Five months after the death of multi-hyphenate David McCallum, his former friends, colleagues and co-stars at NCIS will finally have a chance to pay their in-episode respects. (With Mark Harmon, Pauley Perrette and others having already honored the actor-musician with tributes after he passed.) And now we at last have a first look at the Ducky tribute installment, as well as an idea of how it’s being handled.
NCIS will kick off its long-awaited and strike-delayed 21st season on February 12 for CBS viewers and those with Paramount+ subscriptions, but it’ll be the second episode that airs on February 19 that will directly pay homage to Dr. Donald “Ducky” Mallard, and McCallum himself. Titled “The Stories We Leave Behind,” the installment was penned by Scott Williams and co-star Brian Dietzen, whose character Dr. Jimmy Palmer served as Ducky’s assistant for many years before taking the reins.
