Tennant and NCIS must take down a notorious team of international thieves before they complete their final big job and disappear; Kai searches for a new place to live; Lucy and Whistler have a standoff about their previous encounter.
McGarrett poses as a pilot to investigate a plane crash that led to the death of a pilot in an air race.
When a tourist unknowingly transporting a stolen Van Gogh is murdered, Kono and Chin go undercover into the world of black market art. Meanwhile, McGarrett asks chef Masaharu Morimoto to train Kamekona for a shrimp cook-off.
An art connoisseur and close friend of Higgins who recently hired Magnum to test his security is murdered, and Thomas is arrested as the main suspect.