Alright, Cine–freaks, put down your Caf-Pow for a moment and brace yourselves. We just got a “First Look” at the highly anticipated (and slightly baffling) NCIS: Tony & Ziva series, coming this fall to Paramount+! UGHHHH! And if you thought their relationship was chaotic before, just wait. LAUGHING MY ASS OFF!
The trailer opens with Michael Weatherly and Cote de Pablo themselves, all happy, elated, and excited, introducing that the trailer “starts now.” It’s a perfect way to acknowledge the NCIS fanboy (and fangirl!) moment we’ve all been having. It’s almost like they know we’ve been begging for this for years, only for them to emerge from the witness protection program of TV land! (Are you still watching? Good. Because it only gets weirder from here.)
Ziva’s Therapy & Tony’s Commitment Issues: Still on Again-Off Again? 🛋️💔
Cut to the actual First Look. And PLOT TWIST number one: Ziva appears to be seeing a shrink! (Wait, didn’t she, you know… DIE?! Has her therapist successfully navigated the afterlife to counsel her?) The therapist, clearly a brave soul, brings up the relationship status of her and Tony, and it seems they’re still stuck in that glorious, exasperating on-again, off-again loop, even after all these years and a shared child we definitely need more details on! Our Unfiltered Opinion on this? Toxicity at its finest! They’ve clearly mastered the art of emotional chaos. (Readers, you know exactly what I’m talking about. Don’t lie.)
Yes, Cine-freaks, we also discover that Tony and Ziva have had a daughter – a mini-spy-in-training, presumably. (Because, naturally, what’s a family drama without a child thrown into the mix to raise the stakes?!)
The Kidnapped Child Trope & The Armory Cookie Jars! 🍪🔫
And just like that, Hollywood serves up the classic kidnapped child trope! UGHHHH! Didn’t we literally just see this in, oh, I don’t know, every other action movie ever?! (Spoiler alert: bad guy takes kid, kids’ parents go on a chaotic and perilous revenge spree, and annihilate everything in their path!) But this is Tony & Ziva, so at least we can expect some snarky banter while they’re doing it.
Then, the Oscar-Worthy moment we were truly waiting for: the weapons! OMG the weapons! Ziva casually mentions she “leveled up from her cookie jars,” only to reveal a literal ARMORY! That’s right, a damn armory behind a secret wall! (So much for that minimalist Parisian apartment aesthetic.) And Tony’s reaction? Pure DiNozzo! This definitely screams commitment issues from Tony, still! Why admit to, oh, I don’t know, being together, or wanting to be together, when you can just be roomies in a safe house with enough firepower to start a small war?! LAUGHING MY ASS OFF!
Still Dangerously Chaotic After All These Years?
So, Operatives, the NCIS: Tony & Ziva First Look Trailer promises exactly what we expected from these two: explosions, espionage, emotional baggage, and enough chaos to fill a season. Will their on-again, off-again dynamic fuel the fire, or just lead to more bad decisions? Will self-driving murder cars make an appearance, and will Ziva’s therapist ever get paid? Our Unfiltered Opinion is cautiously optimistic for the nostalgic ride, if only for the sheer entertainment value of watching Tony try to process Ziva’s deadpan snark with an armory in the kitchen.
