John R. Houk, Blog Editor
© May 5, 2026
I thought I’d take a step back from my typical blogging and enter what I guess I can the realm of amused.
I’ve been watch the CBS show NCIS from its beginning. I was watching an NCIS Origins episode in which the backdrop theme was the Rules of Leroy Jethro Gibbs. If you are a fan you know the Gibbs Rules are to be applied to life’s decisions especially related to one’s chosen profession. In the fictional world of Jethro Gibbs that became NCIS law enforcement.
I found a list of those Rules at the Fandom page for The NCIS Database under Gibbs' Rules. The page is an explainer that finishes with the Rules. I’ll give outline of the explainer which you can check on your own if you are a fan. BUT HERE, for your amusement, I am posting the list of Rules. Go to Gibbs’ Rules to view Chart information about a Rule and a specific NCIS episode.:
1. 1 Origins
2. 2 Rules
3. 3 The Rules
5. 5 Exceptions
7. 7 The 40s
The Rules
1(1) - Never let suspects stay together.
1(2) - Never screw over your partner.
2 - Always wear gloves at a crime scene.
3(1) - Don't believe what you're told. Double check.
3(2) - Never be unreachable.
4 - The best way to keep a secret? Keep it to yourself. Second best? Tell one other person - if you must. There is no third best.
5 - You don't waste good.
6 - Never say you're sorry. It's a sign of weakness.
7 - Always be specific when you lie.
8 - Never take anything for granted.
9 - Never go anywhere without a knife.
10 - Never get personally involved in a case.
11 - When the job is done, walk away.
12 - Never date a co-worker.
13 - Never, ever involve lawyers.
14 - Bend the line, don't break it.
15 - Always work as a team.
16 - If someone thinks they have the upper hand, break it.
17 - Never, ever interrupt Gibbs during an interrogation.
18 - It's better to seek forgiveness than ask permission.
19 – NOT LISTED
20 - Always look under.
21 - No man is ever above or below the law.
22 - Never ever bother Gibbs in interrogation.
23 - Never mess with a Marine's coffee... if you want to live.
24 - There is no such thing as perfect timing.
25 – NOT LISTED
26 – NOT LISTED
27 - There are two ways to follow someone. First way, they never notice you. Second way, they only notice you.
28 - When you need help, ask.
29 - Learn to obey before you command.
30 - NOT LISTED
31 - NOT LISTED
32 - NOT LISTED
33 - NOT LISTED
34 - NOT LISTED
35 - Always watch the watchers.
36 - If you feel like you are being played, you probably are.
37 – NOT LISTED
38 - Your case, you're lead.
39 – There is no such thing as coincidence.
40 - If it seems like someone is out to get you, they are.
41 – NOT LISTED
42 - Never accept an apology from someone who just sucker punched you.
43 – NOT LISTED
44 - First things first, hide the women and children.
45 - Clean up the mess that you make.
46 – 50 – NOT LISTED
51 - Sometimes you're wrong.
52 – 61 NOT LISTED
62 - Always give people space when they get off an elevator.
63 – 68 – NOT LISTED
69 - Never trust a woman who doesn't trust her man.
70 – NOT LISTED
71 – NOT LISTED
72 - Always be open to new things.
73 - Never meet your heroes.
74 – 90 – NOT LISTED
91 - When you walk away, don't look back.
92 – 98 – NOT LISTED
99 - Never tell Gibbs he's being audited.
Gibbs’ Unnumbered Rules:
-- In my country, on my team, working my cases, my people don't bypass the chain of command.
-- Don't work the system when you can work the people.
-- Don't stop checking and rechecking evidence until you are satisfied.
-- If you want to find something, you follow it.
-- Never second guess yourself in a relationship and life.
I’m only interested in Rules according to Gibbs. At The Gibbs’ Rules page there is a list of Other People’s Rules.
JRH 5/5/26
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