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Family First (episode). Despite this, she agreed to after executive producer Shane Brennan described the scene. [20] Shortly after returning, she stated in an interview that "Someone from the Israeli department of tourism watched the show and saw that there was an Israeli character on the show, and they were very happy about that. [31], NCIS costume designers initially had Ziva's clothing style fluctuate; she is introduced wearing an IDF uniform jacket, cargo pants, and combat boots to illustrate "the Israeli military influence" on the character[59] but afterwards is frequently dressed in high heels and skirts in a manner similar to her predecessor, Kate Todd. [26][27] Her mother, Rivka (Weronika Rosati),[24] is infrequently mentioned throughout the series; she is referred to as having taught Ziva how to drive and preferring that she play with dolls instead of "boy games" like Battleship and G.I. The two later have a daughter named Tali, who is the reason Tony resigns from NCIS after learning Ziva had presumably died in a mortar attack (though Ziva had faked her death to escape from Sahar, a woman who had worked alongside Ziva's dead half-brother Ari). During the season seventeen premiere, "Out of the Darkness", it is revealed that Ziva faked her death to protect her family from a woman named Sahar who wanted to kill her. She is Ari's control officer and half-sister due to the fact that they shared the same father, Mossad's then Deputy Director, Eli David (Michael Nouri). At the end of the season sixteen finale, "Daughters", Ziva shows up in Gibbs' basement to inform him that he is in danger. 2023 TV Fanatic "[81] Ziva seems to be more willing to show her vulnerability to Gibbs than to most of the other characters, and Michael Weatherly suggested in 2012 that she might have become something of a "hellcat" without Gibbs' guidance. She recalls him taking his children into the forest for "fun" blindfolded and making them find their own way back. Shortly afterwards, series creator Donald Bellisario announced plans to replace Todd with another female lead. She stays in Tel Aviv with her father and Mossad. Ziva is introduced to the show as an Israeli citizen, an agent of the Kidon unit of the Mossad, a daughter of Mossad Director Eli David, and a friend of NCIS Director Jenny Shepard. Director Vance hands the approved application to Agent Gibbs, who in turn transmits it to Ziva, whom he calls "Probie". TVs most watched drama resumes Season 10 this Tuesday at 8/7c, with the introduction of McGees admiral father (played by Jamey Sheridan). I'm trying to make her as three dimensional as I can. Of all her relationships with the team, Ziva and Gibbs' has undergone the most growth. After the break, Gibbs and David are sitting at a window, and it is fully dark out. EP Says 'It's Definitely a, Stephen Amell Doesn't Think He's Done Playing Green Arrow, McGees admiral father (played by Jamey Sheridan. NCIS Mossad / Characters - TV Tropes [4] After Gibbs notices footage of an unconscious Ziva on the news following an explosion where she was working, it is soon revealed that Vance had deliberately sent Ziva back to Israel in order to help uncover a mole within NCIS itself. Berlin (episode) After taking down Sahar in the second episode "Into the Light", Ziva prepares to leave, telling Gibbs she has one more thing to do before she puts it all behind her.