NCIS season 17#ep391

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| num_episodes = 20

| network = CBS

| first_aired = {{Start date|2019|9|24}}

| last_aired = {{End date|2020|4|14}}

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The seventeenth season of NCIS, an American police procedural drama television series, originally aired on CBS from September 24, 2019 through April 14, 2020. The season was produced by Belisarius Productions and CBS Television Studios. The season only contained 20 episodes, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is the first, and so far only, season in the series to not end in the usual May.

NCIS revolves around a fictional team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which conducts criminal investigations involving the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.

In May 2020, CBS renewed the series for an eighteenth season.{{Cite web|last1=Andreeva|first1=Peter White, Nellie|last2=White|first2=Peter|last3=Andreeva|first3=Nellie|date=2020-05-06|title=CBS Renews 18 Series, Including Freshmen 'FBI: Most Wanted', 'Bob ♥ Abishola', 'All Rise' & 'The Unicorn'|url=https://deadline.com/2020/05/cbs-renewals-1202927097/|access-date=2020-06-24|website=Deadline|language=en|archive-date=2020-05-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200506203757/https://deadline.com/2020/05/cbs-renewals-1202927097/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Watson|first=Fay|date=2020-05-07|title=NCIS season 18 release date, cast, trailer, plot: When is NCIS out on CBS?|url=https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1278768/NCIS-season-18-release-date-cast-trailer-plot-when-NCIS-season-18-CBS|access-date=2020-06-24|website=Express.co.uk|language=en|archive-date=2021-05-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518154826/https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1278768/NCIS-season-18-release-date-cast-trailer-plot-when-NCIS-season-18-CBS|url-status=live}}

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Episodes

{{see also|List of NCIS episodes}}

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|EpisodeNumber = 379

|EpisodeNumber2 = 1

|Title = Out of the Darkness

|DirectedBy = Terrence O'Hara

|WrittenBy = Gina Lucita Monreal

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|9|24}}

|ProdCode = 1701

|Viewers = 12.57{{cite web|url=https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tuesday-final-ratings-sept-24-2019/|title=Black-ish and The Voice adjust up, New Amsterdam adjusts down: Tuesday final ratings|last=Welch|first=Alex|work=TV by the Numbers|date=September 25, 2019|access-date=September 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925204306/https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tuesday-final-ratings-sept-24-2019/|archive-date=September 25, 2019|url-status=dead}}

|ShortSummary = When Ziva returns, warning Gibbs that his life is in danger, the two are forced on the run to locate Sahar, the mastermind responsible. Meanwhile, the team investigates, with the revelation of Ziva's survival leaving major rifts amongst them.

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|EpisodeNumber = 380

|EpisodeNumber2 = 2

|Title = Into the Light

|DirectedBy = Tony Wharmby

|WrittenBy = Steven D. Binder

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|10|1}}

|ProdCode = 1702

|Viewers = 12.51{{cite web|url=https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tuesday-final-ratings-oct-1-2019/|title=The Conners and The Voice adjust up, New Amsterdam adjusts down: Tuesday final ratings|last=Welch|first=Alex|work=TV by the Numbers|date=October 2, 2019|access-date=October 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002204643/https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tuesday-final-ratings-oct-1-2019/|archive-date=October 2, 2019|url-status=dead}}

|ShortSummary = The investigation into the threat on Gibbs and Ziva takes a turn when attacks are made on Congressmen. After being cornered by NCIS and Ziva, Sahar enacts "plan C", which results in her and her henchmen being killed. During these events, Gibbs and Ziva make peace after the latter reveals to having felt abandoned by Gibbs not looking for her when her death was reported, and Ziva tells Gibbs she has one more thing she needs to do alone before reuniting with her family.

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|EpisodeNumber = 381

|EpisodeNumber2 = 3

|Title = Going Mobile

|DirectedBy = Thomas J. Wright

|WrittenBy = Scott Williams

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|10|8}}

|ProdCode = 1703

|Viewers = 11.19{{cite web|url=https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tuesday-final-ratings-oct-8-2019/|title=The Conners adjusts up: Tuesday final ratings|last=Welch|first=Alex|work=TV by the Numbers|date=October 9, 2019|access-date=October 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191011040224/https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tuesday-final-ratings-oct-8-2019/|archive-date=October 11, 2019|url-status=dead}}

|ShortSummary = After a body is found underneath a truck entering the Navy Yard, the investigation into the man's death leads them to a trailer park with a number of interesting residents. Sloane tries to get the team to talk regarding Ziva's recent appearance and departure.

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|EpisodeNumber = 382

|EpisodeNumber2 = 4

|Title = Someone Else's Shoes

|DirectedBy = Michael Zinberg

|WrittenBy = Christopher J. Waild

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|10|15}}

|ProdCode = 1704

|Viewers = 10.87{{cite web|url=https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tuesday-final-ratings-oct-15-2019/|title=Mixed-ish adjusts down: Tuesday final ratings|last=Welch|first=Alex|work=TV by the Numbers|date=October 16, 2019|access-date=October 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023062424/https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tuesday-final-ratings-oct-15-2019/|archive-date=October 23, 2019|url-status=dead}}

|ShortSummary = The NCIS team investigates a bizarre crime scene at Arlington National Cemetery which is linked to a string of attacks on homeless veterans. Meanwhile, as a punishment for lying to Director Vance regarding Ziva's sudden reappearance, McGee, Bishop and Torres will have to spend their entire day conducting evidence garage cleanup.

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|EpisodeNumber = 383

|EpisodeNumber2 = 5

|Title = Wide Awake

|DirectedBy = Diana Valentine

|WrittenBy = Brendan Fehily

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|10|22}}

|ProdCode = 1705

|Viewers = 11.34{{cite web|url=https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tuesday-final-ratings-oct-22-2019/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023220836/https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tuesday-final-ratings-oct-22-2019/|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 23, 2019|title=It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown and World Series adjust up: Tuesday final ratings|last=Welch|first=Alex|work=TV by the Numbers|date=October 23, 2019|access-date=October 23, 2019}}

|ShortSummary = NCIS investigates Marine Corporal Laney Alimonte after evidence suggests she murdered her neighbor while being treated for insomnia by a hypnotherapist. Meanwhile, Gibbs befriends his new neighbors, a single mother and her 9-year old son, after the latter’s baseball accidentally crashes through his window.

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|EpisodeNumber = 384

|EpisodeNumber2 = 6

|Title = Institutionalized

|DirectedBy = Tony Wharmby

|WrittenBy = David J. North

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|11|5}}

|ProdCode = 1706

|Viewers = 10.88{{cite web|url=https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tuesday-final-ratings-nov-5-2019/|title=NCIS: New Orleans adjusts down: Tuesday final ratings|last=Welch|first=Alex|work=TV by the Numbers|date=November 6, 2019|access-date=November 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023062424/https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tuesday-final-ratings-oct-15-2019/|archive-date=October 23, 2019|url-status=dead}}

|ShortSummary = When investigating the death of a formerly imprisoned Naval officer, Kasie has to fight tooth-and-nail when the prime suspect is her childhood friend.

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|EpisodeNumber = 385

|EpisodeNumber2 = 7

|Title = No Vacancy

|DirectedBy = Rocky Carroll

|WrittenBy = Marco Schnabel

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|11|12}}

|ProdCode = 1707

|Viewers = 11.65{{cite web|url=https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tuesday-final-ratings-nov-12-2019/|title=This is Us and NCIS adjust up: Tuesday final ratings|last=Welch|first=Alex|work=TV by the Numbers|date=November 13, 2019|access-date=November 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191114030053/https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tuesday-final-ratings-nov-12-2019/|archive-date=November 14, 2019|url-status=dead}}

|ShortSummary = While investigating a Marine’s murder, the NCIS team uncovers a labyrinth of live-streaming spy cameras hidden in the rooms of a Virginia motel.

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|EpisodeNumber = 386

|EpisodeNumber2 = 8

|Title = Musical Chairs

|DirectedBy = Michael Zinberg

|WrittenBy = Kate Torgovnick May

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|11|19}}

|ProdCode = 1708

|Viewers = 11.12{{cite web|url=https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tuesday-final-ratings-nov-19-2019/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191121065158/https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tuesday-final-ratings-nov-19-2019/|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 21, 2019|title=The Conners, The Voice, all others hold: Tuesday final ratings|last=Welch|first=Alex|work=TV by the Numbers|date=November 20, 2019|access-date=November 20, 2019}}

|ShortSummary = The NCIS team investigates the murder of a musician in the Navy's most elite band that performs at diplomatic events around the world.

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|EpisodeNumber = 387

|EpisodeNumber2 = 9

|Title = IRL

|DirectedBy = Terrence O'Hara

|WrittenBy = Christopher J. Waild

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|11|26}}

|ProdCode = 1709

|Viewers = 11.06{{cite web|url=https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tuesday-final-ratings-nov-26-2019/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191127220505/https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tuesday-final-ratings-nov-26-2019/|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 27, 2019|title=The Conners adjusts up: Tuesday final ratings|last=Welch|first=Alex|work=TV by the Numbers|date=November 27, 2019|access-date=November 27, 2019}}

|ShortSummary = NCIS investigates the murder of a petty officer that was live-streamed on a popular video gaming app. Meanwhile, Gibbs watches his 9-year old neighbor, Phineas (Jack Fisher), when his mother must leave on a last-minute trip.

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|EpisodeNumber = 388

|EpisodeNumber2 = 10

|Title = The North Pole

|DirectedBy = James Whitmore Jr.

|WrittenBy = Gina Lucita Monreal

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|12|17}}

|ProdCode = 1710

|Viewers = 11.10{{cite web|url=https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tuesday-final-ratings-dec-17-2019/|title=Olaf's Frozen Adventure adjusts up: Tuesday final ratings|last=Welch|first=Alex|work=TV by the Numbers|date=December 18, 2019|access-date=December 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191219003831/https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tuesday-final-ratings-dec-17-2019/|archive-date=December 19, 2019|url-status=dead}}

|ShortSummary = Gibbs helps Phineas's mother, Sarah, with a plumbing issue and notices a cut on her hand. She brushes it off as scraping it against a pipe. Meanwhile, Ziva's landlady Odette instructs Bishop to retrieve a flash drive at a club in exchange for $100k, but instead of handing it to Odette (revealed to have been fired from a special CIA operation), she presents it to the team. The lone file on the drive is a picture of an unidentified man dragging Ziva's friend Adam Eshel into an abandoned factory. Flashbacks show Ziva in the time elapsed from Eli's farmhouse explosion. The investigation reveals that the "Sahar" killed previously is an impostor. Gibbs and Ziva arrive too late to save Adam, but he tells them that the real Sahar is "someone you know" before dying. They come to realize Adam was talking to Gibbs instead of Ziva, leading them to the conclusion that Sahar is Sarah, and Gibbs is forced to kill her during her confrontation with Ziva. Odette offers "special training" to Bishop at Ziva's office, and Gibbs reluctantly heads upstairs at his house to tell Phineas about his mother.

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|EpisodeNumber = 389

|EpisodeNumber2 = 11

|Title = In the Wind

|DirectedBy = Rocky Carroll

|WrittenBy = Scott Williams

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|1|7}}

|ProdCode = 1711

|Viewers = 10.39{{cite web|url=https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tuesday-final-ratings-jan-7-2020/|title=Batwoman rerun adjusts up: Tuesday final ratings|last=Welch|first=Alex|work=TV by the Numbers|date=January 8, 2020|access-date=January 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200108223517/https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tuesday-final-ratings-jan-7-2020/|archive-date=January 8, 2020|url-status=dead}}

|ShortSummary = Gibbs gets deeply and personally involved in a case when Phineas goes missing, to the concern of his team regarding his well-being. The case also hits home with Torres, having busted a child trafficking ring while deep undercover. Victor Mir, the club owner who NCIS has crossed paths with before, is revealed to be Halabi, a man working in a terrorist ring with the brother of Phineas’s biological father, and the team arrests him before he can take Phineas to his uncle in Libya. Phineas is then reunited with his foster parents, from whom he was separated when his mother lied to him about them not wanting him anymore. Ziva then bids her farewells to the team as Jimmy prepares to take her to the airport so she can fly to Paris and reunite with her family.

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|EpisodeNumber = 390

|EpisodeNumber2 = 12

|Title = Flight Plan

|DirectedBy = Tawnia McKiernan

|WrittenBy = Brendan Fehily

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|1|14}}

|ProdCode = 1712

|Viewers = 10.12{{cite web|url=https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tuesday-final-ratings-jan-14-2020/|title=This is Us adjusts up: Tuesday final ratings|last=Welch|first=Alex|work=TV by the Numbers|date=January 15, 2020|access-date=January 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200117191040/https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tuesday-final-ratings-jan-14-2020/|archive-date=January 17, 2020|url-status=dead}}

|ShortSummary = While investigating the crash of a Navy fighter jet, the team discovers the pilot had faked her death. Meanwhile, McGee is concerned about getting a vasectomy.

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|EpisodeNumber = 391

|EpisodeNumber2 = 13

|Title = Sound Off

|DirectedBy = William Webb

|WrittenBy = Lisa Di Trolio

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|1|21}}

|ProdCode = 1713

|Viewers = 11.36{{cite web|url=https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tuesday-final-ratings-jan-21-2020/|title=NCIS, The Conners, all others hold: Tuesday final ratings|last=Welch|first=Alex|work=TV by the Numbers|date=January 23, 2020|access-date=January 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200124015804/https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tuesday-final-ratings-jan-21-2020/|archive-date=January 24, 2020|url-status=dead}}

|ShortSummary = When the body of a Marine is found at a drone testing site, NCIS must determine if it was murder or an accident. Meanwhile, Jimmy carefully interviews candidates for the medical examiner assistant position.

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|EpisodeNumber = 392

|EpisodeNumber2 = 14

|Title = On Fire

|DirectedBy = Mark Horowitz

|WrittenBy = David J. North & Steven D. Binder

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|1|28}}

|ProdCode = 1714

|Viewers = 12.12{{cite web|url=https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tuesday-final-ratings-jan-28-2020/|title=This is Us adjusts up, Arrow adjusts down: Tuesday final ratings|last=Welch|first=Alex|work=TV by the Numbers|date=January 29, 2020|access-date=January 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129214435/https://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/tuesday-final-ratings-jan-28-2020/|archive-date=January 29, 2020|url-status=dead}}

|ShortSummary = While Torres and Bishop are out jogging, Torres is hit by a speeding car. As Torres is comatose, NCIS and a vengeful Bishop must navigate a political minefield involving Xavier Zolotov, the spoiled son of an influential Russian family. During the investigation, the team finds Zolotov murdered, presumably by his girlfriend, who was a material suspect in Torres's previous undercover assignment years earlier. A strand of blonde hair is found at the crime scene (the girlfriend is blonde), leading the team to suspect her, though McGee is uneasy that Bishop may have followed through with her intention to kill Zolotov. However, after she confirms she did not do so at the end of the episode, McGee begins to suspect that Gibbs may have killed Zolotov to protect her.

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|EpisodeNumber = 393

|EpisodeNumber2 = 15

|Title = Lonely Hearts

|DirectedBy = Michael Zinberg

|WrittenBy = Marco Schnabel

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|2|11}}

|ProdCode = 1715

|Viewers = 11.75{{cite web|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-tuesday-cable-originals-network-finals-2-11-2020.html|title=UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.11.2020|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|work=Showbuzz Daily|date=February 12, 2020|access-date=February 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200212211933/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-tuesday-cable-originals-network-finals-2-11-2020.html|archive-date=February 12, 2020|url-status=dead}}

|ShortSummary = The lead suspect for the murders of two Marines is a woman that Gibbs' friend, Phillip Brooks (Don Lake), met on a dating website. Meanwhile, Sloane has a secret admirer on Valentine's Day, and Torres is out of the hospital from the hit-and-run incident.

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|EpisodeNumber = 394

|EpisodeNumber2 = 16

|Title = Ephemera

|DirectedBy = Diana Valentine

|WrittenBy = Christopher J. Waild

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|2|18}}

|ProdCode = 1716

|Viewers = 11.91{{cite web|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-tuesday-cable-originals-network-finals-2-18-2020.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220153015/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-tuesday-cable-originals-network-finals-2-18-2020.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 20, 2020|title=SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.18.2020|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|work=Showbuzz Daily|date=February 20, 2020|access-date=February 20, 2020}}

|ShortSummary = While investigating the suicide of a retired Navy chief petty officer who left a rare, valuable - and possibly stolen - coin to the National Museum of the Navy, the team imagines themselves in his life story in order to piece together how the coin ended up in his possession.

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|EpisodeNumber = 395

|EpisodeNumber2 = 17

|Title = In a Nutshell

|DirectedBy = Michael Zinberg

|WrittenBy = Katie White

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|3|10}}

|ProdCode = 1717

|Viewers = 10.75{{cite web|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-tuesday-cable-originals-network-finals-3-10-2020.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200314103226/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-tuesday-cable-originals-network-finals-3-10-2020.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 14, 2020|title=SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.10.2020|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|work=Showbuzz Daily|date=March 11, 2020|access-date=March 11, 2020}}

|ShortSummary = NCIS investigates the murder of a petty officer who was killed in the exact same manner as his parents were 10 years prior. The victim's sister, Claire, has recreated "nutshell" displays depicting her parents' deaths, which assists the team in the investigation. Meanwhile, the team agrees to clean out some of their personal belongings to donate to a charity, but some have a harder time letting go than others. The episode ends with Bishop receiving a text from Odette.

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|EpisodeNumber = 396

|EpisodeNumber2 = 18

|Title = Schooled

|DirectedBy = Alrick Riley

|WrittenBy = Kate Torgovnick May & Steven D. Binder

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|3|24}}

|ProdCode = 1718

|Viewers = 13.22{{cite web|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-tuesday-cable-originals-network-finals-3-24-2020.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325201727/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-tuesday-cable-originals-network-finals-3-24-2020.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 25, 2020|title=SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.24.2020|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|work=Showbuzz Daily|date=March 24, 2020|access-date=March 24, 2020}}

|ShortSummary = When a seemingly well-regarded Marine is found dead in a lake near where a popular community event is being held, the team comes to realize he is a wanted hacker. Meanwhile, Sloane’s biological daughter Faith, requests her father’s medical history, unintentionally forcing Sloane to confront that man: he had raped her after a college party. Sloane makes sure he’ll give Faith what she asks for, lie about the circumstances of her birth, and to never contact her again, but Faith puts two and two together and thanks Sloane for giving her up for adoption in order to protect her from her biological father.

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|EpisodeNumber = 397

|EpisodeNumber2 = 19

|Title = Blarney

|DirectedBy = Rocky Carroll

|WrittenBy = Scott Williams

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|3|31}}

|ProdCode = 1719

|Viewers = 13.65{{cite web|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-tuesday-cable-originals-network-finals-3-31-2020.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200402175213/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-tuesday-cable-originals-network-finals-3-31-2020.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 2, 2020|title=ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.31.2020|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|work=Showbuzz Daily|date=April 1, 2020|access-date=April 1, 2020}}

|ShortSummary = Jimmy and Kasie are held hostage in the diner Gibbs frequently visits after three armed burglars mismanage a heist at a nearby jewelry store. The leader kills their driver beforehand due to the latter spilling details to his wife, who later relays it to Vance and Sloane. A cook at the diner shoots one of the burglars in an attempt to free the patrons, later resulting in the crook’s death and his fellow robbers forcing Jimmy to cut out the diamonds he had swallowed. This gives Jimmy and Kasie the idea to convince them they are bleeding internally from broken glass, saving the other patrons and ending the hostage situation.

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|EpisodeNumber = 398

|EpisodeNumber2 = 20

|Title = The Arizona

|DirectedBy = James Whitmore Jr.

|WrittenBy = Gina Lucita Monreal

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|4|14}}

|ProdCode = 1720

|Viewers = 13.49{{cite web|url=http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-tuesday-cable-originals-network-finals-4-14-2020.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200416182005/http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-top-150-tuesday-cable-originals-network-finals-4-14-2020.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 16, 2020|title=ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Tuesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.14.2020|last=Metcalf|first=Mitch|work=Showbuzz Daily|date=April 15, 2020|access-date=April 15, 2020}}

|ShortSummary = The team tries to verify the identity of Joe Smith, who claims to have served on the U.S.S. Arizona during the Pearl Harbor attacks and wants his ashes interred there when he dies. Meanwhile, McGee unwittingly gets roped into a family reunion of people he doesn't know.

Note: This episode was dedicated to the Pearl Harbor victims as well as the first responders and those on the frontlines battling the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Production

NCIS was renewed for a seventeenth season on April 11, 2019.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/04/ncis-renewed-season-17-cbs-mark-harmon-new-deal-cbs-tv-studios-1202593874/|title=NCIS Renewed For Season 17 By CBS As Star & EP Mark Harmon Inks New Deal|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=April 11, 2019|access-date=April 11, 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411193012/https://deadline.com/2019/04/ncis-renewed-season-17-cbs-mark-harmon-new-deal-cbs-tv-studios-1202593874/|archive-date=April 11, 2019}}

On March 13, 2020, CBS announced that the filming of season 17 had been suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web|url=https://popculture.com/tv-shows/2020/03/13/ncis-franchise-production-postponed-amid-coronavirus-outbreak/|title='NCIS' Franchise Production Reportedly Postponed Amid Coronavirus Outbreak|last=Levine|first=Daniel|date=March 13, 2020|access-date=March 15, 2020|archive-date=March 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200317192212/https://popculture.com/tv-shows/2020/03/13/ncis-franchise-production-postponed-amid-coronavirus-outbreak/|url-status=live}} Storylines planned for what would have been Episodes 21–24 are confirmed to have been integrated into the Season 18 episodes "Everything Starts Somewhere" and "Sunburn." Executive producer Frank Cardea teased a "very surprising ending" that was altered due to the pandemic. Fans have speculated that this was either the exit of Maria Bello's Jacqueline Sloane (which was postponed until the Season 18 episode "True Believer") or an on-screen reunion of former main cast members Michael Weatherly and Cote de Pablo as Tony DiNozzo and Ziva David, though neither theory was confirmed.

This is the first and only season not to feature Joe Spano in his recurring role as Tobias Fornell, though he is mentioned numerous times in the season's eighth episode, "Musical Chairs." The fact that the opening arc of the next season would conclude the episode's arc regarding Fornell and his daughter, which began in the Season 16 finale, has led to speculation that this story was intended to be the basis for the unproduced final episode of Season 17.

Broadcast

The seventeenth season of NCIS premiered on September 24, 2019.{{cite web|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2019/06/13/cbs-announces-fall-2019-2020-primetime-premiere-dates-448415/20190613cbs01/|title=CBS Announces Fall 2019–2020 Primetime Premiere Dates|work=The Futon Critic|date=June 13, 2019|access-date=June 13, 2019|archive-date=April 12, 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230412181718/http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2019/06/13/cbs-announces-fall-2019-2020-primetime-premiere-dates-448415/20190613cbs01/|url-status=live}}

Ratings

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| title1 = Out of the Darkness

| date1 = {{Start date|2019|9|24}}

| rs1 = 1.3/7

| viewers1 = 12.57

| dvr1 = 0.7

| dvrv1 = 4.36

| total1 = 2.0

| totalv1 = 16.93{{cite web|url=https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-stumptown-tops-freshman-series-premieres-in-overall-raw-gains/|title=Live+7 Weekly Ratings: Stumptown Tops Freshman Series Premieres in Overall Raw Gains|last=Pucci|first=Douglas|work=Programming Insider|date=October 8, 2019|access-date=October 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191011040227/https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-stumptown-tops-freshman-series-premieres-in-overall-raw-gains/|archive-date=October 11, 2019|url-status=live}}

| title2 = Into the Light

| date2 = {{Start date|2019|10|1}}

| rs2 = 1.3/7

| viewers2 = 12.51

| dvr2 = 0.6

| dvrv2 = 4.02

| total2 = 1.9

| totalv2 = 16.54{{cite web|url=https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-emergence-leads-broadcast-network-telecasts-in-viewer-percentage-gains/|title=Live+7 Weekly Ratings: Emergence Leads Broadcast Network Telecasts in Viewer Percentage Gains|last=Pucci|first=Douglas|work=Programming Insider|date=October 15, 2019|access-date=October 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101170433/https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-emergence-leads-broadcast-network-telecasts-in-viewer-percentage-gains/|archive-date=January 1, 2020|url-status=live}}

| title3 = Going Mobile

| date3 = {{Start date|2019|10|8}}

| rs3 = 1.1/6

| viewers3 = 11.19

| dvr3 = 0.7

| dvrv3 = 4.05

| total3 = 1.8

| totalv3 = 15.25{{cite web|url=https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-charmed-season-premiere-tops-broadcast-network-telecasts-in-viewer-percentage-boosts/|title=Live+7 Weekly Ratings: Charmed Season Premiere Tops Broadcast Network Telecasts in Viewer Percentage Boosts|last=Pucci|first=Douglas|work=Programming Insider|date=October 23, 2019|access-date=October 24, 2019|archive-date=September 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903013107/https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-charmed-season-premiere-tops-broadcast-network-telecasts-in-viewer-percentage-boosts/|url-status=live}}

| title4 = Someone Else's Shoes

| date4 = {{Start date|2019|10|15}}

| rs4 = 1.1/5

| viewers4 = 10.87

| dvr4 = 0.6

| dvrv4 = 3.63

| total4 = 1.7

| totalv4 = 14.50{{cite web|url=https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-nancy-drew-and-riverdale-top-broadcast-network-telecasts-in-adults-18-49-percentage-gains/|title=Live+7 Weekly Ratings: Nancy Drew and Riverdale Top Broadcast Network Telecasts in Adults 18–49 Percentage Gains|last=Pucci|first=Douglas|work=Programming Insider|date=October 30, 2019|access-date=November 1, 2019|archive-date=April 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200429034337/https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-nancy-drew-and-riverdale-top-broadcast-network-telecasts-in-adults-18-49-percentage-gains/|url-status=live}}

| title5 = Wide Awake

| date5 = {{Start date|2019|10|22}}

| rs5 = 1.1/5

| viewers5 = 11.34

| dvr5 = 0.6

| dvrv5 = 3.71

| total5 = 1.7

| totalv5 = 15.05{{cite web|url=https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-supergirl-leads-broadcast-network-entries-in-adults-18-49-percentage-lifts/|title=Live+7 Weekly Ratings: Supergirl Leads Broadcast Network Entries in Adults 18–49 Percentage Lifts|last=Pucci|first=Douglas|work=Programming Insider|date=November 6, 2019|access-date=November 8, 2019|archive-date=April 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200429050818/https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-supergirl-leads-broadcast-network-entries-in-adults-18-49-percentage-lifts/|url-status=live}}

| title6 = Institutionalized

| date6 = {{Start date|2019|11|5}}

| rs6 = 1.0/5

| viewers6 = 10.88

| dvr6 = 0.6

| dvrv6 = 3.80

| total6 = 1.6

| totalv6 = 14.68{{cite web|url=https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-the-little-mermaid-live-ranks-in-top-ten-of-adults-18-49-raw-gainers/|title=Live+7 Weekly Ratings: The Little Mermaid Live! Ranks in Top Ten of Adults 18–49 Raw Gainers|last=Pucci|first=Douglas|work=Programming Insider|date=November 19, 2019|access-date=November 21, 2019|archive-date=July 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200721135244/https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-the-little-mermaid-live-ranks-in-top-ten-of-adults-18-49-raw-gainers/|url-status=live}}

| title7 = No Vacancy

| date7 = {{Start date|2019|11|12}}

| rs7 = 1.1/5

| viewers7 = 11.65

| dvr7 = 0.6

| dvrv7 = 3.51

| total7 = 1.7

| totalv7 = 15.16{{cite web|url=https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-cma-awards-among-top-25-broadcast-network-total-viewer-raw-gainers/|title=Live+7 Weekly Ratings: CMA Awards Among Top 25 Broadcast Network Total Viewer Raw Gainers|last=Pucci|first=Douglas|work=Programming Insider|date=November 26, 2019|access-date=November 27, 2019|archive-date=September 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903014046/https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-cma-awards-among-top-25-broadcast-network-total-viewer-raw-gainers/|url-status=live}}

| title8 = Musical Chairs

| date8 = {{Start date|2019|11|19}}

| rs8 = 1.0/5

| viewers8 = 11.12

| dvr8 = 0.6

| dvrv8 = 3.50

| total8 = 1.6

| totalv8 = 14.62{{cite web|url=https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-how-to-get-away-with-murder-fall-finale-tops-broadcast-network-telecasts-in-adults-18-49-percentage-gains/|title=Live+7 Weekly Ratings: How to Get Away with Murder Fall Finale Tops Broadcast Network Telecasts in Adults 18–49 Percentage Gains|last=Pucci|first=Douglas|work=Programming Insider|date=December 4, 2019|access-date=December 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231194945/https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-how-to-get-away-with-murder-fall-finale-tops-broadcast-network-telecasts-in-adults-18-49-percentage-gains/|archive-date=December 31, 2019|url-status=live}}

| title9 = IRL

| date9 = {{Start date|2019|11|26}}

| rs9 = 1.1/6

| viewers9 = 11.06

| dvr9 = 0.6

| dvrv9 = 3.74

| total9 = 1.7

| totalv9 = 14.80{{Cite web|url=https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-survivor-island-of-the-idols-leads-non-scripted-telecasts-in-overall-raw-gains-for-thanksgiving-week/|title=Live+7 Weekly Ratings: Survivor: Island of the Idols Leads Non-Scripted Telecasts in Overall Raw Gains for Thanksgiving Week|last=Pucci|first=Douglas|work=Programming Insider|date=December 10, 2019|access-date=December 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211175706/https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-survivor-island-of-the-idols-leads-non-scripted-telecasts-in-overall-raw-gains-for-thanksgiving-week/|archive-date=December 11, 2019|url-status=live}}

| title10 = The North Pole

| date10 = {{Start date|2019|12|17}}

| rs10 = 1.0/5

| viewers10 = 11.10

| dvr10 = 0.6

| dvrv10 = 3.86

| total10 = 1.6

| totalv10 = 14.96{{Cite web|url=https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-four-cbs-dramas-top-all-raw-viewer-gains/|title=Live+7 Weekly Ratings: Four CBS Dramas Top All Raw Viewer Gains|last=Pucci|first=Douglas|work=Programming Insider|date=January 2, 2020|access-date=January 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102205123/https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-four-cbs-dramas-top-all-raw-viewer-gains/|archive-date=January 2, 2020|url-status=live}}

| title11 = In the Wind

| date11 = {{Start date|2020|1|7}}

| rs11 = 1.0/5

| viewers11 = 10.39

| dvr11 = 0.6

| dvrv11 = 3.64

| total11 = 1.6

| totalv11 = 14.03{{cite web|url=https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-chicago-pd-leads-in-overall-raw-gains/|title=Live+7 Weekly Ratings: Chicago PD Leads in Overall Raw Gains|last=Pucci|first=Douglas|work=Programming Insider|date=January 22, 2020|access-date=January 23, 2020|archive-date=September 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200917012141/https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-chicago-pd-leads-in-overall-raw-gains/|url-status=live}}

| title12 = Flight Plan

| date12 = {{Start date|2020|1|14}}

| rs12 = 1.0/5

| viewers12 = 10.12

| dvr12 = 0.7

| dvrv12 = 4.10

| total12 = 1.7

| totalv12 = 14.22{{cite web|url=https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-sixteen-broadcast-network-dramas-lead-in-raw-gains-among-total-viewers-topped-by-the-good-doctor/|title=Live+7 Weekly Ratings: Sixteen Broadcast Network Dramas Lead in Raw Gains Among Total Viewers, Topped by The Good Doctor|last=Pucci|first=Douglas|work=Programming Insider|date=January 29, 2020|access-date=February 4, 2020|archive-date=September 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919032514/https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-sixteen-broadcast-network-dramas-lead-in-raw-gains-among-total-viewers-topped-by-the-good-doctor/|url-status=live}}

| title13 = Sound Off

| date13 = {{Start date|2020|1|21}}

| rs13 = 1.0/6

| viewers13 = 11.36

| dvr13 = 0.6

| dvrv13 = 3.67

| total13 = 1.6

| totalv13 = 15.03{{cite web|url=https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-a-million-little-things-winter-premiere-ranks-in-top-5-of-adults-18-49-raw-gainers/|title=Live+7 Weekly Ratings: A Million Little Things Winter Premiere Ranks in Top 5 of Adults 18–49 Raw Gainers|last=Pucci|first=Douglas|work=Programming Insider|date=February 5, 2020|access-date=February 6, 2020|archive-date=September 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200902182039/https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-a-million-little-things-winter-premiere-ranks-in-top-5-of-adults-18-49-raw-gainers/|url-status=live}}

| title14 = On Fire

| date14 = {{Start date|2020|1|28}}

| rs14 = 1.1/6

| viewers14 = 12.12

| dvr14 = 0.5

| dvrv14 = 3.39

| total14 = 1.6

| totalv14 = 15.51{{cite web|url=https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-the-good-place-series-finale-ranks-third-among-comedies-in-raw-adults-18-49-gains/|title=Live+7 Weekly Ratings: The Good Place Series Finale Ranks Third Among Comedies in Raw Adults 18–49 Gains|last=Pucci|first=Douglas|work=Programming Insider|date=February 11, 2020|access-date=February 13, 2020|archive-date=September 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200902182039/https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-the-good-place-series-finale-ranks-third-among-comedies-in-raw-adults-18-49-gains/|url-status=live}}

| title15 = Lonely Hearts

| date15 = {{Start date|2020|2|11}}

| rs15 = 1.0/5

| viewers15 = 11.75

| dvr15 = 0.7

| dvrv15 = 3.80

| total15 = 1.7

| totalv15 = 15.55{{cite web|url=https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-zombies-2-tops-all-cable-entries-in-overall-raw-gains/|title=Live+7 Weekly Ratings: Zombies 2 Tops All Cable Entries in Overall Raw Gains|last=Pucci|first=Douglas|work=Programming Insider|date=February 26, 2020|access-date=February 26, 2020|archive-date=April 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407144046/https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-zombies-2-tops-all-cable-entries-in-overall-raw-gains/|url-status=live}}

| title16 = Ephemera

| date16 = {{Start date|2020|2|18}}

| rs16 = 1.1/6

| viewers16 = 11.91

| dvr16 = 0.6

| dvrv16 = 3.59

| total16 = 1.7

| totalv16 = 15.50{{cite web|url=https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-criminal-minds-concludes-its-series-run-among-top-ten-dramas-in-raw-adults-18-49-lifts/|title=Live+7 Weekly Ratings: Criminal Minds Series Conclusion Among Top Ten Dramas in Raw Adults 18–49 Lifts|last=Pucci|first=Douglas|work=Programming Insider|date=March 3, 2020|access-date=March 6, 2020|archive-date=September 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200917012142/https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-criminal-minds-concludes-its-series-run-among-top-ten-dramas-in-raw-adults-18-49-lifts/|url-status=live}}

| title17 = In a Nutshell

| date17 = {{Start date|2020|3|10}}

| rs17 = 1.0/6

| viewers17 = 10.75

| dvr17 = 0.5

| dvrv17 = 3.56

| total17 = 1.5

| totalv17 = 14.31{{cite web|url=https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-four-abc-dramas-in-top-8-of-adults-18-49-raw-gainers-four-cbs-dramas-in-top-8-of-total-viewer-raw-gainers/|title=Live+7 Weekly Ratings: Four ABC Dramas in Top-8 of Adults 18–49 Raw Gainers, Four CBS Dramas in Top-8 of Total-Viewer Raw Gainers|last=Pucci|first=Douglas|work=Programming Insider|date=March 25, 2020|access-date=April 20, 2020|archive-date=March 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325171838/https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-four-abc-dramas-in-top-8-of-adults-18-49-raw-gainers-four-cbs-dramas-in-top-8-of-total-viewer-raw-gainers/|url-status=live}}

| title18 = Schooled

| date18 = {{Start date|2020|3|24}}

| rs18 = 1.3/6

| viewers18 = 13.22

| dvr18 = 0.5

| dvrv18 = 3.33

| total18 = 1.8

| totalv18 = 16.55{{cite web|url=https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-this-is-us-tops-raw-adults-18-49-gains-in-each-respective-week-of-its-entire-18-episode-fourth-season/|title=Live+7 Weekly Ratings: This Is Us Tops Raw Adults 18–49 Gains in Each Respective Week of its Entire 18-Episode Fourth Season|last=Pucci|first=Douglas|work=Programming Insider|date=April 9, 2020|access-date=April 20, 2020|archive-date=April 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200410164124/https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-this-is-us-tops-raw-adults-18-49-gains-in-each-respective-week-of-its-entire-18-episode-fourth-season/|url-status=live}}

| title19 = Blarney

| date19 = {{Start date|2020|3|31}}

| rs19 = 1.3/6

| viewers19 = 13.65

| dvr19 = 0.5

| dvrv19 = 2.91

| total19 = 1.8

| totalv19 = 16.56{{cite web|url=https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-abc-claims-four-of-the-top-eight-raw-gainers-in-adults-18-49-including-the-good-doctor-third-season-finale/|title=Live+7 Weekly Ratings: ABC Claims Four of the Top Eight Raw Gainers in Adults 18–49 Including The Good Doctor Third Season Finale|last=Pucci|first=Douglas|work=Programming Insider|date=April 15, 2020|access-date=April 20, 2020|archive-date=April 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200416055715/https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-abc-claims-four-of-the-top-eight-raw-gainers-in-adults-18-49-including-the-good-doctor-third-season-finale/|url-status=live}}

| title20 = The Arizona

| date20 = {{Start date|2020|4|14}}

| rs20 = 1.3/6

| viewers20 = 13.49

| dvr20 = 0.5

| dvrv20 = 3.32

| total20 = 1.8

| totalv20 = 16.82{{cite web|url=https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-disney-family-singalong-leads-all-unscripted-offerings-in-raw-lifts/|title=Live+7 Weekly Ratings: 'Disney Family Singalong' Leads All Unscripted Offerings in Raw Lifts|date=29 April 2020|access-date=26 May 2020|archive-date=3 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603212736/https://programminginsider.com/live7-weekly-ratings-disney-family-singalong-leads-all-unscripted-offerings-in-raw-lifts/|url-status=live}}

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