'NCIS' Season 18 Finale: Is Emily Wickersham Leaving As Ellie Bishop?
On 5/26/21 at 6:38 AM EDT
NCIS viewers this season have had to cope with losing Jack Sloane (played by Maria Bello) this season, and have been following the rumors that Mark Harmon is set to reduce his time playing Gibbs on the show. With fans of the CBS show focusing on Sloane and Gibbs, they were completely blindsided by the Season 18 finale that seemed to show Ellie Bishop (Emily Wickersham) blowing up her job in the team in order to go undercover.
In Season 18, Episode 16, titled "Rule 91," Bishop is revealed to have leaked a confidential National Security Agency (NSA) file a decade ago. She would have never been found out had that file not turned up during the hunt for two arms dealers.
NCIS: Hawaii a perfect opportunity for Tony DiNozzo return
Sun Feb 28, 2021 at 10:34am ET
Michael Weatherly played Agent Tony DiNozzo on the NCIS cast. Pic credit: CBS
A new NCIS spin-off based in Hawaii is expected to debut in fall 2021, with the opportunity for the show to present some brand new content. It could also be a way to bring back past characters that have been featured on NCIS, NCIS: Red, NCIS: Los Angeles, and NCIS: New Orleans.
CBS canceled NCIS: NOLA, with the show slated to air its final episode in May 2021. A number of people behind the scenes at that show were also tapped to begin work on a spin-off, with the backstory being that it will focus on an NCIS team based in Hawaii.