Warning: SPOILERS for the NCIS: Sydney episode “Lost in Translation” are ahead!

Inside the Love Lives of the “NCIS: Sydney” Cast (Including 2 Stars in Relationships with Fellow Actors!) Todd Lasance and Bert LaBonté have both been with their partners for at least a decade The stars of NCIS: Sydney have reunited for season 3, which premiered on Oct. 14

Origins would deliver its own tribute to fan-favorite Donald “Ducky” Mallard, it was hard to know what to expect from this venture or whether Adam Campbell could reprise the role in a way that aligned with this spinoff.

But arguably the biggest reveal came with learning why Ducky talks to bodies, which we saw the late David McCallum did when he was playing him for so many years on NCIS. Origins co-showrunner Gina Lucita Monreal and Campbell opened up to CinemaBlend about telling this “difficult” story and more.

NCIS: Sydney Season 3 Episode 3, titled “Lost in Translation”, premiered on October 28, 2025. The episode opens with Blue returning to NCIS after her leave, but the office feels different now.

NCIS: Origins revealed more of the backstory of Special Agent Leroy Gibbs ( Austin Stowell) and NIS medical examiner Dr. Donald “Ducky” Mallard ( Adam Campbell) on tonight’s episode, and it was a surprise how much Gibbs’ friendship meant to Ducky and how little of it Gibbs remembered.

The Sound and the Fury” saw Torres, Knight, Alden Parker and Timothy McGee’s latest murder investigation overlapping with Dale Sawyer’s for the night shift. Both cases involved a disguised woman who was seducing young naval men into committing infidelity,

Canadian actor, Zane Holtz, played Agent Dale Sawyer on NCIS seasons 18, 19, 20, 22 and 23 in a guest appearance