The Best Episodes of NCIS Season 18

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

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: David J. North, Brendan Fehily

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: David J. North, Brendan Fehily

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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: David J. North, Brendan Fehily, Margaret Rose Lester

NCIS uncovers a secret dogfighting ring, which leads to an unexpected move by one of the team members.

Director: Diana Valentine

Writer: David J. North, Brendan Fehily

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

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

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