When Michael Weatherly exited NCIS as a sequence common on the finish of Season 13, his character, Tony DiNozzo, left the regulation enforcement company with a brand new, particular younger woman in his life. After studying that Cote de Pablo’s Ziva David, who hadn’t been seen since early Season 11, was presumed lifeless, Tony met his and Ziva’s younger daughter, Tali, whom had been stored a secret from him. Ziva, in fact, was later revealed to nonetheless be alive, and after we final noticed her, she was headed to Paris to reunite together with her household after staying hidden for years. Now the officially-titled NCIS: Tony & Ziva spinoff is lastly pairing Weatherly and de Pablo’s characters again onscreen once more, although as the previous defined, Tali may even be essential to this Paramount+ subscription-exclusive sequence.
NCIS: Tony & Ziva will comply with the title characters happening the run in Europe after Tony’s safety firm, however till now, it was unclear if Tali could be becoming a member of them or be stashed someplace secure. Michael Weatherly has now confirmed that Tali will very a lot be integral to the sequence, even saying that it ought to actually be known as NCIS: Tony, Ziva & Tali. Whereas attending the Monte Carlo TV Pageant with Cote de Pablo to rejoice the NCIS franchise hitting 1,000 episodes earlier this 12 months, the actor said that Tali helps with “shaping the story” and including “a brand new component of bother.” He additional defined (by way of Deadline):
Each alternative that Tony and Ziva need to make of their journey, their little one is initially within the entrance of their thoughts. After we have been on the NCIS the mothership, we didn’t have kids. When you will have a toddler, it’s a must to navigate what’s greatest for them. After which perhaps you will have a co-parent that you’ve got a tumultuous relationship with… and oh, wait, we even have to avoid wasting the world.
Tali is estimated to have been born someday in early 2014, that means that she was roughly two years previous when Tony met her in “Household First,” which aired in Might 2016. On condition that NCIS: Tony & Ziva will start taking pictures in Budapest in 4 weeks, it appears uncertain the present can be prepared for launch on the 2024 TV schedule. So with a 2025 debut extra probably, Tali will presumably be round 10-11 years previous when the spinoff begins. That’s simply sufficiently old for her to remember the hazard she and her dad and mom are actually in, and as Michael Weatherly laid out, Tony and Ziva might want to prioritize their daughter’s properly being when making any main selections.
There’s no phrase but on who will play Tali in NCIS: Tony & Ziva, although it stands to motive that casting can be introduced both shortly earlier than cameras start rolling or someday throughout manufacturing. Along with their performing duties, Michael Weatherly and Cote de Pablo will govt produce the spinoff alongside showrunner John McNamara, who additionally wrote the primary episode, in addition to Laurie Lieser, Christina Pressure and Shelley Meals. That is the second NCIS spinoff on the best way, as the prequel NCIS: Origins will arrive on CBS someday this fall.
Whereas we await extra particulars about NCIS: Tony & Ziva, you possibly can hearken to de Pablo and Weatherly’s new podcast Off Responsibility: An NCIS Rewatch. Among the many issues they’ve talked about thus far are how de Pablo thought Weatherly was attempting to “sabotage” her Ziva audition, an unintentional goof of Weatherly’s that made it into Caitlin Todd’s loss of life scene, and de Pablo’s concept for a way Ari Haswari, Ziva’ deceased half-brother, could possibly be introduced again.
