NCIS: Los Angeles Season 2 |
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Country of origin | United States | ||
No. of episodes | 24 | ||
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Original channel | CBS | ||
Original run | September 21, 2010 | – May 17, 2011||
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Region 1 | August 23, 2011[1] | ||
Region 2 | August 22, 2011[2] | ||
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List of NCIS: Los Angeles episodes |
This is a list of episodes for the second season of the police procedural drama NCIS: Los Angeles. The second season of NCIS: Los Angeles premiered on September 21, 2010 in the same time slot as the previous season and the eighth season of NCIS premiered before.[3]
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Eric Christian Olsen (Marty Deeks) is now a series regular. Renée Felice Smith (Nell Jones) joined the team in "Special Delivery" as a recurring character and is later promoted to a series regular. Peter Cambor (Dr. Nate Getz) is no longer a series regular and is credited as a special guest star in the episodes in which he appears.
Character | Portrayed by | Main cast | Recurring cast |
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G. Callen | Chris O'Donnell | entire season | N/A |
Kensi Blye | Daniela Ruah | entire season | N/A |
Marty Deeks | Eric Christian Olsen | entire season | N/A |
Eric Beale | Barrett Foa | entire season | N/A |
Nell Jones | Renée Felice Smith | episode 11 onwards | episodes 4–10 |
Hetty Lange | Linda Hunt | entire season | N/A |
Sam Hanna | LL Cool J | entire season | N/A |
Nate Getz | Peter Cambor | N/A | episodes 1, 3, 14, 18[4] |
Leon Vance | Rocky Carroll | N/A | episode 24 |
Lauren Hunter | Claire Forlani | N/A | episodes 23-24 |
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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[5] |
NCIS' LAPD liaison officer, detective Marty Deeks, goes missing while undercover, right after the subject of his investigation is killed by a bomb planted in their car. LAPD detective Jess Traynor, Deeks' partner, dies from a similar car bomb just after briefing NCIS. The team is tasked to find the missing detective. Recurring characters: Peter Cambor as Dr. Nate Getz |
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26 | 2 | "Black Widow" | Kate Woods | Dave Kalstein | September 21, 2010 | #202 | 13.60[5] |
An NCIS undercover agent is assassinated while in Cyprus investigating illegal arms sales to Chechen extremists. The same hit team is later detected arriving in Los Angeles, and the NCIS LA team is on a race against the clock to stop the assassins from killing their next target, a suburban housewife who's more than she appears to be. | |||||||
27 | 3 | "Borderline" | Terrence O'Hara | R. Scott Gemmill | September 28, 2010 | #203 | 16.51[6] |
Four marines are ambushed while participating in a joint DEA-Marine task force interdicting Mexican criminals along the U.S.-Mexico border. The NCIS team works to recover the captured marines and uncover the mastermind behind the operation. Recurring characters: Peter Cambor as Dr. Nate Getz Guest starring: Alan Ruck |
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28 | 4 | "Special Delivery" | Tony Wharmby | Gil Grant | October 5, 2010 | #204 | 16.15[7] |
The NCIS team investigates the murder of a sailor with top-level security clearance, after he is found dead and missing a hand in a Rodeo Drive parking lot. First appearance of: Nell Jones |
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29 | 5 | "Little Angels" | Steven DePaul | Frank Military | October 12, 2010 | #205 | 16.05[8] |
When the teenage daughter of a U.S. Navy Commander is kidnapped by what appears to be a serial killer, the team needs to determine whether he is the target of blackmail for military secrets, or if the crime is random. Recurring characters: Renée Felice Smith as Nell Jones |
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30 | 6 | "Standoff" | Dennis Smith | Joseph C. Wilson | October 19, 2010 | #206 | 16.00 [9] |
After a downtown Navy Recruitment Center is held hostage, Callen is forced to work with his ex-wife and ex-partner Tracy Keller. But not everything is as it seems. Recurring characters: Renée Felice Smith as Nell Jones |
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31 | 7 | "Anonymous" | Norberto Barba | Christina M. Kim | October 26, 2010 | #207 | 15.99[10] |
A State Department employee and plastic surgeon are murdered. The team discovers a terrorist cell has had their faces surgically altered. They must find the one person who can identify them and foil an impending terrorist attack. Recurring characters: Renée Felice Smith as Nell Jones |
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32 | 8 | "Bounty" | Felix Alcala | Dave Kalstein | November 9, 2010 | #208 | 15.61[11] |
The team investigates the murder of a retired Delta Force operator who previously worked with a Marine SOCOM unit tasked to capture high-priority targets in Afghanistan. Recurring characters: Renée Felice Smith as Nell Jones |
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33 | 9 | "Absolution" | Steven DePaul | R. Scott Gemmill | November 16, 2010 | #209 | 15.81[12] |
The murder of an arms dealer has Hetty and the NCIS team searching for his missing book of top-secret information. The first half of a two-part episode. Recurring characters: Renée Felice Smith as Nell Jones |
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34 | 10 | "Deliverance" | Tony Wharmby | Frank Military & Shane Brennan | November 23, 2010 | #210 | 14.96[13] |
Hetty and the NCIS team continue to search for a book that is the target of various intelligence agencies, both foreign and domestic. The conclusion of a two-part episode. Recurring characters: Renée Felice Smith as Nell Jones |
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35 | 11 | "Disorder" | Jonathan Frakes | David Kalstien & Gill Grant | December 14, 2010 | #211 | 16.82[15] |
When two men are killed in a shootout, the NCIS team must rely on a former Navy intelligence officer suffering from PTSD to help them solve the case. Notes: Renée Felice Smith is promoted to main character status. Jonathan Frakes directs, and also makes an appearance as a Navy Commander (the same rank held by his character William Riker on the TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation). The series scored its best viewer performance since March 9, 2010.[14] |
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36 | 12 | "Overwatch" | Karen Gaviola | Lindsay Sturman | January 11, 2011 | #212 | 18.13[16] |
The NCIS team uncovers an experimental Navy tracking system when a body containing a top-secret residue is stolen from an autopsy room. Meanwhile, Callen challenges Hetty on the rock wall. | |||||||
37 | 13 | "Archangel" | Tony Wharmby | R. Scott Gemmill & Shane Brennan | January 18, 2011 | #213 | 17.29[17] |
The NCIS team sets out to find the individual responsible for stealing a classified Pentagon document before the file's decryption code is cracked by the wrong party. Guest starring: Cliff Simon |
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38 | 14 | "Lockup" | Jan Eliasberg | Christina M. Kim & Frank Military | February 1, 2011 | #214 | 17.70[18] |
Sam goes undercover in prison in an attempt to infiltrate a Yemen-based terrorist group by getting close to its leader, another inmate. Recurring characters: Peter Cambor as Dr. Nate Getz |
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39 | 15 | "Tin Soldiers" | Terrence O'Hara | R. Scott Gemmill | February 8, 2011 | #215 | 17.16[19] |
What begins as a break-in at G's house leads to a pursuit of black market microchips, and a series of double crosses. | |||||||
40 | 16 | "Empty Quiver" | James Whitmore | Dave Kalstein | February 15, 2011 | #216 | 16.80[20] |
Callen and Sam go undercover with the California Highway Patrol, and a stolen nuclear warhead sends the OSP team scrambling to recover the bomb. | |||||||
41 | 17 | "Personal" | Kate Woods | Joseph C. Wilson | February 22, 2011 | #217 | 18.69[21] |
LAPD - NCIS Liaison Detective Marty Deeks' routine is thrown when he interrupts a convenience-store robbery and is shot, but the NCIS team find out Deeks was targeted, but not to kill him, instead to lure out NCIS Junior Special Agent Kensi Blye by Vakar (First mentioned in 'Black Widow'. | |||||||
42 | 18 | "Harm's Way" | Tony Wharmby | Shane Brennan | March 1, 2011 | #218 | 15.67[22] |
The story arc begun in the episode "Lockup" is concluded as Sam is sent on an undercover mission to Yemen. Recurring characters: Peter Cambor as Dr. Nate Getz |
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43 | 19 | "Enemy Within" | Steven DePaul | Lindsay Sturman | March 22, 2011 | #219 | 16.56[23] |
It's a race against time as the team attempts to foil an assassination plot against a Venezuelan politician on US soil. | |||||||
44 | 20 | "The Job" | Terrence O'Hara | Frank Military & Christina M. Kim | March 29, 2011 | #220 | 15.34[24] |
A secure facility on a marine base becomes compromised, sending Kensi to go undercover as a thief in the hopes of finding out what a world- class thief planned to steal from the secure facility without having her cover blown. | |||||||
45 | 21 | "Rocket Man" | Dennis Smith | Roger Director | April 12, 2011 | #221 | 15.46[25] |
After a rocket engine expert is killed, NCIS tech operator Eric Beale goes undercover for the first time to ensure that the classified technology used to build satellites is safe. | |||||||
46 | 22 | "Plan B" | James Whitmore, Jr. | Dave Kalstein & Joseph C. Wilson | May 3, 2011 | #222 | 14.16[26] |
To protect his best friend and primary informant from a group of arms traffickers, Deeks must go deep undercover to an old alias. | |||||||
47 | 23 | "Imposters" | John P. Kousakis | R. Scott Gemmill | May 10, 2011 | #223 | 14.74[27] |
The stolen canisters from Overwatch resurface after a Navy Seal imposter is set ablaze. Hetty sets her affairs in order as she prepares to resign from NCIS. Guest starring: Claire Forlani as Lauren Hunter First appearance of: Lauren Hunter |
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48 | 24 | "Familia" | James Whitmore, Jr. | Shane Brennan | May 17, 2011 | #224 | 15.61[28] |
Hetty's resignation from NCIS prompts Callen and the team to initiate an investigation to find her. It is revealed that she has been working on a case involving Callen's mysterious past, and that she herself is a member of the family that has been trying to kill him for years. Recurring characters: Rocky Carroll as Leon Vance |
The episodes of NCIS: Los Angeles are broadcast on Global in Canada at the same time as CBS broadcasts the show in the U.S.
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"Human Traffic" | September 21, 2010 | 15.76[5] | 1.708[29] | 3 | 18 | January 30, 2011[30] | 0.718[31] | 13 |
"Black Widow" | September 21, 2010 | 13.60[5] | 1.373[29] | 5 | 25 | February 6, 2011 | 0.552[32] | 17 |
"Borderline" | September 28, 2010 | 16.51[6] | 1.941[33] | 4 | 15 | February 13, 2011 | 0.437[34] | 21 |
"Special Delivery" | October 5, 2010 | 16.15[7] | 1.867[35] | 3 | 12 | February 20, 2011 | 0.460[36] | 21 |
"Little Angels" | October 12, 2010 | 16.05[8] | 1.925[37] | 2 | 13 | March 6, 2011 | 0.406[38] | 21 |
"Standoff" | October 19, 2010 | 16.00[9] | 1.931[39] | 2 | 10 | March 13, 2011 | 0.429[40] | 22 |
"Anonymous" | October 26, 2010 | 15.99[10] | 1.892[41] | 2 | 12 | March 20, 2011 | 0.399[42] | 25 |
"Bounty" | November 9, 2010 | 15.61[11] | 1.825[43] | 2 | 14 | March 27, 2011 | 0.387[44] | 25 |
"Absolution" | November 16, 2010 | 15.81[12] | 1.870[45] | 2 | 14 | April 5, 2011[46] | 0.703[47] | 14 |
"Deliverance" | November 23, 2010 | 14.96[13] | 1.906[48] | 2 | 10 | April 12, 2011 | 0.744[49] | 14 |
"Disorder" | December 14, 2010 | 16.82[15] | 1.728[50] | 1 | 8 | April 19, 2011 | 0.694[51] | 15 |
"Overwatch" | January 11, 2011 | 18.13[16] | 1.929[52] | 2 | 9 | April 26, 2011 | 0.732[53] | 18 |
"Archangel" | January 18, 2011 | 17.29[17] | 1.989[54] | 2 | 11 | May 3, 2011 | 0.755[55] | 15 |
"Lockup" | February 1, 2011 | 17.70[18] | 1.817[56] | 3 | 15 | May 10, 2011 | 0.773[57] | 14 |
"Tin Soldiers" | February 8, 2011 | 17.16[19] | 1.900[58] | 2 | 12 | May 17, 2011 | 0.643[59] | 19 |
"Empty Quiver" | February 15, 2011 | 16.80[20] | 1.783[60] | 2 | 16 | May 24, 2011 | 0.687[61] | 16 |
"Personal" | February 22, 2011 | 18.69[21] | 1.983[62] | 1 | 10 | May 31, 2011 | 0.761[63] | 15 |
"Harm's Way" | March 1, 2011 | 15.67[22] | 1.856[64] | 3 | 10 | June 7, 2011 | 0.656[65] | 19 |
"Enemy Within" | March 22, 2011 | 16.56[23] | 1.820[66] | 2 | 11 | June 14, 2011 | 0.672[67] | 19 |
"The Job" | March 29, 2011 | 15.34[24] | 1.730[68] | 2 | 13 | June 21, 2011 | 0.633[69] | 21 |
"Rocket Man" | April 12, 2011 | 15.46[25] | 2.186[70] | 1 | 6 | June 28, 2011 | 0.668[71] | 17 |
"Plan B" | May 3, 2011 | 14.16[26] | 1.693[72] | 2 | 12 | July 5, 2011 | 0.546[73] | 19 |
"Imposters" | May 10, 2011 | 14.74[27] | 1.764[74] | 4 | 18 | July 12, 2011 | 0.593[75] | 20 |
"Familia" | May 17, 2011 | 15.61[28] | 1.764[76] | 6 | 14 | July 19, 2011 | 0.770[77] | 16 |
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