NCIS Origins Season 3 theory
So, I'm almost finished with season 2, and since we know Mark Harmon will return in the season 3, I've been thinking about a theory that I personnally really like.
So we know that Mark Harmon is gonna appear physically in each of the 10 episodes of the season, and we also know that it's gonna be very tied to both the past and the present timeline (basically it set in the present, but is profoundly connected to the past).
My guess is that it's going to be something like we saw in the crossover (by that I mean a case that started in the 90s and that resurfaces in 2026). And if I had to guess, I think that Gibbs would be a target, like, he is chilling his life in Alaska, until some threat from the past start to manifest and tries to kill him, until he eventually investigates and deal with that threat at the end of the series. He could even got help, as I think that it'd be a great way to bring back Roma Maffia as the present version of Special Agent Vera Strickland. if that threat is really connected to a former case open in like 1992-1993, maybe Vera knew something, or was even part of it, and with Gibbs, they would closes that chapter of their lives for good. I dont think this would looks weird, Gibbs asking Vera help, because we know since NCIS 23x05 that they're still in contact.
But the most important detail I'm imagining, is that the show could also bring back Maria Bello as Jack Sloane. Maybe not as an active character, but maybe that the show would keep it's usual way of telling stories (with Gibbs narrating the 2026 investigation), and made it like it happened recently, and that he is telling this story to Jack, which could just have arrived from Afghanistan, in order to find Gibbs and maybe retires with him.
If that happen, honestly, I'd be really hyped because I truly loved their relationship and their chemistry. For me, she was the one woman he could live and grew old with, as she did suffered just like he did in the past, and I though it would happen when Gibbs retired.
I know that we haven't heard about either Roma Maffia or Maria Bello in the casting (well in my case at least), but it could potentially be kept secret for the surprise, so yeah I honestly think it could be a possibility.