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NCIS promo hints at Fornell tragedy, team sadness

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Gibbs and Fornell share a moment during the new NCIS episode. Pic credit: CBS

The NCIS cast looks like it is going to be dealing with an emotionally heavy episode this week.

A television promo that is airing now for NCIS Season 18, Episode 9 gives some interesting hints about what will take place next, and at the top of that list is Joe Spano guest-starring as Tobias Fornell again.

The new episode is called Winter Chill and it will be the first time we have seen the NCIS team since Jack Sloane left the show.

The episode synopsis from CBS states that “NCIS dives into the competitive world of food trucks after finding a man frozen to death in the back of one.” But is that even the case that leads to so many emotional responses from the NCIS team in the new promo?

NCIS TV promo for Winter Chill

Below is the television clip that CBS is airing for NCIS Season 18, Episode 9. It is a short one, but it has a very somber tone to it.

We come away from the promo with a lot of questions. Why are Gibbs and Fornell at a trauma center? What causes Fornell to put his head in his hands? And why does Bishop lean in to get a hug from a very serious-looking Torres?

The promo definitely presents more questions than answers and the episode synopsis does not clear up any of it. At least we know what’s going on with Dr. Jimmy Palmer, as he is still struggling with the loss of his wife.

Breena Palmer died in a time jump on NCIS, during the time between the season premiere taking place in the past and a recent episode designed to be in the present day. When the show got done telling the story about McGee getting shot at the airport, we learned that Jimmy had lost his wife soon after that. It didn’t happen on screen, with the writers choosing to just spring it on the viewers.

In the new episode promo, we see that Kasie may be having a rough day of her own, to which Jimmy has some supportive words to say about life. He is starting to really step into the role that Dr. Mallard used to have on the show, with more pearls of wisdom coming from him as the episodes fly by.

New NCIS episode on Tuesday night

NCIS Season 18, Episode 9 will air for the first time on Tuesday, March 9. Mark Harmon said that there are 18 NCIS Season 18 episodes, so it means we could have a lot of content during March, April, and May. That’s great news, and if it’s still true, it means that, including the episode on Tuesday night, there are still 10 new ones left to air this spring.

NCIS airs Tuesdays at 8/7c on CBS.

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Kim
Kim
3 years ago

Would love the words to the poem read at the end of the show.

Linda
Linda
3 years ago
Reply to  Kim

Me too!

Kathy
Kathy
3 years ago
Reply to  Kim

When I die
Give what’s left of me away
To children
And old men that wait to die.
And if you need to cry,
Cry for your brother
Walking the street beside you.
And when you need me,
Put your arms
Around anyone
And give them
What you need to give to me.
I want to leave you something,
Something better
Than words
Or sounds.

Look for me
In the people I’ve known
Or loved,
And if you cannot give me away,
At least let me live on your eyes
And not on your mind.
You can love me most
By letting
Hands touch hands,
By letting
Bodies touch bodies,
And by letting go
Of children
That need to be free.
Love doesn’t die,
People do.
So, when all that’s left of me
Is love,
Give me away.

Gary T
Gary T
3 years ago

Would like the name of the poem used at the end of the episode

Cheryl Noble
Cheryl Noble
3 years ago

Please post the words to the poem at end of show

Heidi
Heidi
3 years ago

I too would love to have the poem.

Bob Layman
Bob Layman
3 years ago

Thank you Kathy …. Being I am a sentimentalist and romantic, the words are so beautiful, I passed them on to other friends. I will read the poem to others when a wonderful aunt of mine passes on as she is a true vision of love and admiration

Bob Layman
Bob Layman
3 years ago

Did you catch the poets name?

Marion Brown
Marion Brown
1 year ago

I would love a copy of Vance’s death poem