Is Gary Cole’s Agent Alden Parker Leaving NCIS?
In 2022, we were introduced to Agent Alden Parker (played by Gary Cole) after longtime series executive Mark Harmon left the show after nearly 20 years. Since then, the new Special Agent in Charge has made quite an impression on viewers.
After a week break NCIS returns for Episode 15 on Monday February 27th and we have many questions that need answers. For example – Agent Parker is leaving NCIS?
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Is Gary Cole’s Agent Alden Parker Leaving NCIS?
Fans who fear saying goodbye to another team captain can rest easy. There’s no indication Agent Alden Parker is leaving NCIS sometime soon. Indeed, Season 19 of NCIS takes viewers on a journey down memory lane to better understand its backstory.
On the February 13 episode entitled “Old Wounds,” Parker was brought to closure on an unsolved case. But he didn’t do it without breaking protocol.
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Parker and his ex-partner Jeremy Brighton (Michael Patrick Thorton) are reunited after an old enemy comes out of hiding.
The suspect in question was responsible for shutting down Brighton during a drug bust and Parker wanted revenge by any means necessary. Unfortunately, those funds pretty much threw him off the case.
It’s unclear whether or not Parker will face additional consequences for his actions, but we do know he’ll be solving cases again soon.
The Episode 15 synopsis teases that Parker will get yet another blast from the past when his elderly father, Roman Parker (played by Francis X. McCarthy), moves in after being booted out of his assisted living facility for bad behavior .
Luckily, he’s just in time to help Parker and the gang with their latest case.
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“NCIS investigates the d***h of a rideshare driver found after a car crash; Parker’s father, who is temporarily living with him, is assisting the team in their investigation,” the summary said.
“This is a worst-case scenario” NCIS EP Steven D. Binder narrates TV Insider of Parker’s new living situation. “We’ll get a glimpse of how [Parker] became the man he is today. It’s about the heart.”
As it stands, there is a lot Agent Parker’s story remains to be told. Find out what’s next in new episodes of NCIS Mondays at 9 p.m. EST on CBS.
