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NCIS: Los Angeles

NCIS: Los Angeles is an American action television series combining elements of the military drama and police procedural genres, which premiered on CBS on September 22, 2009.[2] The series follows the exploits of the Los Angeles–based Office of Special Projects (OSP), an elite division of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service that specializes in undercover assignments. NCIS: Los Angeles is the first spin-off of the successful series NCIS and the second series in the NCIS franchise.[3][4][5][6][7]

NCIS: Los Angeles
Genre
Created byShane Brennan
Starring
Theme music composerJames S. Levine
Composers
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons14
No. of episodes310 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Shane Brennan[1]
  • Kyle Harimoto
  • Frank Military
  • John Peter Kousakis
  • R. Scott Gemmill
Cinematography
  • Victor Hammer
  • Russell McElhatton (2013)
Running time42–44 minutes (Season 1 – present)
Production companies
DistributorParamount Global Distribution Group
Release
Original networkCBS
Picture formatHDTV 1080i
Original releaseSeptember 22, 2009 (2009-09-22) –
present
Chronology
RelatedNCIS

The series originally starred Chris O'Donnell, Daniela Ruah, LL Cool J, Peter Cambor, Adam Jamal Craig, Linda Hunt and Barrett Foa. Cambor and Craig were respectively demoted to recurring status and killed off at the end of season 1, while Foa was written out at the end of season 12 and Hunt was demoted to "special guest star" status at the beginning of season 13. Other stars have included Eric Christian Olsen, Renée Felice Smith, Miguel Ferrer, Nia Long,[8][9][10] Medalion Rahimi, Caleb Castille, and Gerald McRaney. The show has received mixed reviews from critics, but has been a solid rating hit for CBS. On April 23, 2021, CBS renewed the series for a thirteenth season which premiered on October 10, 2021.[11][12] On March 31, 2022, CBS renewed the series for a fourteenth season which premiered on October 9, 2022.[13][14]

Premise

NCIS: Los Angeles follows Special Agents Sam Hanna (LL Cool J) and Grisha Callen (Chris O'Donnell), undercover agents assigned to the Office of Special Projects, a special branch of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service that specializes in undercover assignments. Sam is an ex-US Navy SEAL and former member of SEAL Team Six and dedicated family man. Callen is a former foster child who became a "legend" under the watchful eye of Operations Manager Henrietta "Hetty" Lange (Linda Hunt). At the start of the series, Sam, Callen, and Hetty are supported by Special Agent Kensi Blye (Daniela Ruah), a hand-to-hand combat specialist, trained sniper and forensic whiz, rookie agent Dominic Vail (Adam Jamal Craig), Operational Psychologist Nate Getz (Peter Cambor) and Technical Operator Eric Beale (Barrett Foa). Vail is abducted by terrorists halfway through season 1 and, following a period of being held hostage, is killed during his rescue mission near the end of the season. Getz, meanwhile, enters training to become an agent in the back-half of the season, and is reassigned during season 2, returning for occasional guest appearances afterwards.

In season 2, LAPD Detective Marty Deeks (Eric Christian Olsen), after helping on several cases late in the prior season, joins the OSP team as a liaison between LAPD and NCIS, replacing Vail as Kensi's partner. He holds this position until departmental reforms in season 12 end up terminating it, after which he completes FLETC training and officially joins NCIS as an Investigator. Over the course of the series, Deeks and Kensi slowly evolve from partners to lovers, with the two marrying in season 10. Also joining the team in season 2 is Intelligence Analyst Nell Jones (Renee Felice Smith), a brilliant agent whom Hetty hopes to have take her place eventually, and who forms a close relationship with Beale.

During season 3, Assistant Director Owen Granger (Miguel Ferrer), an old friend of Hetty's, is assigned to the team as oversight with her, and manages to develop a cordial relationship with the team despite a frosty start. In season 8, Granger falls ill with cancer, coinciding with Ferrer's real-life battle with the disease; following Ferrer's death, Granger is written to have fled the hospital while in recovery from a failed assassination attempt, and is later confirmed to have died from his illness during the following season.

In season 9, Executive Assistant Director Pacific (EADPAC) Shay Mosley (Nia Long) is assigned to the OSP after Hetty leaves on a personal mission to free an old colleague in Vietnam; the team later rescues her when the mission goes wrong. Mosley, meanwhile, sends the team on an unsanctioned mission to Mexico to rescue her son from her criminal ex-husband at the end of the season; while successful in its goals, the mission results in the death of Mosley's trusted assistant, the wounding of most of the rest of team, and the OSP being put under the microscope during the beginning of season 10; Mosley later accepts full responsibility, resigns and goes into hiding with her son to escape a cartel allied with her ex (whom she had killed during the mission).

During seasons 11 and 12, rookie agents Fatima Nazami (Medalion Rahimi) and Devin Roundtree (Caleb Castille) are recruited to the OSP, while Beale and Jones depart for the private sector at the end of the latter season. With Hetty leaving to do damage control from a prior mission, Admiral Hollace Kilbride (Gerald McRaney), who has assisted the OSP in multiple cases, is assigned in her place as interim Operations Manager in season 13.

Characters

Main

Current
  • Chris O'Donnell as G. Callen, NCIS Special Agent in Charge of the Office of Special Projects.[15]
  • Daniela Ruah as Kensi Blye, NCIS Special Agent attached to the Office of Special Projects.
  • LL Cool J as Sam Hanna, NCIS Senior Special Agent and ex-Navy SEAL and Second in command of the Office of Special Projects.
  • Eric Christian Olsen as Marty Deeks (season 2 onwards; recurring season 1), NCIS Investigator and ex-LAPD Detective who previously served as liaison officer for NCIS/LAPD[16]
  • Medalion Rahimi as Fatima Namazi (season 11 onwards; recurring seasons 10–11), NCIS Special Agent with the Office of Special Projects.
  • Caleb Castille as Devin Roundtree (season 12 onwards; recurring season 11), NCIS Special Agent and ex-FBI Agent.
  • Gerald McRaney as Adm. Hollace Kilbride (Retd) (season 13 onwards; guest seasons 6 and 11; recurring seasons 10 and 12), an ex-US Navy Admiral and friend of Henrietta Lange, who initially counsels the OSP team on their missions. Following Hetty’s departure, Kilbride is appointed Director of Special Operations for NCIS by Director Leon Vance. In this capacity he leads OSP.
Former
  • Peter Cambor as Nate Getz (season 1; recurring seasons 2–8, and 13), an Operational Psychologist originally attached to OSP in order to monitor the team's emotional well-being. Valued as both an agent and a doctor, Getz is later drafted to a deep cover operation and subsequently becomes a well-established field agent. Despite his career change, Getz still returns to Los Angeles when needed.
  • Adam Jamal Craig as Dominic Vail (season 1), a probationary agent and a technical specialist who was assigned to OSP straight out of training. He is partnered with Kensi and seen as a sort of younger brother to the other team members; NCIS Los Angeles is left devastated when, following a period as a missing person, Dom is killed during his own rescue mission when he saves Sam from an unseen assailant.
  • Barrett Foa as Eric Beale (seasons 1–12), the team's Technical Operator and resident geek. He was not an undercover operative like his teammates until season seven, so was not firearms-trained until then. Beale is incredibly comfortable in the OSP much to the chagrin of his teammates who often become annoyed by his quirks such as leaving his surf board by their cars. He is partnered and in a romantic relationship with Nell. In season 12, Beale leaves NCIS to start his own company, which soon makes him a billionaire due to selling several of his programs to the government. At the end of the season, he and Nell move to Tokyo to head a new project for his company.
  • Linda Hunt as Henrietta "Hetty" Lange (seasons 1–12; special guest star season 13), NCIS Supervisory Special Agent and Operations Manager of the Office Of Special Projects. She oversees the OSP team while on assignments, providing them with a wide variety of support, ranging from advanced surveillance equipment to transport to foreign nations. Throughout the series, she is revealed to have taken in and "raised" a number of orphaned children, including Callen, grooming them into becoming highly-skilled agents for the U.S. government. From season 9 onwards, she is frequently absent from OSP headquarters, embarking on lengthy and dangerous missions in foreign nations without the knowledge of the team.
  • Renée Felice Smith as Nell Jones (seasons 2–12), a Special Agent who acts as the team's intelligence analyst. She is just as comfortable outside the office as in it, and is speculated by many that Hetty is grooming her as a replacement. Jones is a highly capable field operative and extremely skilled firearms expert. She has the highest IQ of anybody at NCIS. She is partnered and involved in a romantic relationship with Eric. She resigns from NCIS late in season 11 after struggling with emotional burnout over professional and personal concerns. Nell returns to OSP in the season 12 premiere following the death of her mother to fill in as Acting Operational Manager for Hetty, who is away on a mission. At the end of the season, after debating over whether to take the position permanently, she instead opts to leave NCIS and move to Tokyo with Eric to head a new project for his company.
  • Miguel Ferrer as Owen Granger (seasons 5–8; recurring seasons 3–4), the assistant director of NCIS. He is the team's link to Washington, and while he is often seen at loggerheads with his subordinates, he no doubt has a great desire to keep them safe. Unlike other administrators, he is not afraid to accompany the team into the field. Granger spent many years overseas as a field agent on many hazardous assignments before becoming an administrator. He is a long time friend and sometimes adversary of Hetty. During season 8, Granger is revealed to be suffering from an unknown ailment, most likely cancer, due to a lifetime of bad habits. In the episode "Payback" (Miguel Ferrer's final episode filmed before his death), after being wounded by rogue CIA operatives, Granger disappears from the hospital. In the following season, Granger's daughter, Jennifer Kim (Malese Jow), confirms his death from his illness.
  • Nia Long as Shay Mosley (seasons 9–10), a former Secret Service agent who becomes the NCIS Executive Assistant Director for Pacific Operations (EAD-PAC). She comes off as hardened and cold towards the team, but eventually, they warm up to each other, especially following Hetty's return. She is revealed to have a son named Derrick, who was taken by his father, criminal arms dealer Spencer Williams, when Williams fled the country for Mexico five years prior. At the end of season 9, she enacts an unsanctioned mission for the team to head into Mexico and retrieve Derrick. While the mission is ultimately successful (during which Mosley kills Williams), it comes at a costly price: Mosley's assistant Special Agent Harley Hidoko is killed, the rest of the team is grievously wounded, and the OSP is put under the microscope by D.C. officials. In season 10, after a drug cartel allied with Williams puts bounties on the team's heads, Mosley opts to take full responsibility for everything, resigns her post, and flees with her son into hiding.

Recurring

  • Rocky Carroll as Leon Vance, the director of NCIS (seasons 1–3, 6): He initially spent a great amount of time "getting the new LA office up and running", but still returns to ensure the well-being of his agents. Carroll also appears on both NCIS (as a regular), and NCIS: New Orleans.[17][18] He makes a seventh appearance in "Hunted". Vance appears in the season two finale and season three premiere. He makes his tenth appearance during season six.
  • Brian Avers as Mike Renko, an agent attached to NCIS's Los Angeles satellite office (seasons 1, 3): He often works with OSP. An undercover operative, Renko later reported directly to Owen Granger. The team were fond of him, so it came as a shock when he was gunned down during an operation gone awry in a revenge attack.
  • Kathleen Rose Perkins as Rose Schwartz, a Los Angeles County Medical Examiner (seasons 1–4): She often assists the team on their investigations. She is incredibly quirky and develops an affinity for Nate Getz, showing great romantic interest in the psychologist.
  • Ronald Auguste as Moe Dusa, a man whom Sam first came into contact with in Sudan (seasons 1–2): A "brother" to Sam, of sorts, he joins a terrorist group and assists in the kidnapping of Dom. Developing a conscience, Moe assists in Dom's escape. He is later found dead by the NCIS agents.
  • Vyto Ruginis as Arkady Kolcheck, a retired Russian operative (seasons 1–present): He is friends with Callen. He considers himself to be of great assistance to the NCIS team but often brings trouble in his wake. He has a daughter, Anastasia, whom he does not know very well.
  • Claire Forlani as Lauren Hunter, an NCIS Operations Manager and SSA (seasons 2–3): Taken in by Hetty as a teenager, Lauren later becomes an NCIS agent and succeeds Hetty for a short time as Special Agent in Charge of OSP. Initially adversarial, the team later warmed to Hunter. She was reassigned following Lange's return but was later kidnapped and murdered by the Chameleon. Her death has a lasting effect on Lange.
  • Indira G. Wilson/Aunjanue Ellis as Michelle Hanna aka "Quinn" (seasons 3–8): Sam Hanna's wife, Michelle, is a former deep-cover CIA operative. At the end of the eighth season, Michelle is kidnapped and murdered by Tahir Khaled in a vendetta against Sam.
  • Layla Crawford/Kayla Smith as Kamran Hanna (seasons 3−4, 6, 8 and 12), Sam Hanna's daughter.[19]
  • Christopher Lambert as Marcel Janvier, a serial killer and criminal mastermind (season 3–5): When Marcel is conducting business transactions, his modus operandi is to buy the supplies for his employers and then arrange a drop-off for the merchandise. He is the primary antagonist to Callen during the show's third season and is responsible for the deaths of Hunter and Renko.
  • Scott Grimes as Dave Flynn, an NCIS Special Agent (seasons 4, 8): Initially an NCIS forensic specialist assigned to the elite rapid response NCIS: Red team stationed out of San Diego, Dave later transfers to San Diego's NCIS: Cyber, where he retrains as a senior intelligence analyst.
  • Erik Palladino as Vostanik Sabatino, a CIA Agent (seasons 4–5, 7–8, 10–present): He is arrested by the team while deep undercover. He is friends with Michelle Hanna and later joins Kensi Blye's Afghanistan team. Kensi initially believes him to be her suspect, but she later realizes he is a skilled operative and will be of great use to her. In season 8, it is revealed that Sabatino is working as part of a rogue CIA faction attempting to dismantle the NCIS team.
  • Anslem Richardson as Tahir Khaled, a local warlord in Sudan (seasons 3, 7–8): A war criminal and warlord, he came into conflict with CIA agents and later NCIS agents Sam Hanna and G. Callen when they went to collect evidence about the genocide he was involved in. He is Sam's arch-enemy and began plotting revenge when Sam took his sister, Jada, from him. He is the primary antagonist of the seventh and eighth seasons, and later murders Sam's wife, Michelle, near the end of season eight. He eventually kills himself via bomb in a last (failed) attempt to kill Sam.
  • Matthew Del Negro as Jack Simon (seasons 5, 7): Kensi's ex-fiancé, who was suspected of being a war-criminal known as 'The White Ghost'. Kensi was assigned to assassinate him in the series' fifth season.
  • Elizabeth Bogush as CIA Officer Joelle Taylor (seasons 5-present): Callen's ex-girlfriend, she is introduced as a teacher at a private school before it is revealed that she is part of the rogue CIA group tasked with dismantling the Office of Special Projects. In season 9, she, with the help of Callen, Sam, and Nell, fakes her death in order to take down the group behind the rogue CIA group. The group is known as the syndicate.
  • Bar Paly as Anastasia "Anna" Kolcheck, a freelance NCIS Special Agent (seasons 6–present): The estranged daughter of Arkady Kolcheck, she is a prospective ATF agent who begins filling in on NCIS missions while Kensi is on medical leave. Following Kensi's return, Anna embarks on a relationship with Callen and joins NCIS as a Special Agent on a freelance basis. She and Callen are now engaged.
  • John M. Jackson as A. J. Chegwidden, a retired Rear Admiral and the former Judge Advocate General of the Navy (seasons 8–9): A wartime confidant of both Hetty and Granger, Chegwidden served in Vietnam as a Navy Seal. He reenters the NCIS fold at Lange's behest during an investigation into the CIA. Jackson previously appeared as Chegwidden in nine seasons of JAG, and in one episode of NCIS.
  • Andrea Bordeaux as Harley Hidoko, NCIS Special Agent (season 9): Executive Assistant to EADPAC Mosley. She starts off as fiercely loyal to her boss, but soon forms a friendship with the rest of the OSP team. At the end of the ninth season, Hidoko goes missing during an off-the-books mission in Mexico to rescue Mosley's son, and is revealed to have been captured and murdered by a cartel allied with Mosley's criminal ex-husband. Her remains are identified at the end of the tenth season premiere.
  • Jeff Kober as Harris Keane (seasons 9–10, 13): A soldier who served in the CIA contingent led by Hetty and Granger in the Vietnam War. Keane was captured by Viet Cong and held captive for decades until he was rescued along with Hetty by the NCIS LA team.
  • Ashley Spillers as Sydney Jones (seasons 9–10): A specialist for Homeland Security.
  • Zeeko Zaki as Aimon Shah (Season 9, 3 episodes)
  • Esai Morales as Louis Ochoa, NCIS Deputy Director (season 10): Ochoa temporarily takes over directing the team in Hetty's absence.
  • Peter Jacobson as Special Prosecutor John Rogers (seasons 10–11): Rogers arrives at the Los Angeles office to investigate the team, but soon gets pulled into helping them out on their operations.
  • David James Elliott as Harmon Rabb Jr. (seasons 10–11), a Naval Captain transferred from the Judge Advocate General to the USS Allegiance. Elliot reprised his role from JAG.
  • Catherine Bell as Sarah MacKenzie (seasons 10–11), the former commander of Joint Legal Services Southwest who now acts as the Marine Corps liaison to the U.S. Secretary of State. Bell reprised her role from JAG.

Crossover

Other

  • Louise Lombard as Lara Macy; a former Military Police Lieutenant and the Supervisory Special Agent of OSP, Macy was relieved of her position sometime between the pilot episode and the beginning of season one. Hetty remarks she was sent to Djibouti in retaliation for insubordination regarding budget, although the truthfulness of this is unknown. After a short time working with an NCIS satellite division, Macy is found dead in an NCIS episode, murdered as part of a vendetta against Washington Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs. Lombard was not picked up as a regular in the new series and the character was killed in the NCIS episode "Patriot Down".[20][21][22]

Episodes

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
Intro2April 28, 2009 (2009-04-28)May 5, 2009 (2009-05-05)
124September 22, 2009 (2009-09-22)May 25, 2010 (2010-05-25)
224September 21, 2010 (2010-09-21)May 17, 2011 (2011-05-17)
324September 20, 2011 (2011-09-20)May 15, 2012 (2012-05-15)
424September 25, 2012 (2012-09-25)May 14, 2013 (2013-05-14)
524September 24, 2013 (2013-09-24)May 13, 2014 (2014-05-13)
624September 29, 2014 (2014-09-29)May 18, 2015 (2015-05-18)
724September 21, 2015 (2015-09-21)May 2, 2016 (2016-05-02)
824September 25, 2016 (2016-09-25)May 14, 2017 (2017-05-14)
924October 1, 2017 (2017-10-01)May 20, 2018 (2018-05-20)
1024September 30, 2018 (2018-09-30)May 19, 2019 (2019-05-19)
1122September 29, 2019 (2019-09-29)April 26, 2020 (2020-04-26)
1218November 8, 2020 (2020-11-08)May 23, 2021 (2021-05-23)
1322October 10, 2021 (2021-10-10)May 22, 2022 (2022-05-22)
14TBAOctober 9, 2022 (2022-10-09)TBA

Crossovers

Crossover between Episode Type Actors/actresses crossing over Date aired
Series A Series B
Hawaii Five-0 NCIS: Los Angeles "Ka Hakaka Maikaʻi"
(Hawaii Five-0 2.6)
Guest appearance Appearing in Series A: Daniela Ruah October 24, 2011

Joe White calls in Agent Kensi Blye to review the video of John McGarrett, Governor Jameson, and Wo Fat for Steve McGarrett from Hawaii Five-0, but only recognizes the word "Shelburne".

Hawaii Five-0 NCIS: Los Angeles "Pa Make Loa"
(Hawaii Five-0 2.21)
"Touch of Death"
(NCIS: Los Angeles 3.21)
2-Part Crossover Appearing in Series A: Chris O'Donnell, LL Cool J, Craig Robert Young
Appearing in Series B: Scott Caan, Daniel Dae Kim
April 30, 2012
May 1, 2012

Agents Sam Hanna and G. Callen are called in to assist Five-0 finding a suspect, Dracul Comescu. Later, Callen and Sam must return to Los Angeles to stop a possible smallpox outbreak from becoming a reality with Danny Williams and Chin Ho Kelly of Hawaii Five-0 coming along to help.

Scorpion NCIS: Los Angeles "True Colors"
(Scorpion 1.06)
Guest appearance Appearing in Series A: Linda Hunt October 27, 2014
Hetty Lange assists Scorpion, a team of geniuses, in tracking down a painting after a suspected counterfeit is found at a museum.
NCIS: Los Angeles NCIS "Blame It On Rio"
(NCIS: Los Angeles 7.5)
Guest Appearance Appearing in Series A: Michael Weatherly October 19, 2015
Washington NCIS Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo (Michael Weatherly) partners with the Los Angeles team to search the city after his prisoner escapes the custody of a U.S. Marshal on a flight from Singapore to Los Angeles.
NCIS: Los Angeles JAG "Payback"
(NCIS: Los Angeles 8.15)
Guest appearance Appearing in Series A: John M. Jackson February 19, 2017
As the team races to save Kensi from Ferris/Sullivan, they find themselves questioning who they can trust when old faces resurface.
NCIS: Los Angeles JAG "Battle Scars"
(NCIS: Los Angeles 8.21)
Guest appearance Appearing in Series A: John M. Jackson April 23, 2017
When a veteran kidnaps a corrupt VA administrator, the team must work with old friends of Hetty's, one of which being A.J. Chegwidden to find him and figure out what's going on.
NCIS: Los Angeles JAG "Golden Days"
(NCIS: Los Angeles 8.22)
Guest appearance Appearing in Series A: John M. Jackson April 30, 2017
The team works with Hetty's former Vietnam War colleagues to recover $40 million in stolen gold, though things get complicated when other parties invest themselves into the search. Deeks receives some surprising news from Detective Whiting about his IA case.
NCIS: Los Angeles JAG "This Is What We Do"
(NCIS: Los Angeles 9.08)
Guest appearance Appearing in Series A: John M. Jackson November 19, 2017
When a group of migrants and Border Patrol officers are slaughtered near Camp Pendleton, the team discovers that the killers are there for one of their old enemies; Nell must work with her bossy older sister Sydney, a Homeland Security analyst.
NCIS: Los Angeles JAG "Các Tù Nhân"
(NCIS: Los Angeles 9.13)
Guest appearance Appearing in Series A: John M. Jackson January 14, 2018
Eric and Nell find a cryptic clue Hetty left behind in a book that points to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. At first, they clash with Mosley as they try to find out what Hetty is doing there, but Mosley comes around and gets them tickets to Vietnam. Meanwhile, Hetty tries to look insane while being interrogated by her "buyer", who is after the secret information she has.

The title of the episode, "Các Tù Nhân", is Vietnamese for "Prisoners".

NCIS: Los Angeles JAG "Goodbye, Vietnam"
(NCIS: Los Angeles 9.14)
Guest appearance Appearing in Series A: John M. Jackson January 21, 2018
The OSP team must work with Hetty's old unit to locate her before she is sold off, while Nell and Eric must work with Sydney to uncover information that would help the team.
NCIS: Los Angeles JAG "The Guardian"
(NCIS: Los Angeles 10.23)
Guest appearance Appearing in Series A: David James Elliott May 12, 2019
Callen and Sam travel to the USS Allegiance in the Persian Gulf to work with Navy Captain Harmon Rabb, Jr. when the team uncovers a terror threat on military locations.
NCIS: Los Angeles JAG "False Flag"
(NCIS: Los Angeles 10.24)
Guest appearance Appearing in Series A: David James Elliott, Catherine Bell May 19, 2019
Callen, Hanna, and Rabb detain several terror suspects onboard the Allegiance but are simultaneously forced to deal with Iranian forces amassing on the Iraqi border; Sarah MacKenzie helps the rest of the team untangle a complicated spy web involving a crooked Russian diplomat, Chechen terrorists, and an increasingly meddlesome ISIS; Eric is conflicted between being there for Nell and her mother in the hospital and scrambling to neutralize the terror threat and prevent World War III.
NCIS: Los Angeles JAG "Let Fate Decide"
(NCIS: Los Angeles 11.01)
Guest appearance Appearing in Series A: David James Elliott, Catherine Bell September 29, 2019
Callen and Sam work with Navy Capt. Harmon Rabb Jr. to apprehend spies aboard the USS Allegiance; Hetty tries to neutralize a missile attack in the Middle East; Kensi and Deeks are trapped in a mobile CIA unit in Iraq while under attack.
NCIS: Los Angeles JAG "Code of Conduct"
(NCIS: Los Angeles 11.22)
Guest appearance Appearing in Series A: Catherine Bell April 26, 2020
Sam, Callen and Roundtree travel to Afghanistan to help with a sensitive case after two Navy SEALs claim their chief murdered an unarmed prisoner.

Note: This episode served as the de facto season finale due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Production

 
Part of the cast in 2012 (from left): Barrett Foa, Daniela Ruah, Eric Christian Olsen and Renée Felice Smith

In November 2008, it was reported that a first NCIS spin-off series set in Los Angeles would be introduced with a two-part backdoor pilot during the sixth season of NCIS.[23][24] Special Agent G. Callen was initially a CIA operative created by Shane Brennan for a series that was never produced. After taking over show runner duties previously held by Donald P. Bellisario on NCIS, he used the potential of a spin-off to bring his story to fruition.

Brennan intended for the series to hold a Miami Vice-esque vibe through its two co-leads, Callen and Agent Sam Hanna. However, the character of Lara Macy was written to serve as a parallel for Gibbs, the lead of the original NCIS team. Macy was portrayed by Louise Lombard in the backdoor pilot, but she was not featured in the actual spin-off, and Brennan was able to produce the show as he originally envisioned it.

The show was known as NCIS: Legend while in production (referring to the episodes of NCIS in which the spin-off was introduced), and other names considered included OSP: Office of Special Projects, NCIS: OSP and NCIS: Undercover.[7] Filming started in February 2009, with the characters being introduced in the two-part NCIS episode titled "Legend", the first part of which aired on April 28, 2009.[7][25] This episode served as a backdoor pilot for the series, in a manner similar to the way NCIS was introduced by way of a two-part episode of JAG.

In May 2009, CBS picked up the series.[26]

Broadcast

In Asia, the series airs on AXN, AXN, and TVOne Pakistan.[27] In the UK the series premieres its latest season first on Sky 1, with subsequent runs and repeats then also broadcast on Channel Five.[28] In the Netherlands the series airs on NET5 .NCIS: Los Angeles airs on Network Ten, ONE and TVH!TS (formerly TV1) As of December 2019, it airs on Fox Crime after TV H!TS was rebranded as Fox One in Australia. In Israel it airs on Hot zone and yes HBO In Portugal the series airs on Fox.[29] It was next broadcast on M6 in France, 13th Street in Denmark and Germany, and Universal Channel in Italy.

Home media

The first nine seasons have been released on DVD in Regions 1, 2 and 4, and Season 1 was released on Blu-ray Disc in Region A. The first season DVD release includes the two-part pilot episode that aired as part of the sixth season of NCIS, which were also included on the Season 6 DVD of NCIS. All releases are distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment.

Reception

 
Filming the pilot episode in 2009

Critical reception

"Identity", the series' first episode, garnered 18.73 million viewers with a 4.4/11 share in the 18- to 49-year-old demographic and therefore won its timeslot. It was the second-most-watched show of the week, behind only the original NCIS.[30]

Reviews for the show have been mixed. It has a score of 59/100 on Metacritic. According to Mary McNamara of the Los Angeles Times, "The crime is intriguing and multifaceted, its resolution requiring a nice balance of street smarts and lots of gunfire. But as with the original 'NCIS', the emphasis is on the characters of the team... Los Angeles, meanwhile, looks fabulous, a pleasing mixture of noir and gridlock, and there's an air of stability that's comforting in these uncertain times."[31] The New York Daily News reviewer, David Hinckley, was more critical of the show saying that although "It all adds up to an hour of decent entertainment, and there's room for enough character development to give 'NCIS: Los Angeles' a personality of its own, ... a premiere episode shouldn't feel even a little like something we've already seen."[32]

Tom Shales of The Washington Post felt that, "NCIS: Los Angeles gets the job done ... It's a procedural that follows strictly the established procedure, but it has likable characters, dislikable bad guys and the occasional flabbergasting shot of L.A."[33] Robert Bianco of USA Today summarized it as a "serviceable hour that takes the NCIS formula—a light tone and a lot of banter wrapped around a fairly rudimentary investigatory plot—and transfers it to a special, undercover NCIS division in Los Angeles. Nothing more, but also nothing less."[34] The Hollywood Reporter compared the show to The A-Team with "the same lighthearted approach to life-or-death situations. Maybe the biggest change is that 'NCIS: L.A.' achieves its inevitably favorable outcomes with a little more intellect and a little less testosterone."[35] IGN stated that although "NCIS: Los Angeles doesn't exactly reinvent the police procedural... it's another above-average entry, aided by the fact that the people behind the show know what they're doing" and ultimately gave the episode a 7.7/10.[36]

Ratings

Seasonal rankings (based on average total viewers per episode) of NCIS: Los Angeles on CBS.

Note: Each U.S. network television season starts in late September and ends in late May, which coincides with the completion of the May sweeps.
Viewership and ratings per season of NCIS: Los Angeles
Season Timeslot (ET) Episodes First aired Last aired TV season Viewership
rank
Avg. viewers
(millions)
Date Viewers
(millions)
Date Viewers
(millions)
1 Tuesday 9:00 p.m. 24 September 22, 2009 (2009-09-22) 18.73[30] May 25, 2010 (2010-05-25) 13.12[37] 2009–10 9 16.08[38]
2 24 September 21, 2010 (2010-09-21) 15.76[39] May 17, 2011 (2011-05-17) 15.61[40] 2010–11 7 16.54[41]
3 24 September 20, 2011 (2011-09-20) 16.71[42] May 15, 2012 (2012-05-15) 15.19[43] 2011–12 7 16.01[44]
4 24 September 25, 2012 (2012-09-25) 16.74[45] May 14, 2013 (2013-05-14) 13.52[46] 2012–13 4 17.31[47]
5 24 September 24, 2013 (2013-09-24) 16.35[48] May 13, 2014 (2014-05-13) 14.85[49] 2013–14 4 16.03[50]
6 Monday 10:00 p.m. 24 September 29, 2014 (2014-09-29) 9.48[51] May 18, 2015 (2015-05-18) 9.33[52] 2014–15 27 11.72[53]
7 24 September 21, 2015 (2015-09-21) 7.89[54] May 2, 2016 (2016-05-02) 8.10[55] 2015–16 24 11.11[56]
8 Sunday 8:00 p.m. 24 September 25, 2016 (2016-09-25) 10.34[57] May 14, 2017 (2017-05-14) 9.40[58] 2016–17 11 12.51[59]
9 Sunday 9:00 p.m.[a] 24 October 1, 2017 (2017-10-01) 8.95[60] May 20, 2018 (2018-05-20) 7.82[61] 2017–18 21 10.71[62]
10 24 September 30, 2018 (2018-09-30) 8.75[63] May 19, 2019 (2019-05-19) 5.28[64] 2018–19 24 10.16[65]
11 22 September 29, 2019 (2019-09-29) 6.44[66] April 26, 2020 5.26[67] 2019–20 26 8.91[68]
12 Sunday 8:00 p.m. (1–9)
Sunday 9:00 p.m. (10–18)
18 November 8, 2020 (2020-11-08) 6.35[69] May 23, 2021 (2021-05-23) 6.18[70] 2020–21 22 7.80[71]
13 Sunday 9:00 p.m.[b] 22 October 10, 2021 (2021-10-10) 5.85[72] May 22, 2022 (2022-05-22) 4.44[73] 2021–22 26 7.28[74]
14 Sunday 10:00 p.m. (1,3,6 &8 24 October 9, 2022 (2022-10-09) 4.33[75] TBA (TBA) TBA 2022–23 TBA TBA

Awards and nominations

Year Association Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
2010 People's Choice Awards Favorite New TV Drama Nominated [76]
Teen Choice Awards Choice Action Show Won [77]
Choice Actor Action LL Cool J Nominated
Choice Actress Action Daniela Ruah Nominated
Golden Globes (Portugal) Revelation Daniela Ruah Won [78]
2011 Teen Choice Awards Choice Action Show Won [79]
Choice Actor Action LL Cool J Nominated
Choice Actress Action Linda Hunt Won
2012 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Stunt Direction Troy James Brown Nominated [80]
Teen Choice Awards Choice Action Show Nominated
Choice Actor Action LL Cool J Nominated
Choice Actress Action Linda Hunt Won
2013 Teen Choice Awards Choice Action Show Won [81]
Choice Actor Action LL Cool J Won

Potential spin-off

On November 5, 2012, Deadline Hollywood reported the first news about a spin-off of NCIS: Los Angeles titled NCIS: Red. The new characters were introduced during a two-part episode of NCIS: Los Angeles. The spin-off was to feature a team of mobile agents, who travel around the country to solve crimes.[82] This would have been the second successive spin-off in the NCIS franchise. However, on May 15, 2013, CBS confirmed that NCIS: Red was officially passed on and would not be moving forward.[83] Scott Grimes reprised his potential spin-off role as NCIS: Red Agent Dave Flynn during the eighth season of NCIS: Los Angeles.

Adaptations

In August 2016, Titan Books published NCIS Los Angeles: Extremis, a novel by Jerome Preisler.[84] Three months later, it was followed by NCIS Los Angeles: Bolthole, written by Jeff Mariotte.[85] Both books contain original stories featuring the characters from the show.

Notes

  1. ^ The first episode of season nine and third episode of season ten which aired at 9:30 pm, the season finale of season 9 which aired at 8:00 pm and the twenty first to twenty four episode of season ten aired at 10:00 pm, with the last episode of season 11 at 10:00 pm.
  2. ^ Due to NFL overruns, the second, third and eighth episode aired at Sunday 9:30 p.m. Additionally, the thirteenth and eighteenth episodes were scheduled outside of their regular timeslot, at Sunday 8:00 p.m.

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External links

  • Official website
  • NCIS: Los Angeles at IMDb

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NCIS Los Angeles is an American action television series combining elements of the military drama and police procedural genres which premiered on CBS on September 22 2009 2 The series follows the exploits of the Los Angeles based Office of Special Projects OSP an elite division of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service that specializes in undercover assignments NCIS Los Angeles is the first spin off of the successful series NCIS and the second series in the NCIS franchise 3 4 5 6 7 NCIS Los AngelesGenrePolice procedural Military Action dramaCreated byShane BrennanStarringChris O Donnell Peter Cambor Daniela Ruah Adam Jamal Craig Linda Hunt LL Cool J Barrett Foa Eric Christian Olsen Renee Felice Smith Miguel Ferrer Nia Long Medalion Rahimi Caleb Castille Gerald McRaneyTheme music composerJames S LevineComposersJay Ferguson James S Levine Craig Dobbin Adonis Tsilimparis 2Up In The Club Martin Davich Brendan RyanCountry of originUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishNo of seasons14No of episodes310 list of episodes ProductionExecutive producersShane Brennan 1 Kyle Harimoto Frank Military John Peter Kousakis R Scott GemmillCinematographyVictor Hammer Russell McElhatton 2013 Running time42 44 minutes Season 1 present Production companiesR Scott Gemmill Productions 2016 present Shane Brennan Productions CBS Television Studios 2009 2020 CBS Studios 2020 present DistributorParamount Global Distribution GroupReleaseOriginal networkCBSPicture formatHDTV 1080iOriginal releaseSeptember 22 2009 2009 09 22 presentChronologyRelatedNCISThe series originally starred Chris O Donnell Daniela Ruah LL Cool J Peter Cambor Adam Jamal Craig Linda Hunt and Barrett Foa Cambor and Craig were respectively demoted to recurring status and killed off at the end of season 1 while Foa was written out at the end of season 12 and Hunt was demoted to special guest star status at the beginning of season 13 Other stars have included Eric Christian Olsen Renee Felice Smith Miguel Ferrer Nia Long 8 9 10 Medalion Rahimi Caleb Castille and Gerald McRaney The show has received mixed reviews from critics but has been a solid rating hit for CBS On April 23 2021 CBS renewed the series for a thirteenth season which premiered on October 10 2021 11 12 On March 31 2022 CBS renewed the series for a fourteenth season which premiered on October 9 2022 13 14 Contents 1 Premise 2 Characters 2 1 Main 2 2 Recurring 2 3 Crossover 2 4 Other 3 Episodes 3 1 Crossovers 4 Production 5 Broadcast 6 Home media 7 Reception 7 1 Critical reception 7 2 Ratings 7 3 Awards and nominations 8 Potential spin off 9 Adaptations 10 Notes 11 References 12 External linksPremise EditNCIS Los Angeles follows Special Agents Sam Hanna LL Cool J and Grisha Callen Chris O Donnell undercover agents assigned to the Office of Special Projects a special branch of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service that specializes in undercover assignments Sam is an ex US Navy SEAL and former member of SEAL Team Six and dedicated family man Callen is a former foster child who became a legend under the watchful eye of Operations Manager Henrietta Hetty Lange Linda Hunt At the start of the series Sam Callen and Hetty are supported by Special Agent Kensi Blye Daniela Ruah a hand to hand combat specialist trained sniper and forensic whiz rookie agent Dominic Vail Adam Jamal Craig Operational Psychologist Nate Getz Peter Cambor and Technical Operator Eric Beale Barrett Foa Vail is abducted by terrorists halfway through season 1 and following a period of being held hostage is killed during his rescue mission near the end of the season Getz meanwhile enters training to become an agent in the back half of the season and is reassigned during season 2 returning for occasional guest appearances afterwards In season 2 LAPD Detective Marty Deeks Eric Christian Olsen after helping on several cases late in the prior season joins the OSP team as a liaison between LAPD and NCIS replacing Vail as Kensi s partner He holds this position until departmental reforms in season 12 end up terminating it after which he completes FLETC training and officially joins NCIS as an Investigator Over the course of the series Deeks and Kensi slowly evolve from partners to lovers with the two marrying in season 10 Also joining the team in season 2 is Intelligence Analyst Nell Jones Renee Felice Smith a brilliant agent whom Hetty hopes to have take her place eventually and who forms a close relationship with Beale During season 3 Assistant Director Owen Granger Miguel Ferrer an old friend of Hetty s is assigned to the team as oversight with her and manages to develop a cordial relationship with the team despite a frosty start In season 8 Granger falls ill with cancer coinciding with Ferrer s real life battle with the disease following Ferrer s death Granger is written to have fled the hospital while in recovery from a failed assassination attempt and is later confirmed to have died from his illness during the following season In season 9 Executive Assistant Director Pacific EADPAC Shay Mosley Nia Long is assigned to the OSP after Hetty leaves on a personal mission to free an old colleague in Vietnam the team later rescues her when the mission goes wrong Mosley meanwhile sends the team on an unsanctioned mission to Mexico to rescue her son from her criminal ex husband at the end of the season while successful in its goals the mission results in the death of Mosley s trusted assistant the wounding of most of the rest of team and the OSP being put under the microscope during the beginning of season 10 Mosley later accepts full responsibility resigns and goes into hiding with her son to escape a cartel allied with her ex whom she had killed during the mission During seasons 11 and 12 rookie agents Fatima Nazami Medalion Rahimi and Devin Roundtree Caleb Castille are recruited to the OSP while Beale and Jones depart for the private sector at the end of the latter season With Hetty leaving to do damage control from a prior mission Admiral Hollace Kilbride Gerald McRaney who has assisted the OSP in multiple cases is assigned in her place as interim Operations Manager in season 13 Characters EditMain article List of NCIS Los Angeles characters Main Edit CurrentChris O Donnell as G Callen NCIS Special Agent in Charge of the Office of Special Projects 15 Daniela Ruah as Kensi Blye NCIS Special Agent attached to the Office of Special Projects LL Cool J as Sam Hanna NCIS Senior Special Agent and ex Navy SEAL and Second in command of the Office of Special Projects Eric Christian Olsen as Marty Deeks season 2 onwards recurring season 1 NCIS Investigator and ex LAPD Detective who previously served as liaison officer for NCIS LAPD 16 Medalion Rahimi as Fatima Namazi season 11 onwards recurring seasons 10 11 NCIS Special Agent with the Office of Special Projects Caleb Castille as Devin Roundtree season 12 onwards recurring season 11 NCIS Special Agent and ex FBI Agent Gerald McRaney as Adm Hollace Kilbride Retd season 13 onwards guest seasons 6 and 11 recurring seasons 10 and 12 an ex US Navy Admiral and friend of Henrietta Lange who initially counsels the OSP team on their missions Following Hetty s departure Kilbride is appointed Director of Special Operations for NCIS by Director Leon Vance In this capacity he leads OSP FormerPeter Cambor as Nate Getz season 1 recurring seasons 2 8 and 13 an Operational Psychologist originally attached to OSP in order to monitor the team s emotional well being Valued as both an agent and a doctor Getz is later drafted to a deep cover operation and subsequently becomes a well established field agent Despite his career change Getz still returns to Los Angeles when needed Adam Jamal Craig as Dominic Vail season 1 a probationary agent and a technical specialist who was assigned to OSP straight out of training He is partnered with Kensi and seen as a sort of younger brother to the other team members NCIS Los Angeles is left devastated when following a period as a missing person Dom is killed during his own rescue mission when he saves Sam from an unseen assailant Barrett Foa as Eric Beale seasons 1 12 the team s Technical Operator and resident geek He was not an undercover operative like his teammates until season seven so was not firearms trained until then Beale is incredibly comfortable in the OSP much to the chagrin of his teammates who often become annoyed by his quirks such as leaving his surf board by their cars He is partnered and in a romantic relationship with Nell In season 12 Beale leaves NCIS to start his own company which soon makes him a billionaire due to selling several of his programs to the government At the end of the season he and Nell move to Tokyo to head a new project for his company Linda Hunt as Henrietta Hetty Lange seasons 1 12 special guest star season 13 NCIS Supervisory Special Agent and Operations Manager of the Office Of Special Projects She oversees the OSP team while on assignments providing them with a wide variety of support ranging from advanced surveillance equipment to transport to foreign nations Throughout the series she is revealed to have taken in and raised a number of orphaned children including Callen grooming them into becoming highly skilled agents for the U S government From season 9 onwards she is frequently absent from OSP headquarters embarking on lengthy and dangerous missions in foreign nations without the knowledge of the team Renee Felice Smith as Nell Jones seasons 2 12 a Special Agent who acts as the team s intelligence analyst She is just as comfortable outside the office as in it and is speculated by many that Hetty is grooming her as a replacement Jones is a highly capable field operative and extremely skilled firearms expert She has the highest IQ of anybody at NCIS She is partnered and involved in a romantic relationship with Eric She resigns from NCIS late in season 11 after struggling with emotional burnout over professional and personal concerns Nell returns to OSP in the season 12 premiere following the death of her mother to fill in as Acting Operational Manager for Hetty who is away on a mission At the end of the season after debating over whether to take the position permanently she instead opts to leave NCIS and move to Tokyo with Eric to head a new project for his company Miguel Ferrer as Owen Granger seasons 5 8 recurring seasons 3 4 the assistant director of NCIS He is the team s link to Washington and while he is often seen at loggerheads with his subordinates he no doubt has a great desire to keep them safe Unlike other administrators he is not afraid to accompany the team into the field Granger spent many years overseas as a field agent on many hazardous assignments before becoming an administrator He is a long time friend and sometimes adversary of Hetty During season 8 Granger is revealed to be suffering from an unknown ailment most likely cancer due to a lifetime of bad habits In the episode Payback Miguel Ferrer s final episode filmed before his death after being wounded by rogue CIA operatives Granger disappears from the hospital In the following season Granger s daughter Jennifer Kim Malese Jow confirms his death from his illness Nia Long as Shay Mosley seasons 9 10 a former Secret Service agent who becomes the NCIS Executive Assistant Director for Pacific Operations EAD PAC She comes off as hardened and cold towards the team but eventually they warm up to each other especially following Hetty s return She is revealed to have a son named Derrick who was taken by his father criminal arms dealer Spencer Williams when Williams fled the country for Mexico five years prior At the end of season 9 she enacts an unsanctioned mission for the team to head into Mexico and retrieve Derrick While the mission is ultimately successful during which Mosley kills Williams it comes at a costly price Mosley s assistant Special Agent Harley Hidoko is killed the rest of the team is grievously wounded and the OSP is put under the microscope by D C officials In season 10 after a drug cartel allied with Williams puts bounties on the team s heads Mosley opts to take full responsibility for everything resigns her post and flees with her son into hiding Recurring Edit Rocky Carroll as Leon Vance the director of NCIS seasons 1 3 6 He initially spent a great amount of time getting the new LA office up and running but still returns to ensure the well being of his agents Carroll also appears on both NCIS as a regular and NCIS New Orleans 17 18 He makes a seventh appearance in Hunted Vance appears in the season two finale and season three premiere He makes his tenth appearance during season six Brian Avers as Mike Renko an agent attached to NCIS s Los Angeles satellite office seasons 1 3 He often works with OSP An undercover operative Renko later reported directly to Owen Granger The team were fond of him so it came as a shock when he was gunned down during an operation gone awry in a revenge attack Kathleen Rose Perkins as Rose Schwartz a Los Angeles County Medical Examiner seasons 1 4 She often assists the team on their investigations She is incredibly quirky and develops an affinity for Nate Getz showing great romantic interest in the psychologist Ronald Auguste as Moe Dusa a man whom Sam first came into contact with in Sudan seasons 1 2 A brother to Sam of sorts he joins a terrorist group and assists in the kidnapping of Dom Developing a conscience Moe assists in Dom s escape He is later found dead by the NCIS agents Vyto Ruginis as Arkady Kolcheck a retired Russian operative seasons 1 present He is friends with Callen He considers himself to be of great assistance to the NCIS team but often brings trouble in his wake He has a daughter Anastasia whom he does not know very well Claire Forlani as Lauren Hunter an NCIS Operations Manager and SSA seasons 2 3 Taken in by Hetty as a teenager Lauren later becomes an NCIS agent and succeeds Hetty for a short time as Special Agent in Charge of OSP Initially adversarial the team later warmed to Hunter She was reassigned following Lange s return but was later kidnapped and murdered by the Chameleon Her death has a lasting effect on Lange Indira G Wilson Aunjanue Ellis as Michelle Hanna aka Quinn seasons 3 8 Sam Hanna s wife Michelle is a former deep cover CIA operative At the end of the eighth season Michelle is kidnapped and murdered by Tahir Khaled in a vendetta against Sam Layla Crawford Kayla Smith as Kamran Hanna seasons 3 4 6 8 and 12 Sam Hanna s daughter 19 Christopher Lambert as Marcel Janvier a serial killer and criminal mastermind season 3 5 When Marcel is conducting business transactions his modus operandi is to buy the supplies for his employers and then arrange a drop off for the merchandise He is the primary antagonist to Callen during the show s third season and is responsible for the deaths of Hunter and Renko Scott Grimes as Dave Flynn an NCIS Special Agent seasons 4 8 Initially an NCIS forensic specialist assigned to the elite rapid response NCIS Red team stationed out of San Diego Dave later transfers to San Diego s NCIS Cyber where he retrains as a senior intelligence analyst Erik Palladino as Vostanik Sabatino a CIA Agent seasons 4 5 7 8 10 present He is arrested by the team while deep undercover He is friends with Michelle Hanna and later joins Kensi Blye s Afghanistan team Kensi initially believes him to be her suspect but she later realizes he is a skilled operative and will be of great use to her In season 8 it is revealed that Sabatino is working as part of a rogue CIA faction attempting to dismantle the NCIS team Anslem Richardson as Tahir Khaled a local warlord in Sudan seasons 3 7 8 A war criminal and warlord he came into conflict with CIA agents and later NCIS agents Sam Hanna and G Callen when they went to collect evidence about the genocide he was involved in He is Sam s arch enemy and began plotting revenge when Sam took his sister Jada from him He is the primary antagonist of the seventh and eighth seasons and later murders Sam s wife Michelle near the end of season eight He eventually kills himself via bomb in a last failed attempt to kill Sam Matthew Del Negro as Jack Simon seasons 5 7 Kensi s ex fiance who was suspected of being a war criminal known as The White Ghost Kensi was assigned to assassinate him in the series fifth season Elizabeth Bogush as CIA Officer Joelle Taylor seasons 5 present Callen s ex girlfriend she is introduced as a teacher at a private school before it is revealed that she is part of the rogue CIA group tasked with dismantling the Office of Special Projects In season 9 she with the help of Callen Sam and Nell fakes her death in order to take down the group behind the rogue CIA group The group is known as the syndicate Bar Paly as Anastasia Anna Kolcheck a freelance NCIS Special Agent seasons 6 present The estranged daughter of Arkady Kolcheck she is a prospective ATF agent who begins filling in on NCIS missions while Kensi is on medical leave Following Kensi s return Anna embarks on a relationship with Callen and joins NCIS as a Special Agent on a freelance basis She and Callen are now engaged John M Jackson as A J Chegwidden a retired Rear Admiral and the former Judge Advocate General of the Navy seasons 8 9 A wartime confidant of both Hetty and Granger Chegwidden served in Vietnam as a Navy Seal He reenters the NCIS fold at Lange s behest during an investigation into the CIA Jackson previously appeared as Chegwidden in nine seasons of JAG and in one episode of NCIS Andrea Bordeaux as Harley Hidoko NCIS Special Agent season 9 Executive Assistant to EADPAC Mosley She starts off as fiercely loyal to her boss but soon forms a friendship with the rest of the OSP team At the end of the ninth season Hidoko goes missing during an off the books mission in Mexico to rescue Mosley s son and is revealed to have been captured and murdered by a cartel allied with Mosley s criminal ex husband Her remains are identified at the end of the tenth season premiere Jeff Kober as Harris Keane seasons 9 10 13 A soldier who served in the CIA contingent led by Hetty and Granger in the Vietnam War Keane was captured by Viet Cong and held captive for decades until he was rescued along with Hetty by the NCIS LA team Ashley Spillers as Sydney Jones seasons 9 10 A specialist for Homeland Security Zeeko Zaki as Aimon Shah Season 9 3 episodes Esai Morales as Louis Ochoa NCIS Deputy Director season 10 Ochoa temporarily takes over directing the team in Hetty s absence Peter Jacobson as Special Prosecutor John Rogers seasons 10 11 Rogers arrives at the Los Angeles office to investigate the team but soon gets pulled into helping them out on their operations David James Elliott as Harmon Rabb Jr seasons 10 11 a Naval Captain transferred from the Judge Advocate General to the USS Allegiance Elliot reprised his role from JAG Catherine Bell as Sarah MacKenzie seasons 10 11 the former commander of Joint Legal Services Southwest who now acts as the Marine Corps liaison to the U S Secretary of State Bell reprised her role from JAG Crossover Edit Scott Caan as Detective Sergeant Danny Danno Williams HPD He is a divorced single father who transferred from Newark PD in New Jersey to be with his daughter and is the de facto second in command of Five 0 Daniel Dae Kim as Detective Lieutenant Chin Ho Kelly HPD A veteran HPD detective he was John McGarrett s former rookie and provides technical expertise and local know how Other Edit Louise Lombard as Lara Macy a former Military Police Lieutenant and the Supervisory Special Agent of OSP Macy was relieved of her position sometime between the pilot episode and the beginning of season one Hetty remarks she was sent to Djibouti in retaliation for insubordination regarding budget although the truthfulness of this is unknown After a short time working with an NCIS satellite division Macy is found dead in an NCIS episode murdered as part of a vendetta against Washington Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs Lombard was not picked up as a regular in the new series and the character was killed in the NCIS episode Patriot Down 20 21 22 Episodes EditMain article List of NCIS Los Angeles episodes SeasonEpisodesOriginally airedFirst airedLast airedIntro2April 28 2009 2009 04 28 May 5 2009 2009 05 05 124September 22 2009 2009 09 22 May 25 2010 2010 05 25 224September 21 2010 2010 09 21 May 17 2011 2011 05 17 324September 20 2011 2011 09 20 May 15 2012 2012 05 15 424September 25 2012 2012 09 25 May 14 2013 2013 05 14 524September 24 2013 2013 09 24 May 13 2014 2014 05 13 624September 29 2014 2014 09 29 May 18 2015 2015 05 18 724September 21 2015 2015 09 21 May 2 2016 2016 05 02 824September 25 2016 2016 09 25 May 14 2017 2017 05 14 924October 1 2017 2017 10 01 May 20 2018 2018 05 20 1024September 30 2018 2018 09 30 May 19 2019 2019 05 19 1122September 29 2019 2019 09 29 April 26 2020 2020 04 26 1218November 8 2020 2020 11 08 May 23 2021 2021 05 23 1322October 10 2021 2021 10 10 May 22 2022 2022 05 22 14TBAOctober 9 2022 2022 10 09 TBACrossovers Edit Crossover between Episode Type Actors actresses crossing over Date airedSeries A Series BHawaii Five 0 NCIS Los Angeles Ka Hakaka Maikaʻi Hawaii Five 0 2 6 Guest appearance Appearing in Series A Daniela Ruah October 24 2011Main article Ka Hakaka Maikaʻi Joe White calls in Agent Kensi Blye to review the video of John McGarrett Governor Jameson and Wo Fat for Steve McGarrett from Hawaii Five 0 but only recognizes the word Shelburne Hawaii Five 0 NCIS Los Angeles Pa Make Loa Hawaii Five 0 2 21 Touch of Death NCIS Los Angeles 3 21 2 Part Crossover Appearing in Series A Chris O Donnell LL Cool J Craig Robert YoungAppearing in Series B Scott Caan Daniel Dae Kim April 30 2012May 1 2012Main article Touch of Death crossover event Agents Sam Hanna and G Callen are called in to assist Five 0 finding a suspect Dracul Comescu Later Callen and Sam must return to Los Angeles to stop a possible smallpox outbreak from becoming a reality with Danny Williams and Chin Ho Kelly of Hawaii Five 0 coming along to help Scorpion NCIS Los Angeles True Colors Scorpion 1 06 Guest appearance Appearing in Series A Linda Hunt October 27 2014Hetty Lange assists Scorpion a team of geniuses in tracking down a painting after a suspected counterfeit is found at a museum NCIS Los Angeles NCIS Blame It On Rio NCIS Los Angeles 7 5 Guest Appearance Appearing in Series A Michael Weatherly October 19 2015Washington NCIS Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo Michael Weatherly partners with the Los Angeles team to search the city after his prisoner escapes the custody of a U S Marshal on a flight from Singapore to Los Angeles NCIS Los Angeles JAG Payback NCIS Los Angeles 8 15 Guest appearance Appearing in Series A John M Jackson February 19 2017As the team races to save Kensi from Ferris Sullivan they find themselves questioning who they can trust when old faces resurface NCIS Los Angeles JAG Battle Scars NCIS Los Angeles 8 21 Guest appearance Appearing in Series A John M Jackson April 23 2017When a veteran kidnaps a corrupt VA administrator the team must work with old friends of Hetty s one of which being A J Chegwidden to find him and figure out what s going on NCIS Los Angeles JAG Golden Days NCIS Los Angeles 8 22 Guest appearance Appearing in Series A John M Jackson April 30 2017The team works with Hetty s former Vietnam War colleagues to recover 40 million in stolen gold though things get complicated when other parties invest themselves into the search Deeks receives some surprising news from Detective Whiting about his IA case NCIS Los Angeles JAG This Is What We Do NCIS Los Angeles 9 08 Guest appearance Appearing in Series A John M Jackson November 19 2017When a group of migrants and Border Patrol officers are slaughtered near Camp Pendleton the team discovers that the killers are there for one of their old enemies Nell must work with her bossy older sister Sydney a Homeland Security analyst NCIS Los Angeles JAG Cac Tu Nhan NCIS Los Angeles 9 13 Guest appearance Appearing in Series A John M Jackson January 14 2018Eric and Nell find a cryptic clue Hetty left behind in a book that points to Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam At first they clash with Mosley as they try to find out what Hetty is doing there but Mosley comes around and gets them tickets to Vietnam Meanwhile Hetty tries to look insane while being interrogated by her buyer who is after the secret information she has The title of the episode Cac Tu Nhan is Vietnamese for Prisoners NCIS Los Angeles JAG Goodbye Vietnam NCIS Los Angeles 9 14 Guest appearance Appearing in Series A John M Jackson January 21 2018The OSP team must work with Hetty s old unit to locate her before she is sold off while Nell and Eric must work with Sydney to uncover information that would help the team NCIS Los Angeles JAG The Guardian NCIS Los Angeles 10 23 Guest appearance Appearing in Series A David James Elliott May 12 2019Callen and Sam travel to the USS Allegiance in the Persian Gulf to work with Navy Captain Harmon Rabb Jr when the team uncovers a terror threat on military locations NCIS Los Angeles JAG False Flag NCIS Los Angeles 10 24 Guest appearance Appearing in Series A David James Elliott Catherine Bell May 19 2019Callen Hanna and Rabb detain several terror suspects onboard the Allegiance but are simultaneously forced to deal with Iranian forces amassing on the Iraqi border Sarah MacKenzie helps the rest of the team untangle a complicated spy web involving a crooked Russian diplomat Chechen terrorists and an increasingly meddlesome ISIS Eric is conflicted between being there for Nell and her mother in the hospital and scrambling to neutralize the terror threat and prevent World War III NCIS Los Angeles JAG Let Fate Decide NCIS Los Angeles 11 01 Guest appearance Appearing in Series A David James Elliott Catherine Bell September 29 2019Callen and Sam work with Navy Capt Harmon Rabb Jr to apprehend spies aboard the USS Allegiance Hetty tries to neutralize a missile attack in the Middle East Kensi and Deeks are trapped in a mobile CIA unit in Iraq while under attack NCIS Los Angeles JAG Code of Conduct NCIS Los Angeles 11 22 Guest appearance Appearing in Series A Catherine Bell April 26 2020Sam Callen and Roundtree travel to Afghanistan to help with a sensitive case after two Navy SEALs claim their chief murdered an unarmed prisoner Note This episode served as the de facto season finale due to the coronavirus pandemic Production Edit Part of the cast in 2012 from left Barrett Foa Daniela Ruah Eric Christian Olsen and Renee Felice Smith In November 2008 it was reported that a first NCIS spin off series set in Los Angeles would be introduced with a two part backdoor pilot during the sixth season of NCIS 23 24 Special Agent G Callen was initially a CIA operative created by Shane Brennan for a series that was never produced After taking over show runner duties previously held by Donald P Bellisario on NCIS he used the potential of a spin off to bring his story to fruition Brennan intended for the series to hold a Miami Vice esque vibe through its two co leads Callen and Agent Sam Hanna However the character of Lara Macy was written to serve as a parallel for Gibbs the lead of the original NCIS team Macy was portrayed by Louise Lombard in the backdoor pilot but she was not featured in the actual spin off and Brennan was able to produce the show as he originally envisioned it The show was known as NCIS Legend while in production referring to the episodes of NCIS in which the spin off was introduced and other names considered included OSP Office of Special Projects NCIS OSP and NCIS Undercover 7 Filming started in February 2009 with the characters being introduced in the two part NCIS episode titled Legend the first part of which aired on April 28 2009 7 25 This episode served as a backdoor pilot for the series in a manner similar to the way NCIS was introduced by way of a two part episode of JAG In May 2009 CBS picked up the series 26 Broadcast EditIn Asia the series airs on AXN AXN and TVOne Pakistan 27 In the UK the series premieres its latest season first on Sky 1 with subsequent runs and repeats then also broadcast on Channel Five 28 In the Netherlands the series airs on NET5 NCIS Los Angeles airs on Network Ten ONE and TVH TS formerly TV1 As of December 2019 it airs on Fox Crime after TV H TS was rebranded as Fox One in Australia In Israel it airs on Hot zone and yes HBO In Portugal the series airs on Fox 29 It was next broadcast on M6 in France 13th Street in Denmark and Germany and Universal Channel in Italy Home media EditMain article List of NCIS Los Angeles home video releases The first nine seasons have been released on DVD in Regions 1 2 and 4 and Season 1 was released on Blu ray Disc in Region A The first season DVD release includes the two part pilot episode that aired as part of the sixth season of NCIS which were also included on the Season 6 DVD of NCIS All releases are distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment Reception Edit Filming the pilot episode in 2009 Critical reception Edit Identity the series first episode garnered 18 73 million viewers with a 4 4 11 share in the 18 to 49 year old demographic and therefore won its timeslot It was the second most watched show of the week behind only the original NCIS 30 Reviews for the show have been mixed It has a score of 59 100 on Metacritic According to Mary McNamara of the Los Angeles Times The crime is intriguing and multifaceted its resolution requiring a nice balance of street smarts and lots of gunfire But as with the original NCIS the emphasis is on the characters of the team Los Angeles meanwhile looks fabulous a pleasing mixture of noir and gridlock and there s an air of stability that s comforting in these uncertain times 31 The New York Daily News reviewer David Hinckley was more critical of the show saying that although It all adds up to an hour of decent entertainment and there s room for enough character development to give NCIS Los Angeles a personality of its own a premiere episode shouldn t feel even a little like something we ve already seen 32 Tom Shales of The Washington Post felt that NCIS Los Angeles gets the job done It s a procedural that follows strictly the established procedure but it has likable characters dislikable bad guys and the occasional flabbergasting shot of L A 33 Robert Bianco of USA Today summarized it as a serviceable hour that takes the NCIS formula a light tone and a lot of banter wrapped around a fairly rudimentary investigatory plot and transfers it to a special undercover NCIS division in Los Angeles Nothing more but also nothing less 34 The Hollywood Reporter compared the show to The A Team with the same lighthearted approach to life or death situations Maybe the biggest change is that NCIS L A achieves its inevitably favorable outcomes with a little more intellect and a little less testosterone 35 IGN stated that although NCIS Los Angeles doesn t exactly reinvent the police procedural it s another above average entry aided by the fact that the people behind the show know what they re doing and ultimately gave the episode a 7 7 10 36 Ratings Edit Seasonal rankings based on average total viewers per episode of NCIS Los Angeles on CBS Note Each U S network television season starts in late September and ends in late May which coincides with the completion of the May sweeps Viewership and ratings per season of NCIS Los Angeles Season Timeslot ET Episodes First aired Last aired TV season Viewershiprank Avg viewers millions Date Viewers millions Date Viewers millions 1 Tuesday 9 00 p m 24 September 22 2009 2009 09 22 18 73 30 May 25 2010 2010 05 25 13 12 37 2009 10 9 16 08 38 2 24 September 21 2010 2010 09 21 15 76 39 May 17 2011 2011 05 17 15 61 40 2010 11 7 16 54 41 3 24 September 20 2011 2011 09 20 16 71 42 May 15 2012 2012 05 15 15 19 43 2011 12 7 16 01 44 4 24 September 25 2012 2012 09 25 16 74 45 May 14 2013 2013 05 14 13 52 46 2012 13 4 17 31 47 5 24 September 24 2013 2013 09 24 16 35 48 May 13 2014 2014 05 13 14 85 49 2013 14 4 16 03 50 6 Monday 10 00 p m 24 September 29 2014 2014 09 29 9 48 51 May 18 2015 2015 05 18 9 33 52 2014 15 27 11 72 53 7 24 September 21 2015 2015 09 21 7 89 54 May 2 2016 2016 05 02 8 10 55 2015 16 24 11 11 56 8 Sunday 8 00 p m 24 September 25 2016 2016 09 25 10 34 57 May 14 2017 2017 05 14 9 40 58 2016 17 11 12 51 59 9 Sunday 9 00 p m a 24 October 1 2017 2017 10 01 8 95 60 May 20 2018 2018 05 20 7 82 61 2017 18 21 10 71 62 10 24 September 30 2018 2018 09 30 8 75 63 May 19 2019 2019 05 19 5 28 64 2018 19 24 10 16 65 11 22 September 29 2019 2019 09 29 6 44 66 April 26 2020 5 26 67 2019 20 26 8 91 68 12 Sunday 8 00 p m 1 9 Sunday 9 00 p m 10 18 18 November 8 2020 2020 11 08 6 35 69 May 23 2021 2021 05 23 6 18 70 2020 21 22 7 80 71 13 Sunday 9 00 p m b 22 October 10 2021 2021 10 10 5 85 72 May 22 2022 2022 05 22 4 44 73 2021 22 26 7 28 74 14 Sunday 10 00 p m 1 3 6 amp 8 24 October 9 2022 2022 10 09 4 33 75 TBA TBA TBA 2022 23 TBA TBAAwards and nominations Edit Year Association Category Nominee s Result Ref 2010 People s Choice Awards Favorite New TV Drama Nominated 76 Teen Choice Awards Choice Action Show Won 77 Choice Actor Action LL Cool J NominatedChoice Actress Action Daniela Ruah NominatedGolden Globes Portugal Revelation Daniela Ruah Won 78 2011 Teen Choice Awards Choice Action Show Won 79 Choice Actor Action LL Cool J NominatedChoice Actress Action Linda Hunt Won2012 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Stunt Direction Troy James Brown Nominated 80 Teen Choice Awards Choice Action Show NominatedChoice Actor Action LL Cool J NominatedChoice Actress Action Linda Hunt Won2013 Teen Choice Awards Choice Action Show Won 81 Choice Actor Action LL Cool J WonPotential spin off EditOn November 5 2012 Deadline Hollywood reported the first news about a spin off of NCIS Los Angeles titled NCIS Red The new characters were introduced during a two part episode of NCIS Los Angeles The spin off was to feature a team of mobile agents who travel around the country to solve crimes 82 This would have been the second successive spin off in the NCIS franchise However on May 15 2013 CBS confirmed that NCIS Red was officially passed on and would not be moving forward 83 Scott Grimes reprised his potential spin off role as NCIS Red Agent Dave Flynn during the eighth season of NCIS Los Angeles Adaptations EditIn August 2016 Titan Books published NCIS Los Angeles Extremis a novel by Jerome Preisler 84 Three months later it was followed by NCIS Los Angeles Bolthole written by Jeff Mariotte 85 Both books contain original stories featuring the characters from the show Notes Edit The first episode of season nine and third episode of season ten which aired at 9 30 pm the season finale of season 9 which aired at 8 00 pm and the twenty first to twenty four episode of season ten aired at 10 00 pm with the last episode of 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