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2016 Events in the NCIS/NCIS: Los Angeles/NCIS: New Orleans Universe
- The NCIS Major Case Response Team work a case with their counterparts in New Orleans.
- The two teams also meet Luca Sciuto, Abigail Sciuto's adopted brother.
- Councilor Anton Pavlenko dies after being poisoned.
- Bishop works on a former case associated with her time in the NSA and with the help of her NCIS colleagues, manages to successfully solve it.
- With a storm hitting Washington D.C., Bishop, McGee and Tony later gather at Gibbs's house after solving their latest case and presumably remain there until the storm has passed.
- The NCIS team work with FBI agent Tobias Fornell when Megan Porter, the teenage daughter of SECNAV Sarah Porter is kidnapped and they eventually save Megan after a tense stand-off.
- The NCIS team investigate a raid at the Naval Operations Center in Reston and discover a connection to René Benoit, La Grenouille while Tony pays Dr. Jeanne Benoit/Woods a visit.
- The NCIS team investigate the murders of an American couple in Iraq while Gibbs connects with a Marine who was a survivor of the attack that occurred in the same area only months earlier. Gibbs later shoots the main killer, a former sniper responsible and in doing so, prevents an international incident from occurring.
- DiNozzo Senior returns to D.C. and meets a young homeless woman who believes that he is her father.
- The team investigate when DiNozzo's ID is stolen with multiple criminals using it to blackmail Senators.
- The team investigate another case that involves former NCIS Director Tom Morrow with Gibbs and Fornell arriving at Morrow's house and finding Morrow dead in his study.
- Morrow's funeral is later held with the NCIS team attending.
- The NCIS team later resume investigating the circumstances surrounding Morrow's death while Vance and Fornell head to London to investigate other aspects of the case. In the meantime, Gibbs later meets First Lady Michelle Obama.
- While staying at Gibbs's house, an assassin attacks, killing MI6 officer Jessica Terdei by shooting her in the head and gravely injuring Fornell by shooting him in the chest.
- Fornell is left comatose as a result of the injuries he receives and after it's learnt that he also had a "Do Not Resuscitate" order created following the murder of his ex-wife, Diane Sterling, Gibbs steps in and becomes the executor of the will which enables Fornell to be treated.
- With Fornell out of action, FBI agent Tess Monroe arrives at NCIS to help the team with the case.
- During a confrontation at a house, the NCIS team are reunited with CIA agent Trent Kort and also meet MI6 officer Clayton Reeves.
- Scott later turns himself into NCIS and reveals that he is completely innocent.
- The NCIS team soon discover that Kort is no longer working for the CIA, having been fired from the agency during the previous year and that Kort is also responsible for framing Scott while also having killed NCIS Agent Kevin Dresser and former NCIS Director Tom Morrow.
- The team are also left completely stunned after learning that a farmhouse that belonged to former Mossad Director Eli David has been destroyed in a mortar attack with the fate of their former colleague and friend, former NCIS-Mossad Liaison Officer-turned-NCIS Special Agent Ziva David unknown.
- The team soon discover that Ziva has in fact been killed in the attack on the David farmhouse, leaving them greatly devastated.
- Mossad Director Orli Elbaz arrives in the United States and reveals that Tony and Ziva had a daughter: Talia David-DiNozzo.
- The NCIS team along with Monroe and Reeves later kill Kort in a stand-off.
- In the aftermath of the case being solved and Ziva's death being avenged, Tony resigns from the NCIS team for good, choosing to devote his time to taking care of Talia while searching for answers.
- Following Tony's resignation from the team, McGee is promoted to Senior Field Agent with Tony's resignation leaving the NCIS Major Case Response Team currently composed of three members: Gibbs, McGee and Bishop.
Real Life Events
- Gary Glasberg, the showrunner for NCIS and NCIS: New Orleans dies in Los Angeles, California on September 28, 2016 at the age of 50.
Broadcast Media
Television
- January 4, 2016- Core Values (episode), the NCIS: Los Angeles Season 7 episode airs for the first time.
- January 5, 2016- Sister City (Part 1) (episode), the NCIS: Season 13 episode airs for the first time.
- January 5, 2016- Sister City (Part 2) (episode), the NCIS: New Orleans Season 2 episode airs for the first time.
- January 18, 2016- Angels and Daemons (episode), the NCIS: Los Angeles Season 7 episode airs for the first time.
- January 19, 2016- Déjà Vu (episode), the NCIS: Season 13 episode airs for the first time.
- January 19, 2016- Undocumented (episode), the NCIS: New Orleans Season 2 episode airs for the first time.
- January 25, 2016- Come Back (episode), the NCIS: Los Angeles Season 7 episode airs for the first time.
- February 8, 2016- Matryoshka Part 1 (episode), the NCIS: Los Angeles Season 7 episode airs for the first time.
- February 9, 2016- Decompressed (episode), the NCIS: Season 13 episode airs for the first time.
- February 9, 2016- Father's Day (NCIS: New Orleans episode), the NCIS: New Orleans Season 2 episode airs for the first time.
- February 16, 2016- React (episode), the NCIS Season 13 episode airs for the first time.
- February 16, 2016- No Man's Land (episode), the NCIS: New Orleans Season 2 episode airs for the first time.
- February 22, 2016- Matryoshka Part 2 (episode), the NCIS: Los Angeles Season 7 episode airs for the first time.
- February 23, 2016- Loose Cannons (episode), the NCIS Season 13 episode airs for the first time.
- February 23, 2016- Second Chances (episode), the NCIS: New Orleans Season 2 episode airs for the first time.
- February 29, 2016- Revenge Deferred (episode), the NCIS: Los Angeles Season 7 episode airs for the first time.
- March 1, 2016- After Hours (episode), the NCIS Season 13 episode airs for the first time.
- March 1, 2016- Radio Silence (episode), the NCIS: New Orleans Season 2 episode airs for the first time.
- March 14, 2016- Exchange Rate (episode), the NCIS: Los Angeles Season 7 episode airs for the first time.
- March 15, 2016- Scope (episode) airs for the first time. This is also the 300th episode of the entire NCIS series.
- March 15, 2016- If It Bleeds, It Leads (episode), the NCIS: New Orleans Season 2 episode airs for the first time.
- March 21, 2016- The Seventh Child (episode), the NCIS: Los Angeles Season 7 episode airs for the first time.
- March 22, 2016- Reasonable Doubts (episode), the NCIS Season 13 episode airs for the first time.
- March 22, 2016- Means to an End (episode), the NCIS: New Orleans Season 2 episode airs for the first time.
- March 28, 2016- Seoul Man (episode), the NCIS: Los Angeles Season 7 episode airs for the first time.
- April 5, 2016- Charade (episode), the NCIS Season 13 episode airs for the first time.
- April 11, 2016- Head of the Snake (episode), the NCIS: Los Angeles Season 7 episode airs for the first time.
- April 18, 2016- Granger, O. (episode), the NCIS: Los Angeles Season 7 episode airs for the first time.
- April 19, 2016- Return to Sender (episode), the NCIS Season 13 episode airs for the first time.
- April 19, 2016- Collateral Damage (NCIS: New Orleans episode), the NCIS: New Orleans Season 2 episode airs for the first time.
- April 25, 2016- Where There's Smoke... (episode), the NCIS: Los Angeles Season 7 episode airs for the first time.
- May 2, 2016- Talion (episode), the NCIS: Los Angeles Season 7 finale episode airs for the first time.
- May 3, 2016- Homefront (episode), the NCIS Season 13 episode airs for the first time.
- May 3, 2016- Help Wanted (episode), the NCIS: New Orleans Season 2 episode airs for the first time.
- May 10, 2016- Dead Letter (episode), the NCIS Season 13 episode airs for the first time.
- May 10. 2016- The Third Man (episode), the NCIS: New Orleans Season 2 episode airs for the first time.
- May 17, 2016- Family First (episode), the NCIS Season 13 finale episode airs for the first time.
- May 17, 2016- Sleeping with the Enemy (episode), the NCIS: New Orleans Season 2 finale episode airs for the first time.
- September 20, 2016- Rogue (episode), the NCIS Season 14 premiere episode airs for the first time.
- September 20, 2016- Aftershocks (episode), the NCIS: New Orleans Season 3 premiere episode airs for the first time.
- September 25, 2016- High-Value Target (episode), the NCIS: Los Angeles Season 8 premiere episode airs for the first time. It is then followed by Belly of the Beast (episode).
- September 27, 2016- Being Bad (episode), the NCIS Season 14 episode airs for the first time.
- September 27, 2016- Suspicious Minds (episode), the NCIS: New Orleans Season 3 episode airs for the first time.
- October 4, 2016- Privileged Information (episode), the NCIS Season 14 episode airs for the first time.
- October 11, 2016- Love Boat (episode), the NCIS Season 14 episode airs for the first time.
- October 11, 2016- Man on Fire (episode), the NCIS: New Orleans Season 3 episode airs for the first time.
- October 16, 2016- Black Market (episode), the NCIS: Los Angeles Season 8 episode airs for the first time.
- October 18, 2016- Philly (episode), the NCIS Season 14 episode airs for the first time.
- October 18, 2016- Escape Plan (episode), the NCIS: New Orleans Season 3 episode airs for the first time.
- October 23, 2016- Ghost Gun (episode), the NCIS: Los Angeles Season 8 episode airs for the first time.
- October 25, 2016- Shell Game (episode), the NCIS Season 14 episode airs for the first time.
- October 25, 2016- Course Correction (episode), the NCIS: New Orleans Season 3 episode airs for the first time.
- October 30, 2016- Home Is Where the Heart Is (episode), the NCIS: Los Angeles Season 8 episode airs for the first time.
- November 6, 2016- Crazy Train (episode), the NCIS: Los Angeles Season 8 episode airs for the first time.
- November 13, 2016- Parallel Resistors (episode), the NCIS: Los Angeles Season 8 episode airs for the first time.
- November 15, 2016- Home of the Brave (episode), the NCIS Season 14 episode airs for the first time.
- November 15, 2016- One Good Man (episode), the NCIS: New Orleans Season 3 episode airs for the first time.
- November 20, 2016- Glasnost (episode), the NCIS: Los Angeles Season 8 episode airs for the first time.
- November 22, 2016- Enemy Combatant (episode), the NCIS Season 14 episode airs for the first time.
- November 22, 2016- Outlaws (episode), the NCIS: New Orleans Season 3 episode airs for the first time.
- November 27, 2016- Sirens (episode), the NCIS: Los Angeles Season 8 episode airs for the first time.
- December 6, 2016- Pay to Play (episode), the NCIS Season 14 episode airs for the first time.
- December 6, 2016- Music to My Ears (episode), the NCIS: New Orleans Season 3 episode airs for the first time.
- December 13, 2016- The Tie That Binds (episode), the NCIS Season 14 and Christmas episode airs for the first time.
- December 13, 2016- Overdrive (episode), the NCIS: New Orleans Season 3 and Christmas episode airs for the first time.
- December 18, 2016- Tidings We Bring (episode), the NCIS: Los Angeles Season 8 and Christmas episode airs for the first time.