NCIS: Los Angeles (season 14)
The fourteenth and final season of the American police procedural television series NCIS: Los Angeles premiered on October 9, 2022, on CBS, for the 2022–23 television season, and concluded with its two-part series finale on May 14, and May 21, 2023 respectively. The season contained 21 episodes.

NCIS: Los Angeles follows a fictional team of special agents from the Office of Special Projects of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. The season stars Chris O'Donnell, Daniela Ruah, Eric Christian Olsen, Medalion Rahimi, Caleb Castille, Gerald McRaney, and LL Cool J. A crossover event with NCIS and NCIS: Hawaiʻi took place during the season in episode 10. Former series regulars Linda Hunt, Peter Cambor, and Renée Felice Smith return for the series finale, although Hunt's return was condensed to a voiceover due to availability issues.

The fourteenth season of NCIS: Los Angeles ranked #27 with a total of 6.42 million viewers.

Cast and characters

Main
 Chris O'Donnell as Grisha "G." Callen, NCIS Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) and Team leader
 Daniela Ruah as Kensi Blye, NCIS Special Agent
 Eric Christian Olsen as Marty Deeks, NCIS Investigator (Previously LAPD/NCIS Liaison Officer)
 Medalion Rahimi as Fatima Namazi, NCIS Special Agent
 Caleb Castille as Devin Roundtree, NCIS Special Agent (Previously FBI Agent)
 Gerald McRaney as Hollace Kilbride, a retired Admiral and friend of Henrietta Lange, later Operations Manager 
 LL Cool J as Sam Hanna, NCIS Senior Field Agent, Second in Command

Recurring
 Kavi Ramachandran Ladnier as Shyla Dahr, NCIS Reserve Agent
 Natalia del Riego as Rosa Reyes, migrant seeking asylum, later fostered by Kensi and Deeks
 Richard Gant as former Colonel Raymond Hanna, father of Sam
 Bar Paly as Anatasia 'Anna' Kolcheck, Former ATF Agent and Callen's girlfriend, later fiancée
 Duncan Campbell as NCIS Special Agent Castor
 Alicia Coppola as FBI Senior Special Agent Lisa Rand
 Vyto Ruginis as Arkady Kolcheck, former KGB Operative, associate of Callen, and Anna's father
 Bill Goldberg as Lance Hamilton, DOJ Agent
 Erik Palladino as Special Deputy U.S. Marshal Vostanik Sabatino

Guest
 Linda Hunt as Henrietta "Hetty" Lange (voice only)
 Peter Cambor as Nate Getz
 Renée Felice Smith as Nell Jones

Crossover

NCIS

 Gary Cole as Alden Parker, NCIS Supervisory Special Agent of the Major Case Response Team in Washington, D.C.
 Wilmer Valderrama as Nick Torres, NCIS Special Agent

NCIS: Hawaiʻi

 Vanessa Lachey as Jane Tennant, NCIS Special Agent in Charge of the NCIS: Hawaiʻi Field Office.
 Yasmine Al-Bustami as Lucy Tara, NCIS Special Agent

Episodes

Crossovers

On October 3, 2022, it was announced by Entertainment Weekly that a crossover event between NCIS: Los Angeles and its fellow NCIS franchise series NCIS and NCIS: Hawaiʻi was in production and scheduled to air in January 2023. NCIS: Los Angeles stars Chris O'Donnell and LL Cool J participated in the crossover, alongside Gary Cole, Wilmer Valderrama, and Brian Dietzen from NCIS and Vanessa Lachey, Yasmine Al-Bustami, and Noah Mills from NCIS: Hawaiʻi. The crossover event, referred to as the "NCIS-verse crossover", is the first time that all three series have crossed over. The crossover was confirmed by CBS on November 11, 2022, and given an air date of January 9. NCIS: Los Angeles temporarily moved to Monday for the event and was the third and final part of the crossover. O'Donnell and LL Cool J appeared in all three parts of the event. Cole, Valderrama, Lachey, and Al-Bustami, all appeared in the NCIS: Los Angeles portion, which is entitled "A Long Time Coming". All seven NCIS: Los Angeles cast members also appeared in the NCIS: Los Angeles portion.

Production

Development
On March 31, 2022, it was announced that CBS had renewed NCIS: Los Angeles for a fourteenth season, alongside renewals for NCIS and NCIS: Hawaiʻi. Cast member Daniela Ruah directed the fifth episode of the season, "Flesh & Blood", as well as the fourteenth. On January 20, 2023, it was announced that the season would end on May 21, 2023. It was also confirmed that it would be the series finale. The decision was based on several factors, specifically, the series budget having reached it's limit.

Casting
With the renewal in March 2022, it was expected that O'Donnell and LL Cool J would return. Longtime cast member Linda Hunt, who last appeared in the premiere of the previous season, was also expected to return. Each cast member has been absent for four episodes of the season. Returning guest stars for the season include Duncan Campbell, Alicia Coppola, Natalia del Riego, Richard Gant, Bar Paly, Kavi Ramachandran Ladnier, Pamela Reed, and Tye White.

Design
A new intro and lettering was introduced in Season 14.

Unresolved storylines 
Several multi-episode storylines that were introduced in previous seasons were left unresolved. R. Scott Gemmill explained that he and the writers originally set up plans for a proposed fifteenth season that would have brought closure to the storylines.

Release and marketing
On May 18, 2022, it was that the series would move from its previous Sunday 9:00 PM ET timeslot to an hour later at 10:00 PM, leading out of 60 Minutes, The Equalizer, and East New York. On June 23, 2022, the season was given a premiere date of October 9, 2022. In September 2022, the promotional poster for the season was released.

NCIS: Los Angeles Season 14 currently airs on Sky Max in the UK and Ireland, airing every Sunday night at 10pm.

Ratings

Home media

References

External links

2022 American television seasons
2023 American television seasons
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