NCIS (TV Series) Past, Present, and Future (2013) User Reviews

Magic Cheese

[LimeyGeezer · 8/10 · 12 January 2019]

In one scene they raid an apartment looking for a shooter. They find the tenant dead long enough for McGee to comment on the smell and she looks like a zombie - and Gibbs CHECKS HER PULSE HA HA HA

PPF - you can't please ALL the fans....

[anna_s_68521 · 11 March 2014]

One has to wonder what the original plan for this episode was - how much of it was re-written at the last moment after the untimely departure of Cote De Pablo just days before shooting for season 11 was supposed to begin.

We know from interviews that GG wanted a 2 part finale for the character of Ziva yet she was on screen for less than 15 minutes. Given that many fans loved the character for so long, it's a shame that the actress was unavailable to fully finish the storyline.

This episode though contained the MOST on target writing & portrayal of Ziva in her entire time on the show. It also offered the most logical reason for her decision to go to & then remain in Israel. Kudos to the show for finally giving us a character that made sense and giving us reasons for her departure that were logical given the character's back story.

Tony, on the other hand, was remarkably out of character for the entire episode. In an effort to please the segment of fans demanding a canon romance between the characters, the show came close to destroying the foundation of the character & negated the way Weatherly portrayed him throughout most of season 10.

The End of the End

[stratus_phere · 1/10 · 23 September 2018]

This is one of the last of many episodes where crummy writing and stupid executive decisions ruined Ziva's character. There is no excuse for the complete stupidity of her character arc's end. I know Cote de Pablo wasn't happy about it either. It really sucked. There was no reason for it. Her character was happy in DC. For them to create this false guilt over the hienous bad guys she's guilt is beyond stupid. She has an old friend who was/is a terrorist because she was going to marry the murderous ari, and tried to justify the horrid things he did and innocent people he killed. That "friend" should have been arrested and sent to Gitmo for life. For crapwad writers to try to convince anyone that she and ari were anything less than the scum of the earth is ridiculous. BOOOOO!!!!! Bad writing. Quit your day jobs. Become homeless bums living under a bridge. Do NOT ever write again. Because you really, REALLY suck at this.

Ziva out of character

[earodrig · 3/10 · 5 October 2013]

Typical NCIS plot, with Gibbs, "the tough guy," always knowing what to do and everybody else following his lead. Some criticism on the poor reasoning of why the bad guys were targeting NCIS folks belongs to the previous episode. I focused my attention now on how Ziva's infamous departure from NCIS would unfold. What a big surprise: Ziva got a conscience, and she was leaving NCIS because she was going to follow her heart... Completely out her character! DiNozzo was too understanding and so not funny: Out his character too. I got used to watch a tough Ziva, and to enjoy the well balanced chemistry between Ziva and DiNozzo. The writers certainly could think of something much, much better. Since we now know the reason why Cote de Pablo departed the show (she wanted more money than the producers could afford), the worst part of this episode is the possibility of Cote de Pablo coming back to the show since her character was kept alive.