NCIS season 22
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The twenty-second season of NCIS was announced on April 9, 2024{{Cite web |last=Rice |first=Lynette |date=2024-04-09 |title='NCIS'& 'The Neighborhood' Renewed For Next Season on CBS |url=https://deadline.com/2024/04/ncis-the-neighborhood-renewed-cbs-2024-25-season-1235879688/ |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=Deadline Hollywood}} and premiered on October 14, 2024, to coincide with NCIS: Origins. This is the third season (along with seasons 18 and 21) to not premiere in the usual September, delayed by the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. In February 2025, NCIS was renewed for season 23.{{Cite web |last=Luther |first=Rebecca |date=2025-02-20 |title=CBS Renews Ghosts, NCIS: Origins and 7 Other Shows — Which Series Are Still in Limbo? |url=https://tvline.com/news/cbs-renewed-shows-2025-ncis-origins-ghosts-1235411560/ |access-date=2025-02-21 |website=TVLine |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Hailu |first=Selome |date=2025-02-20 |title=‘Tracker’ Renewed at CBS Along With ‘Ghosts,’ ‘NCIS,’ ‘Fire Country’ and More |url=https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/tracker-ghosts-ncis-fire-country-renewed-cbs-1236314244/ |access-date=2025-02-21 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Rice |first=Lynette |date=2025-02-20 |title=CBS Renews ‘Tracker’, ‘Elsbeth’, ‘Fire Country’ And ‘NCIS’ Dramas |url=https://deadline.com/2025/02/cbs-renews-tracker-elsbeth-fire-country-ncis-dramas-1236295968/ |access-date=2025-02-21 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}} It will conclude after 20 episodes.
Premise
NCIS revolves around a fictional team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which conducts criminal investigations involving the United States Navy and Marine Corps. Based at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., the NCIS team is led by Supervisory Special Agent Alden Parker, an ex-FBI Special Agent and a skilled investigator.
Cast and characters
{{main|List of NCIS characters}}
=Main=
- Sean Murray as Timothy McGee, NCIS Senior Special Agent, Second in Command of MCRT
- Wilmer Valderrama as Nick Torres, NCIS Special Agent
- Katrina Law as Jessica Knight, NCIS Special Agent
- Brian Dietzen as Dr. Jimmy Palmer, Chief Medical Examiner for NCIS
- Diona Reasonover as Kasie Hines, Forensic Specialist for NCIS
- Rocky Carroll as Leon Vance, NCIS Director
- Gary Cole as Alden Parker, Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) of the Major Case Response Team (MCRT) assigned to Washington's Navy Yard and former FBI Special Agent.
=Recurring cast=
- Laura San Giacomo as Dr. Grace Confalone
- Meredith Eaton as Carol Wilson, CDC immunologist and friend of Abby, McGee, and Palmer
- Seamus Dever as Gabriel Laroche, an Inspector General at the Department of Justice who Vance appoints NCIS Deputy Director
- Mary Cole (Gary Cole's daughter) as Aubrey the barista
- Lilan Bowden as Robin Knight, Knight’s sister
- Elle Graper as Victoria Palmer, Jimmy Palmer's daughter
- Zane Holtz as Dale Sawyer, NCIS Special Agent
- Francis X. McCarthy as Roman Parker, Alden's father
- Margo Harshman as Delilah Fielding-McGee, DoD Intelligence Analyst and McGee's wife
=Notable guests=
- Donna Mills as Wanda Prescott, widow of billionaire Gavin Prescott.
- Justin Bruening as Marine Lieutenant Bryce Prescott, Wanda’s grandson.
- Sara Paxton as Amber Carnahan
- Sam McMurray as Harold
- Melina Kanakaredes as Eleni Kostakis; Parker's crush, owner of Parker's favorite bakery; Kostakis Bakery
- Matthew Lawrence as Danny Butler
- Shari Belafonte as Professor Annabelle Davis, Kasie's forensic professor
- Erin Hayes as Wendy
- T.J. Thyne as Fletcher Voss, former CEO of Bandium
=Crossover=
== ''NCIS: Los Angeles'' ==
{{main|List of NCIS: Los Angeles characters}}
Episodes
{{see also|List of NCIS episodes}}
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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|NCIS season 22
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|Title = Empty Nest
|DirectedBy = Diana Valentine
|WrittenBy = Christopher J. Waild
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|10|14}}
|ProdCode = 2201
|ShortSummary = With McGee interviewing for the Deputy Director position, Torres engaged in a cartel operation and Knight in California, Parker finds himself all alone at his desk. Suddenly he receives an emergency call from Torres asking for assistance, fearing his cover was blown. Suspecting a mole at Camp Pendelton within the REACT team, Parker flies to California to investigate. Alongside Knight, they began searching for Torres and the cartel boss, known as "El Padre". In the meantime, DoJ General Investigator Laroche investigates NCIS due to recent leaks in their operations, with REACT team member Moreno found as the main suspect. Knight, in order to prove Moreno's innocence and to save Torres' life, goes to extremes to expose "El Padre" and his accomplice and manages to save both agent's lives. Knight reveals to Parker that she wants to come back to D.C. Ultimately, McGee learns from Vance that the NCIS Deputy Director position was given to Laroche rather than him, just a couple of minutes after he found out that the mole might've been someone at the high ranks of DoJ.
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|Title = Foreign Bodies
|DirectedBy = Lionel Coleman
|WrittenBy = Marco Schnabel
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|10|21}}
|ProdCode = 2202
|ShortSummary = Vance prepares for diplomatic talks with Venezuela to improve relations between the countries, but a Venezuelan undercover agent is poisoned and drops dead in Vance's office. The team investigates discreetly while Vance's casual girlfriend Lena Paulsen (see 20x05 "Guardian") attends the talks as a NATO official. The case escalates to the prevention of an assassination attempt which would derail the talks entirely. After closing the case, Vance and Lena take a step forward in their relationship.
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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|NCIS season 22
|EpisodeNumber = 470
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|Title = The Trouble with Hal
|DirectedBy = Michael Zinberg
|WrittenBy = Scott Williams
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|10|28}}
|ProdCode = 2203
|ShortSummary = A squatter called "Hal" is found murdered in the basement of a house belonging to a Navy SEAL returning from deployment, leading the team to investigate the history of the house. Meanwhile, Torres tries to convince his co-workers to turn Ducky's old office into a gym, leading Kasie to ask the others about alternate ways they would like to see it used. Also, McGee begins his own investigation into Deputy Director Laroche, suspicious of his true loyalties.
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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|NCIS season 22
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|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|Title = Sticks & Stones
|DirectedBy = James Whitmore Jr.
|WrittenBy = Steven D. Binder
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|11|4}}
|ProdCode = 2204
|ShortSummary = Parker takes a call in the middle of the night that informs him that a threat made by Russia against Europe has been intercepted, which is feared to kick off a catastrophic global war. Parker tries to buy his team enough time to decode a second message before the acting president gives an order to launch a nuclear bomb against the assailant, which would almost certainly start a war. Meanwhile, Knight and Palmer finally talk about their future, and they admit they still love each other but whereas Knight wants to advance her career, Palmer wants stability for himself and Victoria following Breena and Ducky's deaths.
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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|NCIS season 22
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|EpisodeNumber2 = 5
|Title = In from the Cold
|DirectedBy = Tawnia McKiernan
|WrittenBy = Matthew Lau
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|11|11}}
|ProdCode = 2205
|ShortSummary = A former Navy Captain with dementia is on the run when his memory lapses in and out, revealing his past as a Soviet spy. The team must work with the CIA to track him down before he leaks classified information. Meanwhile, Torres works on cultivating his profile on an online dating app.
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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|NCIS season 22
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|EpisodeNumber2 = 6
|Title = Knight and Day
|DirectedBy = Rocky Carroll
|WrittenBy = Amy Rutberg
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|11|25}}
|ProdCode = 2206
|ShortSummary = After a top level defense contractor is attacked, Knight is assigned to protect his wife, who has a secret past of her own.
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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|NCIS season 22
|EpisodeNumber = 474
|EpisodeNumber2 = 7
|Title = Hardboiled
|DirectedBy = José Clemente Hernandez
|WrittenBy = Andrew Bartels
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|12|2}}
|ProdCode = 2207
|ShortSummary = Torres receives info from a confidential informant that her Naval Intelligence husband is giving away classified information, only for the informant's husband to be found deceased. Meanwhile, Palmer and McGee work as youth soccer referees and deal with angry parents after McGee makes a controversial call.
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|EpisodeNumber = 475
|EpisodeNumber2 = 8
|Title = Out of Control
|DirectedBy = Diana Valentine
|WrittenBy = Steven D. Binder & Scott Williams
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|12|9}}
|ProdCode = 2208
|ShortSummary = The team is called in when a car driven by an arguing married couple seems to begin driving itself to a warehouse where the husband is missing and another man is found beaten to death. Meanwhile, Parker visits Dr Grace Confalone after visions of his deceased sister Lily start affecting his field work.
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|EpisodeNumber2 = 9
|Title = Humbug
|DirectedBy = Lionel Coleman
|WrittenBy = Christopher J. Waild
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|12|16}}
|ProdCode = 2209
|ShortSummary = Deputy Director Laroche works with the team in the field when an exposé book that accuses a lieutenant of gross negligence by one of his officers (the brother of a deceased veteran himself) is about to hit the market. Meanwhile, Torres is seeing a new girlfriend for Christmas, unbeknownst to his co-workers.
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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|NCIS season 22
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|EpisodeNumber2 = 10
|Title = Baker's Man
|DirectedBy = Rocky Carroll
|WrittenBy = Andrew Bartels
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2025|1|27}}
|ProdCode = 2210
|ShortSummary = When an employee of Parker's favorite bakery is found murdered, the team discovers that the owner is being blackmailed by criminals. Meanwhile, Torres struggles with telling Knight that he's dating her sister Robin.
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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|NCIS season 22
|EpisodeNumber = 478
|EpisodeNumber2 = 11
|Title = For Better or Worse
|DirectedBy = Michael Zinberg
|WrittenBy = Marco Schnabel
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2025|2|3}}
|ProdCode = 2211
|ShortSummary = When Knight gets caught up in Torres's undercover operation with the Polish mob, the two stage a wedding to draw out the ringleader. During the case, Knight reveals she's still struggling with her sister and Torres being together.
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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|NCIS season 22
|EpisodeNumber = 479
|EpisodeNumber2 = 12
|Title = Fun and Games
|DirectedBy = James Whitmore Jr.
|WrittenBy = Matthew Lau & Steven D. Binder
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2025|2|10}}
|ProdCode = 2212
|ShortSummary = When one of Kasie’s forensic scientist associates is murdered, the team realizes her old professor is a target. Meanwhile, McGee faces scrutiny over his book by the Pentagon.
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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|NCIS season 22
|EpisodeNumber = 480
|EpisodeNumber2 = 13
|Title = Bad Blood
|DirectedBy = José Clemente Hernandez
|WrittenBy = Sydney Mitchel
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2025|2|24}}
|ProdCode = 2213
|ShortSummary = The team investigates the death of a Navy lieutenant at a blood donation bank and discover a bigger crime at hand. Meanwhile, McGee needs help raising money for his twins' school fundraiser
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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|NCIS season 22
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|EpisodeNumber2 = 14
|Title = Close to Home
|DirectedBy = Tawnia McKiernan
|WrittenBy = Amy Rutberg
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2025|3|3}}
|ProdCode = 2214
|ShortSummary = When Torres is contacted by Jimmy's daughter who has discovered a large sum of money near the Navy library, the team investigates after finding it was stolen from a bank.
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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|NCIS season 22
|EpisodeNumber = 482
|EpisodeNumber2 = 15
|Title = Moonlit
|DirectedBy = Marc Roskin
|WrittenBy = Scott Williams
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2025|3|24}}
|ProdCode = 2215
|ShortSummary = After a Navy lieutenant Special Agent Sawyer (Zane Holtz) is tied to is found dead, the team discover another murder and the turmoil of a wealthy but troubled family. Meanwhile, Parker learns more about the death of his mother.
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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|NCIS season 22
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|EpisodeNumber2 = 16
|Title = Ladies' Night
|DirectedBy = Rocky Carroll
|WrittenBy = Sydney Mitchel
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2025|3|31}}
|ProdCode = 2216
|ShortSummary = The fiery death of a Petty Officer intrudes Jess, Kasie and Robin's ladies' night, much to Robin's annoyance. During the case, Torres reveals his struggle with balancing work life and being with Robin.
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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|NCIS season 22
|EpisodeNumber = 484
|EpisodeNumber2 = 17
|Title = Killer Instinct
|DirectedBy = Lionel Coleman
|WrittenBy = Andrew Bartels
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2025|4|14}}
|ProdCode = 2217
|ShortSummary = Deputy Director La Roche invites McGee and his wife Delilah to his house for dinner, much to McGee's annoyance. Meanwhile, the rest of the team investigates the contract killer known as "The Poet," and find LaRoche is one of his targets.
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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|NCIS season 22
|EpisodeNumber = 485
|EpisodeNumber2 = 18
|Title = After the Storm
|DirectedBy = Diana Valentine
|WrittenBy = Matthew Lau & Sydney Mitchel
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2025|4|21}}
|ProdCode = 2218
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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|NCIS season 22
|EpisodeNumber = 486
|EpisodeNumber2 = 19
|Title = Irreconcilable Differences
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|DirectedBy = Michael Zinberg
|WrittenBy = Christopher J. Waild
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2025|4|28}}
|ProdCode = 2219
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|EpisodeNumber = 487
|EpisodeNumber2 = 20
|Title = Nexus
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|DirectedBy = José Clemente Hernandez
|WrittenBy = Marco Schnabel
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Production
This season was announced by CBS on April 9, 2024, and began filming in July 2024.{{Cite web |last=Valderrama |first=Wilmer |author-link=Wilmer Valderrama |last2=NCISVerse |last3=CBS Studios |last4=CBS TV |date=2024-07-25 |title=We are back… #NCIS |url=https://www.instagram.com/reel/C92csqlJ6kf/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=Instagram}}{{Cite web |last=Dietzen |first=Brian K |date=2024-07-17 |title=These are going on my face now. Hello Jimmy Palmer. Welcome back everyone! #NCIS #Season22 |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/C9h0UySJZf_/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=Instagram}}
Production for this season was temporarily shut down from January 9, 2025 due to the January 2025 Southern California wildfires.{{Cite web|title=S.W.A.T., Abbott Elementary, Hacks, Grey's Anatomy & NCIS Among Series Pausing Production Amid LA Fires – Update|url=https://deadline.com/2025/01/fires-tv-series-production-shutdown-hacks-happys-place-suits-la-1236251237/|access-date=2025-01-12|author=Nellie Andreeva|website=Deadline Hollywood}} Production resumed on January 13, 2025, with filming constrained to closed soundstages due to safety concerns and closely monitored by CBS's security and health and safety teams.https://www.themirror.com/entertainment/ncis-filming-los-angeles-wildfires-908141
Filming wrapped up in late March 2025.{{Cite web |last=Valderrama |first=Wilmer |date=March 27, 2025 |title=Wilmer Valderrama's Instagram post saying season 22 wrapped up filming |url=https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHuYKqryRb_/?igsh=bGhiOThoaDFkb3Nm |access-date=March 28, 2025 |website=Instagram}}{{Cite web |last=Valderrama |first=Wilmer |date=March 28, 2025 |title=Wilmer Valderrama's Instagram post |url=https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHwFLYwMjOk/?igsh=MWdwZXluMmRhM3Yxbw== |access-date=March 28, 2025 |website=Instagram}}
Ratings
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| title1 = Empty Nest
| date1 = October 14, 2024
| rs1 = 0.4/4
| dvr1 = 0.1
| dvrv1 = 2.50
| total1 = 0.5
| title2 = Foreign Bodies
| date2 = October 21, 2024
| rs2 = 0.4/4
| dvr2 = 0.2
| dvrv2 = 2.58
| total2 = 0.6
| title3 = The Trouble with Hal
| date3 = October 28, 2024
| rs3 = 0.4/3
| dvr3 = 0.1
| dvrv3 = 2.06
| total3 = 0.5
| title4 = Sticks & Stones
| date4 = November 4, 2024
| rs4 = 0.4/4
| dvr4 = 0.1
| dvrv4 = 2.70
| total4 = 0.5
| title5 = In From the Cold
| date5 = November 11, 2024
| rs5 = 0.4/4
| dvr5 = 0.2
| dvrv5 = 2.63
| total5 = 0.6
| title6 = Knight and Day
| date6 = November 25, 2024
| rs6 = 0.3/3
| dvr6 = 0.2
| dvrv6 = 2.67
| total6 = 0.5
| title7 = Hardboiled
| date7 = December 2, 2024
| rs7 = 0.4/4
| dvr7 = 0.2
| dvrv7 = 2.51
| total7 = 0.6
| title8 = Out of Control
| date8 = December 9, 2024
| rs8 = 0.2/3
| dvr8 = 0.2
| dvrv8 = 2.74
| total8 = 0.4
| title9 = Humbug
| date9 = December 16, 2024
| rs9 = 0.3/3
| dvr9 = 0.2
| dvrv9 = 2.73
| total9 = 0.6
| title10 = Baker's Man
| date10 = January 27, 2025
| rs10 = 0.4/5
| dvr10 = 0.2
| dvrv10 = 2.49
| total10 = 0.5
| title11 = For Better or Worse
| date11 = February 3, 2025
| rs11 = 0.3/4
| dvr11 = 0.2
| dvrv11 = 2.38
| total11 = 0.5
| title12 = Fun and Games
| date12 = February 10, 2025
| rs12 = 0.4/5
| dvr12 = 0.1
| dvrv12 = 2.47
| total12 = 0.5
| title13 = Bad Blood
| date13 = February 24, 2025
| rs13 = 0.4/6
| dvr13 = 0.2
| dvrv13 = 2.58
| total13 = 0.6
| title14 = Close to Home
| date14 = March 3, 2025
| rs14 = 0.4/5
| dvr14 = 0.1
| dvrv14 = 2.55
| total14 = 0.5
| title15 = Moonlift
| date15 = March 24, 2025
| rs15 = 0.4/5
| dvr15 = 0.2
| dvrv15 = 2.67
| total15 = 0.5
| title16 = Ladies' Night
| date16 = March 31, 2025
| rs16 = 0.3/4
| dvr16 = 0.1
| dvrv16 = 2.44
| total16 = 0.4
| title17 = Killer Instinct
| date17 = April 14, 2025
| rs17 = 0.3/4
| dvr17 = n/a
| dvrv17 = n/a
| total17 = n/a
| totalv17 = n/a
| title18 = After the Storm
| date18 = April 21, 2025
| rs18 = 0.4/5
| dvr18 = n/a
| dvrv18 = n/a
| total18 = n/a
| totalv18 = n/a
}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb episodes|0364845||season 22}}
{{NCIS (franchise)}}
Category:2024 American television seasons