Brian Dietzen

When Ducky determines that one of his research cadavers was the victim of murder, the NCIS team uncovers a web of criminal intrigue. Gibbs and his team identify a cadaver, mistakenly tagged a "John Doe" as a career felon with ties to a criminal mastermind capable of erasing unsavory pasts.

NCIS (Naval Criminal Investigative Service) is more than just an action drama. With liberal doses of humor, it's a show that focuses on the sometimes complex and always amusing dynamics of a team forced to work together in high-stress situations. NCIS Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs, a former Marine gunnery sergeant whose skills as an investigator are unmatched, leads this troupe of colorful personalities.

The season opener of NCIS begins a story arc that fans won't want to miss and provides the shocking answer as to why the new director, Leon Vance, really split up Gibbs' team. The series resumes four months after the bombshell that sent Ziva back to Israel, McGee into the cyber unit and DiNozzo on a new assignment as an Agent Afloat aboard a United States aircraft carrier. The sixth season of NCIS is full of surprises including some revealing facts about Gibbs' past as well as Gibbs going toe to toe with his new boss.

NCIS is an action drama about a team of special agents whose mission is to investigate any crime that has a shred of evidence connected to Navy and Marine Corps personnel, regardless of rank or position.

At the close of Season 8, the team suspects they have found another port-to-port killer who is bound to target someone at NCIS next. Upon finding answers, they discover secrets that could make or break the team. As Season 9 begins, the team is back at work in the field, and some of their cases hit close to home. One of McGee's family members may be involved in a murder, and we find Tony working on a special SecNav case that takes a dangerous turn.

Season 8 of the hit drama NCIS starts off with "Spider and the Fly," the compelling conclusion to last season's finale that has Gibbs and his team attempting to apprehend a Mexican drug dealer threatening Gibbs' father. Future episodes feature a kidnapping at a school ("Worst Nightmare"), a Marine involved in the shooting of an intruder during a home invasion ("Short Fuse"), a drowned petty officer ("Royals and Loyals"), a triple murder at a radio station that leaves a Navy commander dead ("Dead Air"), and the return of Tony's father ("Broken Arrow").

Callen races against a ruthless adversary to locate a woman who knows the whereabouts of a forgotten fortune earmarked to fund a new war in the Middle East - and also holds the tantalizing key to his unknown past.

NCIS focuses on the sometimes complex, always amusing dynamics of people forced to work together in high-stress situations. The third season begins with the NCIS team reeling from the loss of Agent Kate Todd.

Hetty's sudden resignation prompts Callen and the NCIS team to investigate the reason why she would disappear in the hopes of tracking her down.