No … I didn’t realize he hasn’t been happy. I don’t know him, though — have never met him. He looked & sounded pretty happy in the photos & tweets I’ve seen from the set, from vacation, with his family, etc. But that’s obviously my interpretation.

As to whether he’s had a decent storyline, that’s also in the eyes of the beholder. I don’t think he’s had a decent story arc since Jeanne Benoit. He had some great meaty episodes before Ziva left, but none of those were Tony’s stories. They were Ziva’s or they were Tiva’s. For all the screen time he got, he was rarely the focus. Over the last three years, though? He’s had some good stuff.

An episode like The Admiral’s Daughter? That was all Tony. Saviors? Tony. Once a Crook. Stop the Bleeding. Grounded. Cadence. Patience. All great episodes that let us see Tony on his own … smart, strong, brave, and funny. PLUS … we got Blame it on Rio — perhaps the best Tony episode since Chained or SWAK. I don’t know that he’d have ever gotten to do NCIS:LA if Ziva was still there, and that would have been a shame. We got a lot of great stuff from Tony over the past couple of seasons. If he hasn’t been happy, it doesn’t show.

Maybe he does…you realize he has not been happy or for that matter had any sort of decent storyline since she left right ?

“Nobel”, not “noble”.

Are you seriously saying that if your princess doesn’t want to be back you will blame everyone exept for her? And calling them stupid doesn’t make you or your opinion look smart or important at all.

It is not Gibbs responsibility to take care of Tony’s love life or other aspects of his personal life. Only Tony can do that. But of course Ziva fans need to blame Gibbs just like they need to blame Harmon for CdP’s departure. Stupid.

Maybe it is. And maybe he doesn’t.

The problem I have with that, though, is the implication that Tony can’t possibly be happy without Ziva. Just because he doesn’t end up with Ziva doesn’t mean he’ll stay alone and become a bitter jerk and be unhappy forever. He can walk out of the squad room without a woman on his arm and still be moving forward. Let the man have a little freedom to explore what his options are. Maybe he hops on a plane to Israel. Maybe he gets his own team in Europe. Maybe he sails the world with his father. He can do a myriad of things and be happy. It doesn’t have to be “Ziva or nothing”.