{"id":1113,"date":"2024-12-18T16:06:23","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T16:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/?p=1113"},"modified":"2024-12-18T16:06:23","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T16:06:23","slug":"duckys-funeral-episode-sparks-shocking-speculation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/?p=1113","title":{"rendered":"Ducky\u2019s Funeral Episode Sparks Shocking Speculation!"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"post-16971 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized\">\n<div class=\"post-inner group\">\n<div class=\"image-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curiousjourney.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/David-McCallum-the-Ducky-actor-d.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 917px) 100vw, 917px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.curiousjourney.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/David-McCallum-the-Ducky-actor-d.jpg 917w, https:\/\/www.curiousjourney.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/David-McCallum-the-Ducky-actor-d-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.curiousjourney.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/David-McCallum-the-Ducky-actor-d-768x544.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.curiousjourney.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/David-McCallum-the-Ducky-actor-d-850x603.jpg 850w\" alt=\"\" width=\"917\" height=\"650\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry themeform\">\n<div class=\"entry-inner\">\n<p>Mark Harmon is set to reprise his role in NCIS: Origins, delving into his character\u2019s early years within the organization. However, fans might see Harmon return as Gibbs sooner in NCIS season 21, particularly in an episode dedicated to bidding farewell to David McCallum\u2019s character, Ducky Mallard.<\/p>\n<p>Following McCallum\u2019s passing, the CBS police procedural plans to honor the beloved medical examiner-turned-historian with a dedicated episode. The storyline will involve the team solving a case Ducky was working on before his demise.<\/p>\n<p>Given Gibbs\u2019 longstanding friendship with Ducky pre-dating the series, it\u2019s only fitting for him to attend the planned funeral.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, NCIS season 21 won\u2019t need to heavily emphasize Harmon\u2019s return, given his integral role in the franchise\u2019s history. Instead, Gibbs can respectfully pay his respects at Ducky\u2019s funeral without much fanfare.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unnecessary for Gibbs to interact with other characters, including Tim McGee, despite their long-standing professional relationship. Gibbs\u2019 primary focus is to honor his old friend and bid him a fitting farewell.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Harmon is set to reprise his role in NCIS: Origins, delving into his character\u2019s early years within the organization. However, fans might see Harmon return as&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1113"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1115,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1113\/revisions\/1115"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}