NCIS: Los Angeles: Season 13
Season 13 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of NCIS: Los Angeles Season 12.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 13 Progress Shield
Subject 17
Oct 10, 2021 · 45 min
While Callen suspects Hetty of keeping secrets about his past and Joelle surfaces in her quest to capture Katya, NCIS must track down an informant whose life is in danger. Also, Ke
Fukushu
Oct 17, 2021 · 45 min
NCIS takes the case personally when an LAPD officer’s father, a beloved elderly Japanese American veteran, is the victim of a vicious hate crime.
Indentured
Oct 24, 2021 · 45 min
Sam and Kilbride clash when a case involving an arms dealer responsible for the slaughter of ATF agents leads them to a well-connected colonel and friend of Kilbride, accused of su
Sorry for Your Loss
Oct 31, 2021 · 45 min
As Callen continues hunting Katya, Kilbride enlists NCIS to help find a truckload of stolen guns. The assignment becomes more challenging when their suspect, the son of a mob boss
Divided We Fall
Nov 7, 2021 · 45 min
When an NCIS mission to protect a compromised undercover agent goes completely sideways, the agents are individually interrogated to find out what really happened. Also, Kilbride m
Sundown
Nov 21, 2021 · 45 min
Sam negotiates and Rountree goes undercover, when a man takes a busload of hostages and threatens to blow it up unless his daughter’s war crimes are posthumously cleared.
Lost Soldier Down
Jan 2, 2022 · 45 min
NCIS investigates the apparent suicide of a Navy intelligence officer who leapt to his death after taking LSD. Also, while Kensi is away, Deeks makes plans to redo the backyard wit
A Land of Wolves
Jan 9, 2022 · 45 min
The NCIS team scrambles to find Kensi, when she is attacked and kidnapped by a mysterious militia group while helping a group of migrants cross the border.
Under the Influence
Feb 27, 2022 · 45 min
The NCIS team helps a U.S. ambassador search for her missing daughter, Gia, a popular social media influencer. Also, Agent Aliyah De León returns to support the team with the case.
Where Loyalties Lie
Mar 6, 2022 · 45 min
When a civilian scientist working with the marines is killed, and her advanced radar technology stolen, the NCIS team must scramble to find the missing technology and the culprit.
All the Little Things
Mar 13, 2022 · 45 min
When a newborn child is found abandoned on a Navy ship, Kensi and Deeks search for the mother on board before she dies of complications. Also, Nate meets with Admiral Kilbride and
Murmuration
Mar 20, 2022 · 45 min
The NCIS team investigates an unidentified aircraft that flies into U.S. airspace and crashes into a Navy plane. Also, Deeks and Kensi begin to prepare for their foster inspection.
Bonafides
Mar 27, 2022 · 45 min
When DOJ Agent Lance Hamilton's partner is killed, Sam dons his previous undercover persona of "Switch" to find the culprit. Also, Kensi, Deeks, Rountree and Kilbride work to catch
Pandora's Box
Mar 27, 2022 · 45 min
NCIS investigates the robbery of a high-end arts storage by going undercover as potential buyers on the black market, to find who is behind the stolen items.
Perception
Apr 10, 2022 · 45 min
Rountree and his younger sister are pulled over by police and treated harshly in a clear case of racial profiling. Also, NCIS investigates the death of a Navy photographer who was
MWD
Apr 17, 2022 · 45 min
NCIS investigates the kidnapping of Master Sergeant Boomer, a military working dog. Also, Sam looks to sell his boat so he can take care of his father who is suffering from Alzheim
Genesis
Apr 24, 2022 · 45 min
The NCIS team helps Naval intelligence officer Akhil Ali locate a fellow officer who went missing while recruiting foreign assets as potential sources of intelligence. Also, Callen
Hard For The Money
May 1, 2022 · 45 min
NCIS investigates the murder of a woman employed in the Navy’s missile defense program and its connection to stolen Navy missile technology. Also, a strict social worker stresses o
Live Free or Die Standing
May 1, 2022 · 45 min
The NCIS team works with DEA Agent Talia Del Campo to find a missing whistleblower set to testify against gun manufacturers marketing to drug cartels.
Work & Family
May 8, 2022 · 45 min
NCIS investigates after two men are blown up by their own explosives while attempting to break into a military base. Also, Callen wants to take the next step with Anna, and Sam mov
Down The Rabbit Hole
May 15, 2022 · 45 min
The NCIS team must quickly find Callen after he falls for Katya’s trap using Sam’s deepfake to coordinate a weapons deal.
Come Together
May 22, 2022 · 45 min
The NCIS team hunts for a heist crew that robs a Los Angeles casino with military-grade power. Also, Kensi and Deeks hear exciting news regarding the adoption and Callen takes a bi