And you know this how?

No you did not get it. Harmon has no Control over things such as the negotiations of the other cast members, their characters, their appearances and so on.

I don’t know what is in her mind now (not a mind reader) but about a year ago she was interested in coming back some time. To let her and DiNozzo be together before he leaves would give some closure for the many fans who liked her. The people who did not like her would have to put up with her for a few minutes but will probably still watch NCIS. Leaving Cote’s fans with a good feeling could help them keep watching. However, Gary Glasberg has said that he didn’t intend to bring her back this season. So, who really knows what TPTB will do.

I’m confused. If the actors “are very involved in their characters” and Michael Weatherly had great amounts of control, while Mr. Harmon is an executive producer as well as the star but MH can’t be blamed for “things he has no Control over.” So let me get this straight – Weatherly has control and Harmon doesn’t. Got it.

LSilvaxx, I must say it’s delightful to read your posts, as I agree with them 100% percent. I very much like there is someone reasonable here, who actually have an idea how behind-the-scenes looks like.

Thank you! You’ve explained it all.

As far as I know, she was supposed to be back for S12 and she didn’t. It again caused a lot of trouble around the set but oh well. It’s obvious she had no interest in the past to come back. Don’t know if she was interested now. She made it clear that she wants Tiva to happen. Weatherly has always been against it. We’ll have to wait and see if Weatherly is again making sacrifices for the great de Pablo so she gets what she wants. Tiva shippers don’t care that it’s about Michael’s exit and what he wants.

Glonget didn’t say that Jamie was rude. He/she wanted to make clear that his/her response to Jamie was in no way intended to be rude or offending to Jamie.

And now, it is not Glonget’s fault that you get so invested into a fictional “romance” between fictional characters on a fictional TV show. I also don’t understand how you (or other Tiva “fans”) can claim to be so invested and yet say it’s all just a waste? It doesn’t make sense. If something bothers you that much then YOU have the choice to stop watching a show. If you decide to continue wasting your time on something that you made clear is a waste to you then it is only your fault. Don’t blame other fans, the people working on the show or anybody else for that.

And btw, stating that one doesn’t come back to watching a show because the people in charge dare to not fullfill your personal wishes is childish and the opposite of smart. It just shows that you in fact never cared for the show or the characters (since you’re a Tiva shipper it means Tony and Ziva) at all. But then again, it’s all just a waste right?

Ugh dissing GG and MH is your Hobby right? You’re aware that MH isn’t writing the scripts and that he’s ONE of the executive producers right? It was stated numerous times by the cast & crew that MH is most likely to follow whatever he’s given. That means if someone decides to pay more attention to Gibbs than to Tony, then MH is following that. And MW is a grown up man, if he had any problems with the storylines or whatever he could have opened his mouth to the writers etc., because it is known by (almost) everyone (at least by the real fans) that the actors are very involved in their characters. So please, do yourself and everyone the favor and stop blaming MH for things he has no Control over. If you want to blame GG and the writers for the storylines then do so. But don’t blame a hard working actor for doing his job.