‘Shiptober: ‘NCIS’ season 13 and Tony pairing possibilities (Zoe, Ziva, and Jeanne)

It seems like once a year, we gather together in one way or another to discuss the “NCIS” question we get here at CarterMatt more than any other: Is Ziva coming back this season? It has now been more than two years since her exit, and since that time the show has done a wide array of jostling when it comes to Tony’s love life. He did get a more consistent girlfriend back in season 12 with Zoe Keates, but at the moment the status of that relationship has not been fully explored. Also, we know that Scottie Thompson is coming back on the show for an arc as Jeanne, who he certainly had a complicated history with during some early seasons. Honesty was clearly the problem there.

So for this article, we’re going to spend a minute looking at all three different possible love interests for the character, with us at the end raising one simple question: Who do you think is the right person for the character? We want to know your take in the poll below!

Zoe Keates – As the current girlfriend, she is the one who DiNozzo has the closest attachment to. Their history together predates “NCIS,” so she knows him better than almost anyone at this point. She also pushes him, and she’s met the elder DiNozzo to go along with that. The thing that makes love interests on this show so tricky is that the majority of the time, they are limited to more or less to recurring roles. Therefore, we don’t really know whether or not the writers are planning for Zoe to be a long-term love interest or not. She could be gone at any moment. We do know that Marisol Nichols is rather busy, having done work on “Teen Wolf” and also “Criminal Minds” recently.

Ziva David – The following for Tony and Ziva (“Tiva”) is easily the most-popular of any “NCIS” ‘ship out there, but the main issue in hoping for these two to get back together is that Cote de Pablo’s future with the franchise is still unclear. We think that all parties could be more receptive to a return now than they were at this point a year ago, but that is no guarantee. This story was definitely built over time like she was destined to potentially be the one for him, but can they get back to where they once were after so much time away?

Jeanne Benoit – In some ways, you can ask the same thing and then some for Jeanne, whose time with Tony was destroyed by her family connections and his undercover work among other things. They did have great chemistry during season 4, but that now feels like another era of the show entirely. Maybe the years have been kind to them, and they could see this now as an opportunity to be on the same page. All we know is that Thompson seems to be excited about a return to the show as this character.

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