The essential episodes of NCIS: Origins
Watch these 15 in order and you've got NCIS: Origins — each pick states its reason.
- 01
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.
- 02
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.
- 03
Gibbs and the team investigate the case of a Navy priest who was killed in the confessional booth; Randy shows Gibbs the ropes of working a protective detail.
- 04
The team investigates the brutal murder of a military sergeant found burned in her car, a case Franks suspects could have a connection to the assault of his estranged wife.
- 05
When the murder of Pedro Hernandez is unearthed, Gibbs faces a reckoning; when he needs his team most, the loyalty of one is brought into question.
- 06
Tensions rise when Franks' estranged older brother, Mason, blows into town, desperate for help after hitting rock bottom; the team investigates the robbery of a Navy bank; Lala, still struggling after her accident, makes a decision about her future.
- 07
When a naval officer mysteriously dies in the ‘90s, Gibbs and the team travel to the small dust-blown town of Serenity, Calif., where they encounter secret-harboring residents, an uncooperative sheriff and an investigation that will reverberate for decades.
- 08
When Lala's favorite CI is shot, the team joins forces with Oceanside PD to determine who was behind the attack. Also, Franks visits his brother Mason at the compound, and Gibbs' relationship with Diane is tested when she gets a job in Los Angeles.
- 09
When a marine captain shows up at Camp Pendleton exhibiting symptoms of a fatal virus, NIS goes on lockdown and Gibbs is forced to take charge. As panic spreads, the team races to determine whether it really is a deadly outbreak or something else entirely.
- 10
When the NIS Regional Director tries to transfer Mary Jo, she reconnects with an old friend from Atlantic City to help investigate the roadside deaths of two Marines.
- 11
When Dr. Tango is arrested for stealing human remains from a national park, Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard returns to assist the team in proving his innocence.
- 12
The Beautiful Ballad of Gary Callahan
When the team's trusted K-9 agent, Gary Callahan, is critically wounded at a crime scene, NIS races to track down the culprit while a surprising pre-Pendleton chapter in Franks' life is revealed.
- 13
While Gibbs and Lala grow closer on a case, Gibbs' long-distance relationship with Diane is further tested by the arrival of an unexpected guest: Gibbs' father, Jackson.
- 14
Wheeler takes command when a car bomb goes off outside NIS headquarters. Also, the truth about Franks' distaste for lawyers is revealed.
- 15
With the Camp Pendleton office in danger of being shut down, the team confronts an uncertain future.
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