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Post by verdun on Jun 22, 2021 23:34:56 GMT
so, I guess with the day change and cast “makeover”, we can assume Joe Spano’s Tobias Fornell is all but gone now...
in view of the fact that he was basically tied in with LJG, now that Gibbs isn’t going to be around much there won’t be a reason for him to be either...
just a thought...
nas That would be a great shame.
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Post by jessielee on Jun 22, 2021 23:58:41 GMT
so, I guess with the day change and cast “makeover”, we can assume Joe Spano’s Tobias Fornell is all but gone now...
in view of the fact that he was basically tied in with LJG, now that Gibbs isn’t going to be around much there won’t be a reason for him to be either...
just a thought...
nas Not necessarily. Cole aka Agent Alden Park may be the new FBI liason. Fornell was a private eye last we seen him. It would be dumb to get rid of him. On the other hand, it wouldn't be the first dumb move they made....
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Post by luckysmom on Jun 23, 2021 0:59:54 GMT
I like Joe Spano but I really hate how they wrote the character. I would like to see him in some capacity
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Post by jessielee on Aug 7, 2021 14:16:43 GMT
The Biggest NCIS Exits, Ranked: Which Sendoffs Shook Up the Show Most?
When NCIS returns for its 19th season this fall, it will be navigating one of its biggest cast transitions to date. But how do the latest exits from the CBS drama stack up against the biggest ones of years gone by?
Over the course of three consecutive (!) mid-Season 18 episodes, we learned that Jimmy Palmer’s wife, Breena, had died of COVID during an off-camera time jump… operational psychologist “Jack” Sloane (played for three seasons by Maria Bello) relocated to Afghanistan to do good work… and Tobias Fornell’s long-suffering daughter, Emily, died of a drug overdose.
To cap off the eventful season, Special Agent Eleanor Bishop — played by eight-season cast member Emily Wickersham — bid colleague (and more?) Nick Torres a sudden and saddish adieu, as it was revealed that she had orchestrated the sullying of her own reputation as a former NSA analyst in order to go deep undercover for… um, something.
Now looking ahead to Season 19, which will mark the procedural’s fist time slot change in, well, ever (moving to Mondays at 9/8c), we have reported that Mark Harmon, who nearly exited the series wholesale, will have a very limited presence as former team leader Leroy Jethro Gibbs, while Katrina Law is now a series regular as Special Agent Jessica Knight and Gary Cole (The Good Fight) is coming on board as FBI Special Agent Alden Park.
On the occasion of this transitional season ahead, TVLine took stock of some of the show’s biggest exits from the past 18 years, ranking them by how greatly they impacted the plot/other characters. Check out our list and by all means weigh in with your own thoughts!
13. BREENA PALMER, played by Michelle Pierce
Granted, Jimmy Palmer’s wife passed away Linda Reagan-like, off-screen and during a time jump — a victim of COVID-19, as was slowwwwly revealed during a mid-Season 18 episode. But Jimmy’s reaction within that episode broke our hearts, especially as he noted to Gibbs how “the hospital wouldn’t let me see her” due to COVID precautions. As with Director Vance and his own better half, Jimmy’s loss will surely sting for a bit, though we as viewers had only gotten to know Breena over a half-dozen scattered episodes.
12. PAULA CASSIDY, played by Jessica Steen
A onetime GITMO interrogator and Agent Afloat, NCIS Special Agent Cassidy died tragically toward the end of Season 4, by tackling a suicide bomber through a door and thus saving the lives of nearby agents. Though possibly a character forgotten by all but the most committed of longtime fans, Paula’s death nudged former flame Tony to tell Jeanne Benoit that he loved her, setting in motion one of the series’ messier romantic arcs.
11.JACKSON GIBBS, played by Ralph Waite
Waltons family patriarch Ralph Waite had made only a handful of appearances over five seasons as Gibbs’ one-estranged father, but as with most of the series’ parent/adult child relationships, every moment we spent with them together was to be treasured. The reveal that Jackson had died of a stroke, in the Season 11 finale, came as no great surprise, seeing as Waithe had passed away in real life months prior, but series lead Mark Harmon finely conveyed the always guarded Gibbs’ sense of loss, in what proved to be a lovely tribute episode.
10.EMILY FORNELL, played by Juliette Angelo
One episode after Jack Sloane decided to leave the team and make camp in Afghanistan, NCIS delivered a somewhat unexpected and incredibly sad resolution to the Emily Fornell/opioid addiction arc that had started with the Season 16 finale.
Earlier in Season 18, a series of episodes “jumped back in time” to November of 2019, to reveal to us Gibbs and Fornell’s hunt for the leader of the drug ring that had supplied opioids to Emily. Their bid to cut off the head of the snake, however, would not prevent Emily from relapsing off-screen, setting the stage for Tobias’ silent, anguished discovery that his little girl had died from an overdose. We haven’t yet seen in full the extent of Tobias’ grief (since the back half of Season 18 focused on Gibbs being disciplined for his assault of a POI), but we reckon there is more to come.
9.'JACK' SLOANE, played by Maria Bello
Bello’s exit was not at all unexpected — it had been announced seven months prior — so it was all a matter of how the team’s operational psychologist would break away from the pack. In an episode that aired midway through Season 18, Jack hinted at a move to Costa Rica, yet when all was said and done, she instead semi-impetuously decided to stay behind in Afghanistan after a mission, to follow in the shoes of a local chaperone who had taken care of her years ago when she was held hostage by “The Monster.” Sloane’s role with the team had not been a pre-existing one, and there will be no rush to fill it, but the goodbye kiss that she elicited from Gibbs at the very least showed us that Boss still knows a great catch when he sees one (and even when she isn’t a redhead).
8.ELI DAVID and JACKIE VANCE, played by Michael Nouri and Paula Newsome
Though Ziva’s father and Director Vance’s wife had only 11 appearances between the two of them over some four seasons, their deaths as the result of a drive-by shooting that riddled the Vance home with bullets, in Season 10’s “Shabbat Shalom,” stands as one of NCIS‘ most emotional hours. The series would repeatedly revisit Leon Vance’s grief, as a widowed father, while Cote de Pablo’s work in the scene where Ziva learns of her abba‘s fate (at the 1:50 mark of the video above) will never not bring us chills:
7.ABBY SCIUTO and CLAYTON REEVES, played by Pauley Perrette and Duane Henry
Pauley Perrette’s exit after 15 years came as little surprise, given that it had been announced seven months prior. We just didn’t know that the streetside murder of MI6 agent/NCIS liaison Clayton Reeves, who like Abby was shot during a not-so-random mugging, would precipitate Abby’s sendoff. Because Reeves died a hero in the course of protecting his colleague, Abby committed herself to following in his footsteps by shepherding a charity for homeless women. She then accompanied Reeves’ body back to his London home before embarking on this new chapter in her life.
Henry’s own, abrupt exit after, two seasons, made up for any shock value that Perrette’s own departure lacked. And though Abby unarguably had made her “Gibbs, Gibbs, Gibbs!” mark over 15 seasons, successor Kasie Hines (played by Diona Reasonover) has quite ably filled the forensics lab with the circuitous fast-talking we have come to expect.
6. ELLIE BISHOP, played by Emily Wickersham
We would have expected to be a lot more moved than we actually were when Special Agent Ellie Bishop opted to “peace out” on Nick and the rest of the team in the Season 18 finale, after surreptitiously framing herself as a onetime NSA leak — especially since Wickersham’s split with the show had not been announced! And yet, while, yes, Torres has been left with a romantic wound to lick, Bishop’s exit was (and probably will continue to be) somewhat overshadowed by Gibbs’ simultaneous “death.” Plus, whereas Ziva David was not immediately replaced on the team upon her own departure, Special Agent Jessica Knight (played by new series regular Katrina Law) is already in place to pick up the badass female slack.
5.MIKE FRANKS, played by Muse Watson
It may surprise some of NCIS‘ less-seasoned fans that, yes, Mike Franks at one point was actually alive, and not a ghost or hallucination. But the fact that the character popped up now and again in the years since his tragic Season 8 death — fatally stabbed while thwarting the Port-to-Port Killer whose next target was Gibbs — is testament to the important role he had played in Jethro’s life, as the mentor who taught the NCIS team leader everything he knows.
4. CAITLIN TODD, played by Sasha Alexander
The former Secret Service agent was DiNozzo’s OG partner in zingy office banter, thought she arguably called out his frat boy antics more than her oneday successor, Ziva David ,ever would. Even so, the dynamic between Tony and “Kate” was one of the series’ early hallmarks, and that made the exact circumstances of her death in the Season 2 finale — felled out of nowhere by a sniper’s bullet fired by Ari “Ziva’s half-brother” Haswari, just as she was responding to a rare compliment of Tony’s — all the more devastating.
3. ZIVA DAVID, played by Cote de Pablo
The former Mossad officer had big shoes to fill upon her Season 3 arrival, succeeding as she did NCIS Special Agent Caitlin Todd (who had died at the hands of no less than Ziva’s half-brother, Ari). Yet de Pablo instantly made her mark, establishing a razor-sharp banter with Michael Weatherly’s DiNozzo and crafting Ziva into a truly enigmatic TV character. When news broke over the summer ahead of Season 11, that de Pablo and the CBS drama were unable to agree to terms for a new contact, the fan reaction was fierce — 1,200 comments on the first news story alone! And while Ziva’s eventual, double-episode exit story was compelling, touching, and in the very end more than a bit romantic, she was a hard act to follow in her own right — so much so that de Pablo’s cameos in recent years were greatly welcome.
2. JENNY SHEPARD, played by Lauren Holly
Jenny arrived on the scene in Season 3 with one of the series’ richest backstories, as, yes, an ex of Gibbs’, but also as a woman who had dedicated a decade of her life to solve her Army colonel father’s death by “suicide.” Reuniting with Gibbs at NCIS (as Director Thomas Morrow’s successor), Jenny surreptitiously sought to get the goods on her father’s suspected killer, René Benoit AKA “La Grenouille” or “The Frog.” But in the end, it was another part of Jenny’s past — a Russian crime lord’s lover whose assassination she couldn’t pull off — that came back to haunt her, leading to a Mojave Desert diner shootout in which the baddies were all killed, but alas, so was Director Shepard herself, devastating the team back home greatly.
1. TONY DINOZZO, played by Michael Weatherly
In Michael Weatherly‘s final NCIS episode, Special Agent Tony DiNozzo followed his heart, and then his head, setting the stage for the original cast member’s exit. Upon hearing about the bombing of the David family farmhouse in Israel, Tony made tracks for the airport but Abby and McGee intercepted him at his home, to relay the very bad news that Ziva indeed died in the attack. Tony’s furor that followed was soon enough interrupted by his introduction to Tali, a daughter whom Ziva gave birth to years ago.
At the end of that Season 13 finale, DiNozzo shared with Gibbs his decision to leave the team and take care of Tali, starting with a trip to Israel and followed by a visit to the Paris that “Ziva loves.” “I’m everything to that little girl now,” is how Tony put it, “and I’ve never been anybody’s everything before.”
While we now can find some comfort in the fact that 1) Ziva in fact was alive and 2) Tony eventually confirmed that (albeit off-screen, years after Weatherly’s exit), the fact is that Tony was a one-of-a-kind presence, both hero and sometime heel. A master of both bon mots and the occasional groaner. A cinephile who in some ways lived the life of a dashing, camera-ready crimefighter. McGee is a very fine “Very Special Agent” and Torres nicely fills the role of reformed rake, but DiNozzo stands as the character whose absence most resonates with us.
WHICH NCIS EXIT ROCKED YOU HARDEST? TELL US IN COMMENTS!
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Post by jessielee on Aug 7, 2021 14:37:03 GMT
I do not agree at all with this list.
DiNozzo on 1 - hell no. He should have left when Ziva left at the latest. Preferably earlier.
Ziva on 3 - nope, nope, nope! She should have been written out as liasion after the Somalia arc. Maybe with occasional guest stints after that. That would have been much more satisfying.
Jenny on 2 - again no. Much more later.
Abby on 7 with Reeves. - nope. The way she made her character (writers shouldn't have given her this much freedom), she was long overdue for leaving and would be much later on this list. And Reeves deserved a much better send-off than dying for Abby. Reeves I would probably take around 5 because that was a bit of surprise, but we didn't know him as well as others, so surprise yeah but not that soo surprised.
Kate will be on 1 on this list for me - as this was out of the blue, and her death so violently.
Bishop is in the top 3 as well, as this was also out of the blue, but at least she's alive for now. And given that EW is pregnant, it made sense to write her out. Because there is no way they could have filmed around that pregnancy with such a small team and another "love child" - no thanks!
Jackson was no surprise due to the actors death, but what a great tribute episode. Sloane was also no surprise as it was known long before that she would leave. Cassidy would be a bit higher on the list, mainly I found that a good end to her story. Franks as well, that was a typical Franks move which hit Gibbs hard, and allowed MH do more than his gruff, stoic demeanour.
I miss people on this list - like Diane. This was the one of the ex-wives we know the best.
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Post by nas on Aug 7, 2021 20:44:53 GMT
Diane didn’t even make the list - while Breena did!? go figure! 🤔
basically Breena’s 5 appearances were forgettable, imo... her character was, um, meh, for lack of a better word...
while Diane’s 6 appearances (seems like more!) were memorable - and, for me, irritating as hell! 😡 the character was a shrew and a total beeatch! her killing/death certainly should have been on the list...
as far as the list goes, jessielee, that’s one man’s (Matt Mitovich) opinion, and I’m sure most of the true-blue NCIS fans could do better than he did...
nas
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Post by jessielee on Aug 7, 2021 22:42:28 GMT
Diane didn’t even make the list - while Breena did!? go figure! 🤔
basically Breena’s 5 appearances were forgettable, imo... her character was, um, meh, for lack of a better word...
while Diane’s 6 appearances (seems like more!) were memorable - and, for me, irritating as hell! 😡 the character was a shrew and a total beeatch! her killing/death certainly should have been on the list... Diane's death should have been on the list because a) she appeared several times while Rebecca and Stephanie only had one episode. b) while Diane was a bitch, her episodes were usually memorable because it also included Fornell and therefore we have the triangle Gibbs-Diane-Fornell which was fun to watch and c) her death resembled Kate's death. Breena was absent the last few years maybe if we had an update on her and seen her, but for me she wouldn't even be on the list. Breena is only on the list due to her Covid death in my opinion, but her death would have been much more impactful if it was shown, alone for the fact that BD would have run with such material and truly shined. BD is the most underrated actor on this show, again my opinion. Jackie Vance wouldn't be on my list. And Eli David would barely make it. But Trent Kort would make the list, because he was killed by all of them "for Ziva" and Little Miss Mossad was still alive, but in hiding. Ari Haswari would also be on the list because that started the mess that was Ziva David on the show.
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Post by nas on Aug 7, 2021 23:24:45 GMT
I agree with you, jessielee...
and, OMG, how could Trent Kort not be on that list?! David Dayan Fisher appeared in 14 episodes from 2010 to 2016, and his killing was brutal! and, imo, it was a murder committed by Team Gibbs, who never had to answer for it...
even tho’ DDF himself called his departure/killing “epic!”, I disagreed; I thought it really, really sucked! 😡
so yeah, Trent Kort definitely belongs on the list!
nas
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Post by Hari Seldon on Aug 8, 2021 4:12:02 GMT
One more I would add to the list: Agent Michelle Lee. Even though it was a two part episode, having her suddenly turn out to be a traitor then get killed made for quite an exit.
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Post by pdsmith777 on Aug 8, 2021 4:47:43 GMT
I decided to do my own list.
NCIS CHARACTER EXITS
These will be ranked from a personal bias. Basically, who do I miss the most, who was I glad to see go bye-bye. Least liked to most missed.
GUEST – REOCCURING
Not listed – Director Morrow, Ari, Agent Lee
11. Diana – This seems like a no-brainer. While the actress is good, the character was annoying and agitating. Her one good quality was being the catalyst for introducing us to Gibb’s second wife, played by Jeri Ryan. And while she won’t be making anymore appearances, we can’t say the same about Diana. Although it was very clever the way they used her last appearance to bring Ziva back.
10. Breena Palmer – I would probably miss Breena more if she had been on the show more. But it seems Michelle Pierce has chosen to stop acting, at least in TV and movies. It was cheap, in my opinion, to kill her of with Covid, but that’s the way the producers think, so, there you have it.
9. Eli David – I Miss Director David. Although his death made sense, his character and subsequent sparing with Leon is sorely missed on the show. Had the character remained alive, surely the Ziva story arch would have been much different, possibly even palatable.
8. Clayton Reeves – Reeves was the creation of GG, and upon his death, the producers admitted they really didn’t know what to do with the character. During his two seasons, he had one good story, the AA story, and was underused the rest of the time. While his death was noble, saving his friend, it was wasted on an annoying character who should have died. (more on that later)
7. Emily Fornell – I miss Emily, and feel her last arch was trite and a misuse of talent. I hope Juliette Angelo has a long, entertaining career, and hopefully I will be able to see her in something in the future. Her ability to stand up and play next to Spano and Harmon and hold her own is admirable in a young actress. Something to look forward to in the future.
6. Alex Quinn - I’ve added Alex here since she was a regular for just one season. I know there are many who didn’t like her, but I loved the actress and the character. Having two women on the team made for a nice dynamic and her perkiness contrasted to Nick’s darkness his first season added an element not seen since, one that I liked. It’s too bad she left, and we’re now stuck with the comedic replacement of Dinozzo. I’m hoping with E. W.’s departure, we will have a darker Nick. Too bad they can’t bring Alex back to replace Bishop.
5. Jackie Vance - I am still angry with G. G. about this. There was one stable family; husband, wife, son, daughter portrayed on this show, and he killed it off, unnecessarily. There really wasn’t any logical reason to kill Jackie off, and her presence has been missed, though seldom used, and many of the story lines without her would be gone, she provided a good balance for Vance and influence with the children. And it would have been nice to see the interaction between her and Ben Vereen.
4. Paula Cassidy – This may come as a surprise to many, but while her death served a purpose in more than one way, her character could have been used much more and very effectively with a little imagination and willingness on Bellisarios’ part. I liked the actress, and the way she portrayed the character. I would have liked to have seen a great deal more of her.
3. Trent Kort – As far as bad guys go, he was one of the best. He was Q to Harmon’s Picard, and Weatherly’s Riker. A true Nemesis that constantly caused consternation for the cast. His death was made even more meaningless when Ziva returned and the attack was then credited to Sahar. This is one character that should still be in the show. His aggravating nature is missed.
2. Mike Franks – I know a lot of people didn’t like the character, but I loved him. I thought the chemistry between him, and Gibbs rivaled that of Gibb’s father. The mentor/mentee relationship was flawed and rife with problems, which made the relationship all the more, better. And the interaction between Watson and Harmon was unforgettable – at least for me.
1. Jackson Gibbs - I know Ralph Waite passed away and there was no way to replace him. But of all the reoccurring guest actors to leave, I miss him the most. He had wonderful chemistry with Mark, and they made a great father/son duo.
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7. Tony DiNozzo - I have a tie for least missed. I know Weatherly complained about his character at the end of his run, and GG even admitted in an interview I saw once, that he didn’t know what to do with DiNozzo, but the reality is, Weatherly created DiNozzo, with his clowning around, adlibs, and the insertion of Movie Trivia, DiNozzo was Weatherly. So he really didn’t have any reason to complain. And DiNozzo became annoying quickly. Especially since he was allowed to run ramped with McGee. While his relationship with Catlin was great, it was short lived and grossly undeveloped. However, his replacement hasn’t been much of an improvement to the show, so . . .
7. Abby Sciuto – Next on the “I don’t miss you” list is Abby. She, like DiNozzo was turned into a caricature of herself and became unbearingly annoying. And Pauly’s unprofessionalism during her last season was unforgiveable. The truth is, she should have been killed off and Clayton should have lived. In hind sight, she should have been killed off mid-season, this would have allowed us to get another Gibbs gone mad arch, like after the death of Agent Todd. And on a side note, her replacement isn’t any better.
5. Elli Bishop – Elli’s departure has not brought any sadness to me. At best, her time on the show has been overall, bland. At first she was quirky and interesting, but she morphed into a blah blond. Not nearly the quality of Catlin or Ziva.
4. Jackie Sloan – Maria brought some life, energy, and spark to the show. As Jack Sloan she was able to call Gibbs out and go toe-to-toe with him, which was refreshing. Though she wasn’t always written well, she had a life to her that will be missed.
2. Jenny Shepard - Again I have a tie. I loved Lauren Holly as Shepard. She grew from a waif half afraid of Gibbs, to a giant personality that ran her agency well. And while she allowed her personal feelings to cloud her judgement, that was part of the character that gave her the necessary flaw that drove her story lines. It’s too bad she had to leave, personally, I prefer her to Vance.
2. Ziva David – While a lot of people will disagree with this placement, Ziva added a character aspect we didn’t get with Catlin, and probably never would have. While her Mossed training sometimes was exaggerated, it did add needed action for the female lead she became. I’ve often thought that Season seven was one of the three best seasons of the series, and she had some great work that year. It’s too bad they had her character run off the rails when her father died and left the character more of a mess than a wounded daughter. Had they left her departure alone and not moved into a death several years later, I could be content with her decision to leave, but killing her, then reviving her is simply too much. I would have preferred she stay to begin with.
1. Catlin Todd - This is a no-brainer. Outside of David’s McCallum reduced role in the show, no other loss has had a more, grand effect on the production. Yes, it brought in a new character and one that definitely caused the audience to have opinions. But what would the third season have been like had Catlin lived? She and Tony stuck in a box car. She and Tony going undercover as husband and wife. Those episodes had been written and were ready to go, before Sasha decided to leave near the end of the second season. How would the character of Catlin developed over the years? How would her relationship with Gibbs have progressed? DiNozzo? Even with McGee? There was so much potential and all of it lost. Yes, I know Sasha wanted to start a family, but she could have been sent on an undercover assignment for a few months, or they could have worked a pregnancy into the story line. Of course, had she stayed, we wouldn’t have Ziva, nor Bishop. What might have been.
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Post by larue1872 on Aug 8, 2021 5:14:18 GMT
Interesting choices, Smith.
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Post by jessielee on Aug 8, 2021 10:20:46 GMT
I remember reading that Kate and Tony were supposed to end up as a couple, so they would have been Kensi and Deeks basically. Shane Brennan did on LA what was supposed to happen on the mothership. Not sure if I would have liked it. Kensi/Deeks annoy me greatly. Kate maybe/probably would have worked, but then comes the problem of Tony. Weatherly had too much freedom with adlibs and cornered DiNozzo, for that storyline to work, he had to stay on script. Interesting list, pdsmith777. While splitting it allows more people to be remembered/mentioned; I think if a reoccurring character leaves a big impact on a main character/the show, s/he should be listed with all the others. Gives their performance the credit it deserves.
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Post by llyan on Aug 30, 2021 20:41:44 GMT
NCIS Boss Talks Mark Harmon's Status, Teases Gibbs' Post-Explosion Fate By Matt Webb Mitovich / August 30 2021, 12:54 PM PDT The good news: Leroy Jethro Gibbs is indeed alive and well. But is he ready to rejoin his NCIS team?
When last we tuned into TV’s most watched drama, Gibbs (played by Mark Harmon) was tooling around in his newly finished boat when the vessel suddenly went boom, with him behind the wheel. In the wake of the fiery explosion, we saw Gibbs doing the Dead Man’s Float for a bit… before he suddenly and surreptitiously swam off, underwater.
“We shot a lot of different things for that [sequence], and there were a lot of different ways to cut it,” showrunner Steven D. Binder told TVLine during our in-depth Fall Preview Q&A. “And what we left with was something that we felt left all possibilities open. We know he’s not dead right there, and we know he’s able to swim well enough…. All things are still possible with Gibbs.”
Binder said that Season 19 — which premieres Sept. 20, and will occupy the long-running procedural’s first new time slot ever, Mondays at 9/8c — picks up not long after that explosive twist.
“Gibbs has been hunting down this serial killer,” Binder reminded, “and he’s doing it alone,” save for the help of investigate journalist Marcie Warren (played by Mork & Mindy alum/Harmon’s real-life wife, Pam Dawber). “He’s cut off from his team… but in the beginning episodes, that’s going to change.”
But will things change so much that Gibbs, who spent the latter stretch of Season 18 suspended from NCIS (after assaulting a dog-killing POI), finds his way back to his desk in the big orange room?
After all, TVLine reported in June that Harmon would appear in a relatively small number of episodes this season, ranging from “the low single digits” to “a few.” (The actor’s allegedly reduced presence came in the wake of a report that he was poised to exit NCIS altogether, until he learned that doing so might get the plug pulled on the show.)
Binder told TVLine that “a lot of things are reported on this show that aren’t necessarily true,” and that while filming/production continues to be “a bit more complicated” due to ongoing COVID safety protocols, “What we’re trying to focus on right now is telling the best stories we can with the characters we have — and Gibbs is a part of that world. And I think we’re doing a pretty good job with that.”
Want scoop on NCIS, or for any other show? Email InsideLine@tvline.com and your question may be answered via Matt’s Inside Line.
tvline.com/2021/08/30/ncis-mark-harmon-status-gibbs-alive-season-19/
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Post by Llyan (Admin) on Aug 30, 2021 22:27:17 GMT
Snark coming:
How original! Gibbs goes rogue.
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Post by llyan on Sept 15, 2021 18:32:37 GMT
NCIS Fall TV Preview 2021 Spoilers
Given that Gibbs and his newly finished boat went boom! in the closing seconds of the May finale, showrunner Steven D. Binder says, “There’s some cleanup work we have to do” when the Season 19 premiere christens the long-running drama’s first new time slot — Mondays at 9/8c — in, well, ever. Though Gibbs was seen swimming away from said fiery blast, “any number of levels of injury are possible for him,” Binder warns. Plus, “he’s been cut off from his team, that portion of his world.” Eventually, Gibbs will reunite with McGee & Co., though “not necessarily in a form you might have expected,” Binder shares. “We’re going to bring the band back together to some degree, so they can do what we liked watching for 20 years, which is these people solving crimes together.” As for Ellie Bishop’s sudden, season-ending exit, very special colleague Nick Torres’ reaction will reveal some of his character’s “soft interior,” while also offering “more hints about the extent” of the agents’ apparent, off-screen relationship.
BONUS SPOILER!: The notion of Gibbs’ suspension ending and him possibly rejoining the team will beg the question: “How does McGee feel about that? Does he like being the tip of the spear?” Binder poses. “He’ll have a moment where we get to see his thinking on that.”
RETURN DATE: Monday, Sept. 20 at 9/8c (CBS)
tvline.com/lists/fall-season-premieres-2021-tv-spoilers-preview/ncis-season-19/
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