NCIS Star Sean Murray Says There’s a Real ‘Possibility’ of Return for Gibbs and DiNozzo + other related news. There’s been a lot of changes on season 19 of NCIS. Eleanor Bishop (Emily Wickersham) was replaced by Katrina Law (Special Agent Jessica Knight) after her surprising departure for undercover work at the end of last season, and then, the biggest shocker of all was the exit of Mark Harmon from his role as Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs just a few episodes into season 19.
But the hope is that Harmon will return at some point if just for a guest appearance, because as recently as last month at PaleyFest, showrunner Steven D. Binder reiterated what he said when Harmon initially left, “Never count Leroy Jethro Gibbs out. What the future will hold I can’t say, but I wouldn’t count anybody out, dead or alive, on the show.” Which is good news to our ears, and in an exclusive conversation with Sean Murray, who plays Special Agent Timothy McGee, he shared that he’s seen Harmon, who still holds an executive producer credit, around the production. “He does pop in,” Murray told Parade.com in an exclusive interview. “I saw him two weeks ago actually. So, he’s around. It’s not like he’s packed up and left town or anything. I’m not saying this just to say it for a tease and all that BS, I really, truly believe that the Gibbs could pop up somewhere. I really believe that there’s a possibility of that happening.” What is also interesting to consider is the fact that Michael Weatherly wrapped up production on his Bull series, so he, too, could pop in for a visit from Paris to fill us in on what he and Ziva (Cote de Pablo) and their daughter, Tali, have been doing. More on the ‘Possibility’ of Return for Gibbs and DiNozzo and other related news in this video.