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‘NCIS’ Season 14 Updates: Who Are The Two New Series Regulars Joining The Team?

By Alexandria Ingham
Published on: 05:04 PST, Jul 15, 2016

NCIS Season 14 may not have Tony DiNozzo, but there are already various others coming in as series regulars. Wilmer Valderrama has already been confirmed as one, and now there are two others joining the team. One of the newcomers is someone mentioned as a possibility towards the end of Season 13. Here’s a look at the two new series regulars joining the NCIS team in fall 2016.

The first is MI6 Officer Clayton Reeves, played by Duane Henry. Fans have already meet Clayton in NCIS as he was a recurring character during last season. There were expectations for Henry to join the regular cast along with Sarah Clarke, who had a recurring role as an FBI agent. Clarke decided not to take up the offer to become a series regular, but Henry was happy to.

It is unclear how Clayton will join the team and become a series regular. It is possible that Agent Gibbs was so happy with his work at the end of NCIS Season 13 that he would offer Tony’s open spot in the family. This is a way Gibbs has worked in the past, bringing in both Caitlin Todd, Ziva David, and many others in this way.

However, there is also confirmation that Gibbs will choose NCIS Special Agent Alexandra Quinn to join his team, according to Christian News Today. Alex Quinn is the second series regular joining, played by Jennifer Esposito, who is best known for her roles in Blue Bloods (where there was controversy over the way she left) and Mistresses. Alex is an experienced agent, who decided to leave the field at some point and is now a Law Enforcement Training Center instructor. It is possible that Gibbs will talk her into coming back into the world of NCIS.

The Law Enforcement Training Center will be featured in Season 14, and her backstory will be told. It is possible that her backstory will include a reason for her leaving NCIS in the first place and may even link to Gibbs in some way.

Very little is known about how the two characters will become main characters in NCIS Season 14. However, at least they have names with a little backstory, and one is already seen on the show.

Valderrama was one of the first actors confirmed to come to the show as a series regular, just after Michael Weatherly’s departure. However, his character currently doesn’t even have a name. All that is known is fans will see a different side to the actor, suggesting that he will not have a comedic role. Fans have wondered how the comedy will be brought back to the show, though, with Weatherly’s departure. There was a promise that the show would get back to its light-hearted roots.

There has been a variety of speculation over how NCIS will move forward this year. It will get back to its lighter storylines, but there are rumors that Tony DiNozzo will come back now and then. Many fans believe that Ziva isn’t actually dead, and Tony has gone to be with his daughter, whom he only learned about in the Season 13 finale. Tony spoke about her in the present tense, suggesting that he doesn’t believe that she is gone.

NCIS Season 14 will return to CBS on Tuesday, September 20, 2016. It is one of the first major fall 2016 shows to come back for the new season. The show has already been renewed for two seasons, suggesting that the show will come to an end with Season 15. It may depend on how the new series regulars do with the NCIS fanbase that has built up over the last 13 years.

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