How NCIS: Origins Can Make Gibbs & Fornell’s Friendship Better

Gibbs was infamous for his fearlessness and aloofness, but nobody was as loyal as him, especially to his very small social circle. While NCIS wasn’t able to regularly highlight his relationship with Fornell, it was one of the best friendships in the whole franchise. They had each other’s backs all throughout their joint time on the police procedural. Seeing how they first got together in NCIS: Origins would make their collective story, the same way Gibbs and Ducky Mallard’s flashback episode did for their dynamic.

What was clear was that, despite their bickering tendencies in NCIS, Gibbs and Fornell were kindred spirits. Aside from having the chance to fix their plot hole, it would be great to learn how their friendship began — whether they immediately liked each other or if they were just initially bound by having married the same woman. NCIS: Origins can easily do all of that if the creatives behind the project want to.