NCIS shows might get canceled, but they’re never gone for good. That’s what NCIS proved in its latest episode, titled ‘Bad Blood’ as the show used a very funny storyline to bring all the NCIS offices together. Or, at least sort of. The show features no characters from other NCISverse shows, but the show goes out of its way to establish the bonds between the offices are still strong.
Let’s recap. Timothy McGee is the reason we get this fun nod to the NCISverse. Or, his twins’ charity drive for school is. You know the type, sell a bunch of [insert random thing here], be the coolest dad! Or, at least that’s what McGee thinks. Whether that holds true for the twins or not remains to be seen.
But Timothy McGee isn’t one to take advantage of inter-office cooperation. But that’s not a problem, because Kasie Hines will do it for him. During the episode we hilariously hear her talking to “Michelle” [Mackey] from NCIS: Sydney about buying boxes of the coffee McGee is selling for the school charity drive, and later we see a board where Kasie has detailed all the NCIS offices that have bought coffee.
The names on the list include Jane Tennant and Ernie Malik from NCIS: Hawai’i, Kensi Blye, and G. Callen from NCIS: Los Angeles, Dwayne Pride from NCIS: New Orleans, and the aforementioned Michelle Mackey from NCIS: Sydney. So yes, our first official mention of all shows together comes by way of… coffee.
Of course, three of those shows are no longer on the air. NCIS: New Orleans, NCIS: Los Angeles, and NCIS: Hawai’i have all been canceled. But the offices still exist in the continuity, leaving open the possibility that we could see those characters again, even if it’s just for a brief time.
Meanwhile, NCIS: Sydney is still on the air, opening up the possibility of a two-show crossover, particularly with both shows getting early renewals this season from CBS. The franchise also has another show, NCIS: Origins, but considering that’s a prequel to NCIS, a crossover isn’t something that makes sense. We could, however, end up meeting younger versions of some iconic characters on that show. Dare we hope for Henrietta Lange?
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NCIS airs Mondays at 9/8c, while NCIS: Sydney airs Fridays at 8/7c on CBS.
Really sweet. Still enforces the need for answers regarding LA’s 1 massive loose thread regarding it’s still-in-limbo boss though. Think 1 of these shows has been building up to that sort of thing this spring in some hidden way?
And I love that we both agree that we want a Young Hetty!