Episode 1×10 “Blue Bayou”
GIBBS PREPARES FOR HIS FIRST CHRISTMAS WITHOUT HIS FAMILY
SYNOPSIS: As Leroy Jethro Gibbs prepares for his first Christmas without his wife and daughter, flashbacks reveal the unlikely journey that led to his first day on the job as a special agent at NIS’ Camp Pendleton office working with Mike Franks and Lala.
WRITTEN BY: David J. North & Gina Lucita Monreal & Brendan Fehily
DIRECTED BY: John Terlesky
AIR DATE: Monday, Dec. 16 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and streaming on Paramount+
PHOTOS: “Blue Bayou”
Episode 1×09 “Vivo o Muerto”
GIBBS AND LALA HEAD TO MEXICO
SYNOPSIS: The case of a missing woman who disappeared after a night of clubbing with a Navy seaman takes the team to Mexico, where they learn of a possible connection to Gibbs’ past.
WRITTEN BY: Gina Lucita Monreal & Michael J. Ballin & Thomas Aguilar & Rafael Samano
DIRECTED BY: Loren Yaconelli
AIR DATE: Monday, Dec. 9 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and streaming on Paramount+
PHOTOS: “Vivo o Muerto”
Episode 1×08 “Sick as Our Secrets”
SYNOPSIS: Gibbs and the team investigate the case of a Navy priest who was killed in the confessional booth and may have been targeted by mistake.
Meanwhile, Randy shows Gibbs the ropes of working a protective detail while struggling with a personal situation.
WRITTEN BY: Stephen Day & Daniel J. Egbert
DIRECTED BY: Ed Ornelas
AIR DATE: Monday, Dec. 2 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and streaming on Paramount+
PHOTOS: “Sick as Our Secrets”
Episode 1×07 “One Flew Over”
NIS INVESTIGATES THE MURDER OF A DEMENTIA-AFFLICTED JANE DOE
SYNOPSIS: NIS investigates the murder of a dementia-afflicted Jane Doe. Also, flashbacks reveal the first time Gibbs met Franks.
WRITTEN BY: Rafael Samano & Margarita Matthews & Gina Lucita Monreal
DIRECTED BY: Jessica Lowrey
AIR DATE: Monday, Nov. 25 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and streaming on Paramount+
PHOTOS: “One Flew Over”
Episode 1×06 “Incognito”
GIBBS AND LALA GO UNDERCOVER
SYNOPSIS: Gibbs goes undercover for the first time with Lala as NIS works the case of a dead Navy seaman who may have been sharing top-secret intel that poses a threat to national security.
Also, Lala struggles with her place on the team and an unexpected development in her personal life.
WRITTEN BY: Shalisha Francis- Feusner
DIRECTED BY: Pete Chatmon
AIR DATE: Monday, Nov. 11 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and streaming on Paramount+
PHOTOS: “Incognito”
Episode 1×05 “Last Rites”
FRANKS FACES OFF WITH A KILLER
With the countdown on to an execution, Franks races to extricate the location of a missing body from a death row inmate and honor a promise he made to the victim’s sister before time runs out.
WRITTEN BY: Margarita Matthews
DIRECTED BY: Lionel Coleman
AIR DATE: Monday, Nov. 4 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and streaming on Paramount+
PHOTOS: “Last Rites”
Episode 1×04 “All’s Not Lost”
A STILL-GRIEVING GIBBS AND THE TEAM WORK A CASE INVOLVING A MISSING GIRL
SYNOPSIS: Still grieving the loss of his wife and daughter, Gibbs helps the team work a case involving a missing girl.
The moment that irrevocably changed Gibbs’ life is revealed.
WRITTEN BY: Michael J. Ballin & Thomas Aguilar
DIRECTED BY: Hanelle M. Culpepper
AIR DATE: Monday, Oct. 28 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and streaming on Paramount+
PHOTOS: “All’s Not Lost”
Episode 1×03 “Bend, Don’t Break”
GIBBS TAKES MATTERS INTO HIS OWN HANDS
SYNOPSIS: A murder near Camp Pendleton leads Gibbs and the team to a suburban mall in San Diego, where Gibbs takes matters into his own hands.
Jackson Gibbs pays Franks an unexpected visit.
WRITTEN BY: Jon Worley
DIRECTED BY: John Terlesky
AIR DATE: Monday, Oct. 21 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and streaming on Paramount+
PHOTOS: “Bend, Don’t Break”
Episode 1×01 & 1×02 “Enter Sandman/Enter Sandman, Part 2”
A YOUNG LEROY JETHRO GIBBS STARTS HIS CAREER AS A NEWLY MINTED SPECIAL AGENT
NCIS: ORIGINS follows a young Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Austin Stowell) in 1991, years prior to the events of NCIS, and is narrated by Mark Harmon.
In the series, Gibbs starts his career as a newly minted special agent at the fledgling NCIS Camp Pendleton office, where he forges his place on a gritty ragtag team led by NCIS legend Mike Franks (Kyle Schmid).
The series also stars Mariel Molino as Special Agent Lala Dominguez, Tyla Abercrumbie as Field Operation Support Officer Mary Jo Sullivan, and Diany Rodriguez as Special Agent Vera Strickland.
AIR DATE: Monday, Oct. 14 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and streaming on Paramount+
WRITTEN BY: Gina Lucita Monreal and David J. North
DIRECTED BY: Niels Arden Oplev
PHOTOS: “Enter Sandman”