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NCIS: Season 15

24 episodes Premiered Sep 26, 2017 Updated Oct 3, 2026
Previously on NCIS

Season 15 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of NCIS Season 14.
  • ⚡ 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.
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Season 15 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 15: Filler vs. Essential Canon

Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests.

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Mytharc (10): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (14): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S15·E1 Mytharc

House Divided

Sep 26, 2017 · 43 min

The NCIS team tirelessly search for Gibbs and McGee two months after they were last seen fighting an elusive group of rebels in a Paraguay jungle.

S15·E2 Mytharc

Twofer

Oct 3, 2017 · 43 min

NCIS investigates when the body of a murdered Navy Lieutenant, who disappeared over a year ago, is found by a cemetery grounds crew while relocating caskets on the property.

S15·E3 Core

Exit Strategy

Oct 10, 2017 · 43 min

Torres' partner mysteriously vanishes during a stakeout with Metro P.D. The investigation uncovers new evidence from a decade-old murder case.

S15·E4 Core

Skeleton Crew

Oct 17, 2017 · 43 min

NCIS Special Agent Jacqueline Sloane, a forensic psychologist, joins the team just as a horrific storm shuts down Washington, D.C. During the power outage, a sailor is kidnapped, a

S15·E5 Mytharc

Fake It ‘Till You Make It

Oct 24, 2017 · 43 min

Reeves sees his friend get kidnapped and the investigation reveals the primary suspect disappeared two days earlier with confidential military information.

S15·E6 Mytharc

Trapped

Oct 31, 2017 · 42 min

A Petty Officer is found murdered on a golf course, and McGee spends hours on the victim’s ham radio trying to locate a key witness.

S15·E7 Core

Burden of Proof

Nov 7, 2017 · 43 min

A convicted felon claims NCIS framed him for murder a decade ago, so Gibbs investigates and asks Ducky to conduct a new autopsy. Senior FBI agent Fornell joins the probe, since he

S15·E8 Mytharc

Voices

Nov 14, 2017 · 43 min

An NCIS person of interest in a bribery and fraud case is found murdered after a runner is led to his body by a strange voice.

S15·E9 Mytharc

Ready or Not

Nov 21, 2017 · 40 min

The team tracks an elusive international arms dealer who recently murdered an MI6 officer.

S15·E10 Core

Double Down

Dec 12, 2017 · 43 min

As Torres and Sloane run protection detail for U.S. Senator John Phillips in Afghanistan for the holidays, they must urgently return to the States after hearing the senator’s son i

S15·E11 Core

High Tide

Jan 2, 2018 · 42 min

Torres and Bishop go undercover as a criminal couple available for hire, during an NCIS sting operation tracking illegal drug-running out of the Norfolk civilian marina.

S15·E12 Core

Dark Secrets

Jan 9, 2018 · 41 min

After a seemingly happy and successful Navy Lieutenant appears to have taken her own life, Gibbs and the team conduct a thorough investigation, interviewing family and friends from

S15·E13 Core

Family Ties

Jan 23, 2018 · 43 min

After McGee and Torres visit the home of a high schooler who witnessed a hit-and-run, her parents flee with their daughter, leaving NCIS in the lurch.

S15·E14 Core

Keep Your Friends Close

Feb 6, 2018 · 43 min

After the body of a missing Navy commander is found, Vance orders Gibbs and the team to work with former FBI Agent Tobias "T.C." Fornell, the private investigator who was hired to

S15·E15 Core

Keep Your Enemies Closer

Feb 27, 2018 · 43 min

NCIS strikes a deal with convicted murderer Paul Triff, giving him a 48-hour furlough at his former residence, now McGee's home, in exchange for information that can convict his fo

S15·E16 Core

Handle with Care

Mar 6, 2018 · 43 min

Gibbs and the team work to clear the name of retired Marine Sergeant John Ross when cyanide is found in one of the hundreds of care packages he sends to active-duty Marines.

S15·E17 Core

One Man's Trash

Mar 13, 2018 · 43 min

Gibbs and Ducky are watching TV when they see the host handling a 200-year-old war stick that could be a match from a decade-old cold case.

S15·E18 Core

Death from Above

Mar 27, 2018 · 43 min

The NCIS headquarters are evacuated after the team discovers a body as well as bomb materials on the roof of the squad room.

S15·E19 Mytharc

The Numerical Limit

Apr 3, 2018 · 43 min

Gibbs is granted protective custody of a ten-year-old orphaned refugee, Elena, when an NCIS case reveals she is the target of a violent gang.

S15·E20 Core

Sight Unseen

Apr 17, 2018 · 43 min

NCIS searches for a Petty Officer suspected of assault who escapes when the sheriff transporting him crashes into a lake.

S15·E21 Core

One Step Forward

May 1, 2018 · 43 min

Sara Carter begs Gibbs to investigate her mother's murder - she believes the wrong man was convicted.

S15·E22 Mytharc

Two Steps Back

May 8, 2018 · 43 min

When evidence reveals an NCIS team member is a hitman’s latest target, the team must search through old case files to determine who is seeking vengeance.

S15·E23 Mytharc

Fallout

May 15, 2018 · 43 min

While Gibbs attends the memorial service for a friend who was lost at sea, he discovers that the deceased, Navy Captain Phillip Brooks, has been hiding in a fallout shelter after h

S15·E24 Mytharc

Date with Destiny

May 22, 2018 · 43 min

Sloane is adamant that a man who held her hostage and tortured her years ago in Afghanistan, and was believed to have been killed following her rescue, is alive and in D.C.

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