Tyla Abercrumbie, who plays Mary Jo Hayes on NCIS: Origins, said the script for “To Have and to Hold” contained “a lot that surprised me.” The Season 1 episode focuses part of its story on an unexpected development in Mary Jo’s personal life. It originally aired March 24, 2025, so it is no longer an upcoming episode.
What Tyla Abercrumbie said about the episode
In a TVLine interview published March 21, 2025, shortly before the episode’s broadcast, Abercrumbie described her response to the script: “There was a lot that surprised me in this script.” She said she had not been fully debriefed on Mary Jo’s backstory and credited conversations with showrunners Gina Lucita Monreal and David J. North with helping shape their ideas about the character. Read the TVLine interview.
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Abercrumbie described Mary Jo as someone who looks after other people and can turn her attention to their problems rather than her own unresolved concerns. In the episode, papers arrive and bring Mary Jo’s past back into focus. Those observations are Abercrumbie’s account of the character and story, not a more specific explanation of the episode’s resolution.
Mary Jo’s life beyond the office
Abercrumbie also spoke about wanting Mary Jo’s world outside work to include family and friends from her Black community. The interview describes a dinner party and friendships that become family. As she put it, “I wanted to show that she had family and friends that were from her world that reflected her, meaning from the African American, Black, community that she has outside of work.”
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The interview recalled an earlier unfinished line from Mary Jo: “You know, you’re not alone. I have my own…” Abercrumbie’s preview made viewers curious about what that personal history might mean, but the interview itself does not give a full account of the episode’s outcome.
Episode details and official synopsis
CBS lists “To Have and to Hold” as NCIS: Origins Season 1, Episode 14, with an original air date of March 24, 2025. The official synopsis reads: “The team works the case of an investment advisor found dead shortly after her release from prison. Also, Mary Jo is left reeling by an unexpected development in her personal life.” See CBS’s episode listing.
The episode runs 43 minutes and is rated TV-14, according to CBS. The series follows a young Leroy Jethro Gibbs in 1991, before the events of NCIS, with Mark Harmon narrating. CBS’s series overview provides that franchise context.
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CBS’s episode page says viewers in the United States need a Paramount+ subscription to stream “To Have and to Hold.” That access information applies to the U.S. listing; availability in other countries is not established by the cited page.
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