‘NCIS’ season 12 spoilers: Familiar guest star heading to ‘NCIS: New Orleans’
Early on during this season, “NCIS: New Orleans” was quick to use many guest-stars from the flagship series in a way to try and facilitate its ratings. Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette, and Mark Harmon (who is also an executive producer on the new show) all turned in small appearances, and we’ve seen the New Orleans-set series now receive a full season on CBS.
So who is the latest “NCIS” favorite coming over? This is not a regular, but someone who at least should feel familiar to longtime fans, especially given that she just appeared during the episode “The San Dominick” just over a week ago. TVLine confirms that Diane Neal is going to surface on the spin-off as Agent Abigail Borin, and executive producer Gary Glasberg said the following in a statement to the website:
“The U.S. Coast Guard has a huge presence in New Orleans so to send CGIS Special Agent Abigail Borin down to help is an added bonus … Diane Neal is a talented, fascinating, multi-layered actress and we’re thrilled to add her to the NOLA mix. Borin is a true member of the NCIS family and she’ll bring all kinds of fun to our New Orleans team.”
If we are being 100% honest here, we have long been surprised to see that Neal or the Coast Guard in general have not received a spin-off opportunity themselves, given that this feels just as much like a natural extension of “NCIS” than just finding a new field office in a different part of the country. We suppose that maybe no one wanted to spend that much time filming on boats, but it would have brought something different to the table.
Anyhow, let us know what you think about Neal’s new gig right now in the comments.
marysue
November 2, 2014 @ 12:28 am
I absolutely love Diane Neal and will look forward to her in NCIS NO. I had originally hoped that she would be Cote’s replacement on the original NCIS. Borin has good chemistry with Gibbs and Dinozzo so it will be interesting to see if the chemistry is there with the NO gang.
Suemarie Bowers
November 1, 2014 @ 8:27 pm
Looking forward to it. With the tremendous turmoil that is happening in our world, knowing that those who serve to protect us are cooperating and working as a team, brings an element of comfort. I am sure that the TV show reflects the real NCIS.
Plus, from the actors’ viewpoint, those who have smaller roles or recurring roles have a chance to have extra work. These days, no matter what you do for a living, a little extra money can come in handy.
marysue
November 2, 2014 @ 12:32 am
You’re right. Everyone can always use that little extra. I have loved the crossovers between the NCIS episodes so far. I’m glad that they are doing it because it is such a natural thing for the different offices to talk to each other. In another series Chicago Fire; their spin off Chicago PD they do crossovers for each show all the time. Usually the scenes are very short but the fire and police departments both work to help each other out so the crossovers help with the show and character connections. If they went ahead with a coast guard spin off for NCIS that would be really cool.
Suemarie Bowers
November 2, 2014 @ 2:21 am
That would be cool. It just might be what makes NCIS NOLA different from the other NCIS shows; a joint effort between NCIS and the Coast Guard. Eventually, there could be a spin off. (As long as they don’t bump out the NOLA crew :) )