NCIS: Los Angeles ended over three years ago, but the series has remained a big part of the NCIS franchise, even now more than ever. At present, LL Cool J is preparing to make big return as Sam Hanna in the upcoming spinoff, NCIS: New York, which drops later this year on the 2026 TV schedule. At the same time, Eric Christian Olsen is rejoining the franchise as a producer for NCIS: Origins. The show means a lot to Olsen, and I'm loving his comments about Hetty still needing "closure."
It was definitely a shock when CBS announced back in 2023 that NCIS: LA would be ending after its then-current 14th season. As far as finales go, though, there was a lot of closure for most characters. The final minutes of the finale never sat right with me, though. Viewers see Callen (Chris O’Donnell) and Sam being sent on a mission and meeting up with Nell (Renée Felice Smith) and her team to help rescue Hetty (Linda Hunt), who got herself “into a pickle,” as Nell put it. However, Hetty's story was never properly resolved, as Hunt was absent due to various reasons for many of the later seasons.
