NCIS: Could Abby be returning to the series?

In 2017, Paulie Perrett announced her departure from NCIS after 15 seasons as Abby Ciuto, a brilliant science expert with an extraordinary style. The central character of the detective series, which is still missed by fans all over the world.

Is Abby coming back for the spin-off?

Recently, the NCIS franchise has seen the emergence of several spin-off series that take place in different cities, countries, and even eras. The latter two: a spin-off centered around Gibbs’ youth called NCIS: Origins, and a spin-off centered around Tony and Ziva set in Europe.

With all of this new series in development, as well as the three other fictions still on the air (NCIS, NCIS: Hawaii, and NCIS: Sydney), fans immediately envisioned a spin-off series around the character of Abby.

“This is not a bad idea“, CBS Studios president David Stepf told our colleagues Deadline. “We didn’t talk about the idea and we didn’t even think about it. We love Paul and he’s always welcome in any series of the NCIS franchise, but this idea didn’t come from the writers or Paul..”

“I joked that it wasn’t a bad idea, but it really isn’t a bad idea, he was a character that the audience loved.” So the door is still open for Pauly Perrett to return to the NCIS franchise.

Polly Perrett on cold feet with NCIS

If the president of CBS Studios is not closed to the idea of ​​Paul Perrett returning to the franchise, the actor could see things differently. In 2019, he explained on Twitter that he never wanted to return to NCIS, due to many behind-the-scenes issues with Gibbs’ interpreter Mark Harmon.

“I fear Mark Harmon and his attacks on me. I have nightmares“- he explained at the time. The actor’s departure in 2021 could leave it open for Paul Perrett to reprise the role of Abby.

Another major problem: the actor announced in 2020 that he wanted to retire. Since then, he has disappeared from television screens. Will she be ready to return to the limelight in her own TV series? Nothing less certain…