NCIS airs "Speechless," pairing Katrina Law with her real-life daughter
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The gist
NCIS Season 24, Episode 5, "Speechless," aired November 10 on CBS, with Katrina Law's daughter Kinley Andreen guest starring.
The episode pairs the on-screen agent with her real child as a young witness.
Background
NCIS is CBS's long-running naval-crime drama, and "Speechless" is its Season 24, Episode 5. Katrina Law plays NCIS Special Agent Jessica Knight; in this episode her real-life daughter, Kinley Andreen, guest stars as Chloe, an 8-year-old girl found hiding alone in her apartment. The episode follows a short break in which CBS pulled all three NCIS shows from its Tuesday lineup for midterm election coverage.
How it unfolded
- Oct 23, 2026TV Insider publishes exclusive photos of Katrina Law's daughter Kinley Andreen joining her onscreen as Chloe in "Speechless."
- Oct 27, 2026The trailer for NCIS Season 24, Episode 5, "Speechless," is released.
- Nov 3, 2026CBS pulls all three NCIS shows from its Tuesday lineup for midterm election coverage; NCIS is set to return with new episodes on November 10.
- Nov 9, 2026Previews and photo galleries for "Speechless" are published ahead of the Tuesday airing.
- Nov 10, 2026NCIS Season 24, Episode 5, "Speechless," airs from 8:00–9:00 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.
Key terms
- midterm election
- US general elections held near the midpoint of a president's four-year term, when all House seats and about a third of Senate seats are contested.
- Marine
- A member of the U.S. naval infantry branch trained for amphibious and expeditionary warfare.
- ET/PT
- A time zone five hours behind Coordinated Universal Time, used in the eastern United States and Canada.
Source: Wikipedia
Who’s saying what
- Official
- CBS's synopsis says the team finds 8-year-old Chloe hiding alone in her apartment with her Marine mother missing, and discovers the shy witness has a surprising skill that might crack the case.
- Analysts
- Fangirlish's preview calls the episode "a Jessica episode" and notes Jessica doesn't have kids, raising the question of what it means for the character's future.
Still unverified
Fangirlish states it does not know much about Chloe's storyline beyond her being a witness found hiding alone in her apartment with a special skill that will help solve the case.