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I hope we're rolling.
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Yeah. W-What was the question?
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Let's not overthink it.
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Tonight...
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...the cast of NCIS: Los
Angeles say goodbye.
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You guys just watched the finale.
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Lots of feels.
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My God. Pinch me.
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I wasn't expecting that ending.
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I-It's not the end of these characters.
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...sharing 14 seasons
of behind-the-scenes secrets...
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Lot of pyro, lot of explosions.
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These are directly stolen from set.
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- Mark!
- ...from the first day...
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- It's nice to meet you.
- It's funny,
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I forget he's LL Cool J.
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...to the final shot.
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This was beyond
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anything I could have imagined.
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You get overcome with emotions.
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I love you, I appreciate you. Thank you.
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Favorite memories...
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I was like, "How did we get that?"
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That's not normal life.
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...that made them forever family.
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They're my brothers.
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Daniela is-is that-that fun mom.
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LL Cool J always has
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- the music playing.
- "Todd,
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we're-we're ready."
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"Oh, okay," you know?
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- Come on. It's NCIS: L.A.
- It's NCIS: Los Angeles.
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This is CBS Presents
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A Salute to NCIS: Los Angeles:
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An Entertainment Tonight Special.
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Hello and welcome, everybody,
to a bittersweet tribute.
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We just witnessed the end of an era,
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the end of NCIS: Los Angeles.
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I'm here at the historic studios
at Paramount,
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where all the sets once stood.
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The boatshed, the team's desks,
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the Ops center, even the gym.
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It was all right here
just two months ago.
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- It was amazing. It was amazing.
- Yeah.
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We... You know, w-we called
these stages home for 14 years.
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I'll probably be calling him, saying,
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"Hey, man, did that really happen?"
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Probably.
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What-what are you, what are you doing?
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- You want to hang out?
- Yeah.
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It's a weird sensation
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because it doesn't hit you
in, like, one big slap.
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I think it'll hit me
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when we don't come back in July
to shoot another season.
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As I was driving home
was the first, like, round
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that it really hit me,
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which is like, "I'm not gonna
be driving to work
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on NCIS: Los Angeles anymore."
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And that's just
a full cornucopia of emotions.
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We made a show that made
so many people happy
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and that, uh, built up such
a following around the world.
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It was pretty amazing.
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Yep, after 14 years
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and 323 episodes,
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we're saying goodbye
to these special agents.
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But first, let's talk about that finale.
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We got a long-awaited wedding,
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a baby on the way, surprise guests,
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and we finally got to hear
Hetty's voice again.
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I think we all have
a lot of feelings about
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how it went down, and so does the cast.
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I think that, uh, they did
a nice job wrapping it up.
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And I think the fans that, you know,
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had an opportunity to be with us
from day one
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should feel really, really good
about these characters.
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I think that it's...
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...really emotionally fulfilling
for the characters
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and also, I think, for... hopefully,
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for everybody that just,
that just watched.
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With this ring, I thee wed.
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The hard thing is that we took
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so many pictures that day,
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but we couldn't post them
because we couldn't let it on
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to the audience that we were
shooting a wedding scene.
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I pronounce you man and wife.
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You may share your first married kiss.
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I wasn't expecting that ending,
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and I actually thought it was
great... I go, "God, they...
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"this thing could end on us, you know,
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"me getting married and, you know,
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"saying goodbye, and that's kind
of it," and then I was like,
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"Wait a second,
they're going to Morocco."
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Thought it was very clever,
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and leaves the fans thinking,
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"So they're still doing stuff?
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What... Do we get to see?" You know?
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- There's nothing here.
- Well, maybe that's the point.
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The future is bright.
It leaves the future open.
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- Mm-hmm. I like that.
- They're off to new adventures.
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You never know,
there might be a-a whole movie
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for NCIS: Los Angeles one day.
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There could be many things
that could happen.
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You never know what could happen, so...
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you know, there was no reason
for us to just, like,
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drive off a cliff, like Thelma Louise,
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you know what I mean, like, we...
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Another mission was the perfect way
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to bring Linda Hunt back as Hetty Lange.
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Fans got to hear her voice one last time
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in a letter to her surrogate son.
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I have been blessed
with the greatest family
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one could ever have wished for,
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and so have you.
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Health concerns
have kept everyone's favorite
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operations manager off set
for the last two seasons,
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but she's never far
from this cast's heart.
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The one wish I have for you,
Mr. Callen...
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...is that by the time you leave here,
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you've learned the art
of trusting others.
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I... We needed that closure.
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Like, a-as a human being,
I needed that closure.
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I'm so glad that she did it.
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And I miss her desperately.
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The body versus the mind.
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There's a fight indeed.
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She's incredibly funny.
Incredibly funny.
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But to be able to represent her
when we talk about her,
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to be able to give her
that final closure in the end,
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um, but also leaving
that "dot, dot, dot"
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at the end of the show through her,
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which is so, uh, appropriate.
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She was such a part of the show.
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Huge.
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And will always be such
a big part of the show, and...
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and she's one of a kind.
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Tonight's finale also
brought back some old friends,
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like Erik Palladino,
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Peter Cambor and Renée Felice Smith.
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What do you say, gentlemen?
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You ready for your next adventure?
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I mean, how are they gonna
wrap it up without Nell?
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It felt like I-I had lost
no time in between.
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Um, we picked up
right where we left off.
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And I think they were,
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you know, excited
to have Nell back as well.
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Don't tell me Beale's here with you.
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No. Sadly, he is giving
a TED Talk in Singapore.
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- Of course he is.
- Beale didn't factor
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into the final storyline,
but for Barrett Foa,
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just like the rest of us,
saying goodbye is tough.
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I'm really sad that the show is over.
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I mean, it's 12 years
of my life, you know?
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14 years of-of, of our fans' lives.
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And if this face in the final scene
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looks familiar, well, here's why.
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Uh, that's Chris's son Chip,
playing Will,
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which is amazing.
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I'm the new guy.
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My son was in the last scene,
as part of the, uh,
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the new team, which was kind of fun.
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We got a kick out of him.
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Over the course of the show,
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all of my kids had been
on the show, and my wife.
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My oldest son had not been on
for various reasons,
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and then... partly during COVID...
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and so at the end, I said, "Oh, my God,
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we should have,
we should have done something."
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So, it was kind of fun.
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It was really sweet
to have that moment, I think.
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And I, and I saw Chris
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really absorbing sort of the gravity
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of that moment, too.
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I was like, do you think
the audience is not gonna notie
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that he is
a straight photocopy of Chris?
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Do you think people are not
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gonna see that that's his son?
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And I was just like,
"My goodness, Chris,
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you make good-looking children."
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Yeah. This cast has
always been about family.
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It even resonates in the storylines.
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We're having a baby.
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We're having a baby?
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I think Kensi and Deeks
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deserved this ending.
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I had hoped for this, to be honest.
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I had, like, been putting it
out in the universe
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and making little jokes
here and there with our writers
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and being like,
"Wouldn't it be great if Kensi
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got pregnant in the last episode?"
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I think it's the
only ending to that story.
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I think it's the best ending
to that story.
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The end of Deeks's arc,
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finding love and-and a wife
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and-and potentially two kids, like,
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you can't ask for a better
ending for that character.
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The two-part series finale
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was actually shot 11 weeks ago.
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Production schedules
varied for everyone,
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which means the cast didn't hae
their final scenes together.
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So I was out on a Friday
and our show wrapped
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on a Wednesday, so I made a point
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of going to work those last three days.
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I went every day to make sure
that I got to hug everybody
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on their last day.
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Anna, you look stunning.
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So do you. You're glowing.
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The very last moment
we shot was when Anna says,
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"Kensi, you look so lovely.
You're glowing."
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And I say, "No, you look amazing."
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It's nice to have sort of, like,
that female mutual empowerment
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as my very last line of the show.
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My last scene was
with Rosa right after the wedding.
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Or I say, "Did you hear that?"
and she goes, "I did,
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I think they're cute,"
and I was like, "What?"
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What?
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You want that to be your grandpa?
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That was the last scene I shot
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of NCIS: Los Angeles.
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I remember shooting
the last scene very well.
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It was me, Caleb and, um, Gerald
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in Ops.
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There were lots of tears on the last day
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from-from everybody.
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You know what was interesting,
I-I didn't cry.
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Uh, a lot of our crew,
uh, absolutely did.
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Medalion, sure, but, um, I didn't.
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I was just very proud of everyone,
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and the job that we had accomplished.
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Mine was, uh, it was just me
working with a screen.
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Sir, Commander Collins
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with Navy Munitions Command Pac
is online now.
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Got it. Put her through.
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You know, immediately after that scene
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was done,
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the, uh, first AD called
a wrap on the episode,
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a wrap on the season,
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a wrap on NCIS: Los Angeles,
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and that was that.
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We were on set with
Chris and Todd for their last day,
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and as you'd expect, it was emotional.
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Uh, guys,
um, that is a thank you, good night.
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Done in episode, done in season
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and done in show to Chris.
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You kind of know it's coming,
and then all of a sudden,
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like, you know, then you know
they're gonna say,
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"Oh, this is the last scene
for, you know, Chris
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on the set," and it...
You're just like...
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- Mm-hmm.
- "Wow," it's just,
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you get overcome with emotions.
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Thank you, everybody.
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That's amazing...
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...to say the least.
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And it was because of all you guys.
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It's so hard to get
these things to work.
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And this was beyond anything
I could have imagined.
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So thank you, everybody.
You've worked really hard.
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And, uh, I hope everybody
finds another run like this
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'cause they don't come up very often.
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And take care, everybody.
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We did something great.
I mean, you know,
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we're the 14th longest-running
show in history
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and we're, you know,
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number five, I think, on... for CBS.
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I mean, this was
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- a-a huge accomplishment...
- Mm-hmm.
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...and I want the
crew to be proud of that.
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Never feel like you don't
have access to me in that,
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now, if you see me on TV,
I'm no longer your friend,
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or now if you see me on TV,
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you can no longer reach out to me.
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You can. You know what I'm saying?
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We have a relationship.
That doesn't change.
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So I love you, I appreciate you.
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Thank you.
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I realize now
that a lot of these things,
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how important they are.
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And there's more to this than just
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money and jobs and mortgages and people.
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Yes, that's all important,
I know people want to take care
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of their families, but you also
have to take a moment
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and just remember that
you really did something major.
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- And-and that means something.
- Yeah, and it was nice
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that you singled out how
everyone contributed, you know?
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- Yeah.
- 'Cause there's a lot of people that,
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if you're in front of the camera,
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if you're in the vicinity
of the camera, you...
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you know, everyone knows
who you are and sees you,
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but there's so many people that...
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work just as hard
that nobody really knows,
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and they're kind of in the
background doing stuff, so...
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It's a r... It-it is absolutely
a team effort.
292
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LL Cool J always has the music playing,
293
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and he doesn't just listen
to hip-hop and rap.
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L.A. set.
295
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Dani's a professional dancer.
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Plus, what happens
when you bring your mom to work.
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I was nervous,
I thought she was gonna be...
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We are rolling now.
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Well, there's no hope for me.
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What's up?
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- Kind of looks like him, right?
- Thanks.
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Thanks a lot. Thank you.
303
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Look at this.
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Get in the middle, get in the middle.
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You know who's the fastest
lip balm putter-oner?
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LL Cool J.
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We doing it. Enjoy.
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Hello.
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Welcome to NCIS: Los Angeles.
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- Ah.
- What's your favorite part of the set?
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I think the Ops center is really,
really cool.
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We have a bunch of technology.
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This is kind of our little
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bullpen area where we all hang out.
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This is the gadget room.
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I don't know what the hell
they do in there.
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It's nice to meet you. I'm LL Cool J.
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Nice to meet you.
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I-I forget he's LL Cool J,
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but then when we get out in public
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and people are, you know,
yelling for him
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and the whole thing, it-it reminds you.
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People always used to wonder,
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what are rappers gonna do
when they grow up?
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Los Angeles.
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When the show started in 2009,
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LL Cool J was a Grammy-winning
rapper and superstar.
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But to the NCIS: L.A. cast and crew,
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he just wanted to be Todd Smit.
330
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I just didn't want to bring
that part of my life to the set.
331
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That's a big name, it's a big persona,
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and there's a lot that comes with that.
333
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- And I think it was the right decision.
- And you did that.
334
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I was watching the-the Grammys,
335
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did this, you know, massive performance
336
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with the whole thing... I was like,
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"I can't believe that's the same guy...
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"...that I sit and screw around
with all day long,
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that that's him up there."
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That's the bigger act, let me tell you.
341
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I think Sam Hanna's
a lot closer to who you are
342
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- than-than that.
- Okay.
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And in his own words,
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he's an introvert by nature.
345
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He's a little nerdy
guy that reads stuff all the time.
346
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He'll make comments on stuff,
and I'm like,
347
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"Where are you coming up with this?"
348
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And then I'll kind of look it up, I go,
349
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"He's actually right."
350
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And I go, "I don't...
I wasn't expecting that."
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He's got a vast amount of knowledge.
352
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He's highly intelligent.
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I enjoyed the conversations
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that I would have with him
between shots.
355
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But he does bring the good energy.
356
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It's just like,
"Let's play music, let's have fun.
357
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He brought more of the music than I did.
358
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You knew when Todd was coming onto set.
359
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Thankfully.
360
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Thankfully. You know what I mean?
361
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Oh, yeah. When Todd walks in,
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he'll be playing some sort of music.
363
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We're like, "What genre
are we playing today?"
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And there were a few times
when they would have
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to get his attention.
366
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"Todd, we're-we're ready."
367
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"Oh, okay."
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And he'd turn the music off, go to work.
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Let's roll.
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Let's roll sound, everybody, here we go.
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It's funny, 'cause Chris
O'Donnell likes a quiet set
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and Todd likes the music.
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And so when they're working together,
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they're always kind of bickerig
375
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and joking with each other, and...
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It's just, their dynamic is so good.
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Keep it up. I'm-a bounce you off a rock.
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From day one, the thing that's
been the most enjoyable for me
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are my scenes with-with Todd,
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and just the-the banter back and forth
381
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and needling each other
on the show, and...
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and we do that off camera as well.
383
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Well, he's got a fan on him right now.
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Seriously. Do you want to...
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Take your picture with her, would you?
386
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Come on. She's dying.
387
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- We already did.
- Okay.
388
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You guys are
like the odd couple. I love it.
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I remember my first scene
with them together.
390
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We're in the boatshed,
and I think I improv,
391
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"You two are adorable"?
392
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That is adorable.
393
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And the look on, the look on their face.
394
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And I remember just them
being like, "What the..."
395
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Cuckoo. You're crazy.
396
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He gives me a thousand paper cuts.
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I give him one big stab wound...
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...you know, like a...
like, three months later.
399
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Then we go three months
with the paper cuts,
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and then I give him a stab wound.
401
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- It's-it's perfect.
- That's so true.
402
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It's perfect.
403
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I don't even know why I try.
404
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I don't, either, but it's fun.
405
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Yep. And when Chris,
406
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who the cast calls C.O.D.,
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directed his first of
three episodes back in 2013,
408
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Todd thought it was about time.
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Set and action.
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And he's always in my ear
with a... It's something, anyway,
411
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so it didn't really make a difference.
412
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Gonna have to have pep talks
with my actors today here.
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I mean, I was like,
414
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it was... He's running around here
415
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like a soda bottle that got shook up.
416
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He needed to, he needed
to direct, so it was great.
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I think it's... I'm happy for him.
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- And cut.
- Cutting.
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Thing of beauty.
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I am gonna be directing again
this season,
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so I'm looking forward to that.
422
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That's always kind of fun,
to get behind the camera
423
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and get to tell LL what he has to do.
424
00:16:02,479 --> 00:16:04,441
You get up quickly because
I'm like, "Sam," and then
425
00:16:04,465 --> 00:16:06,342
you get up, you're like,
"I'm good, I'm going after him."
426
00:16:06,366 --> 00:16:07,824
Chris wasn't the only cast member
427
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to sit in the director's chair.
428
00:16:09,124 --> 00:16:11,066
Daniela directed six episodes,
429
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including a very special one in 2022,
430
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which was written by Eric.
431
00:16:15,591 --> 00:16:17,119
I fell in love with it.
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And it's something that was
not a... it's not to replace acting,
433
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but it's a lateral step
that I fully intend
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on continuing to pursue.
435
00:16:24,592 --> 00:16:27,212
Daniela communicates
in a way, as a director,
436
00:16:27,237 --> 00:16:30,617
that is so conducive, uh,
437
00:16:30,642 --> 00:16:34,228
to just pulling the performance
you want as an actor.
438
00:16:34,315 --> 00:16:38,867
She has evolved into
the kind of mother on the set.
439
00:16:38,892 --> 00:16:41,582
Daniela is-is that-that fun mom on set.
440
00:16:41,607 --> 00:16:44,607
You know? She lets us
joke around, but it's...
441
00:16:44,632 --> 00:16:46,632
when it's time to work and it's
time to get down to business,
442
00:16:46,657 --> 00:16:49,277
she's able to-to, you know, bring it in.
443
00:16:49,349 --> 00:16:51,670
And speaking of moms, in 2012,
444
00:16:51,694 --> 00:16:53,670
the cast's real-life mamas made cameos
445
00:16:53,694 --> 00:16:55,291
alongside their famous kids.
446
00:16:55,315 --> 00:16:59,325
Now, that's what I call
two well-mannered young men.
447
00:16:59,349 --> 00:17:01,027
She did excellent. She did better
448
00:17:01,051 --> 00:17:02,380
than I thought she would do.
I was nervous.
449
00:17:02,404 --> 00:17:04,843
I thought she was gonna be...
450
00:17:04,867 --> 00:17:06,316
She was rehearsing at home,
though, yesterday.
451
00:17:06,340 --> 00:17:08,333
Well, yeah, 'cause I have one line.
452
00:17:08,358 --> 00:17:10,117
It was like Peter Brady running
around the house saying,
453
00:17:10,142 --> 00:17:11,556
"Hark. Who goes there?"
454
00:17:11,581 --> 00:17:13,891
Hark. Who goes there?
455
00:17:14,177 --> 00:17:16,670
She was doing it all
the different ways possible.
456
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Someone certainly taught them well.
457
00:17:19,138 --> 00:17:21,257
It was really fun to see
the moms, especially when they,
458
00:17:21,281 --> 00:17:22,601
you know, they call cut,
and then all the moms
459
00:17:22,625 --> 00:17:23,808
kind of turn to each other
and kind of go...
460
00:17:23,832 --> 00:17:25,325
"Oh, my God, oh, my God."
461
00:17:25,349 --> 00:17:27,567
It was a once-in-a-lifetime experienc,
462
00:17:27,591 --> 00:17:29,843
and I wouldn't give it up for anything.
463
00:17:35,212 --> 00:17:37,291
Just catching bad guys in my frills.
464
00:17:37,315 --> 00:17:39,843
I'm not exactly sure
how we end up undercover
465
00:17:39,867 --> 00:17:41,463
at this dance club.
466
00:17:41,487 --> 00:17:43,808
All I know is that, uh, Dani's doing
467
00:17:43,832 --> 00:17:46,291
a lot of fantastic dancing,
and I am, uh,
468
00:17:46,315 --> 00:17:48,394
I am running the men's room attendant.
469
00:17:48,418 --> 00:17:51,816
I forgot how happy dance makes me.
470
00:17:51,840 --> 00:17:54,463
There's, like, this "zing"
that comes up in your body.
471
00:17:54,487 --> 00:17:56,912
She won't talk about this,
but she was on
472
00:17:56,936 --> 00:17:58,670
Dancing with the Stars in Portugal,
473
00:17:58,694 --> 00:18:00,360
and I think she won.
474
00:18:00,384 --> 00:18:01,877
Yeah, she did.
475
00:18:01,901 --> 00:18:04,222
And another thing Dani
always gets asked about:
476
00:18:04,246 --> 00:18:06,670
- her different-colored eyes.
- I have a birthmark
477
00:18:06,694 --> 00:18:09,739
in my black eye, which makes it black.
478
00:18:09,763 --> 00:18:11,394
Otherwise, they would both be hazel.
479
00:18:11,418 --> 00:18:13,463
I was born with it.
480
00:18:13,487 --> 00:18:15,291
It doesn't affect my vision.
481
00:18:15,315 --> 00:18:17,153
And as we look
back on some of the show's
482
00:18:17,177 --> 00:18:18,877
most memorable moments,
483
00:18:18,901 --> 00:18:21,670
it wasn't until season seven
that G. Callen
484
00:18:21,694 --> 00:18:23,188
finally found out his name.
485
00:18:23,212 --> 00:18:25,015
I was excited myself.
486
00:18:26,281 --> 00:18:27,670
It took a little while.
487
00:18:27,694 --> 00:18:29,394
We started out,
I didn't even know my name.
488
00:18:29,418 --> 00:18:31,394
Oh, my God.
489
00:18:31,418 --> 00:18:32,705
Tell them what it stands for.
490
00:18:32,729 --> 00:18:34,912
- Grisha.
- Oh, yeah.
491
00:18:34,936 --> 00:18:36,300
Grisha?
492
00:18:36,414 --> 00:18:41,138
Grisha Aleksandrovich Nikolaev Callen.
493
00:18:41,163 --> 00:18:43,232
I love it. I love it.
494
00:18:43,257 --> 00:18:45,119
I didn't want to know. I-I...
495
00:18:45,144 --> 00:18:47,144
I just thought it was fun
to let the writers go
496
00:18:47,176 --> 00:18:48,556
and-and take the ride with them.
497
00:18:48,581 --> 00:18:50,049
Kensi and Deeks' relationship
498
00:18:50,074 --> 00:18:52,133
was also quite the ride.
499
00:18:52,459 --> 00:18:53,735
After four proposals,
500
00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:56,494
Densi said "I do" in season te.
501
00:18:56,519 --> 00:18:58,000
The wedding is here.
502
00:19:00,191 --> 00:19:01,605
They're getting
married overlooking the ocean,
503
00:19:01,630 --> 00:19:03,423
in a beautiful setting here.
504
00:19:03,933 --> 00:19:06,597
Callen and I are giving Kensi away.
505
00:19:09,192 --> 00:19:10,951
The fans are finally getting
what they've been hoping for
506
00:19:10,976 --> 00:19:12,217
all these years.
507
00:19:13,810 --> 00:19:16,244
But it was really fun to see...
508
00:19:17,898 --> 00:19:19,553
Barrett fail.
509
00:19:19,578 --> 00:19:21,624
But one thing fans didn't get..
510
00:19:21,649 --> 00:19:24,913
Barrett and I were always
pulling for a musical episode.
511
00:19:26,384 --> 00:19:29,808
We did have our-our
candy cane dance moment.
512
00:19:29,832 --> 00:19:31,463
Wow.
513
00:19:33,714 --> 00:19:35,967
Renée and I choreographed that ourself.
514
00:19:38,625 --> 00:19:40,050
Yo, a lot of pyro, lot of explosions.
515
00:19:40,074 --> 00:19:41,633
Fire in the hole.
516
00:19:43,649 --> 00:19:45,373
From fires to fistfights,
517
00:19:45,398 --> 00:19:46,719
the intense action.
518
00:19:46,744 --> 00:19:49,113
You wake up the next day.
"What happened to me?"
519
00:19:49,138 --> 00:19:51,533
Plus, set life on location.
520
00:19:51,558 --> 00:19:54,460
We shot at every L.A. sort of monument.
521
00:19:54,485 --> 00:19:56,500
These sea lions would come up
522
00:19:56,556 --> 00:19:58,500
and they'd be like...
523
00:20:08,701 --> 00:20:10,839
Three, two, one, action!
524
00:20:13,300 --> 00:20:15,607
I could use some help here!
525
00:20:15,631 --> 00:20:18,667
The coolest thing
about the show to me is that...
526
00:20:19,246 --> 00:20:21,267
...when you're doing it,
everything is so real.
527
00:20:21,522 --> 00:20:22,877
Get down!
528
00:20:22,901 --> 00:20:24,217
When you're running from,
529
00:20:24,242 --> 00:20:26,200
you know, these explosions...
530
00:20:28,085 --> 00:20:29,134
...when I'm jumping over cars...
531
00:20:30,396 --> 00:20:31,785
...like, I'm really doing it.
532
00:20:31,809 --> 00:20:33,130
Where else in the world do you get paid
533
00:20:33,154 --> 00:20:35,733
to run around
firing guns and driving cars?
534
00:20:38,809 --> 00:20:41,130
I've lived ten lives,
you know, doing this,
535
00:20:41,154 --> 00:20:44,751
because every week
is, like, a huge adventure.
536
00:20:44,775 --> 00:20:47,234
So many fights, so many shoot-outs,
537
00:20:47,258 --> 00:20:49,061
so many crazy stunts.
538
00:20:49,085 --> 00:20:50,648
Up steps, down steps,
539
00:20:50,672 --> 00:20:51,889
jumping off a balcony,
540
00:20:51,913 --> 00:20:53,406
shooting backwards, looking up.
541
00:20:53,430 --> 00:20:55,095
I still think back to that, like...
542
00:20:55,119 --> 00:20:56,688
I think this was season one or two.
543
00:20:56,712 --> 00:20:58,847
I had one thing,
I ran out of this building,
544
00:20:58,871 --> 00:21:01,200
and every ten feet,
another bomb would go off.
545
00:21:03,499 --> 00:21:06,180
The explosions we had in this show,
it was just unbelievable,
546
00:21:06,205 --> 00:21:08,492
some of the things they did.
But it was incredible,
547
00:21:08,516 --> 00:21:09,768
because they would get it all set,
548
00:21:09,792 --> 00:21:11,009
there'd be a big safety meeting.
549
00:21:11,033 --> 00:21:12,423
They'd say, "Okay, we're going hot."
550
00:21:12,447 --> 00:21:13,733
Nine cameras are speeding.
551
00:21:13,757 --> 00:21:15,200
We're going hot on the effect.
552
00:21:15,225 --> 00:21:17,633
- And then they'd yell, "Action."
- Background. Action!
553
00:21:17,658 --> 00:21:19,767
And these bombs just
start going, and flames.
554
00:21:21,585 --> 00:21:23,837
- It became second nature and...
- It was amazing.
555
00:21:23,861 --> 00:21:25,492
That's how we do it on NCIS: L.A.
556
00:21:26,930 --> 00:21:30,185
A lot of pyro,
lot of explosions, lot of guns.
557
00:21:30,209 --> 00:21:31,871
It was, it was fun.
558
00:21:31,895 --> 00:21:34,423
From the start, NCIS: Los Angeles
559
00:21:34,447 --> 00:21:37,078
came out guns a-blazing
and full of action.
560
00:21:37,102 --> 00:21:40,523
In 2012, the show earned
an Emmy nod for its stunts,
561
00:21:40,547 --> 00:21:43,245
and over 14 seasons, fans saw it all.
562
00:21:43,269 --> 00:21:45,906
Action!
563
00:21:45,930 --> 00:21:47,906
I've been sore for ten years.
564
00:21:47,930 --> 00:21:49,078
I'm always sore.
565
00:21:55,654 --> 00:21:57,354
This is what I went to college for.
566
00:21:58,757 --> 00:22:01,147
The best stunt that I've done
is the, uh,
567
00:22:01,171 --> 00:22:02,646
is the fight scene with LL Cool J.
568
00:22:02,670 --> 00:22:03,906
That's all me.
569
00:22:05,023 --> 00:22:07,078
I learned that choreography
in literally,
570
00:22:07,102 --> 00:22:08,423
like, 20 minutes.
571
00:22:08,447 --> 00:22:11,975
Uh, Todd is the most professional,
572
00:22:11,999 --> 00:22:14,388
in control, total stud athlete.
573
00:22:14,412 --> 00:22:16,240
This is, uh,
574
00:22:16,264 --> 00:22:17,802
for me, it's like a dream come true.
575
00:22:17,826 --> 00:22:18,975
I'm like a kid in a candy store.
576
00:22:20,516 --> 00:22:21,940
During that MMA episode,
577
00:22:21,964 --> 00:22:25,457
he actually got punched
by LL accidentally.
578
00:22:25,481 --> 00:22:26,733
We're going through the steps
579
00:22:26,757 --> 00:22:27,975
and it just all of a sudden connects,
580
00:22:27,999 --> 00:22:30,033
- and I just go...
- Just "boink."
581
00:22:33,339 --> 00:22:35,078
I'm, like, 185 pounds.
582
00:22:35,102 --> 00:22:37,837
LL Cool J is 230 pounds of muscle.
583
00:22:37,861 --> 00:22:39,112
So it hurts a little bit.
584
00:22:39,136 --> 00:22:40,147
Yeah.
585
00:22:40,171 --> 00:22:42,233
Laid him out like Sunday supper.
586
00:22:44,688 --> 00:22:45,906
I just ran through
587
00:22:45,930 --> 00:22:47,157
about seven alleys and, like,
588
00:22:47,181 --> 00:22:49,457
kung fu-fought a guy
in that alley right there.
589
00:22:49,481 --> 00:22:51,147
He's, like, reading the script, going,
590
00:22:51,171 --> 00:22:52,595
"Why didn't they call in my brother?"
591
00:22:52,619 --> 00:22:54,608
I can tell you what my brother's
doing right now: he's surfing.
592
00:22:54,632 --> 00:22:56,457
My brother is surfing
while I'm fighting people
593
00:22:56,481 --> 00:22:58,688
in an alley going, "Where is my double?"
594
00:23:00,205 --> 00:23:02,354
- Really?
- Yes, you heard it right.
595
00:23:02,378 --> 00:23:04,457
Eric's stunt double is his older brother
596
00:23:04,481 --> 00:23:06,388
and former Navy SEAL Dave.
597
00:23:06,412 --> 00:23:08,944
Dave is now married to Daniela
in real life.
598
00:23:08,968 --> 00:23:10,975
But don't worry,
we'll get to that love story
599
00:23:10,999 --> 00:23:12,147
a little later.
600
00:23:12,171 --> 00:23:13,733
My brother is so fun to have on set.
601
00:23:13,757 --> 00:23:15,263
He's so good at his job.
602
00:23:15,287 --> 00:23:17,078
Like, that first giant explosion,
603
00:23:17,102 --> 00:23:18,959
he jumped up, and as it did,
604
00:23:18,983 --> 00:23:21,561
the fireball just wrapped around him.
605
00:23:21,585 --> 00:23:24,133
Like, he's done some
unbelievable stunts on the sho.
606
00:23:24,194 --> 00:23:26,297
Stunts that I wish that I had done.
607
00:23:26,322 --> 00:23:27,900
That's such a question
that Dani would have, like,
608
00:23:27,925 --> 00:23:29,580
five answers to,
'cause she's so into, like,
609
00:23:29,605 --> 00:23:30,904
her knife fights and everything.
610
00:23:30,953 --> 00:23:33,107
God, I-I have so many things
that I want to say right now,
611
00:23:33,132 --> 00:23:34,649
and it's not coming out fast enough,
612
00:23:34,674 --> 00:23:36,053
because that's how passionate I am about
613
00:23:36,078 --> 00:23:39,527
the action sequences
in our, on our show.
614
00:23:41,922 --> 00:23:44,749
I would literally ask writers
to write me more,
615
00:23:44,774 --> 00:23:46,217
you know, fight sequences.
616
00:23:46,269 --> 00:23:47,533
This is how somebody gets hurt.
617
00:23:49,374 --> 00:23:51,029
She's throwing real punches every time,
618
00:23:51,054 --> 00:23:54,192
and if I don't block them,
she's gonna hit me in the face.
619
00:23:54,241 --> 00:23:56,069
Those are my favorite parts of the show.
620
00:23:56,094 --> 00:23:58,000
Yeah? How do you like that?
621
00:23:58,025 --> 00:24:00,946
I've had a few, um,
amazing women double for me,
622
00:24:00,971 --> 00:24:02,903
but the person who's been
with me the longest,
623
00:24:02,928 --> 00:24:04,234
her name is Kim.
624
00:24:04,259 --> 00:24:06,780
So, the hand-to-hand combat
was mostly me,
625
00:24:06,805 --> 00:24:09,667
um, but everything else is Kim.
626
00:24:12,858 --> 00:24:14,754
I love every stunt that they let me do.
627
00:24:14,914 --> 00:24:17,190
Recently, we had the crossover episode,
628
00:24:17,297 --> 00:24:20,745
and we were in this crazy,
like, airplane graveyard,
629
00:24:20,832 --> 00:24:22,763
and, uh, my character had
630
00:24:22,788 --> 00:24:24,582
to jump off the wing of a plane
631
00:24:24,607 --> 00:24:27,233
onto a perpetrator.
632
00:24:28,743 --> 00:24:31,400
They let me jump,
but obviously, onto a big,
633
00:24:31,757 --> 00:24:33,929
cushioned, you know, surface.
634
00:24:33,954 --> 00:24:35,610
But I felt really cool doing it.
635
00:24:38,423 --> 00:24:40,467
Shooting on location, I love those days.
636
00:24:40,492 --> 00:24:42,906
Literally, this job is how
I learned how to get around L.A.
637
00:24:42,931 --> 00:24:45,965
L.A. is another character on this show,
638
00:24:45,990 --> 00:24:47,633
so we got to show her love.
639
00:24:47,658 --> 00:24:48,968
If you're gonna get shot at,
you might as well
640
00:24:48,993 --> 00:24:50,233
do it in the sunshine.
641
00:24:53,727 --> 00:24:55,141
Being all over L.A., I mean, we w...
642
00:24:55,166 --> 00:24:56,733
we went to every part of L.A.
643
00:24:56,758 --> 00:24:59,300
I've been in alleyways.
I know restaurants.
644
00:24:59,325 --> 00:25:01,497
- Water treatment plants.
- You know, water treatment plants.
645
00:25:01,522 --> 00:25:03,579
I know it all. I know all the spots.
646
00:25:03,607 --> 00:25:05,595
- All the good spots.
- But it was great. To shoot
647
00:25:05,619 --> 00:25:07,487
at all the iconic locations
was pretty amazing.
648
00:25:07,511 --> 00:25:09,422
That's got to be near the L.A. Forum.
649
00:25:09,446 --> 00:25:10,528
That is the Forum.
650
00:25:10,552 --> 00:25:12,567
Boom. Didn't even need MapQuest.
651
00:25:12,592 --> 00:25:14,700
I mean, I remember seeing Linda
652
00:25:14,725 --> 00:25:17,518
having this amazing scene
in the Hollywood Bowl.
653
00:25:17,543 --> 00:25:18,819
I was like, how did we get tha?
654
00:25:18,844 --> 00:25:20,081
Bob's Marionette Theater?
655
00:25:23,293 --> 00:25:26,630
We've shot in Long Beach
where it was LL's birthday,
656
00:25:26,654 --> 00:25:28,467
and we were shooting at a fish market,
657
00:25:28,492 --> 00:25:30,147
and these sea lions would come up
658
00:25:30,516 --> 00:25:31,982
and they'd be like...
659
00:25:32,006 --> 00:25:34,250
And so for, uh, LL's birthday,
660
00:25:34,274 --> 00:25:37,233
he was taking the fish
and chucking it to the sea lios
661
00:25:37,258 --> 00:25:38,947
in the middle of Long Beach.
662
00:25:38,972 --> 00:25:42,076
He and I were laughing so hard,
like two eight-year-olds
663
00:25:42,101 --> 00:25:44,549
just so excited to feed fish
to sea lions.
664
00:25:44,574 --> 00:25:45,678
That was a great day.
665
00:25:46,754 --> 00:25:49,133
Got hit by a car today.
That was a lot of fun.
666
00:25:49,413 --> 00:25:51,413
We're throwing it
back to when the cast made
667
00:25:51,438 --> 00:25:52,921
their prime time debut.
668
00:25:52,946 --> 00:25:55,153
We were lucky
we jumped in to NCIS's show.
669
00:25:55,178 --> 00:25:58,350
I'm definitely hoping that
the spin-off, uh, goes ahead.
670
00:25:58,375 --> 00:26:02,237
Plus, the real story
behind Dani and Dave's romance.
671
00:26:02,262 --> 00:26:04,124
I looked down, I was like,
"Wow, that guy's attractive."
672
00:26:04,149 --> 00:26:06,067
The rest is history.
673
00:26:11,936 --> 00:26:13,626
Los Angeles:
674
00:26:13,651 --> 00:26:17,100
An Entertainment Tonight Special
will continue. This is CBS.
675
00:26:24,379 --> 00:26:28,965
Chris, Dani, Eric, Todd.
676
00:26:28,990 --> 00:26:31,197
You guys killed it, man. 14 years.
677
00:26:31,222 --> 00:26:34,429
And, uh, just, well done.
Well done, guys.
678
00:26:36,826 --> 00:26:39,233
To all my brothers,
uh, and sisters over there
679
00:26:39,258 --> 00:26:42,569
at, uh, NCIS: L.A., um, I love you guys.
680
00:26:42,594 --> 00:26:43,835
And you guys know how I feel about you.
681
00:26:43,860 --> 00:26:45,653
So good luck, break a leg.
682
00:26:45,678 --> 00:26:48,471
L.A.,
683
00:26:48,496 --> 00:26:49,910
best of luck.
684
00:26:49,935 --> 00:26:51,433
Cheers.
685
00:26:51,458 --> 00:26:53,867
Thank you for holding down the NCIS fort
686
00:26:53,892 --> 00:26:56,823
and, uh, representing, and then, uh,
687
00:26:56,848 --> 00:26:59,296
who knows, maybe you pop over
to our show every now and then.
688
00:26:59,476 --> 00:27:00,614
Hmm.
689
00:27:01,296 --> 00:27:03,468
Oh, yeah, you see,
that's some love right there
690
00:27:03,493 --> 00:27:05,252
from the NCIS flagship.
691
00:27:05,277 --> 00:27:07,267
You know, NCIS: L.A. was
the first of three spin-offs
692
00:27:07,292 --> 00:27:10,878
from the show,
making its debut back in 2009.
693
00:27:11,208 --> 00:27:13,932
But get this: the O.G.,
starring Mark Harmon,
694
00:27:13,957 --> 00:27:15,533
actually branched off
695
00:27:15,558 --> 00:27:18,267
from the hit series JAG in 2003.
696
00:27:18,292 --> 00:27:22,327
Now, we first met Callen,
Sam, Kensi and Beale
697
00:27:22,378 --> 00:27:24,958
in a two-part NCIS episode that served
698
00:27:24,983 --> 00:27:26,949
as a backdoor pilot for L.A.
699
00:27:26,974 --> 00:27:30,801
So what was it like on set
for that very first scene?
700
00:27:30,826 --> 00:27:32,792
- A mark!
- Action!
701
00:27:37,203 --> 00:27:40,467
Yes, I got hit by a car today.
That was a lot of fun.
702
00:27:44,716 --> 00:27:48,510
It's my first, uh, I s...
yeah, big American job,
703
00:27:48,590 --> 00:27:50,934
so, uh, I'm pretty excited.
704
00:27:50,959 --> 00:27:53,546
- Are you trying to get under my skin?
- Is it working?
705
00:27:53,571 --> 00:27:55,957
I'm at the table read on NCIS,
706
00:27:55,982 --> 00:27:58,333
and, uh, I remember
we walked in that room,
707
00:27:58,358 --> 00:28:00,461
and I'm just meeting everybody.
708
00:28:00,486 --> 00:28:01,888
I'm like, "I remember watching him
709
00:28:01,952 --> 00:28:03,802
- on Friday Night Videos, you know?"
- Yeah.
710
00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:08,837
You got my man here, and...
711
00:28:08,861 --> 00:28:10,181
and, uh, and then, the cast came in
712
00:28:10,205 --> 00:28:12,561
from the original show,
and they were like a family.
713
00:28:12,585 --> 00:28:14,561
We're like...
I'm looking around, going, uh,
714
00:28:14,585 --> 00:28:16,748
"Is this group gonna be close
like that group?"
715
00:28:16,772 --> 00:28:18,208
- And you just don't know.
- Oh, wow.
716
00:28:18,232 --> 00:28:20,301
If you look back, the journey
717
00:28:20,325 --> 00:28:22,453
and the friendships
and the bonds, it's incredible.
718
00:28:22,477 --> 00:28:24,492
And we absolutely do
have that relationship
719
00:28:24,516 --> 00:28:27,354
that we saw the other cast had.
720
00:28:27,378 --> 00:28:28,996
And just like the original,
721
00:28:29,020 --> 00:28:31,211
NCIS: L.A. has been at the forefront
722
00:28:31,235 --> 00:28:32,901
of telling stories that matter.
723
00:28:32,925 --> 00:28:34,142
What Sam went throuh
with his wife dying,
724
00:28:34,166 --> 00:28:36,004
and stuff like that.
725
00:28:36,028 --> 00:28:39,004
And-and my character
was searching for his parents
726
00:28:39,028 --> 00:28:40,864
and-and their relationships with Hetty.
727
00:28:40,888 --> 00:28:42,246
And there-there are certain episodes
728
00:28:42,270 --> 00:28:44,142
where it's-it's action and fun,
729
00:28:44,166 --> 00:28:45,522
and then there's some where
you're kind of digging deep.
730
00:28:45,546 --> 00:28:47,556
Honoring the military is another mission
731
00:28:47,580 --> 00:28:49,643
that's highly personal to this team.
732
00:28:49,667 --> 00:28:51,384
My-my grandfather was in the Army,
733
00:28:51,408 --> 00:28:53,591
um, my dad was in the Navy.
734
00:28:53,615 --> 00:28:54,832
So I believe in this country,
735
00:28:54,856 --> 00:28:56,660
I believe in what the military does
736
00:28:56,684 --> 00:28:58,349
and I believe in supporting the troops.
737
00:28:58,373 --> 00:29:00,901
And, uh, as... My character's
a former Navy SEAL,
738
00:29:00,925 --> 00:29:03,591
so it-it just,
it's a lot of fun to-to...
739
00:29:03,615 --> 00:29:06,039
to be able to represent!
740
00:29:06,063 --> 00:29:07,487
I think you got to celebrate the people
741
00:29:07,511 --> 00:29:09,211
that put their lives on the line.
742
00:29:09,235 --> 00:29:11,384
You know, I-I do believe,
as, uh, as somebody
743
00:29:11,408 --> 00:29:12,660
that has a brother-in-law
744
00:29:12,684 --> 00:29:15,142
that's done seven tours as an E.O.D.
745
00:29:15,166 --> 00:29:17,420
and a brother
that is a former Navy SEAL,
746
00:29:17,444 --> 00:29:19,280
that you got to celebrate the people
747
00:29:19,304 --> 00:29:21,246
that are willing to go out thee
and put their lives
748
00:29:21,270 --> 00:29:24,076
on the line every single day
to-to give us this opportunity.
749
00:29:24,100 --> 00:29:26,033
They have touched on some
750
00:29:26,058 --> 00:29:29,954
controversial subjects
from time to time.
751
00:29:29,979 --> 00:29:33,043
But their overall emphasis
is on entertainment.
752
00:29:33,068 --> 00:29:34,763
They never preached.
753
00:29:34,788 --> 00:29:36,512
They would take a point of vie,
but they didn't preach.
754
00:29:36,537 --> 00:29:37,951
They entertained with it.
755
00:29:37,976 --> 00:29:39,700
Entertaining with a message
756
00:29:39,725 --> 00:29:42,725
is what made NCIS: L.A. so compelling.
757
00:29:42,750 --> 00:29:45,500
Consider this: it's one
of the first American TV shows
758
00:29:45,537 --> 00:29:48,267
to feature a series regular
wearing a hijab.
759
00:29:48,292 --> 00:29:50,499
Special Agent Fatima Namazi.
760
00:29:50,524 --> 00:29:51,524
It was always a character with a hijab.
761
00:29:51,549 --> 00:29:53,446
That was always the plan.
762
00:29:53,471 --> 00:29:55,884
Went into the audition
with a headscarf on.
763
00:29:55,909 --> 00:29:57,944
Um, yeah, I think that
they-they really wanted
764
00:29:57,969 --> 00:29:59,969
to represent that, um,
765
00:29:59,994 --> 00:30:03,000
so they wanted to find someone
who-who emulated that.
766
00:30:03,033 --> 00:30:05,412
We've made a point of sort of
767
00:30:05,839 --> 00:30:07,667
shining a light on certain issues,
768
00:30:07,692 --> 00:30:09,140
whether it was Asian American hate,
769
00:30:09,165 --> 00:30:12,600
whether it was LGBTQ in the military,
770
00:30:12,625 --> 00:30:14,867
whether it was police brutality
against African Americans.
771
00:30:14,892 --> 00:30:16,375
- Out of the car.
- Hey, w-whoa!
772
00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:18,400
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa, whoa.
773
00:30:18,460 --> 00:30:20,805
It was very, very important
for me to tackle that
774
00:30:20,830 --> 00:30:22,933
and tell that story in a way that also
775
00:30:22,958 --> 00:30:25,372
reflected, like, my life.
776
00:30:25,397 --> 00:30:27,638
Super important for me
as a young Black male.
777
00:30:27,663 --> 00:30:29,526
Unless Rountree murdered
somebody this morning,
778
00:30:29,551 --> 00:30:31,346
there's no explanation for this.
779
00:30:31,371 --> 00:30:34,438
And then there are
the fierce women of NCIS: L.A.,
780
00:30:34,463 --> 00:30:36,463
giving us strong, independent
781
00:30:36,488 --> 00:30:38,660
and empowered role models
for generations to come.
782
00:30:38,685 --> 00:30:40,409
Out of the car.
783
00:30:42,004 --> 00:30:43,200
Weapon.
784
00:30:45,372 --> 00:30:47,165
I presumed,
785
00:30:47,190 --> 00:30:49,672
in my 24 years of age,
786
00:30:49,697 --> 00:30:51,697
that if I'm going to be strong
and intelligent
787
00:30:51,722 --> 00:30:53,860
and a go-getter and all this stuff,
788
00:30:53,885 --> 00:30:56,158
that I had to perform,
like, kind of stiff
789
00:30:56,232 --> 00:30:57,970
and very poised
790
00:30:57,994 --> 00:31:00,522
and-and once I fell into
being more at ease
791
00:31:00,546 --> 00:31:02,349
with the character and knowing
that I could be strong
792
00:31:02,373 --> 00:31:05,833
and tough and capable and smar,
793
00:31:06,072 --> 00:31:08,900
but also a goofball,
it kind of changed everything.
794
00:31:08,925 --> 00:31:10,477
And that was the empowering thing.
795
00:31:10,502 --> 00:31:13,019
To be an example
for other young women...
796
00:31:13,044 --> 00:31:15,167
Actually, I have a great story.
797
00:31:15,192 --> 00:31:17,167
I went home to New York for the summer,
798
00:31:17,192 --> 00:31:18,847
and this person, she said,
799
00:31:18,872 --> 00:31:21,768
"I just want to tell you that Nell Jones
800
00:31:21,793 --> 00:31:24,655
"makes all that tech stuff look cool.
801
00:31:24,680 --> 00:31:27,543
"And my daughter sees that,
and she sees you,
802
00:31:27,568 --> 00:31:30,361
and you've helped her see herself."
803
00:31:30,386 --> 00:31:32,110
It is the difference of entertainment
804
00:31:32,135 --> 00:31:33,583
from when I was a kid, like,
805
00:31:33,608 --> 00:31:35,780
what an '80s hero looks like versus now.
806
00:31:35,821 --> 00:31:37,832
Like, the fact that my two daughters,
807
00:31:37,856 --> 00:31:39,729
when they get to watch their aunt,
808
00:31:39,753 --> 00:31:42,177
like, as the toughest person
in the room,
809
00:31:42,201 --> 00:31:45,866
I think it's, whether
it's conscious or subconscious,
810
00:31:45,890 --> 00:31:47,453
I think it's an absolute necessity
811
00:31:47,477 --> 00:31:50,511
for-for us to have, you know...
812
00:31:51,821 --> 00:31:53,533
...those-those heroes.
813
00:31:53,558 --> 00:31:55,967
Coming up in our Salute to NCIS: L.A.,
814
00:31:56,177 --> 00:31:58,033
the family behind the scenes.
815
00:31:58,103 --> 00:32:01,866
She's married to
her on-screen husband's brother.
816
00:32:01,890 --> 00:32:02,787
So, it's...
817
00:32:03,659 --> 00:32:05,970
And remembering a fallen legen.
818
00:32:06,357 --> 00:32:07,800
Miguel was special, man.
819
00:32:09,332 --> 00:32:12,700
Even in his last weeks of life,
he never missed a table read.
820
00:32:23,546 --> 00:32:25,970
That guy there... the really cute one...
821
00:32:25,994 --> 00:32:27,970
so you think it's Deeks? It's not Deeks.
822
00:32:27,994 --> 00:32:29,487
That's my husband.
823
00:32:29,511 --> 00:32:31,211
Right in the back there.
824
00:32:31,235 --> 00:32:32,866
They're interacting
in a very interesting way.
825
00:32:32,890 --> 00:32:37,511
Perhaps we can get closer
and observe them... in the wild.
826
00:32:38,684 --> 00:32:41,418
That's my husband right there!
827
00:32:41,442 --> 00:32:46,039
She's married to
her on-screen husband's brother.
828
00:32:46,063 --> 00:32:47,633
So, it's...
829
00:32:48,224 --> 00:32:49,845
a strange family dynamic.
830
00:32:49,870 --> 00:32:51,456
You are so not my type.
831
00:32:51,511 --> 00:32:53,453
Oh, boy.
832
00:32:53,477 --> 00:32:55,246
Talk about family drama.
No, I'm just kidding.
833
00:32:55,270 --> 00:32:57,211
They're so great.
834
00:32:58,753 --> 00:32:59,832
I'm like, "You guys are
835
00:32:59,856 --> 00:33:01,349
like brother and sister."
836
00:33:01,373 --> 00:33:03,039
Like, the conversations, the...
837
00:33:03,063 --> 00:33:04,625
you know, the little bickering
back and forth.
838
00:33:04,649 --> 00:33:07,384
God. Now they're gonna air this.
839
00:33:07,408 --> 00:33:09,546
This is the worst part
about your bad decisions.
840
00:33:10,684 --> 00:33:11,797
How does it...?
841
00:33:11,821 --> 00:33:13,763
God, no.
842
00:33:13,787 --> 00:33:15,142
- Yes.
- Do you know how much time we spend...?
843
00:33:15,166 --> 00:33:16,866
- We do, actually, don't we?
- Yes.
844
00:33:18,408 --> 00:33:20,315
Now. Bam. Done. Cut.
845
00:33:20,339 --> 00:33:21,833
You got it. It was great.
846
00:33:23,173 --> 00:33:25,167
Eric joined us, uh, end of season one,
847
00:33:25,235 --> 00:33:27,108
and he said,
"You need to meet my brother."
848
00:33:27,132 --> 00:33:30,384
And then I met Eric's now-wife-
at the time, girlfriend... Sara.
849
00:33:30,408 --> 00:33:32,787
And she was like, "You need to
meet Dave. You need to meet Dave."
850
00:33:32,811 --> 00:33:35,660
Eric and Sarah invited me
to go to a friend's house.
851
00:33:35,684 --> 00:33:38,177
Dave was there, and he...
852
00:33:38,201 --> 00:33:39,970
They were playing, uh,
853
00:33:39,994 --> 00:33:41,522
touch football or something like that.
854
00:33:41,546 --> 00:33:42,935
And the ball came flying
in my direction,
855
00:33:42,959 --> 00:33:44,453
and he kind of, like,
flew and caught the ball
856
00:33:44,477 --> 00:33:45,935
and fell at my feet.
857
00:33:45,959 --> 00:33:47,522
And I looked down,
and I said, "What's up?"
858
00:33:47,546 --> 00:33:49,556
And I didn't know that was
Eric's brother at the time.
859
00:33:49,580 --> 00:33:51,981
I looked down, and I was like,
"Wow, that guy's attractive."
860
00:33:52,005 --> 00:33:54,556
Turns out it was Dave, turns
out the attraction was mutual,
861
00:33:54,580 --> 00:33:56,833
and turns out we got married
and had two kids.
862
00:33:56,864 --> 00:33:59,967
The rest is history.
863
00:34:00,453 --> 00:34:03,626
In 2013, Dave and
Dani had their first son, River,
864
00:34:03,651 --> 00:34:07,547
just four months after Eric and
Sarah welcomed his cousin Wyat.
865
00:34:07,572 --> 00:34:11,055
Then, in 2016,
both women gave birth to girls
866
00:34:11,080 --> 00:34:12,606
just three weeks apart.
867
00:34:12,631 --> 00:34:14,863
- Eric definitely got the brunt of it.
- Comes home,
868
00:34:14,890 --> 00:34:17,349
and he's like, "Man, phew,
Dani today." And I'm like,
869
00:34:17,373 --> 00:34:18,729
"What are you talking about?
What do you mean?"
870
00:34:18,753 --> 00:34:20,243
Just like...
871
00:34:20,268 --> 00:34:21,751
I remember the first time
872
00:34:21,776 --> 00:34:23,400
the cast ever went out
to dinner together.
873
00:34:24,511 --> 00:34:26,004
And it was season one, so at the time,
874
00:34:26,028 --> 00:34:28,108
I was like, "Oh, my God,
I'm having dinner
875
00:34:28,132 --> 00:34:31,211
with Chris O'Donnell
and LL Cool J. Oh, my God."
876
00:34:31,235 --> 00:34:32,832
And now I'm just like,
"Yeah, what's up, bro?"
877
00:34:32,856 --> 00:34:34,875
They're my brothers.
878
00:34:34,899 --> 00:34:36,800
I love them so much.
879
00:34:36,943 --> 00:34:38,667
I think when you work
880
00:34:38,692 --> 00:34:41,692
this closely with people for
so long, we have a real rapport
881
00:34:41,717 --> 00:34:43,231
and a real relationship with them.
882
00:34:43,256 --> 00:34:45,501
We're going to always know each
other and always be friends.
883
00:34:45,526 --> 00:34:47,533
I mean, it's just, this is what it is.
884
00:34:48,562 --> 00:34:51,372
The relationships
that you see on camera,
885
00:34:51,397 --> 00:34:54,311
the chemistry that you see
there, is-is due to the fact
886
00:34:54,373 --> 00:34:56,832
that we all have great
relationships outside of work.
887
00:34:56,856 --> 00:34:59,280
It is like a family.
That's what was so beautiful
888
00:34:59,304 --> 00:35:00,797
about the show,
is it really was a family.
889
00:35:00,821 --> 00:35:03,177
And just like any family,
890
00:35:03,201 --> 00:35:05,901
the cast faced
some heartbreaking losses.
891
00:35:05,925 --> 00:35:08,763
In January 2017, their beloved costar,
892
00:35:08,787 --> 00:35:12,067
Miguel Ferrer, passed away
after battling throat cancer.
893
00:35:12,092 --> 00:35:15,667
His final episode as NCIS
Assistant Director Owen Granger
894
00:35:15,692 --> 00:35:18,467
aired February 19, 2017.
895
00:35:18,787 --> 00:35:21,000
His loss is still felt.
896
00:35:21,160 --> 00:35:23,126
Yeah, it's tough. Miguel was tough.
897
00:35:23,339 --> 00:35:26,304
You can watch his last
couple episodes. He was...
898
00:35:29,432 --> 00:35:31,604
He was really struggling.
899
00:35:31,718 --> 00:35:35,235
And the fact that even though he was...
900
00:35:39,708 --> 00:35:41,536
Even in his last weeks of life,
901
00:35:41,561 --> 00:35:43,272
he never missed a table read.
902
00:35:43,310 --> 00:35:45,896
He came to every table read.
903
00:35:45,959 --> 00:35:47,315
I just assumed that
904
00:35:47,339 --> 00:35:49,487
he was going to get better
like he did the time before.
905
00:35:49,511 --> 00:35:51,373
And then when he passed away, like...
906
00:35:57,718 --> 00:35:59,856
Didn't get a chance to...
907
00:36:01,977 --> 00:36:04,011
Uh, we didn't get a chance
to say goodbye to him.
908
00:36:07,454 --> 00:36:08,933
After he passed, his wife
909
00:36:09,467 --> 00:36:11,556
came up to me, and,
910
00:36:11,580 --> 00:36:14,487
um... she said, "You know,
911
00:36:14,511 --> 00:36:18,457
Miguel was always really shy
on the red carpets and stuff."
912
00:36:18,481 --> 00:36:20,867
She said, "He would wait
for you to arrive."
913
00:36:20,933 --> 00:36:23,591
'Cause I'm obviously, like,
big and loud and whatever.
914
00:36:23,615 --> 00:36:25,073
And she's like,
"He would wait for you to arrive
915
00:36:25,097 --> 00:36:27,418
so he could walk down the carpet
with you."
916
00:36:27,442 --> 00:36:31,211
His last red carpet, I was
super pregnant with my daughte,
917
00:36:31,235 --> 00:36:33,667
and I kept yelling out
that it was his baby.
918
00:36:34,684 --> 00:36:36,867
You know, and he laughed,
and we laughed together.
919
00:36:38,270 --> 00:36:39,649
He was...
920
00:36:40,615 --> 00:36:42,633
...a big storyteller.
921
00:36:42,658 --> 00:36:45,900
I mean, he was the epitome
of a Hollywood baby, right?
922
00:36:46,201 --> 00:36:47,591
He grew up
923
00:36:47,615 --> 00:36:50,866
in old Hollywood, and he was
924
00:36:50,890 --> 00:36:53,315
just a wealth of information.
925
00:36:53,339 --> 00:36:56,652
Frank Sinatra was in his
living room when he was a kid
926
00:36:56,676 --> 00:36:58,418
because his mom was Rosemary Clooney,
927
00:36:58,442 --> 00:37:00,073
and I mean, just...
928
00:37:00,097 --> 00:37:01,786
You know, and his cousin George Clooney.
929
00:37:01,810 --> 00:37:03,787
We got inside tips
about George's wedding.
930
00:37:04,100 --> 00:37:05,901
You know,
931
00:37:05,925 --> 00:37:08,935
that's not normal life.
932
00:37:08,959 --> 00:37:10,729
Miguel was special, man.
933
00:37:10,753 --> 00:37:11,891
Uh, you know,
934
00:37:11,915 --> 00:37:14,280
he was Miguel Bond to me.
He was the coolest dude.
935
00:37:14,304 --> 00:37:15,901
And I saw him...
He rolled up on a horse one day,
936
00:37:15,925 --> 00:37:18,315
one of these seasons.
He, like, rolled up so cool.
937
00:37:18,339 --> 00:37:20,108
Like, yo, Miguel was
938
00:37:20,132 --> 00:37:21,453
the coolest dude on the planet.
939
00:37:21,477 --> 00:37:23,591
Yo, he was hilarious. He was amazing.
940
00:37:23,615 --> 00:37:24,718
Good memories.
941
00:37:29,218 --> 00:37:30,977
It's hard for me to even put into words.
942
00:37:31,204 --> 00:37:33,833
14 years is one-third of my life.
943
00:37:33,858 --> 00:37:36,533
The cast reflects
on their journey, but if you think
944
00:37:36,558 --> 00:37:39,719
they left the set empty-handed,
oh, think again.
945
00:37:39,744 --> 00:37:41,304
I was thinking
about putting the boatshed
946
00:37:41,329 --> 00:37:42,433
in my backyard.
947
00:37:52,546 --> 00:37:55,373
- What am I doing? Praying?
- Not so much here.
948
00:37:55,726 --> 00:37:57,530
Okay, this is going to be
on national television.
949
00:37:57,554 --> 00:37:59,323
Okay.
950
00:37:59,347 --> 00:38:01,089
Can you describe NCIS
951
00:38:01,113 --> 00:38:04,185
only using the letters N, C, I and S?
952
00:38:04,209 --> 00:38:05,278
Wow.
953
00:38:06,364 --> 00:38:08,467
New.
954
00:38:08,492 --> 00:38:10,320
Classic.
955
00:38:10,345 --> 00:38:13,000
Uh, NCIS. Hmm, geez.
956
00:38:13,025 --> 00:38:15,715
Inspiring, did you say? Yes.
957
00:38:15,761 --> 00:38:17,254
Sexy.
958
00:38:17,278 --> 00:38:18,737
Really?
959
00:38:18,761 --> 00:38:20,254
Okay. You ready?
960
00:38:20,278 --> 00:38:21,426
Yeah. What was the question?
961
00:38:21,450 --> 00:38:23,554
"Never ceases..."
962
00:38:24,514 --> 00:38:26,480
"...to interrupt...
963
00:38:26,505 --> 00:38:28,746
the sexy."
964
00:38:28,795 --> 00:38:30,771
That's the worst thing
I've ever said on camera.
965
00:38:30,795 --> 00:38:32,426
- What did Chris say?
- Sexy.
966
00:38:32,450 --> 00:38:34,426
Same thing? Oh, my God.
967
00:38:36,478 --> 00:38:38,668
I'm on the catwalk with...
968
00:38:41,519 --> 00:38:43,564
You know,
it wasn't always hard work and chasing
969
00:38:43,588 --> 00:38:46,150
bad guys for the NCIS: L.A. cast.
970
00:38:49,533 --> 00:38:51,910
And after 14 years on a set,
971
00:38:51,934 --> 00:38:54,031
it starts to feel like a second home.
972
00:38:54,055 --> 00:38:56,530
So, what do you do
when it's time to say goodbye?
973
00:38:56,554 --> 00:38:58,548
You take some keepsakes.
974
00:38:58,572 --> 00:39:00,000
I got all the goodies.
975
00:39:03,106 --> 00:39:05,461
I got all the goodies.
976
00:39:05,485 --> 00:39:07,063
Nah, I just wanted my, um...
977
00:39:07,087 --> 00:39:08,911
- I got my vest.
- I got my vest.
978
00:39:08,935 --> 00:39:11,013
- Um, I got my badge.
- Oh, you did?
979
00:39:11,037 --> 00:39:12,564
- Yeah, I got the badge.
- I need to...
980
00:39:12,588 --> 00:39:13,909
- I need to get my badge.
- You like that? You like that, huh?
981
00:39:13,933 --> 00:39:14,981
Yeah, you kind of one-upped me there.
982
00:39:15,005 --> 00:39:17,013
I took a lot of Kensi clothes because,
983
00:39:17,037 --> 00:39:19,219
come on, those boots, those jeans,
984
00:39:19,243 --> 00:39:22,909
those sweaters, those plaid shirts.
985
00:39:22,933 --> 00:39:25,116
So we always had two badges in case
986
00:39:25,140 --> 00:39:26,117
one got lost. We had two badges.
987
00:39:26,141 --> 00:39:27,528
And I asked for both badges
988
00:39:27,552 --> 00:39:29,243
so I could eventually
give one to each kid.
989
00:39:29,800 --> 00:39:31,005
I'd be like, "Look."
990
00:39:31,029 --> 00:39:33,599
And on the badges is still
my photograph from season one.
991
00:39:33,623 --> 00:39:35,546
So...
992
00:39:35,570 --> 00:39:37,288
If you, uh, watch the finale,
993
00:39:37,312 --> 00:39:38,678
I'm wearing a pink blazer
to the wedding.
994
00:39:38,702 --> 00:39:40,026
And I literally took that,
995
00:39:40,050 --> 00:39:41,771
uh, and then wore it to the wrap party.
996
00:39:41,795 --> 00:39:44,140
And a bunch of Jordans.
997
00:39:46,073 --> 00:39:48,315
Wearing them right now.
Just go like that. Yup.
998
00:39:48,340 --> 00:39:51,581
I got to snag a few clothes
and some shoes.
999
00:39:51,606 --> 00:39:53,192
I just took my chair back,
1000
00:39:53,217 --> 00:39:56,011
and I took a lot of wardrobe. I...
1001
00:39:56,037 --> 00:39:57,831
Rountree's got a good wardrobe.
1002
00:39:57,855 --> 00:39:59,772
I want to make
sure I get a Sam Hanna outfit
1003
00:39:59,796 --> 00:40:01,032
and a Callen outfit.
1004
00:40:01,056 --> 00:40:02,737
I want that, as well, so I can put it
1005
00:40:02,761 --> 00:40:04,150
in one of those shadow boxes.
1006
00:40:04,174 --> 00:40:05,397
I'm trying to pack up
1007
00:40:05,421 --> 00:40:07,470
the rental house
that we've had in Encino
1008
00:40:07,494 --> 00:40:10,150
and move all of that stuff to Florida.
1009
00:40:10,174 --> 00:40:13,668
And when I thought about taking
something from the set, it was like,
1010
00:40:13,692 --> 00:40:15,737
"What are you thinking of?
1011
00:40:15,761 --> 00:40:18,909
"You got enough crap to haul to
the other side of the country.
1012
00:40:18,933 --> 00:40:20,233
Get over it."
1013
00:40:21,830 --> 00:40:24,080
But it's not really
goodbye for this cast, 'cause
1014
00:40:24,104 --> 00:40:26,266
once you're family,
you're always family.
1015
00:40:26,290 --> 00:40:28,052
And let's not forget
about the group text.
1016
00:40:28,076 --> 00:40:30,116
I'll text him dumb stuff,
and he will me,
1017
00:40:30,140 --> 00:40:31,392
as much as I would my best friends
1018
00:40:31,416 --> 00:40:32,706
from college or high school.
1019
00:40:32,730 --> 00:40:34,461
There's a couple of different
ones, which is interesting.
1020
00:40:34,485 --> 00:40:36,737
You got LL Cool J on a text thread,
1021
00:40:36,761 --> 00:40:38,219
you don't want to just be
hitting it every day.
1022
00:40:38,243 --> 00:40:39,668
That's LL.
1023
00:40:39,692 --> 00:40:41,668
So that one's...
You-you save the special stuff
1024
00:40:41,692 --> 00:40:43,754
for-for the one with everybody on it.
1025
00:40:43,778 --> 00:40:46,456
Just pick up the damn phone
and talk to me.
1026
00:40:46,480 --> 00:40:48,840
Everybody in
that cast I want to see again.
1027
00:40:48,864 --> 00:40:50,792
I've given everybody my number.
1028
00:40:50,816 --> 00:40:54,133
They know where I'm moving.
It's, uh... yeah, you know.
1029
00:40:54,388 --> 00:40:55,870
- I will see him more...
- Yeah.
1030
00:40:55,895 --> 00:40:57,164
...now that we're not working.
1031
00:40:57,189 --> 00:40:58,591
It's my man. Like, we...
1032
00:40:58,616 --> 00:41:00,100
Look, we worked together for 14 years.
1033
00:41:00,125 --> 00:41:01,367
He's got a little BabyBjoörn.
1034
00:41:01,392 --> 00:41:02,978
He's going to carry me around town.
1035
00:41:03,003 --> 00:41:04,210
Just kind of cozy in there.
1036
00:41:04,235 --> 00:41:05,890
It's gonna be great.
It's gonna be great.
1037
00:41:06,002 --> 00:41:07,564
Chris needs some milk.
1038
00:41:09,140 --> 00:41:13,500
Here's to happy endings
and new beginnings.
1039
00:41:13,532 --> 00:41:15,394
What is the thing
that I will miss the most?
1040
00:41:15,588 --> 00:41:17,044
And when you have a kid
1041
00:41:17,069 --> 00:41:19,483
that moves out here from Iowa with $500
1042
00:41:19,508 --> 00:41:21,163
in his pocket with, like,
the hopes and dreams
1043
00:41:21,207 --> 00:41:24,655
of doing something special, you
can't ask for more than that,
1044
00:41:25,002 --> 00:41:27,495
which is to go to work
with people you love
1045
00:41:27,519 --> 00:41:29,267
and get to do something
that-that you care about
1046
00:41:29,292 --> 00:41:31,706
and to tell stories that sometimes,
1047
00:41:31,731 --> 00:41:34,317
much to my surprise,
like, mattered to people.
1048
00:41:34,347 --> 00:41:37,702
I-I mean, I don't understand
how you can't miss that.
1049
00:41:37,726 --> 00:41:39,133
I'm going to miss this.
1050
00:41:39,520 --> 00:41:41,071
And I think we did good work here.
1051
00:41:41,096 --> 00:41:42,821
We did great work.
1052
00:41:42,846 --> 00:41:44,880
I look around, and these are the people
1053
00:41:44,918 --> 00:41:47,021
who I'll remember
for the rest of my life.
1054
00:41:47,046 --> 00:41:49,426
You hear from other cast members,
1055
00:41:49,451 --> 00:41:51,589
you hear from other crew members
1056
00:41:51,614 --> 00:41:55,300
how these other shows... They're
like, "Nothing is like this."
1057
00:41:55,395 --> 00:41:57,567
We are on something very special.
1058
00:41:57,720 --> 00:41:59,533
You really have
to remember to cherish it,
1059
00:41:59,864 --> 00:42:02,067
um, and I think we did.
1060
00:42:02,092 --> 00:42:04,133
Now that it's all over, how do I feel?
1061
00:42:04,158 --> 00:42:06,261
I feel super grateful.
1062
00:42:06,286 --> 00:42:08,976
I'm... so grateful
1063
00:42:09,014 --> 00:42:11,641
to have been a part of something,
to be a part of history, really.
1064
00:42:11,666 --> 00:42:14,467
I got to be a part of it
1065
00:42:14,720 --> 00:42:17,548
with those particular people,
that particular cast,
1066
00:42:17,573 --> 00:42:20,733
that particular crew,
those particular directors.
1067
00:42:21,481 --> 00:42:23,619
This particular network.
1068
00:42:23,899 --> 00:42:25,367
My God.
1069
00:42:26,381 --> 00:42:27,800
Pinch me.
1070
00:42:27,825 --> 00:42:29,273
It's time, and we're good.
1071
00:42:29,298 --> 00:42:30,694
I think we're fine with it.
1072
00:42:30,719 --> 00:42:34,082
I think, at the end of the day,
would we have continued? Sure.
1073
00:42:34,107 --> 00:42:35,728
But if this is... But the time is right.
1074
00:42:35,761 --> 00:42:37,461
- We ended on top.
- Yeah.
1075
00:42:37,485 --> 00:42:38,647
You know, we ended on top,
1076
00:42:38,671 --> 00:42:40,533
and-and that's a beautiful thing.
1077
00:42:40,558 --> 00:42:43,627
- That was a pretty sweet moment.
- Yeah.
1078
00:42:43,725 --> 00:42:45,897
I've had a lot of those over the years.
1079
00:42:45,922 --> 00:42:47,301
You know, this empty soundstage
1080
00:42:47,326 --> 00:42:48,947
holds a lot of memories.
1081
00:42:48,972 --> 00:42:51,524
Lifelong friendships were forged here.
1082
00:42:51,549 --> 00:42:53,800
Great television was created.
1083
00:42:53,825 --> 00:42:56,687
Here's one last salute
to the cast and crew
1084
00:42:56,712 --> 00:42:58,470
of NCIS: Los Angeles.
1085
00:42:58,726 --> 00:43:00,662
Keep believing in the beauty
of your dreams.
1086
00:43:00,687 --> 00:43:02,649
Thank you for sharing
this journey with us.
1087
00:43:02,674 --> 00:43:04,329
Thank you for riding with us.
1088
00:43:04,354 --> 00:43:06,633
And, uh, you know,
the best is yet to come.
1089
00:43:06,658 --> 00:43:07,833
Amen.
1090
00:43:08,615 --> 00:43:10,305
I'll leave it to my preacher.
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