The nineteenth season of the American

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television series ''

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'' premiered on September 20, 2021, on

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, for the 2021–22 television season, and concluded on May 23, 2022. The season consisted of 21 episodes. ''NCIS'' revolves around a fictional team of special agents from the

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, which conducts criminal investigations involving the

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and

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. The series stars

Mark Harmon Thomas Mark Harmon (born September 2, 1951) is an American actor. He is most famous for playing the lead role of Leroy Jethro Gibbs in '' NCIS''. He also appeared in a wide variety of roles since the early 1970s. After spending the majority of ...

, Sean Murray,

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Katrina Law Katrina Law is an American actress. She is known for playing the roles of Mira on the Starz television series '' Spartacus: Blood and Sand'' and '' Spartacus: Vengeance'', Nyssa al Ghul on The CW television series ''Arrow'', Karen Beach on the ...

Brian Dietzen Brian Dietzen (born November 14, 1977) is an American actor who has played the supporting role of Dr. Jimmy Palmer on '' NCIS'' since 2004. In 2012, he was promoted to a series regular at the beginning of the show's tenth season. Early life Die ...

Diona Reasonover Diona Reasonover (born January 6, 1992) is an American actress. She starred as Charmaine Eskowitz in the television show '' Clipped''. She portrays Kasie Hines in the crime drama series '' NCIS''. Early life Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan ...

David McCallum David Keith McCallum Jr. (born 19 September 1933) is a Scottish actor and musician. He first gained recognition in the 1960s for playing secret agent Illya Kuryakin in the television series ''The Man from U.N.C.L.E''. In recent years, McCallum ...

Rocky Carroll Roscoe "Rocky" Carroll (born July 8, 1963) is an American actor and director. He is known for his roles as Joey Emerson on the Fox comedy-drama '' Roc'' (1991–94), as Dr. Keith Wilkes on the CBS medical drama ''Chicago Hope'', and as NCIS Direc ...

, and

Gary Cole Gary Michael Cole (born September 20, 1956) is an American television, film and voice actor. Cole began his professional acting career on stage at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 1985. On television, he has had starring roles in the T ...

. The season is the first with Law and Cole following the departures of

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and

Emily Wickersham Emily Kaiser Wickersham (born April 26, 1984) is an American actress best known for her role as NCIS Special Agent Eleanor Bishop on '' NCIS''. Early life Wickersham has Austrian and Swedish (Värmland) ancestry. She was born in Kansas but ...

during the previous season. Harmon departed the series as a regular after the fourth episode, "

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" but still appears in the title sequence for the remainder of the season.

Cast and characters

Main

Leroy Jethro Gibbs Leroy Jethro Gibbs is a fictional character and the original protagonist of the CBS TV series '' NCIS'', portrayed by Mark Harmon. He is a former U.S. Marine Corps Scout Sniper turned special agent who commands a team for the Naval Criminal I ...

, former NCIS Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) of the Major Case Response Team (MCRT) assigned to Washington's Navy Yard * Sean Murray as

Timothy McGee Timothy Farragut "Tim" McGee () is a fictional character from the CBS television series '' NCIS''. He is portrayed by Sean Murray. McGee specializes in cybersecurity and computer crime, and is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and MIT. Mur ...

, NCIS Senior Special Agent, second in command of MCRT *

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, NCIS Special Agent *

as Jessica Knight, NCIS Special Agent *

as Dr. Jimmy Palmer, Chief Medical Examiner for NCIS *

as Kasie Hines, Forensic Specialist for NCIS *

as Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard, NCIS Historian and former Chief Medical Examiner *

Leon Vance Leon Robert Vance Jr. (August 11, 1916 – July 26, 1944) was a Medal of Honor recipient who served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. Early life and family Leon Robert Vance Jr. was born and raised in Enid, Oklahoma. Van ...

, NCIS Director *

Alden Parker '' NCIS'' is an American police procedural television series, revolving around a fictional team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service The United States Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) is the primary ...

, former FBI Special Agent turned NCIS SSA of the MCRT assigned to Washington's Navy Yard

Recurring

Pam Dawber Pamela Dawber (born October 18, 1951) is an American actress best known for her lead television sitcom roles as Mindy McConnell in ''Mork & Mindy'' (1978–1982) and Samantha Russell in ''My Sister Sam'' (1986–1988). Early life Dawber was bor ...

as Marcie Warren, investigative journalist *

Joe Spano Joseph Peter Spano (born July 7, 1946) is an American actor best known for his roles as Lt. Henry Goldblume on ''Hill Street Blues'' and FBI Special Agent Tobias C. Fornell on '' NCIS''. He also voiced the Chuck E. Cheese (at the time Chuck E. Che ...

Tobias Fornell '' NCIS'' is an American police procedural television series, revolving around a fictional team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which investigates crimes involving the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. The series was ...

, Private Detective and former FBI Senior Special Agent *

Jason Wiles Jason Austin Wiles (born April 25, 1970) is an American actor known for his role in the NBC procedural drama series ''Third Watch'' from 1999 to 2005. Early life Wiles was born in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S., and raised in Lenexa, Kansas, where ...

as Paul LeMere, former Navy Seal and contract killer who blew up Gibbs' boat *

Valarie Pettiford Valarie Pettiford (born July 8, 1960) is an American stage and television actress, dancer, and jazz singer. She received a Tony Award nomination for her role in the broadway production '' Fosse''. She is also known for her role as "Big Dee Dee" ...

as Sonia Eberhart, CEO of Sonova Industries arrested for paying Hanover to hire LeMere to kill opponents to her planned copper mine in Alaska *

John Hensley John Carter Hensley is an American actor, best known for his role as Matt McNamara on ''Nip/Tuck ''Nip/Tuck'' is an American medical drama television series created by Ryan Murphy that aired on FX in the United States from July 22, 2003, ...

as Phil Hanover, a man who hired LeMere to kill opponents to Sonia Eberhart's proposed Alaskan copper mine *

Margo Harshman Margo Cathleen Harshman (born March 4, 1986) is an American actress known for the roles of series regular Tawny Dean on ''Even Stevens'', Sheldon Cooper's assistant Alex Jensen on ''The Big Bang Theory'', and Timothy McGee's wife Delilah Field ...

as Delilah Fielding-McGee, DoD Intelligence Analyst and McGee's wife *

Laura San Giacomo Laura San Giacomo (born November 14, 1962) is an American actress. She played Cynthia in the film ''Sex, Lies, and Videotape'' (1989) for which she won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female, Kit De Luca in the film ''Pretty Woman ...

as Dr. Grace Confalone, psychotherapist * Erik Passoja as FBI Deputy Director Wayne Sweeney

Notable guests

Kelly Stables Kelly Stables is an American actress who has appeared on stage, as well as in film and television. She is known for her television roles, such as Melissa on ''Two and a Half Men'', Eden Konkler on ''The Exes'', and Kelly on '' Superstore''. Pers ...

as Astrid Fellowes *

Patricia Richardson Patricia Castle Richardson (born February 23, 1951) is an American actress best known for her portrayal of Jill Taylor on the ABC sitcom ''Home Improvement'', for which she was nominated four times for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Le ...

as Judy Fielding, Delilah's mother and McGee's mother-in-law *

Don Swayze Donald Carl Swayze (born August 10, 1958) is an American character actor, noted for acting in dramatic series and soap operas as well as several feature films, and theatrical work. Early life Swayze was born in Houston, Texas, the middle child of ...

as Peter Walker *

Denise Crosby Denise Michelle Crosby is an American actress and model known for portraying Security Chief Tasha Yar mainly in season one of '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'', and Yar's daughter, the half-Romulan Commander Sela, in subsequent seasons. She ...

as Hattie Taylor, Secretary of the Navy *

Zane Holtz Zane-Ray Brodie Holtz (born January 18, 1987) is a Canadian actor and model. He is best known for playing Richie Gecko on the El Rey Network television series '' From Dusk till Dawn: The Series'' (2014–2016) and K.O. Kelly on The CW series '' ...

as Dale Sawyer, NCIS Special Agent *

Meredith Eaton Meredith Hope Eaton Gordon (sometimes credited as Meredith Eaton-Gilden; born August 26, 1974) is an American actress. She is tall, and refers to herself as a "short-stature actress". She is known for portraying the attorney Emily Resnick on t ...

as Carol Wilson, CDC immunologist and friend of Abby, McGee, and Palmer *

Michelle Pierce Michelle Pierce is an American actress. Life and career Pierce was born in Palo Alto, California. She has two sisters and one brother. Her great-grandmother was Helen Bray, star of many silent films during the early 20th century. Pierce attend ...

as Breena Palmer, Jimmy Palmer's deceased wife * Elle Graper as Victoria Palmer, Jimmy Palmer's daughter * Naomi Grace as Kayla Vance, Leon Vance's daughter and NCIS Probationary Agent *

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as Billy Doyle, old friend of Parker * Jack McGee as Richard "Rick" Jordan, a grieving father * Cay Murray (real-life daughter of Sean Murray) as Teagan Fields *

Teri Polo Theresa Elizabeth Polo (born June 1, 1969) is an American actress. She starred as Pam Byrnes-Focker in the ''Meet the Parents'' trilogy and played the role of police officer Stef Adams Foster in the Freeform series '' The Fosters'' (2013–201 ...

as Vivian Kolchak, Alden Parker's ex-wife and DOD paranormal investigator *

Francis Xavier McCarthy Francis Xavier McCarthy (born February 15, 1942) is an American actor who has appeared in films such as '' Interstellar'' (2014) and '' Deep Impact'' (1998). Filmography References External links * 1942 births Living people American ...

as Roman Parker, Alden Parker's father *

Stepfanie Kramer Stepfanie Kramer (born Stephanie Lyla Kramer; August 6, 1956) is an American actress best known for having played Detective Sgt. Dee Dee McCall on the 1980s NBC police series '' Hunter''. She was nominated for an Emmy in Special Class Programmi ...

as Sandra Holdren

Crossover

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as Jane Tennant, NCIS Special Agent in Charge *

Jason Antoon Jason Allan Antoon (born November 9, 1971) is an American actor. Personal life Antoon was born in Santa Monica, California. He is of Lebanese descent. Antoon has been married to actress Seana Kofoed since 2010; they have two children. Career S ...

as Ernie Malik, NCIS cyber intelligence specialist

Episodes

Crossovers

On January 3, 2022, it was announced that a crossover with the first season of spin-off '' NCIS: Hawaiʻi'' would be taking place on March 28, 2022, with

and

announcing they were traveling to Hawaii for filming. Showrunners of both series had previously mentioned crossing over and CBS Entertainment President

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had stated that discussion about a crossover would start after ''NCIS: Hawaiʻi'' finished its first batch of episodes.

and

also made appearances on the ''NCIS Hawaiʻi'' episode of the crossover. The series were previously connected in the thirteenth episode of ''NCIS: Hawaiʻi'' when it was revealed that ''NCIS: Hawaiʻi'' protagonist Jane Tennant was recruited to NCIS by Leroy Jethro Gibbs.

appeared as Tennant in the ''NCIS'' episode of the crossover. On April 29, 2022, it was reported that

would be appearing in the nineteenth episode of the season as his ''NCIS: Hawaiʻi'' character, Ernie Malik.

Production

Development

On April 15, 2021, it was announced that

had renewed ''

'' for a nineteenth season. The season is set to bring back the series' typical "Case of the Week" format after having more story arcs during the previous season. Production on the season began in July 2021. Series regular

wrote an episode of the season. On January 5, 2022, it was reported that production on the season had been suspended for at least a week after a cast or crew member tested positive for

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Casting

In February 2021, it was reported by ''

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'' that series lead

had entered discussions to return for "a handful of episodes" for a nineteenth season after he was told that CBS would end the series if he left. On March 10, 2021, it was announced that

had been cast in the final two episodes of the eighteenth season, with the option to be promoted to series regular for the nineteenth season. When the series was renewed, it was reported that Harmon would be returning. On May 26, 2021, it was revealed that

would be leaving the series after the eighteenth season. Wickersham joins

who left earlier in the eighteenth season. On June 16, 2021, ''

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'' reported that

was in talks for a major role in the nineteenth season. On June 21, 2021, ''

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'' reported that Harmon will only appear in a small number of episodes of the season. The following day, it was confirmed that Law and Cole would be series regulars for the nineteenth season. Law started as a series regular in the season premiere, " Blood in the Water", while Cole debuted in the second episode, "

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returned as Tobias Fornell, while

returned as Marcie Warren. On October 11, 2021, it was officially announced that Harmon would be departing the series, with the fourth episode, "

", being his last appearance as a regular. Harmon remains an executive producer and showrunner

Steven D. Binder Steven D. Binder (born July 23, 1971) is an American screenwriter and film and television producer. He currently works on '' NCIS'' as a writer, executive producer, and showrunner. In addition, he is featured in the documentary, ''Journey to the F ...

has left the door open for Harmon to appear in the future. In the seventh episode, " Docked",

reprised her role as Delilah Fielding-McGee, while

guest-starred in the same episode as Judy Fielding.

also reprised her role as Carol Wilson in an episode of the season.

Marketing and release

On May 19, 2021, it was announced that the series would move from the Tuesday 8:00 PM ET timeslot that it had held for all of its previous seasons to Mondays at 9:00 PM ET, to allow '' FBI: International'' to join ''

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'' and '' FBI: Most Wanted'' on Tuesdays. The season airs after '' The Neighborhood'' and ''

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'' and leads into the first season of spin-off '' NCIS: Hawaiʻi''. On July 12, 2021, it was revealed that the season would premiere on September 20, 2021. On September 13, 2021, the promotional poster for the season was released by

Ratings

References

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