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Mark Harmon Breaks His Silence on Leaving ‘NCIS’ After 19 Seasons: I Want to ‘Keep It Challenging’

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Closing the chapter. Mark Harmon opened up about his departure from NCIS for the first time since his character’s final appearance last fall.“What has always drawn me here is the character I play and to keep it fresh and to keep it challenging,” the 70-year-old actor, who portrayed special agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs on the CBS series, dished during an interview featured in the season 19 DVD release, per Entertainment Tonight. “Plot-wise, this character has taken the path that it did.”Harmon added that he thought Gibbs’ journey was “honest” and reassured fans of the long-running procedural that the agent was still present in the NCIS universe. “I’m not retired,” he said. “The character is living in Alaska as far as I know.”The California native made his NCIS debut in 2003 and remained on the drama until 2021.

Harmon’s final appearance was during a season 19 episode titled “Great Wide Open,” where Gibbs informed his partner, Timothy McGee (Sean Murray), that he intended to stay in Alaska after solving a case there.“I’m not going back home. … This sense of peace, I have not had this since [my wife] Shannon and [daughter] Kelly died and I’m not ready to let it go,” Gibbs explained, telling McGee, “I could not have hoped for anyone better to watch my back for the past 18 years than you.”Executive producer and showrunner Steve Binder addressed Harmon’s exit in a statement at the time, praising the actor for his commitment to the series. “As an executive producer and dear friend, Mark continues to be an integral part of the fabric of the show,” Binder said. “Our north star has always been staying true to our characters, and that truth has always guided the stories we tell and where those characters go.

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