Sean played a Young Gibbs on NCIS during flashback scenes, and many fans thought he was great in the role. He seemed like the obvious choice to play Gibbs again on the new show, but Sean has helped create the show and serves as an executive producer.

Warning: SPOILERS for the NCIS: Origins two-part premiere “Enter Sandman” are ahead!

Long running series 'NCIS' spawns another spin-off with 'NCIS: Origins,' which delves into Gibbs' early years.

When Bridge of Spies star Austin Stowell walked in to audition for the prequel series NCIS: Origins, Harmon recalled that he "felt the room jump a little," even "before he said an

WHAT IT'S ABOUT The last time we saw Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Mark Harmon) of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service was on the episode that aired Oct. 11, 2021, when he hugged it out with old friend and colleague Tim McGee (Sean Murray) after telling him that he wasn't going back home with him.

In an era when few streaming shows last beyond a single season, over on network TV, sturdy if faintly overheated procedurals like “NCIS” are still going strong. The first 18-plus

This is a story I don’t tell. This is the story… of her.” With those few words from Mark Harmon’s narrator Gibbs, CBS’ NCIS: Origins (airing Mondays at 10/9c) raised millions of eyebrows and got people looking at the prequel spinoff n a new way.

Origins is great news for the franchise after his NCIS exit, but it also sets up a big problem for the prequel.