The Best Episodes Written By Sydney Mitchel

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   9.5/10(2 votes)

   #1 - S.O.S.

   S23:E164/14/2026

   S.O.S. A Navy lieutenant resurfaces a year after her plane vanished with a story that doesn’t quite add up. As the team peels back the mystery of a crash that was anything but accidental, every answer sparks a new twist.

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   8.6/10(7 votes)

   #2 - Head Games

   S20:E184/10/2023

   The NCIS team digs deep to investigate a Navy Lieutenant who’s accused of trying to murder her husband but has no memory of the attack.

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   8.5/10(2 votes)

   #3 - Survivor

   S5:E163/5/2019

   After an elusive terrorist with a personal vendetta against Hannah resurfaces, she is placed in protective custody with her family while the NCIS team searches for the suspect’s whereabouts.

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   8.5/10(2 votes)

   #4 - Monolith

   S6:E194/12/2020

   When Sebastian is injured while unsuccessfully trying to prevent a kidnapping, NCIS races to find the missing woman and her abductors; the team gets a peek into Agent Carter's personal life.

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   Writer:Sydney Mitchel

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   8.5/10(2 votes)

   #5 - Leda and the Swan (2)

   S7:E82/14/2021

   As Pride and the team continue the investigation of an Officer's assault and the murder of her therapist, NCIS zeroes in on a prime suspect who's been working the system for years. Also, Carter and his mother talk about how they'll move forward after a past mistake, and Sebastian begins a promising new relationship.

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   8.0/10(2 votes)

   #6 - Waiting for Monroe

   S6:E122/23/2020

   The team must track down a mysterious female assassin responsible for murders in Athens, Rome and London. Also, Wade's son begs her to allow him to go on a police ride-along for an article he's writing on a youth outreach program at the NOPD.

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   7.5/10(2 votes)

   #7 - Heartless

   S21:E84/22/2024

   The NCIS team looks for a motive behind the kidnapping and death of a famous heart surgeon.

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   7.0/10(3 votes)

   #8 - Page-Turner

   S23:E611/18/2025

   When McGee is kidnapped while promoting his latest book in the Deep Six crime series, the team investigates his self-professed “#1 fan” – and a potential link to a murder case involving stolen classified documents.

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   Writer:Sydney Mitchel

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