Tonight on NCIS: LA, viewers will be introduced to the Red Team, a mobile team of investigators who cross paths with Sam (LL Cool J) and Callen (Chris O’Donnell) while looking into a case.

But one of the biggest challenges going into this backdoor pilot was creating a set that could stand the test of time should the spin-off, working title NCIS: Red, get picked up to series, according to executive producer Shane Brennan. “It wasn’t a set we could build as a guest set,” he says. “It had to be totally credible and it had to sell the concept. It couldn’t be anything short of a working set.”

A dozen meetings and hours of labor on the part of the show’s set team later, they had two massive sets, called Laverne and Shirley, one of which was to be used in a more mobile capacity and the other to be used while filming at the show’s permanent stage. “To be honest, what they delivered was exactly what was in my head. It was kind of uncanny how quickly they got it and how accurate they were,” he says. “It’s quite remarkable piece of set design and construction.”

And we’re inclined to agree, so we asked Brennan to give us an exclusive tour of the Red Team’s humble abode, which you’ll see tonight on part one of NCIS‘s two-episode event.

Pictured: The main room, which acts as office and living space

Kitchen/Lab
Keeping your food next to your sketchy samples? Not ideal. But Brennan explains, “everything is multi-purpose, and that’s the fun of the show.” “These people eat sleep and work together 24/7. They get up in the morning, they see each other in their pajamas, they see each other at their worst, then they argue over who’s going to take the last slice of bed to make toast, grab their laundry and on the way to a crime scene, drop their laundry off to be done,” he says. “It’s a great opportunity to see what happens to crime [investigators] in their home life.”

Office
Speaking of multi-purpose, like the main area that is used for both office and living space, the team’s interrogation room doubles as team leader Paris’ office (Kim Raver), “which means every time they have to interrogate someone she has to clean off her desk, which is a bit of fun,” says Brennan.

Bunk rooms
The sleeping quarters are as close as you expect and in between the two bunk rooms (one of which is pictured here) there’s the trailer’s single bathroom, resulting in “a Jack and Jill kind of arrangement,” according to Brennan.

The Bathroom
Being around co-workers in such an intimate setting can get frustrating to say the least, and as a result, Brennan jokes, “it’s good to have guests.” And in tonight’s spin-off, look for Paris to hit it off with at least one of the team’s “guests.” “When [Paris and Callen] meet for the first time, there’s a little big of chemistry happening, and it becomes apparent that there’s more than a little chemistry,” says Brennan. “To me, the idea of creating the opportunity for characters from two different series — who have a legitimate reason to work with each other — means we have the opportunity for these characters to move back and forth between shows.”

Catch the first part of the two-hour event tonight on CBS.

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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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Scott Grimes (ER) and Gillian Alexy (Damages) have joined the NCIS: Los Angeles planted spin-off as series regulars, per our sister site Deadline. Though not much is known about Grimes’ character, Alexy’s Claire is a smart FBI agent who loves all things military. The cast of the proposed series includes John Corbett (Northern Exposure), Edwin Hodge (Cougar Town) and Miguel Ferrer, who’ll appear in both the Los Angeles edition and the offshoot.

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THE NCIS: LOS ANGELES FAMILY SPENDS THE HOLIDAYS APART THANKS TO AN INVESTIGATION THAT TAKES THEM BY AIR, LAND AND SEA IN ORDER TO SOLVE THE CRIME, ON “NCIS: LOS ANGELES,” TUESDAY, DEC. 18

CHEAT TWEET: All aboard 4 a holiday at sea with some of the #NCISLA family! Watch #NCISLA, 12/18, 9 pm ET/PT

“Free Ride” – Callen, Sam, Kensi and Deeks spend Christmas aboard an aircraft carrier investigating the death of a fellow NCIS special agent. Meanwhile, Nell and Eric make the most of the holidays back at headquarters and Hetty takes a trip, on NCIS: LOS ANGELES, Tuesday, Dec. 18 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

So guess I haven’t posted any of the stills from this season, but they have been added to the gallery. Also added the stills for the new episode of NCIS which airs Nov. 13th, 4×6 Rude Awakenings (Part 2).

The NCIS: LA team continues their investigation behind the death of a CIA agent that leads to a dangerous ring of Russian super agents. In a race against time, Hanna risks having a secret exposed, on NCIS: LOS ANGELES, Tuesday, Nov. 13.

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You don’t win consecutive Teen Choice awards without putting in a little time at the gym — and Linda Hunt’s NCIS: Los Angeles alter ego does precisely that in this exclusive photo from an upcoming episode of the Tuesday CBS drama.

In a fun moment from the Oct. 23 episode titled “Dead Body Politic,” the NCIS boss lady joins Callen and Sam for a morning workout, and from the look on Sam’s face, he knows he better keep up the pace!

The episode as a whole, meanwhile, plays out against the backdrop of this November’s presidential election — a race in which Hetty may have a horse. “Hetty is very well connected,” teases NCIS: LA showrunner Shane Brennan. “Even in the Oval Office….”

NCIS: LA airs Tuesdays at 9/8c.