So far, Brian Dietzen (who performs Dr. Jimmy Palmer) has co-written two episodes of NCIS with Scott Williams and including a 3rd isn’t off the desk.
But, provided that these two episodes got here in Seasons 19 (“The Helpers”) and 20 (“Old Wounds”), there are fairly a number of characters he hasn’t gotten to jot down for but, as a consequence of solid exits through the years, so for which might he like to take action?
“I love so many of these characters. Obviously Gibbs [Mark Harmon], obviously Tony [Michael Weatherly], Ziva [Cote de Pablo], and Abby [Pauley Perrette]. All of these voices are just iconic,” Dietzen tells TV Insider. “So if any one of these were to come back, I would be ecstatic to write for any of them.”
It’s arduous for him to slim it down to at least one, nevertheless, as a result of there’s one thing he’d take pleasure in for all of them. “Writing for Tony and being able to have those jokes and then having the know-it-all attitude but with the heart of gold underneath would be fantastic,” he says. “To have Abby’s energy in there but also her heart that is as big as the sky. And of course Gibbs, whenever you want to really turn on some emotion in our show, you have Gibbs crack just a hair that we can see and it’s amazing entertainment.”
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He additionally took the chance to reward his former castmates, noting, “these of course are all personified by incredible actors. So being able to work with any of them again, I would welcome it. It would be wonderful.”
That being stated, Dietzen additionally famous that given how issues have modified, it’s seemingly we wouldn’t see everybody again directly. “When you think about all of them in totality, if they were to all come back at one time, it’s a totally different show, right? It’s not the show that we have now. There’s been such a team transformation and a familial transformation that it would probably only be one of those.”
Speaking of being completely different, it could possibly be fairly fascinating to have Tony return, particularly in the case of how a lot Jimmy has modified since he left in Season 13. “They had a special and close relationship, even at times when it was secretive and Tony didn’t want anyone to know he was going to the autopsy gremlin for advice on things,” Dietzen recollects.
While it’s nonetheless unclear if we’ll see any of those characters (or others) who’ve come and gone through the years once more, that doesn’t imply that they’ve simply been forgotten. “I like to think that they definitely do keep up and we’ve spread a few little breadcrumbs here and there to say that we do talk with Tony or we do have heard from Abby or I’m still referencing Abby’s Lab for Dummies book even though she’s not with our crew anymore,” Dietzen factors out.
And with the CBS procedural reaching 450 episodes (on February 27) and exhibiting no signal of slowing down, chances are high we’ll have loads of time for extra like that.
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