Mark Harmon Breaks Gibbs’ Final Rule In NCIS: Origins’ Latest Update

NCIS: Origins bringing back Mark Harmon means that he is breaking Leroy Jethro Gibbs’ final rule. For almost two decades, the veteran actor served as the poster face for CBS’ hit procedural. Before NCIS even premiered, Harmon’s Gibbs already had an established team in JAG, proving his leadership qualities. When the famed character returns to the small screen as a young NIS agent as part of Kyle Schmid’s Mike Franks’ rag-tag team. In NCIS: Origins, Austin Stowell will take over the role, as the viewers learn stories about Gibbs that he never told in the flagship NCIS series.Admittedly, there have been arguments against NCIS: Origins, especially after Gibbs’ stint in its parent series. That said, it promises to reveal a side of the character that has never been shown thus far. Stowell’s recast iteration of Gibbs will supposedly be significantly different from Harmon’s version. This is because the spinoff picks up on the heels of his Marine discharge and the heartbreaking murder of his first wife and daughter, Shannon and Kelly. Despite a new character stepping into the role, however, Harmon will still be involved, causing him to break one of his character’s most famed rules.

Mark Harmon’s Return In NCIS: Origins Explained

The idea for a Gibbs prequel was actually from Mark and Sean Harmon, after the duo thought that it was a good idea to revisit the character’s past via a new spinoff. Considering the continued success of NCIS and the popularity of the character, it didn’t take much to convince CBS. Aside from producing the new show, the older Harmon is also set to narrate the events of NCIS: Origins. This is inspired by the storytelling format of Young Sheldon, which was also some sort of an origins story for Jim Parsons’ beloved socially-inept genius in The Big Bang Theory.
Unlike Young Sheldon, which waited until its finale to reveal why Parsons’ Sheldon was revisiting his childhood, the new NCIS franchise series will show from the get-go why Gibbs is reminiscing about his earliest days with the agency.