8.5/106 votes#1 - Fathers and Sins
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 9/28/2013
With General Grant's deadline only two days away, a gang of riders attacks Cheyenne while Cullen and Elam pay Durant a visit.
Director: Billy Gierhart
Writer: Reed Steiner
8.2/108 votes#2 - Coyotes
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 3/11/2003
When Lanie's report on the Barn is leaked to the press early, everyone fears the prospect of losing their jobs, including Aceveda, who's mentioned as the reason for most of the precinct's problems. Meanwhile, Gilroy skips bail and winds up on Vic's doorstep looking for help, forcing Vic and Shane to deal with him while Lem shows Strike Team newcomer Tavon the ropes; and Claudette faces some of her own demons as she and Dutch try to uncover the culprit behind a possible robbery/homicide, while Danny comes to a startling realization.
Director: Davis Guggenheim
Writer: Reed Steiner
8.0/106 votes#3 - Child's Play
Season 7 Episode 9 - Aired 11/24/2009
Dead Marine's day job at a government think tank leads Gibbs and the team into the life of a 12-year-old prodigy who may be the killer's next target.
Director: William Webb
Writer: Reed Steiner
7.9/108 votes#4 - Carte Blanche
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 1/28/2003
Now that Vic is back to work, he and Shane go undercover as dirty cops to find the man behind a robbery and murder. Dutch and Claudette track down an old rival of Claudette's after a turned-in gun is found connected to an unsolved case, while Aceveda assigns Julien and Danny to watch over a Korean parish in an attempt to secure the Asian vote in the election.
Director: Peter Horton
Writer: Reed Steiner
7.8/105 votes#5 - Range War
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 8/17/2013
Cullen and Elam search for their stolen food on the prairie; a stranger's arrival threatens Elam's family.
Director: Dennie Gordon
Writer: Reed Steiner
7.8/105 votes#6 - 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
7.7/106 votes#7 - 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
7.7/106 votes#8 - 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: Reed Steiner
7.6/105 votes#9 - 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: Reed Steiner
7.5/102 votes#10 - Power
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/18/2006
After a visit to Mariel, Russel finds that Tom has taken the children on a vacation without asking permission. Someone is hiding outside of Mariel's house and is discovered by Russel. Larkin is suspicious of Russell's intentions towards Mariel.
Director: Lawrence Trilling
Writer: Reed Steiner
7.0/106 votes#11 - Tribes
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 1/15/2008
After a young Muslim Marine is murdered near his Mosque, Ducky refuses to perform autopsy due to his religious beliefs, so the NCIS team tries to talk to the father of the deceased, and they send McGee to plant a bug in the Mosque, only to discover that the FBI already planted their bug.
Director: Colin Bucksey
Writer: Reed Steiner
7.0/106 votes#12 - Internal Affairs
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 4/22/2008
The dead body of La Grenouille finally surfaces and the entire NCIS is put under the investigation by the FBI, with Jenny as the prime suspect for his murder.
Director: Tony Wharmby
Writer: Reed Steiner
6.8/106 votes#13 - Designated Target
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 11/13/2007
A murder investigation of a Navy Admiral takes a shocking turn when a woman, a political refugee, returns home to search for her husband.
Director: Colin Bucksey
Writer: Reed Steiner
6.7/106 votes#14 - Deliverance
Season 6 Episode 15 - Aired 2/10/2009
Demons of the past come back to haunt Gibbs when he finds a cryptic message waiting for him at a crime scene.
Director: Dennis Smith
Writer: Reed Steiner
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"Fathers and Sins" is the best rated episode written by Reed Steiner. It scored 8.5/10 based on 6 votes. It was directed by Billy Gierhart. It aired on 9/28/2013 and is rated 0.3 points higher than their second-best episode, "Coyotes".