NCIS: Origins

• Title: NCIS: Origins – Crazy Little Thing Called Love
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Following the theme of the season in which various episodes highlight a single character, although his sexuality doesn’t become common knowledge, the drama behind Wheeler‘s (Patrick Fischler) impending divorce takes center stage and will even play into the murder of the week when the NIS Special Agent in Charge will have to decide whether or not to reveal an alibi given by a career military man, clearing him of the crime, puts him in violation of the uniform code. Mostly an excuse for Wheeler to lose hit shit in the office, the plot does offer a couple of strong scenes between Wheeler and Mary Jo (Tyla Abercrumbie) proving once again why she is the most indispensable member of the office.

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• Title: NCIS: Origins – Happy Birthday
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Randy‘s (Caleb Foote) birthday and Franks (Kyle Schmid) growing agitation with too much change in his life anchor the episode where the NIS team looks to solve the death of a Marine found in an abandoned house in what appears to be part of some bizarre ritual. Believing he entered a similar case into the computer, Randy spends too much time in his search for Franks’ liking leading to a confrontation which also highlights Randy’s personality and making the best of a bad situation (even if Franks’ actions do manage to draw his ire).

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• Title: NCIS: Origins – The Edge
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Dedicated to David McCallum, the actor who played Ducky on NCIS For more than 450 episodes, “The Edge” guest-stars Adam Campbell (who also played the younger version of the character on NCIS) as Ducky is sent to NIS to discover if the West Coast branch needs its own full-time medical examiner. Met initially with anger and suspicion, based largely on the baggage characters are already carrying around this season and due to the rumors that Ducky is a spy sent to judge whether or not they should be shut down, the good doctor wins over members of the team one by one. As for Gibbs (Austin Stowell), who Ducky met years earlier and who the doctor credits with helping changing his life, he also leaves an important gift in which another key component aspect of the show’s main character is unlocked.

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• Title: NCIS: Origins – Who by Fire
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After the season premiere brought the team back together, “Who by Fire” offers a common theme about members of the team taking chances perhaps the shouldn’t. The second episode takes a longer look at the aftereffects of Lala‘s (Mariel Molino) car accident on both her and others while providing a case for a dead surfer on the Naval beach. Along with unexpectedly bringing back Flaco Navarro (Scotty Tovar) who has a dangerous deal for Lala, the episode is also built around Gibbs‘ (Austin Stowell) towards Franks (Kyle Schmid) for not allowing him to conduct an interrogation and eventually deciding to take matters into his own hands.

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