[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 position 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 group, 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 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 acquired shut — the group 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.) May 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.
“Perhaps that’s not it. Perhaps 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 tip 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. Beneath, Dietzen discusses the place Palmer is on the subject of his love life, the place the episode left his character and his daughter Victoria, and far 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 a lot better about that, proper? Like they’re in a a lot better place than they had been, regardless that they already had an excellent 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 form of at that comparable age. There’s nothing I wouldn’t do for her. And so I used to be actually feeling that lots, the protecting father factor that each one dads undergo and people valuable connections. It doesn’t need to be working into dad’s arms to say, “I like you, and I used to be unsuitable the entire time, and also you had been proper, and let’s all talk extra to any extent further.” Loads of it may be simply stated with a joke and with a smile, and man, that’s my particular person 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 the complete group, however she needed it to only be them.
Yeah. Additionally, I’ve skilled this with my very own children the place you’re making an attempt to really feel out, what do you need to do that weekend? What do you need to do on Friday evening or Saturday evening, no matter? Do you need to exit with mates? And also you need to be the mum or dad who’s letting them do what it’s they need to do as a result of they need to discover, they need to develop. It is a time when they need to be going out and doing various things as youngsters, and I need to be a facilitator for all of that, and so does Jimmy. And to see that, “no, dad, if I had an choice, what I need 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, 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 one more critical relationship like he had with Knight (Katrina Legislation)? Is he making an attempt to determine that out?
It’s fascinating. I’m undecided. I believe he’s making an attempt to determine it out. I believe he’s making an attempt to — as he’s making an attempt to do it, it’s not likely working very properly, whether or not he was on the app beforehand or he’s assembly this particular person 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 daily. And even on the finish of this episode, she does say to him, “We’re nonetheless household. Which means one thing.” Which means lots, 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 need to attempt 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 mentioning their previous relationship as a result of everybody knew they had 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’re keen on these awkward moments they usually’re enjoyable. Are there extra of these arising? What are you able to say?
Completely. Yeah, there will probably be extra awkward moments, and we’re so completely satisfied that we acquired picked up for our twenty third season, so it’ll positively 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 properly collectively as folks, as mates, which I believe is the beginning and the inspiration of any wholesome relationship: Do you just like the particular person spending time with them? Not, are you romantically swept off your ft 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 he or she may simply with no 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 need 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 a beautiful actor to work with. I like having scenes collectively together with her.
So is something arising as going to lean in a single course 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 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 instructed 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 form of at the hours of darkness 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 important dialog arising?
We’ve acquired some nice stuff arising between Jimmy and Parker [Gary Cole]. I do know that there’s some stuff that’s form of teed up for Parker’s journey and going into the finale as properly, this complete factor of going from final yr’s finale into this yr’s premiere, after which a pair instances 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 properly, so it’s going to be some form of cool stuff occurring.
Are we going to see Jimmy exterior 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 apart from choosing up our lifeless our bodies.
Do you assume Erinn Hayes may come again?
I believe completely she may come again. I believe it might 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 need to transfer on from this factor, it’s an fascinating 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 primary storylines. So each time we are able to make these B storylines a bit of extra fascinating, I’m all right here for it. As I stated, 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’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 might like to have her.
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