NCIS season 18
season of television series
The eighteenth season of NCIS, an American police procedural drama television series, originally aired on CBS from November 17, 2020, through May 25, 2021. The season only contained 16 episodes, shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, making it the second shortest in the series behind season 21, and includes the series' 400th episode. This is the first season to not premiere in the usual September. The season was produced by Belisarius Productions and CBS Studios.
NCIS revolves around a fictional team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which conducts criminal investigations involving the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. The series stars Mark Harmon, Sean Murray, Wilmer Valderrama, Emily Wickersham, Maria Bello, Brian Dietzen, Diona Reasonover, Rocky Carroll, and David McCallum. The season is Bello's last as a series regular, as she left after eight episodes. The season finale serves as Wickersham's final series regular appearance as Eleanor Bishop, leaving the series after 8 years. Several late-season episodes feature Pam Dawber, Harmon's real-life spouse.
Cast and characters
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Mark Harmon as Leroy Jethro Gibbs, NCIS Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) of the Major Case Response Team (MCRT) assigned to Washington's Navy Yard (episodes 1–10)/suspended (episodes 11–16)
Sean Murray as Timothy McGee, NCIS Senior Special Agent, Second in Command of MCRT
Wilmer Valderrama as Nick Torres, NCIS Special Agent
Emily Wickersham as Eleanor "Ellie" Bishop, NCIS Special Agent
Maria Bello as Dr.
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