Party Crashers (episode)

Party Crashers is the premiere episode of NCIS: Los Angeles Season 9 and also the 193rd episode of the entire NCIS: Los Angeles series.
==Synopsis==
After turning in her retirement papers, Hetty disappears. As that happens, new NCIS Executive Assistant Director Shay Mosley arrives in Los Angeles to oversee the OSP team and immediately makes staffing changes that causes ripples amongst the team members while still mourning the death of his wife and living in a trailer on the beach, Sam urges Callen to find a new partner and as the team attempt to come to terms with their new EAD, they soon find themselves racing against time to stop a possible bomb attack from North Korea while investigating the death of a DIA agent but all is not what it seems.
==Plot==
==Major Events==
*NCIS Executive Assistant Director, Shay Mosley and her Chief of Staff, Harley Hidoko are both introduced for the first time.
*Sam rejoins the team following his leave of absence.
*It's revealed that OSP has a reputation for using force far above and well beyond any other unit in NCIS.
==Trivia==
*From this episode onward, Craig Dobbin joins the series as composer, working alongside Jay Ferguson.
*This is the first episode of the NCIS: Los Angeles series to have the opening credits appear and then disappear in a new style.
==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.
Shay Mosley 	Nia Long 	NCIS Executive Assistant Director for Pacific Operations (EAD).
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
Roger Bates 	Patrick St. Espirit	Lieutenant with the Robbery Homicide squad of the Los Angeles Police Department and Marty Deeks's commanding officer at the Los Angeles Police Department.
Roberta Deeks	Pamela Reed 	Marty Deeks's mother.
===Guest Cast===
Name 	Portrayed by 	Role
Harley Hidoko 	Andrea Bordeaux 	NCIS Special Agent and Chief of Staff to EAD Mosley.
Dang 	Long Nguyen 	AKA "Vietnamese Man", he is Henrietta Lange's contact in Ho Chi Minh City.
Manager (Party Crashers) 	Tro Shaw 	
Guy 	Tony Curtis Blondell	Roberta Deeks's boyfriend.
Pedestrian (Party Crashers)	Diane Yery 	Uncredited role.
Herbert Dieter 	Omid Zader 	Uncredited role.
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♦ Party Crashers (episode) ♦ Se Murio El Payaso (episode) ♦ Assets (episode) ♦ Plain Sight (episode) ♦ Mountebank (episode) ♦ Can I Get a Witness? (episode) ♦ The Silo (episode) ♦ This Is What We Do (episode) ♦ Fool Me Twice (episode) ♦ Forasteira (episode) ♦ All Is Bright (episode) ♦ Under Pressure (episode) ♦ Cac Tu Nhan (episode) ♦ Goodbye, Vietnam (episode) ♦ Liabilities (episode) ♦ Warriors Of Peace (episode) ♦ The Monster (episode) ♦ Vendetta (episode) ♦ Outside The Lines (episode) ♦ Reentry (episode) ♦ Where Everybody Knows Your Name (episode) ♦ Venganza (episode) ♦ A Line in the Sand (episode) ♦ Ninguna Salida (episode)
Category:NCIS: Los Angeles Episodes
Category:NCIS: Los Angeles Season 9 Episodes
Category:NCIS: Los Angeles Season Premiere Episodes
Category:NCIS: Los Angeles Episodes written by R. Scott Gemmill
Category:NCIS: Los Angeles Episodes directed by John Peter Kousakis
Category:NCIS: Los Angeles Episodes featuring Roger Bates
Category:NCIS: Los Angeles Episodes featuring Roberta Deeks