NCIS: Season 8

2010 · 24 episodes · ★ 7.5

What Season 8 of NCIS

The Major Case Response Team works out of the Naval Yard in Washington, D.C., within the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. Its agents take on the highest-profile cases involving the Navy and the United States Marine Corps. Leading the team is Leroy Jethro Gibbs, a former Marine sergeant, sniper and top investigator, played by Mark Harmon. Some investigations may be linked to possible terrorist attacks, as long as they affect the Navy. Leon Vance, the agency’s director, works with Gibbs on the most sensitive missions. The series airs on CBS and was created by Donald P. Bellisario and Don McGill.

24episodes

Sep 21, 2010premiered

May 17, 2011latest episode

17.3 hrtotal runtime

Season 8 Episodes

8x01 Spider and the Fly
Sep 21, 2010 · 44 min · ★ 7.6
Gibbs must take desperate measures to protect his loved ones with Paloma Reynosa still on the loose.
Directing: Dennis Smith · Writing: Gary Glasberg · Starring: Brian Dietzen, Marco Sanchez, Muse Watson, Ralph Waite
8x02 Worst Nightmare
Sep 28, 2010 · 43 min · ★ 8.0
The NCIS team has to find a young girl that was kidnapped, but their investigation turns into something else when her grandfather gets way too involved.
Directing: Tony Wharmby · Writing: Steven D. Binder · Starring: Brian Dietzen, William Devane, Sam Anderson, Zack Lively
8x03 Short Fuse
Oct 5, 2010 · 42 min · ★ 6.9
The team investigates a bomb tech's guarded personal life after she is attacked.
Directing: Leslie Libman · Writing: Frank Cardea, George Schenck · Starring: Brian Dietzen, Joe Spano, Abby Brammell, Zack Weinstein
8x04 Royals and Loyals
Oct 12, 2010 · 43 min · ★ 8.0
The team hopes to avoid an international incident when an American officer is killed on a British ship.
Directing: Arvin Brown · Writing: Reed Steiner · Starring: Brian Dietzen, Daniel Gillies, J.P. Hubbell, Kristen Ariza
8x05 Dead Air
Oct 19, 2010 · 43 min · ★ 7.9
The team uncovers a sinister plan when a controversial DJ and a Naval officer are shot to death.
Directing: Terrence O'Hara · Writing: Christopher J. Waild · Starring: George Newbern, Madisen Beaty, Michael Monks, Jackson Hurst
8x06 Cracked
Oct 26, 2010 · 44 min · ★ 7.9
Abby becomes fixated on solving a murder, while DiNozzo's latest fling leads to an interesting Halloween.
Directing: Tony Wharmby · Writing: Nicole Mirante-Matthews · Starring: Brian Dietzen, Meredith Monroe, Brennan Elliott, Robin Pearson Rose
8x07 Broken Arrow
Nov 9, 2010 · 43 min · ★ 7.6
The team is surprised when Gibbs asks Tony's father to join them in a murder investigation.
Directing: Arvin Brown · Writing: Frank Cardea, George Schenck · Starring: Tamer Hassan, Bruce Boxleitner, Robert Wagner, Cameron Daddo
8x08 Enemies Foreign (1)
Nov 16, 2010 · 44 min · ★ 8.1
The team is assigned to protect Ziva's father, when his attendance at a NCIS conference leads to some unexpected surprises.
Directing: Dennis Smith · Writing: Jesse Stern · Starring: Arnold Vosloo, Michael Nouri, Abraham Justice, Michael O'Neill
8x09 Enemies Domestic (2)
Nov 23, 2010 · 44 min · ★ 8.0
The team scrambles for answers after a shocking ambush reveals a new twist to their current investigation.
Directing: Mark Horowitz · Writing: Jesse Stern · Starring: Arnold Vosloo, Michael Nouri, Abraham Justice, Michael O'Neill
8x10 False Witness Mid-Season Finale
Dec 14, 2010 · 44 min · ★ 7.6
The NCIS team investigates the disappearance of a Petty Officer who is the sole witness in an upcoming murder trial.
Directing: James Whitmore Jr. · Writing: Steven D. Binder · Starring: Brian Dietzen, Annie Wersching, Jamie McShane, Ben Tolpin
8x11 Ships in the Night
Jan 11, 2011 · 43 min · ★ 7.9
Gibbs and the NCIS team partner with a Coast Guard Investigative Service (CGIS) Agent to solve the murder of a Marine gunned down on a dinner boat.
Directing: Thomas J. Wright · Writing: Christopher J. Waild, Reed Steiner · Starring: Diane Neal, Roark Critchlow, Tiffany Dupont, Tyler Hines
8x12 Recruited
Jan 18, 2011 · 44 min · ★ 6.8
A Petty Officer's recruitment session at a college fair comes to a fatal end, prompting the NCIS team, accompanied by Dr. Mallard's predecessor, to solve his murder.
Directing: Arvin Brown · Writing: Gary Glasberg · Starring: Bob Newhart, John Posey, Guy Wilson, Jonathan Goldstein
8x13 Freedom
Feb 1, 2011 · 42 min · ★ 6.4
The NCIS team springs into action to find the assailant responsible for beating a Marine to death in his own backyard.
Directing: Craig Ross Jr. · Writing: Nicole Mirante-Matthews · Starring: Brian Dietzen, Thomas Calabro, Christina Cox, Aaron D. Spears
8x14 A Man Walks Into a Bar ...
Feb 8, 2011 · 44 min · ★ 6.6
The NCIS team undergoes mandatory psych evaluations while investigating the death of a Naval Commander.
Directing: James Whitmore Jr. · Writing: Gary Glasberg · Starring: Robert Newman, Wendy Makkena, Scott Lawrence, Kim Johnston Ulrich
8x15 Defiance
Feb 15, 2011 · 43 min · ★ 7.9
A botched assassination attempt in Belgravia forces NCIS to protect the Defense Minister's daughter, who is studying in the U.S. and smitten with McGee.
Directing: Dennis Smith · Writing: Frank Cardea, George Schenck · Starring: Brian Dietzen, Ray Laska, Elena Satine, Randy Oglesby
8x16 Kill Screen
Feb 22, 2011 · 43 min · ★ 7.7
The dismembered fingertips and teeth of a murdered Marine are discovered in the stolen purse of a pickpocketer, launching NCIS on a mission to find a cold-blooded killer.
Directing: Tony Wharmby · Writing: Steven Kriozere, Steven D. Binder · Starring: Brian Dietzen, Tamer Hassan, Jason Beghe, Beth Riesgraf
8x17 One Last Score
Mar 1, 2011 · 42 min · ★ 7.4
NCIS discovers that one of its former investigative assistants found brutally stabbed to death was selling details for how to rob a warehouse full of valuable possessions belonging to a woman convicted of fraud.
Directing: Michael Weatherly · Writing: Jesse Stern · Starring: Sarah Jane Morris, Enrique Castillo, K Callan, Scott Lowell
8x18 Out of the Frying Pan...
Mar 22, 2011 · 44 min · ★ 7.7
Gibbs questions Vance's motives when he is asked to interrogate a teenage boy accused of killing his retired Marine father.
Directing: Terrence O'Hara · Writing: Christopher J. Waild, Reed Steiner · Starring: Sarah Jane Morris, Cameron Monaghan, Daphne Ashbrook, Don McManus
8x19 Tell-All
Mar 29, 2011 · 43 min · ★ 6.5
NCIS connects a message in blood left by a murdered Navy commander to a manuscript that may contain classified military information.
Directing: Kevin Rodney Sullivan · Writing: Andrew Bartels · Starring: Brian Dietzen, Joe Spano, Carl Lumbly, Troy Winbush
8x20 Two-Faced
Apr 5, 2011 · 43 min · ★ 7.9
To Gibbs' displeasure, Special Agent E.J. Barrett returns to lead the investigation of a seaman's death that may be connected to a series of port-related murders.
Directing: Thomas J. Wright · Writing: Reed Steiner, Nicole Mirante-Matthews · Starring: Brian Dietzen, Sarah Jane Morris, Ryan Carnes, Enrique Murciano
8x21 Dead Reflection
Apr 12, 2011 · 43 min · ★ 6.8
The NCIS team tracks a Navy Lieutenant's killer after a Pentagon security camera reveals a Petty Officer committing the crime.
Directing: William Webb · Writing: Frank Cardea, George Schenck · Starring: Brian Dietzen, Sarah Jane Morris, Alimi Ballard, Jeffrey Johnson
8x22 Baltimore
May 3, 2011 · 43 min · ★ 8.0
After Tony's ex-partner, Danny Price, appears to be the Port-to-Port Killer's latest victim, he revisits his days as a detective in Baltimore, including his first encounter with Gibbs.
Directing: Terrence O'Hara · Writing: Steven D. Binder · Starring: Scott Grimes, Sean Cullen, Chad Lindberg, Tim Kelleher
8x23 Swan Song
May 10, 2011 · 43 min · ★ 7.6
After new evidence reveals that the Port-to-Port Killer has infiltrated the agency, the NCIS team chases every lead in a race to track him down.
Directing: Tony Wharmby · Writing: Jesse Stern · Starring: Sarah Jane Morris, David Dayan Fisher, Muse Watson, Alimi Ballard
8x24 Pyramid Season Finale
May 17, 2011 · 44 min · ★ 7.7
The lives of NCIS members are in jeopardy when they come face-to-face with the infamous Port-to-Port Killer.
Directing: Dennis Smith · Writing: Gary Glasberg · Starring: Brian Dietzen, Sarah Jane Morris, Jude Ciccolella, Matt Craven