NCIS star Michael Weatherly left the series after 13 seasons being on the long-running procedural. And although his character rode off to the sunset, was killing Tony DiNozzo ever on the table? How close was ‘NCIS’ showrunner to killing off Tony DiNozzo Fans of the show may remember that Weatherly’s DiNozzo left after a startling discovery regarding his personal life. It was a sendoff that NCIS showrunner at the time, Gary Glasberg, thought was appropriate for both the character and the fans.
In a 2016 interview with The Hollywood Reporter , Glasberg revealed that he collaborated with Weatherly early to brainstorm a proper farewell for him. “We’ve been talking about this for a long time; from the beginning of the season,” Glasberg said. “I had a sense of what Michael was planning on doing and his intent for this to be his last season of the show and I told him very early on when we started to have conversations right away that this had to be handled in a way that we all felt was appropriate.
We started talking story and arcing things out through the season and layering in bits and pieces and cookies and things along the way at the beginning of season 13.” It was mentioned that NCIS has been known to kill off a few characters before. It was a fate that could’ve also been in store for DiNozzo.
Glasberg didn’t spoil the character’s ending for fans, but he didn’t want the audience to dwell on that possibility back then. “He plays a tremendous part in thi.
