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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.

I got a subscription to Prime Video so I could watch "The Devil's Hour" and I was not disappointed.

The show centers around Lucy Chambers (Jessica Raine), a social worker who wakes up at 3:33 a.m., the supposed "devil's hour," every morning. Lucy also shares a mysterious connection to Gideon Sheperd (Peter Capaldi), a serial killer who the police search for and eventually apprehend.

Also in the mix are Isaac (Benjamin Chivers), Lucy's emotionally troubled son who is more than anyone knows; DI Ravi Dhillon (Nikesh Patel) and DS Nick Holness (Alex Ferns) the police officers investigating murders committed by Shepherd; Mike (Phil Dunster), Lucy's estranged husband who wants Lucy but not their son Isaac; Dr. Ruby Bennett (Mera Syal) Isaac's therapist and Sylvia (Barbara Marten) Lucy's mother who is suffering from dementia.

The series starts slow as each of the characters are developed, but the show becomes more interesting the further it goes. In certain ways, "The Devil's Hour" reminds me of another favorite of mine "Dark," which started as a show about five German families whose lives intersect over multiple decades and morphs into something else entirely.

The storyline itself delves into supernatural elements and the two leads each demonstrate the frantic and human nature of each character. Raine's performance ranges from restrained to manic while Capaldi transforms his character into more than just the garden variety killer as he injects Shepherd with enough humanity that makes the audience care what happens to him.

I managed to watch the first two seasons and am waiting for the third to come out. According to Google, the third season is expected to come out in October.

Nostalgia is a constant in movies and television. Every decade has its own past decade that it romanticizes. Nostalgia for past decades began in the 1970s. The '70s romanticized the 1950s and several iconic actors and musicians attempted comebacks.

In the '50s, Danny Thomas had a hit show called "Make Room for Daddy" (later retitled "The Danny Thomas Show"). In this show, Thomas portrayed Danny Williams, a night club singer who spent most of his time on the road performing. When he did get to return home, it was an adjustment for both Danny and his wife and children. The show ran from 1953 to 1964 (one episode even served as a backdoor pilot for "The Andy Griffith Show).

In 1970, Thomas reprised his role as Danny Williams in "Make Room for Granddaddy." This time, Danny and his wife Kathy (Marjorie Lord) are empty nesters as their three children are grown up and out of the house. In the pilot Danny and Kathy return from a year in Australia to find their daughter Terry (Sherry Jackson) getting ready to join her military husband in Japan and needs someone to care for her son Michael (Michael Hughes) which sets the premise for the new show. Also returning from the first show are daughter Linda (Angela Cartwright), son Rusty (Rusty Hamer), Danny's friend Charley Halper (Sid Melton) and Danny's uncle Tonoose (Hans Conried).

The pilot itself has all of the sugary sweetness of the original show. Danny, who is a fish out of water with children, and Michael a rambunctious kid. Despite his uneasiness, Danny loves his grandson and doesn't mind showing it. The show only lasted one season. It may have to do with the time period the show came out as 1970 was at the height of the Vietnam War, campus riots, and major political unrest. Audiences during this time period were used to edgier shows like "The Mod Squad" and "Room 222" that Thomas' show was probably considered too bland. However, those nostalgic for the '50s probably ate this up. The problem is that there were not enough of them.