After Cote de Pablo left "NCIS" early into Season 11, Emily Wickersham was brought in as Ziva David’s replacement, Ellie Bishop, an NSA analyst who quickly joined the Naval Criminal Investigative Service after meeting Mark Harmon’s Leroy Jethro Gibbs and became part of his team. Like her predecessor, Wickersham stuck around the popular CBS series for eight seasons, departing in the Season 18 finale, titled “Rule 91”. Three years year, Wickersham opened up about how much of an adjustment it was for her leaving "NCIS," a period of her life she described as “wonderful and weird.”

Wickersham took some time to chat with the hosts of Off Duty: "An NCIS Rewatch," the aforementioned Cote de Pablo and fellow "NCIS" alum Michael Weatherly, who are currently in the middle of shooting their upcoming spinoff series, "NCIS: Tony & Ziva." During the interview on the podcast, de Pablo asked Wickersham asked how long it took until it finally sunk in for her that she wouldn’t have to go back to the "NCIS" set.