Callen suspects Hetty of keeping secrets about his past; Joelle surfaces in her quest to capture Katya; NCIS must track down an informant whose life is in danger; Kensi and Deeks work to expand their family.
NCIS takes the case personally when an LAPD officer's father, a beloved elderly Japanese American veteran, is the victim of a vicious hate crime.
Sam and Kilbride clash when a case involving an arms dealer responsible for the slaughter of ATF agents leads them to a well-connected colonel and friend of Kilbride; Kensi and Fatima go under cover to question the arms dealer's girlfriend.
As Callen continues hunting Katya, Kilbride enlists NCIS to help find a truckload of stolen guns; the assignment becomes more challenging when their suspect is found dead.
When an NCIS mission to protect a compromised undercover agent goes completely sideways, the agents are individually interrogated to find out what really happened; Kilbride must make a difficult decision.
Sam negotiates and Rountree goes under cover, when a man takes a busload of hostages and threatens to blow it up unless his daughter's war crimes are posthumously cleared.
Chris O'Donnell
Special Agent G. Callen
LL Cool J
Special Agent Sam Hanna
Linda Hunt
Henrietta "Hetty" Lange
Daniela Ruah
Special Agent Kensi Blye
Eric Christian Olsen
LAPD Detective Marty Deeks