In a season that has devoted so much time to character development and extrapolation of the special agents' lives and histories, last night's NCIS: Los Angeles was fairly straightforward.

In "The Dragon and the Fairy," the special ops team tackled a case involving a terrorist plot against the Vietnamese Consulate. Follow the link for our review of this excellent installment.

Looking ahead to next week's new episode, when the body of a Navy Intel Officer is found, evidence points to a team of Navy SEALs who are about to depart on a hostage rescue mission.

That leaves our own former Navy SEAL, LL Cool J's Sam Hanna, to interrogate the group and possibly compromise the mission. Watch CBS' promo below for a quick look at "Vengeance":

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