While the team at ncis was up to their usual crimefighting and bringing bad guys to justice this season, their cases took a backseat to the emotional drama surrounding the characters personal lives. The disappearance of hetty was the major focus of much of the season, and it feels like a. David james elliott to apprehend spies aboard the uss allegiance. In one way, we know the answer to that question the show is giving us a taste this season of her past in vietnam along with a man she once apparently served with. Her team and her friends rescued hetty and corrected a episode mistake on ncis.
Callen, sam, kensi and deeks join hetty s team from the vietnam war in a dangerous and offthebooks rescue mission to save. By assuming false identities and utilizing the most advanced technology, this team of highly trained agents goes deep undercover, putting their lives on the line in the field to bring down their targets. She is still very much alive, shes not leaving the show, and she is off on a supersecret mission in vietnam. While the team searches for hetty s mysterious whereabouts, executive assistant director shay mosley nia long is brought in to oversee the team. Watch a thrilling, actionpacked trailer for cbs ncis. The ncis seeks guidance from a monk as they search for a missing hetty in vietnam. In season nine, sometime following the events of the season eight finale, hetty got word of the survival of one of her former cia unit members named keane via dang, a notorious human trafficker and h ighprofile criminal, and secretly went to vietnam to investigate.
The character was kidnapped in vietnam during season 9, held hostage, and then eventually rescued. A new executive director arrives and immediately makes staffing changes. Once again, it is proven that our lord and savior hetty was right in handing eric the task of joining a startup and giving callen the job of replacing her. I once had a dream that hetty and i were in a hot tub with charles nelson reilly and grimace, and that got disturbing. Played by linda hunt, is her time on the show coming to an end. Elsewhere, sam is still, happily on leave, while hetty has gone awol. Sarah mac mackenzie to neutralize a missile attack in the middle east, and kensi and deeks are trapped in a. Also, hetty tries to help keane acclimate to life in the. Last november, in a statement published by tv line, hunt revealed she was taking time away from the show to recover after being in a car accident. After missing all of season 10, fanfavorite character henriette hetty lang came back to ncis. The season contained 24 episodes and the series 200th episode. She did have a presence in the second half of the season. After suffering heartbreaking losses, agents g callen chris o donnell, sam hanna ll cool j and crew are ready to go where america needs them.
It remains to be seen whether granger will succumb to his injuries, or be written out of the show some other way. Some shows will use a successful season and a solid audience to push the boat out, try to add new things, make it more interesting. Callen, sam and nell travel to the angeles forest to search for pieces of a failed rocket launch, including a topsecret government device. The below contains major spoilers for season 11, episode 11 of ncis. Nia long joined the cast as shay mosley for the ninth season after miguel ferrers death the ninth season ranked 23 with a total of 10. When it returns in march, viewers can expect to see the search and rescue operation for. Theres a lot to look forward to in 20192020, including an episode that will reveal more about hetty linda hunt. There have been many questions revolving the fanfavorite character hetty, played by linda hunt. Linda hunt, the actress who plays hetty lange, has a very good reason for being away from the ncis. Henrietta hetty lange is the current operations manager for the office of special projects. Sarah mac mackenzie to neutralize a missile attack in the middle east, and kensi and deeks are trapped in a mobile cia unit in iraq while under attack by isis, on the 11th season premiere of ncis. While the team searches for hetty s mysterious whereabouts, executive assistant director shay mosley nia long is brought in to oversee the team, and her changes cause friction with callen chris odonnell and sam ll cool j. Las eric christian olsen promises that hettys rescue by all means necessary is worth the wait. Meanwhile, sam, still mourning his wife\u2019s death, insists that callen find a new partner.
In the closing minutes, the producers finally revealed the good news. Hetty linda hunt will accommodate an old friend from the vietnam war who is back in the u. In the episode titled reentry, the synopsis reveals that hetty will be helping keane jeff kober adjust to living in the country again. Last season, actress linda hunt took a hiatus from her beloved character while she recovered from a scary car accident. The first season of the american television series ncis. The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of ncis. Callen chris odonnell and the others will stop at nothing until they locate hetty linda hunt in the upcoming episode of ncis. Hetty summed it up best when she said, its about bloody time. Hetty s brilliant comeback proves why she should be calling all the shots. The ncis team joins hetty s old friends from the vietnam war in an offthebooks rescue mission to save her from her captors. With much anticipation and unblinking attention, on october 1, 2017, the world witnessed the premiere of ncis. The ncis team joins hettys old friends from the vietnam war in an offthebooks rescue.
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