{"id":2158689,"date":"2025-11-15T14:46:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T14:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2158689"},"modified":"2025-11-15T14:46:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T14:46:05","slug":"ncis-fans-will-be-pissed-off-to-learn-mark-harmon-doesnt-know-this-about-his-character-gibbs-origins-co-creator-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/ncis-fans-will-be-pissed-off-to-learn-mark-harmon-doesnt-know-this-about-his-character-gibbs-origins-co-creator-says\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cNCIS\u201d fans will be &#8216;pissed off&#8217; to learn Mark Harmon doesn&#8217;t know this about his character Gibbs, \u201cOrigins\u201d co-creator says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/mark-harmon\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Mark Harmon;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Mark Harmon<\/a> played Supervisory Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs for 19 seasons on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/ncis\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:NCIS;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>NCIS<\/em><\/a>. Forgive him if he&#8217;s forgotten a few things along the way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Speaking to <em>Entertainment Weekly <\/em>about the flagship police procedural&#8217;s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/austin-stowell-intense-ncis-and-ncis-origins-crossover-exclusive-11846444\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:recent crossover;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">recent crossover<\/a> with its first prequel spinoff,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/everything-to-know-about-ncis-origins-8727385\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:NCIS: Origins;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>NCIS: Origins<\/em><\/a>, however,\u00a0co-creators David J. North and Gina Lucita Monreal say that exactly what Harmon&#8217;s forgotten about his beloved character may just be unforgivable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Monreal says the franchise&#8217;s first-ever crossover through time explores &#8220;a cornerstone of [Gibbs&#8217;] personality.&#8221; Namely, his steadfast dedication to victims&#8217; advocacy, which at times can verge on obsession. All this despite one of Gibbs&#8217; famous rules: &#8220;When the job is done, walk away.&#8221; Monreal describes rule No. 11 as &#8220;central to this episode,&#8221; and Harmon himself recites it in a special cameo at the end of the <em>Origins <\/em>half of the crossover.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Hearing this particular rule spoken aloud makes North laugh. He confesses that when he brought it up to Harmon, he told the producer something that &#8220;fans will get pissed off&#8221; about, something that may even &#8220;destroy some fans&#8217; hearts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\">\n<p>Erik Voake\/CBS<\/p>\n<p> Mariel Molino and Austin Stowell as Lala Dominguez and Leroy Jethro Gibbs on &#8216;NCIS: Origins&#8217;<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;We were in the sound studio doing Mark&#8217;s voiceover with him the other day,&#8221; North recalls. &#8220;I was talking to him about what this is in episode 5, how so much of it is based on rule No. 11, &#8216;When the job&#8217;s over, walk away.&#8217; And he said, &#8216;Man, the fans walk up to me nonstop and ask me about those rules.&#8217; I said, &#8216;Do you know any of them? Do you know one of the rules?&#8217; And he goes, &#8216;There&#8217;s one about a knife.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">North and Monreal chuckle over Harmon&#8217;s relative ignorance about what has become an integral feature of the series; indeed, an institution within the <em>NCIS<\/em>-verse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;If it feels like you&#8217;re being played, you probably are.&#8221; &#8220;Bend the line, don&#8217;t break it.&#8221; &#8220;Never mess with a Marine&#8217;s coffee if you want to live.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The senior naval police investigator&#8217;s unofficial guidelines to being an ace agent were first referenced on the very first season of <em>NCIS<\/em>. Fan-favorite wiseacre Tony DiNozzo (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/michael-weatherly\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Michael Weatherly;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Michael Weatherly<\/a>) suspects they originated from Gibbs&#8217; days in the Marine Corps, while others sarcastically crack that he just makes them up as he goes along.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">But by Harmon&#8217;s final days on the series&#8217; 19th season, he&#8217;d spouted at least 40 distinct pearls of wisdom that&#8217;ve become so legendary within the franchise that characters across all six spinoffs have invoked them during their own investigations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong><em>Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with\u00a0our\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/ew-dispatch-newsletter-11812417\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:EW Dispatch newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">EW Dispatch newsletter<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Last Tuesday&#8217;s <em>NCIS<\/em>\/<em>Origins <\/em>crossover began on the prequel with a grisly train accident that wipes out a car, killing its driver. The tragic accident is revealed as a sinister crime, for which the members of an entire town are suspected. A wrongful conviction proves haunting enough to follow the NCIS team to the present, where they seize on the chance to solve the case once and for all when a prison break puts it back on the front page.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Gibbs may have stepped away from <em>NCIS <\/em>in 2021, but he&#8217;s remained a constant force within the franchise, providing the voiceover narration to new <em>Origins <\/em>episodes each week. Harmon finally reprised Gibbs in the flesh at the beginning and end of the crossover episode, &#8220;Funny How Time Slips Away.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Thirty years go by faster than you think,&#8221; Gibbs intones in his typically commanding manner at the outset. &#8220;The details get fuzzy along the way, but the victims, the victims are hard to let go of. Back then, I thought maybe it would help to carry them with me. I cut out their pictures and stuck them in my notepad. When it comes to the job, people tell you to do the opposite; they tell you to lock them away, compartmentalize, they call it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">That&#8217;s the exact quality Monreal identifies as a &#8220;cornerstone&#8221; of Gibbs&#8217; psychological profile. The question then became, &#8220;How are we going to visualize that?&#8221; Then came the idea of showing Harmon&#8217;s younger counterpart on <em>Origins<\/em>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/ncis-origins-austin-stowell-diane-big-questions-finale-11723776\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Austin Stowell;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Austin Stowell<\/a>, cutting out pictures from recent cases, and of making rule No. 11 &#8220;central to the episode.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Sonja Flemming\/CBS Michael Weatherly, Mark Harmon, and Cote de Pablo on 'NCIS'\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/gRDUFNgGmqA.iwlEhMSm7g--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/entertainment_weekly_785\/517280bdcd752fc1a826ca04f84c7114\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\">\n<p>Sonja Flemming\/CBS<\/p>\n<p> Michael Weatherly, Mark Harmon, and Cote de Pablo on &#8216;NCIS&#8217;<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Over the years, Gibbs&#8217; various rules have been shown in writing \u2014 Harmon&#8217;s own distinct handwriting, which also made a cameo on the crossover.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;He handwrote all of those rules, so he had to write them like 10 times each,&#8221; Monreal explains. &#8220;He has beautiful handwriting. Very unique penmanship that we&#8217;ve seen on the original <em>NCS<\/em> many times. So we wanted to match it here when we saw the rule box, and he was game to write all those rules.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">After the true perpetrator in the train killing walks free at the end of &#8220;Funny How Time Slips Away,&#8221; Gibbs notes he &#8220;did my best to abide&#8221; by the rule to always walk away. &#8220;But in the end, it&#8217;s easier said than done,&#8221; he somberly says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">For the viewers who were thrilled by this novel crossover, <em>NCIS <\/em>star <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/wilmer-valderrama\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Wilmer Valderrama;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Wilmer Valderrama<\/a> previously told EW that there&#8217;s much more in store.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;There&#8217;s gonna be some major surprises. There&#8217;s gonna be some nostalgic surprises, and we have a lot of big episodes,&#8221; Valderrama shared.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>NCIS\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>NCIS: Origins\u00a0<\/em>air on Tuesdays as part of CBS&#8217; &#8220;All-<em>NCIS\u00a0<\/em>Tuesdays,&#8221; and stream the following day on Paramount+.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/ncis-fans-will-be-pissed-off-at-what-mark-harmon-doesnt-know-about-gibbs-11849457\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Entertainment Weekly;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Entertainment Weekly<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Harmon played Supervisory Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs for 19 seasons on NCIS. 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