My very highly personal ranking of every episode of NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service
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1.
NCIS (2003– )
Episode:
Yankee White
(2003)
TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Aboard Air Force One a Naval officer dies after eating with the Potus, then a Marine officer (connected with AF1) also dies in Georgetown in the same way. Abby identifies the cause, and Gibbs thwarts an attempt to assassinate the PotUS.
Director: Donald P. Bellisario | Stars: Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette
Votes: 1,825
2.
NCIS (2003– )
Episode:
Hung Out to Dry
(2003)
TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama
During a training jump a Marine dies when his main chute fails to open, and he fails to pull his reserve chute. Kate joins the NCIS team, and they investigate; they identify not only the murderer and his method but also a drug connection.
Director: Alan J. Levi | Stars: Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette
Votes: 1,264
3.
NCIS (2003– )
Episode:
Seadog
(2003)
TV-PG | 41 min | Action, Crime, Drama
US Navy commander "Seadog" washes up dead on a North Virginia beach. 2 dead, alleged drug dealers are found nearby. All 3 are shot. NCIS, joined by DEA and FBI, investigate.
Director: Bradford May | Stars: Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette
Votes: 1,115
4.
NCIS (2003– )
Episode:
The Immortals
(2003)
TV-PG | 42 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A swimmer finds the weighted body of a seaman who has disappeared from a destroyer of the US Navy. The NCIS team investigate; they find a petty officer connected with the victim and the death, and they save the skipper from an explosion.
Director: Alan J. Levi | Stars: Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette
Votes: 1,085
5.
NCIS (2003– )
Episode:
The Curse
(2003)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A hunter finds an aircraft cargo pod containing the mummified body of a Naval disbursing officer who disappeared from his aircraft carrier, as did 1.2 million dollars. The NCIS team correct some old mistakes, and now they make things right.
Director: Terrence O'Hara | Stars: Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette
Votes: 1,073
6.
NCIS (2003– )
Episode:
High Seas
(2003)
TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A chef finds a naked sailor inside a freezer at a restaurant in Rota, Spain, during a port visit by USS Enterprise; shortly afterward at sea another sailor freaks out on the flight deck; soon one of them dies. Gibbs and his team solve it.
Director: Dennis Smith | Stars: Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette
Votes: 1,022
7.
NCIS (2003– )
Episode:
Sub Rosa
(2003)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Workers find the decomposing body of a man, apparently a submariner, inside a drum of acid. The team treats the case as both a murder and a theft of identity. Gibbs and Kate go aboard a sub at sea, find the bad guy, and save the crew.
Director: Michael Zinberg | Stars: Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette
Votes: 1,059
8.
NCIS (2003– )
Episode:
Minimum Security
(2003)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A naturalized petty officer of Egyptian descent dies in the US from massive bleeding due to an intestinal blockage caused by emeralds; he had just arrived from Camp Delta at Gitmo. Gibbs and others investigate at Gitmo and prevent a murder.
Director: Ian Toynton | Stars: Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette
Votes: 987
9.
NCIS (2003– )
Episode:
Marine Down
(2003)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two Marine majors supposedly die during a classified operation in an undisclosed foreign country; one of them purports to call home. The team investigate; they encounter much interference, but they succeed, and they reach a happy ending.
Director: Dennis Smith | Stars: Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette
Votes: 976
10.
NCIS (2003– )
Episode:
Left for Dead
(2004)
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A young lady emerges from a shallow makeshift grave in Rock Creek Park, Washington, DC; although amnesic she says that there's no time, that there's a bomb aboard a Naval vessel, and that ... See full summary »
Director: James Whitmore Jr. | Stars: Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette
Votes: 962
11.
NCIS (2003– )
Episode:
Eye Spy
(2004)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A Naval officer, a SEAL diver, dies of a stab wound after swimming while testing a classified handheld sonar device, which disappears. An anonymous caller reports the murder. Gibbs and the gang find both the killer and the missing device.
Director: Alan J. Levi | Stars: Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette
Votes: 913
12.
NCIS (2003– )
Episode:
My Other Left Foot
(2004)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A dumpster diver finds a severed leg, apparently from a Marine, believed to be attached to a live person not more than 24 hours earlier; however, the Marine in question, according to records, died two years previously. The NCIS solves it.
Director: Jeff Woolnough | Stars: Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette
Votes: 947
13.
NCIS (2003– )
Episode:
One Shot, One Kill
(2004)
TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A Marine recruiter dies in his office from a single shot; Gibbs and the gang investigate; then a second one dies likewise. The Gibbs group expect another murder, so they set a trap, and it works; Tony and FBI agents capture the sniper.
Director: Peter Ellis | Stars: Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette
Votes: 948
14.
NCIS (2003– )
Episode:
The Good Samaritan
(2004)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A Navy dentist from a Naval air station dies of a single shot to his back, apparently in an execution-style murder; the NCIS investigates. Two more men from the same Naval air station soon die identically. Gibbs and company figure it out.
Director: Alan J. Levi | Stars: Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette
Votes: 909
15.
NCIS (2003– )
Episode:
Enigma
(2004)
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A Marine colonel disappears during an ambush in Iraq, as does $2M in cash; he re-enters the US under an assumed name; the FBI seeks him, and so does Gibbs, with whom he served while on active duty. Gibbs finds him and figures it out.
Director: Thomas J. Wright | Stars: Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette
Votes: 948
16.
NCIS (2003– )
Episode:
Bête Noire
(2004)
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A foreign agent enters the autopsy room via an unconventional method; he then takes captive Ducky, Gerald, and, later, Kate. He demands evidence pertaining to a body in the room. He eventually asks to see Gibbs, who obliges him; he loses.
Director: Peter Ellis | Stars: Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette
Votes: 1,148
17.
NCIS (2003– )
Episode:
The Truth Is Out There
(2004)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The body of a petty officer falls from a ceiling at a nightclub; Gibbs and company investigate; Ducky says that someone dressed the victim after he died. Gibbs finds $40K in cash; he finds the connection between a prank and an inheritance.
Director: Dennis Smith | Stars: Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette
Votes: 902
18.
NCIS (2003– )
Episode:
UnSEALeD
(2004)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A prisoner, who was a SEAL and a petty officer, escapes from Fort Leavenworth while serving time for having killed his wife and a cable guy; the team, seeking to determine where he may go next, consider whether his conviction was wrong.
Director: Peter Ellis | Stars: Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette
Votes: 915
19.
NCIS (2003– )
Episode:
Dead Man Talking
(2004)
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A guard finds the disemboweled body of an NCIS agent in an elevator; the gang investigate. Gibbs feels responsibility. The victim has pursued a cold case involving a theft of $12M+ from the Navy. NCIS finds the thief and the killer.
Director: Dennis Smith | Stars: Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette
Votes: 1,124
20.
NCIS (2003– )
Episode:
Missing
(2004)
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A Marine fails to report for duty. He's an EOD tech with a critical qualification, so the NCIS investigates.
Director: Jeff Woolnough | Stars: Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette
Votes: 920
21.
NCIS (2003– )
Episode:
Split Decision
(2004)
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Teenagers at play find the body of a Marine impaled on a post; the team investigate. The victim was an armorer at Quantico. Gibbs and the gang solve both the murder and the theft of surplus weapons. An ATF agent takes an unusual part.
Director: Terrence O'Hara | Stars: Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette
Votes: 882
22.
NCIS (2003– )
Episode:
A Weak Link
(2004)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A SEAL lieutenant falls to his death, due to a failed fitting in his gear, while rappelling during an exercise; Gibbs and company investigate; the CIA expresses intense interest. Abby and McGee provide answers, and the team solve the case.
Director: Alan J. Levi | Stars: Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette
Votes: 899
23.
NCIS (2003– )
Episode:
Reveille
(2004)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
With extreme determination Gibbs continues, to the extent of obsession, to concentrate on the unknown terrorist who shot him and escaped. The bad guy reappears, but Kate and Tony disappear temporarily. Gibbs eventually meets his quarry.
Director: Thomas J. Wright | Stars: Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette
Votes: 994
24.
NCIS (2003– )
Episode:
See No Evil
(2004)
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A group kidnaps the wife and the young blind daughter of a Navy captain, who, on his computer, receives a demand for $2M. The officer's secretary secretly goes to the NCIS; the Gibbs team find the hostages, kidnapper, cash, and mastermind.
Director: Thomas J. Wright | Stars: Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette
Votes: 1,074
25.
NCIS (2003– )
Episode:
The Good Wives Club
(2004)
TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama
At base housing in Norfolk workers find, inside an underground room, the decomposing body of a young woman petty officer wearing a bridal gown. Gibbs and the gang find both the bad guy and a victim still alive under similar circumstances.
Director: Dennis Smith | Stars: Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette
Votes: 878
26.
NCIS (2003– )
Episode:
Vanished
(2004)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A farmer on a tractor sees an unattended intact Marine helo inside a crop circle on his land. While Gibbs and company investigate, a burned-out cabin turns up, as does a charred body. Locals evade, but the team solve both mysteries.
Director: James Whitmore Jr. | Stars: Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette
Votes: 844
27.
NCIS (2003– )
Episode:
Lt. Jane Doe
(2004)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A seaman discovers the body of a young woman wearing the dress blues of a naval officer at NAS Norfolk. Gibbs and the gang investigate; Ducky sees a mark on the victim's neck, which he connects to a cold case; the team find two killers.
Director: Dan Lerner | Stars: Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette
Votes: 853
28.
NCIS (2003– )
Episode:
The Bone Yard
(2004)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A civilian dies on a Marine bombing range; while investigating, Gibbs finds a second body; other bodies also later appear. The NCIS and the FBI strangely work well together, so their effort produce results.
Director: Terrence O'Hara | Stars: Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette
Votes: 883
29.
NCIS (2003– )
Episode:
Terminal Leave
(2004)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A woman Naval aviator narrowly escapes an explosion of her car on a parking lot; she was a target of terrorist activity due to her official behavior in Afghanistan. The FBI solves the crime, and the NCIS protects the family of the victim.
Director: Jeff Woolnough | Stars: Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette
Votes: 862
30.
NCIS (2003– )
Episode:
Call of Silence
(2004)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A Medal of Honor recipient from WWII turns himself in and confesses to the team the murder of his friend 60 years ago.
Director: Thomas J. Wright | Stars: Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette
Votes: 1,872
31.
NCIS (2003– )
Episode:
Heart Break
(2004)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
While recovering after heart surgery, a commander dies due to an internal flash and the resulting fire without an apparent external cause; the Gibbs team investigate. Abby says it's murder, then she finds a key fact, and the gang solves it.
Director: Dennis Smith | Stars: Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette
Votes: 816
32.
NCIS (2003– )
Episode:
Forced Entry
(2004)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The wife of a deployed marine shoots and critically injures a home intruder. During the investigation, the NCIS team discovers all may not be as it seems.
Director: Dennis Smith | Stars: Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette
Votes: 819
33.
NCIS (2003– )
Episode:
Chained
(2004)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Tony goes as an undercover inmate to find out the location of Iraqi antiques stolen from a naval base. He stages a breakout with the suspect to find out the location.
Director: Thomas J. Wright | Stars: Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette
Votes: 894
34.
NCIS (2003– )
Episode:
Black Water
(2005)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A two-year-old cold case involving a missing naval officer heats up when a reward-seeking private investigator finds the body. NCIS is on the case, while Kate gets particularly close to the suspect.
Director: Terrence O'Hara | Stars: Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette
Votes: 822
35.
NCIS (2003– )
Episode:
Doppelgänger
(2005)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A coder, officer at the naval hospital, inserts malicious code, creates fake prescriptions and siphons off medicines for the black market. He fakes his own death and vanishes. He is killed and Gibbs investigates the fraud and his killing.
Director: Terrence O'Hara | Stars: Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette
Votes: 895
36.
NCIS (2003– )
Episode:
The Meat Puzzle
(2005)
TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Ducky faces the "meat puzzle" of concurrently reconstructing three cadavers dissected into many small pieces. Ducky IDs one body, and the gang ID the others and a fourth. Ducky is the fifth target, which causes the NCIS team to act.
Director: Thomas J. Wright | Stars: Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette
Votes: 922
37.
NCIS (2003– )
Episode:
Witness
(2005)
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A woman reports the strangulation of a sailor in his dress blues; the Metro PD responds to a 911 call, finds no body, calls the NCIS, and turns over the case. McGee, Gibbs, and the others seek evidence, and they find it and a solution.
Director: James Whitmore Jr. | Stars: Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette
Votes: 850
38.
NCIS (2003– )
Episode:
Caught on Tape
(2005)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A Marine sergeant dies while hiking with his wife and his best friend, another sergeant; the gang investigate. Ducky finds a wood-fiber fragment, and Abby reconstructs video footage; Gibbs questions, and the team put it all together.
Director: Jeff Woolnough | Stars: Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette
Votes: 791
39.
NCIS (2003– )
Episode:
Pop Life
(2005)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The body of a woman sailor appears in bed with a bartender, who swears that he went to bed with a different woman. Her death is presumed a suicide apparently from a drug overdose. And then another woman dies.
Director: Thomas J. Wright | Stars: Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette
Votes: 803
40.
NCIS (2003– )
Episode:
An Eye for an Eye
(2005)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A neighbor of a petty officer opens a package from Paraguay containing two human eyeballs mistakenly delivered to the mailbox of the neighbor. Gibbs and company investigate. Kate and Tony make discoveries in Paraguay, then they return.
Director: Dennis Smith | Stars: Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette
Votes: 813
41.
NCIS (2003– )
Episode:
Bikini Wax
(2005)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A petty officer enters a bikini contest but fails to appear on stage when introduced; later someone finds her body face-down in a toilet bowl in a women's restroom. Tony enjoys his work; the gang pursue the leads and find the killer.
Director: Stephen Cragg | Stars: Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette
Votes: 803
42.
NCIS (2003– )
Episode:
Conspiracy Theory
(2005)
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A petty officer reports that someone has assaulted her; the NCIS investigates. The victim has a mental illness and has had an affair with a captain under investigation by the FBI; she soon dies by murder. The team figures out everything.
Director: Jeff Woolnough | Stars: Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette
Votes: 794
43.
NCIS (2003– )
Episode:
Red Cell
(2005)
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An NROTC midshipman stumbles over the body of another middy at 02:00 on the campus of their university; a third mid has disappeared, and McGee finds his body. Abby helps. Gibbs finds the killer, then Kate and Tony cuff him.
Director: Dennis Smith | Stars: Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette
Votes: 785
44.
NCIS (2003– )
Episode:
Hometown Hero
(2005)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A hospital corpsman stows his gear in a self-store room; after 10 months he dies in action in Iraq; then the skeletal remains of a high-school friend turn up in his storeroom. Despite local resistance Gibbs and company solve the mystery.
Director: James Whitmore Jr. | Stars: Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette
Votes: 815
45.
NCIS (2003– )
Episode:
SWAK
(2005)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Tony opens a letter, literally SWAK, dispersing a fine white powder; the gang does the drill. Kate and Tony get a free trip to Bethesda. Gibbs and company find both the bad lady and the solution of a two-year-old rape case at the USNA.
Director: Dennis Smith | Stars: Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette
Votes: 1,370
46.
NCIS (2003– )
Episode:
Twilight
(2005)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Tony returns early, in time to rejoin the team in an investigation of a shooting of two Naval aviators. Tony finds a bomb, then it explodes; Gibbs says that someone has again tried to kill the NCIS gang, which loses one of their members.
Director: Thomas J. Wright | Stars: Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette
Votes: 1,243
47.
NCIS (2003– )
Episode:
Kill Ari (Part I)
(2005)
TV-14 | 45 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The gang mourn the death of Kate; they recall her and deal with her death. Ari puts a round into Abby's lab, and the NCIS gets a new director, who shares a history with Gibbs. Ducky accepts an invitation to an unusual meeting. [Continued.]
Director: Dennis Smith | Stars: Mark Harmon, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette, Sean Murray
Votes: 1,180
48.
NCIS (2003– )
Episode:
Kill Ari (Part II)
(2005)
TV-14 | 45 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Ducky meets Ari, Tony follows Ziva, Ari secretly betrays Israel and Mossad, Ziva passes cash and a fake passport to Ari, Gibbs and Jen seek Ari but miss him, Ari finds Gibbs, and Ziva finds them. The gang attend Kate's funeral in Indiana.
Director: James Whitmore Jr. | Stars: Mark Harmon, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette, Sean Murray
Votes: 1,152
49.
NCIS (2003– )
Episode:
Mind Games
(2005)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Gibbs again questions a condemned serial killer whom he arrested 10 years before. The killer, three days from execution, has offered to reveal the locations of the bodies if he gets to talk with Gibbs. The gang solve that and much more.
Director: William Webb | Stars: Mark Harmon, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette, Sean Murray
Votes: 907
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