NCIS: Origins ' co-showrunners David J. North and Gina Lucita Monreal comment on the possibility of Mark Harmon's Gibbs eventually reuniting with an old Lala in the present time. In 2024, the NCIS franchise expanded its portfolio with its very first period show. Set in the early '90s, NCIS: Origins tackles Gibbs' earliest years with NCIS (then-called NIS) under Mike Franks' scrappy team.

CBS has managed to surround Austin Stowell's Gibbs with a mix of new and familiar faces in Camp Pendleton — all of them are expected to shape the eventual MCRT leader that he would become. That said, aside from Franks, arguably the most influential person in his life during this time was Mariel Molino's Lala. Aside from being a co-worker, she's also Gibbs' love interest in the prequel. Admitted

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