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The only question is when.
And if the wait period for the NCIS episode that featured DiNozzo’s family were any indication, don’t expect to be introduced to Abby’s in the near future. Points out NCIS executive producer Shane Brennan: “We waited seven seasons to meet DiNozzo’s father.”
Good point.
On the other hand, Brennan confirms that we will get to know more about Abby’s backstory eventually, although it won’t necessarily be a meet the Sciuto installment like what happened on “Flesh and Blood” featuring Tony’s dad, and his many uncles and button-collecting grandfather were mentioned.
“We’re not going to wait that long to introduce one of Abby’s relatives. And I wouldn’t even say her relatives — I’d say more of her personal life. The audience loves Abby and I think there’s a lot of rich detail to be explored with that character, so, yes, it will happen.”
There had been other sort of Abby-centric episodes, such as “Bloodbath,” “Driven,” “Cover Story,” and “Silent Night,” where we learned that Abby loves Christmas.
Asked whether we’d see her family in an interview more than a year ago on Bullz-Eye.com, here’s Perette’s response.
“I don’t make up these things; the writers do. But I have all of my own ideas! We know that Abby has a little brother. We know that. And I keep saying, ‘Where’s her brother?’ I’m not sure, but in my head, I have decided…which means, to the writers, absolutely nothing.
“It definitely comes up in the Christmas episode (“Silent Night”), because I played it that way – or I certainly hope it comes across that way, or at least there’s a question mark – as to whether Abby’s father is alive. I don’t think he is. In my head, he’s not. And that also has a lot to do with her relationship with Gibbs. Gibbs lost his daughter, Abby lost her dad.”
The verdict is in. At least as far as ratings are concerned, romance on NCIS
isn’t exactly a crowd-drawer, after the sort of Tiva-centric episode last week brought in the lowest numbers for NCIS this season. A measly 20.15 million (measly in NCIS standards) tuned in to watch Tony (Michael Weatherly) and Ziva (Cote de Pablo) exchange meaningful looks and lines in Paris, in what was eventually deemed a cop-out for the writers who didn’t want to anger either side in the Tiva shippers divide.
That being said, Entertainment Weekly reports that a romance may be up for Gibbs (Mark Harmon) this season. This early, in fact, they have “started laying the bread crumbs” for the big storyline that will reportedly happen on the second half of this season.
“It’ll go down as one of the big moments on NCIS,” big boss Shane Brennan teases.
Adds Brennan: “There’s a scene coming up that will stir up a lot of conversation. Mark is at his finest in that episode. he does an amazing job. It’s a really great performance. The audience is going to love it, but they’re also going to go, ‘Oh my God – what’s happening?!”
The big storyline may just include Rena Sofer’s ass-kicking lawyer character M. Allison Hart, who previously told TV Guide that she would be insane to not be interested in being Harmon’s love interest.
“Who in their right mind would not love to be a potential love interest for Mark Harmon?” Sofer said. “I have absolutely no idea. I am certainly very happy to stay where I’m at if Brennan sees that as a possibility. I’m not saying that is a possibility, but boy, wouldn’t that be nice?”
With confirmation that her character will return for at least one more episode this season, can it really be Sofer? Says Brennan: “Well, they seem to hate each other, so I don’t know how that’s going to happen.”
