The action picks up where last weeks episode left off.
I cant stay here, DiNozzo whispers, mesmerized by the flames dancing on the screen.
And then a grim-faced Vance gets a phone call from Tel Aviv.
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Cut to DiNozzos apartment, where Senior says hes got a feeling its all going to be fine.
The feeling that shes still alive?
But I dontknowthat shes still alive.
And nobody knows anything.
So whats the point of feeling anything at all?
His doorbell rings, the door opening on a devastated-looking Abby and McGee.
Ziva, he says.
He sinks to the bed, and Abby rests her head on his shoulder.
Gibbs asks why hes there, and DiNozzo loses it, wanting to know where everybody else is.
Shes more than an agent to you, Gibbs calmly replies.
She was a daughter to you.
She was a sister to McGee and Abby.
She was no more to me than anybody, he chokes out.
Ill breathe when Trent Kort is dead.
His father figure steps in next.
Or go for good, Gibbs says.
A broken DiNozzo complies.
Gibbs then stands in front of the wall of fallen agents, where we see rows of familiar faces.
He flashes back to the day he gave Ziva her NCIS credentials.
Well get it done, McGee says.
(TheNCIStheme plays quietly under this conversation, in case we werent emotionally wrecked enough at this point.)
NEXT: Daddy DiNozzo??
Her name is Tali, named for Zivas late sister.
Of course,of course,DiNozzos stunned.
If Id known she was pregnant, I wouldve been there in a second, he murmurs.
And thats exactly why she didnt tell him, Elbaz says.
Ziva didnt want to disrupt his life, and she was comfortable raising Tali on her own.
Without ever telling me, DiNozzo says.
In autopsy, Duckys rocked by Zivas death and the revelation about her child.
(Not a typical day, Gibbs understates.)
Ducky warns Gibbs not to lose sight of what DiNozzos going through in the rush to catch Kort.
Family first, Jethro, he says.
He brings it to his nose and flashes back to their final goodbye.
Later, Palmer drops by with some organic baked yams (yum?)
We see DiNozzos wheels start turning.
Okay, this feels like a good spot to check in on Fornell.
Hes got nerve damage to his right arm and leg, which means hell have a long road ahead.
Nothing he cant handle, Gibbs says.
Then Dr. Grace Confalone drops by at Gibbs request to stay with Emily while Gibbs takes care of bidness.
Emilys not pleased, but Gibbs makes big I trust her, so should you motions behind Graces back.
Grace and Emily immediately make plans to get lattes and more Watermelon Pie nail polish to finish Fornells pedicure.
What does that make Gibbs feel?
She even offers him the Feeling Wheel, urging him to pick a face.
Sad, mad, happy, scared, she says, pointing to each one.
Sure, Gibbs says.
she asks, exasperated.
But hes saved by the ringing of his phone, and before you know it, Fornells awake.
Tobias, Gibbs says cheerfully, you look awful!
And of course, thats when sourpuss Fornell spots his watermelon pedicure.
(Emily and Grace do good work.)
So Fornells got rehab to look forward to, but hes going to survive.
I loved her, Tim, he says.
I know you did, McGee responds
Seriously.
Back at NCIS, Abbys found a kindred spirit in the science-y Reeves.
And what what do you know?
A Dr. Edgar Polk works at the very facility with the mud in question.
The agents scramble there, only to learn that Korts already been there and abducted Polk at gunpoint.
She sees Polk say something about a son in Chesapeake City, so thats where they head next.
NEXT: All the goodbyes, all the tears
DiNozzos not there, though.
Hes home with his father and his daughter.
When Senior spills tea during their tea party, DiNozzo grabs a wipe from the bag.
Inside it, he finds a picture of him and Ziva in Paris.
Tali points at Ziva and says Ima, which is mother in Hebrew.
And then she points at Tony and says Aba.
Thats Hebrew for father.
Ziva must have told her.
She knows me, DiNozzo marvels.
The moment ends when McGee texts DiNozzo the address of where they think Kort will be.
She was my family, DiNozzo grits.
Kort reaches for his gun and the entire NCIS team, plus Monroe and Reeves, absolutelyunloadon him.
The shootout comes really close to being comically over the top.
But then again, Ziva was family.
Cut to Gibbs working on his boat.
You cant only think about yourself anymore.
And thats the thing.
When McGee called with Korts whereabouts, DiNozzo realized he didnt want Kort dead.
He just wanted to take care of Tali, whos lost everything in her life.
Except you, Gibbs says.
Ive never been anybodys everything before, DiNozzo replies.
So he showed up for Kort, and now hes done.
Hes going to take Tali to Israel to look for answers and then head to Paris.
(The present tense of that sentence absolutelywrecksme.)
They hug, and Gibbs tells DiNozzo to take care of himself and his family.
I think, DiNozzo replies.
She told me, Abby insists.
They exchange gonna miss you hugs.
DiNozzo has five words for Tim: Very Special Agent Timothy McGee.
Then he tells Bishop that she a very good agent whos going to be even better someday.
