Given that the aftermath of Kensi’s season premiere injuries has resulted in some of Ruah’s best dramatic performances of the series to date, I’d say that LA could very well craft a killer ongoing plot out of whatever happens in the Season 8 cliffhanger.
Season 8 has proved that NCIS: LA does know how to draw out a story without glossing over some of the finer details.
The premiere featured a plot twist that very nearly killed Daniela Ruah’s Kensi, leaving her in a coma and then physical therapy for quite a while.
Of course, the real reason why Kensi was out of the game for so long was that Ruah took time off for maternity leave, but NCIS: LA could have gone a much milder route than what happened to Kensi.