On September 25, 2023, David McCallum dies aged 90. While there was a time when the actor was best known for playing Ilya Kuryakin in UNCLE’S MANover the past two decades, he’s built another sizable following for playing Donald “Ducky” Mallard in NCIS. So earlier this year, the season 21 episode “The Stories We Leave Behind” pays tribute to both the real-life man and the character, and it even crept into an appearance by Tony DiNozzo by Michael Weatherly. But now NCIS has ensured that Ducky’s memory will be kept alive in another way, as the latest episode of the CBS show will premiere on the TV schedule 2024 bequeathed a new honor to the late character.

“The Trouble with Hal” followed the team investigating the murder of an ex-con named Felix Pitts, who had rented a house rental app to move into the residence of deployed Navy SEAL Bryce Prescott who had no idea about his house. had been set up as a tent (in this case, the butler did it). Long story short, Felix was searching for what he thought was priceless treasure buried by Bryce’s eccentric grandfather on this or one of the other properties, and he was murdered by a package delivery man who got wind of what Felix was doing and got greedy. The case provided a fun way to highlight Nick Torres and Jessica Knight’s fear of ghosts, as they feared another property called Prescott’s Folly was haunted and the collection of stuffed animals and creepy dolls would didn’t help.