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NCIS (season 11)

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Country of origin
  
United States

Original network
  
CBS

No. of episodes
  
24

Starring
  
Mark Harmon Michael Weatherly Cote de Pablo Pauley Perrette Sean Murray Brian Dietzen Rocky Carroll David McCallum Emily Wickersham

Original release
  
September 24, 2013 (2013-09-24) – May 13, 2014 (2014-05-13)

The eleventh season of the police procedural drama NCIS premiered on September 24, 2013, in the same time slot as the previous seasons, Tuesdays at 8 pm. Special Agent Ziva David (de Pablo), departs during the season with her final appearance being in "Past, Present and Future". The episode "Crescent City (Part I)", which aired on March 25, 2014, serves as the first of a two-part backdoor pilot of a second spin off from NCIS called NCIS: New Orleans based in New Orleans.

Contents

Main

  • Mark Harmon as Leroy Jethro Gibbs, Senior Special Agent (SSA)
  • Michael Weatherly as Anthony DiNozzo, Senior Special Agent
  • Cote de Pablo as Ziva David, Special Agent
  • Pauley Perrette as Abby Sciuto, Forensic Specialist attached to NCIS
  • Sean Murray as Timothy McGee, Special Agent
  • Brian Dietzen as Jimmy Palmer, Assistant Medical Examiner
  • Rocky Carroll as Leon Vance, Director of NCIS
  • David McCallum as Dr Donald Mallard, Chief Medical Examiner
  • Emily Wickersham as Eleanor Bishop, NSA Analyst
  • Recurring

  • Joe Spano as Tobias Fornell, Senior FBI Special Agent
  • Guest appearances

  • Alan Dale as Tom Morrow, Homeland Security Section Chief
  • Diane Neal as Abigail Borin, CGIS Senior Special Agent
  • Melinda McGraw as Diane Sterling, Gibbs' and Fornell's ex-wife
  • Robert Wagner as Anthony DiNozzo, Sr., DiNozzo's father
  • Susanna Thompson as Hollis Mann, Special Agent
  • Scott Bakula as Dwayne Pride, Senior Special Agent
  • Lucas Black as Chris LaSalle, NCIS Special Agent
  • Zoe McLellan as Merri Brody, NCIS Special Agent
  • C. C. H. Pounder as Loretta Wade, Jefferson Parish Medical Examiner for NCIS
  • Kelli Williams as Maureen Cabot, Special Agent
  • Muse Watson as Mike Franks, Retired Senior Special Agent for NCIS (Gibbs' old boss)
  • Ralph Waite as Jackson Gibbs
  • Production

    On February 1, 2013, CBS renewed NCIS for this season. The same date Mark Harmon extended his contract on the show with a new "multiyear deal" with CBS. It was announced on July 10, 2013 that Cote de Pablo, who plays Ziva David, had chosen not to return for the eleventh season as a regular. She will appear in enough episodes to close out her character's storylines. Because of de Pablo's exit, showrunner Gary Glasberg had to change his planned storyline for season 11. "Someone asked me if I was planning for this, but I really wasn't, so basically the minute that this became real, I had to throw out a lot of what I was planning to do and start from scratch". Glasberg has stated that there will be rotating characters coming to fill Ziva's role.

    The theme for the season is "unlocking demons", both figurative and literal according to Glasberg. A "pretty interesting adversary" about the theme will be introduced, and "that will carry through the season".

    Casting

    Colin Hanks returned for the premiere episode as Defense Department investigator Richard Parsons, a character introduced at the end of the tenth season, while Marina Sirtis returned in the second episode as Mossad Director Orli Elbaz. Joe Spano also reprised his role as Senior FBI Agent Tobias C. Fornell in the first two episodes. Muse Watson (as Mike Franks) appeared in the fourth episode. Ralph Waite (as Gibbs' father Jackson Gibbs) and Robert Wagner (as Tony's father Anthony DiNozzo, Sr.) are also confirmed to return. Diane Neal reprises her role CGIS Special Agent Abigail Borin in episode six "Oil & Water".

    The second episode includes a character named Sarah Porter, played by Leslie Hope, who is the new Secretary of the Navy, while Margo Harshman has been cast in a potentially recurring role as Timothy McGee's girlfriend, Delilah Fielding. The third episode introduces retiring NCIS Special Agent Vera Strickland (Roma Maffia) who has known Gibbs for many years.

    On August 13, 2013, "casting intel" on a new female character named Bishop was published, with filming scheduled to mid-October. Bishop is described as a "twentysomething female[;] bright, educated, athletic, attractive, fresh-faced, focused and somewhat socially awkward. She has a mysterious mixture of analytic brilliance, fierce determination and idealism. She's traveled extensively, but only feels comfortable at home." Emily Wickersham was cast to play the character, named NSA Analyst Ellie Bishop. Wickersham was promoted to the main cast, two weeks prior of her debut appearance. Her first appearance is in episode nine, "Gut Check".

    Scott Bakula was considered for an undisclosed recurring role this season. He was later cast as Dwayne Pride in NCIS: New Orleans.

    References

    NCIS (season 11) Wikipedia