NCIS fans shouldn’t expect to see Special Agent Marty Deeks in the upcoming season of the hit CBS drama series. Eric Christian Olsen, who played the character in all 14 seasons of NCIS: Los Angelesrecently said he has no interest in reprising his breakout role.

Talk with TV line at a press event for the new CBS series Matlockof which Olsen is an executive producer, the actor explained why he won’t follow in his former co-star LL Cool J’s footsteps by guest starring in another NCIS series. “I really miss Todd and was texting with Renee [Felice Smith] this morning, and I see [sister-in-law] Daniela [Ruah] all the time…” he shared. That said, he noted that he “didn’t really” want to play Deeks again. Instead, Olsen seems quite happy to serve as an EP on Matlockexplaining that the series allows him to mentally insert himself into “these really good, dramatic or funny scenes… because they’re so beautiful.”

NCIS: Los Angeles premiered in September 2009 as the first spin-off series from the NCIS franchise. The long-running action drama series follows special agents Sam Hanna and Grisha Callen, played by LL Cool J and Chris O’Donnell, respectively, as they investigate military-related crimes. Over the course of its 14 seasons, NCIS: THE has been a solid ratings performer for CBS, helping it become the second longest-running show in the franchise after the original. NCIS. In May 2023, NCIS: THE concluded, thus becoming the second NCIS the broadcast will be interrupted after NCIS: New Orleanswhich started in 2014 and ended in 2021 after seven seasons.

Mark Harmon returns as Gibbs on NCIS

Olsen may not return to NCIS Universe, but another fan-favorite actor is. Mark Harmon is finally set to make his first on-screen appearance as Leroy Jethro Gibbs in three years…it just won’t be on show. NCIS. Harmon has shot new footage for the upcoming prequel series, NCIS: Originswhich will explore Gibbs’ early career “as a newly minted special agent at the brand new NIS Camp Pendleton office, where he forges his place on a ragtag, ragtag team led by NCIS legend Mike Franks.” In addition to making an appearance in the first episode, Harmon will narrate each episode, as well as executive produce, while Austin Stowell will play young Gibbs.

NCIS season 22 will include a James Bond-style episode

Although the details of the story remain largely secret to NCIS In season 22, showrunner Steven D. Binder recently said that one episode would be about “what happens when a guy like Jason Bourne or James Bond – one of these very serious, high-end people involved in espionage – finds himself retired”. at home, suffering from the things that all our parents and grandparents suffer from. The showrunner continued, “What do you do when you have that kind of skill and that kind of knowledge and you start losing your shit?”

The premiere of season 22 of NCIS aired on CBS on October 14.

Source: TV line