The CIA loses contact with Sam in Sudan with a CIA task force; two CIA agents die, as does a third one; G goes to Khartoum and lends a hand; the gang in LA help, and they find and deal with a mole; G and Sam return to LA and take a friend.

Both Alex and Jada, from Sudan in a previous episode, have reappeared in Los Angeles; while two NCIS agents (on a protective detail) escort Jada to an office in preparation for her giving a deposition, a masked man in an SUV attacks the trio in their car and escapes without injuring anyone. Kensi and Deeks get a name from Jada, then check a warehouse and catch a bad guy; Alex and his family disappear; Sam offers to play water games; Nell finds Alex, then the foursome chat with him; his behavior perplexes everyone; Kensi and Deeks visit an international business firm, from which they acquire important data; Alex finds the gang, surprises them, and chats them up, then they all pitch in and change their plans. Alex calls the main middleman and proposes a deal, which blows up; Alex gets his family back, and the gang keep Jada but lose the middleman, although another agency catches him later.

The NCIS Los Angeles team investigates a 20-year old Peruvian massacre after a well-known fashion model, believed to be one of the survivors, is now a potential target. Also, Kensi goes undercover as the model's assistant and Deeks as her chauffeur.

After extensive surveillance footage of Sam's family is found in Africa, Sam and Callen fly there to determine who is responsible and for what purpose. Also, Sam's family is moved from their home to a safe house. Ella Thomas guest stars.

The team works with the Global Criminal Tribunal when a Syrian seeking justice is brutally attacked while delivering evidence that would prove chemical weapons were used on civilians.