This is a list of episodes for the eighth season of the police procedural

Police procedural

The police procedural is a subgenre of detective fiction which attempts to convincingly depict the activities of a police force as they investigate crimes. While traditional detective novels usually concentrate on a single crime, police procedurals frequently depict investigations into several...

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Drama

Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...

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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...

. The eighth season of NCIS premiered on September 21, 2010 in the same time slot as the previous season and the second season of NCIS: Los Angeles premiered afterwards. The season story arc involved Ziva's largely unseen boyfriend, Ray, and the CIA continuing to meddle in NCIS's day-to-day workings. Notable events included the terrorism and internal affairs threat during the Enemies two-parter, and the arrival of another Major Case Response Team from Rota, Spain, the team that Tony was offered to be lead of in the beginning of season 4. The season ended on a five part story arc involving the Port-to-Port killer that menaced both teams. The finale aired on May 17, 2011.

Cast

Character	Portrayed by	Main cast	Notes
Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs Leroy Jethro Gibbs Leroy Jethro Gibbs is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the CBS TV series NCIS. He is portrayed by Mark Harmon.-Background:...	Mark Harmon Mark Harmon Mark Harmon is an American actor who has been starring in American television programs and films since the mid-1970s, after a career as a collegiate football player with the UCLA Bruins. Since 2003, Harmon has starred as Leroy Jethro Gibbs in the CBS series NCIS.-Early life:Harmon was born Thomas...	entire season
Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo Anthony DiNozzo Anthony "Tony" D. DiNozzo Jr. is a fictional character from the CBS TV series NCIS. He is portrayed by Michael Weatherly.-Background:Tony comes from a wealthy family from Long Island, New York. He is an only child, but has been cut off from his family's fortune. His mother, maiden name Paddington,...	Michael Weatherly Michael Weatherly Michael Manning Weatherly, Jr. is an American actor, best known for his roles as Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo on the television series NCIS, and Logan Cale on the television series Dark Angel.-Early life:...	entire season
Special Agent Ziva David Ziva David Ziva David is a fictional character from the NCIS television series by CBS Television, portrayed by Chilean actress Coté de Pablo....	Cote de Pablo Cote de Pablo María José de Pablo Fernández, better known as Coté de Pablo , is a Chilean-American actress and recording artist. De Pablo has won an ALMA Award for her role as NCIS Special Agent Ziva David in the television series NCIS...	entire season
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...	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...	entire season
Special Agent Timothy McGee Timothy McGee Timothy "Tim" McGee is a fictional character from the CBS television series NCIS. He is portrayed by Sean Murray. Timothy McGee is a special agent investigating crime in this police procedural show...	Sean Murray	entire season
Director 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...	entire season
Doctor Donald "Ducky" Mallard	David McCallum David McCallum David Keith McCallum, Jr. is a Scottish actor and musician. He is best known for his roles as Illya Kuryakin, a Russian-born secret agent, in the 1960s television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E., as interdimensional operative Steel in Sapphire & Steel, and Dr...	entire season
Jimmy Palmer	Brian Dietzen Brian Dietzen Brian Dietzen is an American actor who has played the supporting role of Jimmy Palmer on NCIS since 2004.-Early life:Dietzen was born in Colorado...	entire season	credited as "Also Starring"

Episodes

No. in series		|Title		|Written by		|U.S. viewers (millions)

Ratings

Episode	U.S. ratings				Canada ratings				Australian ratings
	Original airdate	Viewers (millions)	Rank		Original airdate	Viewers (millions)	Rank		Original airdate	Viewers (millions)	Rank
			Night	Week			Night	Week			Night	Week
"Spider and the Fly"	September 21, 2010	19.41	1	2	September 22, 2010				October 19, 2010	1.09	8	25
"Worst Nightmare"	September 28, 2010	19.15	1	3	September 29, 2010				October 26, 2010	1.22	5	14
"Short Fuse"	October 5, 2010	19.81	1	2	October 6, 2010				November 2, 2010	1.10	11	26
"Royals & Loyals"	October 12, 2010	19.20	1	2	October 13, 2010				November 9, 2010	1.11	7	25
"Dead Air"	October 19, 2010	19.41	1	2	October 19, 2010	2.345	1	6	November 16, 2010	1.16	6	14
"Cracked"	October 26, 2010	20.18	1	2	October 27, 2010				November 23, 2010	1.31	2	8
"Broken Arrow"	November 9, 2010	19.87	1	3	November 10, 2010				February 1, 2011	1.44	1	2
"Enemies Foreign"	November 16, 2010	19.43	1	3	November 17, 2010				February 8, 2011	1.06	6	24
"Enemies Domestic"	November 23, 2010	18.78	2	4	November 24, 2010				February 8, 2011	1.15	5	13
"False Witness"	December 14, 2010	19.87	1	2	December 15, 2010				February 15, 2011	1.14	5	9
"Ships in the Night"	January 11, 2011	21.93	1	3	January 11, 2011	2.540	1	3	February 14, 2011	0.69	19	68
"Recruited"	January 18, 2011	21.09	1	5	January 18, 2011	2.347	1	5	February 22, 2011	1.11	5	11
"Freedom"	February 1, 2011	22.85	1	5	February 1, 2011	2.240	1	7	March 1, 2011	1.12	5	12
"A Man Walks Into A Bar..."	February 8, 2011	20.35	1	4	February 9, 2011				March 8, 2011	1.06	7	14
"Defiance"	February 15, 2011	19.40	1	3	February 16, 2011				March 15, 2011	1.07	6	14
"Kill Screen"	February 22, 2011	21.32	1	5	February 23, 2011				March 22, 2011	1.10	5	18
"One Last Score"	March 1, 2011	19.21	2	4	March 1, 2011	2.175	2	8	March 29, 2011	1.13	6	15
"Out of the Frying Pan"	March 22, 2011	19.46	1	4	March 22, 2011	2.324	1	8	April 5, 2011	1.15	5	13
"Tell-All"	March 29, 2011	18.73	2	5	March 30, 2011				April 12, 2011	1.17	5	14
"Two-Faced"	April 5, 2011	19.40	1	5	April 5, 2011				May 3, 2011	1.09	8	23
"Dead Reflection"	April 12, 2011	19.87	1	4	April 12, 2011				May 10, 2011	1.20	6	13
"Baltimore"	May 3, 2011	17.87	1	4	May 3, 2011				May 17, 2011	1.10	7	20
"Swan Song"	May 10, 2011	17.62	1	4	May 10, 2011				May 24, 2011	1.12	9	22
"Pyramid"	May 17, 2011	18.62	1	4	May 17, 2011				May 31, 2011	1.13	8	21