NCIS Season 19’s Jessica Knight Actor Teases Action-Packed Finale
NCIS star Katrina Law hints the upcoming season 19 finale will be pretty action-packed. The TV landscape is changing at a rapid pace, yet NCIS remains a steady and reliable performer. The CBS procedural has been investigating various mysteries since 2003, and with its recent season 20 renewal, it won't be ending any time soon. NCIS season 19 fielded the show's biggest shakeup yet when longtime leading man Mark Harmon departed after only appearing in 4 episodes. Since then, Gary Cole has come on board as new lead agent Alden Parker.
Besides Cole, Law is NCIS' newest cast member. The former Arrowverse star boarded the series at the end of season 18; her character, Agent Jessica Knight, fell in with the core team after her colleagues in the REACT Unit died while on a mission. Since then, Knight has become a pivotal member of the NCIS team, and she, alongside Wilmer Valderrama's Nick Torres, even participated in the show's recent crossover with spinoff NCIS: Hawai'i. In addition to Law and Cole, NCIS currently stars Sean Murray, Valderrama, Brian Dietzen, Diona Reasonover, Rocky Carroll, and David McCallum.
The NCIS season 19 finale is still well over a month away, yet Law was able to share one intriguing tease about it with TVLine. Though the actress couldn't offer any story hints, she did suggest the finale (which airs on May 23) will be pretty action-packed because of one major behind the scenes reason. Law said:
“Apparently I have a stunt double, which always bodes well for good, fun action. So hopefully that sticks and we have a big, huge, surprise ending. But that’s above my paygrade — they don’t tell me anything!”
Over the course of its 19-season run, NCIS has had its fair share of shocking finales. Just last year, the season 18 finale saw cast member Emily Wickersham depart after playing Ellie Bishop for eight seasons (thus paving the way for Law to join full time) and Harmon's Leroy Jethro Gibbs become the target of a surpsrise bombing on his newly-built boat. It isn't yet clear if the NCIS season 19 finale can be as surprising as that one, but fans should probably prepare for a major cliffhanger just in case. At the very least, the finale will feature a major action scene for Agent Knight. Cliffhanger or no, it sounds like NCIS is going big for its latest finale.
Regardless of how season 19 wraps up, fans can rest assured that NCIS will be back for another batch of episodes later this year. The flagship series will continue on for at least one more season alongside spinoffs Hawai'i and Los Angeles, though where it goes beyond that remains to be seen. This time next year, there could be another major shakeup headed for the NCIS universe; fans will just have to stay tuned for future updates.
NCIS season 19 continues Mondays on CBS.
Source: TVLine