She returned for the first two episodes of season three, playing Todd in her colleagues' flashbacks. She also made a surprise guest appearance in season nine episode Life Before His Eyes, in which a near death experience prompted Gibbs to remember people he lost throughout his life and career, and consider how things could have turned out differently. We know the NCIS team works long hours to catch the bad guys, but the people who make the show are also pulling very long shifts, purely in the name of entertainment.
This detail slipped by fans, who were so furious when Todd was killed off that show creator Don Bellisario weighed in on what happened behind the scenes. The untold truth of NCIS is that Bellisario would soon quit the show he helped bring to life, partly because of a rift with Harmon.
He explained that he'd already started working on the script for the last episode of the season — and was actually planning to have a break in Australia — when Alexander begged him to write her out of the show. In July , a couple of months after Todd's dramatic death aired, Bellisario shed some light on the situation in a conversation with the Chicago Tribune.
We work very long hours," and added that although Alexander was technically under contract to CBS, he persuaded the network's brass to let her go. While Bellisario and Alexander knew what was coming, no one else knew about her departure. Fans got wind that one of the NCIS team was going to die in the season two finale.
But exactly who it would be was kept so secret that they even shot an alternate ending where Todd survived, with some of the footage eventually used in Gibbs' alternate reality fantasy.
We are committed to a safe work environment on all our shows. She did come to us a couple years ago with a workplace concern; we immediately investigated it and resolved it to everyone's satisfaction. We are very happy to have her on the air again this year with us [in CBS show Broke ] and I don't think she'd be back if she had concerns.
NCIS 's most recent major departure was under much more favorable circumstances. Maria Bello exited the show in Season 18 after deciding not to renew her initial contract for three seasons. In contrast to Perrette, she ended her run by taking to Instagram to talk about what a great time she had had on the show. She wrote: "I've learned many things on this journey for the last three and a half years.
I learned about commitment and community. I've learned that the woman I am enjoys process over product. I've never worked with a kinder, more generous group of people. CT on CBS. All episodes so far are streaming now on CBS. Why NCIS cast members quit the show. Read more. Newsweek magazine delivered to your door Unlimited access to Newsweek. Although some people think the death was from natural causes, Gibbs and DiNozzo find otherwise. They enlist the help of Caitlin Todd and uncover a plot to assassinate the president.
Gibbs liked what he saw from Kate and offered her a job before the episode was over. When she was killed by Ari Haswari in the finale of Season 2, it hit everyone hard because they had become quite a close team.
In a interview with TV Guide , Alexander explained her reasoning for leaving. That would be difficult for anyone, and even Mark Harmon has spoken on the taxing schedule the show has to keep.
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