NCIS season 15

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NCIS
Season 15
Season 15 U.S. DVD cover
Starring
No. of episodes24
Release
Original networkCBS
Original releaseSeptember 26, 2017 (2017-09-26) –
May 22, 2018 (2018-05-22)
Season chronology

The fifteenth season of the American police procedural drama NCIS premiered on September 26, 2017, in the same time slot as in the previous seasons, Tuesdays at 8 PM. The season premiere was watched by 17.42 million viewers,[1] picking up two months after Gibbs and McGee were last seen fighting a group of rebels in Paraguay and focused on the aftermath of those events. The season concluded on May 22, 2018 and contained 24 episodes.

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. Jennifer Esposito, who portrayed Special Agent Alexandra Quinn, did not return as a series regular this season. Maria Bello joined the cast as Dr. Jacqueline "Jack" Sloane, NCIS Senior Resident Agent and operational psychologist (episodes 4–24). After 15 years of playing Abby Sciuto, Pauley Perrette left the show in episode 22 "Two Steps Back." Duane Henry, who plays Clayton Reeves, also left the show as he was killed off in the same episode. CBS renewed NCIS for both seasons fourteen and fifteen on Monday, February 29, 2016.

Cast

Main

Recurring

Guest appearances

Episodes

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release dateProd.
code		U.S. viewers
(millions)
3311"House Divided"Tony WharmbySteven D. BinderSeptember 26, 2017 (2017-09-26)150113.29[2]
After events in "Rendezvous" Torres orders the Navy helicopter pilot to turn around, in vain. Two months later : Bishop takes charge of NCIS. Torres testifies before a Congressional committee. Dispatcher Rodney Spence reports a payphone call. NCIS Investigates drug mule Zachary Brookes' shooting death; Abby links his radiation poisoning to RAC's uranium. Somewhere in Paraguay : Jefe's RAC doctor tortures Gibbs and McGee. Zachary's girlfriend, Club Mouth bartender Jezebel Poppins, attempts arson. NCIS learns her boss, Mickey Clark, trafficks. McGee contrives a fight; Gibbs purloins a guard's knife. Abby locates Clark via dating app. Gibbs rescues McGee, conspiring with disaffected rebel Nicolas Rebollo. Gibbs kills the doctor to capture Jefe. Bishop calls Clark's international contact, Jefe; McGee answers, asking for a chopper on the top deck of Jefe's ship. Vance requests exfiltration from the DoD. Off the record, the committee authorizes Vance's rescue, coordinating with NCIS-SA Nicole Taggart in Asunción. For location, Bishop installs the dating app on Jefe's satphone. A rebel suspicious of Gibbs, disguised as Jefe, forces a firefight, drawing others. But McGee's faked radiation leak alarm provides a diversion. Gibbs gives Jefe to Rebollo for revenge, while they escape on the helicopter.
3322"Twofer"James Whitmore Jr.Scott WilliamsOctober 3, 2017 (2017-10-03)150213.50[3]
3333"Exit Strategy"Terrence O'HaraChristopher J. WaildOctober 10, 2017 (2017-10-10)150313.60[4]
3344"Skeleton Crew"Rocky CarrollJennifer CorbettOctober 17, 2017 (2017-10-17)150412.85[5]
In the midst of a storm that has shut down Washington, DC and knocked out power, the NCIS team investigates the kidnapping of a sailor, which sends Torres and Bishop out to sea to track evidence.
Cast : First "Special Guest Star" appearance of Maria Bello as Jacqueline Sloane.
3355"Fake It 'Til You Make It"Thomas J. WrightDavid J. NorthOctober 24, 2017 (2017-10-24)150613.30[6]
Cast : Maria Bello is added to the opening credits.
3366"Trapped"Bethany RooneyBrendan FehilyOctober 31, 2017 (2017-10-31)150512.11[7]
3377"Burden of Proof"Dennis SmithGina Lucita MonrealNovember 7, 2017 (2017-11-07)150713.47[8]
Convicted felon Gabriel Hicks swears that NCIS framed him for murder a decade ago, so Gibbs begins his own investigation starting with a new autopsy by Ducky. They quickly determine two serious issues: the killer was left-handed while Hicks is right-handed, and there was a mysterious witness who was never found. Senior FBI Agent Fornell joins the team, since he was the lead investigator in the original joint FBI and NCIS case, but only to convince Gibbs that Hicks is lying. When the witness is found, Gibbs learns that not only was Hicks not the person they saw, but Fornell found her at the time and buried this evidence to convict Hicks. Forced to choose between destroying his friend's career or keeping an innocent man imprisoned, Gibbs reveals the evidence and Hicks is released. Gibbs later discovers that Hicks is in fact ambidextrous, meaning he played them all.
3388"Voices"Tony WharmbySteven D. BinderNovember 14, 2017 (2017-11-14)150813.08[9]
After voices inside a woman's head lead her to the body of a contractor suspected of corruption, the team is requested to use her to figure out what happened only to find she may be hiding more than she realizes. Meanwhile, McGee and Delilah disagree about finding out their child's gender.
3399"Ready or Not"Terrence O'HaraScott WilliamsNovember 21, 2017 (2017-11-21)150912.54[10]
While preparing for Thanksgiving, the team hunts for international arms dealer Andre Yorka, who recently murdered an MI5 officer who was Sloane's close friend. Things gets more complicated when the arms dealer shows up at the same hospital Delilah and McGee are in, and its up to McGee and Emergency Room Guard Morgan Cade to keep everyone safe.
Cast : Dan Lauria as Morgan Cade
34010"Double Down"Alrick RileyChristopher J. WaildDecember 12, 2017 (2017-12-12)151012.58[11]
Sloane and Torres are on assignment protecting a senator (and one of Gibbs' friends) in Afghanistan, but it is called off early when his son suffers a damaging fall. Sloane and Torres attempt to get the senator back to the U.S. as safely as possible, but due to the congressman’s continual interference in the hope of getting there faster, the group end up stranded in the desert after driving through a minefield on the wrong route, with insurgents in the area and life-threatening injuries. Now they must try to survive long enough to find a way to reach help while trying to get back before the son dies.
34111"High Tide"Tony WharmbyDavid J. North & Steven D. BinderJanuary 2, 2018 (2018-01-02)151214.10[12]
34212"Dark Secrets"Bethany RooneyGeorge Schenck & Frank CardeaJanuary 9, 2018 (2018-01-09)151114.24[13]
34313"Family Ties"Rocky CarrollBrendan FehilyJanuary 23, 2018 (2018-01-23)151313.97[14]
34414"Keep Your Friends Close"Mark HorowitzGina Lucita MonrealFebruary 6, 2018 (2018-02-06)151413.90[15]
Virginia State Troopers Marsha Jones and Sanchez arrest Ozzie Duncan driving a stolen van, containing Navy Cmr. James Willis' dead body. Willis' wife Sarah mentions a P.I. – Fornell, who the FBI fired (after events in "Burden of Proof"), was investigating delinquent loans and discovered Willis fighting Cmr. Sean Evans. Abby determines the bullet matches professional hits. Bishop learns Willis was jury foreman in "Ponzi King" Albert Hathaway's trial. Abby links rags to Crime Scene Tru-Clean. Julia Marino fired Michael and Joey Barrett for stealing; Torres captures one, Tobias tazes another. Their second "hit" cleanup is pending. Sloan surveils suspected serial killer Gabriel Hicks, warning his attorney Jessica Shaeffer that he is guilty and dangerous. Gibbs, with Bishop, intercepts and kills the hitman, Dominic Malecki, at juror Patrice Jansen's house. Gibbs learns she and Willis had an affair. NCIS arrests Sarah, who admits the contract hit was for the affair, for spending their life savings on his sick mother, and to collect his life insurance payout. After arguing, Gibbs enlists Fornell to investigate Hicks. Shaeffer "told Hicks to secure new counsel," telling Sloan, "don't stop digging," right before Shaeffer's car explodes, knocking Sloan unconcious. To be continued...
34515"Keep Your Enemies Closer"Thomas J. WrightJennifer CorbettFebruary 27, 2018 (2018-02-27)151512.45[16]
Danielle orders coffee from barista Gabriel Hicks, as Bishop and Torres question him about Jessica's murder (in "Keep Your Friends Close"). Without concrete evidence, Vance releases Hicks. Abby recovers Jessica's bugged phone, revealing she interviewed Hicks' former cellmate, convicted murderer Paul Triff (from "What Lies Above"), who bargains for a "48-hour work furlough" to "assist with the case" with McGee supervising while Triff stays in his old residence (now Tim's and Delilah's home). Triff hints, search inside Hicks' van from ten years prior, still in FBI impound. Gibbs finds a bloody pipe; Abby matches Lt. O'Connell's blood, and four other profiles from unsolved murders. Witness Mary Elaine Smith tells NCIS, Hicks threatened to kill her nephew. Sloan procures Hicks' juvenile records and psych evaluation, concluding he kills father figures; Mary and Jessica were against type. Gibbs realizes Hicks is trying to split them up. Hicks abducts Fornell, going to McGee's to get to Triff, who, as his "mentor" father-figure, berates and antagonizes Hicks, who decides to kill Triff, who busts open his cage door to attack Hicks, who shoots Triff. Gibbs chases Hicks. Entering through the trunk, Fornell choke-holds Hicks who crashes. After a struggle, Gibbs tazes Hicks, arresting him.
Cast : French Stewart as Paul Triff
34616"Handle with Care"Alrick RileyScott J. Jarrett & Matthew R. JarrettMarch 6, 2018 (2018-03-06)151612.92[17]
34717"One Man's Trash"Michael ZinbergScott WilliamsMarch 13, 2018 (2018-03-13)151713.26[18]
On American Pickers, Gibbs and Ducky spot an antique ceremonial Viking war stick they believe might solve the sixteen year-old cold case murder of Navy PO Marvin Finn. Helping to finish Ducky's book, assistant Kasie Hines visits NCIS. George Keogh is offered $25,000 after his wife accepted Mike Wolfe's $3,000. NCIS finds antique dealer Roy Baxter dead, after Red Eagle Financial CEO Clarence Wyatt purchased Paton's famous Colt revolver. Through Kasie's friend they learn, other Esteemed order of the Blue Guard artifacts are in museum storage. The curator escorts NCIS who finds the stick's empty crate and blood spatter; the original crime scene. NCIS questions Finn's girlfriend Jane and best friend Bill Lester. Bishop questions the provenance on Paton's colt. Abby has difficulty connecting with Kasie, who is congenial to everyone else. Ducky suggests Kasie, a forensic science graduate, help Abby to compare touch DNA from Wyatt's business card against artifacts. Kasie, who admits to being Abby's fan, finds a skin sample, matching Wyatt's DNA. Gibbs confronts Wyatt about paying $15,000 for the wrong Colt, when really he was buying Baxter's silence for having killed Finn, who tried to stop his robbery of the storage facility.
Cast : First "guest star" appearance of Diona Reasonover as Kasie Hines
34818"Death from Above"Rocky CarrollChristopher J. WaildMarch 27, 2018 (2018-03-27)151811.94[19]
34919"The Numerical Limit"Leslie LibmanDavid J. North & Steven D. BinderApril 3, 2018 (2018-04-03)151912.23[20]
35020"Sight Unseen"Bethany RooneyBrendan FehilyApril 17, 2018 (2018-04-17)152011.58[21]
35121"One Step Forward"James Whitmore Jr.Gina Lucita MonrealMay 1, 2018 (2018-05-01)152112.35[22]
Sara Carter punches a Navy yard guard, needing Gibbs to solve the year-old murder case of her mother, CPO Mae Carter, USN, Ret., a master-at-arms command investigator. Initial suspect Robert Flynn, convicted of robbery, now gives seminars. Virginia State Police Det. Edward Olson provides case files. Abby finds Sara's past-due credit card bills. Bishop discovers Sara and her son Theo are homeless. Sloan describes Sara's TBI from her service in Afghanistan. Abby finds tracking numbers in Mae's pocket. Scott Gunderson at Global Courier looks up the Veteran Alpha Care pharmacy mail order, which was stolen from Earl Kraft's mail box. Back-tracing Mae's movements, Reeves and Torres find hostel clerk Jax Wesley, who is killed by a car during a chase. Gibbs and Bishop discover he sold illegal prescription drugs; ballistics from his 9mm match Mae's murder. Profile 360 news magazine reporter Diane Boyle airs a piece featuring Sara, who is attacked by someone searching her Jeep Cherokee. After learning Mae accidentally received all of the missing tracking numbers, NCIS arrests Jax's supplier, Gunderson, because Mae was "unraveling a prescription drug ring." After dining at The Cooler, a mugger shoots at Reeves, protecting Abby.
35222"Two Steps Back"Michael ZinbergJennifer CorbettMay 8, 2018 (2018-05-08)152215.08[23]
With Reeves shot dead, doctors remove a bullet from Abby's chest, and she fights for survival. On Reeves' shirt, Bishop finds the blood profile of dishonorably discharged Army Specialist Kent Marshall, who they find slain, throat cut, learning Abby was a targeted hit. Top suspect is embezzler Terry Spooner, but Sloan thinks otherwise. Gibbs questions Alejandro Rivera, who denies involvement. Abby wakes, but cannot remember the shooting. Two days later : Bishop connects Marshal to Tom Reese, aka SGM Robert King (after events in "Toxic"), whose prison cell is now occupied by nightshift guard Brendan Denridge. Abby discovers her restaurant invitation was not random, and backtraces the IP, finding and confronting King herself, alone, citing Gibbs' Rule #45 ("Clean up the mess that you make"). She claims to have slipped cyanide into King's coffee that will kill him within the hour, holding up hydrocobalamin as an antidote. "Confess and you get to live." He admits hiring Marshal. Torres and Gibbs arrest him. Later, McGee learns the "cyanide" was actually crushed Caf-Pow! pills, mimicking symptoms. Abby escorts Clay's body to London for burial, announcing "I'm leaving NCIS," vowing to realize Clay's "charity in honor of his mom."
Cast : This is the final appearance by Pauley Perrette and Duane Henry as NCIS series regulars. They remain in the opening credits for the rest of the season.
35323"Fallout"Terrence O'HaraTeleplay by : David J. North & Christopher J. Waild
Story by : Christopher J. Waild		May 15, 2018 (2018-05-15)152312.71[24]
As NCIS adjusts to losing Abby and Reeves, Steve and David comment at Captain Phil Brooks' wake about his sailboat Marcy, named after his wife. Paying respects, Gibbs finds Brooks alive in a fallout bunker, hiding after gunfire from a motorboat forced him overboard. With Abby's preapproval, Kasie Hines temps in the lab. CGIS-SA Amanda Graham endorses, "NCIS keeps digging, so do I." Kasie finds a bullet gouge in the Marcy's mast. Bishop uncovers compromising photos that Brooks claims were faked, which Kasie proves. McGee questions Antonia Morello, a store lessee in Brooks' strip-mall. Antonia suspects "greedy investors" from Capital Clients Incorporated doctored her photos. NCIS plays undercover golf with investors Sean Parks, Glen Collins, and Vendrell Brown, with Palmer as a suprise ringer. Marcy catches Torres "moonlighting" as caddy. Bishop learns Graham was murdered. Marcy learns through Vance that Phil is alive. Jimmy finds Graham's note, "Sandy Dunes" that Kasie thinks might be the name of the motorboat Brooks encountered. Confronted with bankruptcy and "attempted" murder, Parks knows Brooks is still alive. Gibbs has McGee pull Phil's phone records, finding Marcy alerted Sean, her lover of two years. Under pressure, she agrees to testify against Parks.
35424"Date with Destiny"Tony WharmbyScott Williams & George Schenck & Frank CardeaMay 22, 2018 (2018-05-22)152412.07[25]
While on a blind date with Ray Martin, set up by McGee and Delilah, Sloane hears a man she recognizes as Masahun, who captured and tortured her and her WINGOS psyops squadmates, Spc. Ray Hale, Spc. Samuel King, and Sgt. Safwan Anshiri. Sloane is arrested for attacking him. Vance tasks Kasie and McGee to investigate, identifying him as humanitarian Nigel Hakim, attached to the British embassy, whose Deputy Ambassador Sybil Rigg, brings Hakim to Vance for an apology. Replaying audio of Hakim, Sloane's fellow captive Capt. Chester Kelb, USMC, Ret., recognizes Masahun. Determined to avenge, Sloane leaves to kill Hakim. Bishop asks FAA Operations Supervisor Heather White to locate Hakim's flight. Gibbs intervenes to apprehend Hakim, but the pilot says he never arrived; Hakim already took another flight. Meanwhile, after ruling out PO3 Stephanie Vairo and seaman Felix Pittorino, NCIS debunks a bomb threat aboard the destroyer Ulysses, instigated by Parker to delay deployment and spend more time with his father Commander Daly. Unknown to the team, Vance, who had stormed Masahun's compound in Afghanistan to rescue Sloane and Kelb, has been kidnapped by Hakim who says, "You killed so many of my brothers. Infidel." To be continued...
Cast : Pej Vahdat as Nigel Hakim

Production

Maria Bello's first season as a regular

The series was renewed for fourteenth and fifteenth seasons by CBS on Monday, February 29, 2016. It was announced that Jennifer Esposito, who portrayed NCIS agent Alexandra Quinn, had departed[26] and would be replaced by Maria Bello as Agent Jackie Sloane — a new series regular, beginning with episode 15:5.[27] Bello inked a three-year deal to remain with the show through until the end of its seventeenth season.[28] Production began in July 2017 with the rest of cast members returning.

Showrunners Frank Cardea and George Schenck (in their first full season at the helm) wanted to focus Season 15 around a "good mystery and more stand-alone episodes than two or three-parters."[29] However, they noted that they wouldn't shy away from multi-part episodes if the story was deemed worth it. This season included a three-episode arc revolving around serial killer Gabriel Hicks, the episodes being: "Burden of Proof", "Keep Your Friends Close", and "Keep Your Enemies Closer".

As to Quinn's departure, Special Agent Torres (Wilmer Valderrama) stated in 15:1 ("House Divided") that Quinn is now on leave taking care of her mother; this coincides with a running story-arc her character had maintained for some time. The specific turnover point between Quinn & Sloane's characters occurs at the end of 15:4, when Bello's character premieres. In another central casting announcement, TV Line reported on October 4, 2017, that founding NCIS actress Pauley Perrette would be leaving the role of "Abby Sciuto" after the conclusion of season fifteen.[30] Perrette's final episode was episode 22, which aired on May 8, 2018.[31] Also, in this episode, Duane Henry (Clayton Reeves) was written off the show.

NCIS was renewed for a sixteenth season on April 13, 2018, following a deal with Mark Harmon to return for an additional two years.[32]

Reception

Season 15 was praised for its sharp cases and bringing new life into characters and series,[33] with Matt Carter of CarterMatt.com citing "the arrival of Maria Bello and the creative direction of the new showrunners; this has been the best season overall since season 10"[34] as chief reasons for this revival. Sara Netzley of Entertainment Weekly said, in reference to the positive changes, "now here's the show we’ve enjoyed for years", noting that it was "dark and twisty", giving it an 'A' rating.[35]

Season 15 of NCIS was CBS's most watched and highest rated drama on their network for another year.[36] While being the most watched drama nationally,[37] beating NBC's megahit This Is Us and ABC's The Good Doctor, it also finished as the sixth most watched television program overall for 2017–2018 season.

Home media

A DVD and Blu-ray of the fifteenth season of NCIS was announced for August 21, 2018.[38]

Ratings

Viewership and ratings per episode of NCIS season 15
No. Title Air dateRating/share
(18–49)		Viewers
(millions)		DVR
(18–49)		DVR viewers
(millions)		Total
(18–49)		Total viewers
(millions)
1 "House Divided" September 26, 20171.6/613.29[2]0.94.132.517.42[39]
2 "Twofer" October 3, 20171.4/513.50[3]0.83.892.217.40[40]
3 "Exit Strategy" October 10, 20171.4/613.60[4]0.83.792.217.40[41]
4 "Skeleton Crew" October 17, 20171.4/512.85[5]0.84.132.216.98[42]
5 "Fake It 'til You Make It" October 24, 20171.4/513.30[6]0.73.832.117.14[43]
6 "Trapped" October 31, 20171.2/512.11[7]0.83.852.015.96[44]
7 "Burden of Proof" November 7, 20171.5/613.47[8]0.73.982.217.45[45]
8 "Voices" November 14, 20171.5/613.08[9]—N/a3.65—N/a16.74[46]
9 "Ready or Not" November 21, 20171.4/512.54[10]0.63.542.016.08[47]
10 "Double Down" December 12, 20171.4/513.08[11]—N/a—N/a—N/a—N/a
11 "High Tide" January 2, 20181.5/614.10[12]0.83.872.317.98[48]
12 "Dark Secrets" January 9, 20181.5/614.24[13]0.83.892.318.13[49]
13 "Family Ties" January 23, 20181.5/613.97[14]0.84.202.318.17[50]
14 "Keep Your Friends Close" February 6, 20181.5/613.90[15]0.84.112.318.01[51]
15 "Keep Your Enemies Closer" February 27, 20181.2/512.45[16]0.94.262.116.72[52]
16 "Handle with Care" March 6, 20181.4/612.92[17]0.84.432.217.35[53]
17 "One Man's Trash" March 13, 20181.5/613.26[18]0.74.022.217.28[54]
18 "Death From Above" March 27, 20181.3/511.94[19]0.84.352.116.29[55]
19 "The Numerical Limit" April 3, 20181.3/512.23[20]0.73.732.015.87[56]
20 "Sight Unseen" April 17, 20181.2/411.58[21]0.83.701.915.15[57]
21 "One Step Forward" May 1, 20181.2/512.35[22]0.84.382.016.74[58]
22 "Two Steps Back" May 8, 20181.6/715.08[23]0.94.322.519.40[59]
23 "Fallout" May 15, 20181.3/512.71[24]0.73.801.916.51[60]
24 "Date with Destiny" May 22, 20181.3/512.07[25]0.73.832.015.90[61]

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