NCIS: Origins Sets Up Gibbs’ Original Franks Team To Be Better Than Mark Harmon’s 19-Year MCRT Squad

A new detail in NCIS: Origins hints at how Mike Franks’ original team with young Leroy Jethro Gibbs is set up to be better than Mark Harmon’s 19-year squad in the flagship series. Three years after Harmon’s Leroy Jethro Gibbs retired in NCIS season 19, the character’s story will continue on the small screen. This time, however, the focus will be on the life he had before the events of NCIS. Picking up after the death of his first wife and daughter, Shannon and Kelly, NCIS: Origins will see Gibbs’ original team, as he joins Franks’ fledgling squad.

The ’90s-set NCIS: Origins is the first prequel spinoff for the famed CBS procedural franchise. Admittedly, there is skepticism surrounding the project, considering that Harmon’s character already fronted the flagship series for almost 20 years. Intertwined in the weekly cases were his personal storylines, including arcs being revisited from his time working with Franks. That being said, the people behind NCIS: Origins promise that there’s more to the character’s story than what was revealed in the main NCIS show. Beyond that, there are also aspects of Gibbs’ life that are worth further exploring, including how he is as a probie.