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fans must be sick and tired of Rena Sofer news, but from the looks of things she’s not going anywhere – at least for the mean time.
Entertainment Weekly is reporting that Sofer’s Mr. Gibbs-calling feisty lawyer character will not only be making a return on Tuesday’s episode “Mother’s Day” she will be back for “multiple episodes” in May.
Is that the sound of groaning? It gets worse.
Adds NCIS executive producer Shane Brennan, M. Allison Hart will “set in motion a chain of events that forces Gibbs (Mark Harmon) to make a life-changing decision,” a decision which he adds “will impact every member of his team.”
This bit of information suspiciously sounds connected to the little hints that Brennan gave previously regarding the much-anticipated NCIS finale, where he said elements of which have already been included in past episodes this season.
He added then: “The audience has already seen some of the elements – we’ve already started the finale in a way. You won’t see it in every episode, but we’ll tease it out. It’ll be surprising, and this year it’s going to be controversial.”
Could it be a romantic decision for Gibbs, despite the apparent unpopularity of Sofer’s Attorney Hart?
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returns Tuesday with an episode where Gibbs’ former mother-in-law becomes a witness in a murder investigation.
The only question is when.
And if the wait period for the NCIS episode that featured DiNozzo’s family were any indication, don’t expect to be introduced to Abby’s in the near future. Points out NCIS executive producer Shane Brennan: “We waited seven seasons to meet DiNozzo’s father.”
Good point.
On the other hand, Brennan confirms that we will get to know more about Abby’s backstory eventually, although it won’t necessarily be a meet the Sciuto installment like what happened on “Flesh and Blood” featuring Tony’s dad, and his many uncles and button-collecting grandfather were mentioned.
“We’re not going to wait that long to introduce one of Abby’s relatives. And I wouldn’t even say her relatives — I’d say more of her personal life. The audience loves Abby and I think there’s a lot of rich detail to be explored with that character, so, yes, it will happen.”
There had been other sort of Abby-centric episodes, such as “Bloodbath,” “Driven,” “Cover Story,” and “Silent Night,” where we learned that Abby loves Christmas.
Asked whether we’d see her family in an interview more than a year ago on Bullz-Eye.com, here’s Perette’s response.
“I don’t make up these things; the writers do. But I have all of my own ideas! We know that Abby has a little brother. We know that. And I keep saying, ‘Where’s her brother?’ I’m not sure, but in my head, I have decided…which means, to the writers, absolutely nothing.
“It definitely comes up in the Christmas episode (“Silent Night”), because I played it that way – or I certainly hope it comes across that way, or at least there’s a question mark – as to whether Abby’s father is alive. I don’t think he is. In my head, he’s not. And that also has a lot to do with her relationship with Gibbs. Gibbs lost his daughter, Abby lost her dad.”
