Ready for NCIS Season 22? Here’s What You Can Expect!!!

NCIS showrunner Steven D. Binder revealed that Season 22 will dive into some of the biggest questions left unanswered by the explosive Season 21 finale.

The last season ended with a gripping showdown, but it was Special Agent Jessica Knight’s (Katrina Law) surprising offer that stole the spotlight. Knight was asked to take on the role of REACT teacher at Camp Pendleton, a position that once belonged to her late father. Though accepting the job meant leaving the NCIS team she’d grown to love and potentially jeopardizing her relationship with Jimmy Palmer, she had personal reasons to say yes.

“It’s a legacy offer, her dad’s position that she was interested in at some point,” explained Rocky Carroll, who portrays Director Vance, in an interview with TV Insider. “Vance recognizes that Agent Knight is at a crossroads both personally and professionally, and maybe a change of scenery would be good for her.”

Binder also teased that more questions from the finale will be tackled in the upcoming season, especially a mysterious moment from Agent Parker’s past. During a tense scene where his legs were pinned under a massive pipe, Parker had a flashback to his childhood, seeing a young girl. The identity of this girl left both the audience and Parker puzzled.

“It’s not entirely clear to him who this girl was,” Binder told TV Line. “There’s something in his past that he’s not fully aware of, and it’s starting to surface.”

Parker will be investigating this mystery in Season 22, which picks up the storyline. However, fans will have to wait a bit longer than usual to get their NCIS fix. CBS recently announced a two-week delay for the fall season, pushing the NCIS premiere to October.

CBS is taking a calculated risk by postponing the premieres of its new and returning scripted shows to October. The delay is part of a strategy to build excitement for new series by airing sneak peeks after NFL games. The reboot of Matlock will get a sneak preview on Sunday, September 22, while The Summit will debut a week later.

While this tactic of airing new shows following live sports has worked well for networks in the past, CBS is trying something different this year. Instead of giving established shows an early start, it wants all its scripted programs—both new and returning—to launch simultaneously. As a result, fan-favorite series like NCIS and Blue Bloods will begin their new seasons in mid-October instead of the traditional September.

CBS’s primetime fall season will officially kick off on Monday, October 14, with the premiere of NCIS Season 22, followed by the highly anticipated NCIS: Origins, which will debut with a special two-hour episode.