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Post by llyan on Sept 9, 2022 22:02:45 GMT
Inside Line: Get Scoop on the NCISes, She-Hulk, Abbott Elementary, Ghosts, Abishola, Blue Bloods and More!By Matt Webb Mitovich / September 9 2022, 6:00 AM PDT
I was wondering: Now that Bull is done, will Michael Weatherly make any appearances on NCIS? –Cathy I delivered your inquiry, shared my many, to showrunner Steven D. Binder, and his first response was, “Wouldn’t that be great?” But from there, he turned skeptical. “When [Michael] left NCIS, he said to me, ‘I am never going to do network television again,'” Binder related. “He had just had some kids, and the hours are so long… but then this Bull thing landed in his lap, and again he was working like a fiend. So I suspect — forgetting Tony DiNozzo for a minute — that Michael Weatherly is on vacation. I’ve known him for a while and I think he needs to chillax and go someplace tropical. I haven’t spoken to him about that but we’ve talked over the years, and that’s my guess.”
Some people think that the way NCIS: Hawaii‘s Lucy treated Kate after discovering her ex had something to do with her past. Regardless if it’s true or not, are we going to know more about Lucy’s backstory, maybe her family, in Season 2? –Julia I relayed your Q to the showrunners, and EP Chris Silber kindly wrote back, “As we dig deeper into the relationship between Lucy and Whistler, we will absolutely get to know both of them better, unraveling their pasts to allow us to understand where they’re heading.”
Given the emphasis on family in the last episodes of NCIS: LA, will we see more of the agents’ home lives in Season 14 (premiering Oct, 9)? –Alyssa As will be detailed in our in-depth NCIS: LA fall preview, Callen is planning a wedding (or at least trying to), Deeks and Kensi are learning to parent a kid who is far from a kid, and Sam will be laboring to convince his dad to spend his days at a senior center. “But there’s a little twist, where Raymond meets someone and doesn’t get home until very late,” showrunner R. Scott Gemmill told me. “So, it backfires a little for Sam!”
tvline.com/lists/ncis-will-michael-weatherly-return-tony-dinozzo/blue-bloods-harley-quinn/
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Post by kaschu32 on Sept 10, 2022 5:11:03 GMT
I have no need to have Tony return or Ziva.
I watch Hawaii and I really really have no desire to know about Lucy and Whistler's private life.
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Post by ballerina on Sept 10, 2022 11:16:02 GMT
I have no need to have Tony return or Ziva.
I watch Hawaii and I really really have no desire to know about Lucy and Whistler's private life.
I concur, the last thing we need is to have Tony and Ninja girl return.
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Post by verdun on Sept 10, 2022 14:40:07 GMT
I have no need to have Tony return or Ziva.
I watch Hawaii and I really really have no desire to know about Lucy and Whistler's private life.
I concur, the last thing we need is to have Tony and Ninja girl return. I agree, unless they end the series with a retirement party, or something like that, for McGee. Then, sure, let both return to say goodbye; as long as it's only a cameo.
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Post by nas on Sept 10, 2022 20:43:16 GMT
I totally agree - 110%!
Tony and/or Ziva - -
likewise, Lucy & Whistler…
nas
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Post by Hari Seldon on Sept 11, 2022 20:03:06 GMT
I concur, the last thing we need is to have Tony and Ninja girl return. I agree, unless they end the series with a retirement party, or something like that, for McGee. Then, sure, let both return to say goodbye; as long as it's only a cameo. Or the ending I joked about at one point where the series ends in the office of Thom E. Gemcity. Have actors from thoughout the series playing various people he knows - Mark Harmon would be his father, but only in the form of a picture on the wall, Sasha Alexander would be the ex-wife who filed for divorce as he was getting toward the end of writing season 2, Sean Murray could be the barista at his favorite coffee shop, and Thom himself would be Matt Jones. It would be a bit of a callback to the episode where we found McGee was basing his characters on people he encountered (Cover Story?).
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Post by llyan on Sept 14, 2022 0:30:48 GMT
NCIS Boss Tees Up 'Season of Love' (!), Plus a Fun, New Crossover Dynamic By Matt Webb Mitovich / September 13 2022, 3:00 PM PDTYes, you read that headline right. NCIS in its 20th year is ready to serve up a “Season of Love.” But what does that mean, exactly?After all, when last we tuned in, the mood was very tense, and not lovey-dovey, as Special Agent Alden Parker (played by Gary Cole) went on the lam with his ex-wife Vivian (guest star Teri Polo), after she had been kidnapped and he in turn got framed for the murder of his former partner at the FBI.Yet as they sped away, viewers saw Vivian secretly text a mysterious someone, “It’s done. I have him.” The she-devil!When Season 20 opens up Monday, Sept. 19 at 9/8c, only a day or so has passed and Parker is still on the run, while the NCIS team investigates who from might have a personal vendetta against him. Is it the mysterious “Raven” that has taunted the team since the middle of last season?And if so, is “The Raven” in fact a singular person, or some sort of nefarious group? “That’s an interesting question…,” NCIS showrunner Steven D. Binder tells TVLine. “We don’t exactly know who or what The Raven is. We think we know, but I can tell you that we don’t know.”To clear Parker’s name, the team will enlist the help of NCIS: Hawai’i’s Special Agent Jane Tennant (played Vanessa Lachey) and Computer Specialist Ernie Malick (Jason Antoon), who are in town for a meeting with Director Vance (Rocky Carroll). That sets the stage for a two-part crossover event that will spill over into NCIS: Hawai’i’s own season opener, airing Monday at 10 pm.1 Hawai'i Crossover Reveals a Shared 'Fascination'In the season-opening crossover event, one might think that our McGee (played by Seam Murray) and NCIS: Hawai’i‘s own keyboard warrior, Ernie, might regard one another with a certain “Hey, I’ve heard about you!” awe. But that is not the crossover dynamic to be on the watch for.“I think that just by virtue of Tim having been around the block for 20 years, he’s inherently not going to be as in awe of Ernie as one might expect,” says showrunner Steven D. Binder. “Now, Ernie might feel differently about that, but Ernie is the new kid on the block, so to speak.”So who will Ernie instead zero in on? “The one to keep your eye on more is Jimmy (Brian Dietzen) and Ernie,” Binder reveals. After all, as established in the Hawaii half of last season’s crossover and toward the close of NCIS Season 19, “they both have a fascination with Agent Knight (Katrina Law).”2 More Episodes Will Be Character-Centric Breaking away from the age-old, time-tested rhythm of “Regular case, regular case, Gibbs episode!, regular case, regular case, Ducky episode!,” NCIS this season will “really be focusing each episode on one of our characters,” Binder reveals. “We’re really leaning into our characters this time around and focusing full episodes around them.”Citing past examples of how -centric episodes can pay off in the long run, Binder says, “You bring in Parker’s wife, and then suddenly that opens up a door for a whole new angle on that character and how he interacts with people. Another good example of that is the Fornell character played by Joe Spano. We’ve gotten miles and miles of stories out of that one episode where he showed up as an antagonist to Gibbs, and now he’s part of the fabric of the show.”Looking ahead, teasing one of the new season’s early episodes, Binder says, “We see McGee as an agent, but he’s also a dad, so we’re going to have a show that focuses around him being a dad, which should be fun.”3 Jimmy/Jess Will Be Different From #Tiva, #EllickNCIS‘ famous “Will They/Won’t They” between Tony and Ziva (aka “Tiva”) “became a thing that externally was more of a thing than it was in our heads,” Binder recalls. And with Torres and Special Agent Ellie Bishop (former cast member Emily Wickersham), the writers sensed some sparks and “took the football and ran with it,” says the EP.But the sweet, mutual and forthright attraction between Special Agent Knight and Dr. Jimmy Palmer will be handled very differently than either of the above workplace romances.“This one is something that we birthed ourselves, in a vacuum,” says Binder. “We didn’t want to go down the same road we went down before. Instead, we wanted it to play out more realistically — two people at work, who actually having feelings towards each other, and they’re not being so coy about it.”The reason that #Tiva and #Ellick were as protracted as they were is “they were just in denial, and we’d play with it now and again and never did anything with it. Fans are well aware of that!” the EP admits with a laugh. “But here we’re trying to do something that’s realistic to the time and place we live in — and, as a side note, is entertaining as well.”As glimpsed ahead of Jimmy and Jess’ first kiss in the Season 19 finale, “There are hesitations that they’re going to have, based on their personalities per se,” but “there’s a lot to explore when you get down with a microscope and look at the minutia of how a relationship develops — the tentativeness, the awkwardness, how Jimmy’s been out of the game for a while, how you imagine Knight has been all over the game,” says Binder. “We’re really trying to break it apart and explore the fun of each moment.”All told, as that headline up above teased you, “I’ve been calling it ‘the season of love,'” Binder shared. “So we may see a bunch of things happening, with a bunch of our characters.”4 Which Characters Are Returning? Who's New?As noted above, Teri Polo will be back for the season opener, as Parker’s ex-wife Vivian, as will series vet Joe Spano, as former G-man Tobias Fornell.Beyond that, viewers can expect to see “Dr. Grace” again (played by Laura San Giacomo), and “we’re going to meet some family members of some characters,” Binder teased.5 Where in the World Is Leroy Jethro Gibbs?Rather than ask showrunner Steven D. Binder if Mark Harmon — who is still billed as a series regular — is due for any on-camera encores as Gibbs, and only get the usual “the door is always open” response, TVLine instead inquired if Season 20 might offer any verbal updates on what Boss is up to.“That’s a really interesting veil, where Gibbs is and how we left him,” Binder points out. “There’s this feeling among the writing staff — and I share it — that we left him sort of nowhere but also everywhere. Like, when I think of Gibbs, I don’t think of him living in an apartment in Alaska. Instead, I imagine he’s sort of melted into pixie dust and is floating around in the sky until he is called back to duty.”As such, Binder contends, to have a line of dialogue that crystalizes what Gibbs is up to and where would “smear dirt all over” the perfect ending that was crafted for the character in early Season 19. “When he has ‘appeared’ so far, it was things like the college trust fund that he deposited money into,” or NCIS: Hawai’i‘s mention of how Gibbs quietly steered Jane Tennant’s career, “things that gave us no shape to who or what kind of life he is living right now,” Binder notes. “We do have plans to involve him in those ways again… ways that don’t rip off the scab and don’t ruin this what I thought was the only fitting ending we could have given this guy.”tvline.com/lists/ncis-season-20-preview-gibbs-questions-hawaii-crossover/where-is-gibbs/
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Post by nas on Sept 14, 2022 3:03:03 GMT
1. I hope “Season of Love” does not mean “Season of Soap Opera”… 😖 if I wanted soap opera I’d watch GH or As the Stomach Turns or the other daytime drek…
I don’t want them making a big deal out of a relationship between Knight and Palmer! I like Jess - she’s smart and witty… Jimmy, not so much - he acts like such a doofus sometimes it irritates me… besides that, after all these years I still don’t buy that he went through med school and completed a residency - and absolutely nobody knew about it!! believe me when I tell you, I worked at a medical university for 5 years, and it’s virtually impossible for someone to pull off what Palmer supposedly did! he did not become a doctor on the Q.T.! but I digress - I will stop beating that dead horse now…
2. it would be hard to believe that Parker’s ex is in “cahoots” with the Raven… thus far they have been written as caring deeply for each other - they simply cannot be married… so, to make her out as betraying him, because deep down she really hates him, would be a total 180! nope, I don’t buy it!
note: if you’ve been reading the spoilers that some of us have been discussing in another thread/post, then you know whether the Raven is a singular person or a “nefarious organization”… the writer of this article obviously doesn’t know - or care to research the issue - and Binder didn’t bother to inform him/her…
3. it would suit me just fine to think that Gibbs is living “wherever” (can’t remember - was it Washington state or Alaska?) on a large piece of property, with a big above-ground warehouse type building where he can build as many boats as his heart desires without having to destroy a block wall in a basement to get it out! (do you really expect me and Maxine to believe that? 😂)
4. really looking forward to the new Fall season lineup… it’s been a longgggggg summer of nothing but depressing, repetitious, disappointing news and it will be nice to submerge myself into some entertaining shows for a few hours here and there…
eta: doesn’t mean my comments about the NCIS episodes will be all 🌈 & 🌹 - but it’ll be fun to be writing about it nevertheless…. 😊
nas
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Post by luckysmom on Sept 14, 2022 11:28:24 GMT
I agree with you on this. And I don't mind little insights into the characters lives but not episodes centering around how their families or friends are the center of the investigation. It gets a little hard to take.
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Post by verdun on Sept 14, 2022 13:28:25 GMT
I agree with you on this. And I don't mind little insights into the characters lives but not episodes centering around how their families or friends are the center of the investigation. It gets a little hard to take. Although I mostly agree, I will make an exception for Delilah.
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Post by Hari Seldon on Sept 15, 2022 4:28:17 GMT
I agree with you on this. And I don't mind little insights into the characters lives but not episodes centering around how their families or friends are the center of the investigation. It gets a little hard to take. Although I mostly agree, I will make an exception for Delilah. Delilah is an established relationship of several years. Season 4 (Tony and Jeanne) was definitely one of the worst and I wouldn't want to see the show go that direction again, even if it did yield a boyfriend for Nas. 😾😾😾
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Post by nas on Sept 15, 2022 8:14:21 GMT
not quite sure how “that direction” would yield moi a boyfriend, Hari…
that ship sailed a longggg time ago! Maxine says it best… nas
eta: hmmmm…🤔 might you have been referring to Mr. Kort?
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Post by BobNOTinValencia on Sept 15, 2022 20:05:37 GMT
... eta: doesn’t mean my comments about the NCIS episodes will be all 🌈 & 🌹 - but it’ll be fun to be writing about it nevertheless…. 😊
nas
Don't worry, Nas. If your comments were all rainbows and unicorn farts, we would all know right away that you'd been hacked!
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Post by Hari Seldon on Sept 15, 2022 21:12:42 GMT
nas
eta: hmmmm…🤔 might you have been referring to Mr. Kort? Who else from season 4 could I possibly mean? 😾
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Post by nas on Sept 15, 2022 22:21:58 GMT
it actually took a little digging because I couldn’t remember how far back Kort went… it’s hard to believe Season 4 was 16 years ago!! 😱 and I had that mad crush for the bald-headed Brit… 😂
I think of him often, tho’, because the paintings I procured from him still hang in my living room… last time we communicated he was happily living - writing & painting - in a house in a canyon outside of LaLa Land… but with all the devastating wildfires in that area, who knows where he may be now… I do hope he’s doing well; in reality he was a very nice, gracious, unpretentious man…
well, that was a stroll down memory lane! thanx, Hari…. 😊
nas
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