Katie Song After 18 years of leading “NCIS,” Mark Harmon has stepped away from his high-profile camera role on the popular CBS criminal drama.Monday’s episode of “NCIS,” the fourth episode of Season 19, concluded with his character Leroy Jethro Gibbs, who was nearly killed in a boat explosion in the Season 18 finale, deciding not to return to his job in NCIS. “I’m not going back, Tim,” said Gibbs to Special Agent Timothy McGee (Sean Murray).
Gibbs instead chose to remain in Alaska, where he and McGee tracked down a hitman hired by a local company.Executive producer and showrunner Steven D.
Binder left the future ambiguous as to whether or not fans would see Gibbs again, noting that Harmon is executive producer.
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