NCIS' Pauley Perrette: "There's never been a character like Abby on television"

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Perrette, who exits her beloved forensic scientist role tonight after 15 seasons, says of Abby Sciuto: "She's a brilliant scientist with this whole alternative look to her but she's (also) a good girl with a huge heart. She's a church kid. She bowls with nuns. It's so many things wrapped up into one." Perrette says her final episode will be a "heavy" one, and that she "gave it all I had emotionally." She adds that "Abby's legacy is going to be forever. The effect that she's had around the world, especially in young girls pursuing math and science. There (are) young women out there who've gotten their degrees and are in the field of science and math and forensics because of this TV character." ALSO: How Perrette exited NCIS.