"NCIS" is getting ready to wrap up its 13th season and fans are hoping for an exciting storyline for Tony DiNozzo (Michael Weatherly) before the season finale.
Last month, it was reported that Weatherly is leaving the series after the current season, and it was speculated that Cote de Pablo will be reprising her role as Tony's love interest, Agent Ziva, for his sendoff. However, CBS President Glenn Geller told reporters at the 2015 TCA winter press tour that while the show's writers are working on how Weatherly's character will be written out, there are currently no plans to bring de Pablo back to the CBS drama.
However, the remaining February episodes of the show will have a few guest stars and some returning characters who share a connection to Gibbs (Mark Harmon), DiNozzo, and other agents on the team.
For the February 16 episode titled "React," Joe Spano will return as Senior FBI Agent T.C. Fornell, as well as Leslie Hope as Secretary of the Navy Sarah Porter. In the episode, the NCIS team joins forces with the FBI after the Porter's daughter is kidnapped. Christina Chang will guest star as NCIS Special Agent Valerie Page, who happens to be McGee's (Sean Murray) childhood friend. Page will be in town to assist the team with advance training tactics.
Meanwhile, for the episode airing on Feb. 23, Jon Cryer will return as Dr. Cyril Taft while Scottie Thompson returns as DiNozzo's former love interest Jeanne Benoit. In "Loose Cannons," Dr. Taft experiences what it's like to play a part in an NCIS case when he is assigned surgical duty to Gibbs's suspect and finds key evidence. Elsewhere in the episode, DiNozzo visits Jeanne while he chases a lead involving some doctors in Sudan. "Saving Grace" alum Laura San Giacomo guest stars as Dr. Grace Confalone.
"NCIS" airs Tuesdays at 8 p.m. on CBS.
