NCIS: Season 23

2025 · 20 episodes · ★ 8.2

What Season 23 of NCIS

Season opens with Parker determined to hunt down Carla Marino, the mob boss responsible for his father's death, an obsession that puts his future and the team's at risk. His sister, Vice Admiral Harriet Parker, faces an impossible choice. The team, led by Gibbs, takes on high-profile Navy-related cases, such as the investigation of a Marine who allegedly kidnapped the wife of a powerful man. Knight must capture former agent Bishop, wanted for cyberterrorism, while Torres reunites with her after five years. McGee, meanwhile, sees a woman from his past resurface, complicating both the case and his personal life.

20episodes

Oct 14, 2025aired

May 12, 2026latest episode

14.3 hrtotal runtime

Season 23 Episodes

23x01 Prodigal Son (1)
Oct 14, 2025 · 43 min · ★ 7.2
Reeling from his father’s murder, Parker goes to extreme lengths to hunt down the woman he holds responsible, mob boss Carla Marino, jeopardizing not only his own future but the team’s.
Directing: Diana Valentine · Writing: Christopher J. Waild · Starring: Harrison Leahy, Aric Hendrix, Nancy Travis, Shalim Ortiz
23x02 Prodigal Son (2)
Oct 21, 2025 · 43 min · ★ 7.0
Parker’s pursuit of vengeance for his father’s murder could have deadly consequences, while his sister, Navy vice admiral Harriet Parker, faces an impossible choice.
Written by: Christopher J. Waild · Starring: Rebecca De Mornay, Tabitha Brownstone, Nancy Travis, Alexa Nisenson
23x03 The Sound and the Fury
Oct 28, 2025 · 43 min · ★ 7.4
When a petty officer’s death is connected to a blackmail investigation, the team is forced to work with Special Agent Sawyer on the case, which takes a terrifying turn for Torres. Meanwhile, Knight is offered an opportunity to train with NCIS Elite.
Writing: Scott Williams · Starring: Zane Holtz, David Pressman
23x04 Gone Girls
Nov 4, 2025 · 43 min · ★ 7.8
The team investigates a U.S. marine who is believed to have kidnapped a man's wife.
Directed by: Rocky Carroll · Written by: Amy Rutberg · Starring: Nazneen Contractor, Patrick Hume
23x05 Now and Then (II)
Nov 11, 2025 · 43 min · ★ 7.4
The cold case of a small-town death of a naval officer in the ‘90s is unexpectedly re-opened in the present day, sending the team on a manhunt for justice.The crossover starts on NCIS: Origins S02E05 Funny How Time Slips Away (I).
Starring: Roma Maffia, Bobby Moynihan, Ely Henry
23x06 Page-Turner
Nov 18, 2025 · 43 min
When McGee is kidnapped while promoting his latest book in the Deep Six crime series, the team investigates his self-professed “#1 fan” – and a potential link to a murder case involving stolen classified documents.
Directed by: Marc Roskin · Written by: Steven D. Binder, Sydney Mitchel · Starring: Melinda Page Hamilton, Micah Teresa Coate
23x07 God Only Knows
Dec 2, 2025 · 42 min
A kidnapped teen leads the team to a Navy SEAL who survived captivity by the Taliban but may have committed murder after returning home. Also, Jimmy finally shares his findings about the mysterious death of Parker’s mother with his boss.
23x08 Stolen Moments
Dec 9, 2025 · 43 min · ★ 7.3
When a man is shot by the Secret Service outside the vice president’s official residence, NCIS is aided in the case by a new member of the team: an AI chatbot being beta-tested by the Department of Justice.
Directing: Diana Valentine · Writing: Jesse Stern, Brian Dietzen · Starring: Erin Way
23x09 Heaven and Nature
Dec 16, 2025 · 43 min
McGee and Torres try to recover a stolen truck filled with toys for the Navy’s annual Christmas drive while the truth about Parker’s mother is finally revealed. Also, Knight is given her first NCIS: Elite mission, which involves tracking down a former member of the team.
Directed by: James Whitmore Jr. · Written by: Scott Williams · Starring: Emily Wickersham, Mary Cole, Kensie Mills, Mackenzie Firgens
23x10 Her
Mar 3, 2026 · 43 min
On her first NCIS: Elite mission, Knight is given orders to hunt down and arrest Eleanor Bishop after the former member of the NCIS team is designated a wanted cyber-terrorist. In need of someone to trust, Bishop turns to Torres, and the two come face to face for the first time since she abruptly left nearly five years ago.
Starring: Emily Wickersham
23x11 Army of One
Mar 10, 2026 · 43 min · ★ 8.6
When a desperate man barricades himself inside an ammo warehouse, Knight is the only negotiator he’ll talk to, claiming she once saved him before. As explosives tick and trust frays, Knight clashes with the CID officer running the standoff, each convinced theirs is the only way out.
Directing: Tawnia McKiernan · Writing: Amy Rutberg · Starring: Amanda Leighton, Chad Michael Collins, Kalama Epstein, Ben Beyeler
23x12 In Too Deep
Mar 17, 2026 · 43 min
A murdered drone pilot leads the team to a missing woman from McGee’s past and a relationship he thought was long behind him. But as the case deepens, McGee realizes her reappearance could unravel more than an investigation, it could change the course of his life.
Directed by: Michael Zinberg · Written by: Marco Schnabel · Starring: Elena Goode, Patrick Keleher, Joe Dinicol, Breeda Wool
23x13 All Good Things
Mar 24, 2026 · 43 min · ★ 9.0
When the son of a Marine that Gibbs once helped comes to NCIS in desperation, the fractured team reunites off the books; chasing justice without a badge may cost them more than their careers.
Directed by: José Clemente Hernandez · Written by: Steven D. Binder · Starring: Adam Campbell, Austin Marques, Adhir Kalyan, Matt Cook
23x14 Fleeting
Mar 31, 2026 · 43 min · ★ 8.8
Navy Week turns electric when a stolen squad car flips and reveals a sailor stabbed in the trunk; as D.C. spirals into chaos, the team chases a killer while carrying the weight of recent events.
Directing: Marc Roskin · Writing: Andrew Bartels · Starring: Marisa Davila, Galilea La Salvia, Issac Ryan Brown
23x15 Knick-Knack
Apr 7, 2026 · 43 min
A murder aboard a museum ship becomes a cryptic treasure hunt when a dying Navy captain leaves a final clue; to solve it, the team must decode what was worth killing -- and dying -- for.
23x16 S.O.S.
Apr 14, 2026 · 43 min
S.O.S.A Navy lieutenant resurfaces a year after her plane vanished with a story that doesn’t quite add up. As the team peels back the mystery of a crash that was anything but accidental, every answer sparks a new twist.
Directing: Rocky Carroll · Writing: Sydney Mitchel, Amy Rutberg · Starring: Yael Grobglas, Curt Mega, A.J. Tannen, Alexander Chard
23x17 Reboot (1)
Apr 21, 2026 · 43 min
With most of NCIS away and the mainframe shut down for a midnight upgrade, Kasie and a skeleton crew are left in a darkened building when someone begins hunting from inside. What starts as a routine reboot becomes a high-stakes game of cat and mouse through powerless hallways until an unexpected ally, Sam Hanna, steps into the fight.
Directing: Lionel Coleman · Writing: Scott Williams · Starring: LL Cool J, Noah Bean, Lisa Cirincione, Josh Banday
23x18 Bad Impressions (2)
Apr 28, 2026 · 43 min
The team races to help one of their own who has been framed for murder and caught in a widening conspiracy that could compromise national security.
Directing: James Whitmore Jr. · Writing: Marco Schnabel · Starring: LL Cool J, Noah Bean, Josh Banday, Briana Venskus
23x19 Deal with the Devil
May 5, 2026 · 43 min
As a secret immunity deal threatens to let a man walk free, Parker fights to keep the case alive. But when his estranged sister suddenly appears – and buried family wounds resurface – the battle for justice becomes deeply personal.
Directing: Diana Valentine · Writing: Andrew Bartels · Starring: Nancy Travis, J. Paul Boehmer, Kathleen Garrett, Corey Brill
23x20 Sons and Daughters Season Finale
May 12, 2026 · 43 min
One year after a deadly coffee shop bombing, a new explosion proves the attack wasn’t the work of a lone wolf – a case that forces the team to confront legacy and loyalty.
Directed by: José Clemente Hernandez · Written by: Christopher J. Waild · Starring: Naomi Grace, Seamus Dever, Patrick Keleher, Luis Carazo