NCIS is in full swing prepping for Season 18, with manufacturing underway to get the present on the air ASAP. Because it stands now, November appears to be the focused date for having Gibbs (Mark Harmon) and the gang again on our screens — a versatile goal that is after all depending on components together with the continuing COVID-19 disaster. When NCIS returns, followers can be searching for decision on a variety of vital storylines, together with how precisely Sloane (Maria Bello) will say farewell from the show, and what’s up with the just lately reported time jump backward to last year.
However there’s one other huge occasion occurring followers can be thrilled to see too: the present’s 400th episode. It is not unusual for actuality, selection, or new reveals to hit such a excessive episode rely — Dancing with the Stars and Saturday Evening Dwell for instance, have aired over 400 and nearly 900 episodes respectively — however for a scripted, live-action program, few reveals of the fashionable period attain such a complicated milestone. (Regulation & Order is one; it aired 456 episodes in its 20-year, 20 season run.) NCIS, which started in 2003, could be on its technique to matching that file if it pushes on just a few extra years, however for now, it is nonetheless bought a giant, respectable birthday arising.
NCIS after all ended Season 17 prematurely in April, two episodes shy of its quadricentennial with “The Arizona,” the moving episode starring Christopher Lloyd as World Struggle II veteran Joe Smith. When NCIS returns, it will not proceed that storyline explicitly, however will proceed to discover the ramifications of it– particularly how Gibbs has change into extra introspective and emotional. How will all that ladder as much as NCIS‘ huge anniversary episode? Here is what we all know to date.
It’s going to be a flashback. ”It is about how Gibbs and Ducky met,” showrunner Frank Cardea informed TV Information in April. “It is a case that brings them again. There are great moments and we see how Ducky and Gibbs met below unusual circumstances.”
Mark Harmon, David McCallum, NCIS
It could give perception right into a thriller. The recent news that NCIS’ opening episodes will dig into what occurred when Gibbs went off the grid within the Season 17 Episode eight episode “Musical Chairs” seemingly means we’ll uncover extra about Gibbs previous.
There could also be some new faces or characters to emerge. Jason Kennedy, casting director on the present, posted a pic in August of a chunk of paper with “NCIS #400” written on it — a transparent indication the collection is choosing new peeps to populate the episode. After all, these may very well be minor characters as a lot as they may very well be integral storyline people, so we’ll have to attend to see precisely what meaning.
Off we go!@ncis_cbshttps://t.co/YnXoXqCTF3 pic.twitter.com/RdqH42A2Gg
— Jason Kennedy Casting (@kennedycasting) August 28, 2020
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NCIS aired its final episode of Season 17 earlier than a hiatus on April 14. Previous episodes are streaming on CBS All Entry.