‘NCIS’ Stars Preview Palmer and Knight’s Much-Needed Conversation

To say that things have been awkward between exes medical examiner Dr. Jimmy Palmer (Brian Dietzen) and Special Agent Jessica Knight (Katrina Law) since she returned to D.C. after a brief time at Camp Pendleton is an understatement. But the conversation they’ve been putting off is coming in the November 4 episode of NCIS.

In “Sticks & Stones,” after receiving intelligence on deadly threats to multiple locations that could lead to a catastrophic war, NCIS is called in to try to neutralize the danger. So when better for the two to finally talk? Below, Dietzen and Law talk about playing the awkwardness this season, that conversation, and more.