NCIS Tony Ziva penultimate episode sets up finale with Tali abducted

NCIS Tony Ziva, the Paramount+ spinoff that reunites Michael Weatherly and Cote de Pablo as Anthony DiNozzo and Ziva David, reaches its penultimate episode on October 16 and will close its 10-episode first season with a finale on October 23. The series, set in Europe and following the couple as they go on the run to protect their family, intensified this week when a kidnapping and an explosive confrontation raised the stakes for the characters and set up a decisive end to the seasonlong arc.

Episode 9, titled Ride or Die and released October 16, moves the action to Isla Safira, where Ziva is briefly kidnapped as part of an elaborate ruse and Tony survives an explosion at Graves estate with only minor injuries. The episode also revealed shifting allegiances: Martine appears to side with Tony and Ziva and kills Aaron Graves in front of their primary antagonist, Jonah Markham, while Jonah gains access to Graves's network and uses that leverage to interfere with a flight carrying the DiNozzos' daughter, Tali. Those events culminate in Tali's abduction by Graves's associates, leaving the family’s safety at the center of the final episode.

The season finale, titled Full Circle and...