Mark Harmon is about to return to NCIS for a particular episode with a narrative that spans a long time. In gentle of his retirement from the procedural, Leroy Jethro Gibbs additionally walked away from MCRT and determined to settle in Alaska. Since then, the beloved character hasn’t made any look within the flagship — even with a number of particular outings, together with Ducky’s send-off and NCIS‘ a thousandth episode.
To date, Harmon has solely appeared within the NCIS: Origins pilot, bookending the primary hour of the prequel that Harmon can also be co-producing. Regardless of his cameo, not a lot is revealed about what he has been as much as in Alaska. As a substitute, it solely established that he has been reminiscing on the earliest days of his profession in NCIS.
That is about to alter, nevertheless, as CBS now confirms that Harmon will seem as Gibbs within the NCIS: Origins season 2’s portion of its particular crossover episode with NCIS season 23. The 2-hour providing can be linked by a single case. Co-showrunners and government producers David J. North and Gina Lucita Monreal preview the episode, teasing that it’s going to replace followers on how Gibbs is in Alaska.
“4 years in the past, Gibbs disappeared to Alaska to reside a lifetime of solitude. We all know how a lot followers have missed seeing Mark and have questioned what Gibbs is as much as at the moment. Effectively, on Nov. 11, we’re so excited to announce that Mark Harmon will return as Leroy Jethro Gibbs within the ORIGINS hour of the NCIS crossover occasion. We don’t wish to give an excessive amount of away, however let’s simply say Gibbs is not alone.”
In the meantime, Harmon additionally expressed his pleasure over making his first bodily look as Gibbs since his cameo within the NCIS: Origins pilot, saying:
“I’m very happy with the storytelling that David and Gina are doing on ORIGINS. They proceed to push boundaries and dive deeper into the characters’ backstories. They got here to me with an thought for Gibbs that I appreciated, and it appeared like a very good time to verify in with him. I hope followers take pleasure in it.”
The crossover episode airing on Veterans Day (November 11) has beforehand been introduced. Admittedly, the concept for it was already thrilling because it was. Tapping Harmon for a cameo makes it a must-see for anybody who has ever cherished the flagship, regardless that outdated Gibbs’ particular guesting stint is barely reserved for NCIS: Origins season 2. It is also price noting that for that particular days, NCIS and its prequel spinoff can be switching timeslots for storytelling functions.
Camp Pendleton’s NIS group not having the ability to resolve the thriller and the case finally discovering its approach to Alden Parker’s group in Navy Yard is a inventive approach to stage a crossover — one thing that the NCIS franchise hasn’t carried out in years. That mentioned, arguably the largest takeaway from this new improvement is the affirmation that Previous Gibbs is not residing alone in Alaska, 4 years after he retired. It is curious if his new companion is somebody from his post-MCRT days.
Ideally, the particular NCIS: Origins episode would reveal that, by some means, Gibbs and Lala have been capable of reconnect with one another after their pre-determined darkish future within the prequel. The issue is that it might be too early to verify that payoff. CBS dangers shedding the strain between the pair, which is without doubt one of the most compelling elements of the NCIS spinoff. In any case, at the very least viewers get a much-needed replace on how Gibbs is.