Say hello to the Red team.

As you may have heard, on next week’s episode of NCIS: LA, viewers will be introduced to a mobile team of agents who live together and solve crimes, collectively called NCIS: Red. Over two episodes, airing next week and March 26, we’ll get to know John Corbett’s Roy Haines, Kim Raver’s Agent Paris Summerskill, and more. But while this is indeed a backdoor pilot for a spin-off, it doesn’t mean we’ll be short on any action from the core NCIS: LA team.

In fact, when I sat down with Chris O’Donnell earlier, he said he’d been hard at work filming plenty of scenes with both Raver and Corbett. Additionally, I’m told that Callen and Paris, who will not have officially met before their encounter in this episode, will share “a definite connection” that points toward potential for more than friendship. (How that’d work on a spin-off, I’m not sure. But should Red get picked up, we know at least one cast member — Miguel Ferrer — will be a regular on both shows. So more crossover is not out of the cards.)

Regardless of how it all pans out, O’Donnell said “it’s a cool concept for a show,” and he looks forward to viewers seeing “how the chemistry works with everybody.” “It’s off to a great start,” he said. “It’s also a flashback for me to five years ago when we went on the set of NCIS and the day I first met Todd, LL Cool J. I remember meeting the cast of NCIS and they were such a family and so close and comfortable, and we were all awkward and trying to figure everything out.”

They’ve clearly figured out things since then.

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Question: I need scoop on NCIS: LA‘s Deeks/Kensi. Anything would be awesome! —Christy
Ausiello: Oh, I’ve got much more than “anything.” Daniela Ruah shared with TVLine this sexy scoop at Monday’s TV Academy Hall of Fame event: “Considering how fun it was to see Kensi and Deeks go undercover as a married couple, they’re doing it again” — not long before the season ends. “I just found out today,” she added, “so that’s pretty much the extent of my knowledge.”

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CALLEN AND SAM JOIN THE NCIS: RED TEAM WHEN A NATIONAL SECURITY CASE IN LOS ANGELES IS LINKED TO A MURDER INVESTIGATION IN IDAHO, ON PART ONE OF A TWO-PART EPISODE OF “NCIS: LOS ANGELES,” TUESDAY, MARCH 19

Guest Stars Include Kim Raver as NCIS Special Agent Paris Summerskill, John Corbett as Roy Haines and Scott Grimes as NCIS Special Agent Dave Flynn

“Red: Part One” – When a murder weapon in Idaho matches the one used in a national security case in L.A., Callen and Sam fly to the crime scene to join NCIS: Red, a mobile team of agents who live and work together as they solve crimes in various locations, on NCIS: LOS ANGELES, Tuesday, March 19 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Guest stars include Kim Raver (“Grey’s Anatomy”) as NCIS Special Agent Paris Summerskill, John Corbett (“Sex and the City”) as Roy Haines and Scott Grimes (“ER”) as NCIS Special Agent Dave Flynn.

CHEAT TWEET: Pack your bags! Callen & Sam hit the road & join the NCIS: Red team 4 a joint case #NCISLA 3/19 9 pm ET/PT

Edwin Hodge, one of the stars of the newest series from the NCIS franchise, sat down with our LA team to reveal juicy details on the new series. Are you excited for this NCIS: LA spin-off?

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“There’s often the question, ‘Why would you do a third one?'” NCIS and NCIS: Los Angeles executive producer Shane Brennan admits of the franchise’s next spinoff, which will launch as a two-part “embedded pilot” on NCIS: LA March 19 and 26. “‘How would it be different?'”

Here’s how: The action follows a mobile military crime-solving unit, the Red team, led by Paris Summerskill (Grey’s Anatomy alum Kim Raver), who shares a mysterious past with analyst Roy Haines (Sex and the City’s John Corbett).

Brennan says the new show, which may be called NCIS: Red, will track the team’s overlapping personal and professional lives. “They work and live together 24/7” — on two trucks nicknamed Laverne and Shirley — “so they sit around a dinner table, arguing about elements of the case and who kept everyone awake last night snoring.”

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AGAINST HIS WISHES, SAM’S WIFE RESUMES HER FORMER CIA COVER AFTER A HIT ON A RUSSIAN MOB BOSS LEADS THE TEAM TO SUSPECT SIDOROV, ON “NCIS: LOS ANGELES,” TUESDAY, MARCH 5

Series Star Chris O’Donnell Directs the Episode

Aunjanue Ellis (“The Mentalist,” “The Help”) Returns to Guest Star as Sam’s Wife

CHEAT TWEET: Sam fears 4 his wife’s safety when she is called 2 resume her former CIA cover on #NCISLA 3/5 9 pm ET/PT

“Wanted” – Sam fears for his family’s safety when his wife is called to resume a former CIA cover after a case suggests ties to the infamous Sidorov and his stolen nukes, on NCIS: LOS ANGELES, Tuesday, March 5 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Series regular Chris O’Donnell directed the episode. Aunjanue Ellis (“The Mentalist,” “The Help”) returns to guest star as Sam’s wife, Michelle Hanna/Quinn.