The NCIS Season 23 finale wasn’t supposed to hurt as much as it did, but it did so in a beautiful way. After episodes of wondering how Vance’s children were taking his loss, we finally get to see Kayla.

Tonight, May 12, 2026, CBS is airing the 20th episode of NCIS’ current season 23, and it will be the finale episode, which left us to wonder will it continue on with a new season 24. Happily, we can confirm with you,

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"NCIS" loves to end its seasons with a bang, and this time could be the most earth-shattering yet for Sean Murray's Timothy McGee. Episode 20, titled "Sons and Daughters," followed as the team investigated a series of bombings with the help of Leon Vance's grief-stricken daughter.

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Vance died saving NCIS after the team uncovered a weapons smuggling operation; those responsible were trying to blow up the building to get rid of evidence when he defused the bomb, only to then be shot by a dirty Army CID agent.

According to CBS, they are officially scheduled to air the next, new, final episode 20 of NCIS’ current season 23 tonight, May 12, 2026, and it will feature a scandalous bomb explosion and more! CBS’ official description for this new episode 20 of NCIS season 23 reads like this,

NCIS Season 23 Episode 20 titled 'Sons and Daughters' aired on CBS on May 12. The recent entry was the final episode of Season 23 of the military-police procedural series.