NCIS Begins a Perfect Ending for Mark Harmon’s Gibbs With a Possible Lala Reunion
The tracker reveals Lala’s fate
Gibbs and Emily Bishop pursue the tracker in a car chase and capture him. At a secure location, Gibbs threatens him with tools, and the man agrees to talk.
The tracker says his client was an average white man he found on the dark web. When shown Lala’s obituary, the client said she had not been on the plane. Gibbs had told Bishop in the previous episode that Lala died in a crash, so the revelation challenges what he believed.
A mystery with little time
The tracker’s account does not identify who is hunting Gibbs and the other person. It does, however, establish that the second person is Lala, while raising questions about why she faked her death, where she has been, and why she did not tell Gibbs.
Season 3 has 10 episodes, and episode 5 is the midpoint. Gibbs, Bishop and any others who join them have five episodes to identify the person behind the tracker and locate Lala so they can protect her.
A possible send-off for Gibbs
A reunion between Gibbs and Lala could give Mark Harmon’s older Gibbs a meaningful ending if this is his last appearance in NCIS: Origins. The season has already brought Gibbs together with old friends and returned him to the NCIS office.
Key points
- The captured tracker says Lala was not on the plane that Gibbs believed killed her.
- The tracker’s account leaves the identity of his client unresolved.
- Gibbs and his allies have five episodes to find Lala and learn who hired the tracker.
- A reunion with Lala could provide a fitting ending for Mark Harmon’s older Gibbs.