NCIS - Meet The New Ziva?

                                                
Reports out on TVLine: Emily Wickersham may replace Cote de Pablo on NCIS.  Cote whose departure came as a shock to many fans and still is a sore topic will leave in the early episodes of season 11.  Emily will play a character called Bishop who is described as "attractive, talented, intelligent, athletic, and academically brilliant."  As well as being "socially awkward".  Again?  ha.  Seems NCIS can only find these sorts of female characters in the show.  No really, I mean remember Nikki Jardine (Susan Kelechi Watson) she had OCD but that was fun.  I liked her and she spoke Arabic, Kurdish and didn't overstep the boundaries into Ziva territory with being proficient in those languages either.  Would have been good to see her again not that any one can replace Ziva David, but someone who has appeared on the show before should have been a more likely choice.  Someone whom fans could ease into since they have seen her before.

Emily has been contracted for three eps but could become  a series regular in the future as her contract has this option.  She is set to appear at November sweeps time, which many think may be a suitable transition period between Ziva's swansong and Bishop's appearance. Will anyone even notice since we'll still be lamenting Cote's departure, which will be felt on and off screen for some time to come.  I mean I have come to terms with Cote leaving, many haven't.  Of course NCIS will go through the motions again of introducing characters for Ziva's job who won't stick around, as they did before, when Tony (Michael Weatherly) had to interview the prospective candidates in Truth or Consequences.  Ohh wonder how many thought this would become a reality at that time, almost foreshadowing.

Perhaps Tony won't warm to her too easily.  At least we won't be getting a long and drawn out, "will they/won't they" scenario as we got over 8 years!  Emily can be seen as guesting on The Bridge and appeared in The Sopranos.  I actually hope we get to see more of McGee (Sean Murray) and Abby (Pauley Perrette) who haven't really been a focal point for quite a while now and it's only fair they get their share of the limelight!

Cote's non presence will be felt for quite some time to come for many fans.