{"id":758,"date":"2025-04-21T17:54:33","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T17:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/giantnews.us\/?p=758"},"modified":"2025-04-21T17:54:33","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T17:54:33","slug":"after-22-years-ncis-says-goodbye-to-its-last-remaining-original-cast-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/giantnews.us\/?p=758","title":{"rendered":"After 22 Years, NCIS Says Goodbye to Its Last Remaining Original Cast Member"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After more than two decades on the air,\u00a0<em>NCIS\u00a0<\/em>has officially bid farewell to its final original cast member. The long-running CBS series continues to change, and with the most recent season, another significant person from its early days has been quietly written out.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cast2-3681493058\" class=\"cast2-content\"><\/div>\n<p>Following the death of David McCallum (Ducky Mallard) in 2023, the only remaining tie to the show\u2019s very first episode was the recurring character Tobias Fornell, played by Joe Spano. Fornell, a fan-favorite FBI agent and longtime ally of Gibbs (Mark Harmon), last appeared in the series\u2019 landmark 1000th episode earlier this year. However, his absence from recent episodes-most notably \u201cSticks and Stones,\u201d which introduced a new FBI face, Deputy Director Wayne Sweeney (Erik Passoja)-suggests that Fornell\u2019s time on\u00a0<em>NCIS<\/em>\u00a0may have come to an end.<\/p>\n<p>Timothy McGee (Sean Murray) is now the longest-running active cast member, having joined in season one. 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