When Mark Harmon stepped down from his long-held spot on the prime of the NCIS name sheet and bid farewell to portraying Leroy Gibbs, followers have been instantly flooded with emotions, and plenty of have spent the previous two years hoping for his return. Those that are clamoring for the CBS drama to convey Gibbs again aren’t taking into consideration that it was nearly undoubtedly Harmon’s resolution to depart, nonetheless, and if and when he ever pops again onto our TVs for extra, that’ll be his selection, too. Nevertheless it seems like he is perhaps much less inclined to leap again into the position now, with some rumored behind-the-scenes drama inflicting a mini mud storm.
NCIS’ showrunner Steven D. Binder has been fairly open about desirous to convey Harmon’s Gibbs again into fold not less than yet one more time earlier than the drama hangs up its branded hat, and present stars akin to Sean Murray have voiced comparable expectations for the character’s return sooner or later. However in accordance with RadarOnline, any sort of ahead momentum on that entrance has stalled in lieu of the most recent artistic endeavor on the actor and producer’s plate.
As revealed in June 2023, Mark Harmon has been engaged on a brand new e book that can peel again the curtain on the origin story of the Workplace of Naval Intelligence, which serves because the precursor to the Naval Felony Investigative Service. Titled Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor, the brand new e book will probably be revealed on November 14, 2023, with retired NCIS Particular Agent Leon Carroll, Jr. co-authoring. And it sounds just like the Summer time College vet’s concentrate on writing and digging into NCIS historical past is taking over the power and curiosity he might need in any other case put into getting again on TV.
It’s stated that his angle about returning has turned “fickle,” and that flip-flopping method reportedly hasn’t been taken nicely by his former co-stars who’re holding out expectations for Harmon’s resurgence as Gibbs. The hope would apparently be for the actor to assist convey NCIS’ scores again as much as the place they have been in years earlier than his Alaskan exit, despite the fact that numbers all throughout the TV spectrum have been dipping yr over yr.
If Harmon exuded a basic lack of curiosity round donning his Gibbs persona anew for later seasons, that’d be one factor. Nevertheless it’s alleged that his prior funding concerning an NCIS return has morphed right into a ardour solely for the e book he’s writing. Right here’s one one insider supply put it:
When he was bored, an NCIS return appeared like a good suggestion. Now he is discovered one thing that is fascinating, he is much less enthused.
To be truthful, it’s not obscure why the e book would require an enormous chunk of Mark Harmon’s focus, and that he in all probability wouldn’t need to share his time between the 2. Ghosts of Honolulu is the sort of venture that wouldn’t have been a chance at any time when the drama was beginning up at CBS, because of the lack of widespread info. The present’s success over the previous twenty years, nonetheless, has sparked consciousness, curiosity, and much more analysis into that time within the group’s historical past. Perhaps when that artistic bug has been sated by the point the e book is revealed, he’ll be extra into the thought of appearing once more.
That stated, even when Harmon was 100% confirmed to return as Gibbs, it’s unclear when new episodes will have the ability to begin coming collectively. The WGA writers strike, mixed with the SAG-AFTRA strike, makes all of it however unattainable for brand spanking new episodes to be crafted, so viewers will in all probability be ready till not less than January, if not later, to see what Gibbs references will probably be made in Season 21.
Till then, all seasons of NCIS may be streamed in full with a Paramount+ subscription, although it’s unclear when followers will have the ability to watch new episodes.
