Why caitlin todd left ncis

When she was killed by Ari Haswari in the finale of Season 2, it hit everyone hard because they had become quite a close team. In a interview with TV Guide , Alexander explained her reasoning for leaving. That would be difficult for anyone, and even Mark Harmon has spoken on the taxing schedule the show has to keep.

Mostly, though, he most enjoys writing about Star Wars. He now lives with his family in Lynchburg VA and is an avid outdoorsman. When she was killed by Ari Haswari in the finale of Season 2, it hit everyone hard because they had become quite a close team. In a interview with TV Guide , Alexander explained her reasoning for leaving.

That would be difficult for anyone, and even Mark Harmon has spoken on the taxing schedule the show has to keep. But at what cost? She also claimed to be terrified of Harmon. Please stop asking? I am terrified of Harmon and him attacking me. She returned for the first two episodes of season three, playing Todd in her colleagues' flashbacks. She also made a surprise guest appearance in season nine episode Life Before His Eyes, in which a near death experience prompted Gibbs to remember people he lost throughout his life and career, and consider how things could have turned out differently.

We know the NCIS team works long hours to catch the bad guys, but the people who make the show are also pulling very long shifts, purely in the name of entertainment.

This detail slipped by fans, who were so furious when Todd was killed off that show creator Don Bellisario weighed in on what happened behind the scenes. The untold truth of NCIS is that Bellisario would soon quit the show he helped bring to life, partly because of a rift with Harmon. He explained that he'd already started working on the script for the last episode of the season — and was actually planning to have a break in Australia — when Alexander begged him to write her out of the show.

In July , a couple of months after Todd's dramatic death aired, Bellisario shed some light on the situation in a conversation with the Chicago Tribune.

We work very long hours," and added that although Alexander was technically under contract to CBS, he persuaded the network's brass to let her go.