Many NCIS cast members have hinted that Mark Harmon may return to the show as Leroy Gibbs, especially as NCIS celebrates its 20th anniversary on CBS this year.
"I don't see how we don't see him one more time at one point," showrunner Steven D. Binder said. "Gibbs has, in my mind, advanced to a higher plane of existence for now—I don't want to place him in an apartment in Anchorage or anywhere. We left him smiling on a river happy, and that's the image I want people to have until we're really ready to blow that out of the water or truly embrace it in some way."
