NCIS (season 11)

The eleventh season of the police procedural drama NCIS premiered on September 24, 2013, in the same time slot as the previous seasons, Tuesdays at 8 pm. Special Agent Ziva David (de Pablo), departs during the season with her final appearance being in "Past, Present and Future". The episode "Crescent City (Part I)", which aired on March 25, 2014, serves as the first of a two-part backdoor pilot of a second spin off from NCIS called NCIS: New Orleans based in New Orleans.
== Cast ==
=== Main ===
* Mark Harmon as Leroy Jethro Gibbs, Supervisory Special Agent assigned to Washington's Navy Yard
* Michael Weatherly as Anthony DiNozzo, Special Agent, second in command
* Cote de Pablo as Ziva David, Special Agent (Episodes 1-2)
* Pauley Perrette as Abby Sciuto, Forensic Specialist attached to NCIS
* Sean Murray as Timothy McGee, Special Agent
* Brian Dietzen as Jimmy Palmer, Assistant Medical Examiner
* Emily Wickersham as Ellie Bishop, Probationary Agent
* Rocky Carroll as Leon Vance, Director of NCIS
* David McCallum as Dr. Donald Mallard, Chief Medical Examiner
=== Recurring ===
* Joe Spano as Tobias Fornell, Senior FBI Special Agent
=== Guest appearances ===
* Alan Dale as Tom Morrow, Homeland Security Section Chief
* Diane Neal as Abigail Borin, CGIS Special Agent in Charge 
* Melinda McGraw as Diane Sterling, Gibbs' and Fornell's ex-wife
* Robert Wagner as Anthony DiNozzo, Sr., DiNozzo's father
* Susanna Thompson as Hollis Mann, Special Agent
* Scott Bakula as Dwayne Pride, Special Agent in Charge
* Lucas Black as Chris LaSalle, NCIS Agent
* Zoe McLellan as Merri Brody, NCIS Agent
* C. C. H. Pounder as Loretta Wade, Jefferson Parish Medical Examiner
* Kelli Williams as Maureen Cabot, Special Agent
* Muse Watson as Mike Franks, Gibbs' mentor
* Ralph Waite as Jackson Gibbs
== Production ==
On February 1, 2013, CBS renewed NCIS for this season. The same date Mark Harmon extended his contract on the show with a new "multiyear deal" with CBS. It was announced on July 10, 2013 that Cote de Pablo, who plays Ziva David, had chosen not to return for the eleventh season as a regular. She will appear in enough episodes to close out her character's storylines.
Because of de Pablo's exit, showrunner Gary Glasberg had to change his planned storyline for season 11. "Someone asked me if I was planning for this, but I really wasn't, so basically the minute that this became real, I had to throw out a lot of what I was planning to do and start from scratch". Glasberg has stated that there will be rotating characters coming to fill Ziva's role.
The theme for the season is "unlocking demons", both figurative and literal according to Glasberg. A "pretty interesting adversary" about the theme will be introduced, and "that will carry through the season".
=== Casting ===
Colin Hanks returned for the premiere episode as Defense Department investigator Richard Parsons, a character introduced at the end of the tenth season, while Marina Sirtis returned in the second episode as Mossad Director Orli Elbaz. Joe Spano also reprised his role as Senior FBI Agent Tobias C. Fornell in the first two episodes. Muse Watson (as Mike Franks) appeared in the fourth episode. Ralph Waite (as Gibbs' father Jackson Gibbs) and Robert Wagner (as Tony's father Anthony DiNozzo, Sr.) are also confirmed to return. Diane Neal reprises her role CGIS Special Agent Abigail Borin in episode six "Oil & Water".
The second episode includes a character named Sarah Porter, played by Leslie Hope, who is the new Secretary of the Navy, while Margo Harshman has been cast in a potentially recurring role as Timothy McGee's girlfriend, Delilah Fielding. The third episode introduces retiring NCIS Special Agent Vera Strickland (Roma Maffia) who has known Gibbs for many years.
On August 13, 2013, "casting intel" on a new female character named Bishop was published, with filming scheduled to mid-October. Bishop is described as a "twentysomething female[;] bright, educated, athletic, attractive, fresh-faced, focused and somewhat socially awkward. She has a mysterious mixture of analytic brilliance, fierce determination and idealism. She's traveled extensively, but only feels comfortable at home." Emily Wickersham was cast to play the character, named NSA Analyst Ellie Bishop. Wickersham was promoted to the main cast, two weeks prior of her debut appearance. Her first appearance is in episode nine, "Gut Check".
Scott Bakula was considered for a undisclosed recurring role this season. He was later cast as Dwayne Pride in NCIS: New Orleans.
== Episodes ==
No. inseries	No. inseason	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Productioncode	U.S. viewers(millions)
== Ratings ==
Episode 	U.S. ratings 	U.S. ratings 	U.S. ratings	U.S. ratings	Australian ratings	Australian ratings	Australian ratings
Episode 	Original airdate 	Viewers(millions)	Rank 	Rank 	Original airdate 	Viewers(millions) 	Rank
Episode 	Original airdate 	Viewers(millions)	Night 	Week 	Original airdate 	Viewers(millions) 	Night
"Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" 	September 24, 2013	20.02 	1 	3 	October 22, 2013 	0.775 	10
"Past, Present, and Future"	October 1, 2013 	19.98 	1 	2 	October 29, 2013 	0.870 	8
"Under the Radar" 	October 8, 2013 	18.33 	1 	2 	November 5, 2013 	0.699 	14
"Anonymous Was a Woman" 	October 15, 2013 	18.83 	1 	2 	November 12, 2013 	0.702 	9
"Once a Crook" 	October 22, 2013 	18.99 	1 	1 	November 19, 2013 	0.740 	11
"Oil & Water" 	October 29, 2013 	19.30 	1 	1 	November 26, 2013 	0.667 	10
"Better Angels" 	November 5, 2013 	19.18 	1 	2 	March 4, 2014 	0.523 	17
"Alibi" 	November 12, 2013 	19.37 	1 	2 	February 25, 2014 	0.530 	
"Gut Check" 	November 19, 2013 	19.66 	1 	2 	March 11, 2014 	0.571 	19
"Devil's Triad" 	December 10, 2013 	19.30 	1 	1 	March 18, 2014 	0.502 	
"Homesick" 	December 17, 2013 	19.65 	1 	1 	March 23, 2014 	0.419 	
"Kill Chain" 	January 7, 2014 	20.84 	1 	3 	April 1, 2014 	0.417 	
"Double Back" 	January 14, 2014 	19.72 	1 	3 	April 8, 2014 	0.484 	
"Monsters and Men" 	February 4, 2014 	19.53 	1 	5 	April 15, 2014 	0.789 	11
"Bulletproof" 	February 25, 2014 	17.03 	1 	5 	April 22, 2014 	0.630 	16
"Dressed to Kill" 	March 4, 2014 	17.85 	1 	2 	April 29, 2014 	0.504 	
"Rock and a Hard Place" 	March 18, 2014 	17.11 	1 	1 	May 6, 2014 	0.644 	17
"Crescent City (Part I)" 	March 25, 2014 	17.52 	1 	1 	May 13, 2014 	0.636 	17
"Crescent City (Part II)" 	April 1, 2014 	17.16 	1 	2 	May 20, 2014 	0.682 	16
"Page Not Found" 	April 8, 2014 	17.39 	1 	2 	May 27, 2014 	0.769 	13
"Alleged" 	April 15, 2014 	17.12 	1 	1 	June 3, 2014 	0.837 	11
"Shooter" 	April 29, 2014 	17.25 	1 	1 	June 10, 2014 	0.839 	12
"The Admiral's Daughter" 	May 6, 2014 	15.88 	1 	1 	June 17, 2014 	0.869 	11
"Honor Thy Father" 	May 13, 2014 	16.95 	1 	1 	June 24, 2014 	0.809 	12
== References ==
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