NCIS: Tony & Ziva exists in the identical universe as NCIS, however did the spinoff sequence usher in any OG stars for its first three episodes?
Warning: Spoilers under from season 1, episodes 1, 2 and three of NCIS: Tony & Ziva.
Tony & Ziva premiered on Paramount+ Thursday, September 4, with three episodes. Through the sequence debut, followers have been reintroduced to Tony DiNozzo (Michael Weatherly) and Ziva David (Cote de Pablo) years after they each left NCIS as particular brokers.
When the present begins, viewers see by way of flashbacks the second the pair met at NCIS in Washington, D.C., in 2005. Glimpses at their love story then unfold, together with their reunion in January 2020 after Ziva was on the run following an try on her life and that of her and Tony’s daughter, Tali (now performed by Isla Gie), in 2016.
Because the episode continues, Tony and Ziva’s — who will not be romantically collectively in current day — daughter’s life is threatened when villain Pierre Galimard (Emmanuel Bonami) breaks into Tony’s cyber safety workplaces and forces him at hand over a tough drive (referred to as 9.4) that may assist dangerous guys steal cash, infiltrate Interpol and take over hospital programs.
Tony doesn’t panic whereas being held at gunpoint; as an alternative, he manages to get a message to Ziva, who’s now the founding father of a language college, by utilizing “NCIS” as a clue.
Tony claims that the code phrase for clearing his servers is, “We cherish NCIS a lot.” As an alternative of NCIS standing for Naval Felony Investigative Service, the encryption stands for “No Nation Is Secure,” which suggestions Ziva off that their daughter is being adopted.
She jumps into motion and safely secures Tali whereas Tony will get his workplace out of standoff with the dangerous guys with none fatalities.
Elsewhere within the episode, Tony and Ziva use their NCIS badges, that are now not legitimate, to get solutions a few hack at a French hospital. (They’re on the hunt to search out out who in Interpol is soiled and who framed Tony for stealing thousands and thousands from the company.)
It isn’t till episode 3 that Tony and Ziva reference their previous as particular brokers at NCIS whereas investigating 9.4’s subsequent goal.
“That is unusual. I really feel like we’re again on the job. Like we must be calling McGee, and saying, ‘Hey deal with this,’” Ziva mentioned through the episode whereas ready to fulfill the CEO of Reigning Hearth, a potential goal due to its drone know-how, and referring to former coworker Particular Agent Timothy McGee, performed by Sean Murray.
NCIS has been on the air since 2003 – and the fan favourite drama remains to be going sturdy. The CBS sequence follows a gaggle of particular brokers from the Naval Felony Investigative Service as they examine numerous totally different crimes. NCIS season 1 started with lead actors Mark Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette and […]
Tony laughed, asking, “Yeah, how’s that going to go? [We just call and say], ‘Hey, probe the way you been? Sorry to do that to you, however that crimson discover? Ignore it. It’s only a large misunderstanding.’”
Tony, who referred to as McGee “probe” all through his 13 seasons on NCIS as a result of he outranked the agent, confessed to Ziva, “Apart from what can he do from D.C.? Time is a ticking.”
Sadly, McGee doesn’t make a cameo within the flesh.
New episodes of NCIS: Tony & Ziva air on Paramount+ Thursdays.
