Special Agent Tony DiNozzo has left the building.
Going into NCIS Season 13 Episode 24, fans of television’s highest-rated series know that Michael Weatherly would be saying goodbye.
They just had no idea how Tony would be written out.
No way he’d be killed off, right?
Right. But that doesn’t mean death didn’t play a key role on the NCIS Season 13 finale.
The major event that led to Tony’s departure was the discovery that Ziva was killed in a bombing at her farmhouse in Israel.
“Life rarely ends the way we imagine,” Ducky said as the rest of the NCIS team mourned their former colleague back at the office.
From there, though, Tony was in for another surprise: Ziva had a daughter named Tali, who was hand-delivered to the U.S. by Israel officials. Because Tony is her father.
With advice from his father in hand (Robert Wagner reprised the role and told his son to take some time for an emotional breather), Tony told Gibbs that he had to resign his post.
“I’m everything to that little girl now,” DiNozzo his boss. “And I’ve never been anybody’s everything before.”
This led to a number of emotional goodbyes with his colleagues, from McGree to Bishop to Abby, the latter of whom told Tony:
“I know how much Ziva really loved you. I know. She told me.”
Then there was the big farewell. It took place in Gibbs’ basement.
“That’s it,” Tony said. “I’m done now.”
To which Gibbs replied: “You gotta do whatcha gotta do.”
A rare hug followed… and it just happened to get very dusty in our living room around this same time.
What did you think of Tony’s goodbye? What it everything you could have hoped for? Can you believe Ziva is dead?!?
Go ahead and watch NCIS online via the above video if you need to catch up and then sound off. What an emotional hour of television!
