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♪
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[laughing]
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What's up?
[laughs]
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Welcome to NCIS.
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KEVIN FRAZIER:
NCIS-- the primetime drama
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turned global phenomenon.
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It's everywhere.
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They dub us
in all the languages.
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"Mon dieu!DiNozzo!"
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FRAZIER:
Now the franchise is hitting
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a major milestone.
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Thousand episodes, wow.
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One... thousand.
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It's hard to describe.
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Gosh, it is
kind of a big deal, huh?
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FRAZIER: Tonight,
the cast from all five shows
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come together.
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I've had explosives
go off in a garage.
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And the fire wraps around me.
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POUNDER:
There were a couple of blowups
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that I thought I might be bald.
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FRAZIER: To reveal two decades'
worth of set secrets.
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It was the best acting job
I'd ever done.
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We got to do things
that nobody got to do.
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I don't think
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anyone saw it coming.
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It was bold, yeah.
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FRAZIER: This is a look
back on the journey
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-from episode one...
-[laughing]
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...to number 1,000.
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-It feels celebratory.
-We're part of TV history.
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-I'll always miss it.
-FRAZIER: Plus a sneak peak
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-at what's to come.
-WEATHERLY: I haven't been
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on camera in a couple years.
You got to give it to me.
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How often do you get asked
about Gibbs coming back?
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A lot.
[laughs]
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FRAZIER:
CBS Presents
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NCISVerse: The First 1,000.
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AnEntertainment Tonight
special.
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It truly is a reason
to celebrate.
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1,000 episodes
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across five shows.
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Each a ratings hit
in its own right,
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but together
a powerful franchise
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that is beloved by fans
all around the world.
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And to think it all started
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right here in these unmarked
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sound stages
miles away from Hollywood.
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Welcome to the NCISVerse.
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♪
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NCIS.
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-DIRECTOR: Action!
-[boom]
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♪
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-[gunshot]
-Federal agents!
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-[piano playing]
-♪ I know we can make it.♪
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-[shouts]
-[grunts]
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We're making
a big, big, big TV show.
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-♪
-DIRECTOR: Action!
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Maybe our Melina
has some answers.
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We're approaching
the 1,000th episode.
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of the NCISVerse.
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Hi.
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NCIS. Special Agent Callen.
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Special Agent Sam Hanna.
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It's one of the biggest
television franchises
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in the world
and it's pretty impressive.
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We're a part of TV history.
It's something to be proud of,
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-for sure.
-So can I tell you a little bit
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about NCIS?
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♪
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Basically all the, um,
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the NCISuniverse, uh, combined
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uh, will have made
a total of 1,000 episodes.
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That's right, you heard it--
1,000.
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You know, it's humbling to say
that you can be part
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of such a historic milestone.
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♪ TNT.♪
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-♪ Dynamite.♪
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1,000.
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It's three zeroes.
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[mouthing]
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[imitates explosion]
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NCIS. Put your weapon down.
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I never... made a show
that went over 100 episodes.
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It's kind of crazy,
it really is.
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-It's shocking.
-It's an honor, how exciting.
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Can I at least get a drumroll?
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Ta-da.
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I-I don't know if
this will be a successful show.
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I do know that...
that what we're doing
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sure feels good.
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I don't know
that any of us thought
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that the show
was gonna be around
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as long as it's been around.
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You can't not
be looking at the TV
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and not see this show
on somewhere sometime, you kno?
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I wa...
We were traveling in Europe.
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-It's everywhere.
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Believe me, it's everywhere.
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WEATHERLY:
I remember as I walked down
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the Rue de Rivoli, you know,
over by the Louvre.
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all of a sudden,
it was like, "[gasps]
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Mon dieu!DiNozzo!"
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And I was like...
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I-I think...
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I think this show
might have taken off.
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-[laughs]
-[shouts]
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[laughing]
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FRAZIER: Now, are you ready
for some more
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mind-blowing statistics?
The mother ship,
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shot in the suburbs
of Los Angeles,
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has remained the network's
number one primetime drama
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five years running,
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with over ten million viewers
per episode, and get this:
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in 20 years of the franchise,
fans have watched
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over 4.2 trillion minutes
ofNCIS action.
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[exhales]
Over four trillion view...
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God, that's crazy.
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Wow. How ma...
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How many days
is a trillion minutes?
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How many years
is a trillion minutes?
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I really hope that, like,
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some chyron pops up
and it does the math
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for us right here.
[laughs]
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OFFICER:
NCIS?
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Never heard of it.
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That's embarrassing.
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I saw some statistic
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that 300 million people
watched it last year.
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That's a crazy number.
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That's the entire population
of the United States.
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FRAZIER: Well, it's not hard
when you've got everything
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from action to humor to
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"ripped from the headlines"
stories.
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And some of the most shocking
moments in television history.
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I'm leaving NCIS.
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How's that for communication?
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Tali is Ziva's daughter.
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And your daughter, Tony.
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The most shocking moment, uh...
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end of season two,
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the death of Kate Todd.
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-I thought I'd die
before I ever...
-[gunshot]
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No one saw it coming. No one...
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Except if you go back and
you look at the actual footage,
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you see Michael Weatherly
go like this
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before she gets show.
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[laughs]
Because he knows
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the burst of blood
is about to hit his face.
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People were pretty shocked--
upset, shocked.
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I had a friend of mine
that called me that was crying
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because she'd just never seen...
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She knew me so well, and she ws
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-so affected by it.
-One of the shocking moments
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for me was the character
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of Jackie Vance,
who was my character's wife,
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when her character
was killed off.
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She's dead.
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When Vanessa gets
her arm broken,
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in the season finale
of last season,
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that was pretty shocking.
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[screams]
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My most shocking moment
was when Ziva
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came into that basement
and said, "Hello, Gibbs."
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Hello, Gibbs.
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REASONOVER:
They didn't tell me.
I found out with America.
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Um, and boy, was I surprised.
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And I was like, "What?"
[laughs]
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I literally pulled
the script up on my phone
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and I was like,
"That's not supposed to happen."
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BAKULA:
We were at a wedding,
we had a table,
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and, uh, it...
we were in the park,
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and it... and then there
was a huge explosion,
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and they were trying to kill me,
and they ended up
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almost killing
my daughter's, uh, fiancé.
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[people screaming]
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FRAZIER: ButNCIS doesn't just
deliver on the shock factor.
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It's the emotional highs
and lows that really get you.
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My two...
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...went home in body bags.
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Grisha, you may place the ring
on Anna's finger and...
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FRAZIER:
And then there are the stories
that make us take stock.
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POUNDER:
I had a particular episode.
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It was about, uh,
the killing of a young man,
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and then the whole neighborhood
kind of comes together
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and the police officer,
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um, has to decide whether
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he shot him because he thought
he saw something
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or whether he did see somethin.
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Drop the weapon! Drop it now!
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-[people screaming]
-POUNDER: And, um,
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it was right in the time
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when we were all talking
about Black Lives Matter,
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and it became really important
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at that time.
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LACHEY:
I think, for me,
an episode that sticks out--
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it was such an epic,
iconic moment--
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it's when we brought three
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of the NCISshows together.
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That had never been done before.
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Is that my mug?
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COLE:
Yep, and your, uh,
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Mokalbari Golden Assam tea
as well.
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FRAZIER: So, what is theNCIS
secret to success?
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I always thought that the show
had interesting characters
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and people got to know them,
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and we sure worked hard.
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It's nice to see it rewarded.
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We're staying.
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DIRECTOR:
Cut for the excerpt.
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Audiences will come
for the crimes,
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stay for the chemistry.
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And I-I love that.
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Just creating characters t-that
audiences fall in love with,
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'cause that's really
the most important thing.
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There's something about
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the banter and the fun
and the humor
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combined with the action.
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WEATHERLY:
You go from,
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uh, sl...
almost slapstick humor...
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sometimes true slapstick,
head-slapstick...
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A slap to the face
would be humiliating.
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Back of the head's
a wake-up call.
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...to gore, like a gruesome
autopsy scene
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where the body is wide open,
straight into
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an emotional scene with tears,
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and then into a-a fierce
dramatic battle
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in an interrogation room.
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So if it were one human being,
it would be
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in an insane asylum,
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because it's got so many
different personalities.
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But all together, it feels
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like you're hanging out
with people you know.
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LACHEY:
After a thousand episodes,
everyone knows
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the acronym NCIS.
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If you say that
anywhere in the world,
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they know what it is.
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And I love when people send me
clips of me in Italian.
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[laughs]
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'Cause they dub us
in all the languages,
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and I'm like, "Oh,
that's pretty cool. I'm fluent."
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[speaking Italian]
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It's not me. It's not me.
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FRAZIER: But the true impact
of the NCISVerse
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isn't just measured
in the number of episodes
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or minutes watched,
it's in making a difference
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in real life.
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HARMON:
When I first got the role
on the show,
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I tried to google "NCIS"
to figure out what it was.
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I'd never heard of it.
There wasn't much information.
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And if you google it now,
there's, like,
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25 pages of information
because of the TV show.
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INTERVIEWER:
What does "NCIS" mean?
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Naval Criminal
Investigative Service.
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No, no. The Naval...
w-what, whatever.
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-[chuckles]
-INTERVIEWER: Whatever it is.
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Navy Criminal
Investigative Service.
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CARROLL:
One of my proudest moments
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was, in San Diego,
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there was a dedication
of a new NCIS field office,
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this beautiful,
state-of-the-art field office.
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One of the directors of that
office said to me, he said,
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"Once the show
became so popular,
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we had so many requests
to do tours of our office,"
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and the agency was...
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they were so embarrassed
by kind of what the office was,
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and "If it weren't
for that show,
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we wouldn't have
our new building."
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Another phenomena
that's come out from the show
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is that, um, there's suddenly
an uptick of people
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wanting to be medical examiners.
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NCIS actually asked
our costume department
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for, um, the hats,
so that they can model them
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after the-the hats
used on the show,
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'cause they never had hats
in the field.
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So now their-their agents
wear hats at crime scenes.
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FRAZIER:
But none of it
would have been possible
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without the distinguished
service of this man,
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who seemed to know,
right from the start,
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just where the series was goin.
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He's the reason the show
got on the air.
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Pure and simple.
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He had a-a solid
movie career going,
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you know, he was a go-to
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series lead actor.
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WEATHERLY:
First thing he said to me was,
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"You eat lunch with the crew,"
and it wasn't a question.
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It was, "You get in line
with your plastic tray
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with everybody else,
no special treatment."
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This show will-will work
as a team or go down as a team.
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And that's the way
I've always looked at it.
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[grunts]
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Boy, that was good.
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Ah...
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-[exclaims]
-Ah!
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FRAZIER:
NCIS behind the scenes.
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What it's really like
when the cameras stop rolling,
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and what you didn't know about
your favorite special agents.
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That's a pretty good secret.
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[laughs]
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Hi, I'm Mark Harmon.
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[laughing]
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What's up?
[laughs]
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-Oh, my God, the chemistry--
it's so good, it's so good.
-[mumbling]
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-I love my job.
-What's not to love?
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Get in the middle.
Get in the middle.
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♪ Yes, we can make it.♪
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♪ Seasons one through nine,
they turned out fine♪
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♪ But ten... ten's good.♪
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FRAZIER:
There have been a lot
of good times
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on the fiveNCIS sets.
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On average, it takes eight days
to film an episode,
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so that's more than
8,000 days spent
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on the job over 20 years.
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Welcome to Oahu.
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We are on the set of
NCIS: Hawai'i.
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-Looks like we're at
Pearl Harbor.
-That's a big picture.
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You know, Pearl Harbor...
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-BAKULA: I feel completely lik,
you know...
-[loud thunder]
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-See?
-We're in New Orleans
and that's thunder.
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Yes, but in L.A.
that's called--
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it comes with rain,
When there's rain.
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Welcome to NCIS: Los Angeles.
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It isNCIS,
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but with a lot of California
cool thrown in there.
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Definitely a lot of
California cool.
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-I'm on the set of NCIS
with Sean Murray,
-Hello.
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that plays very
Special Agent McGee.
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-Aw, I'm very special.
Thank you.
-Mm.
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We're here in the squad room.
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Uh, this is McGee's desk.
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Usually you can find
old, uh, grape stems
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and, uh, yogurt containers
in these things.
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Oh, yogurt. You never know.
This could be from the '90s.
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FRAZIER:
That's series creator
Donald Bellisario.
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And here's an Easter egg
from earlier seasons.
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A photo of Donald
up on the "most wanted" wall.
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Some other set secrets--
those woodworking tools
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Special Agent Gibbs used
to build a boat in his basement
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were really Mark Harmon's.
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I was kind of raised
in my-in my dad's workshop.
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Pauley Perette played
a forensic scientist
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on the show.
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In real life she has
a master's degree
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in criminology.
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You have to turn around.
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-[cheers and applause]
-Hey!
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This is the real NCIS.
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FRAZIER:
We were with Pauley
when she visited
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the NCIS headquarters
in Washington, D.C.
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And it's always been
so important for the show
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to accurately portray
the real-life agents.
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If you're watching an episode
of our show,
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and our guys,
they're on a stakeout,
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or they're in the middle
of a takedown,
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there's procedural things
that have to happen.
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And the great thing about actors
is we want to get it right.
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I'm a stickler for...
for accuracy.
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So I have a laundry list
of things
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that I have to get right.
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When I hold a weapon,
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when I reach a room,
when I interrogate somebody.
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This looks like more
than a theory.
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I got to take handcuffing
classes,
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weapons assembly,
disassembly,
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some driving courses, you know,
some pretty cool stuff.
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-[barking]
-Lock that door!
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And sometimes, you know,
we get the eye roll
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from our technical advisor,
because he goes,
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"That would never happen
in the real world,
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but, you know, we're not...
we're not in the real world."
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Leon Carroll,
who was an NCIS agent,
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is everything to us.
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He's always on top of us.
He's not gonna let us
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make NCIS look bad.
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Leon, what might this be?
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Ah!
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My character's first name
is Leon, so that was
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a bit of a tribute to him,
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'cause he'd been there
since day one.
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FRAZIER:
Leon Carroll, Jr.-- no,
no relation to Rocky Caroll--
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was with the real NCIS
for over two decades
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before being recruited
by Hollywood.
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I've been to every
inhabited continent.
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I've seen quite a bit
of the world.
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FRAZIER:
So much so that several of
Leon's real-life experiences
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were actually written
into the show.
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We had an episode
where an autopsy,
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there was a crab that
crawled out of the body bag
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Ooh.
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That actually happened to me.
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WADE:
The body was discovered
wrapped in plastic
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in a shallow grave
near highway 11.
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New Orleans East.
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Are we talking bodies already?
All right.
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I've sat in on
a lot of autopsies
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to ensure that there's
some accuracy
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to what it is we're doing.
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Yeah, single gunshot wound
to the chest.
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It's funny, the amount of people
that have said,
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"Oh, I really want to be
a dead body on your show."
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Oh, no, you don't.
[laughs]
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We basically tell you
not to breathe
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when the camera's on you.
[laughs]
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So, um, it's not
super enjoyable.
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Um, sir, this is
Mr. Harmon's chair.
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Some of our rubber
and latex bodies--
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I-I can't tell
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until I get up close.
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It's crazy how...
how lifelike they look.
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So here's one of our mannequins
that we use.
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Um, can't remember exactly
what happened to him.
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He's had a few things
happen to him.
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I think he might have actually
been killed a few times.
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FRAZIER:
Over on theNCIS: Sydney set,
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the autopsy room is actually
in what used to be
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a commercial kitchen.
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You see, their set is in
an old restaurant.
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Our headquarters,
the location that they found
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is quite literally
on Sydney Harbor.
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There's no green screens
on anything.
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Like, sometimes we're shooting
below the bridge,
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and we're like,
"That looks fake."
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I think it's pretty cool that,
on our show,
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the majority of stuff
was on location.
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Just another day
in L.A., baby.
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We went to every part of L.A.
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-I've been in alleyways...
-Water treatment plants.
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...yo, water treatment plants.
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I know it all.
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FRAZIER:
NCIS: L.A. filmed everywhere,
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from the Forum
and the Hollywood Bowl
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to the beach,
and speaking of the beach...
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There's a magic aloha spirit
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that I immediately felt
when I got here.
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You have to get used to being
in a vacation spot.
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♪
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BAKULA:
Everybody wants to know
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what it was like
to shoot in New Orleans.
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They're just like... And then,
when we would shoot
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in the Quarter, I mean,
you talk about insanity.
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We'd just come down the street,
and the fans--
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they got into it.
And then, you know,
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we'd be...
I'd be running down a street,
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coming around a corner,
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and there would be
a thousand people there,
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And I'd yell, "Get down!"
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Everyone get down!
Get out of the way.
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They just played along.
They had a ball.
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Party's over.
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[indistinct shouting]
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FRAZIER:
And while the spinoffs
really leaned into
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all aspects of shooting
on location,
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it's pretty amazing
what the crew of the mother shp
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is able to create without
leaving their home base.
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VALDERRAMA:
We have six sound stages.
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We have, uh, everything
we need here.
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So we build all our sets
from scratch.
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They can build anything.
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They can build a ship,
a submarine.
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You know, a four-star hotel.
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You know, they can build
a hospital.
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FRAZIER:
But that doesn't keep the cast
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from popping over
to other sets.
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[all cheering]
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I will be honest,
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this cast, uh,
rarely makes mistakes.
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As soon as they say "action,"
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we're ice cold.
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DIRECTOR:
Action!
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When the cameras stop rolling
on our set, we get...
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we get pretty loud.
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When the cameras are off
there's chaos.
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[laughing]
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[chuckles] It's so much fun
to be on this set.
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00:18:25,275 --> 00:18:27,551
There's a lot of shenanigans
that happen on set.
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I think Brian and I are
probably the class clowns.
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Gary Cole has the best
sense of humor.
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There's a lot of, uh, ribbing,
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and self-deprecation, too.
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VALDERRAMA:
I can't tell you the pranks
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because we recycle them.
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Ah, the pranks.
I don't miss that part.
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Mark Harmon, yes,
he's a prankster,
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and he's a trickster.
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Harmon's the big prankster.
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[laughing]
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It's a fun group.
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I mean, I don't know that
you can peg
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anybody, specifically.
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ALEXANDER: When we started
working together, I...
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He filled a bag I had
with, um, sandbags.
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00:19:02,689 --> 00:19:04,034
Who I think the funniest guy
around here is Weatherly.
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I am tall and powerful
and you are nothing.
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He's on all the time.
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I don't know where
he gets the energy to do it.
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Oh, my gosh, what is that
in your ear? Hold on.
498
00:19:13,034 --> 00:19:14,103
-Let me just get that.
-Michael!
499
00:19:14,137 --> 00:19:17,034
Oh, look what she had
in her ear.
500
00:19:17,068 --> 00:19:19,965
I did over 300 episodes
of the mother ship.
501
00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:21,793
My first day on set,
502
00:19:21,827 --> 00:19:23,482
in the middle of
my first paragraph,
503
00:19:23,517 --> 00:19:25,448
Don Bellisario walked
onto the set and said,
504
00:19:25,482 --> 00:19:28,034
"What are you doing, modeling?
505
00:19:28,068 --> 00:19:31,758
Don't just stand there.
Surprise me, entertain me!"
506
00:19:31,793 --> 00:19:33,827
And I just changed
507
00:19:33,862 --> 00:19:36,000
one simple thing, which was
508
00:19:36,034 --> 00:19:39,034
I didn't care
who found me entertaining.
509
00:19:39,068 --> 00:19:41,068
I just entertain myself.
510
00:19:41,103 --> 00:19:44,620
And I've been doing that
ever since. [laughs]
511
00:19:44,655 --> 00:19:47,655
Good times here at NCIS.
Good times. Good stuff.
512
00:19:52,413 --> 00:19:55,413
Yo, a lot of pyro,
a lot of explosions.
513
00:19:55,448 --> 00:19:57,448
We're in a shootout
every week.
514
00:19:57,482 --> 00:20:00,137
FRAZIER:
From shootouts to stunts,
515
00:20:00,172 --> 00:20:02,344
action,NCIS style.
516
00:20:02,379 --> 00:20:04,241
Plus, when we first met
the OG cast
517
00:20:04,275 --> 00:20:06,103
on the set ofJAG.
518
00:20:06,137 --> 00:20:09,620
Right now, it's two episodes.
Two well-written episodes.
519
00:20:21,137 --> 00:20:22,103
MAN:
Set!
520
00:20:22,137 --> 00:20:24,000
DIRECTOR:
Action!
521
00:20:28,931 --> 00:20:30,034
[grunts]
522
00:20:30,068 --> 00:20:31,827
That was pretty good.
523
00:20:31,862 --> 00:20:33,034
We lost a light.
524
00:20:34,965 --> 00:20:37,034
I was the guy who came in
and was like,
525
00:20:37,068 --> 00:20:39,241
"We should run after
the bad guy more."
526
00:20:39,275 --> 00:20:41,000
I got it.
527
00:20:41,034 --> 00:20:43,275
And they were like
"Yeah, we should do that."
528
00:20:43,310 --> 00:20:44,965
And I'm like,
"And I'll do the running."
529
00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:45,965
WOMAN:
Stop him!
530
00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:47,862
[honks]
531
00:20:47,896 --> 00:20:49,793
Running across the rooftops
in downtown New Orleans
532
00:20:49,827 --> 00:20:51,482
in the Quarter,
and jumping over
533
00:20:51,517 --> 00:20:53,689
from one roof to the other.
534
00:20:53,724 --> 00:20:55,103
Up buildings,
out of buildings.
535
00:20:55,137 --> 00:20:56,793
Up steps, down steps.
536
00:20:56,827 --> 00:20:57,862
Jumping off of balconies.
537
00:20:57,896 --> 00:20:59,448
Shooting backwards looking up.
538
00:20:59,482 --> 00:21:02,689
So many fights,
so many shootouts.
539
00:21:02,724 --> 00:21:04,000
[gunshots]
540
00:21:05,724 --> 00:21:09,137
FRAZIER: It would take almost
30 days to watch all 1,000
541
00:21:09,172 --> 00:21:12,379
of the action-packed episodes
in theNCISVERSE.
542
00:21:12,413 --> 00:21:16,862
As for the stunts, explosions,
car chases and shootouts--
543
00:21:16,896 --> 00:21:19,689
those are seen in 946.
544
00:21:19,724 --> 00:21:21,379
BAKULA:
We did one episode,
545
00:21:21,413 --> 00:21:24,137
I was driving an airboat
through the swamps.
546
00:21:25,620 --> 00:21:26,896
And there was an action sequene
547
00:21:26,931 --> 00:21:28,965
where I took the airboat
up onto dry land.
548
00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:30,206
And we're coming at
another one,
549
00:21:30,241 --> 00:21:31,724
and we're shooting
and all that stuff.
550
00:21:32,965 --> 00:21:35,068
I had never driven
an airboat before.
551
00:21:35,103 --> 00:21:36,551
And they've got drones
coming at me.
552
00:21:36,586 --> 00:21:38,517
It was just very cool.
553
00:21:38,551 --> 00:21:41,137
MURRAY:
We had this big sequence
happening at an airport.
554
00:21:41,172 --> 00:21:43,413
Our stunt coordinator said,
"You're gonna be in the car,
555
00:21:43,448 --> 00:21:45,379
"you're gonna come flying around
about 60 miles an hour
556
00:21:45,413 --> 00:21:46,551
around that tower."
557
00:21:46,586 --> 00:21:48,586
Got it.
558
00:21:48,620 --> 00:21:50,310
"You come around,
see if you can skid out.
559
00:21:52,758 --> 00:21:53,965
"Pop out of that car,
560
00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:56,448
gun up, and approach the plane."
561
00:21:56,482 --> 00:21:58,793
They handed me the keys, said,
"Think you can do it?"
562
00:21:58,827 --> 00:22:00,172
I was like, "Yeah."
563
00:22:00,206 --> 00:22:01,448
NCIS.
564
00:22:06,586 --> 00:22:08,517
DIETZEN:
The cold opening for the episoe
565
00:22:08,551 --> 00:22:12,448
that followed Tony DiNozzo
through a warehouse of sorts,
566
00:22:12,482 --> 00:22:14,379
up to the edge of a pier,
567
00:22:14,413 --> 00:22:16,344
and just-just dives
568
00:22:16,379 --> 00:22:18,689
right into the...
into the water.
569
00:22:18,724 --> 00:22:22,068
We see that Gibbs is trapped
inside of a car.
570
00:22:23,482 --> 00:22:26,482
WEATHERLY:
Diving into a tank and pulling
571
00:22:26,517 --> 00:22:29,137
people out
of a submerged car and...
572
00:22:29,172 --> 00:22:32,310
giving Mark Harmon
mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
573
00:22:32,344 --> 00:22:34,344
in the m-midst of all of that,
574
00:22:34,379 --> 00:22:35,965
career perk.
575
00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:38,103
There was a stuntman
who did the dive, don't worry.
576
00:22:38,137 --> 00:22:40,379
But I did
all the underwater work.
577
00:22:40,413 --> 00:22:42,241
No question we should've won
578
00:22:42,275 --> 00:22:44,517
an Emmy many times over.
579
00:22:44,551 --> 00:22:46,758
FRAZIER: That episode actually
earned the show its first
580
00:22:46,793 --> 00:22:50,068
of two Emmy nominations for
Outstanding Stunt Coordination,
581
00:22:50,103 --> 00:22:53,793
and during its run,
NCIS: L.A. also earned
582
00:22:53,827 --> 00:22:55,551
a nod in that category.
583
00:22:55,586 --> 00:22:57,413
O'DONNELL:
I had one thing-- I ran
584
00:22:57,448 --> 00:22:59,206
out of this building
and every ten feet,
585
00:22:59,241 --> 00:23:00,862
another bomb would go off.
586
00:23:03,448 --> 00:23:04,586
The explosions
we had on the show--
587
00:23:04,620 --> 00:23:06,241
it was just unbelievable.
588
00:23:06,275 --> 00:23:07,758
They would get it all set,
there'd be a big safety meeting,
589
00:23:07,793 --> 00:23:09,241
and they'd say,
"Okay, we're going hot."
590
00:23:09,275 --> 00:23:10,827
DIRECTOR:
We're going hot on the effects.
591
00:23:10,862 --> 00:23:12,758
-And then they'd yell "Action."
-Action!
592
00:23:14,103 --> 00:23:16,068
Then these bombs
just start going, and flames.
593
00:23:16,103 --> 00:23:18,275
DIRECTOR:
That's how we do it
on NCIS: L.A.!
594
00:23:18,310 --> 00:23:19,793
[cheering]
595
00:23:19,827 --> 00:23:20,896
[director shouts]
596
00:23:25,896 --> 00:23:29,689
I've had, uh, explosives go off
in a-in a garage.
597
00:23:29,724 --> 00:23:33,000
There's three walls,
and one exit and entrance
598
00:23:33,034 --> 00:23:34,206
for that fire.
599
00:23:38,034 --> 00:23:40,758
And smelling, uh,
the burnt hair definitely
600
00:23:40,793 --> 00:23:42,482
made me feel so alive.
601
00:23:42,517 --> 00:23:43,413
So alive.
602
00:23:44,517 --> 00:23:46,965
McGee!
Do you have a snack, McGee?
603
00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:48,551
[screams]
604
00:23:51,206 --> 00:23:52,862
OLSEN:
The best stunt that I've done
605
00:23:52,896 --> 00:23:54,379
is the fight scene
with LL Cool J.
606
00:23:55,793 --> 00:23:57,931
We had doubles, and neither one
of us used our doubles at all.
607
00:23:57,965 --> 00:24:01,241
I've had a few, um,
amazing women double for me,
608
00:24:01,275 --> 00:24:02,586
but the person who's been
with me the longest--
609
00:24:02,620 --> 00:24:03,931
her name is Kim.
610
00:24:03,965 --> 00:24:06,413
The hand-to-hand combat
was mostly me,
611
00:24:06,448 --> 00:24:09,068
um, but everything else is Kim.
[laughs]
612
00:24:09,103 --> 00:24:11,896
FRAZIER:
Yeah, sometimes
the action sequences
613
00:24:11,931 --> 00:24:13,275
require the use
of a stunt double,
614
00:24:13,310 --> 00:24:14,586
but a lot of times,
615
00:24:14,620 --> 00:24:17,379
what you're seeing
is the real deal.
616
00:24:19,172 --> 00:24:21,551
OLSEN:
She's throwing real punches
every time,
617
00:24:21,586 --> 00:24:22,827
and if I don't block them,
she's gonna hit me in the face.
618
00:24:22,862 --> 00:24:24,034
[laughs]
619
00:24:24,068 --> 00:24:25,586
[grunts]
620
00:24:26,551 --> 00:24:28,862
I got to learn how to fight
with a bostaff.
621
00:24:31,068 --> 00:24:32,413
That was really cool,
622
00:24:32,448 --> 00:24:35,103
because I suddenly felt
like a badass.
623
00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:38,620
LACHEY:
Brooklyn is my daughter,
624
00:24:38,655 --> 00:24:42,551
and I took her
to my very first stunt session.
625
00:24:42,586 --> 00:24:44,862
It was a really cool moment
that my daughter could see
626
00:24:44,896 --> 00:24:46,206
her mom being a badass.
627
00:24:46,241 --> 00:24:47,482
FRAZIER:
Still ahead...
628
00:24:47,517 --> 00:24:49,034
I read that name
and it stopped me.
629
00:24:49,068 --> 00:24:50,793
FRAZIER:
...things you never knew about
630
00:24:50,827 --> 00:24:53,206
theNCIS pilot and the part
631
00:24:53,241 --> 00:24:54,586
that almost went
to Jennier Aniston.
632
00:24:54,620 --> 00:24:55,827
Plus...
633
00:24:57,172 --> 00:24:58,896
FRAZIER: From A-listers
634
00:24:58,931 --> 00:25:01,137
to actors looking
for a big break,
635
00:25:01,172 --> 00:25:02,931
the guest stars
who made their mark.
636
00:25:02,965 --> 00:25:04,275
There were a lot
of pranks played,
637
00:25:04,310 --> 00:25:05,862
which were hilarious.
638
00:25:14,275 --> 00:25:15,896
♪
639
00:25:15,931 --> 00:25:17,206
Agent Gibbs, where exactly
640
00:25:17,241 --> 00:25:19,413
was the lieutenant's body
discovered?
641
00:25:19,448 --> 00:25:21,068
The banks P...
[chuckles]
642
00:25:21,103 --> 00:25:22,724
How we doing so far?
Pick it up? All right.
643
00:25:24,448 --> 00:25:26,413
On the banks
of the Potomac "Rimmer."
644
00:25:26,448 --> 00:25:27,758
River.
645
00:25:27,793 --> 00:25:29,931
[laughs]
Okay.
646
00:25:29,965 --> 00:25:31,655
How about you don't
walk and talk?
647
00:25:31,689 --> 00:25:33,068
-You... What...
-[laughter]
648
00:25:35,068 --> 00:25:36,206
My name's Gibbs.
649
00:25:36,241 --> 00:25:37,724
I'm a special agent
with the Navy.
650
00:25:37,758 --> 00:25:40,103
I'm playing, uh,
a character in two episodes
651
00:25:40,137 --> 00:25:42,344
of-of JAG,
652
00:25:42,379 --> 00:25:43,931
uh, named Jethro Gibbs.
653
00:25:43,965 --> 00:25:46,137
I'm coming here to investigate
a murder, basically.
654
00:25:46,172 --> 00:25:47,586
♪
655
00:25:47,620 --> 00:25:49,517
I read "Leroy Jethro Gibbs,"
656
00:25:49,551 --> 00:25:53,103
and I said,
"Wow, I like that name."
657
00:25:53,137 --> 00:25:55,241
And then, for a brief second,
658
00:25:55,275 --> 00:25:58,068
when I decided I really liked
the idea and the project,
659
00:25:58,103 --> 00:26:01,482
the name changed, all of
a sudden, it was Bob Johnson
660
00:26:01,517 --> 00:26:03,448
-or s... or I-I...
Something like that, right?
-[chuckles]
661
00:26:03,482 --> 00:26:05,758
I am an NCIS special agent.
662
00:26:05,793 --> 00:26:07,413
I just went, "What? No, no, no,
663
00:26:07,448 --> 00:26:09,482
it's got to be
Leroy Jethro Gibbs,"
664
00:26:09,517 --> 00:26:11,103
and the creator said,
"No, you can't play a guy
665
00:26:11,137 --> 00:26:12,448
named 'Leroy Jethro Gibbs.'"
666
00:26:12,482 --> 00:26:13,827
I said, "Why not?"
667
00:26:13,862 --> 00:26:17,551
And then it went back,
so I was happy about that.
668
00:26:17,586 --> 00:26:18,793
FRAZIER:
It was originally pitched
669
00:26:18,827 --> 00:26:21,344
as"Law & Order in the Navy,"
670
00:26:21,379 --> 00:26:22,758
half investigation,
half court case.
671
00:26:22,793 --> 00:26:24,482
With that premise in mind,
672
00:26:24,517 --> 00:26:26,482
NCIS made its debut
673
00:26:26,517 --> 00:26:30,448
as a two-episode backdoor pilot
on the Naval legal seriesJAG,
674
00:26:30,482 --> 00:26:32,689
starring David James Elliott,
675
00:26:32,724 --> 00:26:34,344
but then, two things happened.
676
00:26:34,379 --> 00:26:37,137
Are we letting NCIS
take the lead on this?
677
00:26:37,172 --> 00:26:39,206
FRAZIER:
The investigation part
tested best with audiences,
678
00:26:39,241 --> 00:26:43,448
and Mark Harmon
left a big impression.
679
00:26:43,482 --> 00:26:45,206
Come see where I work.
680
00:26:45,241 --> 00:26:47,793
Bring some friends.
I'll give you a tour.
681
00:26:49,172 --> 00:26:51,000
DIRECTOR:
And action.
682
00:26:51,034 --> 00:26:52,103
TONY:
Is that a duodenum?
683
00:26:52,137 --> 00:26:53,172
ABBY:
Yeah.
684
00:26:53,206 --> 00:26:54,172
I like to call it
685
00:26:54,206 --> 00:26:56,068
"duodenum with a lye chaser."
686
00:26:56,103 --> 00:26:57,931
You need to get out more, Abby.
687
00:26:57,965 --> 00:26:59,655
FRAZIER: Because it was
two episodes ofJAG,
688
00:26:59,689 --> 00:27:02,551
it wasn't really a proper pilot.
689
00:27:02,586 --> 00:27:05,931
And even when we started airin,
they called it"Navy NCIS,"
690
00:27:05,965 --> 00:27:07,862
which is"Navy Naval Criminal
Investigative Service."
691
00:27:07,896 --> 00:27:09,965
You can't make that up.
692
00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:12,482
NCIS anything like CSI?
693
00:27:12,517 --> 00:27:14,827
Only if you're dyslexic.
694
00:27:14,862 --> 00:27:16,206
HARMON:
That first day on this show
695
00:27:16,241 --> 00:27:17,793
was 21 hours, so I went home
696
00:27:17,827 --> 00:27:20,448
at 21 hours and looked
at my wife
697
00:27:20,482 --> 00:27:22,275
and said, "That's not exactly
what I thought about--
698
00:27:22,310 --> 00:27:24,310
it's getting a job
and staying home."
699
00:27:24,344 --> 00:27:26,206
We had a lot of those days
for a while.
700
00:27:26,241 --> 00:27:27,896
And-and the show found itself.
701
00:27:27,931 --> 00:27:30,241
And that's a credit
to actors and writers
702
00:27:30,275 --> 00:27:34,241
and producers
and-and directors and-and crew.
703
00:27:34,275 --> 00:27:36,758
And more than anything, crew.
704
00:27:36,793 --> 00:27:39,758
And those are the people you
don't see. It's a great crew.
705
00:27:39,793 --> 00:27:41,620
FRAZIER:
But here's something
you may not know:
706
00:27:41,655 --> 00:27:43,965
Mark wasn't the first choice
to play Gibbs.
707
00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:46,137
Harrison Ford, Alec Baldwin,
708
00:27:46,172 --> 00:27:48,344
Kevin Bacon, Andrew McCarthy
709
00:27:48,379 --> 00:27:50,068
and Patrick Swayze
710
00:27:50,103 --> 00:27:52,655
were some of the early names
floated for the part.
711
00:27:52,689 --> 00:27:55,000
And believe it or not,
Jennifer Aniston was considered
712
00:27:55,034 --> 00:27:57,310
for the role
of Agent DiNozzo's partner,
713
00:27:57,344 --> 00:28:00,793
played by Blake Lively's
half sister Robyn inJAG.
714
00:28:00,827 --> 00:28:03,448
GIBBS:
Am I clear, Agent Blackadder?
715
00:28:05,793 --> 00:28:08,137
Am I clear?
716
00:28:08,172 --> 00:28:10,620
-Very, sir.
-FRAZIER: But by the time
717
00:28:10,655 --> 00:28:13,758
NCIS made its official debut
in 2003,
718
00:28:13,793 --> 00:28:17,344
DiNozzo and Gibbs had teamed up
with Sasha Alexander instead.
719
00:28:17,379 --> 00:28:19,689
TODD:
Wait, okay, okay.
720
00:28:19,724 --> 00:28:21,344
Your team.
721
00:28:21,379 --> 00:28:24,103
FRAZIER:
Believe it or not,
the show wasn't an instant hit.
722
00:28:24,137 --> 00:28:26,689
It took five seasons
and a global platform
723
00:28:26,724 --> 00:28:29,689
to turn into the giant
that it is today.
724
00:28:29,724 --> 00:28:33,689
And over its 20 years
and 464 episodes,
725
00:28:33,724 --> 00:28:36,517
the mother ship has turned
many of its guest stars
726
00:28:36,551 --> 00:28:38,655
into beloved series regulars.
727
00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:41,931
MURRAY: I started
728
00:28:41,965 --> 00:28:43,965
as a, actually, a guest star--
729
00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:46,551
one-off guest star--
uh, in, I think,
730
00:28:46,586 --> 00:28:49,689
episode seven or eight
of, uh, season one.
731
00:28:49,724 --> 00:28:51,206
And they edited it together
732
00:28:51,241 --> 00:28:53,724
and they were about
three minutes short on the edi.
733
00:28:53,758 --> 00:28:56,344
And they said, "Let's bring back
the McGee character."
734
00:28:57,344 --> 00:28:58,965
Heel!
735
00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:01,793
-INTERVIEWER: You are
an official agent now.
-I am.
736
00:29:01,827 --> 00:29:04,172
-Tony!
-MURRAY: I always think,
"What happened
737
00:29:04,206 --> 00:29:06,379
if they weren't short
on that episode," you know?
738
00:29:06,413 --> 00:29:10,275
It's... Like Bob Ross
used to say, "Happy accidents."
739
00:29:10,310 --> 00:29:12,517
DIETZEN:
It has been 21 seasons.
740
00:29:12,551 --> 00:29:15,241
I came on at the tail end
of the first season
741
00:29:15,275 --> 00:29:18,275
just for one day,
and they kept inviting me back.
742
00:29:18,310 --> 00:29:20,068
One of my favorite weeks
of my life
743
00:29:20,103 --> 00:29:23,275
was, uh, my mom came
to visit me,
744
00:29:23,310 --> 00:29:25,758
I found out I gotNCIS
and I got married.
745
00:29:25,793 --> 00:29:27,482
All in the same week, and boy,
746
00:29:27,517 --> 00:29:30,344
anniversaries have
not lived up to that.
747
00:29:30,379 --> 00:29:31,758
Sorry, honey.
748
00:29:33,172 --> 00:29:34,689
DIRECTOR:
Action!
749
00:29:36,206 --> 00:29:38,310
I'm definitely hoping that
the spin-off, uh, goes ahead.
750
00:29:38,344 --> 00:29:40,896
LL COOL J:
Wow, do I feel the pressure
coming on to a show like this?
751
00:29:40,931 --> 00:29:42,482
Uh...
752
00:29:42,517 --> 00:29:43,862
I feel like I...
I definitely feel like
753
00:29:43,896 --> 00:29:47,172
I have a responsibility
to, uh, not mess it up.
754
00:29:48,896 --> 00:29:51,068
I do remember feeling like
it would last
755
00:29:51,103 --> 00:29:53,034
maybe a couple years
and be done.
756
00:29:53,068 --> 00:29:56,206
You know what I'm saying?
And, uh...
757
00:29:56,241 --> 00:29:59,586
lo and behold, it lasted
a lot longer than I expected.
758
00:29:59,620 --> 00:30:01,000
It became a much bigger part
of my life
759
00:30:01,034 --> 00:30:02,793
than I expected it to be.
760
00:30:02,827 --> 00:30:06,137
FRAZIER:
Backdoor pilots are kind of
a theme forNCIS.
761
00:30:06,172 --> 00:30:09,758
When it came time to launch
the L.A. office in 2009,
762
00:30:09,793 --> 00:30:11,896
Hanna, Callen and company
763
00:30:11,931 --> 00:30:13,931
did it
with a two-episode storyline
764
00:30:13,965 --> 00:30:16,551
that brought the OG cast
to the West Coast.
765
00:30:16,586 --> 00:30:18,689
Still building that boat
in your basement?
766
00:30:18,724 --> 00:30:20,034
Yeah.
767
00:30:20,068 --> 00:30:21,275
O'DONNELL:
Nothing but great memories.
768
00:30:21,310 --> 00:30:24,137
Uh, we had 14 wonderful years
and, uh,
769
00:30:24,172 --> 00:30:26,000
we spent time, obviously,
on this set,
770
00:30:26,034 --> 00:30:27,034
we were launched
out of this show,
771
00:30:27,068 --> 00:30:28,517
we came back, did crossovers.
772
00:30:28,551 --> 00:30:31,586
So it's a big, you know,
the-the extended family is rea.
773
00:30:31,620 --> 00:30:33,275
FRAZIER:
The team ultimately contributed
774
00:30:33,310 --> 00:30:35,172
323 episodes
775
00:30:35,206 --> 00:30:39,724
to the 1,000-strong franchise
before signing off last year.
776
00:30:39,758 --> 00:30:42,172
I've always said that-that,
you know,
777
00:30:42,206 --> 00:30:43,862
Marty Deeks ain't dead.
778
00:30:43,896 --> 00:30:46,448
I think there's plenty
of room for...
779
00:30:46,482 --> 00:30:48,379
these characters to come back.
780
00:30:48,413 --> 00:30:49,448
Uh-oh.
781
00:30:52,620 --> 00:30:53,586
[groaning]
782
00:30:53,620 --> 00:30:54,965
Kind of old-school.
783
00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:57,034
Old-school still works
in Louisiana.
784
00:30:57,068 --> 00:30:59,068
FRAZIER:
WhenNCIS: New Orleans was
originally conceived,
785
00:30:59,103 --> 00:31:01,827
it was just a storyline
for the mother ship,
786
00:31:01,862 --> 00:31:03,241
but Mark had a greater vision
787
00:31:03,275 --> 00:31:05,620
that included
his longtime friend.
788
00:31:05,655 --> 00:31:07,275
It just sounded like
more than two episodes.
789
00:31:07,310 --> 00:31:09,034
That's all, that's where
it came from, and-and,
790
00:31:09,068 --> 00:31:10,965
uh, he's the right guy
to be doing it.
791
00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:12,586
I think that's what Mark's
advice was to all of us:
792
00:31:12,620 --> 00:31:14,620
-"Don't screw it up."
-FRAZIER: Based on the real-lie
793
00:31:14,655 --> 00:31:17,344
one-man NCIS office
in the Big Easy,
794
00:31:17,379 --> 00:31:21,793
the city hosted 155 episodes
over a seven-season run.
795
00:31:21,827 --> 00:31:23,206
BAKULA:
At the time, we were gonna be,
796
00:31:23,241 --> 00:31:25,241
we were the third version,
797
00:31:25,275 --> 00:31:27,827
and the other two were still
going strong on television,
798
00:31:27,862 --> 00:31:29,482
and I was like,
"Well, why do I want to go
799
00:31:29,517 --> 00:31:30,827
be in another vers..."
800
00:31:30,862 --> 00:31:32,862
But the New Orleans
part of it--
801
00:31:32,896 --> 00:31:36,379
no offense to D.C.
and-and L.A. show--
802
00:31:36,413 --> 00:31:38,758
we just had a lot of pizzazz.
803
00:31:38,793 --> 00:31:41,206
FRAZIER:
But when it comes
to that aloha feeling,
804
00:31:41,241 --> 00:31:43,482
NCIS: Hawai'i delivers.
805
00:31:43,517 --> 00:31:46,862
The first spin-off that didn't
get its start onNCIS
806
00:31:46,896 --> 00:31:49,482
is three seasons
and 50 episodes deep,
807
00:31:49,517 --> 00:31:53,034
and boasts a lot of firsts
for the franchise.
808
00:31:53,068 --> 00:31:57,206
I know I'm the first minority,
female, in her 40s lead
809
00:31:57,241 --> 00:31:58,551
of this franchise.
810
00:32:01,827 --> 00:32:06,275
And it's so, for me, comforting
and fulfilling to say that.
811
00:32:06,310 --> 00:32:08,551
FRAZIER:
Another first?
The never-ending crossover
812
00:32:08,586 --> 00:32:12,172
that brought Sam Hanna from
Los Angeles to the islands.
813
00:32:12,206 --> 00:32:13,620
Once you know the franchise,
814
00:32:13,655 --> 00:32:15,586
you can kind of go to, you know,
815
00:32:15,620 --> 00:32:17,344
different shows and...
816
00:32:17,379 --> 00:32:19,551
you understand, tonally, what
it is, you know what I'm sayin?
817
00:32:19,586 --> 00:32:21,896
I'd love to crossover with,
818
00:32:21,931 --> 00:32:23,551
um, you know, the-the OG guys
819
00:32:23,586 --> 00:32:25,655
would be awesome.
820
00:32:25,689 --> 00:32:27,827
And also, I'd love to go
to Hawai'i, so...
821
00:32:27,862 --> 00:32:30,241
Maybe we could crossover
with those guys, too.
822
00:32:30,275 --> 00:32:33,655
FRAZIER:
But the newest addition
to the universe NCIS: Sydney
823
00:32:33,689 --> 00:32:35,000
has the distinction
824
00:32:35,034 --> 00:32:37,517
of being the first
international addition.
825
00:32:37,551 --> 00:32:39,206
It's a ratings hit
its first season,
826
00:32:39,241 --> 00:32:41,689
and in just eight episodes,
827
00:32:41,724 --> 00:32:43,758
it's full of nods
to its patron series.
828
00:32:43,793 --> 00:32:45,620
♪
829
00:32:46,620 --> 00:32:48,172
Oh, and in case
you're wondering,
830
00:32:48,206 --> 00:32:51,344
yes, there is a real-life
NCIS office
831
00:32:51,379 --> 00:32:52,655
in Australia.
832
00:32:52,689 --> 00:32:54,862
Coming up:
from a former first lady
833
00:32:54,896 --> 00:32:56,379
to the A-list of Hollywood,
834
00:32:56,413 --> 00:32:59,172
all the famous NCIS guest stars
835
00:32:59,206 --> 00:33:00,655
and the ones who made
an appearance
836
00:33:00,689 --> 00:33:02,758
before they were famous.
837
00:33:02,793 --> 00:33:04,034
They really welcomed me in
with open arms.
838
00:33:04,068 --> 00:33:06,241
FRAZIER:
Plus, the future of NCIS,
839
00:33:06,275 --> 00:33:08,827
two new spin-offs
and a milestone episode.
840
00:33:08,862 --> 00:33:11,448
What to expect
in the next 1,000.
841
00:33:11,482 --> 00:33:13,172
Tears, laughter, danger...
842
00:33:13,206 --> 00:33:15,827
My God, it gives me goose bumps
just thinking about it.
843
00:33:22,206 --> 00:33:24,758
♪
844
00:33:28,517 --> 00:33:31,206
We've had a lot
of really good guest stars.
845
00:33:31,241 --> 00:33:35,172
Bob Newhart came to do
an episode of NCIS.
846
00:33:35,206 --> 00:33:37,413
My names is, uh, is Magnus.
847
00:33:37,448 --> 00:33:39,482
And you have to remember
to stay in the scene.
848
00:33:39,517 --> 00:33:40,896
You can't just be a fanboy.
849
00:33:40,931 --> 00:33:44,793
My favorite, I think,
is Lily Tomlin,
850
00:33:44,827 --> 00:33:46,103
who played my grandmother.
851
00:33:46,137 --> 00:33:47,137
That word--
852
00:33:47,172 --> 00:33:48,758
"grandmother"--
so old-fashioned
853
00:33:48,793 --> 00:33:50,137
and so patriarchal.
854
00:33:50,172 --> 00:33:51,310
You call me Penny.
855
00:33:51,344 --> 00:33:52,931
I got to work
with Jamie Lee Curtis.
856
00:33:52,965 --> 00:33:54,896
Jamie Lee Curtis-- oh, my God.
857
00:33:54,931 --> 00:33:56,310
Oh, my God.
858
00:33:56,344 --> 00:33:57,724
You're enjoying this.
859
00:33:57,758 --> 00:33:59,000
I'll play along.
860
00:34:01,344 --> 00:34:02,862
He makes me flush a little bit.
861
00:34:02,896 --> 00:34:05,344
Robert Wagner recurs on the...
862
00:34:05,379 --> 00:34:07,379
on the show, you know,
from time to time.
863
00:34:07,413 --> 00:34:08,793
Get my bag, will you, Tony?
864
00:34:08,827 --> 00:34:10,620
My favorite guest stars:
Christopher Lloyd...
865
00:34:10,655 --> 00:34:13,585
Well, I'm not gonna say a damn
thing till I get a root beer.
866
00:34:13,620 --> 00:34:15,034
VALDERRAMA:
You know, he's one of my idols.
867
00:34:15,068 --> 00:34:16,482
And he was,
868
00:34:16,516 --> 00:34:18,034
uh, he was everything
you would expect him to be.
869
00:34:18,068 --> 00:34:19,103
Just lovely.
870
00:34:19,137 --> 00:34:21,241
CARROLL:
Michelle Obama was a guest sta.
871
00:34:21,275 --> 00:34:22,413
That was a big day.
872
00:34:22,447 --> 00:34:24,034
Special Agent Gibbs,
873
00:34:24,068 --> 00:34:27,103
I've been briefed on everything
you've done for Anne's family.
874
00:34:27,137 --> 00:34:28,862
WEATHERLY:
I mean, I guess
if you want to say
875
00:34:28,896 --> 00:34:31,034
that there were some
interesting people on the show.
876
00:34:31,068 --> 00:34:32,585
Time to dance, Agent Gibbs.
877
00:34:32,620 --> 00:34:34,275
Mind if I lead?
878
00:34:34,310 --> 00:34:37,206
I was the surgeon who saved
Mark Harmon's life.
879
00:34:37,241 --> 00:34:38,757
I should come back for years.
880
00:34:38,793 --> 00:34:40,757
I would pitch, uh, various ways
881
00:34:40,793 --> 00:34:43,447
that my character
would be reintroduced.
882
00:34:43,482 --> 00:34:45,896
I can believe how many actors
that I run into
883
00:34:45,931 --> 00:34:48,275
who, the first thing
they say to me was,
884
00:34:48,310 --> 00:34:50,896
"Look, I did a spot
on that thing 17 years ago."
885
00:34:50,931 --> 00:34:52,068
It's amazing,
the number of people
886
00:34:52,103 --> 00:34:53,068
who kind of...
who've come through there.
887
00:34:53,103 --> 00:34:54,413
FRAZIER: In two decades,
888
00:34:54,447 --> 00:34:56,034
there have been almost
200 guest stars
889
00:34:56,068 --> 00:34:58,827
across the NCIS franchise.
890
00:34:58,862 --> 00:35:00,620
And quite a few were cast
891
00:35:00,655 --> 00:35:02,000
before they were famous.
892
00:35:02,034 --> 00:35:04,103
From a ten-year-old
Millie Bobby Brown...
893
00:35:04,137 --> 00:35:06,758
You don't look like
the hot-chocolate type.
894
00:35:06,793 --> 00:35:07,931
Huh.
895
00:35:07,965 --> 00:35:09,862
FRAZIER:
...to Abigail Breslin
896
00:35:09,896 --> 00:35:10,896
and Glen Powell.
897
00:35:10,931 --> 00:35:12,172
Good to meet you.
898
00:35:12,206 --> 00:35:13,517
-Your brother know you're here?
-I hope so, sir.
899
00:35:13,551 --> 00:35:16,758
I remember Mark Harmon
was one of the most
900
00:35:16,793 --> 00:35:17,862
generous co-stars I've ever had.
901
00:35:17,896 --> 00:35:20,310
He invited me into his trailer.
902
00:35:20,344 --> 00:35:21,827
He sent me a really
nice email afterwards
903
00:35:21,862 --> 00:35:23,689
about how well he thought I did.
904
00:35:23,724 --> 00:35:27,137
FRAZIER:
Zac Efron's NCIS episode
aired just three days
905
00:35:27,172 --> 00:35:28,862
beforeHigh School Musical
premiered.
906
00:35:28,896 --> 00:35:30,448
We didn't know
the phone was stolen.
907
00:35:30,482 --> 00:35:31,896
Whoa.
908
00:35:31,931 --> 00:35:33,275
Holy cow.
909
00:35:33,310 --> 00:35:35,137
I remember, vividly,
that the whole cast
910
00:35:35,172 --> 00:35:37,862
uh, was incredibly
welcoming and nice.
911
00:35:37,896 --> 00:35:39,758
There were
a lot of pranks played,
912
00:35:39,793 --> 00:35:41,034
which were hilarious.
913
00:35:41,068 --> 00:35:43,034
I've, like, used those
for the rest of my life.
914
00:35:43,068 --> 00:35:45,620
FRAZIER:
And long beforeThis Is Us,
Jon Huertas,
915
00:35:45,655 --> 00:35:48,931
Susan Kelechi Watson
and Sterling K. Brown
916
00:35:48,965 --> 00:35:51,275
all landed roles on NCIS.
917
00:35:51,310 --> 00:35:53,275
I should have never let her go.
918
00:35:53,310 --> 00:35:55,655
I'm sorry, Gibbs.
[grunts]
919
00:35:56,482 --> 00:35:58,551
FRAZIER:
But some of the show's
guest stars, well...
920
00:35:58,586 --> 00:36:00,413
they were homegrown.
921
00:36:00,448 --> 00:36:02,620
Stop trying to pull
some cop trick on me.
922
00:36:02,655 --> 00:36:03,896
It's not gonna work.
923
00:36:03,931 --> 00:36:05,758
MURRAY: My daughter's an actor
924
00:36:05,793 --> 00:36:07,965
and she went through
the auditioning process
925
00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:08,965
and she killed it,
she was great.
926
00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:10,206
She was so good.
927
00:36:10,241 --> 00:36:11,931
FRAZIER: Sean is actually
the cast member
928
00:36:11,965 --> 00:36:14,310
who has been in
the NCISVerse the longest,
929
00:36:14,344 --> 00:36:16,965
with 450 episodes.
930
00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:19,413
His stepbrother
Michael Bellisario
931
00:36:19,448 --> 00:36:21,620
had a guest role
on four episodes
932
00:36:21,655 --> 00:36:23,758
while his stepsister
Troian Bellisario
933
00:36:23,793 --> 00:36:25,275
played McGee's sister.
934
00:36:25,310 --> 00:36:26,862
You know, like,
state the obvious
935
00:36:26,896 --> 00:36:28,034
and make pretty pie charts?
936
00:36:28,068 --> 00:36:29,482
FRAZIER: And did you know that
937
00:36:29,517 --> 00:36:31,310
the young agent Gibbs
seen in flashbacks
938
00:36:31,344 --> 00:36:34,344
is actually played
by Mark Harmon's son, Sean.
939
00:36:34,379 --> 00:36:36,034
Good luck
trying to beat my times.
940
00:36:36,068 --> 00:36:38,758
Mark's wife of 37 years,
Pam Dawber,
941
00:36:38,793 --> 00:36:41,482
also guest starred
in the seven-episode arc.
942
00:36:41,517 --> 00:36:42,724
Were you gonna knock?
943
00:36:42,758 --> 00:36:44,586
I hadn't quite decided.
944
00:36:44,620 --> 00:36:47,206
FRAZIER: And that's
Chris O'Donnell's son Chip
945
00:36:47,241 --> 00:36:49,068
making a cameo
on the series finale
946
00:36:49,103 --> 00:36:50,241
of NCIS: L.A.
947
00:36:50,275 --> 00:36:51,758
I'm the new guy.
948
00:36:51,793 --> 00:36:53,206
O'DONNELL:
Over the course of the show,
949
00:36:53,241 --> 00:36:54,724
all of my kids have been
on the show, and my wife.
950
00:36:54,758 --> 00:36:56,862
And my oldest son
had not been on,
951
00:36:56,896 --> 00:36:58,172
so that was kind of fun.
952
00:36:58,206 --> 00:37:00,034
And... action.
953
00:37:00,068 --> 00:37:02,413
FRAZIER:
Chris also got a chance to make
954
00:37:02,448 --> 00:37:04,068
his directorial debut onL.A.
955
00:37:04,103 --> 00:37:05,517
So did Daniela Ruah.
956
00:37:05,551 --> 00:37:07,862
And now Dani's directing
the mother ship.
957
00:37:07,896 --> 00:37:09,482
-Action.
-CARROLL: She knows
958
00:37:09,517 --> 00:37:11,068
and she understands
the balancing act.
959
00:37:11,103 --> 00:37:12,965
It's fun to be directed
by somebody else
960
00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:14,034
who's from the universe.
961
00:37:14,068 --> 00:37:16,482
But for Rocky, directingNCIS
962
00:37:16,517 --> 00:37:18,379
wasn't on this bucket list.
963
00:37:18,413 --> 00:37:20,448
It was the best acting job
I'd ever done.
964
00:37:20,482 --> 00:37:22,000
It was directing
that first episode.
965
00:37:22,034 --> 00:37:23,241
You lean on each other
966
00:37:23,275 --> 00:37:24,965
and you rely on each other
to-to make it work.
967
00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:26,413
We've been through
so much together.
968
00:37:26,448 --> 00:37:29,724
As-as cast and crews,
we've seen births, deaths,
969
00:37:29,758 --> 00:37:32,413
marriages, divorces,
like, just so much.
970
00:37:32,448 --> 00:37:36,137
FRAZIER:
Yes, the NCIS family has faced
loss over the years,
971
00:37:36,172 --> 00:37:37,551
and in September,
972
00:37:37,586 --> 00:37:39,551
they said goodbye
to their beloved Ducky
973
00:37:39,586 --> 00:37:42,689
when David McCallum passed away
at the age of 90.
974
00:37:42,724 --> 00:37:46,068
His final appearance
on the show was May of 2023.
975
00:37:46,103 --> 00:37:48,068
And this February,
the show honored him
976
00:37:48,103 --> 00:37:50,517
with a tribute episode,
which was co-written
977
00:37:50,551 --> 00:37:53,172
by his close friend and costar
Brian Dietzen.
978
00:37:53,206 --> 00:37:55,724
Change is the essence of life.
979
00:37:55,758 --> 00:37:59,034
The closeness that Ducky
and Jimmy had
980
00:37:59,068 --> 00:38:02,310
was definitely indicative
of our relationship off-camera.
981
00:38:02,344 --> 00:38:05,344
-well, that's quite an analysis.
-Thank you.
982
00:38:05,379 --> 00:38:07,620
WEATHERLY:
That was a very emotional day,
seeing everybody.
983
00:38:07,655 --> 00:38:10,000
Not a dry eye on that set.
984
00:38:10,034 --> 00:38:12,068
This is, what--
the first show of the series.
985
00:38:12,103 --> 00:38:14,379
And it feels as if
we've been here forever.
986
00:38:14,413 --> 00:38:16,413
[chuckling]:
And some of the hours we work
987
00:38:16,448 --> 00:38:18,827
also feels as if we've
been here forever.
988
00:38:18,862 --> 00:38:21,137
CARROLL:
David McCallum was 70 years old
989
00:38:21,172 --> 00:38:24,241
when the series started
21 years ago.
990
00:38:24,275 --> 00:38:26,551
And the story goes,
he told his wife,
991
00:38:26,586 --> 00:38:28,620
yeah, he's...
"I'm 70 years old.
992
00:38:28,655 --> 00:38:30,310
"What if this show
goes seven years?
993
00:38:30,344 --> 00:38:31,965
I mean, that's a long time."
994
00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:35,000
And he ended up being
at the show for 20 seasons.
995
00:38:35,034 --> 00:38:37,413
FRAZIER:
Still ahead: he's very special
996
00:38:37,448 --> 00:38:38,965
but he's not an agent anymore.
997
00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:40,793
What could go wrong?
[chuckles]
998
00:38:40,827 --> 00:38:44,000
FRAZIER:
Details about new spin-offs
in store for the franchise.
999
00:38:44,034 --> 00:38:47,655
Plus an exclusive sneak peek
of the 1,000th episode.
1000
00:38:47,689 --> 00:38:49,896
DIRECTOR:
And action.
1001
00:38:49,931 --> 00:38:52,448
I guess we'll enjoy the extra
attention while we have it.
1002
00:38:52,482 --> 00:38:53,827
Special delivery.
1003
00:38:53,862 --> 00:38:56,103
You're gonna have
some real cool Easter eggs.
1004
00:39:05,551 --> 00:39:07,793
PHTOGRAPHER:
Right here, shooting.
1005
00:39:07,827 --> 00:39:11,034
FRAZIER: How often do you get
asked about Gibbs coming back
1006
00:39:11,068 --> 00:39:12,413
when fans bump into you?
1007
00:39:12,448 --> 00:39:14,206
-A lot.
-[chuckles]
1008
00:39:14,241 --> 00:39:15,275
[laughs]
1009
00:39:16,241 --> 00:39:17,379
I love you, man.
1010
00:39:17,413 --> 00:39:18,965
I love you, too.
1011
00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:21,206
FRAZIER:
Well, two years
after Gibbs left NCIS
1012
00:39:21,241 --> 00:39:22,275
for the quiet life,
1013
00:39:22,310 --> 00:39:24,137
he's coming back. Yep.
1014
00:39:24,172 --> 00:39:27,206
Get ready for the first-ever
prequel in the franchise,
1015
00:39:27,241 --> 00:39:29,206
NCIS: Origins.
1016
00:39:29,241 --> 00:39:31,586
You were such a happy child.
1017
00:39:31,620 --> 00:39:34,241
FRAZIER:
Set 12 years before NCIS began,
1018
00:39:34,275 --> 00:39:37,517
Origins tells the story
of a young Leroy Jethro Gibbs
1019
00:39:37,551 --> 00:39:41,068
starting his career
as a newly-minted NCIS agent.
1020
00:39:41,103 --> 00:39:42,448
Mark narrates the series
1021
00:39:42,482 --> 00:39:44,413
that stars Austin Stowell
and airs
1022
00:39:44,448 --> 00:39:47,586
in the 2024-2025 season.
1023
00:39:47,620 --> 00:39:50,586
He also executive produces
with his son Sean.
1024
00:39:50,620 --> 00:39:54,344
I think seeing Gibbs coming up,
you know, as a young guy,
1025
00:39:54,379 --> 00:39:55,862
is gonna be fantastic.
1026
00:39:55,896 --> 00:39:59,551
Maybe Mark Harmon can play
Gibbs' father.
1027
00:40:01,724 --> 00:40:02,931
Check's in the mail?
1028
00:40:02,965 --> 00:40:04,758
Oh, no.
That was for free.
1029
00:40:04,793 --> 00:40:06,206
FRAZIER:
But wait, there's more.
1030
00:40:06,241 --> 00:40:07,931
WEATHERLY:
Cote de Pablo and I are also
1031
00:40:07,965 --> 00:40:10,655
getting ready,
moving to Budapest
1032
00:40:10,689 --> 00:40:12,413
for the summer of 2024.
1033
00:40:12,448 --> 00:40:15,448
And it is Tony and Ziva now,
1034
00:40:15,482 --> 00:40:18,793
trying to raise
their tween daughter
1035
00:40:18,827 --> 00:40:21,137
and save the world.
1036
00:40:21,172 --> 00:40:23,103
What could go wrong?
[chuckles]
1037
00:40:23,137 --> 00:40:24,793
FRAZIER:
That's right-- "Tiva" is
1038
00:40:24,827 --> 00:40:27,000
spinning off into a new
international adventure--
1039
00:40:27,034 --> 00:40:31,034
the as-yet-untitled series
finds Ziva and Tony
1040
00:40:31,068 --> 00:40:32,172
raising their daughter in Paris
1041
00:40:32,206 --> 00:40:33,896
until his security company
1042
00:40:33,931 --> 00:40:37,103
is attacked and they
have to go on the run.
1043
00:40:37,137 --> 00:40:40,241
WEATHERLY:
Paramount+ has given us,
um, the green light.
1044
00:40:40,275 --> 00:40:41,793
We're incredibly happy to be
1045
00:40:41,827 --> 00:40:44,413
making something
for the streaming platform,
1046
00:40:44,448 --> 00:40:47,448
because it gives you
a little bit more latitude,
1047
00:40:47,482 --> 00:40:48,965
and shooting overseas...
1048
00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:50,344
FRAZIER:
Well, before all that,
1049
00:40:50,379 --> 00:40:52,896
there's still a very special
1,000th episode
1050
00:40:52,931 --> 00:40:54,310
to get to on the mother ship
next week,
1051
00:40:54,344 --> 00:40:57,206
and we have an exclusive look
behind the scenes.
1052
00:40:57,241 --> 00:40:59,310
As you know,
the director was there.
1053
00:40:59,344 --> 00:41:01,620
The team
is in a race against time
1054
00:41:01,655 --> 00:41:03,827
to help, uh, director Vance,
1055
00:41:03,862 --> 00:41:06,310
who is also struggling
with his adult son now.
1056
00:41:06,344 --> 00:41:07,758
LAW: In the meantime,
1057
00:41:07,793 --> 00:41:09,862
all of the NCIS
is suddenly put under attack.
1058
00:41:09,896 --> 00:41:12,275
So now you get to see
NCIS: Hawai'i,
1059
00:41:12,310 --> 00:41:14,344
NCIS: L.A., NCIS: Sydney
coming in to help
1060
00:41:14,379 --> 00:41:16,482
in a family-oriented method.
1061
00:41:16,517 --> 00:41:19,413
I don't know, there may be,
you know, some special guest.
1062
00:41:20,379 --> 00:41:22,241
His last name rhymes with Ford.
1063
00:41:23,206 --> 00:41:24,379
First name, Harrison.
1064
00:41:24,413 --> 00:41:25,793
I was kidding.
1065
00:41:25,827 --> 00:41:28,103
Harrison Ford's not
coming on the show.
1066
00:41:28,137 --> 00:41:29,655
DIETZEN: And the whole time,
we're paying tribute
1067
00:41:29,689 --> 00:41:32,344
to cast members
and different shows,
1068
00:41:32,379 --> 00:41:34,482
um, that perhaps aren't
here right now,
1069
00:41:34,517 --> 00:41:36,551
but, um, are instrumental
to our success.
1070
00:41:36,586 --> 00:41:37,758
Cannot wait for that.
1071
00:41:37,793 --> 00:41:39,862
But can we get back
to that number again?
1072
00:41:39,896 --> 00:41:42,862
Creating 1,000 episodes
of television
1073
00:41:42,896 --> 00:41:44,482
is an incredible feat.
1074
00:41:44,517 --> 00:41:47,620
But the real mission here
is friends and family,
1075
00:41:47,655 --> 00:41:49,551
honoring the truth
1076
00:41:49,586 --> 00:41:51,413
and protecting what's important.
1077
00:41:51,448 --> 00:41:53,586
That is the NCIS way.
1078
00:41:53,620 --> 00:41:56,517
All right.
Now it's on to the next 1,000.
1079
00:41:56,551 --> 00:41:59,206
Aloha to all of the fans.
1080
00:41:59,241 --> 00:42:02,344
We've made it to 1,000 episodes
1081
00:42:02,379 --> 00:42:04,068
of the entire NCISVerse,
1082
00:42:04,103 --> 00:42:05,413
and that's because of you guys.
1083
00:42:05,448 --> 00:42:07,310
So, as we say here in Hawai'i,
1084
00:42:07,344 --> 00:42:10,448
mahalo nui loa,
and here's to another thousand.
1085
00:42:10,482 --> 00:42:11,793
♪
1086
00:42:11,827 --> 00:42:13,034
O'DONNELL:
Oh, I mean, my God.
1087
00:42:13,068 --> 00:42:14,344
Most amazing fans in the world.
1088
00:42:14,379 --> 00:42:15,896
Thank you for tunning in
all these years.
1089
00:42:15,931 --> 00:42:17,655
VALDERRAMA:
We're only possible
1090
00:42:17,689 --> 00:42:19,689
because of your commitment,
your trust in us,
1091
00:42:19,724 --> 00:42:21,034
and allowing us in your homes.
1092
00:42:21,068 --> 00:42:23,689
And, uh, bless you and salud.
1093
00:42:24,689 --> 00:42:25,793
Thank you.
1094
00:42:25,827 --> 00:42:27,103
Thanks for being
a part of the family.
1095
00:42:27,137 --> 00:42:30,068
Thank you for, uh, hanging
around for a thousand,
1096
00:42:30,103 --> 00:42:31,931
and maybe a thousand more,
who knows?
1097
00:42:31,965 --> 00:42:33,896
MAN:
Say NCIS.
1098
00:42:33,931 --> 00:42:35,517
ALL:
NCIS!
1099
00:42:35,551 --> 00:42:37,551
♪
1100
00:42:37,586 --> 00:42:38,965
NCIS, 1,000.
1101
00:42:39,000 --> 00:42:40,172
We love you.
1102
00:42:40,206 --> 00:42:41,931
Heck, I love all of you.
1103
00:42:42,931 --> 00:42:45,344
Have a great night, everyone.
1104
00:42:45,379 --> 00:42:47,655
Uh, I want to give you
a sincere thank-you
1105
00:42:47,689 --> 00:42:49,172
from all of us here at NCIS.
1106
00:42:49,206 --> 00:42:51,655
Much love, and peace.
1107
00:42:51,689 --> 00:42:54,413
-NCIS--it's on, baby
-Oh, yeah.
1108
00:42:54,448 --> 00:42:55,896
MURRAY: Thank you so much
for being with us
1109
00:42:55,931 --> 00:42:57,103
all these years watching us,
1110
00:42:57,137 --> 00:42:59,000
continuing to watch us,
1111
00:42:59,034 --> 00:43:01,137
making us the number one show
on television.
1112
00:43:01,172 --> 00:43:02,655
We're gonna keep doing it
1113
00:43:02,689 --> 00:43:04,034
as long as you guys
keep watching us,
1114
00:43:04,068 --> 00:43:05,379
so thank you.
1115
00:43:12,206 --> 00:43:15,172
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1116
00:43:15,206 --> 00:43:18,206
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