NCIS: Season 8
Season 8 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 7.
- 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 8 Progress Shield
Spider and the Fly
Sep 21, 2010 · 44 min
Gibbs must take desperate measures to protect his loved ones with Paloma Reynosa still on the loose.
Worst Nightmare
Sep 28, 2010 · 43 min
The NCIS team has to find a young girl that was kidnapped, but their investigation turns into something else when her grandfather gets way too involved.
Short Fuse
Oct 5, 2010 · 42 min
The team investigates a bomb tech's guarded personal life after she is attacked.
Royals and Loyals
Oct 12, 2010 · 43 min
The team hopes to avoid an international incident when an American officer is killed on a British ship.
Dead Air
Oct 19, 2010 · 43 min
The team uncovers a sinister plan when a controversial DJ and a Naval officer are shot to death.
Cracked
Oct 26, 2010 · 44 min
Abby becomes fixated on solving a murder, while DiNozzo's latest fling leads to an interesting Halloween.
Broken Arrow
Nov 9, 2010 · 43 min
The team is surprised when Gibbs asks Tony's father to join them in a murder investigation.
Enemies Foreign (1)
Nov 16, 2010 · 44 min
The team is assigned to protect Ziva's father, when his attendance at a NCIS conference leads to some unexpected surprises.
Enemies Domestic (2)
Nov 23, 2010 · 44 min
The team scrambles for answers after a shocking ambush reveals a new twist to their current investigation.
False Witness
Dec 14, 2010 · 44 min
The NCIS team investigates the disappearance of a Petty Officer who is the sole witness in an upcoming murder trial.
Ships in the Night
Jan 11, 2011 · 43 min
Gibbs and the NCIS team partner with a Coast Guard Investigative Service (CGIS) Agent to solve the murder of a Marine gunned down on a dinner boat.
Recruited
Jan 18, 2011 · 44 min
A Petty Officer's recruitment session at a college fair comes to a fatal end, prompting the NCIS team, accompanied by Dr. Mallard's predecessor, to solve his murder.
Freedom
Feb 1, 2011 · 42 min
The NCIS team springs into action to find the assailant responsible for beating a Marine to death in his own backyard.
A Man Walks Into a Bar ...
Feb 8, 2011 · 44 min
The NCIS team undergoes mandatory psych evaluations while investigating the death of a Naval Commander.
Defiance
Feb 15, 2011 · 43 min
A botched assassination attempt in Belgravia forces NCIS to protect the Defense Minister's daughter, who is studying in the U.S. and smitten with McGee.
Kill Screen
Feb 22, 2011 · 43 min
The dismembered fingertips and teeth of a murdered Marine are discovered in the stolen purse of a pickpocketer, launching NCIS on a mission to find a cold-blooded killer.
One Last Score
Mar 1, 2011 · 42 min
NCIS discovers that one of its former investigative assistants found brutally stabbed to death was selling details for how to rob a warehouse full of valuable possessions belonging
Out of the Frying Pan...
Mar 22, 2011 · 44 min
Gibbs questions Vance's motives when he is asked to interrogate a teenage boy accused of killing his retired Marine father.
Tell-All
Mar 29, 2011 · 43 min
NCIS connects a message in blood left by a murdered Navy commander to a manuscript that may contain classified military information.
Two-Faced
Apr 5, 2011 · 43 min
To Gibbs' displeasure, Special Agent E.J. Barrett returns to lead the investigation of a seaman's death that may be connected to a series of port-related murders.
Dead Reflection
Apr 12, 2011 · 43 min
The NCIS team tracks a Navy Lieutenant's killer after a Pentagon security camera reveals a Petty Officer committing the crime.
Baltimore
May 3, 2011 · 43 min
After Tony's ex-partner, Danny Price, appears to be the Port-to-Port Killer's latest victim, he revisits his days as a detective in Baltimore, including his first encounter with Gi
Swan Song
May 10, 2011 · 43 min
After new evidence reveals that the Port-to-Port Killer has infiltrated the agency, the NCIS team chases every lead in a race to track him down.
Pyramid
May 17, 2011 · 44 min
The lives of NCIS members are in jeopardy when they come face-to-face with the infamous Port-to-Port Killer.