Overview

• Cote de Pablo declined an on-set intimacy coordinator for intimate scenes with Michael Weatherly, saying their mutual trust allowed them to explore chemistry without oversight.
• Michael Weatherly fully supported de Pablo’s choice and highlighted their decades-long rapport and nonverbal communication from their NCIS tenure.
• NCIS: Tony & Ziva follows Tony, Ziva and their daughter as they flee through Paris after an attack on Tony’s security firm.
• The spinoff carries a TV-MA rating, signaling a more mature direction for the NCIS franchise.
• Michael Weatherly returns to series television for the first time since Bull and faces renewed scrutiny over a $9.5 million harassment settlement with co-star Eliza Dushku.