NCIS: Origins

NCIS: Origins – Sick as Our Secrets

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The primary focus of “Sick as Our Secrets” deals with  Gibbs (Austin Stowell) and Randy (Caleb Foote) being assigned the protection detail for a priest (Jonah Wharton) who knows the identity of a killer but cannot share it because it came through the confessional. The episode really exists to explore the guilt Randy has been carrying around for months, volunteering for every protection detail, after another agent took his place protecting Gibbs’ wife and daughter. As for the case of the week, it’s fine, and includes an interesting segment of Gibbs and Randy mistaking a pair of robbers as killers, but ultimately anticlimactic as the pair end up not protecting him from the killer and the priest simply gives them the name (meaning no one is asked to solve a crime). 

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NCIS: Origins – One Flew Over

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“One Flew Over” is more memorable for the Gibbs‘ (Austin Stowell) storylines than the murder of the week involving an elderly woman with dementia found dead in the woods. For Gibbs we get a present involving him taking care of an injured bird while flashbacks tie back, in an not-so-subtle metaphor, to the soldier’s early interactions with Franks (Kyle Schmid) after returning home and his frustrations with the murderer still roaming free. Before the end, we’ll also see Franks being unable to let a personal case go providing some understanding and commonalities between Franks and his probie. 

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NCIS: Origins – Incognito

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Gibbs‘ (Austin Stowell) first undercover operation is more notable for it continuing to build up the importance of Dominguez (Mariel Molino) to Gibbs during Mark Harmon‘s narration than anything that happens in the field as the two’s attempt to buy stolen missile plans nearly goes south due to the slow response of their FBI backup. The episode continues to highlight Lala’s struggles with the boys’ network and second-thoughts about moving in with her boyfriend leading to getting frisky with a stranger outside the local bar. As to the foreshadowing, the show sure seems to be leading up to something tragic in the not-too-distant future.

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NCIS: Origins – Last Rites

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  • Title: NCIS: Origins – Last Rites
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Keeping to the theme of every single case being important to at least one member of the team (an idea that is destined for diminishing returns), “Last Rites” involves a serial killer on death row and the one victim who Franks (Kyle Schmid) was never able to find. On the eve of the execution, Franks gets roped into trying to get information out of the killer one last time before being jerked around and, finally, getting the family some closure. With Franks’ behavior more on display, in the current timeline Gibbs (Austin Stowell) gets shunted to a supporting role (although his overreaction at one point to a situation doesn’t go unnoticed). However, the episode provides more flashbacks to his past, and his hospitalization following the death of his family and his attempted suicide overseas.

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NCIS: Origins – All’s Not Lost

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NCIS: Origins - All's Not Lost

In the best episode of the show so far, the murder of a deployed soldier’s girlfriend and the disappearance of his daughter (Hattie Hoskins) hits close to home for Gibbs (Austin Stowell). While instrumental in helping with the case and knowing how to talk with the girl to get what they need to identify the killer, events also trigger memories for Gibbs about the loss of his wife and daughter which are shown in flashbacks. We see him receive the news of their deaths immediately followed by an attack on the base in which Gibbs moves towards the shelling, rather than taking cover, providing insight to Franks (Kyle Schmid) actions this season concerned with Gibbs’ state of mind and whether or not something might trigger those suicidal tendencies again.

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