10.0/101 votes#1 - Empty Nest
Season 22 Episode 1 - Aired 10/14/2024
NCIS searches for a missing undercover agent in the midst of an active hostage situation.
Director: Diana Valentine
Writer: Christopher J. Waild
8.8/104 votes#2 - ...and Executioner
Season 16 Episode 22 - Aired 5/7/2019
After NCIS finds a secret government bank account that’s funding a nationwide network of vigilante justice, the team must determine who is acting as judge and jury.
Director: Terrence O'Hara
Writer: Christopher J. Waild
8.5/104 votes#3 - Judge, Jury...
Season 16 Episode 21 - Aired 4/30/2019
After entering cold case DNA into the system, Kasie solves a 30-year-old murder case, but a loophole in the legal system may set the suspect free. Also, McGee visits an elite technology company in Silicon Valley that is offering him a highly paid position.
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Writer: Christopher J. Waild
8.5/104 votes#4 - Ephemera
Season 17 Episode 16 - Aired 2/18/2020
While investigating the suicide of a retired Navy officer who left a rare, valuable - and possibly stolen - coin to the National Museum of the Navy, the team imagines themselves in his life story in order to piece together how the coin ended up in his possession.
Director: Diana Valentine
Writer: Christopher J. Waild
8.0/104 votes#5 - Shabbat Shalom
Season 10 Episode 11 - Aired 1/8/2013
While the NCIS team investigates the link to a dead journalist and a Navy petty officer, Ziva is taken aback by the sudden emotional visit by her father, who she hasn't seen in more than two years. While Ziva questions the purpose of her father's visit as the Director of Mossad, her father insists he is in the U.S. strictly to see his daughter for Shabbat dinner.
Director: Dennis Smith
Writer: Christopher J. Waild
8.0/102 votes#6 - Gut Check
Season 11 Episode 9 - Aired 11/19/2013
After discovering the Secretary of the Navy was bugged during a confidential briefing, NSA Analyst Eleanor “Ellie” Bishop, who predicted the security breach in exact detail two years ago, partners with the NCIS team on the case.
Director: Dennis Smith
Writer: Christopher J. Waild
8.0/102 votes#7 - Page Not Found
Season 11 Episode 20 - Aired 4/8/2014
After returning to her job at the Department of Defense, McGee’s girlfriend Delilah finds a break in a controversial case, prompting her to turn to the NCIS team for help. Meanwhile, McGee talks to DiNozzo about whether he should ask Delilah to move in.
Director: Terrence O'Hara
Writer: Christopher J. Waild
8.0/104 votes#8 - Third Wheel
Season 16 Episode 4 - Aired 10/16/2018
Gibbs’ quiet vacation at his remote cabin is interrupted by a surprise visit from Tobias Fornell and Navy Captain Phillip Brooks, as well as a call from NCIS asking for his help locating a robber hiding in the woods near him.
Director: James Whitmore Jr.
Writer: Christopher J. Waild
8.0/103 votes#9 - Toil and Trouble
Season 16 Episode 11 - Aired 1/8/2019
United States Secretary of Defense Wynn Crawford shuts down Gibbs' murder investigation and demands that Special Agents McGee and Torres be arrested for their actions in the case.
Director: Leslie Libman
Writer: Christopher J. Waild
8.0/102 votes#10 - IRL
Season 17 Episode 9 - Aired 11/26/2019
The NCIS team investigates a petty officer's murder that was livestreamed on a popular gaming app; Gibbs watches his 11-year-old neighbor when his mom must leave on a last-minute trip.
Director: Terrence O'Hara
Writer: Christopher J. Waild
8.0/103 votes#11 - 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
8.0/103 votes#12 - 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
8.0/103 votes#13 - Blood in the Water
Season 19 Episode 1 - Aired 9/20/2021
As the NCIS team searches for Gibbs after wreckage from his boat is discovered, they find out he was tracking a serial killer with journalist Marcie Warren, who wrote an exposé on him.
Director: Michael Zinberg
Writer: Christopher J. Waild
8.0/102 votes#14 - All Hands
Season 19 Episode 11 - Aired 1/17/2022
After a civilian research vessel in the North Atlantic picks up a small boat of wounded Navy officers, NCIS arrives on the ship and is forced to hide after discovering terrorists on board. Also, Agent Knight takes a paper doll with her on the mission to capture photos for her niece’s grade school class.
Director: Martha Mitchell
Writer: Christopher J. Waild
8.0/102 votes#15 - Birds of a Feather
Season 19 Episode 21 - Aired 5/23/2022
When Agent Parker is framed for murder, the team puts their jobs and lives on the line to buy time and uncover the truth.
Director: Terrence O'Hara
Writer: Christopher J. Waild
7.8/104 votes#16 - Judgment Day (2)
Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 5/20/2008
When one of their own is killed, the team must find the killer before they get to another member of the team, Gibbs. In an emotional investigation, the team tries to stay together, against the wishes of Assistant Director Vance.
Director: Thomas J. Wright
Writer: Christopher J. Waild
7.8/104 votes#17 - Shiva
Season 10 Episode 12 - Aired 1/15/2013
In the aftermath of an event that strikes close to home, the NCIS team unites to seek answers and demand justice in order to protect their most vulnerable colleagues.
Director: Arvin Brown
Writer: Christopher J. Waild
7.8/104 votes#18 - Someone Else's Shoes
Season 17 Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/2019
The NCIS team links a bizarre crime scene at Arlington National Cemetery to a string of attacks on homeless veterans. Also, Vance orders McGee, Bishop and Torres to complete hours of evidence garage cleanup duty for withholding information.
Director: Michael Zinberg
Writer: Christopher J. Waild
7.8/104 votes#19 - Daddy Issues
Season 20 Episode 2 - Aired 9/26/2022
McGee’s personal life and professional life intersect when a dad from his children’s school is linked to a break-in at a government storage bunker.
Director: Michael Zinberg
Writer: Christopher J. Waild
7.8/105 votes#20 - Too Many Cooks (I)
Season 20 Episode 10 - Aired 1/9/2023
NCIS agents from Washington, D.C., Los Angeles and Hawai’i, all in D.C. to attend the retirement party of a beloved Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) professor, find themselves jointly investigating his shocking suicide. The crossover continues on NCIS: Hawai'i S02E10 Deep Fake (II) and NCIS: Los Angeles S14E10 A Long Time Coming (III).
Director: Michael Zinberg
Writer: Christopher J. Waild
7.7/106 votes#21 - Dagger
Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 11/25/2008
The team is forced to rely on information from questionable sources while trying to stop a criminal bent on stealing government secrets.
Director: Dennis Smith
Writer: Christopher J. Waild
7.7/106 votes#22 - Jet Lag
Season 7 Episode 13 - Aired 1/26/2010
While on the flight back from Paris, Tony and Ziva realize that their assignment to protect a government witness in an embezzlement case is in great danger when they learn that an assassin is located on the same flight.
Director: Tony Wharmby
Writer: Christopher J. Waild
7.7/106 votes#23 - Rekindled
Season 9 Episode 21 - Aired 4/17/2012
After a warehouse fire reveals missing Navy documents, posing a potential threat to national security, the NCIS team joins the Baltimore P.D. investigation, reuniting Tony with a boy from his past.
Director: Mark Horowitz
Writer: Christopher J. Waild
7.7/103 votes#24 - Butterfly Effect
Season 20 Episode 16 - Aired 3/13/2023
The NCIS team jumps into motion to investigate who is responsible for a potential bioterror attack at a strip mall parking garage; Knight's father deals with a health scare while in Japan.
Director: Tawnia McKiernan
Writer: Christopher J. Waild
7.6/105 votes#25 - 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
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"Empty Nest" is the best rated episode written by Christopher J. Waild. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. It was directed by Diana Valentine. It aired on 10/14/2024 and is rated 1.2 points higher than their second-best episode, "...and Executioner".