The Best Episodes Written By Reed Steiner

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.7/10(7 votes)

   #1 - Fathers and Sins

   S3:E99/28/2013

   With General Grant's deadline only two days away, a gang of riders attacks Cheyenne while Cullen and Elam pay Durant a visit.

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   8.3/10(15 votes)

   #2 - Coyotes

   S2:E103/11/2003

   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.

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   8.2/10(8 votes)

   #3 - Child's Play

   S7:E911/24/2009

   A 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.

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   8.1/10(15 votes)

   #4 - Carte Blanche

   S2:E41/28/2003

   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.

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   8.0/10(8 votes)

   #5 - Royals and Loyals

   S8:E410/12/2010

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

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   8.0/10(7 votes)

   #6 - Range War

   S3:E38/17/2013

   Cullen and Elam search for their stolen food on the prairie; a stranger's arrival threatens Elam's family.

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   7.9/10(7 votes)

   #7 - Ships in the Night

   S8:E111/11/2011

   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.

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   7.9/10(7 votes)

   #8 - Two-Faced

   S8:E204/5/2011

   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.

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   7.6/10(8 votes)

   #9 - About Face

   S5:E175/13/2008

   Palmer is put in grave danger when he becomes the target of an anonymous murderer, whom only he can recognize.

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    7.6/10(8 votes)

    #10 - Out of the Frying Pan...

    S8:E183/22/2011

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

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    7.4/10(9 votes)

    #11 - Tribes

    S5:E111/15/2008

    After a young Muslim Marine is murdered near his Mosque, Ducky refuses to perform an autopsy due to his religious beliefs. The NCIS team try 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 own bug.

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    7.4/10(8 votes)

    #12 - Internal Affairs

    S5:E144/22/2008

    The dead body of La Grenouille surfaces and the entire NCIS is put under investigation by the FBI, with Jenny as the prime suspect for his murder.

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    7.4/10(9 votes)

    #13 - Rekindled

    S9:E214/17/2012

    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.

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    7.2/10(9 votes)

    #14 - Designated Target

    S5:E811/13/2007

    A murder investigation of a Navy Admiral takes a shocking turn when a woman, a political refugee, returns home to search for her husband.

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    7.2/10(4 votes)

    #15 - Power

    S1:E121/18/2006

    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.

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    7.2/10(4 votes)

    #16 - The Dredge

    S1:E911/23/2005

    Russell is suspected of committing a double murder. Larkin discovers Russell's criminal history and wonders about who he really is. Mariel insists that she saw a body in the water and demands that the bay be dredged.

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    7.1/10(8 votes)

    #17 - Deliverance

    S6:E152/10/2009

    Demons of the past come back to haunt Gibbs when he finds a cryptic message waiting for him at a crime scene.

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