NCIS: Origins’ Lala Dominguez is “marked secure” for now, however actress Mariel Molino isn’t satisfied she’ll survive the sequence.
“If this can be a story of her, and he or she’s by no means talked about — [Gibbs] by no means talked about Lala ever earlier than, I wish to suppose it’s most likely due to one thing actually dangerous that occurred,” Molino, 32, solely instructed Us Weekly on Monday, October 20.
The actress, who performs Particular Agent Lala, defined that whereas the NCIS prequel sequence facilities round fellow agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Austin Stowell) lastly sharing Lala’s “story,” her destiny might be doomed regardless of surviving a virtually deadly automobile accident throughout the season 1 finale. (Throughout season 1, Lala took Gibbs underneath her wing as he acquired his begin at NIS. Because the season progressed, they each began to fall for one another.)
“For Lala to have had such an affect on Gibbs, one thing main has to occur,” Molino mused. “We’ll see it play out and I’m in for the trip simply as a lot [as fans].”
Throughout the season 2 premiere, which aired earlier this month, it was confirmed that Lala survived a crash that totaled her automobile. Previous to the accident, Lala virtually kissed Gibbs, and initially of season 2 it grew to become clear that their emotions aren’t utterly gone. Nonetheless, they’ve been placed on pause amid Gibbs’ budding romance with realtor Diane Sterling (Kathleen Kenny).
Lala, in the meantime, has began to point out indicators that her ethical compass won’t be the identical because it was following her mind damage, which grew to become evident throughout season 2, episode 2. On the Tuesday, October 21, episode Lala thought of taking justice into her personal arms after a identified legal requested her for a favor.
Mariel Molino and Austin Stowell as Lala and Gibbs on ‘NCIS: Origins.’ Warrick Web page/CBS
Whereas she finally turned down the gig, Molino instructed Us Lala will proceed to push the boundaries and blur the strains surrounding her job.
“It’s going to go in a very harmful and probably life threatening manner the place she’s at odds with why she’s at this job? What’s the function of it? Why did she survive? What is correct, what’s evil?” Molino teased.
She added, “Anytime you may have a close to loss of life expertise, it actually shifts your perspective on life and what you’re doing right here and what you’re referred to as to do. This season, Lala is questioning quite a bit in regards to the job and what her place on this world means.”
Though she is bodily again on the job, her psychological state is shaky at greatest. “She’s additionally making an attempt to determine easy methods to get again to who she was, and realizing that there’s a earlier than the crash and after the crash, and possibly she’s not going to be the identical particular person,” Molino shared.
Mariel Molino as Lala. Erik Voake/CBS
Regardless of placing herself in peril this season, Molino hasn’t dominated out the fan concept that Lala does survive all of it and resides off-grid with grown up Gibbs (Mark Harmon) in Alaska, which is the place followers noticed him retreat to after retiring from NCIS on the flagship sequence in 2021.
“I imply, wouldn’t that be good? In a manner it might,” Molino instructed Us of Lala and Gibbs residing fortunately ever after. “I don’t understand how we get there and the way she comes about [rekindling their romance].”
Did NCIS: Origins‘ Gibbs create rule 12 due to his emotions for Lala? Austin Stowell thinks so. “There’s a purpose that individuals who work collectively generally find yourself getting collectively. It’s that they perceive one another,” Stowell, 39, solely instructed Us Weekly. “There’s quite a lot of Lala in Gibbs and vice versa that they see […]
The actress revealed that she’s heard theories that Lala is a “undercover agent that for years needed to go undercover” earlier than showing in Alaska with Gibbs, which she hinted was “an attention-grabbing concept.”
“On a purely egocentric degree, I’d love for them to possibly, like, put me in some prosthetics and make me previous and, you recognize, possibly place me in a wheelchair and simply have me roll up subsequent to Mark Harmon,” Molino mentioned with fun. “That might be nice. I’d find it irresistible.”
NCIS: Origins airs on CBS Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET.
