Untitled NCIS Spinoff Project

This new addition to the NCIS pantheon is for me the best yet! Excellent performances by the main characters, excellent acting, wonderful secondary characters, great story, great cinematography, very good soundtrack, humour, action, mystery it's got it all! Very pleasantly surprised at the excellence of this new addition to NCIS, TEN STARS.

During NCIS' golden era, fans became so emotionally invested in the will-they-won't-they relationship of NCIS special agent Anthony DiNozzo (Michael Weatherly) and Mossad liaison officer Ziva David (Cote de Pablo) that the pair were nicknamed "Tiva." That ended when de Pablo left the show in 2013 (Weatherly left the show in 2016).

Now de Pablo and Weatherly are back in NCIS: Tony & Ziva, the latest spinoff in the NCIS franchise. Five years have passed since Ziva came back from the dead and reunited with Tony and their daughter Tali (Isla Gie). Tony runs a global security company Salus Mondiale and Ziva runs a language school. Both live in Paris and share custody of Tali. Tony and Ziva are forced to go on the run when they are framed for a crime they didn't commit.

When Tony & Ziva was first announced I expected it to be modeled in the style of the old Nick and Nora movies. What I and the rest of the audience received was a Ziva David who is still suffering from the trauma of almost dying and having to leave her daughter at the age of two and a Tony, who has poured all of his energy into his company daughter.

This undoubtedly ruined a lot of expectations of "Tiva" fans, but it portrays real-life concerns of people who had dangerous jobs and are readjusting to life outside of their former lives. According to the producers, there are no plans to bring back any of the characters from the original NCIS, however, since only two of the characters that would have worked with Tony and Ziva are still on the show, it wouldn't matter much.

The original NCIS used to be my go-to show when I was down and don't really care for all of the cast changes so Tony & Ziva is a chance to welcome back old friends.

Best thing streamed on Paramount Plus maybe ever, and such a fun mix of Tony and Ziva's classic chemistry, a Bond movie and modern spy TV. About 85% sure that several of the buildings were legitimized in Bond films and with Tony's love of quoting old movies, plus the fact that Michael Weatherly is clearly just Tony himself with how smoothly he seemed to jump right back in, it was a pleasure!

I don't have any complaints about this (so far) but the rest of the cast are honestly really good. And I'm glad to see Michael and Cote again as Tony and Ziva after 12 years. They did a good job here. The story is good and intriguing, curious to see how this plays out.

I was happy to see subtle references to the flagship series like footage from the old NCIS episodes, the ZNN cameo, Tony saying "On it, boss" to Ziva and a McGee mention, and I like they didn't overuse it too much aside the fact Tony and Ziva are former feds.

Looking forward to more incoming episodes.

As much as I was looking forward to this, I am very disappointed with the end product. The fact that they were both formerly NCIS, should/does not make it an NCIS product that should have it in the title. Tony & Ziva may have been OK, but that tie ended and this is a little too over-the-top to hold my interest past first season novelty. It's amost like a spoof on NCIS, leaving the same unpleasant aftertaste of several contemporary movie attempts of 70s-90s series. Yawn. I do not forsee a renewal at this point, but appreciate the attempt.