NCIS: Los Angeles: Season 1

2009 · 24 episodes · ★ 7.4

What Season 1 of NCIS: Los Angeles

The NCIS Office of Special Projects in Los Angeles brings together a team of undercover agents who infiltrate criminal organizations under false identities. Leading them are G. Callen, raised in orphanages and foster homes, and Sam Hanna, a former Navy SEAL and Team Six member. Both work under the supervision of Henrietta "Hetty" Lange, the head of operations. Together they take on cases ranging from espionage to murder and arms trafficking, with the goal of capturing criminals who threaten national security. Callen has also survived a mysterious shooting and is hunting the man who ordered the attack on his life. Kensi Blye, a forensic expert, completes the team.

24episodes

Sep 22, 2009premiered

May 25, 2010latest episode

17.4 hrtotal runtime

Season 1 Episodes

1x01 Identity
Sep 22, 2009 · 43 min · ★ 7.4
Callen returns back to the NCIS Office of Special Projects to solve a kidnapping case.
Directed by: James Whitmore Jr. · Written by: Shane Brennan · Starring: Mathew St. Patrick, Rocky Carroll, Ariel Gade, Alex Fernandez
1x02 The Only Easy Day
Sep 29, 2009 · 43 min · ★ 7.7
A case involving the murder of a drug dealer turns personal for Special Agent Sam Hanna when he discovers his former Navy Seal comrades are involved.
Directed by: Terrence O'Hara · Written by: R. Scott Gemmill · Starring: Seidy López, Kinga Philipps, Matt Battaglia, Rodney Rowland
1x03 Predator
Oct 6, 2009 · 42 min · ★ 7.2
The team is assigned to track down a missing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) after it is compromised during a training exercise killing a marine before it disappears.
Directed by: Tony Wharmby · Starring: Warren Kole, Gino Salvano, Brooke Kuchuris, Andrew Borba
1x04 Search and Destroy
Oct 13, 2009 · 43 min · ★ 7.3
The NCIS team searches Los Angeles for the lead suspect of a murdered Iraqi businessman, a former Marine who had been hired by a private security firm to protect him.
Directed by: Steve Boyum · Written by: Gil Grant · Starring: Chris Tardio, Rocky Carroll, Isaiah Mustafa, Jeanette Brox
1x05 Killshot
Oct 20, 2009 · 43 min · ★ 6.7
When a United States citizen of North Korean descent is murdered, the secrets to classified software are thought to be lost until NCIS uncovers a suspect from Director Vance's past.
Directed by: David Barrett · Written by: Shane Brennan · Starring: Rocky Carroll, Michael Ornstein, Kelly Hu, Kelvin Yu
1x06 Keepin' It Real
Nov 3, 2009 · 44 min · ★ 7.1
The NCIS team must find a motive when they discover the body of a marine who had been living a double life as a wealthy bachelor.
Directed by: Leslie Libman · Written by: Matt Pyken · Starring: Monet Mazur, Mark Rolston, Rachael Carpani, Tyler Jacob Moore
1x07 Pushback
Nov 10, 2009 · 44 min · ★ 7.2
Following the murder of a Russian woman, the NCIS team uncovers evidence that answers who and why Callen was shot six months ago.
Directed by Paris Barclay · Written by Shane Brennan · Starring: Charles Esten, Rocky Carroll, Vyto Ruginis, Andrew Rothenberg
1x08 Ambush
Nov 17, 2009 · 42 min · ★ 7.4
While Hetty is attending a Senate hearing in D.C., the investigation of a murdered Marine Lance Corporal leads the NCIS team to stolen anti-tank missiles and a dangerous militia group.
Directing: Rod Holcomb · Starring: Rocky Carroll, Michael Reilly Burke, Jeronimo Spinx, Brian Avers
1x09 Random on Purpose
Nov 24, 2009 · 44 min · ★ 7.0
Forensic scientist Abby Sciuto joins the Los Angeles NCIS team when a murder case resembles the pattern for a serial killer she has been tracking.
Directed by: Steven DePaul · Written by: Speed Weed · Starring: Rocky Carroll, Kinga Philipps, Kris Lemche, Pauley Perrette
1x10 Brimstone
Dec 15, 2009 · 44 min · ★ 7.1
As the courtyard is being transformed with holiday decorations, the NCIS team races to solve the murder of a Marine by an exploding cell phone and to find the remaining men of his former EOD (explosive ordnance disposal) unit before another deadly explosion kills someone else.
Directed by: Terrence O'Hara · Written by: R. Scott Gemmill · Starring: Assaf Cohen, Ryan O'Neal, Ray Stoney, Rich McDonald
1x11 Breach
Jan 5, 2010 · 44 min · ★ 7.9
The death of a Petty Officer leads the NCIS team to a teenager in Sam's life. Meanwhile, Hetty is concerned about the effect that the workload is having on the team.
Directed by Perry Lang · Written by R. Scott Gemmill, Shane Brennan · Starring: JR Bourne, Henri Lubatti, Kathleen Rose Perkins, Ronald Auguste
1x12 Past Lives
Jan 12, 2010 · 44 min · ★ 7.1
The murder of a recently released convict forces Callen to go undercover solo as an old alias, while Sam and the LA team track him from a distance.
Directed by Elodie Keene · Starring: Charlie O'Donnell, Michael Irby, David Monahan, Aaron Norvell
1x13 Missing
Jan 26, 2010 · 43 min · ★ 7.9
The team rushes to a crime scene after receiving an "agent needs assistance" page and learns that one of their own is in peril.
Directed by: David Barrett · Written by: Gil Grant, Matt Pyken · Starring: Parry Shen, Maurice Compte, Matthew Godbey, Onahoua Rodriguez
1x14 LD50
Feb 2, 2010 · 44 min · ★ 7.6
A crime scene poses a national security risk when the LA team discovers the location was used to create a deadly toxin which is now missing.
Directed by: Jonathan Frakes · Written by: Speed Weed · Starring: JR Bourne, Dameon Clarke, Julianna McCarthy, Andrew Connolly
1x15 The Bank Job
Feb 9, 2010 · 44 min · ★ 7.1
While opening a safety deposit box at a local bank, NCIS Special Agent Kensi Blye is shot after three armed assailants enter and hold everyone in the building hostage.
Directed by Terrence O'Hara · Starring: Mac Brandt, Brian Avers, Ian Harding, Devon Sawa
1x16 Chinatown
Mar 2, 2010 · 42 min · ★ 5.9
The death of a lieutenant commander appears to be suicide but the NCIS team uncovers evidence corresponding to murder. Also, Operational Psychologist Nate Getz joins Special Agent Kensi Blye in the field.
Directed by Alan J. Levi · Starring: Elizabeth Sung, Elaine Kao, James Harvey Ward, Tzi Ma
1x17 Full Throttle
Mar 9, 2010 · 44 min · ★ 7.3
After a sailor is killed during an underground street race, the NCIS team determines that his car had been sabotaged and contained confidential Navy equipment. Meanwhile, Callen is forced to take traffic school.
Directed by: David Barrett · Starring: Dichen Lachman, Scout Taylor-Compton, Helena Mattsson, Lew Temple
1x18 Blood Brothers
Mar 16, 2010 · 43 min · ★ 7.4
The investigation of a drive-by shooting has the NCIS team searching Los Angeles for the dead marine's younger brother who may be the next target and the one with the answers.
Directed by: Karen Gaviola · Starring: Paul James, John Lafayette, Sticky Fingaz, Vincent Foster
1x19 Hand-to-Hand
Apr 6, 2010 · 44 min · ★ 7.6
When an undercover operation has the NCIS team investigating a MMA gym and its fighters, Sam Hanna is tasked with donning gloves and entering the cage for a one-on-one fight.
Directed by Paris Barclay · Written by Matt Pyken · Starring: Eric Christian Olsen, Dayo Ade, Matt Gerald, Winston Story
1x20 Fame
Apr 27, 2010 · 44 min · ★ 7.6
NCIS investigates the murder of a Navy officer entangled in the world of Hollywood glitz and glamour as the team is joined at Hetty's request by LAPD liaison Marty Deeks.
Directed by: Dennis Smith · Written by: Speed Weed · Starring: Eric Christian Olsen, Bernard White, Faran Tahir, Cherilyn Wilson
1x21 Found
May 4, 2010 · 44 min · ★ 8.6
The NCIS team races to save one of their own when they receive video evidence of Special Agent Dominic Vail being held hostage months after he was kidnapped.
Directed by: James Whitmore Jr. · Written by: R. Scott Gemmill · Starring: Ronald Auguste, Tom Winter, Daniel Hugh Kelly, Carlo Rota
1x22 Hunted
May 11, 2010 · 43 min · ★ 7.2
The NCIS team is on the hunt for a terrorist who escaped Army custody during a secretive transfer in Los Angeles.
Directed by: Steven DePaul · Starring: Rocky Carroll, Ronald Auguste, Yancey Arias, April Parker Jones
1x23 Burned
May 18, 2010 · 43 min · ★ 8.5
After Callen's cover is blown and compromises the unit, the NCIS team races to find out who is behind the security breach.
Directed by Steve Boyum · Starring: Brian Avers, Peter Wingfield, Steve Bacic, Gregory Alan Williams
1x24 Callen, G Season Finale
May 25, 2010 · 44 min · ★ 8.5
Callen races against a ruthless adversary to locate a woman who knows the whereabouts of a forgotten fortune earmarked to fund a new war in the Middle East - and also holds the tantalizing key to his unknown past.
Directing: Tony Wharmby · Writing: Shane Brennan · Starring: David Dayan Fisher, Eli Danker, Nancy Linehan Charles, Jacqueline McKenzie