NCIS: Origins Season 3 Episode 5, titled 'Baila Esta Cumbia,' aired on November 10, 2026, on CBS at 10 PM ET. According to the synopsis, the episode delves into two timelines. In the past 1993 timeline, the team investigates the murder of a con woman. In the present-day timeline, Gibbs and Bishop team up for an interrogation.The episode began with a victim who was involved in a car crash after being shot. She crashed her car and died instantly. The investigators first thought that she was heavily pregnant. However, her baby bump was fake.Here's more about it.NCIS: Origins Season 3 Episode 5 recap: The team investigates the death of a con womanTeam investigates the death of a con woman (Image Via Instagram/@ncisverse)In the past timeline, the team investigated the death of a con woman. According to Celebrity Dirty Laundry, she crashed her car while escaping from her shooter. She faked her baby bump. The woman introduced herself as Lily Williams to her landlady. Lala took one look at the con woman's home and knew right away that Lily was gathering information on a dead guy to fool his family.The con woman found a rich guy who recently died and pretended that she was pregnant with his son. The team knew everyone in the rich guy's family was a suspect. They all had a motive, as they were not comfortable with Lily messing up their inheritance. They also found out that Lily tried to fool another dead guy and his family.NCIS: Origins Season 3 Episode 5: Lala's backstory reveals she accompanied her scammer father View this post on Instagram Instagram PostAdditionally, the viewers also get a glimpse of Lala's life. Lala revealed that when she was young, her father, Samuel, was a scammer. According to Entertainment Weekly, she accompanied her father in his schemes.Their family was struggling financially; Lala had two sisters and her mother was sick. She helped her father until she was arrested and kept in the juvenile detention centre. Lala apparently took the fall for her father's crimes. She eventually learned that her father scammed her as well. He let her believe that he owed money to loan sharks. In reality, the loan shark was his partner. Lala was angry with her father, and she tried to restart her life once she was released.Franks was aware of Lala's backstory, but Gibbs and Randy had no idea. Randy guessed Lala and her family were pickpockets. Gibbs also sympathized with Lala.NCIS: Origins Season 3 Episode 5: Lala finds major clues about the death of the con womanLala finds major clues about the con woman's death (Image Via Instagram/@ncisverse)Lala led the con woman's murder case because she was familiar with con artists. Lala found out Lily managed to con five hundred grand out of Victor Banks' estate. Banks was rich and had three daughters. Banks cheated on his wives quite often. However, he eventually died. Lily pretended to be a stripper who met Banks in Las Vegas. She presented fake love letters that Banks allegedly wrote to her. Banks' family promised to take care of the baby, and she got paid half a million dollars. The money was not found at Lily's place.Apparently, her lawyer has collected the money and escaped. The team guessed that Lily's new partner possibly killed her to steal the money. Lily's present mirrored Lala's past. They both grew up with a conman father. Lily's father was in prison, so she found a new partner. Her new partner was greedy. Lala called her sister to ask whether she had heard from their father. Estella told her that she had tried writing him several months ago. However, the letter was returned when the sender's location could not be traced.Lala found the man who was working with Lily. The man was about to pull off a new con but was stopped. However, he confessed that he did not kill Lily. Banks' fourth wife killed Lily. She was cut out of the will because she was cheating on him. The fourth wife needed money, so she decided to kill Lily with her lover. The two were soon arrested.Later, Lala was feeling depressed. She heard from Gibbs that he was taking Cumbia dance lessons. She brought him to the dance floor and cried out in his arms.NCIS: Origins Season 3 Episode 5 ending explainedIn the present timeline, the viewers find out that the hitman who tried to kill Gibbs was also after Lala's life. Lala was still believed to be alive, and the plane crash had apparently been faked. To know what happens next, watch NCIS: Origins Season 3 every Tuesday on CBS and Paramount+.Also Read: NCIS: Origins Season 3 premiereFollow SoapCentral for more updates on NCIS: Origins Season 3.