If NCIS ever wanted to reinvent itself for a new generation, it could take one wild leap forward into the digital age. Imagine Gibbs — the famously gruff, old-school team leader — trying to solve crimes not with cigarette butts and shell casings, but with viral dances, livestream mishaps, and encrypted TikTok trends.
Picture an episode where a viral influencer fakes a kidnapping for views, and McGee has to explain to Gibbs what a “duet” is. Abby’s old lab would have been perfect for dissecting memes like forensic evidence. Gibbs, of course, would hate every second of it, rolling his eyes as someone says “Let’s check Instagram stories.”
And then there’s DiNozzo — who absolutely would have loved becoming the team’s “undercover content creator,” perhaps reluctantly posting shirtless thirst-trap selfies for the sake of catching a suspect. Meanwhile, Ziva? She’d break TikTok in half without even trying.
Would Gibbs adapt? Probably not. But imagining him muttering “Rule 52: Never trust a hashtag” is the kind of NCIS spin-off we never knew we needed.
