24 episodes · first aired 2012-09-25
| Still | # | Title | Overview | Air date | Rating |
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 | 01 | Endgame 2012-09-25 | Following Callen’s public shooting of the Chameleon, all is not well with the NCIS: LA team, as Callen is placed on suspension and Hetty adjusts to retired life. | 2012-09-25 | 8.5 |
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Recruit 2012-10-02 |
A drone strike on a bomb-making compound in Afghanistan reveals the body of a recently retired Marine, leaving the NCIS: LA team to investigate why the Marine returned to Afghanistan and whether or not he betrayed the country he fought for. |
| 2012-10-02 |
| 8.3 |
 | 03 | The Fifth Man 2012-10-09 | The NCIS: LA team investigate a compromised intel operation after four people connected to the classified project are killed at a diner explosion. As Deeks and Kensi are on the trail of those involved, they learn that a wayward teenage girl might be related and Kensi can’t help but be empathetic to her situation. | 2012-10-09 | 8.7 |
 | 04 | Dead Body Politic 2012-10-23 | The NCIS: LA team investigates the tragic death of a U.S. senatorial candidate’s staffer who is run over crossing the street. The high-profile case becomes a matter of national security as the agents must determine whether it is an isolated tragic incident or a politically connected plot that might put others in danger. | 2012-10-23 | 7.7 |
 | 05 | Out of the Past (1) 2012-10-30 | When a CIA agent who worked with Sam Hanna over eight years ago seeks his help and is soon found dead of an apparent suicide, Hanna and Callen suspect foul play and a bigger conspiracy. Meanwhile, Deeks finds his inner “dog whisperer” with Kensi as the two go undercover and enter a dog show with a prized poodle. | 2012-10-30 | 8.0 |
 | 06 | Rude Awakenings (2) 2012-11-13 | The NCIS: LA team continues their investigation behind the death of a CIA agent that leads to a dangerous ring of Russian super agents. In a race against time, Hanna risks having a secret exposed. | 2012-11-13 | 8.0 |
 | 07 | Skin Deep 2012-11-20 | The NCIS: LA team heads to the beach to question the possible link between a surfer, an Internet video and a dead Naval tech scientist. Meanwhile, as Callen and Hanna investigate the victim’s intelligence connections, Deeks and Kensi go undercover to catch their suspects and some waves. | 2012-11-20 | 6.7 |
 | 08 | Collateral 2012-11-27 | The NCIS: LA team questions the motive behind the murder of a retired CIA agent turned millionaire and in the process also questions what Hetty knows about the case. | 2012-11-27 | 8.3 |
 | 09 | The Gold Standard 2012-12-11 | The NCIS: Los Angeles team investigates the strange and brazen heist executed by gunmen in costumes that could directly impact the U.S. economy. Meanwhile, as Deeks testifies on a case, Granger insists on partnering up with a very reluctant Kensi. | 2012-12-11 | 8.3 |
 | 10 | Free Ride 2012-12-18 | Callen, Sam, Kensi and Deeks spend Christmas aboard an aircraft carrier investigating the death of a fellow NCIS special agent. Meanwhile, Nell and Eric make the most of the holidays back at headquarters and Hetty takes a trip. | 2012-12-18 | 8.0 |
 | 11 | Drive 2013-01-08 | A former defendant of Deeks is targeted for discovering information that could dismantle a lucrative car shipping operation with links to a global terrorist ring. Meanwhile, the NCIS: LA team tackles the large-scale stolen car operation from the inside when Kensi goes undercover in an auto body shop. | 2013-01-08 | 6.7 |
 | 12 | Paper Soldiers 2013-01-15 | A distraught widow is suspicious of the circumstances surrounding her Marine husband’s last battle and Sam and Callen help to determine if there has been a cover-up. Meanwhile, Hetty summons Operational Psychologist Nate Getz to be her “pawn” and the rest of the NCIS: LA sense another evaluation on the horizon. | 2013-01-15 | 6.7 |
 | 13 | The Chosen One 2013-01-29 | Callen goes undercover to infiltrate a network of Chechen terrorists who are recruiting foreign fighters to join their cause and planning their next attack in the U.S. | 2013-01-29 | 9.0 |
 | 14 | Kill House 2013-02-05 | Callen, Sam, Kensi and Deeks go undercover as an elite tactical force in order to investigate an ambush tied to a cartel kingpin with terrorist connections. | 2013-02-05 | 8.3 |
 | 15 | History 2013-02-19 | An NCIS: LA investigation leads the team to question a lone survivor of a former terrorist organization, while Kensi and Deeks follow the trail into the woods | 2013-02-19 | 6.3 |
 | 16 | Lohkay 2013-02-26 | Callen is concerned that Sam might be too invested after he takes on a missing persons case for an Afghani elder who helped him years ago when he was wounded on a mission. | 2013-02-26 | 6.7 |
 | 17 | Wanted 2013-03-05 | Sam fears for his family’s safety when his wife is called to resume a former CIA cover after a case suggests ties to the infamous Sidorov and his stolen nuke. | 2013-03-05 | 4.6 |
 | 18 | Red (1) 2013-03-19 | Callen and Sam fly to Idaho and join forces with NCIS: Red, a mobile team of agents who live together and investigate crimes in various locations, when a murder weapon found there matches one used in a national security case in Los Angeles. | 2013-03-19 | 9.3 |
 | 19 | Red (2) 2013-03-26 | While the LA team chases leads digitally and locally, the NCIS: Red team travels in their mobile trucks, nicknamed "Laverne and Shirley", in a race to track down a cunning terrorist before he disappears. | 2013-03-26 | 9.3 |
 | 20 | Purity 2013-04-09 | When cyanide in a communal water jug lethally poisons a lieutenant and leaves a Navy pilot in serious condition, the NCIS: LA team investigates whether this is an isolated incident or an early test for large-scale water contamination. | 2013-04-09 | 7.7 |
 | 21 | Resurrection 2013-04-23 | A body is stolen after a special task force successfully takes down an infamous cartel boss, leaving the NCIS: LA team to investigate the leak and track down the missing body. | 2013-04-23 | 8.0 |
 | 22 | Raven & the Swans 2013-04-30 | Callen questions Hetty’s motivations when a bizarre case involving a mysterious woman is revealed to be an undercover agent from her past. | 2013-04-30 | 8.3 |
 | 23 | Parley 2013-05-07 | Deeks goes undercover to obtain information about an infamous arms dealer looking to get back in the business, but the woman he befriends leads the operation in a dangerous directon. Meanwhile, Kensi confronts new emotions as she runs surveillance on Deeks and his female source. | 2013-05-07 | 7.0 |
 | 24 | Descent 2013-05-14 | A nuclear explosion in the Pacific reignites the search for stolen nuclear weapons and prompts Hetty to shuffle the NCIS: LA partnerships, sending Callen and Kensi overseas and leaving Sam and Deeks teamed up state side. | 2013-05-14 | 5.2 |
