NCIS: Tony & Zivawill have thrills and romance alongside its spy capers, making it the perfect streaming replacement for Prime Video’s 2024 spy thriller. Prime Video has greenlit several action series in recent years, but popular spy thrillerMr. & Mrs. Smithhas yet to debut its second season.
The first season of the series starred Donald Glover and Maya Erskine as a pair of strangers who posed as a married couple after being recruited by a secret spy organization. As the stakes of their missions grew, so did the tension and feelings between them.
Prime Video ordered asecond season ofMr. & Mrs. Smithin May 2024. The new season has yet to make it into production, though leads have been cast: Mark Eydelshteyn (Anora) and Sophie Thatcher (Yellowjackets). For thriller fans who have grown impatient waiting for the new season,NCIS: Tony & Zivawill offer a great alternative on Paramount+.
NCIS: Tony & Ziva Will Be As Much Of A Romance As A Globetrotting Spy Thriller
The Pair Were A Will-They-Won’t-They NCIS Couple
ThoughNCIS: Tony & Zivaspins out of the largerNCISfranchise, the audience does not have to watch the entire series in order to jump right in. That’s not unlike the premise of Prime Video’sMr. & Mrs. Smithbeing inspired by the movie of the same name, but putting a new twist on the idea of married spies.
NCIS: Tony & Zivapicks up years after the titular characters, played by Michael Weatherly and Cote de Pablo, have left the flagshipNCISseries. Living in Paris, the two share a daughter, but not a romantic relationship.
NCIS: Tony & Zivawill premiere on June 19, 2025.
In the originalNCISseries, the two worked together and the show often hinted at their feelings for one another, but did not outright confirm them until Ziva and Tony left the show.The trailer forNCIS: Tony & Zivapromises the two will still be bickering and sharing romantic tension.
They will be doing that while embroiled in the middle of a spy plot after Tony’s private security company is targeted.The romance and the action will share equal billing inNCIS: Tony & Zivaas they are forced to work togetherto protect their daughter and one another.
The Tony & Ziva Spinoff Is The Perfect Show To Watch While Waiting On Mr. & Mrs. Smith Season 2
Both Streaming Series Feature Couples Connecting In High Stakes Situations
…the high-stakes nature of the situations in which the characters find themselves will foster their connections to one another.
While theNCISspinoff does not throw two strangers into a situation where they live and work together as though they are married, it still shares a lot of similarities withMr. & Mrs. Smith. In particular, the high-stakes nature of the situations in which the characters find themselves will foster their connections to one another.
Tony and Ziva may have a rich history, but early interviews have indicatedZiva is holding back in the relationship, and that the two are not in a romantic relationship when the series picks up. They work together to raise their daughter, but they also have a working professional relationship.
Being shot at, ending up in car chases, andtrying to outwit the bad guys on a regular basis puts Tony and Ziva in the same kind of high-stakes situations as John and Jane Smith. They have one another to rely on without knowing if they can trust anyone else, and their very lives hang in the balance.
That’s enough to strengthen the bond between complete strangers, let alone two people who worked together for almost a decade and now share a daughter.Weatherly and de Pablo had fantastic chemistry during their time onNCIS, and that chemistry will only add to the bonds between their charactershere.
Chemistry was also a big selling point for the first season ofMrs. & Mrs. Smith. Glover and Erskine were praised for it, and fans are hoping Thatcher and Eydelshteyn will have it in season 2. While waiting to see if the chemistry pans out, however, fans should tune in toNCIS: Tony & Zivawhen the series premieres on Paramount+ in September.
