NCIS will give a last farewell to the late David McCallum in a particular tribute episode deliberate for February 19 on CBS.
The episode will clarify the absence of Dr. Donald “Ducky” Mallard in an episode co-written by Brian Dietzen, who performs Dr. Jimmy Palmer on the drama, TVLine reviews. Government Producer Scott Williams additionally helped to pen the episode.
Everybody at NCIS felt it was essential to do an episode that honors such a legendary actor, to not point out a pricey good friend,” mentioned NCIS co-showrunners/government producers Steven D. Binder and David North in assertion given to TVLine. “Within the episode, the staff will be taught of Ducky’s passing and replicate on their reminiscences of him as they grieve. And true to Ducky’s meticulous and compassionate nature, even after he’s gone, he nonetheless manages to resolve one final crime with the staff.”
The showrunners additionally added, “there may also be a really touching and particular second you received’t need to miss.”
McCallum died September 25 on the age of 90. A fan favourite, McCallum was the final remaining unique forged member on NCIS, through which he performed an eccentric however extremely environment friendly investigator with a knack for psychological profiling for twenty years.
“For over 20 years, David McCallum endeared himself to audiences all over the world taking part in the clever, quirky, and generally enigmatic, Dr. Donald ‘Ducky’ Mallard,” Binder and North mentioned on the time. “However as a lot as his followers could have beloved him, those that labored facet by facet with David beloved him that rather more. He was a scholar and a gentleman, all the time gracious, a consummate skilled, and by no means one to cross up a joke. From Day 1, it was an honor to work with him and he by no means allow us to down. He was, fairly merely, a legend. He was additionally household and shall be deeply missed.”
Season 21 of NCIS returns Feb. 12.
