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"Berlin" is the 21st episode of the tenth season of the American police procedural drama ''NCIS'', and the 231st episode overall. It originally aired on CBS in the United States on April 23, 2013. The episode is written by Scott Williams and Gina Lucita Monreal and directed by Terrence O'Hara, and was seen live by 17.33 million viewers. The episode advances a storyline focusing on the murder of significant secondary characters in the series and the romance between main characters Tony and Ziva. It carries the storyline surrounding the deaths of Ziva's father, Mossad Director Eli David, and Vance's wife, Jackie, who were both killed off in the January episode "Shabbat Shalom".〔 Ziva continues to pursue revenge against Eli's killer, Ilan Bodnar, and Vance continues to endorse her actions despite orders from Homeland Security to rein them in. "Berlin" introduced the new Mossad director, Orli Elbaz, portrayed by Marina Sirtis. Several actors reprised their roles from previous episodes, including Gabi Coccio as young Ziva, Ben Morrison as young Eli, and Oded Fehr as Ilan Bodnar. The installment was generally well-received, with the ratings being up from the previous week and critics giving it favorable reviews. The network and producers advertised the reported development of Ziva's relationship with Tony within the episode. Particularly, a scene in which the characters dance together while in Berlin was heavily promoted and received favorable commentary from reviewers. ==Background== ''NCIS'' follows a team of government agents who work for the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. The main cast includes Mark Harmon as team leader Leroy Jethro Gibbs, Michael Weatherly as Senior Agent Anthony "Tony" DiNozzo, Cote de Pablo as Mossad Liaison Officer turned NCIS Agent Ziva David, Pauley Perrette as Forensic Specialist Abby Sciuto, Sean Murray as Special Agent Timothy McGee, David McCallum as Autopsy Technician Donald "Ducky" Mallard, Rocky Carroll as NCIS Director Leon Vance, and Brian Dietzen as Medical Assistant Jimmy Palmer. Executive producer Gary Glasberg began discussing the possibility of killing off Ziva's father and Vance's wife in the spring of 2012.〔 He approached Rocky Carroll and Cote de Pablo about the potential storyline, as well as Paula Newsome and Michael Nouri, who portray Jackie Vance and Eli David respectively. De Pablo was interested in the idea, seeing the ramifications of it as something that had not been explored with her character before, and Carroll agreed that the death of Vance's wife would dynamically change his role in the series. Glasberg reported that Newsome and Nouri were understandably unhappy about their characters' deaths, but agreed to "give it everything they could".〔 The plot twist, initially advertised as a "huge Ziva story" that would "rock Vance's world", culminated in Eli and Jackie being shot to death in a house attack in the 11th episode of the season, "Shabbat Shalom".〔 The killings set the course for the rest of the season, and, in the following episode, "Shiva", it is revealed that Eli's protégé, Ilan Bodnar, had orchestrated the attack. Ziva begins to seek revenge with Vance's support, covertly attempting to track Bodnar's location after he escapes arrest and goes into hiding. In the episode directly prior to "Berlin", Tony confronts her about her behavior, prompting her to approach Gibbs about going to Rome to apprehend Bodnar, where he is believed to be located. Gibbs agrees and instructs her to take Tony with her. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Berlin (NCIS)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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