Origins: The NCIS Prequal

[Kiwi cop]

I have been waiting to see if there is any comment on this new show on CBS. Not seen anything so.....

Despite living at the bottom of the world I have caught the first three (of thirteen episodes I believe) of the new NCIS Gibbs prequel online. It is certainly very different from the series' we already know.

First, it is set in the early 1990's, when Gibbs first became an NIS (before the change of designation to NCIS) agent. There is almost no forensics beyond fingerprints and basic DNA, so it is police procedural driven, not science.

Second, it is gritty and quite dark, both figuratively and metaphorically. Each episode so far has a fair amount of low light footage, from a burnt out cabin in the woods at night to drainage tunnels used by the homeless. Gibbs' emotional state, soon after the killing of his wife and daughter, is raw.

There is some "bonding" over drinks in a bar, but none of the light heartedness that is the hallmark of the original version and the spinoffs to date.

And it fills in Gibbs' background, how he developed his "rules" and what drove him to become, well Gibbs.

I hope the show succeeds and develops into a regular season.

 

[zeke]

Am liking it so far.

 

[soFlaNative]

Giving it a chance, like so far. Casting is OK, Robert Taylor (Longmire) as Gibbs's father was inspired. Other characters are interesting and/or easy on the eyes.
Lots of directions this show could go but I'll continue to watch.

 

[sceva]

Does he carry the Ruger speed Six that was NIS issue at the time? There was one episode in regular NCIS where he pulled out his old NIS revolver to use, yes a Speed Six.

 

[mckenney99]

I have been a huge fan of the original NCIS series since it's beginning. For me, the draw has always been the character driven stories and excellent writing. I also like the fact that the original series stories are less terrorist, massive foreign nuclear, biological and chemical end of the world plot driven than the secondary shows which just got too far fetched.
I will give the Origins series a fair chance to develop. I have enjoyed seeing the little bread crumbs that explain some of the gray Gibb's peculiarities.
I am still trying to warm up to NCIS Australia. The twitchy little "blue bird" character is a huge distraction for me (not in a good way).

 

[Grayfox]

I'm watching. I've enjoyed all the NCIS series so far. Interesting how the original has outlasted two of the sequels. And yeah, Sydney does seem a little off.

As for Origins, I'm not sure yet. The Gibbs character is a mess. I completely understand why. But I'm having trouble seeing him like that. Just don't seem right.
I am kinda liking the Mike Franks character. I can see a connection between him and the older Franks from NCIS.
We'll see where it goes.

 

[Kiwi cop]

I am still trying to warm up to NCIS Australia. The twitchy little "blue bird" character is a huge distraction for me (not in a good way).

Let's be honest here. NCIS Australia was a way to get around the 2022 writers strike and put new programs on television at the time , and was not realistic. First no badges or guns then a few episodes in guns and badges appeared. And just how often are US Naval ships in Sydney?

I did like NCIS New Orleans, although I stopped watching after Lasalle got killed.

I was watching the New Orleans pilot a few weeks ago and there was a scene at Cafe Du Monde of Decatur St. I noticed a sax player in the background who looked familiar. Sure enough he had been in the same spot playing when Karen and I visited there in September 2020. And I got a kick out of seeing places I had visited.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

I think "Origins" rates an 8 out of 10.

The canceled NCIS Hawaii and kept NCIS Sydney, poor choice!

Ivan

 

[WR Moore]

One of the things I always liked about the original NCIS was that they managed to make some effort to establish jurisdiction. This is very lacking in the other Federal LEA shows-NCIS New Orleans excepted.

Never did care for the Hawaii/Sydney versions.

Origins has promise. But, the younger Gibbs seems larger than he is later in life. They did a good job matching Franks.

 

[Denverd0n]

May have to take a look at this one. I stopped watching the NCIS spin-offs when both LA and NO became progressively more "politically correct" and left leaning.