Fans remain confident that Agent Gibbs will get to "NCIS" season 13 in one piece even after being shot twice while on a mission in the Middle East. However, cast and crew of the series just won't tell and they are most likely going to keep viewers guessing until the premiere of the new season.
TV Line reports that actor Mark Harmon has already signed up for the 13th season of the long-running police procedural series, which can mean either of two things: that he isn't going anywhere and will be there for the long run, or he will wrap things up for his character's impending demise.
As executive producer Gary Glasberg pointed out during an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, "NCIS" season 13 will directly pick up from where the previous season ended, with Gibbs fighting for his life after taking a bullet to the leg and chest cold-bloodedly launched by a teen named Luke.
The showrunner won't drop some clues either. Glasberg said that the finale was meant to get the audience "unsettled and unsure of where we're headed." What he wasn't too shy to reveal was that whether Gibbs bites the dust or continues to live, it will make the team stronger and unified.
"We'll have to see the long-term effects and the psychological effects, but they'll undoubtedly, as they always are, be there for each other," Glasberg said in the same THR interview. "Then we'll see where it takes [us] as we move forward to the coming episode."
Even Harmon himself won't give a clue about Agent Gibbs' fate in "NCIS" season 13. When he dropped by "The Late, Late Show with James Corden," he simply stated that any character in the series is "replaceable" as this is part of a "creative footprint" that tends to keep actors "healthy."
"NCIS" season 13 will premiere on Sept. 22.
