NCIS: Los Angeles (season 5)

NCIS: Los Angeles (season 5)
Season 5 U.S. DVD Cover
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	24
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	September 24, 2013 – May 13, 2014

The fifth season of NCIS: Los Angeles premiered on September 24, 2013 on CBS. This season aired the 100th episode of the show.

Cast

Starring

• Chris O'Donnell as Special Agent G. Callen; a Supervisory Special Agent assigned to Los Angeles' Office of Special Projects.
• Daniela Ruah as Special Agent Kensi Blye; a Forensic Investigator and Firearms Expert.
• LL Cool J as Special Agent Sam Hanna; a Senior NCIS Special Agent and G's partner.
• Barrett Foa as Eric Beale; an NCIS Technician.
• Linda Hunt as Special Agent Henrietta Lange; a Special Agent in Charge acting as OSP's Operations Manager.
• Eric Christian Olsen as Detective Marty Deeks; an LAPD-NCIS liaison and Kensi's partner.
• Renee Felice Smith as Nell Jones; Hetty's protege and an Intelligence Analyst assigned to OSP.
• Miguel Ferrer as Special Agent Owen Granger; NCIS' Assistant Director.

Recurring

• Peter Cambor as Special Agent Nate Getz; an NCIS Operational Psychologist

Guest stars

• Aunjanue Ellis as Special Agent Michelle Hanna; Sam's wife and a former deep-cover operative
• Timothy V. Murphy as Isaak Sidorov; a Russian Arms Dealer and an NCIS target
• Christopher Lambert as Marcel Janvier; a serial killer and criminal mastermind
• Alon Abutbul as Naseem Vaziri; an Iranian government agent
• Vyto Ruginis as Arkady Kolcheck; a retired KGB officer and a friend of Callen and Hetty
• Danny Trejo as Tuhon; a former assassin
• Jeronimo Spinx as Thompson; an NCIS Special Agent
• Daniel Henney as Paul Angelo; an NCIS Special Agent
• Mercedes Masohn as Special Agent Talia Del Campo; a DEA Agent who is temporarily partnered with Deeks
• Michelle Trachtenberg as Lily Lockhart; a senator's daughter Callen and Sam have to protect

Afghanistan

• Andrew Leeds as Special Agent John Booker; an NCIS technical analyst assigned to Kensi's Afghanistan team
• Erik Palladino as Special Agent Vostanik Sabatino; a CIA Agent assigned to Kensi's team
• Matthew Del Negro as Jack Simon; Kensi's ex-fiancée and the target of her Afghanistan assignment

Production

On March 27, 2013, CBS renewed NCIS: Los Angeles for a fifth season.^[1] On February 6, 2013, it was announced that Miguel Ferrer was promoted to series regular for the fifth season of NCIS: Los Angeles.^[2]

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
97	1	"Ascension"	Terrence O'Hara	Frank Military	September 24, 2013	501	16.35[3]
As Deeks and Sam struggle to recover from the traumatic torture they both received at the hands of Isaak Sidorov, the team continues the search for stolen nuclear weapons.
98	2	"Impact"	Jonathan Frakes	Sara Servi & R. Scott Gemmill	October 1, 2013	502	15.09[4]
Hetty contacts operational psychologist Nate Getz to help Sam and Deeks come to terms with the torture both men received at the hands of Isaak Sidorov while the remaining members of the OSP investigate the killings of a former Navy Vice Admiral and a controversial journalist on board a private jet.
99	3	"Omni"	Larry Teng	Kyle Harimoto	October 8, 2013	503	14.84[5]
The 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.
100	4	"Reznikov, N."	Tony Wharmby	Shane Brennan	October 15, 2013	504	14.65[6]
While investigating a kidnapping case of a man who claims to be Callen's father, the team soon find themselves in grave danger.
101	5	"Unwritten Rule"	Larry Teng	Joseph C. Wilson & Jordana Lewis Jaffe	October 22, 2013	425	14.92[7]
Nell joins the team in the field, after they discover that the ransom demand for a former Navy officer's girlfriend, who has been kidnapped, is intelligence information, while Deeks remains unaware that he has broken one of Hetty's rules.
102	6	"Big Brother"	Steven DePaul	Jordana Lewis Jaffe	October 29, 2013	506	14.90[8]
When a joint FBI/CIA/NCIS raid goes bad, the team suspects a mole. It turns out to be the work of a hacker with evidence leading to a 15-year-old girl. Realizing the girl's hacking program has been stolen, Callen goes undercover at her private school to find out who is responsible. Ultimately the team captures her bogus boyfriend, who conned away the girl's hack phone long enough to sell the intel.
103	7	"The Livelong Day"	Dennis Smith	Joe Sachs	November 5, 2013	505	14.76[9]
The team along with Homeland Security investigate the death of a security guard who worked at a train yard and they soon discover that they're searching for a mastermind who may be planning to launch a terrorist attack on a train.
104	8	"Fallout"	Diana C. Valentine	Joseph C. Wilson	November 12, 2013	507	14.88[10]
When a nuclear device goes missing, the team jump into action to find it before it falls into the wrong hands, while Hetty realizes that someone from her past has returned, someone who could very well jeopardize her career.
105	9	"Recovery"	Paul A. Kaufman	Gil Grant	November 19, 2013	508	14.99[11]
While investigating the death of a Naval officer, Kensi and Deeks go undercover at a rehab center.
106	10	"The Frozen Lake"	John Peter Kousakis	Dave Kalstein	November 26, 2013	509	12.32[12]
Sam and Callen ask an elite Nepali soldier skilled in knife fighting for help retrieving a thumb drive. Deeks and Kensi decide to try and find a balance but Kensi is reassigned indefinitely.
107	11	"Iron Curtain Rising"	Tony Wharmby	Jordana Lewis Jaffe	December 10, 2013	510	15.24[13]
Upon discovering that a former Romanian communist leader and suspected war criminal is now living in Los Angeles under a false identity, the team attempt to capture the criminal before he disappears again. Kensi arrives in Afghanistan where she receives her assignment.
108	12	"Merry Evasion"	Karen Gaviola	Kyle Harimoto	December 17, 2013	511	15.58[14]
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 international cyber warfare. Meanwhile, Kensi's holiday spirit changes after she receives a surprise Christmas gift.
109	13	"Allegiance"	Eric Laneuville	Frank Military & Andrew Bartels	January 14, 2014	512	15.87[15]
A federal agent tied to hawala, an ancient system of money transfer, is murdered with the resulting investigation reuniting the team in Los Angeles with Kensi and Granger, who are in Afghanistan.
110	14	"War Cries"	James Hanlon	R. Scott Gemmill	February 4, 2014	513	16.30[16]
When two private military contractors are murdered, the team's investigation leads them back to one of their unsolved cases from the episode, "Impact" with the search bringing them to a suspect who eventually puts one of their own in grave danger while Sam sets up Callen on a blind date.
111	15	"Tuhon"	Christine Moore	Dave Kalstein	February 25, 2014	514	13.15[17]
Sam and Callen search in Mexico for a diplomatic murder suspect. Nate and Deeks assist the pair from Los Angeles.
112	16	"Fish Out of Water"	Terrence O'Hara	Joe Sachs	March 4, 2014	515	14.37[18]
Sam and Callen investigate the explosion of a fish market with the help of an undercover DEA agent, Talia Del Campo (Mercedes Masohn). In Afghanistan, Kensi and Granger are on the case of a helicopter crash.
113	17	"Between the Lines"	Dennis Smith	Joseph C. Wilson	March 18, 2014	516	14.21[19]
The team must find a mole when an undercover agent, later found to be working for the ATF, is killed by a gang. Meanwhile in Afghanistan, Granger is worried when Kensi disappears.
114	18	"Zero Days"	Tony Wharmby	Andrew Bartels	March 25, 2014	517	15.54[20]
The team must investigate when one of Eric's friends is attacked. In Afghanistan, Kensi sees someone from her past.
115	19	"Spoils of War"	Frank Military	Frank Military	April 1, 2014	518	15.31[21]
The team travels to Afghanistan after learning of Kensi's disappearance.
116	20	"Windfall"	Eric A. Pot	Gil Grant	April 8, 2014	519	14.37[22]
The team investigates a marine who had embezzled money. Kensi is forced to stay with Eric after returning from Afghanistan, while Nell is teamed with Deeks.
117	21	"Three Hearts"	Diana C. Valentine	Dave Kalstein & Kyle Harimoto	April 15, 2014	520	14.69[23]
An undercover NCIS agent is taken into custody when he is suspected of working for the smuggler he is supposed to be investigating. Meanwhile, Kensi and Deeks discuss their relationship when she returns to the field.
118	22	"One More Chance"	Tony Wharmby	David J. North	April 29, 2014	521	14.83[24]
A 10-year-old girl Sam once provided protection detail for in Saudi Arabia goes missing, and he's convinced her disappearance is directly connected to the theft of software for a new unmanned-aerial vehicle being developed by her engineer mother.
119	23	"Exposure"	Robert Florio	Joseph C. Wilson & Jordana Lewis Jaffe	May 6, 2014	522	14.11[25]
An explosion at a military charity event kills a soldier and another man. Thought to be a terrorist attack, the team is tasked to find those responsible.
120	24	"Deep Trouble"	Larry Teng	R. Scott Gemmill	May 13, 2014	523	14.85[26]
The suspicious death of a Navy submarine engineer brings NCIS to the case and along with DEA Agent Talia del Campo. It turns out that a network of Colombian mafia, white supremacists and terrorists, have gotten themselves a submarine and loaded it with ammonium nitrate. Meanwhile Hetty faces heat for the White Ghost incident. The episode ends with Callen and Sam trapped on board a submarine, with two terrorists, while the rest of the team begin searching for them.

Ratings

Episode	U.S. ratings				Canadian ratings				Australian ratings
	Original air date	Viewers (millions)	Rank		Original air date	Viewers (millions)	Rank		Original air date	Viewers (millions)	Rank
			Night	Week			Night	Week			Night
"Ascension"	September 24, 2013	16.35[3]	2	5[3]	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	October 8, 2013[27]	0.456[28]	20+[29]
"Impact"	October 1, 2015	15.09[4]	2	6[4]	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	October 15, 2013	0.473[30]	20
"Omni"	October 8, 2013	14.84[5]	2	4[5]	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	October 22, 2013	0.566[31]	16
"Reznikov, N."	October 15, 2013	14.65[6]	2	6[6]	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	October 29, 2013	0.517[32]	16
"Unwritten Rule"	October 22, 2013	14.92[7]	2	6[7]	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	November 5, 2013	0.489[33]	20+[34]
"Big Brother"	October 29, 2013	14.90[8]	2	5[8]	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	November 12, 2013	0.518[35]	19
"The Livelong Day"	November 5, 2013	14.76[9]	2	6[9]	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	November 19, 2013	0.514[36]	18
"Fallout"	November 12, 2013	14.88[10]	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	November 26, 2013	0.451[37]	20+[38]
"Recovery"	November 19, 2013	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
"The Frozen Lake"	November 26, 2013	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
"Iron Curtain Rising"	December 10, 2013	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
"Merry Evasion"	December 17, 2013	15.58[14]	2	3[14]	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

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General references

• "NCIS: Los Angeles: Episode Guide". MSN TV. Retrieved August 29, 2013.
• "Shows A-Z – ncis: los angeles on cbs". The Futon Critic. Retrieved August 29, 2013.

External links

• Official website at CBS
• USA Network's NCIS: Los Angeles site