# Bakers Dozen

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 2095

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2016, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41885 "2016-03-15T06:09:58Z")

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Major changes that probably won’t be seen on this season’s Game of Thrones

1. Reba McEntire joins the cast as sassy mountain woman Catsuppa Gravy and sings the show’s new theme song, “A Way Down East in Westeros”
2. Plot elements taken from the published sixth and seventh volumes
3. Tyrion Lannister becomes a monk.
4. After becoming a monk Tyrion Lannister falls for a very clingy princess (Sarah Silverman)
5. Olenna Tyrell starts getting naked every week.
6. New catchphrase: “You know everything, Jon Snow.”
7. Ned Stark returns to the series and repeatedly tells other characters that Tahiti is a magical place.

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**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2016, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41886 "2016-03-15T07:14:45Z")

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Major changes that probably won’t be seen on this season’s Game of Thrones

1. Reba McEntire joins the cast as sassy mountain woman Catsuppa Gravy and sings the show’s new theme song, “A Way Down East in Westeros”
2. Plot elements taken from the published sixth and seventh volumes
3. Tyrion Lannister becomes a monk.
4. After becoming a monk Tyrion Lannister falls for a very clingy princess (Sarah Silverman)
5. Olenna Tyrell starts getting naked every week.
6. New catchphrase: “You know everything, Jon Snow.”
7. Ned Stark returns to the series and repeatedly tells other characters that Tahiti is a magical place.
8. Hodor

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2016, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41887 "2016-03-15T13:15:23Z")

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Major changes that probably won’t be seen on this season’s Game of Thrones

1. Reba McEntire joins the cast as sassy mountain woman Catsuppa Gravy and sings the show’s new theme song, “A Way Down East in Westeros”
2. Plot elements taken from the published sixth and seventh volumes
3. Tyrion Lannister becomes a monk.
4. After becoming a monk Tyrion Lannister falls for a very clingy princess (Sarah Silverman)
5. Olenna Tyrell starts getting naked every week.
6. New catchphrase: “You know everything, Jon Snow.”
7. Ned Stark returns to the series and repeatedly tells other characters that Tahiti is a magical place.
8. Hodor
9. The dragons learn to talk (voices of Eugene Levy, Kevin Hart, and Arianna Huffington).

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2016, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41888 "2016-03-15T13:49:56Z")

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Major changes that probably won’t be seen on this season’s Game of Thrones

1. Reba McEntire joins the cast as sassy mountain woman Catsuppa Gravy and sings the show’s new theme song, “A Way Down East in Westeros”
2. Plot elements taken from the published sixth and seventh volumes
3. Tyrion Lannister becomes a monk.
4. After becoming a monk Tyrion Lannister falls for a very clingy princess (Sarah Silverman)
5. Olenna Tyrell starts getting naked every week.
6. New catchphrase: “You know everything, Jon Snow.”
7. Ned Stark returns to the series and repeatedly tells other characters that Tahiti is a magical place.
8. Hodor
9. The dragons learn to talk (voices of Eugene Levy, Kevin Hart, and Arianna Huffington).
10. Donald Trump buys the Iron Throne

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2016, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41889 "2016-03-15T14:10:40Z")

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Major changes that probably won’t be seen on this season’s Game of Thrones

1. Reba McEntire joins the cast as sassy mountain woman Catsuppa Gravy and sings the show’s new theme song, “A Way Down East in Westeros”
2. Plot elements taken from the published sixth and seventh volumes
3. Tyrion Lannister becomes a monk.
4. After becoming a monk Tyrion Lannister falls for a very clingy princess (Sarah Silverman)
5. Olenna Tyrell starts getting naked every week.
6. New catchphrase: “You know everything, Jon Snow.”
7. Ned Stark returns to the series and repeatedly tells other characters that Tahiti is a magical place.
8. Hodor
9. The dragons learn to talk (voices of Eugene Levy, Kevin Hart, and Arianna Huffington).
10. Donald Trump buys the Iron Throne
11. Author George R. R. Martin arrives and has sex with all the beautiful naked women one after the other.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2016, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41890 "2016-03-15T14:52:02Z")

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Major changes that probably won’t be seen on this season’s Game of Thrones

1. Reba McEntire joins the cast as sassy mountain woman Catsuppa Gravy and sings the show’s new theme song, “A Way Down East in Westeros”
2. Plot elements taken from the published sixth and seventh volumes
3. Tyrion Lannister becomes a monk.
4. After becoming a monk Tyrion Lannister falls for a very clingy princess (Sarah Silverman)
5. Olenna Tyrell starts getting naked every week.
6. New catchphrase: “You know everything, Jon Snow.”
7. Ned Stark returns to the series and repeatedly tells other characters that Tahiti is a magical place.
8. Hodor
9. The dragons learn to talk (voices of Eugene Levy, Kevin Hart, and Arianna Huffington).
10. Donald Trump buys the Iron Throne
11. Author George R. R. Martin arrives and has sex with all the beautiful naked women one after the other.
12. King Tommen grows a pair.

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2016, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41891 "2016-03-15T18:47:09Z")

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Major changes that probably won’t be seen on this season’s Game of Thrones

1. Reba McEntire joins the cast as sassy mountain woman Catsuppa Gravy and sings the show’s new theme song, “A Way Down East in Westeros”
2. Plot elements taken from the published sixth and seventh volumes
3. Tyrion Lannister becomes a monk.
4. After becoming a monk Tyrion Lannister falls for a very clingy princess (Sarah Silverman)
5. Olenna Tyrell starts getting naked every week.
6. New catchphrase: “You know everything, Jon Snow.”
7. Ned Stark returns to the series and repeatedly tells other characters that Tahiti is a magical place.
8. Hodor
9. The dragons learn to talk (voices of Eugene Levy, Kevin Hart, and Arianna Huffington).
10. Donald Trump buys the Iron Throne
11. Author George R. R. Martin arrives and has sex with all the beautiful naked women one after the other.
12. King Tommen grows a pair.
13. Episode 3, “How Much is that Dragon in the Widow?”, will be filmed live in front of a studio audience.

(I started this one, so I pass.)

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2016, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41892 "2016-03-15T18:59:18Z")

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Theories on how Tony DiNozzo will leave NCIS at the end of this season

1. Ziva shows up out of nowhere and asks him to return to Israel with her

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2016, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41893 "2016-03-15T19:11:23Z")

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Theories on how Tony DiNozzo will leave NCIS at the end of this season

1. Ziva shows up out of nowhere and asks him to return to Israel with her
2. He is revealed to be Keyser Söze

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2016, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41894 "2016-03-15T19:14:03Z")

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Theories on how Tony DiNozzo will leave NCIS at the end of this season

1. Ziva shows up out of nowhere and asks him to return to Israel with her
2. Tony says that he has to go back to his home planet now. At the end of the show it says that his spaceship crashed along the way.

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2016, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41895 "2016-03-15T19:17:29Z")

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Theories on how Tony DiNozzo will leave NCIS at the end of this season

1. Ziva shows up out of nowhere and asks him to return to Israel with her
2. He is revealed to be Keyser Söze
3. Tony says that he has to go back to his home planet now. At the end of the show it says that his spaceship crashed along the way.
4. He is offered another chance at heading up a team, and Gibbs pretty much insists he take it this time.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2016, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41896 "2016-03-15T19:22:08Z")

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Theories on how Tony DiNozzo will leave NCIS at the end of this season

1. Ziva shows up out of nowhere and asks him to return to Israel with her
2. He is revealed to be Keyser Söze
3. Tony says that he has to go back to his home planet now. At the end of the show it says that his spaceship crashed along the way.
4. He is offered another chance at heading up a team, and Gibbs pretty much insists he take it this time.
5. Signs up to become Donald Trump’s full-time toupee wrangler

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**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2016, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41897 "2016-03-15T19:27:36Z")

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Theories on how Tony DiNozzo will leave NCIS at the end of this season

1. Ziva shows up out of nowhere and asks him to return to Israel with her
2. He is revealed to be Keyser Söze
3. Tony says that he has to go back to his home planet now. At the end of the show it says that his spaceship crashed along the way.
4. He is offered another chance at heading up a team, and Gibbs pretty much insists he take it this time.
5. Signs up to become Donald Trump’s full-time toupee wrangler
6. He is revealed to be a figment of the other characters’ imaginations

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2016, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41898 "2016-03-15T19:34:19Z")

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Theories on how Tony DiNozzo will leave NCIS at the end of this season

1. Ziva shows up out of nowhere and asks him to return to Israel with her
2. He is revealed to be Keyser Söze
3. Tony says that he has to go back to his home planet now. At the end of the show it says that his spaceship crashed along the way.
4. He is offered another chance at heading up a team, and Gibbs pretty much insists he take it this time.
5. Signs up to become Donald Trump’s full-time toupee wrangler
6. He is revealed to be a figment of the other characters’ imaginations
7. Manticore assassins finally figure out his new identity.

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2016, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41899 "2016-03-15T20:32:16Z")

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Theories on how Tony DiNozzo will leave NCIS at the end of this season

1. Ziva shows up out of nowhere and asks him to return to Israel with her
2. He is revealed to be Keyser Söze
3. Tony says that he has to go back to his home planet now. At the end of the show it says that his spaceship crashed along the way.
4. He is offered another chance at heading up a team, and Gibbs pretty much insists he take it this time.
5. Signs up to become Donald Trump’s full-time toupee wrangler
6. He is revealed to be a figment of the other characters’ imaginations
7. Manticore assassins finally figure out his new identity.
8. He will be shot and regenerate into River Song (Alex Kingston).

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41900 "2016-03-16T04:10:07Z")

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Theories on how Tony DiNozzo will leave NCIS at the end of this season

1. Ziva shows up out of nowhere and asks him to return to Israel with her
2. He is revealed to be Keyser Söze
3. Tony says that he has to go back to his home planet now. At the end of the show it says that his spaceship crashed along the way.
4. He is offered another chance at heading up a team, and Gibbs pretty much insists he take it this time.
5. Signs up to become Donald Trump’s full-time toupee wrangler
6. He is revealed to be a figment of the other characters’ imaginations
7. Manticore assassins finally figure out his new identity.
8. He will be shot and regenerate into River Song (Alex Kingston).
9. Is imprisoned in the snow globe of an autistic little boy in Boston.

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41901 "2016-03-16T04:13:57Z")

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Theories on how Tony DiNozzo will leave NCIS at the end of this season

1. Ziva shows up out of nowhere and asks him to return to Israel with her
2. He is revealed to be Keyser Söze
3. Tony says that he has to go back to his home planet now. At the end of the show it says that his spaceship crashed along the way.
4. He is offered another chance at heading up a team, and Gibbs pretty much insists he take it this time.
5. Signs up to become Donald Trump’s full-time toupee wrangler
6. He is revealed to be a figment of the other characters’ imaginations
7. Manticore assassins finally figure out his new identity.
8. He will be shot and regenerate into River Song (Alex Kingston).
9. Is imprisoned in the snow globe of an autistic little boy in Boston.
10. The nurse he jilted a few seasons back will go postal and finish him off.

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**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41902 "2016-03-16T08:22:51Z")

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Theories on how Tony DiNozzo will leave NCIS at the end of this season

1. Ziva shows up out of nowhere and asks him to return to Israel with her
2. He is revealed to be Keyser Söze
3. Tony says that he has to go back to his home planet now. At the end of the show it says that his spaceship crashed along the way.
4. He is offered another chance at heading up a team, and Gibbs pretty much insists he take it this time.
5. Signs up to become Donald Trump’s full-time toupee wrangler
6. He is revealed to be a figment of the other characters’ imaginations
7. Manticore assassins finally figure out his new identity.
8. He will be shot and regenerate into River Song (Alex Kingston).
9. Is imprisoned in the snow globe of an autistic little boy in Boston.
10. The nurse he jilted a few seasons back will go postal and finish him off.
11. He will wake up and complain to his roommate Theo Huxtable about having had the worst dream.

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**Author:** ![tafowler87](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f07891/32.png) [@tafowler87](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tafowler87)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41903 "2016-03-16T10:26:52Z")

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1. Ziva shows up out of nowhere and asks him to return to Israel with her
2. He is revealed to be Keyser Söze
3. Tony says that he has to go back to his home planet now. At the end of the show it says that his spaceship crashed along the way.
4. He is offered another chance at heading up a team, and Gibbs pretty much insists he take it this time.
5. Signs up to become Donald Trump’s full-time toupee wrangler
6. He is revealed to be a figment of the other characters’ imaginations
7. Manticore assassins finally figure out his new identity.
8. He will be shot and regenerate into River Song (Alex Kingston).
9. Is imprisoned in the snow globe of an autistic little boy in Boston.
10. The nurse he jilted a few seasons back will go postal and finish him off.
11. He will wake up and complain to his roommate Theo Huxtable about having had the worst dream.
12. He becomes gender-confused; eventually forgoing operations that will lead to multiple complications, and becomes the lead suspect of a complex and well-thought out crime that was actually committed by someone no one would expect.

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41904 "2016-03-16T14:48:31Z")

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Theories on how Tony DiNozzo will leave NCIS at the end of this season…

1. Ziva shows up out of nowhere and asks him to return to Israel with her
2. He is revealed to be Keyser Söze
3. Tony says that he has to go back to his home planet now. At the end of the show it says that his spaceship crashed along the way.
4. He is offered another chance at heading up a team, and Gibbs pretty much insists he take it this time.
5. Signs up to become Donald Trump’s full-time toupee wrangler
6. He is revealed to be a figment of the other characters’ imaginations
7. Manticore assassins finally figure out his new identity.
8. He will be shot and regenerate into River Song (Alex Kingston).
9. Is imprisoned in the snow globe of an autistic little boy in Boston.
10. The nurse he jilted a few seasons back will go postal and finish him off.
11. He will wake up and complain to his roommate Theo Huxtable about having had the worst dream.
12. He becomes gender-confused; eventually forgoing operations that will lead to multiple complications, and becomes the lead suspect of a complex and well-thought out crime that was actually committed by someone no one would expect.
13. I’ll combine 1 and 8 into 13: Tony is fatally shot, and as he dies, he’ll have a vision of Ziva beckoning.

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