
Warning: SPOILERS for the NCIS: Origins episode “Homeward Bound” are ahead!
Last October, Adam Campbell reprised the young Donald “Ducky” Mallard on NCIS: Origins following his handful of appearances on the main NCIS series (which now also includes the shocking 500th episode). In “The Edge,” we learned the reason why Ducky started talking to bodies, and tonight Campbell’s take on the character returned on the 2026 TV schedule for “Homeward Bound.” And just like last time, Ducky latest Origins appearance answered a big questions concerning Leroy Jethro Gibbs, as well as helped me come up with a theory about another one.