NCIS

NCIS: Murder 2.0 - S06E06

Wednesday 17th February 9.00pm

Continuing this week is the hit US drama series based on the work of the navy’s dedicated federal agency. In this instalment, a serial killer who posts footage of his crimes online engages Gibbs and the team in a murderous game of cat and mouse. With each video comes a series of clues pointing the agents to the next victim and crime scene – until NCIS HQ is itself breached.

Read more

NCIS: Nine Lives - S06E05

Wednesday 10th February 9.00pm

Continuing this week is the hit US drama series based on the work of the navy’s dedicated federal agency. In this instalment, the investigation into the brutal murder of a marine hits a major snag when it emerges that the main suspect is also the key witness in an ongoing FBI case. In trying to get to the truth, Gibbs locks horns with his old friend Tobias Fornell.

The agents are called in when the body of LCpl Rob Brewer is found strung up in his garage. The young marine has been tortured to death and bears several injuries inflicted with all manner of tools. “Somebody wanted to make this poor fellow suffer,” reflects Ducky. “Or talk,” suggests Gibbs.

Read more

NCIS: Capitol Offense

Wednesday 27th January 9.00pm

Continuing this week is the hit US drama series based on the work of the navy’s dedicated federal agency. In this instalment, Gibbs finds himself in a dilemma when an old navy colleague is implicated in the murder of a young female officer. As they investigate the case, the agents are drawn into the murky world of Washington politics.

The newly reunited NCIS team is called into action when the body of a young female naval officer is discovered in a lake. Lt Cdr Carrie McLellan was killed by a single bullet wound to the back. No sooner has he arrived at the scene than Gibbs receives a phone call and speeds off in his car. “What is that all about?” asks Ziva.

Read more

NCIS: Agent Afloat

Wednesday 20th January 9.00pm

Continuing this week is the hit US drama series based on the work of the Navy’s dedicated federal agency. In this instalment, the murder of a navy officer sparks a major security alert on board an aircraft carrier. Meanwhile, Gibbs strives to bring Tony back to Washington.

The agents are contemplating another quiet day at HQ when a call comes in from Tony on board the aircraft carrier USS Seahawk. After just a few days at sea, Lt Chad Evans has apparently jumped overboard, leaving his uniform and ID on deck. Ziva and McGee go to inform the lieutenant’s wife, Wendy, only to find her beaten to death at home. Broken furniture around the body suggests a struggle, but Gibbs thinks otherwise. “The crime scene was staged to make it look like a violent fight,” he says. Ducky then notes that most of the injuries on the body were inflicted postmortem, supporting Gibbs’s hypothesis.

Read more

NCIS Series Premiere: Last Man Standing

Making its long-awaited return to Five this week is the hit US drama series based on the work of the Navy’s dedicated federal agency. In the opening episode of season six, the murder of a petty officer uncovers an internal plot to sell highly classified military information. Meanwhile, new agency director Leon Vance reveals the real reason he disbanded Gibbs’s team.

Following the death of NCIS director Jenny Shepard and the subsequent dispersion of the team (see the season five finale, ‘Judgment Day’), Gibbs is adjusting to life with a new set of agents. With Ziva back at Mossad, Tony at sea on board the USS Ronald Reagan and McGee assigned to the cyber crimes unit, there are three new faces at HQ: the scatty Michelle Lee, the techie Daniel Keating and the cocky Brent Langer.

Read more

NCIS Series Premiere: Last Man Standing

Making its long-awaited return to Five this week is the hit US drama series based on the work of the Navy’s dedicated federal agency. In the opening episode of season six, the murder of a petty officer uncovers an internal plot to sell highly classified military information. Meanwhile, new agency director Leon Vance reveals the real reason he disbanded Gibbs’s team.

Following the death of NCIS director Jenny Shepard and the subsequent dispersion of the team (see the season 5 finale, ‘Judgment Day’), Gibbs is adjusting to life with a new set of agents. With Ziva back at Mossad, Tony at sea on board the USS Ronald Reagan and McGee assigned to the cyber crimes unit, there are three new faces at HQ: the scatty Michelle Lee, the techie Daniel Keating and the cocky Brent Langer.

Read more

NCIS Season Finale: Judgment Day – Part 2

Friday 15th May 9.00pm

The hit US drama based on the work of the Navy’s dedicated federal agency concludes. This week’s instalment is the second half of the explosive finale to season five. Director Shepard is killed while trying to clean up a secret mission that began a decade ago in Europe. While acting director Vance attempts to investigate the case according to NCIS regulations, Gibbs and Franks decide to take matters into their own hands.

Tony and Ziva finally pinpoint the director’s location and pull up to the abandoned diner in the desert (see episode 18, ‘Judgment Day – Part 1’) – but they are too late. Inside the building, Jenny Shepard is lying dead in a pool of blood, surrounded by four dead gunmen.

Read more

NCIS: Judgment Day – Part 1

Friday 8th May 9.00pm

The hit US drama based on the work of the Navy’s dedicated federal agency continues. This week’s instalment is the first half of an explosive season finale. The death of a special agent in LA leads NCIS Director Jenny Shepard on a dangerous sub- rosa mission to finish some classified business she began a decade ago in Europe.

Read more

About Face (17/19)

Friday 1st May 9.00pm

The hit US drama based on the work of the Navy’s dedicated federal agency continues. This week, assistant ME Jimmy Palmer finds himself at the centre of a labyrinthine murder investigation when he comes under fire at a crime scene.

The agents are called to a Navy annex building under renovation, where a man’s body has been found in an elevator shaft. Early signs suggest that the victim – US national Rick Baxter according to his driver’s licence – was involved in an altercation before falling to his death. He has a large contusion to the side of his head. Left to bag the body on his own, assistant ME Jimmy Palmer finds a foreign passport on the floor, before leaning over the edge of the building to talk to Ducky. When he returns to the body, the passport has gone and an unknown man is fleeing the scene. Palmer gives chase, but is forced to stop when the man turns and fires two rounds, narrowly missing the young coroner.

Read more

Recoil (16/19)

Friday 24th April 9.00pm

The hit US drama based on the work of the Navy’s dedicated federal agency continues. In this instalment, Ziva shoots dead a serial killer when an undercover operation reaches a dramatic conclusion. However, it soon emerges that the killer may not have been working alone.

As part of an undercover operation to catch the man responsible for killing four women, all the wives of marines, Ziva is dating lead suspect Andy Hoffman under an assumed name. When Tony finds a dead woman in Hoffman’s house, the agents are sure they have their man. “Call Ziva, give her the distress code,” orders Gibbs. “Tell her we’re taking Hoffman down – now!” However, when she receives the call, Ziva is in the car with the suspect, who becomes suspicious and pulls out a gun. Hoffman takes Ziva to an abandoned warehouse and attempts to kill her, but the Mossad agent manages to overpower her captor and shoots him dead.

Read more

In the Zone (15/19)

Friday 17th April 9.00pm

The hit US drama based on the work of the Navy’s dedicated federal agency continues. In this instalment, the murder of a marine captain in Baghdad leads to a murky property deal back in the US. As the investigation progresses, it emerges that intel analyst Nikki Jardine has another reason to want to visit Iraq.

Reservist Marine Cpt John Rankin is killed during a mortar attack on the US base within Baghdad’s ‘green zone’ – a protective enclave in a country at war. Suspecting foul play, the victim’s wife pulls some strings and has her husband’s body shipped back to the US where Ducky performs the autopsy. Sure enough, the ME makes a surprising discovery. “Captain Rankin didn’t die from the mortar attack,” he says. “The poor fellow was shot.” Convinced that the timing of the mortar attack was no coincidence, Gibbs decides that the whole thing must have been arranged to cover up Rankin’s murder.

Read more

Internal Affairs (14/19)

Friday 10th April 9.00pm

The hit US drama based on the work of the Navy’s dedicated federal agency continues. In this instalment, the NCIS agents are investigated by the FBI on suspicion of murdering an arms dealer known as ‘La Grenouille’. Director Shepard is the prime suspect, until an eyewitness comes forward and points the finger at Tony.

Gibbs and the team are at NCIS HQ when their morning is rudely interrupted by the arrival of senior FBI agent Tobias Fornell. Fornell delivers the news that international arms dealer René Benoit, better knows as ‘La Grenouille’, has been found dead. “La Grenouille – he’s dead?” asks Shepard. “Murdered,” responds Fornell. “This entire unit is under investigation.”

Read more

Dog Tags (13/19)

Friday 3rd April 9.00pm

The hit US drama based on the work of the Navy’s dedicated federal agency continues. In this instalment, the lead suspect in an ongoing Navy drug-smuggling investigation turns up dead, apparently mauled by his own dog. Military top brass consider the case closed, but Abby is convinced that the dog is innocent. Elsewhere, Gibbs continues to suspect that Shepard is sick.

Read more

Stakeout (12/19)

Friday 27th March at 9:00pm on five

The hit US drama based on the work of the Navy’s dedicated federal agency continues. In this instalment, the agents are staking out a warehouse in connection with some stolen Navy radar equipment when they stumble upon a murder. Elsewhere, Ducky is keeping a secret from the rest of the team.

After receiving an anonymous email concerning the location of some stolen radar equipment, NCIS sets up surveillance at a storage facility in downtown DC in the hope of catching the thief red-handed. For the first few days, the only activity the agents witness is drug dealing –but all that changes when a man is killed in an alleyway. The victim, a shady stockbroker called Scott Rowe, had visited the area a number of times to talk to a known dealer. On this occasion, he left his car and followed the dealer down the alley, only to be beaten to death with a pipe –just out of view of the cameras.Read more

Tribes

Friday March 20 at 9:00pm on five

The hit US drama based on the work of the Navy’s dedicated federal agency continues. In this instalment, the murder of a Muslim marine points towards a possible al-Qaeda terrorist cell operating on US soil. However, the investigation is hampered by Ducky’s refusal to perform an autopsy on the victim.

Gibbs and the team are called to an alleyway where a young marine has been shot dead. The victim is LCpl Abdul Bakr, a Sunni Muslim American recently returned from service in Iraq. The cause of death appears to be a single gunshot wound to the chest fired from the marine’s own gun, though there is very little blood and no sign of a struggle. “A marine with combat experience lets someone take his weapon without a fight?” asks Gibbs, incredulously.

A trip to the local mosque brings the agents into contact with the victim’s father, an imam called Khalid Mohammed Bakr.Read more