The Ziva David Theory: She's Alive

It has rolled around in my head a thousand times about filing a lawsuit against the television series, NCIS, because of the manner in which they left dangling the faith of Ziva David. Perhaps it may be a fantasy in doing so and the merit of the lawsuit is questionable, maybe just doing so would ease the mind of so many who cared about Ziva and Tony DiNozzo. On more than one occasion, I have watched the Season 13 finale in hopes of finding something to hang on to that would say that Ziva is alive and perhaps I did.

There is something in movies and TV that s called an Easter egg. What Easter eggs are is a hidden message or clue that a viewer must figure out in the course of watching the program. And in NCIS, there are a few. The obvious one is where Tony said that “Ziva loves Paris.” He said “loves” and not “loved”, the past tense word. A lot of viewers had picked up on that sentence structure and held on to the possibility that Ziva's death was premature and that our tough as nail Mossad agent had once again cheated death. After all, Tony deserves some happiness in his life for once with all that he has witnessed and experienced. He witnessed Cate's death, he was in love with a bad guy's daughter while undercover, he was close to getting married, so why not give him this bit of sunshine?

So, here are the other Easter eggs that you would have to ask yourself, “This has to be true.” In every case with the Easter Egg it involves Tony and Ziva's daughter, Tali. The first Easter egg is this, Who packed Tali's bags? If there was a fire at the farmhouse and Tali is the lone survivor, how did such personal items found their way in her bag? Her favorite stuffed animal happens to be pulled from a fire. Was this bad already packed with items to begin with? And why was a scarf scented with Ziva's smells also in this bag? When he picked it up and smelled it, it brought back memories of there last day together. So, why, if anything, should that scarf be a part of a kid's overnight bag?

The second Easter egg is the picture frame of Tony and Ziva. Why was that picture of the two of them in Paris stuffed in her bag as well. It seems like that picture would be more suited to being in Ziva's bedroom or someone in the living room. And if the farmhouse was heavily damaged as they claimed, it would be damaged by heat and water judging by the intensity of the fire. In all of the house fires I have experienced, the heavy presence of smoke damage permeates through everything so there is no way that the scarf, the stuffed dog and the picture frame would have sustained some sort of residue from the fire.

So, who really packed Tali's bags? There were too many things of a personal nature that only Ziva would have the foresight to pack. Was Oli in on the conspiracy? Tony would head back to Israel to find answers but Tony has instincts when it comes to Ziva. He found her when nobody else could. And if that mortar round did hit that farmhouse, you can't assume that Ziva is just going to lay there without rolling out of bed and having an escape plan already in her head. With Tali there, she is a fierce mother doing everything in her power to save and protect her child.

Tony asked Gibbs, “Are we sure.” in regards to Ziva's death and Gibbs responds, “Yeah, she's dead.” But there is no body to corroborate that statement. Unless this is an intense chemical fire, there should be bones left behind and nobody mentioned any bones. A typical house fire burns at 1100 degrees Fahrenheit while a body turns to ashes at 1800 degrees at a constant 90 minutes. Unless something is fueling a house fire, there would be fluctuating heat spots and pulling out a child would be extremely dangerous. So this would be Easter egg number three. And then you snap, “Oh shit, she's alive!”

Maybe Ziva had to send Tali to Tony in order to go underground because of some other nefarious plot Trent Kort had mastermind? She knows her Tony and she knows he will protect her with his life. And only a mother would pack the things that she did in Tali's bag. This child was rushed out of Israel real fast. Now think about it, what would you grab if you weren't her mother, not any of the items Tony found in her bag. Ziva is alive, waiting for Tony and Tali in Paris. We want this, we deserve this and Tony and Ziva deserves a happy ending.  Why was it so hard to give them that?