How many episodes are in NCIS?

NCIS has 4 episodes in this listed season.

Is NCIS a new series?

NCIS is a returning series (Season 24).

NCIS(2003)

Also known as NCIS Tengerészeti helyszínelők • NCIS: Investigação Criminal • NCIS Unità anticrimine

Archived · CBS

7.810+4 eps

S24

CrimeDramaAction

ON AIR: OCT 6Season 24Archived listing

What to Expect

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NCIS mixes military-linked mysteries with steady investigative work and bursts of action. Gibbs brings a blunt interrogation style and a willingness to trust his instincts, while computer work, lab findings, and medical examinations supply other routes through a case. The crimes can take the team beyond Washington, D.C., but the tone remains lighter than the subject matter might suggest, with banter threaded through the puzzle-solving.

DiNozzo’s movie quotes and teasing of McGee give the office a playful edge without making him any less capable on a case. Abby’s daughter-like bond with Gibbs adds warmth to his tough demeanor, while Ducky brings unusual stories to the medical examiner’s work. Those distinct personalities make the workplace feel like a family rather than just a collection of specialists.

Best for

team-based crime solving, bantering investigators and Crime

Story lane

Crime and Drama

Commitment

Season 24 · 4 episodes

Where

CBS

Official Premise

Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs is the leader of a team of special agents belonging to the NCIS (Naval Criminal Investigative Service) Major Case Response Team. Gibbs, a former Marine, is a tough investigator and a highly skilled interrogator who relies on his gut instinct as much as evidence. Gibbs' second in command is Senior Field Agent Tony DiNozzo, a womanizing, movie-quoting former Baltimore Homicide Detective, who despite being the class clown always gets the job done. The team also consists of probationary field agent Eleanor Bishop, a former NSA agent, as well as Junior Field Agent Timothy McGee, a computer-savvy agent often mocked by DiNozzo. Assisting them are Abby Sciuto, the energetic-but-Goth lab tech who is like a daughter to Gibbs, and Dr. Donald Mallard, nicknamed Ducky, the eccentric medical examiner full of unusual stories. This team of elite agents, based in Washington, D.C., solve criminal cases involving Marine and Navy personnel and their families, sometimes traveling the United States - or the world - to do it.

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The pleasure of a sharp team solving a fresh case each week makes Will Trent an easy fit beside NCIS. Will’s dry wit and prickly partnerships bring humor to Atlanta investigations, while NCIS gets much of its warmth from Gibbs’s close-knit crew and their teasing workplace banter.

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NCIS and Reacher both make crime cases satisfying with capable investigators, dry jokes, and danger that can turn physical. Reacher’s calm, observant lead takes on small-town murders with bursts of hard-hitting action, while NCIS balances its cases with team banter and the comfort of a workplace family.

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