Ned Dorneget’s (Matt Jones) death isn’t the last of the scary moments for the team this season on NCIS.
The characters on the CBS drama suffered a tough loss when the special agent was killed in an explosion at a Cairo hotel during last week’s episode, leading to the arrival of his mother, Joanna (Mimi Rogers).
Executive producer Gary Glasberg tells The Hollywood Reporter that this “heart-wrenching” death helps propel a story arc that will continue through Tuesday’s season 12 finale and into next season.
“Gibbs (Mark Harmon) always takes a loss to his team very, very seriously,” Glasberg says. “Throughout the next episode and then the season opener as well, [the agents will] all be very focused on catching not only Dorneget’s killer but getting to the bottom of this terrorist organization and trying to put a stop to whatever they have planned.”
Glasberg reveals that the finale picks up with Ned’s mom, a CIA officer who “proves to be an important figure politically and with our group,” and then it sees Gibbs and Tony (Michael Weatherly) finding themselves in “some very dangerous territory.”
“[The finale] continues down the road, building the relationship between Gibbs and this young man Luke (Daniel Zolghadri), and then carries us all the way through to a very shocking and disturbing season-ending moment,” Glasberg says.
NCIS‘ season 12 finale airs Tuesday at 8 p.m. on CBS.
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