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Rejoice! There's hope for Tiva on Season 9 of NCIS. Michael Weatherly (Tony) dished to TV Guide, "There's a new wrinkle in [Tony and E.J.'s] relationship, and I would say it is somewhat troubling. I think Tony questions a lot of things about her, and I don't think there's any going back to their initial blinky-blinky, lovey-dovey plot."

He added, "That might make him more able down the road to...

NCIS Season 9 will bring family members back into the picture. Executive producer Gary Glasberg spilled to TVLine, "R.J. [Robert] Wagner is coming back [as Tony's dad], Ralph Waite will come back [as Gibbs' father]. [...] We're going to reopen the NCIS family album."

Even better, Lily Tomlin will guest-star as McGee's (Sean Murray) grandmother, and they're looking to cast Abby's (Pauley...

NCIS writer Jesse Stern has been tweeting about "Swan Song", the penultimate Season 8 episode.

On April 19th Jesse Stern tweeted:

"Anxious to get the Director's cut of ep 23 "Swan Song" tonight. That first cut is usually painful. Then you dig in and make it better."

On April 20th he added this ominous tweet:

"I'm not quite sure what we've made here. I've never seen an episode like "Swan Song"...