Michael Weatherley and Cote de Pablo Know NCIS Fans want to watch Tony Dinozzo and Ziva David together – but they insist there is a reason for the split NCIS: Tony & Ziva.
Warning: Spoilers for Season 1, NCIS Episode 1: Tony & Ziva.
exist Season 1 premiereThis aired on Thursday, September 4th, and fans learned that Tony (Weatherly) and Ziva (de Pablo) broke up sometime in the fall of 2020, but they are still living with their daughter Tali (Isla Gie).
According to Weatherly, “that’s what the whole show is about,” the years when Tony and Ziva disappeared and how they ended up separated.
Tony raised his daughter from 2016 to 2020 – After exiting from NCIS’s Washington, DC, – Ziva died after Israeli bombs destroyed the bombs in her home. Ziva Confirmed her survival During Season 17 NCIS However, according to the spin-off, it was not until January 2020 that it was reunited in France with its partners and children.
“We knew there was expectation, so we skip it, put them in the tuxedo and wedding dress and take them away.” US Weekly Wednesday, September 3, refers to Tony and Ziva’s outfit, just like they’re getting married to start the series, part of a special OP that unfolds in October 2025.
While fans slowly stripped the levels of the case – Tony was accused of stealing money from Interpol and building a series of activities for a series of events called 9.4, Ziva must help him refute – they also caught a glimpse The life of the two After the event NCIS.
“The show itself is an unreliable narrator” The wind laughs. “That’s why you kind of think they’re together for a second, but they don’t, but probably will. And then you think, ‘Wait, what timeline am I on?”’
He explained that when the plot “walks around and you go through this kind of kaleidoscope mirror mirror mirror”, the dynamic between Tony and Ziva (past and present) “because it makes more meaningful”.
De Pablo, 45, told exclusively us On Wednesday, “people will enjoy the journey of how they get back together”, suggesting that Tony and Ziva remain the final match.
“They need to be rewarded,” she said. [in sync]. ”
The actress added that it was a “very pleasant thing to watch the hidden moments played from 2020 to 2025” In Season 1.
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De Pablo noted that while Tony and Ziva “work hard a lot” in the OG series, “theme of trust” became a key point in the derivatives. She laughed and said, “It’s impossible to move forward without that.”
When De Pablo mocks how Tony and Ziva’s story will end, she says that as a team, they “want to make the story a backdrop for “romantic European” love”, which increases the sexual tension between the characters.
NCIS: Tony & Ziva aired on Paramount+ Thursday.
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