Overview
- Emily Wickersham makes her first on-screen appearance as Ellie Bishop since her 2021 departure in Season 23's midseason return.
- The episode focuses on Bishop and Nick Torres reconnecting, highlighting their long-running bond without resolving it definitively.
- Wilmer Valderrama and Wickersham describe the farewell as intentionally ambiguous, leaving room for future crossings.
- Brian Dietzen says Episodes 17 and 18 will form a two-part arc spotlighting Jimmy Palmer later this season.
- Dietzen also hints that Kasie Hines may have a romance on the horizon, with NCIS airing Tuesdays on CBS and streaming the next day on Paramount+.