'NCIS: Los Angeles' Boss Reveals When Linda Hunt's Hetty Will Return

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Fans of Linda Hunt‘s Hetty on NCIS: Los Angeles will be waiting even longer to see her again on the show.

The 77-year-old actress, who has played the Operations Manager for the Office of Special Projects (OSP) since the launch of the show in 2009, only appeared in a handful of episodes last season, and according to showrunner R.

Scott Gemmill, will only be in a few episodes this season as well. Click inside to read more… As far as fans know, Hetty stepped away from her position due to a dangerous mission in Syria, and it looks like that’s where she’ll be for the time being. “Her story continues,” Gemmill shared with Parade.com. “She was in at the beginning of this season and then we had her disappear.

The plan is to follow that up next year with some reveal.” He added that the plan is to pit her “a little bit against Callen in terms of what he went through as a child, so that’s something we’re very eager to explore and have fun with.