ACCUSE
ACCUSE JAMIE SPEARS OF
MISTREATING HIS DAUGHTER, WHICH HE DENIES.
HE DENIES. THE CBS HIT DRAMA "NCIS: LOS
ANGELES," IS BACK WITH NEW
EPISODES AND I CAUGHT UP WITH
CHRIS O'DONNELL TO FIND OUT WHAT
IS IN STORE.
>> DID YOU GET HER?
CHRIS: SHE LEFT JUST BEFORE THEY
GOT THERE.
GOT THERE. SHE MUST HAVE SEEN OR HEARD THEM
COMING.
COMING.
COMING. >> SOMEONE TIPPED HER OFF.
CHRIS: WHY DO YOU SAY THAT?
>> SHE AVOIDED ME FOR MONTHS.
CHRIS: I DON'T THINK SHE HAS ANY
FRIENDS.
FRIENDS.
FRIENDS. WHICH BE -- WOULD BE A REASON TO
TEMPER OFF.
TEMPER OFF. KRISTEN: GLAD YOU'RE HERE, GLAD
WE ARE GETTING NEW EPISODES.
LET'S START WITH THIS WEEKEND
SHOW --WHAT ARE WE GOING TO
EXPECT?
EXPECT?
EXPECT? CHRIS: THIS IS FURTHER FOLLOWING
ON THE STORYLINE WITH HIS
GIRLFRIEND HE WAS TRYING TO MAKE
HIS WIFE, BUT GETTING CAUGHT UP
IN A CRAZY RUSSIAN STORYLINE.
IT IS INTERESTING.
THIS IS ALL THE CULMINATION OF
YEARS OF, KIND OF, PLANTING
SEEDS AND THE EARLIER -- IN
EARLIER SEASONS AND IN A SHOW
LIKE THIS WHEN YOU GET TO SEASON
12 YOU START TO HARVEST THE
STORYLINES AND FLESH THEM OUT A
LITTLE BIT.
LITTLE BIT. IT IS COMING TO A HEAD HERE, AND
IT IS OPENING UP A LOT OF
QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS PAST.
YOU KNOW, HE WAS RAISED IN AN
ORPHANAGE AND FOSTER HOMES, AND
HEADY PLAYED A BIG ROLE IN HIS
LIFE, BUT HE IS REALIZING SHE
WAS GROOMING HIM FOR SOMETHING
SPECIFIC THAT RELATES TO THIS
TANGLED MESS HE IS GOTTEN CAUGHT
UP IN, AND IT IS RAISING SOME
QUESTIONS FOR HIM.
ELLEN: SHE SAW --
KRISTEN: SHE SAW SOMETHING
SPECIAL.
SPECIAL.
SPECIAL. IT IS AMAZING.
I AM A HUGE "NCI S" EVERYTHING'S
IN.
IN.
IN. IT
IN. IT IS
IN. IT IS NO SURPRISE THE SERIES HAS
GONE ON SO LONG TO CAN YOU
BELIEVE YOU ARE ABOUT TO WRAP
YOUR 12 SEASON?
CHRIS: IT IS AMAZING.
TIME FLIES.
TIME FLIES. MY YOUNGEST CHILD WAS IN DIAPERS
WHEN WE STARTED AND NOW SHE IS
13.
13.
13. TIME
13. TIME FLIES.
TIME FLIES. IT HAS BEEN AN AMAZING JOURNEY.
I STILL GET EXCITED EVERY DAY
GOING TO WORK, AND I FEEL A
LITTLE MORE REFRESHED THAN
NORMAL AT THE END OF THIS SEASON
GIVEN THE PANDEMIC.
WE HAVE HAD TO TONE DOWN THE
SHOOTING SCHEDULE TO KEEP
EVERYONE HEALTHY.
EVERYONE HEALTHY. IT JUST HAS NOT BEEN THE NORMAL
GRIND.
GRIND.
GRIND. KRISTEN: IT HAS BEEN SO FUN TO
WATCH YOU ON THE SHOW, GROWING
UP, SEEING YOU IN ICONIC ROLES,
"BATMAN FOREVER," "FRIED GREEN
TOMATOES," -- DO YOU LIKE THIS
TV SCHEDULE BETTER?
CHRIS: IF IT'S BETTER FOR THE
PLACE I AM IN MY LIFE.
I HAVE FIVE KIDS.
IT GIVES ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO
STAY IN LOS ANGELES FOR A LONG
PERIOD PERIOD OF TIME AND GIVE
THEM SOME CONSISTENCY.
THE LIFE OF AN ACTOR, YOU ARE A
GYPSY.
GYPSY.
GYPSY. I
GYPSY. I HAVE FILLED ALL OVER THE
WORLD, AND IT IS FUN, BUT WHEN
YOU HAVE KIDS YOU NEED TO LAY
ROOTS.
ROOTS.
ROOTS. HAVING THE STABILITY OF A SHOW
LIKE THIS HAS BEEN A BLESSING.
KRISTEN: WHAT DID YOU LEARN
ABOUT YOURSELF DURING THIS TIME
-- DID YOU ACQUIRE NEW SKILLS?
IT IS FUN TO SEE WHAT YOU ALL
DID DURING THE DOWNTIME.
CHRIS: THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS
I SAID I WAS GOING TO DO AROUND
THE HOUSE, BECAUSE YOU CAN GO
ANYWHERE, I THINK I MUST HAVE
HUNG ABOUT 40 THINGS AROUND THE
HOUSE -- SOME DAY I GOING TO
HANG THIS SUMMER.
THE WALLS ARE FULL.
I WAS GOING TO GET A FLAGPOLE IN
FRONT OF THE HOUSE.
I GOT A FLAGPOLE, FINALLY.
JUST CRAZY THINGS.
ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU START
SCREWING AROUND WITH YOUR YARD
-- THE LANDSCAPING WAS FINED NOT
BECAUSE I'M STUCK HERE EVERY
DAY, I'M STARTING TO CHANGE
THINGS.
THINGS.
THINGS. IT IS EXPENSIVE IN THAT RESPECT.
KRISTEN: YOU GREW A GREEN THUMB
AND YOU BECAME A HANDYMAN AND
NOW YOU'RE PROBABLY HAPPY TO BE
DONE WITH THAT AND THE BACK
ONSET.
ONSET.
ONSET. CHRIS: ONE MORE DAY OF WORK AND
I WILL BE ABLE TO VENTURE OUT A
LITTLE BIT.
LITTLE BIT. ELLEN: NEW EPISODES OF "NCIS:
LOS