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It’s official! Season 12 of NCIS: Los Angeles is definitely on. What’s in store for Season 12? TV Guide talked with executive producer Frank Military to get some insight.
Season 11 of ended with a hair-raising spectacle in Afghanistan, as Callen (Chris O’Donnell) and Sam (LL Cool J) found themselves face-to-face with a threat from within. As reported previously, executive producer Frank Military said that episode, “Code of Conduct,” was originally planned as a two-parter that culminates with Special Warfare Chief Petty Officer Thomas Argento (Juan Riedinger) being held responsible for war crimes — or at least an attempt to hold him responsible.
But there’s much more to come, obviously. Here’s what we know so far — check back for updates!
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Callen is opening up more…but that doesn’t mean an easy road for him and Anna
“Callen has really evolved,” Military told TV Guide in an interview. “This is the most evolved he’s been in 11 years.” As someone who didn’t know his family and was forced to move around a lot as a kid, he didn’t have a strong sense of feeling rooted growing up, which made it difficult for him to connect emotionally. That’s changed, and will keep becoming a space of growth for him. “He’s opening up,” Military said — and he’s so confident in his feelings that Sam even feels it’s ok to tease him about this new Callen. As for actually moving in together though, Military said, “We’ll have to see what happens, because that will be in jeopardy at some point.”
Is Nell really going to be leaving?
Nell (Renee Felice Smith) has been less than subtle about her desire for change and overall ambivalent feelings about her career at this point; fans, rightfully, are theorizing her time on screen might be up. Frank Military played coy when pressed for a response, only saying that a previously planned cliffhanger ties into Eric Beale’s (Barrett Foa) storyline about his absence. “I think at this point anything is possible,” he said.
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We’ll see more of Hetty this season but details of her absence might remain a mystery
Linda Hunt who plays the mysterious operations manager, was unfortunately sidelined last season after recovering from a car accident, and while she made a return in Season 11, fans have been wondering what Hetty’s future holds. Well, good news: she won’t be as hard to find going forward.
“I think we’ll probably see more of her than we have this season. She is very much the heart and soul,” of NCIS: Los Angeles he said. As for an explanation about where Hetty was, that might be a little more ambiguous. “Hetty is a very mysterious character. Sometimes we find out what she’s been doing — sometimes we don’t. Fans have gotten used to the idea that she’s not always there; people have gotten used to the idea that Hetty could be doing lots of interesting and complex stuff all over the world.”
It sounds like the team may have a new member in Roundtree
FBI agent Roundtree (Caleb Castille) jumped into the fray feet first in the last episode, anticipating a day of paperwork but ending up in Afghanistan. At the end of the episode, he was offered a chance to stay a while longer with the NCIS: Los Angeles team but demurred, failing to give a definitive answer. Military hinted he may have already made up his mind. “It’s something everybody is excited about. It’s exciting to be injecting new blood into the show. I’m hoping he says yes.”
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NCIS: Los Angeles concluded Season 11 Sunday, April 26. Previous episodes are streaming on CBS All Access.
Source : TVGuide
