NCIS: Two guests arrive to celebrate the franchise’s 1,000th episode

It’s official: Daniella Rua, who played Special Agent Kensi Blydeeks for all 14 seasons of NCIS: Los Angeles, and Vanessa Lachie, who currently leads the NCIS: Hawaii team as Special Agent Jane Tennant, will both appear in the 1,000th episode. Their parent series that started it all: We Called NCIS: Special Investigations (via TVLine ). To celebrate, the episode (seventh of 21 seasons), which will air on April 15 in the United States, will last for an hour and will be called “A Thousand Yards”.

However, according to TVLine , it appears that neither Kensi nor Jane will appear “in person” with the Washington, D.C.-based NCIS team, but their characters will still appear in the episode in a “fun” way.

And they’re not the only ones making a small cameo for this anniversary episode: director Leon Vance’s son, Jared, will also be in attendance, this time playing Spence Moore II (All American, Superman and Lois).

Introducing this particular episode, David North, co-showrunner NCISrecently told TVLine:One of our favorite characters will be in serious danger, and you’ll see all the different franchises involved in a slightly different way.“

Co-host Steven D. Binder added:There will be one personal plot and the other will revolve around director Vance“, played by NCIS veteran Rocky Carroll.

Tributes and easter eggs for fans

“We will pay a lot of respect to the past“, he explained David Northand break up”Easter eggs for longtime fans of the series“, he added Stephen D. Binder.

“If you’re watching the episode in 4K, you might have to blow something up“, they joked.But the characters will be there.“

Daniela Rua left NCIS: Los Angeles A little over a year ago, but not far since he recently directed two episodes of the franchise: Episode 4 of Season 21. NCIS (airing March 4), as well as Season 3 Episode 7 NCIS: Hawaii, which will also air on April 15 — as well as the 1,000th episode, which, accordingly, belongs to NCIS. Accordingly, this will be the 1001st episode of the franchise and is titled “The Next Thousand”.

“If someone asks me, then I will definitely find out“, he said Daniela Rua on TVLine when he left NCIS: Los Angeles. “If it makes sense, why not, right?His former co-star LL Cool J, for his part, is apparently reprising his current role as Sam Hannah in the film. NCIS: Hawaii.

Meanwhile, Jane Tennant (Vanessa Lachey) appeared three times in the main series, as part of two crossovers (in March, then in September 2022) and during a series three crossover event in January 2023 that took place NCIS: Los Angeles.

Season 19 of NCIS: Special Investigations is currently airing on W9. The first 18 seasons of the series can still be seen streaming on Prime Video.