Warning: SPOILERS for the NCIS: Sydney episode “Lost in Translation” are ahead!

NCIS: Tony & Ziva finally gave Tony DiNozzo the spotlight he deserves, not as the jokester or sidekick, but as a man who’s carried heartbreak for far too long. We’ve seen Ziva’s pain explored in depth.

Inside the Love Lives of the “NCIS: Sydney” Cast (Including 2 Stars in Relationships with Fellow Actors!) Todd Lasance and Bert LaBonté have both been with their partners for at least a decade The stars of NCIS: Sydney have reunited for season 3, which premiered on Oct. 14

NCIS: Sydney Season 3 Episode 3, titled “Lost in Translation”, premiered on October 28, 2025. The episode opens with Blue returning to NCIS after her leave, but the office feels different now.

But arguably the biggest reveal came with learning why Ducky talks to bodies, which we saw the late David McCallum did when he was playing him for so many years on NCIS. Origins co-showrunner Gina Lucita Monreal and Campbell opened up to CinemaBlend about telling this “difficult” story and more.

NCIS: Origins revealed more of the backstory of Special Agent Leroy Gibbs ( Austin Stowell) and NIS medical examiner Dr. Donald “Ducky” Mallard ( Adam Campbell) on tonight’s episode, and it was a surprise how much Gibbs’ friendship meant to Ducky and how little of it Gibbs remembered.

Canadian actor, Zane Holtz, played Agent Dale Sawyer on NCIS seasons 18, 19, 20, 22 and 23 in a guest appearance

The Sound and the Fury” saw Torres, Knight, Alden Parker and Timothy McGee’s latest murder investigation overlapping with Dale Sawyer’s for the night shift. Both cases involved a disguised woman who was seducing young naval men into committing infidelity,