NCIS: Season 9
Season 9 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 8.
- 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 9 Progress Shield
Nature of the Beast
Sep 20, 2011 · 44 min
Gibbs and the NCIS team have to find answers regarding Tony's months-long assignment when an NCIS agent is found dead.
Restless
Sep 27, 2011 · 44 min
The NCIS team uncovers a startling surprise after a young Marine shows up to his homecoming party with a fatal stab wound.
The Penelope Papers
Oct 4, 2011 · 43 min
The line between McGee's personal and professional life is blurred when NCIS uncovers a connection between his grandmother and the murder of a Navy Lieutenant.
Enemy on the Hill
Oct 11, 2011 · 43 min
The NCIS team searches for the person and motive behind a contract killer targeting a Navy Lieutenant Commander.
Safe Harbor
Oct 18, 2011 · 43 min
When a coast guard officer is gunned down on a cargo vessel, the NCIS team searches for the killer, but finds a Lebanese family seeking refuge on American soil.
Thirst
Oct 25, 2011 · 42 min
An NCIS case changes from accidental death to murder when evidence reveals that a Navy Lieutenant died of forced over-hydration.
Devil's Triangle
Nov 1, 2011 · 42 min
The NCIS team searches for answers when the current husband of both Gibbs' and Fornell's ex-wife is suspiciously kidnapped.
Engaged (1)
Nov 8, 2011 · 43 min
The NCIS team uncovers a discrepancy with DNA remains when investigating the crash of a military plane that had been transporting caskets.
Engaged (2)
Nov 15, 2011 · 44 min
As the NCIS team continues its search for a missing Marine, Gibbs and Ziva travel to her last known whereabouts in Afghanistan.
Sins of the Father
Nov 22, 2011 · 43 min
After Anthony DiNozzo, Sr. is found in a car with a dead body in the trunk and no memory of the previous night, the NCIS team must figure out if he is capable of murder.
Newborn King
Dec 13, 2011 · 43 min
When a Navy Captain is killed in a hotel room, NCIS must track down and protect his very pregnant companion from unknown assailants.
Housekeeping
Jan 3, 2012 · 43 min
An investigation into the murder of a Navy Commander leads the NCIS team to E.J. Barrett’s whereabouts.
A Desperate Man
Jan 10, 2012 · 43 min
When a Navy Lieutenant Commander is found dead in a building under construction, NCIS must search for a killer while dealing with interruptions from her distraught detective husban
Life Before His Eyes
Feb 7, 2012 · 44 min
During a routine stop for his morning coffee, Gibbs finds himself staring down the barrel of a gun, forcing him to question choices he has made in the past and present.
Secrets
Feb 14, 2012 · 41 min
When a Navy Captain is found dead with an unusual costume hidden under his uniform, NCIS uncovers a secret society of real-life super heroes and must track down the villain.
Psych Out
Feb 21, 2012 · 43 min
Gibbs clashes with Dr. Samantha Ryan over the truth behind a Navy reservist's possible suicide.
Need to Know
Feb 28, 2012 · 41 min
Top-secret clearance from a Naval research laboratory is jeopardized when the murder of a Chief Petty Officer is connected to an international arms dealer.
The Tell
Mar 20, 2012 · 44 min
The Secretary of the Navy partners Gibbs with Dr. Samantha Ryan after top secret information is leaked by someone on the inside.
The Good Son
Mar 27, 2012 · 43 min
A case hits close to home when the lead suspect in the murder of a Petty Officer is Director Vance's brother-in-law.
The Missionary Position
Apr 10, 2012 · 43 min
Following the murder of a Marine, Tony and Ziva join Ziva’s longtime friend and mentor in Columbia in a search for a missing Marine Lieutenant and Navy Chaplain.
Rekindled
Apr 17, 2012 · 43 min
After a warehouse fire reveals missing Navy documents, posing a potential threat to national security, the NCIS team joins the Baltimore P.D. investigation, reuniting Tony with a b
Playing with Fire
May 1, 2012 · 41 min
The NCIS investigation of a fire on a Navy vessel reveals evidence that elevates security at all U.S. Navy facilities worldwide.
Up in Smoke
May 8, 2012 · 41 min
The NCIS team analyzes what secrets could be in the hands of a terrorist targeting the Navy when a high-tech bug is found inside a probationary agent’s tooth.
Till Death Do Us Part
May 15, 2012 · 44 min
Terrorism shakes the foundations of the Navy and NCIS to such an extent that Gibbs and the team face surprises that will devastate them.