‘NCIS’ Boss Explains Director Vance’s Stunning Exit After 18 Seasons: ‘This Storyline Was Floating Around for Years… It Was Not an Easy Decision, I Can Tell You That’

By Chris Willman

Chris Willman

Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic

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Few “NCIS” fans, if any, were prepared for the much-touted 500th episode of “NCIS” to turn out to be a ticket to a wake. So much mourning is still going on in the fandom over the unexpected exit of Director Leon Vance, portrayed for the last 18 seasons by Rocky Carroll,. The revelation came late in a twisty storyline that has Vance suddenly realizing that that bright light coming from beyond the doors in the NCIS office is not from construction work on the elevators… and that another deceased character, Ducky (played by Adam Campbell), has come back into the mortal realm to usher him into the afterlife.

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