NCIS: Origins showrunners Gina Lucita Monreal and David J. North break down the season 2 premiere's Lala Dominguez (Mariel Molino) reveal and what it means for Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Austin Stowell). The NCIS: Origins season 1 finale saw Lala getting in a car crash, which left her fate ambiguous heading into the next season 2.

Season 2 reveals that Lala did survive the crash, although she suffered a traumatic brain injury, a collapsed lung, and had her left thigh muscle crushed. During her four-month recovery period, the NIS team struggles without her, until she rejoins them in the season 2 premiere.

Meanwhile, Gibbs is now in a romantic relationship with Diane Sterling (Kathleen Kenny), and it is known from the original NCIS series that she will become his wife. This creates a cha

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