Remind Me, Where Did #Tiva Leave Off...?
As NCIS Season 11 opened, it was revealed that at the start of the four-month time jump that ended Season 10, DiNozzo had made tracks for Israel to find a disappeared Ziva. Eventually, he came to realize that Ziva was inflicting on herself a penance of sorts, for killing a childhood friend’s half-brother (and other trespasses).
As the hour closed, we found Tony and Ziva at a small airport, at night, with the former set to head back home. Alone. “What will I tell people?” he asked. “That you were right,” Ziva answered. “That I have to start over.”
Before parting ways, Ziva started, “Tony, you are so….” “Handsome? Funny?” Loved. They shared a long, warm kiss, after which Tony walked away, shaking his head: “This is not easy… The hardest 180 of my life.” Tears streamed down Ziva’s cheeks, followed by a smile acknowledging a bittersweet affection, as Tony waved goodbye from the plane. (Read full recap.)
NCIS is definitely going the Star Wars route with these spin offs of legacy characters. I understand why they would put it on paramount plus both to generate revenue and also for PC purposes much as I get the fanbase for the characters having characters like Tony and Ziva could be problematic on broadcast TV given real life events.
Personally, I am tired of broadcast channels being reduced to becoming the “pimps” for streaming series. No $’s from me for “TIVA” unless it airs on CBS and the commercials are good enough to influence my spending.
I’d love to see McGee take on the role of “Guy in the Chair” for Tony and Ziva. Since Tony and Ziva will be on the run, it makes sense that they’d turn to McGee for help since they trust him completely. I’d also love to see DiNozzo, Sr., if Robert Wagner is able to reprise his role as Tony’s dad.
If Wagner is able, that would be great even if it’s through an online or zoom type of scene like Ducky was doing the his last season.
Sadly, Wagner has dementia and is retired.
Wagner is currently 94 and, assuming stays around for his next birthday, will be 95 before the Tony & Ziva series tees off.
So it will be about Tony DiNozzo Jr. and Ziva David become exactly who they warned everyone they never would ever become: Their respective Fathers Anthony DiNozzo Sr. and Eli David.
Didn’t they already earn their Happy Ending? Why must they have to keep earning it? As much as I like the characters, they don’t need a Spin-Off where they end up becoming just mirror images of their parents just for the sake of having them back on our screens! Sorry but this is a bad idea all around from a Narrative perspective.
sorry, Ziva should have stayed dead, not a fan. Nothing against the actress I just hated how very “special” the character was treated by the characters and writers.
Each of this pair was insufferable in their own way. What’s the subtitle “Egos On Parade”? I’m out.
Agree with both comments here, Ziva was an absolute Mary Sue and the Tiva fans complained so much about any developments in DiNozzo’s character that he was regressed to moronic frat boy again. At least with this spinoff the “we want Tiva” comments will stop though.
True, on comments to stop about Tiva. I will not go back to the mothership NCIS, I stopped watching after Weatherly left and have not a clue what is going on there, I did watch Ziva episodes tho. So it is for me and the “We want Tiva” crowd. Apparently this crowd is a large number, especially in Europe where we decided to go with the times and pay for bunch of streaming services instead of cable TV.
I’m very excited to see Tony and Ziva again, however I was hoping they will come back to the original show, I can’t wait to see them in action again.I watched NCIS since day one so this new serie better be as good as the original.
I don’t know how anyone can stand to watch Michael Weatherly on screen. He’s such a creep!
You know this directly, how?
10 million reasons
My family is big fans of all the NCIS’s and looking forward to the Gibbs past and the NCIS Europe we realy hope this us true and not a horrible miss leading
I really don’t want to see someone else playing Gibbs or seeing his past. His Wife and Kid should be alive, do we need to go through that death?
Are we going to have the real Gibbs do the voice over work just like with “Young Sheldon”? Since that is pretty much the same concept.
I love the idea of seeing Tony and Ziva together. I have to admit I dont want to see them running 24/7, cant they keep their home base and do shows similar to what they did on the original NCIS?
They need get rid Tony he just a punk and a bully keep ziva and her daughter but not Tony he wanted bull let him go find something else for himself
Wouldn’t it be awesome if Abby showed up?
She has retired from acting I believe, so it’s very unlikely. Especially with Mark Harmon still around as a producer.
From what I’ve read Harmon doesn’t have anything to do with this series.
Correct.
can’t wait to see tony and ziva together again
If it takes place in Europe, I hope they film in Europe like FBI International does. Nothing worse than thinking people will think the Hollywood backlot is really Paris or Rome. If they film in California, hard pass.
“Production on the Tony/Ziva spinoff will begin “later this year” — in Europe”
I’d love to see them film the series in Paris or maybe even Rome. Any chance they simply call the show “Tony and Ziva”?
I have been waiting for this for a very long time. It is too bad that loyal fans of NCIS are being forced to purchase a premium service to watch their favorite stars. Thanks but no thanks! I will pass and wait more years for this spinoff to be on DVD.
Too bad new series is not on CBS. I’ve enjoyed the whole NCIS franchise but won’t be buying Paramount + for just one series.
I don’t understand that, because 1) you can always cancel your subscription (I sometimes do that early on with Starz, so that it doesn’t auto-charge after the season ends), 2) Paramount+ has several pay tiers and often has deals. So I think that subscribing for a single show that’s going to be released without breaks and probably <13 binge-able episodes, is a lot cheaper than a few shows with staggered release dates. But I guess that's just me…
Please air spin off with Tony & Ziva characters on CBS. Not everyone streams tv or wants to pay extra to do so.
Want Sean Murray to briefly appear as one of his prior JAG characters so the evil mastermind behind the TIVA plot can kill him and convince the heroes they can’t trust NCIS help because they think the real McGee is dead…
I can’t wait to see this. Anything NCIS is great. What I really want to see is a Hetty Origin series. She has so many stories and mysteries, it would run as long as NCIS.
YES! I would watch that!
Honestly, I hope this new series stays completely separate from NCIS. No old characters stopping by. No/almost no former writers/showrunners/etc. It should just be its own thing.
REALLY looking forward to both of these shows!
Absolutely no interest in Tony and Ziva whether it is on CBS, Paramount or anywhere else. Also no interest in a Gibbs prequel or any other permutation or combination. Cancel Sydney and maybe even Hawaii as well.
They already cancelled Hawaii. Sydney was renewed.
Isn’t a tween an older teenager/young 20s person? English is not my language so I don’t understand these terms. But a kid born in 2014 would be 10 this year, 11 in 2025, so definitely still a child. Unless the show is set in 2027 and Tali is officially a teenager (13 years old) by then.
Not trying to be “that person”, but I suppose I will be… Wouldn’t it have been easier to Google or search the definition of “tween” or “tweenage” instead of typing this comment? Regardless of whether English is your 1st language or not, you have a world of knowledge at your fingertips and you choose not to even bother using it.
Back to the main topic… I can’t wait to see Ziva and Tony together. I just hope Tony has matured and Ziva’s anxiety is handled better in the writing, otherwise this will be train wreck of a spin-off.
Late reply, but “tween” means BETWEEN a child and a teenager. So around 10-12 years old.
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Kids between 8 and 12 are called “tweens” because they are in between children and teenagers.
Why would you want Michael Weatherly back on a set when know what happened on the Bull set when CBS paid 9.5 million in hush money
How does he keep getting work after the Eliza Dushku accusations?
Because despite important movements in recent years, Hollywood is still a misogynistic industry. Michael has connections in all the right places.
And THAT’S the big title they were hiding?
Sounds like it could be a sitcom lol