About this season
Despite a bomb attack on Gibbs and the team, duty continues to call for these special agents as they try to regroup and put the pieces back together.
Episodes (24)
1. Extreme Prejudice
7.7Aired 25 September 2012 • 44 min
With NCIS headquarters damaged by the bomb, Gibbs goes on the hunt for Harper Dearing to bring him down once and for all.
2. Recovery
7.8Aired 2 October 2012 • 44 min
When the body of a missing NCIS facilities manager is found four months after disappearing on the day of the Navy Yard bombings, the NCIS team is assigned to investigate the strange case for one of their own.
3. Phoenix
7.2Aired 9 October 2012 • 42 min
While on medical leave, Ducky orders the exhumation of a Navy Commander's body from a case closed 12 years ago. As a result, Gibbs tasks Ducky with a slightly different role on the investigation.
4. Lost at Sea
7.3Aired 23 October 2012 • 41 min
When a helicopter crew is adrift at sea and later discovered on shore, the NCIS team must determine the cause of the crash and locate the missing pilot.
5. The Namesake
7.7Aired 30 October 2012 • 44 min
A Petty Officer is gunned down in a billionaire’s Ferrari and the investigation leads the NCIS team to discover a link to a man Gibbs was named after.
6. Shell Shock (1)
7.7Aired 13 November 2012 • 42 min
When a Navy Lieutenant who recently returned home from the Middle East is found dead from a brutal attack, the NCIS team questions the victim’s friend, Marine Captain Joe Wescott.
7. Shell Shock (2)
7.9Aired 20 November 2012 • 43 min
Gibbs continues to work with Captain Wescott while he retraces his steps in order to help the NCIS team track down a terrorist.
8. Gone
6.9Aired 27 November 2012 • 42 min
As the NCIS team investigates a teenage girl’s abduction, Ziva and Abby work closely with her young friend who witnessed the kidnapping. As the investigation unfolds, Gibbs seeks help from a past contact, Miranda Pennebaker, a well-connected woman with questionable morals.
9. Devil's Trifecta
7.0Aired 11 December 2012 • 43 min
Gibbs teams up with FBI Agent Fornell on a joint NCIS/FBI investigation after Fornell becomes the target of a shooting, but they face an unexpected twist in the case when their mutual ex-wife, Diane Sterling, gets involved.
10. You Better Watch Out
6.6Aired 18 December 2012 • 43 min
It’s Christmas time and Tony DiNozzo can’t decide if he’ll be naughty or nice when his dad, Anthony DiNozzo, Sr., comes to town for a visit.
11. Shabbat Shalom
7.1Aired 8 January 2013 • 41 min
While the NCIS team investigates the link between a dead journalist and a Petty Officer, Ziva is taken aback by the sudden emotional visit by her father, who she hasn't seen in more than two years.
12. Shiva
7.0Aired 15 January 2013 • 44 min
In the aftermath of an event that strikes close to home, the NCIS team unites to seek answers and demand justice in order to protect their most vulnerable colleagues.
13. Hit and Run
6.8Aired 29 January 2013 • 44 min
The NCIS team investigates a Marine’s car accident and ignites some upsetting past memories for Abby as a young girl on the trail of her first “case”.
14. Canary
6.9Aired 5 February 2013 • 44 min
The NCIS team takes on a renowned hacker who could hold the key to tracking down the most-wanted cyber-terrorist in the world.
15. Hereafter
5.2Aired 19 February 2013 • 41 min
On leave from NCIS while still grieving the loss of his wife and his kids’ mother, Director Vance discovers unexpected personal information that causes him to question everything.
16. Detour
6.9Aired 26 February 2013 • 43 min
The NCIS team races to track down Ducky and Jimmy after the two disappear while transporting a body from a crime scene.
17. Prime Suspect
6.6Aired 5 March 2013 • 43 min
A media frenzy surrounding an unidentified criminal prompts Gibbs’ barber to question his son’s involvement and ask for Gibbs’ help in ruling out his son as a prime suspect.
18. Seek
6.7Aired 19 March 2013 • 44 min
A widowed Marine wife, whose husband was seemingly killed by a Taliban sniper, asks Gibbs for help to find out the truth.
19. Squall
6.7Aired 26 March 2013 • 44 min
The team investigates death of a Navy medical officer aboard a ship that went through a storm.
20. Chasing Ghosts
6.7Aired 9 April 2013 • 41 min
While the team takes a missing person case, Tony is disturbed by Ziva's way of coping with her father's death.
21. Berlin
6.6Aired 23 April 2013 • 43 min
Ziva continues to pursue revenge against Eli's killer, Ilan Bodnar, and Vance continues to endorse her actions despite orders from Homeland Security to rein them in.
22. Revenge
7.0Aired 30 April 2013 • 43 min
In retaliation for the murders of Eli David and Jackie Vance, the NCIS team feverishly searches for Bodnar despite orders from Homeland Security to relinquish the case.
23. Double Blind
6.9Aired 7 May 2013 • 42 min
The team examines whether a Petty Officer is suffering from paranoia or if his claims of being followed are tied to a matter of national security.
24. Damned If You Do
6.6Aired 14 May 2013 • 44 min
The international manhunt for Eli David's killer turns into a federal witch hunt against Gibbs and the team, which questions their unconventional methods and threatens their future at the agency.