NCIS: Origins’ Mariel Molino Spent The Summer Keeping Lala’s Fate A Secret. What That Was Like

The NCIS: Origins Season 1 finale ended with Mariel Molino’s Cecilia “Lala” Dominguez getting caught in a car crash? Did she live or did she die? That was the questions fans were asking all summer, and it was only when Origins Season 2 premiered last week on the 2025 TV schedule that they learned Lala was still breathing. Molino, however, knew long beforehand that her character would survive, and she opened up to CinemaBlend about what it was like keeping that secret.

In this age where spoilers are harder than ever to keep under wraps, I had to ask Molino how she handled having to keep this important NCIS : Origins plot detail to herself. Here’s what the actress had to say about it during our conversation, which also included her sharing what’s next for Gibbs and Lala , as