As NCIS: Origins moves forward, fans can expect emotional complexity, professional stakes, and romance that’s both teased and restrained. Gibbs’ journey isn’t just about love — it’s about the making of a leader, a partner, and an agent whose choices reverberate across the franchise.

In recent years, the couple worked together on 2023's Night Shift, and in February 2025, Bowles was cast as Fischler's on-screen wife in NCIS: Origins, per TV Line. Season 1, episode 17, which airs on April 21, will mark her first appearance on the show.

Besides the central actors Austin Stowell, Kyle Schmidt, and Mariel Molino, Philip Winchester and Adam Campbell are slated to join NCIS: Origins Season 2 as guest actors

One thing that NCIS: Origins has been excellent at accomplishing is staying true to the history of Leroy Jethro Gibbs’ past, and tonight, they continue the trend with a story that reunites the young Gibbs ( Austin Stowell) with Dr. Donald “Ducky” Mallard at NIS headquarters at Camp Pendleton, CA.

Gibbs gets a visitor at Camp Pendleton from DC Headquarters in a new NCIS: Origins Season 2, Episode 3 sneak peek. See the very special reunion here.

Adam Campbell ’s return to the NCIS universe as young Donald “Ducky” Mallard on NCIS: Origins will pay homage to the OG character — and drop a few easter eggs for fans of his and Gibbs’ friendship.

Origins will be seeing a Gibbs first, and Austin Stowell spoke to PopCulture.com about what to expect. In “Who by Fire,” airing on Tuesday at 9 p.m. ET on CBS, “When the body of a college swimmer washes up on the beach,

NCIS: Origins lead Austin Stowell weighed in on the fate of his co-star Mariel Molino's character Lala ahead of season two's premiere