THERE has been yet another stunning departure from the long-running CBS series NCIS. The procedural starring Mark Harmon is now in its 18th season. What happened to Emily Fornell on NCIS? Emily Fornell, played by Juliette Angelo, died from an apparent overdose during the March 9 episode. Emily father’s and Leroy Jethro Gibbs (played by […]
THERE has been yet another stunning departure from the long-running CBS series NCIS.
The procedural starring Mark Harmon is now in its 18th season.
Emily Fornell, played by Juliette Angelo, died from an apparent overdose during the March 9 episode.
Emily father’s and Leroy Jethro Gibbs (played by Harmon) were informed of her death while waiting for news at the hospital.
Dad Tobias Fornell, played by veteran actor Joe Spano, is a former FBI special agent and recurring character who occasionally works with Gibbs.
It was just the latest in a series of stunning exits from the show.
Mortician Breena Palmer, played by Michelle Pierce, died from Covid-19 in 2020, and Maria Bello’s Jack Sloane recently left the show.
Fans were shocked and disappointed by the latest development on the show.
“Seriously @NCIS_CBS? First Breena Palmer and now Emily Fornell? Come on, I want to watch one episode without crying!” one person wrote on Twitter.
Another person wrote: “Emily was finally doing so well. She overcame her addiction and was so strong. She was happy. Fornell was happy.
“I don’t see the point to this at all.”
Wrote another: “I actually liked Emily Fornell so this makes me sad but it was a good addiction storyline.”
“Fornell, Gibbs and Emily had an amazing and fun relationship and now all is gone,” another Twitter user wrote.
The entertainment website Cinema Blend noted that the show may have “gone too far” with Emily’s death.
“The death of Emily Fornell was a sharp downturn from what had previously seemed like a happy story for Tobias Fornell,” writes Laura Hurley of Cinema Blend.
“Inspired by Jack’s story before she revealed her real plan for leaving NCIS, he declared that he was planning to move to Costa Rica, saying that Emily was on board and he was even hoping that his daughter would come with him.
“Gibbs was already sad at the prospect of losing another friend (although he tried not to show it), which made the news that Emily had overdosed both unexpected and heartbreaking.
“And if you ask me, Season 18 went too far in delivering this tragedy at this point.”
