NCIS: Origins (2024)
The story Gibbs never told.
In 1991, years prior to the events of NCIS, Leroy Jethro Gibbs starts his career as a newly minted special agent at the fledgling NCIS Camp Pendleton office, where he forges his place on a gritty, ragtag team led by NCIS legend Mike Franks.
| Type | TV series |
|---|---|
| First aired | 14 October 2024 |
| Status | Returning Series |
| Genre | Crime, Drama |
| Created by | Gina Lucita Monreal and David J. North |
| Starring | Austin Stowell, Kyle Schmid and Mariel Molino |
| Seasons | 3 seasons, 45 episodes |
| Episode length | about 44 min |
| Time to watch it all | about 33 hours |
| Rated | TV-14 |
| Scores | TMDB users 7.5/10 |
Where to watch NCIS: Origins
NCIS: Origins is streaming on Fubo in the US. It is also on Paramount+ ($13.99 a month). At ten hours a week, all of the series takes about 1 month of Paramount+, or $13.99 at list price.
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Where to watch NCIS: Origins in 8 other countries
| Country | Streaming on (price a month) |
|---|---|
| Australia | Paramount+ |
| Austria | Joyn free |
| Canada | Paramount+ |
| Germany | Joyn free |
| India | Prime Video ₹299 |
| Ireland | Paramount+ |
| Japan | Hulu |
| United Kingdom | Paramount+ |
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What kind of watch this is
NCIS: Origins is a 2024 crime drama that rewinds the clock to 1991. It follows a young Leroy Jethro Gibbs as he joins the early NCIS team in Camp Pendleton. He works under Mike Franks, a legend in the making. The series runs 44 minutes per episode across 3 seasons, totaling 33 hours of viewing time. That is a long weekend you will not get back. The hook is simple: it shows the grit that forged the character everyone already knows.
What the critics said
Rotten Tomatoes gave the first season an 88% approval rating. Metacritic landed on 62 out of 100 based on eight reviews, a score it files under generally favorable. It is a solid start, though not a sweeping triumph. Some fans criticized CBS for adding another NCIS franchise series following the cancellation of NCIS: Hawaiʻi.
How it did with audiences
The series traded box office receipts for screen time, skipping the financial ledger entirely. With no budget or ticket sales to report, the only hard number available is a 7.5 TMDB user score. Viewers voted for the premise, even if the accounting team never got the memo. It is a rare case where the audience’s enthusiasm did the heavy lifting, and the spreadsheet stayed blank.
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Sources
- NCIS: Origins on TMDB — synopsis, cast, ratings and recommendations
- Wikidata Q125178220 — review scores, box office and awards (CC0)
- “NCIS: Origins” on Wikipedia, by its contributors (history) — reception, audience figures and legacy, summarised and adapted here under CC BY-SA 4.0
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