NCIS Fans Are Fine With Not Seeing Gibbs Return – Looper

Agent Jethro Gibbs (Mark Harmon) retires from “NCIS” during the character’s farewell appearance, and some fans aren’t keen on him ever returning, even if the character is still alive and well in Alaska. “Season 19, Episode 4 gives him a great sendoff, and I fear that if he comes back the writers will mess it up, and it will ruin the peace he now has,” u/benb223 posted on Reddit. Gibbs departure from the show gave him an adequate adieu, but some enthusiasts were truly happy to see him go. “Gibbs needs to stay gone, for good!” Redditor u/Middle-Leader-2293 commented.

“I think the ship sailed on Gibbs appearing,” Redditor u/Karl_Racki wrote. “When I read he wanted his character killed off, I figured he was done appearing and having that role.” Other fans of “NCIS” worry Harmon coming back would mean a death sentence for Gibbs. “I’m perfectly fine with his exit from the show: surrounded by nature and experiencing a sense of calm and peace that [by his own admission] he hadn’t had since Shannon and Kelly’s deaths,” Redditor u/HelpImAwake insisted.

U/HelpImAwake also stated that seeing Gibbs go out the way he did was far better than having the character return only to be killed off. For other followers of the CBS series, a Harmon-less “NCIS” is painful to watch. “I miss Gibbs!” Redditor u/MaineBoston posted. And others find Jethro’s absence simply too much to bear. “I stopped watching completely after Gibbs left,” u/ghostgoddess7 remarked.