We often hear that the catches of long -term television series become much like the family. When the season shoots, the actors spend a lot more time with their co -workers than they make their own families, which can get the kind roughly depending on how satisfied everyone is. If the relationship between certain sides is strained, or if the series simply does not expect expectations, that dynamics can easily turn into a dysfunctional.

Although it was not always a completely harmonious environment (After Pauli Pereett), the set of CBS's long -term procedural procedures was largely released from a great drama during its 22 seasons. And while the actors came and spent this time, some, like John Murray and Brian Ditten, hanged themselves in one or another capacity for the whole escape.

If an actor served as a "NCIS" spine, David McCallum was definitely. Veterans' artist, who climbed on the 1960s television, like Ilija Kurakin in the NBC spy series "Uncle's Man", found a second wind in his career in 2003, when he was caught as Donald's Donald "Daki" Malard, a historian and the main medical examination. McCallum was 70 when he joined the series, and although he had incredibly good during his time on the show, he eventually had to reduce the workload as he started for years. He was still considered a regular series when he died on September 23, 2025 at the age of 90, leaving the NCIS cast and crew, sadly for the loss of a cultivated family member. So, he just felt the way he had to give Daki a nice, complete episode of sending that the series made the pleasure of his fans.

At the beginning of the episode of the season 21 "Stories we leave behind", Dr. Jimi Palmer of Brian Ditten reveals that his longtime colleague Daki died in the dream. The NFIS team is shaken by the news, but no one is getting harder than Jimi, who considered Daki as a mentor and dear friend. While everyone is moving through the process of mourning, Jimi receives an unexpected visit from an angry teenager. This is Serena Zavadski (Olivia Sanabia), the daughter of a killed US Army soldier whose death is used to strengthen the election campaign of an shameless politician. Olivia asked Daki's help to help clear her father's name, which became not only an emotional drain, but also an obstacle to her future as she refers to colleges.

Suddenly, the NFIS team has one last mystery to solve it with the help of their beloved dakes - and they come through their friend as they take the time to share personal memories ranging from touching to funny.

Obviously, everyone who worked at NCIS loved McCalum, but as in the show, Ditten was particularly close to the actor, which made him participate in writing the goodbye episode. McCallum's death also appeared on Kimo by former Starwarray Michael Temouli, whose beloved Anthony Dinoco He makes a surprising look, his first in eight seasons, at the end of the episode.

For the faithful "NCIS", the stories we leave behind "were incredibly worthy goodbye to the great David McCallum. Daki may be gone, but, as the episode explains, he will never be forgotten as long as everyone maintains their memory alive through their stories of his nessicity, and expertise.