10.0/102 votes#1 - The Circle
Season 11 Episode 15 - Aired 2/23/2020
Anna Kolcheck returns to warn Callen that he is in danger and he must now work with an archenemy to stop an underground trafficking ring.
Director: Diana Valentine
Writer: Andrew Bartels
9.5/102 votes#2 - Smokescreen (1)
Season 10 Episode 14 - Aired 1/27/2019
The NCIS team partners with the FBI to locate a terrorist cell in Los Angeles believed to be preparing for an imminent attack.
Director: Dennis Smith
Writer: Andrew Bartels
9.0/103 votes#3 - No More Secrets
Season 10 Episode 22 - Aired 5/5/2019
The NCIS team travels to Cuba for an unsanctioned mission after Callen gets a lead on Anna Kolcheck's (Bar Paly) whereabouts.
Director: Yangzom Brauen
Writer: Andrew Bartels
9.0/101 votes#4 - Genesis
Season 13 Episode 17 - Aired 4/24/2022
The NCIS team helps Naval intelligence officer Akhil Ali locate a fellow officer who went missing while recruiting foreign assets as potential sources of intelligence. Also, Callen and psychologist Nate Getz track down a man Callen believes was present for his training when he was young.
Director: John Peter Kousakis
Writer: Andrew Bartels
8.5/102 votes#5 - Reentry
Season 9 Episode 20 - Aired 4/29/2018
Callen, Sam and Nell must find pieces of a failed rocket launch, including a top-secret government device; Hetty tries to help Keane acclimate to life in the states.
Director: Eric A. Pot
Writer: Andrew Bartels
8.5/102 votes#6 - The One That Got Away
Season 10 Episode 21 - Aired 4/28/2019
After Anna Kolcheck escapes from prison with her cellmate, Callen and the NCIS team assist with the investigation and search for her whereabouts.
Director: Eric A. Pot
Writer: Andrew Bartels
8.5/102 votes#7 - Yellow Jack
Season 11 Episode 4 - Aired 10/20/2019
While Callen and Sam are aboard the USS Allegiance, the ship is placed under quarantine for possible Ebola exposure. Also, Kensi and Deeks investigate the murder of a petty officer who recently departed the USS Allegiance and is linked to the Ebola exposure.
Director: Terrence O'Hara
Writer: Andrew Bartels
8.5/102 votes#8 - If The Fates Allow
Season 12 Episode 6 - Aired 12/13/2020
Before Christmas, Hetty assigns Callen the case of his former foster brother and his wife who, upon reentry into the U.S., are framed for smuggling drugs across the border in her oxygen tanks. Also, Deeks is struggling with losing his job at NCIS.
Director: Dan Liu
Writer: Andrew Bartels
8.5/102 votes#9 - Red Rover, Red Rover (II)
Season 12 Episode 13 - Aired 3/28/2021
To rescue Joelle from further torture by the Russians, Callen and NCIS must offer up Anna as bait to Katya. Also, Callen finally discovers who accused him of being Russian spy.
Director: Terrence O'Hara
Writer: Andrew Bartels
8.3/103 votes#10 - Zero Days
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 3/25/2014
Eric witnesses his friend, a computer systems expert, being attacked by people who want information that could redirect a missile; Kensi runs into a familiar face in Afghanistan.
Director: Tony Wharmby
Writer: Andrew Bartels
8.3/103 votes#11 - The Grey Man
Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 11/17/2014
After Deeks and Kensi work under cover to investigate the murder of a homeless man they discover a connection to a Mexican cartel.
Director: James Hanlon
Writer: Andrew Bartels
8.0/103 votes#12 - Glasnost
Season 8 Episode 9 - Aired 11/20/2016
After Callen’s father, Garrison is found in an NCIS patient’s hospital room during a radiation poisoning case, Callen must take him to the boatshed for interrogation. Also, the team discusses their Thanksgiving plans.
Director: John Peter Kousakis
Writer: Andrew Bartels
8.0/102 votes#13 - Old Tricks
Season 8 Episode 16 - Aired 3/5/2017
When a Navy lieutenant and his grandfather are kidnapped from a retirement home, the team's investigation leads them to a con artist couple and the hunt for a rare coin; Callen meanwhile has to deal with his father's actions when he kidnaps the father of his grandson (and Callen's nephew).
Director: N/A
Writer: Andrew Bartels
8.0/102 votes#14 - Warrior Of Peace
Season 9 Episode 16 - Aired 3/25/2018
Callen pursues every alternative when the Diplomatic Security Service apprehends his father, Nikita Aleksandr Reznikov, as part of an exchange for two American photographers being held hostage in Iran.
Director: N/A
Writer: Andrew Bartels
8.0/102 votes#15 - Divided We Fall
Season 13 Episode 5 - Aired 11/7/2021
When an NCIS mission to protect a compromised undercover agent goes completely sideways, the agents are individually interrogated to find out what really happened. Also, Kilbride must make a difficult decision.
Director: Terence Nightingall
Writer: Andrew Bartels
7.5/102 votes#16 - Fool Me Twice
Season 9 Episode 9 - Aired 11/26/2017
Callen and the team question CIA Agent Joelle Taylor's backstory after she escapes from a kidnapping and turns to Callen for help.
Director: Benny Boom
Writer: Andrew Bartels
7.5/102 votes#17 - Missing Time
Season 11 Episode 18 - Aired 3/22/2020
While NCIS investigates the disappearance of a department of defense officer who was looking into a recent UFO sighting, Anna makes a bold decision about her future.
Director: Yangzom Brauen
Writer: Andrew Bartels
6.8/104 votes#18 - Battle Scars (1)
Season 8 Episode 21 - Aired 4/23/2017
After a highly decorated Navy Captain, Charles Langston, kidnaps a Veterans Affairs administrator who has been siphoning funds, the NCIS team must work with Hetty’s former Vietnam War colleagues, now-retired Admiral AJ Chegwidden and Admiral Sterling Bridges to solve the case.
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Writer: Andrew Bartels
6.7/103 votes#19 - The Prince
Season 10 Episode 3 - Aired 10/14/2018
Callen and Sam are assigned protection duty for Deputy Crown Prince Kamal after an unknown assassin targets his decoy upon his arrival in Los Angeles.
Director: Lily Mariye
Writer: Andrew Bartels
6.3/106 votes#20 - 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
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"The Circle" is the best rated episode written by Andrew Bartels. It scored 10/10 based on 2 votes. It was directed by Diana Valentine. It aired on 2/23/2020 and is rated 0.5 points higher than their second-best episode, "Smokescreen (1)".