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NCIS: Season 19

21 episodes Premiered Sep 20, 2021 Updated Oct 3, 2026
Previously on NCIS

Season 19 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 18.
  • ⚡ 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 19 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 19: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (4): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (17): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S19·E1 Mytharc

Blood in the Water

Sep 20, 2021 · 45 min

As the NCIS team searches for Gibbs after wreckage from his boat is discovered, they find out he was tracking a serial killer with journalist Marcie Warren, who wrote an exposé on

S19·E2 Core

Nearly Departed

Sep 27, 2021 · 45 min

While trying to find the serial killer Gibbs was after, the NCIS team discovers another person has been tracking the case as well.

S19·E3 Core

Road to Nowhere

Oct 4, 2021 · 45 min

Gibbs and Parker go on a road trip to find one of the serial killer's victims. Also, Agent Knight goes undercover at a large manufacturing company with ties to the murders.

S19·E4 Mytharc

Great Wide Open

Oct 11, 2021 · 45 min

Gibbs and McGee head to Alaska while the team works at home to uncover the conspiracy behind the serial killer.

S19·E5 Core

Face the Strange

Oct 18, 2021 · 45 min

The NCIS team investigates the death of a Navy officer whose body suddenly explodes before Jimmy can examine it.

S19·E6 Core

False Start

Nov 1, 2021 · 45 min

NCIS investigates the death of a beloved Navy commander who trained some of the top athletes in the country.

S19·E7 Core

Docked

Nov 8, 2021 · 45 min

NCIS investigates the death of a man on a cruise ship whose body is discovered in the ship's sauna by none other than McGee's mother-in-law, Judy.

S19·E8 Core

Peacekeeper

Nov 29, 2021 · 45 min

NCIS investigates the case of a Navy reservist whose body is found in a beat-up car at the end of a gun range.

S19·E9 Core

Collective Memory

Dec 6, 2021 · 45 min

When a hotshot financial advisor is found shot at a Naval station, NCIS investigates the case by interviewing the victim’s three-dimensional hologram of herself, which she created

S19·E10 Core

Pledge of Allegiance

Jan 3, 2022 · 45 min

NCIS is called in when Navy Chief Warrant Officer Rafi Nazar is suspected of trying to sell stolen classified Navy software used to pilot combat drones.

S19·E11 Core

All Hands

Jan 17, 2022 · 45 min

After a civilian research vessel in the North Atlantic picks up a small boat of wounded Navy officers, NCIS arrives on the ship and is forced to hide after discovering terrorists o

S19·E12 Core

Fight or Flight

Jan 24, 2022 · 45 min

When the body of a Navy Lieutenant is discovered missing an eye, the NCIS investigation leads to the world of cage fighting.

S19·E13 Core

The Helpers

Feb 28, 2022 · 45 min

While investigating the death of an intruder at Quantico, Jimmy and Kasie are exposed to a deadly biotoxin. The NCIS team calls on Dr. Carol Wilson for help as they race to find th

S19·E14 Core

First Steps

Mar 7, 2022 · 45 min

As NCIS investigates the cause of death of a reservist Navy SEAL surgeon, they're forced to bring Vance's daughter to help with a highly dangerous mission.

S19·E15 Core

Thick as Thieves

Mar 14, 2022 · 45 min

Parker's delinquent past resurfaces when NCIS is called to Philadelphia to investigate the death of a Petty Officer.

S19·E16 Core

The Wake

Mar 21, 2022 · 45 min

A gruesome mishap at a Petty Officer’s gender-reveal party leads NCIS to the case of a missing teacher that was popularized on a true crime podcast.

S19·E17 Core

Starting Over (I)

Mar 28, 2022 · 45 min

NCIS investigates the apparent suicide of a retired Navy officer who was in Palmer and Knight's grief group; Torres gets a call from NCIS Special Agent Jane Tennant to come to Hawa

S19·E18 Core

Last Dance

Apr 18, 2022 · 45 min

When an infamous arms dealer, Reymundo Diaz, is released from prison and bodies start piling up, Torres is forced to face the repercussions of his actions during an undercover oper

S19·E19 Core

The Brat Pack

May 2, 2022 · 45 min

NCIS investigates a ring of clever teenage partygoers when a string of break-ins takes place at Marine Base Quantico.

S19·E20 Mytharc

All or Nothing

May 16, 2022 · 45 min

NCIS investigates the unexpected death of a Navy reservist who was an investigative journalist.

S19·E21 Mytharc

Birds of a Feather

May 23, 2022 · 45 min

When Agent Parker is framed for murder, the team puts their jobs and lives on the line to buy time and uncover the truth.

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