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NCIS: Los Angeles
Season 7
Season 7 U.S. DVD cover
Starring
No. of episodes24
Release
Original networkCBS
Original releaseSeptember 21, 2015 (2015-09-21) –
May 2, 2016 (2016-05-02)
Season chronology
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List of episodes

The seventh season of the police procedural drama NCIS: Los Angeles premiered on September 21, 2015 on CBS, and ended on May 2, 2016.[1] It featured 24 episodes.

Cast and characters

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Main

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Recurring

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Special Guest Star

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Guest cast

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Production

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On May 11, 2015, CBS renewed the series for a seventh season.[2] Originally, the episode "Defectors" was supposed to air on November 16, but the plot was too similar to the 2015 Paris attacks.

Episodes

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No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code
U.S. viewers
(millions)
1451"Active Measures"John Peter KousakisR. Scott GemmillSeptember 21, 2015 (2015-09-21)7017.89[3]
Callen's search for information regarding Arkady leads him off the grid and in hot water, forcing the team to locate him before it's too late.
1462"Citadel"Eric LaneuvilleDave KalsteinSeptember 28, 2015 (2015-09-28)7027.66[4]
DEA agent Talia Del Campo turns to NCIS for help after her partner is murdered. Also, after Kensi grows suspicious that Deeks is hiding something, he surprises her by introducing her to his mother.
1473"Driving Miss Diaz"James HanlonAndrew BartelsOctober 5, 2015 (2015-10-05)7037.99[5]
The NCIS Los Angeles team investigates a 20-year old Peruvian massacre after a well-known fashion model, believed to be one of the survivors, is now a potential target. Also, Kensi goes undercover as the model’s assistant and Deeks as her chauffeur.
1484"Command & Control"Terrence O'HaraKyle HarimotoOctober 12, 2015 (2015-10-12)7048.45[6]
Callen and Sam are forced to work on their day off when they mysteriously receive a cell phone and the caller threatens the lives of innocent people if they don't do exactly what he says but eventually they discover it is a revenge scheme/plot connected to a case that NCIS dealt with 19 months earlier.
1495"Blame It on Rio"Dennis SmithR. Scott GemmillOctober 19, 2015 (2015-10-19)6238.77[7]
Washington NCIS Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo (Michael Weatherly) partners with the Los Angeles team to search the city after his prisoner escapes the custody of a U.S. Marshal on a flight from Singapore to Los Angeles.
1506"Unspoken"Diana C. ValentineErin Broadhurst & Frank MilitaryNovember 2, 2015 (2015-11-02)7058.41[8]
The team searches for Sam's former partner, Ruiz (Anthony Ruivivar), who disappears while buying a deadly explosive during an undercover operation.
1517"An Unlocked Mind"Chris O'DonnellFrank MilitaryNovember 9, 2015 (2015-11-09)6247.91[9]
Kensi and Deeks go undercover as cult members to rescue a former Department of Defense employee brainwashed into revealing classified information as the rest of the team works to prevent the cult from selling the government secrets.
1528"The Long Goodbye"John Peter KousakisDave KalsteinNovember 16, 2015 (2015-11-16)7087.91[10]
When a convoy carrying Jada Khaled (Ella Thomas) is ambushed, the team ends up in a race to find her, but after their last encounter with her four years earlier, they soon begin to suspect that she doesn't want their help.
1539"Defectors"Dennis SmithJordana Lewis JaffeNovember 23, 2015 (2015-11-23)7067.80[11]
The team searches for a teenage girl who may have been recruited by a terrorist organization.
15410"Internal Affairs"Eric A. PotChad Mazero & R. Scott GemmillDecember 7, 2015 (2015-12-07)7079.52[12]
The team has to find a way to clear Deeks' name when he is arrested for allegedly having murdered his LAPD partner some time in his past.
15511"Cancel Christmas"Paul A. KaufmanJoseph C. WilsonDecember 14, 2015 (2015-12-14)7099.22[13]
After the victim is revealed to be a suspected North Korean agent, the team has to find out how many North Korean agents are currently in the country. Meanwhile, Granger is bitter about the upcoming holidays.
15612"Core Values"Karen GaviolaJoe SachsJanuary 4, 2016 (2016-01-04)71010.51[14]
When a Marine is discovered to have radiation poisoning, the team investigates a decommissioned nuclear plant he was moonlighting as a security guard at, discovering that the plant's supposed safety protocols have been compromised.
15713"Angels & Daemons"James HanlonAndrew BartelsJanuary 18, 2016 (2016-01-18)71110.64[15]
After a Navy computer programmer-turned-billionaire is killed, the team's investigation into his death leads them to discover a covert data-retrieving program he developed has been stolen and placed into a popular app, forcing the team to race against time to prevent the program from going online.
15814"Come Back"Eric LaneuvilleErin BroadhurstJanuary 25, 2016 (2016-01-25)71410.06[16]
Kensi and Deeks are assigned to protect Jack Simon, Kensi's former fiancee, after an attempt is made on his life, while Callen and Sam investigate what Jack was up to recently in Afghanistan.
15915"Matryoshka"Dennis SmithKyle Harimoto & R. Scott GemmillFebruary 8, 2016 (2016-02-08)7129.75[17]
When Anatoli Kirkin is abducted, the team's investigation leads them to Arkady's daughter, Anna, and with proof that Arkady is still alive, the team and Anna go to locate where Arkady is being held.
16016"Matryoshka, Part 2"Terrence O'HaraKyle Harimoto & R. Scott GemmillFebruary 22, 2016 (2016-02-22)7138.82[18]
Callen, Anna, and Sam go to Russia in order to extract Arkady and a CIA agent held alongside him, but they have to deal with a very short timeframe to get in and out of the prison they are being held without risking a major international incident; Eric joins Kensi and Deeks in the field.
16117"Revenge Deferred"Rick TunellFrank Military and Chad MazeroFebruary 29, 2016 (2016-02-29)7157.94[19]
Callen and Sam are called to Africa when pictures of Sam and his family are found in a Lord's Resistance Army outpost, and from there, the two go in search of Tahir Khaled as well as Jada. Back in Los Angeles, Kensi and Deeks try to track down information about the LRA leader, but they don't have good inter-agency cooperation when another leak is found inside the office.
16218"Exchange Rate"Tawnia McKiernanJordana Lewis JaffeMarch 14, 2016 (2016-03-14)7168.78[20]
After a Cuban spy about to be involved in a prisoner exchange escapes custody, the team discovers that Anna was involved with the escape, and the situation gets crazier when inconsistencies in his trial are discovered.
16319"The Seventh Child"Frank MilitaryFrank MilitaryMarch 21, 2016 (2016-03-21)7178.76[21]
After a child is killed by a bomb strapped to his chest, the team soon chases after his twin brother, also with a bomb strapped to his chest and ready to blow.
16420"Seoul Man"Diana C. ValentineJoe SachsMarch 28, 2016 (2016-03-28)7188.91[22]
While on protection detail for a conference attended by the heads of multiple Navies, the OSP team finds themselves searching for a possible North Korean mole hidden in the delegation. Includes a cameo appearance by Andrew L. Traver, actual Director of NCIS 2013-2019, as Agent Gates in the firing range scene near the start.
16521"Head of the Snake"Robert FlorioJoseph C. WilsonApril 11, 2016 (2016-04-11)7198.24[23]
Following the theft of weapons en route to be disposed of, the team becomes concerned that Nate has turned on them, and must figure out his true game before it's too late.
16622"Granger, O."Dennis SmithKyle HarimotoApril 18, 2016 (2016-04-18)7207.79[24]
While Callen and the team investigate the death of a North Korean spy, Granger talks with Jennifer Kim (Malese Jow), who happens to be his illegitimate daughter.
16723"Where There's Smoke…"James HanlonAndrew BartelsApril 25, 2016 (2016-04-25)7217.87[25]
When investigating the death of a firefighter in a Navy Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF), the team discovers that someone had stolen hard drives from the SCIF, sending Callen and Sam undercover as firefighters to find who is responsible, and what was stolen.
16824"Talion"John Peter KousakisR. Scott GemmillMay 2, 2016 (2016-05-02)7228.10[26]
When Sam's son, Aiden's military school is attacked by Tahir Khaled, the team rushes to San Francisco to bring Khaled down, before other agencies get involved and complicate matters.

Ratings

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Viewership and ratings per episode of NCIS: Los Angeles season 7
No. Title Air date Rating/share
(18–49)
Viewers
(millions)
1 "Active Measures" September 21, 2015 1.2/4 7.89[3]
2 "Citadel" September 28, 2015 1.2/4 7.66[4]
3 "Driving Miss Diaz" October 5, 2015 1.2/4 7.99[5]
4 "Command & Control" October 12, 2015 1.1/3 8.45[6]
5 "Blame It on Rio" October 19, 2015 1.3/4 8.77[7]
6 "Unspoken" November 2, 2015 1.3/4 8.41[8]
7 "An Unlocked Mind" November 9, 2015 1.3/4 7.91[9]
8 "The Long Goodbye" November 16, 2015 1.3/4 7.91[10]
9 "Defectors" November 23, 2015 1.2/4 7.80[11]
10 "Internal Affairs" December 7, 2015 1.4/4 9.52[12]
11 "Cancel Christmas" December 14, 2015 1.4/5 9.22[13]
12 "Core Values" January 4, 2016 1.6/5 10.51[14]
13 "Angels & Daemons" January 18, 2016 1.6/5 10.64[15]
14 "Come Back" January 25, 2016 1.5/5 10.06[16]
15 "Matryoshka" February 8, 2016 1.6/5 9.75[17]
16 "Matryoshka, Part 2" February 22, 2016 1.3/4 8.82[18]
17 "Revenge Deferred" February 29, 2016 1.2/4 7.94[19]
18 "Exchange Rate" March 14, 2016 1.3/4 8.78[20]
19 "The Seventh Child" March 21, 2016 1.3/4 8.76[21]
20 "Seoul Man" March 28, 2016 1.2/4 8.91[22]
21 "Head of the Snake" April 11, 2016 1.3/4 8.24[23]
22 "Granger, O." April 18, 2016 1.2/4 7.79[24]
23 "Where There's Smoke…" April 25, 2016 1.2/4 7.87[25]
24 "Talion" May 2, 2016 1.3/4 8.10[26]

Home video release

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NCIS: Los Angeles: The Seventh Season
Set details Special features
DVD release dates
Region 1 Region 2 Region 4
August 30, 2016[27] September 19, 2016[28] September 29, 2016[29]

References

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