CBS has one of the biggest shows on network TV with NCIS, which will debut its fifteenth season in the fall. As it turns out, not everybody will be back when the show returns to the airwaves. One actor has officially decided not to return as a regular to the series. Jennifer Esposito is leaving after one season as a series regular on NCIS.
Jennifer Esposito made her NCIS debut in last fall's Season 14 premiere as Special Agent Alex Quinn. The character was an experienced NCIS agent who chose to leave field work behind to work at teaching new agents as an instructor at the Law Enforcement Training Center. She wouldn't stay in the classroom, however, as Gibbs pulled her back into field work alongside his team. She brought her wit, intelligence, and experience into the fold to become a major asset for the team. Sadly, Quinn also brought some demons of her own, and Season 14 wasn't an easy year for her.
It's not yet known how Alex Quinn will be written out of NCIS now that Jennifer Esposito has decided to leave. She was part of one of the cliffhangers in the Season 14 finale, although not the giant cliffhanger that could change the entire team in some fundamental ways. She was seen receiving two phone calls from her mom, and although we don't know exactly what they discussed, the phone calls could be used to give Quinn an excuse for leaving the team. Deadline reports that NCIS will go in a brand new creative direction when it returns in the fall for Season 15.
If Quinn does leave to take care of some business with her mother, the door may be open for her to return for guest shots in the future. We can't say at this point if NCIS will return with Quinn simply gone or if Jennifer Esposito will return long enough for her character to get a sendoff. We can only hope that this is not the very end of Quinn.
Jennifer Esposito will keep busy even without NCIS. She has landed a co-starring role in the upcoming feature Speed Kills, which will also star John Travolta. She also is still attached to Showtime's The Affair as Nina Solloway, which has been a recurring role. She'll still have plenty going on; it just won't be as Alex Quinn on NCIS.
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