NCIS: Origins charts the early days of Leroy Jethro Gibbs at the NCIS and his relationship with special agent Lala Dominguez where "sparks will fly," according to the series' co-showrunner Gina Lucita Monreal.

Origins episode “Touchstones” are ahead! In the NCIS: Origins episode where we learned what Leroy Jethro Gibbs did after learning his wife and daughter had been killed, the main story revolved around Gibbs and his NIS team looking for a missing little girl named Mildred and trying to figure out why someone was trying to kill her.

Origins arrived on CBS last year in October, and since then has become a topic of discussion among long-time fans and viewers.

We're really allowing ourselves to dig into some of these characters and giving them their own spotlight in different episodes,' says co-showrunner Gina Lucita Monreal.

Origins, a break-in at the NIS evidence room led to a resignation — and the discovery of a betrayal. Plus, Lala drew a line in the sand, before she and Gibbs grow any closer. This week’s episode of NCIS: Origins offered a miniature “origin” story for evidence custodian Kowalski (played by Orange Is the New Black‘s Michael Harney),