8.4/10939 votes#1 - Spider and the Fly
Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/2010
Gibbs must take desperate measures to protect his loved ones with Paloma Reynosa still on the loose.
Director: Dennis Smith
Writer: Gary Glasberg
8.0/10776 votes#2 - Worst Nightmare
Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/2010
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
7.7/10724 votes#3 - Short Fuse
Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 10/5/2010
The team investigates a bomb tech's guarded personal life after she is attacked.
Director: Leslie Libman
Writer: Frank Cardea, George Schenck
7.7/10754 votes#4 - Royals and Loyals
Season 8 Episode 4 - Aired 10/12/2010
The team hopes to avoid an international incident when an American officer is killed on a British ship.
Director: Arvin Brown
Writer: Reed Steiner
7.4/10738 votes#5 - Dead Air
Season 8 Episode 5 - Aired 10/19/2010
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
7.5/10741 votes#6 - Cracked
Season 8 Episode 6 - Aired 10/26/2010
Abby becomes fixated on solving a murder; DiNozzo's latest fling leads to an interesting Halloween.
Director: Tony Wharmby
Writer: Nicole Mirante-Matthews
8.0/10777 votes#7 - Broken Arrow
Season 8 Episode 7 - Aired 11/9/2010
The team is surprised when Gibbs asks Tony's father to join them in a murder investigation.
Director: Arvin Brown
Writer: Frank Cardea, George Schenck
8.2/10826 votes#8 - Enemies Foreign (1)
Season 8 Episode 8 - Aired 11/16/2010
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
8.4/10873 votes#9 - Enemies Domestic (2)
Season 8 Episode 9 - Aired 11/23/2010
The team scrambles for answers after a shocking ambush reveals a new twist to their current investigation.
Director: Mark Horowitz
Writer: Jesse Stern
7.6/10715 votes#10 - False Witness
Season 8 Episode 10 - Aired 12/14/2010
The NCIS team investigates the disappearance of a Navy petty officer who is the sole witness in an upcoming murder trial.
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Writer: Steven D. Binder
8.0/10747 votes#11 - Ships in the Night
Season 8 Episode 11 - Aired 1/11/2011
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
Writer: Christopher J. Waild, Reed Steiner
7.8/10822 votes#12 - Recruited
Season 8 Episode 12 - Aired 1/18/2011
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
7.5/10712 votes#13 - Freedom
Season 8 Episode 13 - Aired 2/1/2011
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
8.4/101,014 votes#14 - A Man Walks Into a Bar ...
Season 8 Episode 14 - Aired 2/8/2011
The NCIS team undergoes mandatory psych evaluations while investigating the death of a naval commander.
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Writer: Gary Glasberg
7.7/10706 votes#15 - Defiance
Season 8 Episode 15 - Aired 2/15/2011
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. Meanwhile, Gibbs investigates the death of the U.S. Marine who was killed in the bombing.
Director: Dennis Smith
Writer: Frank Cardea, George Schenck
7.7/10756 votes#16 - Kill Screen
Season 8 Episode 16 - Aired 2/22/2011
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
Writer: Steven D. Binder, Steven Kriozere
7.5/10732 votes#17 - One Last Score
Season 8 Episode 17 - Aired 3/1/2011
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. Meanwhile, a new special agent joins the office.
Director: Michael Weatherly
Writer: Jesse Stern
7.9/10763 votes#18 - Out of the Frying Pan...
Season 8 Episode 18 - Aired 3/22/2011
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: N/A
7.5/10685 votes#19 - Tell-All
Season 8 Episode 19 - Aired 3/29/2011
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
8.1/10760 votes#20 - Two-Faced
Season 8 Episode 20 - Aired 4/5/2011
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. Meanwhile, Ziva finally introduces her boyfriend, Ray, to the team.
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Writer: Reed Steiner, Nicole Mirante-Matthews
8.0/10735 votes#21 - Dead Reflection
Season 8 Episode 21 - Aired 4/12/2011
The NCIS team tracks a Navy lieutenant's killer after a Pentagon security camera reveals a petty officer committing the crime. Meanwhile, Gibbs announces that Agent Barrett and her team will take over the Port-to-Port serial killer case.
Director: William Webb
Writer: Frank Cardea, George Schenck
8.5/10888 votes#22 - Baltimore
Season 8 Episode 22 - Aired 5/3/2011
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
8.5/10936 votes#23 - Swan Song
Season 8 Episode 23 - Aired 5/10/2011
After new evidence reveals that the Port-to-Port killer has infiltrated the agency, the NCIS teams chase every lead in a race to track him down.
Director: Tony Wharmby
Writer: Jesse Stern
8.4/10890 votes#24 - Pyramid
Season 8 Episode 24 - Aired 5/17/2011
The lives of NCIS members are in jeopardy when they come face-to-face with the infamous Port-to-Port killer, on the eighth season finale of NCIS.
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 8.4/10 based on 939 votes. Directed by Dennis Smith and written by Gary Glasberg, it aired on 9/21/2010. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Worst Nightmare".