NCIS: Origins’ Premiere Title Teases Gibbs’ Worst Near-Death Story Completion First Revealed 18 Years Ago

The title of the premiere NCIS: Origins episode likely teases that the series will revisit Leroy Jethro Gibbs’ worst near-death experience that was revealed 18 years ago on NCIS. The new spinoff will premiere in October and explore the NCIS origins of Mark Harmon’s’ central character for nearly two decades. NCIS: Origins’ story will delve deep into uncharted territory, but it will also build on existing narratives, completing some of the most compelling lore in NCIS history. Gibbs has a traumatic past leading up to 1991, inspiring his career change from Marine gunnery sergeant to fledgling NIS operative. Since the NCIS: Origins series will pick up the same year, some of Gibbs’ past will likely be explored as backstory when setting up NCIS: Origins in its two-hour premiere. Moreover, the title of the episode seemingly confirms the series will be confronting the NCIS character’s military past decades after Gibbs’ retirement in NCIS. That means the franchise can finally explore a critical Gibbs arc 18 years after it was introduced