NCIS: Hawaiʻi season 3

The third and final season of the American police procedural television series premiered on CBS on February 12, 2024 during the 2023–24 television season, and concluded on May 6. Due to the 2023 Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA strikes, a total of only 10 episodes were produced for the season so it is the shortest season of NCIS: Hawaiʻi. On April 26, 2024, CBS cancelled the series after three seasons. The network explained that the decision was due to financial costs, the show ratings, and the network's TV show lineup for the 2024–25 television season schedule.

The third season of NCIS: Hawaiʻi ranked #16 with an average of 7.78 million viewers.

Cast and characters

Main

Vanessa Lachey as Jane Tennant: The first female Special Agent-in-Charge of the NCIS: Hawaiʻi Field Office.
Alex Tarrant as Kai Holman: A new NCIS agent on the team who recently returned home to care for his father.
Noah Mills as Jesse Boone: Tennant's confidant and Second-in-Command, Boone is a former homicide detective in Washington, D.C., who knows the islands' hiking trails well.
Yasmine Al-Bustami as Lucy Tara: The junior field agent of NCIS: Hawaiʻi, and Whistler's love-interest turned girlfriend.
Jason Antoon as Ernie Malik: NCIS: Hawaiʻi's cyber intelligence specialist
Tori Anderson as Kathrine Marie "Kate" Whistler: a Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) Officer, later Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent and NCIS-FBI liaison. Tara's love interest-turned-girlfriend.

Special Guest Star

LL Cool J as Sam Hanna, NCIS Senior Field Agent, Second in Command of the Office of Special Projects in Los Angeles.

Guest

Kian Talan as Alex Tennant: Jane's eldest child.
Henry Ian Cusick as John Swift, NCIS Supervisory Special Agent in Charge, member of the OSP.

Episodes

Production

Development

On February 21, 2023, CBS renewed the series for a third season.

The production of the season was delayed due to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes in the United States.

Casting

On May 22, 2023, following the series finale of NCIS: Los Angeles, it was announced that LL Cool J would reprise the role of Sam Hanna as a recurring guest star in the third season.

Filming

Filming for the third season began on December 4, 2023.

On January 5, 2024 it was announced that NCIS: Los Angeles star Daniela Ruah would be directing an episode this season, later revealed be episode 7 "The Next Thousand”.