It also ended with Kayla Vance (Naomi Grace) trying to decide whether she wants to remain an NCIS agent in honor of her late father, Director Leon Vance (Rocky Carroll), or strike out on her own to continue her work monitoring patterns online of activity that could lead to terrorist events, like the backpack bombings featured in the finale. It was also a chance for Leon to say goodbye to his daughter, which he did by leaving her a discharge form from NCIS should she care to use it with a note that read, “Follow your own path.”
“There’s really three parts to the Vance story,” NCIS showrunner Steven D. Binder tells Parade in an exclusive interview. “There was losing him in Episode 500, part two was going after the bad guy and getting justice, and part three was the dust settling emotionally for the closest person in the world to him. We view these things through the workplace, and they certainly are a family, but Vance was a father and this was his daughter. That’s really where this story is in my mind, even if it doesn’t feel that way when you just think of the show because you don’t see her as much.
Here's everything we know so far about the NCIS 24th season.
What time will NCIS air?
NCIS will air at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
Which NCIS cast members are returning for Season 24?
Gary Cole (Special Agent Alden Parker)
Gary ColePhoto credit: Robert Voets/CBS
Sean Murray (Special Agent Timothy McGee)
Sean MurrayPhoto credit: Robert Voets/CBS
Wilmer Valderrama (Special Agent Nicholas “Nick” Torres)
Wilmer ValderramaPhoto credit: Robert Voets/CBS
Katrina Law (Special Agent Jessica Knight)
Katrina LawPhoto credit: Robert Voets/CBS
Brian Dietzen (Dr. Jimmy Palmer)
Brian DietzenPhoto credit: Robert Voets/CBS
Diona Reasonover (Forensic Scientist Kasie Hines)
Diona ReasonoverPhoto credit: Michael Yarish/CBS
Rocky Carroll (NCIS Director Leon Vance)
Rocky Carroll
Photo: Art Streiber/CBS
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“One is I don’t know that you can ever replace this character, this actor,” he said. “When Gibbs [Mark Harmon] left, we didn’t really replace him, we had to bring in another team member, I guess. We replaced the butt in the chair, but certainly we brought in a very different kind of person. I don’t think that we will ever have a director like Leon Vance on the show again, and I don’t mean the actor, I mean the character. It’s going to have to be a very different kind of director.
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What happened in the NCIS Season 23 finale?
Cut to the present day, and a second backpack bomb goes off. This time the case is for NCIS and the team tracks down evidence that takes them to a website at a former flower shop, and as they go to arrest everyone, Kayla comes out and explains what she’s doing.
Using information obtained by Kayla, NCIS is about to make an arrest of the individual who they believed was training kids to be a suicide bomber when they were stopped by LaRoche (Seamus Deaver), who returns in his new job as US Associate Attorney General. It turns out that he is investigating Kayla and Vance for using dirty money for her organization.
Then when everything looked like a happy ending, in a conversation with Parker, LaRoche admitted he was vying for the job of director, which would be anything but.
Binder, when asked if there could be a third party in the alley that we didn’t see, admitted, “Yes, they certainly could. That was Mateo’s fear; he was worried that he was being followed.”
“That hasn’t been etched in stone yet. But for sure, one version is a straight pickup, another version is of a time jump, and we see it in flashbacks, what happened,” Binder says. “There’s some other things that dictate that choice that have yet to be decided, but probably we’ll just pick it up straight, is my guess.”
What we also need to watch for in Season 24 of NCIS is how Alden Parker will act without a strong director like Leon Vance in charge to keep him in line.
“But Parker’s sort of the opposite. He was in juvie when he was 14, and stealing hubcaps and stuff. That old saying, criminal or cop, well, he became a cop, but maybe he’s still a criminal. I don’t know, he’s a lot more complex than the chill vibe that Gary Cole exhibits most of the time as he plays the character. I think that’s a sign of his maturity, but does the leopard change its spots?”
Will Mark Harmon return to NCIS?
He told us, “[NCIS: Origins co-showrunners] David [J. North] and Gina [Lucita Monreal] together came up with an idea that was fun and certainly somewhat surprising, and I just thought it was a good idea. I’ve enjoyed being part of the process with them over the last couple of years with Origins and trying to revisit all those things that I remember from the original when they first started, which was every bit as challenging and every bit as tough.”
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How to watch and stream NCIS Season 24 on TV and online
New episodes of NCIS will air Tuesday nights at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CBS and stream next day on Paramount+.
Where can I catch up on previous seasons of NCIS?
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