NCIS season 16 spotlight: What should be next for Jimmy Palmer?
Why do we think that is going to be the case? Much of it begins with the news that David McCallum will, once again, be appearing in a percentage of upcoming episodes. He’s not leaving the show by any means, but the morgue is going to be more reliant on Palmer than ever before. This is a chance for him to use all of the training that he’s had over the years and find a way to stand in the limelight. Palmer is also now one of the series’ longest-tenured characters. While he wasn’t a series regular in the early going, Dietzen has been at least around since season 1 — he, Sean Murray, McCallum, and of course Mark Harmon are now the anchors of NCIS from its early days.
As for what we’d like to see specifically from Palmer moving into season 16, we do have a few different suggestions…
1. More Breena Palmer! – For everyone who wants to see Jimmy Palmer’s full life, it’s been a few seasons now since Michelle Pierce has appeared on the show as his wife. Just like we get appearances from Margo Harshman as Delilah here and there, it would be nice to have Breena show up here and there to inform his life and what’s going on away from work.
2. Unique undercover opportunities – We had that for Jimmy at the end of last season when he showed off some of his golfing skills; moving forward, we’d love to see other little opportunities like that where he showcases more of his skills. It’s a fun exercise for the NCIS team, given that you’ve got someone out in the field who doesn’t necessary excel at that. You have to figure out a way in which to make that work and that’s not always easy.
3. Of course, more comedy – Palmer is one of the funnier characters on the show and we certainly don’t want to see that go away — though, we don’t want his status at comic relief to take away from the fact that he is very good at his job. We’ve certainly seen mistakes from him in the past, but he is a professional and has been doing this job for a good while now.
4. Storylines with specific actors – We’d love to see an episode where Dietzen works primarily with Emily Wickersham, or one that he spends a lot of time with Maria Bello — basically, chances for him to work alongside some of the newer generation of cast members. We’d also just love an episode that focused almost exclusively on the morgue and the lab, with whoever Abby’s eventual replacement is thrown in there.
Fingers crossed for a great Jimmy Palmer season! Remember, NCIS season 16 airs Tuesdays this fall.
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