NCIS: Origins co-creator David J. North jokes that Mark Harmon could disappoint some followers of the franchise for a stunning cause. Harmon lately reprised the function of Leroy Jethro Gibbs for a crossover between NCIS and NCIS: Origins, which marked Gibbs’ first substantial return to the long-running CBS procedural since his high-profile departure early on in season 19.
Harmon’s on-screen return is introduced on by a case. The youthful Gibbs (Austin Stowell) investigated it within the early Nineties. The identical case, concerning the dying of a naval officer, is reopened by Gibbs’ former co-workers in NCIS season 23. It serves as a possibility for the franchise to look at a few of the guidelines that Gibbs has lived by, though Harmon does not keep in mind all of them.
In an interview with Leisure Weekly, together with fellow NCIS: Origins co-creator Gina Lucita Monreal, North shares a narrative about having to document a voiceover for a few of Gibbs’ well-known guidelines which have recurred all through the historical past of NCIS. Harmon, who was the franchise’s lead for many of its run, along with being an government producer on the NCIS: Origins prequel, reveals he does not know the principles — apart from maybe one:
David J. North: We had been within the sound studio doing Mark’s voiceover with him the opposite day. I used to be speaking to him about what that is in episode 5, how a lot of it’s primarily based on rule No. 11, ‘When the job’s over, stroll away.’ And he stated, ‘Man, the followers stroll as much as me nonstop and ask me about these guidelines.’ I stated, ‘Are you aware any of them? Are you aware one of many guidelines?’ And he goes, ‘There’s one a few knife.’
North goes on to say that the reveal could “destroy some followers’ hearts,” due to how essential Gibbs’ guidelines have been to NCIS. The precise variety of guidelines varies, relying on who’s requested to recite them, however they method 40. They embrace by no means permitting suspects to remain collectively, at all times being particular about lies, and bending the road quite than breaking it. The one concerning the knife, which North mentions, refers to “by no means going wherever with no knife.”
Harmon’s look within the November 11 episode of the prequel, which places him alongside the NCIS: Origins forged, is the actor’s first important on-screen look since his 2021 departure, although he did make a fast cameo for the NCIS: Origins season 1 premiere in 2021. As for whether or not the veteran will return to the primary NCIS collection, the actor hasn’t fully dominated out the chance.
Though he is downplayed a full-time return to the franchise, there may very well be one other occasion through which Gibbs might want to seem on-camera. There’s nonetheless loads of thriller when it comes to how the youthful Gibbs offers strategy to the model that followers know and love in NCIS, so it is potential that Harmon may get one other likelihood at studying the numerous guidelines of his most recognizable portrayal.
NCIS: Origins season 2 airs Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET on CBS.
- Launch Date
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October 14, 2024
- Administrators
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Niels Arden Oplev, John Terlesky, Diana Valentine, Edward Ornelas, Hanelle M. Culpepper, Lionel Coleman, Loren Yaconelli, Pete Chatmon, Pamela Romanowsky, Ruben Garcia, Jessica Lowrey
- Writers
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Brendan Fehily
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Austin Stowell
Leroy Jethro Gibbs
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Kyle Schmid
Particular Agent Mike Franks