NCIS: Los Angeles: Season 5
NCIS: Los Angeles Season 5 continues the overarching saga across 24 episodes. The series is an American police procedural television series and a spin-off of NCIS that premiered on CBS on September 22, 2009 and ended on May 21, 2023. The show features a Los Angeles based team and follows the exploits of the Los Angeles based off branch, combining action and adventure, drama, crime, and mystery elements as part of its
Season 5 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- NCIS: Los Angeles is an American police procedural television series that premiered on CBS on September 22, 2009 and concluded on May 21, 2023.
- The series functions as a spin-off of NCIS, with characters having first appeared in two episodes of the sixth season of NCIS titled Legend part one and Legend part two.
- The program follows the exploits of the Los Angeles based off branch team handling action and adventure, drama, crime, and mystery cases.
- The broader television franchise lineage connects the series to NCIS, which itself spun off from JAG.
Season overview
NCIS: Los Angeles Season 5 continues the overarching saga across 24 episodes. The series is an American police procedural television series and a spin-off of NCIS that premiered on CBS on September 22, 2009 and ended on May 21, 2023. The show features a Los Angeles based team and follows the exploits of the Los Angeles based off branch, combining action and adventure, drama, crime, and mystery elements as part of its ongoing narrative and broadcast history.
Episode Guide
Season 5 Progress Shield
Ascension
Sep 24, 2013
While Sam and Deeks recover from traumatic torture that will have a lasting impact on their personal and professional relationships, lives are still in jeopardy as the NCIS: LA tea
Impact
Oct 1, 2013
In an effort to help Sam and Deeks return to work, Hetty calls upon Operational Psychologist Nate Getz to help them cope with their traumatic experience. Meanwhile, the rest of the
Omni
Oct 8, 2013
The NCIS: LA team must find who compromised a classified vaccine project from a bio tech company. Meanwhile, Deeks struggles with his emotions upon returning to the field.
Reznikov, N.
Oct 15, 2013
The NCIS: LA team finds themselves in danger while investigating a kidnapping case of a man claiming to be Callen’s father.
Unwritten Rule
Oct 22, 2013
Analyst Nell Jones joins the NCIS: LA team in the field when a former Navy officer’s girlfriend is kidnapped in exchange for Navy intelligence. Meanwhile, Deeks unknowingly breaks
Big Brother
Oct 29, 2013
When a 15-year-old hacker compromises missions, Callen goes under cover at a prestigious high school.
The Livelong Day
Nov 5, 2013
The team must alert Homeland Security when they uncover a threat to a Los Angeles-based train during a murder investigation.
Fallout
Nov 12, 2013
The team must locate and retrieve a stolen antiterrorism device before the city is attacked; Hetty is haunted by her past.
Recovery
Nov 19, 2013
Kensi goes undercover as a nutritionist and Deeks poses as a new patient at a rehab center to investigate the death of a Navy officer.
The Frozen Lake
Nov 26, 2013
Callen and Sam enlist the help of a Gurkha, an elite Nepali soldier specializing in knife fighting, to retrieve a missing thumb drive. Meanwhile, Kensi and Deeks struggle to find
Iron Curtain Rising
Dec 10, 2013
When a former Romanian Communist leader and suspected war criminal is discovered to be living in Los Angeles under a false identity, the NCIS: LA team must locate him before he dis
Merry Evasion
Dec 17, 2013
A senator’s daughter is the victim of a home invasion. The team investigate to determine if it was a random crime or a targeted attack due to her father’s crackdown on internationa
Allegiance
Jan 14, 2014
While in Afghanistan, Kensi and Granger join the team on a joint case when a federal agent in Los Angeles tied to Hawala, an ancient system of money transfer, is murdered.
War Cries
Feb 4, 2014
The investigation into the murder of two private military contractors ends up putting a member of the team in grave danger; Sam arranges a blind date for Callen.
Tuhon
Feb 25, 2014
Callen and Sam search for a murder suspect -- a retired assassin (Danny Trejo) they encountered on their first case together.
Fish Out of Water
Mar 4, 2014
Following an explosion at a fish market, the NCIS: LA team partners with an undercover DEA agent to determine if the incident is an act of terrorism or a botched drug smuggling dea
Between the Lines
Mar 18, 2014
When a gang identifies and executes an undercover agent, the team must locate a mole before other agents are put in danger.
Zero Days
Mar 25, 2014
Eric witnesses his friend, a computer systems expert, being attacked by people who want information that could redirect a missile; Kensi runs into a familiar face in Afghanistan.
Spoils of War
Apr 1, 2014
After learning that Special Agent Kensi Blye disappeared and the Taliban may be he holding her captive, Hetty sends the NCIS: LA team to Afghanistan on a rescue mission.
Windfall
Apr 8, 2014
Nell joins Deeks in the field on a case involving a former Marine who is being tracked by al-Qaida after embezzling money from Iraq.
Three Hearts
Apr 15, 2014
The team takes an undercover agent who is suspected of working for the smuggler he is supposed to be investigating into custody; Kensi and Deeks discuss their relationship.
One More Chance
Apr 29, 2014
Sam is convinced that the theft of software for a new unmanned aerial vehicle is connected with the disappearance of the lead engineer's 10-year-old daughter, a girl Sam once provi
Exposure
May 6, 2014
When a news reporter announces the group responsible for the deadly explosion at a military-sponsored charity event, the team must investigate her claims and search for the attacke
Deep Trouble (1)
May 13, 2014
When the NCIS: Los Angeles team and DEA uncover the cartel's plans to slyly transport billions of dollars’ worth of cocaine from Colombia to the U.S. using a submarine, Callen and