Emily Wickersham is now not part of the NCIS solid.
Throughout NCIS Season 18 Episode 16 — the season finale — followers had been gobsmacked to be taught that Ellie Bishop stored many secrets and techniques from her teammates.
Her remaining arc discovered her heading off on a top-secret mission, with followers left within the lurch about whether or not she can be again for NCIS Season 19.
Now, the actress has taken to Instagram to verify she is out of the CBS crime solver after eight years.
“Hangin this hat and jacket up. What an ideal trip it has been, [sic]” she wrote alongside a sequence of pictures of her and her fellow solid members.
“This solid, this crew, are high notch. I can not say sufficient form phrases about this group that I’ve had the pleasure of working with for near eight years now and 172 episodes later.”
“This enterprise is finicky and bizarre and consistency is a rarity. I have been fortunate sufficient to be part of a present the place I acquired to indicate up and act and giggle and be taught with fantastic individuals,” the actress added.
“A second in time I absolutely will not overlook. Thanks CBS and NCIS for together with me in part of tv historical past. Time goes quick. Eat it up however chew slowly.”
Whereas no particulars have been revealed about why Wickersham is exiting the fan-favorite function, it’s good to know the character stays very a lot alive.
NCIS sometimes checks again in with characters who exit the group, so there’s an excellent likelihood we’ll at the least be taught extra in regards to the character down the road.
Wickersham first arrived on the scene in 2013.
Initially set to look in three episodes, the actress was elevated to sequence common pretty rapidly after a constructive response from followers.
It’s probably Katrina Legislation’s new character Jessica Knight will fill the void left by Ellie, with preliminary studies when Legislation joined the solid that she might grow to be a sequence common.
At the moment, NCIS had not been renewed for Season 19, with many questioning whether or not the sequence can be let go by CBS amid rumors that Mark Harmon wished out.
The sequence landed an official order for Season 19 earlier this yr, and there can be an enormous change within the fall.
NCIS is abandoning the Tuesday slot it has referred to as house for 18 years, shifting to Mondays at 9/8c because the lead-in to the Vanessa Lachey-led NCIS: Hawai’i.
May this sign the tip of the mothership sequence?
Solely time will inform, however CBS leisure boss Kelly Kahl just lately admitted that he had no thought what number of episodes of the upcoming season Harmon would seem in.
The season finale seemingly set the stage for a lowered function for Leroy Jethro Gibbs. The character survived an try on his life, so would possibly he be in hiding when the brand new season will get underway?
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