Partners (episode)

Season:	NCIS: Los Angeles Season 3
Episode:	14
First aired:	February 7, 2012.
Written by:	Gil Grant & Dave Kalstein.
Directed by:	Eric Laneuville.
Previous episode:	Exit Strategy (episode).
Next episode:	Crimeleon (episode).

Partners is the fourteenth episode of NCIS: Los Angeles Season 3 as well as the 62nd episode of the entire NCIS: Los Angeles series.

Synopsis

OSP investigate a hijacking when a package from a van from the State Department disappears with the team soon discovering evidence not only that a drug cartel is behind the incident but that the suspects in the investigation all have secrets of their own while Callen and Sam celebrate five years of working together as partners.

Plot

Sam as he and Callen are in the van with cartel members aiming guns at them.

Cast

Series Regulars

Name	Portrayed by	Role
G. Callen	Chris O'Donnell	NCIS Special Agent and the leader of the Office of Special Projects field team.
Kensi Blye	Daniela Ruah	NCIS Special Agent with the Office of Special Projects.
Marty Deeks	Eric Christian Olsen	A Detective with the Los Angeles Police Department and also the LAPD/NCIS liaison.
Eric Beale	Barrett Foa	Tech Operator with the Office of Special Projects.
Nell Jones	Renée Felice Smith	Tech Analyst for the Office of Special Projects.
Henrietta Lange	Linda Hunt	Operations Manager with the Office of Special Projects.
Sam Hanna	LL Cool J	A former Navy SEAL-turned-NCIS Special Agent with the Office of Special Projects.

Recurring Cast

Name	Portrayed by	Role
Owen Granger	Miguel Ferrer	Assistant Director of NCIS.

Other Cast

Name	Portrayed by	Role
Roger Clark	Currie Graham	Diplomatic Courier.
Diane Dunross	Alana De La Garza	Diplomatic Courier.
Ed Gornt	Basil Wallace	Head of DSS Operations in Los Angeles and Clark and Dunross's Supervisor.
Gabriel Marquez	Gabriel Salvador	Drug kingpin.
Cartel Man 1	Danny Vasquez
LAPD Detective (Partners)	Patrick Malone