The series introduces Dr. Donald “Ducky” Mallard in NCIS: Origins Season 2, Episode 3, “The Edge.” The connection between Gibbs and Ducky, played by Mark Harmon and David McCallum, respectively, on the flagship series, is doubtlessly one of the franchise’s most vital relationships. The prequel expands on that, and while Lala and Gibbs’ romance story is at a lull for now, there are bound to be more developments soon in what is quickly becoming another one of Leroy’s most formative connections. Moreover, viewers have devised a theory that would make Gibbs and Lala’s romance work.
Gibbs And Lala’s Romance Has A Disappointing Twist In NCIS: Origins Season 2
The status of Gibbs and Lala’s romance in Season 2 is far from what most viewers hoped it would be after they almost kissed in the finale of NCIS: Origins Season 1. When he came to visit Lala at her neighbor’s pool to tell her that he had turned himself in for Pedro Hernandez’s murder (George Paaz), the confession interrupted an almost-kiss, leaving viewers with the question of what would happen in Season 2 if Lala survived her life-threatening car wreck. Though Lala survived flipping her Jeep in “Cecilia,” her and Gibbs’ fate is bleak when she returns.
NCIS: Origins Ending Theory Explained: Lala Is With Gibbs In Alaska
While the developments between Gibbs and Dominguez may not be playing out as expected after their steamy moment in the finale, with NCIS: Origins canceling Gibbs’ romance story due to existing franchise lore, viewers have devised a theory upon Lala’s return, which would give their story the perfect ending. After Lala returns in NCIS: Origins Season 2, only to find that Gibbs is dating Diane, some viewers are holding out hope that, at the end of the series, Lala will be with Gibbs in Alaska. It’s an enticing theory, fixing all the franchise’s existing barriers to their love story.
Based on Harmon’s narration as an older Gibbs in the pilot, where he says he doesn’t like to tell Lala’s story, some viewers thought that she would die at the end of NCIS: Origins Season 1, and her accident made the development more likely. Now that she is alive, it leaves the opportunity for Lala and Gibbs to reconnect years in the future, and, unburdened by other obligations, they can finally express their feelings. The theorized twist would allow Gibbs’ story to end on a heartfelt note that’s worthy of the character, giving Gibbs a love story that fans didn’t know he could have until Origins.
Why Gibbs And Lala’s Romance Can’t Work Out Any Other Way Now
Gibbs could reconnect with Lala after his romance concludes, since viewers know that his second marriage, too, will end. Gibbs and Diane get a divorce after they relocate to Washington, DC, and Gibbs is single for a time, but it’s more likely that the NCIS: Origins characters are dispersed by that time. Gibbs is also single in the intervals between his third and fourth marriages. However, it’s more likely that NCIS: Origins has a greater and more satisfying design for the slow-burn romance story than simply fitting it in between Gibbs’ long list of marriages that end in divorce.
A more meaningful way to end the story between Gibbs and Lala, since Leroy is already serious about Diane, would be for the former Special Agent-in-Charge to have his final romance of the franchise with Dominguez, making for an ending as special as their connection. It’s possible that, after revisiting her story, Gibbs decided to call up his former partner and rekindle their flame. After a series of failed romances since the love of his life, it would be fitting to see Gibbs get a love story that rivals his first romance, playing out over decades and perhaps ending in the NCIS: Origins series finale.
