NCIS: LA Season Premiere Sneak Peek: Kilbride Questions Hetty’s Travel Plans
The enigmatic Henrietta Lange is on the move, yet again — though not if Kilbride has anything to say about it! — in this exclusive sneak peek from NCIS: Los Angeles‘ Season 13 premiere.
In the high-octane CBS drama’s latest season opener, airing Sunday at 9/8c and titled “Subject 17,” Retired Admiral Hollace Kilbride (played by new series regular Gerald McRaney) learns of Hetty’s (two-time Teen Choice Award winner Linda Hunt) plan to return to Syria, where she spent much of Season 12 and apparently left things in a bit of… disarray.
“We’re going to find out early on that Hetty created quite a mess overseas and she has to go and try to fix that — against [Kilbride’s] best judgement,” NCIS: LA showrunner R. Scott Gemmill shared during TVLine’s in-depth fall preview Q&A. After all, the EP notes, Kilbride “thinks that these are her misfits [working at NCIS], so she should be the one to wrangle them.”
But despite his protests, Kilbride will “let her try and fix the mess, and in her absence he’ll be running the show,” Gemmill previewed. Now press play above to hear Kilbride’s very specific (#TooSoon?) warning for Hetty — as well as his confession about (eep!) a recent workplace murder.
Hetty will be around long enough, though, to steer Callen toward (or away from?) the truth about their past. Poking around the secret files he learned of late last season, “Callen (Chris O’Donnell) finds something that will definitely change his relationship, at least for the time being, with someone very close to him,” Gemmill teased. “He will discover that Hetty was in his life a lot sooner than he ever realized.”
Elsewhere in Sunday’s season premiere, Joelle (guest star Elizabeth Bogush) resurfaces in her quest to capture Katya, while Kensi (Daniela Ruah) and Deeks (Eric Christian Olsen) work to expand their family.
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Can’t stand the admiral.
It’s been a bit obvious that Hetty has been a very important part of Callen’s life for a very long time, so, maybe it’ll be revealed that she is in fact actually related to him.
Also, how dare Kilbride mention what she went through in Season 9 like that!! 😡 What happened to her wasn’t her fault!!
Not sure I will like the show with Nell and Eric gone and Hetty still part-time. Plus having HQ seem like a ghost town.
Sounds like more repeated storylines from Gemmill. He really needs a refresh in the writer’s room, get back to what worked in the earlier seasons. The constant mopey storylines are dragging the show down. And Linda Hunt, please make up your mind, are you in or are you out.
I was thinking the same thing. Are they back to Callen’s backstory again? They solved that already when he found his father.
The Callen backstory, the Joelle-Katya-Anna drama, Part-time Hetty, DeeKensi baby making drama…The list goes on.
Hetty rocks and Gerald McRaney (Kilbride) elevates the work of everyone on any show he’s on. Can’t wait!
I totally agree!! I love him.
Should make Sam the chief there,time to inject better new agents.
I love Hetty, she was the main reason I watched the show (& Deeks) & she has been missed by me.
Joelle again? Will we ever be rid of that hag? She has brought NOTHING to the show!
Nooooo! I expected to see Hetty back @ HQ, now that both Eric & Nell are gone!😭
As for Kilbride I like him. He’s Granger 2.0 with his old man “get off my lawn” vibes.😂😂 Overall can’t wait for ep.1 on Sunday!!
They ruined the opening theme. Why do they always think there has to be a change in something after 12 years?