48 Hours: NCIS, also called NCIS: The Cases They Can't Forget, is a six-part 2017-2019 miniseries on CBS that dealt with real life NCIS cases. Despite this, however, it is not a spinoff of NCIS or its other spinoffs NCIS: Los Angeles or NCIS: New Orleans. It is instead a spinoff of the CBS news program 48 Hours. Rocky Carroll, who portrays Director Leon Vance, acted as the narrator for the various episodes, and one of the scenes for the episodes (specifically, the episode To Catch a Killer) had Scott Bakula during the filming of The Third Man (episode) talking with former NCIS Special Agent Dwayne Swear about the latter's cold case. With the exception of the second episode (which aired on a Friday), the episodes aired on Tuesdays, and all of the episodes aired at 10 PM ET/PT.
It was renewed for a second season, with the first episode premiering at 10 PM on May 22, 2018 after the NCIS Season Fifteen finale Date With Destiny (episode). One of the episodes (specifically, the episode A Sailor's Honor) even featured clips from one of the early NCIS episodes (specifically, The Curse (episode) from Season 1) due to the Cold Case in that episode being directly based on the Cold Case covered in 48 Hours: NCIS.
It was renewed for a third season, although its air time had been moved to Wednesdays starting with May 29, 2019, and began with a double-feature premiere and double-feature finale. It is the first season to feature Rocky Carroll on-screen, as previously, he merely voiced the narration. In the episode Heartless, clips from the Season Fifteen episode Handle With Care (episode) were shown, largely because the cold case featured in the episode dealt with a similar murder involving care packages and an estranged wife. With the exception of the season premiere and season finale, it now airs at 9:00 PM, instead of 10:00 PM.
Episodes[]
Season 1[]
Episode Number | Title | Airdate | Notes | |
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Series | Season | |||
1 | 1 | The Double Cross | April 25th 2017 | Can a videotape left behind by a dead sailor help real-life NCIS investigators solve a double murder? |
2 | 1 | To Catch a Killer | May 12, 2017 | NCIS agents in Virginia go high-tech to solve the murder of a young ballerina – and the agent who inspired CBS' "NCIS: New Orleans" shares his real-life cross-country search for the killer in a San Diego cold case. |
3 | 1 | One of Their Own | May 23, 2017 | Two dead, one of them a beautiful Navy sailor. Why does this case still haunt the agents who hunted the killer? |
4 | 1 | The Terrorists, The Spies, The Hackers | May 30, 2017 | A Navy contractor who wanted to sell secrets, two hackers who stole 220,000 U.S. military personal records and 17 sailors killed in a terrorist attack aboard the USS Cole. |
5 | 1 | Body of Evidence | June 6, 2017 | NCIS agents face a tough investigation after a young mother, the girlfriend of a Navy petty officer, vanishes. |
6 | 1 | The Sting | June 13, 2017 | A tattooed NCIS agent with a black belt goes undercover to find the killer of a Navy petty officer -- can he get what he needs without getting caught? |
Season 2[]
Episode Number | Title | Airdate | Notes | |
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Series | Season | |||
1 | 2 | Ruthless | May 22, 2018 | When a serial rapist targets military spouses, NCIS agents race against time before he strikes again. |
2 | 2 | A Sailor's Honor | May 29, 2018 | When a young Navy officer vanished without a trace along with $8,600 from a supply ship during the Vietnam War, he was classified a deserter. His sister believed he was murdered. Can NCIS agents solve a nearly four decades old cold case? |
3 | 2 | A Date with Evil | Jun 5, 2018 | The search for a young missing military wife takes NCIS agents into the dark world of master and slave role playing where they uncover the dual life of a Marine sergeant. Narrated by CBS' "NCIS" actor Rocky Carroll. |
4 | 2 | The Marine's Wife | Jun 12, 2018 | When a young military wife at the Marine Combat Base at Twentynine Palms, Calif. vanishes in the desert, NCIS agents discover she has a secret -- did it lead to murder? |
5 | 2 | Deadly Lies | Jun 19, 2018 | Did a duplicitous online love affair between two people who never met lead to an innocent Marine being murdered? |
6 | 2 | Trail of Fire | Jun 26, 2018 | When a Fort Bragg nurse fails to show up for work, worried friends rush to her apartment only to find her home burned and their friend missing. |
Season 3[]
Episode Number | Title | Airdate | Notes | |
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Series | Season | |||
1 | 3 | Road Map to Murder | May 29, 2019 | NCIS agents take viewers inside the mysterious case of a young Navy officer murdered after using an ATM. The investigation would lead the agents on a trail of greed, lies and double-lives. |
2 | 3 | Heartless | May 29, 2019 | Nearly 13 years after the mysterious death of Lt. Lee Hartley, who fell ill while serving aboard the USS Forrestal, NCIS agents reopen the case and close in on a suspect with an unusual motive. |
3 | 3 | Shattered Glass | Jun 5, 2019 | When a Marine was nearly killed in Kuwait, NCIS investigated a terror plot but instead found a love triangle. |
4 | 3 | Unbreakable | Jun 12, 2019 | Real-life NCIS agents investigate the murders of a Marine sergeant and his wife 67 days after they wed. Was the motive money, was it racially motivated or was it something else? |
5 | 3 | The Enemy Within | Jun 19, 2019 | Real-life NCIS agents team up with Air Force investigators to solve the murder of an American airman in Japan, leading to a dark, twisted path of deception, fraud and witchcraft. |
6 | 3 | Death of a Dream | Jul 3, 2019 | The convicted killer of a young Florida mom speaks out for the first time and admits he didn't tell investigators everything -- but vows he didn't kill her. Is he telling the truth now? |
7 | 3 | Never Forget | Jul 3, 2019 | Haunted by the death of a sailor's 10-year-old daughter in 1984, NCIS agents open up about the heartache and the three-decade long drive to find her killer. |
See also[]
- Program schedule on the CBS News website.
- Ruthless on the CBS News Website.
- A Sailor's Honor on the CBS News Website.
- A Date with Evil on the CBS News Website.
- The Marine's Wife on the CBS News Website.
- Deadly Lies on the CBS News Website.
- Trail of Fire on the CBS News Website.
- Roadmap to Murder on the CBS News Website.
- Heartless on the CBS News Website.
- Shattered Glass on the CBS News Website.