NCIS: Season 10
Role: Meticulous television and film archivist. Task: Create a JSON object for "NCIS" Season 10. Constraints: Use ONLY provided SYNOPSIS and SOURCES. No invented titles, names, dates, counts, awards, ratings, box-office, viewership, or plot points. If a detail is not in the material, omit it. Write original, neutral, encyclopedic prose in plain text. No markdown, no asterisks, no headings, no bullet points (except fo
Season 10 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Despite a bomb attack on Gibbs and the team, duty continues to call for these special agents as they try to regroup and put the pieces back together.
- Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
- Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
- Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
Season overview
Role: Meticulous television and film archivist.
Task: Create a JSON object for "NCIS" Season 10.
Constraints:
Use ONLY provided SYNOPSIS and SOURCES.
No invented titles, names, dates, counts, awards, ratings, box-office, viewership, or plot points.
If a detail is not in the material, omit it.
Write original, neutral, encyclopedic prose in plain text.
No markdown, no asterisks, no headings, no bullet points (except for the "primer" array content, though the prompt says "array of exactly 4 concise bullet points" - in JSON, an array is naturally a list, but the text within the strings should be concise).
Output: Valid JSON only.
Keys:
overview: Factual 160-220 word summary of this season's narrative arc.
primer: Array of exactly 4 concise bullet points summarizing essential previous lore, character positions, and stakes.
TMDB Season Synopsis: "Despite a bomb attack on Gibbs and the team, duty continues to call for these special agents as they try to regroup and put the pieces back together."
Source [1]: NCIS (2003), TV-14, Crime, Drama, Action & Adventure. Overview: "From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, a team of special agents inve..."
Source [2]: Created by Donald P. Bellisario, Don McGill. Cast: Sean Murray, David McCallum, Mark Harmon, Brian Dietzen.
Source [3]: Sean Murray and Brian Dietzen were recurring in Season 1 before becoming regulars. Rocky Carroll joined in Season 5.
Source [4]: Season 1 cast: Mark Harmon (Leroy Jethro Gibbs), Michael Weatherly (Tony DiNozzo), Sasha Alexander (Caitlin Todd).
Source [5]: Title changed from Navy NCIS to NCIS in season 2, then to NCIS in season 3 (wait, source says "changed to in season 2 Naval Criminal Investigative Service and then in season 3 to NCIS"). In season six, a spin-off NCIS: Los Angeles was created.
Overview:
The provided synopsis for Season 10 states that a bomb attack occurred on Gibbs and the team. Despite this attack, the special agents continue their duties. The narrative arc involves the team attempting to regroup and put the pieces back together following the incident. The series, which features themes of murder, espionage, terrorism, and
Episode Guide
Season 10 Progress Shield
Extreme Prejudice
Sep 25, 2012 · 44 min
With NCIS headquarters damaged by the bomb, Gibbs goes on the hunt for Harper Dearing to bring him down once and for all.
Recovery
Oct 2, 2012 · 44 min
When the body of a missing NCIS facilities manager is found four months after disappearing on the day of the Navy Yard bombings, the NCIS team is assigned to investigate the strang
Phoenix
Oct 9, 2012 · 42 min
While on medical leave, Ducky orders the exhumation of a Navy Commander's body from a case closed 12 years ago. As a result, Gibbs tasks Ducky with a slightly different role on the
Lost at Sea
Oct 23, 2012 · 41 min
When a helicopter crew is adrift at sea and later discovered on shore, the NCIS team must determine the cause of the crash and locate the missing pilot.
The Namesake
Oct 30, 2012 · 44 min
A Petty Officer is gunned down in a billionaire’s Ferrari and the investigation leads the NCIS team to discover a link to a man Gibbs was named after.
Shell Shock (1)
Nov 13, 2012 · 42 min
When a Navy Lieutenant who recently returned home from the Middle East is found dead from a brutal attack, the NCIS team questions the victim’s friend, Marine Captain Joe Wescott.
Shell Shock (2)
Nov 20, 2012 · 43 min
Gibbs continues to work with Captain Wescott while he retraces his steps in order to help the NCIS team track down a terrorist.
Gone
Nov 27, 2012 · 42 min
As the NCIS team investigates a teenage girl’s abduction, Ziva and Abby work closely with her young friend who witnessed the kidnapping. As the investigation unfolds, Gibbs seeks h
Devil's Trifecta
Dec 11, 2012 · 43 min
Gibbs teams up with FBI Agent Fornell on a joint NCIS/FBI investigation after Fornell becomes the target of a shooting, but they face an unexpected twist in the case when their mut
You Better Watch Out
Dec 18, 2012 · 43 min
It’s Christmas time and Tony DiNozzo can’t decide if he’ll be naughty or nice when his dad, Anthony DiNozzo, Sr., comes to town for a visit.
Shabbat Shalom
Jan 8, 2013 · 41 min
While the NCIS team investigates the link between a dead journalist and a Petty Officer, Ziva is taken aback by the sudden emotional visit by her father, who she hasn't seen in mor
Shiva
Jan 15, 2013 · 44 min
In the aftermath of an event that strikes close to home, the NCIS team unites to seek answers and demand justice in order to protect their most vulnerable colleagues.
Hit and Run
Jan 29, 2013 · 44 min
The NCIS team investigates a Marine’s car accident and ignites some upsetting past memories for Abby as a young girl on the trail of her first “case”.
Canary
Feb 5, 2013 · 44 min
The NCIS team takes on a renowned hacker who could hold the key to tracking down the most-wanted cyber-terrorist in the world.
Hereafter
Feb 19, 2013 · 41 min
On leave from NCIS while still grieving the loss of his wife and his kids’ mother, Director Vance discovers unexpected personal information that causes him to question everything.
Detour
Feb 26, 2013 · 43 min
The NCIS team races to track down Ducky and Jimmy after the two disappear while transporting a body from a crime scene.
Prime Suspect
Mar 5, 2013 · 43 min
A media frenzy surrounding an unidentified criminal prompts Gibbs’ barber to question his son’s involvement and ask for Gibbs’ help in ruling out his son as a prime suspect.
Seek
Mar 19, 2013 · 44 min
A widowed Marine wife, whose husband was seemingly killed by a Taliban sniper, asks Gibbs for help to find out the truth.
Squall
Mar 26, 2013 · 44 min
The team investigates death of a Navy medical officer aboard a ship that went through a storm.
Chasing Ghosts
Apr 9, 2013 · 41 min
While the team takes a missing person case, Tony is disturbed by Ziva's way of coping with her father's death.
Berlin
Apr 23, 2013 · 43 min
Ziva continues to pursue revenge against Eli's killer, Ilan Bodnar, and Vance continues to endorse her actions despite orders from Homeland Security to rein them in.
Revenge
Apr 30, 2013 · 43 min
In retaliation for the murders of Eli David and Jackie Vance, the NCIS team feverishly searches for Bodnar despite orders from Homeland Security to relinquish the case.
Double Blind
May 7, 2013 · 42 min
The team examines whether a Petty Officer is suffering from paranoia or if his claims of being followed are tied to a matter of national security.
Damned If You Do
May 14, 2013 · 44 min
The international manhunt for Eli David's killer turns into a federal witch hunt against Gibbs and the team, which questions their unconventional methods and threatens their future