‘NCIS: Tony & Ziva’ Boss Talks Tiva’s Relationship Status & Complications

[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for NCIS: Tony & Ziva Season 1 Episodes 1 “No Country Is Safe,” 2 “No Friend of Mine,” and 3 “Cover Story.”]

“Part of what makes their being able to trust each other in terms of maybe rekindling the relationship is how well they work together,” notes showrunner John McNamara of Tony (Michael Weatherly) and Ziva (Cote de Pablo), who are exes in the present day of this NCIS spinoff.

But the two are on the run together, after his security company is framed for the theft of a significant amount of money (that’s just the beginning), did sleep together in 2020 after they were reunited, are growing closer in the present (especially after an encounter with Tony’s girlfriend, who turns out to be married), and as they co-parent Tali (Isla Gie).