Warning: SPOILERS for the NCIS: Origins two-part premiere “Enter Sandman” are ahead!

WHAT IT'S ABOUT The last time we saw Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Mark Harmon) of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service was on the ...

V iewers may miss Mark Harmon in the role of Leroy Jethro Gibbs, but there is a new NCIS agent in town. Austin Stowell spoke ...

LONDON -- Once again, Austin Stowell is having the best day ever — all thanks to him winning the role of legendary TV ...

T hroughout the history of "NCIS," Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Mark Harmon, Austin Stowell) has followed a strict set ...

Mark Harmon played Gibbs on NCIS; Austin Stowell now plays the younger Gibbs on NCIS: Origins. Sean Harmon (Mark’s son) used to play Gibbs in NCIS flashbacks, but he now serves as an executive ...

Stowell as Leroy Jethro Gibbs, and Caleb Foote as Bernard “Randy” Randolf in "NCIS: Origins." The show wasn’t a hit, at first. But, given some time to grow its audience, NCIS is now in its ...

Austin Stowell plays the younger Jethro Gibbs in the series, which includes Mark Harmon and his son Chris among its executive ...

NCIS: Origins is set in 1991 and will tell stories about young Leroy Jethro Gibbs and young Mike Franks. NCIS fans know the duo well from the parent show, where their older version solved many cases.

Considering how many millions of people have watched CBS' juggernaut military crime drama "NCIS" in 21 seasons on network TV, you probably know Leroy Jethro ... Gibbs in "NCIS" flashbacks ...

After all, these were high stakes seeking the coveted role of young Leroy Jethro Gibbs ... who had played the young Gibbs in "NCIS" flashbacks, pitch "Origins." (He's now an executive producer.) ...