Published 19:32 IST, March 10th 2021

What happened to Emily on NCIS? Here's the character's tragic fate

NCIS recently released a new episode titled 'Winter Chill' and fans are still reeling from its shocking events. Find out what happened to Emily on NCIS.

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American police procedural show NCIS is one of most popular TV series in America. Over years show has made many spin-offs like NCIS: New Orleans, NCIS: LA and etc. original show NCIS brought action back from Afghanistan with a brand new episode called Winter Chill, which was released on March 9, 2021. Most episodes of show are more or less business as usual as nts investigate crimes. This episode involved a murder involving food truck feuds. However in one-hour pack a puncher episode one of lead characters got killed. Find out what happened to Emily on NCIS.

What happened to Emily on NCIS?

character who tragically passed away was Emily Fornell. character’s death was a sharp downturn from what had previously seemed like a happy story for Tobias Fornell. Emily was about to reveal her plan of leaving NCIS before. She had been inspired by Jack who left institution and moved to Costa Rica. Leroy Jethro Gibbs, former U.S. Marine Corps Scout Sniper turned special nt was already sad at prospect of losing a friend when Jack leaves.

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Although Fornell's daughter Emily wasn't exactly a major character on show, her story had struck a chord with many audiences. She was a character who was struggling with addiction and had recovered over years of show. In fact, it looked like she had almost overcome struggle. Over course of past few episodes of season 18, she had mended her relationship with her dad was happy.

However, sadly Emily died because she relapsed into her addictive habits. She died alone in hospital where her dad wasn't allowed to be with her. Many fans were heartbroken at how character who had gotten some redemption was killed off due to very same thing, which she had seemingly conquered. At moment it is unclear why did NCIS kill off Emily.

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heartbreaking NCIS Death poem

Leon Vance read poem, which is w being called death poem on internet. It was supposed to be soothing after shock of Emily’s death came along but it did t make Emily’s death any less heartbreaking. On upside, Gibbs took Fornell home, as he did t want him to be alone after losing his daughter.

Who plays Emily Fornell?

Actor Emily Kaiser Wickersham plays Emily on NCIS. actor who is of Austrian and Swedish ancestry has been popular for starring as Emily Fornell on CBS show. She had previously played NSA Analyst Elear "Ellie" Bishop in a three-episode arc on NCIS, in 2013, on CBS and subsequently became a regular. Wickersham has also appeared in feature film Gone.

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19:32 IST, March 10th 2021