After his stroke, Brian Dietzen knew he wanted to write more than he had been, so he got to co-writing an episode of “NCIS.” And by 2021, that episode was in production. “In a word… grateful,” he wrote on Instagram to commemorate the moment. “You guys, I got to write a script of @ncis_cbs with my pal @mostxsw and it’s been a great adventure so far.”
Before he took that step, he explained to Variety that the “NCIS” showrunner had given him the green light to explore this venture many years ago. However, he was reluctant to take the offer because, as he said, “we have one of the most talented and under-appreciated writing staffs on television, so I thought that might be seen as hubris and I didn’t want to overstep, to be honest.”
During the pandemic, the thought of writing an episode came back to his mind. As he explained to ET after the episode premiered in February 2022, he’d wanted to contribute to “NCIS” in a different capacity, to try his hand at something totally new. “The creative element of coming up with something and putting words in the mouth of these characters that I’ve known so intimately and so closely for so many years just seemed to make a lot of sense,” he told Variety. Evidently, things clicked right into place.
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