By now, the cat’s way out of the bag that Cote De Pablo is back on NCIS, however, that wasn’t true at first.
The actress talked about the secretive nature of her return in an the interview with USA Today, noting that she was on set late at night and that many, many people related to the show were kept in the dark about her return.
This is true even after the series began teasing a Ziva-related plot last season.