NCIS is still trucking on CBS. However, by now, the procedural for maritime crimes have been in the air for so long that it already has its own podcast for Rewatch. "Out of Affairs: Ncis Rewatch" is the co-host of Michael Temali and Bray de Pablo, two of the show's main stars that (along with Mark Harmon And Pauli Pereett) Both eventually left after years of playing their roles.

Unlike most of Rewatch podcasts, however, "Off Duty" does not descend on excessive nostalgia, which makes sense given the allegedly difficult working conditions that have been spoken by several "NCIS". Case in point: there episode Where the two hosts dig in the apparently grueling seasons with former Starwarr Sasha Alexander, whose special agent Caitlin Todd was killed after only two seasons at NFIS.

Alexander has been with NCIS from the beginning. She played agent Todd In the early pilot episodes of "Jag" pilot Before moving to the new series with colleagues leads Harmon and the weather. The actor appeared in nearly 50 episodes of the show before Kate faced a dramatic fate in the final of Season 2. By the end of the episode, titled "Twilight", Kate was shot in the head by ARI (Rudolph Martin), an agent of Mosad, whom her two -man tries to do.

Behind the scenes, on the other hand, Alexander's exit was perhaps less surprise. In the years since then, she revealed that it was burned by the intensive production schedule of the show.

Even when Alexander came out of "NCIS", co-creator of the series Donald P. Belisari has attributed her departure to questions related to her endurance. "I have already started writing the last episode of the season and preparing to go to Australia to take a little break," Belisario told. Chicago Tribune In 2005. "Sasha came two days before I left, and with tears in my eyes, she said:" I just can't work this hard. "But while Belisario sounds forgiven in the interview, he did not mention any attempts to reform the schedule to avoid future exhaustion - something that was unfortunately common for network shows at the time.

"We are working very long hours, and Sasha just didn't feel it was physical to that time and dedication," Belisario added. "Although we had it in agreement, I went to CBS and said:" You do not want to force someone to work when she says this is not what she expected. "" He concluded: "I think it was just more than he understood." This was the end of the end of the conversation, and members of the members of the members to resolve unhealthy work schedules, continued to be mostly ignored for a decade. Rare exceptions to that rule tend to turn out bad, too, as when Catherine Heigle was avoided by the film and the TV industry To publicly call the "cruel" 17-hour working days of "Gray Anatomy" in 2009.

Fortunately, workers' movements, investigative works like Morin Ryan's book "Burn It", and world events have since clarified the public understanding that Hollywood sets are like any other - and that studio, networks and directors should provide the same level of protection for employees as any other. In 2022, several years after the overthrow of her Kostar, actor Gray Anatomy Ellen Pompeo called Haigl "complete hero" to talk about "crazy hours" on the show (After TV -line). There seems to be similar to the vibration of the NCIS podcast, where de Pablo, Time and Alexander were quite honest about the chaos and stretched behind the scenes of the mass popular series.

"I made a few shows in front of NFIS, but none as a challenge," Alexander told De Pablo and Time in the episode in June 2024, adding that they were not just the long hours Gotted approached, but also some problems with the writing deadlines. "We didn't have complete scripts early, we had works," she explained. Time agreed, comparing the early seasons of the 52 pickup show ("chaos") and a reminder of the Pincant series to make all three leading actors appear in every scene - whether it makes sense for the story or not. Sometimes, he said, the supplements that have already wrapped their scenes will suddenly be promoted to the villain of the episode, which will lead to additional sequences that made no sense on the cast and put a lot of pressure on those supplements (some of which barely had roles in "Weatherly").

Neza behind the scenes would be enough to get tired of. Of course, as Alexander and Temples noted, it didn't help that "no one" had no life outside their work at that moment in the show. The lack of balance between work and life around the CBS procedure has affected the roles that Alexander will choose next, including TNT's "Rizoli and Islands". As he explained to De Pablo:

"I think before NCIS, the shows that somehow made more balance like they were or real ensembles. I think normally, if you are one or two (on the call leaf), like "Rizoli and Islands", "I worked all the time. But there were times when we could throw the ball forward and get to each other. "

Alexander has already talked about toll on Dangerously long Network recording a few days before the world is ready to hear about it. "People do not realize that on a network show, you are doing 24 episodes a year - it's 10½ months a year, 17 hours a day," she said TV guide back in 2012. "It's hardcore." Although she said the exit that "people do not understand" her choice to get out of stable work like the one she had on NCIS, she has no regret. "I really firmly believe in my heart that I wouldn't be where I am today - happily married, with two children, doing things creatively that I love - if I stayed," Alexander added.

As for the actor who took it for her when she left? At Off Duty, De Pablo remembers Alexander gently touching his face for the first time they met and gave simple tips that stayed with her for years: "Be strong." De Pablo has not appeared on the show since 2020, but it should be united with weatherly for The upcoming series of sequels entitled "NCIS: Tony and Ziva".