[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for NCIS Season 22 Episode 9 “Humbug.”]
Effectively, it appears like Torres (Wilmer Valderrama) discovered his love life on NCIS! The autumn finale ended with the reveal that he’s in a relationship with somebody.
Additionally within the present’s final episode of 2024, the workforce labored with Deputy Director LaRoche (Seamus Dever), and McGee (Sean Murray) continued to get bizarre vibes about him. And it looks as if he’s proper to marvel in regards to the man. We will’t assist however assume what he meant on the press convention he gave about “daring, decisive management [defining] the following chapter” of the company.
Under, government producer Steven D. Binder solutions our burning questions on that and extra.
What are you able to say about Torres’ relationship and the id of this particular person?
Steven D. Binder: I can let you know that we’ve seen this particular person earlier than. This will probably be a personality who has been on the present earlier than and will probably be again once more and it’s going to trigger some points with a few of his workforce members—one specifically, could or might not be associated.
It’s Knight’s (Katrina Regulation) sister, proper?
I can neither verify nor deny this rumor.
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However that’s why he’s preserving it secret proper now?
Sure.
LaRoche talks about how daring, decisive management will outline the following chapter of NCIS. Is that about to place him in direct battle with Vance (Rocky Carroll)?
He will probably be in direct battle with—you most likely already picked up on [the fact that] McGee has a problem with the man. It’s going to be McGee that takes the lead on wanting into this man or questioning this man or questioning about this man. Is that this linked to the truth that this man took the place McGee needed? Perhaps, however McGee’s an excellent agent, so if he smells smoke, there simply is perhaps hearth.
You’ve actually been sluggish taking part in that from the start of the season and now it appears the others are selecting up on issues, too. Is McGee going to have assist now in his investigation?
Yeah, this isn’t some secret underground concern that McGee has. It’ll be out within the open. We’re going to have an episode [that]’s one thing like Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner with McGee and LaRoche and among the household. In order that’ll be a enjoyable episode to get them collectively. It’s one factor to seek out a man or be suspicious of a man or monitor a man who’s within the subsequent workplace or works throughout the way in which someplace in DC, however once they’re in your powder room, it turns into a bit of extra entertaining.
How fastidiously do McGee and the others need to tread? As a result of it looks as if LaRoche is aware of methods to play the political recreation nicely.
[So far] there’s simply suspicion. You may regulate any person with out essentially … Season 22, something’s recreation.
How involved ought to they be for his or her jobs?
Effectively, the present’s known as NCIS, so that they shouldn’t be all terribly involved for his or her jobs, however we play life and dying rather a lot on this present, so I might assume larger.
Will something developing arrange the Tony & Ziva spinoff in any method? And is there any likelihood of seeing Michael Weatherly or Cote de Pablo on NCIS earlier than then or after it premieres?
I’ve to provide you a no touch upon each of these issues.
Are there any returning characters developing?
Delilah [Margo Harshman] goes to return again. The episode’s known as “Killer Intuition,” that’s the Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner episode. So we’re going to have McGee and Delilah meet LaRoche and his spouse in an episode, and that’s an episode the place Torres goes to need to go undercover as a hitman to try to monitor down a hitman. There’s lots of enjoyable issues. There is perhaps a potential Kansas Metropolis connection. We’re fascinated with Rebecca De Mornay coming again. With a long-running present, we predict in longer phrases than we’d usually; if we had been questioning if we had been going to return again, all this stuff could be occurring within the subsequent 5 episodes, however we’re considering a bit of longer. So if not this season, the following.
There’s additionally Meredith Eaton returning as Carol Wilson. Kasie [Diona Reasonover] has a recreation night time group and it’s her and a bunch of her forensic scientist colleagues, and so they’re going to be focused by a killer who’s acquired his motives. That’s going to be a Kasie episode. That’ll be enjoyable. So we’ll meet a bunch of her mates who’re actually enjoyable to see collectively. Simply image three, 4 forensic scientists collectively and all hilarity ensues.
Ought to we be worrying about anybody dying or saying goodbye this season?
I hope not, however I’m normally not informed this stuff till February by the actor. They don’t need to have this dialog earlier than December, however I don’t assume so. Everybody’s fairly comfortable. You by no means know. Somebody’s been there for 20-plus years, you get drained. However to this point so good.
I simply need to say how a lot I really like the way you’re utilizing Ducky’s workplace.
Thanks. Yeah, it checked off so many containers, a very powerful of which is remembering Ducky, in order that’s nice to listen to that.
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