Ambush (episode)

Ambush is the eighth episode of NCIS: Los Angeles Season 1.
==Synopsis==
When a Marine reservist is brutally murdered in an fish aquarium, OSP investigate and are stunned to discover that the death is connected to a case their colleague, NCIS Special Agent Mike Renko has been working with the case leading Callen, Sam, Kensi, Renko and the rest of the OSP team to a dangerous militia group, Enhancing Law Enforcement or ELE. As the team scramble to arrest the members of the group and retrieve six stolen anti-tank missiles while preventing ELE from launching their next attack against illegal immigrants, the whole situation soon escalates into a highly tense stand-off with a lot at stake and has Callen caught in the middle while Hetty is in Washington, D.C., attending a Senate hearing.
==Plot==
==Major Events==
*Mike Renko returns to OSP.
==Episode Name Origin==
*The name "Ambush" refers to the supposed ambush of the militia group during the episode.
==Trivia==
*Enhancing Law Enforcement would later be mentioned in the Season 3 episode, Touch of Death (episode).
*During the episode, Hetty remarks to Director Leon Vance that the last she'd heard was that Macy was working out of a Quonset hut in Djibouti, although this was later contradicted in the NCIS Season 7 episode, "Patriot Down" where it was revealed that prior to her murder, Macy had been working with a task force in Marseille, France.
==Cast==
===Series Regulars===
Name 	Portrayed by 	Role
G. Callen 	Chris O'Donnell 	An NCIS Special Agent in charge of the Office of Special Projects field team and who is partnered with fellow NCIS Special Agent Sam Hanna.
Kensi Blye 	Daniela Ruah 	An NCIS Special Agent with the Office of Special Projects and who is partnered with NCIS Special Agent Dominic Vail.
Nate Getz 	Peter Cambor 	Psychologist with the Office of Special Projects.
Dominic Vail 	Adam Jamal Craig	An NCIS Special Agent with the Office of Special Projects and who is Kensi Blye's partner.
Henrietta Lange	Linda Hunt 	The Operations Manager for the Office of Special Projects.
Sam Hanna 	LL Cool J 	An NCIS Special Agent with the Office of Special Projects and who is partnered with NCIS Special Agent G. Callen.
===Recurring Cast===
Name 	Portrayed by 	Role
Eric Beale	Barrett Foa 	An NCIS Tech Operator with the Office of Special Projects.
Mike Renko	Brian Avers 	NCIS Special Agent.
Leon Vance	Rocky Carroll	Director of NCIS.
===Guest Cast===
Name 	Portrayed by 	Role
Malcolm Tallridge 	Michael Reilly Burke	Founder of Enhancing Law Enforcement (Militia Group).
John Bordinay 	Richard Brake 	Second-in-command of Enhancing Law Enforcement (Militia Group).
Jay 	Owen Beckman 	A member of Enhancing Law Enforcement (Militia Group).
Scott Reilly 	Brian Letscher 	Private in the United States Marine Corps.
Desmond 	Steven M. Gagnon 	U.S. Secretary of the Air Force (SecAF) and also a friend of Hetty's.
Thompson (Ambush) 	Jeronimo Spinx 	NCIS Special Agent.
Congressional Staffer	Jennifer Chang 	Uncredited role.
Capitol Policeman 	Cory Tucker 	Uncredited role.
Jamie 	Fred Salmon 	Uncredited role.
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♦ Identity (episode) ♦ The Only Easy Day (episode) ♦ Predator (episode) ♦ Search and Destroy (episode) ♦ Killshot (NCIS: Los Angeles episode) ♦ Keepin' It Real (episode) ♦ Pushback (episode) ♦ Ambush (episode) ♦ Random on Purpose (episode) ♦ Brimstone (episode) ♦ Breach (episode) ♦ Past Lives (episode) ♦ Missing (NCIS: Los Angeles episode) ♦ LD50 (episode) ♦ The Bank Job (episode) ♦ Chinatown (episode) ♦ Full Throttle (episode) ♦ Blood Brothers (NCIS: Los Angeles Season 1 Episode) ♦ Hand-to-Hand (episode) ♦ Fame (episode) ♦ Found (episode) ♦ Hunted (episode) ♦ Burned (episode) ♦ Callen, G. (episode)
Category:NCIS: Los Angeles Episodes
Category:NCIS: Los Angeles Season 1 Episodes
Category:NCIS: Los Angeles Episodes written by Lindsay Sturman
Category:NCIS: Los Angeles Episodes directed by Rob Holcomb
Category:NCIS: Los Angeles Episodes featuring Eric Beale
Category:NCIS: Los Angeles Episodes featuring Leon Vance
Category:NCIS: Los Angeles Episodes featuring Mike Renko