10 biggest moments and reveals

Warning! This article contains spoilers for NCIS: Origins Season 1, Episode 3, “Tip, Don’t Break.”Mark Harmon kicks off another installment of NCIS: Origins In its October 21 episode. NCIS: Origins Season 1, episode 3, “Bend, Don’t Break,” marks the series’ first episode after the double NCIS: Origins Premiere, “Enter Sandman,” introducing Austin Stowell as young Leroy Jethro Gibbs. Stowell establishes a more sensitive representation of Harmon’s character when he starts at Camp Pendleton. Gibbs starts at NIS in 1991 in the NCIS: Origins Premiere, and “Tip, Don’t Break” continues unraveling Gibbs’ NCIS beginning while adding crucial detail To the agent life after the death of his wife and daughter.

Harmon has a strong presence in the prequel series, narrating the NCIS: Origins History as Gibbs writes it. The retired agent still lives in Alaska after Mark Harmon’s NCIS Appeared in season 19, episode 4, “Great Wide Open.” It seems that Gibbs’ retirement has done some good for the former agent and gunnery sergeant, allowing Harmon’s original Gibbs character time to reflect on stories that shape his career. Although Harmon’s prequel series is the story of what happened after he lost his wife and daughter, it’s also about Lala Dominguez, and episode 3 continues to build both stories.

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Gibbs threw a funeral for Shannon and Kelly after their deaths

The timeline allows for more Jackson Gibbs

NCIS: Origins Reveals that Gibbs threw a funeral for Shannon and Kelly in “Bend, Don’t Break.” Stowell’s Gibbs also explained that he had delayed selling the family home since moving on was challenging. The episode shows a picture of the house Gibbs shared with his wife and daughter, complete with most of their belongings right where Shannon and Kelly left them.

These details add to the full picture of life for the former Marine after what happened to Gibbs’ family NCIS. Jethro’s extension of the timeline of his wife and daughter’s funeral also explains the presence of Robert Taylor’s Jackson Gibbs in the NCIS: Origins Premiere. NCIS Study suggests that Jackson Gibbs was discovered by his son after the funeral of his daughter-in-lawSo putting off Shannon and Kelly’s funeral gives Jackson Gibbs more time in the prequel series.

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Gibbs throws away his rules after joining NIS

Gibbs tossed his family’s things

NCIS: Origins Also reveals a shocking detail about Gibbs’ code of ethics in episode 3. In “Bend, Don’t Break,” Gibbs throws away his box of rulesIndicates that the former marine does not want to stick to them after his loss. It’s a shocking moment since Gibbs keeps the same box of rules in the flagship series, confusing why the special agent would throw the papers in the trash and how he gets them back.

Gibbs rules are established in NCIS, Season 1, episode 1, “Yankee White,” making it one of the best episodes of NCIS. While Gibbs’ rules are initially presented as crime scene etiquette, they develop into a code of ethics that the agent uses to guide his behavior and the behavior of his field agents. The moment foreshadows the subtle, caring role Jackson Gibbs plays in his son’s life after the death of his family.

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Mike Franks apologizes to Lala

Franks disrespected Lala

in NCIS: Origins season 1 episode 3 Mike Franks (Kyle Schmidt) apologizes to Special Agent Lala Dominguez (Mriel Molino) For something he said in the NCIS: Origins Premiere. In the pilot, Franks implies that Lala antagonizes Gibbs because she wants to be intimate with him. Although Lala isn’t giving Gibbs an easy time, and it’s frustrating for the team leader, Franks clearly crossed a line by implying that Lala is like a dog in heat.

In episode 3, Franks apologizes to Lala, but it’s not an apology. Franks tells Lala that he told his partner about the situation, and she tells Franks to apologize. Franks tells Lala what his partner said rather than actually delivering an apology, continuing a trend for Franks in the NCIS franchise where the character holds a complicated perception of women in the workforce.

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Jackson Gibbs confronts Mike Franks about Leroy Jethro joining NIS

Jackson knows his son has a death wish

NCIS: Origins Episode 3 reveals that Franks and Jackson Gibbs know each other from the Kelly and Shannon case. In “Bend, Don’t Break,” Jackson confronts Frank about recruiting his son to join his team at NIS. After Jackson talks to Franks, he asks Leroy Jethro to return to Stillwater, Pennsylvania, to work in his general store, showing that the father just wants to take care of his son in the face of tragedy.

Therefore, when Jackson visits Franks, Schmidt’s character warns about Gibbs’ mental state on the heels of losing his family. Franks and Jackson share a connection to what happened to Gibbs’ wife and daughter in NCIS. They both want to help him but have different ideas about what young Gibbs needs. Gibbs’ elder reminds Franks that his son has a death wish and that he is putting him in the line of fire where he can act on it.

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Jackson Gibbs asks Mike Franks to get his son off the field

Franks takes Gibbs off the field (but it doesn’t last)

When Jackson Gibbs confronts Mike Franks at his home about putting his son in danger, he tells Franks to take Gibbs off the field. The older Gibbs reminds Franks how deep Gibbs’ tragedy is and that he is in a vulnerable state of mind. Jackson’s argument effectively convinced Franks to pull Jethro Gibbs from the field and put him behind a desk, but the effort was short-lived.

When Gibbs learns he’s been pulled from his field job, he’s initially so upset that he tells his dad and hallucinates his dead wife. When Gibbs wakes up in his car after seeing Shannon, he hears a police call on the radio about the case they are investigating at the mall. Gibbs decides to self-mandate that he is back on the field, showing up at the mall and interacting with their suspect despite warnings from Randy (Caleb Martin Foote).

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Vera Strickland works with Frank’s team despite not technically being a part of it

Diany Rodriguez’s character has a vague connection to Frank’s team

in the NCIS: Origins In the premiere, Lala asked if Franks’ behavior was why Vera Strickland (Diani Rodriguez) didn’t want to be on his team, to which she changed the subject. There is a vague connection between Strickland and Franks team and it still needs to be explored. That said, Strickland secures some undisclosed files to Franks in the Origins PremiereClearly working with him on a secret project.

The character’s mysterious connection to Frank’s team is based on a story from the flagship NCIS Series, III Special Agent Strickland is introduced as Franks’ first partner. Strickland’s existing relationship with Franks foreshadowed that they would work closely in NCIS: Origins, And Strickland also clearly works with the team. For example, she helps Lala find the correct file despite her loose connections.

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Leroy Jethro Gibbs asks Jackson to leave while visiting California (and he does)

Jackson Gibbs respects his son’s wishes for his visit

In a heartbreaking moment for the NCIS franchise, Young Gibbs begs his father to let him in alone NCIS: Origins Episode 3And the father is obliged. Gibbs is furious with his father after learning from Franks that his father discussed the chances of pulling him from the field. Instead, Gibbs is defensive of his needs, telling Jackson to get out despite his father helping set up his new apartment.

Gibbs’ older brother helps set up a bed for his son during episode 3, and he is aware that his son needs to move on. Jackson knows that even though Jethro doesn’t want to put the pieces of his life back together, it makes things worse to sleep on the floor and refuse to keep his life. Still, Jackson shows he’s more concerned about respecting his son’s wishes than doing what he thinks is right when he flies back home.

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NCIS: Origins finally reveals rule #29 with a hallucination of Shannon Gibbs

Rule #29 is missing from Gibbs’ Code in NCIS

In “Bend, Don’t Break,” Gibbs hallucinates his late wife as he passes out behind the wheel of his car. The hallucination of Shannon finally reveals Gibbs’ Rule #29: “Learn to obey before you command.” This rule is long missing from Gibbs’ list of rules in NCIS, which has many entries but is still incomplete.

With Shannon’s character to discover the first rule in the NCIS: Origins History is meaningful since Shannon inspires the rules. in NCIS Season 6, episode 4, “Heartland,” the flagship flashes back to Jethro’s upbringing in Stillwater, Pennsylvania, explaining how he met his wife in a dress shop. This episode explains how Gibbs picks up the idea of ​​a code of rules from a young Shannon GibbsWhich says one of her rules is never go out with a stick.

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NCIS: Origins reveals the origin of Gibbs’ elevator habit

Gibbs bends the rules with an elevator hostage in episode 3

NCIS: Origins Season 1, Episode 3 also reveals the beginning of a quintessential Gibbs habit. In the flagship NCIS series, Gibbs naturally pulled the emergency stop to pause the elevator For more serious conversations. This is the most private place in NCIS headquarters when Gibbs was Special Agent-in-Charge, and Harmon’s character often used the trick in NCIS When he needed to get on the same page as someone else.

“Tape, Don’t Break” shows the origins of Gibbs’ elevator trick when he uses it to hold a suspect hostage. It’s only Gibbs’ second case NCIS: Origins When he decides to pull the risky maneuver, that puts Gibbs in dangerous territory, especially since Franks pulled him off the field. Still, Gibbs’ trick works to extract more information from their suspect, showing him hoping his tested communication method.

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Jackson Gibbs saves Jethro’s rules

Jackson knows Gibbs needs a code to live by

At the episode’s conclusion, Jackson Gibbs stops his taxi at his son’s old house On the way to the airport, looking at the trash he threw out of his former home that morning. Saddened to find Jethro’s rules in the wastebasket, Jackson pulls them out and takes them with him before heading to the airport to catch his flight home to Stillwater. The moment shows that, while respecting his son’s wishes, Jackson knows what Jethro Gibbs needs.

In the narrative that unfolds at this moment, Harmon’s Gibbs reveals that his dad knew he needed a code to live by. He reflects that he wishes he could tell his dad thank you while alive. While the moment is heartbreaking, considering that Jackson Gibbs died in the NCIS universe, it shows that Jackson and Jethro still care for each other during their estranged years.