NCIS: Origins is about to get even more exciting. More familiar faces are set to join the season, including Muse Watson returning as Mike Franks. But how exactly will this work since in the present he is deceased?
According to Deadline, viewers will get to see the present-day versions of Tobias Fornell (Joe Spano) and Vera Strickland (Roma Maffia) when they reunite with Gibbs during his investigation into who is after him and, as of right now, an unknown individual. However, based on details from Deadline, it sounds like Agent Cecilia “Lala” Dominguez will be part of the reason for these returns.
Interestingly, they are all set to return in different episodes, so we won’t see them all together. Watson will appear first in episode 6 on the Nov. 17 episode, where based on a still image, we will likely drop in via a flashback of Franks during his early retirement days.
All three characters join Gibbs to give him answers about Lala’s “disappearance,” according to Deadline, which leads us to believe there’s more to the story of what happened to her.
While we do not know for sure if Lala Dominguez is actually dead in the present day, it sounds like starting with Franks, they will be part of unraveling the mystery of what happened to her. After episode 4 of the show revealed Lala died in a plane crash, fans were skeptical and wondered if there was more to the story. Plus, Gibbs did say in the voiceover for episode 1 on the season that their story wasn’t actually over.
It sounds like Gibbs’s investigation into who is after him will lead to questions about Lala and what really happened to her so many years earlier.
Maffia’s return will come in episode 7, and this will reunite her with Gibbs for the first time in years. When Maffia was last seen on NCIS, she was helping the team on a case they reopened from her days of working with Gibbs and the team in the ‘90s. Her return will lead Gibbs to finding more answers to his questions, where he will eventually be faced with someone from his past.
Episode 8 is when Fornell makes his debut in NCIS: Origins in the present tense. Audiences caught a glimpse of young Tobias in season one of NCIS: Origins when he himself was still a probie. So far, the younger Gibbs and Fornell have not crossed paths, but their present-day counterparts will work together when Gibbs follows a lead that may put him in danger.
Episode 5, which is set to air on Nov. 10, will focus on Lala and her past as in the present day; Gibbs works with Ellie Bishop on an interrogation. It is very likely this interrogation of the individual they believe is after Gibbs will give them a surprising lead that takes them in a new direction.
NCIS: Origins airs Tuesdays on CBS at 10/9c.
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