Perhaps the biggest question over this midseason break for NCIS is exactly who is Lily? That's the name attached -- more about the use of that word in a moment -- to the young girl Parker (Gary Cole) first saw when he was bleeding out on the ship in the Season 21 finale. She has since appeared to him again. Adding this layer to his character has been the plan since "the very beginning with the original pitch to Gary Cole," reveals executive producer Steven D. Binder.

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