Tony & Ziva ~ First time looks

6x25: Alyiah ― 13x24: Family First

"Well, I think underneath that nice suit and that charming smile you are still a very homely little boy." "'Homely' little boy? I was an adorable little boy, and when I get those pictures developed, your world will be rocked, Miss David." "Well, I'm looking forward to it."

tony and ziva + photos

well, i like that there’s someone out there that makes you smile

F R I N G E ☆ (September 9, 2008 - January 18, 2013)

“We shouldn’t have had that time together, but we did. And I wouldn’t change it for the world.”

“I think it’s Jeff Pinkner who described the first several episodes of season 2 as the Gun Arc. Because really, the gun played out until Olivia was whole again. Her actions with the gun in all of those episodes symbolized where she was on her journey. And it culminates in her being able to use it to kill someone who looks exactly like her best friend.” Beyond the Pattern: The Mythology of Fringe - Season 2 bonus content

you're too sweet for me

summary: 2006. Tony and Ziva talk about the Secret Summer of Sex rules.

I take my whiskey neat My coffee black and my bed at three You're too sweet for me

read it on ao3

ONCE UPON A TIME 1.03 • Snow Falls

But actually we don’t give Fringe season 5 enough credit. If they’d been given one more season to really set us up for it—a little more of the three years we didn’t get to see, like at least Etta’s birth and the stakes around that, and what exactly they’re dealing with as an impending threat in the Observers—I think the concept was brilliant and absolutely full circle to the end of the show. People hate it so much, and maybe it’s because it’s such a jolting shift from the show we knew. Also, after season 4, I think the audience needed a season without jumping back and forth between universes and timelines, just for some grounding.

But truly, it’s a season that so brilliantly encapsulates the overarching themes of the show—about love and humanity. One grounded season to set it up and allow the characters to face some of their personal pains and mistakes head on (Olivia’s fear of motherhood, Peter’s need to be a better father than his was, Walter’s journey to redeeming himself) would have made that last season all the more satisfying.

tl;dr the last season of Fringe isn’t a bad season, it was just rushed because they had no other choice