A major NCIS reunion has been set for this fall.
Mark Harmon and Michael Weatherly‘s franchise characters will meet again after a decade on CBS‘ NCIS: Origins, where Harmon is appearing for a season-long arc. Fans should tune in to the October 20th episode to watch as Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Harmon) returns to NCIS’ D.C. headquarters to enlist the help of new director Tony DiNozzo (Weatherly) after Gibbs was shot by unknown assailants in the Origins Season 3 premiere.
Weatherly’s return to the mothership series was announced back in July, and took place in the Season 24 premiere on October 6.
New episodes of NCIS: Origins air Tuesdays at 10:00 PM ET/PT on CBS and stream on Paramount+.
“When we first see Gibbs in the season premiere, he is still in Alaska with his trusted rescue dog but soon finds that the peace he found there isn’t going to be easy to hold on to. Ghosts from his past are catching up to him, and it may be enough to pull him out of retirement. Over the course of the season, we’ll discover that what’s happening in the present day is directly tied to events that occurred during his ‘90s Camp Pendleton days,” showrunner and executive producer David J. North recently told Deadline about Harmon’s story this season.
When I asked North if we can expect to see any other NCIS legends as part of this mystery or potential crossovers, he teased, “I’d say it’s a definite possibility…”
NCIS: Origins follows a young Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Austin Stowell) in the early ‘90s, years prior to the events of NCIS, and is narrated by Harmon. It also stars Kyle Schmid, Mariel Molino, Tyla Abercrumbie, Diany Rodriguez, and Caleb Foote.
NCIS: Origins‘ third season executive producers include North, Mark Harmon, Sean Harmon, Michele Greco, and Eric Christian Olsen. CBS Studios produces the series.