‘NCIS: Origins’ Season 3 Episode 5 Release Date, Time, Where to Watch and Preview
The fifth episode of ‘NCIS: Origins’ is titled ‘Baila Esta Cumbia’ and is set for November 10, 2026. The current run brings Mark Harmon back as the present-day Gibbs, and he appears in every episode as part of a mystery tied to his Camp Pendleton days.
For viewers tracking the ‘NCIS: Origins’ schedule, the practical details are fairly simple. The upcoming chapter pairs a 1993 murder investigation with a present-day interrogation involving Gibbs and Bishop. Here is what is known about the timing, the streaming options and the story.
‘NCIS: Origins’ Release Date for the Fifth Episode
Bleeding Cool’s preview coverage points to November 10 for ‘Baila Esta Cumbia,’ based on the official overview and images released for the episode. Wikipedia’s episode list agrees, placing the installment fifth in the season with the same airdate.
Some earlier listings suggested a different date. One fan wiki schedule had the fifth episode landing on November 3, with no details attached. The more recent episode guides place it a week later, which is the date to plan around.
‘Baila Esta Cumbia’ was written by Kathryn Price and directed by Anthony Hemingway. The season is a shorter run than before, with ten episodes compared with eighteen in the second season.
The season premiered on Tuesday, October 6, 2026. The fourth episode, ‘Shimmy Shimmy Ya,’ aired on October 27. That sets up the next chapter as the following week’s entry on the calendar.
Air Time and Weekly Schedule
New episodes of ‘NCIS: Origins’ arrive weekly on Tuesdays at 10 p.m. Eastern and Pacific. That means viewers on the West Coast will see the episode at the same clock time as those in the East.
The prequel airs in its Tuesday slot after the original ‘NCIS’ and the new spinoff ‘NCIS: New York.’ ‘NCIS: New York’ effectively takes the place of ‘NCIS: Sydney,’ which postponed its fourth trip down under until next year.
‘NCIS: Sydney’ is expected to return midseason for its fourth season on Paramount+. The lineup around ‘NCIS: Origins’ is therefore likely to shift later in the run, so it is worth checking listings as the season progresses.
Where to Watch on CBS and Paramount+
Viewers can watch ‘NCIS: Origins’ on CBS and Paramount+. Episodes arrive on Paramount+ at the same time they air on CBS, so viewers can watch them live or stream them whenever they choose.
Every season of the series is available to stream on Paramount+ with a subscription. Newcomers also do not need to watch the original ‘NCIS’ before starting the prequel.
A Paramount+ free trial offers one way to watch the season without paying upfront. The service works on supported phones, tablets, computers, smart TVs and streaming devices.
Episode Preview and the Gibbs and Bishop Storyline
In 1993, the team’s investigation into the murder of a con woman hits close to home for Lala. In the present, Gibbs and Bishop team up for an intense interrogation.
Bishop made her return in the previous episode, answering a call from Tony DiNozzo to help Gibbs track down the person who attacked him. Emily Wickersham is set to play the character across multiple episodes. Wickersham originally played Ellie Bishop in ‘NCIS’ from the eleventh season to the eighteenth season.
Wickersham has said that working with Harmon again felt seamless and nostalgic, as though no time had passed. She also described Bishop as someone who looked to Gibbs as a mentor and still does. That history gives the reunion more weight than a simple cameo.
The present-day thread began when Gibbs was shot by unknown assailants in the season premiere. The story has since shown ghosts from his past disrupting his retirement in Alaska. With Bishop now at his side in the present and a case that touches Lala in 1993, which timeline do you think will do more to reveal who shot Gibbs, and does Bishop’s arrival make that answer feel closer?
