<p id=”par-1_29″><a href=”https://cheatsheet.com/tag/cbs”>CBS</a> is taking another trip Down Under. <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/ncis-sydney-season-2-premieres-january-2025.html/”><em>NCIS: Sydney </em>Season 2</a> premieres Jan. 31 with a new episode that sees the team tackling a case involving a rogue assassin. </p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-ncis-sydney-season-2-premieres-jan-31″>‘NCIS: Sydney’ Season 2 premieres Jan. 31</h2>
<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full” id=”emb-1″><img decoding=”async” src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/NCISSydneySeason2.webp?strip=all&quality=80″ alt=”Carter, with back to camera, talks to Jackson in the ‘NCIS: Sydney’ Season 2 premiere” class=”wp-image-3760508″><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Bert La Bonté as Special Agent Ken Carter and Sean Sagar as Special Agent DeShawn Jackson in ‘NCIS: Sydney’ Season 2 Episode 1 | Daniel Asher Smith/Paramount+ </figcaption></figure>
<p id=”par-2_38″>In “Heart Starter,” the team must try to “crack the case of a rogue assassin on the run during NCIS Special Agent DeShawn Jackson’s (Sean Sager) chaotic first day as boss,” according to CBS’ synopsis of the episode.</p>
<p id=”par-3_39″><a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/ncis-sydney-season-2-coming-cbs.html/”><em>NCIS: Sydney</em></a><em> </em>Season 2 airs Friday, Jan. 31 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. It will also stream live on Paramount+ with Showtime and on demand the next day for Paramount+ Essential subscribers. <em>NCIS: Sydney</em> Season 1 is streaming on Paramount+. </p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-see-mackey-and-jd-in-new-ncis-sydney-episode”>See Mackey and JD in new ‘NCIS: Sydney’ episode </h2>
<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full” id=”emb-2″><img decoding=”async” src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/NCIS_SYDNEY-S2-Premiere-Mackey-JD.webp?strip=all&quality=80″ alt=”Mackey and JD running with guns drawn in ‘NCIS: Sydney’ Season 2 premeire” class=”wp-image-3760507″><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Olivia Swann as NCIS Special Agent Captain Michelle Mackey and Todd Lasance as AFP Liaison Officer Sergeant Jim ‘JD’ Dempsey | Daniel Asher Smith/Paramount+ </figcaption></figure>
<p id=”par-4_40″><em>NCIS: Sydney </em>Season 1 ended on a cliffhanger, with the shocking revelation that Department of Defense office Rankin (Lewis Fitz-Gerald) might have been behind the kidnapping of JD’s (Todd Lasance) son. How that twist plays out remains to be seen. </p>
<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full” id=”emb-3″><img decoding=”async” src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/NCIS-Sydney-Season-2-premiere.webp?strip=all&quality=80″ alt=”JD (Todd Lasance) wearing a red cap and scarf in the ‘NCIS: Sydney’ Season 2 premiere” class=”wp-image-3760506″><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Todd Lasance as Jim ‘JD’ Dempsey | Daniel Asher Smith/Paramount+ </figcaption></figure>
<p id=”par-5_69″>The season 2 premiere synopsis also hints at another twist we weren’t expecting. In season 1, Captain Michelle Mackey (Olivia Swann) headed the NCIS/AFP taskforce. But there’s apparently been a power shakeup, and now Jackson is at the helm. Swann hasn’t left the show – a photo from the premiere shows her and JD chasing down someone, guns drawn. So we’re very curious why she’s no longer in charge. </p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-ncis-and-ncis-origins-return-jan-27″>‘NCIS’ and ‘NCIS: Origins’ return Jan. 27</h2>
<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full” id=”emb-4″><img decoding=”async” src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/NCIS-Season-22-Episode-10.webp?strip=all&quality=80″ alt=”Three people sitting at a table in an interrogation room in ‘NCIS’ Season 22 Episode 10″ class=”wp-image-3760505″><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Melina Kanakaredes, Katrina Law as NCIS Special Agent Jessica Knight, and Gary Cole as NCIS Special Agent Alden Parker in ‘NCIS’ Season 22 | CBS ©2024 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Highest quality screengrab available.</figcaption></figure>
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<p id=”par-6_36″><em>NCIS </em>and <em>NCIS: Origins </em>will also return from their mid-season breaks in January. New episodes of both shows air on Monday, Jan. 27. <em>NCIS </em>premieres at 9 p.m. ET/PT, followed by <em>Origins </em>at 10 p.m. ET/PT.</p>
<p id=”par-7_53″>On <em>NCIS, </em>the owner of <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/ncis-gary-cole-on-what-it-takes-to-play-ncis-boss-alden-parker.html/”>Parker’s (Gary Cole)</a> favorite bakery is being blackmailed, so the NCIS team hatches a plan to save her from the perpetrators. Also, things get tense when Torres’ (Wilmer Valderrama) secret romance is discovered. “Baker’s Man”<em> </em>features guest star Melina Kanakaredes and was directed by cast member Rocky Carroll.<strong> </strong></p>
<p id=”par-8_28″>On <em>NCIS: Origins, </em>the team investigates the death of a famed Marine commander’s son, while a pivotal part of Franks’ (Kyle Schmid) past involving his family is revealed.</p>
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