There’s a reason that people who work together sometimes end up getting together. It’s that they understand each other. There’s a lot of Lala in Gibbs and vice versa that they see a bit of a mirror image.

Austin Stowell thinks his character Leroy Jethro Gibbs created Rule 12 because of his personal feelings. The NCIS: Origins actor is playing a young Gibbs, who was originally portrayed on the first show by Mark Harmon.

Origins episode “Incognito” are ahead! Mariel Molino was the first actress to be announced for NCIS: Origins, and ahead of the prequel’s debut on the 2024 TV schedule, lead actor Austin Stowell clarified that Leroy Jethro Gibbs and her character,

Origins is building up to Lala's death - but Austin Stowell has another guess. "I had a theory that I had expressed to people on set - and it's kind of been proven wrong already," Stowell, 39, exclusively told Us Weekly about his thoughts on where Mariel Molino‘s character