Episode
NCIS: Heaven and Nature
Overview
McGee and Torres try to recover a stolen truck filled with toys for the Navy’s annual Christmas drive while the truth about Parker’s mother is finally revealed. Also, Knight is given her first NCIS: Elite mission, which involves tracking down a former member of the team.
Details
- Series
- NCIS
- Season
- Season 23
- Episode
- Episode 9
- Air date
- 2025-12-16
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
Heaven and Nature is Episode 9 in Season 23 of NCIS. It aired on 2025-12-16. The runtime is 43 min.
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Episode 8: Stolen Moments
When a man is shot by the Secret Service outside the vice president’s official residence, NCIS is aided in the case by a new member of the team: an AI chatbot being beta-tested by the Department of Justice.
Episode 10: Her
On her first NCIS: Elite mission, Knight is given orders to hunt down and arrest Eleanor Bishop after the former member of the NCIS team is designated a wanted cyber-terrorist. In need of someone to trust, Bishop turns to Torres, and the two come face to face for the first time since she abruptly left nearly five years ago.
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Episode 11: Army of One
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Episode 6: Page-Turner
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Episode 12: In Too Deep
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Episode 14: Fleeting
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