The best episodes of NCIS Season 3
Season 3 only — ranked by viewer rating, highs first. Vote on a placement to back it or contest it.
- 01
While the NCIS team deals with Kate's death, Gibbs' determination to finally put an end to Ari's reign of terror mounts.
- 02
Gibbs and the team investigate when a 6-year-old boy informs NCIS his father has been kidnapped.
- 03
Ari continues to wreak havoc on the NCIS team as he uses its members as pawns in the game he is playing with Gibbs.
- 04
When the bodies of two assassins are delivered to NCIS from overseas, Tony and Ziva assume their identities undercover and engage in a sexy rendezvous at a luxury hotel in order to find their target.
- 05
The NCIS team rallies to clear his name when Tony is accused of murder.
- 06
Gibbs and the team go into protective overdrive when Abby becomes the prey of a stalker.
- 07
The NCIS is distressed when Gibbs is injured in a terrorist explosion while on assignment in part one of a two part third season finale.
- 08
While Gibbs recovers from an injury caused by a bomb explosion, he experiences temporary memory loss, while his team tries to stop a terrorist group from carrying out a devastating attack on the Navy.
- 09
When the wives of two Marines are murdered, Gibbs and the team are called in to investigate.
- 10
Gibbs and the team are called in when a teenage student at a Quantico base high school attaches a bomb to his body and holds his fellow students hostage.
- 11
Gibbs and the team are called in when a recently deceased man is found encased in a Civil War-era tomb.
- 12
Gibbs and the team investigate the murder of Marine's wife that appears to have been broadcast over the Internet.
- 13
Gibbs and the team rush to find Tony and Ziva who disappear while investigating a shipyard for smuggled weapons.
- 14
Gibbs and the team are called in when a Pentagon cryptographer suspected of spying apparently commits suicide.
- 15
When McGee kills a man while on assignment, the NCIS team steps in to back him when they discover the man was an undercover police officer.
- 16
Ziva becomes the focus of an NCIS investigation when a suspect in her custody dies.
- 17
Gibbs is ordered to meet with a convicted serial killer three days away from his execution in order to find out crucial information before he dies.
- 18
Gibbs and the team are called in on a weekend when a Navy Lt. Commander in charge of a shipment of nuclear weapons is apparently abducted.
- 19
The NCIS team is called in when a Petty Officer is brutally gunned down on the freeway.
- 20
Gibbs and the team are called in when a couple of kids stumble upon the body of a missing Marine in a frozen lake.
- 21
The team investigates the mysterious explosion of an ambulance that is supposedly carrying the remains of a Marine killed in a car crash.
- 22
Gibbs and the team investigate the murder of a supermodel filming a reality TV show on a Marine base.
- 23
Gibbs and the NCIS team make a disturbing discovery when they bust an illegal automotive chop shop run by Marines.
- 24
Gibbs and the team are called to investigate when a group of teens on a nature hike discover Marine dog tags in a national forest.
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