Around the time "NCIS" Season 19 was close to wrapping up, one user started a thread on the "NCIS" subreddit asking if any other fans thought that the version of the show featuring Gary Cole and Season 18 addition Katrina Law was its best since 2013. Plenty of users, as it turned out, agreed that Cole, Law and other new cast members did indeed improve the series.
"Gary Cole is a breath of fresh air. I love the pop culture references to his previous works," replied user pikachu-atlanta.
Meanwhile, user sparkplug_23 praised both Cole's and Maria Bello's respective runs, before describing Law's Jessica Knight as their second favorite character. User MonkGlonk likewise wrote, "Gary Cole and Katrina Law have been amazing additions in my opinion."
On Twitter too, users like @g_so highlighted these same actors' work. "Thanks to Gary Cole and Katrina Law for keeping NCIS going post-Gibbs," they wrote.
For what it's worth, at least one longtime member of the "NCIS" cast also seems to be appreciative of the show's new faces. "We're having a blast," Timothy McGee actor Sean Murray said of working with Cole in a TV Insider interview.
So, while changes to established series' casts may oftentimes irritate fans accustomed to what once was, such is not the case with "NCIS," whose fans and cast members alike have welcomed its new additions with open arms.
