‘NCIS: LA’ Fans Are Not Happy With Mosley & Want Hetty Back

'Liabilities' - Pictured: Linda Hunt (Henrietta 'Hetty' Lange) and Nia Long (Executive Assistant Director Shay Mosley). Callen and Sam pull Granger's daughter, former spy Jennifer Kim (Malese Jow), from witness protection to help the team locate an underground spy who has obtained an arsenal of bomb materials, on NCIS: LOS ANGELES, Sunday, March 18 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Monty Brinton/CBS ©2017 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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It’s a never-ending rollercoaster ride if you’re a NCIS: Los Angeles fan, and this week’s “Asesinos” was no exception.

As the cartel drama around Mosley (Nia Long) and her son continues to rage on, fans were both shocked and outraged to see that she didn’t appear to have anything against selling her colleagues out. In one of the episode’s most pivotal scenes, she offers personnel files of her coworkers in exchange for escape money.

Her “rogue” state even lands her on the FBI’s Most Wanted list, and while the team wonders if she’s turned on them, by the episode’s end as a gunfight breaks out, Mosley reveals to Callen (Chris O’Donnell) that the files were fakes and her true motivations were to protect him and herself. But can she be trusted?

As she fled the scene, viewers can’t help but question if this is a long-term move for the NCIS Assistant Executive Director. Could she be leaving the show?

"Asesinos" -- Pictured: Nia Long (Executive Assistant Director Shay Mosley). The NCIS team attempts to locate Mosley after she murders a cartel hitman and goes off the grid, on NCIS: LOS ANGELES, Sunday, Nov. 4 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Michael Yarish/CBS ©2018 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

After breaking laws and putting herself first, it would be safe to assume she won’t be resurfacing anytime soon. Could that mean Hetty’s (Linda Hunt) finally returning? Her presence has been minimal in Season 10 as she’s been mentioned, but not around L.A. with the team.

Since the investigation surrounding the Mexico mission and Hidoko’s death just concluded and Hetty’s been declared innocent in the matter, her return could be imminent.

At least that’s what fans want! See what they had to say on social media below and let us know what you want to see for NCIS: Los Angeles in the comments.

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    RedBone

    Hope Mosley is gone for good when she takes her son on the run. Never liked her from the start when she replaced Granger (who was a bit gruff when he first appeared) and the first thing Mosley does is put her glassed walled office on the upper level not only so she could look down on the team but the office was above Hetty's office so she was constantly walking over Hetty.

    Don't see Mosley wiping out the cartel anytime soon or a reason to bring her back.

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      RedCupcake

      "look down on the team" ... "walking over Hetty"... Wow, someone's been thinking about this a LOT.

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    OrangeBottle

    I definitely prefer Hetty to Mosely. For being a carreer woman she makes a hell of a lot of mistakes. What useful boss would want to break up one of their teams with the best results ? Oh my, they're clearing 80-90% of their cases, better get rid of them so we can get back to 60%...just because I don't like them personally. Seriously ??? Lazy writing.

    Hetty comes from years and years of blending into the background as a secret (not NCIS anti-terror) agent. That she's got skills the rest of the team doesn't have is probable. You never see her get physical with the bad guys, but she's not loathe to shoot someone if need be - which is a great way to stay alive if you're a tiny woman going up against a well trained soldier/assassin/cartel member. Doesn't take much muscles to pull a trigger, takes a lot more to physically attack/defend against a bigger opponent. Also - she'd be used to doing this covertly (hush-hush) thus the knives and other regalia she's shown over the years.

    Mosely - angst-drive, personal agenda, not caring about her people

    Hetty - always watching, always keeping an eye out for her people

    I know which I prefer !

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      TUF

      Same! I would choose Hetty a HUNDRED times over anyone else!!

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    OrangeController

    I WILL NO LONGER BE WATCHING NCIS LOS ANGELES. I FIND MOSLEY'S CHARACTER TO BE UPSETTING, NOT ENTERTAINING.

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    CyanCherries

    So glad Mosley is gone now I can enjoy NCIS LA again. She was a genuine witch with a capital B!

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    CyanCherries

    I agree, she is awful. The team (and us) put up with way to much.

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    OrangeScissors

    My friend, I think you need a break from this series. Lol...for real

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    RedCarrot

    I grew to loathe Hetty.

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      RedCupcake

      The writers on NCIS shows like to make some characters, like Gibbs and Hetty, be inscrutable and all-knowing. It's boring, but apparently a lot of people like the unrealistic qualities in these characters. I don't loathe Hetty, but I wish they'd just make her into a normal person rather than some magical guru.

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      PurplePuzzle

      In Gibbs case, they show how he became the all-knowing. Like when Tony figured out the phone trick and used it himself when Gibbs was away.

      Hetty, while I myself have been going "When is Hetty getting back?!" saw some of the Hetty stuff as more of a joke (the physical aspects) and more of just bluffing/her creating such an air of myth about her.

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      RedCupcake

      I don't know what the Gibbs "phone trick" is. And as far as I can tell (from watching the show since the very beginning), Gibbs has always been pretty much all-knowing and with a famous "gut."

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      PurplePuzzle

      Gibbs would leave his phone speaker on and listen in through his cell. Tony shows us the trick when he took over for Gibbs, basically calling out how he figured out how Gibbs knew what they were doing.

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    RedCupcake

    Mosley was a breath of fresh air after years of Hetty and her ninja/Jedi all-seeing omniscience. As I've said before, I just want to see the team in action against bad guys. I don't care about who Callen's father is, or Hetty's backstory, blah blah blah blech. Procedurals are about ACTION, and that's what I want. I haven't been watching NCIS-LA this season, as The Last SHip is on at the same time. But in two weeks when TLS is finished, I hope NCIS-LA is done with this foolishness and back on track.

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      OliveBox

      YES! I felt the same Hetty grew to annoy me ..alot! They tried to make her the female Gibbs but Gibbs is likeable and makes sense hetty just was annoying

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        TUF

        Actually, Hetty and Gibbs are both plenty likable!

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      TUF

      More like the 'breath of ell'! Here's what she did:

      Tried to split up Densi, questioned EVERYONE, basically didn't trust them, and at the end of that season, forced them into a suicide mission that almost got them killed!!

      Yeah, no breath of fresh air there!

      You may not care about the backstories, but lots of other fans do!! and there's plenty of action every week if you paid attention!

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