5 ‘NCIS: LA’ Storylines That Need to Be Resolved By the End of Season 13
The good news is that we can watch the rest of NCIS: LA Season 13 knowing that it will be back next year. CBS renewed it along with NCIS and NCIS: Hawai’i for the 2022-2023 broadcast season. The only problem? LA tends to take multiple seasons to resolve major, ongoing storylines and there are a few we really hope we don’t have to wait until at least September to see how they play out.
From Hetty Lange’s (Linda Hunt) mission in Syria that is slowly becoming less and less mysterious to a chilling deep fake of one of the agents to a criminal out there threatening the life of a member of the team, there are just too many loose ends that don’t need to be carried into Season 14. After all, now there’s plenty of time to introduce new multi-episode arcs.
Read on as we break down five ongoing storylines we need to see resolved in at least some way by the Season 13 finale on May 22. Really, any of these could be good for the 300th episode (airing on May 8).
Katya, the Russian Spy
Russian spy Katya (Eve Harlow) remains a thorn in Callen (Chris O’Donnell) and Anna’s (Bar Paly) sides, now going so far as to use a deep fake of the NCIS agent. It’s just a matter of when, not if, she’ll strike, and the waiting is the worst part. Considering we met Katya in Season 10 (“The One That Got Away”) and she’s now raised the stakes by showing just how many people she can fool with Callen’s deep fake (his doctor, a bank, Anna), everything has to come to a head sooner rather than later.
Callen’s Education
As Callen learned at the beginning of this season, his and Hetty’s history goes back further than he originally thought: to a junior version of the CIA’s selection process. Since discovering the truth, Callen has made it his own mission to get to the bottom of it, but Hetty left the U.S. for her own op before he could speak with her about it. We’ve seen young Callen before and during the testing he now remembers, but he still needs answers to put all the pieces together.
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Hetty’s Mission
Hetty briefly stopped in L.A. at the beginning of the season before returning to her secretive mission that has taken her to Syria. The team has been kept in the dark about most of what she’s up to, and the last we heard, she was present where there was a U.S. drone strike. She was meeting with the target, leading Callen to wonder if she ordered the strike herself. Hetty’s old friend, Harris Keane (Jeff Kober, last seen in Season 10), told Callen he was operating as her overwatch as she tried to negotiate for the release of some of her “people” (possibly NCIS) posing as Western journalists. No one knows what happened to her after the strike. That’s something we definitely have to find out this season.
Kessler’s Threat
Right now, Kensi (Daniela Ruah) must live with the knowledge that a criminal she once helped put away (for crimes including human trafficking) and has threatened to kill her (quite memorably) is walking free due to a presidential pardon. He’s also made sure to remind her he’s out there with a postcard. His eventual return and what he might do then to Kensi or Deeks (Eric Christian Olsen) has been hanging over their heads like a sword of Damocles for long enough.
Densi & Kids
The subject of kids first came up for Kensi and Deeks before they were even engaged (but did lead to the first unofficial proposal in Season 7’s “The Seventh Child”). They haven’t always been on the same page, but after a long journey that included trying and failing to get pregnant, they’ve turned to adoption and fostering. And it seemed that they might make a family with Rosa (Natalia Del Riego), a young girl Kensi met on a case. While that wasn’t meant to be (she’s with a distant aunt), the couple did meet her friend, Pilar (Josie Nivar), at the Office of Refugee Resettlement in the latest episode, “Pandora’s Box.” Let’s hope that has a happy ending.
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I agree. Let Kensi miraculously get pregnant already. The storyline has been dragged out too long. Let her and Deeks have their baby once and for all. Please do not drag it out into another season.
Hetty should be brought back too as a regular.
Fatima is great, but I miss Eric and Nell’s chemistry, timing and humor. Bring them back, even as occasional guest stars.
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Totally agree to everything you said. After all this time Kensi and Deeks deserve to be happy
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What happened to Arkady and Anna? I use to love this show but the writers need to write better storylines. I really thought McBride would help the show, but I'm starting to dislike him more with each episode. Bring Hetty back!!
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Give Kensi and Deeks a baby already! A “miracle” pregnancy would be awesome and heartwarming.
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What about a surrogate?
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By the time Kensie and Deeks gets to adopt they will raise the child in the Federal Agents Retirement Home.
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This last episode, "the deep fakes" really stupid. When does Scooby doo arrive to save the day. Unwatchable. Again no deeks. Garbage
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Deeks and Kensi having a baby would change the dynamic of the show significantly, as there is no way they can stay in this job (deal breaker for Deeks if you remember). Also, Rosa and Pilar are teens and they are illegal, no way for adoption of any kind. Plus, Deeks wanted a BABY.
If Kensi does get pregnant, she will put on desk duty immediately and would be out of the field.
As far as Hetty; I think it is too far gone. She has done irreparable harm handing orphan children over to abusers. How do you come back from that? You don't. What explanation could she possibly have for Callen about ripping him from a loving foster family and handing him to government abuse?
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I believe Hetty will make it through all this unfair smearing. After all, the 1st 4 episodes of Season 6 managed to clear her name in quite the awesome way from that Season 5 stuff.
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Remember that Granger once said something to the effect of him seeing Kensi doing his job one day. A pregnant Kensi serving as Hetty's deputy in preparation for taking on the role of operations manager when Hetty does finally leave would keep her safe(r), eliminate a source of distraction for Deeks when out in the field, and be a nice entry on her resume when the director evaluates her for promotion to an open deputy director position.
Kensi as deputy ops manager (and perhaps later the permanent ops manager) also puts one of their own in charge, which will make the team more comfortable than bringing in someone new. Maybe they even bring in someone we've seen before (in DC, New Orleans, or Hawaii) to join the team. [Though most of the agents who've left those series have done so in body bags or under circumstances that likely preclude them from rejoining NCIS.]
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Definitely not going to happen.
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who says it is only katya people seems to forget marcel janvier who has a lot more power and recources and maybe uses katyas hate and the way deepfake spoke i got more the feeling it is him ..we just have to wait
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Worse than last year. Didn’t think it was possible. Ratings dropped to an all time low.
What did Deeks do in Guatemala? Kill off Rosa's parents because they are still alive. She is a runaway and doesn't qualify for anything. Deeks and Kensi can't foster either because they are not related! Nor would any agency give them a kid with a house under an assumed name and Kessler still after them. Not to mention they are violating laws by saying they would take her in just to keep her in the country!
Deeks has said so many times he does not want this but, as usual Kensi, bulldozes him and now he is stuck with a teen. When she grabbed his hand on that table, it creeped me out as much as it did him.
They should have let Kensi get pregnant and take over Hetty's desk and OPS job. Not this illegal immigrant disaster. And some counseling, please. They have not kissed since the wedding. I was on set for some of the scenes of ep 300 and ECO and DR stayed far away from each other. They never spoke. Something is way off and it has been showing in front of the cameras.
This show has been on its last legs for 3 years. It's rinse and repeat, rinse and repeat. And all these horrible newbies who NOBODY like. My remote is worn out from the FF.
SMDH. I could do a better job writing this.
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She probably worked it off by doing the NCIS assignments. But you make a good point. What does Anna do when she is not with Callen? She was a foreign agent.
Under that same logic, Rosa should not be here either - she is a runaway with both parents alive - and Deeks and Kensi are not related. They are breaking federal and immigration laws by saying out loud they would take her in just to keep her in her in the country.
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The minute Kensi gets pregnant she will be put on Desk Duty, which will be a great opportunity for her to take over Hetty's duties, and stay out of the field as a new mom. Just get rid of this terrible Rosa debacle.
We all know Hetty is not coming back.
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The minute Kensi gets pregnant she will be put on Desk Duty, which will be a great opportunity for her to take over Hetty's duties, and stay out of the field as a new mom. Just get rid of this terrible Rosa debacle.
We all know Hetty is not coming back.
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The minute Kensi gets pregnant she will be put on Desk Duty, which will be a great opportunity for her to take over Hetty's duties, and stay out of the field as a new mom. Just get rid of this terrible Rosa debacle.
We all know Hetty is not coming back.
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No email ever comes
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The storyline not mentioned was Callen & Anna. What's going to happen? He bought a ring last season. Is he ever going to ask her? Will Arkady become his father-in-law? 😂😂
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I want Anna and Clannen together finally.
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I think Kensi and deeks will arrest David Kessler next season I believe that kensi and deeks will continue the adoption next season so I know that the team will arrest kayta next season and on season finale will find out who is the deep fake of callen I know is kayta
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Only things I'm concerned about is Hetty making it home all right and seeing her and Callen reconcile. Everything else doesn't matter to me because of how long they've gone on.
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One item you didn’t mention. In S12, Anna was found out to have lied to become a US citizen and used that same false information to obtain a high top secret clearance, working for NCIS and ATF. These are Federal Crimes and involve National Security. There is no Statute of Limitations for these crimes, so what has happened? She’s not a US Citizen and can’t get a basic security clearance anymore (if the show runners follow just a portion of federal law and security). So why is Anna in an upcoming episode wearing tactical gear with Kensi?
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When did we find this out? I'm not recalling any mention of her not actually being a citizen or using false information.
I know we learned last season she attended one of the Noble Maidens schools, but back in 6x24, Hetty said: "Well, you were born in Moscow but hold dual citizenship with the U.S. Your mother is from Champaign, Illinois, and she met your father..."
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S/He's probably talking about Anna not divulging that she attended a noble maiden school, but that's hardly a significant lie since she started when she was 5. Besides, if her mother was a U.S. citizen (and Hetty said she was), Anna's already a U.S. citizen by birth.
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