NCIS: Origins Showrunners Address If Mark Harmon’s Gibbs Will Ever Reunite With Lala
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. Admittedly, this creates some canon issues, but that doesn’t take away from how compelling their evolving story is.Because of this, questions about the possibility of Gibbs and Lala reuniting in the present time plague NCIS: Origins — something that North and Monreal address in a new interview with TVLine. Ultimately, the pair says that it’s way too early to tackle the mystery. When asked about a possible timelime, they reveal that they are “kind of fluid on how we do things.” Read their full quotes below:
