‘NCIS: Origins’: Will Adam Campbell Return as Young Ducky?

Gibbs ( Austin Stowell ) got a visit from an old and future friend in the latest NCIS: Origins episode, with Adam Campbell reprising his role as the young Dr. Donald “Ducky” Mallard from the mothership. It was in a tribute episode to the late David McCallum . Story-wise, it’s the second time that Gibbs and Ducky have encountered one another; the latter remembers their first meeting (on NCIS ) much more vividly than the former, who has been through quite a bit in the decade-plus that has passed, including the murders of his wife and daughter. Could we see the third time soon?

“Maybe we’ll see him again,” NCIS: Origins executive producer David J. North tells TV Insider. He calls the chances of that happening “pretty good.”

After all, as we saw, Ducky was able to hel