Episode
NCIS: Los Angeles: Mountebank
Overview
Sam goes undercover as a day trader after a prominent investment banker with ties to a Russian oligarch is murdered. Meanwhile, one of Callen’s aliases is the victim of credit card theft, and Mosley is concerned it signals something bigger.
Details
- Series
- NCIS: Los Angeles
- Season
- Season 9
- Episode
- Episode 5
- Air date
- 2017-10-29
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
Mountebank is Episode 5 in Season 9 of NCIS: Los Angeles. It aired on 2017-10-29. The runtime is 45 min.
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Episode 4: Plain Sight
After weapons with a $1 million street value are stolen, the team tracks the evidence to a wealthy charity event, prompting Mosley to be added to the guest list with Callen and Sam as her security detail.
Episode 6: Can I Get A Witness?
LAPD Detective Whiting calls in a favor when Deeks' former partner goes rogue.
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