NCIS: Los Angeles’ March 5 episode, directed by Chris O’Donnell (who plays Callen), will explore the personal life of LL Cool J’s Sam Hanna, whose wife, Michelle (Aunjanue Ellis), is back for the first time since November and again goes undercover as her CIA alias, Quinn.
“There are some really strange things that happen that people won’t expect,” LL says. “She comes back in a very odd way, and her story is a lot grayer than people first thought.”
He’ll play an agent named Dave in the back-door pilot starring John Corbett.
ER alum Scott Grimes has been tapped to join the ranks of the back-door pilot, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
NCIS: Red revolves around a mobile team of agents who are forced to live and work together as they crisscross the country solving crimes. The back-door pilot will air in the spring as an episode of NCIS: LA.
Parenthood alum John Corbett will star as analyst Roy Quaid, a former NCIS special agent forced to retire from active service who now works as an analyst. While no longer an active agent, he’s the most experienced investigator working for Red Team, a fact that is not lost on any other agents.
Grimes, whose credits also include American Dad and an episode of the flagship NCIS drama, will play Dave, a highly capable agent with an eye for clues, a nose for lies who is the team’s forensic specialist.
NCIS: LA’s Miguel Ferrer will reprise his role in the potential spinoff as NCIS assistant director Owen Granger, while Red Dawn’s Edwin Hodge will play Special Agent Kai, a computer expert and transport coordinator from South Central L.A. who was raised by his grandmother.
Grimes is repped by Abrams Artists Agency, Industry Entertainment and Weintraub Genshlea.
John Corbett has landed the male lead in CBS’ NCIS: Los Angeles spin-off, TVLine has learned.
Corbett, whose most notable TV credits include Northern Exposure, Sex and the City and the United States of Tara, will play analyst Roy Quaid, a former NCIS Special Agent forced to retire from active service who now works as an Analyst. While no longer an active agent, Roy is the most experienced investigator working for Red Team, a fact that’s not lost on any of the other agents.
Additionally, NCIS: LA‘s Miguel Ferrer (a.k.a Assistant Director Owen Granger) will juggle both the LA edition and (assuming it gets picked up) the offshoot next season as a regular, Deadline reports.
The spin-off’s cast also includes Cougar Town‘s Edwin Hodge as the resident techie.
We’ll first see the new project — in which a mobile team of agents live and work together as they cross the country solving crimes – as a two-part episode of NCIS: LA airing later this season.
John Corbett has been cast as the lead of the NCIS spin-off pilot, TVGuide.com has learned.
This second spin-off in the franchise will follow a team of mobile agents as they solve crimes across the country. The potential series will be introduced as a backdoor pilot on an episode of NCIS: LA titled “Red” later this season.
Corbett will play Roy Quaid, a former NCIS Special Agent who was forced to retire from active service and now works as an analyst. Although he’s no longer an active agent, Quaid is the most experienced investigator on his Red Team.
Corbett, who played fan favorite Aidan on Sex and the City, recurs on NBC’s Parenthood.
Edwin Hodge is going to be the NCIS: Los Angeles‘ spin-off‘s resident techie.
The Cougar Town actor has been cast as Kai Ashe in the CBS franchise’s as-yet-untitled planted pilot, our sister site Deadline reports.
We’ll first see the new project — in which a mobile team of agents live and work together as they cross the country solving crimes – as a two-part episode of NCIS: LA airing later this season.
Hodge — the older brother of Aldis Hodge aka Leverage‘s resident techie — guest-starred on NCIS this fall and plays Laurie’s love interest Wade on Cougar Town. His TV credits also include Jack & Bobby, Private Practice and The Mentalist.
Ever since Peter Cambor became a recurring cast member on NCIS: Los Angeles, the return visits of operational psychologist Nate Getz have been rather illuminating.
While last season revealed Nate to have become exceedingly more skilled in hand-to-hand combat than we ever imagined, this time around, the case is personal, dealing with matters of the mind — and, more importantly, the heart. When the team’s investigation of a Marine’s death leads them to the morgue, the agents begin to question whether the coroner, Nate’s former flirty friend Rose (Kathleen Rose Perkins), is hiding information.
“Nate kind of has a thing for Rose and Rose kind of has a thing for Nate,” Cambor, who now stars on TBS’ Wedding Band, tells TVGuide.com. “Hetty [Linda Hunt] has very specific designs as to why they need Nate. It’s because of this relationship. They’re exploiting it to get into the case in a more specific way.”
Although Cambor says Rose is surprised to see Nate sitting across the table from her, Nate is used to picking the brains of those closest to him. But now, there is more at stake. “It was unlike any interrogation I’ve ever done on the show before,” Cambor says. “Nate’s kind of a shy guy, but it seems he’s finally getting to make some headway with this person that he’s really, really interested in. All of a sudden he has to give her the third degree. It’s the one time he doesn’t want to be there. He’s really doing this against his will.”
But like a good agent, Nate follows his orders, which ultimately find him going undercover with Hetty. “I may or may not be playing her son,” Cambor says with a laugh. “The undercover scenes almost play like a Wes Anderson movie. It’s so surreal.”
Cambor says its an apt situation, given Hetty’s mother-figure role to many of the NCIS agents. “I really think she’s a teacher, like a sensei,” Cambor says. “It’s like Mr. Miyagi and Daniel LaRusso in The Karate Kid. I feel like every episode, Nate is like, ‘Why am I doing all of this?’ Of course, at the end of the movie, Daniel’s a great fighter.”
Indeed, Cambor believes Hetty is constantly training Nate for some unknown future goal. “What Nate has to do is hone his intellect,” he says. “That’s something he shares with Hetty. She’s not physically imposing, but she’s incredibly intelligent. I think part of him being sent away has to do with him getting tougher, but ultimately … he needs to become a better mental and intellectual and emotional warrior. Hetty’s always testing everyone, but this is really where he will become invaluable.”
But like all tests in life, it’s not easy. In fact, because of the personal nature of this case, Nate will begin to question his choices. “This is the first time Nate is psychologically put on that tightrope,” Cambor says. “If he’s keeping an eye on everyone else, who’s keeping an eye on him? He doesn’t know if he can do this.”
Fortunately, Nate finds his answers by the end of the episode — even if that means losing Rose. “He’s confirming that this is his life — beyond anything else, this [work] really does precedence,” Cambor says. “It’s a wake-up call for him about how important this is to him. Hetty’s really putting him through the gauntlet and as hard as it is, it’s right for him. He’s in the exact right place.”
NCIS: Los Angeles airs Tuesdays at 9/8c on CBS.
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