Although Mark Harmon exited NCIS back in Season 19 and there are no signs of him returning to this procedural franchise’s flagship show anytime soon, we’re not done spending time with his character, Leroy Jethro Gibbs. CBS has given a straight-to-series order for a prequel show called NCIS: Origins. It will follow Gibbs in 1991, when he joined the law enforcement agency, and he’ll be accompanied by his mentor Mike Franks, who was previously played by Muse Watson. Now another character from the original series has been revealed to appear, and their inclusion makes a lot of sense.
According to TVLine, NCIS: Origins producers plan to include the younger version of Special Agent Vera Strickland, whom Nip/Tuck’s Roma Maffia first played. If the character’s name doesn’t sound familiar, that’s because she only ever appeared in the NCIS Season 11 episode “Under the Radar.” However, viewers learned that she used to be partnered with Mike Franks, so throwing her into the mix for Origins is fitting. Actually, it would have been weird if we didn’t see her.
