Origins' Season 3
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Key Points:
- Emily Wickersham will guest star as Eleanor “Ellie” Bishop in multiple episodes of NCIS: Origins Season 3, marking her first appearance in the prequel series since leaving the original NCIS in 2021.
- Bishop’s debut episode, “Shimmy Shimmy Ya,” airing on October 27, involves the team dealing with a general’s rebellious son targeted by a dangerous ex-gang member, while Gibbs returns to a place filled with memories.
- Bishop is recruited by new NCIS Director Tony DiNozzo, played by Michael Weatherly, to assist Gibbs in tracking down assailants who tried to kill him, continuing a season-long storyline set in 2026.
- Michael Weatherly, reprising his role as DiNozzo, appears earlier in the season in the episode “Return of the Mack,” marking the second original cast member to reunite with adult Gibbs this season.
- Mark Harmon continues to portray adult Leroy Jethro Gibbs throughout Season 3 in a special present-day timeline, intertwining past and present story arcs.
