NCIS: Los Angeles (season 4)
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File:NCIS Los Angeles - The 4th Season.jpg
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Country of origin | United States |
No. of episodes | 24 |
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Original network | CBS |
Original release | September 25, 2012 | – May 14, 2013
The fourth season of NCIS: Los Angeles premiered on September 25, 2012 on CBS.[1] The episodes, "Red Part One" and "Red Part Two" were intended to be a backdoor pilot for an upcoming series associated with the NCIS franchise titled NCIS: Red. However, CBS later announced that they had passed on the project, making NCIS: Red the only backdoor episodes not to have been given a full series.
Contents
Cast and characters
Main cast
- Chris O'Donnell as G. Callen, Special Agent in Charge (SAC)
- Daniela Ruah as Kensi Blye, Special Agent
- Eric Christian Olsen as Marty Deeks, LAPD Liaison Detective
- Barrett Foa as Eric Beale, Technical Operator
- Renee Felice Smith as Nell Jones, Intelligence Analyst
- Linda Hunt as Henrietta Lange, Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) and Operations Manager
- LL Cool J as Sam Hanna, Special Agent
Recurring cast
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Guest cast
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Episodes
No. overall |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
U.S. viewers (millions) |
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73 | 1 | "Endgame" | Terrence O'Hara | Shane Brennan | September 25, 2012 | 401 | 16.74[2] |
Following Callen's public shooting of the Chameleon, the NCIS Los Angeles team is broken up as Callen is placed on suspension and Hetty resigns from her position and starts to adjust to retired life. It is later revealed that the Chameleon's death was actually staged and following a prisoner exchange involving the Chameleon and Callen as a means to switch out an incriminating flash drive regarding a CIA agent codenamed "Cherokee" who was a part of the Iranian nuclear program, Hetty returns to lead OSP once again. | |||||||
74 | 2 | "Recruit" | James Whitmore, Jr. | R. Scott Gemmill | October 2, 2012 | 402 | 14.91[3] |
A drone strike on a bomb-making compound in Afghanistan leads to the discovery of a retired Marine's remains, leaving the NCIS team no choice but to investigate whether or not he betrayed his country. | |||||||
75 | 3 | "The Fifth Man" | John Peter Kousakis | Dave Kalstein | October 9, 2012 | 403 | 15.18[4] |
A diner is bombed, killing four people who were testers of a new terrorist attack warning system, prompting the team to jump into action and save the fifth and final tester from suffering a similar fate. | |||||||
76 | 4 | "Dead Body Politic" | Tony Wharmby | Jordana Lewis Jaffe | October 23, 2012 | 404 | 16.53[5] |
A simple hit and run turns into a murder and a conspiracy to kill several candidates running for U.S. Senate as the NCIS Los Angeles team investigate whether it is a coincidence or a politically motivated plot. | |||||||
77 | 5 | "Out of the Past" | Dennis Smith | Frank Military | October 30, 2012 | 405 | 16.28[6] |
Sam receives a voice mail from an old colleague but things take a turn when Sam and Callen arrive to find that the man is dead, having hung himself. Sam refuses to believe that the death was a suicide and as such, the team go to investigate. Meanwhile, with the arrival of a ruthless arms dealer, Sam is confronted with his past. | |||||||
78 | 6 | "Rude Awakenings" | Karen Gaviola | Frank Military | November 13, 2012 | 406 | 15.77[7] |
Continuing from "Out of the Past", with the names of the sleeper agents decoded, teams of different agencies including members of the NCIS Los Angeles team storm the houses, only to discover that they are too late and all the sleeper agents are with some of nuclear bombs in their possession which leads the team into a frantic search for the missing bombs before they are sold to enemy countries. Meanwhile, the truth about Sam's wife, Michelle is finally revealed. | |||||||
79 | 7 | "Skin Deep" | Paul A. Kaufman | Gil Grant | November 20, 2012 | 407 | 15.13[8] |
The death of a civilian Naval scientist leads the team to convoluted web of espionage and the latest technology in covert surveillance. Meanwhile, Callen bonds with a key witness after finding out their similar upbringing. | |||||||
80 | 8 | "Collateral" | Kate Woods | Cheo Hodari Coker | November 27, 2012 | 408 | 14.49[9] |
Hetty's past resurfaces during an NCIS investigation into the death of a retired CIA agent who worked with Hetty in a joint CIA-NCIS taskforce during the 80s. | |||||||
81 | 9 | "The Gold Standard" | Tony Wharmby | Joseph C. Wilson | December 11, 2012 | 409 | 15.12[10] |
A major payment in gold on a loan from China goes missing. The team investigates possible economic terrorism which could severely impact the United States economy. Meanwhile with Deeks testifying on another case, Granger partners with a hesitant Kensi. | |||||||
82 | 10 | "Free Ride" | Jonathan Frakes | Tim Clemente & R. Scott Gemmil | December 18, 2012 | 410 | 15.48[11] |
Callen, Sam, Kensi, and Deeks spend Christmas on a Naval ship when an NCIS Special Agent Afloat is murdered. Meanwhile, Eric and Nell get festive for the holidays, Hetty takes a trip; and Deeks gets jealous when a marine lieutenant is attracted to Kensi. | |||||||
83 | 11 | "Drive" | Steven DePaul | Joe Sachs | January 8, 2013 | 411 | 17.90[12] |
A former defendant of Deeks is targeted for discovering information that could dismantle a lucrative car shipping operation with links to an Asian terrorist ring. Meanwhile, the team tackles the large-scale stolen car operation from the inside when Kensi goes undercover in an auto body shop. | |||||||
84 | 12 | "Paper Soldiers" | Terrence O'Hara | Jordana Lewis Jaffe | January 15, 2013 | 412 | 17.63[13] |
A distraught widow is suspicious of the circumstances surrounding her Marine husband's last battle and Sam and Callen help to determine if there has been a cover-up. Meanwhile, Hetty summons Operational Psychologist Nate Getz to be her "pawn" and the rest of the team sense another evaluation on the horizon. It was later determined that a member of the coroner office that NCIS worked with had been supplying bodies to a funeral home owner for use in body parts trafficking. | |||||||
85 | 13 | "The Chosen One" | Paul A. Kaufman | Cheo Hodari Coker | January 29, 2013 | 413 | 17.30[14] |
After intercepting communications between members of a terrorist cell, Callen infiltrates a Chechen terrorist group planning their next attack on the United States but things get intense when it's revealed that Callen is the "Chosen One". | |||||||
86 | 14 | "Kill House" | Larry Teng | Dave Kalstein | February 5, 2013 | 414 | 16.67[15] |
The team go undercover as an elite tactical force in order to investigate an ambush tied to a cartel kingpin with terrorist connections, but the game turns deadly when one of the rival training squad team members has his neck broken during an exercise and the team also face a race against the clock when Nell fails to check with the Ops Center, leading them to believe that she might have been taken hostage. | |||||||
87 | 15 | "History" | James Whitmore, Jr. | Scott Sullivan | February 19, 2013 | 415 | 16.27[16] |
The team investigates the death of a former member of a domestic terrorist group called "Gun Barrel Party", a group that was wanted for a string of bombings and domestic terrorism during the 1970s, leading them to discover a connection with between a member of a current anarchist group "Red Tide" and the "Gun Barrel Party" that could lead to another bombing. | |||||||
88 | 16 | "Lokhay" | Diana C. Valentine | Joseph C. Wilson | February 26, 2013 | 416 | 17.02[17] |
Callen is concerned that Sam might be too invested after he takes on a missing persons case to help find the nephew of an Afghani elder who helped him years ago when he was wounded on a mission in Afghanistan while the boat shed becomes an unlikely battleground when the supposedly missing nephew arrives along with a terrorist on the NCIS Wanted List, a terrorist who also wants Sam dead, forcing Callen, Kensi and Deeks into an intense gunfight before it's too late. | |||||||
89 | 17 | "Wanted" | Chris O'Donnell | R. Scott Gemmill | March 5, 2013 | 417 | 16.24[18] |
Sam fears for his family's safety when his wife is called to resume a former CIA cover after a case suggests ties to the infamous Sidorov and his stolen nukes. | |||||||
90 | 18 | "Red" | Tony Wharmby | Shane Brennan | March 19, 2013 | 418 | 16.84[19] |
Callen and Sam team up with NCIS Red Team after a Marine is killed execution-style in Moscow, Idaho. In the process, the joint investigation also uncovers a terrorist plot similar to that of September 11. | |||||||
91 | 19 | "Red-2" | Tony Wharmby | Shane Brennan | March 26, 2013 | 419 | 14.53[20] |
Red Team and OSP head to El Centro, California to stop a terrorist hitman, only to discover that the terrorist is the target of the real killer. Meanwhile, everyone suspects a possible romance between Callen and the Red Team leader, Paris Summerskill. | |||||||
92 | 20 | "Purity" | Eric Laneuville | Joe Sachs | April 9, 2013 | 420 | 14.10[21] |
When two soldiers die from cyanide poisoning after drinking water out of the same jug, the team investigate whether it was an isolated incident or a test for large scale water contamination. | |||||||
93 | 21 | "Resurrection" | Eric A. Pot | Dave Kalstein & Gil Grant | April 23, 2013 | 421 | 14.22[22] |
After the body of a cartel boss disappears from the morgue, the NCIS Los Angeles team are sent to retrieve the body and determine the leak inside the DEA task force that allowed it to occur. | |||||||
94 | 22 | "Raven & The Swans" | Robert Florio | R. Scott Gemmill | April 30, 2013 | 422 | 13.07[23] |
The NCIS Los Angeles team delves deep into Hetty's past when they discover that a case for a missing person is actually an undercover agent recruited into NCIS many years ago who was investigating stolen equipment used to develop nuclear weaponry. | |||||||
95 | 23 | "Parley" | John Peter Kousakis | Cheo Hodari Coker | May 7, 2013 | 423 | 13.18[24] |
Deeks goes undercover to obtain information about an infamous arms dealer looking to get back in the business, but the woman he befriends leads the operation in a dangerous direction. Meanwhile, Kensi confronts new emotions as she runs surveillance on Deeks & his female source. | |||||||
96 | 24 | "Descent" | Terrence O'Hara | Frank Military | May 14, 2013 | 424 | 13.52[25] |
An explosion brings the search for the stolen nuclear weapons up to the top of OSP's radar, prompting Hetty to shuffle the team's partnerships. Callen and Kensi are sent overseas while Sam teams up with his wife, CIA agent, Michelle while Sam and Deeks later team up stateside. In the resulting case, Deeks and Kensi share a romantic kiss, leaving both of them while an old enemy returns with a vengeance. The episode ends with Deeks being tortured by Issak Sidorov and his men as a helpless Sam looks on. |
Ratings
Episode | U.S. ratings | Canada ratings | Australian ratings | |||||||||
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Original air date | Viewers (millions) |
Rank | Original air date | Viewers (millions) |
Rank | Original air date | Viewers (millions) |
Rank | ||||
Night | Week | Night | Week | Night | ||||||||
"Endgame" | September 25, 2012 | 16.74[2] | 2 | 4[2] | September 25, 2012 | 2.417[26] | 2 | 7 | October 2, 2012 | 0.611 | 18[27] | |
"Recruit" | October 2, 2012 | 14.91[3] | 2 | 5[3] | October 2, 2012 | 2.191[28] | 2 | 6 | October 9, 2012 | 0.626 | 16[29] | |
"The Fifth Man" | October 9, 2012 | 15.18[4] | 2 | 4[4] | October 9, 2012 | 2.130[30] | 2 | 6 | October 16, 2012 | 0.574 | 20[31] | |
"Dead Body Politic" | October 23, 2012 | 16.53[5] | 2 | 3[5] | October 23, 2012 | 2.399[32] | 2 | 5 | October 30, 2012 | 0.640 | 18[33] | |
"Out of the Past" | October 30, 2012 | 16.28[6] | 2 | 4[6] | October 30, 2012 | 2.069[34] | 2 | 7 | November 6, 2012 | 0.602[35] | 20+[36] | |
"Rude Awakenings" | November 13, 2012 | 15.77[7] | 2 | 4[7] | November 13, 2012 | 2.106[37] | 2 | 6 | February 12, 2013 | 0.533 | 20[38] | |
"Skin Deep" | November 20, 2012 | 15.13[8] | 2 | 5[8] | November 20, 2012 | 2.154[39] | 2 | 7 | February 19, 2013 | 0.533 | 19[40] | |
"Collateral" | November 27, 2012 | 14.49[9] | 3 | 7[9] | November 27, 2012 | 1.969[41] | 3 | 8 | February 26, 2013 | 0.532[42] | 20+[43] | |
"The Gold Standard" | December 11, 2012 | 15.12[10] | 2 | 5[10] | December 11, 2012 | 2.046[44] | 2 | 6 | March 5, 2013 | 0.574 | 20[45] | |
"Free Ride" | December 18, 2012 | 15.48[11] | 2 | 3[11] | December 18, 2012 | 2.475[46] | 2 | 2 | March 12, 2013 | 0.522[47] | 20+[48] | |
"Drive" | January 8, 2013 | 17.90[12] | 2 | 5[12] | January 8, 2013 | 2.141[49] | 2 | 6 | March 19, 2013 | 0.561[50] | 20+[51] | |
"Paper Soldiers" | January 15, 2013 | 17.63[13] | 2 | 5[13] | January 15, 2013 | N/A | N/A | N/A | April 9, 2013 | 0.523 | 19[52] | |
"The Chosen One" | January 29, 2013 | 17.30[14] | 2 | 6[14] | January 29, 2013 | N/A | N/A | N/A | April 16, 2013 | 0.513 | 20[53] | |
"Kill House" | February 5, 2013 | 16.67[15] | 2 | 4[15] | February 5, 2013 | N/A | N/A | N/A | April 23, 2013 | 0.502[54] | 20+[55] | |
"History" | February 19, 2013 | 16.27[16] | 2 | 2[16] | February 19, 2013 | N/A | N/A | N/A | April 30, 2013 | 0.592 | 19[56] | |
"Lockhay" | February 26, 2013 | 17.02[17] | 2 | N/A | February 26, 2013 | N/A | N/A | N/A | May 7, 2013 | 0.603 | 20[57] | |
"Wanted" | March 5, 2013 | 16.24[18] | 2 | N/A | March 5, 2013 | N/A | N/A | N/A | May 14, 2013 | 0.485[58] | 20+[59] | |
"Red" | March 19, 2013 | 16.84[19] | 2 | N/A | March 19, 2013 | N/A | N/A | N/A | June 4, 2013 | 0.586 | 18[60] | |
"Red-2" | March 26, 2013 | 14.53[20] | 2 | N/A | March 26, 2013 | N/A | N/A | N/A | June 11, 2013 | 0.548[61] | 20+[62] | |
"Purity" | April 9, 2013 | 14.10[21] | 2 | N/A | April 9, 2013 | N/A | N/A | N/A | June 18, 2013 | 0.566[63] | 20+[64] | |
"Resurrection" | April 23, 2013 | 14.22[22] | 2 | N/A | April 23, 2013 | N/A | N/A | N/A | July 2, 2013 | 0.474[65] | 20+[66] | |
"Raven & The Swans" | April 30, 2013 | 13.07[23] | 2 | N/A | April 30, 2013 | N/A | N/A | N/A | July 9, 2013 | 0.499[67] | 20+[68] | |
"Parley" | May 7, 2013 | 13.18[24] | 2 | N/A | May 7, 2013 | N/A | N/A | N/A | July 16, 2013 | 0.550[69] | 20+[70] | |
"Descent" | May 14, 2013 | 13.52[25] | 2 | N/A | May 14, 2013 | N/A | N/A | N/A | July 23, 2013 | 0.556[71] | 20+[72] |
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