When Cote de Pablo Left ‘NCIS’ the Second Time, She Virtually Disappeared
Cote de Pablo delighted NCIS fans when she suddenly returned in the closing minutes of the season 16 finale. As fan-favorite Ziva David, she returned as a recurring character in season 17 for four episodes and retconned her supposed off-screen death. De Pablo’s return, however, was brief. And since she left NCIS the second time, she’s virtually disappeared.
Cote de Pablo was not an original ‘NCIS’ cast member
Now in its 20th season, NCIS dates back to 2003 when Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Mark Harmon), Tony DiNozzo (Michael Weatherly), Dr. Ducky Mallard (David McCallum), and Abby Sciuto (Pauley Perrette) were introduced as members of a team from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service on the series JAG.
Just a few months later, NCIS premiered as its own series. But instead of keeping Agent Vivian Blackadder (Robin Lively) on the team, she was replaced by Sasha Alexander’s Caitlin Todd. It was until season 3 — after Agent Todd’s shocking death in the season 2 finale — that fans finally met de Pablo’s Ziva David, an Israeli Mossad agent working with NCIS.
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She quickly became a fan favorite. And for eight seasons, they couldn’t get enough of her flirtatious banter with DiNozzo, her mentor/mentee relationship with Gibbs, and the drama and danger surrounding her family.
When she left ‘NCIS’ the second time around, she virtually disappeared
De Pablo walked away from the role of Ziva in 2013, just two episodes into season 11. Later, she was supposedly killed. And her death was the catalyst for Weatherly to depart the series, as DiNozzo left for Paris to take care of his and Ziva’s daughter.
But in the final moments of season 16, fans couldn’t believe it when de Pablo suddenly returned and was standing on the stairs in Gibbs’ basement. When season 17 began the next fall, they were ready for a new Ziva storyline and had high hopes she would be back for good.
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