NCIS: Origins shocked viewers by having Gary Callahan the canine get stabbed within the line of obligation — however did he survive?
In the course of the Tuesday, April 7, episode of the NCIS prequel, flashbacks reveals how Gary got here into Franks’ (Kyle Schmid) life. Then in current time they have been chasing a suspect when the canine is badly stabbed. The blade in the end broken a number of nerves controlling the motion in his hind legs, which made the vet work that he received’t be capable to stroll once more.
The episode ended with scenes from Gary’s induction ceremony vs. his retirement, which he obtained as much as get his medal recognizing his braveness and valor. (Gary will stay an agent the place he’ll cut up time between Franks on the weekends and Herm on the workdays.)
“Perhaps it was simply grit or hell, or possibly it was a miracle, however in that second, Gary Callahan stood up and took his first steps — for the second time,” Mark Harmon‘s Gibbs stated in a voiceover.
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NCIS: Origins, which premiered in October 2024, follows a younger Gibbs — a task originated by Mark Harmon — years previous to the occasions of NCIS. The brand new sequence picks up lower than a 12 months after Gibbs’ spouse and daughter have been killed. Throughout season 1, Gibbs began a brand new job as a particular agent on the NIS Camp Pendleton workplace whereas nonetheless coping with the aftermath of dropping his household.
“That was actually our final purpose from the beginning was to make a present that the followers of the unique present beloved and felt glad by. However [it is] additionally [a show] that new viewers can are available in from the start of NCIS: Origins,” cocreator Gina Monreal defined to Us Weekly in April 2025. “Viewers can leap in and never be confused and actually get on board with our characters and their tales. We’ve at all times approached it from that viewpoint. I really feel like we’ve succeeded.”
She continued: “We’re actually eager on sticking to canon [events]. We’re strict about that. We wish to pay respect to the mothership. We each have written on the mothership and do love that present. However we additionally love branching out into our new characters and digging into their emotional lives.”
On the time, Monreal and cocreator David J. North talked about how they have been capable of discover every part they deliberate in season 1 — however there was one concept they wish to increase on.
“Particular Agent Gary Callahan — or Okay-9 Particular Agent — we may have gotten extra of him in there. So we’d like extra flashbacks,” North quipped. “Perhaps that’s the following spinoff. NCIS: Gary Callahan.”
NCIS: Origins airs Tuesdays to CBS at 9 p.m. ET.
