Mark Harmon teases future on NCIS: Origins after guest appearance

Mark Harmon delighted fans this week when he returned to the role of Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs. Prior to this past Tuesday, it had been four years since the NCIS alum last played the beloved character — which he originated when the show premiered in 2003 — although he has stayed on the show as an executive producer, as well as a narrator on the prequel series NCIS: Origins based on his character

Since last year, Austin Stowell has been filling in the shoes of a young Gibbs, on Origins, which the Freaky Friday actor appeared on in a special Veteran’s Day crossover episode.