NCIS and NCIS: Origins are set for a shock crossover occasion. Debuting in 2003 as a backdoor pilot spinoff from the present JAG, NCIS has grow to be a popular culture phenomenon, and has to date run for 22 seasons and greater than 1,000 episodes, spawning 5 spinoff reveals, together with prequel collection NCIS: Origins, which premiered in 2024.

The franchise has grow to be vastly profitable, with NCIS season 23 being confirmed in February 2025, and is about to premiere on October 14. Origins, centered on the early lifetime of Leroy Gibbs, debuted final yr, and its second season can also be set to premiere on October 14, which has led to an thrilling and sudden announcement.

The NCIS YouTube channel has dropped a crossover announcement video that includes Wilmer Valderrama, who performs Nick Torres within the flagship procedural, alongside Austin Stowell, who performs the younger Gibbs in NCIS: Origins. Each males face the digital camera and deal with the viewer, revealing an epic crossover between the 2 reveals.

The crossover shall be centered on fixing a decades-long case, NCIS: Origins within the ’90s, and NCIS within the current day. The particular occasion is coming to CBS on Tuesday, November 11. Try the announcement video under:

What This Crossover Means For The NCIS Franchise

Stills from NCIS season 22 episode 11

This is among the most fun updates the NCIS franchise has had, and it isn’t the primary time the reveals have had a crossover occasion, with a serious one occurring again in 2023. Nonetheless, that is the primary NCIS crossover episode occasion that may happen throughout completely different time durations, and this makes for an thrilling and immersive occasion.

The truth that the present is about to leap between time durations, and give attention to an enormous case, guarantees to be not like something NCIS viewers have seen earlier than. It is an occasion that, if profitable, might result in a number of different crossovers sooner or later, and strengthens the hyperlink between the unique flagship present, and Origins as a prequel.

Our Take On The NCIS Crossover Occasion

Gibbs in NCIS: Origins
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The NCIS crossover might grow to be an enormous success, and the truth that the 2 reveals are airing on the identical dates signifies that their seasons have possible been deliberate to align in different methods too. What’s extra, the current premiere of one other spinoff present, NCIS: Tony & Ziva, ought to assist to extend curiosity within the crossover, and generate extra viewers.

NCIS: Origins is a by-product that’s nonetheless discovering its toes, and it might want to excel as its personal present, however that does not imply it might probably’t lean on the unique present alongside the way in which. The crossover is a good way for each NCIS and NCIS: Origins to flex their inventive muscle tissue, and improve the franchise’s long-term prospects.

NCIS and NCIS: Origins return on October 14.

NCIS

6/10

Launch Date

September 23, 2003

Showrunner

Donald P. Bellisario

Sean Murray

Timothy McGee

David McCallum

Dr. Donald ‘Ducky’ Mallard

NCIS: Origins

Launch Date

October 14, 2024

Administrators

Niels Arden Oplev, John Terlesky, Diana Valentine, Edward Ornelas, Hanelle M. Culpepper, Lionel Coleman, Loren Yaconelli, Pete Chatmon, Pamela Romanowsky, Ruben Garcia, Jessica Lowrey

Austin Stowell

Leroy Jethro Gibbs

Kyle Schmid

Particular Agent Mike Franks