Gibbs meets ‘NCIS’ wife in ‘Origins’ finale: Did he kiss his greatest love goodbye?
Spoiler alert: This story includes plot details from the April 28 “NCIS: Origins” season finale.
The “NCIS: Origins” love story between young Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Austin Stowell) and Cecilia “Lala” Dominguez (Mariel Molino) might be tragically over, even before the first kiss.
The “NCIS” prequel series has flirted with the budding romance between Dominguez and circa-1991 NIS agent Gibbs, who is still reeling over his wife and daughter’s murder.
In the April 28 Season 1 finale (now streaming on Paramount+), Gibbs’ sniper killing of the drug lord Pedro Hernandez, to avenge his family’s death, reemerges with catastrophic consequences for Dominguez and Gibbs. There are twists, “NCIS” canon fodder, a tantalizing near-kiss, heartbreak and even more questions to be answered in Season 2 next fall.
“We leave this as a cliffhanger for everyone,” says executive producer Gina Lucita Monreal, who joins fellow exec producer David J. North in breaking down the Season 1 finale.
