NCIS season 19 could be lighter on Mark Harmon’s Gibbs — major actor in talks

NCIS flavor 19 could exist lighter on Mark Harmon's Gibbs — major actor in talks

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Equally we've speculated before, NCIS flavor nineteen has the potential for a little less of Mark Harmon'southward Leroy Jethro Gibbs than past seasons. Uncertainty ran rampant as to whether or not the star would render, and when information technology was announced he was coming dorsum it came with no guarantees of how much time on-screen he'd agreed to.

Fresh out of Diverseness, we've got word of NCIS looking to bring in some other heavy-hitter who could very well serve a functional part that fills some of the time Harmon spent on photographic camera. That role player is none other than Gary Cole, which the outlet reports is "in talks for a major part" in the upcoming flavor, according to its ain sources.

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While Cole is best known to some for his comedic work as Lumbergh, the doofy boss from Part Space, he has had a strong run in dramatic shows as of late, with The Expert Married woman and The Expert Fight. Most recently, he's been in the sitcom Mixed-ish.

Those same sources annotation that NCIS may be hiring more new faces to the principal bandage of the bear witness, then it definitely looks like they're looking to build a roster of new characters to take upwardly on-screen fourth dimension.

Why would Harmon be spending less time on-screen? Well, that may have been a stipulation or clause in his contract when he re-signed with the series. The thespian was rumored to be because stepping down from the role, which reports say led CBS to say the show would not proceed without him.

And then the NCIS season 18 finale gave the evidence a big out for a life with less Gibbs. While tracking a serial killer on his 'Rule 91' gunkhole (his vessel named after saying 'adieu'), that vessel did indeed say farewell — equally it was blown to bits.

Gibbs' torso then surfaced, floating, before he actually swam abroad without attracting anyone'due south attention. The 2-pace nature of this sequence, both Gibbs floating and and then going away in secrecy, makes it expect like the show had footage in the can in case Gibbs died (if the negotiations didn't go well).

But if Gibbs is trying to brand it seem as if he died, to throw the series killer off his tracks, spending at least some of flavor 19 in hiding makes sense. And if he's in hiding, that gives the show an easy way to explain why he'southward non in every episode.

NCIS is irresolute more than just its cast next season. The show is leaving its long-held viii p.m. Tuesday time slot for 9 p.m. on Mondays.

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