When display legend David McCallum handed away in September, NCIS followers questioned how the present would cope with the sudden departure of his beloved character, Dr. Donald “Ducky” Mallard.
Now now we have the beginnings of a solution to that unhappy query.
The present set the stage for Ducky’s departure with the ultimate scenes of NCIS Season 21 Episode 1.
And within the episode set to air on Monday, February 19, the NCIS crew will get the possibility to say goodbye to one in every of their very own.
Poignantly, the episode was co-written by Brian Dietzen, who performs Ducky’s fellow health worker — and former assistant — Dr. Jimmy Palmer.
The earlier episode concluded with Alden Parker (Gary Cole) receiving an pressing telephone name.
We solely heard his half of the dialog, however viewers have been fast to imagine that the decision needed to do with Ducky.
Titled “The Stories We Leave Behind,” this week’s installment will present Ducky’s colleagues studying of his passing and paying tribute as solely they will — by fixing the case he was pursuing in his ultimate days.
Ducky final appeared on digital camera in NCIS Season 20 Episode 22, popping in by way of video chat throughout his worldwide lecture tour with a view to assist the workforce with an investigation.
Now, the co-workers who have been so incessantly awed by his brilliance will honor his reminiscence by cracking the case.
“This episode is a retrospective look at the life and career of the charatcer Ducky Mallard,” Dietzen explains within the preview above.
“We’re paying tribute to one of our icons on the show,” provides Wilmer Valderrama, who performs Nicholas Torres.
“The story itself, co-written by Brian, has to do with a case that Ducky was pursuing what up to the point where he passed away,” says Cole.
“The case was important to Dr. Mallard. In [investigating it], they’re going to relive their memories of a coworker and a man who meant so very much to them,” co-showrunner David J. North instructed TV Line this week.
“Brian shed tears writing it; the cast and crew shed tears shooting it.”
Ducky was a member of the NCIS household from the start, and this episode is definite to be an emotional one.
Tributes to McCallum from Mark Harmon, Michael Weatherly and different former co-stars started pouring in instantly after his passing turned public information.
There have been hopes that some previous NCIS stars would return for the Ducky tribute episode, however it appears to be like like Harmon and firm will solely be featured in clips from outdated seasons.
Perhaps that is the very best method, as it can hold the deal with McCallum’s life and work — and the character followers held so expensive.
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