NCIS (Season 5)

Bury Your Dead (Episode 1) 8.1

Writer: Shane Brennan

Air date: 2007-09-25

Runtime: 43 min

Overview: The NCIS team uncover a huge secret, as their mission to capture La Grenouille comes to an explosive and deadly conclusion.

Family (Episode 2) 7.4

Writer: Steven D. Binder

Air date: 2007-10-02

Runtime: 44 min

Overview: During an autopsy, Ducky makes a startling discovery that turns a murder of a Petty Officer into a search for a missing infant.

Ex-File (Episode 3) 6.3

Writer: Alfonso H. Moreno

Air date: 2007-10-09

Runtime: 44 min

Overview: Lt. Colonel Mann joins Gibbs in an investigation of the murder of a Marine Captain who had access to highly classified information. Things get very personal for Gibbs when one of the witnesses in the case turns out to be one of his ex-wives.

Identity Crisis (Episode 4) 8.0

Writer: Jesse Stern

Air date: 2007-10-16

Runtime: 44 min

Overview: When Ducky realizes that one of his cadavers used for research is actually a victim of murder, the NCIS team identify him as a criminal genius who is capable of deleting the past.

Leap of Faith (Episode 5) 7.8

Writer: Frank Cardea

Air date: 2007-10-23

Runtime: 44 min

Overview: The NCIS team are called in to stop a Naval officer from committing suicide by jumping off a rooftop, but when the suicide attempt turns into a murder, the NCIS team will have to find out who did it.

Chimera (Episode 6) 8.3

Writer: Dan E. Fesman

Air date: 2007-10-30

Runtime: 44 min

Overview: While investigating a mysterious death on a top-secret Naval research ship at sea, the NCIS team board the abandoned ship and find a deadly secret that may cost them their lives.

Requiem (Episode 7) 8.2

Writer: Shane Brennan

Air date: 2007-11-06

Runtime: 44 min

Overview: Gibbs finds himself emotionally challenged when he agrees to investigate a crime connected to a friend of his daughter, who passed away years ago, and the investigation leads to a shocking conclusion.

Designated Target (Episode 8) 7.2

Writer: Reed Steiner

Air date: 2007-11-13

Runtime: 44 min

Overview: A murder investigation of a Navy Admiral takes a shocking turn when a woman, a political refugee, returns home to search for her husband.

Lost and Found (Episode 9) 8.1

Writer: David J. North

Air date: 2007-11-20

Runtime: 44 min

Overview: The NCIS team have to babysit a nine-year-old son of a missing man, a survivalist who is somehow connected to a cold case murder. The investigation leads the team into the wilderness, where they discover a shocking truth about the man's past.

Corporal Punishment (Episode 10) 7.9

Writer: Jesse Stern

Air date: 2007-11-27

Runtime: 44 min

Overview: While trying to track down a delusional and violent Marine who thinks he's still in Iraq, the NCIS team learn that the man has been the subject of a secret experiment - and it comes with a high price to pay.

Tribes (Episode 11) 7.4

Writer: Reed Steiner

Air date: 2008-01-15

Runtime: 43 min

Overview: After a young Muslim Marine is murdered near his Mosque, Ducky refuses to perform an autopsy due to his religious beliefs. The NCIS team try to talk to the father of the deceased, and they send McGee to plant a bug in the Mosque, only to discover that the FBI already planted their own bug.

Stakeout (Episode 12) 6.1

Writer: Frank Cardea

Air date: 2008-04-08

Runtime: 44 min

Overview: The NCIS team go on a stakeout in a warehouse to catch a suspected thief of a high-tech Naval radar, but they accidentally end up witnessing a murder.

Dog Tags (Episode 13) 7.7

Writer: Alfonso H. Moreno

Air date: 2008-04-15

Runtime: 44 min

Overview: When a dog owner is found murdered, the NCIS team must determine if his dog committed the murder or not, and Abby decides to fight for the dog's life by trusting her instinct about the dog's innocence.

Internal Affairs (Episode 14) 7.4

Writer: Jesse Stern

Air date: 2008-04-22

Runtime: 44 min

Overview: The dead body of La Grenouille surfaces and the entire NCIS is put under investigation by the FBI, with Jenny as the prime suspect for his murder.

In the Zone (Episode 15) 7.2

Writer: Linda Burstyn

Air date: 2008-04-29

Runtime: 44 min

Overview: Two members of the NCIS team are sent to Baghdad to investigate a mortar attack that turned into a murder investigation.

Recoil (Episode 16) 7.4

Writer: Frank Cardea

Air date: 2008-05-06

Runtime: 44 min

Overview: While on an undercover mission, Ziva's life is put in grave danger when the serial killer she's been tracking becomes suspicious of her.

About Face (Episode 17) 7.6

Air date: 2008-05-13

Runtime: 44 min

Overview: Palmer is put in grave danger when he becomes the target of an anonymous murderer, whom only he can recognize.

Judgment Day (1) (Episode 18) 7.9

Writer: Steven D. Binder

Air date: 2008-05-20

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: When a former NCIS agent is found dead, the entire team is put in danger as they hunt after the killer.

Judgment Day (2) (Episode 19) 8.0

Writer: Steven D. Binder

Air date: 2008-05-20

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: When one of their own is killed, the team must find the killer before they get to another member of the team, Gibbs. In an emotional investigation, the team tries to stay together, against the wishes of Assistant Director Vance.