‘NCIS’ season 11 spoilers: ‘Kill Chain’ photos with Emily Wickersham, Pauley Perrette
Ready to kick off the new year with the latest “NCIS” episode? Tuesday night marks the premiere date for “Kill Chain,” which will be an opportunity to really immerse yourself once again in the world of some of these characters.
As for what is going to be happening when it comes to the story, what we can say for now is that the team is going to be taking on a case that brings them once again on a collision course with Bertram Parsa, believed to be the big bad of this season. As for what the connections are between the current investigation and the larger mystery, that is still a little bit unclear. But at least some of the new images released by CBS give us an idea as to who is working with who, and where. Bishop is clearly started to get some more work in the field, as she is seen here seemingly getting a little bit of education from Tony on something.
As for another image, here we see Emily Wickersham’s character working alongside Pauley Perrette’s Abby in the lab, and this helps ask what is an important question: Where exactly is Bishop’s place in this world? It is a little ambiguous, given that we see her at one point out in the field, and then back in the lab. There has always been some bleeding over when it comes to the characters, but it feels as though it is happening with her a little bit more than some of the others.
Then again, the writers may still be trying to really figure out Wickersham’s overall skill set, and to determine what characters she works best with. This is always natural when it comes to new characters, and it is probably tenfold when you are throwing someone in to a world that has been around for more than a decade.
Alex
January 3, 2014 @ 3:45 am
ziva was one of the characters that made me watch NCIS but now she’s gone there is nothing special about it anymore… Hope she comes back
Meggie
January 2, 2014 @ 10:40 pm
I don’t like Bishop… With her the show is boring… The show has gotten worse without Ziva and I lost interest… I’m Sorry bc Ncis was my favourite show and now I’m not able to watch it. I’ll watch it again when Ziva come back!
Shane Vendrell
January 3, 2014 @ 1:46 am
Cote left willingly if you can’t accept that don’t have the right to call yourself a fan and that goes for every other psychotic Ziva nut out there.
agentscully514
January 3, 2014 @ 3:55 am
that’s fine, but the show really sucks now. truth.
Kfink
January 2, 2014 @ 10:24 pm
After 3 episodes seems awkward too quirky too. She seems to know everything. Also, standing up to Gibbs telling him no is something he wouldn’t have tolerated from anyone else in the past. So why does he take it from her? She doesn’t fit, and makes the others age show. I think they are trying to hard to push her on us.
Tonyfan Ncis
January 2, 2014 @ 10:22 pm
I’m sorry but even after watching ncis for years each week- on the edge of my seat, actually- it’s boring. I just can’t get into it without the extra that Ziva brings to the team and the show. Its not that i hate Bishop, i just find her uninteresting. I’m not sure that character creation is Gary Glasburg’s strong suit. But besides that, i don’t understand why CBS is not doing everything in their power to get Cote de Pablo back- and by that i don’t mean throwing more money at her, per Mr. Moonves. I mean, whatever it was she wanted in her contract, is it worth the greatness of the show to hold that back from her?
Marla
January 2, 2014 @ 10:12 pm
After 3 episodes, Bishop still seems awkward. She just doesn’t seem to fit in with this team, appears to know more than they do and even stood up to Gibbs by telling him he was wrong. Plus there’s the fact that she’s acting so unprofessional by sitting on desks and floors. Nothing against the actress as she’s got the prime gig of a lifetime and I could have maybe warmed up to her if TPTB hadn’t tried to push her on us so quickly.
lena
January 2, 2014 @ 10:10 pm
This character does not fit at all. The more they try, the more they screw up. Pleas just stop right here.
IB1089
January 2, 2014 @ 10:09 pm
please stop pushing Bishop at us its not the actress but the character, she just doesn’t fit in!!!! This once GREAT show has lost its way!!!
Jean-charles Tillmann
January 2, 2014 @ 10:05 pm
It’s not primary the fault from this actress but she don’t fit to this team, her caracter is out of all, and the actress make studys on the job and maybe in first semester. Sorry cancel this or you can cancel the show.
BlueBelle
January 2, 2014 @ 10:00 pm
She fits very awkwardly on the team IMO. She really doesn’t belong in the field at all (no training) but they don’t need her behind a desk either. I can’t figure out what they are trying to do with this character.
guest
January 2, 2014 @ 10:46 pm
Bishop does have training just no experience in the field, she is already a Federal Agent just working for NCIS now.
I don’t understand how Bishop introduction is any different from McGee especially since he spent most of his time in Abby Lab to start with or even Ziva and Kate intro’s neither of them knew how to investigate either.
Bishop is just new, learning how to do the job and work with the Team. I think it’s unfair to judge after 3 eps and yes she will be different but isn’t that the whole point, she is a new character so things will be different.
Unless you get a new actress to play Ziva character that character has gone, just like the actress who chose to leave for her own reasons
BlueBelle
January 2, 2014 @ 10:51 pm
That’s the thing. she is NOT an agent for NSA, she is an intel analyst, which is COMPLETELY different and requires completely different training. McGee was already an NCIS agent who had attended FLETC, as all federal agents are required to do. Kate was trained Secret Service. Ziva was Mossad.
NSA analysts do not attend FLETC. It is a strange choice to put a desk jockey in the field. That’s why it is awkward now.
guest
January 2, 2014 @ 11:20 pm
It was mentioned in her first ep that she has had the training and also applied to NCIS but ended up joining the NSA as for the why to that we don’t know yet.
As for why Gibbs chose her, who knows maybe he just liked working with her. Like he did with Tony, Kate and promoting McGee. But yes it’s awkward she is new, they were all awkward at first aside from the original 4 and that includes the new Directors as well. It shouldn’t be the same because we have someone new joining and that changes things
agentscully514
January 3, 2014 @ 3:52 am
She doesn’t have the training. She applied. normally they have to be hired and THEN they get the training. I know many federal agents and also analysts. I am an analyst myself (federal contractor like Snowden). Bishop definitely did NOT go to FLETC unlike ALL of the other characters. Sean Murray even took it upon himself to go to FLETC training. Bishop definitely has NO field training. I am an analyst myself. it is a miracle I have not been killed crossing the street. the better the analyst, the more they should not be allowed outdoors. seriously. If it were me in the field I would get everyone killed in an hour and I’m not even a good analyst. REAL thinkers cannot go out in the field. this girl is a hazard. I am sure their advisors have tol dthem and now they are scrambling.
guest
January 3, 2014 @ 10:58 pm
It was mentioned once again in Gut Check that she has already done field work just not much of it and that she aced her gun training course. Sorry i can’t remember the correct titles but Bishop has done the training.
When she did it, with which Agency, why she didn’t join NCIS to start with and did join the NSA , how she became an Analyst ? All questions that are yet to have answers but she has only been there for 3 eps. So we can’t know everything about her
My point wasn’t to get overly technical , just that she is new and learning a different part of the job which is to investigate and even McGee with his FLETC training only knew the process not the reality. And i think it’s unfair to use Bishop being a rookie as something negative when every new character that has joined has had to learn and every new character had to find their own way to fit in