode 2 - Aired 11/24/2020
Flashbacks reveal the murder case that first introduced young Gibbs to NCIS and his introduction to young, new-to-America Ducky.
Director: Terrence O'Hara
Writer: Steven D. Binder
7.7/10 481 votes#3 - Blood And Treasure
Season 18 Episode 3 - Aired 12/8/2020
The discovery of two dead bodies leads the NCIS team into the wild world of modern-day treasure hunting. Also, Gibbs and Fornell get deeper into their search for the opioid kingpin.
Director: Diana Valentine
Writer: Christopher J. Waild
7.9/10 488 votes#4 - Sunburn
Season 18 Episode 4 - Aired 1/19/2021
McGee and his wife Delilah's (Margo Harshman) Bahamian vacation turns into a high-stakes mission when a case NCIS is tracking of a dead escape room manager has ties to the island. Also, Gibbs fears the worst when his search for Fornell leads to blood.
Director: Rocky Carroll
Writer: Marco Schnabel
8.5/10 512 votes#5 - Head of the Snake
Season 18 Episode 5 - Aired 1/19/2021
Gibbs and Fornell's crusade to find the head of the drug ring responsible for Fornell's daughter Emily's overdose comes to a climax. Also, Gibbs and Vance finally let the team in on a case that has dangerous implications.
Director: Tawnia McKiernan
Writer: Brendan Fehily, David J. North
7.9/10 520 votes#6 - 1mm
Season 18 Episode 6 - Aired 1/26/2021
Following a tip about smuggled weapons, Bishop and Torres engage in a shootout in a former sheriff's residence that's now a historical site, only to find themselves locked in abandoned jail cells there.
Director: Diana Valentine
Writer: Gina Lucita Monreal
8.1/10 601 votes#7 - The First Day
Season 18 Episode 7 - Aired 2/9/2021
NCIS investigates the murder of a Navy officer who was killed while driving home a recently released inmate. Also, Gibbs helps Palmer deal with a personal trauma.
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Writer: Margaret Rose Lester
7.4/10 502 votes#8 - True Believer
Season 18 Episode 8 - Aired 3/2/2021
When Sloane’s name is discovered in Afghanistan at the site of an abandoned bus with a dead driver, Gibbs accompanies her on a trip to find a group of girls who were kidnapped from the bus. McGee, Bishop and Torres track down a hacker who emailed compromising information to the Taliban.
Director: Terrence O'Hara
Writer: Jill Weinberger
7.9/10 526 votes#9 - Winter Chill
Season 18 Episode 9 - Aired 3/9/2021
NCIS dives into the competitive world of food trucks after finding a man frozen to death in the back of one.
Director: Michael Zinberg
Writer: Scott Williams
7.5/10 586 votes#10 - Watchdog
Season 18 Episode 10 - Aired 3/16/2021
NCIS uncovers a secret dogfighting ring, which leads to an unexpected move by one of the team members.
Director: Diana Valentine
Writer: Brendan Fehily, David J. North
6.9/10 532 votes#11 - Gut Punch
Season 18 Episode 11 - Aired 4/6/2021
Vance assigns McGee, Torres, and Bishop to Covid compliance duty at a foreign affairs summit, where they discover a link to another NCIS team's murder case.
Director: Rocky Carroll
Writer: Christopher J. Waild
7.8/10 469 votes#12 - Sangre
Season 18 Episode 12 - Aired 4/27/2021
Evidence from the stabbing of a Marine Sergeant leads Torres to meet his father who left when he was a child.
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Writer: Marco Schnabel
7.6/10 427 votes#13 - Misconduct
Season 18 Episode 13 - Aired 5/4/2021
The team investigates a cyclist killed in a hit and run. Gibbs prepares to testify against a financial advisor who stole millions from his Navy clients.
Director: Tawnia McKiernan
Writer: Brendan Fehily, David J. North, Margaret Rose Lester
8.1/10 460 votes#14 - Unseen Improvements
Season 18 Episode 14 - Aired 5/11/2021
NCIS tracks a stolen laptop to the uncle of a young boy, Phineas, Gibbs’ former neighbor.
Director: Diana Valentine
Writer: Steven D. Binder, Scott Williams
7.9/10 463 votes#15 - Blown Away
Season 18 Episode 15 - Aired 5/18/2021
When members of an NCIS Regional Enforcement Action Capabilities Training Team (REACT) are killed during an explosion, NCIS Special Agent Jessica Knight (Katrina Law), the lone surviving member, helps crack the case using high tech body armor.
Director: Michael Zinberg
Writer: Christopher J. Waild, Marco Schnabel
8.2/10 576 votes#16 - Rule 91
Season 18 Episode 16 - Aired 5/25/2021
While pursuing a dangerous arms dealer, the team is shocked when Bishop is implicated in an old NSA leak while Gibbs and Marcie realize the killer they've been tracking may be onto them.
Director: Diana Valentine
Writer: Brendan Fehily, David J. North