I Was Surprised That A Wedding Is So Key To NCIS: Tony And Ziva, And I Learned Its Origins From Cote De Pablo And The Showrunner

Warning: SPOILERS for the first three NCIS : Tony & Ziva episodes are ahead!

Like my colleague Laura Hurley, I enjoyed watching the first three episodes of NCIS: Tony & Ziva on the 2025 TV schedule , though in my case, it’s as someone who followed along with Tony DiNozzo and Ziva David on NCIS for years. Still, I wasn’t expecting for the Paramount+ subscription -exclusive spinoff’s opening episodes to not only keep flashing forward to a wedding, but one where Michael Weatherly and Cote de Pablo’s characters aren’t tying the knot . As surprising as it was to see this, I was delighted to learn the origins of this scene directly from de Pablo and Tony & Ziva showrunner John McNamara.

What John McNamara Said About NCIS: Tony & Ziva’s Wedding

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