The episode opened with Jimmy Palmer looking a little more upbeat than normal and bringing way more energy to the group than usual.
The following contains spoilers for the NCIS episode “The First Day.”
This struck the group as strange, especially as they expected their coworker would be a little off his game ever since losing his wife Breena to COVID-19.
NCIS is a show where death is never a rare occurrence, but rarely does it hit at such an emotional level as it did in its latest episode.