Warning: SPOILERS for the NCIS: Origins episode “The Edge” are ahead!
NCIS: Origins Season 2’s third episode shed a lot of light on Dr. Donald “Ducky” Mallard, like why he talks to bodies, why he calls Leroy Jethro Gibbs by his middle name, and how he inspired Gibbs’ boat-building hobby. But one thing that didn’t need establishing was the distinctive hat that the character wore for so many years on NCIS. It was already part of his everyday attire, and as actor Adam Campbell and the Origins showrunners talked about with CinemaBlend, this was the exact same hat that the late David McCallum wore on the flagship series.
