'NCIS' Season 17 winter premiere: Ziva's last appearance has fans demanding a Tiva reunion before it's too late
On tonight's winter premiere of NCIS Season 17, Ziva is back in full swing. She's dropping by the team once again to pull at both theirs and fans' heartstrings with a reminder that she is not a face to be seen regularly on the show anymore. But in classic Ziva style, she once again puts down the prospect of reuniting with Tony and Tali whom she hasn't seen in four years, just to help out Gibbs in his search for little Phineas. And fans seem to mind that a lot.
In the midseason premiere aka Episode 11 titled 'In the Wind', the moment we see Ziva our hearts star racing because this is one of the last times we will probably get to see her on this season.
Actor Cote de Pablo hasn't been listed for any further episodes this season and that really puts Ziva on a tight deadline to wrap up her goodbyes, while simultaneously helping Gibbs and still managing to save enough time so she can fly to Paris and finally meet her partner and kid.
Noting all of that, fans took to Twitter to express that they actually do mind all the sidetracking the show is putting on Ziva's arc in her last day this season.
"You know you should bring Ziva back full-time right? The entire show is better when she is in the storyline," wrote one fan, while another shared: "Paying for that Tiva reunion above anything!" A third fan tweeted: "Ziva and Toni have to reunite on the show. We all demand it."
In one scene we see Ziva fervently text Tony but he, however, does not respond to her — pure radio silence, and that really seemed to get fans worried. "I really hope Tony’s not answering Ziva's texts because he’s on a plane heading her way," they tweeted with high hopes for the big reunion in this episode. Staying optimistic, however, another viewer simply put it out there: "How many of you are betting Tony and Tali show up at the end of the episode?"
Other possible reunion suggestions included: "It's only fitting that #Tiva reunite on a tarmac considering we last saw them together on a tarmac." And of course, the salient reminder that one fan pointed out: "Tony always finds Ziva. He should be the one to find her now. One last and final time before they fly off to their happily ever after."
'NCIS' Season 17 airs on Tuesdays at 8/7c only on CBS.
