Entertainment“We Wanted To Take Big Swings”: ‘NCIS: Origins’ Boss Explains the Tragic Death Gibbs Never Talks About Again

Everything came together in the NCIS: Origins finale as some lingering questions were answered while a massive cliffhanger threatened the life of one the team members. Lala (Mariel Molino) got into a grisly driving accident which left her mortality in question given her final scene hanging upside down in her jeep. It appeared like she had died but executive producers Gina Lucita Monreal and David J. North won’t deny or confirm it. The NCIS origin story has been atypical in many ways and the duo told TV Line that “going into this whole project, we knew we wanted to take big swings, we knew we wanted to do this more “streaming for broadcast” — Amy Reisenbach as president of [CBS] has been so supportive of that.” One of those “big swings” could be Lala’s death. “I won’t officially say that Lala is dead,” J. North said. He added: