SPOILER ALERT! This story contains details from the season 2 premiere of NCIS: Origins on CBS .

The NCIS prequel left viewers in limbo last spring when it put Mariel Molino’s Lala in serious jeopardy. After she and Austin Stowell ‘s Gibbs almost locked lips during the show’s special version of Adult Swim, Lala was seriously injured in a car accident while swerving to avoid a child.

Showrunners David. J. North and Gina Lucita Monreal certainly fueled speculation that Lala was gone for good after telling Deadline in April that “I think everyone has had these experiences where you wake up one morning, and life’s ho-humming along and then all of a sudden something unthinkable happens.” North even added “she didn’t look very good there at the end. She looked in rough shape.”

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