NCIS: Sydney (2023–present)

NCIS: Sydney posterReview score: 72%

Plot

With rising international tensions in the Indo-Pacific, a brilliant and eclectic team of U.S. NCIS agents and the Australian Federal Police (AFP) are grafted into a multinational taskforce to keep naval crimes in check in the most contested patch of ocean on the planet.

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Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01NCIS: Sydney S01E05Doggiecino Day AfternoonS01E05 · 6.7The team races to save one of their own when Doc Roy and his dog are involved in a hostage situation at their local dog cafe.
  2. 02NCIS: Sydney S03E04The Truth Is OutbackS03E04 · 6.3A U.S. Navy pilot goes missing at a UFO hotspot in the Outback after being chased by bright lights.
  3. 03NCIS: Sydney S01E04GhostedS01E04 · 6.2When a U.S. petty officer's body is found in Sydney's historic and haunted Rocks area, a decades-old Navy Cross medal holds the clue to solving the murder, leading the team on a wild ghost chase to catch a killer.

Episodes by season

Season01Best seasonEpisode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode8Episodes2023Aired 5.2Season avg
  1. S01E01NCIS: Sydney S01E01Gone FissionNovember 10, 2023 5.5The death of an American seaman on a U.S. nuclear submarine during an AUKUS ceremony on Sydney Harbour is investigated in a joint effort bet
  2. S01E02NCIS: Sydney S01E02Snakes in the GrassNovember 17, 2023 5.6When a Navy compliance officer is found dead in a waterhole from a snakebite, the team works to uncover the origin of the rare deadly taipan
  3. S01E03NCIS: Sydney S01E03Brothers in ArmsNovember 24, 2023 5.1When a shark spits out an arm wearing U.S. Navy equipment, the team's investigation tests the loyalty of a band of former Navy divers.
  4. S01E04NCIS: Sydney S01E04GhostedDecember 1, 2023 6.2When a U.S. petty officer's body is found in Sydney's historic and haunted Rocks area, a decades-old Navy Cross medal holds the clue to solv
  5. S01E05NCIS: Sydney S01E05Season's bestDoggiecino Day AfternoonDecember 8, 2023 6.7The team races to save one of their own when Doc Roy and his dog are involved in a hostage situation at their local dog cafe.
  6. S01E06NCIS: Sydney S01E06ExtractionDecember 15, 2023 3.5When the suspicious death of an old Drug Squad colleague pulls Evie back into a secret undercover operation, DeShawn is torn between loyalty
  7. S01E07NCIS: Sydney S01E07Bunker DownDecember 22, 2023 5.3A glitzy tech launch turns into a disaster, leaving half of NCIS: Sydney trapped underground, and the others scrambling to save the day befo
  8. S01E08NCIS: Sydney S01E08Blonde AmbitionDecember 29, 2023 3.5When JD's son is kidnapped by an international assassin in exchange for a wanted criminal in NCIS custody, the team frantically tries to get

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season02Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode10Episodes2025Aired 2.8Season avg
  1. S02E01NCIS: Sydney S02E01Season's bestHeart StarterFebruary 7, 2025 3.2NCIS: Sydney will do whatever it takes to crack the case of a rogue assassin on the run during NCIS Special Agent DeShawn Jackson's chaotic
  2. S02E02NCIS: Sydney S02E02Fire in the HoleFebruary 14, 2025 3.2When a young girl finds the body of a former U.S. Navy officer floating in the harbor, the team is led to an 18th-century sailing ship hosti
  3. S02E03NCIS: Sydney S02E03Back in the USSRFebruary 21, 2025 2.5When the body of a long-missing U.S. Naval engineer is discovered buried in concrete, the team enlists Doc Roy's old friend to assist in the
  4. S02E04NCIS: Sydney S02E04Truth SabreFebruary 28, 2025 2.5The team is thrown into the murky world of online conspiracies after a car owned by a U.S. Navy cyber engineer explodes just as her teenage
  5. S02E05NCIS: Sydney S02E05ShuckedMarch 7, 2025 2.5When a petty officer is found murdered and frozen, it leads the team into a twisted underworld of seafood and sex trafficking.
  6. S02E06NCIS: Sydney S02E06Hell WeakMarch 14, 2025 3.0The suspected suicide of a former U.S. Navy SEAL leads NCIS: Sydney to a wellness retreat to investigate a group of his fellow former SEAL b
  7. S02E07NCIS: Sydney S02E07BreathlessMarch 21, 2025 2.5The suspicious death of a US Navy chorister draws NCIS: Sydney into the world of obsessive fans, pop stars, and earworms, as they learn how
  8. S02E08NCIS: Sydney S02E08Blood Is Thicker Than VodkaMarch 28, 2025 3.0The discovery of an exsanguinated sailor takes NCIS: Sydney into the world of modern-day vampires, family feuds, bespoke vodka and a nocturn
  9. S02E09NCIS: Sydney S02E09Mango MadnessApril 4, 2025 3.0The team battles searing temperatures to investigate the death of a U.S. Marine corporal killed during a joint training exercise between U.S
  10. S02E10NCIS: Sydney S02E10Sting in the TailApril 11, 2025 2.5With a Stinger missile and murderer in the wind, and Darwin's World War II Commemoration ceremony fast approaching, NCIS: Sydney races to pr

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

Season03Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode20Episodes2025–26Aired 4.2Season avg
  1. S03E01NCIS: Sydney S03E01Gut InstinctOctober 14, 2025 3.3The discovery of two missing U.S. Navy aviators adrift in the Coral Sea leads the team to expose a sinister terrorist plot.
  2. S03E02NCIS: Sydney S03E02True BlueOctober 21, 2025 3.7Growing increasingly worried about Blue’s strange behavior, Doc takes matters into his own hands and breaks into her apartment. Inside, DeSh
  3. S03E03NCIS: Sydney S03E03Lost in TranslationOctober 28, 2025 5.4The team’s hunt for a high-value U.S. target accused of murdering an Australian soldier takes an unexpected turn when the suspect claims to
  4. S03E04NCIS: Sydney S03E04Season's bestThe Truth Is OutbackNovember 4, 2025 6.3A U.S. Navy pilot goes missing at a UFO hotspot in the Outback after being chased by bright lights.
  5. S03E05NCIS: Sydney S03E05Black Is WhiteNovember 11, 2025 5.5When a U.S. Navy attaché is found dead with a USB lodged in his throat, the team tracks a killer believed to have ties to an international c
  6. S03E06NCIS: Sydney S03E06Sucker PunchNovember 18, 2025 3.8Confronted with Australia’s first case of Ebola, the team races to uncover how patient zero, a U.S. Navy scientist, contracted the deadly vi
  7. S03E07NCIS: Sydney S03E07Gold DiggerDecember 2, 2025 1.0When a U.S. naval officer is arrested for murder while trying to destroy a treasure map, the team must navigate jurisdictional politics to u
  8. S03E08NCIS: Sydney S03E08Turkey ShootDecember 9, 2025 3.8When an American sailor accused of murder is shot dead, the team discovers he was the subject of a popular true-crime podcast and investigat
  9. S03E09NCIS: Sydney S03E09South of NowhereMarch 3, 2026 1.0The team races to an Antarctica research base to investigate why a climate scientist killed a colleague on Polar Night Eve – and make it out
  10. S03E10NCIS: Sydney S03E10Van LifeMarch 10, 2026 3.8Mackey is enlisted to run a secret solo investigation into the disappearance of her boss’ son and his girlfriend. But when a van turns up wi
  11. S03E11NCIS: Sydney S03E11BerthedMarch 17, 2026 4.8The team investigates the suspicious death of a U.S. Naval officer who’d just learned he was going to be a father, leading to the discovery
  12. S03E12NCIS: Sydney S03E12Lone Wolf (1)March 24, 2026 3.2The team investigates a targeted explosion that wiped out a bomb squad with ties close to home.
  13. S03E13NCIS: Sydney S03E13Lone Wolf (2)March 31, 2026 5.3With multiple lives in danger, including their own, the team races to stop a bomber’s path of destruction.
  14. S03E14NCIS: Sydney S03E14Death CardApril 7, 2026 5.8The team is drawn into the mystical world of fortune telling when a tarot card is found near a drowned U.S. Naval officer depicting the exac
  15. S03E15NCIS: Sydney S03E15The CollectiveApril 14, 2026 5.0When a Marine linked to Mackey’s ill-fated rescue mission in Afghanistan is found dead, old enemies emerge and the person she cares for most
  16. S03E16NCIS: Sydney S03E16TickerApril 21, 2026 4.0Lives hang in the balance when a hospital ward is taken hostage, and the team must wrestle with an impossible dilemma: who is more deserving
  17. S03E17NCIS: Sydney S03E17Flight ClubApril 28, 2026 4.8When a high-tech military drone kills a teenage girl, the team investigates whether the murderer is man … or machine.
  18. S03E18NCIS: Sydney S03E18Rough DiamondMay 5, 2026 4.0The death of a former Marine wanted for murder leads the team to a sinister plot involving a disgraced journalist, one of Australia’s riches
  19. S03E19NCIS: Sydney S03E19HunterMay 12, 2026 4.5The team is pulled back into The Collective’s web when an FBI agent is found dead in Fiji, and Mackey faces an unplanned family reunion.
  20. S03E20NCIS: Sydney S03E20KillerMay 12, 2026 4.8The team faces the battle of their lives to stop The Collective and save those they hold dear.

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

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