Throughout its 23-season run, NCIS has had a lot of surprising moments. And that probably won’t stop with Season 24 on the 2026 TV schedule, especially with the way Season 23 ended. One of the most surprising moments, however, happened during the show’s early years when it killed off Sasha Alexander’s Caitlin Todd. For Michael Weatherly, though, filming the scene had an unexpected side effect.
Alexander starred in the first two seasons of NCIS as NCIS Special Agent Caitlin Todd before the character was killed off in the final seconds of the Season 2 finale. She was shot in the head at the hands of Mossad double-agent Ari Haswari, who fans later learn was Ziva David’s half-brother. The death came pretty quickly, with the bullet and blood coming instantly. Special effects supervisor Dan Gaspar Jr. shared on the NCIS: Partners & Probies podcast just how they pulled it off:
