NCIS: Los Angeles season 9

NCIS: Los Angeles
Season 9
Season 9 U.S. DVD cover
Starring
No. of episodes24
Release
Original networkCBS
Original releaseOctober 1, 2017 (2017-10-01) –
May 20, 2018 (2018-05-20)
Season chronology

The ninth season of NCIS: Los Angeles premiered on October 1, 2017 on CBS for the 2017–18 television season,[1] and concluded on May 20, 2018.[2] The season contained 24 episodes and the series’ 200th episode. Nia Long joined the cast as Shay Mosley for the ninth season[3][4][5] after Miguel Ferrer's death.[6][7][8]

The ninth season ranked 23 with a total of 10.50 million viewers.[9]

Cast and characters

Main

Recurring

Notable guest stars

Episodes

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release dateProd.
code		U.S. viewers
(millions)
1931"Party Crashers"John Peter KousakisR. Scott GemmillOctober 1, 2017 (2017-10-01)9018.95[10]
As Hetty turns in retirement papers and disappears, Shay Mosley comes to Los Angeles to oversee the team and makes staffing changes; Sam insists that Callen find a new partner. Meanwhile, the team investigate the death of a South Korean agent investigating North Korea's missile program.
1942"Se Murio El Payaso"Rick TunellKyle HarimotoOctober 8, 2017 (2017-10-08)8258.46[11]
When the daughter of a notorious counterfeiter arrives in Los Angeles, Sam is sent undercover as a financier, while Callen partners with Anna to track the family's latest scheme. Hetty is shown in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam bribing a prison guard to allow her to talk to a Harris Kaine.
1953"Assets"Tawnia McKiernanKyle HarimotoOctober 15, 2017 (2017-10-15)9028.65[12]
During the murder investigation of a Navy Lieutenant on leave in Los Angeles, the NCIS team uncovers classified surveillance briefs she smuggled into the city that may have been sold to a foreign buyer. Meanwhile, Sam decides to sell his house.
1964"Plain Sight"Dennis SmithJoseph C. WilsonOctober 22, 2017 (2017-10-22)9038.18[13]
After weapons with a $1 million street value are stolen, the team tracks the evidence to a wealthy charity event, prompting Mosley to be added to the guest list with Callen and Sam as her security detail.
1975"Mountebank"Terrence O'HaraJordana Lewis JaffeOctober 29, 2017 (2017-10-29)9047.50[14]
1986"Can I Get a Witness?"James HanlonChad MazeroNovember 5, 2017 (2017-11-05)8268.03[15]
1997"The Silo"James Whitmore Jr.Frank MilitaryNovember 12, 2017 (2017-11-12)9057.86[16]
After an Air Force captain Kensi dated a decade ago breaches a missile launch facility, she is transported to the location to help thwart the use of nuclear weapons.
2008"This Is What We Do"John Peter KousakisR. Scott GemmillNovember 19, 2017 (2017-11-19)9066.95[17]
When a group of migrants and Border Patrol officers are slaughtered near Camp Pendleton, the team discovers that the killers are there for one of their old enemies; Nell must work with her bossy older sister Sydney, a Homeland Security analyst.
2019"Fool Me Twice"Benny BoomAndrew BartelsNovember 26, 2017 (2017-11-26)9077.64[18]
20210"Forasteira"Eric A. PotErin BroadhurstDecember 10, 2017 (2017-12-10)9087.53[19]
The team tracks a highly-skilled assailant Pietra Rey determined to avenge her father's death by killing a Brazilian diplomat. Meanwhile, Deeks helps Guy, his mother's boyfriend, with a theft.
20311"All Is Bright"Ruba NaddaChad MazeroDecember 17, 2017 (2017-12-17)9097.21[20]
20412"Under Pressure"Diana C. ValentineJoe SachsJanuary 7, 2018 (2018-01-07)9117.87[21]
20513"Các Tù Nhân"James HanlonR. Scott GemmillJanuary 14, 2018 (2018-01-14)9109.12[22]
After being captured while ransoming her Operation Sunrise teammate Harris Keane from a Vietnamese prison, Dang auctions Hetty for secrets from her long espionage career. After Eric's dream, he and Nell use Hetty's gifts, The Red Badge of Courage and a red-fluorescing flashlight, to highlight clues, "Failed, Action, Skin," that Hidoko recognizes as what3words coordinates for Ho Chi Minh City. Resisting interrogation by Spencer Allen, claiming to be with the U.S. State Department, Hetty feigns insanity and self-induces palilalia, but Allen shoots Keane, wounding him. Callen and Hanna pressure smuggler Billy Van for information. Eric and Nell discover Hetty's teammates A. J. Chegwidden and Charles Langston are already searching Vietnam, but they quickly leave the bar when Deeks video-chats through a woman's phone. When Dang threatens Keane with a starving Bengal tiger, Hetty relents, agreeing to talk. Mosely wonders, "who took that photo" of Hetty's teammates. Deducing Hetty's purpose, Callen questions George Nelson, a former NIS operative. Mosley books them a flight to Vietnam. Hetty stalls, telling Allen about "Cold War folklore" when spies broke fake molars with cyanide capsules after capture. Trying to prevent Hetty's "suicide," Allen's ear is bitten off by Hetty, who laughs. To be continued...
Note: "Các Tù Nhân" is Vietnamese for "The Prisoners."
20614"Goodbye, Vietnam"John Peter KousakisR. Scott GemmillMarch 11, 2018 (2018-03-11)9128.03[23]
A one-eyed Vietnamese man with sunglasses, an old enemy, buys Hetty from the black-market smuggler Dang. Ho Chi Minh City: A bartender recalls seeing Hetty; the waitress provides her teammates' satphone number, which Eric traces to a hotel, but Chegwidden, Langston and Sterling Bridges are already gone. Nell's overbearing older sister, Homeland Security Specialist Sydney Jones, helps search Hetty's case files for clues. To emotionally torture Hetty, Dang claims Harris Keane died. From Hetty's Vietnam alias "Maggie" they find mail to Kim Nguyen, who recalls, Harris shot Hetty's team photo, and suggests trying the Buddhist monastery. Tây Ninh: Brother Bao relays Hetty's message, and CIA Special Activities Division Officer Jeff Carol (alias Rio Syamsundin, from "Blame It on Rio") provides weapons, informing them about Dang's auction. They team with Chegwidden, Langston and Bridges, who procured a helicopter. Nell insists that Mosley asks SECNAV Davis for satellite surveillance. The team infiltrates Dang's camp, finding Keane alive. While Hetty is beaten, they burst in and kill Allen, the one-eyed man and his thugs. Hetty feeds Dang to the Bengal tiger he poached. Meanwhile, Nell confronts Sydney to stop calling her "Pogo" – a Nancy Drew, childhood, derogatory nickname.
20715"Liabilities"Lily MariyeKyle HarimotoMarch 18, 2018 (2018-03-18)9138.02[24]
The team's follow up on an old case leads them to Jennifer Kim, Granger's estranged daughter, who may be the only one able to help them prevent a rogue North Korean agent from causing a terrorist attack in Los Angeles. Hetty readjusts to the OSP office following her return, especially to Mosley. In the end of the episode, Callen and Sam learn that Granger is dead.
20816"Warrior of Peace"Terence NightingallAndrew BartelsMarch 25, 2018 (2018-03-25)9148.58[25]
20917"The Monster"Dennis SmithAdam George Key & Frank MilitaryApril 1, 2018 (2018-04-01)9157.12[26]
While investigating a missing person's case, the team work to dismantle a team who puts on a show for high paying voyeurs by killing victims and sewing together their limbs to create Frankensteinian corpses. Meanwhile, Mosley and Callen assist the ATF in attempting to arrest an arms dealer with a shocking tie to Mosley's past.
21018"Vendetta"James Whitmore Jr.Jordana Lewis JaffeApril 8, 2018 (2018-04-08)9168.14[27]
21119"Outside the Lines"Suzanne SaltzJoseph C. WilsonApril 22, 2018 (2018-04-22)9177.57[28]
21220"Reentry"Eric A. PotLee A. Carlisle & Andrew BartelsApril 29, 2018 (2018-04-29)9187.62[29]
21321"Where Everybody Knows Your Name"Rick TunellChad Mazero & Jordana Lewis JaffeMay 6, 2018 (2018-05-06)9197.71[30]
NCIS works a joint task force with the FBI to investigate the death of a Marine who might have died due to a drug overdose.
21422"Venganza"Yangzom BrauenErin Broadhurst & Kyle HarimotoMay 13, 2018 (2018-05-13)9207.32[31]
21523"A Line in the Sand"Frank MilitaryFrank MilitaryMay 20, 2018 (2018-05-20)9217.82[32]
Following a gunfight that leaves Sam wounded, the team gains a lead on Spencer Williams, the arms dealer that has Mosley's son - and get concerned as Mosley threatens to cross the line to get her son back.
21624"Ninguna Salida"John Peter KousakisJoe Sachs & R. Scott GemmillMay 20, 2018 (2018-05-20)9227.82[32]
Despite several team members having grave reservations, NCIS travels to Mexico for a risky mission to locate and rescue Mosley's son. Also, after finding a mysterious pile of ash, the team starts to worry about Hidoko’s whereabouts.

Ratings

No. Episode Air date 18–49
rating		 Viewers
(millions)
1 "Party Crashers" October 1, 2017 1.3/4[10] 8.95[10]
2 "Se Murio El Payaso" October 8, 2017 1.0/4[11] 8.46[11]
3 "Assets" October 15, 2017 1.1/4[12] 8.65[12]
4 "Plain Sight" October 22, 2017 1.1/3[13] 8.18[13]
5 "Mountebank" October 29, 2017 0.8/3[14] 7.50[14]
6 "Can I Get a Witness?" November 5, 2017 0.9/3[15] 8.03[15]
7 "The Silo" November 12, 2017 0.9/3[16] 7.86[16]
8 "This Is What We Do" November 19, 2017 0.7/2[17] 6.95[17]
9 "Fool Me Twice" November 26, 2017 0.9/3[18] 7.64[18]
10 "Forasteira" December 10, 2017 0.8/3[19] 7.53[19]
11 "All Is Bright" December 17, 2017 0.9/3[20] 7.21[20]
12 "Under Pressure" January 7, 2018 0.9/3[21] 7.87[21]
13 "Cac Tu Nhan" January 14, 2018 1.1/4[22] 9.12[22]
14 "Goodbye, Vietnam" March 11, 2018 0.9/3[23] 8.03[23]
15 "Liabilities" March 18, 2018 0.9/3[24] 8.02[24]
16 "Warrior of Peace" March 25, 2018 1.1/4[25] 8.58[25]
17 "The Monster" April 1, 2018 0.8/3[26] 7.12[26]
18 "Vendetta" April 8, 2018 0.9/3[27] 8.14[27]
19 "Outside the Lines" April 22, 2018 0.8/3[28] 7.57[28]
20 "Reentry" April 29, 2018 0.7/3[29] 7.62[29]
21 "Where Everybody Knows Your Name" May 6, 2018 0.8/4[30] 7.71[30]
22 "Venganza" May 13, 2018 0.8/3[31] 7.32[31]
23 "A Line in the Sand" May 20, 2018 0.8/3[32] 7.82[32]
24 "Ninguna Salida" May 20, 2018 0.8/3[32] 7.82[32]

Home video release

NCIS: Los Angeles: The Ninth Season
Set details Special features
  • 24 episodes
    • 6 disc
  • Media Format: Box set, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
  • Run time: 16 hours and 58 minutes
DVD release dates
Region 1 Region 2 Region 4
August 28, 2018[33] September 17, 2018[34] August 15, 2018

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