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* EvenEvilCanBeLoved: What causes Ziva's MoralEventHorizon. Dina still sees Ari as the boy next door, and Ziva is reminded that she loved him, too, as her brother, once upon a time. Dina reminds Ziva of Ari's humanity. This triggers overwhelming FridgeHorror as she extrapolates this to everyone she has ever killed as an assassin for Mossad and an agent for NCIS.
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* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Ziva believes this of herself. She reaches a MoralEventHorizon after running into Dina Bashan, an old friend and her brother's love. Ziva is forced to deal with the fact that she had to kill her own brother, whom she had loved. Dina reminds Ziva of Ari's humanity, which Ziva extrapolates to all those she killed as an assassin. Tony tries to point out the flaws in her thinking, to no avail.
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* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Ziva believes this of herself. She reaches a MoralEventHorizon after running into Dina Bashan, an old friend and her brother's love. Ziva is forced to deal with the fact that she had to kill her own brother, whom she had loved. Dina reminds Ziva of Ari's humanity, which Ziva extrapolates to loved, and reckons with all those of the lives she killed as an assassin. has taken while with Mossad and NCIS. Tony tries to point out the flaws that she isn't this trope, but Ziva is too far gone in her thinking, to no avail. self-loathing.
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* BrokenBird: Ziva has shades of this trait. After years of repeated trauma (including the death of her entire family, prolonged torture while being held hostage, and the accumulated guilt of killing people in the line of duty), she finds she can no longer cope with working in law enforcement.
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Directed by Creator/JamesWhitmoreJr
Written by Creator/ScottWilliams, Creator/GinaLucitaMonreal, & Creator/GaryGlasberg
Written by Creator/ScottWilliams, Creator/GinaLucitaMonreal, & Creator/GaryGlasberg
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* HarsherInHindsight: Watching Tony and Ziva's final scene together is even more heartwrenching after watching "Family First" and realizing [[spoiler: Ziva is pregnant and neither she or Tony know.]]
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* HarsherInHindsight: Watching Tony and Ziva's final scene together is even more heartwrenching heart-wrenching after watching "Family First" and realizing First," as you realize [[spoiler: Ziva is pregnant and neither she or Tony know.with their daughter.]]
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* HarsherInHindsight: Watching Tony and Ziva's final scene together is even more heartwrenching after watching "Family First" and realizing [[spoiler: Ziva is pregnant and neither she or Tony know.]]
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* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Ziva believes this of herself. She reaches a MoralEventHorizon after running into Dina Bashan, an old friend and her brother's love. Ziva is forced to deal with the fact that she was forced to kill her own brother, whom she had loved. Dina reminds Ziva of Ari's humanity, which Ziva extrapolates to all those she killed as an assassin. Tony tries to point out the flaws in her thinking, to no avail.
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* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Ziva believes this of herself. She reaches a MoralEventHorizon after running into Dina Bashan, an old friend and her brother's love. Ziva is forced to deal with the fact that she was forced had to kill her own brother, whom she had loved. Dina reminds Ziva of Ari's humanity, which Ziva extrapolates to all those she killed as an assassin. Tony tries to point out the flaws in her thinking, to no avail.
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* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Ziva believes this of herself. She reaches a MoralEventHorizon after running into Dina Bashan, an old friend and her brother's love. Ziva is forced to deal with the fact that she was forced to kill her own brother, whom she had loved. Dina reminds Ziva of Ari's humanity, which Ziva extrapolates to all those she killed as an assassin. Tony tries to point out the flaws in her thinking, to no avail.
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* WhamShot: Tony delivers a status update via video to Gibbs and [=McGee=]. He tells them he hasn't found Ziva yet, but has new information about her whereabouts. He ends the video call, and as he closes the laptop, the camera pans across to Ziva standing in the doorway.
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* MinorInjuryOverreaction: Justified with Fornell, as he's on painkillers. See ShotInTheAss below.
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* ShotInTheAss: Fornell, courtesy of Gibbs. However, the real target was the man Fornell was protecting. He lampshades this [[RuleofThree three times]] as he's wheeled away on a gurney, flat on his stomach.
--> '''Fornell''': I can't believe that you shot me in the ass!\\
'''Gibbs''': It's a surface wound, through and through.\\
'''Fornell''': Through the ass!\\
'''[=McGee=]''': ''(to Vance)'' Painkillers (Vance nods in acknowledgement).\\
'''Fornell''': How'd I miss it, Gibbs?\\
'''Gibbs''': We all missed it.\\
'''Fornell''': Yeah, and I'm the one who got {{shot in the ass}} for it.
--> '''Fornell''': I can't believe that you shot me in the ass!\\
'''Gibbs''': It's a surface wound, through and through.\\
'''Fornell''': Through the ass!\\
'''[=McGee=]''': ''(to Vance)'' Painkillers (Vance nods in acknowledgement).\\
'''Fornell''': How'd I miss it, Gibbs?\\
'''Gibbs''': We all missed it.\\
'''Fornell''': Yeah, and I'm the one who got {{shot in the ass}} for it.
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* GrudgingThankYou: Tony gives one to Adam for helping him find Ziva. This after being very cold towards him previously.
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* ItsAllMyFault: Ziva's frame of mind when Tony finds her.
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* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Though the words ''I love you'' were never spoken outright, Tony and Ziva's scene in the olive grove definitely counts. Watching Tony beg Ziva to come home with him, telling her he can change with her, and that he is fighting for her is heartwrenching, especially coming from a character who usually provides comic relief.
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* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Though the words ''I love you'' were never spoken outright, outright (beyond Ziva telling Tony he is loved), Tony and Ziva's scene in the olive grove definitely counts. Watching Tony beg Ziva to come home with him, telling her he can change with her, and that he is fighting for her is heartwrenching, especially coming from a character who usually provides comic relief.
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* CallBack: When Tony finally finds her, Ziva asks him why is there and tells him he should not have come, just as she did in [[Recap/NCISS07E01 "Truth or Consequences."]]
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* TragicKeepsake: Ziva leaves behind her Star of David in the safehouse where she had been ambushed. It was found by Mossad and given to Tony, who returns it to her. As he boards his flight back home, Tony finds she has slipped it into the pocket of his suit jacket.
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* TragicKeepsake: Ziva leaves behind her Star of David in the safehouse where she had been ambushed. It was found by Mossad and given to Tony, who returns it to her. As he boards his flight back home, Tony finds she has slipped it into the pocket of his suit jacket.jacket.
* WomanScorned: Tony's search for Ziva leads him to her childhood friend, Dina Bashan. Dina initially tells him she hasn't seen Ziva in months, but Tony finds out from a street camera that she had seen Ziva much more recently. When Tony goes to confront her, Dina reveals that she had been in love with Ari, Ziva's brother. Her deception was a form of payback.
-->'''Tony:''' You knew she was in danger, and you lied to me. I asked you point-blank.
-->'''Dina:''' And had any other agent come to the door, I would have said "yes." Why should she have the man she loves when she took mine from me?
* WomanScorned: Tony's search for Ziva leads him to her childhood friend, Dina Bashan. Dina initially tells him she hasn't seen Ziva in months, but Tony finds out from a street camera that she had seen Ziva much more recently. When Tony goes to confront her, Dina reveals that she had been in love with Ari, Ziva's brother. Her deception was a form of payback.
-->'''Tony:''' You knew she was in danger, and you lied to me. I asked you point-blank.
-->'''Dina:''' And had any other agent come to the door, I would have said "yes." Why should she have the man she loves when she took mine from me?
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* IWillFindYou: Tony spends the first half of the episode in a months-long hunt for Ziva, who is in hiding.
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* SeriouslyScruffy: Tony grows a beard while searching for Ziva.
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* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Though the words ''I love you'' were never spoken outright, Tony and Ziva's scene in the olive grove definitely counts. Watching Tony beg Ziva to come home with him, telling her he can change with her, and that he is fighting for her is heartwrenching, especially coming from a character who usually used as provides comic relief.
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* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Though the words ''I love you'' were never spoken outright, Tony and Ziva's scene in the olive grove definitely counts. Watching Tony beg Ziva to come home with him, telling her he can change with her, and that he is fighting for her is heartwrenching, especially coming from a character usually used as comic relief.
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* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: The words "I love you" are never said outright by either in the episode. But watching Tony (the usual class clown) try not to cry while begging Ziva to return to the US to be with ''him'' (to hell with NCIS) definitely counts.
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* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: The Though the words "I ''I love you" are you'' were never said outright by either spoken outright, Tony and Ziva's scene in the episode. But watching Tony (the usual class clown) try not to cry while begging Ziva to return to the US to be with ''him'' (to hell with NCIS) olive grove definitely counts.counts. Watching Tony beg Ziva to come home with him, telling her he change with her, and that he is fighting for her is heartwrenching, especially coming from a character usually used as comic relief.
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'''Season 11, Episode 2:'''
!! Past, Present, and Future
Tony continues his search for Ziva in Israel and elsewhere, learning a great deal about her past in the process. He finds her, but returns home without her. In the US, Gibbs and Fornell work on the case of the bomber.
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* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: The words "I love you" are never said outright by either in the episode. But watching Tony (the usual class clown) try not to cry while begging Ziva to return to the US to be with ''him'' (to hell with NCIS) definitely counts.
* TheBigDamnKiss: Right before Tony leaves for the states.
* LeavingYouToFindMyself: Ziva chooses to stay in Israel to reconnect with herself.
* PutOnABus: Thematically inverted, with Tony leaving for the US on a plane, while Ziva stays behind in Israel.
* TragicKeepsake: Ziva leaves behind her Star of David in the safehouse where she had been ambushed. It was found by Mossad and given to Tony, who returns it to her. As he boards his flight back home, Tony finds she has slipped it into the pocket of his suit jacket.
!! Past, Present, and Future
Tony continues his search for Ziva in Israel and elsewhere, learning a great deal about her past in the process. He finds her, but returns home without her. In the US, Gibbs and Fornell work on the case of the bomber.
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* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: The words "I love you" are never said outright by either in the episode. But watching Tony (the usual class clown) try not to cry while begging Ziva to return to the US to be with ''him'' (to hell with NCIS) definitely counts.
* TheBigDamnKiss: Right before Tony leaves for the states.
* LeavingYouToFindMyself: Ziva chooses to stay in Israel to reconnect with herself.
* PutOnABus: Thematically inverted, with Tony leaving for the US on a plane, while Ziva stays behind in Israel.
* TragicKeepsake: Ziva leaves behind her Star of David in the safehouse where she had been ambushed. It was found by Mossad and given to Tony, who returns it to her. As he boards his flight back home, Tony finds she has slipped it into the pocket of his suit jacket.
