NCIS: Los Angeles (2009)
NCIS: Los Angeles is a 2009 action & adventure series created by Shane Brennan. It stars Chris O'Donnell, Daniela Ruah and LL Cool J.
The Office of Special Projects works out of a Los Angeles boatshed, a unit of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service built for jobs that never go on the record. Its agents slip into cartels, arms deals, and terror cells under invented names, then come home to a team that functions like a family. Chris O'Donnell and LL Cool J lead a rotating ensemble across cases that mix gunfights with gadgetry. Created by Shane Brennan as the first NCIS spin-off, the show trades the flagship's Washington gravity for sun, banter, and undercover risk.
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What is NCIS: Los Angeles about?
The Office of Special Projects works out of a Los Angeles boatshed, a unit of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service built for jobs that never go on the record. Its agents slip into cartels, arms deals, and terror cells under invented names, then come home to a team that functions like a family. Chris O'Donnell and LL Cool J lead a rotating ensemble across cases that mix gunfights with gadgetry. Created by Shane Brennan as the first NCIS spin-off, the show trades the flagship's Washington gravity for sun, banter, and undercover risk.
When was NCIS: Los Angeles released?
NCIS: Los Angeles was released on 22 September 2009.
How many episodes does NCIS: Los Angeles have?
NCIS: Los Angeles has 323 episodes across 14 seasons.
Who made NCIS: Los Angeles?
NCIS: Los Angeles was created by Shane Brennan.
Where can I watch NCIS: Los Angeles?
NCIS: Los Angeles is available on DirecTV On Demand, USA, YouTube TV, Amazon, AppleTV and Fandango at Home.
Where to watch NCIS: Los Angeles
Stream: DirecTV On Demand, USA, YouTube TV
Buy: Amazon, AppleTV, Fandango at Home
Cast
- Chris O'Donnell as G. Callen
- Daniela Ruah as Kensi Blye
- LL Cool J as Sam Hanna
- Eric Christian Olsen as Marty Deeks
- Barrett Foa as Eric Beale
- Linda Hunt as Henrietta "Hetty" Lange
- Renée Felice Smith as Nell Jones
- Miguel Ferrer as Owen Granger
- Medalion Rahimi as Fatima Namazi
- Caleb Castille as Devin Rountree
- Gerald McRaney as Hollace Kilbride
- Peter Cambor as Nate Getz
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A few thoughts on NCIS: Los Angeles
For undercover military work with a pulse, the series 24 runs field agents against ticking-clock threats. The Unit follows a covert Army detachment and the families waiting at home, the same double life the OSP team lives. On a controller, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell turns black-ops infiltration into pure tension.
Agents whose cover story becomes more real than their own life
NCIS: Los Angeles runs its Office of Special Projects on agents who vanish into cartels and arms deals under names that aren't theirs. Burn Notice and Covert Affairs strand agents between two identities the same way, Wiseguy and Crime Story dig into crime families from the inside, In Plain Sight hides witnesses instead of agents, and Splinter Cell's Sam Fisher plays the same shadow game with a controller.
Military justice dramas that trade the front line for interrogation rooms
NCIS: Los Angeles descends from the same instinct as JAG, its own franchise predecessor about naval law and order. NCIS and NCIS: Sydney apply that instinct across two more cities, while Ultimate Force follows a British special-forces unit fighting battles that never make the news. All four trade combat gear for chain of command, showing what happens when military discipline turns inward on crime instead of war.
Case-of-the-week shows that trade grit for sunshine and swagger
NCIS: Los Angeles works its cases in the California sun with more banter than most procedurals allow. CSI: Miami and Magnum P.I. run on that same warm-weather swagger, Almost Paradise moves the formula to the Philippines with an ex-DEA lead, and Gang Related and Major Crimes stay in Los Angeles itself, chasing gangs and cartels through the same sunbaked streets.