‘NCIS’ season 12 spoilers: Marisol Nichols will appear again as Zoe Keates
While “NCIS” has quite a bit on its plate right now in between the Gibbs story and all of the characters’ personal lives, it seems like we have not seen the last of Tony’s love life just yet.
According to a report from TVLine, Marisol Nichols is poised to return at least one more time later this season as his new love interest ATF Agent Zoe Keates. We saw a sense of their progression back during her last appearance, where McGee and Bishop had a little spy mission to uncover the full extent of his feelings.
There are a few challenges that “NCIS” tends to run into as a series when it comes to its relationships, and the biggest one here is that this show is not a love story. Therefore, we often get big gaps between when we see significant others for some of the characters turn up. We haven’t seen Delilah at all this season, though we know that she and McGee are working on things long-distance. Meanwhile, Bishop’s husband Jake was not introduced until this season, even though he has been a huge part of her life since the very beginning. Therefore, fans of Zoe should be happy that we are even seeing her a few times within the span of a single season.
Aside from her return, there’s not a whole lot of other information known. Most of the end of season 12 is still a mystery in general, with our overall feeling being that the writers are plotting something a little bigger and action-packed in comparison to the softer, more emotional end to season 11. We don’t get the sense that the show is ending anytime soon, so why go out with anything less than a bang?
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Dido Twite
March 12, 2015 @ 11:27 pm
I’m not a fan. I don’t know her and don’t care. She looks like a Ziva knockoff.
2go2
March 6, 2015 @ 10:35 pm
You say…”After the way Ms. de Pablo treated her co workers, I really hope that they have no intention of inviting her back.” Do you personally know how Ms. de Pablo treated co workers? I’m sure Zoe Keats is a fine character but everyone is entitled to a opinion. There is no way to know absolutely if the opinion of the fans are few or many.
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sadtonyfan
March 7, 2015 @ 7:11 am
If you admit that there is no way to know if the opinion of the fans are few or many, then why in your previous post do you state “clearly the fans are backing Ziva”? What I know of Ms. de Pablo’s treatment of her former cast and crew is that she left them 5 days before shooting the first episode was to begin. The story line they were to pick back up at the beginning of the season was a continuation of a story that centered on her character. The writers had already created about a half dozen episodes already. Her sudden and unprofessional behavior put her former coworkers into a terrible position that could have been avoided if she had been more up front with them. Then she made herself barely available to write her character out and later hypocritically lamented in an interview the fact that they hadn’t taken more time for her character’s exit.
2go2
March 7, 2015 @ 7:10 pm
It’s all about numbers. Are the fans real, who knows. This is TV after all and I’ve spend more time on this subject than I intended. The good thing about TV is you can turn it off. Have a good life sadtonyfan.
2go2
March 6, 2015 @ 6:34 pm
Really Chris? I’m not saying Zoe Keats is a bad person, just that she does not have the chemistry. Clearly for whatever reason, the fans are backing Ziva.
sadtonyfan
March 6, 2015 @ 9:58 pm
A handful of disgruntled fans who constantly post using different names in order to make it seem as if their numbers are much larger than they really are doesn’t prove that “fans are backing Ziva”. While it seemed that there was a slight reduction in the viewer numbers after Ziva left, it wasn’t unlike many other seasons where the premier is highly promoted and gets large viewership and than the viewership decreases. Compared to many seasons, this season is doing absolutely fine. ZIva’s departure did not make the numbers tank as her more vocal fans wished and continue to insist. The show is consistently number one for the night. Not too shabby. I don’t think tptb are begging Ms. de Pablo to come back to the job that gave her her big break. She’s moved on. It would be so very nice if her fans would too. Zoe Keats is a fine character. We barely know her at this point. I’m delighted that tptb are writing a mutually gratifying relationship for Tony and have absolutely no desire to Ziva return. After the way Ms. de Pablo treated her co workers, I really hope that they have no intention of inviting her back.
Dana Jo jGraslie
March 7, 2015 @ 9:18 am
According to Chris, Ziva is the anti Christ of TV shows and has nothing good to say about her. We are not saying Zoe is a bad person but she is a Ziva knock off created by GG to try and make up for the chemistry they lost when they lost Ziva but it’s not working. First off, we do not know one personal thing about her except for the fact that she worked with Tony over 20 years ago and that she works for a different agency now. Oh, and she likes it kinky in the bedroom. I’m not asking for 8 years of history like we got with Ziva, but you can’t just re create this chemistry and it’s clearly not there. Go ahead and leave this romance and story in the backround if they are going to continue with it but don’t expect the fans to except her with open arms because they are not. It would be a lot less painful for the show and for Tony if they just say goodbye to her now, in her next episode then to continue on with this. Zoe Keats is an attempt to re create Ziva David but they failed. If, anything… people miss Ziva now more than ever and are not letting her go.
sadtonyfan
March 7, 2015 @ 2:20 pm
Some fans miss Ziva and some don’t. I guess someone must be punished for de Pablo’s actions and Ziva/tiva fans brutal disappointment at not getting to see their fantasy realized. The only way it seems that you will really be happy is if de Pablo returns and you get your bedroom scene. If that won’t happen then I guess someone must be punished. Tony is supposed to walk around in sack cloth and ashes, mournful and depressed, and die a lonely middle aged man because his twoo wuv’s portrayer decided to up and quit. It doesn’t matter if Tony’s love interest is Zoe or absolutely anyone else. You and your ilk will find a multitude of things to hate her for unless she’s Ziva.
Dana Jo jGraslie
March 7, 2015 @ 2:47 pm
I would actually be ok if Tony ended up with Jeanne, Wendy, or EJ for that matter because they were real characters to me. ZOE is a Ziva clone created to try and satisfy the fans now that Ziva is gone. Her name starts with Z. How insulting is that??!! Not satisfied, insulted. I didnt ask for a bedroom scene. Why does that have to be seen to prove what they had for eachother?? Tony has already proven he would do anything for her. Im happy with what I got from them, the eight years of the show but I and several others think Tony deserves better.
Lee
March 8, 2015 @ 10:08 am
So it’s insulting to Tony that Tim’s name starts with a T?
Did that make him a cheap knock-off of Tony when we first met him and knew nothing about him?
Really, you are clutching at straws in a desperate effort to defend your viewpoint.
Dana Jo jGraslie
March 8, 2015 @ 12:17 pm
No, I’m not when Ziva, who was a part of Tony’s life in one way or the other for 8 years disappears from his life and is replaced by another women with the same traits as Ziva, also has a name that starts with Z?? They would of had to know that it would rub the Ziva fans the wrong way and big time. Give her a different name. Like Khloe. If they wanted to separate Zoe from what Tony had with Ziva then why did they make her soo similar to Ziva?? When they introduced Zoe, she knocks a guy to the ground. Sound familiar?? She’s in Tony’s face and is flirtatious just like Ziva. Even Abby and McGee made that comparison. I didn’t have to. When it comes to looks, I think “Marisol Nichols” is Italian but she did come off as being exotic. Just like Ziva. The dark hair, the dark skin, the dark eyes. Of course people are going to see a “Ziva” clone when they look at Zoe. That’s what I see when I look at her. Why couldn’t they set Tony up with someone that’s in a different line of work?? Like what he had with Jeanne. Then people wouldn’t keep saying that he’s dating a Ziva knock off. It would take away some of the grief this show is going to get now. Don’t hate “Marisol Nichols”, don’t hate Zoe, but I don’t like how they are going about this. Its hurtful to some fans and they know it.
sadtonyfan
March 8, 2015 @ 3:53 pm
It doesn’t matter who they give Tony as a partner or a romantic interest. It is quite clear that you and a handful of others simply can’t let the departure of de Pablo go. For whatever reason, you’re really stuck and seem to be in some kind of stubborn denial about the reality that Ms. de Pablo chose to leave and that the show writers are not interested in centering the show around a character whose portrayer quit. Maybe if you send paperclips, maybe if you hate on the entire cast, maybe if you harp on it for the rest of your lives, maybe if you stamp your feet and hold your breath, she’ll come back.
Do you read what you write? Who cares if there are some minor similarities? We barely know Zoe and I’m glad that she might be a window into Tony’s former law enforcement experience. I’m glad to see a female character who doesn’t feel the need to insult and demean Tony. Ziva was a self centered nightmare with Tony and as a Tony fan, I’m glad that there is one less team member who treats him like dirt.
Dana Jo jGraslie
March 8, 2015 @ 9:08 pm
And maybe if you stomp your feet and hold your breath they will give Tony more action packed episodes. The show is what it is now and it fails to make you happy. You have proven to only be happy if Tony is like he used to be in season 1 and 2. All I said is they could write some original for Tony. Someone a lot less like Ziva. As for Cote never coming back .. she said she’s open to guest appear and so is the show so you might be the one pouting and unhappy once again because you said you wouldnt watch Iif she came back.
sadtonyfan
March 9, 2015 @ 4:21 am
Well I guess the difference in my bitching about the writing of my favorite character and your bitching about the writing of my favorite character is that my bitching is based on the writing of a character who has actually chosen to be on the show. Your constant bitching is based on the disappointment that your favorite left and ruined your fantasy love affair and disappeared your heroine from center stage. If MW were to quit the show I’d not only not watch the show anymore but I wouldn’t bother to post about the show. I’d accept his decision and move on from NCIS since I would no longer be that interested. But the difference is, I would accept the actor’s ability to know what’s best for him and I certainly wouldn’t linger on the idea that I knew better, or selfishly cry foul about his desire to move on when I can’t know the particulars of his life.
Dana Jo jGraslie
March 9, 2015 @ 6:18 am
I have plenty of respect for Cote’s decision to leave but I’m holding out hope for “guest appearances” since she recently said she is open to coming back but it would be up to the show. If she flat out said she wouldn’t be returning, do you think I would still be commenting on these websites?? All this started out being about was seeing too much of Ziva in Zoe. Like many other commenters agreed with and how that could be a mistake for Tony and for the show. If Michael Weatherly did decide to leave, I’m sure you would quite watching since your main focus on the show seems to be about him. You seem to be more disappointed and frustrated every week when it comes to the lack of Tony in the episodes. I still try to watch for the whole team but in my opinion, along with many others, the show has gone down in quality. You don’t see that because you didn’t like Ziva. I’m also not a Bishop fan. We can agree that Gibbs tends to be the center and hero of the show but it’s been this way for years. He leads in the shows and the agents follow behind him. That’s how its always been. Anyways… hope you find your Tony centered eps ito your liking in the future and as for me, I will continue to hold out hope for a Ziva appearance and that they find someone worthy of Tony. you don’t have to agree with my comments for me to keep hoping for it.
Lisa Liscoumb
March 10, 2015 @ 4:31 pm
“We are not saying Zoe is a bad person”… really? So calling her “slut”, “whore”, “cheap”, “hooker”, “f*** buddy” and the many epithets that have been thrown at the character on Twitter and other social media sites endlessly by some very vocal fans isn’t calling her a bad person?
Dana Jo jGraslie
March 11, 2015 @ 6:09 am
I don’t think I ONCE called her a slut. I said the whole handcuff thing made her look trashy and many agree with me. Why would I call her a slut?? Putting words into my mouth, Lisa. I actually complimented her and said that “Marisol Nichols” didn’t need any work done. She was pretty just the way she was but if that’s me insulting her then… maybe you should read my comments a little bit more carefully.
Dana Jo jGraslie
March 11, 2015 @ 6:27 am
My biggest complaint here has been so far that they’ve made Zoe too similar to Ziva. Even gave her a name that starts with Z. Why is not necessary?? Give Tony someone completely different for a change. Someone that’s not going to insult the fans that love and miss Ziva. I might have refered to Zoe as Tony’s bed buddy but that’s just how she came off. They didn’t have to have her come into Tony’s place of work like that. It wasn’t cute or even funny and a lot of people reported this because kids could of been watching. Never once called Zoe a slut. Not ONCE. I even complimented “Marisol Nichols” and said she didn’t need the work done. She was pretty on her own. Go ahead and read into my comments as insults but that is not my intention. If Tony deserves a fresh start, it should be with someone that is fresh. Not another Ziva.
Eleanor S
March 6, 2015 @ 5:30 pm
This whole season just reinforces how the quality of the show has gone down. If the show runners want have such trashy conversations at the workplace in the bullpen then it should be taken off the eight o’clock time slot and moved to the ten o’clock slot. Oh wait if they did that they would have competition. Bishop still has no skills and Tony clearly does not want to meet her parents and that said volumes.
Marie H
March 6, 2015 @ 5:10 pm
I don’t like how this season has been all about Bishop’s husband and her lack of skills, Abby’s boyfriend, Ducky’s lady friend, Tony’s love life and I really can not stand Zoe. Last but not least Gibbs ex wives and everyone is out to get Gibbs. The scripts are old and tired.
Lee
March 6, 2015 @ 11:40 am
Looking forward to a brief visit by Zoe Keates again. She seems the perfect match for Tony and so much has been conveyed about their relationship from a few sentences of interaction. That is the way to portray that the characters have lives and loves away from the cases without turning the show into a soap. Far better than this week’s victim having to take time out from their trials to tell the viewers that two main characters are “made for each other” when they don’t even seem to like each other.
I’m highly amused that the show has given us what so many people were asking for and now they are complaining because it wasn’t what they wanted: Tony finding someone to be happy with. That’s what comes of trying to claim that you want something different from what you really want.
As for “vulgar”, what dirty minds you women have. How else can a little jokey byplay be more disgusting than previous episodes that showed members of the team in bed with others. LOL
I’m really enjoying this season. Despite the fact that every woman on the planet, real or fictional, is now apparently a “cheap copy” of Ziva.
Lisa Liscoumb
March 6, 2015 @ 1:27 pm
Agreed, Lee. Apparently some people have no problem with characters sleeping with multiple people (although not at the same time) and characters committing unsanctioned murders, but the mere implication of non-vanilla consensual sex is enough to send them into a tizzy, at least if it involves Tony. I notice that they weren’t complaining when McGee and Delilah were having phone sex with each other…
Lee
March 6, 2015 @ 1:35 pm
Good point, Lisa
Having phone sex and video calls in which one party is naked – at work, on work time – seems far more unprofessional than having one’s handcuffs returned along with a slightly risque conversation.
I’d forgotten that thing about the video call, because it was so stupid!
Lisa Liscoumb
March 6, 2015 @ 1:41 pm
Especially when you consider it was on his work phone, if I recall correctly.
Cote Fan
March 5, 2015 @ 6:37 am
I’m not worried about Zoe Keates. Purely a plot device to create angst. And it’s not being done well. Also, she IS a cheap knock off of Ziva, I mean, who are you kidding? Z name, same build, same personality, same looks, federal agent? Come on. Ziva’s coming back. And Zoe will be history by the end of the season.
Chela
March 5, 2015 @ 4:56 am
Zoe Keates is a disgusting character and I don’t want to see her again. TEATS is so annoying.Tony is not in love with her, they’re just bed buddies. Zoe is a fling and nothing more.
Alyson
March 5, 2015 @ 4:48 am
Well, I guess haters gonna hate. Some ugly comments coming from the Ziva fans. So sorry your girl left the show, but the hate you’re pouring on a character who’s had all of 10 minutes of screen time on the show is just sad and too much drama. MW was right. Real drama of real people’s lives trumps Bring Ziva Back drama and I’ll add all the ridiculous hate that comes with that brand of drama.
Dido Twite
March 5, 2015 @ 3:26 pm
That’s my issue. The girl had 10 mintues of screen time. I don’t know her, or care about her. Don’t care about her relationship with Tony.
annsan
March 5, 2015 @ 3:31 am
Loving the idea that Zoe will be back and that they seem to be doing with her what they did with Delilah when she was first introduced.
Agreed that NCIS is not a love story but don’t think it’s any big deal that we didn’t meet Jake til this season. Or that we don’t see Breena or Delilah more than once a season now. Wouldn’t want to see clips of the characters screwing their SOs or picking up a new one in a bar.
sadtonyfan
March 5, 2015 @ 4:22 pm
I too am glad that the writers are actually pursuing a positive Tony story line for once. Don’t miss Ziva at all, but I’m a Tony fan and got tired of seeing her treat him like her inferior personal doormat. While I agree that this is not a love story, I think that the writers have in mind winding up the series in the not too distant future. How much longer can Harmon pull off the super hero image at his age? Since the writers seem unwilling to let Tony (who would be far more realistic) handle any of the physical danger, the showrunners must surely know that Gibbs as an action figure is getting a little ridiculous.
It would be nice if the show ended and Tony was in a relationship and even better if he was made to be in charge of the team. However with the writing this season, one has to wonder if they’ll put McGee (yawns) in charge instead.
VBQ
March 6, 2015 @ 12:27 am
sorry but I don’t see the positive. Zoe hasn’t been shown to love and respect him. I do’nt know her as a character, and don’t care about her. I don’t want to see any more of Tony’s love life. I want to see Tony the agent back. Sick of saint Gibbs.
Dana Jo jGraslie
March 6, 2015 @ 8:05 am
What exactly does she respect about him?? Returns his handcuffs to him at his place of profession, doesn’t care that talking about their sex life would embarrass him. He was looking quickly for ways to get rid of her. He was clearly uncomfortable with this. She also took it apon herself that everyone knew about them. They all agreed in the bullpen but she didn’t respect that he would like them to find out on his own time. She also said that he was buying them all drinks without again, asking him. She’s speaking for the guy now?? Now she wants him to meet her parents and he had to lie his way out of it. That speaks volumes about a so called “serious” relationship. I’m just glad she’s not appearing on the same episode that Senior is appearing on because Tony’s is obviously not up for the whole “meeting the parents” thing. When she comes back, I’m pretty sure Tony will break things off with her. Things are not getting more serious. That’s for certain when Tony won’t take the next step.
Athena Kokkali
March 5, 2015 @ 2:51 am
Please kick her out!!! she’s a cheap copy of Ziva!!! I totally agree that she’s embarrassing she’s Tony but what can you expect on a show where Gary is SR… No wonder why COTE left.. However, what really disappoints me is the fact that Michael tolerates this stuff. I hope wakes up like COTE… Just please kick Zoe away . This relationship will have impact on the
show and not good…the objective fans don’t want her the recent poll proves it. She’s just a cheap imitation of Ziva
annsan
March 5, 2015 @ 2:41 pm
Perhaps you should read the latest interview with Weatherly….he states pretty clearly that he loves his life, his family, his work family and his job.
& he’s also gone on record that the set is less tension-filled with de pablo around….
Dido Twite
March 5, 2015 @ 3:30 pm
What does that have to do with the lousy Zoe character? He has never mentioned her in any interview, on Twitter, or anywhere. He doesn’t seem invested in that character or relationship in any way.
As for the set being less tension filled, it shows. That’s why the bullpen scenes are so soporific now. Tension is good in acting. Tension is what makes it fun on screen. It’s gone now, and the show is a bore.
He’s also on record as saying he struggled with anxiety and tension at work for a long time after she left.
Lisa Liscoumb
March 5, 2015 @ 11:28 pm
You can have tension in acting without having tension in real life. It’s easier to create false tension onscreen when everyone is getting along and supporting each other offscreen.
And as to his struggles, that could be as much because she left three days before filming, throwing the entire set into even more turmoil as from him being heartbroken that she left.
VBQ
March 6, 2015 @ 12:21 am
I saw the interviews with Michael, and he said he was struggling with trying to act without his acting partner. The interviews are online. He said he spent the entire year not knowing how to act. As far as I know, he never ssaid a word criticizing her decision to leave. He has seemed very understanding.
annsan
March 6, 2015 @ 10:16 pm
Considering the way de pabl…oops, ziva’s fans have lit into any cast member that didn’t cry into a towel over surviving the show without her, can you blame him?
Given her behavior before she left where he’s concerned, I can easily see him privately rejoicing over her departure. & as far as getting a new ‘acting partner’ since he has most of the cast still there, it’s pretty obvious the only struggling was in trying to develop chemistry with Wickersham & he seems to have done so quite well
Marianne Gibson
March 7, 2015 @ 3:28 am
What chemistry betweenWeatherly and Wickersham? There is none. As for Cote leaving the show in a tizz by leaving as she did (kudos to her for standing up for herself) how come SR Gary didn’t have a backup plan? He knew there was trouble in the contract talks with Cote and he still put all his eggs in one basket only to have them break. Put the blame where it rightfully belongs.
annsan
March 7, 2015 @ 7:19 am
As such a committed ziva fan, it’s obvious you’d never admit to seeing chemistry with EW and anyone….there’s plenty of chemistry with MW and EW and SM and EW.
As far as GG knowing or not, for one, in late May it was announced at the upfronts that ALL would be back. Then there’s Melody and others who have insisted from July 2013 that cdp intended to return and the uselessly repetitive interview she did is cited as proof.
cdp very obviously screwed everyone over – from her own mgmt company to the cast and crew and everyone in between when she announced at the last minute that she was leaving. Scripts were written starting in early June – just a couple of weeks after the upfronts announcement. That is putting the blame where it rightfully belongs – de pablo’s lap for unprofessional behavior.
Marianne Gibson
March 7, 2015 @ 4:04 pm
Your opinion, which you are entitled too. As an author myself, I do rewrites all the time. It isn’t that hard to do and is an expected aspect of the trade. G/G should have been prepared. I stand by what I said. You may see chemistry but I see “boring and bland” The Voice is more entertaining than NCIS now. Have a nice day.
annsan
March 7, 2015 @ 5:21 pm
Author – screenwriter: two VERY different occupations with different deadlines and expectations…
I laugh when the couple of ziva ‘fans’ in the online fandom claim they know exactly the way the scriptwriters should handle themselves, react and work. NO ONE knows because they aren’t under the same working conditions and deadlines that that staff is. So the ‘as an author myself I do rewrites all the time’ is pointless and has no weight in the tv industry….not that yourself or the other ‘author’ on twitter would ever admit it because it would take ALL the weight and credibility from the blowhard critiques
Marianne Gibson
March 7, 2015 @ 5:51 pm
Just like you obviously do not understand being a writer, be it books, articles, or scripts. We all have deadlines. Period. You think an author can sit at a computer and write at his/her leisure? What a laugh! Rewrites, or editing, is also done within a time frame…sometimes weeks, sometimes days, sometimes hours and others minutes, like on the spot. So take your blowhard critique. It means nothing because, like you claim us writers don’t know, well neither do you.
annsan
March 7, 2015 @ 7:25 pm
No kidding, sherlock….
Still don’t think it’s the same like you like to claim. and still just a blowhard claim since neither yourself nor that other ‘best selling author’ could do anything decent with NCIS
Marianne Gibson
March 7, 2015 @ 7:39 pm
And you know this…how? Are you in the writing profession in any way, shape, or form? I’m going to to out on a limb and say:NO!! Talk about blowhard! LMAO. . . Literally. Enjoy your misconceptions.
Lee
March 8, 2015 @ 9:59 am
Where do you get the information that Glasberg knew that there was trouble in the contract talks with de Pablo? It doesn’t seem to be unusual for the final signing of a contract to be at or close to the last minute, so that alone is no indicator of “trouble”.
As a professional you should know that backup plans cost money and you don’t waste that money on a backup plan if you don’t believe it is necessary. We do know that backup plans have been considered in previous years, but we do not know at what point they were abandoned.
Everything that has been published since July 2013 indicates that CBS and everyone associated with NCIS production was expecting de Pablo to sign for season 11, and return to the set, hence no backup plan. Even de Pablo said that it was a late decision and “not planned”.
Sandi Brooks
March 8, 2015 @ 11:20 pm
Ive literally been involved in a quarter century of contract deals, and the fact that they had not come to terms on a contract was itself an indication they had no deal. A contract doesnt become a contract until there is a signed acceptance. Until then, its an offer or a counter offer.
Anyone in any business who is approaching starting construction, or production without a contract signed and in place, is sloppy if they have no backup plan in place. Its really bad business practice. And perhaps Cote was the one being given verbal reassurances on some or another contract point that never came together? That she didnt give up in frustration? Bcontracts have many more components than just the pay.
Lee
March 6, 2015 @ 11:48 am
Of course in your world the only possible reason he could have struggled with anxiety and tension at work following de Pablo’s departure was because he couldn’t live without her, couldn’t cope with work without her present.
It couldn’t possibly have been that season 11 meant a lot of rush and a lot of rework for everyone involved in production, with the added anxiety that they didn’t know whether her departure really was going to affect the show and screw it up for everyone or not. Not to mention all the hate that was – and still is – being aimed at them for something that they had no control over.
annsan
March 6, 2015 @ 10:13 pm
Hi Lucie….back to using this sign on I see…
let’s try a little grade school reading comprehension here. Go back to athena’s post & actually READ IT – the whole thing, now. Can you see the line where she parrots one of your favorite thoughts – that Weatherly is desperately unhappy without de pablo around? & hopes he will wake up & leave?
Obviously she’s wrong as the Weatherly interview I mentioned clearly points that out – along with the idea that Weatherly is quite sick of the ‘is ziva coming back drama’.
Go off now…think it’s time for your cocktail so your ‘fans’ can follow your drunk tweeting.
Sandi Brooks
March 8, 2015 @ 11:25 pm
Cote strove to make the scenes as good as possible. Now theres no tension, they look like they are sleepwalking through the work.
Strings with no tension cant make music. Much of the viewing public has noticed that the music that was NCIS is now Muzak, or complete silence.
Athena Kokkali
March 5, 2015 @ 5:28 pm
Of course he’s hypocrite “crying for missing his buddy” and then he becomes stepford to Harmon so he would sign every year huger contract and as long as cote was on the show he was supporting TIVA till death and when she left he tells
it was an “Easter bunny” by the way if you hate Ziva /cote why you were watching NCIS for 8 years unless you are hypocrites like Michael
sadtonyfan
March 5, 2015 @ 8:35 pm
Why is it hypocritical for MW to enjoy his better contract? He’s an actor with a family to support. He owes CdP nothing as she’s not his wife. CdP obviously feels no loyalty toward him, the cast and crew, or her fans. She called Weatherly “her love” in a recent interview and yet – she left. Isn’t that hypocritical be your “standard”? I think you don’t quite understand the concept of hypocrite, or at best you don’t apply it equally. He wasn’t all that supportive of “tiva” although he acted what was written for him. In several well known interviews he stated that Ziva was a mess of a person and that a Tony/Ziva relationship would be a disaster.
VBQ
March 6, 2015 @ 12:23 am
he is mega rich, his kids are set for life. lol. He is from a rich family, so is his wife, and she is a doctor. His kids are fine. Cote isn’t his wife, but she was his acting partner for 8 years, and he holds it sacred. he has never said a bad word about her. Yes she left. CBS is famous for screwing over women. Michael runs his mouth, tha’ts what he does. Sometimes he said nice things about Tiva, sometimes not. He likes to rile up fans. That’s how he is.
annsan
March 6, 2015 @ 10:23 pm
ROFL…how do you know how rich his in laws are? & whether or not his kids are ‘set for life’?
laughing at the idea that only cote can be considered his ‘acting partner’. Funny, he doesn’t list a scene with her as his favorite….
& CBS didn’t screw her over so cut the whine out. She quit – last minute, screwing over the cast & crew. That much is concrete so the OpBBC whine doesn’t fly with any actual fan of the show.
Lisa Liscoumb
March 5, 2015 @ 11:25 pm
Michael didn’t support Tiva, in fact he said in several interviews that the characters shouldn’t get together under any circumstances. He also compared Tiva to a coldsore in one interview.
Oh, and he called it an “Easter Bunny” because it was a mythical, made up thing, like the Easter Bunny.
Guess now that he’s not saying things you want to hear you and your little cabal are turning on him just like you’ve done with Mark, Pauley, Brian and David. If they’re all so evil and heartless why do YOU continue to watch the show?
I think maybe you need to get a new tinfoil hat.
VBQ
March 6, 2015 @ 12:23 am
I saw some interviews where Michael didn’t support Tiva, and I saw interviews where he did. On the Housekeeping commentary, he was VEry supportive of Tiva. In the end, he made his fortune on Tiva, and he knows it. he likes to rile up fans.
why are people mad at the other actors? I don’t understand.
Lisa Liscoumb
March 6, 2015 @ 1:22 pm
He made his fortune on Tiva? Really? He made his fortune because he’s an excellent actor on the #1 show on television. Tiva, however you choose to define it, was a very small part of that, and to suggest otherwise is to diminish his talent and the talent of the other actors and writers on the show.
annsan
March 6, 2015 @ 10:24 pm
oh my you are a funny one….Weatherly definitely didn’t make ‘his fortune on tiva’
Lee
March 6, 2015 @ 11:44 am
When did you talk to Weatherly? How else do you know what his feelings are about anything? Just because he is not behaving the way you want him to, with your highly biased view of the world.
annsan
March 6, 2015 @ 10:20 pm
ROFL….wow –
Seems to be the only haters here are those that can’t handle the show going on without ziva.
Harmon has nothing to do with the contracts. Weatherly didn’t support tiva til death with cdp on the show. He’s on record many times declaring his dislike. Considering their interviews are monitored by the PR people, useless though both ladies are, his support for tiva was probably him parroting what they told him to say.
As far as needing to like ziva to enjoy NCIS during her time on the show – not necessary. Her scenes were easily missed, a perfect time to catch up on cleaning & other household chores
Lee
March 6, 2015 @ 11:50 am
And what is your job on the set that you know what everyone is feeling and why she left and what all the relationships are like on set.
These are real people, they are not the fantasy that you have created about them.
Lisa Liscoumb
March 5, 2015 @ 2:23 am
Wow, there are some disgusting commenters here. I really, really hope that no woman you care about – daughters, friends, mothers – is ever treated the way or subjected to the filth you are are spewing.
Sherri Keefer
March 5, 2015 @ 2:09 am
I personally do not like the Zoe Keates character!! GG and the writers this year have reduced Michael Weatherly’s character, Tony, to a middle aged frat boy once again, something we true fans of Michael’s are quite disheartened with. Loved the direction Tony was going in with Ziva, a mature, caring man! What is going on in S 12! No need to have Tony in this type of relationship!! He needs Ziva, but if that isn’t going to happen anytime soon, at least let him have a woman he can be happy with without reducing him to bottom level!!
2go2
March 5, 2015 @ 1:34 am
Z is for Zoe and also Zero!!! Got it?
chris
March 5, 2015 @ 3:15 pm
Z is also for ziva!! Got that?
Dido Twite
March 5, 2015 @ 3:28 pm
Exactly. Zoe’s a knockoff.
chris
March 6, 2015 @ 1:21 am
No. Z is apparently for Zoe, ziva and zero.
Have no clue what the poster was saying, but then again I don’t really understand what any of you haters are saying. The only thing that I can understand is that you are a small group of women who hate women. Except, of course, ziva.
BlueBelle
March 6, 2015 @ 1:39 am
I don’t understand what you are saying. I love strong women characters. To me, Ziva, Abby, Kate, and Borin are strong women chraracters. Bishop is silly and weak. I barely even reemmber Zoe, so I don’t understand Tony being in love with her all of a sudden.
2go2
March 6, 2015 @ 6:53 pm
Really Chris? You seem to be angry. Maybe you should look into that.
Dana Jo jGraslie
March 7, 2015 @ 9:10 am
You should read his comments on Facebook. He literally stocks all the Ziva fan comments and tears them to pieces. It’s sad how much time he puts into all of them. I think he does have an anger problem. I blocked him and he has been reported repeatedly for harassment.
2go2
March 7, 2015 @ 7:12 pm
Thank you for the heads up.
Dana Jo jGraslie
March 8, 2015 @ 5:43 am
Yeah. Its sad but true
chris
March 5, 2015 @ 12:53 am
So, if Zoe Keates is a ziva clone, as you guys are all claiming, wouldn’t that make ziva a cheap slut too?
I’m only asking because of what the word “clone” means.
Personally, I don’t think either one is a cheap slut, but then again, I am capable of separating fiction from reality.
It is really adorable though that you guys are jealous of a pretend person relationship and sad that the most important thing in your lives is who Tony DiNozzo is getting intimate with on a television show.
I’m really glad she’s coming back. I like the character and the chemistry between the actors is a pleasure to watch. For a change, it’s not forced. I hope it’s for the March 31 episode, because there is nothing funnier than a jealous tiva shipper having a meltdown.
Cote Fan
March 5, 2015 @ 5:11 am
Yes, I agree, clone is not an accurate term. Cheap knock off is much better.
And sorry to disappoint, but it won’t be the ep on 3/31. ;)
Dido Twite
March 5, 2015 @ 3:27 pm
I don’t think Ziva or Zoe are cheap sluts. I just think Zoe is an obvious knockoff. I do find the chemistry forced.
Margarete
March 5, 2015 @ 12:48 am
Don’t want to see her again! Zoe and TEATS make NCIS a soap opera!
Baby agent Bishop is already hard to take! I won’t watch the episode Zoe is in! Sad to see that a charismatic person like Ziva got replaced by such a cheap clone!
Amaryllis
March 6, 2015 @ 11:20 am
Well, Tony and Ziva make NCIS also a soap opera !!!
Marianne Gibson
March 5, 2015 @ 12:34 am
Zoe is a Ziva wanna be. When will CBS learn they can’t replace the best with a look a like? It’s not fair to the actress and, especially, to the fans who waited for YEARS for Tony and Ziva to connect. If McGee can have a long distance relationship without a glimpse of his love, then why can’t Tony? It’s my opinion that the biggest hold up to Tiva being reunited is Mark Harmon’s bruised ego that Cote de Pablo dared to stand up for herself and take time off to do other projects and just relax. I have to be honest…the show is not the same. There’s no chemistry, no magic, no heart, no family, no nothing. NCIS is bland and boring. Ziva bantering with Tony lit up the screen. I watched NCIS for these 2 characters and now that it’s gone no amount of trying is going to bring it back. . . only Ziva.
VBQ
March 6, 2015 @ 12:19 am
I really like Marisol Nichols. I think Zoe is an uninspired Ziva clone.
Dana Jo jGraslie
March 8, 2015 @ 5:50 am
Its not Marisol Nichols” fault. Its the knock off character they created. I thought she was the cutest in las vegas vacation. Before she had all that unnecessary work done.
Brooklyn Aggie
March 5, 2015 @ 12:03 am
Oh so sick of Zoe Keats! She is a creep and is not a good representative of women in general…how can she be an ATF agent yet so damn clingy? That whole scene in the bullpen about the handcuffs being used for their sexual encounter was disgusting and I filed a report with the FCC. Bishop does not help matters with her gossip girl crap either. The show runners are deaf dumb and blind …just look at the CBS connect poll..over 90% said NO to KEATS.
Sam
March 4, 2015 @ 11:52 pm
I do not like Zoe! She’s just a slutty f buddy with handcuffs. Tony doesn’t not need a f buddy when he can go to Israel to get the real woman who he loves back! He jeopardized his whole entire career for Ziva. Life is too short not to be happy. He needs to jump on a plane and go be with Ziva! Everyone deserves to be happy.
Cheryl Gress
March 4, 2015 @ 11:50 pm
Oh let’s call it! She is a Ziva knock off and a bad one at that. Who are the show runners fooling…. themselves?! i agree with the rest..she is nothing but vulgar, cheap,clingy and trashy . A joke as far as being a representative of the ATF. Tony forgot about her and got engaged to Wendy so much for being his love of his life. She is just an acquaintance with benefits. He did not want to meet her parents nor have dinner with them.
Sandi Brooks
March 4, 2015 @ 11:45 pm
Hoping the appearance is the swan song for this character. She was pawing Tony in thier first few minutes together. Shes a nauseating clone of Ziva, even to having used Ziva wardrobe. Shes tasteless, embarrasses Tony in his workplace, shoves him to meet parents right away. Tony is so very much better than this. He’s embarassed pod Tony around her. The whipped boyfriend. Just yuck.
Just make her go away already. Bring smart, happy in his own skin, hero, SFA Tony back to us. Let him stop being pushed to the background other than use as comic relief or sleazy sexual encounters. So dissappounted in whats happened to NCIS. The stories lately have more holes than a storm grate. No wonder they are trying to distract us by having his creepy Ziva clone play handcuff games.
Limonite
March 4, 2015 @ 11:39 pm
I hope this appearance will be her last one. The whole Tony/Zoe romance seems so forced. I’m not a fan.
Crystal Miller
March 4, 2015 @ 11:01 pm
NO to ZOE Keates! I and my family do not want this CHEAP,TRASHY, and VULGAR character back at all. I was offended by her in episode 12 of this season I filed a complaint with the FCC. How stupid are the show runners? The CBS connect poll did indeed have No to Zoe at over 92% after keeping it up there for 3+ weeks.
annsan
March 5, 2015 @ 3:37 am
ROFL….a complaint with the FCC? Bet that got a lot of action – not.
So…did you file a complaint when ziva licked Tony during the sexual harrassment seminar? What about when she ogled him while he pee’d at the urinal of the MEN’S BATHROOM?
As far as those CBS polls, you do know that you can vote multiple times in them, yes? Any poll that can be voted in multiple times is suspect when it comes to results…..
chris
March 5, 2015 @ 3:18 pm
I suppose when your idol has her love scene during the Dovekeepers you’ll be reporting that to the FCC as well?
sadtonyfan
March 4, 2015 @ 10:35 pm
I like Zoe Keates and am glad that she’s coming back as long as it’s not used to make Tony look stupid. I just wish the finale would be a suspense and danger filled story centering around Tony instead of lone wolf super Gibbs or Gibbs and McGee, or Gibbs and Vance, or Gibbs and a guest star at the center of all the excitement. It’s been simply ages since they gave Tony a multi episode story about his skills, bravery, and heroism as an agent with any suspense or danger written into his part. It’s all Gibbs, Gibbs, Gibbs, McGee, and more Gibbs these days. I’m so sick of it. It it’s another Gibbs and or McGibbs arc, count me out.
Cheryl Gress
March 4, 2015 @ 11:45 pm
Too late she already is making him look creepy.
Sandi Brooks
March 5, 2015 @ 12:48 am
Agree about being sick to death of Gibbs centric everything, but disagree about there being anything likeable about cheap, clingy, clueless, cuff-bearing Zoe who feels free to make Tony uncomfortable in front of his co workers and push her own agenda. As much as Tony talks a good game, he’s shown himself to be very private abprut his love life. Zoe clearly has no understanding of the man.
Dana Jo jGraslie
March 5, 2015 @ 1:23 am
Sorry but a Ziva Clone right down to the name!!!! When it comes to looks, she has all Ziva’s traits except that Cote de Pablo hasn’t had work done so Ziva is a natural beauty. Soo much nicer to look at. Bring her back just to break things off. Fans will thank you!!!
chris
March 6, 2015 @ 1:24 am
Ziva clone. So basically all the negative filth you’re spewing about Zoe, would also apply to ziva.
A clone is, after all an exact copy, right down to the dna.
BlueBelle
March 6, 2015 @ 6:28 am
She’s not an exact copy. she’s a knockoff. poor quality.
Dana Jo jGraslie
March 6, 2015 @ 8:16 am
Chris, we both know how I feel and you won’t change my mind but why don’t you go ahead and list your “Ziva” crimes now and how much Ziva disrespected him. That’s what you do when you seem to have run out of defenses. List all the things Ziva has done to him. Sorry, she may have made her fair share of mistakes but she NEVER had one of her dates return handcuffs to her at work. If I remember correctly, the last person she was dating was Ray and she made the introduction brief before she gave Ray a tour of NCIS. What’s to disrespect about that?? Absolutely nothing. She kept things quiet about her love life and there’s nothing wrong with that but go ahead and list all these things because we’re waiting. ;)
Dido Twite
March 5, 2015 @ 3:29 pm
Tony was made to look stupid the other times we saw her. Why would it be any different?
sadtonyfan
March 5, 2015 @ 4:33 pm
Tony was NEVER made to look more ridiculous or stupid than when he was Ziva’s doormat in season’s 7 – 10. His relationship with Zoe is a breath of fresh air. But I’m a Tony fan. Not a fan of ZIva or fan of the overly contrived homage to Ziva, known as tiva. If they bring Ziva back, I won’t watch. That character was adolescent boy’s wet dream, a cheesy soapish wonder victim, and by the end, an insult to my intelligence. She was the opposite of a strong thoughtful woman.
Athena Kokkali
March 5, 2015 @ 5:38 pm
However you were watching NCIS between s 7 and 10 why were you watching if you didn’t like Ziva??
sadtonyfan
March 5, 2015 @ 8:39 pm
Because I liked other characters and didn’t have a crystal ball to tell me that the show was turning into a crappy soap opera revolving around the tragedies and wonder skills of a poorly written character..
VBQ
March 6, 2015 @ 12:30 am
IMO it’s a total soap opera now. Everyone has a cartoon dating partner. Every one of them badly written.
Guest
March 8, 2015 @ 6:01 am
Honestly, you only seem to care about Tony. Its even in your name. People in the past have commented to you about you complaining constantly about Tony and the lack of him on the show now days. We all have complaints about this show like Bishop, Gibbs being the center and hero, and even Ziva but you never seem happy. That’s my observation.
sadtonyfan
March 8, 2015 @ 4:04 pm
So Dana Jo Graslie and Guest, are you the same person posting under two names? You just wrote the same post! LOL
Amazing coincidence. Sock much? And to answer your question – No, I’m not happy with the show but I still enjoy Weatherly, Perrette, and McCallum’s performances. As long as I choose to watch the show and Tony is marginalized as insignificant or the team joke, while Gibbs is the only one who gets exciting stories that allow his character to shine, with a heavy side of his new second in command McGee, getting whatever drama and excitement Gibbs doesn’t get, yes, I’ll complain and be unhappy about it.
Dana Jo jGraslie
March 8, 2015 @ 6:04 am
Honestly, you only seem to care about Tony. Its even in your name. People in the past have commented to you about you complaining constantly about Tony and the lack of him on the show now days. We all have complaints about this show like Bishop, Gibbs being the center and hero, and even Ziva but you never seem happy. That’s my observation. Am I wrong about that??
VBQ
March 6, 2015 @ 12:29 am
IMO Zoe has made Tony looked like a whipped old man. That’ s my opinion. I haven’t seen her respect him at all. I saw her embarrass him in the bullpen. But in the end, I don’t care about her. I want good Tony back. Not this middle aged idiot who worried about his colon, does nothing, and is whipped by Zoe.
Annette
March 4, 2015 @ 9:28 pm
Well, I don’t expect anything good to come out of Zoe appearing again….the fans on Facebook most certainly didn’t like her as Tony’s girlfriend and the poll on CBS Connect about wanting Agent Keates back, overwhelmingly NO. And I really didn’t see any chemistry between Tony and Zoe. That’s how I see it.
Anita
March 4, 2015 @ 9:19 pm
My reaction: get her out! A vulgar sex story about handcuffs and a clingy woman who was forgotten by DiNozzo for 20 years is not how we can see our beloved Tony specially after seeing his tender and touching love for Ziva.