The NCIS Pilot episode "Yankee White" is turning 21 years old, and there are some harsh realities when watching it today. While the official NCIS Pilot happened in season 8 of Jag, The 1990s legal procedural, NCIS Season 1, Episode 1, "Yankee White" was a fitting opening for the Navy-focused cop show. Although some parts of it have not aged well, the NCIS Pilot is still one of the best episodes of NCIS. It encapsulates Mark Harmon's brand of justice as Leroy Jethro Gibbs while introducing the Major Case Response Team (MCRT) and how they work. Still, much about American…
Author: Hannah Postlethwait
There are a lot of NCIS Characters I wish the franchise would return, especially after canceling their spinoff shows. While the characters technically lost their footing in the sherd NCIS universe when their spinoffs were canceled, with the NCIS franchise, there is always a possibility that displaced characters will return. One of the most memorable cases is when NCIS: Hawaii Returning LL Cool J's Sam Hannah After the franchise canceled NCIS: Los Angeles in 2023. The character got a second wind on the island-based spinoff, reviving a beloved NCIS cast member while canonically maintaining the rich NCIS Carpet. Now that…