Exclusive NCIS: Origins Trailer: A Newly Minted (and ‘Crazy’?) Agent Gibbs Reports for Duty in 1991
Did a young Leroy Jethro Gibbs join up with NIS too soon after the tragic deaths of his wife Shannon and their daughter Kelly?
That valid question is at the fore of the first trailer for NCIS: Origins, CBS’ prequel spinoff premiering Monday, Oct. 14 at 9/8c, with its first two episodes — and TVLine has your exclusive first look above.
Opening in the year 1991, NCIS: Origins follows a young Gibbs as he starts his career as a newly minted Special Agent at the NIS Camp Pendleton office. There, he will forge his place on a gritty, ragtag team led by the legendary Mike Franks.
Austin Stowell (A Friend of the Family, Secret Life of the American Teenager) fills the role of Gibbs (played on the original NCIS by, of course, Mark Harmon), while Kyle Schmid (SIX, Big Sky) channels a young Muse Watson as Franks.
The series regular cast also includes Mariel Molino (Promised Land) as Special Agent Lala Dominguez, a former Marine with a dark sense of humor; Tyla Abercrumbie (The Chi) as Field Operation Support Officer Mary Jo Hayes, who has wryly dubbed herself “HSIC” (Head Secretary in Charge); Diany Rodriguez (The Blacklist) as Special Agent Vera Strickland, a no-nonsense Brooklynite who’s tough as nails; and Caleb Foote (Made for Love) as Special Agent Benjamin “Randy” Randolf, the “golden boy” tasked with showing Gibbs the ropes.
Also glimpsed in the trailer is Longmire vet Robert Taylor as Jackson Gibbs, Jethro’s hard-nosed father, and Bobby Moynihan (SNL) as lead forensics analyst Woody Browne, while Patrick Fischler (Mad Men) can be heard in the trailer’s opening moments as Cliff Walker, the Special Agent in Charge who oversees NIS’ fledgling Pendleton office.
NCIS: Origins: See Photos of the Cast and the Spinoff’s Very 1990s Set
To freshen your memory, Gibbs joined NIS not long after completing his tour in Operation Desert Storm and retiring — all while mourning Shannon and Kelly, both of whom were murdered by drug dealer Pedro Hernandez while Gibbs was still overseas, about to return home.
Mark Harmon will not appear in the series, but serves as its narrator (as is an executive producer). His son, Sean Harmon, who has played Young Gibbs in NCIS flashbacks and came up with the idea for the prequel, will also serve as an EP alongside co-showrunners Gina Lucita Monreal and David J. North.
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