Bishop (Emily Wickersham) finally heads home in the Season 13, Episode 11 entitled "Spinning Wheels" airing of NCIS" for a face-to-face showdown with her husband after spending the recent holidays licking her wounds at home with her mom.

The special agent was sent scurrying after learning that husband Jake Malloy (Jamie Bamber) was having an affair with a colleague. IBTimes reports where the two go from here in their union seems anyone's guest.

While she was away, Malloy burned up the phone lines staying connected to his wife, but this will mark the first time the two have physically shared the same space since setting the scene for their moment of reckoning

Ducky Mallard (David McCallum) will also have the crew's undivided attention after being assaulted by a man who mysteriously claaims to have connections to his deceased half-brother. Adam Campbell is set to guest star as Young Ducky in a series of flashback scenes where he recalls many of the times and moments with his younger brother that he still holds most dear.

Meanwhile, speculation is also building that Sean Murray's Tim McGee character could soon be in line for a major storyline. Several media outlets point out that while McGee has been on hand to assist various crew members through recent struggles, he has yet to face his own, personal crisis this season.

Previous major storylines involving McGee include him being there to rescue Abby (Pauley Perrette) from a band of hijackers and being a sounding board for Tony (Michael Weatherly) when he came face-to-face with an ex-girlfriend after a long time of being apart.

Recently, he was also a shoulder to cry on for Bishop as she struggles with suddenly downward trajectory of her marriage.

"Spinning Wheels" airs on Dec. 15 and could be the show's last new episode before going on a lengthy hiatus.