{"id":2310,"date":"2025-03-26T20:53:23","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T20:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/?p=2310"},"modified":"2025-03-26T20:53:23","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T20:53:23","slug":"tyla-abercrumbie-teases-mary-jos-emotional-past-on-tonights-ncis-origins-episode-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/?p=2310","title":{"rendered":"Tyla Abercrumbie Teases Mary Jo\u2019s Emotional Past on Tonight\u2019s \u2018NCIS: Origins\u2019 Episode (Exclusive)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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NCIS: Origins, which has already been picked up for its second season, has done a masterful job in Season 1 in taking viewers inside the personal lives of the people working at the NIS office based at Camp Pendelton. And it continues in that vein in tonight\u2019s<\/p>\n

While the team \u2013 Gibbs (Austin Stowell), Franks (Kyle Schmid) and LaLa (Mariel Molino) \u2013 works the case of an investment advisor found dead shortly after her release from prison, Mary Jo (Tyla Abercrumbie), who is fondly known as HSIC (Head Secretary in Charge), is left reeling by an unexpected development in her personal life when she\u2019s served with divorce papers…<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe idea of the divorce was as much a surprise to me as it was for you all,\u201d Abercrumbie tells Parade. She learned about the divorce when the script arrived. Even though she early on had discussed with showrunners David J. North and Gina Lucita Monreal going down the path of her personal life. She just didn\u2019t know exactly where that path would lead, but she did know she had an ex.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that the face of our love affairs don\u2019t look anything like we think they\u2019re going to look in the movies, right?\u201d Abercrumbie says. \u201cWe think you\u2019re going to meet Prince Charming, you\u2019re going to have this white picket fence and the house and the dog. And the truth of the matter is that our relationships take on different looks.\u201d<\/p>\n

At first observation, it appears that Mary Jo\u2019s ex took her completely by surprise, not just in filing the papers, but in what he\u2019s asking for in the divorce. As the story plays out \u2013 which we won\u2019t spoil here \u2013 it becomes clear that while the two did love each other, life got in the way.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThey can\u2019t keep the unit intact because there\u2019s so much emotional trauma that each one is dealing with at the time,\u201d Abercrumbie continues. \u201cI think that that is a reflection of what happens to a lot of marriages when you have something that\u2019s so big that you both can\u2019t deal with it at the same time together.\u201d<\/p>\n

The episode also illustrates how, despite what\u2019s going on in her personal life, Mary Jo is indeed the HSIC as she is the backbone of the NIS office, keeping both the agents functioning and mentoring the rest of the office staff.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love that Mary Jo, because she\u2019s in that office and I feel like this is where she shines,\u201d Abercrumbie says. \u201cShe\u2019s not solving the crimes out there with the agents. But she\u2019s doing her share, and she does it well and it\u2019s very important to her. I always look at Franks as the father of the group when they\u2019re out solving crimes, and Mary Jo as the mother of the group when they\u2019re in this office. I love that I get to be that person that says, \u2018I might work under some of you all as far as the hierarchy of our employment goes, but I run this.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Even Franks knows that. And so saying, he\u2019s not above stealing a line from Mary Jo. During this episode, she tells him their responsibility is \u201cmaking people whole even when you\u2019re not,\u201d which he passes on to the troops. But the reality is that that is the mantra by which Mary Jo lives her life.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think this episode reveals that completely, that her investment in making people whole, whether it\u2019s the agents or the victims that come through that office, or Nadine and Gail, it is very much about helping other people feel whole as much as you can,\u201d Abercrumbie says. \u201cAnd she even says that maybe they won\u2019t have the life they had before, but they\u2019ll have a new life, something better. That\u2019s what she\u2019s always striving for.\u201d<\/p>\n

NCIS: Origins airs Monday nights at 10 p.m. ET\/PT on CBS. Streams next day on Paramount+.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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