‘NCIS’ season 11, episode 23 preview: Michael Weatherly’s Tony takes center stage
Notice a pattern here with the character stories on “NCIS“? We’ve had recently showcase stories for both Sean Murray and Pauley Perrette, and for next week’s new episode “The Admiral’s Daughter,” it may be time to allow Michael Weatherly to have a little bit of time in the limelight.
As the synopsis below teases, Vance is going to allow Tony to take on a mission that is of great importance, even if on the surface it just seems like a standard fetch mission to bring an important person home. However, things never turn out quite as easy as they seem on this show. For more evidence of that, just take a look at the official synopsis below from CBS:
“Director Vance gives DiNozzo a special assignment to bring home an Admiral’s daughter from Paris, but he must turn to his NCIS team for help after he enters a controversial crime scene.”
The biggest bit of trivia that we can hand off here is that this story may have been re-worked somewhat from what was the initial plan when it comes to the show, mostly because of the passing of Ralph Waite shaking things up. Originally, this story was going to be a part of the finale, but was later changed up.
Hopefully, this hour brings out everything that we like about the Tony character. While he can be one of the show’s funniest characters, there is also a heart and sensitivity in there that you don’t get in the same way from anyone else. There’s dimension, and we’re pleased to see where this goes.
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Cindy
April 30, 2014 @ 1:04 pm
Personally I would hate to see the “humorous” Tony gone. That has always been one of NCIS strong points. Michael Weatherly is at his best when he is ad libbing his lines with a touch of humor. It is nice once in a while to see a “soft” Tony but I much prefer the Truth or Consequence guy feeding off his co stars. I also think that Jesse Stern’ s writing was able to capture the best Tony eps. A little drama and a whole lot of self-deprecating humor. I am looking forward to this episode much more than the funeral finale.
Lorraine64
May 1, 2014 @ 3:58 pm
Eps like ‘Truth Or Consquences’ are my all time fave eps of NCIS featuring a strong capable Tony in dramatic circumstances off set with smart humour. Jesse Stern is one of my favourite NCIS writers who IMO is sadly missed. Personally I can’t help wishing he had been made show runner instead of GG.
Lorraine64
April 30, 2014 @ 12:16 pm
Whilst very much looking forward to this episode I have to say it is with a degree of trepidation. As an enormous Tony fan – particularly the earlier incarnations remembering such episodes as “Chained” and “Truth Or Consequences” I am desperate to see something of the aforementioned heart and sensitivity of this character which Michael Weatherly plays so well, but has had little opportunity to display across much of season 11. The writers have achieved a better balance across the last few episodes, but it’s been a long time coming. However, the promo leaves me worrying that realistic drama and excitement may have been ditched in favour of humour and played for laughs, a light episode in advance of what is likely to be a very emotional finale. I understand that “The Admiral’s Daughter” has been likened to the movie “Three Days Of The Condor” – if it turns out to be the comedy version I for one will be bitterly disappointed.
Lisa Liscoumb
May 1, 2014 @ 3:19 pm
Michael Weatherly also likened it to the great Cary Grant/Audrey Hepburn movie Charade, so I think you will see a mix of humour and drama.
Lorraine64
May 1, 2014 @ 4:03 pm
Indeed I just saw that too – I suspect Michael’s comparison will prove a lot more accurate than GG’s. He also said it was his favourite for quite a while, so that’s promising. I love Tony’s humour, but only when it’s smart – not just silliness which makes Tony look idiotic and at times just a bit ‘sad’.
Lisa Liscoumb
May 1, 2014 @ 4:36 pm
Agreed, Lorraine. I much prefer it when he’s Cary Grant than when he’s one of the Three Stooges. :)
Have you seen the Buzzfeed interview with him and Sean Murray? He says some interesting things about playing “idiot Tony in the corner” in that one.
Lee
May 1, 2014 @ 6:48 pm
Yep, love smart Tony and clever humor.
Not much of either around during the Ziva years, sadly.