NCIS: Tony & Ziva bring NCIS Alumni Tony Dinozzo and Ziva David are in the spotlight – but what have they been doing since leaving Washington, DC?
Fans were sent to Hyundai during the premiere of the series on Thursday, September 4 (Tony) (Michael Weatherley) and Ziva (Cote de Pablo) In daughter TaliIsla Gie), twenty years after they met NCIS.
Warning: NCIS Season 1 spoilers: Tony & Ziva.
Tony & Ziva Occurred in September and October 2025 (at least starting), but dates back to 2020, a year NCIS Fans have never seen Tony and Ziva’s life in France.
The five years between Ziva and Tony in January 2020 and the fall of 2025 are a mystery. Paramount+ shows the year of missing between the previous couple, while slowly stripping away the layers of their dynamics in 2025.
Luckily fans, US Weekly All missing moments are being tracked and pieced together every week.
Scroll down everything Tony & Ziva About the couple’s off-grid years and what they stand today:
NCIS: Tony & Ziva aired on Paramount+ Thursday.
2005
period Tony & ZivaPremiere, fans are knocked down Memory lane Participate in the first meeting of the special agent.
“Hey, I’m an agent Tony Dinozzo. Who are you? ” Tony Cheekily asked Ziva in an episode of Season 3 NCISTwo years after introducing the audience to Tony.
Ziva quickly answered: “ZivaDavid. Massad. We will work together.”
2013

Flashing to 2013, when Ziva and Tony can No more denying their connection. In the memory scene, Tony tells Ziva that he is “fighting” for her, while Ziva tells him that she has to “start alone”, but she reminds him that he is “so love”.
2016
Ziva is believed to have died after a terrorist attack in Israel, taking away her family’s home. Shortly after the bomb exploded, Tony learned that he and Ziva shared a daughter, Talley, who left NCIS to take care of her and found the “answer” about Ziva’s death.
NCIS Fans learn that Ziva is still alive in the OG series Season 17. according to Tony & Ziva It wasn’t until 2020 that she was reunited with Tony and their little girl for the first time.
January 2020
In the first episode of the show, the audience sees Ziva arrives in France through flashbacks. “Hi,” Tony said after Ziva hugged Talley at the airport. “Hi. You’re crying,” she replied. “You’re in there too,” Tony said with a smile.
Ziva did not skip the beat and told her partner: “Yes, we deserve it.” Then, she kissed Tony after years of separation.
Ziva later revealed that before they left the airport, Ziva was sweet and she was triggered by a can that fell on the apron and pulled her weapon to the foreign police. The incident led to Ziva starting therapy, from Tony & Ziva It has been going on for five years.
March 2020

In the flashback of episode 2, fans are sent to Ziva and Tony’s lives to raise Tali together and temporarily live under the same roof. After Tali fell asleep in her room, the two entered Tony’s living room, and he revealed that he had been sleeping on the sofa so that Ziva could lie in the bed.
“I’m sorry,” Tony said after he placed his hand affectionately on Chiva’s face. She replied, “It’s okay.
Tony supports her and tells her, “I’m here no matter what you need.”
April 2020

While drinking at dinner in episode 3, Ziva and Tony share a moment of intimacy. “We’re here. Two ordinary people who work properly,” Chiva said after ensuring his location in the language school. “I don’t think Ziva David has anything ordinary.”
When Ziva is worried, “If I can’t do it?” Tony assured her: “I think that’s where I come in.” Then he frolicly feeds her fruit and jokes, which is what “ordinary people” like to do.
After dinner, the two returned to their shared space and started making money. “We shouldn’t. … I don’t want to send [Tali] Ziva said, any mixed information.
Ziva tries to deny how she feels about Tony, but eventually succumbs to them sleep together. She laughed, “You always put me in a lot of trouble.”
May 2020
In a separate flashback in episode 3, Ziva reveals that she owns her own apartment as part of her therapy and recovery, which puts Tony in trouble. “I’m fine. Everything is fine.” He told her after cutting his fingers with a knife to prepare dinner.
Ziva later wanted to know if the idea of treatment was a “mistake” he moved out. “I just want to give her the normal life as possible. There has never been anything normal in my relationship with Tony,” she admitted.
September 2025

In a safe house in Italy (as seen in episode 2), Tony and Ziva have to share a bed to accommodate everyone else on their team. The two wake up in the morning to hug, but don’t talk about the moments of intimacy. (Tony and Ziva are running away while trying to prove they were set up to steal money from Interpol).

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