{"id":3772,"date":"2025-11-01T17:34:36","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T17:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/?p=3772"},"modified":"2025-11-01T17:34:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T17:34:36","slug":"after-many-years-this-longtime-ncis-veteran-is-finally-returning-to-the-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/?p=3772","title":{"rendered":"After Many Years, This Longtime \u2018NCIS\u2019 Veteran Is Finally Returning to the Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>He\u2019s back! After four long years away from the screen,\u00a0<strong>Mark Harmon<\/strong>\u00a0is officially stepping back into his legendary role as\u00a0<strong>Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs<\/strong>\u00a0for a very special\u00a0<strong>\u201cNCIS\u201d franchise crossover<\/strong> this November.<\/p>\n<p>The highly anticipated event airs\u00a0<strong>Tuesday, November 11<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 fittingly on\u00a0<strong>Veterans Day<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 and marks the first-ever crossover between\u00a0<strong>\u201cNCIS\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0and its prequel series\u00a0<strong>\u201cNCIS: Origins.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The night kicks off with \u201cOrigins,\u201d where\u00a0<strong>Austin Stowell<\/strong>\u00a0stars as a young Gibbs navigating the 1990s while investigating the mysterious death of a naval officer in a small town. Then, in a thrilling twist, the storyline jumps to the present day on \u201cNCIS,\u201d where the same case is suddenly reopened \u2013 and Gibbs returns to the action.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3773\" src=\"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/FB_IMG_1762018430960-300x263.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/FB_IMG_1762018430960-300x263.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/FB_IMG_1762018430960-1024x897.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/FB_IMG_1762018430960-768x673.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/FB_IMG_1762018430960.jpg 1070w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Although Harmon stepped away from his on-screen role in 2021 after 18 seasons, he\u2019s remained deeply involved behind the scenes, serving as\u00a0<strong>executive producer<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>narrator<\/strong> for \u201cNCIS: Origins.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Showrunners\u00a0<strong>David J. North<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Gina Lucita Monreal<\/strong>\u00a0teased Gibbs\u2019 return, saying,\u00a0<em>\u201cFour years ago, Gibbs disappeared to Alaska to live a life of solitude. We know how much fans have missed him and wondered what he\u2019s been up to. We don\u2019t want to spoil anything, but let\u2019s just say \u2013 Gibbs is no longer alone.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Fans, get ready \u2013 Gibbs is back, and this is one\u00a0<strong>NCIS event you won\u2019t want to miss.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He\u2019s back! After four long years away from the screen,\u00a0Mark Harmon\u00a0is officially stepping back into his legendary role as\u00a0Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs\u00a0for a very special\u00a0\u201cNCIS\u201d franchise&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3773,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3772"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3774,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3772\/revisions\/3774"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}