‘NCIS’ Team Hunts for Missing Agent in Season 22 Premiere [PHOTOS]
The NCIS team is back in action. The Oct. 14 season 22 premiere of the CBS drama will see Knight, McGee, and the other agents dealing with a tense situation when another agent disappears.
The ‘NCIS’ agents face an active hostage situation
The stakes are high when NCIS returns for its 22nd season. In “Empty Nest,” the team searches for a missing undercover agent in the midst of an active hostage situation.
In one photo from the episode, Knight (Katrina Law) – who took a new job on the West Coast at the end of season 21 – has donned full combat gear. In “Empty Nest,” she “encounters a very serious problem involving her skills as a hostage negotiator,” executive producer Stephen D. Binder told TV Insider.
In another photo, McGee (Sean Murray) confers with NCIS director Leon Vance (Rocky Carroll) and other agents.
There’s a mole inside NCIS this season
The dramatic premiere kicks off what’s sure to be another action-packed season of NCIS. A season 22 trailer (via YouTube) teases a mole inside the organization, which could put everyone at risk.
“Too many secrets, dishonesty. We’ve got to stop that mole without starting a war,” Agent Parker (Gary Cole) says.
Meanwhile, Torres (Wilmer Valderrama) is asked to make an impossible choice.
“If you want me to kill one of my own, I need a good reason,” he says.
Binder told TV Insider that Torres is very much a lone wolf this season as he digs deep into an undercover assignment.
“He goes undercover with some bad people and it doesn’t work out well,” he explained. “He gets into a lot of trouble. He’s on this road of undercover loner, not really having relationships. Where does that road lead?”
‘NCIS’ Season 22 and ‘NCIS: Origins’ premiere Oct. 14
“Empty Nest” will air Monday, Oct. 14 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CBS. It will also stream live and on-demand for Paramount+ with Showtime subscribers and on-demand the next day for Paramount+ Essential subscribers.
The new episode kicks off a full night of NCIS on CBS. The season 22 premiere will be immediately followed by the two-hour series premiere of prequel NCIS: Origins. (International spinoff series NCIS: Sydney will return mid-season and take over Blue Bloods’ Friday, 8 p.m. timeslot.)
In the first episode of NCIS: Origins, fans will meet the newly minted special agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Austin Stowell). Gibbs is reeling from the death of his wife and daughter, and given his fragile mental state, it’s not clear there’s a place for him on the fledgling NCIS team. Original Gibbs actor Mark Harmon narrates the new show and will make an appearance in the first episode (get a glimpse of him in the trailer above).
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