{"id":47,"date":"2024-11-01T20:45:23","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T20:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/?p=47"},"modified":"2024-11-01T20:45:23","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T20:45:23","slug":"ncis-origins-episode-4-makes-a-franks-missed-opportunity-in-the-original-series-more-intriguing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/?p=47","title":{"rendered":"NCIS: Origins Episode 4 Makes A Franks\u2019 Missed Opportunity In The Original Series More Intriguing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A surprising connection in\u00a0<em>NCIS: Origins<\/em>\u00a0Episode 4 makes a key missed opportunity in the original series even more intriguing. The prequel series delves into the early days of Leroy Jethro Gibbs\u2019 career at NIS, showcasing characters from his past and expanding on his backstory. In Episode 4, titled \u201cAll is Lost,\u201d fans are introduced to the unique working dynamic between Gibbs\u2019 mentor, Special Agent Mike Franks (now played by Kyle Schmid), and Special Agent Vera Strickland (portrayed by Diany Rodriguez), who works covertly for Franks.<\/p>\n<p>Though Strickland was briefly introduced in\u00a0<em>NCIS<\/em>\u00a0Season 11 by Roma Maffia, the original series never explored her relationship with Franks, leaving their dynamic a mystery.\u00a0<em>NCIS: Origins<\/em>\u00a0capitalizes on this by presenting Strickland as someone who isn\u2019t technically on Franks\u2019 team but assists him with intel on sensitive cases. Their coded communications and humor\u2014like Strickland telling Franks \u201cBlue folder\u201d and his confused response\u2014suggest an offbeat yet professional rapport.<\/p>\n<p>This missing link from\u00a0<em>NCIS<\/em>\u00a0adds layers of intrigue to the prequel, showing the covert operations and complex relationships Gibbs was surrounded by from the start.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A surprising connection in\u00a0NCIS: Origins\u00a0Episode 4 makes a key missed opportunity in the original series even more intriguing. The prequel series delves into the early days of&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47","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\/47","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=47"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47\/revisions\/49"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/48"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}