Season 1
🎬 24 Episodes 📅 2009 ⏱ 45 min
When a Navy scientist vanishes from a classified research facility, the team at NCIS: Los Angeles races against time to uncover a sinister conspiracy rooted in espionage and corruption. Two former street kids turned federal agents must navigate the dangerous underworld of Los Angeles, confronting their past while fighting to prevent national secrets from falling into enemy hands. As layers of deception unravel, personal stakes collide with duty, forcing them to question who they can truly trust.
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📊 Season Stats
24
Episodes
2009
Year
45
min / ep
18
Watch Hours
1/14
Season No.
⭐ 9.2
Best Episode
Ep. 21 · Found
🎬 Episodes 24 episodes
1
⭐ 7.5
Identity
Callen returns back to the NCIS Office of Special Projects to solve a kidnapping case.
🎬 James Whitmore Jr. ✍️ Shane Brennan
2
⭐ 8.0
The Only Easy Day
A case involving the murder of a drug dealer turns personal for Special Agent Sam Hanna when he discovers his former Navy Seal comrades are involved.
🎬 Terrence O'Hara ✍️ R. Scott Gemmill
3
⭐ 7.5
Predator
The team is assigned to track down a missing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) after it is compromised during a training exercise killing a marine before it disappears.
🎬 Tony Wharmby
4
⭐ 7.9
Search and Destroy
The NCIS team searches Los Angeles for the lead suspect of a murdered Iraqi businessman, a former Marine who had been hired by a private security firm to protect him.
🎬 Steve Boyum ✍️ Gil Grant
5
⭐ 6.9
Killshot
When a United States citizen of North Korean descent is murdered, the secrets to classified software are thought to be lost until NCIS uncovers a suspect from Director Vance's past.
🎬 David Barrett ✍️ Shane Brennan
6
⭐ 7.3
Keepin' It Real
The NCIS team must find a motive when they discover the body of a marine who had been living a double life as a wealthy bachelor.
🎬 Leslie Libman ✍️ Matt Pyken
7
⭐ 7.3
Pushback
Following the murder of a Russian woman, the NCIS team uncovers evidence that answers who and why Callen was shot six months ago.
🎬 Paris Barclay ✍️ Shane Brennan
8
⭐ 7.7
Ambush
While Hetty is attending a Senate hearing in D.C., the investigation of a murdered Marine Lance Corporal leads the NCIS team to stolen anti-tank missiles and a dangerous militia group.
🎬 Rod Holcomb
9
⭐ 7.0
Random on Purpose
Forensic scientist Abby Sciuto joins the Los Angeles NCIS team when a murder case resembles the pattern for a serial killer she has been tracking.
🎬 Steven DePaul ✍️ Speed Weed
10
⭐ 7.4
Brimstone
As the courtyard is being transformed with holiday decorations, the NCIS team races to solve the murder of a Marine by an exploding cell phone and to find the remaining men of his former EOD (explosive ordnance disposal) unit before another deadly explosion kills someone else.
🎬 Terrence O'Hara ✍️ R. Scott Gemmill
11
⭐ 8.3
Breach
The death of a Petty Officer leads the NCIS team to a teenager in Sam's life. Meanwhile, Hetty is concerned about the effect that the workload is having on the team.
🎬 Perry Lang ✍️ R. Scott Gemmill
12
⭐ 7.2
Past Lives
The murder of a recently released convict forces Callen to go undercover solo as an old alias, while Sam and the LA team track him from a distance.
🎬 Elodie Keene
13
⭐ 8.2
Missing
The team rushes to a crime scene after receiving an "agent needs assistance" page and learns that one of their own is in peril.
🎬 David Barrett ✍️ Gil Grant
14
⭐ 8.0
LD50
A crime scene poses a national security risk when the LA team discovers the location was used to create a deadly toxin which is now missing.
🎬 Jonathan Frakes ✍️ Speed Weed
15
⭐ 7.2
The Bank Job
While opening a safety deposit box at a local bank, NCIS Special Agent Kensi Blye is shot after three armed assailants enter and hold everyone in the building hostage.
🎬 Terrence O'Hara
16
⭐ 5.8
Chinatown
The death of a lieutenant commander appears to be suicide but the NCIS team uncovers evidence corresponding to murder. Also, Operational Psychologist Nate Getz joins Special Agent Kensi Blye in the field.
🎬 Alan J. Levi
17
⭐ 7.3
Full Throttle
After a sailor is killed during an underground street race, the NCIS team determines that his car had been sabotaged and contained confidential Navy equipment. Meanwhile, Callen is forced to take traffic school.
🎬 David Barrett
18
⭐ 7.8
Blood Brothers
The investigation of a drive-by shooting has the NCIS team searching Los Angeles for the dead marine's younger brother who may be the next target and the one with the answers.
🎬 Karen Gaviola
19
⭐ 8.0
Hand-to-Hand
When an undercover operation has the NCIS team investigating a MMA gym and its fighters, Sam Hanna is tasked with donning gloves and entering the cage for a one-on-one fight.
🎬 Paris Barclay ✍️ Matt Pyken
20
⭐ 7.8
Fame
NCIS investigates the murder of a Navy officer entangled in the world of Hollywood glitz and glamour as the team is joined at Hetty's request by LAPD liaison Marty Deeks.
🎬 Dennis Smith ✍️ Speed Weed
21
⭐ 9.2
Found
The NCIS team races to save one of their own when they receive video evidence of Special Agent Dominic Vail being held hostage months after he was kidnapped.
🎬 James Whitmore Jr. ✍️ R. Scott Gemmill
22
⭐ 7.7
Hunted
The NCIS team is on the hunt for a terrorist who escaped Army custody during a secretive transfer in Los Angeles.
🎬 Steven DePaul
23
⭐ 9.2
Burned
After Callen's cover is blown and compromises the unit, the NCIS team races to find out who is behind the security breach.
🎬 Steve Boyum
24
⭐ 9.2
Callen, G
Callen races against a ruthless adversary to locate a woman who knows the whereabouts of a forgotten fortune earmarked to fund a new war in the Middle East - and also holds the tantalizing key to his unknown past.
🎬 Tony Wharmby ✍️ Shane Brennan