NCIS: Los Angeles is an American television series that premiered on CBS on September 22, 2009.[1] The series is set in Los Angeles, California, and follows the stories of the members of the Office of Special Projects, an undercover division of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS).[2] The program and its characters were introduced in a two-part episode during the sixth season of the television series NCIS on April 28 and May 5, 2009.[3]
As of January 4, 2012[update], 60 original episodes of the show have aired.
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Season | Episodes | Originally aired | DVD release date | |||
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Season premiere | Season finale | Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 4 | ||
Introductory | 2 | April 28, 2009 | May 5, 2009 | August 31, 2010 (includes introductory episodes) |
August 2, 2010 (includes introductory episodes) |
August 19, 2010 (includes introductory episodes) |
1 | 24 | September 22, 2009 | May 25, 2010 | |||
2 | 24 | September 21, 2010 | May 17, 2011 | August 23, 2011 | August 22, 2011 | September 1, 2011 |
3 | N/A | September 20, 2011 | Spring 2012 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
NCIS: Los Angeles and its characters were introduced during the sixth season episodes of NCIS titled "Legend (Part 1)" and "Legend (Part 2)". These episodes served as a backdoor pilot for the series.[4]
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NCIS Season 6 No. |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate | Viewers (millions) |
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135 | 22 | "Legend (Part I)" | Tony Wharmby | Shane Brennan | April 28, 2009 | 16.32[5] |
When the body of a dead Marine is found in Arlington, Virginia, NCIS Special Agents Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Mark Harmon) and Timothy McGee (Sean Murray) travel to Los Angeles to work with the NCIS Office of Special Projects (OSP). NCIS believes that the Marine's death was related to an arms dealer named Liam, whom they discover to be a "legend" or false identity. Special Agent G. Callen (Chris O'Donnell) adopts the identity of Liam in an effort to catch the killer. Meanwhile in Washington, Special Agent Anthony "Tony" DiNozzo (Michael Weatherly) works with forensic specialist Abby Sciuto (Pauley Perrette) to discover the identity of Officer Ziva David's (Cote de Pablo) boyfriend. After reviewing footage from Ziva's undercover operation in Morocco, Tony and Abby discover that Ziva's mystery boyfriend is Mossad agent Michael Rivkin. |
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136 | 23 | "Legend (Part II)" | James Whitmore, Jr. | Shane Brennan | May 5, 2009 | 16.28[7] |
When Ziva identifies Rivkin as an undercover Mossad agent operating in the United States, Tony is forced to question her loyalty to NCIS. Meanwhile, in Los Angeles, Callen goes undercover as Liam in an effort to prevent a terrorist cell from obtaining weapons and launching an attack on Los Angeles. At OSP headquarters, psychologist Nate Getz (Peter Cambor) discovers the startling truth about Gibbs and Special Agent Lara Macy's (Louise Lombard) relationship. The episodes concludes with Callen being shot multiple times in the chest. Note: The result of Callen's injuries is unknown at the end of the episode. However, in the next NCIS episode, "Semper Fidelis", it is revealed that Callen was not killed but is in critical condition on life support.[6] |
No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. No. | Viewers (millions) |
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1 | 1 | "Identity" | James Whitmore, Jr. | Shane Brennan | September 22, 2009 | 101 | 18.73[8] |
2 | 2 | "The Only Easy Day" | Terrence O'Hara | R. Scott Gemmill | September 29, 2009 | 102 | 17.42[9] |
3 | 3 | "Predator" | Tony Wharmby[10] | Dave Kalstein[10] | October 6, 2009 | 104 | 16.31[11] |
4 | 4 | "Search and Destroy" | Steve Boyum | Gil Grant | October 13, 2009 | 105 | 15.32[12] |
5 | 5 | "Killshot" | David Barrett | Shane Brennan | October 20, 2009 | 103 | 16.50[13] |
6 | 6 | "Keepin' It Real" | Leslie Libman | Matt Pyken | November 3, 2009 | 106 | 15.29[14] |
7 | 7 | "Pushback" | Paris Barclay | Shane Brennan | November 10, 2009 | 107 | 16.19[15] |
8 | 8 | "Ambush" | Rod Holcomb | Lindsay Sturman | November 17, 2009 | 108 | 14.81[16] |
9 | 9 | "Random on Purpose" | Steven DePaul | Speed Weed | November 24, 2009 | 109 | 17.18[17] |
10 | 10 | "Brimstone" | Terrence O'Hara | R. Scott Gemmill | December 15, 2009 | 110 | 17.36[18] |
11 | 11 | "Breach" | Perry Lang | R. Scott Gemmill & Shane Brennan | January 5, 2010 | 111 | 18.07[19] |
12 | 12 | "Past Lives" | Elodie Keene | Dave Kalstein | January 12, 2010 | 112 | 15.50[20] |
13 | 13 | "Missing" | David Barrett | Gil Grant and Matt Pyken | January 26, 2010 | 113 | 17.16[21] |
14 | 14 | "LD50" | Jonathan Frakes | Speed Weed & R. Scott Gemmill | February 2, 2010 | 114 | 16.42[22] |
15 | 15 | "The Bank Job" | Terrence O'Hara | Dave Kalstein | February 9, 2010 | 115 | 17.91[23] |
16 | 16 | "Chinatown" | Alan J. Levi | Lindsay Sturman | March 2, 2010 | 116 | 14.97[24] |
17 | 17 | "Full Throttle" | David Barrett | Joseph C. Wilson | March 9, 2010 | 117 | 16.99[25] |
18 | 18 | "Blood Brothers" | Karen Gaviola | Tim Clemente | March 16, 2010 | 118 | 15.10[26] |
19 | 19 | "Hand-to-Hand" | Paris Barclay | Matt Pyken | April 6, 2010 | 119 | 13.79[27] |
20 | 20 | "Fame" | Dennis Smith | Speed Weed | April 27, 2010 | 120 | 15.62[28] |
21 | 21 | "Found" | James Whitmore, Jr. | R. Scott Gemmill | May 4, 2010 | 121 | 14.34[29] |
22 | 22 | "Hunted" | Steven DePaul | Corey Miller | May 11, 2010 | 122 | 16.04[30] |
23 | 23 | "Burned" | Steve Boyum | Dave Kalstein | May 18, 2010 | 123 | 15.23[31] |
24 | 24 | "Callen, G" | Tony Wharmby | Shane Brennan | May 25, 2010 | 124 | 13.12[32] |
No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. No. | Viewers (millions) |
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25 | 1 | "Human Traffic" | James Whitmore, Jr. | Shane Brennan | September 21, 2010 | #201 | 15.76[33] |
26 | 2 | "Black Widow" | Kate Woods | Dave Kalstein | September 21, 2010 | #202 | 13.60[33] |
27 | 3 | "Borderline" | Terrence O'Hara | R. Scott Gemmill | September 28, 2010 | #203 | 16.51[34] |
28 | 4 | "Special Delivery" | Tony Wharmby | Gil Grant | October 5, 2010 | #204 | 16.15[35] |
29 | 5 | "Little Angels" | Steven DePaul | Frank Military | October 12, 2010 | #205 | 16.05[36] |
30 | 6 | "Standoff" | Dennis Smith | Joseph C. Wilson | October 19, 2010 | #206 | 16.00 [37] |
31 | 7 | "Anonymous" | Norberto Barba | Christina M. Kim | October 26, 2010 | #207 | 15.99[38] |
32 | 8 | "Bounty" | Felix Alcala | Dave Kalstein | November 9, 2010 | #208 | 15.61[39] |
33 | 9 | "Absolution" | Steven DePaul | R. Scott Gemmill | November 16, 2010 | #209 | 15.81[40] |
34 | 10 | "Deliverance" | Tony Wharmby | Frank Military & Shane Brennan | November 23, 2010 | #210 | 14.96[41] |
35 | 11 | "Disorder" | Jonathan Frakes | David Kalstien & Gill Grant | December 14, 2010 | #211 | 16.82[42] |
36 | 12 | "Overwatch" | Karen Gaviola | Lindsay Sturman | January 11, 2011 | #212 | 18.13[43] |
37 | 13 | "Archangel" | Tony Wharmby | R. Scott Gemmill & Shane Brennan | January 18, 2011 | #213 | 17.29[44] |
38 | 14 | "Lockup" | Jan Eliasberg | Christina M. Kim & Frank Military | February 1, 2011 | #214 | 17.70[45] |
39 | 15 | "Tin Soldiers" | Terrence O'Hara | R. Scott Gemmill | February 8, 2011 | #215 | 17.16[46] |
40 | 16 | "Empty Quiver" | James Whitmore | Dave Kalstein | February 15, 2011 | #216 | 16.80[47] |
41 | 17 | "Personal" | Kate Woods | Joseph C. Wilson | February 22, 2011 | #217 | 18.69[48] |
42 | 18 | "Harm's Way" | Tony Wharmby | Shane Brennan | March 1, 2011 | #218 | 15.67[49] |
43 | 19 | "Enemy Within" | Steven DePaul | Lindsay Sturman | March 22, 2011 | #219 | 16.56[50] |
44 | 20 | "The Job" | Terrence O'Hara | Frank Military & Christina M. Kim | March 29, 2011 | #220 | 15.34[51] |
45 | 21 | "Rocket Man" | Dennis Smith | Roger Director | April 12, 2011 | #221 | 15.46[52] |
46 | 22 | "Plan B" | James Whitmore, Jr. | Dave Kalstein & Joseph C. Wilson | May 3, 2011 | #222 | 14.16[53] |
47 | 23 | "Imposters" | John P. Kousakis | R. Scott Gemmill | May 10, 2011 | #223 | 14.74[54] |
48 | 24 | "Familia" | James Whitmore, Jr. | Shane Brennan | May 17, 2011 | #224 | 15.61[55] |
No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. No. | Viewers (millions) |
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49 | 1 | "Lange, H." | Tony Wharmby | Shane Brennan | September 20, 2011 | #301 | 16.71[56] |
50 | 2 | "Cyber Threat" | Dennis Smith | R. Scott Gemmill | September 27, 2011 | #302 | 16.26[57] |
51 | 3 | "Backstopped" | Terrence O'Hara | Dave Kalstein and Shane Brennan | October 4, 2011 | #303 | 14.78[58] |
52 | 4 | "Deadline" | Kate Woods | Gil Grant | October 11, 2011 | #304 | 15.40[59] |
53 | 5 | "Sacrifice" | John P. Kousakis | Joseph C. Wilson | October 18, 2011 | #305 | 15.35[60] |
54 | 6 | "Lone Wolf" | James Whitmore, Jr. | Christina M. Kim | October 25, 2011 | #306 | 15.89[61] |
55 | 7 | "Honor" | Tony Wharmby | Jordana Lewis Jaffe & R. Scott Gemmill | November 1, 2011 | #307 | 15.52[62] |
56 | 8 | "Greed" | Jan Eliasberg | Frank Military | November 8, 2011 | #308 | 15.66[63] |
57 | 9 | "Betrayal" | Karen Gaviola | Frank Military | November 15, 2011 | #309 | 15.15[64] |
58 | 10 | "The Debt" | Steven DePaul | Dave Kalstein | November 22, 2011 | #310 | 14.10[65] |
59 | 11 | "Higher Power" | Kevin Bray | Joe Sachs | December 13, 2011 | #311 | 16.40[66] |
60 | 12 | "The Watchers"[67] | Tony Wharmby | R. Scott Gemmill | January 3, 2012 | #312 | 17.07 |
61 | 13 | "Exit Strategy"[68] | Dennis Smith | Gregory Weidman | January 10, 2012 | #313 | N/A |
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