TOGETHER AGAIN

Fan favorites Michael Weatherly and Cote de Pablo finally return in NCIS: Tony & Ziva

- BY KATE HAHN

AFTER TWO ROMANTIC EPISODES, I ASKED MICHAEL, 'WHAT DO YOU THINK?' AND HE'S LIKE, 'IT MADE ME CRY.' DE PABLO

Tony, Ziva and Tali before their family separation

PRISONERS OF LOVE! Michael Weatherly and Cote de Pablo were shooting a scene in a jail cell when we visited the Budapest set of their NCIS spinoff last fall. In 10 action-packed episodes, the actors are reprising the roles of their beloved agents, Tony DiNozzo and former Mossad operative Ziva David. Their lives are radically different as the series begins, but during that moment in the pen, it’s classic “Tiva.” As she tends to his head wound, he playfully confesses that he might consider therapy. She looks at him with exasperated affection and says, “All it took was a little thing like having our lives completely shattered.”

Behind bars is just one of the dangerous places they find themselves in NCIS: Tony & Ziva, a long-hoped-for series that features two twisty mysteries. One centers on the crime case that includes that prison pit stop. The other, and maybe more puzzling for longtime fans, is why the pair, who have more chemistry than a million periodic tables, have split up.