Episode:Ambush

Ambush is the eighth episode of NCIS: Los Angeles.
==Synopsis==
A young Marine reservist is brutally murdered in a fish aquarium, prompting OSP to investigate his death and the team are stunned when they discover that the victim's death is also connected to a case that Special Agent Mike Renko is investigating to a dangerous militia group, the Enhancing Law Enforcement or ELE. As they struggle to find the Corporal's murderer and recover 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 Special Agent G. Callen caught in the middle. Meanwhile, Hetty is in Washington, D.C., attending a Senate hearing.
==Major Events==
*Mike Renko returns to the NCIS: Office of Special Projects.
==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, Episode:Touch of Death.
*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===
===Recurring Guests===
===Other Cast===
Character 	Actor 	Role
Malcolm Tallridge 	Michael Reilly Burke 	The founder of ELE/Enhancing Law Enforcement.
Private Scott Riley, USMC 	Played by Brian Letscher 	
Jay 	Played by Owen Beckman 	A member of the militia group.
Secretary of the Air Force	Played by Steven M. Gagnon	Friend of Hetty's whose first name is Desmond.
Congressional Staffer 	Played by Jennifer Chang 	
Capitol Policeman 	Played by Cory Tucker 	
Thompson (Ambush) 	Played by Jeronimo Spinx 	
John Bordinay 	Played by Richard Brake 	Tallridge's second-in-command.
Jamie 	Fred Salmon