Max Osinski was “nervous” before NCIS: Tony & Ziva premiered .

“I was like, ‘Oh my God, I don’t know how this is going to come off,” he admits to TV Insider. “Because the show is an experiment in itself. No one’s ever done an NCIS spinoff in this way, and this character is kind of risky. In my mind, it was never sure who is he exactly. So it’s nice to hear that people and fans seem to enjoy him, and it brings me a lot of joy.”

In the latest episode, “Fire Sale,” Boris did want to leave for his honeymoon — Fruzsi (Anne-Marie Waldeck) has already gone ahead — but he ended up staying to attend a weapons expo with Tony ( Michael Weatherly ), Ziva ( Cote de Pablo ), and Claudette ( Amita Suman ). He was even there for Claudette as she dealt with the “anti-Claudette” at the

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