Following the crash of a prisoner transport plane, the NCIS team must find the convicts that escaped onto the island. Meanwhile, Sam Hanna and Tennant are tasked with locating a high-profile Russian prisoner known as "The Chemist".

NCIS is tasked to protect the daughter of a Russian oligarch carrying a deadly secret. Meanwhile, Sam asks Tennant for a favor.

When a high-value bioweapons expert is murdered in a secure facility on Hawai'i, NCIS and the NCIS Elite team join forces to track down the killer and discover an even deadlier threat.