Director: Niels Arden Oplev
Before the famous team ever existed, there was a young agent finding his footing, and "NCIS: Origins" spends its 2024 debut season tracing exactly how that happened.
What is NCIS: Origins about?
Set at Camp Pendleton, the series follows a young Leroy Jethro Gibbs during his earliest days with the Naval Investigative Service, long before the rank and reputation that later stories built around him. Each episode leans on period-accurate cases and the friction of an agent still learning which instincts to trust, set against a naval base culture that isn't always eager to let outsiders in. It's less about a single mystery and more about watching a career take its first real shape, one investigation at a time, in a world where every misstep has consequences.
Cast & crew
Austin Stowell takes on the role of young Gibbs, supported by Mariel Molino, Kyle Schmid, Tyla Abercrumbie, Diany Rodriguez, Lori Petty, and Bobby Moynihan as the wider Camp Pendleton cast. Mark Harmon, who originated the Gibbs role in the flagship series, appears in a guiding capacity that ties the prequel back to the character audiences already know. Niels Arden Oplev directs with a steady, procedural hand suited to the show's period setting.
Context & significance
Arriving in 2024 as a prequel to one of American television's longest-running crime franchises, "NCIS: Origins" trades the present-day forensics of its parent show for an earlier era of investigative work, with 40-minute episodes built around case-of-the-week structure. It carries a strong 7.4 rating on IMDb, suggesting the origin-story approach has resonated even with long-time followers of the main series, who get to see familiar institutional dynamics from a ground floor that the original show never had time to revisit.
Where & how to watch
"NCIS: Origins" is available on K-Time with Persian subtitles, letting Farsi-speaking viewers follow the investigations and the base politics without missing a beat. A free K-Time account unlocks streaming; the show's page here can be read by anyone, signed in or not.