Warning: SPOILERS for the NCIS: Origins episode “Cecilia” are ahead!
When NCIS: Origins premiered last October, Mark Harmon’s older Leroy Jethro Gibbs informed viewers that the story he was telling in the prequel was about “her,” i.e. Mariel Molino’s Cecilia “Lala” Dominguez. Considering Lala wasn’t mentioned once during Gibbs’ time on the original NCIS, there must have been a pretty good reason why he didn’t feel comfortable telling this story until now.
