Jessica Knight’s NCIS Replacement Will Give a Whole New Perspective to the Series’ Team Lead

The season 21 finale of NCIS left everyone hanging, eagerly awaiting another episode to finally reveal what the future holds for the McRt after Jessica Knight’s inevitable departure. The end of the final season made it clear that Knight might not be leaving the show for good, but her position will definitely become vacant once she begins her career on the other side of the country.

While NCIS still has nothing to say about its next season and all the changes it will bring, all of Jessica Knight’s potential successors seem to have one particular detail in common.

If Jessica Knight leaves the McRt, her functions will be taken over by someone who will join a completely renewed team with another leader at the helm. Until season 19, the McRt was led by its invariable supervisor, Leroy Jethro Gibbs, until…