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Last night’s NCIS season finale was an explosive end to the season — because there was an actual explosion. And in the end, 18.7 million viewers were left wondering what would come of the team in season 10.

EW hopped on the phone with executive producer Gary Glasberg to chat about the big season ender — including what might come as a result of that big cliffhanger with longtime medical examiner Ducky, who had a heart attack in the final minutes of the episode. Read on for more:

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: I’m so glad that we spoke beforehand or else I would have been a wreck last night. Tell me about the decision to leave us off on this note.

GARY GLASBERG: NCIS has historically, we’ve done these end arcs or established a villain that carries through for a few episodes, and this one is really no different in that respect. The one difference in the approach in this season was we wanted to deliver a true cliffhanger. [It's] not the kind of thing you can do every year, but in this instance, we thought it was right and appropriate. We’ll pick things up with him at the beginning of season 10 and wrap it up pretty quickly — we’ve done that before as well. It’ll probably get wrapped up in the first episode. And then we’ll get into a series of self-contained story lines after that.


I really liked the team and family feel of this episode, like when the team gave their gifts to Jimmy before taking off to the wedding. Tell me about that.

Having this team work together as a family is really important to us and it’s really important to the fans. And I wanted to make sure that that moment was there — I didn’t want to rob people of the chance to experience some of the wedding, even though we weren’t going to see our people attending it. So the thought was to create that little moment in the squad room where we could see them interact as family members. And I hope it was successful. It was a nice little moment for everybody and the gifts were hopefully indicative of who they are. So I’m glad it came through.

Moving on to Jamie Lee Curtis’ character, Dr. Ryan. I’ve enjoyed her arc, are we in for more?

We started playing around with this mysterious background of her ex-husband, from the get go in season 9. We’ll have to see where it takes us and how it unfolds. The beauty of NCIS is that we can step away from a character for a very long time and revisit it down the road. That was very much a goodbye that happened between Ryan and Gibbs, and we’ll have to see how things unfold when we might be able to see her again. But having her on the show has been just fantastic and she and Mark [Harmon] are good friends. And I think that really came through in their relationship and how they played off each other. I think we were really lucky to have her.

On to the cliffhanger. Next season, are we going to pick up not too far after that?

Yeah, I think so. I’ve been playing with this idea of picking up a few hours after we left off. And then somewhere around the middle of the episode of the season opener [jump ahead] and get us back into real time. This show has always sort of played itself in real time, so we’ll have to figure out a way for us to get us there, and I think I’ve come up with something.


What I enjoyed about that explosion was how it served as a great send-off to Scott Wolf as Jonathan Cole.

Wasn’t he great? I was really pleased with the way that character’s arc progressed, and it was done in a way that only someone like Scott could pull off. He started off as sort of the standard villain and just kind of developed all kinds of complexity as the season went on into this fantastic moment of redemption for himself. And I really think that Scott managed to deliver a terrific performance, and I was just thrilled to have him.

Now, let’s talk about Ducky. You warned me something would happen with him back in March, so I knew something was coming in regard to that character. But tell me what he’s facing next season.

Well, that’ll give you a sense about how long we’ve been talking about this. David [Mccallum] and I have been talking about it for months, and he’s been preparing for it. And he was absolutely 100 percent willing to play along, and we wanted to be very secretive about it and keep it under wraps, and it’s really going to give his character a new perspective on life coming back from what he experienced. I’m not going to play games with people. People know he signed a new contract and he is coming back to see us, so it’ll be more about the way the character evolves and the fact that he’s got Palmer there to help him when he comes back. And as a medical examiner who deals with the dead, and deals with death on a daily basis, to have an experience like that is significant. And we’ll play that throughout the season.

You also told me earlier this episode would see hints of personal progression between Tony and Ziva — that we’d get a sense of what they want from the future. What’s next?

That was fun, I wanted to make sure there was at least one Tony/Ziva moment in the finale and I think that it provided that. The only other thing I’ll say is that it was no accident to put them in the elevator together in the end. So, we’ll have to see where that picks up with them in the season opener.

I know the NCIS EP said Gibbs and Dr. Ryan said goodbye, but is there ANY chance of her coming back next season. I loved those two kids together. — Farrah
So did I. And executive producer Gary Glasberg seemed relatively sure that it will be some time before we see Dr. Ryan again — but the door is definitely open. “The opportunity is still there — the chance is still there. We’ll have to see. Story-wise, the mystery of her ex-husband being released from prison is still out there, and it’s certainly something we could pick up again,” he says.

Il produttore esecutivo Gary Glasverg e' sicuro che ci vorra' un po' di tempo prima di rivedere la dottoressa Rayan, ma la porta e' decisamente aperta "L' opportunita' c'e' ancora e anche la possibilita'. Dovremo vedere. Il mistero del suo ex marito fatto uscire dalla prigione e che e' ancora la' fuori. Ed e' sicuramente una cosa che potremo riprendere."

How long will Harper Dearing be around next season on NCIS? — Evan
ADAM: I wouldn't expect to see him a lot, mainly because executive producer Gary Glasberg promises we will finally see Dearing and Gibbs in a face-to-face showdown. Wonder who comes out on top? "This is a man who made an aggressive, direct hit on the Navy and innocent military personnel and their families," Glasberg says. "Gibbs knows what he has to do and he's going to be very focused on that." But might Gibbs, who, like Dearing, was once motivated by revenge, see the other side of Dearing's story? "Gibbs knows there are very thin lines that separate the good decisions from the bad ones," Glasberg says." Gibbs may recognize this is a man who went astray with his decision-making.

La domanda e' per quanto vedremo Harper Dearing nella prossima serie:

Non lo vedremo per molto anche perche' Gary Glasberg ha promesso che finalmente vedremo Dearing e Gibbs in un faccia a faccia finale. Dice Glasberg :"Questo e' un uomo che ha colpito in modo agressivo la Marina e del personale militare innocente, Gibbs sa cosa deve fare ed e' molto concentrato in questo". Ma potra' Gibbs, che come Dearing una volta fu molto motivato nella vendetta, vedere l'altro lato della medaglia nella storia di Dearing? "Gibbs sa che ci sono linee molto sottili che separano le buone decisioni da quelle cattive" dice Glasberg, " Gibbs potra' riconoscere che questo e' un uomo che e' andato fuori strada nel suo processo decisionale"

As I was hopping on the horn with showrunner Gary Glasberg, one of y’all tweeted me to ask about the “Abby’s brother” storyline touched on early in Season 9. “I can tell you that we are far from done with Abby’s brother,” Glasberg assured. “That’s something we will definitely be touching on in Season 10.” And though the show boss was a tad less committal to the matter of McGee’s never-seen, estranged father, he did allow that that storyline “may very well be something we revisit, too.”

Glasberg dice a proposito della story line del fratello di Abby, "siamo ancora lontani dall' aver fatto col fratello di Abby ma e' comunque una cosa che toccheremo di sicuro nella 10 stagione. E a proposito del padre di McGee dice che anche quella story line potrebbe essere rivisitata. In pratica e' possibilista!