[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for NCIS Season 22 Episode 14 “Close to Home.”]
Dr. Jimmy Palmer (Brian Dietzen) took on a barely completely different function for the case within the newest episode of NCIS: undercover operative. He additionally met a possible new love curiosity.
His daughter Victoria (Elle Graper) brings the case to the crew, after discovering a bag of money (not the place she initially stated), to her uncle, Torres (Wilmer Valderrama). It led again to the Palmers’ neighborhood, and with the intention to catch a killer, Palmer went undercover by inviting his neighbors over to gather DNA off cups. There, he met a brand new neighbor, Wendy (Erinn Hayes), and the 2 obtained shut — the crew burst in on them making out — earlier than it was revealed she may be the killer. (She wasn’t, however her father was a thief who had by no means been caught.) Would possibly they’ve a future collectively? Nicely, as soon as she was put in cuffs, despite the fact that she wasn’t responsible, there wanted to be some cooling off. However Dietzen isn’t ruling out a future.
“Possibly that’s not it. Possibly he can really ask her on a second date the place they don’t have weapons drawn on them. I don’t know. We’ll see,” he tells TV Insider.
In the meantime, by the top of the episode, Victoria was more than pleased that her dad was “simply the ME” and the 2 have been off to get ice cream collectively. Beneath, Dietzen discusses the place Palmer is in terms of his love life, the place the episode left his character and his daughter Victoria, and rather more.
I like the scene on the finish within the elevator with Jimmy and Victoria and her change in what “simply an ME” means. Jimmy feels significantly better about that, proper? Like they’re in a significantly better place than they have been, despite the fact that they already had an amazing relationship?
Brian Dietzen: Yeah. My daughter’s 17, and I simply love her greater than something — and I like my son, my son’s 15, they usually’re each type of at that comparable age. There’s nothing I wouldn’t do for her. And so I used to be actually feeling that so much, the protecting father factor that every one dads undergo and people treasured connections. It doesn’t must be working into dad’s arms to say, “I like you, and I used to be fallacious the entire time, and also you have been proper, and let’s all talk extra any longer.” Lots of it may be simply stated with a joke and with a smile, and man, that’s my individual and we’re simply actually, actually related, and I really feel actually blessed that I’ve that in my life, and I’m actually glad that Jimmy has it, too.
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Yeah, and he thought they’d invite your entire crew, however she wished it to simply be them.
Yeah. Additionally, I’ve skilled this with my very own youngsters the place you’re attempting to really feel out, what do you wish to do that weekend? What do you wish to do on Friday evening or Saturday evening, no matter? Do you wish to exit with pals? And also you wish to be the father or mother who’s letting them do what it’s they wish to do as a result of they wish to discover, they wish to develop. It is a time when they need to be going out and doing various things as youngsters, and I wish to be a facilitator for all of that, and so does Jimmy. And to see that, “no, dad, if I had an possibility, what I wish to do is hang around with you,” I imply, come on, what Dad doesn’t simply go, “Oh gosh, don’t get emotional in entrance of her. Simply be cool. Be cool.” And I like that final second within the elevator.
Jimmy and Wendy are clearly sophisticated as soon as she’s arrested, despite the fact that it seems she’s not responsible. However I’m curious: He’s placing himself again on the market, however is he prepared for one more severe relationship like he had with Knight (Katrina Regulation)? Is he attempting to determine that out?
It’s attention-grabbing. I’m undecided. I feel he’s attempting to determine it out. I feel he’s attempting to — as he’s attempting to do it, it’s probably not working very properly, whether or not he was on the app beforehand or he’s assembly this individual within the wild, not on a platform of any kind, and but there’s nonetheless the person who he is aware of he loves that’s sitting at that desk that he passes by day-after-day. And even on the finish of this episode, she does say to him, “We’re nonetheless household. Meaning one thing.” Meaning so much, particularly to a man like Jimmy who’s actually household centric. So I feel there may be some battles there between, do I wish to try to transfer on to another person, or is there ever a time after we would re-explore this factor as properly? And I don’t have these solutions, clearly.
This episode retains citing their previous relationship as a result of everybody knew they have been collectively in the neighborhood, and it led to awkward moments. Once I talked to you and Katrina earlier this season, you guys talked about how a lot you like these awkward moments they usually’re enjoyable. Are there extra of these arising? What are you able to say?
Completely. Yeah, there will likely be extra awkward moments, and we’re so glad that we obtained picked up for our twenty third season, so it’ll undoubtedly be going into subsequent 12 months. However even on this episode, I simply love, whether or not awkward or not, there’s simply instance after instance of how they really work properly collectively as folks, as pals, which I feel is the beginning and the inspiration of any wholesome relationship: Do you just like the individual spending time with them? Not, are you romantically swept off your toes form of factor, however do you join as folks? And the truth that she’s there for him and he can speak about his daughter or the actual fact they go into that guard’s workplace and she or he may simply and not using a phrase inform him precisely what to do, they usually have that communication means, I like the way in which these two characters work, and whether or not they’re romantically concerned or not, I, for one, simply wish to see extra stuff with them collectively as a result of I feel nice scenes come out of it and it’s enjoyable to do. And I imply, I feel it goes with out saying by now as a result of I’ve sung her praises for therefore lengthy, however Katrina Regulation is simply an unimaginable human and a beautiful actor to work with. I like having scenes collectively along with her.
So is something arising as going to lean in a single route or the opposite for the remainder of the season for them, or is that going to be like, we’ll see in Season 23?
The fact is we’re capturing our 18th episode, so we nonetheless have two extra to go after this one, and I don’t know but. I don’t know. I’m informed that that’s within the ether that’s going round, however I don’t know what the scenes are or what’s going to occur. I feel each Katrina and I are type of in the dead of night on that stuff, however after we do get our stuff collectively, we are inclined to have a good time.
With whom does Jimmy have essentially the most vital dialog arising?
We’ve obtained some nice stuff arising between Jimmy and Parker [Gary Cole]. I do know that there’s some stuff that’s type of teed up for Parker’s journey and going into the finale as properly, this entire factor of going from final 12 months’s finale into this 12 months’s premiere, after which a pair occasions throughout this season the place he retains seeing this younger girl that appears virtually ghostlike or apparition-like. Jimmy’s going to assist him out with that journey as properly, so it’s going to be some type of cool stuff taking place.
Are we going to see Jimmy outdoors of post-mortem once more quickly?
I actually hope so, and I feel so, sure, completely. I feel we’re going to get to see Jimmy use another abilities aside from selecting up our useless our bodies.
Do you suppose Erinn Hayes may come again?
I feel completely she may come again. I feel it could be great as a result of whether or not it’s one thing that’s getting in between Jimmy and Jess getting again collectively, or if it’s one thing that Jimmy is genuinely exploring and saying, I actually do now wish to transfer on from this factor, it’s an attention-grabbing storyline. Additionally, our present is an excellent procedural about fixing crimes and actual crimes for our servicemen and girls and this form of stuff. Whereas it’s so nice, it serves as a B story that strikes alongside the principle storylines. So each time we are able to make these B storylines just a little extra attention-grabbing, I’m all right here for it. As I stated, I’m an enormous fan of Erinn and we’re very shut pals. I’d like to see her come again and work once more, and the crew actually had a good time along with her. She’s a hell of a expertise.
Oh, and for that matter, I’d clearly like to have Elle again as properly. Each time she comes and visits us, she’s not simply Jimmy’s daughter, she’s NCIS‘s daughter. So anytime she will come again, we’d like to have her.
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