NCIS: Los Angeles (season 1)
Encyclopedia
NCIS: Los Angeles is an American television series
that premiered on CBS
on September 22, 2009. The series is set in Los Angeles
, California
, and follows the stories of the members of the Office of Special Projects, an undercover
division of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service
(NCIS). The show and its characters were introduced during the sixth season episodes of NCIS titled "Legend (Part 1)" and "Legend (Part 2)". These episodes served as a backdoor pilot for the series.
The series' first season was originally planned to have thirteen episodes. On October 7, 2009, after rating as the most watched new show of the Fall 2009 U.S. television season, CBS
ordered a full set of 22 episodes, which was extended to 24 episodes on November 4, 2009.
network. The series was created by Shane Brennan as a spin of from NCIS
, which was created by Donald Bellisario
. Brennan and R. Scott Gemmill
served as executive producers. The writers were Brennan, Gemmill, Dave Kalstein, Gil Grant
, Speed Weed, Lindsay Sturman, Tim Clemente, Joseph C. Wilson, and Matt Pyken
. Brennan served as the season's show runner
.
The first season had 7 actors get star billing. Chris O'Donnell
portrayed G. Callen, an NCIS Special Agent in charge of the Office of Special Projects team in Los Angeles. Though his friends call him "G" he does not know what his first name is. LL Cool J
portrays Sam Hanna, a former Navy SEAL working as a Senior NCIS agent. Sam is G's partner and is very curious about his past. Daniela Ruah
portrayed Kensi Blye, a Junior Field agent on the NCIS Office of Special Projects who comes from a Marine family, studied forensics
and criminology
in college, and is fluent in Portuguese
, lip reading
, and Morse code
. Adam Jamal Craig
portrayed Dominic "Dom" Vail, the team's rookie agent. After his character disappeared in the episode "Missing" he was changed to a guest star. He was written out of the show in the episode "Found" when Dom was fatally wounded while trying to escape from his kidnappers. Peter Cambor
portrayed Dr. Nathaniel "Nate" Getz, the operational psychologist working with NCIS observing surveillance tapes and watching or conducting interrogations in order to create psychological profiles of suspects. Nate briefly expressed interest in doing field work but was dissuaded by everyone on the team. Barrett Foa
portrayed Eric Beal, the technical operator for the OSP who serves as the primary contact both for agents in the field and with Director Leon Vance. Foa was changed from guest starring to a starring role as of the thirteenth episode of the season. Linda Hunt
portrayed Henrietta "Hetty" Lange, the Operations Manager at NCIS in Los Angeles. Hetty has been compared to the character Q
in the James Bond novels and films
.
Rocky Carroll
had a recurring role as Leon Vance, the Director of NCIS.
Brian Avers appeared in three episodes as Special Agent Mike Renko; Pauley Perrette
appeared in two episodes as Abby Sciuto
, the forensic specialist at NCIS headquarters. Eric Christian Olsen
guest starred in two episodes as Marty Deeks, the NCIS / LAPD Liaison Officer.
Notes
Television program
A television program , also called television show, is a segment of content which is intended to be broadcast on television. It may be a one-time production or part of a periodically recurring series...
that premiered on CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
on September 22, 2009. The series is set in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, and follows the stories of the members of the Office of Special Projects, an undercover
Undercover
Being undercover is disguising one's own identity or using an assumed identity for the purposes of gaining the trust of an individual or organization to learn secret information or to gain the trust of targeted individuals in order to gain information or evidence...
division of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service
Naval Criminal Investigative Service
The United States Naval Criminal Investigative Service is the primary security, counter-intelligence, counter-terrorism, and law enforcement agency of the United States Department of the Navy...
(NCIS). The show and its characters were introduced during the sixth season episodes of NCIS titled "Legend (Part 1)" and "Legend (Part 2)". These episodes served as a backdoor pilot for the series.
The series' first season was originally planned to have thirteen episodes. On October 7, 2009, after rating as the most watched new show of the Fall 2009 U.S. television season, CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
ordered a full set of 22 episodes, which was extended to 24 episodes on November 4, 2009.
Crew
The first season was produced by CBS Television Studios and Shane Brennan Productions and aired on the CBSCBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
network. The series was created by Shane Brennan as a spin of from NCIS
NCIS (TV series)
NCIS, formerly known as NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service, is an American police procedural drama television series revolving around a fictional team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which conducts criminal investigations involving the U.S...
, which was created by Donald Bellisario
Donald Bellisario
Donald Paul Bellisario is an American television producer and screenwriter who created and sometimes wrote episodes for the TV series Magnum, P.I., Airwolf, Quantum Leap, JAG, and NCIS...
. Brennan and R. Scott Gemmill
R. Scott Gemmill
R. Scott Gemmill is an American television writer and producer, born in Canada. He worked extensively on ER in both capacities.Gemmill worked on JAG as an executive story editor and writer. He joined the crew in the first season and remained until the fourth season writing a total of 18 episodes...
served as executive producers. The writers were Brennan, Gemmill, Dave Kalstein, Gil Grant
Gil Grant
Gil Grant is an American writer and producer who is currently working on the CBS hit series NCIS: Los Angeles. He is also developing a television series version of Gattaca for Sony International TV. He has worked on television shows such as 24, NCIS, and "NCIS: Los Angeles"...
, Speed Weed, Lindsay Sturman, Tim Clemente, Joseph C. Wilson, and Matt Pyken
Matt Pyken
Matthew Lewis Pyken is an American television writer and producer.-Early life and education:Pyken was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Eugene Pyken, a fundraiser, and Rhoda Singer Pyken, a teacher. He is the oldest of three children. He has two sisters. At age nine his family moved to Van Nuys,...
. Brennan served as the season's show runner
Show runner
Showrunner is a term of art originating in the United States and Canadian television industry referring to the person who is responsible for the day-to-day operation of a television seriesalthough such persons generally are credited as an executive producer...
.
Cast
| Character | Portrayed by | Main cast | Recurring cast |
|---|---|---|---|
| G. Callen | Chris O'Donnell Chris O'Donnell Christopher Eugene "Chris" O'Donnell is an American actor. He has played Robin in two Batman films, Batman Forever and Batman & Robin, Charlie Simms in Scent of a Woman, Finn Dandridge in Grey's Anatomy, Peter Garrett in Vertical Limit, and more recently, Jack McAuliffe in The Company. O'Donnell... |
entire season | |
| Kensi Blye | Daniela Ruah Daniela Ruah Daniela Sofia Korn Ruah is a Portuguese-American actress best known for playing NCIS Special Agent Kensi Blye in the CBS series NCIS: Los Angeles.-Early years:... |
entire season | |
| Nate Getz | Peter Cambor Peter Cambor Peter Cambor is an American film and television actor. During the 2009–2010 TV season he appeared as part of the main cast of NCIS: Los Angeles, in the role of operational psychologist Nate Getz. However in the second season Cambor's only appeared in 3 episodes as part of the guest cast as a... |
entire season | |
| Dominic Vail | Adam Jamal Craig Adam Jamal Craig Adam Jamal Craig is an African American actor. He is best known for his role as Special Agent Dominic Vail in NCIS: Los Angeles a spin-off of NCIS.... |
episodes 1–12 | episodes 13, 21 |
| Eric Beal | Barrett Foa Barrett Foa Barrett Foa is an American actor. He portrays Eric Beale on the CBS television series NCIS: Los Angeles.-Early life:... |
episode 13 onwards | episodes 1–12 |
| Hetty Lange | Linda Hunt Linda Hunt Linda Hunt is an American film, stage and television actress. After making her film debut playing Mrs. Oxheart in Popeye , Hunt portrayed Billy Kwan, her breakthrough performance in The Year of Living Dangerously... |
entire season | |
| Sam Hanna | LL Cool J LL Cool J James Todd Smith , better known as LL Cool J , is an American rapper, entrepreneur, and actor... |
entire season | |
| Marty Deeks | Eric Christian Olsen Eric Christian Olsen Eric Christian Olsen is an American actor. He currently portrays Detective Marty Deeks on the CBS television series NCIS: Los Angeles.-Early life:... |
episodes 19, 20 | |
| Leon Vance | Rocky Carroll Rocky Carroll Roscoe "Rocky" Carroll is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Joey Emerson on the FOX comedy-drama Roc, as Dr. Keith Wilkes on the medical drama Chicago Hope, and as Leon Vance on the CBS drama NCIS and its spinoff NCIS: Los Angeles.-Early life:Carroll was born Roscoe Fulton Carroll... |
episodes 1, 5, 7–9, 22 | |
| Abby Sciuto | Pauley Perrette Pauley Perrette Pauley Perrette is an American actress, best known for playing Abby Sciuto[p] on the U.S. TV series NCIS, a role that has made her the most popular actress on U.S. primetime television. She is also a published writer, a singer and civil rights advocate.-Early life:Perrette was born in New Orleans... |
episodes 5, 9 |
The first season had 7 actors get star billing. Chris O'Donnell
Chris O'Donnell
Christopher Eugene "Chris" O'Donnell is an American actor. He has played Robin in two Batman films, Batman Forever and Batman & Robin, Charlie Simms in Scent of a Woman, Finn Dandridge in Grey's Anatomy, Peter Garrett in Vertical Limit, and more recently, Jack McAuliffe in The Company. O'Donnell...
portrayed G. Callen, an NCIS Special Agent in charge of the Office of Special Projects team in Los Angeles. Though his friends call him "G" he does not know what his first name is. LL Cool J
LL Cool J
James Todd Smith , better known as LL Cool J , is an American rapper, entrepreneur, and actor...
portrays Sam Hanna, a former Navy SEAL working as a Senior NCIS agent. Sam is G's partner and is very curious about his past. Daniela Ruah
Daniela Ruah
Daniela Sofia Korn Ruah is a Portuguese-American actress best known for playing NCIS Special Agent Kensi Blye in the CBS series NCIS: Los Angeles.-Early years:...
portrayed Kensi Blye, a Junior Field agent on the NCIS Office of Special Projects who comes from a Marine family, studied forensics
Forensics
Forensic science is the application of a broad spectrum of sciences to answer questions of interest to a legal system. This may be in relation to a crime or a civil action...
and criminology
Criminology
Criminology is the scientific study of the nature, extent, causes, and control of criminal behavior in both the individual and in society...
in college, and is fluent in Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
, lip reading
Lip reading
Lip reading, also known as lipreading or speechreading, is a technique of understanding speech by visually interpreting the movements of the lips, face and tongue with information provided by the context, language, and any residual hearing....
, and Morse code
Morse code
Morse code is a method of transmitting textual information as a series of on-off tones, lights, or clicks that can be directly understood by a skilled listener or observer without special equipment...
. Adam Jamal Craig
Adam Jamal Craig
Adam Jamal Craig is an African American actor. He is best known for his role as Special Agent Dominic Vail in NCIS: Los Angeles a spin-off of NCIS....
portrayed Dominic "Dom" Vail, the team's rookie agent. After his character disappeared in the episode "Missing" he was changed to a guest star. He was written out of the show in the episode "Found" when Dom was fatally wounded while trying to escape from his kidnappers. Peter Cambor
Peter Cambor
Peter Cambor is an American film and television actor. During the 2009–2010 TV season he appeared as part of the main cast of NCIS: Los Angeles, in the role of operational psychologist Nate Getz. However in the second season Cambor's only appeared in 3 episodes as part of the guest cast as a...
portrayed Dr. Nathaniel "Nate" Getz, the operational psychologist working with NCIS observing surveillance tapes and watching or conducting interrogations in order to create psychological profiles of suspects. Nate briefly expressed interest in doing field work but was dissuaded by everyone on the team. Barrett Foa
Barrett Foa
Barrett Foa is an American actor. He portrays Eric Beale on the CBS television series NCIS: Los Angeles.-Early life:...
portrayed Eric Beal, the technical operator for the OSP who serves as the primary contact both for agents in the field and with Director Leon Vance. Foa was changed from guest starring to a starring role as of the thirteenth episode of the season. Linda Hunt
Linda Hunt
Linda Hunt is an American film, stage and television actress. After making her film debut playing Mrs. Oxheart in Popeye , Hunt portrayed Billy Kwan, her breakthrough performance in The Year of Living Dangerously...
portrayed Henrietta "Hetty" Lange, the Operations Manager at NCIS in Los Angeles. Hetty has been compared to the character Q
Q (James Bond)
Q is a fictional character in the James Bond novels and films. Q , like M, is a job title rather than a name. He is the head of Q Branch , the fictional research and development division of the British Secret Service...
in the James Bond novels and films
James Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...
.
Rocky Carroll
Rocky Carroll
Roscoe "Rocky" Carroll is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Joey Emerson on the FOX comedy-drama Roc, as Dr. Keith Wilkes on the medical drama Chicago Hope, and as Leon Vance on the CBS drama NCIS and its spinoff NCIS: Los Angeles.-Early life:Carroll was born Roscoe Fulton Carroll...
had a recurring role as Leon Vance, the Director of NCIS.
Brian Avers appeared in three episodes as Special Agent Mike Renko; Pauley Perrette
Pauley Perrette
Pauley Perrette is an American actress, best known for playing Abby Sciuto[p] on the U.S. TV series NCIS, a role that has made her the most popular actress on U.S. primetime television. She is also a published writer, a singer and civil rights advocate.-Early life:Perrette was born in New Orleans...
appeared in two episodes as Abby Sciuto
Abby Sciuto
Abigail "Abby" Sciuto is a fictional character from the NCIS television series by CBS Television, and is portrayed by Pauley Perrette. Like Jethro Gibbs, Anthony DiNozzo and Donald Mallard, Abby was first introduced in the episodes "Ice Queen" and "Meltdown" in the television show JAG, and has...
, the forensic specialist at NCIS headquarters. Eric Christian Olsen
Eric Christian Olsen
Eric Christian Olsen is an American actor. He currently portrays Detective Marty Deeks on the CBS television series NCIS: Los Angeles.-Early life:...
guest starred in two episodes as Marty Deeks, the NCIS / LAPD Liaison Officer.
Episodes
| No. in series |
|Title | |Written by | |Prod. No. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episode | US ratings | Canada ratings | Australia ratings | UK ratings | |||||||
| Original air date | Viewers (millions) |
Viewers (millions) |
Rank | Original air date | Viewers (millions) |
Week Rank | Original air date | Viewers (millions) |
Week Rank |
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| Night | Week | ||||||||||
| "Identity" | September 22, 2009 | 18.06 | 1.701 | 2 | 14 | September 30, 2009 | 0.935 | 40 | October 21, 2009 | 0.735 | 5 |
| "The Only Easy Day" | September 29, 2009 | 17.42 | 1.927 | 3 | 18 | October 7, 2009 | 0.915 | 40 | October 21, 2009 | 0.554 | 9 |
| "Predator" | October 6, 2009 | 16.31 | 1.926 | 2 | 14 | October 14, 2009 | 1.435 | 38 | October 28, 2009 | 0.563 | 10 |
| "Search and Destroy" | October 13, 2009 | 15.32 | 1.857 | 2 | 15 | October 21, 2009 | 1.052 | 29 | October 28, 2009 | 0.576 | 9 |
| "Killshot" | October 20, 2009 | 16.50 | 1.887 | 2 | 13 | October 28, 2009 | 1.429 | 36 | November 4, 2009 | 0.507 | 10 |
| "Keepin' It Real" | November 3, 2009 | 15.29 | 1.788 | 4 | 19 | November 11, 2009 | 1.293 | 40 | November 4, 2009 | 0.580 | 8 |
| "Pushback" | November 10, 2009 | 16.19 | 2.141 | 2 | 13 | November 18, 2009 | 1.302 | 39 | November 11, 2009 | 0.530 | 8 |
| "Ambush" | November 17, 2009 | 14.81 | 1.890 | 2 | 14 | March 23, 2010 | 1.25 | 40+ | November 18, 2009 | 0.463 | 9 |
| "Random on Purpose" | November 24, 2009 | 17.18 | 1.929 | 3 | 13 | March 30, 2010 | 1.3 | 8 | November 25, 2009 | 0.567 | 5 |
| "Brimstone" | December 15, 2009 | 17.36 | 0.917 | 11 | 29 | April 6, 2010 | 0.838 | 40 | March 15, 2010 | <0.581 | - |
| "Breach" | January 5, 2010 | 17.96 | 1.582 | 5 | 11 | April 13, 2010 | 1.24 | 38 | March 22, 2010 | <0.445 | - |
| "Past Lives" | January 12, 2010 | 15.50 | 1.399 | 5 | 20 | April 20, 2010 | 0.771 | 64 | March 29, 2010 | 0.564 | 9 |
| "Missing" | January 26, 2010 | 17.16 | 1.239 | 4 | 21 | April 27, 2010 | 0.898 | 47 | April 5, 2010 | ||
| "LD50" | February 2, 2010 | 16.42 | 1.770 | 3 | 16 | May 4, 2010 | 1.36 | 36 | April 12, 2010 | 0.560 | 9 |
| "The Bank Job" | February 9, 2010 | 17.91 | 1.937 | 3 | 18 | May 11, 2010 | 1.32 | 39 | April 19, 2010 | 0.574 | 7 |
| "Chinatown" | March 2, 2010 | 14.98 | 1.783 | 2 | 17 | May 18, 2010 | 1.44 | 34 | April 26, 2010 | ||
| "Full Throttle" | March 9, 2010 | 16.93 | 1.832 | 3 | 16 | May 25, 2010 | 1.42 | 36 | May 3, 2010 | ||
| "Blood Brothers" | March 16, 2010 | 15.04 | 2.053 | 3 | 6 | June 1, 2010 | 0.964 | 13 | May 10, 2010 | ||
| "Hand-to-Hand" | April 6, 2010 | 13.79 | 1.741 | 3 | 14 | June 8, 2010 | 0.916 | 51 | May 17, 2010 | ||
| "Fame" | April 27, 2010 | 15.53 | N/A | N/A | N/A | June 15, 2010 | 0.946 | 52 | May 24, 2010 | 0.484 | 10 |
| "Found" | May 4, 2010 | 14.34 | N/A | N/A | N/A | June 22, 2010 | 0.817 | 63 | May 31, 2010 | ||
| "Hunted" | May 11, 2010 | 16.04 | N/A | N/A | N/A | June 29, 2010 | 0.828 | 58 | June 7, 2010 | 0.535 | 7 |
| "Burned" | May 18, 2010 | 15.23 | 1.037 | 10 | 30 | July 6, 2010 | 1.046 | 32 | June 14, 2010 | 0.425 | 6 |
| "Callen, G" | May 25, 2010 | 13.12 | 0.785 | 12 | 30 | July 13, 2010 | 0.930 | 47 | June 21, 2010 | 0.561 | 2 |
Notes
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| >colspan="3"| 1032 minutes | ||||
| >colspan="3"| Dolby Digital 5.1 | ||||
| >English, French, Spanish | ||||
| >6 | ||||
| >1 (NTSC) | ||||
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Blu-Ray
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| # episodes | 26 | 26 | ||
| Aspect ratio | 1.78:1 | 1.78:1 | ||
| Running time | 1027 minutes | 1027 minutes | ||
| Audio | English:5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio French: Stereo |
English:5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio | ||
| Subtitles | English SDH, Spanish and French subtitles | English SDH, Spanish and French subtitles | ||
| No. of discs | 5 | 6 | ||
| Rating | NOT RATED | |||
| Region | A | B | ||
| Release dates | August 31, 2010 | |||