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Post by llyan on Sept 10, 2019 13:16:21 GMT
Couple more articles regarding Ziva, so you may want to skip if this isn't your cup of tea. Nothing we don't know already either.
Does Tony Know Ziva Is Alive on 'NCIS'? Meredith Jacobs September 05, 2019 12:30 pmThere are many, many questions that Ziva David (Cote de Pablo) needs to answer in the NCIS Season 17 premiere — or one of the episodes she's appearing in after that — and at least a few of them revolve around her personal life.
In the Season 13 finale, the world was told Ziva was dead. Tony (Michael Weatherly) learned they had a daughter, and he became a single father. He moved to Paris with her, and since then, we've only heard about him via his father and phone calls with the team. But in Season 16, that all changed, leading up to the finale in which Ziva walked into Gibbs' (Mark Harmon) basement and told him he's in danger.
Now that it's been revealed Ziva's alive, what does that mean for her relationship with Tony and their daughter? Could Tony be the next to return? Fans will likely have to keep waiting for that, but they can at least to expect to hear him mentioned in the new season.
Co-showrunner Steve Binder tells TVLine that "answers will be forthcoming" about what Tony knows in relation to what's going on with Ziva — and if he's been helping her be "dead" all this time. Plus, it sounds like we'll find out where he is now.
The intense Season 17 trailer features a couple moments that suggest Ziva may have been staying away from her daughter (and Tony) all this time, perhaps to protect them. "If you had the chance for one more minute with your daughter, wouldn't you do anything?" Ziva asks Gibbs.
Later, we learn that Tali's "on the other side of this," which could mean that she's at least been away from her daughter for some period of time. After all, a woman wants Ziva dead, and she may not want to risk those she loves until she's taken care of the threat.
We'll have to wait and see how this plays out and if a reunion with her family is in Ziva's future.
NCIS, Season 17 Premiere, Tuesday, September 24, 8/7c, CBS
www.tvinsider.com/810435/ncis-season-17-ziva-alive-tony-cote-de-pablo-michael-weatherly/ Ask Matt: Ziva and 'NCIS,' 'Conners,' Post-Roseanne, a Better 'Fight' Without Blum & More Matt Roush September 10, 2019 9:00 am Welcome to the Q&A with TV critic (also known to some TV fans as their "TV therapist") Matt Roush, who'll try to address whatever you love, loathe, are confused or frustrated or thrilled by in today's vast TV landscape.
One caution: This is a spoiler-free zone, so we won't be addressing upcoming storylines here unless it's already common knowledge. Please send your questions and comments to askmatt@tvinsider.com (or use the form at the end of the column) and follow me on Twitter. Look for Ask Matt columns on most Tuesdays and Fridays.
What About the Child? Question: Will there be any mention on NCIS about Tony and (daughter) Tali from Ziva regarding their current status and location, and is there any information if Ziva was in contact all those years with Tony and her daughter? — Eugenia
Matt Roush: Questions like these veer into potential spoiler territory, which I usually aim to avoid, but the subject does come up in TV Guide Magazine's cover story in the Returning Favorites issue out this week. In the interview, Cote de Pablo notes that the threat that brings her back into Gibbs' (Mark Harmon) orbit also involves "trying to keep her daughter a secret and safe from the people who are trying to get to Gibbs and to her." For more details about this and other returning series, pick up the Returning Favorites issue (on stands and coming to subscribers this week).
www.tvinsider.com/811394/ask-matt-ziva-ncis-the-conners-after-roseanne-good-fight-michael-sheen/
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Post by mchnelson on Sept 10, 2019 18:14:19 GMT
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Post by ballerina on Sept 10, 2019 20:46:43 GMT
Honestly if Tony knows anything about this, I just can’t. Really I just can’t accept that three years after she goes MIA back home, she is so important that she is wanted dead. Honestly, the more articles that we are given the more of a stretch this entire story becomes and the more absurd. How is Ninja so important to the series as a whole, especially after all this time. I mean I know people like her, but really so important that she is wanted dead so long after she leaves NCIS? Seriously? I can only imagine what love story they are creating between Tony and Ninja 🤦🏻♀️
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Post by Llyan (Admin) on Sept 10, 2019 21:26:25 GMT
So. How’s this American citizen traveling around? Fake name? Fake passport? In the current environment ICE would be after her backside once it’s revealed she’s alive. She’s legally dead so any and all US bank accounts should have been liquidated and put in trust for her underage heir. If she had a will I’m sure Saint Ziva left it to her abuse victim.
Not one thing they can come up will induce me to watch again. When she deserted her daughter she wasn’t yet two. Now she would be closing in on 6. The girl will have no independent memory of her.
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Post by ballerina on Sept 10, 2019 21:53:58 GMT
So. How’s this American citizen traveling around? Fake name? Fake passport? In the current environment ICE would be after her backside once it’s revealed she’s alive. She’s legally dead so any and all US bank accounts should have been liquidated and put in trust for her underage heir. If she had a will I’m sure Saint Ziva left it to her abuse victim.
Not one thing they can come up will induce me to watch again. When she deserted her daughter she wasn’t yet two. Now she would be closing in on 6. The girl will have no independent memory of her.
I agree so much NewBe16, this entire thing is just absurd. There is always a chance that it is some big PR stunt and the series really will end in a way that shocks everyone, that is something no one expected. However, I will not hold my breath on that happening. It does sadden me though to see how much this show has changed since the beginning of the series. Now it’s almost a completely different show. Almost makes me think it may have been better to end it years ago.
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Post by nas on Sept 10, 2019 23:21:49 GMT
@ ballerina and NewBe...I couldn’t agree more with what both of you have written!to call this storyline/plot “absurd” is the ultimate in diplomacy...I have a different word - or words - that would describe this episodic mess, but what I write would not pass the rules of censorship on this board (or any other, for that matter)...frankly, I think the writers and TPTB for NCIS (and, yes, that includes Mark Harmon!) should be ashamed that they have taken this show in the direction that they have...imo, it’s a pathetic attempt to drive up the declining ratings - - just pitiful! 🤔 hmmmm, I wonder...could this “Resurrection of Ziva” be the undoing of a show that claimed to be “#1” for so many years?I really look forward to it’s reviews after S17 begins...eta: I re-read your post, NewBe, and those are all XLNT questions! do the writers even consider any of those situations when they write them, or are they just mindlessly creating them thinking they are exciting, wonderful, and award worthy? how do these episodes get thru a table reading (I think that’s what it’s called) without the cast thinking the same questions we’re wondering about?
oh, oh! I’ll answer my own question!: they’re actors, nas! that’s what they do! they act! (just keep those checks and acting jobs coming!) 😖
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Post by llyan on Sept 11, 2019 14:50:11 GMT
Again more about Ziva's return. So if that's not your cup of tea, you may want to consider skipping this one.
Mark Harmon & Cote de Pablo on Ziva's 'NCIS' Return, Tiva & the Threat to Gibbs Kate Hahn September 11, 2019 9:00 amThe last time Cote de Pablo and Mark Harmon paired up for a TV Guide Magazine cover shoot, in 2009, it ended with a food fight and her face smushed into a cake. The mood is more serious this August day when we go back to the NCIS set in Valencia, California, to mark the momentous return of her character, Ziva David.
The tough, smart Mossad operative turned NCIS agent was presumed killed by an explosion in 2016 (de Pablo had already left, in 2013). Then Ziva made a surprise appearance in May's finale to warn her former boss, Supervisory Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Harmon), that his life was in danger.
With shooting for Season 17 under way, Harmon sports a nasty stage-makeup scratch on his forehead, while de Pablo is on a closed set to do a fight scene (her character is a martial arts expert). Together for our photographer later — and minus any visible signs of an altercation — they have the same easy rapport we see onscreen. He whispers in her ear, she laughs and leans her head on his shoulder. ("I don't think we'd be here if we weren't [friends off camera]," she notes.)
Afterward, we sit down with the costars to talk about the staggeringly popular drama's upcoming season and how it feels to be reunited.
In the trailer, Ziva mentions a woman named Sahar (Mouzam Makkar) who wants her dead and is now after Gibbs. Just how dangerous will it get?
Mark Harmon: The threat is real. Cote de Pablo: We are very much in danger. The only way to justify Ziva [possibly] breaking cover and jeopardizing herself and the people at NCIS was to make the threat absolutely real. She lost her father [Mossad director Eli David, killed in Season 10], so she feels responsible for her father figure, Gibbs, and has to save him. She's also trying to keep her daughter a secret and safe from the people who are trying to get to Gibbs and to her. [Tali has been living in Paris with her former NCIS agent father, Tony DiNozzo, played by Michael Weatherly.]
Fans just love Tony and Ziva — or "Tiva." Any chance we'll see Tony again?
Harmon: [Laughs] Maybe. Michael is a little busy at the moment. De Pablo: He's shooting a procedural [Bull]. I don't think Ziva and Tony have seen each other or communicated in a long time. Tali was delivered to him [by Mossad], and that was the end of it. Don't ask any questions, dot-dot-dot, to be continued.
Based on what we've seen on set today, is it safe to say the premiere is pretty action-packed?
Harmon: We and other cast members are in scuffles. It's very active. Ziva and Gibbs have different ideas for how to go from point A to point B. The driving is contested. De Pablo: Gibbs takes the keys. [Laughs] In the fight sequences, I was a little rusty, but you start working on something and go, "Oh, my God, that's right. I really like this." The choreography comes back into your body incredibly quickly. It's fun!
With Ziva taking the lead because of her intel, are their typical father-daughter roles reversed?
De Pablo: It's not a given that they're going to be exactly who they were. We have different ideas pretty much the entire episode. Ziva is used to working by herself, and all of a sudden she's trying to tell Gibbs what to do. They haven't seen each other for a long time and have to find trust again. Harmon: Cote in some ways plays a very different character. Ziva is older, more experienced. She's been on her own for a long time. Gibbs is not accustomed to change, and they already threw a lot of change at him last season.
As actors, did you experience the same type of readjustment?
De Pablo: It's like time never passed. We get right into the groove. It's very easy to look at Mark and understand emotionally where you're going in a scene. Gibbs and Ziva are on edge and the stakes are very high, so they're in combustible situations. Mark and I play with that: What am I calling you on? How are you going to react to me? Are we going to go head-to-head? Mark always helps me react.
Speaking of your working relationship, Gibbs whispered something to Ziva in Season 7 when she returned after a traumatic departure. Fans have always wondered: What did he say?
Harmon: You're not getting this from me. It's not so much a secret but an actor thing. De Pablo: Mark does that all the time. He'll whisper in your ear right before a take or talk to you about stuff you don't want to talk about. And then afterward he'll go, "Oh, by the way, I was just doing that so we can get a take." I'm like, "Oh, you little—" Harmon: When you know people well and you know how they work, it comes from respect. It's not about manipulation. I know how she rolls. And she knows me the same way.
Do you remember your first day together on set in Season 3?
Harmon: I remember so clearly when Cote first got here. We were working long hours. She just brought it — she was all in. The cargo pants, the headband, the — De Pablo: — combat boots! My first year [2005], I was a little discombobulated. I was so new. Mark knew instantly [when a scene was working]. He'd say, "Oh, this is cool. Let's grab this."
You've shared many memorable scenes. When Ziva showed up at the top of Gibbs' basement stairs, it echoed a dramatic one from Season 3. She stood in the same spot and saved Gibbs' life by killing her half brother, Ari Haswari, a Mossad double agent and terrorist who was about to shoot. Is this new danger related to the past?
De Pablo: Ari's always involved. There's something that has to do with him and some loose ends still lingering. You see some of Ziva's past come back — flashbacks and hints of things that have marked her [in the years she's been gone]. Harmon: And [we'll see] other characters you've met in both Gibbs' and Ziva's lives.
How does the rest of the NCIS team react to the stunning news that Ziva is back? Harmon: For the premiere, we've been isolated in some ways. We've seen a lot of each other. De Pablo: Episode 2, there is more interaction — mostly with McGee [Sean Murray's special agent] and a little with [NCIS medical examiner turned historian] Ducky [David McCallum]. Then Ziva meets Bishop [Emily Wickersham as another special agent], who basically knows Ziva from reading her diary. [Bishop discovered Ziva's hideaway in February's "She."] Ziva knows very little about Bishop. They check each other out, see how they feel.
How did the cast react to having you back, Cote?
De Pablo: The table read was great. I hadn't seen Sean in a long time or Brian Dietzen [Ducky's successor, Jimmy] or Rocky Carroll [boss Vance]. But it was also really great to meet the new people, like Maria Bellow [Jack, another special agent], Emily an dWilmer [Valderrama, who plays team member Nick]. When I saw Wilmer, immediately we started speaking Spanish. Harmon: She and Diona [Reasonover, aka forensic scientist Kasie] hit it off right away. De Pablo: She's fantastic, so smart and witty.
We know Ziva appears in two episodes now but will return later in the season. Does unfinished business remain between her and Gibbs?
De Pablo: Yes. A lot is still at stake with teh secret Ziva is keeping, meaning where her daughter and Tony are- Harmon: -and who [else] knows that secret. People's lives depend on it. De Pablo: Who's still after her and who's still after Gibbs - or is someone still after him? These characters have a strong bond. The episodes reveal some secrets and show what they are willing to do for each other.
NCIS, Season 17 Premiere, Tuesday, September 24, 8/7c, CBS
This is an abbreviated version of TV Guide Magazine's latest cover story. For more, pick up the issue, on newsstands Thursday, September 12.www.tvinsider.com/810363/ncis-season-17-cote-de-pablo-mark-harmon-ziva-gibbs/[/font]
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Post by pdsmith777 on Sept 11, 2019 15:42:07 GMT
Thanks for sharing this. Good article. Not good enough to buy the mag, but good.
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Post by larue1872 on Sept 11, 2019 18:24:21 GMT
Ducky shows up? OK, I'll watch.
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Post by usmcbrat on Sept 11, 2019 19:28:42 GMT
Thank you as always Llyan. I am looking forward to the premiere.
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Post by llyan on Sept 12, 2019 1:12:09 GMT
How does the rest of the NCIS team react to the stunning news that Ziva is back? Harmon: For the premiere, we've been isolated in some ways. We've seen a lot of each other. De Pablo: Episode 2, there is more interaction — mostly with McGee [Sean Murray's special agent] and a little with [NCIS medical examiner turned historian] Ducky [David McCallum]. Then Ziva meets Bishop [Emily Wickersham as another special agent], who basically knows Ziva from reading her diary. [Bishop discovered Ziva's hideaway in February's "She."] Ziva knows very little about Bishop. They check each other out, see how they feel.
How did the cast react to having you back, Cote?
De Pablo: The table read was great. I hadn't seen Sean in a long time or Brian Dietzen [Ducky's successor, Jimmy] or Rocky Carroll [boss Vance]. But it was also really great to meet the new people, like Maria Bellow [Jack, another special agent], Emily an dWilmer [Valderrama, who plays team member Nick]. When I saw Wilmer, immediately we started speaking Spanish. Harmon: She and Diona [Reasonover, aka forensic scientist Kasie] hit it off right away. De Pablo: She's fantastic, so smart and witty.
We know Ziva appears in two episodes now but will return later in the season. Does unfinished business remain between her and Gibbs?
De Pablo: Yes. A lot is still at stake with teh secret Ziva is keeping, meaning where her daughter and Tony are- Harmon: -and who [else] knows that secret. People's lives depend on it. De Pablo: Who's still after her and who's still after Gibbs - or is someone still after him? These characters have a strong bond. The episodes reveal some secrets and show what they are willing to do for each other.
I saw a scan of the article online so I added the missing part.
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Post by usmcbrat on Sept 12, 2019 15:44:23 GMT
Again, you are awesome! Thanks Llyan.
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Post by llyan on Nov 5, 2019 17:17:23 GMT
'NCIS' Diona Reasonover on Kasie's Conundrum, a Tough Scene With Gibbs & More Meredith Jacobs November 05, 2019 10:30 am
NCIS gets very personal for Kasie in Tuesday's episode.
After a petty officer's son is found murdered at his "welcome home from prison" party, the evidence suggests her lifelong best friend, Dante Brown (Devale Ellis) is the suspect. "[It's a] big, huge emotional roller coaster," Diona Reasonover tells TV Insider.
On a more lighthearted note, the actress also reveals that a previous episode featured a cut Kasie and Terry (from the evidence garage) "flirtation." And while we have yet to see anything regarding her character's love life, she's hoping that changes.
Here, Reasonover previews Kasie's rough time in the "very rewarding" episode, "Institutionalized," and shares her thoughts on some of the show's relationships.
In this episode, Kasie is in the middle of the case because her best friend is involved. What can you preview about the investigation?
Diona Reasonover: You get to see him get caught up in something that is maybe beyond his control but then we start to wonder about his involvement. You get to see Kasie really dive in. The cool thing about this is Kasie is not the kind of person who is great at socializing at work. She obviously has friends, but you see her a lot be like, "Okay, great, let's get down to business." Now that her personal life is crashing into her work life, it's a little bit frustrating for her. She's very flustered.
How does that change how Kasie goes about her work? It's her two lives mixing.
That's exactly the conundrum she's facing. She's like, "How do I go about this?" She's scared she'll get taken off the case. It's the first time she's had to have an emotional response to the case. We see a lot of the times the team just has that rule, "no personal involvement in the case," but this is a little bit unavoidable. She's the forensic scientist. She has to do this. But she's also like, "I want to believe my friend. Do I believe my friend?"
How does Kasie and Dante's relationship change during the investigation? Because if she has to suspect him...
It does change a lot because imagine if your friend was accused of something. The first thing you would do is stick up for them and of course believe everything's going to be fine but you're also watching your friend be arrested. It really puts her in a tough position because she trusts her team and she trusts her friend and somebody has to be wrong in this case.
You hope it's the team, but then you're like, "If it's the team, what am I doing with my work, what am I doing with my life? This is my friend. I thought I knew you. It turns out I don't." It's a really cool conundrum and I enjoyed having a chance to watch her be stuck between a rock and a hard place.
Before this investigation, did she trust Dante implicitly?
Yes. They're like family, really. [Dante, played by] Devale Ellis, who did an incredible job, is someone who has been a little bit in and out of trouble before. Sometimes it's small stuff or you know that person's true heart. But this really challenges their relationship in a way that Kasie and he both did not expect.
Who does Kasie lean on? In the photos, we see her and Gibbs sitting on the steps during what looks like the arrest scene.
She does trust Gibbs. It's hard for her to believe everything's going to be okay. Her concern really takes over. You do watch her try to do her best to confide in Gibbs, and that scene with Mark was great. I've never really had a scene like that. That scene really is us just sitting on the porch — I won't say whose — talking. You get to see their relationship growing and the mentor/young protege relationship they have. It's a tough scene for her. It was a tough scene to film.
Are we going to get more Kasie/Ducky and Kasie/Palmer scenes? I so enjoy those relationships.
I love them, too! We will have some. They're really foundational to who Kasie is. David [McCallum] is really, really fun to work with and a really generous actor, so it's good to have those scenes where Kasie has such a good relationship with Ducky.
In recent episodes, we've gotten teases about Gibbs/Jack and Bishop/Torres. What do you and Kasie think about those relationships?
I think Kasie would be both fine with them and as long as they don't interfere with the case, probably not care. I'd like to think Kasie is very laissez faire about stuff like that: "Very cool, keep holding hands if you want, but can I give you this update or not?"
Diona is excited. Diona does ship a couple couples, but also I just love getting to watch the character development, both inside and outside of the potential relationships. I love every time we get another facet of a character thrown at us and we get to watch the actor deal with that.
I'm hoping we can get that with Kasie, say in more scenes with Jack. I think that would be an interesting dynamic to see.
I do, too. Kasie and Jack can be very diametrically opposed in their way of approaching something because Jack is very thoughtful and observant and a really good study of people. Kasie's not the best socially, but I like their dynamic a lot. I've only really gotten to shoot a couple scenes with Maria. It's always one of those scenes where we're in the middle of a case and it's rare for Jack to come down to the forensics lab because she's usually really busy.
I hope we get a girls' night episode where we get Bishop and Sloane and Kasie all in a room together, with some wine, maybe at a spa. I think it would be really fun to watch those personalities intersect because obviously they have a lot in common but they approach the work very differently.
Is there anything you're hoping to explore with Kasie this season?
I would like to see eventually a love interest. I'd be interested to see what her type is.
That would be a different side of her to see, too, balancing that with her work life.
Exactly. And I think Kasie would be the kind of person where if you came up to Kasie at work and tried to give her a hug, she'd be like, "not now, running tests."
NCIS, Tuesdays, 8/7c, CBS
www.tvinsider.com/828997/ncis-season-17-episode-6-kasie-dante-terry-diona-reasonover/
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Post by jessielee on Dec 19, 2019 12:17:08 GMT
'NCIS' Bosses on Tony & Ziva's Reunion and the 'Deep Cut' for Gibbs
[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for Season 17, Episode 10 of NCIS, "The North Pole."
The threat to Ziva's (Cote de Pablo) life is over now (really, this time), so she can return to Tony (Michael Weatherly) and Tali ... right?
Ziva's fall finale return saw her and Gibbs (Mark Harmon) learn that the woman they thought was Sahar was just a decoy. The real Sahar was Sarah (Louise Barnes), Gibbs' neighbor. And to save Ziva, he took a page out of her book and killed Sahar from the top of a staircase.
What comes next? TV Insider turned to executive producers Frank Cardea and Steven D. Binder for answers.
First of all, the reveal of Sarah/Sahar was one of the most shocking moments of the series. When you knew you were bringing Ziva back for this multi-episode arc last year, how early did you plan out specifics of it, like that Sahar would pose as Gibbs' neighbor?
Steven D. Binder: It was an interesting evolution because we had planned out the five episodes of Ziva pretty specifically before we started shooting or writing everything. That originally was not included and when our writers were off by themselves being brilliant, they came to us with something they were really excited about. When they started to pitch it, it had messed up something that we had been planning for months and months and months, and I'm thinking to myself, "Why are they going off this way? This isn't going to work." Then they dropped the bomb on us, and I was like, "Oh my God, we're doing that, no matter what it costs."
Frank Cardea: The primary reason it was done is if we were coming full-circle from Season 3 when Ziva kills her brother — she had a huge stake saving Gibbs' life, killing someone close to her — and if Gibbs were to just kill a guest star of the week to save Ziva... We needed to have an emotional stake in the person he was shooting to mirror what Ziva did in Season 3.
Binder: It had to cost him. Because it cost Ziva to pull that trigger in Season 3. As Frank was saying, a guest star wasn't going to cost him anything. But the mother of someone he developed a bond with would be a pretty deep cut for this guy.
We saw Gibbs' reluctance to say out loud what he knew to be true as soon as Victor said her name. How much of it was because he knew it would likely end in him having to kill Phineas' mom or at least watch her be killed?
Binder: He's obviously a very astute agent with a really good gut sense about things, and yet he's like the rest of us. Denial ain't just a river in Egypt. It rang true to him. The flashbacks hit these touchstones where he started thinking back, "It was right there before me." He just didn't want to believe it, so he tried to hold off believing it for as long as he could.
Cardea: That's why he says to them, "I need a proof." Although in his heart, he knew instantly.
Binder: If this was any other character at this point in the episode, he probably would've already put a bullet in the bad guy's head.
This episode revealed that Ziva's been in contact, albeit limited contact, with Tony, and they’ve even seen each other since she faked her death. How did you go about deciding how much Tony would know and when?
Binder: We were playing a game of Operation with this. On the one hand, we wanted to see a reunion and we think the audience wants to see a reunion and if there has been a full-throated reunion in the past, that's a disservice to the storytelling on some level. On the other hand, when you're a co-parent, letting your co-parent believe you're dead is a pretty rough pill to swallow.
We had split the difference and thought, "What would really happen?" She really believes her life is in jeopardy, she really believes she needs to stay undercover, so she doesn't tell anybody. But if Adam Eshel's going to know, Tony's going to know. Just because he knows doesn't mean they've been vacationing in the Caymans and hanging out and having a good ol' time. Just because he knows she's alive doesn't mean there's been a relationship there, which still gives us space to do a reunion.
What are the chances of seeing that reunion and what will what Ziva's experienced mean for that relationship? There's a lot to come back from. They've been separated, we're seeing Ziva dealing with anxiety...
Cardea: We're going to get into some of that [in the January 7 episode].
Binder: In terms of the effects on the relationship going forward, that's a trajectory that wouldn't be answered in one episode anyway.
Speaking of her anxiety, which is very different from what we saw from Ziva when she was on the team, how much does that play a role in her delay to reunite with her family and reluctance to bring in Gibbs?
Cardea: It plays a big part. Part of what we explored in these five episodes is how everyone has changed. Gibbs is a different person, and certainly Ziva was. Ziva's anxiety was a big part of that. It was something Cote embraced.
Binder: From a character point of view, something Gina [Lucita Monreal], our writer, created is taking a character who's previously been fearless and giving her the worst fear possible. You don't have anxiety issues if you're afraid someone's going to shoot you. This is someone who couldn't even go into a crowd. It really handicapped her superpower, and then we got to see what was left.
It was sad to see Adam go, but we got the flashbacks and saw what Ziva meant to him. Can you talk about having him be the one to help her all these years and why that relationship and being able to trust him was so important for her?
Binder: There's also potentially things in that history, since we do occasionally do flashbacks, we might revisit in terms of exactly the nature of their relationship. We have established they had a romantic interest at one point and Ziva isn't really someone who was a dater, necessarily, so if she's going to open her heart to someone in that way, that's an opening that's going to stay permanent for someone like her.
Cardea: When we were planning the five-episode arc, we looked back at all of the Ziva history and lore and Adam Eshel stuck out as a character we could potentially use. Certainly a rich part of her history.
Gibbs paused at the bottom of the stairs as he tried to put off the inevitable and tell Phineas about his mother. Is that a conversation we're going to see play out on screen?
Cardea: It's certainly dealt with in the next episode, to a great extent.
What's next for those two? And how much of what Gibbs knows about Phineas' father is the truth?
Cardea: Again, a lot of that will be explained in the [next] episode. The history of Phineas and Sahar/Sarah and how she pulled that whole thing off.
You've put Gibbs through quite a lot, in general and this past year. His past regarding Pedro Hernandez came back to haunt him, then what happened with Fornell and his daughter, now this. How is Gibbs doing right now?
Binder: I would say in that regard, this is a general statement about humanity and specific to Gibbs, there's only so much one man can take. Like you said, he's taken a lot. He's getting close to redlining. What that looks like, tune in.
www.tvinsider.com/842280/ncis-season-17-ziva-tony-return-gibbs-phineas-sahar/
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Post by llyan on Jan 6, 2020 18:30:04 GMT
'NCIS' EPs Tease Robert Wagner's 'Unusual' Return as DiNozzo Senior Meredith Jacobs January 06, 2020 9:00 am
NCIS fans will see Anthony DiNozzo — Senior, that is — again in Season 17
Robert Wagner is returning to the CBS drama "in an episode coming up shortly," executive producer Frank Cardea told TV Insider. "He is introduced on a personal nature and then gets involved in the telling of the story of the case."
And it sounds like Senior's appearance will be a bit different this time. It's "a very novel way for us," executive producer Steven D. Binder interjected, with Cardea adding that Wagner's episode is "a very unusual departure for us."
Wagner has appeared in 13 episodes and was last seen in Season 16's "Bears and Cubs." We know he's in touch with his son, so did he have any idea that Ziva's (Cote de Pablo) alive? We'll have to wait and see if his episode addresses it.
He's not the only actor returning. Expect to see Don Lake back as Gibbs' (Mark Harmon) Navy friend Phil. Plus, the EPs hope to get Joe Spano back as Fornell. And it would make sense to see Fornell again, considering that Episode 8 just teased that Gibbs left work to help his friend with his daughter, Emily, though there was clearly more going on than he shared.
And fans might want to refresh their memories regarding an episode from Season 16. "We've been laying some Easter eggs starting with Jen Corbett's "Crossing the Line" episode last year about an arc we're building towards," Binder teased.
In other words, while everyone's waiting to see what comes next with Ziva and Gibbs after the shocking fall finale — and if Tony (Michael Weatherly) returns — in the winter premiere, there's plenty to look forward to in subsequent episodes.
www.tvinsider.com/844927/ncis-season-17-robert-wagner-return-anthony-dinozzo-senior/
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