While he left as a regular in 2021, Mark Harmon recently returned to the screen for a special in November 2025.

: In a poignant scene by a lake, Gibbs told McGee he wasn't coming back, famously stating he had found a sense of "peace" he hadn't felt since before the deaths of his wife and daughter.

The prompt refers to the French television channel airing the final episode of NCIS featuring Mark Harmon as a series regular. This event occurred in early 2022 for French viewers, following the U.S. broadcast of the Season 19 episode titled " Great Wide Open ". The Story of Gibbs' Final Stand