It is a question that has been asked since NCIS began: how does Special Agent Gibbs get his boat out of the basement? NCIS, one of CBS’s most successful shows, is currently in season 19, which has brought a big change in its cast. Gibbs, leader of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service team, stepped down earlier in the season. Despite this, Mark Harmon's Leroy Jethro Gibbs will always be remembered as the show’s main character thanks to the depth of his character.
Viewers know that Special Agent Gibbs is more than just an expert investigator. He is also a carpenter, building boats in his basement from scratch. Over the years, Gibbs, who was given his perfect NCIS legacy when he left, has hand-carved several boats out of wood. The NCIS chief starts out with the frame before building the body and finishing off the wood ready for the water. Then, before audiences know it, the boat disappears and Gibbs is seen starting a new frame. However, his hobby has created one of the show’s longest-running mysteries.
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How Gibbs gets his boats out of the basement has been a talking point for not only NCIS audiences, but also for other characters in the series. Nick Torres (Wilmer Valderrama) once told Gibbs that the mystery is so well-known that it has spread beyond their team and is even pondered by people outside the Navy Yard. Torres said, «The theories were nuts. Moveable walls, pulley systems… your house has a coal tunnel underneath.” NCIS season 19 finally answered the question, however, in the episode “Great Wide Open.” The FBI—led by Alden Parker, Gibbs’ NCIS replacement—attempts to track Gibbs down at his home to arrest him. Gibbs is nowhere to be
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