Broadcast date
25-09-2012 • 24 episodes
Episodes of this season
1. Extreme Prejudice
event 25-09-2012 • schedule 44m
star_border 7.4
With NCIS headquarters damaged by the bomb. Gibbs goes on the hunt for Harper Dearing and to bring him down once and for all.
2. Recovery
event 02-10-2012 • schedule 44m
star_border 7.5
When the body of a missing NCIS facilities manager is found four months after disappearing on the day of the Navy Yard bombings, the NCIS team is assigned to investigate the strange case for one of their own. Meanwhile, the team is required to complete mandatory psych evaluations with a crisis counselor, and Gibbs is most concerned about Abby’s recurring nightmares since the bombing.
3. Phoenix
event 09-10-2012 • schedule 42m
star_border 7
While on medical leave, Ducky orders the exhumation of a Navy commanders body from a case closed 12 years ago. As a result, Gibbs tasks Ducky with a slightly different role on the investigation. Meanwhile, the NCIS team investigates the recent death of a Marine. As both cases unfold, the team begins to question whether the two are somehow connected.
4. Lost at Sea
event 23-10-2012 • schedule 41m
star_border 7
When a helicopter crew is adrift at sea and later discovered on shore, the NCIS team must determine the cause of the crash and locate the missing pilot. Meanwhile, Tony and McGee channel their inner “Maverick” and “Iceman,” a la “Top Gun,” and Ziva challenges them to a dare.
5. The Namesake
event 30-10-2012 • schedule 44m
star_border 7.2
A petty officer is gunned down in a billionaire’s Ferrari and the investigation leads the NCIS team to discover a link to a man Gibbs was named after.
6. Shell Shock (1)
event 13-11-2012 • schedule 42m
star_border 7.2
When a Navy Lieutenant who recently returned home from the Middle East is found dead from a brutal attack, the NCIS team questions the victim’s friend, Marine Captain Joe Wescott. Gibbs realizes the Captain is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, but knows his experience overseas may also provide a key link to the crime.
7. Shell Shock (2)
event 20-11-2012 • schedule 43m
star_border 7.6
Gibbs continues to work with Captain Wescott while he retraces his steps in order to help the NCIS team track down a terrorist. With Thanksgiving on the horizon, Abby’s enthusiasm for the NCIS family dinner is building, and Tony’s curiosity is peaking when he learns Ziva is making special plans for the opera.
8. Gone
event 27-11-2012 • schedule 42m
star_border 7.2
As the NCIS team investigates a teenage girl’s abduction, Ziva and Abby work closely with her young friend who witnessed the kidnapping. As the investigation unfolds, Gibbs seeks help from a past contact, Miranda Pennebaker, a well-connected woman with questionable morals. Meanwhile, Tony gets jealous when he learns Ziva is making plans with a mysterious man.
9. Devil's Trifecta
event 11-12-2012 • schedule 43m
star_border 7.5
Gibbs teams up with FBI Agent Fornell on a joint NCIS/FBI investigation after Fornell becomes the target of a shooting, but they face an unexpected twist in the case when their mutual ex-wife, Diane Sterling, gets involved. Meanwhile, rumors run wild among the group after Diane stays overnight at McGee’s.
10. You Better Watch Out
event 18-12-2012 • schedule 43m
star_border 6.8
It’s Christmas time and Tony DiNozzo can’t decide if he’ll be naughty or nice when his dad, Anthony DiNozzo, Sr., comes to town for a visit. Meanwhile, the NCIS team is “following the money” in order to solve a murder investigation, and Abby is bursting with excitement over all the holiday festivities.
11. Shabbat Shalom
event 08-01-2013 • schedule 41m
star_border 8
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.
12. Shiva
event 15-01-2013 • schedule 44m
star_border 7.8
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.
13. Hit and Run
event 29-01-2013 • schedule 44m
star_border 6.8
The NCIS team investigates a Marine’s car accident and ignites some upsetting past memories for Abby as a young girl on the trail of her first “case”.
14. Canary
event 05-02-2013 • schedule 44m
star_border 7.5
The NCIS team takes on a renowned hacker who could hold the key to tracking down the most-wanted cyber-terrorist in the world, on NCIS.
15. Hereafter
event 19-02-2013 • schedule 41m
star_border 5.8
On leave from NCIS while still grieving the loss of his wife and his kids’ mother, Director Vance discovers unexpected personal information that causes him to question everything.
16. Detour
event 26-02-2013 • schedule 43m
star_border 7.8
The NCIS team races to track down Ducky and Jimmy after the two disappear while transporting a body from a crime scene.
17. Prime Suspect
event 05-03-2013 • schedule 43m
star_border 7.2
A media frenzy surrounding an unidentified criminal prompts Gibbs’ barber to question his son’s involvement and ask for Gibbs’ help in ruling out his son as a prime suspect.
18. Seek
event 19-03-2013 • schedule 44m
star_border 7.5
A widowed Marine wife, whose husband was seemingly killed by a Taliban sniper, asks Gibbs' help to find out the truth. Meanwhile Vance is conducting interviews for a nanny.
19. Squall
event 26-03-2013 • schedule 44m
star_border 7
The team investigates death of a navy medical officer aboard a ship that went through a storm. The prime suspect turns out to be a 4-star admiral, who is also McGee's estranged father.
20. Chasing Ghosts
event 09-04-2013 • schedule 41m
star_border 7
While the team takes a missing persons case, Tony is disturbed by Ziva's way of coping with her father's death.
21. Berlin
event 23-04-2013 • schedule 43m
star_border 7.5
Ziva continues to pursue revenge against Eli's killer, Ilan Bodnar, and Vance continues to endorse her actions despite orders from Homeland Security to rein them in.
22. Revenge
event 30-04-2013 • schedule 43m
star_border 7.5
In retaliation for the murders of Eli David and Jackie Vance, the NCIS team feverishly searches for Bodnar despite orders from Homeland Security to relinquish the case.
23. Double Blind
event 07-05-2013 • schedule 42m
star_border 7
A Department of Defense investigator scrutinizes the NCIS team’s response to the Bodnar case involving the murder of Ziva’s father and Vance’s wife. Meanwhile, the team examines whether a Petty Officer is suffering from paranoia or if his claims of being followed are tied to a matter of national security.
24. Damned If You Do
event 14-05-2013 • schedule 44m
star_border 6.8
The international manhunt for Eli David's killer turns into a federal witch hunt against Gibbs and the team, which questions their unconventional methods and threatens their future at the agency.
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This season's cast
Mark Harmon
Leroy Jethro Gibbs
Leroy Jethro Gibbs
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Sean Murray
Timothy McGee
Timothy McGee
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Michael Weatherly
Tony DiNozzo
Tony DiNozzo
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Cote de Pablo
Ziva David
Ziva David
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Brian Dietzen
Jimmy Palmer
Jimmy Palmer
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David McCallum
Dr. Donald 'Ducky' Mallard
Dr. Donald 'Ducky' Mallard
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Pauley Perrette
Abby Sciuto
Abby Sciuto
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Rocky Carroll
NCIS Director Leon Vance
NCIS Director Leon Vance
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