{"id":3650,"date":"2025-10-07T17:06:49","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T17:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/?p=3650"},"modified":"2025-10-07T17:06:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T17:06:49","slug":"when-does-ncis-origins-season-2-come-out-all-about-the-return-of-young-leroy-jethro-gibbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/?p=3650","title":{"rendered":"When does NCIS: Origins season 2 come out? All about the return of young Leroy Jethro Gibbs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The story of Leroy Jethro Gibbs rolls on\u2026<\/p>\n

If you thought 19 seasons with Mark Harmon\u2019s NCIS special agent was enough to unpack his story, think again. Set in 1991, NCIS: Origins\u2019 debut season introduced viewers to a younger Gibbs, serving as a prequel to his future on the long-running CBS procedural. Now, season 2 is fast approaching.<\/p>\n

Audiences are hungry for it, too \u2014 according to Paramount, the parent company of CBS, the 18-episode prequel series drew 9.2 million viewers on streaming alone.<\/p>\n

Harmon haunts the series as its narrator, while Austin Stowell (Bridge of Spies) plays the younger Gibbs. Starring alongside him are younger versions of NCIS favorites like special agents Mike Franks (Kyle Schmid) and Vera Strickland (Diany Rodriguez).<\/p>\n

And then there\u2019s Cecilia \u201cLala\u201d Dominguez (Mariel Molino), a special agent who we learn is dearly important to Gibbs, despite her never being mentioned on the flagship series.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a reason for that, of course, and it has something to do with that season 1 finale cliffhanger. So, will there be an NCIS: Origins season 2? When is it coming out? Who will appear in it? Read on as we answer those questions and more with insights from the cast and creators.<\/p>\n

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Will there be an NCIS: Origins season 2?<\/h3>\n

Yes, there will be a season 2 of NCIS: Origins. CBS parent company Paramount Global announced the renewal in February 2025.<\/p>\n

What is NCIS: Origins season 2 about?<\/h3>\n

The NCIS: Origins season finale sets up several storylines that, according to the cast and creators, will be unpacked in season 2.<\/p>\n

First and foremost will be the aftermath of the messy business involving Gibbs, Franks, Lala, and the murder of Pedro Hernandez. During the finale, we saw Gibbs initially own up to the murder of Pedro, as he didn\u2019t want to drag his complicit colleagues into the dirt with him. Later, however, Lala leverages her own friendship with Lara Macy (Claire Berger), who\u2019s investigating the case, to sweep it under the rug, lest Lala find her entire life ruined alongside Gibbs and Franks.<\/p>\n

Her gambit works, and the season ends with Macy telling Franks that there\u2019s insufficient evidence to pursue the case. Franks knows something happened to trigger Macy\u2019s change of heart, and Schmid told Entertainment Weekly that they\u2019ll likely be confronting it next season.<\/p>\n

\u201cFranks is an intelligent man,\u201d the actor said. \u201cHe can read between the lines. That\u2019s why he is such a good interrogator. I think there\u2019s more to that story to be told.\u201d<\/p>\n

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While we\u2019re on the topic of Franks, the finale also reveals the source of those mysterious phone calls he\u2019s received all season. Turns out it\u2019s his older brother, Mason, and he wants to talk about what happened to them during their time fighting overseas in the Vietnam War. (As a reminder, episode 11 of the series centered on a flashback about how Franks was drafted and his brother volunteered to go fight alongside him.)<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a whole season of buried secrets for Franks and his family,\u201d Schmid told us. \u201cThat is a conversation that I\u2019m very much looking forward to exploring in season 2. There\u2019s so much left on the table that fans are going to just eat up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another major storyline to play out in season 2 concerns Randy (Caleb Foote), who\u2019s finding himself burnt out and desiring a desk job. If the idea of the show\u2019s comic relief being chained to a desk is bumming you out, allow co-creator David J. North to ease your mind.<\/p>\n

\u201cRandy\u2019s had so many different close calls and he\u2019s thinking about Randy Junior and his family,\u201d he told EW. \u201cBut I don\u2019t know that Randy, once he\u2019s stuck to a desk, would find that as appealing as he thinks. So we\u2019ll see where it takes us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Finally, the finale also introduces us to a key figure in NCIS lore: Diane (Kathleen Kenny). Fans of the original series know that Diane is a future ex-wife of Gibbs, meaning that season 2 could very well reveal the origins of their (ultimately doomed) love story.<\/p>\n

But that, of course, will be complicated by his relationship with Lala. Speaking of\u2026<\/p>\n

Did Lala die at the end of season 1?<\/h3>\n

We asked creators North and Gina Lucita Monreal straight-up whether or not Lala survives the climactic car crash at the end of the season 1 finale. Their response? \u201cWe will neither confirm nor deny.\u201d<\/p>\n

A synopsis for the season 2 premiere, however, promises that \u201cLala\u2019s fate is revealed,\u201d so you\u2019ll certainly want to tune in.<\/p>\n

Gibbs and Lala\u2019s relationship is nothing if not loaded. The pair danced around each other all season, and nearly kissed in the finale. What\u2019s more, Lala broke the rules to save him from a prison sentence, and as Stowell noted while discussing the story with EW, she was racing to his house when she got into<\/p>\n

\u201cThis will have gigantic ramifications on him,\u201d he told us. \u201cIs she dead? Is she in a coma? Is she paralyzed? I don\u2019t know any of these things. I know this much. He\u2019s going to find out that she was in a car accident after it seems like she was on the way to his house, so the guilt will only build.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a story I don\u2019t tell,\u201d Harmon says in the episode\u2019s closing narration. \u201cI can\u2019t find the words. But it never stops running through my head. The story of her.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaking with EW following the finale, North emphasized that \u201cthe story that older Gibbs is referring to is still being told.\u201d Monreal, meanwhile, added, \u201cWe don\u2019t fully understand that yet because we haven\u2019t seen the aftermath of what happens in the finale. We don\u2019t see his reaction to it yet. We don\u2019t know all of the intricacies of everything happening around it. We can\u2019t fully comprehend yet what he\u2019s meaning by that because we haven\u2019t seen it in totality.\u201d<\/p>\n

Who\u2019s in the NCIS: Origins season 2 cast?<\/h3>\n

The cast for season 2 of NCIS: Origins has yet to be confirmed. Based on remarks made by the cast to EW, though, we can safely say that Stowell\u2019s Gibbs, Schmid\u2019s Franks, and Foote\u2019s Randy will all return for another round.<\/p>\n

Molino\u2019s Lala, on the other hand, remains up in the air. The same goes for this younger iteration of Macy, a character who appears in both NCIS and NCIS: Los Angeles. When we asked if she\u2019d return to Origins, Monreal said, \u201cWe never say never. She\u2019s in our world now, so could be.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another character we\u2019ll definitely be seeing more of is Kenny\u2019s Diane. \u201cWe definitely will stick to canon,\u201d Monreal said when asked about Diane\u2019s future on the show. \u201cWe\u2019re very aware of Gibbs\u2019 relationships that have been established on the show and are excited to figure how to portray them in Origins.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fans of NIS head Wheeler (Patrick Fischler) will also be happy to know that the showrunners have plans for him following the character\u2019s suspension. \u201cWe love Wheeler,\u201d Monreal told TVLine. \u201cWe left him in a place where there are a lot of questions surrounding his story, and we\u2019re super excited to dig deeper into his story, so we will be seeing Wheeler in Season 2 for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n

Is there an NCIS: Origins season 2 release date?
\nIndeed, season 2 of NCIS: Origins will premiere on Tuesday, October 14 at 9 p.m. ET.<\/h3>\n

The premiere, titled \u201cThe Funky Bunch,\u201d will find Gibbs and Franks investigating \u201cthe disappearance of a young Marine connected to a mysterious compound with a charismatic leader,\u201d per a synopsis.<\/p>\n

Is there a NCIS: Origins season 2 trailer?<\/h3>\n

EW exclusively debuted the trailer for NCIS: Origins season 2 in September.<\/p>\n

While reintroducing fans to the team, it becomes clear that not all is well among our heroes. \u201cI need this team back to the way it was before I lose my damn mind,\u201d shouts a frustrated Franks.<\/p>\n

A voiceover from Harmon\u2019s Gibbs, meanwhile, hints at the fate of Lala. \u201cThe job wasn\u2019t right without her,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

But duty calls. The clip juxtaposes plenty of action and comedy as Gibbs, Franks, and company bust heads out in the field and back in the office.<\/p>\n

Where can I watch NCIS: Origins?
\nNCIS: Origins airs on CBS and streams on Paramount+.<\/p>\n

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