{"id":2035044,"date":"2025-09-19T18:18:20","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T18:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2035044"},"modified":"2025-09-19T18:18:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T18:18:20","slug":"how-that-shocking-death-will-raise-the-stakes-fairly-dramatically","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/how-that-shocking-death-will-raise-the-stakes-fairly-dramatically\/","title":{"rendered":"How That Shocking Death Will &#8216;Raise the Stakes Fairly Dramatically&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The latest episode of <em>NCIS: Tony &amp; Ziva<\/em> featured a major character death<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The actor who portrayed the fallen character teased that the death will &#8220;raise the stakes fairly dramatically&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">New episodes of <em>NCIS: Tony &amp; Ziva<\/em> stream Thursdays on Paramount+<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong><em>Warning: This article contains spoilers for the Sept. 18 epsiode of <\/em>NCIS: Tony &amp; Ziva<em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/ncis-tony-and-ziva-spinoff-everything-to-know-11749264\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:NCIS: Tony &amp; Ziva;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">NCIS: Tony &amp; Ziva<\/a> <\/em>family said goodbye to one of their own in the most recent episode.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During the Sept. 18 episode, titled &#8220;To Be Determined,&#8221; fans learned that Henry (James D&#8217;Arcy) can be trusted to help Tony (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/michael-weatherly-was-on-diet-make-tony-more-foxy-ncis-tony-and-ziva-exclusive-11805763\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Michael Weatherly;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Michael Weatherly<\/a>) and Ziva (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/cote-de-pablo-recalls-stepping-in-stunt-double-ncis-tony-and-ziva-exclusive-11805676\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Cote de Pablo;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Cote de Pablo<\/a>) and that it was Jonah (Julian Ovenden) who was working with Martine (Nassima Benchicou) all along.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">After a harrowing prison break and subsequent escape, Tony, Ziva and Henry come face to face with Martine and Jonah for a tense confrontation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Henry seems to have things handled after he sends Tony and Ziva off to rescue their daughter, Tali (Isla Gie), but, after an explosion takes him by surprise, Jonah uses the distraction to brutally stab and shoot Henry point-blank in the head.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal dialogue\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\">\n<p>Marcell Piti\/Paramount+ <\/p>\n<p> James D&#8217;Arcy as Henry on &#8216;NCIS: Tony &amp; Ziva&#8217;<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Tony and Ziva aren&#8217;t able to intervene, and can only watch in horror as they&#8217;re driving away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">D&#8217;Arcy opened up to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tvline.com\/interviews\/ncis-tony-and-ziva-episode-5-henry-dead-james-darcy-interview-1235515333\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:TVLine;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">TVLine<\/a> about the death of his character and how the loss will send shockwaves throughout the rest of the season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The <em>Broadchurch<\/em> alum, 50, said series creator John McNamara is an &#8220;old friend&#8221; and confirmed that he knew his character&#8217;s outcome when he signed up for <em>NCIS: Tony &amp; Ziva<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The fact that they&#8217;ve killed off a character that was pretty integral at this point in the show will raise the stakes fairly dramatically, because you don&#8217;t know who&#8217;s the bad guy,&#8221; D&#8217;Arcy teased.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;We don&#8217;t know who&#8217;s gonna die next,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I think it leaves it pretty open to the idea that anyone could die at any time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">McNamara spoke to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/1215980\/ncis-tony-ziva-henry-dead-explained-james-darcy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:TV Insider;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">TV Insider<\/a> about the pivotal death, saying, &#8220;It was a hard choice. I love Henry and, more to the point, love James D\u2019Arcy \u2014we&#8217;ve been friends for 18 years \u2014 but a thriller like this needs real stakes and that sometimes means terrible things have to happen to good people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Marcell Piti\/Paramount+\u00a0 James D'Arcy as Henry and Michael Weatherly as Tony on 'NCIS: Tony &amp; Ziva'\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/Ng00LAteSvwRx_S2nWeKZw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MTtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/people_218\/fdb2fa9bdd4e46ef50d0e370071e5bc3\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal dialogue\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\">\n<p>Marcell Piti\/Paramount+ <\/p>\n<p> James D&#8217;Arcy as Henry and Michael Weatherly as Tony on &#8216;NCIS: Tony &amp; Ziva&#8217;<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;As in life, how our characters deal with this kind of awful tragedy will define and change them,&#8221; he hinted<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Given how close Tony and Henry were, McNamara said the show won&#8217;t shy away from him dealing with his friend&#8217;s death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;A lot of that will play out in episode 6 and beyond,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Tony&#8217;s grief will be deep and not something we&#8217;ll lightly brush off.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:PEOPLE's free daily newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">New episodes of <em>NCIS: Tony &amp; Ziva<\/em> stream Thursdays on Paramount+.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/ncis-tony-and-ziva-shocking-death-to-raise-the-stakes-fairly-dramatically-11813738\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source nz.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW The latest episode of NCIS: Tony &amp; Ziva featured a major character death The actor who portrayed the fallen character teased that the death will &#8220;raise the stakes fairly dramatically&#8221; New episodes of NCIS: Tony &amp; Ziva stream Thursdays on Paramount+ Warning: This article contains spoilers for the Sept. 18 epsiode of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2035045,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[361330,375630,375632,342748,315761,361331,375631],"class_list":["post-2035044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-cote-de-pablo","tag-james-darcy-2","tag-julian-ovenden","tag-michael-weatherly","tag-ncis","tag-tony-and-ziva","tag-ziva"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/How-That-Shocking-Death-Will-Raise-the-Stakes-Fairly-Dramatically.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2035044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2035044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2035044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2035045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2035044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2035044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2035044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}