NCIS season 5

The fifth season of the police procedural drama NCIS premiered on September 25, 2007, and marks the end of Donald P. Bellisario's involvement as show runner. The new showrunner, starting from this season, is Shane Brennan. It concludes the La Grenouille storyline which ended with a cliffhanger in season four's finale, "Angel of Death". This season also includes the show 100th episode, and reveals more background information about Gibbs.

The Writers Guild strike limited episode production and the DVD set had five discs instead of six. The season ended with its 19th episode on May 20, 2008; the strike-caused gap is between episodes 11 and 12. The season ended with a two-part season finale called "Judgment Day". The season featured the departure of recurring characters Colonel Hollis Mann and Jeanne Benoit, as well as the death of Jenny Shepard, one of the main characters.

From this season on, the opening sequence was shortened to 30 seconds instead of the normal 37–44 seconds that was present in the previous seasons.

Main

 * Mark Harmon as Leroy Jethro Gibbs, NCIS Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) of the Major Case Response Team (MCRT) assigned to Washington's Navy Yard
 * Michael Weatherly as Anthony DiNozzo, NCIS Senior Special Agent, second in command of MCRT
 * Cote de Pablo as Ziva David, Mossad Liaison Officer to NCIS
 * Pauley Perrette as Abby Sciuto, Forensic Specialist for NCIS
 * Sean Murray as Timothy McGee, NCIS Junior Special Agent
 * Lauren Holly as Jenny Shepard, NCIS Director (Episodes 1–18)
 * David McCallum as Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard, Chief Medical Examiner for NCIS

Recurring

 * Joe Spano as Tobias Fornell, FBI Senior Special Agent
 * Brian Dietzen as Jimmy Palmer, Assistant Medical Examiner for NCIS
 * Darby Stanchfield as Shannon Gibbs, Gibbs' deceased wife
 * Muse Watson as Mike Franks, retired Senior Special Agent for NCIS and Gibbs' former boss
 * Scottie Thompson as Jeanne Benoit, Tony's girlfriend while undercover
 * Armand Assante as René Benoit, NCIS target
 * Susanna Thompson as Hollis Mann, Gibbs' girlfriend and Army CID Agent
 * David Dayan Fisher as Trent Kort, CIA Agent
 * Rocky Carroll as Leon Vance, NCIS Assistant Director
 * Brenna Radding as Kelly Gibbs, Gibbs' deceased daughter
 * Susan Kelechi Watson as Nikki Jardine, NCIS Intelligence Analyst
 * Jonathan LaPaglia as Brent Langer, FBI Special Agent and former member of Gibbs' team
 * Paul Telfer as Corporal Damon Werth

DVD special features

 * Cast and Crew Commentaries on Selected Episodes
 * Requiem Revisited
 * N.C.I.S. Season 5: Stem to Stern
 * The Dressing Room: The Costumes and Wardrobe of N.C.I.S.
 * N.C.I.S. on Location
 * From Pauley to Abby: Hairspray, Lipstick and Tattoos