NCIS: Season 6
Season 6 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 5.
- 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.
Episode Guide
Season 6 Progress Shield
Last Man Standing
Sep 23, 2008 · 44 min
When a Petty Officer is found murdered, Gibbs learns about the mysterious connection between the disbanding of his team and the case.
Agent Afloat
Sep 30, 2008 · 43 min
DiNozzo's investigation into a Navy Lieutenant's apparent suicide takes a surprising and deadly turn when it seems that it might have a connection to a larger, deadly scheme.
Capitol Offense
Oct 7, 2008 · 44 min
A distinguished senator asks Gibbs for help in solving the murder of a young female Naval officer.
Heartland
Oct 14, 2008 · 44 min
When a murder investigation leads the team to Gibbs' hometown, secrets about his past are revealed.
Nine Lives
Oct 21, 2008 · 43 min
Gibbs' hunt for the killer of a Marine puts him on a collision course with an old friend.
Murder 2.0
Oct 28, 2008 · 44 min
Gibbs and his team are searching for a cyber serial killer who takes videos of his victims. The team quickly finds out that the videos of the dead victims are false.
Collateral Damage
Nov 11, 2008 · 43 min
A Navy bank has been robbed and NCIS is responsible for the investigation. One of the new recruits assigned to the fraud unit, Special Agent Dwayne Wilson, joins the team to help.
Cloak
Nov 18, 2008 · 44 min
A strange delivery in a box arrives at a Navy facility. The delivery driver and a Navy MP officer discover it is a sailor's corpse.
Dagger
Nov 25, 2008 · 44 min
The team is forced to rely on information from questionable sources while trying to stop a criminal bent on stealing government secrets.
Road Kill
Dec 2, 2008 · 44 min
The team investigates the death of a Petty Officer and discovers he may have been leading a violent secret life.
Silent Night
Dec 16, 2008 · 44 min
During the week of Christmas, the NCIS team is forced to work overtime when they discover their prime suspect had been dead for 17 years.
Caged
Jan 6, 2009 · 44 min
The NCIS team must uncover the truth behind the murder of a jail guard which resulted in a prison riot and McGee being held captive by the inmates.
Broken Bird
Jan 13, 2009 · 44 min
Secrets from Ducky's clandestine past come to the forefront after he's attacked at a crime scene.
Love and War
Jan 27, 2009 · 44 min
The team discovers a link between a sergeant's murder and his possibly treasonous private life.
Deliverance
Feb 10, 2009 · 44 min
Demons of the past come back to haunt Gibbs when he finds a cryptic message waiting for him at a crime scene.
Bounce
Feb 17, 2009 · 44 min
A murder prompts the reopening of one of Tony's old investigations, leading Gibbs and DiNozzo to reverse roles to solve the case.
South by Southwest
Feb 24, 2009 · 44 min
When a fellow agent is murdered, the NCIS team head into the desert to locate a woman who might hold the answer to the mystery murder.
Knockout
Mar 17, 2009 · 44 min
The death of a boxer leads Vance to borrow the NCIS team and start investigating his death, while Gibbs digs into Vance's past.
Hide and Seek
Mar 24, 2009 · 44 min
When a young boy finds a murder weapon, the team must trace ownership of the gun to find who used it last and who was murdered.
Dead Reckoning
Mar 31, 2009 · 44 min
Gibbs and the team must work with the shady Trent Kort to put away one of NCIS's most wanted.
Toxic
Apr 7, 2009 · 44 min
When a government scientist goes missing, Abby is recruited to carry on his work, but the team worries that she may meet the same fate as her predecessor.
Legend (1)
Apr 28, 2009 · 43 min
The body of a Marine leads Gibbs and McGee to the NCIS OSP division in Los Angeles, where a murder investigation quickly climbs to a matter of national security.
Legend (2)
May 5, 2009 · 44 min
With the appearance of Mossad agent Michael Rivkin, Tony is forced to question Ziva’s loyalty to NCIS.
Semper Fidelis
May 12, 2009 · 43 min
After a security breach at the SecNav's residence leads to the death of an ICE agent, Gibbs and the team are forced to work with ICE and the FBI to find his killer.
Aliyah
May 19, 2009 · 44 min
Ziva's homecoming to Israel with Gibbs and the team is not a happy reunion with her father, the enigmatic and powerful head of Mossad. As tensions rise, Gibbs is forced to make a d