‘NCIS’ Boss Breaks Silence on ‘New York’ and ‘Origins’ Crossover

Published Oct 7, 2026, 7:00 PM EDT

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The NCIS Season 24 premiere was certainly one for the books, as the agency now has a new permanent director following Vance's (Rocky Carroll) death. Back in March, Vance was tragically killed off in Season 23, sacrificing his life to stop a corrupt agent and save the agency. Gabriel LaRoche (Seamus Dever) then became the replacement in this new season before Tony DiNozzo (Michael Weatherly) of the cancelled NCIS: Tony & Ziva officially took over by the premiere episode's end.

With Tony as the new boss, fans can expect major twists and redefined dynamics within the agency in upcoming NCIS episodes, especially since he was once "one of them." Showrunner Steven D. Binder offers hints to TV Insider after the Season 24 premiere, including the possibility of crossover events with two NCIS offshoots: NCIS: Origins and the newly launched NCIS: New York, starring LL Cool J's Sam Hanna.

NCIS: Origins, narrated by Mark Harmon, follows a young Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Austin Stowell) as he starts his career as a newly appointed special agent at the early-stage NIS office at Camp Pendleton. The show resumed for its third season on October 6, coinciding with the premiere of NCIS: New York's first episode. This new procedural features Sam Hanna, a character from the cancelled NCIS: Los Angeles, who returns to his hometown of New York City to lead an NCIS team with his somewhat roguish partner, Nick Schaeffer (Scott Caan).

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Four of the finest criminal minds ever put on screen. One of them would look at you and see something worth their time. Eight questions decide which one comes for you, why they picked you, and what they would want when they arrived.

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How do they make first contact? The introduction tells you everything about what is coming next.

AA polite letter. Beautiful handwriting. Quietly wrong. BSomething on fire, with a message left beside it. CA puzzle, left where only I would look. DNo contact. Just the aftermath, and a coin.

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What do you actually believe about right and wrong? Every nemesis is really an argument about the thing you believe most.

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What finally gets under your skin? Everybody has a pressure point. Finding yours is the whole plan.

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They have made their move. How do you fight back? This is the part of the film where the audience finds out who you are.

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What would they use against you? A good villain never brings a weapon you have not already handed them.

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What do they actually want from you? The money is never the point. Something else always is.

ATo understand me better than anyone ever has. BTo prove I am no better than they are. CTo finally be beaten by someone worth the trouble. DNothing at all. I stepped into the wrong path.

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How does it end between the two of you? Eight questions in, this is the one that decides who comes for you.

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The Joker

Your nemesis is not after money, territory or revenge. He is after a demonstration, and you are the person he has chosen to prove his point on.

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Moriarty

Your nemesis respects you, which sounds flattering until you work out what it means. He chose you because nobody else was worth his time.

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• It ends the way these things always end. Two people, one problem, and only one way down.

Anton Chigurh

Your nemesis has no personal interest in you whatsoever, and that is precisely what makes him unsurvivable. You are not a rival. You are a stop on the way.

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• You trust yourself to handle things. He is the one problem in the world that has no interest in how capable you are.
• No Country for Old Men rewrote the screen villain by removing the thing audiences quietly rely on: the sense that talking might work.
• Call it. He will wait.

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Will 'NCIS' Cross Over With 'NCIS: Origins' or 'NCIS: New York'?

Although Binder, who felt overwhelmed by the crossover idea, didn't guarantee an imminent one, he said it "will happen eventually," given NCIS's history of frequent crossovers. The show's boss also noted that New York represents a new chapter, indicating there's still progress to be made while highlighting the logistical challenges of coordinating and sharing actors across different states if a crossover were to take place.

“I could say it’s such a logistical nightmare to shoot and share actors who live in other states. Just saying the word scares me …No one has pushed or broached that subject yet, and the show hasn’t even aired. But if you look back over the history of NCIS, there has always been crossovers. I think anyone would be reasonable to assume at some point there will be a request for one and we’ll get it done. Sharing actors is a little easier. Crossovers are very complicated to shoot.”

As for whether fans will see Mark Harmon's Gibbs interact with anyone on the NCIS team in future episodes, he couldn't provide a definitive answer, saying, "That one's above my pay grade.” However, he did mention that he was referring to "general concepts between the shows" when it comes to NCIS crossovers.

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