{"id":3628,"date":"2025-10-03T15:25:57","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T15:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/?p=3628"},"modified":"2025-10-03T15:25:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T15:25:57","slug":"ncis-tony-zivas-touching-tribute-to-mark-harmons-gibbs-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/?p=3628","title":{"rendered":"NCIS: Tony &#038; Ziva\u2019s Touching Tribute to Mark Harmon\u2019s Gibbs Confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Harmon is a legend of the\u00a0<em>NCIS<\/em>\u00a0franchise, playing Leroy Jethro Gibbs from 2003 to 2021 and appearing in spinoffs\u00a0<em>NCIS: New Orleans<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>NCIS: Origins<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The upcoming spinoff\u00a0<em>NCIS: Tony &amp; Ziva<\/em>, debuting on Paramount+ in September, stars Michael Weatherly and Cote De Pablo. At San Diego Comic-Con 2025, the pair \u2013 joined by showrunner Jack McNamara \u2013 shared a heartwarming tribute to Harmon.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3629\" src=\"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FB_IMG_1759505097264-300x277.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FB_IMG_1759505097264-300x277.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FB_IMG_1759505097264.jpg 744w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The actors performed a hand gesture that was an inside joke from an\u00a0<em>NCIS<\/em>\u00a0episode. Weatherly explained it came from Harmon\u2019s \u201csign language thing,\u201d while De Pablo recalled how Gibbs once used it to communicate with them on a bus. Since then, she said, \u201cEvery time Michael and I \u2013 we could be anywhere in the world \u2013 and I\u2019ll just go (does gesture) and we know.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Harmon\u2019s Ongoing Influence<\/h3>\n<p>Harmon may have left\u00a0<em>NCIS<\/em>\u00a0in 2021, but his presence remains. He returned as narrator and executive producer for\u00a0<em>NCIS: Origins<\/em>, and Weatherly and De Pablo\u2019s tribute shows the impact he still has on them. Whether Harmon appears in\u00a0<em>Tony &amp; Ziva<\/em>\u00a0is unknown, but it\u2019s possible.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why the Tribute Matters<\/h3>\n<p>The gesture not only honors Harmon but highlights the close bond between Weatherly and De Pablo. Their enduring chemistry after two decades will be key to\u00a0<em>Tony &amp; Ziva\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0success, and their connection to Harmon roots the spinoff in the franchise\u2019s legacy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Harmon is a legend of the\u00a0NCIS\u00a0franchise, playing Leroy Jethro Gibbs from 2003 to 2021 and appearing in spinoffs\u00a0NCIS: New Orleans\u00a0and\u00a0NCIS: Origins. The upcoming spinoff\u00a0NCIS: Tony &amp;&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3628","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\/3628","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=3628"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3630,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3628\/revisions\/3630"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}