‘I Was Horrified’: NCIS’ Pauley Perrette Shares How A Dirty Joke Led To Her Shaping Abby Sciuto In A Major Way
Similar to Mark Harmon’s Leroy Jethro Gibbs, Michael Weatherly’s Tony DiNozzo, and David McCallum’s Donald Mallard, Pauley Perrette’s character Abby Sciuto was first seen in 2003, in the JAG episodes “Ice Queen” and “Meltdown”, before NCIS officially started. For 15 seasons on the hit CBS series, Perrette portrayed Abby, the goth forensic scientist. There’s a compelling reason behind her decision to leave NCIS. However, Abby might have taken a different shape throughout those 15 years if Perrette hadn’t voiced her concerns after telling an inappropriate joke on screen.