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The Best Episodes of NCIS Season 8

Every episode of NCIS Season 8 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of NCIS Season 8!

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From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, a team of special agents investigates any crime that has any connection to Navy and Marine Corps personnel, regardless of rank or position.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    NCIS Season 8 Episode 1 - Spider and the Fly
    8.5/10(1000 votes)

    #1 - Spider and the Fly

    S8:E1

    Gibbs must take desperate measures to protect his loved ones with Paloma Reynosa still on the loose.

    Director:Dennis Smith
    Writer:Gary Glasberg

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  2. NCIS Season 8 Episode 2 - Worst Nightmare
    8.0/10(831 votes)

    #2 - Worst Nightmare

    S8:E2

    The NCIS team has to find a young girl that was kidnapped, but their investigation turns into something else when her grandfather gets way too involved.

    Director:Tony Wharmby
    Writer:Steven D. Binder

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  3. NCIS Season 8 Episode 3 - Short Fuse
    7.7/10(778 votes)

    #3 - Short Fuse

    S8:E3

    The team investigates a bomb tech's guarded personal life after she is attacked.

    Director:Leslie Libman
    Writers:Frank Cardea, George Schenck

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  4. NCIS Season 8 Episode 4 - Royals and Loyals
    7.7/10(805 votes)

    #4 - Royals and Loyals

    S8:E4

    The team hopes to avoid an international incident when an American officer is killed on a British ship.

    Director:Arvin Brown
    Writer:Reed Steiner

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  5. NCIS Season 8 Episode 5 - Dead Air
    7.4/10(789 votes)

    #5 - Dead Air

    S8:E5

    The team uncovers a sinister plan when a controversial DJ and a Naval officer are shot to death.

    Director:Terrence O'Hara
    Writer:Christopher J. Waild

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  6. NCIS Season 8 Episode 6 - Cracked
    7.5/10(791 votes)

    #6 - Cracked

    S8:E6

    Abby becomes fixated on solving a murder, while DiNozzo's latest fling leads to an interesting Halloween.

    Director:Tony Wharmby
    Writer:Nicole Mirante-Matthews

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  7. NCIS Season 8 Episode 7 - Broken Arrow
    8.0/10(828 votes)

    #7 - Broken Arrow

    S8:E7

    The team is surprised when Gibbs asks Tony's father to join them in a murder investigation.

    Director:Arvin Brown
    Writers:Frank Cardea, George Schenck

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  8. NCIS Season 8 Episode 8 - Enemies Foreign (1)
    8.2/10(875 votes)

    #8 - Enemies Foreign (1)

    S8:E8

    The team is assigned to protect Ziva's father, when his attendance at a NCIS conference leads to some unexpected surprises.

    Director:Dennis Smith
    Writer:Jesse Stern

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  9. NCIS Season 8 Episode 9 - Enemies Domestic (2)
    8.4/10(923 votes)

    #9 - Enemies Domestic (2)

    S8:E9

    The team scrambles for answers after a shocking ambush reveals a new twist to their current investigation.

    Director:Mark Horowitz
    Writer:Jesse Stern

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  10. NCIS Season 8 Episode 10 - False Witness
    7.6/10(762 votes)

    #10 - False Witness

    S8:E10

    The NCIS team investigates the disappearance of a Petty Officer who is the sole witness in an upcoming murder trial.

    Director:James Whitmore Jr.
    Writer:Steven D. Binder

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  11. NCIS Season 8 Episode 11 - Ships in the Night
    8.0/10(798 votes)

    #11 - Ships in the Night

    S8:E11

    Gibbs and the NCIS team partner with a Coast Guard Investigative Service (CGIS) Agent to solve the murder of a Marine gunned down on a dinner boat.

    Director:Thomas J. Wright
    Writers:Christopher J. Waild, Reed Steiner

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  12. NCIS Season 8 Episode 12 - Recruited
    7.8/10(880 votes)

    #12 - Recruited

    S8:E12

    A Petty Officer's recruitment session at a college fair comes to a fatal end, prompting the NCIS team, accompanied by Dr. Mallard's predecessor, to solve his murder.

    Director:Arvin Brown
    Writer:Gary Glasberg

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  13. NCIS Season 8 Episode 13 - Freedom
    7.5/10(763 votes)

    #13 - Freedom

    S8:E13

    The NCIS team springs into action to find the assailant responsible for beating a Marine to death in his own backyard.

    Director:Craig Ross Jr.
    Writer:Nicole Mirante-Matthews

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  14. NCIS Season 8 Episode 14 - A Man Walks Into a Bar ...
    8.4/10(1074 votes)

    #14 - A Man Walks Into a Bar ...

    S8:E14

    The NCIS team undergoes mandatory psych evaluations while investigating the death of a Naval Commander.

    Director:James Whitmore Jr.
    Writer:Gary Glasberg

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  15. NCIS Season 8 Episode 15 - Defiance
    7.7/10(753 votes)

    #15 - Defiance

    S8:E15

    A botched assassination attempt in Belgravia forces NCIS to protect the Defense Minister's daughter, who is studying in the U.S. and smitten with McGee.

    Director:Dennis Smith
    Writers:Frank Cardea, George Schenck

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  16. NCIS Season 8 Episode 16 - Kill Screen
    7.7/10(807 votes)

    #16 - Kill Screen

    S8:E16

    The dismembered fingertips and teeth of a murdered Marine are discovered in the stolen purse of a pickpocketer, launching NCIS on a mission to find a cold-blooded killer.

    Director:Tony Wharmby
    Writers:Steven Kriozere, Steven D. Binder

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  17. NCIS Season 8 Episode 17 - One Last Score
    7.5/10(782 votes)

    #17 - One Last Score

    S8:E17

    NCIS discovers that one of its former investigative assistants found brutally stabbed to death was selling details for how to rob a warehouse full of valuable possessions belonging to a woman convicted of fraud.

    Director:Michael Weatherly
    Writer:Jesse Stern

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  18. NCIS Season 8 Episode 18 - Out of the Frying Pan...
    7.9/10(811 votes)

    #18 - Out of the Frying Pan...

    S8:E18

    Gibbs questions Vance's motives when he is asked to interrogate a teenage boy accused of killing his retired Marine father.

    Director:Terrence O'Hara
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. NCIS Season 8 Episode 19 - Tell-All
    7.5/10(734 votes)

    #19 - Tell-All

    S8:E19

    NCIS connects a message in blood left by a murdered Navy commander to a manuscript that may contain classified military information.

    Director:Kevin Rodney Sullivan
    Writer:Andrew Bartels

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  20. NCIS Season 8 Episode 20 - Two-Faced
    8.1/10(808 votes)

    #20 - Two-Faced

    S8:E20

    To Gibbs' displeasure, Special Agent E.J. Barrett returns to lead the investigation of a seaman's death that may be connected to a series of port-related murders.

    Director:Thomas J. Wright
    Writers:Reed Steiner, Nicole Mirante-Matthews

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  21. NCIS Season 8 Episode 21 - Dead Reflection
    8.0/10(790 votes)

    #21 - Dead Reflection

    S8:E21

    The NCIS team tracks a Navy Lieutenant's killer after a Pentagon security camera reveals a Petty Officer committing the crime.

    Director:William Webb
    Writers:Frank Cardea, George Schenck

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  22. NCIS Season 8 Episode 22 - Baltimore
    8.5/10(936 votes)

    #22 - Baltimore

    S8:E22

    After Tony's ex-partner, Danny Price, appears to be the Port-to-Port Killer's latest victim, he revisits his days as a detective in Baltimore, including his first encounter with Gibbs.

    Director:Terrence O'Hara
    Writer:Steven D. Binder

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  23. NCIS Season 8 Episode 23 - Swan Song
    8.5/10(993 votes)

    #23 - Swan Song

    S8:E23

    After new evidence reveals that the Port-to-Port Killer has infiltrated the agency, the NCIS team chases every lead in a race to track him down.

    Director:Tony Wharmby
    Writer:Jesse Stern

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  24. NCIS Season 8 Episode 24 - Pyramid
    8.4/10(952 votes)

    #24 - Pyramid

    S8:E24

    The lives of NCIS members are in jeopardy when they come face-to-face with the infamous Port-to-Port Killer.

    Director:Dennis Smith
    Writer:Gary Glasberg

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Season 8 Ratings Summary

"Spider and the Fly" is the best rated episode of "NCIS" season 8. It scored 8.5/10 based on 1000 votes. Directed by Dennis Smith and written by Gary Glasberg, it aired on 9/21/2010. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Worst Nightmare".