‘NCIS’ season 12: Pauley Perrette, Mark Harmon, cast return to work
Today’s a big day for fans of “NCIS“: Season 12 production is officially upon us! You’ve waited for a long time to get to this point, and while there has been little in the way of casting or story news announced just yet, the first table read for the season was done today. From this point on, hopefully there will be only great things to report.
To help with this celebration a little bit, why not share some messages from the folks who went back into the “office” (if you can really call it that)? Take a look at the tweets below.
- Pauley Perrette – “First day back at work for #NCIS Season 12 today! Lots of happy cast and crew! Lots and Lots of LOVE!”
- Brian Dietzen – “It has begun! First #NCIS table read of the season. Awesomeness. (You’ll just have to trust me…. I forgot to take pictures). #NCISisBACK”
- Emily Wickersham – “And we’re back! First table read of the season!”
We are very excited to start to hear what some of the first details about the new season will be, mostly because we cannot think of another long-running drama that had a quiet a summer as this one with almost nothing leaking out. Even “NCIS: Los Angeles” has had a few hints dropped here and there. Maybe the show is going the opposite way after the headline-every-other-day nature of last summer, but story matters, save for things that were told to us back in May, have been under a heavy lock and key.
Luckily, you know when the show is returning on September 23, and having that date on your schedule should make the wait a little easier. For now, just rejoice at the arrival of the next milestone in your summer break.
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BlueBelle
July 16, 2014 @ 4:15 am
I hope this will be good! i SUSPECT they just don’t have anything good to spoil. All we’ve heard about are Gibbs’ ex wife and Bishop’s husband. I honestly am more interested in reading junk mail from Comcast. There are no STORIES since Ziva left, that’s one of the tragedies.
Lisa Liscoumb
July 16, 2014 @ 4:28 pm
Really? Did you watch Shooter, or Alleged, or even The Admiral’s Daughter? Those seemed like pretty good stories to me.
vgerd
July 17, 2014 @ 3:20 pm
I agree. Those were all good stories. I also LOVED Once a Crook. I never disliked Ziva, but I have to admit I haven’t really missed her either. Just like when Kate left, the show goes on. Now if TONY left, I’d be outta here. LOL.
Lisa Liscoumb
July 17, 2014 @ 3:27 pm
For me, it wasn’t so much that I disliked her – which I did in her last few seasons, I will admit. It was that the writers made her irredeemable to me in season 10. I would have watched season 11 even if she was still there, as I really like the rest of the team, but I wasn’t overly upset she wasn’t there.
vgerd
July 17, 2014 @ 7:27 pm
There were times that I kind of hated Ziva too. There’s a part of me that really balks at the idea of her being “Tony’s Shannon.” She treated him so abominably at times. I could have bought a wild, passionate affair between them, but a loving, committed relationship? Not so much.
Lisa Liscoumb
July 17, 2014 @ 8:07 pm
Oh, dear lord, no – she was never “Tony’s Shannon”, and I totally agree with you about how she treated Tony, even from the beginning. During her middle seasons, she wasn’t bad, though and I actually liked her. And yes, I could see them sleeping together, but never in a relationship, and definitely not after season 6/7 and the whole Rivkin debacle (which is when I started disliking her again).
I think the closest to a Shannon Tony had would have been Jeanne, and that was based on a lie – or perhaps more on the “true” Tony than he would like to admit. Too late for that now, though – too much water under the bridge, I think, for them to recover even if she did come back.
vgerd
July 17, 2014 @ 8:51 pm
I agree that Jeanne came the closest to a loving, committed relationship that Tony has ever had – made all the more ironic by the fact that it was based on a lie. Ironic, and tragic.
IMO, that’s the heart of Tony’s character. Underneath the Teflon-coated, always smiling image he presents to the world, he yearns for the kind of love Gibbs once possessed, and has utterly failed at finding it – possibly because he was looking for it with Ziva?
It was the Rivkin debacle that soured me completely on the Tony/Ziva pairing. I just never bought that they could have fallen in love after that mess.
marysue
July 16, 2014 @ 3:19 am
With all the secrecy about season 12….I hope it will be good, especially after all the hoopla last season with Cote leaving at the last minute. Bring it on NCIS!