NCIS: Origins — 2024-present · 2 seasons · 36 eps

★ 7.5

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NCIS: Origins

2024-present 2 seasons 36 episodes

★ 7.5 (5,590 votes) Top 50%

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.

Episode Ratings Grid

Every episode at a glance, color-coded by rating. Rows are episode numbers within each season, columns are seasons.

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S2

E1

7.6

8.2

E2

7.6

7.8

E3

7.6

9.2

E4

8.1

8.2

E5

7.6

8.4

E6

7.6

8.1

E7

7.8

7.8

E8

7.7

8.3

E9

8.5

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E10

8.8

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E11

8.1

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E12

7.9

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E13

8.1

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E14

8.1

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E15

8.2

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E16

7.8

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E17

8.2

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E18

8.8

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Episode Power Rankings

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🏆 Top Episodes

#1 9.2

S2E3 The Edge

Young Ducky is sent to Camp Pendleton to shadow the team while they work a case and, in the process, he reconnects with Gibbs after the two crossed paths years earlier.

#2

S1E10 8.8

Blue Bayou

As Leroy Jethro Gibbs prepares for his first Christmas without his wife and daughter, flashbacks reveal the unlikely journey that led to his first day on the job as a special agent.

#3

S1E18 8.8

Cecilia

When the murder of Pedro Hernandez is unearthed, Gibbs faces a reckoning. But when he needs his team most, the loyalty of one is brought into question.

4. S1E9 "Vivo o Muerto" 8.5
5. S2E5 "Funny How Time Slips Away" 8.4
6. S2E8 "End of the Road" 8.3
7. S1E15 "From the Ashes" 8.2
8. S1E17 "Darlin', Don't Refrain" 8.2
9. S2E1 "The Funky Bunch" 8.2
10. S2E4 "No Man Left Behind" 8.2

📉 Bottom Episodes

#26

S1E6 7.6

Incognito

Gibbs goes undercover for the first time with Lala as NIS works the case of a dead Navy seaman who may have been sharing top-secret intel that poses a threat to national security. Also, Lala struggles with her place on the team and an unexpected development in her personal life.

25. S1E5 "Last Rites" 7.6
24. S1E3 "Bend, Don't Break" 7.6
23. S1E2 "Enter Sandman, Part 2" 7.6
22. S1E1 "Enter Sandman" 7.6

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Episode Engagement

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13 Standouts

0 Infamous

13 Hidden Gems

0 Forgettable

Top Standout: S1E10 Blue Bayou

Best Hidden Gem: S2E5 Funny How Time Slips Away

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