Since this month, NCIS: Origins can be seen on US television – the prequel to NCIS, in which Austin Stowell plays the Jethro Gibbs role established by Mark Harmon. As a prequel, the series also shows the origin of a classic Gibbs tactic in the third episode (Bend, Don’t Break): It explains why the competent investigator always the elevator stops between floors.
That’s behind NCIS star Gibbs’ elevator habit
In the latest NCIS: Origins episode, the investigation leads to a mall where a security guard named Danny Prado (Richard Blackmon) works, according to TVLine. Not only did he have to do with a murder victim, but he was also accidentally responsible for his death. As the suspect makes his way home, Gibbs joins him in the elevator and stops it between floors using the emergency stop button.
While the older Gibbs usually pulled off this maneuver in order to be able to have a personal conversation with colleagues, the young Gibbs had a much more case-related motive here: he wanted to either force a confession out of the suspect, or at least give his team enough time to do so Securing evidence against him – which actually worked.
The smuggling of stolen weapons into El Salvador was also thwarted, but team leader Mike Franks (Kyle Schmid) still wasn’t happy. Gibbs’ argument for the unconventional approach:
When you stop an elevator, you stop the world. You can look inside a person to see what is real.
NCIS fans received the new Gibbs actor Stowell relatively positively after the first double episode. Even if many don’t see much resemblance to a young Mark Harmon.
When is the series NCIS: Origins coming to Germany?
The NCIS prequel has so far no German start date yet. Most recently, the 21st season of the parent series was shown on free TV on Sat.1. The spin-off NCIS: Hawaii can be found on Paramount+.
The streaming service Joyn has now become another major contact point for NCIS series. There should be over 1000 episodes from four formats here.
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