24 episodes · first aired 2010-09-21
| Still | # | Title | Overview | Air date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 01 | Human Traffic 2010-09-21 | When one of their own disappears while undercover, the team must work alongside LAPD on a case involving human-trafficking, money laundering and drugs. | 2010-09-21 | 7.6 |
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| 02 |
Black Widow 2010-09-21 |
After a mysterious hit squad takes out a Special Agent on assignment, the NCIS team jumps into action before the next target is set. |
| 2010-09-21 |
| 8.0 |
 | 03 | Borderline 2010-09-28 | The NCIS team jumps into action when video surveillance footage shows an ambush on a humvee transporting Marines in the desert. Meanwhile, Nate returns from his mystery assignment. | 2010-09-28 | 8.0 |
 | 04 | Special Delivery 2010-10-05 | The team investigates the murder of a Marine who had top-level security clearance, and the corpse is missing a hand. | 2010-10-05 | 7.7 |
 | 05 | Little Angels 2010-10-12 | The team races against time to save a Naval Commander's daughter after seeing a video of her being buried alive. | 2010-10-12 | 5.8 |
 | 06 | Standoff 2010-10-19 | Callen's ex-partner (Marisol Nichols) takes a Navy recruitment center hostage. | 2010-10-19 | 9.3 |
 | 07 | Anonymous 2010-10-26 | After terrorists kill a state department employee and a plastic surgeon, the team searches for the only witness who can identify the killers' surgically altered faces. | 2010-10-26 | 8.0 |
 | 08 | Bounty 2010-11-09 | Wanted terrorists and top secret information are all involved in NCIS's investigation into the kidnapping and murder of a retired army Sergeant. | 2010-11-09 | 7.7 |
 | 09 | Absolution (1) 2010-11-16 | When a murdered antiques dealer's book of top-secret information goes missing, Hetty sends the NCIS team on a mission to find it. | 2010-11-16 | 4.6 |
 | 10 | Deliverance (2) 2010-11-23 | Hetty and the NCIS team continue to search for an elusive book that has the attention of several foreign security agencies. | 2010-11-23 | 8.0 |
 | 11 | Disorder 2010-12-14 | Kensi connects personally with a discharged Navy Intelligence officer suffering from post traumatic stress disorder who is the sole survivor of a deadly dispute being investigated by the NCIS team. | 2010-12-14 | 7.3 |
 | 12 | Overwatch 2011-01-11 | 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. | 2011-01-11 | 8.0 |
 | 13 | Archangel 2011-01-18 | The team looks for the person responsible when classified pentagon documents are uploaded to a blog site. | 2011-01-18 | 7.6 |
 | 14 | Lockup 2011-02-01 | Sam goes undercover as a prisoner to track down a terrorist group responsible for several bombings around the world. | 2011-02-01 | 8.0 |
 | 15 | Tin Soldiers 2011-02-08 | After Callen catches a man breaking into his house, a former KGB operative leads the NCIS team to a shipment of counterfeit computer chips entering the United States. | 2011-02-08 | 8.3 |
 | 16 | Empty Quiver 2011-02-15 | Suspicious of an undercover venture involving a deal between corrupt cops and military personnel, Callen and Sam try to expose the illegal operation by posing as California highway patrol officers. | 2011-02-15 | 8.7 |
 | 17 | Personal 2011-02-22 | Deeks' morning routine is disrupted when he is shot during a convenience store robbery, leaving the NCIS team to investigate whether he was the assailants' intended target. | 2011-02-22 | 7.7 |
 | 18 | Harm's Way 2011-03-01 | Sam resumes a former alias and boards a one-way flight to Yemen in hopes of tracking down a terrorist group's leader and rescuing the hostage son of a Saudi Prince. | 2011-03-01 | 8.0 |
 | 19 | Enemy Within 2011-03-22 | NCIS investigates whether the life of a Venezuelan politician is in danger after a Navy Intelligence Commander who is responsible for tracking his moves suddenly disappears. | 2011-03-22 | 7.3 |
 | 20 | The Job 2011-03-29 | When an attempted robbery takes place at a secure facility on a Marine base, Kensi must determine what the thief intended to steal. | 2011-03-29 | 7.7 |
 | 21 | Rocket Man 2011-04-12 | 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. | 2011-04-12 | 8.0 |
 | 22 | Plan B 2011-05-03 | Deeks resumes an old alias he is not fond of in order to protect his best friend and chief informant from a criminal group that wants him dead. | 2011-05-03 | 5.3 |
 | 23 | Imposters 2011-05-10 | A Navy SEAL imposter's death gives the team a lead on a missing canister used to make deadly bombs. | 2011-05-10 | 7.2 |
 | 24 | Familia 2011-05-17 | Hetty's sudden resignation prompts Callen and the NCIS team to investigate the reason why she would disappear in the hopes of tracking her down. | 2011-05-17 | 8.2 |
