TMC
03-14-2022, 02:28 AM
https://www.looper.com/797340/zivas-biggest-mistake-ever-on-ncis/
Ziva lies to her fellow agents to protect Michael Rivkin
Ziva David is, without a doubt, a well-trained agent and a force to be reckoned with on "NCIS." But, in Season 6, Ziva lets her emotions get the best of her and ultimately pays for it at the end of the season. She is reintroduced to someone from her past, Michael Rivkin (Merik Tadros), and as it turns out, she has romantic feelings for him even though he is a threat to national security. The pair resume their romance throughout the season, but it takes a tragic turn in the Season 6 episode "Semper Fidelis." (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1418315/?ref_=ttep_ep24) Ziva lies to her fellow agent Antony "Tony" DiNozzo (Michael Weatherley) (https://www.looper.com/795931/dinozzos-biggest-mistake-ever-on-ncis/) about Rivkin's whereabouts in order to protect him, but DiNozzo finds him anyway. Ziva's deceit leads to DiNozzo's life being put in danger and the inevitable death of Rivkin in the season finale, "Aliyah," (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1422351/?ref_=tt_ep_nx) which devastates her.
Fans still speculate on the whole Ziva-Rivkin relationship and how it affected her performance on the team. "I have often wondered what Ziva saw in Rivkin, other than that he was familiar," u/Forreal19 wrote in an October 2021 Reddit post (https://www.reddit.com/r/NCIS/comments/q8rh3s/lets_talk_ab_ziva_during_the_rivkin_storyline/hgrluca/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). The display of blatant deceit and putting her romantic feelings first has other fans upset. Redditor u/HugeRaspberry (https://www.reddit.com/r/NCIS/comments/q8rh3s/comment/hgrcbkb/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) wrote, "This kind of proves the point that Ziva always was loyal to her homeland and not so much to the team."
The man Ziva chooses to protect had killed two federal agents and remained a threat to national security, yet she chose him over the safety of her own team. As the series progresses, Ziva and the rest of the "NCIS" crew develop a much closer bond, and Ziva would never have made this mistake twice.
Ziva lies to her fellow agents to protect Michael Rivkin
Ziva David is, without a doubt, a well-trained agent and a force to be reckoned with on "NCIS." But, in Season 6, Ziva lets her emotions get the best of her and ultimately pays for it at the end of the season. She is reintroduced to someone from her past, Michael Rivkin (Merik Tadros), and as it turns out, she has romantic feelings for him even though he is a threat to national security. The pair resume their romance throughout the season, but it takes a tragic turn in the Season 6 episode "Semper Fidelis." (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1418315/?ref_=ttep_ep24) Ziva lies to her fellow agent Antony "Tony" DiNozzo (Michael Weatherley) (https://www.looper.com/795931/dinozzos-biggest-mistake-ever-on-ncis/) about Rivkin's whereabouts in order to protect him, but DiNozzo finds him anyway. Ziva's deceit leads to DiNozzo's life being put in danger and the inevitable death of Rivkin in the season finale, "Aliyah," (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1422351/?ref_=tt_ep_nx) which devastates her.
Fans still speculate on the whole Ziva-Rivkin relationship and how it affected her performance on the team. "I have often wondered what Ziva saw in Rivkin, other than that he was familiar," u/Forreal19 wrote in an October 2021 Reddit post (https://www.reddit.com/r/NCIS/comments/q8rh3s/lets_talk_ab_ziva_during_the_rivkin_storyline/hgrluca/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3). The display of blatant deceit and putting her romantic feelings first has other fans upset. Redditor u/HugeRaspberry (https://www.reddit.com/r/NCIS/comments/q8rh3s/comment/hgrcbkb/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) wrote, "This kind of proves the point that Ziva always was loyal to her homeland and not so much to the team."
The man Ziva chooses to protect had killed two federal agents and remained a threat to national security, yet she chose him over the safety of her own team. As the series progresses, Ziva and the rest of the "NCIS" crew develop a much closer bond, and Ziva would never have made this mistake twice.