The Saddest Death In NCIS: Los Angeles
By Isabella Wilson
During the Season 9 finale, Callen and Sam are able to locate Hidoko's last known whereabouts. Unfortunately, the site contains only burnt remains mixed with bone fragments. DNA analysis confirmed the worst, revealing that the human remains belonged to Hidoko, which means she was somehow horrifically killed by a drug cartel leader. Any hope of a surprise survival is wholly smashed during the Season 10 premiere, as the episode opens with her funeral. This marks her sudden end as a contender for one of the most tragic deaths on "NCIS: Los Angeles," as it occurs just when it feels she's going to be a fixture of the team.
Hidoko only appears in 22 episodes of Season 9, and throughout that run, she proves herself an important member of the team by helping them solve some of their most challenging cases yet. By the time she leaves for the off-the-books mission to find Mosley's son, she looks like she truly belongs with her colleagues in NCIS: LA and will be with them for quite some time. Sure, her communication with the team suddenly going dark was a bad sign, but Hidoko could more than hold her own. She wouldn't die on this mission, right?
That assumption was wrong in the worst way, but the tragedy doesn't end there.
