Simply in the future after the sequence finale of his personal sequence, “NCIS: Los Angeles,” LL Cool J brings his character Sam Hanna for a shock go to to the “NCIS: Hawai’i” finale, and he’ll be again for extra when Season 3 kicks off.
You possibly can’t preserve a superb agent down, and within the case of LL Cool J’s Particular Agent Sam Hanna, even the cancellation of his present is not sufficient to knock him out!
Only one evening after Hanna’s seeming farewell within the sequence finale of “NCIS: Los Angeles” after 14 seasons, the character made a shock cameo look on the season finale of sister present “NCIS: Hawai’i,” with the promise of extra to return.
His look got here simply within the nick of time for Particular Agent-in-Cost Jane Tennant (Vanessa Lachey) and NCIS-FBI liaison Kate Whistler (Tori Anderson). Underneath hearth in Venezuela, a sniper shot takes out one in every of their would-be killers, with none aside from Sam Hanna behind the scope.
Hanna then referred to as Tennant to let her know he was accessible to help ought to she ever want him. In a humorous nod to the very fact he was in Morocco on the finish of “LA,” Hanna had instructed Tennant he was “within the neighborhood.”
When she questioned him simply taking place to be in Venezuela, he quipped, “Morocco, really, however hey — what’s a number of borders and an ocean, anyway?”
Later, it appears to be like like Supervisory Agent John Swift (Henry Ian Cusick) goes to take him up on that provide. He was overheard saying, “It could not damage to plus-up the workforce,” suggesting he has simply the concept who would finest match the invoice.
The addition of LL Cool J to the solid was confirmed after the episode aired, with government producers Matt Bosack, Jan Nash and Christopher Silber saying, per Variety, “All of us at ‘NCIS: Hawai’i’ have been enormous followers of LL Cool J for years and could not be extra thrilled or honored to be including his spectacular expertise to our ohana for season three.”
Lachey was excited, too, speaking about how “lovely” it’s already that the “NCIS” world is ready to interconnect, as seen within the current triple crossover between the 2 spinoffs and guardian sequence.
“Now, we have now the wonderful alternative to deliver Sam Hanna to Hawai’i to assist the island clear up some instances and possibly have a number of laughs within the course of,” she added. “Welcome to the ohana, Todd! It is going to be a enjoyable journey!”
The cameo marks his second look on the spinoff after the aforementioned triple crossover. At the moment, Lachey had prolonged a standing inviation to LL Cool J to return play on the island, with him joking with ET about it on the Grammys carpet in February.
“I will undoubtedly preserve that invitation in thoughts, Vanessa, and also you by no means know. We’ll see what occurs. Possibly I will come play slightly bit, we’ll see,” he mentioned then. “Something is feasible.” Because it seems, “something” is now.
In line with The Hollywood Reporter, LL Cool J is becoming a member of the solid of “NCIS: Hawai’i” as a recurring visitor star for the third season, with no phrase on what number of episodes he’ll seem in or when he would possibly present up.