Rocky Carroll Voices Leon Vance in NCIS: Origins Season 3 Episode 4
The late director is heard reading a note dated November 2021 in Old Gibbs' garage, and Emily Wickersham's Bishop appears in the same episode.
Rocky Carroll made an unannounced voice cameo as the late Director Leon Vance in season 3, episode 4 of NCIS: Origins, according to screenrant.com. The appearance is vocal only: Vance is heard as Old Gibbs, played by Mark Harmon, reads a note in his garage.
The episode opened with Gibbs finding that note, dated November 2021. In it, Vance mentions that he had fixed Gibbs' wall, and Carroll's voice carries the lines as Gibbs reads.
Shortly after the note scene, Emily Wickersham's Eleanor Bishop appears in the same garage.
Vance's history in the franchise
Vance died in NCIS' 500th episode after being shot, and Carroll left NCIS in season 23. Harmon returned as Old Gibbs in NCIS: Origins season 3, and Michael Weatherly appeared in the series as Anthony DiNozzo for a reunion with Gibbs, while the crossover episode 'Funny How Time Slips Away' aired in season 2.
In NCIS season 23, Gibbs got justice for Vance's murder with help from Parker, and the episode also referenced Ducky.
Quick answers
Did Rocky Carroll appear in NCIS: Origins season 3?
Yes, as a voice cameo. He voiced the late Director Leon Vance in season 3, episode 4.
What did Vance's note in the episode say?
The note was dated November 2021 and mentioned that Vance had fixed Gibbs' wall.