Episode
NCIS: Los Angeles: Ascension
Overview
While Sam and Deeks recover from traumatic torture that will have a lasting impact on their personal and professional relationships, lives are still in jeopardy as the NCIS: LA team searches for stolen nuclear weapons.
Details
- Series
- NCIS: Los Angeles
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 1
- Air date
- 2013-09-24
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
Ascension is Episode 1 in Season 5 of NCIS: Los Angeles. It aired on 2013-09-24. The runtime is 44 min.
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