NCIS Season 22 team members will react to Knight’s departure in different ways, teased producer Steven D. Binder. Set to return to CBS next month, the long-running procedural ended its previous season with a surprise twist for Jessica Knight (Katrina Law). After a devastating fight with her boyfriend Jimmy Palmer (Brian Dietzen) and a near-death experience rescuing team leader Alden Parker (Gary Cole), Knight takes on a new position at NCIS, which means leaving the team she was on. . A few seasons now. NCIS The season will pick up 22 months later.
talking to TV InsiderBinder confirmed that when the new season begins, Knight will officially leave the team, and His former colleagues are grappling with his departure In many ways some like Timothy McGee (Sean Murray) seem to have taken some positive steps, while others, like Nick Torres (Wilmer Valderrama), are taking it more harshly. Binder says:
Poor Torres. Every time he gets family members, they leave. So he’s like,
“I’m going to Torres alone again.”
He goes undercover with some bad guys and it doesn’t work out well. He gets into a lot of trouble. He’s secretly lonely on this road, not really having a relationship. Where does that road lead? We pair him with a grizzled, hard-boiled private detective who’s at the end of that road and is about to leave humanity behind and retire to some beach and drink himself to death. Is this Torres’ future or is he able to bring this guy back from the brink?Night [leaving] Triggered by a chain reaction of events. McG [Sean Murray] Apply for a deputy director position in Colorado to advance in the world. Many fans wonder why he didn’t. This is an open position and will be filled eventually [premiere] episode
Casey is getting a little smarter
Papa Bird Parker has an empty nest in his squad room since Knight left. He wants his team back but quickly gets involved in something that gets Knight in trouble. This case will bring our team back on a level, not necessarily “yeah, we’re all back here at NCIS,” but
will cross the road.
The group will break up, but the knight will not fare well
Follow up last NCIS In season 21, it wasn’t clear if Knight was leaving for good. Although he accepted Director Vance’s (Rocky Carroll) offer to lead the REACT team’s training program, Law and the creative team were silent on whether his departure would be permanent. While there is a very good chance that Knight Parker will return to the team and reunite with them in the premiere, it is clear that, when season 22 begins, He’s been gone for a whileThus giving his teammates the impression that he won’t be coming back.
As a result, Binder’s comments indicate that everyone is in a unique place when the show returns. Most interestingly, the producer mentions McGee applying for a different job further afield. This has the potential to really shake up the team dynamic, since McGee has been one NCIS The main premise from the first season. Beyond that, There will be emotional tensionTorres and Cassie (Diana Reasonover) are taking Knight’s departure pretty hard. It doesn’t even touch Palmer, who will no doubt miss his ex-girlfriend quite a bit.
Our new NCIS Season 22 story details
It sets up an interesting start to the season
in the past, NCIS Several seasons began with the team in radically different form from where they had previously left off, most notably at the start of season 6, when Gibbs’ (Mark Harmon) team was forcibly separated by Vance. As for season 22, most of the characters will still be intact, but the binder hints at how the premiere will be “Bring our team back up to a level” suggests that The once close-knit group will no longer be so tight-knit.
With Knight’s departure sending waves through the group, it looks like some of the characters will have emotional encounters with each other as they all try to find their place in a new reality.
This can be a very interesting dynamic to play. each iteration NCIS‘ The main team is always similar to family, but it doesn’t always give the opportunity to examine the bonds between each character. With Knight’s departure sending waves through the group, it looks like some of the characters will have emotional encounters with each other as they all try to find their place in a new reality. This can add a character-driven layer In a typically procedural-minded show, this makes for an even more exciting Season 22.
NCIS Season 22 premieres Monday, October 14 on CBS.
Source: TV Insider