Ellie Bishop Is Back! Emily Wickersham Joins ‘NCIS: Origins’ to Help Gibbs on Secret Mission
Emily Wickersham will reprise her role from the hit CBS drama, reuniting with Mark Harmon on the prequel series.
The list of familiar faces from Leroy Jethro Gibbs’ (Mark Harmon) past got a new name added today when CBS announced that NCIS alum Emily Wickersham will guest star in multiple episodes of NCIS: Origins this fall, reprising her role as Eleanor “Ellie” Bishop.
Ellie will be enlisted by new director Tony DiNozzo (Michael Weatherly) to help Gibbs on his quest to track down the unknown assailants who shot him in the Origins season premiere on Oct. 6. DiNozzo decides that she’s the perfect person to aid Gibbs, who needs to keep the fact that he’s alive a secret, and since her whole life is off the books as she works an undercover assignment, there’s no one better.
Wickersham’s first appearance of several will be in the Tuesday, Oct. 27 episode, entitled “Shimmy Shimmy Ya,” when she joins Gibbs in a “place full of memories,” according to the tune-in information, but in the video in the Instagram post, we can see it is the basement of Gibbs’ home.
Wickersham starred as Ellie Bishop, working as part of Gibbs’ team, for eight seasons on NCIS before making her surprise exit in 2021. She has since returned for a guest appearance, filling viewers in on what she was working on during her undercover assignment, in March 2026. This will be her first appearance on NCIS: Origins.
Wickersham won’t be the only familiar face joining Gibbs as he tracks down the mystery men who shot him in Alaska and said, “One down, one to go,” in hopes of saving the life of the other one as part of a present-day mystery tied to his ‘90s Camp Pendleton days.
“We couldn’t be more excited for the surprises we have in store for everyone,” showrunner David J. North told Parade in an interview.
The first of those faces will be when Michael Weatherly and Mark Harmon reunite tonight for the first time in 10 years on NCIS: Origins.
Also on tonight’s episode, the 1993 team will intervene when a general’s rebellious teen son is targeted by a dangerous former gang member.
NCIS: Origins airs Tuesday nights at 10 p.m. ET/PT on CBS. Streams next day on Paramount+.
