[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for NCIS Season 22 Episode 14 “Close to Home.”]
Dr. Jimmy Palmer (Brian Dietzen) took on a barely totally 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 staff, after discovering a bag of money (not the place she initially mentioned), to her uncle, Torres (Wilmer Valderrama). It led again to the Palmers’ neighborhood, and so as 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 bought shut — the staff burst in on them making out — earlier than it was revealed she is likely to 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? Properly, as soon as she was put in cuffs, regardless 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 truly 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 very happy that her dad was “simply the ME” and the 2 had been off to get ice cream collectively. Under, Dietzen discusses the place Palmer is relating to his love life, the place the episode left his character and his daughter Victoria, and way more.
I really like the scene on the finish within the elevator with Jimmy and Victoria and her change in what “simply an ME” means. Jimmy feels a lot better about that, proper? Like they’re in a a lot better place than they had been, regardless that they already had a terrific relationship?
Brian Dietzen: Yeah. My daughter’s 17, and I simply love her greater than something — and I really like my son, my son’s 15, and so they’re each sort of at that related age. There’s nothing I wouldn’t do for her. And so I used to be actually feeling that loads, the protecting father factor that every one dads undergo and people treasured connections. It doesn’t must be operating into dad’s arms to say, “I really like you, and I used to be mistaken the entire time, and also you had been proper, and let’s all talk extra any longer.” Quite a lot of it may be simply mentioned with a joke and with a smile, and man, that’s my individual and we’re simply actually, actually linked, 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 the complete staff, however she needed it to simply be them.
Yeah. Additionally, I’ve skilled this with my very own children 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 mates? And also you wish to be the mother or father who’s letting them do what it’s they wish to do as a result of they wish to discover, they wish to broaden. This can be 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 really like that final second within the elevator.
Jimmy and Wendy are clearly sophisticated as soon as she’s arrested, regardless that it seems she’s not responsible. However I’m curious: He’s placing himself again on the market, however is he prepared for an additional critical relationship like he had with Knight (Katrina Legislation)? Is he attempting to determine that out?
It’s attention-grabbing. I’m unsure. I believe he’s attempting to determine it out. I believe he’s attempting to — as he’s attempting to do it, it’s probably not working very nicely, whether or not he was on the app beforehand or he’s assembly this individual within the wild, not on a platform of any type, and but there’s nonetheless the person who he is aware of he loves that’s sitting at that desk that he passes by every single day. And even on the finish of this episode, she does say to him, “We’re nonetheless household. Meaning one thing.” Meaning loads, particularly to a man like Jimmy who’s actually household centric. So I believe there is likely to 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 nicely? And I don’t have these solutions, clearly.
This episode retains citing their previous relationship as a result of everybody knew they had been collectively in the neighborhood, and it led to awkward moments. After I talked to you and Katrina earlier this season, you guys talked about how a lot you’re keen on these awkward moments and so they’re enjoyable. Are there extra of these developing? What are you able to say?
Completely. Yeah, there will probably be extra awkward moments, and we’re so completely happy that we bought picked up for our twenty third season, so it’ll undoubtedly be going into subsequent yr. 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 nicely collectively as individuals, as mates, which I believe 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 ft kind of factor, however do you join as individuals? And the truth that she’s there for him and he can discuss his daughter or the actual fact they go into that guard’s workplace and she or he may simply with out a phrase inform him precisely what to do, and so they have that communication means, I really like the best way 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 believe nice scenes come out of it and it’s enjoyable to do. And I imply, I believe it goes with out saying by now as a result of I’ve sung her praises for thus lengthy, however Katrina Legislation is simply an unbelievable human and an exquisite actor to work with. I really like having scenes collectively together with her.
So is something developing as going to lean in a single path 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 truth is we’re taking pictures 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 believe each Katrina and I are sort of at nighttime on that stuff, however after we do get our stuff collectively, we are inclined to have a good time.
With whom does Jimmy have probably the most vital dialog developing?
We’ve bought some nice stuff developing between Jimmy and Parker [Gary Cole]. I do know that there’s some stuff that’s sort of teed up for Parker’s journey and going into the finale as nicely, this complete factor of going from final yr’s finale into this yr’s premiere, after which a pair occasions throughout this season the place he retains seeing this younger lady that appears virtually ghostlike or apparition-like. Jimmy’s going to assist him out with that journey as nicely, so it’s going to be some sort of cool stuff occurring.
Are we going to see Jimmy outdoors of post-mortem once more quickly?
I actually hope so, and I believe so, sure, completely. I believe we’re going to get to see Jimmy use another skills aside from choosing up our lifeless our bodies.
Do you suppose Erinn Hayes may come again?
I believe completely she may come again. I believe it will 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 kind of stuff. Whereas it’s so nice, it serves as a B story that strikes alongside the primary storylines. So at any time when we will make these B storylines somewhat extra attention-grabbing, I’m all right here for it. As I mentioned, I’m an enormous fan of Erinn and we’re very shut mates. I’d like to see her come again and work once more, and the crew actually had a good time together with her. She’s a hell of a expertise.
Oh, and for that matter, I might clearly like to have Elle again as nicely. Each time she comes and visits us, she’s not simply Jimmy’s daughter, she’s NCIS‘s daughter. So anytime she will be able to come again, we’d like to have her.
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