NCIS: Tony & Ziva season 1 finale ending explained: Is Jonah Markham dead?

NCIS: Tony & Ziva season 1 finale (Image via Paramount+)
NCIS: Tony & Ziva season 1 finale (Image via YouTube/Paramount+)

Titled Full Circle, the NCIS: Tony & Ziva season 1 ties everything for Tony and Ziva in a nail-biting finale as they try to stop Jonah Markham from fulfilling his power play and give their family the happy ending they deserve. The final episode in the series begins after Tali is kidnapped, and Jonah makes his demands to Tony and Ziva in order to save their daughter.

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Disclaimer: This article contains major spoilers for NCIS: Tony & Ziva season 1 finale. Reader's discretion is advised.

But with the two new additions to their team, Martine and Dejan Lazar, Tony and Ziva reverse the plot against Jonah. NCIS: Tony & Ziva season 1 ends with Jonah Markham's death, and happy endings for almost everyone else. Wrapping up the case with Jonah allows Tony and Ziva to return to their lives in Paris, finally deciding about what they want for their future.

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Does Jonah Markham die in NCIS: Tony & Ziva season 1 finale?

Tony DiNozzo (Image via YouTube/Paramount+)
Tony DiNozzo (Image via YouTube/Paramount+)

Jonah Markham dies at the end of the NCIS: Tony & Ziva season 1 finale, but not from Aaron Graves's Reigning Fire system that has been turned against him. He didn't die in Isla Zafira out of sheer luck on his part. With the help of Dejan Lazar, Boris reprograms the 9.4 in a way that it will turn against Jonah. Instead of giving him the power, he becomes the target of 9.4.

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It leads to action-packed sequences in NCIS: Tony & Ziva season 1 episode 10, with the Reigning Fire drones going after Jonah driving in a Jeep. Unfortunately, Tony and Ziva have to shoot at those drones because Tali is in the back of the Jeep and is about to become collateral damage. In a way, they are helping Jonah stay alive, which is the opposite of what Ziva wants.

And just as a fighter jet is about to send a missile down to Jonah, 9.4 is pulled from the system to save Tali, not knowing that Tony and Tali have already jumped out of the Jeep. Jonah Markham is saved, but Martine arrests him. And while he is alive, he's about to spend his life in prison until he takes his own life using a bedsheet.

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It's a reported suicide, but with Martine uncannily knowing what happened to him before she even receives the news of his death, it makes it seem like foul play is involved.


Are Tony and Ziva back together at the end of NCIS: Tony & Ziva season 1?

Throughout the entirety of NCIS: Tony & Ziva season 1, the show has teased Tony DiNozzo and Ziva David getting back together. However, their romantic connection is always being put on the back burner. For one, they are always on the run, and another thing, Tali's offhand comment about not wanting them back together has made them reconsider giving their love a second chance.

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Ziva, Tony, and Tali are together (Image via YouTube/Paramount+)
Ziva, Tony, and Tali are together (Image via YouTube/Paramount+)

However, the finale gives the couple their full circle moment, with both of them finally deciding to start dating each other. They also open up about their decision to their daughter, Tali, with Tony even sort of joking that if Tali says no, he will dump Ziva at once. But Tali remains unfazed by everything that has happened and asks only one thing of her parents: to take things slow this time.

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NCIS: Tony & Ziva season 1 finale: Where does the series leave the rest of the characters?

It's not only Tony and Ziva getting their happy endings in the NCIS: Tony & Ziva season 1 finale. Most main characters also get their full circle moments, with Martine gunning to be the next Secretary General of Interpol and Dejan Lazar having his charges dropped, finally getting reunited with his son.

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Meanwhile, Claudette and Sophie go public with their romance and are looking for a new apartment together. Meanwhile, Boris is heartbroken after Fruzsi turns out to be a conwoman. Her name isn't Fruzsi, and she's not even Hungarian; even with Boris's technical genius, he can't find her anywhere.

Even worse, he's now as poor as a mouse because Fruzsi has taken all of his money, but Tony and Claudette welcome him as the newest hire in Tony's security company.

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Catch all episodes of NCIS: Tony & Ziva season 1 streaming on Paramount+.

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