Warning: SPOILERS for the NCIS episode “Near House” are forward!
Victoria Palmer, the daughter of Brian Dietzen’s Jimmy Palmer and the late Breena Palmer, was born throughout NCIS Season 11, but it surely wasn’t till the Season 19 episode “The Helpers” that actress Elle Graper first performed the character. Three years later, she reprised the function tonight for “Near House.” Forward of its premiere on the 2025 TV schedule, I used to be in a position to chat with each Dietzen and Graper on behalf of CinemaBlend about what they loved most about taking pictures this Season 22 episode and what they’d wish to see Jimmy and Victoria do collectively the following time round.
Brian Dietzen And Elle Graper’s Experiences On “Shut To House”
“Near House” wasn’t practically as excessive stakes as Victoria seeing Jimmy and Kasie practically die from publicity to a biotoxin again in Season 19, but it surely was nonetheless fairly eventful. It kicked off with the now 14-year-old Victoria passing alongside $35,000 she discovered to Nick Torres, which paved the best way for a case involving $5 million that was stolen 15 years earlier by a financial institution robber who was by no means caught. Extra importantly although, the episode supplied one other uncommon occasion of with the ability to immediately discover Jimmy Palmer being a father, which Brian Dietzen significantly appreciated, telling me:
I simply love that we acquired to discover this the the connection that Jimmy continues to have together with his daughter, and I really like the ending of this episode, man. I simply assume it is so on level and it is candy with out being saccharine. I actually, I actually loved it. I additionally actually cherished working with my expensive buddy Erinn Hayes, who performs Wendy Hill. I’ve recognized her since I used to be about 18 years previous, and it was nice to have her come play on our set, and we have seen her in so many different issues. I used to be very excited that she mentioned, sure, I am going to come, I am going to come do that half. I assumed it was a blast.
The group’s investigation into the mysterious cash and the loss of life of Carson Marcone, an HVAC repairman who was a fan of the financial institution robber often called the Saratoga Specter. This in flip led to them discovering that Carson’s assassin lived in Jimmy and Victoria’s neighborhood, Briarwood. So that they arrange a get-together for Jimmy to host so he might discreetly acquire DNA samples from six suspected neighbors by the sangria he made. That’s how he met Erinn Hayes’ character, Wendy Hill, who simply moved into Briarwood.
As for Elle Baker, her spotlight from “Near House” (which might additionally now be streamed with a Paramount+ subscription) was sharing display screen time with Katrina Legislation, who performs Jessica Knight on NCIS. Because the younger actress put it:
Effectively, my favourite half was in all probability attending to do the actually intense scene with Jess [Knight] this time. Final time I used to be there, I really feel prefer it was actually wonderful, however I did not actually get the chance to do scenes together with her particularly. It was a very nice expertise as a result of she’s such an exquisite actor.
Wendy was additionally dominated out as a suspect, though it sadly led to the interruption of her romantic dalliance with Jimmy when Jessica, a.ok.a. the ex-girlfriend, and the remainder of the sector group barged in on them. It turned out that Wendy’s late father was the Saratoga Strangler, and he hid the cash within the residence he’d bought for her underneath his identify that she’d solely simply moved into. Carson discovered the cash and begin stealing it piece by piece, however Rhonda, the lady answerable for safety at Briarwood, discovered about this and killed him, although she was unable to find the cash’s location beforehand.
What Brian Dietzen And Elle Baker Need For Jimmy And Victoria Subsequent
Jimmy and Victoria went by a little bit of a tough patch in “Near House,” as Victoria discovered the cash whereas out together with her buddies when she was alleged to be on the library getting ready for the science truthful, from which she’d really dropped out. However by the top of the episode, the daddy and daughter had been on the very best of phrases, thanks in no small half to Victoria serving to set a entice to apprehend Rhonda. So with this journey out of the best way, what might Jimmy and Victoria do subsequent on NCIS? Brian Dietzen joked to me about how the 2 of them ought to go on trip, particularly a “spa day” for “a little bit pores and skin therapy,” then mentioned:
I believe what’s nice about this episode is that we get to see some peeks into Jimmy’s residence life, and naturally we get to test in on Victoria, which is one thing that I believe everyone needs to see. I’d like that to proceed, we get to test in and see… how’s Victoria doing? How are McGee’s twins doing? I believe it is one thing that individuals watch the present for. They’re invested in these folks’s lives. So I do not assume it essentially must be event-driven a lot as simply seeing how how Victoria lives in Jimmy’s life. And she or he’s on the age the place perhaps she may begin coming by NCIS on her personal sooner or later.
Dietzen could have been joking concerning the trip, however Elle Graper shared instantly afterwards that she’s sport for this to occur. On the very least, she needs to see Jimmy and Victoria along with there being little to no hazard. In her phrases:
[I] 100% love the holiday. These episodes have [had] some very harsh issues which have actually brought about loads of torment to each of our characters, and I believe it will be very nice to have a little bit break and be capable of see how they’re like after they’re not underneath some life or loss of life state of affairs.
It’s onerous to say after we’ll see Elle Graper reprise Victoria once more, however every time it occurs, I hope that she and Brian Dietzen’s needs are granted. Household is a crucial a part of the NCIS framework, and typically it’s good to test in on the folks in our important characters’ private lives with none looming threats (and I agree with him about eager to see McGee’s twins). Till then, new episodes of NCIS air Mondays at 9 pm ET on CBS, and it was introduced final month that the collection has been renewed for a twenty third season.