NCIS season 18

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No. of episodes 16
Release
Original network CBS
Original release November 17, 2020 (2020-11-17) – May 25, 2021 (2021-05-25)
List of NCIS episodes

The eighteenth season of NCIS, an American police procedural drama television series, originally aired on CBS from November 17, 2020 through May 25, 2021.[1] The season only contained 16 episodes,[2] making it the second shortest in the series behind season 21, and includes the series' 400th episode. The season was produced by Belisarius Productions and CBS Studios.[3]

NCIS revolves around a fictional team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which conducts criminal investigations involving the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. The series stars Mark Harmon, Sean Murray, Wilmer Valderrama, Emily Wickersham, Maria Bello, Brian Dietzen, Diona Reasonover, Rocky Carroll, and David McCallum. The season is Bello's last as a series regular, as she left after eight episodes.[4] The season finale serves as Wickersham's final appearance as Eleanor Bishop, leaving the series after 8 years.[5] Several late-season episodes feature Pam Dawber, Harmon's real-life spouse.

Cast and characters

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Main article: List of NCIS characters

Main

Recurring

Guest stars

Episodes

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See also: List of NCIS episodes
No.
overall		 No. in
season		 Title Directed by Written by Original air date Prod.
code		 U.S. viewers
(millions)
399 1 "Sturgeon Season" Michael Zinberg Scott Williams November 17, 2020 (2020-11-17) 1802 10.35[6]
400 2 "Everything Starts Somewhere" Terrence O'Hara Steven D. Binder November 24, 2020 (2020-11-24) 1801 10.15[7]
401 3 "Blood and Treasure" Diana Valentine Christopher J. Waild December 8, 2020 (2020-12-08) 1803 8.53[8]
402 4 "Sunburn" Rocky Carroll Marco Schnabel January 19, 2021 (2021-01-19) 1804 9.63[9]
403 5 "Head of the Snake" Tawnia McKiernan Brendan Fehily & David J. North January 19, 2021 (2021-01-19) 1805 8.74[9]
404 6 "1mm" Diana Valentine Gina Lucita Monreal January 26, 2021 (2021-01-26) 1806 10.02[10]
405 7 "The First Day" James Whitmore Jr. Margaret Rose Lester February 9, 2021 (2021-02-09) 1807 9.74[11]
406 8 "True Believer" Terrence O'Hara Jill Weinberger March 2, 2021 (2021-03-02) 1808 9.60[12]
407 9 "Winter Chill" Michael Zinberg Scott Williams March 9, 2021 (2021-03-09) 1809 9.77[13]
408 10 "Watchdog" Diana Valentine Brendan Fehily & David J. North March 16, 2021 (2021-03-16) 1810 9.98[14]
409 11 "Gut Punch" Rocky Carroll Christopher J. Waild April 6, 2021 (2021-04-06) 1811 10.26[15]
410 12 "Sangre" James Whitmore Jr. Marco Schnabel April 27, 2021 (2021-04-27) 1812 8.56[16]
411 13 "Misconduct" Tawnia McKiernan Brendan Fehily & Margaret Rose Lester & David J. North May 4, 2021 (2021-05-04) 1813 9.70[17]
412 14 "Unseen Improvements" Diana Valentine Steven D. Binder & Scott Williams May 11, 2021 (2021-05-11) 1814 8.94[18]
413 15 "Blown Away" Michael Zinberg Marco Schnabel & Christopher J. Waild May 18, 2021 (2021-05-18) 1815 8.73[19]
414 16 "Rule 91" Diana Valentine Brendan Fehily & David J. North May 25, 2021 (2021-05-25) 1816 8.96[20]

Production

Development

The season was ordered on May 6, 2020.[3] On June 3, 2020, Steven D. Binder announced that the writers had begun working on the season.[21] Scripts initially written for cancelled Season 17 episodes were integrated into this season's second and fourth episodes, "Everything Starts Somewhere" and "Sunburn." The exit of Maria Bello's Jacqueline Sloane, which would have occurred in the unproduced Season 17 finale, was integrated into the season's eighth episode, "True Believer," though similarities to the originally planned storyline remain undetermined. On August 12, 2020, it was announced that CBS Television Studios had signed a deal with the law enforcement advisory group 21CP Solutions, to consult on its crime and legal dramas, which includes NCIS. 21CP Solutions would help the series to more accurately portray law enforcement; this comes after the George Floyd protests, which caused the television industry to rethink their portrayal of law enforcement.[22] On September 21, 2020, it was announced that the season would start by exploring where Gibbs, played by series star Mark Harmon, disappeared to during the episode "Musical Chairs" from the previous season, before returning to the present day.[23] On October 27, 2020, it was announced that season would comprise sixteen episodes.[2]

Filming

The planned twenty-first episode of the seventeenth season, which was postponed due to production on the season being shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, was the first episode filmed of season eighteen. The planned twenty-second episode of season seventeen, which would have been the 400th episode of the series, was filmed and aired second, which kept it as the 400th episode.[24] Production on the eighteenth season began on September 9, 2020, and the series continued to be filmed in Los Angeles.[25] Filming for season 18 wrapped up on March 29, 2021.[26]

Casting

On May 6, 2020, it was announced that Harmon had closed a new deal with CBS Television Studios.[27] On July 24, 2020, it was announced that series regular Maria Bello is set to leave the show during the season, and appear in eight episodes to wrap up her character's storyline.[4] On September 9, 2020, it was announced that Harmon's son Sean, would return in episode two as a younger version of his father's character.[28] On October 21, 2020, it was announced that Adam Campbell would also return in episode two, as a younger version of Ducky.[29] In March 2021, Katrina Law was cast in the role of Jessica Knight.[30] Law appeared in the final two episodes of the season with the potential to become a series regular if the series is renewed for a nineteenth season.[31] On May 26, 2021, it was confirmed that series regular Emily Wickersham would leave the series after 8 years.[5]

Release

The season is set to premiere during the 2020–21 television season as part of CBS's Tuesday lineup with FBI and FBI: Most Wanted.[32] On August 26, 2020, it was announced that CBS hoped to begin airing the season in November 2020.[33] On October 13, 2020, it was announced that the season would premiere on November 17, 2020.[1] It was also announced that this will be the final season on the Tuesday timeslot, it will be moved on Mondays on its 19th season leading into its new spinoff series NCIS: Hawaiʻi.[34]

Ratings

No. Title Air date Rating/share
(18–49)		 Viewers
(millions)		 DVR
(18–49)		 DVR viewers
(millions)		 Total
(18–49)		 Total viewers
(millions)
1 "Sturgeon Season" November 17, 2020 0.9/6[6] 10.35[6] 0.4 2.97 1.4 13.37[35]
2 "Everything Starts Somewhere" November 24, 2020 0.9/6[7] 10.15[7] N/A N/A N/A N/A
3 "Blood and Treasure" December 8, 2020 0.7/4[8] 8.53[8] 0.5 3.21 1.2 11.74[36]
4 "Sunburn" January 19, 2021 0.8/5[9] 9.63[9] N/A N/A N/A N/A
5 "Head of the Snake" January 19, 2021 0.8/5[9] 8.74[9] N/A N/A N/A N/A
6 "1mm" January 26, 2021 1.0/6[10] 10.02[10] N/A N/A N/A N/A
7 "The First Day" February 9, 2021 0.9/6[11] 9.74[11] 0.5 3.37 1.4 13.12[37]
8 "True Believer" March 2, 2021 0.8/5[12] 9.60[12] 0.4 3.18 1.3 12.79[38]
9 "Winter Chill" March 9, 2021 0.8/6[13] 9.77[13] 0.5 3.27 1.3 13.14[39]
10 "Watchdog" March 16, 2021 0.9/6[14] 9.98[14] N/A N/A N/A N/A
11 "Gut Punch" April 6, 2021 1.0/7[15] 10.26[15] 0.4 2.82 1.3 13.08[40]
12 "Sangre" April 27, 2021 0.6/4[16] 8.56[16] 0.3 2.24 0.9 10.75[41]
13 "Misconduct" May 4, 2021 0.8/6[17] 9.70[17] 0.3 2.80 1.1 12.44[42]
14 "Unseen Improvements" May 11, 2021 0.7/5[18] 8.94[18] 0.4 3.02 1.1 11.96[43]
15 "Blown Away" May 18, 2021 0.7/5[44] 8.73[44] 0.4 3.09 1.1 11.82[44]
16 "Rule 91" May 25, 2021 0.7/5 8.96[45] 0.4 3.14 1.1 12.10[45]

References

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