Here, Kyle Schmid — who plays Gibbs’ irascible mentor Mike Franks — explains why it was important for fans to get a look-see into his character’s past and why he earned the moniker of ...

From the “Flight of Icarus” episode, we learned how Franks (Kyle Schmid) became a Marine. But in tonight’s “Monsoon” episode, set to the era-appropriate sound of Procol Harum's "Whiter ...

“It is,” Kyle Schmid concurred at the top of an in-depth, Friday-night conversation with TVLine. “It is very much the beginning of jumping into the backstory of Mike Franks. And I think it ...

And Schmid jokes that it’s like drugs, leaving viewers craving more of the story. Austin Stowell, Kyle SchmidPhoto: Erik Voake/CBS In the “Flight of Icarus” episode, we learned ...

Note: The following story contains spoilers from “NCIS: Origins” Episode 13. “NCIS: Origins” gave fans another look back at the beginnings of Mike Franks, with a flashback to the 1980s and ...

Franks (Kyle Schmid) just couldn’t let it go. The latest NCIS: Origins episode sees him continuing to look into who assaulted Tish (Tonantzin Carmelo), even though she’d asked him not to.

The 1990s-set CBS spinoff series took a trip down memory lane after a case involving the murder of a Vietnam veteran hit too close to home for Franks (Kyle Schmid). Episode 13, titled “Monsoon,” ...