Warning: SPOILERS for the "NCIS" episode “All Good Things” are ahead!
Jimmy Palmer actor Brian Dietzen told me that "NCIS’s" 500th episode would be “very atypical” compared to the show’s past milestone episodes, and man, he was not kidding. With the airing of “All Good Things” on the 2026 TV schedule, Rocky Carroll has exited the CBS procedural after 18 seasons. His character, Leon Vance, was killed off in shocking fashion, and I will fully admit that I cried at this game-changing twist. But now that the tears have been wiped away, I know what big change "NCIS" should make in the aftermath of Vance’s death.
I’m not someone who usually cries while watching movies and TV shows, so for "NCIS" to get me to shed tears is a big achievement. I won’t get into the full details about what happened in “All Good Things,” but if you’ve read this far and still haven’t watched the episode, I recommend rectifying this immediately with your Paramount+ subscription. Suffice it to say that the combination of Vance being met in the afterlife by Adam Campbell’s young Ducky Mallard, learning that NCIS will continue on, and walking towards the light to reunite with his long-departed wife Jackie wrecked me. But now there’s a new question to ponder: who will become the new NCIS director?
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