NCIS: Season 5

2007 · 19 episodes · ★ 7.7

What Season 5 of NCIS

The season opens with a secret mission against La Grenouille, a French arms dealer. Dr. Shepard and Agent Tony DiNozzo work together on the case, but everything falls apart when Tony, who is dating the criminal's daughter, is discovered by him and by the CIA, which has close ties to the arms dealer. Meanwhile, the Major Case Response Team, led by Gibbs, keeps investigating high-profile crimes involving the Navy. Gibbs must get personally involved in a case that brings him close to one of his ex-wives, and the agents face a world full of secrets, with the CIA, the FBI and the group's own leadership under suspicion.

19episodes

Sep 25, 2007premiered

May 20, 2008latest episode

13.9 hrtotal runtime

Season 5 Episodes

5x01 Bury Your Dead
Sep 25, 2007 · 43 min · ★ 8.1
The NCIS team uncover a huge secret, as their mission to capture La Grenouille comes to an explosive and deadly conclusion.
Directing: Thomas J. Wright · Writing: Shane Brennan · Starring: Brian Dietzen, Armand Assante, Scottie Thompson, David Dayan Fisher
5x02 Family
Oct 2, 2007 · 44 min · ★ 7.5
During an autopsy, Ducky makes a startling discovery that turns a murder of a Petty Officer into a search for a missing infant.
Directed by: Martha Mitchell · Written by: Steven D. Binder · Starring: Nick Searcy, Margaret Easley, Rick Otto, Owen Beckman
5x03 Ex-File
Oct 9, 2007 · 44 min · ★ 6.5
Lt. Colonel Mann joins Gibbs in an investigation of the murder of a Marine Captain who had access to highly classified information. Things get very personal for Gibbs when one of the witnesses in the case turns out to be one of his ex-wives.
Directed by: Dennis Smith · Written by: Alfonso H. Moreno · Starring: Kathleen York, John Asher, Robin Dunne, Susanna Thompson
5x04 Identity Crisis
Oct 16, 2007 · 44 min · ★ 7.9
When Ducky realizes that one of his cadavers used for research is actually a victim of murder, the NCIS team identify him as a criminal genius who is capable of deleting the past.
Directing: Thomas J. Wright · Writing: Jesse Stern · Starring: Brian Dietzen, Torri Higginson, Dorian Brown Pham, Nikita Ager
5x05 Leap of Faith
Oct 23, 2007 · 44 min · ★ 7.8
The NCIS team are called in to stop a Naval officer from committing suicide by jumping off a rooftop, but when the suicide attempt turns into a murder, the NCIS team will have to find out who did it.
Directing: Dennis Smith · Writing: Frank Cardea, George Schenck · Starring: Brian Dietzen, Robin Thomas, Titus Welliver, Deanna Russo
5x06 Chimera
Oct 30, 2007 · 44 min · ★ 8.3
While investigating a mysterious death on a top-secret Naval research ship at sea, the NCIS team board the abandoned ship and find a deadly secret that may cost them their lives.
Directing: Terrence O'Hara · Writing: Dan E. Fesman · Starring: Steven Culp, Roshawn Franklin, Craig Gellis, Graham McTavish
5x07 Requiem
Nov 6, 2007 · 44 min · ★ 8.2
Gibbs finds himself emotionally challenged when he agrees to investigate a crime connected to a friend of his daughter, who passed away years ago, and the investigation leads to a shocking conclusion.
Directing: Tony Wharmby · Writing: Shane Brennan · Starring: Cameron Goodman, Nick Spano, Anne-Marie Johnson, Stelio Savante
5x08 Designated Target
Nov 13, 2007 · 44 min · ★ 7.4
A murder investigation of a Navy Admiral takes a shocking turn when a woman, a political refugee, returns home to search for her husband.
Directing: Colin Bucksey · Writing: Reed Steiner · Starring: Jonathan Adams, Anthony Starke, Stephen Lee, Basil Wallace
5x09 Lost and Found
Nov 20, 2007 · 44 min · ★ 8.1
The NCIS team have to babysit a nine-year-old son of a missing man, a survivalist who is somehow connected to a cold case murder. The investigation leads the team into the wilderness, where they discover a shocking truth about the man's past.
Directing: Martha Mitchell · Writing: David J. North · Starring: Brian Dietzen, JR Bourne, Chris William Martin, Dominic Scott Kay
5x10 Corporal Punishment Mid-Season Finale
Nov 27, 2007 · 44 min · ★ 7.9
While trying to track down a delusional and violent Marine who thinks he's still in Iraq, the NCIS team learn that the man has been the subject of a secret experiment - and it comes with a high price to pay.
Directing: Arvin Brown · Writing: Jesse Stern · Starring: Patrick Fabian, José Zúñiga, Amy Carlson, Marcuis Harris
5x11 Tribes
Jan 15, 2008 · 43 min · ★ 7.6
After a young Muslim Marine is murdered near his Mosque, Ducky refuses to perform an autopsy due to his religious beliefs. The NCIS team try to talk to the father of the deceased, and they send McGee to plant a bug in the Mosque, only to discover that the FBI already planted their own bug.
Directing: Colin Bucksey · Writing: Reed Steiner · Starring: Brian Dietzen, Jennifer Hetrick, Jonathan LaPaglia, Shaun Toub
5x12 Stakeout
Apr 8, 2008 · 44 min · ★ 6.4
The NCIS team go on a stakeout in a warehouse to catch a suspected thief of a high-tech Naval radar, but they accidentally end up witnessing a murder.
Directing: Tony Wharmby · Writing: Frank Cardea, George Schenck · Starring: Brian Dietzen, Ned Vaughn, Abigail Mavity, Gretchen Egolf
5x13 Dog Tags
Apr 15, 2008 · 44 min · ★ 7.7
When a dog owner is found murdered, the NCIS team must determine if his dog committed the murder or not, and Abby decides to fight for the dog's life by trusting her instinct about the dog's innocence.
Directing: Oz Scott · Writing: Alfonso H. Moreno, Dan E. Fesman · Starring: Brian Dietzen, Jorge-Luis Pallo, Matt Corboy, Rachel Kimsey
5x14 Internal Affairs
Apr 22, 2008 · 44 min · ★ 7.5
The dead body of La Grenouille surfaces and the entire NCIS is put under investigation by the FBI, with Jenny as the prime suspect for his murder.
Directing: Tony Wharmby · Writing: Jesse Stern, Reed Steiner · Starring: Rocky Carroll, Scottie Thompson, David Dayan Fisher, Joe Spano
5x15 In the Zone
Apr 29, 2008 · 44 min · ★ 7.4
Two members of the NCIS team are sent to Baghdad to investigate a mortar attack that turned into a murder investigation.
Directed by: Terrence O'Hara · Written by: Linda Burstyn · Starring: Rocky Carroll, Rick Hoffman, Jennifer O'Dell, Josh Stamberg
5x16 Recoil
May 6, 2008 · 44 min · ★ 7.5
While on an undercover mission, Ziva's life is put in grave danger when the serial killer she's been tracking becomes suspicious of her.
Directed by: James Whitmore Jr. · Written by: Frank Cardea, George Schenck · Starring: Brian Dietzen, Scott Holroyd, Nick Chinlund, Steve Kazee
5x17 About Face
May 13, 2008 · 44 min · ★ 7.7
Palmer is put in grave danger when he becomes the target of an anonymous murderer, whom only he can recognize.
Directing: Dennis Smith · Writing: Alfonso H. Moreno, Reed Steiner · Starring: Brian Dietzen, Rocky Carroll, Christopher Darga, Frank John Hughes
5x18 Judgment Day (1)
May 20, 2008 · 45 min · ★ 7.9
When a former NCIS agent is found dead, the entire team is put in danger as they hunt after the killer.
Directed by: Thomas J. Wright · Written by: David J. North, Steven D. Binder · Starring: Brian Dietzen, Rocky Carroll, Oleg Taktarov, Wyatt Smith
5x19 Judgment Day (2) Season Finale
May 20, 2008 · 45 min · ★ 8.0
When one of their own is killed, the team must find the killer before they get to another member of the team, Gibbs. In an emotional investigation, the team tries to stay together, against the wishes of Assistant Director Vance.
Directed by: Thomas J. Wright · Written by: Christopher J. Waild, David J. North, Steven D. Binder · Starring: Brian Dietzen, Rocky Carroll, Oleg Taktarov, Muse Watson