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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    NCIS: Sydney Season 3 Episode 7 - Gold Digger
    1.0/10(173 votes)

    #1 - Gold Digger

    S3:E7

    When a U.S. naval officer is arrested for murder while trying to destroy a treasure map, the team must navigate jurisdictional politics to uncover the truth while racing to find the fabled “Yamashita’s Gold".

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. NCIS: Sydney Season 3 Episode 9 - South of Nowhere
    1.0/10(183 votes)

    #2 - South of Nowhere

    S3:E9

    The team races to an Antarctica research base to investigate why a climate scientist killed a colleague on Polar Night Eve – and make it out before their plane engine freezes and they’re trapped in darkness for six months.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. NCIS: Sydney Season 2 Episode 3 - Back in the USSR
    2.5/10(242 votes)

    #3 - Back in the USSR

    S2:E3

    When the body of a long-missing U.S. Naval engineer is discovered buried in concrete, the team enlists Doc Roy's old friend to assist in the investigation.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. NCIS: Sydney Season 2 Episode 4 - Truth Sabre
    2.5/10(233 votes)

    #4 - Truth Sabre

    S2:E4

    The team is thrown into the murky world of online conspiracies after a car owned by a U.S. Navy cyber engineer explodes just as her teenage daughter was about to take a driving lesson.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. NCIS: Sydney Season 2 Episode 5 - Shucked
    2.5/10(224 votes)

    #5 - Shucked

    S2:E5

    When a petty officer is found murdered and frozen, it leads the team into a twisted underworld of seafood and sex trafficking.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. NCIS: Sydney Season 2 Episode 7 - Breathless
    2.5/10(264 votes)

    #6 - Breathless

    S2:E7

    The suspicious death of a US Navy chorister draws NCIS: Sydney into the world of obsessive fans, pop stars, and earworms, as they learn how deadly the music business can be.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. NCIS: Sydney Season 2 Episode 10 - Sting in the Tail
    2.5/10(218 votes)

    #7 - Sting in the Tail

    S2:E10

    With a Stinger missile and murderer in the wind, and Darwin's World War II Commemoration ceremony fast approaching, NCIS: Sydney races to prevent a deadly attack.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. NCIS: Sydney Season 2 Episode 6 - Hell Weak
    3.0/10(245 votes)

    #8 - Hell Weak

    S2:E6

    The suspected suicide of a former U.S. Navy SEAL leads NCIS: Sydney to a wellness retreat to investigate a group of his fellow former SEAL buddies.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. NCIS: Sydney Season 2 Episode 8 - Blood Is Thicker Than Vodka
    3.0/10(230 votes)

    #9 - Blood Is Thicker Than Vodka

    S2:E8

    The discovery of an exsanguinated sailor takes NCIS: Sydney into the world of modern-day vampires, family feuds, bespoke vodka and a nocturnal matriarch with a penchant for blood.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. NCIS: Sydney Season 2 Episode 9 - Mango Madness
    3.0/10(216 votes)

    #10 - Mango Madness

    S2:E9

    The team battles searing temperatures to investigate the death of a U.S. Marine corporal killed during a joint training exercise between U.S. and Australian troops.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. NCIS: Sydney Season 2 Episode 1 - Heart Starter
    3.2/10(285 votes)

    #11 - Heart Starter

    S2:E1

    NCIS: Sydney will do whatever it takes to crack the case of a rogue assassin on the run during NCIS Special Agent DeShawn Jackson's chaotic first day as boss.

    Director:Jennifer Leacey
    Writer:Morgan O'Neill

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  12. NCIS: Sydney Season 2 Episode 2 - Fire in the Hole
    3.2/10(275 votes)

    #12 - Fire in the Hole

    S2:E2

    When a young girl finds the body of a former U.S. Navy officer floating in the harbor, the team is led to an 18th-century sailing ship hosting a pirate-themed wedding, where DeShawn and Evie go undercover to investigate. Meanwhile, Mackey and JD are pulled in to prevent a potential tragedy on the harbor that could rip the U.S.-Australia alliance apart.

    Director:Jennifer Leacey
    Writer:Andrew Anastasios

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  13. NCIS: Sydney Season 3 Episode 1 - Gut Instinct
    3.3/10(218 votes)

    #13 - Gut Instinct

    S3:E1

    The discovery of two missing U.S. Navy aviators adrift in the Coral Sea leads the team to expose a sinister terrorist plot.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. NCIS: Sydney Season 3 Episode 12 - Lone Wolf (1)
    3.3/10(171 votes)

    #14 - Lone Wolf (1)

    S3:E12

    The team investigates a targeted explosion that wiped out a bomb squad with ties close to home.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. NCIS: Sydney Season 1 Episode 6 - Extraction
    3.5/10(364 votes)

    #15 - Extraction

    S1:E6

    When the suspicious death of an old Drug Squad colleague pulls Evie back into a secret undercover operation, DeShawn is torn between loyalty to his friend and loyalty to his team.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:James Cripps

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  16. NCIS: Sydney Season 1 Episode 8 - Blonde Ambition
    3.5/10(373 votes)

    #16 - Blonde Ambition

    S1:E8

    When JD's son is kidnapped by an international assassin in exchange for a wanted criminal in NCIS custody, the team frantically tries to get his son back safely without trading in a criminal.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. NCIS: Sydney Season 3 Episode 2 - True Blue
    3.7/10(229 votes)

    #17 - True Blue

    S3:E2

    Growing increasingly worried about Blue’s strange behavior, Doc takes matters into his own hands and breaks into her apartment. Inside, DeShawn and Evie stumble onto a startling revelation that forces the team to question just how well they really know one of their own.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. NCIS: Sydney Season 3 Episode 6 - Sucker Punch
    3.8/10(172 votes)

    #18 - Sucker Punch

    S3:E6

    Confronted with Australia’s first case of Ebola, the team races to uncover how patient zero, a U.S. Navy scientist, contracted the deadly virus, only to have their search for answers complicated by a top-secret military research agency as two of their own fight for their lives.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. NCIS: Sydney Season 3 Episode 8 - Turkey Shoot
    3.8/10(165 votes)

    #19 - Turkey Shoot

    S3:E8

    When an American sailor accused of murder is shot dead, the team discovers he was the subject of a popular true-crime podcast and investigates whether a superfan took justice into their own hands.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. NCIS: Sydney Season 3 Episode 10 - Van Life
    4.0/10(159 votes)

    #20 - Van Life

    S3:E10

    Mackey is enlisted to run a secret solo investigation into the disappearance of her boss’ son and his girlfriend. But when a van turns up with the girlfriend’s body inside, it’s all hands on deck to locate the boss’ son – who is either in grave danger or a killer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. NCIS: Sydney Season 3 Episode 11 - Berthed
    4.0/10(156 votes)

    #21 - Berthed

    S3:E11

    The team investigates the suspicious death of a U.S. Naval officer who’d just learned he was going to be a father, leading to the discovery of a scandalous secret.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. NCIS: Sydney Season 3 Episode 18 - Rough Diamond
    4.0/10(119 votes)

    #22 - Rough Diamond

    S3:E18

    The death of a former Marine wanted for murder leads the team to a sinister plot involving a disgraced journalist, one of Australia’s richest men and lab-grown diamonds.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. NCIS: Sydney Season 3 Episode 19 - Hunter
    4.0/10(119 votes)

    #23 - Hunter

    S3:E19

    The team is pulled back into The Collective’s web when an FBI agent is found dead in Fiji, and Mackey faces an unplanned family reunion.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. NCIS: Sydney Season 3 Episode 20 - Killer
    4.0/10(123 votes)

    #24 - Killer

    S3:E20

    The team faces the battle of their lives to stop The Collective and save those they hold dear.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. NCIS: Sydney Season 1 Episode 3 - Brothers in Arms
    4.7/10(425 votes)

    #25 - Brothers in Arms

    S1:E3

    When a shark spits out an arm wearing U.S. Navy equipment, the team's investigation tests the loyalty of a band of former Navy divers.

    Director:Unknown
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Worst Episodes Summary

"Gold Digger" is the worst rated episode of "NCIS: Sydney". It scored 1/10 based on 173 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 12/2/2025. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "South of Nowhere".