{"id":4013,"date":"2025-12-18T16:14:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T16:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/?p=4013"},"modified":"2025-12-18T16:14:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T16:14:20","slug":"is-gary-cole-saying-goodbye-to-ncis-fans-are-worried","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/?p=4013","title":{"rendered":"Is Gary Cole Saying Goodbye to NCIS? \u2013 Fans Are Worried"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gary Cole\u2019s arrival in NCIS Season 19 injected fresh energy into the series, following Mark Harmon\u2019s departure as Leroy Jethro Gibbs. As Alden Parker, Cole\u2019s performance received widespread acclaim, offering a seamless transition from the iconic Gibbs character.<\/p>\n<p>Co-star Sean Murray highlighted Parker\u2019s distinct persona, promising a shake-up in team dynamics. Executive producer Charles Floyd Johnson praised Cole\u2019s seamless assimilation into the NCIS universe, heralding exciting possibilities for Season 21 and beyond.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4014\" src=\"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FB_IMG_1766074424645-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FB_IMG_1766074424645-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FB_IMG_1766074424645-768x518.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FB_IMG_1766074424645.jpg 963w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With Cole steering the ship, viewers can expect a captivating exploration of Parker\u2019s backstory and complexities, ensuring gripping storytelling for years to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gary Cole\u2019s arrival in NCIS Season 19 injected fresh energy into the series, following Mark Harmon\u2019s departure as Leroy Jethro Gibbs. As Alden Parker, Cole\u2019s performance received&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4014,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4013","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\/4013","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=4013"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4015,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4013\/revisions\/4015"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}