Is McGee leaving NCIS after Season 16?
By Callum Gunn
A cast member on a long-running drama is leaving their show in 2019. After last night’s episode of NCIS, is it McGee? Is McGee leaving NCIS after Season 16?
If you watched the most recent episode of NCIS last night, “Toil and Trouble,” then you will know it ended with a major shock. Agent McGee is being headhunted. We know a cast member on a long-running drama is leaving their show in 2019. Is this the beginning of McGee’s exit? Is McGee leaving NCIS after Season 16?
Back in October last year, TV Line reported that an original cast member would be leaving their show this year. They wouldn’t delve into specifically who, for obvious reasons, but did give us some clues to the puzzle to think over.
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They reported it would be on one of the long-running dramas on one of the big five networks, ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, and, The CW. The exit would occur during the current season, the actor or actress is leaving on their very own accord, and they have given plenty of notice for the show to write out the character properly, and they are definitely a fan favorite.
All the clues certainly point at McGee apart from the original cast member detail but that really depends on your point of view. McGee might have not been in the very first episode of NCIS but it didn’t take long for him to be introduced. So by all accounts, he really is an original cast member.
So is McGee leaving NCIS after Season 16?
There are no other indicators to support the idea. Sean Murphy, who plays McGee, has not made any announcements himself, nor has he been cast in any other roles, at least not any known roles anyway. Neither CBS or NCIS have said anything either.
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It’s still early days. The idea has only appeared now with the most recent episode airing so we will just have to keep a close eye out on things for the moment.
Of course, there are other characters who could be leaving. Ducky has been tipped to be leaving the series for some time now. There is also the suggestion that Grey’s Anatomy star James Pickens Jr., who plays Richard Webber in the long-running ABC medical series, could be leaving as well.
What do you think? Is McGee leaving NCIS after Season 16? Drop a comment just below sharing your thoughts.
NCIS Season 16 airs Tuesdays at 8/7c on CBS.