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Ducky tries a little small talk with Gibbs before realizing there's no point dancing around what's really on his mind. He's worried about his longtime friend and isn't buying Gibbs' insistence that he's fine, especially when a 40-year-old grudge continues to weigh on him.

Their conversation turns deeply personal when Gibbs reminds Ducky that he followed his advice all those years ago. Ducky has no regrets—without that advice, Gibbs might not have survived.

NCIS Season 24 premieres Tuesday, October 6, 2026, on CBS and streams the next day on Paramount+.

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00:03I hope you don't mind that I let myself in,
00:06but there's only so many times a man will knock before he tries the door.
00:14That's actually an old Mallard family proverb.
00:21Fine. Let's cut the small talk.
00:27I'm worried about you, Jethro.
00:31I'm fine.
00:33No, you are not fine.
00:35You should go and talk to Agent Sloan.
00:39Yeah? About what?
00:41You're letting a 40-year-old grudge get under your skin.
00:45Is that what I'm doing?
00:46Well, have you considered letting McGee take point on the Zucato case?
00:51I'm not walking away from this.
00:53Jethro...
00:54Doc, I took your advice before.
00:57I didn't go after Zucato.
00:58I'm not backing down again.
01:01If you had gone after Zucato 40 years ago, you'd be dead.
01:08Yeah.
01:09I would be.
01:11Is that the way you want history to unfold?
01:14You'd never have married Shannon.
01:15Never had Kelly.
01:17You'd never...
01:21You'd never have lost them.
01:24I see.
01:27Your grudge isn't with Zucato.
01:33It's with me.
01:36No.
01:38They're the best thing that ever happened to me, Doc.
01:42Shannon and Kelly.
01:44I don't blame you.
01:48I owe you.
01:50You give me time with them.
01:56Time's all we have.
01:58Indeed it is.
02:00Indeed it is.
02:01But Shannon and Kelly aren't your only family.
02:08Carolina has sent over the dead witness from the Zucato bribery case.
02:14I think I'll go and see if Dr. Palmer needs any help.
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