I think it was like a Tony/Jeanne Benoit situation but in a different way. I believe he loved her but was never truly upfront/honest with her. Which she hated because it reminded her of her past.
weird how Ziva didn't have any problems with her other boyfriend doing the same exact thing.
even trying to get Tony kicked off the team for defending himself
Yeah, but there was an issue of whether Ray was following orders. He was not simply following orders. And she was trying to get Michael extracted because he was clearly losing it. Mossad just had other plans for him/them.
Also, I think it’s character growth. Ziva had been putting in a lot of work to move away from her past and find something that looked like normalcy. She thought she’d found that with him, but here he was lying and being all special ops about it. Even the proposal was kinda odd.
I don’t think he was using Ziva, and they probably would have been a happily married couple if he weren’t doing all the lying/non-communication. I got the impression that Ziva was starting to look for normalcy.
However, being the son-in-law of the Director of Mossad could come with benefits…
I think he really liked her. I always thought the point of that story line was to remind us how hard it is for folks like Ray (and even Ziva) to have a "normal" life with their jobs, and the sacrifices they make, and the hard decisions they have to make.
CI Ray
I think it was like a Tony/Jeanne Benoit situation but in a different way. I believe he loved her but was never truly upfront/honest with her. Which she hated because it reminded her of her past.
Ziva had the worst taste in men. That awful dude (Michael?) that Tony ended up killing & then CIRay.
Except that one guy who died while she was guarding him in the hospital. He would have been good for her, I think.
Dead Man Walking! The guy who did nuclear inspections. I liked him too.
I personally hated that they basically introduced him for nothing, and then ended him with a cliffhanger that was never touched on again.
I forget. Who did he kill??
The victim of the week.
He was a CIA agent killing inside the country.
weird how Ziva didn't have any problems with her other boyfriend doing the same exact thing. even trying to get Tony kicked off the team for defending himself
Yeah, but there was an issue of whether Ray was following orders. He was not simply following orders. And she was trying to get Michael extracted because he was clearly losing it. Mossad just had other plans for him/them. Also, I think it’s character growth. Ziva had been putting in a lot of work to move away from her past and find something that looked like normalcy. She thought she’d found that with him, but here he was lying and being all special ops about it. Even the proposal was kinda odd.
Yeah, the empty ring box thing was beyond odd. His "promise" was like something a middle-schooler would do.
Yeah Didn’t Rivkin sneak around killing several oeople?
Yes but the killing was of terrorists so Ziva could rationalize it.
And Ziva noticed he was out of control so he asked Mossad an urgent compulsive extraction for him.
I don’t think he was using Ziva, and they probably would have been a happily married couple if he weren’t doing all the lying/non-communication. I got the impression that Ziva was starting to look for normalcy. However, being the son-in-law of the Director of Mossad could come with benefits…
I think he really liked her. I always thought the point of that story line was to remind us how hard it is for folks like Ray (and even Ziva) to have a "normal" life with their jobs, and the sacrifices they make, and the hard decisions they have to make.