It is no mean feat or accomplishment for Ziva (Cote de Pablo) to have ended up dead on NCIS too, aside from the fact most every female agent has ended up in this way, which in some way shape or form has been related to their work, or connection with NCIS. This included Kate (Sasha Alexander) Paula Cassidy (Jessica Steen) and Director Jenny Shepherd (Lauren Holly). But with Ziva seems her family was destined for such a fate from the outset. There was her sister Talia, who was killed in a bomb explosion. Her half-brother Ari (Rudolf Martin) was killed by Ziva herself to save Gibbs (Mark Harmon). Her father and Mossad Directer Eli David (Michael Nouri) also having a hand in the death of Ari's mother, Dr Hasmia Haswari. Now Ziva has been killed too. Though her death too occurred in an explosion, it was different from the others since this was carried by the CIA and none other than NCIS and Gibbs' et al arch nemesis and thorn in their side, Trent Kort (David Dayan Fisher). Seems he got around a lot and whilst there never was any love lost between him and Tony (Michael Weatherly) from the outset, it was ironic in many ways that he was the one who took away Tony's love and probably the love of his life. Worse still, he killed the mother of Tony's baby, Tali.
Though that came a little out of the blue, especially since over the years everyone denied that Tony and Ziva even were intimate, and thought this seemed a little tacked on to ensure Tony's departure in this way, it was apparent they didn't sleep together until he found her in Israel and then they said their farewells. It was unfair of Ziva to not tell Tony about his daughter and how long would she have kept this from him. Since it was one thing he wanted, a family of his own. Not to show he'd grown up and wasn't really the clown everyone thought him to be and he didn't need a baby to score some sort of rites of passage and become a man. But cos he would make a great father and having his problems with Senior (Robert Wagner) he'd know the pitfalls to avoid and would always be there for Tali. More than that, he needed to be with his daughter, to bond like fathers and daughters do. Ziva should've known that, she shared a bond with Eli, even if she was at loggerheads with him later and joined NCIS. She also knew Tony and how he would feel not ever knowing. Work wasn't everything to him thought it may have seemed that way. He was a workaholic cos he was searching for what he could do with his life and he didn't want to end up alone.
Perhaps her other reason for not telling him was cos he was always in danger with his job and maybe she was protecting Tali in a way, from what they went through in their work. To a degree that was understandable, but as seen, it caught up with her in the end and she did tell Tali about her abba, showing she probably always intended to introduce them one day.
Getting back to the CIA, I think that NCIS also missed a golden opportunity in not bringing back CIRay (Enrique Murciano). Especially since he and Ziva were close and it would've been a good way for him to return out of wherever he's hiding, or ended up, and to also join the hut for Ziva's killer. Maybe not so directly involved but would've made for an explosive ep (no pun). No matter what he was like, he did love Ziva and if he had known she was in danger, think he would've done plenty to save her. Though not everyone will agree.
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