Season Five of NCIS: Los Angeles premiered in the United States on September 4, 2013, in the 9:00-10:00 PM Eastern Standard Time slot on Tuesday evenings immediately following NCIS. The season finished on May 13, 2014.
Cast[]
Series Regulars[]
| Name | Portrayed by | Occupation |
|---|---|---|
| G. Callen | Chris O'Donnell | Special Agent, NCIS:OSP |
| Kensi Blye | Daniela Ruah | Special Agent, NCIS:OSP |
| Sam Hanna | LL Cool J | Special Agent, NCIS:OSP |
| Henrietta Lange | Linda Hunt | Operations Manager, NCIS:OSP |
| Eric Beale | Barrett Foa | Tech Operator NCIS: OSP |
| Marty Deeks | Eric Christian Olsen | LAPD Liaison to NCIS: OSP |
| Nell Jones | Renée Felice Smith | Intelligence Analyst, NCIS: OSP |
| Owen Granger | Miguel Ferrer | Assistant Director, NCIS |
Recurring Characters[]
| Name | Portrayed by | Occupation |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Nate Getz | Peter Cambor | Operational Psychologist, NCIS:OSP |
| Arkady Kolcheck | Vyto Ruginis | |
| Dan Evans | Matthew Grant Godbey | LAPD Detective |
| Michelle Hanna | Aunjanue Ellis | Sam's Wife |
| Jack Simon | Matthew Del Negro | |
| Joelle Taylor | Elizabeth Bogush | CIA Officer |
| Thompson | Jeronimo Spinx | NCIS Special Agent |
| Marcel Janvier | Christopher Lambert | |
| Isaak Sidorov | Timothy V. Murphy | |
| Naseem Vaziri | Alon Aboutboul | |
| Talia Del Campo | Mercedes Mason | DEA Agent |
| John Booker | Andrew Leeds | NCIS Tech Operator |
| Vince Jones | Geoff Brown | NCIS Special Agent |
| Vostanik Sabatino | Erik Palladino | CIA Officer |
Cast Notes[]
Having appeared on NCIS: Los Angeles for the last two seasons, CBS announced on February 3rd, 2013 that Miguel Ferrer had been promoted to the role of series regular, resulting in him becoming the newest member of the NCIS: Los Angeles cast.
Episodes[]
| Episode Number | Title | Airdate | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series | Season | |||
| 97 | 1 | Ascension | 24 Sept. 2013 | As Callen and Kensi along with Granger and the rest of the OSP team continue searching for arms dealer Isaak Sidorov with assistance from Sam's wife, Michelle AKA "Quinn", both Sam and Deeks struggle to come to terms with the vicious and brutal torture they both received at the hands of Sidorov and his men. |
| 98 | 2 | Impact | 1 Oct. 2013 | 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 | 8 Oct. 2013 | 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. | 15 Oct. 2013 | While investigating a kidnapping case of a man who claims to be Callen's father, the NCIS team soon find themselves in grave danger. Meanwhile, Callen learns more about his past. |
| 101 | 5 | Unwritten Rule | 22 Oct. 2013 | Nell joins the team in the field after the team 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 | 29 Oct. 2013 | Callen goes undercover at a prestigious high school after a 15-year-old hacker compromises terrorist missions. |
| 103 | 7 | The Livelong Day | 5 Nov. 2013 | OSP must notify Homeland Security when a murder investigation into the death of a security guard exposes a larger threat to a Los Angeles-based train. |
| 104 | 8 | Fallout | 12 Nov. 2013 | When an antiterrorism device is stolen, the team must quickly find the suspect and the device before an attack is made against Los Angeles. Meanwhile, Hetty realizes the case is bringing her back to someone from her past. |
| 105 | 9 | Recovery | 19 Nov. 2013 | Kensi goes undercover as a nutritionist and Deeks poses as a new patient at a rehab center to investigate the death of a Navy officer. |
| 106 | 10 | The Frozen Lake | 26 Nov. 2013 | Callen and Sam enlist the help of a Gurkha, an elite Nepali soldier specializing in knife fighting, to retrieve a missing thumb drive. Meanwhile, Kensi and Deeks struggle to find a balance in their partnership. |
| 107 | 11 | Iron Curtain Rising | 10 Dec. 2013 | Upon discovering that a former Romanian communist leader and suspected war criminal is now living in Los Angeles under a false identity, OSP attempt to capture the criminal before he disappears again. Kensi arrives in Afghanistan where she receives her assignment. |
| 108 | 12 | Merry Evasion | 17 Dec. 2013 | 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 | 14 Jan. 2014 | A federal agent tied to hawala, an ancient system of money transfer is murdered with the resulting investigation reuniting the OSP team in Los Angeles with Kensi and Granger who are in Afghanistan. |
| 110 | 14 | War Cries | 4 Feb. 2014 | 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 OSP 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 | 25 Feb. 2014 | 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 | 4 Mar. 2014 | In Los Angeles, Sam and Callen investigate the explosion of a fish market with the help of an undercover DEA agent, Talia Del Campo, while in Afghanistan, Kensi and Granger are on the case of a helicopter crash. |
| 113 | 17 | Between the Lines | 18 Mar. 2014 | The team must find a mole when an undercover agent later to be an agent for the ATF is killed by a gang. Meanwhile in Afghanistan, Granger is worried when Kensi disappears. |
| 114 | 18 | Zero Days | 25 Mar. 2014 | The team must investigate when one of Eric's friends is attacked. In Afghanistan, Kensi sees a person from her past. |
| 115 | 19 | Spoils of War | 1 Apr. 2014 | The team travels to Afghanistan after learning of Kensi's disappearance. |
| 116 | 20 | Windfall | 8 Apr. 2014 | 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 | 15 Apr. 2014 | 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 Kensi returns to the field. |
| 118 | 22 | One More Chance | 29 Apr. 2014 | 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 | 6 May 2014 | 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, Part 1 | 13 May 2014 | The suspicious death of a Navy submarine engineer brings NCIS to the case with DEA Agent Talia Del Campo assisting them while Hetty braces herself for the fallout from the White Ghost case. |
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