A CBS drama is going somewhere it has yet to explore this season. So far fans have seen how Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Mark Harmon), Timothy McGee (Sean Murray), Ziva David (Cote de Pablo), and even Leon Vance (Rocky Carroll) joined NCIS–but they have yet to see the same for one Anthony DiNozzo (Michael Weatherly). But luckily for fans, that’s changing in an upcoming episode.

Tony origin episode

It was revealed earlier this month that an episode this season would be going into Tony’s past, and specifically, how he joined Gibbs’ team. If that wasn’t exciting enough, Debra Birnbaum, the editor-in-chief of TV Guide Magazine, tweeted earlier:

“Just chatted with #NCIS star Michael Weatherly about the Tony origins episode coming in May. We’ll see the first head slap! #bafta”

Unfortunately this means that fans are going to have to wait until close to the end of the season for this episode, but they will get to see how the head slap began! And that’s key to the Gibbs-Tony relationship on this series. It’s impossible not to love (and expect) when Tony is due to receive a head slap from Gibbs, and the show has been lacking in them lately.

It will also be interesting to see the first meetings between Tony and Abby and Tony and Ducky. There were allusions to the first back in season 1 when Kate (Sasha Alexander) first joined the team, but it will be so much better to see it in a flashback.

What are you most looking forward to in the NCIS episode that delves into Tony’s past?

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