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NCIS: ORIGINS
Air Date: Tuesday, November 11, 2025
Time Slot: 8:00 PM-9:00 PM EST on CBS
Episode Title: (#ORI205) "Funny How Time Slips Away"
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GIBBS AND THE TEAM TRAVEL TO A SMALL DUST-BLOWN TOWN TO INVESTIGATE A NAVAL OFFICER'S DEATH, ON THE FIRST PART OF THE NCIS CROSSOVER EVENT ON "NCIS: ORIGINS," TUESDAY, NOV. 11

Mark Harmon Returns as Gibbs in Special Guest Appearance

"Funny How Time Slips Away" - When a naval officer mysteriously dies in the '90s, Gibbs (Austin Stowell) and the team travel to the small dust-blown town of Serenity, Calif., where they encounter secret-harboring residents, an uncooperative sheriff and an investigation that will reverberate for decades, on the first part of the NCIS crossover event on NCIS: ORIGINS, Tuesday, Nov. 11 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and streaming on Paramount+ (live and on demand for Paramount+ Premium plan subscribers, or on demand for Paramount+ Essential subscribers the day after the episode airs)*. Mark Harmon returns to the role of Gibbs in a special guest appearance.

STORY BY: Gina Lucita Monreal & David J. North

TELEPLAY BY: David J. North & Brendan Fehily

DIRECTED BY: Niels Arden Oplev







NCIS: ORIGINS (CBS)
BROADCAST HISTORY:
10/14/24 - ???
STATUS:
currently airing (fall 2026)
TIME SLOT:
tuesdays from 10:00 PM-11:00 PM EST
CURRENT SEASON:
3 (10 episodes)
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DESCRIPTION:
(from CBS's web site, October 2026) NCIS: ORIGINS follows a young Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Austin Stowell) in the early ‘90s, years prior to the events of NCIS, and is narrated by Mark Harmon. In season three, Harmon returns as Gibbs, appearing in all episodes as part of a present-day mystery tied to his ‘90s Camp Pendleton days in an action-packed story that unfolds all season long.
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Austin Stowell as Young Leroy Jethro Gibbs
· Caleb Foote as Bernard "Randy" Randolf
· Diany Rodriguez as Vera Strickland
· Kyle Schmid as Mike Franks
· Mariel Molino as Lala Dominguez
· Mark Harmon as Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Voice)
· Tyla Abercrumbie as Mary Jo Hayes
CREW INFORMATION:
· David J. North as CRTR/EP
· Gina Lucita Monreal as CRTR/EP
· Mark Harmon as EP
· Niels Arden Oplev as EP/DIR (Pilot)
· Sean Harmon as EP
GENRE(S):
· based on a tv series
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· CBS Studios