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Spoilers below for anyone who hasn t yet watched NCIS latest episodes, Sunburn and Head of the Snake.
For a few months now,
NCIS fans have been dealing with the mystery surrounding the premiere episode shocker in which Mark Harmon s Gibbs intentionally shot Sean Murray s McGee. That situation was thankfully cleared up in the CBS drama s latest double-episode airing. Or, to be more clear, the unanswered questions surrounding that situation were cleared up, though it sounds like GIbbs actions will remain a point of consideration, if not contention, between the two friends and colleagues.
As the episode explained things, Gibbs decision to shoot McGee was justified, since the latter was attempting to make his way onto an explosive-filled plane without working comms, all in an effort to save Emily Wickersham s kidnapped Bishop, who wasn t even on the plane. So it was realistically the choice between getting shot in the arm and the leg, or having
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Rather than closing out its seventeenth season in a traditional fashion,
NCIS was forced to cap off its various storylines early after productions started shutting down due to the pandemic. That change-up led the CBS drama s creative team to reconfigure how they wanted Season 18 to open up, which resulted in several opening episodes taking places in flashback form. To kick everything off, however,
NCIS delivered a season premiere cold open in which Mark Harmon s Gibbs was responsible for shooting Sean Murray s McGee, and then casually never revealed why it happened. But it s possible answers are coming soon!
While nothing is certain just yet, CBS revealed that