NCIS is an American police prodedural created by Donald P. Bellisario and Don McGill. It began running on CBS on September 23, 2003 and is currently on its twentieth season.
Parent[]
JAG spun off NCIS in the backdoor pilot episodes "Ice Queen" and "Meltdown".
Spin-offs[]
NCIS spun off into two different series with backdoor pilots.
- NCIS: Los Angeles in the two-part "Legend".
- NCIS: New Orleans in the two-part "Crescent City".
NCIS also spun-off NCIS: Hawai'i but not from a backdoor pilot, as well as NCIS: Origins which focuses on the early career of Jethro Gibbs. NCIS: Sydney is a contiguous Australian spin-off.
Westphall connections in NCIS[]
- Derry, Maine, the fictional setting of the It miniseries appears in "Love Boat".
- The form, 27 B Stroke 6 from Brazil is mentioned in "Phoenix".
- The fictional country of Belgravia that serves as the setting of The Princess Switch appears in "Defiance".
- In "The Good Samaritan", OnStar reports that the vehicle being tracked is parked on Owl Creek Bridge, a fictional bridge from the French short film An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge based on the short story by Ambrose Bierce.
Brand connections in NCIS[]
- Red box Morley cigarettes, first smoked by Brenda Walsh in Beverly Hills, 90210 and then by the Cigarette Smoking Man in The X-Files, appeared in "Freedom" and "Bulletproof". They are also smoked by characters in several other shows: Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Lois in Malcolm in the Middle, Warwick Brown in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and Madeline Westen in Burn Notice. They appeared in Justified previously and Warehouse 13 next.
- Let's Potato Chips appeared in the episodes "Parental Guidance Suggested" and "The Last Link".
- Heisler appeared in “Lost Time”.