NCIS: Origins episode 5 ending explained: Where was Ana buried?
NCIS: Origins is an investigative drama series on CBS that exists in the same universe as the other NCIS shows. It's a spinoff of NCIS starring Mark Harmon and focuses on the character of Leroy Jethro Gibbs.
The show is set in 1991 and follows Leroy Gibbs as a newly appointed agent in the NIS. As he works under his mentor Mike Franks, he gradually transitions from a marine grieving the loss of his wife and daughter to an ace agent.
Episode 5 of the show focused on the case of the missing body of Ana Larsen, who along with the man she was having an affair with, was murdered by her husband Albert Hope, a professor of Theology.
The case was handled by Mike, who caught the husband but couldn't locate the site where he had buried Ana's body. In the episode, Franks and the team race against time to get Ana's burial location out of the killer before he's executed.
After getting fooled by Albert, who gave them the wrong location, NIS agents deduce that he buried all his victims according to their religion. On hearing this thesis Franks finds out that Albert buried Ana in a vineyard, as he thought that wine was her God.
Anna was buried in a vineyard in NCIS: Origins episode 5
Episode 5 of NCIS: Origins titled, Last Rites, followed the case of the missing dead body of Ana Larsen. She was murdered, along with her lover Captain Jonathan Rice by her husband Albert Hope, a professor of Theology.
Ana's case was handled by Mike Franks, a week after his partnership with Vera got over. He caught Albert, who confessed to killing Ana and Jonathan but wouldn't reveal where he buried her body.
In the present time, Albert Hope is ordered to be executed by the state for double homicide. When Franks visits Hope, the killer gives him an offer that he would tell them Ana's location if her twin sister Julie comes to meet him. Franks had no trust in his words but agreed to his terms to give Julie closure.
Hope takes the NIS team to Ana's burial site where her remains are found. Hope asks to see Julie, but Franks has no intention of keeping his word. However, Hope had another trick up his sleeve. The body that he had led the NIS team to was not of Ana, but an eyewitness that he had killed on the same night.
Back in the precinct, the team deduces that Hope had buried his victims according to their religions, which means finding out Ana's religion might give them a clue. But Ana didn't follow any religion or God. On hearing his team's theory, something clicks in Franks, and he finds out that Ana was buried in a vineyard because Hope believed that wine was her God.
Vera got the funding for her profiling program in NCIS: Origins episode 5
NCIS: Origins episode 5 shows that Vera Strickland and Mike Franks used to be partners, but due to some dispute, they parted ways, professionally. However, it's clear from their interaction and how they still help each other that they deeply care for one another.
While Vera was in a meeting with Wheeler, presenting her idea about a profiling program, for which she needed funds, Franks barged into Wheeler's office to give him the latest update about Ana's case. This infuriated Vera, who was deeply passionate about her idea and had been planning the meeting for the last three weeks.
She asks Franks to put in a good word to Wheeler about funding the program, but he refuses. However, in the climax of the episode, Wheeler tells Vera that he had put up a request to the higher-ups and got preliminary approval for her profiling program. She immediately realizes that Franks is the reason behind his change of heart.
A friendship is developing between Gibbs and Lala in NCIS: Origins
NCIS: Origins earlier established that Lala Dominigues is one of the most important characters of this series. Gibbs, in Mark Harmon's narration, even says that 'this is her story.'
The show has started to give viewers a glimpse of why Lala is so important to Gibb's origin story. Their interaction had a rough beginning, as Lala wasn't happy with Mike's decision to hire Gibbs, despite him failing to pass his psych evaluation.
However, in NCIS: Origins episode 5, friendship and understanding are developing between the two. Earlier, during the investigation when the team on the site where Hope had claimed to bury Ana, Gibbs had an altercation with two Spanish-speaking civilians and raised his gun on them.
Fortunately, Lala, who speaks Spanish, kept the situation under control. Gibbs later apologized for his reaction, but Lala told him that she would have to file a report about it to Mike. However, later, it's revealed that Lala kept the incident between them so that Gibbs wouldn't get into trouble.
Gibbs told Lala about how when his beloved dog died, his father took him fishing, and how he hadn't been fishing for a long time. His story signifies that he has been seeking a reason to forget his miseries and continue living. In the last scene of the episode, Lala tells him, 'You should go fishing sometime,' encouraging him to find something or someone to love and care.
NCIS: Origins episode 5 is currently available on CBS.
