After a car explodes, killing a Navy officer, the team discovers that the intended target was his wife—the sister to deep cover NCIS agent Nick Torres, who disappeared months earlier in Buenos Aires while investigating criminal businessman Leo Silva (a failed target in the past for Gibbs' mentor Mike Franks). Torres re-emerges after realizing his cover was blown by his sister coming to Argentina to search for him. Torres begs Gibbs to let him help close the case, as he knows that Silva wants him and his family dead. His only way of ensuring the safety of his sister and niece (and staying alive himself) is for Silva and his son to be safely removed from their power for a very long time. Meanwhile, Special Agent Quinn shadows the team to figure out the type of agent Gibbs is looking for. In the end, Torres and Quinn both join the team.
While investigating a death that took place at a reunion at Quantico, the team uncover a bomb plot which soon leads them to a long-running theft ring. Meanwhile, Torres and Quinn adjust to life as members of Gibbs' team which also includes new sitting arrangements.
As the team investigate a Marine Sergeant who fell from a building, Doctor Grace Confalone confides in Gibbs that he should treat it as a murder investigation Meanwhile, Torres' struggles to adapt to life outside of undercover get more complex as he searches for a place to live.
The body of a Navy lieutenant is discovered on board a destroyer during a tiger cruise, where civilian guests are given the option of spending the night on the ship. Gibbs, Quinn and Palmer head to sea to investigate the circumstances behind the death. Meanwhile, McGee thinks about the perfect proposal for Delilah.
MI6 Officer Clayton Reeves calls NCIS from Philadelphia when his search for a missing colleague ends with him finding a dead petty officer, so Gibbs sends Bishop and Quinn down the help. However, Quinn isn't willing to go as returning to Philadelphia means she must come to terms with the painful memory which resulted in her leaving field work.
A kidnapping victim manages to escape and kill her captor, but when her husband doesn't show, they learn he quit his job and vanished the same day his wife was abducted. Bishop and Abby discover the husband was the CEO of a company worth millions, except the company doesn't exist anywhere except on paper, so the team must discern fact from fiction to figure out the truth. Meanwhile, Abby has finished knitting her welcome presents for the newbies, and whilst Quinn immediately finds a use for hers, Torres' reluctance to wear his leads Gibbs to realise Nick is struggling to take his foot out of the door.
Torres learns that a witness in a major NCIS case is being ruthlessly pursued by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and he risks his career trying to right a wrong. Meanwhile, Tony DiNozzo Sr returns to town on a mission to sublet his son's apartment, which puts Abby, Bishop and McGee at odds when they try every underhanded tactic they can to get the apartment.
A Navy chaplin is murdered and discovering he had been in contact with a prisoner at Gitmo, they learn that the man incarcerated may have been put there by a mountain of false paperwork and bad policing, which causes Bishop to question her own work at NSA when she begins to question how much collateral damage she may have caused. Meanwhile, NCIS is terrorised by Bishop's 3 older brothers who arrive for Thanksgiving.
Congresswoman Jenna Flemming is the victim of death threats with the latest being delivered whilst she's on a Navy Base, and Vance puts NCIS into high gear both protecting her and finding out who the sender is. They are helped by Clayton Reeves, who has transferred to NCIS as a liaison officer for MI6. While he and Torres start bumping egos, Quinns snooping of Reeves' desk lead her to wonder if he is involved in Operation Willoughby, an operation suspended because it was deemed a suicide mission.
A dead Navy Captain who was under investigation for selling secrets is found with the address for Ducky's old home where he lived with his late mother Victoria. Investigation soon turns a link to is forced to a man known as Balthazar Kilmeany, who shares a name with Victoria's old boyfriend.
NCIS suspects that businessman Kai Chen has been organising terrorist attacks to influence the stock market, but to get the proof means putting yourself at immense risk, and so Operation Willoughby brought in MI6 Officer Clayton Reeves to go undercover. But when Reeves barely escapes a bomb with his life, NCIS must determine if their operation is compromised. However when they discover they overlooked a major development, one of the team is left shattered by personal loss.
Red flags are raised when, for the first time ever, Gibbs doesn't appear at work. Investigating his usual diner, the team discovers that after a chance encounter Gibbs has resumed an undercover operation to catch someone on the NCIS Most Wanted list, who is responsible for the hijacking of a shipment of nuclear fuel rods which are still missing years later. Following Gibbs' breadcrumbs, the team discover that someone tipped off the suspect years ago, and must discover who it is before they can do it again.
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"Keep Going"
Terrence O'Hara
Teleplay by : Scott Williams Story by : Matthew R. Jarrett & Scott J. Jarrett
During an NCIS hit-and-run investigation of a Navy Captain, Palmer tries to talk down the young man from a ledge and reveals some secrets that nobody knew about him, including the fact that he passed the medical exam.
After being arrested trying to smuggle a fake bomb into an arena for a Homeland Security operation spearheaded by her think-tank, Abby discovers that not all is as it seems: she is actually carrying a real bomb, the operation she is a part of doesn't exist, her superior at the think-tank has vanished and a playbook containing a terrorist goldmine of planned attacks are in the wild. The team up gets help from Agent Pride and the NOLA office before one of these theoretical attacks comes to fruition.( Part 1 of NCIS-NCIS:New Orleans crossover)
Bishop is more determined to avenge her boyfriend's murder when the team finds a new lead in the Chen case. In the meantime, Torres teaches his fellow agents the art of pick-pocketing.
The team relies on Torres' case notes and knowledge of a biker gang with which he once spent a year undercover when an officer's murder is linked to former members.
The murder of a Marine in Rock Creek Park leads the team to work with Park Police officer May Dawson (Elisabeth Röhm) on the case and soon discover a link to the sale of African bushmeat. Meanwhile, the team has to go through pepper spray certification.
The stress of McGee and Delilah's upcoming wedding lands Delilah in the hospital. Meanwhile, the NCIS team investigates the mysterious death of a healthy, young petty officer aboard a Navy destroyer.
When body parts of a dead Navy SEAL are found in Paraguay, Gibbs, McGee, and Torres travel there to find his colleague and figure out why they broke orders to go there. The two SEALs were helped by a local whose son was recruited against his will into a violent gang of rebels and they sought to rescue the boy and the other recruits. Though the mission is successful, the helicopter sent to rescue them is low on fuel and Gibbs stays behind to keep a group of rebels at bay to allow for McGee and Torres' escape. McGee departs the chopper at the last second to back Gibbs up, and they are left to face the rebels when the chopper takes off, ending the episode on a cliffhanger.
Production
Development
NCIS was renewed for seasons fourteen and fifteen on February 29, 2016.[26] During production of this season, NCISshowrunner Gary Glasberg died on September 28, 2016.[27] In November 2016, it was reported that executive producer George Schenck and Frank Cardea, would succeed Gary Glasberg as co-showrunner for season fourteen.[28][29]
Casting
On April 4, 2016, Duane Henry, appeared as MI6 Officer Clayton Reeves in the final two episodes of thirteen season. Henry was promoted to series regular for season fourteen.[30]Wilmer Valderrama joined the cast as Nicholas Torres on June 16, 2016,[31] along with Jennifer Esposito as Alex Quinn on July 11, 2016.[32] On June 9, 2017 (after the airing of the fourteenth season finale), Deadline Hollywood and TV Guide reported that Jennifer Esposito would not return for season fifteen.[33][34]
Reception
Ratings
Viewership and ratings per episode of NCIS season 14
