NCIS: Season 17

2019 · 20 episodes · ★ 7.9

What Season 17 of NCIS

Season opens when Ziva reappears before Gibbs with a cryptic warning. Gibbs wants to know why she stayed hidden for years while her family and friends believed she was dead. From there, Gibbs's team investigates possible attacks linked to the Navy, including a terrorist plot that puts their lives at risk. Ziva has unfinished business she wants to resolve before returning to her people, and Gibbs decides to help her, a choice that will have consequences. Alongside him, McGee, Bishop, Torres, Sloane and Vance handle very different cases, from murders of military personnel to plane crashes.

20episodes

Sep 24, 2019premiered

Apr 14, 2020Latest episode

14.2 hrtotal runtime

Season 17 Episodes

17x01 Out of the Darkness
Sep 24, 2019 · 43 min · ★ 7.9
Ziva surprises Gibbs with a cryptic warning, prompting him to question why she remained underground for years while being presumed dead by family and friends, and what led to her return.
Directed by: Terrence O'Hara · Written by: Gina Lucita Monreal · Starring: Cote De Pablo, Mouzam Makkar, Dale Godboldo, Hossein Mardani
17x02 Into the Light
Oct 1, 2019 · 41 min · ★ 8.1
With their lives in danger, Gibbs and Ziva’s rogue investigation takes an unexpected turn when a possible terrorist plot is revealed.
Directed by: Tony Wharmby · Written by: Steven D. Binder · Starring: Cote De Pablo, Mouzam Makkar, William O'Leary, Darri Ingolfsson
17x03 Going Mobile
Oct 8, 2019 · 43 min · ★ 7.6
After the body of a Marine Lieutenant is found hidden under an 18-wheeler, the NCIS team tracks the vehicle’s previous locations to pinpoint the crime scene and suspect.
Directed by: Tom Wright · Written by: Scott Williams · Starring: Cliff Chamberlain, Frankie J. Allison, Ellen Geer, David DeLuise
17x04 Someone Else's Shoes
Oct 15, 2019 · 42 min · ★ 7.9
The NCIS team links a bizarre crime scene at Arlington National Cemetery to a string of attacks on homeless veterans.
Directed by: Michael Zinberg · Written by: Christopher J. Waild · Starring: Joseph Lee Anderson, Dana L. Wilson, Anastasia Baranova, Devan Chandler Long
17x05 Wide Awake
Oct 22, 2019 · 43 min · ★ 8.0
NCIS investigates Marine Corporal Laney Alimonte after evidence suggests she murdered her neighbor while being treated for insomnia by a hypnotherapist.
Directed by: Diana Valentine · Written by: Brendan Fehily · Starring: Camryn Grimes, Tosin Morohunfola, Karissa Vacker, Hope Banks
17x06 Institutionalized
Nov 5, 2019 · 43 min · ★ 8.1
After a Petty Officer’s son is found murdered at his “welcome home from prison” party, evidence suggests Kasie’s lifelong best friend, Dante Brown, is the suspect.
Directed by: Tony Wharmby · Written by: David J. North · Starring: Devale Ellis, Wayne Lopez, Bertila Damas, Elizabeth Laidlaw
17x07 No Vacancy
Nov 12, 2019 · 43 min · ★ 7.7
While investigating a Marine’s murder, the NCIS team uncovers a labyrinth of live-streaming spy cameras hidden in the rooms of a Virginia motel.
Directed by: Rocky Carroll · Written by: Marco Schnabel · Starring: Kevin Kilner, Zak Steiner, Lisa LoCicero, Aaron Craven
17x08 Musical Chairs
Nov 19, 2019 · 41 min · ★ 8.0
The NCIS team investigates the murder of a musician in the Navy’s most elite band that performs at diplomatic events around the world.
Directed by: Michael Zinberg · Written by: Kate Torgovnick May · Starring: Emma Bell, Eyas Younis, Link Ruiz, Eric Winzenried
17x09 IRL
Nov 26, 2019 · 43 min · ★ 7.8
The NCIS team investigates a Petty Officer's murder that was livestreamed on a popular gaming app.
Directed by: Terrence O'Hara · Written by: Christopher J. Waild · Starring: Rick Overton, Paul Norwood, Tyler Francavilla, Sonya Leslie
17x10 The North Pole Mid-Season Finale
Dec 17, 2019 · 43 min · ★ 7.4
Gibbs and the team help Ziva with the "one thing" she said she'd take care of before returning to her family.
Directed by: James Whitmore Jr. · Written by: Gina Lucita Monreal · Starring: Cote De Pablo, Louise Barnes, Damon Dayoub, Elayn J. Taylor
17x11 In the Wind
Jan 7, 2020 · 42 min · ★ 7.8
Gibbs must face the consequences of helping Ziva with "the one thing" she said she'd take care of before returning to her family.
Directed by: Rocky Carroll · Written by: Scott Williams · Starring: Cote De Pablo, Louise Barnes, Karri Turner, Emelia Golfieri
17x12 Flight Plan
Jan 14, 2020 · 43 min · ★ 7.9
The NCIS team investigates an F-18 crash and the subsequent disappearance of the pilot.
Directed by: Tawnia McKiernan · Written by: Brendan Fehily · Starring: Lyndon Smith, Jonathan Chase, Patrick Duffy, Megan Gallagher
17x13 Sound Off
Jan 21, 2020 · 42 min · ★ 7.4
After a body is found at an unmanned aerial vehicle testing site, the NCIS team must determine if the death was murder or an accident.
Directed by: William Webb · Written by: Lisa Di Trolio · Starring: Katie Leclerc, William R. Moses, David Burke, Peter Graham
17x14 On Fire
Jan 28, 2020 · 43 min · ★ 8.4
After Torres and Bishop are victims of a hit-and-run, Torres fights for his life in the Intensive Care Unit.
Directed by: Mark Horowitz · Written by: David J. North, Steven D. Binder · Starring: Nikolai Nikolaeff, Emilia Ares, Lisa Kaminir, Benjamin Poe
17x15 Lonely Hearts
Feb 11, 2020 · 43 min · ★ 7.6
The lead suspect in an NCIS murder investigation is a woman Gibbs' friend, Phillip Brooks, met on a dating site.
Directed by: Michael Zinberg · Written by: Marco Schnabel · Starring: Daphne Zuniga, Andy Comeau, Brynn Thayer, Don Lake
17x16 Ephemera
Feb 18, 2020 · 43 min · ★ 8.3
While investigating the suicide of a retired Navy officer who left a rare, valuable - and possibly stolen - coin to the National Museum of the Navy, the team imagines themselves in his life story in order to piece together how the coin ended up in his possession.
Directed by: Diana Valentine · Written by: Christopher J. Waild · Starring: Nike Doukas, Gregory Itzin, K Callan, Joe Renteria
17x17 In a Nutshell
Mar 10, 2020 · 41 min · ★ 7.8
As the NCIS team investigates the death of a Navy officer murdered the same way as his parents a decade ago, they stumble across a storage container filled with dollhouses that display recreations of murder scenes.
Directed by: Michael Zinberg · Written by: Katie White · Starring: Logan Pepper, Gary Hudson, Abby Carter, Paul Johansson
17x18 Schooled
Mar 24, 2020 · 42 min · ★ 7.8
The team searches for answers when the body of a well-regarded Navy technician in the Reserves is found floating in a lake where a popular community event is being held.
Directed by: Alrick Riley · Written by: Steven D. Binder, Kate Torgovnick May · Starring: Kate Hamilton, Jeremiah Birkett, Patrick Cage, Iris Bahr
17x19 Blarney
Mar 31, 2020 · 42 min · ★ 8.4
When Kasie and Jimmy are held hostage in a diner after a jewelry store robbery goes awry, they attempt to keep the other customers safe from the thieves.
Directed by: Rocky Carroll · Written by: Scott Williams · Starring: Leif Gantvoort, Shahine Ezell, Scott Deckert, Bellina Logan
17x20 The Arizona Season Finale
Apr 14, 2020 · 43 min · ★ 7.7
The team tries to verify the identity of Joe Smith, who claims he served on the U.S.S. Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor, and wants to be buried there upon his death.
Directed by: James Whitmore Jr. · Written by: Gina Lucita Monreal · Starring: Christopher Lloyd, Peter Murnik, Jessica Tuck, Sebastian Sozzi