{"id":1218,"date":"2026-01-20T10:07:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T10:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/?p=1218"},"modified":"2026-01-20T10:07:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T10:07:50","slug":"5-ncis-character-exits-that-hurt-us-the-most-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/?p=1218","title":{"rendered":"5 NCIS character exits that hurt us the most"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cGreat Wide Open\u201d \u2013 Gibbs and McGee head to Alaska while the team works at home to uncover the conspiracy behind the serial killer, on the CBS Original series NCIS, Monday, Oct. 11 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET\/PT) on the CBS Television Network and available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+. Pictured: Mark Harmon as NCIS Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs. Photo: Cliff Lipson\/CBS \u00a92021 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.<\/div>\n
Now that it looks like we\u2019ll have to wait longer for new episodes of\u00a0NCIS<\/em><\/a>, we\u2019re looking back at some past characters who we loved but are no longer on the show. Over the years, there have been many beloved characters on the long-running series that have come and gone. Here are 5\u00a0NCIS<\/em>\u00a0character exits that hurt us the most.<\/div>\n
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Over the past 20 seasons, there has been no shortage of guest stars and series regulars who said goodbye to Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs and his team.<\/p>\n

Whether it was through characters being killed off or through other means, we\u2019ve had to see some of our favorites leave before we were ready. Some were a surprise while others, such as Mark Harmon\u2019s\u00a0Agent Gibbs<\/a>, were something we were preparing to possibly see.<\/p>\n

5 NCIS character exits we\u2019re still not over<\/h2>\n

Even though these characters are no longer on screen, you can still watch their episodes on\u00a0Paramount+<\/a>. While we can\u2019t possibly name all of the character exits that we have had to endure, here are just 5\u00a0NCIS<\/em>\u00a0character exits that are still on our minds.<\/p>\n

Abby Sciuto<\/h2>\n

For 15 seasons, we watched\u00a0Pauley Perrette<\/a>\u00a0play forensic tech analyst Abby Sciuto. She was one of the most beloved characters on the show and it was a surprise when she left following a mugging that left Agent Clayton Reeves dead. There were reportedly behind the scenes issues between the actress and series star Mark Harmon, who plays Gibbs.<\/p>\n

Abby left NCIS in order to honor Reeves after his death and start a charity in honor of his mother. Her goodbye to the team was heartbreaking and she is still missed to this day.<\/p>\n

Ellie Bishop<\/p>\n

Agent Eleanor \u201cEllie\u201d Bishop came to NCIS after Ziva resigned and she soon became a beloved character on the team. She worked at the NSA before joining NCIS and eventually had an almost-romance with Agent Nick Torres. However, at the end of season 18, fans were stunned when Ellie left the team after supposedly betraying her country. However, it was all a ruse in order for her to take on a new, mysterious undercover mission with Odette Malone, a former operative who knew Ziva.<\/p>\n

While we miss seeing Bishop on screen, we\u2019re hopeful that one day we will get to\u00a0see her<\/a>\u00a0once again.<\/p>\n

Ziva David<\/h2>\n

Since season 3, fans of the series have loved the character of Ziva David, a former Mossad agent who joined the team as a liaison following the death of Agent Kate Todd. For years, there was chemistry between her and Agent Tony Dinozzo (Michael Weatherly) and in season 11, she left the team and was presumed dead. However, in season 16, she was found to be alive and season 17 would find her being reunited with Tony and their daughter, Tali.<\/p>\n

She is yet another character fans are clamoring to see once again but her exit still hurts since we would love to see what she is up to with her family now.<\/p>\n

Tony Dinozzo<\/h2>\n

Agent Tony Dinozzo was a longtime staple on\u00a0NCIS<\/em>, with his many wisecracks and fun nicknames for Agent Timothy McGee. He would also leave the series after finding out he had a daughter and choosing to focus on raising her while also looking for information about Ziva\u2019s death. Even though he did not appear on screen when Ziva came back, it was mentioned he was in Paris with Tali.<\/p>\n

Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs<\/h2>\n

Mark Harmon has been the focal point of\u00a0NCIS<\/em>\u00a0since the beginning, so to see him leave at the beginning of season 19 was still a shock, even if it did seem like he might be making an exit. Gibbs opted to stay in Alaska after a case, retiring in a peaceful, quiet spot. He had a touching goodbye with McGee before we had to say goodbye to him in the episode \u201cGreat Wide Open.\u201d This also meant that McGee was last original team member standing when he returned to NCIS headquarters.<\/p>\n

Gibbs\u2019s departure is still one we\u2019re getting used to, as things are not the same without him around.<\/p>\n

Even though we could go on and on, these are some of the\u00a0NCIS<\/em>\u00a0characters exits we still think about no matter how long it\u2019s been since they left. At least there\u2019s always streaming!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cGreat Wide Open\u201d \u2013 Gibbs and McGee head to Alaska while the team works at home to uncover the conspiracy behind the serial killer, on the CBS Original series NCIS, Monday, Oct. 11 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET\/PT) on the CBS Television Network and available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+. Pictured: Mark Harmon as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1219,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1218"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1220,"href":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1218\/revisions\/1220"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsliked.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}